11 Rose-Colored Glasses

"Hokage-sama, was it? What brings you here?" I asked as she seemed to be slightly surprised.

"Um... drinking, I suppose," she said with a befuddled expression aimed at the unwanted guest in her presence.

"More like trying to get drunk. I saw you from over there, what's got you so down?" I said with a concerned but light smile on my face as Naruko looked over to the side.

She had a stubborn look, "It's nothing. But, um... exactly, why are you here?" She asked, not knowing why a person who had full knowledge of the fact that she was the Hokage approached her, let alone talk to her-- hell, be concerned over her.

"Well, someone's prickly... Why should I have a reason? I'd think that most people would want the chance to talk to you," I said with faux confusion and a cheerful smile as a light dusting of pink rose on her cheeks.

Ugh, this hurts...

"HaHa... Really, though. You can't just not have a reason to talk to me," She said stubbornly as I raised my hands in surrender, "Alright, alright, you got me!" I said as a small smile appeared on her face, "Knew it."

I did not like this conversation but it was necessary. Just make it quick.

I chuckled, taking a sip of my drink, "You seemed lonely, drinking away... It didn't feel right just ignoring you, so I decided I'd try to talk to you."

Yeah right. I don't give a shit.

"Of course, it could have just been because of how beautiful you were, but who knows?" I said with a mischievous face as she scratched her cheek with an embarrassed smile.

Fuck... Make it end...

"Oh, please," she said, rolling her eyes with concealed happiness.

Silence overcame the table as we both went back to our drinks.

Not wanting my momentum to stop here, I decided to stir up some small talk, "So, what's up with you, oh-great-Hokage-sama?" I said with comedic reverence as she giggled, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear as she responded, "Oh, I don't know~ I might have some dark secrets..." She said with a grin as I chuckled at the words.

Ouch, ouch, ouch...

As our conversation progressed and she began to ease up around my presence, I oddly found myself enjoying the experience on its own.

However, I didn't feel any less motivated to do what I fully intended to do in the beginning.

I was about to respond to a question Naruko had asked but a light beeping sound resounded from Naruko's wrist, 'Her watch...'

An expression of urgency struck her, "Ah! I'm so sorry, but I have to go!" She said with an apologetic expression as she packed her stuff and prepared to leave.

However, just before she ran off, I stopped her to ask something, "Hold up, Naruko... I have to admit that I really enjoyed this and I hope you did too..." I said, leading off as she turned to face me with a curious look.

Her leaving was unfortunate but I would make something up.

"So I was wondering if you'd like to do this again sometime?" I asked with a shy grin as Naruko's shocked face shifted into a similar shy smile, looking to the ground as she hummed before turning to me, "I'd... I'd like that. What time were you thinking of?" She replied, avoiding eye contact as I responded.

Why don't you fucking tell me when you want to meet.

"Any time you want. But, if Saturday's okay with you..." I drawled as she smiled cutely, "Saturday's great," Hearing her genuine words, I walked her out the door of the club, waving goodbye on the way out.

"It was nice meeting you, Naruko," I said with a wave as she turned to face me.

She reciprocated the wave with a smile as she returned to the Hokage tower.

I would let her go for now...

But I won't stop until I get the desired result.

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[With Naruko]

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Inside of the Hokage tower, a young woman with beautiful blonde hair sat at her desk with a strangely happy expression.

She had changed out of the clothes she used at the club and was now filing through work one after the other.

She usually wasn't as giddy as she was now, but now she had something to look forward to.

'What do you think?' A monster spoke within its seal as it continued, 'I don't trust him,' It said as a confused expression crossed Naruko's face.

"What do you mean...?" She asked confusedly as the fox responded, 'He feels weird...'

She laughed hesitantly, "You don't trust him because of a feeling? I'm not saying that I trust him with my life but he doesn't seem bad," She said, resting her head on her hand as she played with the pencil in her other hand.

Oh well, Kurama would see what happened during their date. Kurama was sure she would snap out of it at that time.

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[At Home]

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Naruko had finished her work for the day and was entering the door of the house with energetic steps as Boruto, who was watching tv, looked on in confusion.

Naruko was usually dead tired by the time she got home so Boruto was mostly confused by how exuberant she was being, all of a sudden.

"What happened to you?" She asked as Naruko turned to face her.

"Nothing, I'm just happy to be done with work and back at home," she responded as I walked down the stair steps.

Noticing that I had arrived Naruko spoke, "Akuto, did you patch up the hole in the wall?" She asked as an irritated expression crossed my face.

I was pissed at Sakura for that.

I had ignored it at the time since there were more important things, but when she threw the camera it blew a fucking hole into the wall that I had to come up with an excuse for.

I said that Sakura accidentally used too much strength when hitting something, which worked mind you, but now I have to clean up her mess.

"Yes, I fixed it."

If by fix you mean webbed it up without consideration of how it looked, then yes I did fix it.

"That's good... Now, why don't you two head to the academy now, huh?" She said as we grabbed our stuff and exited the building, saying goodbye on our way out.

Seeing that we had left, Naruko's shoulders dropped in exhaustion as she fully intended to fall asleep on the couch only to hear a knock on her door.

She felt annoyed, "Ughhh, come in!" She yelled in irritation as the door opened to reveal a brown-haired woman with pale eyes wearing a yellow and red kimono.

Recognizing the woman at the door, Naruko sat up in surprise as the woman walked towards her with hands on her hips, "Do you usually leave the door unlocked?" she said with a confident smile.

"No, Hanabi, I don't..." Naruko muttered, still tired but attempting to stay awake as Hanabi chuckled.

"So what was different this time?" She asked as she sat on the seat in front of Naruko.

"I guess I was just tired, is all," Naruko replied as she snapped out of her sleepy daze, gaining a confused look as she turned to question the woman in front of her, "Wait, why did you even come here? Did you need something?" She asked as Hanabi shook her head.

"No, actually..." She lead off as a sly grin stretched across her face, "A little birdie told me that the Hokage was on a date at the club. So, what happened, huh?"

"Wha-! How did... Who told you?" She said with a confused expression of embarrassment.

"I did! I was the bird!" She said with a joking smile as Naruko just stared, "No, but really, I was there last night and saw you guys..." She said with a curious expression, "So, who was h-?"

"Wait you didn't use byakugan on him, did you?" She asked with narrowed eyes.

"Of course not. Hyuga aren't allowed to do that to civilians. Privacy and shit," She said in denial as Naruko finally answered her question.

"Well, he's..."

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[Later that night]

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'Activate [Love Aura]'

Right now I was sitting in the forest, attempting to train my skill to do something that would be really helpful.

As the scent expelled from me, I raised my finger up and attempted to concentrate the gas into one area with help from my chakra.

I tried and tried, sweating as my aura concentrated into a small part of my finger, eventually condensing into a liquid form, a small drop of pink dripping off my finger and hitting the small bucket in front of me.

Yes, it worked.

I was trying to make liquid love.

The task of waiting for my scent to get more potent is way too cumbersome so I wanted a way to make a physical version that would hit hard and fast. A drug basically.

I had a bucket here and I was going to create more and more drops until the whole thing was filled, even if it took all night, then I intend to freeze them for easy preservation.

Let's get back into it.

*Drip* *Drip* *Drip*

It took an entire night of endless condensation but I was able to barely fill a quarter of the small bucket.

It wasn't much but it should be a relatively decent quantity for my needs.

With that thought in mind, I carefully picked up my bucket and went to the back of my house.

I didn't want to be caught so I decided now would be the best time to use my spider powers.

I close my eyes and thought about hiding, disassociating myself from people, being alone, concealing myself, and the next moment, I opened my eyes and looked at my now, translucent arm.

Spider camouflage works amazingly.

I entered my home as a floating bucket flew up the side of the building, floating into my room as I turned off the invisibility and placed the liquid into my mini-fridge.

I couldn't wait for this to freeze.

I'm pretty sure that if a piece of this ice melted in a drink, you'd be out of the count, solely due to how concentrated and potent this pure aphrodisiac is.

For now, however, it was time for sleep.

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[Later]

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A few days from now would be the day of my and Naruko's date.

Right now, I was in the club where we would meet up, scoping the place out and finding the best spot for what I needed to do.

However, I froze at the sight of a pale-eyed woman walking through the club. A Hyuga, Hanabi to be specific.

That was bad. I need to leave.

Following that train of thought, I hurriedly fell into a crowd, activating the spider camo as I made my way out of the club.

Those damn eyes of hers would be troublesome if I didn't find a way to deal with them.

I guess it's lucky that I do have a way, then.

Thinking through what I planned to do, I went back home, prepared to have a little... chat... with Sakura.

I'd be needing her help for this one.

What is the plan? Simple.

It's something that may cost more than making a simple item but it would be worth it in the long run. I was going to give myself an attribute.

Like how Roy turned his demon tail from a weakness to a weapon by adding an attribute to his tail, the change being a steel-like tail.

I was going to turn my body into the ultimate counter to anything any dojutsu user could ever throw at me. If a Sharingan wanted to copy my movements, they couldn't. If a Hyuga bastard wanted to see through my transformation and chakra, she would be out of luck.

From now on, I was going to start directly altering my very being.

I was hesitant about the decision at first since I would be abandoning my humanity like my predecessor, Roy, but it ultimately wouldn't matter...

What's humanity in the face of overwhelming power, anyway?