Shiro: Let's do this Kuro.
Kuro: Okay, we can do this, yatta!
Both: Plan Matchmaking Pandas is a GO!
Mitsuki: What are those two doing? (sweatdrop)
Kaaru: Snakes and dogs do not go together!
Mitsuki: It was YOUR fault anyway, you just had to stalk them.
Kaaru: It was worth it.
Mitsuki: I said it once and I will say it again, crazy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Random Quote: Man: Hey babe, what's your sign again?
Woman: Do not enter.
Note: Sorry if I don't update as fast as you would like, school's such a bother!
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::TPO 34:Matchmaking Pandas? Pt 2::
Naruto and Hinata were making their way to the Nara deer forest, where Shikamaru's father said Ino and Shikamaru were at. Shiro and Kuro were hiding somewhere, spying on the two, secretly thinking of a way to fluff the moment up, but surprisingly, Naruto unknowingly did it for them.
"Hey Hina-chan…" Naruto said with his hands behind his head.
"Yes Naru-kun?" Hinata asked, hands behind her back, looking at the orange ninja.
Naruto stopped walking, "…I'm jealous of you." Naruto replied staring at the blue sky.
Hinata stared at him in disbelief, Naruto was jealous of her? All her life she had looked up to Naruto's skill, bravery, confidence and personality, but the boy of her dreams was jealous, of her?
Naruto's face held a faraway look, "You've changed so many people Hina-chan, for the better." He said, "I'm jealous of that."
Hinata looked surprised, "What are you saying Naru-kun, you are the one who changed many people, Gaara-san, Temari-san, Kankuro-san, Hikaru, Michiru, Tsunade and so much others. I could never have that gift."
Naruto seemed to consider this for awhile, "I guess, but you do have that gift!" Naruto protested, "You changed Ino, Sakura, Hanabi, Neji and other people too!"
Hinata smiled, "I guess you're right." She unconsciously leaned a bit toward Naruto, "Well let's get this plan started shall we?"
Naruto grinned mischievously, "With pleasure…"
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Shikamaru was tending to one of the deers that his clan owned, it would have been a relatively easy and troublesome task for him, but Ino was there…now it was an awkward and very troublesome task for the shadow user.
He had still remembered when Ino had sang in her family's large garden, she had sang….about him…he was not called a genius for nothing, it was obvious that Ino sang that song because she had mixed feelings about him…but did what about him? Did he like her too?
The Nara looked at Ino who was busy tending to a sick deer baby, he looked at her hair, now short because of Kei's kunai, her blue eyes, pale skin, pink lips…'Gah! This is so troublesome!'
A rustle in the bushes made them jump…out of instinct, they both whipped out a kunai from their arsenal. "Whoa, whoa!" a loud, brash and familiar voice shouted, "It's us!" the owner of the voice and his companion stepped out of the foliage.
Ino and Shikamaru looked at the two ninjas that revealed themselves, Naruto and Hinata, "Oi Hinata!" Ino shouted and glomped Hinata, who hugged back just as fiercly.
"Oh my gosh! How was the trip to Moon? Did they have great beaches like the commercials say?!" Ino asked with much enthusiasm which Hinata thought wasn't possible.
Hinata freed herself from Ino's deathgrip, "Yes they did have great beaches! And the mission was nice, more or less." She told Ino.
"What are you two doing here anyway?" Shikamaru asked, "On a date?" he said coyly.
Hinata and Naruto blushed red, Hinata noticeably redder, "NO!" they both yelled in unison, they quickly recovered though and gave a counterattack, "We were actually here to invite you to join us on a double date." Naruto told them slyly.
Now it was Ino and Shikamaru's turn to blush, above them, hidden in the leaves were Shiro and Kuro, snickering for all they were worth, "Maybe we should use an earthquake jutsu to make the Yamanaka fall into shadow boy's arms." Shiro chuckled evilly.
Kuro panted, recovering from her snicker fest, "Nah, we should save our strength for later." She said.
"Great!" Naruto shouted, "Meet us at the park, 10 am. Bye!" he grabbed Hinata by the wrist and ran off, leaving Ino and Shikamaru in a very awkward silence.
Shikamaru decided to break the tension, "So….do you like lemons?" he asked innocently.
Ino fumed, women impulse turning on, "HENTAI!" she yelled slapping Shikamaru.
"I just asked if you liked lemons, cuz I have one here!" the shadow user shouted in pain, pulling out a lemon from his pocket.
Ino was mortified, her face was in a funny embarrassed expression, "Uhhh…sorry Shika…" she apologized, 'Stupid pervy bunny raping my mind…'
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A figure leaned against the wall of an ally, panting for his breath, clothes ruffled, skin flushed, a sheen sheet of sweat over his body, and now traumatized of dogs and snakes for life.
'The things a dog can do!' He shouted within the confines of his mind, almost making his alter-ego deaf, to anyone who would, by chance, walk across the dark ally, it would seem that the man was a deranged lunatic, a crazy gleam in his eyes and the constant soliloquy.
'Not to mention snakes! That one snake sure knew where to bite!' he thought whilst rubbing his poor butt, wincing. Just then, the familiar sound of paws thudding against the pavement and scales scratching against the ground filled his ears. 'Not again!' the man thought panicky.
'RUN KAARU!'
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Little kids running around, ice cream stands, trees, grass, flowers, clouds, families, etc…these were what the 2 "couples" and two pandas, who were conveniently hidden in the bushes, saw.
"Hmm, so what are we doing here?" Shikamaru asked, gazing at the clouds.
Naruto, Hinata, Kuro and Shiro all sweatdropped, they did not think about that, "Uhhh…" Hinata trailed off, thinking of something fast.
Shikamaru, sensing their odd behavior decided to save them the trouble, "How bout we go cloud watching?" he suggested.
"But you always watch clouds!?" Ino protested.
Uh oh, a fight.., "But Shikamaru never went cloud watching with other people except Chouji!" Hinata said quickly.
Ino contemplated this for a while until giving up, "Fine." She agreed.
So the group went to the top pf a hill with a lone Sakura tree and a great view.
Hinata sat on the grass and watched the clouds, Naruto was lying on his stomach, face propped on his hands, looking at the sky, Shikamaru lying on his back, staring at the clouds, Ino leaning against the tree and gazing at the clouds, Shiro and Kuro on a tree branch spying on them.
"Genjutsu Shiro?" Kuro asked the male panda.
Shiro smirked, "Genjutsu." He nodded.
Kuro slapped her paws together, her black necklace glowing, "Genjutsu: Cloud Altering (I was a bit lazy to look for the Japanese term)" she whispered.
Hinata pointed to a cloud, "Hey look! That cloud looks like a…" but she stopped when the cloud suddenly changed into the shape of a fox. Hinata blinked, had she hallucinated? "…a fox…?" she said quietly.
Naruto looked at a cloud that caught his attention, a ramen-shaped cloud, "Cool! A rame-.." but the cloud turned into a panda, "….a panda?" he muttered, glancing at Hinata who looked perplexed, looking at a cloud.
An ice cream shaped cloud caught Ino's attention, "Ice crea…." An just like the others, the cloud shifted forms and took the shape of a deer, "..deer???" she said to herself.
Shikamaru smiled wryly as he gazed at a cloud, which didn't seem to have a form but it suddenly shimmered and morphed into a boar, "Boar?" he asked himself.
All throughout their cloud-watching, they saw clouds that reminded them of their "dates", something that had bothered them greatly and made them have an internal battle of their emotions.
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Kaaru looked at the two elusive couple, he was now free of those wretched dogs and snakes, -shudder-, the two were currently in a lonely dango shop, and they were the only customers there, perfect for a secret date affair.
'LE GASP!' Kaaru's eyes widened, 'Kaka-baka is feeding the crazy snake lady!'
Kaaru watched in amazement as Kakashi held the dango in front of Anko, and watched as Anko chomped onto the dango.
'The Hatake Kakashi, feeding Mitarashi Anko, the most unexpected couple if I say so myself!' Kaaru stifled a laugh, but a squirrel just had to scurry over and step on a twig.
And now a glaring Anko and a glaring Kakashi stood above him, "Still haven't learned your lesson eh?" Kakashi said with an evil glint in his eyes.
"Aw craplez…" Kaaru muttered.
"What the heck is a craple?" Anko asked.
"Crap and apple, craple." Kaaru replied.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Kakashi turned to the snake user.
"SNAKE RAPE!"
"CRAPLEZ!!!!!"
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(Aquarium 11 am)
"Look guys!" Naruto shouted boisterously, pointing to a fish, "That fish looks like Gai-sensei!"
The other three looked at the fish, it had green scales, its tail had orange scales, large round eyes, and the most peculiar thing about it was the bowl-shaped fin that it sported.
"It DOES look like Gai-sensei…" Ino said squinting at the weird fish, "Not as ugly though.." she said out loud.
Meanwhile, in a place that I am to lazy to say where, a certain green-clad, spandex wearing, bowl-cut hairdo wearing, fuzzy eyebrow sporter jounin sneezed.
Shiro and Kuro looked at them from the ceiling, paws stuck to the surface with chakra, "Cool!" Shiro yipped, "I feel like a spy in a movie!" he made a backflip, unfortunately for him, he forgot about gravity.
A black and white blur raced at the four shinobi, Naruto noticed this and also noticed that it was going to hit Hinata! He acted quickly and pulled her into his chest, dodging the black and white "ball" by mere inches.
Hinata blushed heavily as he felt Naruto's hard chest and smelled his intoxicating scent, 'I never want to leave…' but of course she had to or else she had to face the consequences later. The ex-heiress reluctantly pulled herself out of Naruto's arms and silently thanked the blond.
"Ouch…" Shiro moaned, shaking his small head, willing the stars and birdies away. Kuro dropped down next to him, as graceful as a panda-nin could be, "Baka….did you think you were some kind of gravity-defying panda bear?" she scoffed.
Shiro opened his mouth to talk but a yip cut him off, they turned their heads to the sound and saw Kiku, "Hey! I got everything ready!" the kit exclaimed loudly, the people who were at the aquarium gave them odd looks, it's not everyday you see two pandas and a fox at the aquarium, talking casually like people.
Kuro smirked, "Great! Now to contact Hinata and Naruto." She tugged on the mental link that connected their minds, 'Hina-sama!'
Hinata's eyes widened but then realized it was Kuro speaking to her via Kokoro Wakeru, 'Yes Kuro?'
'Everything's ready, count to 40 and leave the two alone.'
'Sure thing.'
Hinata cut off the link and looked at Ino and Shikamaru, "I'll go find a directory so we can see where to go next." She stated, "Come on Naru-kun." She grabbed Naruto's wrist and hurriedly walked away.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "What was that about?" he muttered, he faced Ino and opened his mouth to say something but the sound of breaking glass was heard. The couple looked at the glass that separated them from the fishes, it had cracked and water was already gushing out.
"RUN!" Shikamaru grabbed Ino's hand and tugged at her, too late though, the glass broke and the water poured out, washing the couple and other people away, good thing it wasn't the shark exhibit.
"Ino!" Shikamaru shouted and swam to a drowning Ino, "You troublesome woman!" he exclaimed worriedly as he padded out of the water, carrying Ino bridal style.
Ino coughed and caught her breath, gasping for precious air, "Thank..cough…you, S-shika!" she coughed out.
Shikamaru set her down gently once he was certain she was okay, "Where are Naruto and Hinata?" he asked.
Just then Naruto and Hinata scurried over to them, feet slipping a few times, "Are you guys alright?!" Hinata asked loudly.
Ino and Shikamaru just nodded in response, blushing at their close proximity.
"Good!" Naruto sighed in relief.
Shikamaru looked at the wet floor, "I think we should worry more about the fish…"
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Sasuke glared heatedly at the poor birdbath, what Sakura said had really made him angry and confused, Uchiha pride wouldn't let him admit that he was wrong, it kept telling him to ignore the girl's words, but Sasuke, no matter how hard he tried, just couldn't do it, and he didn't even know why.
'Stupid weakling, she made me puzzled at my on belief.' Sasuke thought vehemently. The avenger gripped the edges of the birdbath tighter, his knuckles turning white, 'Ugh! I can't think!'
'The dobe, the Hyuuga, Yamanaka….they're stronger than me…so that means I have to get more strength, no matter the price.' The last Uchiha then laughed crazily, unbeknownst to him, four ninjas watching him.
-Somewhere else in the garden-
The leaves under Sakura's feet crunched as she walked into a small clearing with a pond inside the large garden, she stared at her reflection, eyes bloodshot and face stained.
She splashed the water, glaring angrily, 'This time I will prove myself. And this time it's not for Sasuke…….or is it…?'
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(Konoha Mall 12:30 pm)
"C'mon Hinata just buy it or try it on!" Ino urged, they were currently in a clothing shop, looking for some scarves, winter was fast approaching and the girls wanted to buy some, this made the boys sit down and watch the girls, pick out some scarves. Hinata had laid her eyes on a light blue scarf with little white hearts knitted into it, while she continued to stare at it in awe, Ino had gotten impatient and urged her to try it own.
Shiro and Kuro were disguised as hats for two mannequins.
"How bout some sparkle, rose petal, glitter effect?" Shiro whispered to the fluffball next to him.
Said fluffball squirmed a little and poked her head out, "Good idea." Kuro whispered back.
"Special Panda Love Love Genjutsu: Heart Heart combo!" Shiro's necklace glowed a brilliant white and enveloped the whole room, but the occupants in the room didn't seem to notice. How weird.
Hinata and Ino turned to face the boys, to show them their scarves but as they did, Naruto and Shikamaru were surprised at what they saw.
Roses in full bloom appeared out of nowhere behind the two girls, a rain of sparkles made them look even prettier, gentle breeze that came out of nowhere made Hinata's light blue scarf and Ino's pink and white scarf, fly dramatically behind them, cartoon hearts that floated around them were the finishing touches of the captivating sight.
Naruto stared in awe at Hinata, jaws slack and with a faraway look in his eyes, Shikamaru was in the same position as him too.
Hinata and Ino stared at each other, before the two could see themselves though, Shiro cut the genjutsu. "What happened to them Ino-chan?" Hinata asked in a very confused tone.
Ino shrugged and did a little jig that reminded her of Gai's nice guy pose, "Haha!" Ino cheered, "It must be our awesome beauty! What else could have them practically drooling at our feet?"
Hinata blushed and stared at Naruto as he and the shadow user began to snap out of it.
"Uhhh…" the kitsune groaned, "..what hit me?"
Ino did that jig of hers again, "Ohohohoho!" she laughed, "That my dear Naruto was our stunning beauty!" the Yamanaka whooped.
Naruto and Shikamaru sweatdropped at the female blonde's antics, they decided that it would be wiser to let Ino do her happy dance.
"Come on Ino-chan, we better pay for the scarves." Hinata said, making Ino stop, the Yamanaka nodded and she and Hinata went to the counter.
Kuro looked at the two shinobi, waiting for something, anything! A twitch, a nudge, any movement! Kuro facefaulted and realized that the boys were rather slow…she used Kokoro Wakeru again, this time on Naruto.
'PAY FOR HINATA'S SCARF YOU JIDIOT!(Jidiot is intentional);
Naruto had to bite his cheek to prevent himself from screaming like a girl, he clutched his heart that was beating like crazy, 'DON'T DO THAT YOU DAMN PANDA!'
Kuro rolled her eyes though Naruto couldn't see it, 'Pay for Hinata's scarf!'
Naruto suddenly felt stupid, how could he forget that! The ramen fan scurried over to Hinata and handed the cashier money before Hinata could. The Hyuuga looked shocked and stared at Naruto, "N-naru-kun! You didn't have to do that!" she said.
Naruto scratched his cheek and blushed, "I wanted to Hina-chan." It was now Hinata's turn to blush.
Shikamaru dragged his feet toward Ino and paid for her scarf as well, "Shika?" Ino blushed.
The young Nara also blushed and muttered "troublesome women". Unfortunately Ino heard him and killing intent radiated off her body.
Hinata turned to Naruto, "Do something!" she said panicky.
Naruto acted fast and used a simple wind jutsu that pushed Ino into Shikamaru's arms, immediately cutting of the killing intent and left a blush on the two in its wake.
The two untangled themselves off the other in a quick haste, still blushing profusely, "R-right!" Ino stammered, "T-t-to the Red Lotus!"
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A certain Hyuuga prodigy was currently leaning against a tree, head down and eyes droopy. Leaning on the Hyuuga's shoulder was a girl, whose hair was free from her usual buns, sleeping soundly.
After Tenten chased Neji for several hours, exhaustion overtook them both and opted to sit down and rest, eventually Tenten fell asleep on Neji's shoulder, whose cheeks were now dusted with pink.
Neji looked at the girl on his shoulder, with an odd feeling in his stomach, like a storm of butterflies was attacking his insides, but in a good way…
Neji shuddered at the word butterfly, he remembered the trauma that he had when he was a kid.
((FLASHBACK)) Neji 1yr
"Ooooh! Buttewfwy!" a young Neji giggled as he reached for the butterfly which was on a branch.
But it seemed that this particular butterfly was not friendly, it fluttered above Neji's face a pooped. "KYAAAAAAA!" Neji screamed in terror, wiping the butterfly poo from his nose.
He looked at the butterfly in fear as it flapped its wings evilly and glided around his head, ready for another poop attack.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"
((END))
Neji shuddered again and blocked the images of evil pooping butterflies from his mind and let sleep overtake him, soon his head was on Tenten's own head, both of them in a sweet peaceful sleep.
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Kaaru was now totally bound in snakes, they were squeezing the life out of him, Kakashi and Anko towered above him, smirking evilly, "Time for the grand finale." Anko said, pulling out a familiar book, a book with an orange cover and had the words "Icha Icha" on them.
Kakashi pried Kaaru's eyes open as Anko put the book in front of his face, flipped to page where there was a man and a woman in a rather….explicit position.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! MY EYES!!!!" Kaaru's scream was heard throughout the district.
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(Red Lotus 6:00 pm)
The couples were in a nice restaurant, it wasn't anything high class and fancy, it was fancy enough but not to the level of wearing dresses and suits, it had great food and it was nicely decorated, plus it had a dance floor.
The two couples had managed to eat their dinner in peace, occasionally talking with each other, most of the time glancing secretly at their respective date. The two devious pandas were outside, taking a break from all the hiding and spying.
When the couples had finished eating, they realized that other couples had stepped onto the dance floor, Naruto glanced at Hinata, "H-hey Hina-chan, wanna dance?" Naruto blushed. Hinata nodded wordlessly, a blush on her pale face.
Ino watched Naruto and Hinata and looked at Shikamaru, "So are you just gonna sit there or what?" Ino demanded, but a faint blush was on her face. Shikamaru's cheeks were dusted pink but grabbed Ino's arm and led her to the dance floor.
Naruto placed her hands on Hinata's waist, Hinata placed her hands on Naruto's shoulders, Ino and Shikamaru did the samething.
Here we are, in the best years of our lives.
With no way of knowing,
When the wheel stop spinning cause we don't
Know where we're going
And here we are, on the best day of our lives.
And it's a go, lets make it last, so cheers you
All to that, 'cause this moment's never comin' back
They began to move, matching each others' movements perfectly, like they were reading the others' mind. The beat started to pick up its pace.
I used to know her brother, but I never
Knew I loved her, 'till the day she laid her eyes on me.
Now I'm jumpin' up and down,
She's the only one around, and she means
Every little thing to me.
They couples began to dance faster, their bodies going with the music, staring at their partner's eyes.
I've got your picture in my wallet, and your
Phone number to call it, and I miss you more,
Whenever I think about you,. I've got
Your mixed tape in my Walkman, been so
Long since we've been talkin' and in a few
More days, we'll both hook up, forever and ever
The beat got slower and the couples slowed down, Naruto placed his forehead against Hinata's, Ino leaned against Shikamaru's chest. 'I…I love her…' Shikamaru realized, his chin above Ino's head.
I've got your picture in my wallet, and your
Phone number to call it, and I miss you more,
Whenever I think about you,. I've got
Your mixed tape in my Walkman, been so
Long since we've been talkin' and in a few
More days, we'll both hook up, forever and ever
Shiro and Kuro watched the two couples, for once they decided not to interfere, for some reason, they felt that it would be wrong to do something.
I used to know her brother, but I never
Knew I loved her, 'till the day she laid her
Eyes on me. Now I'm jumpin' up and down,
She's the only one around, and she means
Every little thing to me
I've got your picture in my wallet, and your
Phone number to call it, and I miss you more,
Whenever I think about you,. I've got
Your mixed tape in my Walkman, been so
Long since we've been talkin' and in a few
More days, we'll both hook up, forever and ever…
Naruto and Hinata pulled away from each other, as did Ino and Shikamaru. Hinata looked into Naruto's eyes, she suddenly felt a powerful urge to tell him her feelings, 'Should I? I mean…no I couldn't, he'll think I'm crazy and it'll become awkward between us…' Before Hinata could continue to discourage herself further, Kaaru's voice rang through her head, 'Hinata, life is full of risks, everyone is prone to them, not just ninjas and no matter how small or how big you could possibly lose from a risk, you must always remember that if you don't take risks then nothing will ever happen to you.'
Hinata lifted her face again and looked at Naruto, who stared at her with curiosity, 'Kaaru-nii's right, I shouldn't be afraid to take the risk when I know that it's worth it.'
Hinata opened her mouth, Naruto looked surprised at how much emotion her eyes held, "N-Naru-kun…I..I want to t-tell you that….to tell y-you that…t-that..I l-…"
"OY NARUTO, HINATA!" Ino yelled, cutting Hinata off, Shiro and Kuro cursed and glared at Ino, even though she couldn't see it, "Let's go!" Ino hollered, waving her hands around wildly.
Naruto looked away from Hinata, who looked dejected, "Y-yeah, coming guys." He said, "Cmon Hina-chan."
Hinata followed Naruto sullenly, she tried her best to hide her sorrow, she felt a twinge of anger at her female bestfriend, so close! She was so close to telling Naruto that she loved him, but Ino just had to interrupt. 'Will I ever be able to get the courage to tell him again?' a familiar voice rang through her head again, this time it was her own…
((FLASHBACK))
An 11-year old Naruto smiled sadly as he talked to Hinata, "Heh, you must think of me like I'm some weakling…" he said sadly, "..I wasn't even able to get a simple jutsu right.."
Hinata looked at him in shock and yelled out, that was the first time she had even raised her voice, "No! Of course not!"
Naruto stared at her in disbelief, shocked at both her outburst and that she thought that he wasn't weak.
Hinata blushed but kept firm, "…Naruto-kun…when I look at you, I get an intense feeling in my heart…." She blushed harder but her voice was still as hard at steel, passion unwavering although she had paused a lot, the girl continued, "…because you're n-not perfect…because you fail..but then you have the strength to get back up.." again the ex-heiress had paused frequently but she still looked at him with deep emotion in her eyes that shocked Naruto, "…I..I think you are an incredibly strong person Naruto-kun." She finished.
"..Thank you Hinata-chan." Naruto whispered into Hinata's ear.
((END))
'That's right…I shouldn't give up, I should keep getting up.' Hinata thought finally, now walking beside Naruto with a ghost of a smile on her face, 'At least I got close to telling him.'
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Sakura, who had finally got a hold of herself, walked to where Sasuke was, which was on the other side of the large garden, the sun had already sunk, that meant that their work was done, she quietly made her way to Sasuke, the crunching of leaves alerting Sasuke that she was now there.
"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura said quietly, "I'm sorry that I snapped at you earlier…"
Sasuke turned to face her, a bit of guilt on his face, "No Sakura..I'm sorry, it was…my fault…" he muttered though Sakura had heard it.
Sakura smiled, "Cmon, let's go." She said walking to the garden exit to inform the daimyo that they were done.
Sasuke hid a smile and followed Sakura out of the garden, though he still thought that he would get power…no matter what.
The four ninjas who spied on him shunshin'd away, reporting to their master.
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((Carnival 9:00 pm))
The two couples had played some games on the various stalls that had been set up, Naruto had won Hinata a penguin plushie, Hinata was close to kissing Naruto when he won her the plushie, she had a liking to penguins, but she stopped herself just in time from kissing Naruto and opted to give him a hug and thank you instead.
Shikamaru had won a game of scooping a goldfish, and gave Ino the prize he picked for her, a simple silver chain bracelet with a white gold plate, Shikamaru had the word "lilac" engraved onto it. Ino blushed of course, and remembered the meaning of lilacs, they symbolized first love, but she quickly squashed the thought that Shikamaru knew the symbolism of the flower, it was sheer coincidence…oh how wrong she was.
"Hey guys!" Hinata exclaimed, "Let's ride on the Ferris Wheel!", the others nodded and scurried over to the Ferris Wheel, Naruto and Hinata on one cart and Ino and Shikamaru on another.
What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time
"Hey Hina-chan…what were you gonna say back there?" Naruto asked Hinata, who was now beet red.
Cause
it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing
to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't
know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
'Should I tell him?' Hinata thought, she glanced at Naruto and got courage.
All of the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words
You've got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here
"Y-you see Naru-kun…I..I..w-was go-going to s-s-say that I…I.." Hinata stuttered, 'Why can't I say it!?'
Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
'Is she alright?' Naruto thought, he couldn't take his eyes of her.
There's something about you now
I can't quite figure out
Everything she does is beautiful
Everything she does is right
"I-I LOVE YOU NARUTO!" Hinata yelled and hugged Naruto, said shinobi was too shocked to do anything, Hinata loved him…Hinata loved him…the words seemed to register in his mind in slow motion until finally…HINATA LOVED HIM BACK!
Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
Naruto hugged Hinata back and whispered in her ear, "I love you too dammit…I love you too.." Hinata raised her tear-stained face and looked into Naruto's eyes, no humor, only deep seriousness, love and hope. He wasn't lying!
And me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
"Naru-kun…" Hinata whispered.
"Hina-chan…"
Their faces got closer to each other until it was only a few inches apart, they felt each others' breath ghosting above their faces, their eyes began to close…
What day is it?
And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
And then their lips connected, a sweet long kiss, nothing intimate like a French kiss, only lips slightly parted and bodies meshed together. In their minds they shared on thought…'I love you…'
Ino and Shikamaru looked at the couple, "So Hinata finally told him." Ino whispered.
"Yeah…" Shikamaru muttered, not really looking at Naruto and Hinata, he was looking at Ino.
Ino caught him looking at her and stared back, silence filled the air as they watched each other's eyes.
"Shika-..Ino-.." they both said in unison and blushed.
Ino decided to go first, "Shika..I don't know how to say this but…I..I fell for you…" she said quietly, unable to meet Shikamaru's gaze.
Shikamaru lifted Ino's chin with his hand and made her look at him, "Me too." He said and kissed her.
Ino's eyes widened but closed and wrapped her arms around Shikamaru and deepened the kiss.
And as the two couples kissed and held each other in their arms, fireworks exploded in the sky, courtesy of two certain pandas, who watched the two couples finally find love.
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Whew! Finally I finished it! Okay guys, Naruto and Hinata finally got together as well as Shikamaru and Ino! And it seems Kakashi has a secret love affair! For Sakura and Sasuke though…I don't know if they'll get together…maybe in the sequel (hint hint)…anyway I feel weird that they're still 12 and are now in a relationship…sigh oh well….wait I forgot to mention, the date is November uhh 17 in this chapter, so that means Naruto's already 13…sorry I didn't write about his birthday! Gomen!
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