Naruto: The Prince of Lust

"Well… a little," Naruto gruffly answers, lazily seesawing a flat palm. "Isn't it weird for you? I mean, your tou-chan wants you to marry someone you don't know? That would do my head in."

"Yes and no," she answers after a long exhale. "Obviously, I'd prefer to marry someone I love, but I doubt I'm the kind of girl that falls in love at first sight. What I value in a man isn't something you can see on the surface."

"What's that-" Naruto halts his curiosity when his brain answers faster. "Oh! Let me guess. Intelligence?"

Surprised, she turns to his smirking face and answers with an amused tone, "yes, actually. I didn't think I was that transparent."

Snickering, Naruto reassures her, "you're not," adding with a melancholy smile, "I've just heard that before."

Immediately, Temari wonders about other women in his life who may have told him that. The fact that he remembered suggests she's important or a sensei. Temari's original strategy involved removing any female attention in Naruto's life, however, considering how all of Konoha no longer have a future at the end of the month, any kunoichi attracted to Naruto will continue to take things slow. Besides, any kunoichi Naruto is attracted to will evaporate from his mind as much as his heart when he feels what she'll do to him.

"What do you look for in a girl?"

"Uh, well, I thought I knew what I liked but I've learned a lot in the past few months so now I'm not sure. Right now, I know for sure I like honest and pretty girls."

'Possible rejection,' Temari mentally catalogs, thinking how that heartache works in her favor. "To answer your earlier question, this isn't all that weird to me because the thing I like most about a partner takes time. So I have to get to know a person before I date them anyway. What makes the Omiai bad is it has less to do with my needs and more to do with the needs of the village."

"What does Gaara think about that," Naruto asks. "You're brother and sister. He can't be okay with this."

With a heightened curiosity about his mental train of thought, Temari bluntly answers, "my little brother doesn't care."

"Well he should," Naruto angrily asserts. "I get that he's had a tough life but you're family!"

Again, the connection Naruto seems to have with her brother seems to stem from a shared predicament. Cautiously, Temari asks, "why do you think he's had a hard life? He's the son of a Kage."

Turning to her, Naruto leans forward so as his eyes stare more prominently at her as he gravely answers, "it's in the eyes." Stepping back, he amusingly adds, "plus he always talks about killing people."

Impulsively, Temari snorts at the blasé manner Naruto accepts Gaara's homicidal declarations. She feared he would think she was a morbid for laughing at his comment, however, to her great relief, he simply smiles.

"My little brother has certainly gone through a lot in his life," she admits. Rather than change the subject away from her brother, she allows Naruto to indulge in the topic, offering, "maybe we can have dinner one day."

She's certain Naruto would be the only boy who'd happily answer, "that would be great."

His excitement to have dinner with her brother has Temari hoping Naruto is secretly a homosexual. Though that doesn't change what she has to do and it's a little off-putting if her first is gay, her mind effortlessly plays out a scenario in which he's unable to get an erection and she comforts him, thereby earning his trust.

'Kami, let that be the case,' her mind praises as she informs him, "I'll let you know what he says."

"Sweet."

Throughout the rest of their walk, they talk about mild subjects like interests and dislikes. Temari always allows him to go first to feed his ego and to gauge whether she should agree or disagree with his replies. They speak for nearly three hours when the real Naruto spots them. The clone says his farewell before popping away. His team seems odd. Naruto is holding up his pink-haired worn and exhausted pink-haired teammate. Their sensei is openly reading the same filth Baki gave her to research from. And the handsome Uchiha continues walking with little more than a sideways glance at her as he leaves.

"Hey, Temari-chan," Naruto greets before creating a clone to pick up an exhausted Haruno, princess style, and leaping away.

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Temari smiles at the blond before bowing to his sensei, greeting him, "hello, Kakashi-sensei."

"Temari-chan," Kakashi greets. He then tells them, "I was asked to chaperon whenever possible, but." Turning to Naruto, he asks, "if you're fine on your own…"

"Yeah, we'll be fine, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto tells his sensei.

"See you tomorrow," the legendary Copy-ninja states before nodding to, "Temari-chan."

As Team 7 split between Kakashi trailing Sasuke and Naruto carrying Sakura, Naruto can't help but apologize to Temari. "Sorry about my team. Ever since the second task, Sakura's been training like hell to get better and Sasuke's just a moody booty."@@novelbin@@

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