Naruto: The Prince of Lust-Chapter 272

Leaning back on his arms, Naruto recounts, "I told her it sounded great and she can do whatever she wants."

Snickering a second, Ino asks, "just like that?"

He shrugs as he responds, "I trust her."

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Grinning, she jests, "well aren't you just the most amazing clan head ever?"

Rhetorically, he asks, "was there ever a doubt?"

"Just don't leave her with all the work, you know," Ino verbalizes. "What she's taking on is a lot of work, reading, and meetings. Delegation is part of the job as Clan Head, but you also have to be with her every step of the way."

Palming the table with energy, he implores, "are you kidding? I made sure she knows to bring me in on everything that comes up; I don't care how small. Even now, I got one clone in line at the Council's Housing and Building Safety Department, one waiting in the Area Planning Commission for Wood District, one in Power and Water, and since she said we need a contractor to talk repairs, estimates, and... what did she call it... appraise! We need a contractor to appraise it, I sent a clone to a builder I know in Wave. Hopefully, he can help."

"Wow, you're a one-man army," Ino deputizes, adding, "property developers beware." Enjoy his snicker, she then asks, "what's Karin-chan doing?"

Naruto immediately laughs, making her increasingly curious until he finally explains, "Karin's super pissed right now!"

Absorbing his fun energy, she leans in as she jovially asks, "why?"

"I got a clone with her too," Naruto starts. "They first went to the Civilian Council building to ask about buying a foreclosed business. Someone there told them they had to go to the auction house that the Council outsources to. When they get there, someone tells em the auction house doesn't accept any bids on property without proof of funds. So, they had to run to the bank and open an account for our clan then transfer the ryō into. After running back to the auction house, their files said that the apartment we want to bid on is listed as an REO, which means—get this—that it's owned by the village! So they had to race back to where they first started! The last I checked in, Karin was banging her head against the wall while waiting in line."

Ino covers her mouth to hold in her snickering, then shakes her head remorsefully as she expresses, "I'm sorry, that's not funny."

Restrain his smile to a weak grin, Naruto admits, "it's a little funny."

"Maybe," she timidly admits. Shaking her head and lovely silk hair, Ino hastily orders, "but get her something nice for all her hard work."

"I'll pick her up some okonomiyaki later," he answers with a nod.

"Since you're basically the Hokage of Helping, I'd like yours, if you please- that is, I hope you'll help. You don't have to if you don't want to-"

"I want to, Ino," he assures her with that honest face she loves to see. Just for them, he adds, "we've come a long way, so, lay it on me."

"It's about Sakura," Ino begins.

"Is she still staying with you?"

"Yeah."

"How's she doing?"

Disgruntled, Ino sags as she honestly answers, "ready to collapse any day now if she doesn't rest."

"Yeah, she's pushing herself harder than I've ever seen," Naruto glumly voices. "But she's getting really good with her Iryō-ninjutsu. Ji-chan let her make a copy of one of an advanced text, so she's learning a lot."

"Good," Ino replies. "That's good. It's not like I want her to stop. I'm thrilled she's getting stronger, but, she can't keep going like this; not without some relief. Something's gotta give."

"What do you have in mind?"

"All that stress, building day after day," Ino voices. "I think she'll be fine if we help her vent a little. She needs a good, solid break to recharge or she's going to hurt herself." At Naruto's mellow chuckle, a curious Ino asks, "what?"

"Nothing," he assures her with a smile before explaining, "it's just, you two used to fight ALL the time in the Academy; like, every day, non-stop. And now, you're super worried about her."

"Always have been," Ino replies with a smirk before affirming, "I'm sure I can speak for the both of us when I say we've grown a lot since then."

Nodding his head, Naruto then asks, "what's the plan?"

"You," she quickly answers with her casual confidence, making him sound, "huh?" The front door downstairs opens and Ino smiles as she answers his curious gaze, "hold that thought. She's finally back."

Looking at her suspiciously, Naruto deepens his voice to rumbling as he asks, "Ino?"

Lifting her palms submissively, Ino admits, "I want to help and I don't want to go behind her back to do it, honest. When it comes to the two of you, I want to be as open as possible, so I invited her too."

Walking in without knocking, Sakura listlessly communicates, "sorry, I'm late-" before realizing her teammate is also in the room. "Naruto?"

"Yo," Naruto calls out.

"Take a seat," Ino offers with a hand.

Lethargically, Sakura plops down in the space west of Ino and Naruto's north and south as she asks, "what's going on?"

"Not sure," Naruto replies lean back on both hands as he adds, "this is Ino's show."

A worn-out Sakura jokes, "should I be scared?"

"Ha ha," Ino flatly jests. Boldly, she tells her pink-haired friend, "I'll get straight to the point. Sakura, I'm worried about you and I want to help."

With tired eyes lazily landing on Ino, Sakura asks, "why? I'm fine-"

"You're not fine," Ino interrupts. "You're overworking yourself, but that's fine. I didn't ask you here to stop or even slow you down." Sakura seems happy to hear that before Ino confesses, "both of you know I did terrible, unforgivable things-"

"Stop worrying about that," a tired Sakura gripes. "I already told you lets just move forward."

"We've forgiven you," Naruto assures her.

But Ino can't forgive herself just yet, replying, "regardless, I won't forget. What I did was immoral and my remorse has entitled me with the responsibility of helping you both whenever I can. It may always be like this so get used to it."

"Soooo," Naruto slowly voices, looking from Sakura to Ino and back. "Basically, you're saying we're friends," he finishes.

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