Part 7-Hopes

"Naruto-kun, I wouldn't have the courage to do this if you were awake…" she leaned over him, her hair had become really long so she held it back with her left hand. She used her right hand to balance herself as she leaned closer and kissed him on the cheek. She stood up and looked at him. He was smiling now; she smiled a bit herself, "sweet dreams Naruto-kun…" She left and met Kiba and Shino in the waiting room.

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"Kiba-kun!!" Hinata appeared out of nowhere behind Kiba

"AHHH!" He screamed out of surprise and turned around to see Hinata laughing behind him, "Don't do that to me!"

"Sorry, Kiba-kun. You scream like a girl."

"Very funny… I take it you forgive me then?"

"Yeah, you and Shino-kun, where is he, I need both of your help," she opened the door and looked around

"Hinata, you're… perkier than… ever, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I just drank a whole load of coffee and ate a lot of snacks with Chouji when I was waiting for Shikamaru this morning" Hinata was saying everything double speed this morning, Kiba was amazed he was able to keep up.

"Why were you waiting for Shikamaru?"

"I needed advice on a new jutsu I was learning"

"Oh… what do you need our help for?"

"I'll tell you when Shino-kun gets here, where is he, he's taking his time, WHERE IS HEEE!!!"

"You're scaring me Hinata…"

"Sorry Kiba-kun…"

After hearing all the shouting, Shino cautiously opened the door; he was greeted with the angry face of Hinata.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!"

"What?"

"You're late, sit down over there," she pointed to a desk next to the one Kiba was sitting at.

"Why am I late?" He leaned over and whispered to Kiba

"I don't know, Hinata's been up and down this morning, she said she drank a whole load of coffee…" Kiba looked at Hinata, "she's scary like this, I hope it wears off soon…"

"Now listen, I need you two's help," She began, she slammed her hands down on the desk in front of Kiba, as she'd seen her father do in some of his meetings, "I need you two to protect me"

"Why?" Kiba asked, much as he did to annoy Kurenai.

"Because… I'm going to see my father…"

"I don't under-"

"We'll help you" Shino quickly cut of Kiba so that he wouldn't question her

"Great, we'll go in an hour when all this caffeine wears off." She left the room and headed home.

When she got to her home she ran to her room. She opened up her wardrobe and looked through her clothes. She threw each piece of clothing on the floor and across the room. She searched frantically. "It's here somewhere, I know I brought it with me!" She tossed a few more outfits across the room. She breathed a sigh of relief and laid the clothes out on her bed. She packed the clothes back away. She decided to have a bath and wash her hair as she had enough time. She ran the water and went back into her room. She untied her hair. She began to unplait her hair. She combed it through a few times, it made her hair easier to wash and dry, her hair rested on the floor when she stood up. Honestly she was as surprised with her hair as anyone else in the village if not more, in a matter of months her hair had grown longer and faster than anyone else's in the village. Even when it was plaited, it went just below her knees. She finished combing her hair and went to her bath.

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Shino and Kiba were sitting in the classroom, they didn't have anything better to do, so they bought some ramen and brought it back to the classroom.

"So are you gonna tell her?" Kiba asked, in-between mouthfuls of ramen.

"Tell her what?"

"You know, what you were talking to Naruto about."

"I thought you weren't eavesdropping?" Shino said sarcastically, raising an eyebrow at him at the same time.

"I wasn't, I just happened to be using my beast mimic on my ears when you were talking to Naruto…"

"And you just happened to have your ear against the door at the same time?" Shino asked, again sarcastically

"See, now you get it! I'm glad you understand!"

"…"

"Don't be like that Shino!" Kiba shouted with a mouth half-full of ramen

"…" Shino wiped bits of ramen and beef of his sunglasses, "Kiba stop, you're getting all your food on me…"

"Am not!!"

"…" He sighed, "Do you see those?" Shino pointed to a pile of tissues next to him

"Yeah, why?"

"Each and every one of those is covered in the ramen, beef, sauce and your spit, that I have had to wipe off my face."

"So?" Kiba laughed to himself, he really enjoyed annoying people, even if people like Shino and Hinata were harder to annoy then people like Naruto and Sakura from team 7. Everyone had a button, even though people like Shino had to have theirs pressed repeatedly.

"Stop it… or I'll kill you"

"No you won't"

"You're right, but I can cause you intense pain without doing you any real damage so you will still have to do missions"

"How?" Kiba really hoped Shino was bluffing

"This…"

Kiba looked around to see what Shino had in store for him. When he saw nothing he turned back to Shino, thinking he had outsmarted Shino, Kiba was feeling pretty smart. Then he heard a buzzing noise. He looked down at his nose and saw a wasp. It stung him in the nose; strangely Kiba didn't feel anything. "HAH! What was that supposed to-… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! IT BURNS!!!!! IT BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRNSSSSS!!!!!!" He rolled around on the floor for a few seconds trying to get rid of the pain

The wasp flew back over to Shino and landed on his finger, "Good…" he whispered to the wasp and watched it fly through the window. "Now imaging hundreds of these Vespidae Sphecidae stinging you over and over again"

"Vespipades… what?"

"Wasps, Vespidae Sphecidae are wasps…" he sighed, "imbeciles… I'm surrounded by them…"

"Why didn't you just say that? You're the only person who knows that, apart from your clan… damn the Aburame clan and their bug controlling ways" He shook his fist at Shino.

"We'll ask Hinata, she should be here just about… now"

As if on cue Hinata opened the door.

"Good morning Hinata!" Kiba shouted

"Morning Hinata" Shino greeted her

"Good morning Kiba-kun, Shino-kun"

"Hey Hinata, what's a Vesphifada Spherical?"

"What?" She looked at him as though he was more insane then he actually was.

"He means a Vespidae Sphecidae" Shino corrected Kiba

"Oh. It's the name of the wasp family, of the Vespidae family, which is made up of hornets and wasps. Of the order Hymenoptera, of the class Hexapoda."

"Bookworm" Kiba mumbled under his breath

"I hate to act like a child, but I told you so" Shino was laughing inside his head; whereas Kiba was sure Shino was sticking his tongue out at him.

Shino sniffed the air; there was a strong scent. It took him a second to realise it was his favourite scent. Hinata… it was stronger than usual so he figured she had bathed during her hour. "Hinata, what's with those clothes?"

"These are what I will wear to see my father," She was wearing a v-necked vest with a string vest underneath and a pair of ¾ length trousers that were looser then the ones she usually wore now. She had her kunai holder attached to her right leg; "This is what I wore when I used to train with him… when he had hopes for me…"

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A/N- I forgot to say, NO FLAMING!!! I don't mind constructive criticism but flaming is evil