A/N: Please keep up the reviews!!! And please, do not criticize my story
before even looking forward to the next chapters, cuz they might answer
your questions. And also, a little adjustment to Sakura's inner self....it
will be inside parentheses like this (......) but only if it's close to
Sakura's conversation with someone, or her thoughts. If it is around
another character besides Sakura, then it isn't her inner self speaking.
Thank you!! Please read and review!!
Disclaimer: Look, I do not own Naruto so leave me alone!!!!
~Beach Party~
Naruto held up the chopsticks up in the air and his blue eyes lit up. His roommates around the table gave the hyperactive guy a confused look.
"Naruto, what are you up to now? Is it another one of your pranks??" Sakura had her arms crossed, who obviously haven't recovered from the incident since that very morning.
"Nope, Sakura-Chan!! It's time....." but before Naruto could finish, Gaara finally came downstairs. He was already dressed up for the new day and his eyes malevolence looked around the room and landed on Naruto.
When Gaara sat down, everyone but Neji and Naruto dismissed themselves from the table and went away. Naruto had a question mark on his head and was puzzled. He scratched his blonde head and glanced at all the full bowls of ramen he had cooked. Not one of them was empty.
Across from the table, Neji silently ate his ramen in peace. His piercing white eyes looked up and saw steam waiting to erupt from Naruto's ears. Neji knew what was wrong and resumed back to his eating.
"Why?? What's wrong with the ramen???" Naruto got up and inspected each bowl that was on the table. He then went back to his bowl and tasted his noodles, and wondered what was wrong with it. Naruto rubbed his temples and sat down with his head down.
Next to him, Gaara looked at him and ate his bowl of noodles. Naruto noticed that Gaara was beside him and smiled happily.
"See?? The noodles aren't that bad," Naruto's teeth glittered in the sunlight.
"You are ridiculous," Gaara mumbled with his breakfast in his mouth.
Neji gazed at Gaara and then at Naruto. The three of them ate in silence, when Naruto's ear perked up like a fox. (ironic eh?)
Naruto stood up and pointed a finger at the windows. Neji paused consuming and Gaara looked at Naruto, who was still pointing at the windows.
"So they need cleaning, who cares?" Neji muttered, but Naruto shook his head and pointed straight at the windows. Gaara and Neji looked at the windows. Then two light bulbs turned on in their heads and knew what Naruto was thinking.
"BEACH PARTY!!!!"
A few minutes after that, Naruto told the others that they were going to have a bash on the seashore. Everyone agreed and then went up to the house to change into their bathing suits.
When everyone was dismissed, Ino and Rock Lee were the only ones left outside. Just right after that, Rock Lee started for the abode when Ino held onto Rock Lee's shirt.
"Rock Lee!!" Ino strictly approached him. She let go of him, and Rock Lee listened.
"Remember our deal......you get Sakura and I get Sasuke." Ino reminded him, and then strolled passed him leaving a dazed Rock Lee.
~*~
"Heh Heh!!!" Naruto was on the sandy beach with his towel around him. He looked at the crystal clear blue waters and smelled the salt which the cool breeze wafted toward his nostrils.
His blue eyes then wandered around and found Hinata walking toward her, but then he looked the other way and found Neji and Gaara in their own isolated places on the beach.
Hinata was in a black one-piece bathing suit with a beach hat and brought her towel and then settled next to Naruto. Her pearly white eyes smiled in the sun and took a glimpse of Naruto who was sunbathing. Probably dreaming of ramen again, she thought.
She then looked toward the waters and saw Sasuke in his blue swimming trunks down on the shore looking out in the direction of the ocean. Then, Hinata heard loud voices trailing down the shore and saw Sakura in her pink tankini with a crimson-colored bandana, and Ino in her black bikini. Obviously, they were chasing after the same guy.
"Sasuke-kun!!!" Sakura ran down the wet sand and as she approached Sasuke, Ino pushed her toward the waters and took her place. Sakura spit out some salty water and held up her fist.
(I will get Sasuke.......soon!!)
While Ino was busy trying to get Sasuke to notice her, Sakura was still in the cold waters when a hand was held out to her.
"Sakura-san, need help?" Rock Lee held Sakura's hand and helped her up. They were both standing face to face, and Sakura felt her emerald green eyes staring at Rock Lee's black eyes.
Sakura never noticed that his eyes were the color of the black onyx. Glittering and full of mysteries.
"Thank you....Lee-San," Sakura looked away, but Rock Lee gently put his palm and cupped it on her chin, and pulled her toward him.
"Remember my promise, I will protect you until I die," Rock Lee softly whispered into her very own ears.
"Lee-San......."for a while they were in Rock Lee's arms and just stood there on the waters for a few seconds until Rock Lee pulled away from her. Before Sakura could catch on what was going on, a huge splash came onto her.
"We've never had a water fight, have we Sakura-San?" Rock Lee laughed and a startled Sakura slowly crept up a smile on her face.
"I'm gonna get you!!" Sakura pushed him into the water and was laughing. Rock Lee reached up to the surface and his cheeks were red and he speckled some water at her, but Sakura kicked some at him, and soon they were racing across the beach trying to get the other wet.
Back on the beach, Hinata and Naruto were still next to each other sunbathing. Naruto then woke up and realized that he got sunburn, and immediately got up and tried to run off the pain.
Hinata looked at Naruto who was burning up, and went over to him.
"N....Naruto-kun," Hinata handed him her aloe gel, "it'll help the burning pain," Hinata and Naruto went back to where their towels were. Naruto sat down with Hinata helping him to rub some cool gel onto his back.
"Aahh!!" Naruto yelled out in pain. Hinata was worried and softly spread it on his sunburned back. It was as red as a lobster.
"Are you ok Naruto-kun?" Hinata faintly asked him, and Naruto slowly nodded. A little satisfied smile crawled on her face, and her pale face was blushing slightly.
Later, when Hinata was finished with the lotion, Naruto turned to her and thanked her. Hinata smiled and Naruto realized that it was the first time he had seen her smile. It was pretty, he thought.
Without realizing it, Naruto found himself attracted to Hinata. He had never noticed that Hinata had helped him a lot, and he had never thanked her. First, it was the Chuunin Exam, the written one......and she offered him to copy it off of her, but he refused. And then some other stuff she did, and also he repaid her by beating up Neji when she was nearly killed.....and they were never seen talking to each other.
Naruto tried to think of a way to pay her back of all the good things she had done for him, until he came up with an idea. He looked at Hinata in a way he had never looked at anyone before, except Sakura.....but this time, the girl he looked at smiled and accepted him.
Acceptation, but not rejection.
Hinata saw Naruto looking at her in a caring way, and she beamed at him with some butterflies in her stomach.
Naruto then broke the silence and asked Hinata a question, and he wasn't sure if she would answer back, but he did anyway. There was only one way to find out, and it was to ask her.
"Say, Hinata? I was wondering......well....uh......er-hum.....well...I've been thinking...." Naruto was stumbling over his words and to keep him from doing that he took Hinata's pale hands and held it for a while.
"Will you have dinner with me tomorrow night? Not here though, it's a surprise." Naruto asked her. Hinata was surprised at his very own words and thought that it was a dream, but the fact that she could feel Naruto's own warm hands, made her forget that it was a dream.
It was real.
Disclaimer: Look, I do not own Naruto so leave me alone!!!!
~Beach Party~
Naruto held up the chopsticks up in the air and his blue eyes lit up. His roommates around the table gave the hyperactive guy a confused look.
"Naruto, what are you up to now? Is it another one of your pranks??" Sakura had her arms crossed, who obviously haven't recovered from the incident since that very morning.
"Nope, Sakura-Chan!! It's time....." but before Naruto could finish, Gaara finally came downstairs. He was already dressed up for the new day and his eyes malevolence looked around the room and landed on Naruto.
When Gaara sat down, everyone but Neji and Naruto dismissed themselves from the table and went away. Naruto had a question mark on his head and was puzzled. He scratched his blonde head and glanced at all the full bowls of ramen he had cooked. Not one of them was empty.
Across from the table, Neji silently ate his ramen in peace. His piercing white eyes looked up and saw steam waiting to erupt from Naruto's ears. Neji knew what was wrong and resumed back to his eating.
"Why?? What's wrong with the ramen???" Naruto got up and inspected each bowl that was on the table. He then went back to his bowl and tasted his noodles, and wondered what was wrong with it. Naruto rubbed his temples and sat down with his head down.
Next to him, Gaara looked at him and ate his bowl of noodles. Naruto noticed that Gaara was beside him and smiled happily.
"See?? The noodles aren't that bad," Naruto's teeth glittered in the sunlight.
"You are ridiculous," Gaara mumbled with his breakfast in his mouth.
Neji gazed at Gaara and then at Naruto. The three of them ate in silence, when Naruto's ear perked up like a fox. (ironic eh?)
Naruto stood up and pointed a finger at the windows. Neji paused consuming and Gaara looked at Naruto, who was still pointing at the windows.
"So they need cleaning, who cares?" Neji muttered, but Naruto shook his head and pointed straight at the windows. Gaara and Neji looked at the windows. Then two light bulbs turned on in their heads and knew what Naruto was thinking.
"BEACH PARTY!!!!"
A few minutes after that, Naruto told the others that they were going to have a bash on the seashore. Everyone agreed and then went up to the house to change into their bathing suits.
When everyone was dismissed, Ino and Rock Lee were the only ones left outside. Just right after that, Rock Lee started for the abode when Ino held onto Rock Lee's shirt.
"Rock Lee!!" Ino strictly approached him. She let go of him, and Rock Lee listened.
"Remember our deal......you get Sakura and I get Sasuke." Ino reminded him, and then strolled passed him leaving a dazed Rock Lee.
~*~
"Heh Heh!!!" Naruto was on the sandy beach with his towel around him. He looked at the crystal clear blue waters and smelled the salt which the cool breeze wafted toward his nostrils.
His blue eyes then wandered around and found Hinata walking toward her, but then he looked the other way and found Neji and Gaara in their own isolated places on the beach.
Hinata was in a black one-piece bathing suit with a beach hat and brought her towel and then settled next to Naruto. Her pearly white eyes smiled in the sun and took a glimpse of Naruto who was sunbathing. Probably dreaming of ramen again, she thought.
She then looked toward the waters and saw Sasuke in his blue swimming trunks down on the shore looking out in the direction of the ocean. Then, Hinata heard loud voices trailing down the shore and saw Sakura in her pink tankini with a crimson-colored bandana, and Ino in her black bikini. Obviously, they were chasing after the same guy.
"Sasuke-kun!!!" Sakura ran down the wet sand and as she approached Sasuke, Ino pushed her toward the waters and took her place. Sakura spit out some salty water and held up her fist.
(I will get Sasuke.......soon!!)
While Ino was busy trying to get Sasuke to notice her, Sakura was still in the cold waters when a hand was held out to her.
"Sakura-san, need help?" Rock Lee held Sakura's hand and helped her up. They were both standing face to face, and Sakura felt her emerald green eyes staring at Rock Lee's black eyes.
Sakura never noticed that his eyes were the color of the black onyx. Glittering and full of mysteries.
"Thank you....Lee-San," Sakura looked away, but Rock Lee gently put his palm and cupped it on her chin, and pulled her toward him.
"Remember my promise, I will protect you until I die," Rock Lee softly whispered into her very own ears.
"Lee-San......."for a while they were in Rock Lee's arms and just stood there on the waters for a few seconds until Rock Lee pulled away from her. Before Sakura could catch on what was going on, a huge splash came onto her.
"We've never had a water fight, have we Sakura-San?" Rock Lee laughed and a startled Sakura slowly crept up a smile on her face.
"I'm gonna get you!!" Sakura pushed him into the water and was laughing. Rock Lee reached up to the surface and his cheeks were red and he speckled some water at her, but Sakura kicked some at him, and soon they were racing across the beach trying to get the other wet.
Back on the beach, Hinata and Naruto were still next to each other sunbathing. Naruto then woke up and realized that he got sunburn, and immediately got up and tried to run off the pain.
Hinata looked at Naruto who was burning up, and went over to him.
"N....Naruto-kun," Hinata handed him her aloe gel, "it'll help the burning pain," Hinata and Naruto went back to where their towels were. Naruto sat down with Hinata helping him to rub some cool gel onto his back.
"Aahh!!" Naruto yelled out in pain. Hinata was worried and softly spread it on his sunburned back. It was as red as a lobster.
"Are you ok Naruto-kun?" Hinata faintly asked him, and Naruto slowly nodded. A little satisfied smile crawled on her face, and her pale face was blushing slightly.
Later, when Hinata was finished with the lotion, Naruto turned to her and thanked her. Hinata smiled and Naruto realized that it was the first time he had seen her smile. It was pretty, he thought.
Without realizing it, Naruto found himself attracted to Hinata. He had never noticed that Hinata had helped him a lot, and he had never thanked her. First, it was the Chuunin Exam, the written one......and she offered him to copy it off of her, but he refused. And then some other stuff she did, and also he repaid her by beating up Neji when she was nearly killed.....and they were never seen talking to each other.
Naruto tried to think of a way to pay her back of all the good things she had done for him, until he came up with an idea. He looked at Hinata in a way he had never looked at anyone before, except Sakura.....but this time, the girl he looked at smiled and accepted him.
Acceptation, but not rejection.
Hinata saw Naruto looking at her in a caring way, and she beamed at him with some butterflies in her stomach.
Naruto then broke the silence and asked Hinata a question, and he wasn't sure if she would answer back, but he did anyway. There was only one way to find out, and it was to ask her.
"Say, Hinata? I was wondering......well....uh......er-hum.....well...I've been thinking...." Naruto was stumbling over his words and to keep him from doing that he took Hinata's pale hands and held it for a while.
"Will you have dinner with me tomorrow night? Not here though, it's a surprise." Naruto asked her. Hinata was surprised at his very own words and thought that it was a dream, but the fact that she could feel Naruto's own warm hands, made her forget that it was a dream.
It was real.