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Chores: Part 2

After finishing at Shikamaru's house, Naruto headed to Hinata's house to garden. As he approached her doorstep, he noticed that Hinata was headed for the door already, so she must have seen him coming. Naruto knew Hinata very well, and she was a very good friend of his.

Hinata answered the door, saying," Hi, Naruto, um, the, uh, garden is out back. If you need any tools or anything, just ask, okay?"she said in almost a whisper. Naruto didn't know what was up with Hinata every time she saw him, but she'd always turn red.

"Okay!" Naruto replied. smiling. Naruto was always nice to Hinata because she's always nice to everyone, except her brother, Neji.

Naruto walked out back, and thought a typhoon had ripped through the garden. The weeds were just about killing the other plants, and the plants were infested with bugs!!! Naruto now knew why he was getting payed $100 for this job. It would take him hours!

Naruto sat down at one end of the garden, and started to pull the weeds from the flowers. He made sure not to break any of the plants that were supposed to stay in the garden, and made sure not to leave any evidence of there being weeds there.

After three LONG hours, Naruto finally finished the garden, and Hinata came out with a large glass of water and gave it to him. Naruto said thanks, and gulped the water down quickly. "Here's your money, you know, for the gardening and all," Hinata said to Naruto, blushing again.

"$200?! Why'd you give me this much? I only asked for $100," Naruto replied surprizingly.

"Well, you did so much work, I thought you should get more than that..."

"Thanks, Hinata, I really appreciate it. Do you, by any chance, want to come to my party on Friday?"Naruto asked. He was inviting Hinata because she was being so generous, and he still owed her a lot, now that he thought about it.

Hinata blushed when he asked her, and thought that he might like her as much as she liked him."Um, okay. What time will it start? It sounds like fun."

Naruto replied,"It'll start at 7:00, but you could come early, if you want to. There'll be punch and cake and pizza there. Kiba and Ino will also be there, and a lot of other people. If you want, you could also help with the music, it's really fun to do that, too."

Hinata was surprized at how much Naruto seemed to want her to come to the party, so she agreed to go, her face now completely red from embarassment, shyness, and excitement.

"Are you okay, Hinata? You look like you're getting sunburned. How about you go inside and I'll get you an ice-pack or something, okay?"

How could Hinata say no, even though she wasn't actually burning up. She stood up, shaking slightly, and walked into her house, Naruto following. Naruto walked to the fridge and search for an ice-pack as Hinata lied on the couch, very excited for the upcoming Friday.

Once, Naruto left, he realized that he was starting to crush on Hinata.

Since he had enough money for the party now, Naruto walked home, and counted how much money he had. He got 200 from Sakura, 50 from Shikamaru, and 200 more from Hinata. He went to the phone and called everyone else who he was going to do chores for, and told them that he didn't have to do it anymore, because he had plenty of money for the party now. He had a total of $1,000 for the party, and that was all he needed.

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-MangaGirl7980