Naruto felt like his arranged marriage was not going to be such a forced arrangement anymore.

It seemed that Shion had taken his words to heart and was keeping to her promised of trying to change for the better and from what he had seen from the past two meetings she was keeping to it. It was as if she had become a whole new person.

He leaned on a tree and watched Shion push some kids on the swing set. She turned and they made eye contact. She gave him a small wave before going back to pushing the kids higher and higher. He was so caught up on staring at her he did not hear the warning yelled at him.

"Look out!"

He turned just in time to see a white and black ball hit him right in the face. He was knocked back and fell on his rear as the ball bounced and settled next to him. He held his face as the same three kids that had tackled Shion come running towards him.

"We warned you" Konohamaru said as he picked up the ball. "Maybe if you weren't making goggly eyes at Hi-Shion you would have noticed."

"I was not making-" Naruto jumped to his feet and noticed Shion walking towards them, worry in her eyes.

"Are you ok Naruto?"

"Oh yeah it will take more than just a ball to hurt me" He smiled and rubbed the back of his head.

"Then how do you explain the nosebleed?" Konohamaru muttered under his breath and Naruto quickly rubbed his nose noticing a small amount of blood on his hand.

"Are you sure you're ok" Shion handed him a tissue which he gladly took.

"Sure he is!" Konohamaru winked towards his friends and they nodded. "He even promised he would play with us"

"What?"

"Yeah he did, he said he would play a game with us" Moegi added.

"He even said that the loser had to do whatever the winner says" Udon said and Konohamaru snickered and patted him on the back.

"You did. That's so sweet Naruto" Shion said smiling gently at Naruto. He however felt like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He knew these kids were up to something but he did not want to look bad in front of this "new" Shion.

"Uhh yeah, so what did you want to play?"

"Let's just have a simple match" Konohamaru pointed out at the field behind them with two goal post. "First one to 3 points wins, you can play too Shion!"

"We win!" The trio jumped for joy, Naruto and Hinata huffed on the sidelines. Sure they were older but they did not stand a chance against their teamwork and energy.

"It doesn't really count you guys had numbers on your side." Naruto grumbled

"All I hear is a sore loser's cries." Konohamaru taunted.

"All I hear is overconfidence from a kid who got lucky" Naruto retorted.

"Is that a challenge for a rematch?"

"Ok enough we have a prize to give out" Moegi yelled and placed her hands on her hips to get the two boys attention.

"yeah you now have to do anything we say" Konohamaru pointed at Naruto.

"Ok ok, so what do you want?"

"We want you to go and kiss Shion!" They all said at the same time.

Hinata's face filled beet red and she leaned in close to the troublemakers. "what are you doing", she quietly hissed.

"Don't think we did not notice how you two keep looking at each other." Moegi smugly said.

"Yeah and we have always loved to see you blush" Udon.

"Also this could be your chance at a better life, just lock him down" Konohamaru winked at her.

"Uhh Shion what are you guys talking about?", Hinata yelped and sprang up straight. Naruto watched her nervously twiddle her fingers together. Then it started to dawn on him.

"Shion you would not happen to be shy now would you?" Naruto smirked and leaned into her. "You heard the kids, I have to do whatever they say"

"Umm no, of course not….I mean we are engaged so of course this is only normal….and it's not that I don't want to kiss you…I mean I do… I mean!" Hinata covered her face with her hands and looked away only to see the trio trying hard not to laugh.

"So Shion what will it be?"

'come on Hinata you've met Shion she would never act like this.' She pushed down her bashfulness and straighten her back. She faced Naruto. She took a deep breath and stepped forward. She brought her hands up to the side of his face and quickly moved close. Her lips pressed against his and she closed her eyes, feeling the softness of his lips on her. She counted two seconds in her head before separating from him.

It was just a simple peck but that was enough to make her light headed and she stepped away from him. She nervously looked up at Naruto to see how he was reacting or in this case not reacting. He gazed at her and a twinkle of mischief shined in his eyes.

"As much as I enjoyed that Shion I do believe they said it was I who had to kiss you."

The trio once again started snickering. "someone was in a hurry" Konohamaru muttered.

Hinata's eyes widen and another shade of red filled her cheeks. Naruto brought his hand up to the side of her face and leaned in. Her heart pounded in her chest as she felt time slow. She gulped as his face neared her even more. She shut her eyes and waited for his lips to make contact.

She waited for a few seconds before she realized nothing had happened. She dared to part her eyes slightly only to see Naruto grinning at her. She looked down and an even bigger grin was pasted on the mischievous trio. Her skin prickled and her stomach fell. He had tricked her into thinking he was going to kiss and she had stood there like an eager fool waiting for him.

Embarrassment filled her face along with a bit of anger that quickly disappeared. She held her face in between her hands and glared at all of them. Well she tried to, it looked more like she had puffed up her cheeks and creased her eyebrows which just made the situation all the more humorous.

"I'm sorry Shion I could not help myself" Naruto wrapped his arm around Hinata's shoulder and gave her a peck on the cheek. "There satisfied" Naruto asked the trio.

"That's not what we meant but we'll take it. This has just been way too much fun. Right Shion?" Konohamaru wagged his eyebrows at her. Hinata's eyes closed slightly as she looked at him annoyingly. She pulled Naruto's arm off of her shoulder and walked away from them.

"Aww looks like you made her mad" Moegi said as they watched her walk towards the bathrooms.

"Think she will forgive me?" Naruto said.

"Yeah she will, trust us she doesn't have it in her to be mad long." Konohamaru said as he brought his arms up to his head and rested them behind it.

"How would you know that?" Naruto asked raising a questioning eyebrow. It had just occurred to him that these kids had just met Shion yet they seemed to know her pretty well.

The three kids flinched and looked at each other. "uhh that's because… umm" Konohamaru looked to Udon and Moegi for some help. The had gotten too friendly with Hinata and were quickly being backed into a corner.

"Women's intuition!" Moegi yelled, "we just know these things."

"But Konohamaru said it." Naruto crossed his arms across his chest now suspicious of the kids in front of him.

"It's an orphan thing you wouldn't understand!" Udon yelled.

"Yeah we have a way of picking up things and silently communicating with each other. And umm- oh what?" Konohamaru raised a hand to his ear. "You hear that Ebisu is calling us gotta go"

"Wait you're not making any-"

"Bye Naruto have a good day" They said in unison before running off.

"Well that was weird" Naruto placed his hand on his hip and looked in the direction that Shion had walked off to.

Hinata was so peeved she hated being the butt of a joke. She huffed as she splashed water in to her face. She had walked into the bathroom to cool down after leaving the group. She sighed and dried her hands and face with a paper towel.

Just as she stepped outside a click of a tongue caught her attention. She turned to see a tall figure leaning on a tree. She rounded the building and approached the familiar person.

"Toneri?" He turned his head to her and gave her a small smile.

"Hello, surprised to see you here"

"I'm doing a photo op to improve Shion's image"

"Yeah she has a habit of being a bit…crass when it comes to children. I think the situation involved her yelling at a baby. I never bothered to learn the real details." Toneri pushed himself off of the tree and walked towards her. Hinata had been in between the tree and the building so when she stepped back she bumped into the wall of the building.

"There is one real detail that has been on my mind though"

"Oh? What would that be" Hinata was feeling nervous as Toneri placed a hand on the wall pushed his weight on it as he leaned into her.

"What's your real name?"

"What?"

"You heard me, what's your real name?"

"I-i don't think it's my place to reveal that." A darkness crossed Toneri's eyes. Or so Hinata thought she saw something like that, it passed by so quickly she could not tell if it had happened or not.

"I don't think it's your place to be kissing someone else's fiancée" He breathed into her.

Hinata's heart dropped and a shiver of fear ran up her spine. "What?"

"I've been watching you. You seem to be enjoying your time with that blond, you would not happen to be filling your head with the delusion that he might like you"

Hinata's breath was picking up as she nervously started fidgeting with her fingers. She avoided eye contact with him and her throat felt raw as his words continued to bite into her conscious. She had let her emotions take over today and maybe she had crossed the line.

"I will say this though." Toneri grabbed her hand and brought it up to his lips. He placed a light kiss on her fingers. Hinata's face filled red and she sucked in a surprised breath. "I'm more interested in knowing the real you. There are very few things in this world I can't have and your name is not going to be on that list."

He pushed himself off of the wall and started walking away. "See you soon".

When he disappeared around the corner of the building Hinata slid down the wall. She had never felt like this before. She was scared but also excited at the same time. 'is this a good or bad feeling?' she thought.

She sat on the ground letting her thoughts wonder until she heard the sound of footsteps approaching. She half expected Toneri to come back but to her surprise it was Naruto.

"Shion you ok?" He quickly walked towards her and crouched in front of her. Hinata stared at him and then her former feelings of annoyance resurfaced and she turned her head to him, closing her eyes refusing to look at him. "aww don't tell me your still mad at me. It was just some simple teasing.".

"Humph" Hinata turned the other cheek now.

"How about I make it up to you?"

Hinata opened one eye at him and he smiled and looked around. He leaned on his knees and grabbed her face forcing her to look at him. "Naruto what are you-"Hinata was cut off as Naruto crashed his lips into hers.

Time may have slowed last time she kissed him but now it froze. Her eyes were wide in shock but she slowly closed them as she let herself go and enjoyed the feeling of his lips on hers. He pushed in on her and she landed against the wall. She gasped a little but he just pushed in deeper and kissed her more passionately. She brought her hands up to his hair and started to run it up his soft locks when a lump formed on the bottom of her stomach.

Toneri's words echoed in her head. "kissing someone else's fiancée". She gasped and pushed him away. Naurto opened his eyes and looked at her as she panted, her cheeks red and her lips swollen. He registered this as her lacking air and leaned back into her.

"How could I have kissed you like that in front of those kids." Hinata looked into his eyes that had gotten a new darker shade of blue as they stared into her pale lavender eyes. He started to lean in for another kiss but she brought her hand up placing it on his chest.

"No…I can't anymore", She swallowed and continued to breath heavily. Naruto was unsatisfied but he nodded and sat down next to her.

"Well you may have given me that peck earlier but I am going that count that one as our first official kiss" Naruto said.

"That was our first kiss!" Hinata gasped.

"…. yeah what did you not like it?" Naruto frowned

"No no! Nothing like that! I loved it but…. really that was our first kiss?"

Naruto laughed and grabbed her hand. "Yeah and I liked it too". A warmth filled both of them as they held hands together. Hinata wanted nothing more than to lean on his shoulder and just sit there enjoying the day but that lump in her stomach was growing heavier and heavier as she continued to sit next to him. She sighed and stood up letting go of Naruto's hand.

"I think the photo op is still going on so I should go back"

"Is something wrong?" Naruto stood up and grabbed her hand again.

"Umm no nothing is wrong" Hinata stared at his hand and then gently pulled his hand away from hers. "I should just finish up" She quickly walked away from him and he stood there confused.

Far away a pair of eyes watched them. Clicking a pen, he wrote down the notes for today's events. "A kiss is nothing to be worried about." Taruho adjusted his glasses. "for now".