A/N: Wow I think this is another good chapter! I updated pretty quickly for a chapter of this length, if I do say so myself. I couldn't help it, but there's another instant messaging conversation. This time it's a chatroom with several people at once. I know it can be a little confusing at some points, but just stick with it! Sorry, I know IM convo's probably aren't everyone's favorite thing in the world when it comes to fan fiction, but I'll try and make that the last one! Anyways, enjoy!
Hinata was walking with Naruto when suddenly her phone started ringing.
"S-Sorry, I'll just be a second…" she told Naruto.
"Hello?" she said as she flipped open her phone.
"Hey, Hina! It's me, Sakura! You aren't still with Naruto, are you?" Sakura said.
"Y-yeah." Hinata replied.
"Oh! Sorry! I'll let you two love birds get back to making out or doing whatever it is you were doing." Sakura said. Hinata felt her face grow hot.
"W-We weren't making out!!" she stammered. Naruto looked over at her with a raised eyebrow, and gave her a look as if to ask 'What the heck are you talking about?'. This, of course, only made Hinata blush even more.
"Haha, yeah, yeah… Just give me a call when you get the chance, okay?" Sakura asked.
"Alright…" Hinata said.
"'Kay! Bye then!" she said cheerfully.
"Bye…" Hinata said.
"S-Sorry about that..." Hinata said as she put away her phone, an apologetic look on her face.
"Don't worry about it! Lemme guess… Sakura?" he asked.
Hinata smiled meekly. "Y-Yeah..." she replied.
"Haha, yeah, she can be like that sometimes..." Naruto said, chuckling.
"Yeah..." The two continued to walk for a little longer until they came to stop in front of a large house. "Alright, well this is it..." Hinata said.
"Wow, this is where you live?!" Naruto asked, clearly impressed. "Sure beats my place!" he smiled.
Hinata smiled. "A-Alright, well thank you very much for walking me home." she said.
"Sure! Don't mention it! Maybe we can do this again soon!" said Naruto.
Hinata really liked that idea, but of course, she was too timid to say that to Naruto. Instead she, simply said, "Y-yeah..."
"Alright, well, have a good weekend, I guess! Message me on AIM or Facebook or something!" Naruto said.
"A-Alright, bye."
Hinata walked up the front walkway, opening the front door and stepping inside her house. She had barely managed to say "I'm home" before Neji appeared.
"What were you doing with Naruto?" he asked, perhaps a little too curious.
"W-What?! I-It's none of your business! And how do you even know I was with Naruto?!" Hinata asked.
"I was simply looking out the window when I saw you two approach the house." Neji said.
"W-Well, whatever! It's none of your business!" she said.
Just then, Hiashi walked in. "What seems to be the problem?" he asked.
"Nothing, I was simply asking Hinata why she was walked home by Naruto Uzumaki." Neji explained.
"Neji!!" Hinata nearly shouted at him.
"What? Is this true, Hinata? Were you socializing with Naruto?" Hiashi asked.
"W-Why does it matter if I was?! What's the big deal?!" Hinata shouted, growing angry at them for prying into her personal matters.
"Well, the truth is... Hinata, do you remember me telling you that story about the attack on Konoha several years ago by a fox demon?" Hiashi asked.
"Y-Yeah. What does that have to do with this, though??" Hinata asked, no longer angry, but certainly very confused and curious at the same time.
"Well, the demon was so strong that it couldn't be killed. So instead, it was weakened and sealed inside a human vessel. This human vessel was a newborn child, and from then on, the child's most important task was to continue to provide a 'home', if you will, for the demon, whether he liked it or not. It became his duty. The people of Konoha hated the boy, and they blamed him for the disastrous attack. Most elders still distrust the boy. That boy I am referring to is Naruto." Hiashi explained.
"W-What...?!" Hinata uttered. She stood there for a few moments, trying to work out what her father had told her, and then it all clicked into place.
"That's ridiculous!! If anything, he's doing the town of Konoha a favor by being the vessel for that demon! And what do the townspeople do in return? They isolate and shun him!! That's horrible... and besides! So what if there is a demon inside Naruto? Who cares? It's been sealed in him for this long and nothing has happened!" she said.
"Well, that's true, but what would happen if you were near him and the demon somehow got free? I just can't allow you to talk to him, it's just too dangerous." Hiashi said.
Hinata didn't say anything, she just ran off to her room, slamming the door shut behind her. Confused and doubtful, she dived onto her bed. She then picked up her laptop that was lying on the floor next to her bed and turned it on. She logged on, signing onto Facebook and AIM, hoping someone who could help was logged on. Of course, it being a Friday, all of her friends were on. Suddenly a message popped onto the screen.
cherryblossomkiss21: heyy, Hina!
violeteyez67: hey. Hold on, lemme start a chart room…
violeteyez67 has entered. [Hinata]
cherryblossomkiss21 has entered. [Sakura]
w3aponlvr has entered. [Tenten]
blondisbtr6 has entered. [Ino]
konohacheer17 has entered. [Karen]
Tsuchan5 has entered. [Tsuyoki]
cherryblossomkiss21: hey hina!
w3aponlvr: omg! Hina!!
blondisbtr6: omfg!!!! Hinataaaaaaa!!
tsuchan5: OMFQRPLZ15723MNG!!!! HINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
violeteyez67: umm… heyy. And please chill, tsuyoki… -_-'
tsuchan5: soreeeee… xp
cherryblossomkiss21: so hina, babe; tell us the deets!
blondisbtr6: omg, yeah! what s the deal with Naruto?
violeteyez67: idk…
blondisbtr6: …?
violeteyez67: hey, do you guys know about Naruto and why he was treated so poorly before?
w3aponlvr: ohh man… I mean, of course all of us know it, but did you not know that before?
violeteyez67: no! now I'm not sure what to do! my dad even says I shouldn't see him, because of a certain stupid cousin of mine…
w3aponlvr: heyy! Don't talk about my future husband that way! (xD)
konohacheer17: my goodness, woman. If you don't build up the courage to act upon your 'burning desire' and ask that boy out already, I am going to smack you!
w3aponlvr: haha, alright fine... we'll worry about that later, though.
blondisbtr6: anyways, hina; had you not discovered this little 'flaw' in your perfect guy, what would you think of Naruto?
violeteyez67: well… I'd say he's very kind, confident, funny…
tsuchan5: don't forget cute! xD
cherryblossomkiss21: …
blondisbtr6: …
w3aponlvr: …huh??
tsuchan5: oh! Haha, no, I meant you probably think he's cute, right? I didn't mean I personally think he's cute… not that he's ugly or anything, though! uhh… I think I'll just shut up now…
blondisbtr6: good idea… xp
cherryblossomkiss21: anyways… look hina, he actually has all those good qualities you mentioned! There's just the matter of the kyuubi inside of him, which isn't even that big of a deal. It's just some stupid thing that happened a long time ago, and all these old geezers (no offense to your dad) are still worried about it because they're stuck in the past.
violeteyez67: well… yeah. I suppose that I shouldn't worry too much about it or anything. I mean, it's not like we're dating or anything, so perhaps it isn't that big of a deal…
konohacheer17: if you said no to that boy… so help me!
cherryblossomkiss21: wait… you didn't actually say no, did you?
violeteyez67: no! I just said we should maybe get to know each other a little better first, and see where it goes from there.
cherryblossomkiss21: which just means you will be dating, you just aren't yet
konohacheer17: hahaha, yep. basically.
violeteyez67: I dunno… we'll see.
tsuchan5: aww c'mon! you luvvvv him!
violeteyez67: I'm going to smack you just time I see you. Just a warning.
tsuchan5: lolll....
blondisbtr6: so now you gotta hang out with him and stuff, even if it's just as friends.
violeteyez67: crap.
cherryblossomkiss21: whats with the "crap"? you like him, don't you?
violeteyez67: yeah. I'm just dreading the awkwardness and everything.
konohacheer17: well, hey! howabout this; you ask him if her wants to chill in the mall with us this weekend and tell him he can invite some guys. you know, so you'll have friends there, and so will he, and it won't be so awkward.
w3aponlvr: hey! yeah! sounds like it could be fun! whatdya say, hina?
violeteyez67: sure. actually, that does sound fun!
tsuchan5: well, obviously, we girls are all set, but you should tell Naruto so he can invite some of his guy friends
blondisbtr6: yeah. especially Kiba.
cherryblossomkiss21: don't forget Sasuke!
violeteyez67: hey, guys...
tsuchan5: and Shika-kun!
violeteyez67: guys!
w3aponlvr: and Neji!
violeteyez67: GUYS!
w3aponlvr: sorry. xp
tsuchan5: mah bad! (lol)
cherryblossomkiss21: sorreeee hinaaaa
blondisbtr6: rofl xD
violeteyez67: well, anyways, the mall 2moro sounds good to everyone?
tsuchan5: yeah, I'm available all tomorrow
cherryblossomkiss21: me too
blondisbtr6: yeah, ditto
konohacheer17: my saturday's completely open, too
w3aponlvr: well, ZI have to have lunch with my grandparents who'll be visiting 2moro, but they should be gone by 3
violeteyez67: alright, then. hows 4-7 sound to everyone? we can grab some dinner at TGI Friday's, apparently there's one in the mall
blondisbtr6: sounds good to me! I luvvvv TGI Fridays!
cherryblossomkiss21: no objections here!
tsuchan5: everything sounds a.o.k. to me!
w3aponlvr: ditto
konohacheer17: sounds good!
violeteyez67: awesome! so it looks like we're all set!
tsuchan5: yep! now all you gotta do is invite Naruto and his friends
violeteyez67: yeah, well...
[violeteyez67 is typing]
cherryblossomkiss21: ...
blondisbtr6: ...hina?
w3aponlvr: you there, hinata?
tsuchan5: omg she's dead!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!
konohacheer17: -.- can we please try to keep the spaziness factor to a minimum?
tsuchan5: oh, plz. you think that was spazzy? that was nothing
w3aponlvr: oh greeaaatttt... now you've done it...
cherryblossomkiss21: …
blondisbtr6: …?
konohacheer17: well?
tsuchan5:
*()&%#&V*(%(*)V&NINHUKSDFN67985374n8(^(_NV#*&%#(VM#MCY&(_V_#(%M*#!!!!!!!!!!!!###^%!&$!&%$^!^%#&(!^*&!)!!!!!!!!
cherryblossomkiss21: my gawd!! remind me to never give her coffee! EVER. o.0
blondisbtr6: yeah, no kidding
violeteyez67: jeeze! I leave for just a minute and you've already all gone crazy! -_-'
w3aponlvr: lol! Hina's back!
tsuchan5: yayyy! you're not dead!
konohacheer17: where'd you go?
violeteyez67: actually I didn't go anywhere, I was just too distracted by Facebook chat… haha… actually Naruto just signed on and messaged me, so I was telling him about the mall plans.
konohacheer17: …and?
violeteyez67: oh, well, yeah. he said he could definitely come, but he couldn't guarantee that all of his friends would make it
konohacheer17: I see…
cherryblossomkiss21: well, fingers crossed, ladies! I'd hate to roam the mall without some cute guy there with me!
blondisbtr6: amen, sister!
w3aponlvr: roflll. yeah!
tsuchan5: mhm!
violeteyez67: alright, well I'm gunna go… I have to get my homework done so I don't have to worry about it b4 the mall 2moro. oh! that reminds me! where specifically are we going to meet?
cherryblossomkiss21: how about at the merry-go-round in the food court?
blondisbtr6: sounds good
konohacheer17: yep
tsuchan5: sure!
w3aponlvr: kay
violeteyez67: alright, it's settled, then. kay, see you guys tomorrow!
cherryblossomkiss21: see ya babe!
blondisbtr6: byee!
konohacheer17: buhbye
violeteyez67: bye everyone!
[You have left the chatroom.]
[=[ Facebook Chat ]=]
Hinata: Alright, well I gotta go… have to go get my homework done… -_-'. Oh, and btw, the meeting place for 2moro is at the merry-go-round in the food court.
Naruto: Awesome! Sounds good to me! Oh, and by the way, I liked the new look you were sporting today! x3
Hinata: Oh… that? Haha. Wait, really?
Naruto: Yeah, you looked wicked adorable!
Hinata: !!! ///
Naruto: omg! Was that too weird?? Sorry!!!
Hinata: No, don't be! I was just flattered, that's all. That was a really sweet thing to say… ///
Naruto: Oh, haha. Well it's true! Alright well, I'll stop bugging you and let you get that homework done.
[You have logged out.]
She closed her laptop and laid it next to her bed. She stared up at her ceiling, thinking of what her dad would say if he knew she was hanging out at the mall tomorrow with Naruto. Oh well, she didn't care much. Besides, there was a more pressing matter she had to worry about; what she was going to wear tomorrow.
"Naruto said he liked my new look... No, even better. He said I looked adorable!" she whispered to herself. She sighed. Maybe she would ask Hanabi for some help with her outfit tomorrow.
A/N: And that's that! Another chapter done with! Uh, next chapter, I'm kind of undecided on how it will play out. Should it go just fine for everyone, or should there be some kind of problem that occurs at the mall? Let me know what you want to happen! Thanks so much to oceanmoon, Rose Tiger, and NHBeliever for the continued great reviews! You guys are AWESOME! Til next time!