A/N; Hey people! Wow, it's been a while... Sorry, a lot has been going on and I haven't been into Naruto as much as I used to be. But I'm going to finish everything I've written. And I'm still going to be writing. Hopefully a lot more than I have been. Okay, without further adieu. Here's Chapter.14! Yay~

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters.

Special Thanks To: .uchihanin. For letting me use her characters and encouraging me into getting back to this after so long. And thank you to all of you who have reviewed.

Sakura's Guide to the Hatake Boys: European Style

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Sasuke sighed as he watched his brother pace around their shared hotel room for what seemed like the thousandth time. The kid was really starting to get on his last nerve. "Would you knock it off, you're giving me a headache." he finally snapped as the blonde turned once again to repeat the process.

"Your face is a headache," Naruto snapped, not really paying attention to his brothers as he continued to walk about the room.

Sasuke looked over at his brothers in confusion, wondering what had gotten his blonde brother so on edge.

Kiba just frowned and rubbed the back of his head in wonder, also wanting to know what had gotten into the orange loving idiot. "What crawled up your butt?" he asked in a bored tone, leaning against his palm casually.

Naruto narrowed his eyes but didn't do anything but groan and run a hand through his hair. "Oh, nothing, just that I'm trying to figure out a way to ask Hinata-chan out. That's all." he stated with a shrug, acting as if it was nothing, but his eyes said otherwise.

Shikamaru blinked in surprise. "Really? You're really going to ask Hinata out?" he snorted as Naruto nodded with a blush. "Good luck with that." he smirked.

"Hey, can't you be a little more supportive here?!" the blonde snapped irately.

"Someone's in a bad mood," Neji said as he watched Naruto glare and Shikamaru heatedly.

Naruto groaned and flailed around until he just decided to flop on the bed and bury his head into the pillow and try to ignore the feelings he was starting to feel for the Hyuuga Heiress. Kiba glanced over at his brothers as Naruto beat the living daylights out of that pillow.

"Yo, dude, it's not like this is your first time asking someone out." Kiba stated, wondering why his brother was being so dramatic over something so small and insignificant as asking a girl out.

Naruto sat up in irritation and scowled at his younger brother. "That's different... This is Hinata we're talking about here; I mean, she's not like everyone else." he sighed and threw himself back into the pillow, groaning and flailing around on the bed.

Sasuke arched a brow and looked over at his two elder brothers and shrugged, not really knowing what to do in this type of situation. Sure he had been in something slightly similar, but it wasn't like he was going to give his brother relationship advice when he was barely making it through his own. Sasuke mouthed to Neji and Shikamaru to try and talk to the blonde.

The two brunettes just looked at him as if he had grown two heads, he rolled his eyes and jerked his head in Naruto's direction, telling them that they should say something to him before he started doing something stupid.

Shikamaru sighed and muttered something unintelligible under his breath. "Okay, first off, stop whining. I know you're nervous and that this is probably your second time ever dating someone. So, look at the big picture. Obviously Hinata likes you so you don't have to worry about whether or not she likes you back." he said is if he was talking about the weather. "So what's the problem? That's all there really is, it's not like she's going to say no when and if you ask her out." he shrugged.

Naruto sat up and turned to his brothers, crossing his legs and slumping into his lap. "But what if she hates me? I mean, I chose Karin over her... That's got to change some feelings she'd ever have for me." he said mournfully.

"No," Neji spoke up shaking his head. "That's just telling her that you really are more of an idiot than you set out to be." he stated honestly.

Kiba snorted and nodded his head in agreement. "He's got a point there."

Sasuke scoffed and threw a nearby pillow at their youngest brother. "What would you know about relationships?" he asked incredulously.

"Throughout middle school and high school, Kiba has had about twenty or so girlfriends..." Gaara stated as he walked by to go into the kitchen, wanting a snack. His book held firmly in front of his face as he walked over the mess his brother's left in their shared room.

Naruto and Kiba jumped at the sound of their brother's voice, eyes wide as they looked at the red head in shock. "Scary little demon..." Kiba muttered with a shiver running up his spine.

"Shut up, Kiba." Shikamaru said, reaching over to smack his brother over the head. "And you wonder why he has problems socializing?" he barked sternly, eying his younger brother in reprimanding.

Kiba ducked down apologetically. "Sorry..."

"Wait," Naruto said, holding up his hands and looking over at Kiba. "You really are a dog. How could you have so many girlfriends in such a short period of time? You're only fifteen you dirty runt!" he exclaimed, throwing pillows at the brunette. Who managed to catch every one that was thrown his way. But was then smacked in the face by one of his brothers' magazines.

"Hey! Watch it! So what if I had a lot of girlfriends, it's not like you need to know about it!" he grumbled, pouting petulantly and rubbing his forehead.

"Then how come Gaara knows?" Sasuke asked, not that he really cared or anything. He was just curious , he himself hadn't even had that many girlfriends. He didn't even think Itachi had that many girlfriends. And that guy was as bad as their father when it comes to women.

"Because one: We share a room," The red head said as he walked into the room, holding up one finger as he stood in the middle of the room. "And two: I'm his twin, I'm the closest thing he has to a best friend... Despite how much we despise each other." he stated walking back into his own little area in the corner.

"Couldn't have said it better myself." Kiba smirked, as he leaned back against his folded arms.

Sakura looked up at the sound of her friends shouting as they ran to greet her. She smiled happily and ignored Kisame as he grumbled something about how they hadn't finished practicing yet. Itachi gave Deidara an exasperated look, feeling like they were never going to be finished by Friday. The blonde could only shrug helplessly as the Rosette ran up to the three girls excitedly.

"You've got to be freaking kidding me." Hidan grumbled as he set his headphones down and leaned back against the wall, shutting down his computer so the battery wouldn't run dead.

Sasori just silently twirled his drumsticks comfortably, turning side to side as he sat on his stool, watching in bored wonder as Sakura squealed and hugged her friends.

"What are you guys doing here? Why aren't you walking around in famous museums and gaining a higher education?" Sakura joked as she wrapped her around her friends' shoulders.

"Hey," Kisame said as he walked to the edge of the stage, narrowing his eyes at the four standing on the floor. "We're not finished. She still has to practice, you know." he growled as he picked at his guitar restlessly.

Ino waved her hand. "Relax Fish-boy, you'll get your turn soon." she huffed as she flicked her long locks out of her eyes. Then proceeded to talk Sakura's ear off.

Kisame bristled and was about go and teach that little blonde brat a lesson before Deidara had grabbed him by the back of his shirt and wrapped a tattooed hand over the pale skinned man's mouth before he had a chance to say anything inappropriate. "Mm croing tru till er!" was the muffled exclamation as the grinning guitar player pulled his band mate away.

"She's just a kid, I can't believe you're letting her get to you like that. You seriously need to work on that temper, my dear friend." Deidara admonished. Which seemed to have only made Kisame even more irritated and ticked.

"Do you want me to take out my annoyance on you? Because I'd be glad to just beat your face in." he said in a calm, even intimidating tone.

Deidara cleared his throat nervously and stepped away, motioning his hands towards Ino. "She's all yours, big guy." he stated with a smile.

Itachi and Sasori rolled their eyes. The brunette rolled his eyes and leaned against one of the amps, starting to get a little impatient. Sakura and every other one of his members knew they didn't have time to mess around. And yet, here they were not caring less about the decreasing amount of days they had till the contest, and yet they were getting nowhere in their practice.

He rubbed his temples, thinking whether or not he should start getting into his "Leader" mode or just make them work till they bleed later as pay-back. He seemed to ponder his options carefully, liking the latter part more and more as he watched his band members and their female singer joked and messed around with each other. Of course, not all of them were being nuisances; Sasori and Tobi were looking over their music notes, and Hidan was silently synthesizing in the corner near the back of the stage.

With as much calm and patience as one such as himself could muster, Itachi adjusted his guitar and plugged in the amp, and then proceeded to play a particularly none to pleasant note that managed to gain the attention of everyone in a matter of seconds. Kisame and Deidara immediately stopped arguing and faced their leader. They gulped as they saw the dark look in Itachi's eyes, knowing that the man was probably pissed beyond recognition.

"Now that I've got everyone's attention," Itachi said with a barely noticeable tick of his brow. "Can we please get back to practice? Yes, Sakura. That includes you too," he said before she even had a chance to ask.

Sakura pouted and stuck her tongue out at the elder brother of her boyfriend. Itachi just simply turned away from the petulant face and went on to lecturing an embarrassed Kisame and Deidara.

"That's it," he stated with a glare, his eyes looking over everyone. "No longer am I going to be nice; I don't care if you're dying! If you don't get your acts together and start focusing on practice; I swear to god none of you will ever, ever, be able to have kids!" he snapped with narrowed eyes.

Deidara and Kisame noticeably gulped and Hidan's eyes widened in nervousness. Sasori tried to act indifferent to Itachi's statement as he straightened up in his stool and stopped twirling his drumsticks. And of course, Tobi was being an idiot... as usual.

Sakura ducked her head as she looked at her friends apologetically. "Sorry, he's a little on edge."

Tenten crossed her arms. "A little?" she asked incredulously.

The Rosette shrugged. "No matter, I got to get back up there before he has a conniption." she stated, waving at her friends in goodbye as she walked back up the stage. Glad she had a chance to see them, her mood was already lifted and she didn't mind practicing so much anymore.

"I wouldn't be smiling if I were you. You still suck at playing the guitar." Kisame grumbled as he tuned his guitar so that it was fit for their next song.

Sakura narrowed her eyes at the blue toned man. "Says the one who just had his ass handed to him on a silver platter." she shot back, her eyebrow raised delicately as she saw the elder male tense up noticeably.

All Kisame could do was growl as once again Itachi played a shrill note on his guitar to gain everyone's attention. "Enough. Hidan," the lead singer said as he nodded his head towards the silver haired male. Said male just nodded and pressed a button on his mixer.

Ino and the others waved goodbye to Sakura and started to walk away. They Laughed at the look Kisame was giving to his guitar.

"Okay, repeat what you're going to do again," Neji said to Naruto as they all sat in a circle in the middle of the den in their hotel room.

The blonde scratched his head and ticked off what he was supposed to do off his fingers. "Um, When Hina-chan get's here ask her calmly to go to the balcony with me. Then I'll strike up a conversation about how everything has been... and-" he was cut off at the sound of Shikamaru's phone going off. Said male smiled sheepishly and held up his phone to show the screen. Apparently Ino was calling.

"Sorry. Got to take this," he said with a shrug as he walked out of the room and into the kitchen. "Hey, babe..."

Kiba waved his hand and looked back at his blonde brother. "Forget him, continue." he ordered. "We need to make sure you won't screw this up. You can't depend on everyone else setting you up at the first chance of actually having a decent girlfriend. This needs to be all you." he stated.

Gaara rolled his eyes at his twin's choice of words. Wondering what he was even doing sitting there listening to their nonsense in the first place. He only had a few more days in London anyway, he should spending the rest of his time exploring the sights. With that thought, the red head snapped his book shut, surprising his brothers into attention. They looked up and watched as he walked towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Neji asked, immediately his paternal instincts kicking in. Remembering his mother's words of, "You better keep an eye on your baby brothers or I promise you will not live to see another day." was her loving goodbye to her second eldest child.

Gaara rolled his eyes and held up his book. "I'm not going to spend the rest of my days in London being cooped up in this Hotel; I'm going to go and check out the scenery. If I find a park I'll probably be there reading a book.

The brunette nodded and dug into his pocket and pulled out his phone, he threw it towards the red head who swiftly caught. "Keep that with you, Sasuke or Shikamaru if you need to. Keep and touch and don't talk to people you don't, I don't care if you're lost, we'll come and find you. Understood?" he asked.

Gaara held up his hand with the phone in a wave. "Yes, mom." he said with a smirk as he walked out and softly closed to door behind him.

Neji sat back down as it was confirmed Gaara knew everything. Sasuke, Kiba and Naruto were smiling teasingly. The brunette scowled and threw a cushion at them. "Before you even think about saying something- Don't."

Sasuke chuckled. "Why, Neji. I didn't know you cared so much." he said playfully as he fluttered his eyes. Naruto and Kiba cracking up as Neji flushed in embarrassment.

"What?! So sue me for not wanting to get my butt kicked by my own mother." he snapped irritably.

That only seemed to make them laugh harder. "Shut up, morons!" he growled as he launched himself at Sasuke; who stopped laughing as he was thrown back onto the floor, struggling as Neji pushed a pillow into his face.

At that point in time, Shikamaru walked back into the room, his phone held poised near his ear. He opened his mouth but paused as he saw four of his brothers rolling on the floor in a big heap of limbs. He cleared his throat loudly as he told the person on the other line to hold on.

The four immediately stopped messing around and looked up at their confused brother. Shikamaru arched a brow curiously. "Um... Is there something you want to tell me?" he asked.

Neji narrowed his eyes as he quickly pushed Kiba and Naruto away. "Shut up, idiot." he snapped, brushing the invisible dirt off his clothes. "What did Ino want?" he asked.

Shikamaru shrugged. "I'm still talking to her, actually. The girls want to come over and watch a movie over take-out. You mind?" he asked. "They found a Japanese place. Anything you want in particular?" he asked as he placed the phone back to his ear.

The response was instantaneous as he was bombarded with orders. He yelled over everyone, trying to understand what all they wanted. Scowling as he repeated the orders to his giggling girlfriend.

"Sakura, you're still off key." Itachi stated as they, once again, stopped in the middle of practice.

Said girl sighed inwardly. `That's the fifth time in the last hour and half that he's made us do the same verse. How high do we have to go before it's perfect?!' Inner-Sakura snapped in annoyance.

`Calm down, he just wants us to win.' Sakura thought as she apologized, once again to Itachi.

"Itachi, come on man. We've been doing this all day. Can't we stop for the day? Sakura's been singing every note to perfection. And you've got all your songs down. Can't we finish this tomorrow?" Tobi complained as he rubbed his hands, his fingers feeling numb from playing on the piano so much.

Itachi sighed and grumbled under his breath, but gave in, he knew his members needed to rest. "Fine, pack up. Sorry for snapping at you, Sakura." he apologized, setting his guitar in it's case.

The Rosette shrugged him off and proceeded to put the mics away. "Nah, don't worry about it. Come on, let's go. The girls told me they were going to have a movie night in our Hotel room. They also brought food." she stated with a grin.

"Well, that's our queue!" Deidara shouted as he gripped his guitar case and started running down the walkway to the side doors.

"Dang it, Deidara! Get back here and help carry this crap!" Hidan snapped as the blonde ran ahead of everyone.

"Would stop yelling." Sasori grouched as he glared at the silver haired male. Fed up with all their shouting. "It's not going to do you any good, he's not going to listen to you." he barked.

"What crawled up your butt and died?" Hidan asked sarcastically.

Sasori growled menacingly. Hidan just laughed and held his hands up in surrender. "I get, I get. I'll shut up."

"Smart move." Kisame mumbled as he walked next to the two. Itachi in front, and Sakura and Tobi conversing to themselves a little way back. Deidara turned around and stuck out his tongue at his band mates. "Slow pokes." he quickly turned around only to be knocked down by something- or someone.

"Okay... Ow." the blond mumbled as he rubbed his head, not once looking up.

Itachi and the others looked up to see Deidara on the ground with Pein and his new band members standing over him. "Uh-oh..." Sakura mumbled as she walked up to Kisame and the rest.

"Well, well, well what do we have here?" Pein asked rhetorically as his eyes scanned over the seven band members of the "old" Akatsuki. "I see you still have yet to give up."

Deidara scoffed as he picked himself up, immediately glaring hatefully as he saw one of Pein's members holding his guitar. He stood up straight and stood squarely in front of the male. "I believe that," he said pointing the guitar hanging around the guys shoulder. "Is mine."

All the guy did was smirk and pick at the guitar's strings carelessly. "Really? Then why is it with me and not with you?" he asked in mock innocence. That only seemed to annoy the blonde more, the two quickly went into a one on one glaring match. Lightning striking between their eyes.

"Deidara," Itachi said with narrowed eyes, somehow managing to get directly behind the blonde without anyone noticing. "Let it go." he ordered, pulling the blonde to the side, indicating for them to go pass. Sakura and the others walked calmly passed them as they made their way to the door.

Itachi nudged Deidara out the door before calling out to his former friends. Pein turned his head with an arched brow. "Once we win, I expect you to give us back our stuff. Since you're too cheap to get your own." the brunette stated as he walked out and closed the door behind him.

Pein growled as he watched the male walk out with a cocky smirk on his face. Izuna held the orange haired male back as he started to head where Itachi had walked out. "Woah there!" the brunette shouted as he pulled Pein back.

Konan crossed her arms. "That went well."

Yasake scowled and placed her hands over her hips as she looked at her watch. "Where the heck is Kai? He was supposed to meet us here. She said as she popped the gum that she was chewing on.

"Be patient," Izuna stated as he cracked his knuckles. "He probably didn't want to run into that pink haired chick yet. He'll be here soon." he shrugged as he walked up the steps to the stage. At that statement, the door creaked open, and the person they had been talking about walked in with an air of indifference.

"You're late!" Yasake snapped.

Kai eyed her incredulously and dug into his pocket and pulled out his phone, looking up as he flipped it open. "Only by five minutes you whiner. Don't be such a girl." he drawled as he walked coolly over towards the stage, ignoring the way Yasake gaped at him.

"Better close that big mouth of yours, or else bugs will fly in. But knowing you, I'm sure you wouldn't mind eating whatever bug flies in there," Izuna laughed as he knocked fists with Kai.

"You guys are such jerks." Yasake said under her breath as she plugged in her guitar to the amp, pouting as Izuna and Kai continued to tease and pick at her.

Pein sighed. "Just get to practicing. I refuse to let Itachi win. We'll show him." he stated confidently.

"Out of all the movies in the world, you had to choose a chick-flick?" Naruto asked incredulously as he eyed the aforementioned item held between his fingers.

Ino rolled her eyes and snatched the DVD out of the orange clad male's hands. "Don't be so dramatic, it's not a chick-flick... It's a romantic comedy." she stated as she handed Tenten the movie so she could turn it on.

This time Naruto rolled his eyes and threw his hands in the air. "And there's a difference?!" he snapped, his eye twitching at the pointed look Ino was giving him.

"Don't be such a baby, if you don't like it go somewhere else," Ino said as she waved him away with a flick of her wrist, making the blonde male grumble under his breath. With a grunt he slouched into the couch next to Kiba. Who, none to gently, rammed his elbow into his side.

Naruto's eyes snapped in his little brother's direction in furry. "What?!" he hissed.

Kiba groaned and face palmed himself. "Idiot," he said through clenched teeth, jerking his thumb in Hinata's direction. "Now's your chance. What are you waiting for? Go ask to talk to her, privately. Hurry before the movie starts!" he growled tugging the blonde by the arm as he stood up from the couch.

"It's not that simple!" Naruto shot back, sweat starting to trail down at the back of his neck.

"The hell it isn't!" Kiba stated as he tugged harder, managing to yank the blonde off the couch and push him over towards Hinata where she had been chatting softly with Ino. Said blonde female eyed him warily as he nervously fumbled with his hands as he stopped in front of them.

"What do you want?" she asked with narrowed eyes. Hinata just tilted her head curiously, a small blush adorning her cheeks as she saw Naruto look over at her.

"I- uh- ahem... Uh, Hin- Hinata, would you like to go outside on the balcony with me?" he asked, not looking at her as he done this.

The Hyuuga Heiress flushed, but nodded and followed him shyly to the balcony. Tenten and Ino clapping silently and encouraging her to go on. They held up their fists as if to say "Fighting!". With that, Hinata stepped out of the Hotel room and shivered at the rush of cool hair that blew in her face.

"You think those two will be okay?" Sasuke asked incredulously as he watched Naruto and Hinata through the balcony window. "He's not the smartest kid on the block." he muttered, now starting to wonder if it was such a good idea to allow Hinata to subject herself to such a monkey.

Shikamaru yawned, not bothering to be modest and cover his mouth. "Nah, he'll be fine. I'm sure he knows better than to make a complete full of himself in front of the girl he likes," he said with a shrug.

"Yeah," Neji said in agreement. "As much as it sickens me to say it, Naruto did have feelings for Karin, and we all know how serious and how much effort he put into that failure."

Tenten rolled her eyes. "Neji's got a point; Karin was a witch but Naruto did do right in that relationship." she stated with a nod, sitting down on the couch with a bowl of popcorn, smacking away Kiba's hand as he reached over for some. He pouted but kept quiet, not wanting to deal with Neji's wrath for messing with his girlfriend.

Sasuke looked at his phone to see what time it was, then sighed. "Gaara's not back yet. You think we should call to check up on him?" he asked, not really worried about the young red head, but not really wanting to have to deal with an over worrisome mother if she winds up calling and they not knowing where he was.

Shikamaru shook his head and held up his own phone. "No need, he just sent me a text saying that he ran into Itachi and the others. He said that they were heading our way now."

Sasuke nodded and sent a text of his own to Sakura. Telling her to hurry up before he looses his mind. The two couples sitting on the other side of the room were really starting to get comfortable. Too comfortable for his liking. And Naruto and Hinata had yet to come out, Kiba had made it his business to spy on them then report back if anything good happens.

Seeing as his face was still glued to the window in the corner, nothing happened yet. Unless he fell asleep from boredom. Sasuke rolled his eyes at that thought, thinking it was so typical of the dog lover. Sasuke raised a brow incredulously when he finally noticed that Akamaru; Kiba's personal little puppy was nowhere to be seen. The raven haired teen rubbed his temples. The last thing they needed was a lost dog on their hands.

"Kiba where's, Akamaru?" he asked sternly.

The brunette turned around and looked at his brother in confusion. Suddenly surprise etched Kiba's face as he quickly shot up, surprising everyone in the room. "Ah, crap!" he shouted as he ran towards the door and opened it, making Itachi and Sakura move to the side immediately as he shoved passed them.

"Watch where you're going, Kiba!" Itachi exclaimed in annoyance as the boy ran down the hall.

Gaara blinked and looked over at a standing Sasuke. "Where's he going?" he asked in confusion.

The dark haired male shrugged. "Hn, who knows? All I asked was if he knew where Akamaru was; he ran away after that." he stated.

The red head sighed and turned back around and walked out the door. "I can't believe that idiot's the oldest..." was the mumble as he closed the door behind him.

Naruto swallowed thickly as he glanced at Hinata from the side of his line of vision. His breath hitched slightly as he saw her pale skin glow in the moonlight; her hair blowing softly in the wind. He nearly groaned from how erratic his heart was beating. He silently cursed his hormones as his palms suddenly became sweaty. This was not how he wanted things to go. At this point they were probably going to freeze to death before he even got the chance to open his mouth.

"Uh..." he muttered as he turned his head to face Hinata. She just looked back at him and smiled a sweet smile that almost, almost, made him crumble in a heap of blue and orange goo. He chuckled hoarsely and turned back to the front and looked out and watched as the city lights seemed to make everything seem so surreal.

Hinata frowned slightly as Naruto looked away, her fingers twitched as she fumbled nervously with her hair that kept blowing in her face. To say that she was surprised by Naruto wanting to come outside with her would be the understatement of the year. She wished he would tell her what was on his mind. Usually he was so talkative and expressive. Now it just seemed as if someone taped his mouth shut.

"Um," Hinata said shyly. "Is there something you wanted to tell me, Naruto?" she asked curiously, trying hard not to blush as he turned back to face her.

He chuckled and ruffled his blonde head. "Uh, yeah, actually... I did." he said with a nod, his expression suddenly turning serious and his eyes so intense that it made Hinata's insides flutter in anticipation.

Hinata cocked her head to the side in confusion as he started to mutter things incoherently, his words fumbling over each other. She smile and shook her head. "Naruto I can barely understand what you're saying...?" she said with a questionable expression.

The blonde rubbed his face, his nerves were starting to get the better of him. "Err... well um, you see I wanted ask if you- I mean if you, you know, don't mind- I-I... Ugh!" he finally shouted after getting fed up with all of his stuttering.

Looking at her with a determined expression, he gripped her cheeks and pulled her face towards his, and with a deep breath he kissed her gently on the lips. He watched as the Hyuuga Heiress' eyes widened, but after a second she slowly closed them and shyly placed her hands on his waist.

Naruto smiled into the kiss and wrapped his arms warmly around Hinata's shoulder, slightly putting more pressure into the kiss and then pulling back as the need for air became greater. His heart nearly pumped out of his chest as he saw her smile at him warmly, a slight pink ghosted over her cheeks as she looked down and covered her face in embarrassment.

He panicked when he saw a few tears trail down her cheeks, and immediately his heart sank, thinking he had interpreted things wrong. He quickly began to apologize at his mistake. "Ah! Hinata-chan, I'm sorry. I didn't- I thought- Ah, I'm going to kill those guys!" he growled mournfully.

At hearing Naruto's apology, Hinata shook her head and placed her hands on his forearms to get him to calm down. "N-n-no, t-that's not it... I'm sorry, I-" she looked away nervously. "I'm just so happy." she smiled, not able to say anything else as more tears trailed down her cheeks.

Naruto looked down at the slightly smaller girl, his mood immediately changed as she slowly but surely placed her hands back on his waist. Her head resting on his chest as he also wrapped his arms around her. "Then why are you crying?" he asked softly, reaching to her face to wipe another onslaught of tears.

Hinata smiled and shook her head. "They're happy tears," she said with a bright smile. "I can't tell you how long I've liked you, how long I've wished for you to reciprocate my feelings. I thought you'd never get over Karin, and I didn't want to try and start something with you 'til you were completely over her... I know how much you liked Karin, even if you don't now. I know how much she must have hurt you..." she trailed off, taking a deep breath, mentally patting herself on the back for being able to speak that much without stuttering.

Naruto brightened immensely at her words. "Great! So uh," he hesitated, rubbing the back of his neck anxiously. "W-Would you go out with me?" he asked shyly.

A/N; And there you go! Whooh, wow that took a long time. I thought I'd never get this chapter out! Sorry for the late update. I know I don't have a right to make excuses, but I've been really, really, really, busy. Like with everything. First I was sick, like really sick. We thought something was wrong and... I'm better now anyway, so. Then I have studies, I'm learning Korean at the moment :D I'm happy about that. Anyway. Sorry for the cliffy! I hope you like. Please review.

I hope this makes up for the lost time. I won't make any promises about keeping updates regularly cause we all know how that will turn out :/

Thank you!

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