Naruto: The Prince of Lust

Hiruzen laughs his slow repetitive laugh, turning to Uzumaki who steps beside the elder to see before snorting, "ha! I knew it!"

"Isn't that an interesting development," the Hokage voices before the toad disappears in an enormous puff of white smoke.

Temari was nervous before the giant toad appeared and now she's confused. Feeling like she's lost her grip on the direction of the dialog, she reiterates in hopes she hasn't messed up her odds, "as the Kazekage's only daughter, my father has allowed me to submit my own candidate into the preliminary list. The selection process includes an investigation phase of the candidate that requires I get to know Uzumaki Naruto, which is important because I wish to submit him as soon as possible. It has not escaped my notice that he is unique—important to Konoha—and I do not want to cause any undue anxiety between our allied nations."

"You're here to ask my permission," Hiruzen states returning to his seat with an elated Naruto next to him.

"I am, Hokage-sama," Temari concedes. "I came to make my intention clear. I'd like to spend time with Uzumaki-kun and get to know him. It isn't an engagement, however, should everything proceed without incident, I would like Naruto to be my husband." Naruto's eyes couldn't get any larger. He even forgot to breathe until Sarutobi pats his back to get him functioning again. After an awkward moment, Temari nervously offers, "I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have…"

Hiruzen turns the option to respond to a perpetually stunned Naruto and decides to ask instead, "would you be opposed to a chaperon?" She would be opposed to it, however, that might tip them to an ulterior motive. When Temari assures the elder leader she wouldn't, Hiruzen turns to Naruto and responds, "if you're truly to become a clan head and leader of people, I feel this would be a good opportunity for you to learn weighing the options of a situation; the advantages and disadvantages. So, I leave this decision to you."

"That is a mistake," Koharu voices from the side. "This decision is a political one and must be made by the Hokage."

"He is too young to see the future ramifications of presently benign decisions," Himura adds.

Seemingly snapping out of his stupor, Naruto tells them, "I am not. I know Suna and Konoha will always be allies, I just… I didn't expect this, is all." Though Temari mentally scoffed at his comment, when he turned his attention on her again, she felt the decisive weight of the moment. With her critical reservations of being a whore for her village compartmentalized in an impenetrable box, the prosperity of her village—of her father's ambition—is what mattered to Temari and she felt they would rejoice when Naruto says, "I uh, guess. I mean I'm not really thinking about marriage and stuff. There's a lot I have to do before any of that."

"I feel the same way," Temari voices, hoping against hope she can get away with just giving him hand-jobs or, at worst, blow-jobs.

"But," Naruto voices appearing as if it's difficult for him to think, reaffirming her belief that she can never be attracted to someone with a sub-par intelligence. Still, he seems to be expressing second thoughts as he voices, "uh, if I can help…" Her hopes soon began to dash when he eventually says, "actually, I don't really know what I'd be helping you with. I mean, all that stuff you said about Omiai and your tou-chan makes sense, but, what I don't get is you. I mean, I got the feeling you liked really smart guys."

Temari hadn't expected him to make such an astute observation about her and rushes to admit, "I can't say for certain why I like you." Though a part of her easily sees Daimaru-kun in him. His brash, no-fear attitude toward the world. Her childhood crush didn't have enough sense to feel threatened by her father or brother… 'or too much courage.' Shifting thoughts of her deceased affection, Temari blushes to publicly confess, "you're different, Naruto-kun. Different from all the other boys I've met. And all I can say to you is, I hope getting to know each other will help us discover how much we can mean to one another."

Hiruzen tells Naruto, "it wouldn't be too different from what my son, Asuma, did for Tomoko-hime when she came to visit Konoha some months back." It doesn't take Temari more than a second to realize how that works in her favor as the elder continued. "Asuma was tasked with representing the village as the princess' personal escort, however, nothing happened that wasn't meant to happen."

"I'm sure we can be friends even if this doesn't work out," Temari voices. "And of course, I'll still be grateful for your help. So, would it be okay if I send my father a favorable response?"

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