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Chappie 8: BUT NEJI! ITS JUST A HICKEY!
Sakura woke up bright and early for Thursday morning. She had a test in Science class. She planned to study with Neji in 1st period so they could sharpen up.
She ran downstairs after accomplishing all of her hygenic needs. "Hey mom?" Sakura asked politely sitting down waiting for breakfast.
"Yes dear?" Her mom asked sitting a bagel and some orange juice in front of the child.
"Well, me and the girls were planning to have a sleep over this weekend. Can we?"
Her mother looked happily at her daughter. "Of course you can poo."
She pumped her fists in the air. "YES!"
"Now where is this going to be?"
Sakura thought for a minute. "I guess it will be, at the Hyuga dojo!"
"Will Ino dear be there?"
"I guess. I'm not sure." Sakura thought 'Oh, I forgot that we had another fight. Darn. I have to apologize.' Sakura quickly ate her breakfast and headed out the door.
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"Neji, thats not right.." Sakura said checking Neji's homework in first period. "You got all of them right except one! Congradulations! All that studying did help."
Neji grinned to himself. His grades in Science had gone through the roof ever since he had been studying with her.
Ino sat in her desk looking at the two. 'Hmph. Well isn't she giddy with him? They do compliment each other. Still,' She felt a tap on her shoulder. "What do you want Choji?" She asked with out turning.
"Umm... I wrote this for you." Said a fimilar voice. Ino turned. It was Shikamaru. He had sat back in his seat. Ino turned back to her desk. The letter sat gently in her hand. She glanced back to him and opened the letter.
~* Dear Ino,
Hey Ino. I'm sorry I couldn't stay for dinner. I would love to if everyone didn't know. Well, I was thinking. If you really liked me you'd tell me. Lets say, after school at the gate? We can talk.
Shika*~
Ino blushed. "Shika...."
"Whats that?" Hinata asked Ino over her shoulder.
"Nothin!" Ino crumpled the paper and stuffed it in her bag. "What do you want!?" She asked fustrated.
"Nothing. So um... Are you going to the sleep over that Sakura has planned for the both of us?" Hinata asked sweetly.
"I might." Ino growled. She heard about this plan before the fight they had. "I would go, as long as she apologizes for what she did to me." Ino crossed her arms and legs and huffed.
"I'm sure she will." Hinata said. "She's a nice person."
"I know that! But how can a nice person embarass me like that!" Ino banged her head on the desk. (she likes doing that huh?)
"I dunno!" Hinata shrugged.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
In the hallway outside the classroom Neji and Sakura talked before the test.
"You'll be fine Neji..." Sakura said gently resting her hand on his arm to comfort him.
Neji blushed. "I guess... Shall we go in?"
"Of course."
"Ladies first!" Sakura nodded and went in.
Oni smiled at everone. "Hello! Test time! You'll have at least one every week. So sit down and take it!"
The class silently moaned as Shikamaru passed out the test. Oni made him. Of course he didn't want to do it!
Shika made his way over to Sakura. "Hey Sakura?" He whispered trying not to draw the attention of the strict Oni.
Sakura looked up to him from her test. "Yes?"
"Umm... Has Ino said anything? You know about me?" He looked to the side trying to avoid Sakura's smile.
Sakura felt like she was going to fall out her seat laughing. Shikamaru does like Ino! She wanted to tell him all sorts of things Ino has told her about Shikamaru, but its better to make him wonder. "Nope. Not a thing."
Shikamaru looked sad. "Oh."
Sakura smiled. "Don't worry Shika! I'm sure if you tell her, she'll tell you! Believe me."
Shikamaru nodded and continued to pass out the papers.
"Neji!" Sakura whispered across Hinata.
Neji looked at her. Sakura held a thumbs-up. Neji did the same.
Hinata giggled at the two.
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"That test was easy huh Neji?" Sakura asked Neji after class.
"Yeah I guess." Neji concurred. "See you in 4th period."
Sakura nodded. She was at her locker when he walked over. Sakura had FINALLY got used to her lock. She opened her locker and tried to find the books she needed for History class. She fiddled around trying to find it, but she couldn't! She had put it exactly at the bottom! She swore it was there! Sakura decided that she was going insane and checked her top compartment.
And there it was! Her history book. At the top. 'I didn't put it there! I swore it was at the bottom!' She thought. 'Oh yeah... I've gone insane...'
In history class everything was very quiet from the awkwardness of yesterday.
Sakura looked to Ino. "Okay... I'm sorry Ino!" Sakura whispered.
"Hmph. I'm not buying it!" Ino huffed. She looked back to her book.
Sakura got kind of pissed. "Hrrr.... Ino! I apologize!" She threw a ball of paper at her.
"Ow! Sakura! It doesn't sound sincere coming from a violent chick like you!"
"I am not violent you self-obessed floozy!" (ohh...fighting words....)
Ino stuck out her tongue. "At least I don't have a huge gigantic mumbo jumbo forehead!"
Sakura kept to herself after that. 'Fine...' She thought angrily. "If she doesn't want to accept my apology... Then thats her loss! There is no way I'm going to let her ruin my fun this weekend! Hinata and I are going to have a wonderful time...without her!' Sakura was holding her pencil the whole time and accidentally broke it in half with her fists.
"Sakura-chan? Whats wrong?" Naruto asked actually scared of her.
"Nothing... I just..." Sakura smiled weakly. "Nothing."
Naruto didn't push her to the limit this time because he didn't want to end up in a tree again.
Sakura opened her book that she had the hardest time finding. Only to find that there was a pressed flower in it.
"What the..." It had a ribbon attached for a cute accent. "Beautiful..."
Ino and Naruto glanced at the mysterious flower. "Whats that?" Ino asked forgeting about the situation they were just in.
Sakura slit her eyes at Ino. "Why do you want to know?"
Ino pouted. "Well don't tell me then!"
Sakura smiled. "I know who its from!"
"WHO!?" Ino and Naruto whispered loudly in unison.
"Neji!" Sakura hugged the flower. "Its from Neji...."
Naruto and Ino looked at each other.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Do you and Neji have something going on?" Ino asked rudely to Sakura.
Sakura put her uniform back on from gym. "No. Why?"
"Your getting flowers from him!" Ino yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Well, thats just his way of saying thank you from him I guess." Sakura blushed smiling childishly.Ino growled and hit her with her towel. "Ow! INO!"
"Stop hitting people with towels Ino..." Kakashi said waltzing in the locker room like he owned it. All the girls stared at him in disgust. "How are you guys doing?" He asked chipper.
The ground began to rumble. Now we take you to a pretty scene of flowers for I cannot describe how they beat Kakashi up. (Too heart breaking maybe?)
"Hrrr hrr...." Ino growled. Kakashi was tied upside down in the shower room blind folded. "That'll teach you, you pervert!" She went out of the shower room and closed the door. She hung a sign on the door that says 'DO NOT ENTER. RODENT PROBLEM'
She smacked her hands together in triumph. "Lets go ladies."
"Yes ma'am!" The lot all said.
In the hallway....
"I'm sick of him peeping at us every single day!" Ino yelped.
"I think its nice." Sakura admitted blushing. "Its nice seeing an older man interested in you. That means.... your like, cute!"
Ino cracked. "HOW CAN YOU THINK THATS NICE?!"
"Just told you!" Sakura snapped.
Ino sighed. "I think its gross."
"I think you have a crush! Secretly you like him peeping at you, and you like hitting him and hanging him upside down... and blind folding him. Then tickling him until he faints."
"Uhh.." Ino blushed. "Oh my gawd... How can you form your mouth to say that?!"
Sakura giggled. "He is hot you know!"
"Well...." Ino rolled her eyes.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Lunch everyone was fine. Sakura sat across from Neji, but Ino sat beside Sakura.
"Why are you watching me Ino?" Sakura asked.
"Neji... do you like like Saukra?" Ino asked with her mouth full of rice cakes.
"No. I just like her as a friend. Nothing more, nothing less." Neji said calmly.
Ino continued. "I mean, you give her flowers, she gives you lunch. Your always studying with her. I'm just suspicious."
"Get out of our business!" Sakura angrily hissed.
Ino smiled swallowing her food. "Ohhh... 'ours' huh?"
"What are you trying to prove?!"
"Oh... nothing much." Ino sipped her can of apple juice.
Hinata came over with her coat covering on. Her hood was up.
"Hinata..." Sakura started. "I know its not raining in here."
Hinata blushed. "I'm just cold. Thats all." She said merrily. Almost too merrily. Neji stared at her confused. Then went back to his studies. "Well, umm.... I'm going to class early! See you guys later!" With that she left as fast as she came.
"Strange..." Ino and Sakura said. Neji said nothing and continued with his meal. "So um..." Ino said fidgeting. "Is this sleep over suppose to be this weekend?"
Sakura smiled. 'She must've accepted my apology!' Sakura nodded. "Its at his house." She pointed to the oblivious Neji.
Ino almost choked. "WHAT!? You do have a thing for him!"
"I do not!" Sakura pushed Ino out her seat.
Neji looked up and saw only a blushing Sakura. He looked under the table and found Ino.
"Take a picture Neji, it'd last longer." Ino said calmly on the ground.
He said nothing but he quickly sat back up. "What was that all about?"
Sakura rolled her eyes. "I have no idea."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sakura was on her way back home when she finally saw Hinata. She had her hood on again. Usually Sakura thought that Naruto would walk her home. Plus, another strange thing, Hinata wasn't in the right direction to her house.
"Hinata!" Sakura shouted.
Hinata speed up trying not to show her face. "Don't come after me Sakura-chan..."
"No! Hinata! Wait!" Sakura sped up to the point where she was running. Sakura finally caught up to her and pulled Hinata by her jacket.
"NO! Sakura-chan!"
Sakura saw what she was hiding. "Hinata...."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ino waited restlessly by the gate. 'Where are you Shikamaru? I knew you'd do this. It was just a big joke...' Ino sighed. 'Its been 30 minutes. Noway I'm gonna wait here.' She got off the gate where she was resting her back and started to walk. Well, thats until she heard a voice.
"INO WAIT! Don't go!" It was Shikamaru.
Ino turned. "Shika!"
Shikamaru had the same uniform on but he had a mop in his hand. "Sorry! I had to clean this lady's classroom cause I slept during her test." (*cough* Oni...)
"Well, in that case its okay..." Ino blushed clutching her bag. Shikamaru was silent. "What did you want to talk about Shikamaru?" Ino asked innocently pretending like she didn't know.
"Us, Ino. I just wanted to know if you have feelings for me thats all." He scratched the back of his head feeling awkward. "Ino... I like you....a lot...."
Ino held in her sigh of relief. "You....you do?"
"What do you think? I want to know what you feel. Its up to you now..."
Ino pursed her lips. "Shika, do you want to come over for dinner?" She grabbed his hand.
Shikamaru jumped. "Do I?!" He replied excitedly.
Ino laughed. "Good. That'll be our first date. Tonight at 7, make sure you be there!" Ino said running off.
"Okay!" Shikamaru yelled behind her. He chuckled and went the opposite direction.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hinata...Is that a-!" Sakura stared.
"Yes it is! Leave me alone!" Hinata snapped. She felt the red mark on her neck.
"Hinata..." Sakura backed away from the furious Hinata.
"I'm sorry Sakura...." Hinata mumbled. She whimpered and started to cry. "Naruto did it. He kissed me on the neck a little to hard." She laughed a bit on that part. "I know he didn't mean any harm. But I can't go home like this. Neji and my family would hang me. I'm not allowed to have that kind of contact with a person. Especially Naruto."
"They wouldn't understand?" Sakura bit her lip.
"I'm the heiress to a Dojo! They'd never understand unless I have an arranged marriage. Besides they've heard of Naruto and his ways. They don't even want me near him.... And now..." Hinata covered her eyes to cry.
"Hinata.... I tell you what. I'll be beside you." Hinata looked up to Sakura. She smiled to the little girl. "I'll take you home, and, if you get yelled at...I'll be with you."
Hinata hugged Sakura. "Sakura! Sakura! Sakura!" She said weeping all over again. "Thank you!"
Sakura thought to herself. 'Naruto should be doing this with her. Not me. But I guess, he feels like she does. He made a huge mistake.'
They arrived at the Hyuga Dojo about 20 minutes later. Hinata walked in with the jacket wrapped around her neck. Sakura came in and took her shoes off.
Neji came from the back. He was working out so he had his shirt off! (*drool*)
Sakura blushed blood red and covered her eyes with her bag. "Hi Neji!" She giggled embarassed.
Neji tried to ignore her! He was embarassed for her to catch him like this. He walked to Hinata. "Your late. Show me your neck...."
Hinata trembled. "Neji...If I show you, promise me you won't get mad! Please..."
Neji said nothing but he motioned her to take it off. He gripped his kendo (kendo?) stick tightly. It looked like he wanted to hit Hinata. But Sakura was on guard.
Hinata revealed the red bruise on her neck. Her hickey! Neji didn't even blink. "Who's it from?"
"Uzumaki Naruto."
He grunted. "You'll be in big trouble. Good thing the parents left for a vacation this evening."
"Really?"
"You came home so late, they couldn't wait for you. They had a plane to catch. They also said that you can have company this weekend alone."
Hinata got cheerful. "Please promise you won't tell them!"
Neji nodded and went back to his training.
"HINATA!" Sakura sqealed.
"Sakura! Were safe!"
"Yes!" Sakura replied.
Chappie 9: SLEEP OVER! INO FINDS THE AFFAIR!
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Chappie 8: BUT NEJI! ITS JUST A HICKEY!
Sakura woke up bright and early for Thursday morning. She had a test in Science class. She planned to study with Neji in 1st period so they could sharpen up.
She ran downstairs after accomplishing all of her hygenic needs. "Hey mom?" Sakura asked politely sitting down waiting for breakfast.
"Yes dear?" Her mom asked sitting a bagel and some orange juice in front of the child.
"Well, me and the girls were planning to have a sleep over this weekend. Can we?"
Her mother looked happily at her daughter. "Of course you can poo."
She pumped her fists in the air. "YES!"
"Now where is this going to be?"
Sakura thought for a minute. "I guess it will be, at the Hyuga dojo!"
"Will Ino dear be there?"
"I guess. I'm not sure." Sakura thought 'Oh, I forgot that we had another fight. Darn. I have to apologize.' Sakura quickly ate her breakfast and headed out the door.
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"Neji, thats not right.." Sakura said checking Neji's homework in first period. "You got all of them right except one! Congradulations! All that studying did help."
Neji grinned to himself. His grades in Science had gone through the roof ever since he had been studying with her.
Ino sat in her desk looking at the two. 'Hmph. Well isn't she giddy with him? They do compliment each other. Still,' She felt a tap on her shoulder. "What do you want Choji?" She asked with out turning.
"Umm... I wrote this for you." Said a fimilar voice. Ino turned. It was Shikamaru. He had sat back in his seat. Ino turned back to her desk. The letter sat gently in her hand. She glanced back to him and opened the letter.
~* Dear Ino,
Hey Ino. I'm sorry I couldn't stay for dinner. I would love to if everyone didn't know. Well, I was thinking. If you really liked me you'd tell me. Lets say, after school at the gate? We can talk.
Shika*~
Ino blushed. "Shika...."
"Whats that?" Hinata asked Ino over her shoulder.
"Nothin!" Ino crumpled the paper and stuffed it in her bag. "What do you want!?" She asked fustrated.
"Nothing. So um... Are you going to the sleep over that Sakura has planned for the both of us?" Hinata asked sweetly.
"I might." Ino growled. She heard about this plan before the fight they had. "I would go, as long as she apologizes for what she did to me." Ino crossed her arms and legs and huffed.
"I'm sure she will." Hinata said. "She's a nice person."
"I know that! But how can a nice person embarass me like that!" Ino banged her head on the desk. (she likes doing that huh?)
"I dunno!" Hinata shrugged.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
In the hallway outside the classroom Neji and Sakura talked before the test.
"You'll be fine Neji..." Sakura said gently resting her hand on his arm to comfort him.
Neji blushed. "I guess... Shall we go in?"
"Of course."
"Ladies first!" Sakura nodded and went in.
Oni smiled at everone. "Hello! Test time! You'll have at least one every week. So sit down and take it!"
The class silently moaned as Shikamaru passed out the test. Oni made him. Of course he didn't want to do it!
Shika made his way over to Sakura. "Hey Sakura?" He whispered trying not to draw the attention of the strict Oni.
Sakura looked up to him from her test. "Yes?"
"Umm... Has Ino said anything? You know about me?" He looked to the side trying to avoid Sakura's smile.
Sakura felt like she was going to fall out her seat laughing. Shikamaru does like Ino! She wanted to tell him all sorts of things Ino has told her about Shikamaru, but its better to make him wonder. "Nope. Not a thing."
Shikamaru looked sad. "Oh."
Sakura smiled. "Don't worry Shika! I'm sure if you tell her, she'll tell you! Believe me."
Shikamaru nodded and continued to pass out the papers.
"Neji!" Sakura whispered across Hinata.
Neji looked at her. Sakura held a thumbs-up. Neji did the same.
Hinata giggled at the two.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"That test was easy huh Neji?" Sakura asked Neji after class.
"Yeah I guess." Neji concurred. "See you in 4th period."
Sakura nodded. She was at her locker when he walked over. Sakura had FINALLY got used to her lock. She opened her locker and tried to find the books she needed for History class. She fiddled around trying to find it, but she couldn't! She had put it exactly at the bottom! She swore it was there! Sakura decided that she was going insane and checked her top compartment.
And there it was! Her history book. At the top. 'I didn't put it there! I swore it was at the bottom!' She thought. 'Oh yeah... I've gone insane...'
In history class everything was very quiet from the awkwardness of yesterday.
Sakura looked to Ino. "Okay... I'm sorry Ino!" Sakura whispered.
"Hmph. I'm not buying it!" Ino huffed. She looked back to her book.
Sakura got kind of pissed. "Hrrr.... Ino! I apologize!" She threw a ball of paper at her.
"Ow! Sakura! It doesn't sound sincere coming from a violent chick like you!"
"I am not violent you self-obessed floozy!" (ohh...fighting words....)
Ino stuck out her tongue. "At least I don't have a huge gigantic mumbo jumbo forehead!"
Sakura kept to herself after that. 'Fine...' She thought angrily. "If she doesn't want to accept my apology... Then thats her loss! There is no way I'm going to let her ruin my fun this weekend! Hinata and I are going to have a wonderful time...without her!' Sakura was holding her pencil the whole time and accidentally broke it in half with her fists.
"Sakura-chan? Whats wrong?" Naruto asked actually scared of her.
"Nothing... I just..." Sakura smiled weakly. "Nothing."
Naruto didn't push her to the limit this time because he didn't want to end up in a tree again.
Sakura opened her book that she had the hardest time finding. Only to find that there was a pressed flower in it.
"What the..." It had a ribbon attached for a cute accent. "Beautiful..."
Ino and Naruto glanced at the mysterious flower. "Whats that?" Ino asked forgeting about the situation they were just in.
Sakura slit her eyes at Ino. "Why do you want to know?"
Ino pouted. "Well don't tell me then!"
Sakura smiled. "I know who its from!"
"WHO!?" Ino and Naruto whispered loudly in unison.
"Neji!" Sakura hugged the flower. "Its from Neji...."
Naruto and Ino looked at each other.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Do you and Neji have something going on?" Ino asked rudely to Sakura.
Sakura put her uniform back on from gym. "No. Why?"
"Your getting flowers from him!" Ino yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Well, thats just his way of saying thank you from him I guess." Sakura blushed smiling childishly.Ino growled and hit her with her towel. "Ow! INO!"
"Stop hitting people with towels Ino..." Kakashi said waltzing in the locker room like he owned it. All the girls stared at him in disgust. "How are you guys doing?" He asked chipper.
The ground began to rumble. Now we take you to a pretty scene of flowers for I cannot describe how they beat Kakashi up. (Too heart breaking maybe?)
"Hrrr hrr...." Ino growled. Kakashi was tied upside down in the shower room blind folded. "That'll teach you, you pervert!" She went out of the shower room and closed the door. She hung a sign on the door that says 'DO NOT ENTER. RODENT PROBLEM'
She smacked her hands together in triumph. "Lets go ladies."
"Yes ma'am!" The lot all said.
In the hallway....
"I'm sick of him peeping at us every single day!" Ino yelped.
"I think its nice." Sakura admitted blushing. "Its nice seeing an older man interested in you. That means.... your like, cute!"
Ino cracked. "HOW CAN YOU THINK THATS NICE?!"
"Just told you!" Sakura snapped.
Ino sighed. "I think its gross."
"I think you have a crush! Secretly you like him peeping at you, and you like hitting him and hanging him upside down... and blind folding him. Then tickling him until he faints."
"Uhh.." Ino blushed. "Oh my gawd... How can you form your mouth to say that?!"
Sakura giggled. "He is hot you know!"
"Well...." Ino rolled her eyes.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Lunch everyone was fine. Sakura sat across from Neji, but Ino sat beside Sakura.
"Why are you watching me Ino?" Sakura asked.
"Neji... do you like like Saukra?" Ino asked with her mouth full of rice cakes.
"No. I just like her as a friend. Nothing more, nothing less." Neji said calmly.
Ino continued. "I mean, you give her flowers, she gives you lunch. Your always studying with her. I'm just suspicious."
"Get out of our business!" Sakura angrily hissed.
Ino smiled swallowing her food. "Ohhh... 'ours' huh?"
"What are you trying to prove?!"
"Oh... nothing much." Ino sipped her can of apple juice.
Hinata came over with her coat covering on. Her hood was up.
"Hinata..." Sakura started. "I know its not raining in here."
Hinata blushed. "I'm just cold. Thats all." She said merrily. Almost too merrily. Neji stared at her confused. Then went back to his studies. "Well, umm.... I'm going to class early! See you guys later!" With that she left as fast as she came.
"Strange..." Ino and Sakura said. Neji said nothing and continued with his meal. "So um..." Ino said fidgeting. "Is this sleep over suppose to be this weekend?"
Sakura smiled. 'She must've accepted my apology!' Sakura nodded. "Its at his house." She pointed to the oblivious Neji.
Ino almost choked. "WHAT!? You do have a thing for him!"
"I do not!" Sakura pushed Ino out her seat.
Neji looked up and saw only a blushing Sakura. He looked under the table and found Ino.
"Take a picture Neji, it'd last longer." Ino said calmly on the ground.
He said nothing but he quickly sat back up. "What was that all about?"
Sakura rolled her eyes. "I have no idea."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sakura was on her way back home when she finally saw Hinata. She had her hood on again. Usually Sakura thought that Naruto would walk her home. Plus, another strange thing, Hinata wasn't in the right direction to her house.
"Hinata!" Sakura shouted.
Hinata speed up trying not to show her face. "Don't come after me Sakura-chan..."
"No! Hinata! Wait!" Sakura sped up to the point where she was running. Sakura finally caught up to her and pulled Hinata by her jacket.
"NO! Sakura-chan!"
Sakura saw what she was hiding. "Hinata...."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ino waited restlessly by the gate. 'Where are you Shikamaru? I knew you'd do this. It was just a big joke...' Ino sighed. 'Its been 30 minutes. Noway I'm gonna wait here.' She got off the gate where she was resting her back and started to walk. Well, thats until she heard a voice.
"INO WAIT! Don't go!" It was Shikamaru.
Ino turned. "Shika!"
Shikamaru had the same uniform on but he had a mop in his hand. "Sorry! I had to clean this lady's classroom cause I slept during her test." (*cough* Oni...)
"Well, in that case its okay..." Ino blushed clutching her bag. Shikamaru was silent. "What did you want to talk about Shikamaru?" Ino asked innocently pretending like she didn't know.
"Us, Ino. I just wanted to know if you have feelings for me thats all." He scratched the back of his head feeling awkward. "Ino... I like you....a lot...."
Ino held in her sigh of relief. "You....you do?"
"What do you think? I want to know what you feel. Its up to you now..."
Ino pursed her lips. "Shika, do you want to come over for dinner?" She grabbed his hand.
Shikamaru jumped. "Do I?!" He replied excitedly.
Ino laughed. "Good. That'll be our first date. Tonight at 7, make sure you be there!" Ino said running off.
"Okay!" Shikamaru yelled behind her. He chuckled and went the opposite direction.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hinata...Is that a-!" Sakura stared.
"Yes it is! Leave me alone!" Hinata snapped. She felt the red mark on her neck.
"Hinata..." Sakura backed away from the furious Hinata.
"I'm sorry Sakura...." Hinata mumbled. She whimpered and started to cry. "Naruto did it. He kissed me on the neck a little to hard." She laughed a bit on that part. "I know he didn't mean any harm. But I can't go home like this. Neji and my family would hang me. I'm not allowed to have that kind of contact with a person. Especially Naruto."
"They wouldn't understand?" Sakura bit her lip.
"I'm the heiress to a Dojo! They'd never understand unless I have an arranged marriage. Besides they've heard of Naruto and his ways. They don't even want me near him.... And now..." Hinata covered her eyes to cry.
"Hinata.... I tell you what. I'll be beside you." Hinata looked up to Sakura. She smiled to the little girl. "I'll take you home, and, if you get yelled at...I'll be with you."
Hinata hugged Sakura. "Sakura! Sakura! Sakura!" She said weeping all over again. "Thank you!"
Sakura thought to herself. 'Naruto should be doing this with her. Not me. But I guess, he feels like she does. He made a huge mistake.'
They arrived at the Hyuga Dojo about 20 minutes later. Hinata walked in with the jacket wrapped around her neck. Sakura came in and took her shoes off.
Neji came from the back. He was working out so he had his shirt off! (*drool*)
Sakura blushed blood red and covered her eyes with her bag. "Hi Neji!" She giggled embarassed.
Neji tried to ignore her! He was embarassed for her to catch him like this. He walked to Hinata. "Your late. Show me your neck...."
Hinata trembled. "Neji...If I show you, promise me you won't get mad! Please..."
Neji said nothing but he motioned her to take it off. He gripped his kendo (kendo?) stick tightly. It looked like he wanted to hit Hinata. But Sakura was on guard.
Hinata revealed the red bruise on her neck. Her hickey! Neji didn't even blink. "Who's it from?"
"Uzumaki Naruto."
He grunted. "You'll be in big trouble. Good thing the parents left for a vacation this evening."
"Really?"
"You came home so late, they couldn't wait for you. They had a plane to catch. They also said that you can have company this weekend alone."
Hinata got cheerful. "Please promise you won't tell them!"
Neji nodded and went back to his training.
"HINATA!" Sakura sqealed.
"Sakura! Were safe!"
"Yes!" Sakura replied.
Chappie 9: SLEEP OVER! INO FINDS THE AFFAIR!
*Whats up my beautiful peeps! I love the reviews! It keeps me going! I never dreamed of getting this many! Please keep reviewing! I look forward to each and every one! And I save them all! *sigh* ANYWAY! Whoa...I'm kinda confused now. So many people want Itachi, the the others want Neji then others want Sasuke! WHOO WEE! I HAD A VISION! Think about it, what if Sasuke found his brother creeping with Sakura!? OH! Idea! I just got it! The evil stuff never ends....Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Well Mrs. Kusanagi is signing off again. And as always love you!*