Secrets

Chapter 1

Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Sakura, were all eating ramen in the Ramen shop. A few months ago, Hinata had gathered up the courage to ask Naruto out, and to her surprise he agreed. Now she was still as shy, but didn't stutter as much. Sakura still liked Sasuke, and bugged the crap out of him. They had all ordered miso ramen, except for Naruto, who ordered everything. Sasuke sighed as he heard Sakura's high pitched voice say how she would one day make him hers. Yeah right, I'd rather kill myself, he thought.

"So, Naruto, what do you think?" Hinata asked shyly. Naruto looked at her confused, ramen hanging from his mouth.

"About what?" he asked ramen still in his mouth. Sasuke rolled his eyes. Obviously, Hinata was talking about her new hair style. She had grown it out, and now it was up to her waist. She was talking about how she got the tips, and her bangs curled. (They were straight before.) Naruto was still looking at her confused.

"Forget it." she said, and watched him shrug, and return to the ramen. Hinata sighed.

"I think it looks fine." Sasuke said, hoping Hinata would start talking, so he could zone out stupid Pink- Brat's annoying voice.

"Thank you, Sasuke." Hinata replied, surprised, then to Sasuke's horror, returned to eating.

"So Sasuke, as I was saying, we can name one child……………SASUKE JR.!!" 'Pink-Brat' said in her annoying high pitched voice. Sasuke winced, wanting to cover his ears, to save himself from listening to her, but decided on a better option. (what kind of moron would name a kid Sasuke Jr.?)

"Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom." To his annoyance, Naruto tagged along.

Meanwhile, while the guys were in the bathroom…………….

"So, Hinata how's it going with Naruto?" Sakura asked. Hinata ate swallowed the ramen she had in her mouth, before she replied,

"It's going perfect.", with a smile, and blush.

"Oh. Well, you better speed things up. If you know what I mean." Sakura said with a wink. Hinata blushed some more, and asked,

"Why?" Sakura raised a disgusting pink eyebrow, and smirked.

"Just in case." she said.

"In case what?" Hinata asked.

Meanwhile, Sasuke obviously didn't have to go to the bathroom, so he just left Naruto in there, and was walking slowly, and he got a bit of conversation, like 'speed things up.', and knew by the disgusting voice, it was the Pink-Brat. Then he heard someone say something really quiet, but he couldn't make out the words. He was positive this one was Hinata. What were they talking about, he though curiously. He walked closer, and stopped by the corner, so they couldn't see him.

"In case what?" he saw Hinata asked, barely. Sakura laughed, high- pitched. This time Sasuke covered his ears, but for some unknown reason, he still heard her.

"In case someone decides to steal him away from you." he heard Sakura say. What were they talking about, he wondered again.

"Why would anyone do that?" Hinata asked. Sakura laughed again.

"Wow, I didn't think that even you could be so stupid!!" Sakura exclaimed. Hinata looked at her with a confused and hurt expression.

"Come on! Don't you know that about more than half of the Hidden Leaf woman are after him!! After all, it's obvious he's the next choice for Hokage!!" Sakura said, smirking. Her expression changed, because she was expecting Hinata to cry, but instead she saw Hinata looking at her, with a thoughtful expression.

"What??" Sakura asked, (screamed). This time Hinata winced at the sound of the voice. Sasuke wondered what Hinata would say, after all, it was obvious she had liked Naruto from the beginning. He thought it was his duty to make sure that his best friend's girlfriend, liked him for the right reason.

"Well, err….., maybe you're confused, Sakura." Hinata. Both Sasuke and Sakura, were wondering what she was talking about.

"Maybe, you're just confusing Naruto with Sasuke." Hinata said, trying to help Sakura understand. Sakura changed to angry, and Sasuke changed to shock. How did I get involved, he wondered.

"HOW CAN I CONFUSE SASUKE WITH NARUTO!!" Sakura yelled, (high pitched). Hinata gulpled, and went into nervous mode.

"W-well, I know some people l-like Naruto, but most women like S-Sasuke." Hinata said. Sasuke allowed supposed it was okay for her to say that, after all, it was just Hinata's innocent logic. He knew she didn't meant anything by it.

"What do you mean by that?" Sakura asked in a dangerous voice.

"I just m-mean that maybe you should start trying to get S-Sasuke to like you." Hinata said. This time Sasuke couldn't forgive Hinata. Sakura stood up, and glared down at Hinata.

"YOU THINK HE DOESN'T LIKE ME!!", she screamed louder than ever. This time both Hinata and Sasuke put their hands in their ears, but it didn't help much.

"W-well, he does seem to be trying to avoiding you." Hinata said, hands still in her ears, for just in case reasons.

"……HE'S JUST SHY!!" Sakura screamed, again. Sasuke was sure he couldn't let this go on. Poor Hinata would lose her hearing, being so up close like that, she he walked back to his seat.

"SASUKE!! YOU'RE BACK!!" yelled Sakura, as she tried to hug him, but he dodged.

"Please, use your inside voice." he said.

"Sorry, Sasuke. But I got upset." Sakura said, in her regular high-pitched voice, as she glared at Hinata. She grabbed Sasuke's arm. Sasuke scowled, and hoped for a distraction. Suddenly Naruto came back, and sat down.

"Hey, Sakura, you want the vegetables from this one?" Naruto asked, as he looked at the pork ramen, that the owner had put in by mistake.

"Sure." Sakura said, high pitched, and reached over Sasuke's and Hinata's head, and took the bowl from Naruto. You should know they were sitting in this order: Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, and Pink-Brat. Sasuke wondered why the moron would offer it to Sakura, when he hadn't even asked his girlfriend. He looked at Hinata, to see if she was upset, but was surprised to find that she was smiling admiringly at Naruto. Sasuke rolled his eyes and sighed, and all of a sudden, Sakura held out a fork to him, littered with peas.

He glared at her.

"You seemed down, so I thought this might cheer you up." Sakura said, smiling. Sasuke had a hard time resisting the urge to puke. Suddenly, Hinata asked,

"What time is it?" apparently Naruto hadn't heard her, over his slurping noodles. Sasuke looked at his watch, and told her 10:00. Hinata smiled her thanks, and turned to Naruto.

"Naruto I have to go now. My father will get mad." she said. Naruto looked at her, grinned, and said,

"Bye." Sasuke watched Hinata turn red, and gulp. That moron, obviously she was expecting him to take her home. Sasuke had an idea.

"I have to leave too." he said.

"WHY?" Sakura whined.

"Because I have to get up early for training." he said, and hurried out of her arm. Hinata got up to, and they left together. He realized that this was kind of awkward, because even though they had the same walk toward their homes, they always had Naruto or someone else with them, so they never had to talk. He forgot about this part of his plan. At least he got away from Sakura. He decided it would be best not to talk.

"So did you like your m-meal?" Hinata asked, sounding nervous. Sasuke sighed. Why did his plans always have to have tiny mistakes.

"It was fine. But I would like to something other than ramen for dinner, every single night." Sasuke said, irritably. To his surprise she giggled.

"I don't mind it. After all, Naruto likes it." she said.

"I prefer pizza." Sasuke said. Hinata blinked.

"Pizza?" she asked. He nodded. Suddenly. They heard thunder. They both looked up, and realized that there were rain clouds darkening the sky.

"We should hurry." Sasuke said. Hinata nodded, and they both began to speed walk.

"So how has your t-training, been coming along?" Hinata asked, not wanting to go back into the awkward silence.

"It's going fine. You?" Sasuke asked.

"I'm trying to perfect this new move." Hinata said. Sasuke looked at her in surprise.

"What new move?" he asked, saying what popped into his mind.

"I don't know what to call it. " Hinata said, uncertainly. Sasuke shrugged, and for the next few minutes she told him about how it worked. Then, it started to drizzle, increasing rapidly, into a storm. Sasuke saw his mansion. (Yeah, mansion.)

"Bye." Hinata said, and was about to go to her house, when Sasuke said,

"Maybe you should spend a few minutes inside and wait until the rain eases up." Sasuke said.

"Er…..No. but thank you." Hinata said.

"Don't you have to go to the Hidden Leaf Ball tomorrow night to represent the Hyuuga clan?" Sasuke asked. (Yes, a ball. It was the 5th Hokage's idea.) Hinata nodded.

"Wouldn't it be bad if the Hyuuga had to be represented by someone sneezing, and coughing?" he asked. Hinata thought about it, and could already hear her father yelling at her, for getting sick. She nodded at Sasuke, and he led her into his mansion.