me-well, here you go.
disclaimer-I don't own Naruto.
Sakura was up and moving by the time the sun peeked over the Hokage mountains. Why? Well, she was rudely awoken by someone getting caught in one of her traps. Who was it? None other than Tobi. Deidara was perfectly fine, sitting like a king on a chair while he yelled at Tobi for getting stuck.
Because of them, Sakura had to get up and carefully remove Tobi from the trap. And of course he had to get himself into the hardest one. She would later thump him on the head, wondering how he managed to not get killed. All they wanted to do was see how she was doing, tell them what everyone else was doing, and mooch a free breakfast out of it.
By the time they left, she was severely low on food, which would be a problem when her friends showed up. It was decided long ago that every Saturday they would meet at her apartment and have breakfast, and then do errands later. They would go to Naruto's apartment but Hinata and herself saw what his rooms looked like and refused to step in any closer.
They thought about going to the Hyūga complex but they thought better of it and crashed at the pinkette's place. So, this led her to make a shadow clone to run out and get groceries while she started to make something to eat with the minimal items she had. They had to come when she was planing to make every ones favorites didn't they? Sakura was just starting Hinata's dish when her clone opened the door and placed more food down on the table.
The cloned Sakura started to make their favorite, tossing Sakura a container of strawberries. She caught them, washed, and then cut them into pieces, putting them into the batter next to her. The two Sakura's worked together, making meals in record time.
Someone knocked on the door and the real Sakura ran to open it. Naruto and Hinata stood outside, smiling and holding up a few flowers.
"You didn't have to get me flowers." She said, taking them and walking back into the kitchen to fill a vase and up them in.
"Yeah, Hinata said it would be nice of us." Naruto said loudly from the table, playing with his chopsticks.
Hinata went into the kitchen to help finish the dishes. The two girls talked quietly while the clone set the food on the table, disappearing after she was done. They came out with cups, and a carton of orange juice.
The two sat down at the round table and a melee began, each going for their favorite foods and scarfing them down. Hinata would not admit it but she was probably the fiercest of them all, taking the whole bowl red bean soup and the plate of cinnamon roll, only giving Sakura and Naruto one each.
Sakura glanced at the clock, setting her cup down.
"Time to go." She stated, standing up and grabbing her bag. The other two stood as well, putting on their backpacks.
The blond smirked. "Race you guys there!" He yelled, running out the door.
Hinata smiled widely and jumped out a window, using chakra to run across the roofs. Sakura looked at the mess on the table and sighed, jogging out the door and locking it before sprinting after her friends.
"Last one gets to make dinner!" Naruto yelled back to them. Currently he was in front, using his lead to get before them. Sakura and Hinata were tied so far, Hinata on the roof and Sakura on the ground.
"Sounds good!" Sakura said. She got up closer to Naruto nearly passing him. He smiled and went faster, using carts to slow down Sakura. Hinata giggled at her friends, passing them as they got into trouble for almost tipping over a cart. After the two said their apologies, they took off, sprinting towards the academy.
"I win!" Naruto yelled, doing a little happy dance.
Hinata appeared, laughing quietly. "Actually N-Naruto, I was first. M-my stuff is already in the room." Naruto's face fell, causing Hinata to blush and smile slightly, playing with her fingers. "S-sorry." She mumbled, turning around before walking back inside.
"Hey! No fair Hinata! I demand a redo!" He yelled. The blond stomped behind the Hyūga heiress, following her to their class room.
Sakura chuckled slightly, eyes sparkling with promise. She looked around her, not seeing anything out of the ordinary. Today would be a good day, she thought as she nearly skipped to the room.
Sasuke poked his head around the tree trunk in the front lawn. He frowned, only a little because Uchiha do not show emotions. How could she get friends like those two, he wondered, perplexed.
"Stupid girl." He muttered under his breath. The Uchiha snorted and pushed the thought of her out of his mind, deaming the pinkette unworthy of the space. Calmly and cooly, like what an Uchiha should be, Sasuke walked into the Academy, before everyone else got there.
It was time to leave the Academy for the day and Sakura couldn't wait to get out for some reason. As soon as the bell rang and Iruka had dismissed them, she was out the door, only saying that she would see them tomorrow morning. The Hyūga heiress and jinjūriki looked at each other, silently wondering what was going on.
They walked out together, Naruto making sure that Neji was not going to be mean to Hinata before waving and walking off to the training grounds. The indigo haired girl watched as he walked away, fighting with herself.
She blushed and looked at her cousin. "Neji-nee," Said boy glared down at her. "W-would you w-watch a-as Naruto a-and I practiced?"
He seemed to debate with himself, sighing slightly. "Fine." He grumpily nodded and waved for her to catch up to him, saying he'll be there in few minutes, he would report in first.
The heiress smiled wide, eyes sparkling. "Th-thank you Neji-nee!" Hinata hugged him quickly before running to reach Naruto before he was out of her sight.
Neji glared after her, wondering why the hell he just agreed to watch over those two. He nearly grumbled to himself but remembered that Hyūga men do not let their emotions be shown outward, or inward for the matter. He straightened his back like a proper man of his clan and walked at a calm pace to the compound.
Hinata had caught up with her blond haired friend and asked if she and Neji could train with him as well. He paused, not too sure what to say.
"Alright! Maybe you could help me with my aim Hinata!" He smiled wide and took her hand, pulling her towards his own personal spot he used to train. The heiress blushed but ran after Naruto.
They waited for Neji to come, talking about the homework Iruka-sensei had assigned to them earlier. The Hyūga nearly tumbled out of the bushes surrounding the training grounds and glared at the two.
"Oi! What's with the face?" Naruto said, jumping up in front of him.
Neji stared down at the shorter boy, saying nothing.
The blond fumed, face becoming red. "Ya know, I really hate you arrogant types!" He turned and walked back to Hinata, pulling out a few kunai. "Come on Hinata, I need to work on my aim." Hinata got up slowly, eyes holding concern. Naruto sounded a little, dejected. She shook her head slightly and tossed her cousin a small smile before joining Naruto.
The brunette just blinked, turning his back to the two weaker nin, in his mind. He picked up a stone that was laying on the ground and tossed it up and down for a while. A while later he turned back to watch the two, wondering just how much longer he would be stuck here.
"Good job N-Naruto! Y-You're improving g-greatly." She said softly. Naruto cheered and started to dance around, happy that he got a few bull's eyes.
Neji snorted, shaking his head at the fool. He could get so happy over the littlest things, he thought about leaving them, deeming them not worthy of his time now. He had turned his back to him now, wondering why he even decided to come here.
"N-Neji-nee?" Hinata questioned. He turned his head slightly. "W-would you like t-to s-spar?" He could see Naruto tense in corner of his eye.
He smirked slightly. "Yes, get ready." Hinata smiled brightly at him, a warm sunny smile she would reserve only for her friends.
"T-thank you! I-I'll be ready s-soon!" She pulled off her jacket, setting it down on a large rock with her bag. She quickly warmed up, letting chakra flow faster through her veins. "Byakugan!" She whispered, eye veins bulging. The heiress opened her eyes, and got into the signature Hyūga stance. "Ready Neji-nee."
The other Hyūga activated his Byakugan, slipping easily into the stance.
"Go." He said, running at her. She blocked his first and second move, countering with her own set of open hand punches.
The two cousins traded blows back and forth, neither breaking a big sweat for the first twenty minutes. Naruto looked on in awe, almost forgetting about his own training. He forced his eyes to turn and went back to hitting his target.
Both connected with a strong punch, blowing them back a few feet. Neji lowered his hands just a little, wondering how she got to be this good.
"I t-trained with Sakura f-for a few days each w-week now." Hinata paused, catching her breath. "S-she helped me w-with me fighting s-style." She smiled at her cousin and walked forward hands still up. "I-I reached m-my limit," The dark haired heiress bowed. "Thank you Neji-nee." She straightened out, white-ish lavender eyes returned to normal.
Neji blinked, eyes deactivated. "You're welcome." He was not going to tell her that even though he went easy on her, it was a hard fight.
me-donee! sorry if its short, and that its way late... i know im a terrible author... wahhhh! im sorry! damn it all, 2 jobs, summer homework, and a bunch of other crap keeps my time occupid. -.-' oh well, til next time. cuz its getting late now so good night/morning/afternoon/evening/etc... ZZZzzzzzz...