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Chapter 3: Arrival at Hidden Fun Island

The next day, Hinata was still feeling a bit depressed about what happened yesterday. She realised that she'd rather like living in a fantasy of ignorant bliss, than knowing the cold and hard truth that Naruto does not have any interest in her.

She felt like staying home today, but she remembered her sensei, Kurenai, saying something about an important thing she had planned for her team and that it was vital for everyone to be there.

She slouched over to the place they were planning to meet. It was a different place than where they usually assembled. She arrived at the gate of Konoha and saw her other teammates, Shino and Kiba with Akamaru.

They all looked up when they saw her approaching their location.

"Hey Hinata!" Kiba said while waving at her. Akamaru barked happily.

"Hi guys." She said, looking down.

Shino noticed her unhappy state. "What's wrong? Did something happen to you on the way here?"

Hinata looked up. "Oh it's nothing… It's just that… Ehm…"

Shino and Kiba briefly looked at each other, wondering what she was trying to say. Kiba raised his shoulders.

She finally said. "How…do you make someone like you the way you like him?" She said a little bit embarrassed.

"Wow, Hinata. Is there something you want to tell me?" Kiba said with his eyes wide open. "I mean, I like you, but I'd never picture us in a relationship. I only consider you as my friend."

"No, stupid! I don't like you. I like… someone else." She shouted, now even more embarrassed.

"Oh." Kiba's eyes fell on Shino. He thought for a second. And then he pointed at Shino. "Him?! You like him?!"

Shino looked at Kiba and rolled his eyes. "No, you idiot! She likes Naruto, it's so obvious!"

Hinata was surprised to hear that Shino knew. It made her speculate if someone else knew too.

"Everybody knows that, except you apparently and that naive Naruto." Shino said, as if he knew what she was thinking.

Hinata sweat dropped. So the whole village knows. That's just great. Kiba walked over to Hinata and placed one arm around her shoulders. He started talking to her like she asked him a question about his field of expertise.

"Listen here Hinata. If you want to get Naruto to like you, all you have to do is buy him ramen everyday and then he is bound to love you." He grinned.

Hinata felt sorry for asking them.--o"Never mind. You guys are no help at all."

"HINATA!!!"

They all turned their heads to see Naruto and his team walking towards them.

"Speaking of the little devil." Shino said annoyed.

Hinata's face cleared up and greeted Naruto. Naruto walked over to Hinata. "Hey Hinata, what happened yesterday? Why did you leave all of a sudden?" He said while scratching his head.

"Oh that… Well, lets forget about that ok?" She said nervously.

"Ok…" Naruto said, not satisfied with her reply.

Kurenai and Kakashi both appeared. Kakashi was on time for once. "Good, my team is here and so is your team Kakashi. Now we just have to wait for the other groups."

Kakashi nodded. "I might as well do something useful while waiting for them to show up. "He grabbed something out of his pocket and started reading 'Come come paradise'. They all fell down and sweat dropped. --o

"Good morning everyone. Are we ready to go?" Asuma arrived at the scene without anyone noticing him. "I brought my team along." Having said that he walked over to Kurenai and briefly kissed her. Not an unusual sight to everybody, since they all attended their wedding.

"Wait, what is going on here?" Sakura asked out of suspicion. "Is our mission that dangerous that we need other teams to work with us, Kakashi sensei?"

"No." He said without looking away from his book.

"What is it then?!" Naruto said impatiently, because their teacher didn't give them a clear answer.

Kakashi walked over to Naruto, still reading his book and hit him on the head. "Ouch!" Naruto massaged his bump. "What the hell was that for?!"

"Somebody had to teach you that patience is a virtue. I'm surprised you didn't learn that yet, every time you had to wait for me."

They all fell down yet again. --o

"He is so cool. His attitude is so modern. That's why he is my rival, Lee." Gai said all of a sudden to his pupil. He arrived at the gate of Konoha with his students.

"I understand sensei. But he is not as cool as you." Lee replied.

Gai turned and faced his apprentice. He had stars in his eyes. "Do you really think so Lee?"

"Yes." Lee nodded; he also had stars in his eyes.

"I hate to interrupt this admiration ceremony, but since we are all here, we should get going." Kakashi flipped a page.

"Did you see that Lee!" Gai pointed at Kakashi.

"Yes!"

"He remained so cool, while saying something and flipping a page of his very cool book."

"Yes!"

Kurenai sweat dropped. "You're right Kakashi, we should get going."

"Waaaaaaaaait!!!" Sakura interrupted everyone. "Could somebody please tell me, where we are going?!" She started to get really annoyed and it looked like she was about to explode. Everybody looked at her with a strange expression.

"Fine, we might as well tell them." Asuma started. "We are going on a short vacation." Everybody looked at him with a puzzled look on their faces. "It is something that the Hokage plans every once and a while. Tsunade-sama thought it was appropriate to plan it for today, because you've all been working very hard and there aren't a lot missions to do. Off course a small delegation of Ninja's will stay behind to protect the village. And if there is any serious trouble we are forced to return immediately. We will also give you mini-missions where you'll have to work in a team of two people, we wouldn't want you to forget about your training. But the main purpose of this trip is to relax. By the way we are not the only ones going on this trip, other ninjas will be waiting for us when we arrive. Anko will be our entertainment guide. And I guess that's about it."

All the students were looking at him in disbelief. Asuma smiled. He took a quick glance at his watch." We should really get going. Anko is waiting for us to start the activities."

"Why don't we have a race?" Kakashi was still reading his book. He flipped a page again.

"Only a cool person like him can come up with such a great idea." Gai thought to himself.

Asuma looked at Kakashi. He grinned. "I don't have any objections." The rest of the senseis agreed to race.

"Every team sticks with their teacher." They all approved. Kakashi finally put his book away. Everybody took their starting position. "Ready? Set? Go!"

Neji, Tenten, Lee and Gai arrived first. Lee carried Tenten all the way on his back, given the fact that her ankle wasn't healed yet. Because Lee is so fast, they were able to get there without any problems.

Gai walked over to Anko who was waiting at the gate of the Hidden Fun Island. It's a secret island only known to Kages and ninjas above the rank of genin. If the common folk knew that this island exist they would stay here forever, which is not good for the villages' population. This island is especially designed for ninja's to relax and do tiny, unimportant missions designed for training.

"Are we the first to arrive?" Gai questioned Anko.

"Yes you are." The moment she said that, the other teams arrived.

Kakashi walked over to his wife. Anko embraced him. She was glad to see him. "We're gonna have a lot of fun during our time here." Anko smirked.

"Oh. What do you have in mind?" Kakashi replied.

"You'll see." She looked him in the eye with a mischievous expression.

"He even has a cool women to add up to his coolness." Gai thought to himself again while staring at the two. "He is definitely a worthy rival."

Anko showed everybody to their rooms. Everybody was glad to hear that they all had a wardrobe, since they didn't have time to pack. Everyone had his or her own apartment with a bathroom, kitchen, living room and bedroom. After everybody was settled in they all had to assemble at the open area in the middle of the island.

The ninjas all had gathered on the square. There was a stage set for Anko so she could speak to theninjas easily. It was around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when she started her little speech.

She welcomed everybody and explained the rules of this island. She informed them that if they had any problems they could talk to her or the other senseis. She also informed them that there was going to be a festival this evening. There were party clothes included in their wardrobe, but if someone would want to have something else they could buy something in the island shops. The mini-missions will commence a few days from now. When she was finished, she joined the other senseis for a drink.

It was very busy on the streets and the ninjas were all very enthusiastic about the festival.

"Ino! Ino!"

Ino turned around to see who was calling her. It was a bit difficult to see through the crowd. But then she saw him. She smiled. It was Ryu. Ryu smiled back at her. "Oh good, she is smiling, that means that Sakura hasn't told her yet. Now to come up with a good excuse." He made his way through the crowd and when he almost reached her he saw Sakura standing next to Ino. He was surprised. Sakura grinned at him. "Oh oh, this can't be good." He looked at Ino again. Her smiley face quickly changed into a frown. She slapped him in the face. "I guess that means that she knows." Sakura somehow managed to find the time to tell her.

"Asshole! I never want to see you again!" Ino screamed at him.

Ryu rubbed his red cheek. "Ino! Baby! Wait! I can explain!"

Ino got angrier at every word he said. "Save it for another girl! It's over!"

Everybody was looking at the couple fighting. They started to whisper. Ryu was feeling very uncomfortable. Ino walked away. "Jerk."

Ryu had a red head of humiliation. He was thinking of something cool to say. "W…Well fine then! I don't need you! I can have every girl I want! Leave! I don't care!" He jelled in the direction where Ino had gone. He walked to his room embarrassed.

Shikamaru had heard the whole thing. He made his way through the people to find his ex-girlfriend. No luck. She probably went up to her cabin with Sakura. Perhaps its best for a girl to comfort her right now, since she is now most likely not thinking highly of men.

He saw Hinata and Tenten rushing towards Ino's cabin, which backed up his theory. They are almost certainly going to plan a girl's night. He was hoping it would help, it kills him to see Ino in so much pain. On the other hand he is glad that she is finally rid off that dickhead.

"I can not believe this! That jerk! I'm going to make him pay. Grrrrrrrr." Ino growled. She threw her pillow against the wall. She sat on her bed together with Sakura, Tenten and Hinata.

"Calm down Ino-chan. It's better that you found out. He didn't treat you right anyway." Sakura tried to calm her friend.

"I can't believe I was so blind." She started sobbing. "I broke up with a great guy for him." An image of Shikamaru popped up in her head.

"It's ok Ino-chan, I'm sure that Shikamaru will take you back eventually. He will forgive you, because he still loves you." Hinata said with a soft voice.

Ino looked at her. She calmed down. "What? But how? I was so mean to him, he can't possibly still like me."

Tenten smiled. "He loves you, there is no doubt about it. I've seen him staring at you."

Ino stood up from her bed. She was in deep thought. "No it can't be. He never told me he loved me, not even when we were still together. They can't be right." "It doesn't matter anyway, he is never going to take me back. Who would want to be with such a stupid girl like me?"

"Ino." Sakura started. "He will take you back in due time, but you have to give him a little bit of time. Don't rush into things. You just broke up with someone. You need to give yourself time to get over that and Shikamaru still needs to work out his feelings for you." Sakura had a concerned look on her face.

Ino felt sad, but was comforted by her friends words. She smiled a bit. They all stood up and walked over to Ino. "Thank you. I feel much better." They all hugged.

"Now, the best way to get over a break up is to have a lot of fun with your friends and whatever you do, do not think about boys." Tenten said with a cheerful voice.

"You're right Tenten! Lets go shopping!" Sakura said with excitement. They all giggled and left.