Sorry about the extended delay. My computer broke and we started a large amount of work at school. Well without any further delay... Chapta 7! :D
Hinata ran off in the other direction trying to keep her blood flow going so that she didn't collapse on the spot. What Naruto had just done to her was by far the best thing that had ever happened to her in her life. Not only did she get to have a legitimate conversation with him, train, and have lunch with her… but he also asked her out to the festival. And kissed her.
She stopped for a second on one of the rooftops.
And he kissed me.
"Naruto-kun kissed me on the cheek." Hinata whispered to herself with a hand over her heart. Slowly she brought up her hand to her cheek where he had kissed her. Her face grew pink at the very thought of it. Hinata was beginning to feel dizzy until someone grabbed her shoulder.
Reacting on instinct Hinata swatted the hand away from her and spun around entering her Gentle Fist stance. Turning around she saw that it was Ino and Sakura who'd been following her. Ino looked exasperated as she held onto her now broken hand.
Sakura was already healing it, but that didn't stop Hinata from fretting.
"Ino-chan!" Hinata shouted "I-I'm so sorry! You just surprised me and…" Hinata was about to continue her profuse apologizing, but stopped at the look on Ino's face
She was smiling and holding onto her hand. The hand was actually mended, and Sakura was looking rather proud of herself.
"It's alright Hinata-chan." Ino said with a genuine smile "Accidents happen."
Sakura was nodding her head. "Yep, kind of like how we accidently ended up seeing you and Naruto at the restaurant. And…"
"Shut it Forehead! She wasn't supposed to know!" Ino shouted shaking her recently fixed hand
"Oh yeah!? Well you're the one who just HAD to stop Hinata and get your hand broke! Ino-pig!"
"Forehead!"
"Pig!"
"Um excuse me?" Hinata asked quietly
The two girls looked over to Hinata like they'd forgotten she was even there. It had looked like Ino and Sakura were about to blow through about half of the town just to settle the argument that had yet to actually come to fruition.
"Hinata-chan!" Ino yelled to Hinata
"W-What?" Hinata wasn't feeling too good about this.
"How did you do it?" Sakura asked
Hinata stared blankly at them. "How did I do what?"
"How did you get Naruto-kun on a date?" Ino finished for Sakura. "Kiba and Shino-kun say that you two were training with each other this morning, you just had lunch with him and have a date tonight, and what was it that I heard about the two of you walking the streets unclothed?"
Hinata's face burned at the reminder of the early morning.
"Nothing happened." Hinata muttered
"Oh then what didn't happen?" Sakura teased.
"Nothing!" Hinata pleaded "Naruto just got excited to train and dragged me out of the house without noticing that I hadn't changed yet! Nothing else like that happened I swear!"
Ino and Sakura looked at each other and seemed convinced.
"Yeah that sounds like something Naruto-kun would do…" Ino said in an offhanded way.
"So what are you going to wear to the festival Hinata-chan?" Sakura
Man do they have to double team me like this? "Well, I was thinking about wearing my new jacket but…" Hinata stopped as she saw the look on Ino and Sakura's face. "What?"
Ino sighed "Hinata-chan I have a question to ask you. Do you know what kind of body you have?"
Hinata didn't like that. If there was one thing she was most self-conscious about it was her body. "W-Well Naruto-kun said I take good care just trying to be nice…"
Sakura and Ino both did a facepalm at that.
"Hinata-chan; Sakura-chan and I may bicker about who looks better, but trust us when we say this. You do have a good body." Ino said frankly
"It's true; I mean you may not have my great hair." Sakura said jokingly
"Or my sexy personality." Ino chimed in
"But you've got better skin than Ino-chan."
"And you're DEFINITELY not flat like an ironing board like Sakura-chan so you don't have to…"
Ino and Sakura gave each other very evil looks as if they had just heard the offhanded comments they had made towards one another. There was a certain killer intent coming off of each other, but Hinata was starting to get annoyed by the two of them.
"Um guys?"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY CHEST INO-PIG!?"
"I SHOULD ASK YOU THE SAME THING FOREHEAD!"
"Would you two just calm down already!?" Hinata angrily said.
Ino and Sakura were about to tear into each other but quickly stopped at Hinata's outburst.
"Oh, sorry. So anyways Hinata-chan, you can't wear something silly like a jacket. It's a DATE Hinata-chan. You need to wear something that you could only dream of."
Hinata was about to say something against that idea, but she got an idea of her own in her head. Slowly she smiled softly and giggled a bit.
"Alright thanks for the advice guys, I need to get going." Hinata spun around and jumped down to the streets and began running down the road.
"Wait where are you going Hinata-chan?" Sakura called out.
"To go find Anko-sama!" Hinata shouted.
"Why would she want to go find Anko-sama?" Sakura wondered.
"Dunno. Come on Sakura-chan we need to go find our dates." Ino said turning around. "And make sure that Naruto-kun doesn't do anything stupid when he gets ready."
Sakura went to catch up with Ino. "Why me?"
"Would you rather he tries something like this by himself?"
"…Good point. I'll see ya latter Ino-chan." Sakura jumped away from the roof
Meanwhile Hinata was whizzing through the village towards Anko at a breakneck pace. She knew that Ino didn't know how powerful what she said was, but Hinata knew that it was a sign. And it was a sign that had to be taken.
"I just know that Anko-sama will help me out." Hinata said to herself. "She owes me."
Anko was busying herself with her fake old lady act with a very important customer.
"Thank you ma'am." A man said handing Anko some money. "And thanks for the discrete box."
Anko gave the man a devilish wink. "No problem sonny I'm sure this Anko girl will just love that lingerie. And here's this for free…"
Anko handed him the box of sultry clothing and a smaller black box.
"What's in it?" The man asked
"Take a peak…" Anko said innocently
The man curiously peered into the box. Upon seeing a large feather, some lace ribbon and whipped cream the man snapped the box shut.
"I-I-I don't know what to say…" The man stammered
"Don't worry sonny, she ordered it last week and forgot to pick it up." Anko gave him a good natured smile and started pushing him out the door. "Have a good night Iruka-san."
The terrified sensei could only nod his head as he was pushed out of the door.
Hinata was too distracted to notice that her former sensei Iruka was walking away from the store blushing redder than even she had ever managed. She saw the "kind old lady" and walked up to her.
"Excuse me Anko-sama?" Hinata asked just a little nervously.
The disguised Anko turned to see Hinata and grinned.
"Ah what can I do for you my little girl?"
"Ano- Anko-sama? I really don't have time for this. Can you help me out with finding a dress? I have a date tonight with Naruto-kun." Hinata couldn't help but blush at that statement.
Anko simply smiled and poofed back to her normal sadistic self.
"So how'd my little booster help?" Anko asked clapping her hands together.
"Well aside from the fact that I nearly died of embarrassment, nearly got killed again, and terrified the man I love… It was great!" Hinata couldn't help but smile.
Anko relaxed at the sound of that. Although she'd never admit it, the idea of an angry Hinata directing her aggression towards her didn't exactly fill her with joy.
"So what did you have in mind kid?" Anko asked
"Well here's the thing, the idea came to me in a dream and…" Hinata was about to continue but was cut off by Anko.
"Ha! I knew you'd take the seductive path! It's always the quiet ones… Anyways let me guess, you want…" Anko rummaged through a pile behind the counter. "This!"
Anko pulled out a one piece lace outfit. It would only cover small amounts of Hinata's breasts and her…womanhood. Hinata could only stare at it in horror. (And also in fascination)
"And then you'll want to have him drooling while you wear this!"
Anko furthered poor Hinata's horror by pulling out a black velvet dress that cut deeply into a "V" down the front and had almost no fabric down the back.
"And also if things go well enough; later tonight you can use this!" Anko was about to pull out a rather "adult" product but was cut off by Hinata.
"Please don't Anko-sama! I need a dress that's beautiful, not seductive. I want Naruto to love me not lust after me." Hinata had her hands near her face.
Anko was about to make a snide comment but she saw the look in Hinata's face. She really wanted to make an impression. With a defeated sigh and a good natured smile, Anko put down the adult products and looked at Hinata.
"Alright kid I get it. So what did you have in mind?"
Hinata was able to relax and smiled in relief. "Well the idea was that I wear something formal but beautiful…"
MEANWHILE AT NARUTO'S APARTMENT-
Naruto was busying himself with trying to clean his room.
Why am I cleaning my room? Don't I have a date?
That's why you're cleaning it baka. You're trying to find something nice to actually wear to the date…
Oh yeah… But all I have are jumpsuits and T-shirts.
…
Shrugging at the Kyuubi's silence, Naruto continued in his cleaning of his apartment. Picking up a shirt here a few dozen bowls there, and before he knew it, Naruto was able to have a respectably clean house. Standing proudly, Naruto's ears perked at the sound of someone knocking at his door.
"Wonder who that could be." Naruto muttered to himself
Naruto strode over to the door and opened it. His face twisted into a genuine smile at the sight of his teammate Sakura.
"Hey Sakura-chan! How's it going?"
Sakura smiled a small smile to Naruto and walked into the apartment. She was instantly taken aback by how clean it was.
"Na-Naruto-kun!" Sakura gasped "What happened to your apartment?! It's… Clean!"
Rubbing the back of his head Naruto grinned proudly. "Yeah I sorta cleaned it up before you got here. Wasn't expecting company though…"
Turning to Naruto and quirking an eyebrow Sakura asked "Then why clean it?"
"I needed to find something nice to wear for my date tonight."
"And…?"
Naruto felt a little sheepish saying "I actually only have jumpsuits and shirts apparently."
"…"
Feeling a large amount of killer intent bubble from Sakura, Naruto stepped back a few steps for his own safety.
Think of something quick baka! I really don't feel like healing your sorry ass from her attacks. Again.
Alright. Um. Um…
"S-Sakura-chan?" Naruto stammered as her hands began to glow. "W-would you want to help me?"
"Oh I'll help you baka!" Sakura shouted as she prepared to charge.
"Please help me find a wardrobe!" Naruto begged "I don't want to look like an idiot in front of Hinata."
Right before Sakura cocked back her fist, she withheld.
Blinking to make sure she was seeing the actual Naruto Sakura asked "Really?"
Naruto nodded his head. "Yes! I don't want to look like even more of an idiot than I already do! Please Sakura-chan, I'm begging you. Help me!"
Sakura stood there for a moment and sighed. "Alright baka, let's get you looking sharp for your date."
Naruto sighed in relief. "Thanks Sakura-chan. You're the best."
"I know I am." Sakura laughed.
And viola! Next chapter should come out as soon as I can get it done.
