Those Years

Chapter 1- The Truth

Disclaimer: I only wish I owned Naruto….

NOTE: Naruto and his friends are about 17 in this story.

"Hey, dobe, when are you going to grow up?" a certain black haired Uchiha asked a certain blond haired boy. Naruto had been messing around as usual, but this time, upside-down. "When are you going to get that pigeon dislodged from your ass?" Naruto said with a grin on his face. Sasuke stared at him, thought of a really evil thing to say, but thought twice. It was such a waste of time fighting with Naruto. Sakura, on the other hand, loved it when they fought. Why? She always kept mental notes on the really good comebacks, so she could use them against Ino-pig.

Hinata had also been wasting away the day with her teammates, Shino, Kiba, and Kiba's dog, Akamaru. It was very interesting actually. Shino's little buggy friends had been "teaching", or should I say "forcing" Akamaru to do tricks. (a/n: no dogs, or bugs, were harmed in the making of this fan fic.) But once Akamaru had had enough, he started to chase Shino until he made his bug friends stop. See? Interesting day.

Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Ino, (haha…rhymes!) Shikamaru, and Choji had decided to meet up after "training" so they could all walk back to the village together and get something to eat, which to Naruto's disappointment, was not going to be ramen. When they met up, it seemed that there was obviously something on Naruto's mind. Hinata was the only one to notice this.

Naruto sat down with a thump as everyone started to head towards the village. Hinata hesitantly sat down next to him. "I-is s-something bothering you, N-naruto-kun?" she asked with her usual blush. "Oh! Hey Hinata…." Naruto said. "…Hinata, can I tell you something?" Hinata was blushing even more because of the seriousness in Naruto's voice.

tbc……

naruto: hey, you cut me off!

me: well, i had to stop somewhere, right?

naruto: but...come on!

me: stop whining. i'll update soon….

naruto: whatever….ooooo! (pointing to a sign) free ramen?

me: (smaks forhead) review and update!