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A Fine Fine Line	By : eksimenrol Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Naruto/Sakura Views: 5904 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Quick notes:� I�m back!�
Also this takes place on afternoon to evening on day 3.

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Chapter Twelve:
Black, Orange and Red?

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�� What, oh
hi Ino, can�t talk I have to go see Tsunade right now.�� I left her standing there outside Ichiraku�s,
arriving in front of the Hokage building in only a few minutes.� That�s when it hit me, this is suicide!� I should
not be going in there.� I want to live!�

�� Hey
Naruto, there you are.� You left so
suddenly we didn�t get to tell you where we should go shopping for your
clothes.�� It�s Shizune, thank god!� Alright, I can easily explain to her the
situation and no harm will come from it.

�� Well
actually that�s kinda why I came here.�
You see I left to have lunch with Jiraiya, and he offered to take me
shopping.� Even made a deal with me that
if we weren�t finished in thirty minutes, he�d let me give Tsunade all of his
research to burn.�

�� What�s the
catch?�

�� That was
what I said.� Basically, I have to give
fair consideration and I can�t stall for time.�
That was it.� And you have to
admit, even if he is a pervert, the man has style.� I mean he�s a spy master; he has to know how
to blend in and make an impression.� So I
took him up on it.�

�� She�s
going to want to kill you for this, you know that right?�

�� Yup, but
then again, like anything worthwhile in life no pain no gain.� Besides, you know how she loves me.�� I gave her a goofy grin.

�� I was
talking about Sakura.� She�s going to
want to kill you for turning into a mini-Jiraiya.�

�� I know, I was talking about her too.�

�� What, she
loves you?� How can you tell?�

�� Well it�s
hard to explain.� I mean she hits me all
the time.� Calls me stupid and makes fun
of me.� But she really cares for me too.� She hits me because she wants me to better
myself.� For the most part it�s because
I�ve done something stupid, or something perverted, and she�s just trying to
correct me in her own way.� And I�m
fairly sure that if I ever left, she would die a little.� I sometimes think I�m one of the few people
that can truly make her smile.� Well that
and she was the one who asked me out this time.�

�� Hmm, you
just might have a point there Naruto.� So
why haven�t you gone in there yet?�

�� Because I want to live!�� I kept eyeing the door to the building and
the open street behind me.

�� Tell you
what; I�m in a good mood, so I�ll help you out.�
I�ll go in and soften the blow.�
Hold your horses Naruto; I�m not going to tell her for you.� Just come with me and when you�re told to,
come into Lady Tsunade�s office.� Okay?�

�� I started to
follow her towards the large door of the Hokage�s office. �Okay now, stay right
here Naruto.�

�� So I sat
there next to the old lady�s door.� �Have
you found him yet Shizune?�� Wow you can
really hear through these walls.� Wait
what is that mumbling.� �Well where is
he?�� Why can I only hear Tsunade?� �You found him and you didn�t drag him
here?�� Hey, that mumbling sortta sounds
like Shizune�s voice.� �What do you mean
he�s made plans, what plans?�� Again I
thought I heard Shizune say something.�
�Fine, I promise I will hear him out, then make a decision either to
beat him or not.�

�� Okay
Naruto, I�ve talked to her, come on in.��
This is it, my last chance to run.�
My last chance to run and I�m not talking it.� I�m going in there.� I�m an idiot; I�m going to get myself
killed.� Well it�s been an okay life I
guess.

�� Hey there granny.��
Why am I so nervous?� Oh yeah,
maybe it�s because she could kill me without a second thought.� �You want to know who offered to take me shopping,
don�t you.�� She gave a very short nod as
her reply.� �Well you see it was Jiraiya
he offered to help me as a gift for my birthday.� He even made a deal with me.� If he didn�t find me something that I would
like and you would find appropriate, then he would give me all of his research
so I could give it to you to burn.� I
took him up on the offer.�

�� She got up
from her desk with a look on her face that I can only describe as pissed.� She walked right up to me and stared me in
the eye.� She raised her fist and I shut
my eyes willing for the pain to never come.�
That�s when it came.� That�s when
I felt it.� She poked me in the forehead.

�� Next time,
thank us for the help and decline it before
you leave.� It�s only polite.�� She was smiling at me.� Then she leaned in close.� �And if you can try and stall so you get that
research.� I�m looking forward to having
a paper burring party.�� Of course, same old Tsunade.�
Anything to get under the skin of that old pervert.

�� I opened my
eyes and smiled at her.� �I�ll try, but
he said no deal if I stalled.�

�� Well do
your best.� Oh and Naruto, tomorrow
morning stop by here and tell me what happened.�
And wear your new clothes I want to see them.�

�� You got
it!� Well, I should probably go meet that
Pervy-Sage soon, he said he�d meet me back at my place after I apologized to
you.�

�� You
haven�t yet you know, apologize that is.��
Heh, whoops seems I forgot to apologize to them.

�� Yeah I
guess I did forget to do that, thanks for reminding me Shizune.� Tsunade, Shizune, I�m sorry for running out on
you guys earlier and I appreciate all the help you�ve given me today.�� I gave them a small bow before leaving the
building and making my way home.

�� I�m not
exactly sure how I was able to pull that off so safely, but I�m not going to
complain about it. �I mean how often do I
leave that office without pissing her off?�
I�m just going to take this blessing and go on home.� Then I�m going to buy those new clothes
everyone thinks I should get.� And then,
I�m going to give Sakura the best date she�s ever had.

�� Oi, Naruto.�� Seems
someone missed me.

�� I�m coming
Jiraiya, keep your pants on.�� Seems
someone also notice who I was talking to.�
All the women in the area started to giggle like mad.

�� Come on,
you�ve ruined my once flawless reputation here.�
So let�s get you sorted out for tonight so I can go about my
business.�� Seems he didn�t want to waste
any time in getting to the store he had in mind.� I can�t remember the last time he decided to
drag me across town.

�� It was a
dump.� That was the only way I could
describe the shop he took me to.� It made
my apartment look like a palace by comparison.�
It made half a wall with a piece of tin hanging off it look better.� �Hey old
man, I�ve got a customer for you.�� Old man?� Wow, whoever
this old man is, he must be ancient.� I
mean, Jiraiya is old, so anyone he�d call old must be well old old.�
�Something classy, but casual.� Try and keep it black, but give it a bit of
orange too.� Make the shirt a large, and
give him a 16 inch neck.� Pants lets see.� Naruto, have you gained any weight?�

�� Uh no not
real-�

�� Okay, 32 waist, 32 leg.� Let�s
go size 10 shoe for him.� Okay, Naruto,
sit down in that chair there.� The old
man will blow you away.�� He pointed to a
chair that looked to be in worse shape the store.

�� Uh, okay
if you say-�

�� Ah
Jiraiya, my boy how are you?�� Where is
this old man, all I see are clothes that look older than me.

�� Not too
bad I guess.�

�� Ah good,
tell me did you ever hook up with that blonde friend of yours?�� What!� Is he implying that I hooked up with Jiraiya!

�� No, no,
Tsunade and I never hit it off like that.��
Thank god this old guy didn�t mean me.�
�But I haven�t stopped trying.�

�� Ah, does
that mean you�re looking for something yourself then?�� Wait, he goes here for all his clothes.� And he�s tried to get Tsunade to go out with
him for as long as I�ve known him and as he puts it from the day he met
her.� so in all
that time he hasn�t had any luck while getting his clothes from here.� Fuck!� I am completely screwed.� If this guy�s clothes won�t get Tsunade then
there is no chance for me to ever impress Sakura.�

�� Well let�s
see if your young friend here likes this.��
He was short.� He was so short his
head barely came past my waist.� He also
looked like be was about 100 years old.�
Be he was also holding up to black items for me to inspect.� �Go on boy, behind that curtain there you can
change, there�s a mirror too.� Try them
on.�� For an old shrimp he sure is
ecstatic.

�� Okay, I�ll
try them on.�� If only to prevent Jiraiya
from forcing me into that booth, I grabbed both the shirt and pants and
sundered off towards the changing booth.�
That was when everything changed.�
First my opinion of the old man.� What I saw in his store that must be his old
stock.� This shirt looks brand new.� And more importantly, second, he knows what
he�s doing.� This shirt doesn�t look half
bad.� Long sleeves, black, but it has two
orange panels starting at the shoulders and going down the front.� Simple yet stylish.� I like it.�
Crap I like it and it�s only been ten minutes.� It even fits me.� That old pervert was right.� Ten minutes and I have new clothes.� Hell even the shoes fit perfectly.� I couldn�t help it.� �Damnit.�� I tired to keep it quiet.� It looks like my curse didn�t reach them.

�� I think he
likes them old man, we�ll take them.��
Great he heard me.� I keep
forgetting that old pervert has good ears.�
�So come on out Naruto, show us the new threads.�� What can I do?� He has me, I like the clothes.� He�s not going to let me live this down.� He is going to hold this over me for years.

�� So how do
I look?�� I gave the two of them a slight
grin.

�� Wow kid, I
haven�t seen someone look this good in my clothes since the Fourth came
here.� And that was almost twenty years
ago.� I think he was going out on a date
that night with a young Miss Uzu-�

�� Whoa, look
at the time Naruto; if you don�t hurry you�ll be late to pick up that Sakura
for your date.� Better get going
now.�� Damn he�s right, it�s about 5:10,
and if I�m going to walk there it will take about 30 minutes.� Close to 50 if I want to pick up that gift
for her.

�� Yeah your right.� I
better get out of here.� I�ll see you
later, Pervy-sage.�

�� Knowing I
wouldn�t have much time, I decided to go straight to the hospital first and get
Sakura. �I�m sure she wouldn�t mind not
having a gift tonight, and I could always give her one later.� It had seemed I misjudged how long it would
take me to get to the hospital.� I
arrived just as the first few nurses and doctors were coming off the day
shift.� I stood and waited for
Sakura.� Minutes passed and she hadn�t
shown up.� I was starting to worry why
she wasn�t here when I saw something.� One
of the last few people leaving the hospital, it�s Ino.�

�� Hey Ino!�� I waved
over at her.� �Can I talk to you for a
moment?�� She looked over at me
cautiously.� Does she not recognize me?

�� Wait,
Naruto, is that you?� Oh thank god I
found you.� I tried to tell you earlier
but you ran off.� Sakura�s not here.� She went home not feeling well.� She wanted to tell you herself, but she
needed rest so I told her I would find you and tell you about it.� I�m actually on my way over there to check up
on her, did you want to come with me?�

�� What,
she�s not feeling well?� Well I don�t
know if I should bug her when she�s resting.�
Oh but if you wait for a moment would you take her something for me?�

�� Eh?� Sure I guess I could wait for a little bit.�

�� Thanks
Ino, stay right here I�ll be back soon.��
I know just what to get Sakura to make her feel better.� If I�m right there should be someplace right
over here that sells.� Bingo!� Just as I thought.� Every time she comes home from a mission she
goes out of her way to come down this side of the red light district.� And now I know why.� I walked up to a small stall on the edge of
the district.� �Excuse me could I have
one of those please?�� I pointed at the
sign hanging off the stall.

�� The old
woman that seemed to be tending to the stall looked me over.� �Eh, what was that?� You want the cherry blossom surprise?� I know of only one person she ever buys that,
that�s why I named it after her hair.��
That proves it, Sakura will love this.

�� Yes
please.�� I quickly paid for the small
box and rushed back to Ino.� �Sorry about that Ino, but would you please take this to Sakura for
me?� Oh wait!� Do you have a pen?�� She handed one over to me and grumbled about
making demands.� Quickly I scribbled down
on the box a few words.� �Thanks again
Ino, you�re a lifesaver.�

Author notes:� Okay,
time for some reasoning.� ��I�m fairly sure I�m going to get some people
questioning how I came up with the measurements for his pants.� It�s actually quite simple.� After doing some research, I found that
Naruto is only a few inches shorter than me, and it only makes sense that he
would be rather fit and thus have a smaller waist.� I know I�m going to get people questioning
what is in the box.� And while I wont tell you yet, I�ll invite you to guess if you wanted
to.� Those who do guess, if you get it
right I will acknowledge you in the next chapter.

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