Darkness Falls

Chapter 28

Fubuki never considered herself a girly girl. Always focusing more on her training as a kunoichi, instead of obsessing over her looks to catch the eyes of boys in her class. While the other girls were fussing over their hair and makeup, she was out improving her hyoton jutsus. When the rest of the girls in her class were spending their weekends at spas and salons, she would be in the training field practicing her taijutsu. So why now was her face doing a perfect impersonation of a tomato?

Because her hand was firmly being held by the blonde shinobi that had all but single handily saved her country and restored it's rightful ruler to her throne.

"Are you okay, Fubuki-chan?" Naruto inquired his impromptu date as he noticed the heavy blush on her face. Mentally chuckling as to how this had all come about. From the quick briefing he was told from Sakura, Fubuki had confided in Koyuki about her attraction towards the blonde. The end result, the young princess and pink haired hanyou had set the two of them up on a date at the last minute.

To add to the pinkette's embarrassment, Koyuki had insisted she wear something other then her typical battle ready gear. Gone was her chakra armor set up and hooded coat, instead she wore an elegant kimono, showing off her figure more then she would have liked. Even her wild hair had been done up in braided loops. The only piece of attire from her old outfit she had been allowed to wear was her hitai-ate, which now hung loosely around her neck.

"I'm fine." She replied, rather quickly. 'I swear, Daimyo or not, I am going to get Koyuki back for this.'

"If you say so." The blonde chuckled, causing the pink haired snow shinobi to scowl. Though the scowl softened when he gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. "So how about we kick off this date with a simple lunch?"

"Fine." Fubuki relented though with a small smile tugging at her lips. "There is a good restaurant just a few blocks away."

Nodding, the blonde hanyou lead his date through the bustling streets of now named Harugakure, formerly known as Yukigakure, due to the heat generator bringing spring to the country. Though after a bit of debate, it was decided that Koyuki would only have the generator on for six months out of the year, so as not to hurt local business and trades. Not to mention, allowing the citizens to become more acclimated to the new weather patterns brought on by the heat generator.

After walking for nearly twenty minutes, the duo arrived at their destination. A quaint looking cafe nestled in between two large buildings, making it easy to over look if one was not paying attention. Entering the establishment, the two were immediately hit with the scent of freshly baked pastries, along with a mixture of various coffee's, tea, and chocolate permeating through the air.

"Smells good in here." Naruto commented. Meanwhile, Ahri was salivating at the aroma in the blondes mindscape.

"It does." Fubuki smiles as the two sit down at a vacant table in the corner that had a chair on one side, and a bench seat on the other near the wall. "This was my parents favorite place to relax at. I'm glad it survived Doto-teme's reign."

A twinge of sorrow washing across her face at the memories of her parents. Seeing this, Naruto reached over the small table and reassuringly squeezed her hand to comfort her. Receiving a small smile from the pinkette at the gesture. Just before anything could be said, a waiter had arrived to take their orders. Fubuki had gone with a sweet roll filled with chocolate, and a mug of hot chocolate, while Naruto had gone with a simple hot strawberry and vanilla tea, with small baked rolls filled with cream cheese.

"Would you like to tell me about them?" Naruto inquired.

"My father was a doctor, probably one of the best in the hospital he worked at. He could diagnose what was wrong just at a glance. Taking his job very seriously." She began with a soft smile as she recalled her parents.