Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, sadly. I really want to own it though!
Hello Mina! (everyone)
It's me, Akina, and here's my newest fanfic, The Moment Before We Kiss. I hope you like it, its my first Naruto Fanfic, so go easy on me. Plus, if you think the characters are OOC, (out of chracter) they're not. Cause' they're 19 now. They're grown up. The only person who's a little OOC is Hinata. Hey, its my fanfic! lol, anyways, enjoy, and please review!
Chapter Published on April 2, 2007.
The Moment Before We Kiss
Chapter 1: The Mission and the team
"Naruto!!!"
Sakura ran over to the now-19-year-old, blonde boy.
"Sakura...Sakura-chan!" Naruto said. He waved his hand up in the air as Sakura ran towards him.
Accidently, Sakura tripped and fell, but before that happened, Naruto, now strong and quick as ever, caught her before she fell.
Sakura blushed slightly as Naruto picked her up.
"You okay, Sakura-chan?" He said, grinning.
"..." Sakura was embarrased, and so she did what she usually did.
"Let me go, you idiot!!!" She punched him on the head.
"Owww! Dattebayo!" Naruto said as he rubbed his head.
"Hmmph...how arrogant." Sakura crossed her arms to her chest. 'cha!!!' Her inner self said.
As Sakura was complaining, Kiba and Akamaru came along.
"Akamaru!" Kiba yelled, and just like that, Akamaru stopped right in front of Sakura and Naruto.
"Kiba-kun!" Sakura said suprised.
"Hey Kiba! Whatcha doin' here, dattebayo?" Naruto said, still rubbing his now bruised head.
"Just going for a walk with Akamaru here. And plus, I gotta meet Hinata and Shino." He grinned showing his sharp, dog-like teeth.
"Gosh, Akamaru sure got BIG..." Naruto said, as he looked up at Akamaru. Akamaru licked Naruto's face.
"Yuck!"
"Haha!" Sakura and Kiba laughed.
"Well, we gotta go, we're meeting Hinata and Shino at the training fields. See ya." Kiba said as he got on Akamaru.
"Bye!" Naruto and Sakura said.
Kiba gave a nod.
"Yahoo! Go Akamaru!" Kiba yelled as he rode off.
"Hmm...he kinda looks cute with his new look." Sakura said.
"What?! Cute?!" Naruto said. "He just got rid of his stupid jacket! That's it! Nothing changed! Dattebayo!" He was clearly getting jealous. Aftre all, he did like Sakura.
"No, he put on a new outfit, plus his face looks much more mature, unlike somone I know." She teased.
"Well, yeah but- HEY!!! What's that supposed to mean, dattebayo?!" Naruto said jumping up and down like he used to do, when they were Genin. He acted like a child.
'Same old Naruto.' Sakura thought, smiling.
"Why are you making such a fuss? Ya jealous?" Sakura teased.
"JEALOUS?!?!" Naruto screamed.
"Okay, enough, I was just joking!" Sakura laughed, "Now come on, I want to tell you something at Tsunade-sama's office."
"Huh?" Naruto calmed down as he followed Sakura.
Sakura and Naruto went to the fifth hokage's office.
"Tsunade-sama?" Sakura said as she peeked through the door.
Sakura sweatdropped when she saw that Tsuande was sleeping on her documents.
"Tsunade-sama!" Sakura yelled.
Tsunade jolted up and grinned.
"Hello, Sakura, how are you?" She said as if nothing happened.
"You were sleeping when you had to do work?!" Sakura yelled.
"Heheh...anyways, what's wrong? You need something?" Tsunade said seriously now, wiping some drool off her mouth.
"Yeah, remember you said something about a mission?" Sakura said, shaking the previous incident off her mind.
"Hmm? Oh! Yes, the mission! Okay, well...oh! Naruto! I haven't seen you for a while!" She smiled.
"Yeah, Yeah, Granny Tsunade." He said.
"I'm not THAT old."
"Yes you are."
"...ANYWAYS!!!!! About the mission! Yes, Sakura, I'm glad you asked."
"Mission? We're going to have a mission, dattebayo?" Naruto said.
"Yes, now stop interuptin-"
"YYYEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!! DAAAATTEEEBAAAAAYYYOOOOOOO!!" Naruto yelled.
Tsunade slapped her forehead.
"STOP!!!" She screamed real loud.
Naruto stopped quickly and stuttered, "Y-Yes! Sor-ry!"
"ANYWAYS! Sakura, Naruto, you guys are going to pick four more people to go with you on your mission."
"Okay, but what IS the mission?" Naruto said, being the unpatient person he is.
"I was just getting there!... SHUT IT UZUMAKI!" She commanded before Naruto was going to open his mouth once again.
"Like I said, four more people. And the mission is to protect a special festival here, in Konoha from any disturbance." She finished.
"Festival? Special? What day is it, Tsunade-sama?" Sakura asked politely.
"I'm glad you asked, Sakura. The mission, is in three days. It's The day of Love and Divorce."
"That's a crappy name." Naruto muttered.
"SHUT IT!!!"
"Oh! It's the day for marriage and divorcing, right?" Sakura said. (Well, that was kind of obvious.)
"Yup. It's the law that you can only get married or divorce on that day."
"Which you made." Naruto mumbled.
"I made it so Konoha can be peaceful! We don't want too much people to divorce or marry cause of the population! We're starting to run out of houses!"
"Well, build some." Naruto said.
"Grrrrr..."
"Okay, Naruto, enough!" Sakura said.
"Yes, well Sakura, be ready for that day." Tsunade said.
"Hai, Hokage-sama." Sakura said and dragged Naruto out of the office.
"Kids, these days..." Tsunade sighed.
"Naruto, you baka! Why would you do that in front of the fifth hokage?!" Sakura yelled.
"Hmmph." Naruto crossed his arms. Then he slumped and looked sad.
Sakura noticed this and said, "It's okay, just try not to be so rude next time."
"HaiII!" Naruto said, already happy.
"Well, I guess we should go eat some ramen, ya know, my treat!" Sakura said.
"YEAH! Dattebayo! Arigatou, Sakura-chan!!!" He said jumping up and down.
"Hinata, please!" Kiba whined.
"No!" Hinata yelled. (Wow, she yelled!)
"Now that your 19, your so mean!" Kiba said, trying to insult her.
"I know your kidding, and stop trying to insult me." Hinata giggled.
"Hey! How did you know? Your Byakugan can't read minds too can it?" He teased.
Hinata giggled again.
"Ugh, can this love affair please stop?" Shino said, annoyed that no one was training. After all, they were here to train, right?
"W-What?!" Hinata stuttered like she used to when she was a gennin. She blushed turning bright red.
"Shino!" Kiba growled, turning a little red himself.
"Just saying what's true."
"No! It's not true...Hinata likes..." Kiba muttered.
"Hmm?" Shino turned around.
"Nothing..." He said. '...Naruto. She likes Naruto, she'll never love me anyways.' He thought sadly.
"W-Well, umm...let's go back to training." Hinata said trying to lighten the mood.
"Yes, we should...hey! Hinata! Don't step on that bug!" Shino said.
"Hmm? Oh! Sorry, Shino-kun." Hinata laughed nervously.
"Naruto! Come on, let's hurry and go get some Chuunins!" Sakura said.
"Can't we do that later?" Naruto whined.
"No! Plus, I know just the right people who should come on this mission with us!"
Knock, Knock.
"Ino! Can you get the door, please?"
"Yeah, okay, mom!" Ino said as she opened the door.
"Hmm...look who's here, if it isn't miss bill-board brow." Ino teased.
"Shut up, Ino-pig!" Sakura yelled.
"Sakura-chan, calm down, dattebayo!" Naruto said.
"Hmm? Oh, right...-clears throught- Ino, will you be able to go on a mission with us? Three days from now?" Sakura asked.
Ino looked down. "Sorry, but I'm busy this week-end, sorry Sakura."
Sakura sighed. "It's okay, there's plenty more Chuunins here. Well, see ya!"
"Bye!"
Knock, Knock.
"Chouji! Get the door!!!!!"
"Alright, dad, alright!"
Chouji opened the door to find...
"Sakura-chan! What are you doing here?" He said munching on some chips.
'He still eats a lot, huh?' Sakura thought. 'CHA!' Her inner self said.
"Well?" Chouji said.
"Oh! Sorry, Chouji, can you come on a mission with us in three days?"
"Hmm...sorry, me and my dad are going fishing."
'Fishing?!' Sakura thought.
"Sorry, see ya."
"Bye." Sakura said, a little annoyed that no one could go on the mission with them.
"Hmm...I've got an idea, dattebayo!" Naruto suggested.
Knock, Knock.
"Shikamaru, can you get the door?"
"Hai, Hai, how troublesome..."
Shikamaru opened the door.
"Well, if it isn't Naruto and Sakura...well? What do you want?" He said lazily.
"Shikamaru! Would you like to go on a mission with me and Sakura-chan, Dattebayo?" Naruto asked.
"Ehh, too troublesome."
"Aw, come on please, Shikamaru-kun?" Sakura pleaded. "We need four more people on this mission!"
"...when is it?" He asked.
"It's three days from now, on the day of Love and Divorce, we're going to have a special festival here in Konoha. Please, come?" Sakura said.
"Ugh, THAT stupid festival..." Shikamaru sighed.
"Yes! Now please?" Sakura asked some more. 'He better say yes, or I'll beat him to a pulp! Cha!' Inner Sakura yelled.
"...How troublesome...fine, I'll go." He said lazily.
"Yes! Thanks Shikamaru! Dattebayo!" Naruto said.
"Thank you, Shikamaru-kun." Sakura bowed politely.
"Hai, Hai." He said.
"Okay, so one down, three more to go." Sakura said.
"Oh! And we'll all meet at the training fields."
"Fine." Shikamaru sighed and went back inside his house, and closed the door.
"Come on, Naruto. Let's go you baka!" She said.
"Yes, Sakura-chan..." Naruto said lowly.
Knock, Knock.
"Get the door, Hinata."
"H-Hai!"
Hinata paced to the door, and sighed. Then, she opened the door.
"Sakura-chan! N-N-Naruto-k-k-kun!" Hinata stuttered. Yes, she does stutter when she's near Naruto, Even though she's 19 now.
"O-h-a-y-o!" Naruto said.
"O-O-Ohayo, Naruto-kun!" She stuttered once again.
"Hello, Hinata!" Sakura said.
"Sakura-chan! Hello!" Hinata bowed.
(Bowing is a sign of respect in Japan, and in most Asain countries.)
Sakura bowed back.
"Umm, well, Hinata, would you like to go on a mission with me, Naruto, and Shikamaru? We need three more people to go. Please?" Sakura asked.
"Umm..."
"Please, dattebayo!" Naruto said as he hugged Hinata in a playful way.
"EEK!" She yelled, and pushed Naruto away.
"Oww!"
"Oh! G-G-Gomen!" She said, as she blushed bright red. Then, she came back on topic. "Well, I don't really have to do anything this week except train, so...why not?" She smiled.
"That's great!" Sakura and Naruto smiled.
"But, its not going to be today is it? I just came back from training so..."
"Don't worry. It's three days later." Sakura reassured, "You can rest."
"Arigatou Gozaimasu!" Hinata said as she went back inside and closed the door.
"Alright, two down, two more to go." Sakura said pumped up.
"-sigh-" Naruto said, he was tired of walking around knocking on people's doors. (Who wouldn't?)
Knock, Knock.
"Kiba, get the door!"
"Yeah, okay, sis." Kiba rolled his eyes.
Kiba opened the door. Akamaru was right next to him.
"Kiba-kun!" Sakura said. "Ohayo."
"Yeah, you too. Hey! Naruto! You need anything?" He said.
"Ruff!" Akamaru responded.
"I didn't ask you, Akamaru." Kiba said, laughing. "And no, you already had breakfast."
Akamaru growled.
"Okay, Okay! I take it back!" Kiba said. "Anyways, what's up?"
"Well, Me and Sakura-chan...oh! And also Shikamaru and Hinata are going to go on a mission three days from now. We'd like you to come too, dattebayo!" Naruto said.
"Hinata's going too?" He asked quickly.
"Yeah, why?" Naruto tilted his head to one side, to show that he was confused.
"W-What? N-Nothing!" Kiba stammered.
Naruto just shrugged it off. Sakura, on the other hand, was suspicious.
"Well, I'll go, and where do we meet?" Kiba said changing the subject.
"We're going to meet at the training grounds." Sakura said.
"Okay, see ya then!"
"Ruff!"
"Ja ne, Kiba-kun." Sakura said.
"BYEEEE!" Naruto said.
Kiba went back inside and sighed.
'That was a close one!' He thought.
"Alright, Naruto. All we need is one more person..."
And right on cue, Temari and Kankuro were headed their way.
"Whoa! Look at that! The Suna siblings are here! Except Gaara of course, he's busy being Kazekage!" Naruto empathized 'KazeKage' because, even him, Gaara was Kazekage. Naruto was jealous that he was one of the 'kages' before Naruto was.
"Shut it, Naruto. I want another girl on this trip, and its going to be Temari!" Sakura said.
"No! Not here! I'm going to get Kankuro to go with us! Dattebayo!" Naruto yelled.
"It's a race!" They both said in unision.
Sakura and Naruto both raced toward the two.
"Temari!"
"Kankuro!"
Temari and Kankuro turned around and saw Sakura and Naruto.
"Hey, look who it is! It's the nine-tailed-fox!" Kankuro said.
"Hmm..." Temari said.
"Temari!"
"Kankuro!"
"Canyougotoamissionwithus?!" Naruto and Sakura both said real fast.
"What? Hold up! Say it nice and slowly." Temari said.
"Okay, Temari, or Kankuro, Can one of you go on a mission with me, Naruto, Shikamaru, Hinata, and Kiba? We need one more person so-"
"Hold up!" Temari said.
"Hmm?" Sakura said confused.
"Okay, so its a mission...to where? Why? and when." Temari said, putting a hand on her hip.
"Temari..." Kankuro began.
"Shut it, Kuro." She said.
"Ugh..."
"Umm, well, its going to be at a special festival here, in Konoha. We have to protect it from any disturbance, and It's three days from now." Sakura explained briefly.
"Kay', so it's going to be on that, Love, Divorce, day?" Kankuro said.
"Yup!" Naruto said.
"Well then, I'm not going. Too busy. Gotta get back to Gaara before he kills me." Kankuro said. "See ya."
"Wait! Kankuro!" Temari yelled.
Kankuro ignored Temari and walked off, heading for Suna.
"Grrr...when I get back, I'll-"
"So you're going?" Sakura asked.
"-sigh- Fine, I'll go. I need some excersise anyway." Temari said.
"Okay! Well, we're all going to meet at the training fields. See you then, Temari-san!" Sakura said.
"See ya." Temari said.
"Ja ne, dattebayo!" Naruto said as he followed Sakura.
"Today was a long day, Naruto. Let's get some rest." Sakura yawned.
"But it's only 3 o' clock." Naruto said looking at the clock tower.
"...well, I'm going to take a nap." Sakura said as she headed for her house.
"...I'll walk you there, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said, and held her hand.
Sakura was suprised and looked at Naruto.
He grinned. She blushed. (Awwww...)
'Same old Naruto' Sakura smiled back.
Well? Did you like the first chapter? I hope you did, and I'll update soon! Please review! Thanks for reading so far too!
-Akina.