Hello everyone,

"Seriously Sakura I don't want to dress up for this blind date. If he likes me he will be interested in whatever I got on." Naruto said as she fought her best friend trying to make her put on the dress.

"No not everyone is like Sasuke so stop fighting it and put the dress on." Sakura said shoving the dress in Naruto's face.

"What does Sasuke have to do with this?" Naruto questioned an eyebrow being raised.

"Because we all know he likes you and would accept anything you wear now GO and put the dress on." Sakura said as she shoved her best friend in the bathroom.

'Why does everyone keep bringing up Sasuke?' Naruto thought as she put the dress on.

But all Naruto really wanted was to hang out with Sasuke again. They hung out with each other after work last night at the bar playing pool and playing darts. She won Sasuke in darts and he won her in pool but it was fun. They argued and made fun of each other but they always kept each other on their toes. She enjoyed his company more than she felt like she should.

"Sakura, do you think I am making a mistake going on this date?" Naruto asked through the door.

"Why are you second guessing it now?" Sakura asked as she leaned against the door.

"I'm not but everyone around me seems to bring up Sasuke all the time like you all want me with him." Naruto said pretty convinced everyone wanted them together.

"Maybe because we do want you two together but we're not trying to force you two together." Sakura said shrugging her shoulders despite Naruto not being able to see.

"Then why are you trying to make me look nice for this guy?" Naruto asked.

"Because we want you to understand your feelings. We don't want you to think about Sasuke's feelings at the moment. We want you to know if you want to be with him in that way or if you want to be with him as just a friend." Sakura said making reason come to Naruto's mind.

"I get it, so I should have fun with this guy and then see if I could be with someone else or if I really want to be with Sasuke." Naruto said as she came out the bathroom.

"Basically, did you have fun yesterday when you were with Sasuke?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, but we always have fun together." Naruto said waving it off with her hand.

"You need to realize your feelings and then let him know what he is in for." Sakura said talking about Sasuke.

"I know I need to tell Sasuke soon but we're taking what we have slowly because that's what we need. You guys don't know what goes on between me and Sasuke so you guys don't know what we talk about. We will get together if it's really meant to be." Naruto finalized.

"Are you even asking him what he wants for you two?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, Sakura I have," Naruto said through gritted teeth because the questions were starting to irritate her. "And he is just fine with it. There is no point in us lying to each other if we want this to work so we are being straightforward with each other." Naruto said.

"I was just making sure because he is my friend too and I don't want neither of you being hurt." Sakura said knowing her friend was irritated.

"Fine," Naruto said as she continued to get ready.

"I'm not trying to make you mad." Sakura said.

"Well damn everyone seems to care only about his feelings without even thinking about mine." Naruto said irritated waving her arms in the air.

Before Sakura could say something to Naruto Naruto's phone went off making her ignore Sakura completely.

"Hey bastard, what do you want?" Naruto asked.

"You're still going on that stupid blind date?" Sasuke asked sounding irritated.

"They want me to figure out my feelings. Honestly I think the blind date thing is stupid too." Naruto said.

"Will you call me after it's over?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah, or you can just call me at eleven. Nah never mind I will call you when I get home." Naruto said.

"Okay talk to you later." Sasuke said.

"Yup later," Naruto said hanging up.

When Naruto turned back to Sakura she wasn't really shocked to see Sakura's shocked face.

"You just told him like that?" Sakura asked astounded.

"Yeah, we have to be honest with each other." Naruto said.

"What makes you think that type of honesty is good?" Sakura asked.

"Sakura, he is fine, he wants me to figure out my feelings too." Naruto said walking away from her pink haired friend.

"This is completely absurd." Sakura said shaking her head.

"You don't have to understand it. Sasuke understands and so do I so that's all that matters." Naruto said putting on her shoes.

"You two are just nuts." Sakura said following her down the stairs.

"Whatever you say, I have to go to this date now see you later." Naruto said using Sakura's car for the night so no one had to take her.

"I won't wait up." Sakura said closing the door.

Naruto just rolled her eyes because she didn't care for that.

By the time Naruto got there she remembered what she was told about the guy wearing a kimono and walked up to him.

"Hi, are you Utakata?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, you must be Naruto. Please sit," Utakata said as he stood and pulled the seat for her to sit down.

"Yes, I am, I like your kimono it's a beautiful pattern." Naruto said as she checked out the patterns.

"Thank you, you seem to have a good eye for a good kimono. Shikamaru said something about you being color blind." Utakata said with a smile.

"I'm not color blind I just love the color orange. But I was a designer in the city of Suna it was an amusing job I did for fun." Naruto said.

"That sounds cool. What do you do for fun?" Utakata asked.

Naruto didn't get to answer before the waiter was by the table. They ordered their food and carried on.

"I am outside person and I love art. Design I do for fun what about you?" Naruto asked

"I love art and love to go to jazz bars. I also enjoy going to poetry bars they keep me very entertained." Utakata said.

"What type of music do you like?" Naruto asked.

"I like a lot of different music. Mainly jazz though because it is soothing. What about you?" Utakata asked with a smile on his face.

"I love bands. Rock bands have always been my favorite but I do love to go to poetry bars and museums so it wouldn't be surprising if someone saw me at those things. I love to be in the wilderness so you would get lost with me in the woods just for fun." Naruto said.

"Have you ever been horseback riding?" Utakata asked.

"No but I would love to do it." Naruto said.

"I have before and it most definitely would hurt when they run full speed when you don't know how to ride." Utakata said with a chuckle at the end.

"You must speak from experience." Naruto said.

"Oh, most definitely but maybe I can show you." Utakata said with a small smile.

They were honestly hitting off and that really shocked Naruto despite everything because she didn't even expect it. But still in the back of her mind she continued to think of Sasuke.

'Is Sasuke really the right person for me?' Naruto asked herself.

"Do you think we can go on another date soon?" Utakata asked as he walked Naruto to the car.

"I don't know maybe. We can give each other our numbers so it could be possible for us to see each other again." Naruto said.

"Okay," Utakata said pulling out his phone.

They swapped numbers and Naruto was ready to go. Naruto was about to get into the car when Utakata gave her a small hug and a kiss on the cheek. Naruto was shocked by the gesture but noticed she didn't feel anything by it. In her opinion it felt like she just got kissed by her brother or Kiba and them. It didn't feel right and that was the moment she knew she had to review her feelings for Sasuke.

She walked to the house and immediately went to her room not even wanting to call Sasuke. She put all her stuff down and got into the shower. She heard her phone go off to see it was Shikamaru but didn't want to talk to him at the moment. It was his fault she was in this position to begin with that damn bastard. When she was done in the shower she laid down immediately she glanced at her phone to see Sasuke and Shikamaru texted her but she didn't care to answer either of them or even look at the messages.

The next day when Naruto woke up in the morning she woke up to Shikamaru lying next to her.

"Were you going to ignore me all day?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yes, I was going to try my hardest to not see you or talk to you today." Naruto said in complete seriousness.

"Come on what did I do?" Shikamaru asked.

"Setting me up with such a great guy just for me to find out I'm not interested in him at all." Naruto said with a pout.

"Who are you interested in?" Shikamaru asked trying to get Naruto to confess her feelings.

"Shut up and get out of my room. I have to go with Kurama today to find a house so I won't be around at all today now get." Naruto said shooing him out the room.

"Are you going to talk to any of us today?" Shikamaru asked.

"I'm thinking about my feelings on my own and I only want to hang out with Kurama today." Naruto said.

"Fine you should at least know that you're driving Sasuke crazy since you're not answering your phone after saying that you would." Shikamaru said standing up to go out the door.

"I love you Shikamaru but I can't talk to anyone about my feelings till I understand them myself." Naruto said gently.

"Okay just talk to me when you find out so I can be there for you. Before I go can I ask you something?" Shikamaru asked before he stopped at the door he didn't want to leave out right away.

"What is it?" Naruto asked turning toward him.

"What happened between you and Sasuke the summer before high school?" Shikamaru asked because he was done with dealing with the past and it preventing them from moving forward.

"I almost got raped." Naruto said bluntly.

Shikamaru's eyes went wide making him walk right back to her.

"What? Was it by Sasuke? Because if it was I will kill him." Shikamaru said attempting to get up.

"No, it wasn't from him. I saw him getting jumped by a group of guys and my natural instinct was to save him. But they attacked me from behind and I ended up getting held down while they attacked Sasuke. If someone didn't come I would have been raped." Naruto said honestly.

"Why did you start fighting with Sasuke then when you got to high school?" Shikamaru asked appalled that he never knew about for this long.

"Because he started to treat me differently and I hated the pity look he always gave me. After a while I just wanted his attention again." Naruto said softly.

"Why didn't you ever tell me what happened?" Shikamaru asked pulling Naruto into a hug.

"NARUTO YOUR BROTHER IS HERE!" Sakura screamed from downstairs.

"OKAY! Do me a favor don't tell anyone. I don't want everyone to know about it. I only told you because you're my best friend and I know you can keep a secret." Naruto said pulling away from Shikamaru.

"I promise," Shikamaru whispered kissing her on her forehead.

"I will talk to you later." Naruto said walking out the door to go to her brother.

Naruto walked out the door right into her brother.

"You ready to go?" Kurama asked.

"Yup, bye Shika talk to you later. Were you listening to my conversation with him?" Naruto asked as she walked down the stairs with her brother.

"No, I got up when you were telling him to keep it a secret though. So, what did you tell him to keep a secret?" Kurama asked as they walked down the stairs.

"I'm not telling you because then it wouldn't be a secret now would it?" Naruto asked.

"I guess not would it? So where are we looking for apartments for you?" Kurama asked as they walked out the door only to run into Sasuke.

"Sorry Sasuke I can't talk right now but I will call you when I find my apartment." Naruto said rushing to get away from Sasuke.

"You said you would call me." Sasuke said as he followed them to the car.

"I just need my space Sasuke. I'm sorry I promise I will call you when I am done with this." Naruto said as she just kept walking with her brother.

Kurama didn't say anything just went to the driver's seat.

"Did you like the guy that you went on a date with?" Sasuke asked.

"It's not like that I will talk to you when I get done with this." Naruto said.

"If you don't want to talk to me just tell me." Sasuke said.

"It's not that Sasuke I just want to figure out my feelings for you so I can tell you if I want to be with you the same way you want to be with me now I will call you later." Naruto said not hesitating to get into the car leaving a very angry Sasuke on Sakura's front lawn.

"Why didn't you just tell him how you feel?" Kurama asked.

"Because I don't even know how I feel." Naruto said gently as she laid her head against the window.

"From the looks of it you seem to really like him. Why don't you just give him a chance it won't hurt to do it now would it?" Kurama asked.

"Because I want to understand my own feelings." Naruto said irritated.

"Fine," Kurama said as they pulled up to an apartment.

"Fine," Naruto said crossing her arms.

"Have you talked to mom or dad since you been back?" Kurama asked.

"No, you know they are still mad at me for leaving for so long. Dad even told me he didn't want me to work at the company." Naruto said as she followed her brother to the elevator at the apartment.

"Dad didn't actually, mean it. Do you even know how pissed he was when he heard you work for Uchiha Corp?" Kurama asked as they got to the floor they needed to be on.

"We can talk more about this when we see the place." Naruto said as they got off the elevator.

"I still think you should just come over to their house for dinner." Kurama said as they walked up to the realtor.

Naruto glared at her older brother she didn't like that he wanted to continue to have this conversation even though they were about to be by the realtor.

"Hello you must be Naruto and Kurama Uzumaki." The realtor said.

"Yeah, I'm Naruto and that's my brother Kurama." Naruto introduced while her brother winked at the realtor making Naruto elbow her brother in the gut when the woman turned around.

"What? She is pretty." Kurama mumbled as they walked into the apartment.

"So, this is a one bedroom with a deck. You room also is upstairs. The washer and dryer are in their own separate room fully furnished. The kitchen also has all the appliances. It is an open area connected with the living room and dining room so you can see everything. Your room is upstairs connected to your bathroom and closet." The realtor explained.

"Can I go and see it?" Naruto asked.

"Yes of course you can." The realtor said actually excited for Naruto to want to see the apartment too.

Naruto left her brother and the realtor downstairs while she went upstairs to check out the bedroom. When she got up there she fell in love she knew exactly how she wanted to fix her room up. It was going to be perfect. When she went into her closet her shoes had their own area along with her clothes and jewelry. Naruto couldn't be any happier especially because her bathroom was connected to her closet. Thankfully there was two doors for people to get into the bathroom because she doesn't think she would want people walking into her closet. She walked out of the bathroom from downstairs and walked to her brother happily.

"I will take it. It's insane how beautiful it is. Kurama you have to look at the view up there it's magnificent." Naruto said.

"Okay, I will just get the papers ready for you to sign." The realtor said as she started to set the papers up in the kitchen by the little island Naruto was happy to have because when she cooked she could still talk to her guest.

"You're dipping into your inheritance?" Kurama asked.

"I make enough money to pay for this place working for Sasuke but yeah as of now I am. I am even trying to get a car." Naruto said with a smile.

"I can give you my old car." Kurama said generously.

"Sounds awesome," Naruto said hugging her brother.

"Okay I'm ready for you to sign the paperwork Ms. Uzumaki." The realtor said making Naruto and Kurama go over to the paperwork.

Naruto walked to her signing all the papers she needed and handed the check to move in right away to her. Kurama sat on the floor after it happened as the realtor left after giving Naruto the keys.

"So, you like it here?" Kurama asked.

"I love it here how the hell did you find an apartment to the point of my liking?" Naruto asked.

"I asked around to a few friends of mine and they told me just where to find it. But you expected quite a lot especially for that closet." Kurama said laying back.

It went silent between the siblings for a second before Kurama took a glance at his younger sister and noticed she was in deep thought.

"Do you really like Sasuke?" Kurama asked.

"What do you mean do I really like him?" Naruto asked.

"Well I know he had feelings for you since you guys were kids and if you weren't going to be with him maybe it's best to let him get over his feelings that he has for you." Kurama said.

"Why does everyone only care about his feelings and not mine?" Naruto screamed standing up.

Kurama quickly got up to make sure his sister didn't leave without him grabbing her to pull her down with him.

"I am not picking sides. I knew how you felt about him when you two were kids in middle school. I just want you two to move on with your lives or get together and have a life together. I love you little sister I wouldn't pick someone else's side over you." Kurama said to Naruto as he held her in his lap.

"You better be bastard." Naruto said while pouting.

Naruto and Kurama had a good sibling relationship despite the age difference and the gaps in time that they didn't see each other. They were always close despite it all. He talked to her even when her parents were mad at her.

"Now I think we should talk to father about what has been transpiring between the two of you." Kurama said pushing his sister up.

"Fine I will do it. But if he talks shit or tries to set me up with a marriage arrangement I am leaving right away." Naruto said.

"Okay well let's go get my old car so you can drive something." Kurama said.

"I thought we were going to get me some stuff for the house." Naruto said glaring at her brother.

"Why don't you do that with Sasuke or Shikamaru your secret buddy? I have to get to a meeting. If you really want me to do it with you you'll have to wait until the end of the week. Now let's go and get the car." Kurama said pulling his sister out the door.

"You suck," Naruto groaned.

Naruto and Kurama got to their parent's house to get Kurama's old car. It was just their luck that Minato and Kushina their parents were home at the very moment.

"No sneaking in it seems." Naruto said.

"Nope that's for sure," Kurama said looking at the house.

"Can you just go and get it for me?" Naruto asked pleading with her brother.

Kurama nodded his head but as he started getting out the car Minato came out the house looking directly at Naruto.

"If she wants your car she can at least come inside and say hi to get it." Minato said.

Kurama popped his head back into the car and looked at his sister with pleading eyes basically telling her to come inside. Naruto huffed taking her seatbelt off and getting out the car walking beside her brother.

"Hello father," Naruto said in a voice that she didn't even like.

"Naruto, come discuss some things with me." Minato said and started to walk away toward his study but Naruto got to the doorway and stopped.

"I will not, if you want to know why I work for Uchiha Corp just ask." Naruto said.

"Why do you?" Minato asked turning to his daughter.

Minato and Naruto had a very close relationship when she was younger but the minute she went to Los Angeles her father didn't agree and they got into an argument which ensued for eight years leading to them budding heads about everything. It went from her leaving Konoha to her not wanting to get married to his choices.

"Because I felt like it and he asked me to." Naruto said.

"How can you be so careless with your life? You can't keep being this way. Your twenty-six years old and you don't even have a career and aren't married yet." Minato screamed as Kushina and Kurama stayed out of the way of them two.

"JUST because I work for his Corporation doesn't mean I am being careless. You would know that if you didn't think everything I did was wrong. I don't need to be married in order to have my life together, Kurama's not married and he is fine. You may have got married straight out of high school with mom but that doesn't mean everyone has the same luck." Naruto screamed back to her father.

"You expect me to think you're doing things right when you didn't even tell us what you did in Los Angeles. Why you were even there to begin with? You just expected us to go along with one of your whims." Minato said.

"So, everything I do is a whim now. I don't even know why I bothered trying to talk to you it was a waste of time. Your right I do make bad decisions but not once did I call you for help when I made those bad decisions. And guess what I will do just fine without any help from ANY of you so I don't need that car." Naruto said turning around and walking right out the door slamming it hard.

Naruto was down the driveway before Kurama came out the house chasing after her.

"NARUTO WAIT!" Kurama screamed grabbing a hold of his sister.

"No, I don't want your help either he just thinks I am a screw up so I will just live my life on my own and prove my point." Naruto said shaking her brother off her.

"At least let me give you a ride to Sakura's house." Kurama said.

"Fine," Naruto said walking to the car.

They didn't talk in the car for the whole ride. Honestly Kurama didn't know what to say to his sister because he always thought she was independent and her dad was making it seem like she wasn't responsible at all.

"I love you and thanks for the help with the apartment." Naruto said giving her brother a hug and saying bye.

"Love you and be safe. Please use a condom with whoever you have sex with." Kurama said making his sister blush.

She whacked him in the arm and got out the car. When Naruto looked around she saw Shikamaru, Sasuke, Kiba, Sai, and Ino were at Sakura's house. When she walked in the house she didn't really care what they were doing just walked to her room irritated. She didn't realize she was crying until she touched her face. She didn't even realize when Sasuke got to the door.

"You okay?" Sasuke asked quietly.

Naruto turned around and hugged him. Sasuke wasn't sure what was going on he just hugged her back.

"What's wrong Naruto?" Sasuke whispered quietly in her ears.

"I don't want to talk about that right now. Do you think we can get out of here for a while?" Naruto asked.

"Sure," Sasuke said shrugging his shoulder.

"Let me get my coat." Naruto said softly pulling away from Sasuke.

Sasuke just stood there as Naruto went into the closet in her suitcase to grab a small sweater. Sasuke didn't know what was bothering her but he did want to find out he also wanted to know what happened on the date and why she didn't call him when she said she would.

"Let's go," Naruto said grabbing his hand pulling him right out the room.

As they got down the stairs Sakura started to call out to them but stopped when she seen the tear marks on Naruto's cheeks and the glare Sasuke sent her telling her to shut up. When they got into his car he didn't know where they were going so just sat there.

"Where do you want me to go?" Sasuke asked.

"Anywhere," Naruto said in a whisper.

Sasuke didn't like this version of Naruto it hurt his feelings to see her so sad and not wanting to talk it out with anybody. But still started the car to just head anywhere.

'Well technically if Shikamaru would have gone upstairs instead she would have probably told him.' Sasuke thought bitterly.

"What happened? I thought you were with Kurama?" Sasuke asked.

"I was with him but we went to see my parents." Naruto said.

Sasuke didn't really know what that meant but he did hear a rumor that Minato and Naruto were on extremely bad terms where she wouldn't even work for his company.

"It was that bad?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah similar to the case with your mom and you." Naruto said.

"How do you know about me and my mom's problem?" Sasuke asked shocked.

"People like to tell me things." Naruto said shrugging her shoulders.

"Was it your brother?" Sasuke asked.

"No, your brother." Naruto said.

"Bastard," Sasuke mumbled.

"What happened? With you and your mom that is." Naruto asked.

"Will you tell me what happened between you and your dad if I tell you what happened with me and my mom?" Sasuke asked and Naruto nodded. "It started after I got divorced with Karin. She didn't agree with the fact that I couldn't be with Karin. Hell, she even sounded like my dad saying 'Uchiha's don't get divorced' it was weird as hell hearing that from my own mother. I told her my feelings for you wouldn't go away and that I didn't think it was fair for Karin to be in a relationship with someone who doesn't have feelings for her. My mom went completely crazy on me telling me that I wanted to be with someone who would never have feelings for me. I then told her that is basically what she wants for Karin because I would never have feelings for her and she smacked me in the face and ever since our relationship has been rough. She wants me to go over there for dinner with Karin and I already told them no so they just invited her anyway. So, I stayed by Sakura's house while I was supposed to be at the dinner with them. My brother texted me saying that Suigetsu went with Karin." Sasuke said.

"Wow that is a lot of shit to happen while I was away. As for me and my father, it's such a long story that it hurts my heart. He was upset about me leaving but before that it was because of how I was acting at school toward you. He was mad about a lot of things but I think the moment I left and didn't want to go to the college he set out for me he just snapped and said I was being careless. I wasn't married and my decisions were whims like I had no thought process when I chose them. Talking to him today made me feel like he just thought of me as a dumb blonde that couldn't make up their mind. He talked about how I wasn't married and that I was in the wrong company despite telling me on multiple occasions to not step inside the family company because I will never work there. What the fuck did he expect me to do? Stay here and be miserable. No one ever asked if I had fun while I was away no one even really cared that I was gone. So why should it matter what I do when I get back from Los Angeles." Naruto said.

"That's fucked up but I guess I understand why you're so upset. What does your mom say about all this?" Sasuke asked.

"Nothing she just sits there with Kurama. I told them I didn't need their help and that I would never ask for it." Naruto said pure frustration seeping off her.

"Do you want a hug?" Sasuke asked taking a side glance at Naruto.

Naruto looked at him with a smile and chuckled.

"You're silly." Naruto said kissing him on the cheek.

If he wasn't driving he would have went for a deeper kiss but he didn't thankfully or they would have caused an accident.

"Where are we going?" Naruto asked.

"Outside the village for a while." Sasuke said.

It went silent and when they got to the place Sasuke wanted to be at it was on top of the cliffs where he knew Naruto loved to be at.

"You brought me here how sweet." Naruto said as she got out the car and looked off the cliff.

It went silent once again while Naruto looked off the cliff while Sasuke was on the hood of his car.

"Sometimes it feels like no one is happy that I am back." Naruto said.

"I'm happy your back and all of our friends are happy that your back." Sasuke said walking toward her to pull her into a hug. "I am really happy your back. It gave us this chance to get close again." Sasuke said softly in her ear.

Naruto didn't say anything just let the silent tears fall from her eyes. Sasuke didn't say anything as he felt the tears fall on his arm.

'I love her,' Sasuke thought.

"Naruto, I love you." Sasuke whispered in her ear and took a step back from her waiting to see her reaction.

Naruto turned to look at him shock was evident on her face because she really couldn't believe what she just heard come out his mouth.

"What?" Naruto asked looking Sasuke right in the eyes.

Sasuke shook his head, "FUCK it." Sasuke screamed walking up to Naruto grabbing a hold of her face under her chin kissing her as he pulled away he opened his eyes noting that Naruto also closed her eyes. "I love you." Sasuke said again.

Sasuke knew that very moment took Naruto's breath away and that he would never forget it.

Reviews..

Intense ending right? It only gets more wild or sad from here people your choice?