Love - Oranger Than Orange

A Naruto and Ai Yori Aoshi Crossover

Retold and Rearranged by blukmage19

Full Summary: What happens when a humble college student finds himself in a situation with many women that keep coming in his life? And who said blue and orange couldn't be complementary with each other?

Naruto takes the role of Kaoru Honjō (Hanabishi).

Tags: Slightly AU, More modern setting, Canon route,

Adopted/Honest/Resourceful/Strong/Smart/Civilian/Not a Ninja/Disowned!Naruto

Main Pairing: Naruto/Aoi, possible harem

Location: Izumigaoka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Arc 1

Chapter 1

The Reason/ The Unwedded Couple/ The Futon

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This is Naruto Hanabishi, 21, a latter into his 2nd Year in college for his 4-year tenure. He has natural blond hair and blue eyes that could mistake him for a European, but he is actually a true-blue born Japanese.

People might think that the young man is riding on the gravy train because his adoptive family, the Hanabishis, were big in the Zaibatsu (financial business) since the Meiji Era. Unfortunately, the old Patriarch of the family hated Naruto with a passion, when the latter is on to them for making dirty dealings behind the company's back.

Naruto had a girl that he loved ever since they were 4 years old. Her name: Aoi Sakuraba, and she and Naruto became the best of friends. Unfortunately, the old man forcibly turned down the marriage arrangement between his oldest grandson (that is, Naruto) and Aoi, leaving both families very upset and Naruto ended up being one that forcibly gets the blame (even though it wasn't all his fault); the young betrothed ones were very saddened that they would never see each other again. They gave each other a picture to remember themselves by.

Years later, the Zaibatsu tried to burn Naruto's possessions after his adoptive mother died tragically, but this enrages the young man as he gave the family a serious beatdown, thanks to his study of Martial Arts and a bit of Jiu jitsu (Kancho! and some Leg Lock - Clutch Stomps on their pride).

The scars of the battle that were left on Naruto were on his back and on his cheeks, were from being abused by the old man, his other grandson Kaoru (the younger) along with his mother, and the members of the Zaibatsu for years.

Soon he made a vow before leaving the residence and said to his defeated opponents and the disgraced old man, "The moment you crossed that line the day my dear mother died and made me forsake my dear friend, Aoi-chan, is the day I leave this miserable home. For too long, I've called you my family. No more!"

And Naruto took everything he has on his back and wagon and left for the city of Izumigaoka, never looking back.

That was over 4 years ago.

-LOTO-

[Current Time, at the Ikebukuro Station]

On a day in late December (the day after Christmas), a petite woman (about 5' 3") with dark, short-length hair, wearing an indigo tsumugi (a type of old-fashioned kimono or yukata), tabi socks, and wooden sandals, is lost on her way to meet a certain somebody. She got bumped by a passerby and lost her footing. Thankfully, a 6-foot crew-cut blond-haired man with bandages on his cheeks came by and mercifully helped the woman on her feet.

She thanked the person for helping her, but noticed that her strap on her sandal came unraveled, so he helped give her shoe a temporary fix. But as he looked at the woman's face, his memory of a girl that he liked kept running through his mind, including the occurrence at Christmas, so he asked, "Don't I know you from somewhere?"

"I could ask you the same thing," the woman said.

After a few awkward moments, the tsumugi-wearing woman asked the man for directions to Izumigaoka.

"Izumigaoka? That gate's on the opposite direction from here," he said, "Believe me, miss, even I can get a little lost from going through this station when I first came here. I'll even help you get to the ticket line, because I'm heading in the same direction. Can you trust me?"

The woman admitted that she is exceptionally lost is this maze, so she reluctantly accepted the man's offer, even if he's a complete stranger to her… or was he?

While the two were walking to the train, the woman noticed that the blond-haired man is a college student and must have a knowledge about tsumugis, and the man replied, "I used to wear them when I was younger. It even reminded me of two people that were precious to me. And you know, it just doesn't feel strange about it when I talk to you."

The woman blushed from what she learned about the stranger just as they boarded the train.

-LOTO-

As the train passed Toyamadai, the woman was asked by the man why is her business so important, "Is that certain somebody a guy, perhaps?"

"Y...yes," she blushed embarrassingly.

{Real smooth, you… It was supposed to be a joke,} the man grimaced to himself.

But then, the woman said, "The truth is that I came here without knowing whether I could meet that person or not. I'm just not familiar with the roads here. But with you helping me, I don't have to worry."

"I'm glad to be of service to you, miss," the man said as they waited towards their destination.

By the time the two reached Izumigaoka exit, the man noticed that his friend fell asleep on his left arm. So he helped carry her off of the train. {She just seemed so innocent, not knowing about the dangers in the world,} he thought to himself as he found a bench to wait until she can finally wake up, {But she's so cute. Reminds me of a girl I used to know.}

Suddenly, the woman woke up and noticed that her head is resting on his lap as he asked, "Slept well, milady?"

"Ah! I'm...I'm sorry! I must have slept through and missed our stop."

"Actually, we're here, miss," he said, "Forgive me if I have to carry you here."

The woman thanked the man for being in her company and he suggested that if he can go with her through the complex city, he'll be sure to find that person that she is looking for.

So onward they go to wherever the path leads to.

-LOTO-

"This person… what is he or she like?"

"It's a boy that I haven't seen for a while. He's a very kind person and he's strong, but also very gentle. Whenever I think about him, I feel like I've being swept off my feet. He even helped me when my hanao broke from my sandal and fixed them while I was crying. Now that I think about it, that boy is very skilled with his hands."

"You really must have liked the guy."

"? Why, yes! He was my first and only love. I can't stop thinking about him. It makes me feel alive."

Naruto couldn't help but notice that the woman has an undying love and devotion to that said man that she yearns for. So he said to her, "It'll be great once you get to meet him."

"Yeah!" she agreed.

By the time they arrived at the said location, it turned out to be a vacant lot.

"What? It's...not here! Have I got into the wrong place?" the woman anxiously asked.

"Oh, now I remember," the man explained, "The Hanabishi Zaibatsu used to own a housing complex in that lot years ago, but then an earthquake tore that old place and everything along the street apart, making this area very unlivable. He probably must have found a better living space elsewhere." And he tries to comfort her, but the woman felt depressed and said, "Liar… I thought I finally… finally would be able to meet… How can this be…? What am I going to do?"

The man, feeling sorry for the distressed woman and himself, invited her to come to his house at the apartment complex nearby to rest.

-LOTO-

The man brewed some green tea in his clean ocha cups to help calm the woman's nerves. So, he asked her, "So, are there any clues to the man's whereabouts?"

The woman took a picture from her tsumugi breast area and showed him what appears to be a young boy and girl that are smiling in front of the camera. "This is a picture of him and I when were kids," she said.

Upon closer examination, the man noticed that the boy looked awfully familiar and said, "Just a minute, I seemed to have a similar picture in here somewhere." And he found the photo in an album in his shelf and showed it to her, "There it is! It's a picture of me and Aoi-chan and you seemed to have the same copy just like mine… Like... mine?"

"You… you mean?" the woman questioned while being surprised, "Then that means that you're Naruto-sama?"

"I'm Naruto Hanabishi, and you must be… Aoi-chan?" The man now revealed to be Naruto asked.

The woman revealed to be Aoi replied, and after a few moments, they hugged each other like there's no tomorrow.

"Naruto-sama!" "Aoi-chan!"

The two kept saying their names as they were extremely glad to see each other again after 16 years of separation.

"The person that was so kind to me was really you, Naruto-sama… No greater destiny will defeat the feeling like this!" Aoi excitedly said as she embraces Naruto, but the Hanabishi is wondering what in the world happened to Aoi as she recomposed herself and kowtows and explained, "Naruto-sama, I, Aoi Sakuraba, am here to be wed by you."

Naruto was flabbergasted at what his long-lost friend just said, "You don't mean what I think it means?"

"That's right. I'm here to be your wife."

The three words Naruto declared can only be exclaimed at what Aoi had just said.

"Oh… my... goodness…"

A/N: To elucidate Naruto's modest living in Osaka, he managed to scrimp and save his money to find himself a place to stay, far away from his estranged family. He is currently living in a low-rent apartment🏠, even though he already paid the bills for his College tenure👨 🎓.

How is Naruto a rich man without having dependence from the Zaibatsu, you might ask?

He has a strange sense of excellent luck when he took a brief part-time job at a casino🎰 as a janitor. But when he found some loose change for a run at one of the machines, the rest is history, as he cleaned out the casino and made it shut its doors but good.💴 Sure, Naruto may have technically lost his job, but it gave him a better excuse to find a different and better part-time job as he improved his bachelor's living space, like having a 28" flat screen TV plus antenna, a stereo set and radio, his shelves full of manga and DVD's and Blu-ray's for his player (nothing primarily pornographic or overly sexual), a separate shelf for his schooling, an e-tablet for his education with some music on the side, and also have some spare things in case of a guest or two, like extra cushions for his low table, futons and pillows for sleeping. He even has a bank account under the surname "Uzumaki" where he kept his earnings with interest 💹 and he's not telling his estranged family that, even with his simple, yet complex password… in English.

Naruto is currently at the end of his second year Major in Law ️ and Minor in business management 👔. He has some friends that he knew so well, including an American girl ️ ️who plans to return from her sabbatical trip around the world, but we'll see her and a few others at a (possible) future schedule.

-Love: Orange-

It was so sudden for Naruto when he heard from his long-lost friend Aoi mentioned that she is to be married to him and then said, "Please come back to the Hanabishi with me."

Hanabishi Zaibatsu…

That accursed place that have angered Naruto after all the trouble the family had done to him, so he kept himself composed and said, "Aoi-chan, you didn't know about why I'm living in a low-rent apartment, trying to earn a clean living, do you?"

"No, I haven't," she replied as she sees Naruto removed the bandages from his cheeks and his scars now currently resemblance cat's whiskers - 3 on each side.

"This is but a sample of what the old man, another man that I used to call "brother", along with their flunkies that lived there had done to me after they had called me an untrustworthy black sheep. They had humiliated me and treated like a rag doll once too often, and it got worse after my dear mother died. So I decided to leave the residence to prove that I can be independent and get a college degree before I can think things over."

Aoi was shocked to see that Naruto has changed a lot over the years. He didn't want to see her cry after she learned why his face resembles a beast. So she confessed to him, "Naruto-sama, I'm sorry. I've been so selfish to you. I was worried that you might dislike me after you left the Hanabishi Zaibatsu. It was never my intention to deceive you or to lure you back over there. Please forgive me." And she kowtows before Naruto, but then she notices Naruto kowtowing, too.

"No. It was I who should be sorry, too, Aoi-chan," he said, "I know I shouldn't have left you after all this had happened. I've been thinking about you for a while, even though we've been far apart. I did send you letters and give you presents for your birthday, but the old man and my "brother" forbade me since he broke off the engagement. But I managed to do so anyway, because I still care about you."

And Aoi cherished the memories that her (former) betrothed gave her.

-LOTO-

Naruto noticed that the night is beginning to drag on and he knows that there are crooks and vagrants lurking about more frequently at night.

He decided to bring out some cushions to let his guest sit down and asked her, "So, about this engagement..."

"Yes," she said, "We were kids when we met several times."

Back then, Aoi is a rather shy girl where she meets her betrothed who waved her back. It was a start of a beautiful friendship. And now, Aoi is now a beautiful woman of high quality and class.

"Since then, I was raised to become your devoted wife to follow you. Didn't you know that?"

"Yes, I know about that," Naruto answered politely, "However, when the old man broke the marriage contract off, I was very upset at him. He even has the gall and the nerve to try to allocate the marriage to my younger "brother". However, I heard that your parents refused to do so. And that was around the time that we all seemed to have lost touch for awhile. And now, here we are."

"But Naruto-sama, you didn't leave the Hanabishi because you disliked me?"

"No, I would never do that to you like that," he answered with a sip of his teacup, "There are other reasons for me to…"

Naruto noticed that Aoi is crying as her tears fell on her hands.

"Forgive me," she said with a sniffle, "I am really relieved, my tears wouldn't stop flowing."

Naruto helped wiped the tears of Aoi's eyes with a tissue and calmed her down. He checked the clock and notices that it's getting late into the night, so he decided to let Aoi stay in.

-LOTO-

Naruto decided to let his guest use the bathroom after he sanitized the small tub with some soap and bleach. He even checked the water to see if it's hot enough to help Aoi relax herself in there.

"16 years," he murmured to himself, "I have heard of arranged marriages, but I never thought I would be on the business end of one of them."

He hears a knock on the door and it was Aoi who asked a curious question, "Naruto-sama, did you really run away, without telling your family?"

Naruto finished rinsing and answered, "I didn't, Aoi-chan. I left on my own terms after the old man kicked me out. I haven't contacted them at all for the last… I think it was close to 4 years."

And he walked out of the bathroom with a clean towel in his hand and gave it to Aoi. She wondered if there is a changing room, but Naruto said, "This apartment doesn't have one, but you can put your belongings into the basket over there. Just close the door and I'll wait in the den before you're done. Just be careful with the shower, because the hot water doesn't quite kick in for a few seconds until then; the complex's water heater is too old."

"Thank you, Naruto-sama," Aoi thanked her future husband, "Then I will take my bath now." And she closed the door while Naruto waits somewhere else. He hears the sound of Aoi's traditional clothes dropping to the floor. It was the first time a girl coming to his apartment, as well as that same girl taking a bath here. He even hears the sound of Aoi's traditional clothing fall to the floor through the thin walls. Why is he starting to have some strange thoughts of seeing Aoi naked, even though he never even owned a risqué magazine.

-LOTO-

Then Aoi called out, "Naruto-sama! Naruto-sama, the shower only has cold water…"

"Just let it run for a bit, Aoi-chan!" he called out, "It'll be hot soon, trust me!" Naruto made a note to himself to contact the landlord to replace the worn-out heater with a new one.

After a few moments, Aoi said, "Oh! It's hot now! It's just like you said, the temperature is just right. Wonderful!"

"I'm glad that's to your liking, Aoi-chan," he said. And as Naruto was about to return to the den, he noticed that Aoi is wearing undergarments underneath her Tsumugi. But he obeyed his first impulse to look away. Naruto realizes that thinking about marriage with Aoi, the daughter of the Sakuraba family, is still a bit too sudden.

Happiness can wait...

-Love: Orange-

By the time Aoi finished with her bath, she is wearing her inner kimono and sash as she was drying off. "Thank you. That hot bath really did the trick," the Sakuraba complemented.

"Gorgeous…," Naruto quietly exclaimed as he was amazed at Aoi's rather gentle appearance.

But he changed the subject and decided to let his guest sleep in one of his futons while he sleeps with a spare futon and some elbow room away from his guest. Then he suggested, "Anyway, you should be ready by tomorrow morning to go back home, Aoi-chan. Your family could be worried about you being here with me, the black sheep of the Hanabishi family."

"But can't I stay by your side?" she asked.

"It's not what I was thinking about, but being engaged to a person you just met recently or haven't seen for 16 years is a bit sudden, even for me. You probably don't know much about me."

"Then…," Aoi started to suggest, "Then we can start getting to know each other from now on!"

Naruto turned to look at Aoi in the eye as he is listening.

"And I want to ask you more about yourself." The Sakuraba endearingly puts on her cute charm to convince her fiancé. So Naruto gave in as he moved his futon a little closer to Aoi, as she began to fall fast asleep after having a hectic day. However, he just couldn't get to sleep. So he decided to check the ticket that Aoi held with his lamp. It was rumpled and worn out, but he also noticed that the address's numbers were backwards, 5-2-7 and not 7-2-5, which explains why it leads into an empty lot. He notices that the sleeping Aoi is submissive as she is stubborn, not that there's anything wrong with her.

He quickly left the apartment for a minute to grab himself a caffeine-free cola and swiftly returned back with the greatest of ease. As he opened the can and sipped, he didn't want to go back to the Hanabishi household just yet and he doesn't know if the head of the family, as much as a jackass that he is, would accept him back.

By the time Naruto returned, Aoi woke up rather worried, "I heard the door open and I couldn't see you, so I was a bit…"

"Don't worry about it, Aoi-chan," he said, "This is my home. I wouldn't leave it behind so easily."

"Naruto-sama?"

"Yes?"

"Good… good night."

"Sweet dreams, Aoi-chan." And both people fell asleep on their futons.

-LOTO-

In one of his dreams, Naruto was remembering his times that he shared with Aoi when they were children, and they played together. However, as time went on, Aoi stripped herself from her clothes because she said it was too hot, and she is not only naked as a baby, her body began to change dramatically as Aoi went from a innocently naked child's body to a nude, grown-up version of herself with firm C-cup breasts, visible nipples and areolas, and a small blackish bush covering her womanhood. And Naruto's manhood is getting a little rough to contain inside his pants as (Big) Aoi's breasts are embracing his face, almost as if they are smothering him to death as he started to hear her actual moaning when he suddenly woke up.

-LOTO-

Naruto thought to himself that he dreamt could be one of his darnest dreams, a nightmare, or could be both rolled into one that could mess up his boxer briefs from a nocturnal emission. However, that proved to be half-true when his head was suddenly dragged into something fragrant and soft to the touch. When he looked up, it was Aoi clenching to her fiancé in her sleep. Naruto got his face full of femininity and ecstasy as Aoi slowly moved around his legs and finally his cheeks.

This is going to be a long night as Naruto started to purr like a cat that made the dreaming Aoi even happier as she murmured and mewed, "I love you…Naruto…-shama. Meow..."

And Naruto went back to sleep with a woman that would soon be his lovely and lawfully wedded wife.

-LOTO-

By the time the dawn broke, Aoi woke up to find that Naruto is awake, doing some morning exercises to keep last night's incident off his mind.

Aoi decided to join him just to keep herself in shape, thanks to the rhythm on the radio and her mother's teachings. As Naruto swap to his push-ups, he asked Aoi, "Just how did you get on my side of the bed?"

Aoi stopped for a moment and said, "Well… because you looked like you're cold. So I wanted to help warm you up… Oh, I'm sorry! I have a bad habit of holding onto things tightly in my sleep again. Did I do something bad?"

"No," he replied after doing his 80th push-up, "That just makes me want to know you better, just like you said. I just do some morning exercises to start the day right and take a quick shower before breakfast. But it seems to me that you were getting very cold too, even when you were acting like a cat."

"Then, we're now even," the fiancée gave of a sweet smile.

And Naruto gave Aoi an unused roll-on deodorant container for both men and women to freshen up, and gave her a spare comb and brush to help tidy her bedhead hair back into place, at his insistence. His gentle brushing skills made the Sakuraba feel more at ease.

This day could just get better and better...

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To be continued…==»

A/N: (As of 7/19/19) It's tough to try to make this version of Naruto having a Kansai dialect. Osaka is a different region that has a rather long feuding in competition and businesses with Tokyo, or so it says. And Naruto is planning to become a lawyer in Major and Business Management on the side instead of just being a successor to the Hanabishi Zaibatsu. And why not, much of the backstory involves Naruto being ill-treated like a nobody, but if this is a form of a trial and tribulation, then running away would never really make him be truly free.

Aoi Sakuraba speaks in a more polite accent since she is raised prim and proper by her family. She has a bodyguard/elder sister figure that doubles as a secretary to assist her mistress after she was taken in by the Sakuraba family. But getting back to Aoi, she has dreams to become a devoted wife to Naruto, just like he treats her with the utmost respect. She can cook and clean just like a servant or housewife, but she lets some people help her at times and deserves the best for the humble woman.

This is only a test idea that I have to this and other future planned stories.

And the heat of the summer will be on!

-blukmage19