"How can i tell you?"

A HinaNaru (also a SasuSaku, ShikaIno) pairing!

Authors notes: Hello again! sorry if the story's getting dull or something... Im just in a state of metal blockout... --;;; I had to review for my diagnostics too so I had to write on the morning and study at night.... please bear with me... anyways, Okay okay okay... ShikaIno... This is THE last one... I swear! and after that ShikaIno in this Chapter, on go with the NaruHina... I swear to my anime-fanaticizim! I got some inspiration to write from the Naruto fan-special chapter I downloaded in Toriyamaworld.com, Its awsome (about kakashi's face .. )... okay! on with the show!

Disclaimer : Of course, the naruto series is not mine... if it was... hinata would appear more frequently and theyed get engaged in the series (you gotta love both of em) well... Naruto, Hinata-san, Ino, Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Kakashi and some other minor/major characters are NOT mine i tell you!!! (but i wish they were... TT)

How can I tell you? - Chapter 10
Kana, A Ninjustu master?

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Shikamaru decieded to run after ino after some arguments with Hinata, temari, and Naruto. They all pushed him into running after her... he wasnt thinking of 'this is so troulblesome...' right now... he was thinking... 'what the hell is the matter with that ino?!'. He found ino on the meadow later on, crying.

"oi! ino...! whats the matter with you?" Shikamaru said to her.

Ino looked sternly at shikamaru, still with tears flowing from her eyes.

"There's NOTHING a matter with me Shikamaru... now leave me alone..."

Shikamaru sat down next to her.

"no I wont, and I wont let you get away either unless you tell me what's wrong...!" he demanded.

Ino faced away from shikamaru.

"what are you going to do? make me say it?"

"well... I can... Its midday and you have a shadow right now... I can make you do silly things all day... hahahaha" he joked,

that shikamaru... maybe he can do so... I shouldnt give up... Even if he kissed temari, he really isnt the guy who'd... be able to reject me if i tell my feelings for him... Why was I such a crybaby earlier...?

Ino suddenly felt comfortable again, for some reason, she wanted to say everything to shikamaru that very moment...

"Sh-Shikamaru..?"

Shikamaru looked at her.

"eh? what's wrong? wanna open up now?" he said laughingly

Ino looked up on the sky, Hiding the blush on her face.

"shikamaru... I....I..."

Shikamaru looked at her in confusion.

"heh... whats's with all those 'I's? spit it out ino.. Im listening..." Shikamaru said, for once, Interested...

"I Think I'm...in..."

For some unknown reason, he shut Ino down with his hand and hid behind a bush, It seemed ino returned to normal again (geez that was fast...Sweatdrop)

"what was that for?!" Ino growled at shikamaru, who was holding her by the waist.

"shh! They'll hear us!"

"who?"

"sound-nins..." Shikamaru noted.

they didnt see much of anything for a while, but on and on they felt absolutely strong chakra...

"yes... I can feel them too..." ino said, forgetting that Shikamaru's hands were still on her waist.

"Shh... lets just watch..."

the figures from afar came closer, It was a 10-year old girl, she was fighting with the 4 other sound-nins...

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"hey kid... just give us the scrolls your father gave you and we'll let you go... okay?" one of the Sound nins said.

The girl took out 7 shurikens and threw it to the Shinobi, one of them came out dead because of that attack...

"OVER MY DEAD BODY!"

"as you wish kid..."

The girl amazingly knows a technique that Naruto knew too... It was a surprise to the Sound nins as well as Ino and Shikamaru.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The girl said after making the right seals.

Then 15 copies of the girl came out perfectly, Ino could not believe what she was seeing.

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"Its a kid! fighting two shinobi?! using Kage bunshin..? that's impossible.." Ino said to shikamaru.

"no kidding... that girl's got guts... fighting those Anbu like that..."

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The fight continued on, for several minutes... It looked like there was only one Sound-nin left and the girl called off the clones.

"You'll never beat me..." the girl boasted.

The anbu looked angry.

"Heh... Youre going to die for what you did...!"

The two lunged at each other, almost testing their knowlegde of their use of chakra, ninjutsu and genjutsu. The girl ended up with some slight cuts, The anbu wasnt lucky to have been hit by the girl's two rusty Shuriken and a kunai down the left arm.

"...pathetic... You'll never beat me... baka..."

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"geez... for a 10 year old I'd say I wont even go in battle with that kid..." Shikamaru said to ino.

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But the battle wasnt over like the girl expected, there was someone else with her. she looked behind her, and SLASH!

a-another a-a-anbu? The girl said as she held her right shoulder, it was severely cut buy the anbu and she just managed to jump off before the ANBU was able to slice it off.

"Y-You Unhonorable Freak!" the girl shouted in pain.

The Anbu Smiled.

"we sound nins have NO honor... we just want the scrolls... now Give it to me..."

The Anbu took a dagger and walked near the child.

"Give it to me, brat!"

---------------- "Ino! we got to help her!" Shikamaru said as he jumped out of the bush and made him, (and the ino he was still carring) visible.

"Hey! Why dont you pick on someone your own size...?" Shikamaru blurted out to the Anbu.

"huh? and you are?"

Shikamaru put Ino down and stepped foreward, he had somewhat changed his attitude of being too lazy to do anything the past 3 years. Bring chuunin helped him a lot to become more competitive... well... to an extent that is...

"Nara... Shikamaru... and If you have a problem with that..." He said as he did some seals, "Im gonna have to toy with you for a while..."

Shikamaru's shadow suddenly went towards the anbu's shadow. The anbu wasnt lucky enough to evade this attack. Shikamaru and Ino laughed as the shadow Made the Anbu dance like some looney.

"ino... I'll take care of this baka... take care of the kid!"

Ino nodded and ran to the bleeding child.

"hey are you alright?" she asked the kid.

The Kid looked kind of dizzy.

"I...dont... feel...so... good...mom..."

Ino Raised an eyebrow... MOM?!

"hey kid... Im not your mom... okay? now I have to take you to my friend so she can patch you up..." She said as she carried the girl in her arms.

"Hey! Shikamaru! Finish That guy off! we have to take this girl to hinata...!"

"well ok..." he said as he shrugged his arms.

Shikamaru took the anbu off of the kage mane no jutsu... It seemed too easy for a sound anbu to get tired this easily.

"You'll pay for this shadow boy!" The anbu said as it ran away.

"this is so troublesome... okay ino... lets go..."

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Ino and Shikamaru rushed the girl to Hinata. As soon as Hinata saw her, she seemed to know what to do... the girl's wound needed cleaning and stiches.

"Naruto! Shikamaru! I need Hot water!" Hinata ordered them,

"oooooookay! you got it!" "this is so troublesome... why do i have to help carry a big pot of boiling water...?"

Hinata turned to kankuro, and Gaara.

"Gather as much towels as you can!"

"sure.." "hmph..."

"Ino! Temari... give me a hand with this!"

(Hinata's getting better and better! .)

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Minutes passed, Naruto and Shikamaru had brought the water, Kankuro brought the towels after he and gaara had a 'slight' brotherly fight because gaara wont get any. Ino and temari helped out hinata during the surgery... and since the patient was a girl... the boys had to wait outside. And soon, It became dark outside, it was night time.

"Do I have a feeling that 'shy' Hinata's not gonna appear for a while?" Shikamaru said as he put his arms on his head, being himself and lazing off.

Naruto nodded.

"yea... Hinata's being confident today... I wonder what's up?"

Kankuro looked at the two,

"Hey... you sure that Hyuuga girl knows what she's doing?"

Naruto looked sternly at kankuro.

"hey! dont underestimate hinata! She's the BEST medic in Konoha!"

Gaara gave Naruto a grave 'Hmph'.

"what's with the 'hmph' huh gaara?"

Gaara looked at Naruto.

"Everyone Will die... none can stop that...even your Hyuuga friend."

Naruto stood up, slightly furious.

"Hey, Hinata can make her Live! I bet my life on it!"

"you'd bet your life?"

naruto sat down on the floor.

"I believe in hinata! she can do it!"

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The door opened and hinata, Ino, and temari, were now standing in front of them.

"So is the onna-okkuu all right?" Shikamaru looked at the girls.

Hinata smiled.

"she's okay... she was strong... for a child... She'll be fine."

Temari and Ino smiled as well.

"Hey... Did you know Ino was the one who saved the girl?" temari complimented,

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow.

"yeah... She gave us a really helpful herb! I used it to make a serum to stop the bleeding." Hinata said to everyone.

Ino blushed a little.

"I always bring herbs... mom said it was essencial to any class A mission..." Ino said modestly

Temari patted her back.

"Heh... Thank your mom when you get home!"

Ino smiled at temari, her new friend.

"well... okay... thanks everyone..."

Naruto smirked at Hinata.

"well, seems like everythings okay... okay hinata, I'm going to treat you to some ramen at the Ramen shop here!"

Hinata looked at Naruto,

"th-there's a ramen shop here?" she said nervously, looking at the hyperactive ninja

Naruto grabbed her hand and led her outside.

"I havent seen a place yet that doesnt have ramen...! lets go!"

Hinata waved a goodbye to everyone before Naruto and her had exited the house.

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Everyone left the hallway, except Ino and Shikamaru. Temari practically pushed kankuro and gaara off of the room.

"Hey... Ino... good job..." Shikamaru complimented

Ino held a faint smile.

"Thanks...shika. Um... there's something I got to tell you..."

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, 'was this it?' he thought

"well... I...," Ino started playing with her thumbs, mimicking Hinata's trademark moves, "...I..."

"I...Think... I'm... in...lo-"

She was stopped with a moaning noise that came from the girl's room. She's awake! Ino ran inside the room. The girl was trying to stand up.

Ino Rushed to help the girl.

"hey... youre not allowed to stand up yet..."

"I dont need help..."

Shikamaru came inside and looked at the girl carefully, he knew that face was familiar.

"hey... kid... tell me your name..."

The blonde Girl looked at Shikamaru, looking very annoyed.

"...I'm Kana.... father, dont you remember?"

Ino burst out in laughter.

"Hey... I didnt know you had a daughter shikamaru... hehehe"

Shikamaru looked red enough to be called a 'tomato'

"HELL NO! Im not married and I didnt do what you think I did!" Shikamaru tried to convince Ino.

But ino couldnt stop laughing.

"Hey...hey... Shika! Dont get mad!" Ino said trying to keep her cool, She turned to Kana. "now kana... tell me who's your mother..."

Kana raised an eyebrow, and looked like Ino was as clueless as Shikamaru.

"Hey... mom... dont joke like that..."

Ino and Shikamaru couldnt believe it... They had a daughter? or maybe this girl just made a mistake and mistook them as her parents...

"Hey... hey!" Shikamaru said, "Im not your father... Im not married to Ino..."

"Y-yeah! W-were not married... right Shikamaru?"

The girl sat down.

"Shikamaru? Ino? that's not the name of my parents..."

Kana bowed down to them.

Well... This girl looked awfully like ino... the same hairstyle, the same eye color... Thank god Im not her father...

This kid looks a hell like Shikamaru... Look at the hair... Its the same color as his... hmm... and those facial expressions... geez... good thing Im not HER mother... geez...

"I forgot to inroduce myself properly... My name is- Hey..." the girl stood up and ran to the door, opening to reveal Temari eavesdropping.

"heh... so this kid found me out huh? Im gettin old..."

Kana looked at Temari sternly.

"wait a sec... Is this sand-nin a friend of yours okaasan?"

Temari looked at Ino with a scary look on her face, it looked kinda funny.

"o...okaasan? youre a mother Ino?"

"hell no! Im not her mother! Right?

Kana shook her head.

"yeah... sorry... I just miss my parents that's all..."

Shikamaru successfully managed to shake the blush out of his face.

"what are the names of your parents anyway?" Shikamaru said on his 'this is so troublesome' tone of speaking.

"I'm Kuritoride Kana... Successor of Kuritoride Yamanami and Kuritoride Yuurin"

Temari looked surprised.

"hey... Isnt Yamanami Kuritoride... the man who originally developed the Kage bunshin no jutsu and the Kage Mane no Jutsu...?" Temari said

Ino gasped in surprise..

"Yamanami Kuritoride?! so she's responible for making the Kage Mane no jutsu that Shika's been using all these years and not the Nara family?"

Kana Nodded.

"The Naras bought it from my great great grandfather... Kuritoride Nobunaga..."

Shikamaru lay down on the floor, closing his eyes but still paying attention.

"My Father, Shikato, mentioned that name once... nobunaga-sama was a friend of my Great great great grandfather long ago... "

"so... Kana is another family friend of yours?" Temari asked the (again) lazy chuunin.

Shikamaru nodded.

"seems so..."

'the one thing IM thankful for... Is that Im not her father.... geez... what a bunch of crap...'

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Meanwhile, at the Ichiraku ramen stand (the wind village's branch), hinata and Naruto were Waiting for thier order of Miso pork ramen. It seemed that Naruto's ramen came first.

"Heeeeey! Where's the other ramen we ordered?"

The chef went near naruto and hinata and brought back the change.

"Sorry kiddo, but the Ramens all out... Remi went out to the market to buy the ingredients...it'll take quite a while because the market's on the other side of town... sorry kids..."

"well... do you want to share hinata?" Naruto asked as he passed to her a chopstick.

Hinata blushed a little and got the chopstick from his hand.

"Th-thanks...Na-naruto..." she nervously said to naruto.

Naruto ate slowly (for the first time), so that hinata could eat too. Hinata and Naruto shared a few laughs while on their 'date' (i know it isnt but still... it looks like one...). Like the last time they shared, It was also hinata's lips that got his attention again. Holy crap!! what's wrong with me? Im always staring into....those.... red.....lips.... .... gah! I gotta snap out of it...

Then a familiar shadow touched Naruto on the back.

"long time no see dobe..."

Naruto looked around to see... (guess who!)

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hahahaha! Suspence for all of you! sticks her tougue out playfully hehehe... I hope It doesnt suck... TT anyways, keep on reading and Reviewing.... There's more NaruHina on the next chapter... dont worry... Theres more where that came from. I promise MORE NARUTO AND HINATA! I SWEAR AND PROMISE! Thanks to all who reviewed!