She's mine! Chapter 35, a naruto fanfic

A.N.: Woo, it's been a long time since I updated this story since I was busy with my two other stories. So sorry guys… Ehehe.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

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Mall…

"What about this one? Or this? Or This? Or this? Or this? Or this?" Ino kept on shifting kimonos as the other stared at her. "What? I can't help it! They all look so cute!"

Shikamaru sighed.

"Then buy all of them if you think all of them are cute."

"Or do you want to try them ONE BY ONE?" Sakura asked, smiling. She was still on her wheel chair but by the school festival, which would happen by two days she would be able to walk again. Ino turned to Tenten for some opinion.

"Hey Sakura…" Neji poked her as Sakura turned her head. "Look."

He pointed a pattern. Sakura saw teddy bears.

"Are you joking or what?" She asked in an annoyed tone. "Stop teasing me to a bear. I'm not that scary when I get mad."

"Oh? You should look at yourself at the mirror whenever you get mad and you'll see." Neji smirked.

Sakura stuck her tongue out at him and started to push herself away from him.

"He—Hey Sakura!" Neji called out. "Come on! Don't be mad!"

They were all so noisy inside that some customers were growing annoyed by them. Sakura had to shut them up. Ino, being the most enthusiastic one of them all, was the loudest while Sasuke, the most uninterested one, looked like he was ready to go down six feet under.

Naruto was quiet, for the first time in years. Sakura noticed this (and also Hinata but she won't tell).

"Naruto? What's up?" She asked, pushing her wheelchair to him. "Something the matter? There's gotta be something."

Naruto looked at her.

"I'm—I'm alright Sakura. There's just something on my mind." He sighed and glanced at Hinata. Sakura looked at Naruto, then at Hinata, then back at Naruto. Her confused face turned into a face wearing a big smug smile.

"Ooh. I get it."

Naruto looked at her.

"Get what?"

"Nothing." She looked back at Ino who was trying a sterling blue kimono. "Hey Ino! I think you should buy that one! It's cute!"

Later, in the afternoon…

"Ne… Ne… Sakura." Naruto was the one pushing Sakura and they were behind the group. "I—I need to tell you something."

Sakura smiled.

"You don't need to tell me Naruto." Sakura replied. "I already know."

"R-Really?" he blushed. "C-C-Can you help me then?"

Sakura smiled sweetly at him.

"Sure. It would be a piece of cake."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Damn my legs hurt." Ino said while stomping her right foot. "Hey Sakura, stand up and I'll be the one to sit."

Sakura gave her a glare.

"Break your legs first and you'll be able to sit here." Sakura replied monotonously. "I'll be happy to change positions with you. My butt's burning due to prolonged sitting."

"Deal with it." Neji snapped. "You were the one who insisted on fighting Ran."

Sakura didn't say anything. She just looked at the other direction.

"Naruto, I'll be the one to push her now." Neji said softly as Naruto nodded. Naruto gave one last glance at Sakura who returned it with a nod. Neji looked at Naruto, then at Sakura, then back at Naruto with a confused face.

"What were you two talking about earlier anyway?" Neji asked.

"Nothing." Sakura sighed. "Hey, Neji-kun. You guys are like a band right? As far as I can remember… you could play drums… right?"

"Ah-huh." Neji smirked. "So, you still remember?"

"You performed during a talent competition together with Naruto and Shikamaru." Sakura replied. "That was way before I met Sasuke… and got together with you. Shikamaru was the keyboard/organ player…"

"That's right. And Naruto did the vocals."

Sakura giggled. She was a hell of a shock when she heard Naruto's voice… his voice was… cool. Hinata almost fainted when she heard his voice.

"He had voice lessons when he was still young." Neji said. "That's why we preferred for him to do the vocals."

"Sasuke wasn't there when you performed. Could he play an instrument too?"

"Bass Guitar."

"Really?"

"Really."

Sakura imagined Sasuke playing the bass guitar.

"Ooh! He looks so cool!" Sakura squealed as Neji cleared his throat. "What? You're jealous?"

"Clam it."

"Neji-kun's jealous!" Sakura taunted. "He's jealous!"

"I am not."

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not."

"Deny! Deny! Deny!"

"I'm not, I'm not, I'm not." Neji sighed. "I'm not jealous. Clam it. End of the story."

By night, Sakura and Neji went home to the Hyuuga Estate and Sakura was transferred unto her bed. Neji closed the balcony doors and curtains. He had to turn around because a servant helped Sakura change to her pajamas and when she was done, he accepted the towel and basin from a servant, wetted the towel and started wiping Sakura's face with it.

"You should keep your face clean." He mumbled and continued with his work.

"I'll kill you if I'll see a pimple on my face." Sakura said playfully.

"Oh really?" Neji looked closer. "Oh… is that a pimple?"

"What!" Sakura screeched and reached out to her pocket mirror on her bed side table and found nothing. "HEY! Don't joke around like that!"

"Vainglorious." Neji smirked and started to wipe her face with a dry towel. "I wonder how I fell in love with such a vainglorious woman."

"I am SO not vain and SO not boastful."

"Deny, deny, deny." He mocked.

"I'm not, I'm not, I'm not." She replied in a same mocking voice. Neji placed the basin aside as he sat cross legged beside Sakura. Sakura looked at him.

"Why don't you change and go to sleep? It has been a long day." Sakura said.

"I'm not that tired." He replied while stretching his arms. "Maybe I am but not that much."

A moment of silence…

"Hey Neji-kun."

"Hn?"

"Can I ask you guys a favor?"

Neji looked at her.

"Us… guys? You mean us?"

"Yeah, you, Sasuke, Shikamaru and… Naruto." Sakura smiled sweetly at him as she hugged his arm. "Please?"

"It depends on the favor." Neji looked at her. "What is it?"

Sakura grinned.

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School festival

Sakura wore: Pink silk kimono with green accents (Neji wears green with SMALL pink accents)

Ino: The sterling blue kimono with white flower embroidered on it. White obi.

Hinata: Lavender kimono with pink cherry blossom flowers adorning it. Purple/Pink obi.

Tenten: Reddish/maroon silk kimono with ruby red obi.

Shikamaru: Sky blue kimono with cloud prints.

Naruto: Orange-y something kimono with white accents.

Sasuke: Bluish black kimono.

At a stand…

"Hey, where are the guys?" Ino asked while sipping on a strawberry shake. "I haven't seen them since the start of the event. Are they late or something?"

"Nope." Sakura can't help but giggle. She looked up and admired the full moon as she giggled again while imagining the guys. "They'll come out… soon."

"Do you know something about this Sakura?" Tenten asked with a raised brow while playing with her straw. "You kept on giggling since we met. What's up with you?"

Sakura shook her head.

"Nothing." She replied. "I just feel like it's going to be one hell of a night."

After ten minutes passed and the girls were getting bored so they decided to take a walk around. The girls walked around the stalls and they bought some items every now and then.

"Hey, look at this." Sakura pointed a ring and looked up at a nice looking saleslady. "Excuse me miss, is this pure silver?"

The ring was silver and it had a lavender colored gem on the middle with some leaves engraved on the sides. The ring also caught Hinata's attention too but she was too shy to mention it to her friends. She didn't even know why.

"Yes ma'am. And the stone's real too. Amethyst." She beamed at them. Sakura tapped her fingers together and looked at Hinata who was busy marveling at the beauty of the ring.

"Um, miss? Can I take a look?"

She nodded and took out the ring with its red box.

"Hinata, come here." Sakura motioned her as Hinata raised an eyebrow and stepped forward. "Do you think this will fit you?"

"Hn? Why are you offering the ring to Hinata, Sakura?" Tenten asked, confused.

"Um—maybe…" She took the ring and placed it on her ring finger. It was the perfect fit.

"Miss, I'll take it." Sakura took the ring from her hand and took the box. "No need for the wrapper. She's going to wear it anyway."

"Sakura, what's going on?" Ino asked.

"Don't worry guys; I'll buy you one when I'll find some colors that match you." Sakura replied. "Hinata was pretty attracted to the ring so I figured that I would buy it for her. But maybe I'll keep it for now… and—"she checked her watch. "Ooh! I'll be right back."

She zoomed away even before the girls could say anything.

"What—what's up with her?"

"Gah, she'll probably come back later and explain everything." Tenten sighed and placed one hand on her waist. "She better explain everything to us or else…"

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Sakura fast walked towards a stage where some people were already gathering. She went back stage and tried to find them and when she did, her tired face turned into an excited one.

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Ten minutes later…

"Guys! Guys!" Sakura yelled while waving at them. The girls were sitting on a cemented bench while eating an ice cream each. Sakura wiped the sweat off her face by a handkerchief and stood in front of them while wearing a big smile.

"Guys! Sorry I ran away just like that and—"

"Explain." Ino said in a stern voice. "We don't know what the hell's going on with you so you better explain Haruno Sakura. We're confused as hell right now."

"Yeah Sakura."

Hinata nodded. Sakura sweat dropped.

"Before that, do you remember the show that was going to be held tonight?" Sakura asked them. "You know…"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Let's see it first. And then you would know everything. Trust me. Promise." Sakura formed a cross on her neck. "You'll know every single thing."

"Promise?" The three chorused. Sakura nodded.

"Promise."

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"Here." Sakura pointed four vacant seats on the front row.

"You reserved some seats for us?" Ino asked as she sat down. From left to right were Tenten, Hinata, Sakura and Ino. "We're not even related to the participants or something like that."

Tenten looked at the back.

"I think the boys ditched us." She said in a sour voice.

"What!" Ino snapped. "They wouldn't DARE!"

"Ino! Ssshh! Let's worry about the boys later…"

Ino and Tenten stared at her.

"You should be the one angry since Neji's your boyfriend." Tenten replied. "I mean fiancée."

Sakura smiled.

"Neji promised me something. He will be late because he needed to do something, I don't even know what. He promised and a promise is a promise. It's not like Neji for him to break a promise, especially when it concerns me." Sakura replied with a happy sigh as the male emcee stepped in. "Ooh! It's going to start!"

"Why are you so enthusiastic about this anyway? It's not like there's going to be anything special in this program." Ino finished her ice cream. "Hey, is this a plan or what?"

Sakura didn't reply. She just listened to the emcee.

The emcee opened the program formally and all that blah-blah-blah, some speeches, some dance numbers until he came up on stage again and cleared his throat. He then announced the start of the talent portion.

The next thirty minutes was like hell for the three. They looked like they were ready to go down six feet under.

"Damn Sakura, we should leave. This is killing me." Ino cursed with her hands on her ears. The girl that was singing on stage had a really high pitched voice and it was killing their ear drums. The audience looked like they had the same opinion.

"Just two more." Sakura replied. "Two more and we'll leave."

"You're planning something aren't you?" Tenten said. "It's obvious Sakura so tell us what that is already. I can't tolerate her voice!"

"Fine! I'm planning something but you'll know soon!" Sakura replied in an annoyed tone. "So just listen and stop asking!"

Ten minutes later…

"The last candidate would be the all-time favorite, the SHINOBI!" The emcee said proudly as the girls squealed. Sakura was hiding a bubble of joy inside of her as the other three's jaws dropped.

"Sh-Shinobi? Isn't that Naruto's band?" Ino asked, flabbergasted. Her shocked voice turned into a super excited one. "OH MY GOD! THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM! THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM!"

"Geez Ino! Pipe down!" Tenten said, with the same excited voice.

The curtains went to the sides and everything was dark on stage but they could see them but it was a little bit vague.

"Gasp! Is that Shikamaru on the organ?" Ino asked, squealing.

Sakura could clearly see Neji behind the drums and she felt like squealing too. The girl's screams were making them deaf. Sasuke was trying to settle his bass guitar and Naruto was tapping his foot as though he was counting.

"1…2…3…" They heard Naruto's voice as the spotlight hit them.

The girls went wild (well, except the four).

"OH MY FREAKING GOD! IT'S REALLY THEM!" Tenten yelled. "LOOK HINATA! LOOK!"

Hinata looked like she was going to die. Sakura was cheering with Ino. Sasuke looked so cool and so hot at the same time while holding the guitar.

"This is dedicated to Hinata, the girl with navy blue hair in the front row." He smiled at her. Sakura, Ino and Tenten squealed as they shook Hinata who was VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY shocked. Her face turned red.

Naruto's voice

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I wont let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul

The girls couldn't stop screaming. Hinata had her mouth slightly open and her eyes really wide. Neji smiled at Sakura as he played the drums coolly. Ino was cheering Shikamaru who was concentrating but he had a red face. Naruto was staring at Hinata while smiling while Sasuke looked nonchalant.

I know that you are something special
To you I'd be always faithful
I want to be what you always needed
Then I hope you'll see the heart in me

When he sang the last part, he pointed Hinata, clenched his fist and placed it where his heart was located. Sakura, Ino and Tenten were going nuts. The girls were cheering on their respective favorite and some of them were even screaming Shikamaru's name.

"Sakura! This is awesome!" Tenten screamed.

Your beautiful soul, yeah
You might need time to think it over
But I'm just fine moving forward
I'll ease your mind
If you give me the chance
I will never make you cry cmon lets try

It was time for Sasuke's shining moment. He rocked on and played the guitar like a pro which made the girls go even crazier. Sakura blushed at the sight of him and couldn't believe that such a cool guy had loved her. Neji played along with Sasuke.

"WAAAHHH! SASUKE!" Ino screamed as Sasuke smirked. Sakura cheered for more never minding that she could lose her voice tomorrow.

Am I crazy for wanting you
Baby do you think you could want me too
I don't wanna waste your time
Do you see things the way I do
I just wanna know if you feel it too
There is nothing left to hide

When he sang the part where he says 'I don't want another pretty face…', he pulled the mic from the stand and started to go down the stage. Neji was grinning, Shikamaru was slightly smiling, and Sasuke was smirking.

When they saw Naruto approach Hinata, everyone burst into screams and cheers. Ino, Sakura and Tenten backed away from Hinata a little bit and watched the two.

You beautiful soul, yeah

"Oh my God!" Ino was almost in the brink of tears. "That's so awesome! So sweet! So dramatic! The best proposal that I could ever imagine!"

Sakura couldn't stop grinning. Tenten signaled for the audience to keep quiet and after a few minutes, silence filled the area. And since it was an open space, some of the passer bys stopped to watch the romantic scene.

Sakura slowly approached Naruto and gave him the ring. Ino and Tenten gasped.

"So that was the purpose!" They yelled in unison as Sakura raised a finger on her mouth for them to keep quiet but she was grinning like a maniac.

Sasuke, Neji and Shikamaru watched.

Hinata still has the same facial expression as Naruto took a deep breath, held the mic firmly in his hand and looked at Hinata.

"Thanks Sakura." He nodded to her. "Hinata-chan, I hope you liked the song that I just presented to you. I didn't know how to say everything to you so I really had to find some help from the guys and from Sakura."

The boys nodded.

Naruto gave out a nervous laugh.

"So here I am, nervous as hell, in front of you and this… audience." He took a deep breath. "Just to tell you that… that I…"

"That you…?" Sakura, Ino and Tenten said anxiously.

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered.

"I love you."

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ino and the others screamed as the audience cheered and screamed with her. Hinata was already crying both in disbelief and in happiness as Naruto placed the ring on her finger. "GO NARUTO! THAT'S THE SPIRIT!"

"This is the best night ever!" Tenten clapped.

"Will you be my girl friend?" He asked through the noise but the audience quickly went in silence as they listened to Hinata's answer.

"You can do it Hinata!" Sakura and the girls cheered.

It took a while before she was able to speak again.

"Of c-course N-N-Naruto-kun…" She said in a weak voice.

Naruto hugged her. Everyone cheered again as they burst into screams, claps and whistles. The boys clapped, Sakura was on the brink of tears, Ino was crying while biting a handkerchief while Tenten was now the one grinning like a maniac.

"This…" Sakura whispered. "Is the start of Hinata and Naruto's story."

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