Author's note: I have to say in this chapter EVERYBODY is gonna be either A LOT of OOC or at least a little bit. Yes, the story will be over in the next chapter, but if you want I will make a sequel, I feel, as though I am dragging the story out, but if you want a sequel, I will be happy to make one, but it might be in a month or in a couple weeks, because I am trying to finish some of my other stories, and I'm also working on an Itachi/OOC story and would like to post it later on. So, please bear with me, and thanks for reviewing, I promise to update soon, please review. Oh, and by the way, italics mean thought and bold means inner selves!
Yours truly, Jazzywolf
Chapter eightPronouncing your love and becoming friends
1
(The day before the month that they have stay together is over.)
"Hey, Ino, can I tell you something?" Shikamaru asked the long, blonde-haired girl.
"Sure, go ahead," Ino answered, pulling out her clothes, she was going to be wearing the next day, and putting the rest in her duffel bag.
"Um, I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time, already..." Shikamaru started.
"Well, spit it out already!" Ino interrupted, now looking at the lazy ninja.
"Ino, I...I love you, I've loved you for a really long time," Shikamaru said, as he waited for what Ino was going to say.
2
"Hey, Chouji, you're a cool guy," Nana said, as she kissed Chouji lightly on the cheek.
"Thanks, you're cool too, Nana. Sorry, you didn't get to decorate the apartment like you wanted to," Chouji said, as Nana blushed at what Chouji had said.
"I like you, Chouji!" she blurted out. "I like you, too," Chouji confessed, and hugged Nana.
3
"Hey, Neji, what are you going to do, now?" Tenten asked, from her spot on the bed.
"I don't know, first I'll finish the rest of the Chuunin exams, and then I'll become a Jounin, and lastly I'll become an ANBU," Neji explained.
"Do plan on ever getting married?" Tenten asked, as she turned her head, to hide her faint blush.
"No, I don't think so," Neji answered, as he turned to look at Tenten.
"What's wrong?" he asked, when he saw a frown form on Tenten's face.
"Huh? Oh, nothing's wrong, Neji," Tenten lied, as she looked away from him.
"Tenten, you can't lie to me, I've known you for a long time, and I know you well enough to know that you're lying!" Neji said, sitting on the bed beside Tenten.
"What makes you think I'm lying?" Tenten asked.
"First of all, you won't look at me in the eye," Neji said, when Tenten turned around to face him.
"Okay, okay," she said, her head hanging low.
"Now, tell me what's wrong!" Neji demanded.
"This isn't like Neji. Who usually don't care anything about me! He probably just wants me to train with him, and wants to know if I feel up to it," Tenten thought sadly.
"Tenten, are you listening to me?" Neji asked, breaking her out of her thoughts.
"Sorry, Neji, what did you say?" Tenten asked, putting on a fake smile.
"I asked 'what's wrong?'" Neji repeated himself.
"I...I...I just wanted to know if you planned on ever getting married, you said no, and that made me sad, because I wanted the chance to get to spend my whole life with you, because I love you, Neji!" Tenten exclaimed, her whole face a beat red.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier, Tenten?" Neji asked in a soft voice (as soft as it could get for Neji).
"Because...I didn't think you'd feel the same way," Tenten said.
"I never knew she felt this way. I wonder how long she's been feeling this way? Then again, it could just be a phase she's going through, but this is Tenten!" Neji thought, his white eyes looking closely at Tenten.
4
"Poor Gaara he has no friends, well, I'll be his friend, he's not so bad, once you get to know him," Sakura thought to herself, as she looked at the red-headed boy.
"Why are you looking at me?" Gaara asked, noticing that Sakura was staring at him, rather oddly.
"Gaara, I've decided that I want to be your friend!" Sakura declared, and Gaara looked at her, as if she had grown another head.
"Has she lost her mind? Nobody wants to be my friend, I'm Gaara of the sand!" Gaara thought, "She must be trying to pull my leg, well, it won't work on..."
"Gaara, earth to Gaara!" Sakura said, waving a hand frantically in front of Gaara's face.
"I don't need friends!" Gaara snapped, grabbing onto Sakura's wrist.
"Who the hell does he think he is grabbing my wrist like that?" Inner Sakura yelled. "I'm just trying to be his friend!" she growled, now, cooling down.
"Of course you do!" the normal Sakura chirped.
"What good are friends? All I need is my sister, Kala," Gaara explained, releasing his grip on Sakura.
"'Bout time he let me go!" Inner Sakura said, angrily.
"Everyone should have friends, Gaara. They help you through your hard times, and you can tell each other secrets. They even get you out of trouble!" Sakura smiled, sweetly.
"I told you, I have Kala!" Gaara said turning away from Sakura.
"It's always better to have more than one friend, and besides, I can be Kala's friend, too!" Sakura stated, placing a hand on Gaara's left shoulder.
"...You're persistent, aren't you?" Gaara smirked.
"YES!" Sakura exclaimed happily, forgetting all about Sasuke, and her jealously of Kala getting to stay with him.
"YEAH! Gaara's my friend!" Inner Sakura cheered, feeling happier than she ever felt before.
5
"Um, Naruto, what are your dreams?" Hinata asked.
"TO BECOME THE HOKAGE!" Naruto yelled, excitedly.
"Well, I think you can do it!" Hinata said, enthusiastically, putting an arm around Naruto's shoulders, making him blush.
"Thanks, Hinata!" he replied, as he turned around, and gave her a big hug.
"I'm glad she's not as shy as she used to be, and that she believes in my dreams, too!" Naruto thought to himself.
"Naruto, what are you thinking about?" Hinata asked, a concerned look on her face.
"Oh, it's nothing!" Naruto smiled.
"Okay," Hinata said, as she pulled a white suitcase out from under the bed.
"Hinata, what are your dreams?" Naruto asked, hesitantly.
"I want to be just as strong as Neji, and become an ANBU, and have a family one day!" Hinata explained, as she walked into the kitchen, and as she walked into the kitchen, and made Naruto a special ramen dish.
"WOW! Thanks, Hinata!" Naruto exclaimed, as he immediately started eating.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! You're welcome, Naruto!" Hinata laughed at the boy with the fox demon spirit in him.
6
"Hey, Shino, sorry for the way I acted, please forgive me. Hopefully, we can be friends," Temari apologized to Shino, whom was on the sitting on the couch in the living room.
"It's okay, don't worry about it," Shino said, as Temari gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"What was that for?" Shino asked, dumbfounded!
"I just felt like doing it!" Temari snapped, as she left the room to pack the things to go home tomorrow.
7
"Shikamaru, you don't know how long I've waited to hear that from you! I love you too!" Ino exclaimed, jumping at a startled Shikamaru, and knocking them both to the floor.
"How troublesome," Shikamaru stated, as he locked lips with Ino, and rolled on top of her.
"Let's take this to the bedroom," Ino whispered into Shikamaru's ear, as he helped her off the floor, and chuckled lightly.
"Alright, my Ino, you lead the way!" Shikamaru said, wrapping his arms around Ino's waist.
8
"Thanks for comforting me last night, Sasuke!" Kala said, as she blushed slightly.
"No problem," Sasuke said, feeling uncomfortable with all these new emotions he was feeling, towards a girl, he just hated a while ago.
"He doesn't like me, I mean who would? He'll probably go for a girl from Konaha, like Ino or Sakura. They seem stuck on him. I hate fan girls, how can Sasuke stand them?" Kala wondered, "If I had fan boys, I would've ended up killing them, anyways, Temari is a whole lot prettier than me, I'm jus t so...plain!"
"Is something bothering? You can tell me, if there is," Sasuke said, interrupting Kala's thoughts about herself.
"Oh, it's nothing, just thinking!" Kala smiled.
"..." Sasuke sighed, looking at the raven-haired Sand-Nin girl.
"What?" Kala asked, "Why do you keep looking at me like that?"
"Does it bother you?" Sasuke smirked!
"YES!" Kala exclaimed, as she got up from her spot on the couch, went into the kitchen, and got a coke. "Do you want a coke?" she asked, as she poked her head out of the kitchen door, to look at Sasuke.
"Sure," Sasuke answered, looking into Kala's turquoise eyes.
"Why do you keep looking at me like that?" Kala demanded, as she handed Sasuke a coke!
"Because you're pretty!" Sasuke blurted out, as he got up to leave.
"Where are you going? WAIT! Did you just say I was PRETTY?" Kala yelled!
"I'm going out to the Forest of Death, and yes I said you were pretty. Now, would you like to come train with me?" Sasuke asked turning to look at Kala again, as though nothing just happened.
"Sure!" Kala smiled, and followed Sasuke to the forest of Death; not at all perturbed by the way Sasuke was acting!
9
"Um, Neji, what's wrong?" Tenten asked, feeling unnerved, y the way Neji was staring at her.
"Tenten, I never knew you felt this way," Neji said, looking away from Tenten only for a minute.
"Yeah if you don't like me, I understand, I mean you've only known me as a teammate," Tenten said, giving Neji a true smile.
"I liked you, too, but you know I'm not one to tell things about myself, especially if they're personal!" Neji explained, smirking at Tenten. "Yeah, I know!" Tenten said, as she lied her head on Neji's shoulder, and he put an arm around Tenten's waist.
They both eventually fell asleep after they finished packing up all their bags for tomorrow.