Confessions of a Kunoichi in Love
chapter VII: Wake-up fall
Mornings in the Hyuuga house were pretty much the same,Neji would leave first at five, with Hinata usually ten minutes behind him and Hanabi leaving at seven with her uncle Hiashi. But this morning was a little different. In three days it would be Hinata's fifteenth birthday, and she was to pass out all of her invitations at ninja academy. She made them all last night, with Neji's help, and couldnt wait to pass them out! Especially to a certain Uzumaki Naruto! This morning, Neji waited for Hinata before he left, hoping to cheer her up from last night's diary problem by walking her to school. Plus, if Naruto was to give the diary back to Hinata that day, he wanted to be there to beat his ass. Because, he knew if he left it up to Hinata, she would have just forgiven him and been upset for the rest of the day, doing nothing about it. And Neji's "brotherly" instincts were not about to just let that happen. " Are you ready, birthday girl?" "Oh, good morning, Neji! And yes, I'm ready!"
They walked towards the school, Hinata bearing a grin almost as big as Naruto's, and got to where Tenten and Temari stood. Neji walked in front, his pace quickening as he got closer to Tenten, and then held her in his arms and kissed her on the cheek. Hinata often smiled at how much Neji loved Tenten. " good morning, Ten-chan, did you sleep well?" Tenten nodded and kissed him on the cheek too. "Look, Hinata has an invitation for you and Temari." Tenten took the card and opened it, she then showed it to Temari. "OOOOOHHH! Our little Hinata is growing up!" Temari made a fake crying sound and overwhelmingly hugged Hinata. " We'll be sure to be there! I'm lookin' forward to it!" Tenten, after finishing her sentence, walked over to get the others so Hinata could give out the rest of her invitations. After a couple of minutes, Tenten, followed by Sakura, Ino, Rock Lee, Gaara, Chouji,and Shikamaru came walking back to where Hinata stood. Soon the crowd of people were all surrounding Hinata, recieving their invitations gratefully. Sakura was overjoyed! "Hinata's turning fifteen! Oh! this is soooo cool!" She gave Hinata a crushing glomp and laughed. But she still had more invitations to give out. Just four, One for Sasuke, one for Kiba, one for Shino, and one for...Naruto. Hinata wanted desperately to find the remaining people on her list so she squirmed out of the crowd and began her search.
She found Sasuke, he was leaning over a bridge and throwing stones into a small brook. He pleasantly accepted the card and gave her a small, akward smile, letting her know he would be there. Then she found Shino and Kiba, they were hanging out near the training grounds. Kiba took his card and told Hinata he would definitely be there and said he had to run, Akumaru was still at the vet and needed to be picked up. Shino hesitently took Hinata's card, not wanting to accidentally touch his angel's hand, afraid he might blush and make his feelings known to her. " I h-have to go now, Shino. But I really hope y-you're able to c-come!" She smiled and waved good bye to him and then walked off to find the last person on her list.
She found him, he was , not suprisingly, sitting asleep in a tree somewhere near where Sasuke was. The two must have sparred, and Sasuke probably won, leaving Naruto to pout in a tree. Assuming that was why Naruto was sitting atop a small branch, either sulking or sleeping, she walked toward the tree. A little nervous about giving Naruto the invitation. She then made a small, gasping soun; Naruto was falling out of the tree! He was leaning too far to one side and starting to slide off his sad, little branch. Hinata rushed to the tree as fast as her feet would take her and held out two outstretched arms. A quick 'drop' and he fit perfectly into Hinata's arms. She blushed madly at the sight of a sleeping Naruto so close to her. The fall didnt even seem to phase him. And she was glad it didnt, it would have made a very akward and embarrasiing moment for the two if Naruto had woken up in Hinata's arms. Hinata, then, gently put Naruto down on a patch of grass and shook his shoulder to wake him.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Naruto's Dream ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Naruto had just walked into his room seeing Hinata's eyes fill with tears as she found her little, purple diary sitting atop his dresser. Naruto's heart beat ten times faster trying to explain himself, "Hinata...I.." She ran out the door, book in hand, bursting into tears with a feeling of betrayel from both her crush and good friend." Hinata!" Naruto reached out to her as she got farther and farther away, but for some reason, he couldnt seem to move. Then Hinata stopped and yelled to him "Why, why would you l-lie to me, N-Naruto-kun! Did I do something to u-upset you! Tell, me what I did wrong!" Just then, Hinata's image was becomming harder and harder to make out, she was disappearing right before Naruto's eyes! "N-Naruto-kun..."
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ End of Naruto's Dream ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
"N-Naruto-kun...Naruto-kun, Naruto-kun! Wake up, Naruto!" Hinata's wake-up call had worked like a charm. Naruto, slowly but progressively, got up from his nap and stared up at a worried Hinata. "nnngh..Hi-nata-chan?" Hinata laughed, "g'morning Naruto-kun, I have something to give to you." She then pulled out the small, lavendar card she had prepared for him the night before and handed it to him. " Oh, arigatou, Hinata-chan." Pulling the card out of it's small envelope, he was not suprised to see that it was purple. It was a sweet and simple card that plainly said "You're Invited!" on the front in fancy lettering, and held the basic information to know what the party would be like on the inside of it. Naruto stopped reading for a moment and stared at the card. It almost resembled the the little purple book he had been keeping locked away in secret. A look of sheer guilt spilt over Naruto's face as his thoughts had flooded back to his past dream. Hinata studdered, "Are-are you okay, Naruto-kun? Did I do something wrong?". Naruto's heart tightened, "No, Hinata, you've done nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all..."
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Naruto: Hey, I dont remember that!
Sasuke: That's because you were asleep, dobe.
Naruto: Baka-Sasuke, I meant how you so called "beat me" in a fight!
Sasuke: Maybe it's because you choose what you WANT to remember, and not what REALLY HAPPENED.
kacey9tails: OMG! THAT'S NOT EVEN A BIG PART IN THIS STORY, NARUTO!
Naruto: Nudges Sasuke Looks like Sakura's not the only one who's having her "time of the month".
kacey9tails: I'm gonna slap you so hard, YOUR NAME WILL BE SLOW! chases Naruto in rage
Hinata: Wha-what's going on?
Sasuke: Hinata, can you do me a favor?
Hinata: Uh, sure..what is it?
Sasuke: Dont ever change.
Hinata: O-okay..
Sakura: Remember, reviews are like Sasuke! I want more, more, more, more, more!
