Inami's birthday

Konoha…

Yamanaka household…

After greeting Ino's mother Naruto followed Ino and her mother inside their store where Ino's mother looks at everything for the last time to check if everything is in the proper place and confirming there is nothing out of the ordinary she nods her head and prepared to leave just to found out Naruto looking at some plants at the side of the store.

"Are you interested in those plants? " Ino's mother asked with a smile looking at Naruto's curious face.

"Yes, I was just wondering. If I am right about the usage of these plants or not? " Naruto replied with a nod hearing her.

"Do you know these plants? " Ino's mother asked with a curious face looking at Naruto wondering is he really knows anything more than that this isn't just flowers but also has medicinal effect in them, well almost all the flowers in this shop contain some medical effects but the ones Naruto is looking at are the ones she sends to the village medicine research center, so this is some special and rear ones in them.

"I think this one is called blood. " Naruto started explaining the name and the simple usage that he read in the Shinobi Academy's library.

"I didn't expect you to be this knowledgeable Naruto. " Ino's mother said with an impressed smile looking at Naruto because her own daughter doesn't know how to use and names of the plants Naruto just indicated just to her forget about Ino even she also didn't know about some of the plant's usages and after hearing Naruto's explanation she felt the research institute is paying less than the price they should give her for each plant and felt a little angry at them.

"Well, I saw them in the library a while ago. " Naruto replied with a humble smile.

'Even though he is only 10 years old boy he talks like an adult it must have been hard for him. ' Ino's mother thought while looking at Naruto's humble behavior than with a smile she asked "Alright let's go.we are getting late for Inami-chan's birthday party and if we go anymore late she might get angry at us. "

"Today is Inami-chan's birthday? " Naruto asked surprised by her words and looked at Ino with a surprised face.

"You didn't know? " Ino's mother got surprised finding he didn't know then she asked "Then why do you have this? "

Looking at where Ino's mother pointing at Naruto found she is pointing at his right hand which is holding the gifts he brought for the first visit to Ino's family well good thing he didn't come empty-handed and embarrassed himself after all that will be a bad thing for a man with his status even if he has reincarnated no one should look down up the man he was in the past, at present and even in the future. 

"Oh that I... " Naruto didn't know how to explain and looked at Ino.

' I didn't tell you because I thought you don't have enough money and inviting you directly you would want to buy something for Inami but with your financial problem, I don't want you to get in any more problems than you already are in. If I had told you I thought I would hurt your pride and from the past few days, I know how proud you are of yourself even if you don't show it directly. So I was silent all the time and I still can't explain my reason to you even now. ' Ino thought to herself and looking at Naruto for an explanation she shook her head and reminded "Mom let's hurry. "

"Yes,  yes.." Ino's mother said as they made their way toward the Yamanaka residential area.

"Ino you didn't tell me before. " Naruto complained in a low tone coming closer to Ino by the side of her ears.

Ino feeling his warm breath and so closer voice felt strange making her face going red and quickly pushed Naruto away "Not so close Naruto. "

"Is something wrong? " Ino's mother who is walking in the front asked with confusion hearing the commotion behind her.

"No everything is a ring mom. " Ino quickly said to her mother but her face is still a little red.

"Way is your face red all of a sudden? " Ino's mother asked worriedly and came closer to check her temperature then shaking her head "No everything is alright. "

"Mom I told you everything is alright. " Ino's shouted with frustration.

"Naruto, don't do anything strange? you guys are still too young. " Ino's mother warned with a serious face then started walking but after walking a few steps she again warned "Even if Ino like you. You are still not allowed to do anything till you two grow up and get married. "

"Mom~ " Ino shouted embarrassed with a red face hearing her mother telling her secret directly to Naruto.

"What are you talking about? " Naruto didn't understand what she wanted to say.

"You will understand ones you grow up. " Looking at Naruto who is very young Ino's mother said with a nod thinking he is still too innocent to understand anything about adult stuff.

With a confused face, Naruto followed behind Ino's mother with Ino whose face is not red like a red tomato.

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Yamanaka Residential area…

After arriving in the Yamanaka residential area Naruto found the atmosphere in the clan area is normal and from the looks, it didn't seem as an atmosphere of a birthday but like a normal day.

"Ino. " Naruto asked from afar this time after the last time's incident.

"Do you want to ask anything? " Ino asked looking at Naruto's direction to find he is looking at her confusedly.

"Are we really going to Inami-chan's birthday or we are in the wrong place because to me this atmosphere doesn't seem one to me. " Naruto asked with a serious face.

"Oh that. " Ino nodded in understanding and started explaining "You see we are not doing the birthday party with only our family members not everyone in the clan because if we did that we would have also invited Akamichi and Nara clan members as well. "

"Then should I be here? " Naruto asked with confusion as to why would she invite him but leave Shikamaru and Choji.