"Ah- hey, wait up!" Sakura shouted, running after the three before they left her completely behind.

Gemini teared up slightly, then ran forward and hugged her boyfriend. "Thank you!" She said, her words muffled slightly by his chest. This was everything she'd worked so long for. It had been her end goal since she'd arrived in Suna, and now it was hers- sooner than she'd ever expected. "Thank you so much." She pulled away, smiling so brightly she mirrored Naruto for a moment.

Yugito heard Sakura and let out a light laugh as she slowly caught up to them.

"You earned it Gem-chan" Gaara said softly. "You did it with the help of Shirou-sensei and Rin-sensei, along with everyone else here." he said, smiling.

With Naruto making the pace, it took less than a minute to reach the Hokage tower and get to the top floor. And in true Naruto fashion, the young fox burst through Tsunade's door without knocking. "Hey grandma Tsunade, I'm back!"

Gemini pulled out of the hug and took the jacket, putting it on eagerly. It fit perfectly. She turned in a quick circle to model it, then looked at him, smiling. "I'm so, so happy. How does it look?" With the jacket on, it was more obvious how much her figure had filled out in the past few years.

Yugito watched as Tsunade tried, and failed, to hit Naruto with a paperweight. Luckily for everyone else in the room, it only hit the wall. However, despite that, she could see a smile on the elderly lady's face and knew that she was glad to see him back. "I'm also back, though I do apologize for my boyfriend's behavior" Yugito said diplomatically.

Gaara blushed lightly as she twirled inside his office, noticing how well the jacket was on her. Hearing laughter in the back of his head, though ignoring it, he answered that she looked very nice in it, stunning even.

Naruto grinned his signature grin, putting his arms behind his head. "And she brought a friend, so you gotta let her stay here okay granny? It's important for politics!" He declared.

Gemini clapped her hands, beaming proudly. "I will wear it with honor, and I will do justice to the position. I promise!" She said. "I have to write to Naruto-kun! He's gonna be so jealous!"

"It's fine Yugito, no one can control or contain this idiot," Tsunade replied as she ignored the indigent 'Hey!' from Naruto. "Anyways, the blonde said you brought a friend?" she asked, honestly wondering what was going on.

Blaze nodded at this. "Hello, my name is Blaze. I'm the aide for Princess Yugito" Blaze responded

"Princess?"

Yugito sighed at this. "It's a very long story..."

"Yugito-chan is a princess now!" Naruto said proudly. "She's going to be the nekomata queen someday." He looked at Yugito. "Did I get that right?" He asked, worried he hadn't understood it correctly.

Yugito sighed but nodded, not wanting to be reminded of that fact just yet. Besides, the council was already hounding her to find a nekomata to court instead of the kitsune she told them about when she said that ithshe already had it covered. Though she had no idea if Naruto was dealing with something like that.

"I'm sure you will Gem-chan," he said with a smile as she rushed off to send a letter to their friend. He had a feeling this was going to be fun.

Naruto smiled again and gave a thumbs up. "So, it's important to be nice to Blaze-chan and treat her like any other political guest, see?"

((Not sure what to do with Gemini right now, so Wolfie will come back to her later.))

"But I can still punish you and order you to give them a tour of the village," Tsunade replied with a smirk. Sometimes it was good being the leader of a village. Sometimes.

(alright)

Naruto blinked in confusion. "But...I was gonna do that anyway, 'tebayo." He informed the Hokage. "I'll do it either way. Yugito-chan is my girlfriend, and Blaze-chan is her friend, so of course I'd be happy to show them around."

"I figured as much. Just don't go into the Forbidden Forest please," Tsunade replied. She had a feeling that Naruto would have done it anyways, but was curious as to how he would respond. Seems like Jiraiya taught him some sort of manners. Some.

"Why would I ever go back in there? That place was horrible!" Naruto shouted, shivering at the memory of his first Chunin exam. "I'm not bringing Yugito-chan back into that place, and I'm definitely not bringing Blaze-chan there!"

'Forbidden Forest?" Blaze asks, curious and confused now.

"It's a forest in the center of the village." Naruto explained. "They use it for testing, and no one's allowed in besides that because it's so dangerous. Everything in that place wants to kill you and make it hurt." He said.

"I see." Blaze said in understanding.

"Luckily, that's not a place you need to visit to get to know the village." Sakura said.

"True. But one thing did happen out of that," Yugito replied with a soft grin, remembering how she had met Naruto during the Chunin Exams and the second portion of the test.

Naruto grinned. "Yeah, that's true. I'm glad I got to meet Kitty-chan, even if the rest of that exam was a horror show." He said.

"No argument there" Yugito replied.

"So, now that we've all checked in, why don't we start on that tour? I'll show you guys back to my place so you can get settled if you want, and then I'll show you around!" Naruto said cheerfully.

"I like that idea actually. Hopefully it isn't dusty from years of no use," Yugito replied, silently hoping that someone had upgraded his apartment to having two beds...since she knew Blaze wouldn't be happy seeing a single bed.

"Oh, don't worry about that. I've been cleaning the place up once a week or so since you guys left." Sakura said helpfully.

"Really? Thanks, Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted, giving Sakura a hug. Realizing what he'd done, he pulled away quickly, hoping she didn't hit him. He was relieved to see that Sakura didn't seem upset.

"If you actually did that, you would have one favor from the cat clan for almost anything," Yugito replied, being completely honest about it. To do what Sakura did, without being asked to do so...it was just amazing.

Sakura blinked. "Oh, I...that's really not necessary. I did it because I wanted to. I mean, that's what friends do for each other, right? Plus, I'd been waiting for a chance to get in there and clean the place since the first time I saw it. Naruto is such a slob." She said.

"But Sakura-chan, you didn't have to do that at all, let alone the whole time I was gone. I definitely owe you one, big time." Naruto said.