Return of the Flash by Kamikaze132

Chapter 14

He barely kept himself from voicing his thoughts to the fox inside him, forgetting that Kurama could easily read his thoughts. Kurama scoffed and refrained from speaking. He will see how Naruto handles this without making himself look like a fool.

It happened too quickly, but he was standing behind her. She seemed to be unaware that he was standing directly behind her. Steeling up and swallowing up his nervousness, he tapped her shoulder.

Temari finally relaxed after exiting the hotel where she and her brothers were staying. She had known that after their training, she was going to get bored because she had nothing to do. After almost half an hour of arguing, she was able to convince Kankuro to let her leave the hotel. Gaara really didn't care much about what she did and that was one thing she was grateful for. Baki didn't protest much when she told him that she would be able to scout the important locations in this village.

So here she was, wandering the streets and taking in the sights. She had to admit, Konoha was beautiful. All the greenery in the village made it seem like the village actually pulsed with life. The weather here was very pleasant as well, though that could be attributed to the greenery.

As she aimlessly wandered, her thoughts turned to the attractive blonde from before. "Uzumaki Naruto," she tested the word on her lips, her mouth unconsciously turning into a smile. He was certainly attractive, more so than any boy she had seen of her age. He was also quite fearless and charismatic as well, if what he did when the tenth question was asked is anything to go by. That certainly earned him points in her book.

She didn't know if he realized it or not, but he had erased all traces of doubts the intimidating examiner had put into them, including her. Something inside her told her that he knew.

Her hormones seemed to make their presence known, as she turned began to imagine what he looked like without his shirt and jacket on. Her cheeks burned as she realized what she was thinking and rapidly shook her head to clear it of anymore thoughts like those.

'Why am I thinking such things? I don't even know him!' Then her thoughts did a complete one-eighty once more. 'Although, I wouldn't mind to get to know him through a date or two....' She flushed again, though this time she had a smile and didn't try to shake it off.

So lost in her thoughts she was, that she startled a bit when her shoulder was tapped. Mentally cursing herself for getting caught off guard, she turned to see who had tapped her and got frozen in place when she saw the subject of her thoughts right in front of her.

Naruto became a bit confused when Temari turned around and suddenly froze. 'Guess she wasn't expecting to meet me,' he thought before waving a hand in front of her eyes. "Temari-san, are you alright?"

His voice snapped her back into the present. She saw him looking at her, a curious expression on his face. Regaining control of herself, she smiled and greeted back, "I'm alright Uzumaki-san. I just wasn't expecting to see you here."

She giggled a bit at the sour look that he made, "Please don't call me that. Naruto will do just fine."

She returned an easy smile, "Then you must call me Temari. Being called like that by someone of my age make me feel old."

Naruto didn't know how he was speaking without thinking, "That just won't do now, will it? I wouldn't want to make a pretty lady such as yourself feel old," he returned her easy smile.

Temari felt her face go warm at his response. Not wanting to be looking embarrassed, she folded her arms and turned her face away, a smile tugging at her lips. "Flatterer," she scoffed softly.

Naruto internally grinned. This wasn't hard at all! He didn't have to pretend to be someone he wasn't. He would be thinking up on what to say if he was. The lines and responses just instinctively came to him.