AN: Oook… On with the next chapter!! Alright, to answer your question XyoushaX… and some suspicions anyone might have… No Inner Sakura is not gone, she's just not present at the moment. You'll find out exactly where shes been, and what shes been doing, but that won't be for another few chapters so… I hope you guys wait until then and be patient!! ^.^
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto… bleh.
Hidden Chapter 6: Ino?!
"Jiraya-sensei!!" Naruto waved at his instructor. "Gomen, Jiraya-sensei, I was eating ramen and I-…" he stopped mid sentence. Jiraya's face glowered.
"Naruto…" His instructor said slowly. Naruto gulped. "Baka yaro! You ate ramen and you didn't bring me any?! I was starving out here!" Jiraya clobbered him.
"Eh…hehehe… Jiraya-sensei gomen." Naruto looked at him. "Eh? Sensei… are those…" he pointed, "… panties?" Jiraya's face darkened. *sweatdrop. Naruto burst out laughing.
"Naruto! Get yourself under control we have a lot of training to do today!" He said ripping the panties off of him and out of sight. He glared at his pupil. "Naruto!" The fox boy couldn't stop laughing. A few moments later Naruto was finally able to get himself a little bit under control, though he let out a few chirp here and then.
The two walked toward the forest, half expecting an ambush from the women Jiraya just robbed. Well, Jiraya was. Naruto resumed his laughter.
"Hello." Kakashi waved at them. Naruto waved back. "Cheerful… as always." He said calmly. Naruto beamed.
"Kakashi-sensei…" Naruto peered around. "Where's… Sakura-chan?"
He sighed. "I sent her home. She had bruises all over this morning and was in no condition to train with us any further." Naruto looked at him quizzically. "She went out training by herself again. Naruto, you and Sasuke were supposed to be watching her." Kakashi's tone wavered a little bit.
"Gomen, Sasuke and I were… preoccupied." Both Jiraya and Kakashi looked at him with wide eyes. "Eh! Oh no, wait! That… umm…" Naruto scratched the back of his head uncomfortably, "That… didn't come out right." He grinned. "I mean, we were just thinking of a plan to see what Sakura-chan's been up to."
"And… you left her alone?" Kakashi asked. Naruto laughed nervously. He sighed, "Oi, what am I going to do with you two…" In the horizon, a black, spiky head of hair walked toward them. Sasuke shrugged and took his place near the bridge rail.
Sasuke showed up later than Kakashi… 'Awkward…' Naruto thought. 'Wait a minute…' "Kakashi-sensei? Why are you here so early?" Kakashi's eye widened slightly.
"I lost my book." Everyone gaped at him. "Well, what are you guys waiting for, lets get started. Oh, and Jiraya… you don't happen… to have another copy… of volume three… do you?" He asked tentatively. Jiraya grinned and nodded. He looked into his bag of tools and threw Kakashi his beloved book. The jounin smirked under his mask.
Sakura sat agitatedly at the ramen shop. Kakashi sent her home as soon as she walked out there. 'What is his problem?! I'm perfectly fine, and I am certainly capable of training with them. It's not like I'm going to die walking up a tree!' She thought.
"Hi Sakura!" A high-pitched voice said. Ino walked up next to her and sat down.
"What do you want Ino-pig?" she stated dully.
"Ne? Can't a rival just stop by to say hello?"
Sakura looked at her, "You don't say hello to me unless you want something… what."
Ino pretended to be hurt. "Oh Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, I don't want anything. I would like to know how you've been doing."
"Fine."
"So… what've you been up to?"
"Nothing you would be interested in."
Ino smirked, "Try me."
Sakura shook her head, "I don't think so." Ino's eye twitched.
"Sakura, stop acting so negative! Open up a little will you?"
Sakura sighed. "How are you and Shikamaru anyway?" She asked in a slightly lighter tone.
"Oh… ahaha… fine."
"What've you been up to?"
"Nothing you'd be interested in." Ino said grinning like an idiot. Sakura gave an annoyed look. 'Ha! Got you back Sakura!' Ino thought, giving herself a pat on the back.
Sakura snarled. "Ino-pig, if you're done talking, I'm going to go." Ino waved her hand dismissingly and continued to congratulate herself. "Whatever…" Sakura muttered.
Sasuke panted. The training had been harder than usual. It wasn't just him and Naruto fighting, Jiraya decided to join as well. He almost released the curse again just fighting Jiraya. Kakashi sat on the side, reading his beloved book. They had finally been dismissed, and he was currently on his way home. He spotted a blonde head running toward him.
"Sasuke-kun!" she waved at him. He looked at her.
"Did you find anything?" he asked her.
"Sakura went somewhere… and-…"
"Ino. Did. You. Find. Anything." He ground out the words. His fist clenched.
Ino sighed, "No…" Sasuke glowered. 'She probably pissed Sakura off…Damn it…' "Well…" Ino continued, "I have a date with Shikamaru! I'll talk to you later Sasuke-kun!" She waved good-bye and walked away.
'Ha… Ha… yeah. Right…' he thought. 'This isn't a great start.' He punched the wall.
Naruto walked to the ramen shop to meet, who else, Hinata. It'd been a week since he thought about asking her out and now he finally had the courage to do so. 'Its now or never!' he thought.
"Hi Hinata!" Naruto said with a smile. The shy girl waved at him.
"Naruto-kun…" He sat down next to her. She blushed slightly. "Naruto, umm… I-…"
Naruto interrupted, "Hinata-chan want to go out with me?!" She looked at him with wide eyes. 'Uh oh,' he gulped.
"We… weren't… going out before?" She lowered her face. Naruto's smile dropped. He laughed nervously.
"Eh..hehehe… Hinata-chan, I just want to make it official that's all." Her face brightened up. 'Nice save Naruto!' he complimented himself. She nodded and smiled cheerfully.
Naruto walked home with a giant grin plastered on his face. Who would've thought, Loud mouth Naruto, and Shy girl Hinata. A weird combination, still, Naruto felt as if he were floating at the moment… until,
"Naruto!"
"Egh, Sasuke!" He huffed at him. Then he tripped and fell.
Sasuke stood above him smirking slightly, "Hmph, Naruto, get up." The fox boy did so.
"What do you want Sasuke?" He asked agitated.
"Naruto, It didn't work. Ino couldn't get anything out of her." Naruto blinked.
"Eh?"
"Are you listening to me?"
"Eh? Umm… hmmm…"
Sasuke knocked him over the head. He fell down again. "Gah! Sasuke what was that for!?" Naruto rubbed his head affectionately. "I was listening!"
Sasuke's expression wavered slightly, "Baka, we need to find another way. We need to get Sakura to cooperate."
"Well… why don't you just talk to her Sasuke?" Naruto offered.
"…"
"Oh… right… you don't talk… You're talking now!"
"…"
"Don't pull this now." Naruto sighed. "Fine. What should we do then?" Sasuke smirked.
After a grueling 2 minutes of speaking to each other some more the two finally walked away triumphantly. Both with grins on their faces. Sasuke felt confidant about his plan and almost laughed out loud. His palms were sweating, and excitement shot through him. 'Now, I'll see what you're up to Sakura…' Suddenly a fist came flying out of nowhere and knocked Sasuke to the ground. He growled. "Naruto!"
Naruto smiled broadly. "HAHA! Sasuke! Now we're even!" He ran away… or it's more like, he skipped away, in a not so frilly approach.
In the next chapter… Naruto and Sasuke's plan commence. Hope you guys enjoyed this one. Rather… random though wouldn't you agree? Or perhaps… its just fast paced to me. Ah well. Like it! Bwahahaha! I'm just… kidding. *sweatdrop