A/N - Hey guys! Lord have mercy, this chapter has about SIX THOUSAND WORDS! This is the LONGEST chapter I wrote in a loooong time. This took me a long time to finish, so PLEASE leave some comments and vote to show your appreciation.

This takes place while Naruto and Nia are traveling with Jiraiya. Again. Lol

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BONUS CHAPTER #29: The Big Argument

"Curly Brow... there's no reason for you to cry..." Naruto sat next to the girl against a door.

Nia sat with her knees to her chest and her arms wrapped around them all while hiding her face in the open space of it.

"Look I know a few guys called you ugly... and even fat, but-" Naruto was then interrupted.

"Every guy I asked out today, rejected me..." Nia whimpered. "All twenty to thirty of them."

Naruto frowned.

"Curly Brow..."

"It was all because... I wasn't beautiful or thin enough."

"Come on, Curly Brow, i'm sure that wasn't the-"

"Naruto... stop. Just stop."

"Curly Brow, come on... I don't like seeing you upset."

"They... hate me. They all just hate me."

"Who does? Who hates you?"

"...Men."

"And why do you think that?" The blond questioned.

"Cause they always treat me like shit... They're mean, they insult me, they talk and make fun of me behind my back, they never smile at me, they never like being around me, they always and I mean ALWAYS reject me..." Nia answered.

"And who cares if they don't like you?"

"Naruto, are you serious?! Obviously I have to care! I wanna get married and have children one day! I can't do that if literally no man on this damn planet is attracted to me."

"Curly Brow... I'm sure there's men out there who'll be attracted to you."

Nia said nothing. She just kept her head on her knees.

"Curly Brow, look at me," Naruto gently urged.

"I don't want to."

"Curly Brow, it's not the end of the world if men don't like you."

"Okay, you wanna be like that?!" Nia turned her head and glared at the genin. "How would you feel if no girl, including Sakura, was to never like you or be attracted to you?!"

"Well... I already felt that pain before. Throughout my life, girls weren't into me cause I was a jinchuuriki. On top of that, I was such a loser and I was always an annoying pest to them, ya know?"

"If you understand how I feel, then why are you telling me to just get over it?! Nobody wants the gender they're attracted to not be into them at all. You can't tell me that wouldn't hurt you — ESPECIALLY if you have dreams of one day getting married and having children."

"Curly Brow, come here..." Naruto opened his arms.

"No," Nia turned away.

"Why won't you be in my arms?"

"Cause you're just... not understanding how I feel. Especially as a woman who's constantly rejected by everyone. Woman are supposed to be beautiful, and yet... I... wasn't blessed with any beauty. Do you understand how badly that hurts me? Especially when I'm being belittled and rejected cause of my appearance?"

"Fine then... How does it make you feel?"

"Like i'm worthless, like i'm not good enough, like how i'll never amount to anything or ever be loved by anyone," The girl shared.

"Curly Brow..." Naruto wrapped his arm around her. "I know you're stronger than this... I know you can overcome from having really bad self esteem..."

"Naruto..." Nia croaked. "I just... I just don't know... I just feel like I can't overcome it. I'm just too sensitive... and insecure about how I look. I feel so..."

"Curly Brow, there's nothing wrong with-"

"Yes there is! Obviously there is or no one would be commenting on my appearance or rejecting me!"

"It's all in your head! You have low self esteem! That's what happens when you don't love yourself! You start thinking of yourself horribly."

"Me being ugly and fat is a FACT! EVERY MAN ON THE PLANET THINKS IT! WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!"

"AND I'M SAYING YOU SUFFER FROM LOW SELF ESTEEM AND INSECURITY!" Naruto raised his voice. "WHO CARES IF GUYS AREN'T INTERESTED?! YOU'RE STILL WORTH MORE THAN THEIR TRASH OPINIONS!"

"UGH! WERE YOU NOT LISTENING?! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN IF NO MAN IS INTERESTED IN ME THEN?!" Nia retaliated, her eyes red and puffy from having cried.

"MAYBE IF YOU ACTUALLY LEARNED TO LOVE YOURSELF, YOU MIGHT GET A MAN!"

"NO GUY WILL DATE A UGLY, FAT GIRL WITH A DECENT OR EVEN GOOD PERSONALITY! THEY CARE ABOUT LOOKS THE MOST! ARE YOU NAIVE OR SOMETHING?!"

"DAMN IT, CURLY BROW!" Naruto hollered, his face red with anger. "I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT PRETTY OR BEAUTIFUL, YA KNOOOOW!"

Hearing this, Nia's eyes widened.

"AND I KNOW YOU MIGHT BE IN PAIN RIGHT NOW, BUT I SWEAR WE'LL GET YOU THROUGH THIS! I SWEAR I'LL GET YOU OUT OF THE DARKNESS! I SWEAR IT ON MY NINJA WAY!" Naruto then embraced the girl as tight as he could.

Nia then felt her shoulder getting wet.

"Naruto..." She then realized what was happening.

"Curly Brow, I... I can't take it," Naruto started crying. "I can't take seeing you suffer so much. I-It hurts."

Nia stayed quiet.

"I know... I know it hurts. I know you feel like no one understands you. I know you feel like you're not anything special or worth anything, but all of that isn't true. You ARE worth something! If someone can't see that because of how you look, then that's THEIR LOSS!" Naruto expressed. "I just HATE that you refuse to see that! It INFURIATES me! I'M SO FED UP WITH HOW LOWLY YOU THINK OF YOURSELF! IT'S ENOUGH TO DRIVE ME CRAZY!"

"Then... why?" Nia spoke.

"Why what?"

"Why do you stay by my side when... you can just tell me to get lost? You didn't have to deal with me. I obviously have issues I just can't get passed."

"You're... my friend. I don't EVER give up on those close to me nor on people who feels trapped in the darkness," Naruto replied with a gentle tone.

"But... i'm... hopeless," A tear slipped out of the girl's eyes. "I'm so insecure and down about myself that I feel I can never recover from it."

"But... you can."

"But how? It's always the same thing with me. I always annoy you with my problems. I'm always negative. I'm always frustrating. I make everyone hate me. I just... I just hate mys-"

"Don't you dare say it!" The blond growled. He then cupped her face in his hands and gazed deeply into her eyes. "Curly Brow... I don't care how long it takes or how hard it'll be. You will get your self esteem back under control... You will stop thinking of yourself as worthless... You will start loving yourself!"

"But Naruto, it just hurts!" More tears fell from the girl's eyes. "Constantly having to hear others call you hideous, or nasty, or fat, or just anything all the time, everywhere you go... Or to just straight up have the whole world hate you... It's like... there's no peace in my life."

"Once you learn to love yourself, their worthless comments won't matter, ya know?"

"I just... want to be accepted. To be cherished, to be loved, to be cared for, to be respected by others."

Naruto squeezed the girl to him.

"Yes, I understand how you feel. That's exactly how I feel too. That's exactly what I want for myself also. I understand that desire so much it hurts."

"Naruto, you know... even if the whole world were to hate you... i'd still love you."

"Oh Curly Brow..." The blond's heart thudded.

"What I want... is to be accepted by you also and-"

"Yes, I know. You... tell me this all the time... and I give you the same answer back." Naruto mustered up a smile. "I accept you... with all my heart."

Hearing this, Nia's face flushed.

I love him... I absolutely love him.

"Curly Brow... you're special. You're very, very special to me," The genin told her.

Nia looked down.

"What's wrong?" Naruto then stroked her cheek.

"It's just... i'm not the girl you truly love."

"What're you talking about? I do truly love you."

"Naruto... I'm not gonna get into it today."

"Curly Brow, tell me why you're not looking at me."

"Cause... I just don't understand..."

"Understand what?"

"Why... you're so nice to me. Why you're not annoyed with me. Why... you care about what i'm going through."

"Curly Brow... I already told you," Naruto cupped her chin in his fingers.

"I know, but I just... I don't know. I feel like you're too good for someone like me," Nia expressed

"What do you mean?"

Nia kept her eyes down.

"I mean you're just so positive and friendly and i'm so depressing and negative."

"Yeah?"

"Doesn't... that bother you?"

"Of course," Naruto was blunt. "It pisses me off."

Again, tears sprung up in the girl's eyes.

"I feel that way cause I can't stand when you're bothered by the same old thing. I hate that you're so insecure. I hate that you're so negative and gloomy. I hate that sometimes it feels like I can't get through to you," Naruto then breathed. "However..."

He made Nia lock eyes with him.

"The way I feel for you drives me even more insane. The littlest thing that makes you upset, makes me upset too. When you're mad, I get mad. When you're happy, i'm happy. I told you all of this before, Curly Brow... We don't need to keep having the same conversations over and over. I care for you and you care for me. I know that we may have our differences, but it's our bond that keeps us together and helps us stay strong..."

"Oh Naruto..."

"I... I just want you to be happy. I just want you to be smiling. I don't want to see you walking around with your head down, all defeated."

"I... I want to be happy too. I really do, I just-"

"Then make steps so you can be happy."

"Naruto, honestly... If I could just have you... If I could just earn your love or have you be mine, then... then... I could get over the insults... I can get over everyone hating me, cause... cause then..." Nia mumbled. "It won't matter to me. Having you with me for life would make all the pain I feel in this life go away. Just... having you... would make me the happiest woman alive."

"Curly Brow..."

"I'm not gonna babble about how I feel about you again right now, but-"

Naruto pressed his lips against the girl's cheek.

"I want... to protect you," He whispered.

Nia blushed.

"When I watched as you asked all those guys out, I... I was furious," The genin admitted. "I didn't want any of them to take you on a date, I didn't want any of them trying to take you from me. Curly Brow, i'm the guy you should focus on. I'm the guy you should pay attention to. I'm the guy you should be hanging out with. I'm the guy you should be letting... hold you."

"But why did it make you mad?"

"Gah, I don't know," Naruto ran his fingers through his hair then gripped it. "There's just something about you that makes me wanna protect you from everyone. Like... you're just so vulnerable... and sensitive. You're like... I don't know."

"C-Could it be that... you feel... something special... for me?" Nia timidly asked, her cheeks still stained red.

"Something... special?"

The girl nodded.

"Yes."

"Like what do you mean?"

"Uh um..." Steam blew out of Nia's face. "N-Nevermind."

I'm too scared to give him a clue about how I truly feel for him...

"Man, it's just so crazy to me how you relate to me!" Naruto ran his hand down his face, a faint blush apparent on his cheeks. "Meeting someone who gets what it's like being hated, or being rejected, or bring ignored and insulted or who's basically been treated like trash by lots of people even though they're not a jinchuuriki themselves is... I mean-"

Seeing Naruto trying to hide his reddening face made Nia's heart skip a beat.

"Curly Brow..." Naruto grasped her hand between their chests.

Nia was as red as a tomato as her crush gazed at her in a way he hadn't before.

"I feel such a strong connection with you, it feels unreal..." The blond told her. "You're the only girl who has ever made me feel this powerful toward her. It's like my bond with you is as deep as it was with Sasuke. I absolutely just..."

"Just what?"

"I can't explain the feeling. It's like when I see you, all these emotions flood up and when I talk to you, there's like peace running throughout my whole being. Everytime i'm with you, even if we're having a huge argument, I just... I just feel like i'm floating. When you're in my arms, it's like i'm in heaven. When you cry, I feel ready to bust anyone's jaw who hurt you, and when I see you smile or hear you laugh, I just-" Naruto slid down the wall, a huge squirmy smile on his face. "I just melt, ya know? I turn into pudding."

"Oh Naruto..." This made Nia emotional.

"Curly Brow... just tell me... What do you need right now?" The genin questioned.

"I... I don't know," She answered, turning back with her knees to her chest. She rested her chin atop of it and crossed her arms over it too.

"..."

"I just... I just feel an emptiness, Uzumaki... I feel like... i'm all alone, or like, I have nothing special going on in my life. I feel... unfulfilled. Incomplete."

"Why is that?" Naruto tilted his head.

"I don't know, I just feel like... having someone would make me complete, or at least, make me feel complete. Right now, I just feel like I have this huge hole in my heart."

Nia then sighed.

"Yet somehow... seeing how you are or how you speak such... inspirational things or motivating things, it just... it just makes me feel like you're filling up the hole in my heart slowly, day by day."

"Curly Brow..." Naruto gawked at the girl.

"I... I need you around. I love hearing you talk. I know that I can be overbearing, but please never leave my side, Uzumaki. I don't know what i'd do without you."

"Sweet Curly Brow, come here," Naruto wrapped his arms around the girl again.

"Oh Naruto..." Nia reddened in his embrace.

"I swear to stay at your side till the end of time, ya know," Naruto promised.

"And I wanna stay by yours..."

"Curly Brow, please stop letting others hurt you. You're such a wonderful person. No bastard should get away with bad mouthing you or treating you like you're trash. You're so much worth more than just your looks."

"And my protector is worth much more than just being the host of the Nine-Tails..."

"Sweet Curly Brow..." Naruto reddened.

"Naruto, I just... I just want to be accepted and loved and understood."

"I know, my sweet Curly Brow. You told me. I want the same thing."

"I..." Nia slightly pulled away from the genin and gazed him in the eyes. "I love my protector... His entire being... His entire soul. I love him... I love him with all my heart. Naruto Uzumaki... is the man of my dreams..."

Hearing this, Naruto's heart squeezed and a big squirmy smile appeared on his face.

"There you go again," He gushed. "Giving me these warm, happy feelings i've never felt before in my life."

Nia's blush deepened.

"I... thank you."

"Hm?"

"I don't know, I just... You make me... feel happy as well."

"It's only cause I love my sweet, little Curly Brow, ya know?"

"No, it's because... you're a warm, kindhearted person. It's like... you're pure of heart," Nia expressed.

"I'm not... all that kind."

"But you are... that's why i'm so..."

In love with you...

"Curly Brow," The blond called.

"Hm?"

"I'm kind cause... I don't ever want anyone to feel the same way I felt while growing up. That feeling of feeling like no one cares for you — that you're alone. That no one treats you with kindness or respect because of something ridiculous. I don't... ever want to be a reason why someone else is miserable."

"Oh Naruto..."

"Curly Brow, sit in front of me with your legs to each of my side while you're facing me."

Nia did as told and sat in the position Naruto preferred her to be in.

"Curly Brow... I love you," He told her. "Even though you're so insecure and sad and feel incredibly lonely and worthless... I still... I mean I still care greatly for you."

"But how can you when I... frustrate you?"

"You may frustrate me at times, but it's only cause... I want you to be happy and not crying all the time."

"I'm just so emotional and sensitive, Uzumaki..."

"I know..." Naruto pressed her head to his chest.

"If you hold me forever like this, i'm sure... I'm sure the pain will go away," Nia told the blond.

"The pain will only go away if you learn to love yourself, Curly Brow..."

"But Naruto, it's just too hard. I'm not beautiful..."

"BUT YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, YA KNOW!" Naruto lost his cool.

Nia's heart hammered in her chest and she slightly pulled away, gawking at Naruto with widened eyes.

"N-Naruto, y-you think... you think i'm beauti-"

"GYAH!" Naruto then blushed madly. "W-Wait a sec, that just... came out of my mouth!"

"OH NARUTO!" Nia bursted into tears and squeezed him, her arms flying around his neck. "You think... YOU THINK I'M BEAUTIFUL!"

"Oh Curly Brow..."

"N-Naruto, i'm... i'm gonna put it on," Nia suddenly said.

"Huh? Put what on?" The blond questioned.

"The nightgown... The purple nightgown you like with the G-string underneath."

"WHAAAT!? Are you serious?! You'll wear it for me again?!"

Nia nodded.

"Yes."

"Like, right now?!"

"Yes," The girl then hopped off the genin and stood, heading to where she had her clothes.

She then pulled out the erotic outfit and held it in front of her crush.

"You see it? I still have it."

"Put it on! Put it on! Put it on!" Naruto excitedly demanded.

"Oh Naruto, I can't wait for you to look at me with desire again. I feel like it's been so long since you've looked ready to hold me."

"Curly Brow, I'm always ready to hold you."

"But Naruto, you only look at me when I wear sexy clothing and that's it," Nia looked sad. "You never seem attracted to me when I wear clothes i'm comfortable in."

"Sweet Curly Brow, you know that isn't true."

"But it is true... You're not... attracted to me," Tears welled up in Nia's eyes.

"Sweet Curly Brow, put your outfit on. I wanna see your tits and ass hanging out, ya know."

"Oh Naruto..." Nia then blushed before wiping her tears. "Okay, Uzumaki. I'll put it on."

With that, the girl headed into the bathroom and changed. When she came out, she shyly hid herself.

"Curly Brow, what're you doing?" Naruto questioned.

"I... I'm shy."

"Sweet Curly Brow, move your arms away from your titties."

Hesitantly, Nia did so and as always, Naruto's eyes turned into full blown hearts.

"NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, YA KNOW!" He hollered.

"N-Naruto... you... you really do like my titties, huh?"

"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I DO!"

"If only I could get you to caress them..." Nia pouted.

"GAH! You want me to fondle your huge tits?!" Blood shot out of the blond's nose.

Nia shyly observed Naruto's reaction to her.

This is it... This is how I want men to look at me... like i'm the most beautiful girl in the world. I want them to look at me with love and desire... Like they want me to be theirs...

She then lowered her eyes.

But the truth is, they don't. They look at me with disgust. They look at me like i'm the ugliest girl on the planet. They hate me. They all hate me.

"C-Curly Brow," Naruto gulped as he blushed. "L-Look at you. Y-You're so-"

"Oh Naruto..." Nia was flushed in the face.

The way he was staring at her made her feel timid. She found it incredible that even though she was sure any other man would find her unattractive in any outfit she wore, somehow... the genin was fixated on her.

Was he crazy? Was he blind? Was he just unable to understand that she was a creature — someone... with the face of a monster and a body of a elephant?

"C-Curly Brow, please turn around. Let me see your ass," Naruto pleaded.

Hesitantly, Nia flipped around and pulled up her nightgown until her entire bum was showing, revealing the G-string she had on.

"ARGH! I CAN'T TAKE IT, YA KNOW!" Naruto immediately spanked her and grasped a cheek in his hand.

As always, Nia shrieked as steam poured out of her reddened face.

"N-Naruto! D-Did you really have to do that?!" She babbled.

"Curly Brow..." The look in Naruto's eyes were intense.

"Yes?"

"Are you ready for me to hold you? To rid you of the loneliness you feel?"

"Naruto, I told you a million times that i'm not spreading my legs for you yet."

"Then why do you keep wearing these provocative outfits?"

"Because it's the only way to get you to look at me differently," Nia answered.

"What do you mean?" The blond tilted his head.

"I told you already. You only look at me with desire when I wear stuff like this. It... makes me feel good cause it's like you're suddenly finally attracted to me."

"But Curly Brow, I always look at you with desire."

"No you don't, Naruto. Don't lie."

"It's not a lie, ya know!" Naruto replied.

"So then if I put my regular clothes back on, you'll still wanna touch me?"

"Well, the clothes you're wearing like this nightgown is very erotic. It's only natural a man would love to see a woman in a outfit like it."

"Yeah, except i'm not attractive enough for any guy to wanna look at me," Nia mumbled.

"What?" Naruto didn't hear her.

"N-Nothing."

Nia then sighed.

"Listen Uzumaki... I know it may seem like I don't wanna have sex or that i'm totally against it, but the truth is... i'm actually very interested in having sex — Especially with you."

"WHAT?!" Naruto had heart eyes again. "WITH ME?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"

Nia blushed heavily.

"I'm super serious. I literally wanna have sex with someone so badly, especially you, but..."

"But what?! What's stopping you into letting me pound you?! And don't you dare tell me it's cause we're not in a relationship again."

Tears brimmed Nia's eyelashes.

"That's still... the reason," She croaked. "Cause you, nor anyone else, will commit to me."

"I'm committed into loving you," Naruto said.

"Sure, but you're not committed into being with me. Into becoming my boyfriend. Into loving me and only me. Into getting Sakura out of the picture. Into proving to me you won't leave me after I spread my legs for you."

"Curly Brow, what're you trying to say?"

"Naruto, c'mon... put the pieces together. Don't you understand how I feel? Especially about you?"

"Sweet Curly Brow..." Naruto ran a finger down her cheek affectionately.

"Naruto, I wanna hear how you truly feel for me..."

"I love you," He told her.

"But you keep meaning that in a friendly way. I wanna know if you love Sakura or me."

"Both... but in different wa-"

Nia turned and walked straight back into the bathroom and slammed the door, locking it afterwards. Her back was against the door as she slid to her bottom with her knees to her chest and started bawling her eyes out again.

"Curly Brow!" Naruto's heart fell into his stomach when he heard her crying again. "Curly Brow! Why are you crying?! Open the door."

"No!" She sobbed.

Naruto rattled the door handle.

"Curly Brow, open the door! Let's talk!"

"No!"

"Why not?!"

"Cause it's always the same thing with you! You always give me false hope about you feel then turn around and say Sakura's still the girl you love! I'm sick of it, Naruto! I'm sick of it!"

"But Curly Brow, I love you!"

"But it's not in the way I want you to love me! God, i'm so tired of you not feeling the same way about me when I would literally do pretty much anything for you!" Nia yelled.

"Just tell me why you're crying, ya know!"

"BECAUSE YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER GIRL!" Nia screamed angrily. "DAMN IT! CAN'T YOU TELL I'M CRAZY FOR YOU?! I'M FRUSTRATED CAUSE YOU DON'T LOVE ME BACK WHEN I WOULD GIVE YOU THE WORLD!"

"AND YOU DON'T THINK I LOVE YOU?! I PUT MY DAMN LIFE ON THE LINE TO PROTECT YOU! I WOULD DIE FOR YOU, CURLY BROW!" Naruto yelled back.

Nia only continued to sob. Naruto pounded on the door.

"Curly Brow, let me in already so I can hold you!"

"No, Naruto! If you don't want to be with me, then i'm just gonna leave and marry Akihiko!"

"ARGH!" Naruto suddenly slammed his fist into the door, piercing right through it.

"KYA!" Nia shrieked when she saw the genin's fist in the bathroom.

Immediately, she stood and moved away.

"You're gonna marry Aki-Trash, huh?!" Naruto then busted the door down with a powerful kick. "I DON'T THINK SO! YOU'RE MY WOMAN, CURLY BROW!"

"N-Naruto..." Nia was stunned with how aggressive the genin was.

"CURLY BROW!" Naruto raced over to her and crushed her in a hug.

"No, let go!" The girl resisted, her hands pushing against his chest.

"Curly Brow, stop! I love you! I love you! I care about you a lot, ya know!"

"No! You don't love me the way I love you!"

"You're everything to me!" Naruto claimed.

"No i'm not! That's why i'm leaving you!" Nia declared.

"WHAT?! NO! YOU CAN'T!"

Nia pushed Naruto off her slightly, but then was held back when he wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"CURLY BROW, NOOO!" The blond yelled, his voice heavy with emotion.

"I'M LEAVING FOR REAL THIS TIME, NARUTO! I'M DONE!"

"CURLY BROW, STOP! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!"

Nia attempted to rip Naruto's arms away from her. However, he clung onto her like his life depended on it.

"UZUMAKI, LET GO!"

"NO!"

"I'M MARRYING AKIHIKO! YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PRETTY, FIT MS. SAKURA!"

"If you leave me..." Naruto growled, red bubbles starting to appear around him. His eyes popped open as it was revealed to have been bloody red with his pupils slit. "I'LL KILL HIM! I'LL KILL AKI-TRASH, YA KNOW!"

Nia froze and shakily looked over her shoulder.

Oh no... h-he's starting to transform...

Naruto seethed with rage. The thought of any other man getting his hands on his precious Nia made him ballistic. He'd attack, or even kill any man who dared threatened to steal the girl from him.

"U-Uzumaki, c-calm down," Nia urged softly.

Naruto gritted his canine teeth.

"No man is gonna take you away from me. I'll kill him. I'll kill any man who tries to tear us apart!"

"J-JIRAIYA-SENSEI!" Nia screamed at the top of her lungs when she witnessed two tails beginning to form from the blond.

Naruto was gripping her so tight, she couldn't move.

"JIRAIYA-SENSEIIII!" Nia screamed again, her voice shaken.

Seconds later, the toad sage came running into the room. He saw as red chakra seeped out from the bathroom.

"What the?! You gotta be joking! Of all places... he has to transform in the bathroom?!" He was bewildered.

When the old man made it to the bathroom, he was taken back by seeing Naruto holding Nia in his grasp.

"Jiraiya-sensei, Naruto's... Naruto's going crazy!" Nia informed him.

"You're trying to leave me for another man!" The genin growled. "I won't let you! I won't let you leave me!"

"Naruto... you need to calm down. Just breathe," Jiraiya took out a squared paper. "Nia... she's not... she's not gonna leave you."

"I sure am gonna leave him! He refuses to stop liking Sakura despite how strong our bond's gotten!" Nia only made things worse.

"NO! YOU'RE NOT LEAVING MEEEEE!" Naruto's chakras surged as it destroyed the entire bathroom.

As three tails were forming, Jiraiya slapped the sealing paper onto the genin's forehead and just like that, the red chakra dissipated.

"Naruto!" Nia cried when the blond's arms loosened around her and he collapsed.

She held onto him and placed his head on her lap.

"C-Curly Brow, please... please don't leave me," Naruto croaked while unconscious, a tear slipping out of his eyes.

Nia felt her heart get slammed to the ground.

"Oh Naruto..."

"Haah, that was a close one. Any further and we would've been done for," Jiraiya fell to his bottom and took a deep sigh of relief.

He then eyed Nia.

"You know... you really need to stop threatening to leave him for Akihiko. You really know how to push his buttons with that, Nia."

"It's only cause he refuses to get over Sakura," Nia answered.

"Listen, I know you care deeply for Naruto, but the truth is... you're not entitled to his love. If Naruto loves Sakura, then you just gotta let it be. You can't force a guy to love you."

"If that's the case, then he shouldn't force me to stay with him and not be with a guy who ACTUALLY likes me."

"That's where things get messy... You see, Naruto isn't aware of the fact that you're in love with him, nor is he aware that he loves you back romantically."

Hearing this, Nia's face reddened.

"W-What're you talking about, Jiraiya-sensei?! N-Naruto and I... we're not in love or anything!"

"Oh please... don't pull a Naruto on me. I was hoping you'd at least be honest about how you feel, Nia... Especially since... you're the one who's not just in love with that knucklehead, but MADLY in love with him."

"KYA! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!"

Jiraiya sweatdropped.

"Okay, so you're shy. Still though, you should know that Naruto needs you by his side."

"H-He... doesn't need me. He needs his pretty, fit Ms. Sakura," Nia frowned.

"No... he needs you. You're like each other's rock."

"Each other's rock? What does that mean?"

"It basically means you and Naruto are by each other's side when one of you is in need of support. You confide in each other, so to say," Jiraiya explained.

"That may be so, but-"

"Nia, just give Naruto a chance to process his feelings for you."

"I've given him enough time and chances."

"Please, Nia... I know you know deep down that his feelings for you are true and is felt romantically."

Nia's heart skipped a beat at the thought of being the genin's girlfriend.

"Well... if you're saying is right and he holds special feelings for me that he's not aware of then in time, comes to realize them, that would mean that i'd have a serious chance at becoming his-"

"Girlfriend," Jiraiya finished.

This set daydreams to pop into the girl's mind. Each scenario played in her head with the genin made her jolly. She wanted to be with him. She wanted to be his woman.

"Okay, i'll forgive him." She decided.

Jiraiya breathed another sigh of relief.

"Now that that's out of the way, please tell me... WHAT IN THE HOLY RASENGAN ARE YOU WEARING?!" He screamed.

"What are you talking abou- KYA!" Nia shrieked and covered her chest when she realized she was still wearing her nightgown after looking down at her deep cleavage.

Immediately she grabbed Naruto's jacket and covered it over herself.

"Where's your clothes, Nia?" Jiraiya questioned.

"Over there," Nia pointed to her far right.

Quickly, Jiraiya stood up and grabbed her regular clothing and tossed it to her.

"Go ahead and put these back on. What you're wearing surely makes you feel uncomfortable, does it not?"

Nia blushed and looked away.

"I only wore it to get Naruto to look at me differently," She admitted.

"In other case, you need to hurry. Naruto completely destroyed this bathroom and we need to high tail it out of here before we're stuck paying for the bill to get all the repairs this room needs."

"Right, give me a sec to change."

"I'll be getting a head start with Naruto," Jiraiya carried his male student on his back. "We're heading north of here. Try to catch up as soon as you can."

"Okay."

A couple hours passed and the three were now staying at another inn. Nia stayed by Naruto's side as he hadn't awoken yet. However, minutes later, his eyes stirred and he jolted up, eyes widened with panic.

"CURLY BROW!" He cried.

"N-Naruto," Nia blushed as she saw how shaken he was at the possibility of her leaving him.

"CURLY BROW!" He wrapped his arms around her, crying as he held her. "PLEASE... PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! I'M SORRY, YA KNOW!"

"It's okay, Uzumaki. I'm not... I'm not leaving you..." She comforted him.

Naruto only sobbed on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry," Nia apologized. "I'm sorry for acting so crazy due to my jealousy. I just can't help it. I'm a very jealous person when I like someone."

"C-Curly Brow..." The blond whimpered.

"Naruto... do you forgive me for hurting you? I truly am sorry for trying to leave you. I was just very upset. I don't truly wanna leave you."

"No, i'm sorry. Somehow, I always screw up and that causes you to wanna leave me. Curly Brow, I care for you so much that I just can't be without you, ya know!"

"Oh Naruto..."

"So please... please forgive me," Naruto croaked.

"Okay, Uzumaki... I forgive you."

Hearing this, Naruto gazed up at Nia with teary eyes.

"You do, sweet Curly Brow?"

"Yes!"

"OH CURLY BROW!" Naruto then shouted, kissing her all over her face. "I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!"

And with that, the two had reconciled.

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A/N - Bruh... this took me days to finish. I really hope you guys liked this chapter. Please remember to leave some comments and vote and have a great rest of your day ❤️

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