This is so troublesome I don't own Naruto

As promised this chapter is longer ( about 1300). Sorry about the bad description of their clothes but I'm terrible at that sort of thing (I do that worse than I do summaries).

That being said I give you chapter 3 of Smile Again. Please enjoy boys and girls

Lying to Myself

Shion just laughs "So, where are you taking me?"

Naruto was caught off-guard with this question, and rightfully so. After all, he just found out that he had a date. "Uhh… Umm… Ahh…" Naruto racks his brain, "I know how about we go to my favorite place to eat and then I could show you around my village." Shion was fine with this plan as she didn't have one either.

Sakura was happy that every thing seemed to be going well, "Great, I will take Shion-Sama to my house to help her get ready and Naruto will pick her up from there at 7:00. Wear something nice Naruto."

Its 6:45 and Naruto is rambling through his closet to find something to wear. "I suppose black and white would be nice." He finds his black pants and jacket. He wears a white T-shirt under it. He finds his white shoes and puts them on and he reviews himself in the mirror. "This should be good." He makes his way to Sakura's house. He knocks on the door.

"I'm coming!" Sakura yells back, "Ok Shion, now you look fit for a night out." Sakura had taken Shion out and bought her a black dress and some shoes to match (I'm horrible with women's clothing). Sakura runs to the front and opens the door. When she sees Naruto she can't believe her eyes.

Oh my…
God! He's Gorgeous!
Ok Sakura, focus. You've got something to do.

"H-Hi Naruto," She said nervously, "Uhh… Shion will be ready soon." She rushes to the back room. "Ok, are you ready?"

Shion looks over herself in the mirror. "Sakura, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, what's up"

"Why did you call me to go on a date with Naruto?"

"I explained in the letter. Naruto has been fee…"

"No. I mean why'd you call me when you could've done this yourself?" Shion turned to face Sakura, "I think he would've been happier on this date if it were with you."

"No he wouldn't be. I'm not right for him, and besides, we're just friends." Sakura hesitates every time she says that. "It's complicated, but I know Naruto... and I can't make him happy."

"Why do you think that?" Sakura doesn't answer.

"Naruto's waiting and I'm sure you'll have a great time." Shion sees Naruto and they greet eachother and set out on their date.

I don't believe that you just did that!
Did what?
Sent him out with that … that… that…
Don't say it. Naruto will be happy again. That's all that matters.

"So where are we off to first?" the priestess asks enthusiastically.

Naruto decides that he should make the most of her visit. After all, she did come all the way from her mountain shrine. "First, we are off to Ichiraku's Ramen Shop." Naruto exclaims, matching the priestess' enthusiasm.

"Well Naruto I see you brought along a date tonight." Says the owner of the eatery.

"Yeah, what's the special for tonight?"

"Beef ramen with the works."

Naruto felt that he should take it easy on the ramen tonight because he had a guest and the beef wasn't his favorite. "I'll take two of the special. What would you like to eat, Shion?"

"Can I have the special with chicken instead of beef, please?"

"Since you're with Naruto, I think I can do that. He's one of our best customers."

They received their food and ate. They talked about their respective villages and the recent developments of their villages. After they had finished eating Naruto showed her around the village. He took her every where: From the Hokage's building, to the park, to the alley ways. Then he took her up to the mountain side with the Hokage's faces carved on them. Shion was a little tired from all of the walking so they rested up here for awhile.

"The village is beautiful from up here." Shion gazed at the village in awe. "Naruto-Kun," Naruto was looking at the village almost as if he wasn't really there. Shion's voice brought him back. He looks at her. "Why have you been so down lately?"

"I haven't been …" Shion cuts him off.

"I talked to Sakura." Shion pauses to wait for any kind of response. Naruto doesn't give one. She continues "She's really worried about you."

Naruto smiles a bit "She thinks that it's because of a mission that didn't go well. And at first that was the reason but that is the price of war and I know that. The reason I'm still down is because no matter how I feel about her she will always be in love with Sasuke." He stops a bit and looks at Shion. She nods signifying that he should continue. "Later that day, when I had come back from a mission, I went to see her. She was asleep on the couch holding a picture of Team 7 to her chest and I've avoided her ever since." Naruto's voice starts to break a little but he regains his composure. "What hurts the most is that all of these feelings that I have for her must be kept inside. My main goal is that she stays happy. That has always been my goal, and if that means I have to disappear then…" Naruto wipes his eyes, "…so be it."

Shion tries to figure out a way to comfort her date, "You shouldn't give up. At least, not until you know everything." She paused again, "While we were out, she only talked about you. It was all good but I don't think it's my place to tell you what she said." Naruto smiles and then looks at her.

"That may be, but when Sasuke comes back; things will go back to the way they were. I've made my peace with it." Naruto smiles and even shion can tell that it isn't a real smile but she says nothing about it. She just smiles back and says that she's ready to go home.

Naruto walks her home. Shion thanks him for dinner and the tour of the village. Sakura answers the door, says good night to Naruto, and watches him disappear down the street. She turns her attention to shion "So, how'd it go? Was he a gentleman? He didn't do anything pervy did he?"

Shion laughs "No, he was on his best behavior." She looks at Sakura "thank you for being such a gracious hostess I've really enjoyed my stay in your village." She was about to go to sleep for the night when something popped up in her mind. "it must have cost you a lot trouble to set this up."

Sakura thought about it a little bit, "Yeah, but he is worth it. He always sacrifices anything and everything he has to make me happy. He has always given his everything, not just for me, but for the entire village." She pauses and a smile flashes across her face, "He deserves to be happy… like he makes me happy."

Shion gets a suspicious look on her face. "You really love him don't you?"

Yeah we Do!
Shut up! Not right now! This isn't the time!

Sakura starts to blush "No, he is just a friend. I want him to be happy that is all." Sakura speeds through her sentence, "Well you've had a busy day and you should get your rest I'll see you in the morning." She rushes off to bed and hits her leg and lets out a yelp and watches her books fall to the floor she hurries to pick them up.

"But Sakura…"

"Goodnight." Sakura yells back from room and pretends to fall asleep

Shion turns the light out in the guest room and she starts to fall asleep. She's just lying to herself. Shion falls asleep.

Well there you have it. Cahpter 3 in all of its fanfiction-y glory. As you can probably tell I've decided to make the other characters OOC as well to balance out the story a bit. I hope I succeeded. Like I sadi in the previous chapter I'm not askin' for reviews (I bet Ya'll thought I was playin') beggin for reviews makes feel like some sort of review addict and I haven't gotten enough reviews to be addicted to them... (falls into a trance-like state) no matter how good they made me feel (Snaps out of it). Thank you all for reading I hope you enjoyed it.

Chapter 4 will be up soon so until then, Deuces