Legs tapping underneath the table, Naruto watched the interaction between his two friends. His eyebrow twitched.

They were acting exactly the same.

Nothing was different.

Gaara was still slow and Hinata too shy to try. They would have gone nowhere if it wasn't for Naruto. And he knew he had to help push that a little more.

So Naruto devised a plan.

"Hey Hinata!" Hinata set a cup of tea and smiled. Naruto's eyes dropped down to her slim legs underneath the green school uniform skirt. Then back up to the few unbuttoned top buttons of her white blouse that were essential. He tried to ignore Gaara's stare that burned the back of his skull.

Naruto's smile increased.

"So how are you, Hinata?" She nodded, fiddling with the bow strapped to her back.

"I'm well, thank you."

"So you got a boyfriend?" She blushed, head bowed. Hinata glanced at Gaara, but he was looking strangely at Naruto. Her blush deepened.

"N-No." He grinned.

"So how about we go on a date?" Ino leaned back to hear the words, smug smile on her lips. Noticing that Hinata looked ready to pass out, she sauntered over to save her.

"I-I-I-"

"Doesn't Hinata look cute?" Ino cut in, her wig's black pony tail swinging. Her hands went to her hips where her sword hung from her black form fitting suit.

The kitchens door slammed, Sakura storming out with Kakashi behind her. Ino smiled and called out to her.

"Eh what's wrong, forehead?" Sakura glared, hands reaching up to rip off the white dog ears from her head.

"Why do you I have to be Inuyasha!?" Ino snorted.

"I think its fitting. You have a flat enough chest," Glaring, Sakura pulled the plastic sword from her side, reading to bash it into Ino's head.

Kakashi restrained her before she could damage the store as Ino left to taunt her.

Hinata smiled fondly at the girls before commenting on how close they were. Naruto agreed before grinning.

"So what you say, Hinata?" She blinked. The blood returned to her cheeks.

"I-I-I-"

"Great! So how's 6?" She mumbled incoherently. Naruto grinned and paid their bill, tugging the silent Gaara behind him.


Thank you everyone for being so patient! I'm really sorry about this wait but I ended scraping the chapter when I read over. It was all off and wrong. This was a little rough writing but Im content with it for now.

Shout out for Inuyasha, one of the first animes I started watching. That and DBZ.

My 50th chapter! I cant believe I've gotten to this for this story. So thank you everyone that's written to me with your thoughts and how to improve :)