CHAPTER 05 :: Bigger Bonds
"We're here!!" Tenten exclaimed as if an escort.
The public ignored her, giggling amongst themselves.
Everyone was wearing a different outfit then usual.
Naruto wore a black T-shirt that said in red, 'KYUUBI' across his chest, and a pair of orange sweats.
Sakura wore a pink tank-top with a jean jacket and black skirt. Her hair was tied up to a pony tail. She also wore lipstick and some mascara.
Shikamaru was almost exactly the same, except that his pants were black and baggy. He wore his prized chuunin jacket and a necklace.
Tenten had her hair down like yesterday night, seeing as how it caught Neji's attention. She also had lipstick, except it was a bright pink. She wore a green tube top and a jean jacket to match Sakura's. Tenten felt it was too cold for a skirt, so she had a pair of jeans.
Suddenly, her cellphone rang, "Hello? Kiba? Hey you're late! Are you gonna come or what?" Tenten complained. "Well meet us at the theatre!" with that she hung up.
Sasuke was wearing a dark brown sweater and his usual white shorts.
Neji had decided not to wear any hair bands and left his hair dangling with his sexy bangs. He wore a white button shirt and light brown long pants. He looked very formal for a trip to the mall.
Hinata also wore her hair tied up. She wore a white shirt underneath a purple sleeveless shirt. Her pants were the usual black.
Ino-chan was wearing a bomber jacket with fur on the collar and a normal shirt underneath. With purple skirt and a few makeup touches, Ino was prepared to mesmerize Sasuke.
Terra borrowed some of Sakura's clothes. She wore a light blue dress that was see-through. Under was a white shirt and shorts.
None of them wore headbands.
"Okay, Kiba will meet us there, c'mon or we'll miss the tickets!" Tenten called all of her friends and they headed in. Right away, the noise level increased at least 10-fold. People everywhere were talking about prices and their private lives with their friends.
"Hey I've got to use the washroom!" Naruto blurted out.
"NARUTO! YOU SHOULD HAVE USED THE WASHROOM BEFORE WE WENT!!!" Sakura scolded coldly.
"I didn't have to go then!" Naruto retorted nervously, he really didn't want to get on Sakura's bad side. "I'll meet you guys at the theatre!" with that the blonde haired boy ran through the crowds of people stumbling along the way.
"Baka…" Sakura muttered.
"Forget him, let's head for the theatre," Ino-chan exclaimed. She suddenly glomped Sasuke with a big smile, "Sasuke-kun so sexy todayyy."
Sakura bonked Ino on the head, "hey you pig, aren't you warm enough with that stupid jacket of yours?" she remarked calmly.
The blonde girl rubbed her head, "Aoowww… what's this? Sakura-chan, you're just jealous!"
The two started bickering, but Hinata and Tenten pulled them from one another.
Terra was getting a little tired of this, "Um, can we just go now?"
Everyone agreed, so they just went on.
MEANWHILE…
Naruto was still getting through the maze of people, holding his crotch like a chimpanzee. "MOVE IT!!" Suddenly, he bumped into someone and fell on the ground. "YOU BASTARD I'VE GOTTA GO!!"
Then, the foolish ninja was lifted up by his shirt collar. Turns out the person he bumped into was a really big and buff guy. "No one talks to Hojo like that," Hojo said in a really deep voice. Veins could be seen on his bare arm as if clenched a fist.
'I think I'm gonna pee…' Naruto thought to himself.
Then, Hoji was struck in the back by a strong kick. He fell to the floor letting go of Naruto.
By now, crowds of people had gathered to watch the fight.
"Gee Naruto, you are a trouble maker." It was Kiba, the one and only. He was apparently wearing a tuxedo, Naruto barely recognized him.
"What's with the tux?" Naruto stood up.
"Don't diss it, I just saved your ass," Kiba smirked.
Then a gang of strong looking dudes stepped out from the crowd. "HOJO! How dare you?!?!" One of them said, referring to what just happened. "You did this?" the pointed to both Naruto and Kiba.
"Yeah? What if I did?" Kiba retorted.
"Ahem… We," Naruto nudged the brown haired ninja.
"Shut up."
"We're gonna teach you a lesson!" they all pulled out knives and kunais, one even lit a cigarette. "Don't be messing with the Flickers!"
"Flickers?" Kiba questioned. He burst out in laughter, along with Naruto. "That's the lamest attempt at a gang name EVER!" suddenly, the brown-haired shinobi was hit in the face. A bit of blood dripped from his lip. He looked up and smirked, "that the best you got?"
Naruto of course backed him up. He and Kiba were doing really well, until the gang got some back up. It was really too bad Kiba left Akamaru at home to have some fun at the mall.
"Naruto!" a voice called out before a guy almost smashed Naruto's teeth out.
Everyone, even the crowd of people turned to see all of the leaf shinobis.
"I can understand you Naruto, but Kiba?" Tenten smirked. She put her hands on her hips. "Nice tux Kiba, but lose the tie." With that, they all rushed to back up their friends. In no time at all, they'd beat up those losers who ran away like chickens from a fire.
The audience was obviously impressed and gave a couple of cheers before going back to business.
"What a nice way to start my day," Kiba chuckled.
Terra had been behind the crowd, avoiding the fight and finally saw Kiba. She gasped, "It's you!"
Kiba looked up and was just as shocked, "Terra."
"You know eachother?" Shikamaru asked.
"Yeah, she's from my clan on the island near Konoha. What are you doing here?" Kiba asked.
"Mother and father have died," the blue haired girl muttered. "How is Akamaru?" trying to change the subject
"He's great, lots of health and all that. Heh what coincidence that we end up seeing eachother. I heard our clan and the Aburame's clan are joining," Kiba exclaimed.
"Oh! That must mean that Shino will be in our clan!" Terra replied happily. It was as if she had met a friend she was comfortable with.
Naruto laughed, "Ahhaha! How do you get the good ladies Kiba?" he nudged Kiba in the stomach.
Hinata made a sad expression at this.
Neji noticed this and made a stern face at Naruto.
The blonde ninja could feel shivers running through his spine and just looked at Neji. Then Hinata. "But, Hinata-sama is most pretty today," he backed himself up.
Hinata blushed and looked away.
"Ahhaha, do I hear what I think I heard?" Kiba laughed. "Naruto actually likes someone!"
"Well duh, it's really obvious!" Ino-chan replied. "Now c'mon, you guys still have to get your tickets!"
"Aw crap! I fergot!" Naruto rushed into the washroom to finish his business.
At the movies everyone had gotten their tickets and were waiting to get some popcorn and all that junk food.
"I'll have a mega sized popcorn please, some nachos with extra cheese and of course the jumbo sized root beer…" Naruto made a long list of things to buy and could barely hold his order.
"Naruto, lemme take some of that for you," Kiba said as he took a bag of popcorn, "you pig, leave some for your friends."
"Damn car! Slow as Chouji on a hot day!" Shikamaru cussed as he was playing on one of those lame race car arcade games.
Neji and Sasuke were on the air hockey table while the girls were of course playing on Dance Dance Revolution.
Out of nowhere, a group of hot guys came in and bought some tickets. It was a group of about 5 teenagers who were looking really good. They all had nice hair and one ear pierced. All very fit as well. They made there way to the arcade and stared at the girls.
"Ehh, look at these fine ladies, fine enough to ride on my train!" one guy laughed. They all cracked up laughing.
"Hey, you're not that bad looking yourself," Tenten smirked. "But, we're not interested."
Sakura and Ino had finished their DDR face off and looked at the guys infront of them. "Yeah, we've got some guys already."
One guy who wore a hat reached out and grabbed Sakura's hand, "well forget them, cause we're gonna show you a day to remember," he smiled seductively.
"Hands off!" Sakura tried to punch the invader but it was futile. The boys were older and obviously stronger. Then, Sasuke, Neji and Shikamaru appeared behind them.
"You heard her, she said hands off," Sasuke said sternly.
"Oh, are these the boys? HA!" the group of teenagers began laughing. "They all look weak!"
"Hey Kenta, that kid is this years #1 shinobi, and the one in white was last years," whispers began to spread.
Kenta, who had let go of Sakura smirked at Sasuke. "Hehe, so you're the #1 shinobi. I'm not impressed, I was the #1 shinobi 5 years ago. I'm way more skilled than you." He disappeared in a whisp of air and appeared behind the boys.
Kenta would've caught Sasuke off guard, but Neji spread an arm to stop him. "Don't cause trouble, it would be unwise…" Neji murmured threateningly.
"Is that a threat? Ha! You guys are lucky that I have a girlfriend around here somewhere…" his watch started beeping. "And apparently I've gotta go fetch her. Next time you guys are mine!" and with that, the jerk left with his buddies.
"How troublesome…" Shikamaru muttered.
"SASUKE-KUN!!" Sakura and Ino both glomped him and fell to the floor.
"Thank you for saving me from that perverted jerk!" Sakura almost screamed.
"I was so scared!" Ino yelled at the same volume.
Sasuke was relieved it was over, but was a little worried. He never heard of the #1 rookie of the last 5 years. Was he so strong that Sasuke was caught off guard? But it didn't matter at the moment, the movie was about to start.
Tenten also ran to hug Neji, "Neji, you were so amazing!" she was really nervous about hugging him, afraid how he would react, but it was so comfortable. His shoulder was very masculine and made it a nice resting spot for her chin and neck. Her hands were wrapped around his neck and she felt how smooth his hair was.
Neji surprisingly returned the hug. He held her tightly, a hand at her waist and one at her shoulder. His chest was comfortably rested on hers. For a moment they felt like the only people there. Then they broke apart and snapped back to reality.
Tenten blushed, "Um, yeah. Thanks."
Neji almost blushed, but kept it completely concealed, "Of course, you are… my friend."
Hinata felt like hugging someone too, specifically Naruto. She knows that Naruto has an idea how she feels, and he wants her to be happy, but her heart was broken and she is unsure of how to forgive him.
Shikamaru felt awkward, he had no one to hug. He had a little voice in his head that said go hug Ino-chan, but he didn't really do anything anyways. Plus, she was all over Sasuke right now.
Suddenly, Terra had come up and patted Shikamaru on the back. "Thank you too Shikamaru," her smile was very pretty. It looked made by angels.
Shikamaru smiled back, "Er, no problem."
"Hey guys! What happened?" Kiba questioned when he saw Sasuke on the floor with two girls on top of him.
Naruto was drinking his jumbo beverage.
"We were just checked out by some teenager guys, Sasuke, Neji and Shikamaru scared them away," Sakura explained.
Naruto dropped his root beer and rushed to Hinata. "Hinata-sama! Are you alright?!" he looked as if all his concerns were revolved around Hinata.
Hinata didn't want to look away, Naruto was so cute without his headband. His eyes shined a sapphire blue. "I-I'm okay. Thank you Naruto-kun."
Everyone smiled at the couple.
In the movie corridor, everyone was making their way to the movie.
"Hey, why are all of you guys in room 8, while I'm in room 6?" Ino-chan exclaimed.
"Me too," Shikamaru added.
"BECAUSE!!" Tenten giggled, "you two are on a DATE!" the black-haired girl shoved both of them into the movie theatre. "Now, have a nice time making out and all that other stuff. Make sure you give me the dirty details Ino! HAVE FUN!" Tenten closed the doors and locked it. She threw the keys to one of the movie guys. "Thanks!"
All of the others went to theatre 8 and watched I, Robot.
"Oh my god, I'm stuck with you once again…" Ino complained.
"What a pain in the ass…" Shikamaru muttered as he looked at the screen. They were showing commericals and advertisements. For a minute it was an awkward silence except for the screen making noise. Shikamaru wanted to tell how he felt right there and now, but he couldn't. Ino loved Sasuke, and she was very open about it. If she had the slightest feelings for Shikamaru, everyone would know.
Then, in the midst of nowhere, Ino-chan gave Shikamaru a very nice hug. Shikamaru could feel their intimate contact and just wanted time to stop for a day. "W-what was that for?" he managed to say.
Ino made an annoyed expression, "for standing up to Kenta and his friends! Duh. You helped too."
Shikamaru blushed, "well.. it'd been wrong not to stand up to my loved ones." The black haired shinobi suddenly had realized what he said. He also saw the shocked expression on Ino's face. "I-I mean friends of course." Now his face was tomato like.
Ino giggled, "c'mon let's enjoy the movie!" she grabbed Shikamaru's arm and dragged him to find good seats.
MEANWHILE…
Room 8 was already full of people, I robot must've been a good movie. The shinobis had to split up into pairs. Naruto was sitting with Hinata, Tenten with Sakura, Sasuke sat with Kiba, Neji was alone and so was Terra.
"Want some root beer? It's really good!" Naruto smiled at Hinata, taking that she had forgiven him for whatever he had done.
"Naruto-kun…" Hinata muttered. "Um… do you like Terra-san?" she asked nervously.
Naruto, even he understood what was going on now. "Is this what it's all about? I don't like Terra, she's hot and everything, but you know I don't really look good with her." Naruto took a sip out of his drink.
This relieved Hinata a little bit. "Do you like anyone?" her heart thumped like crazy.
"Nope," Naruto put it simply as he gulped. Then he looked at Hinata, as deeply as he could into her white eyes. Then he thought of the best words to say at that moment, "but… I'm beginning to."
Hinata just smiled. The two were closing up on eachother. Close enough to feel eachother's breath movements, but then suddenly the movie began. BOOOM!!! The whole theatre roared with sound effects and booming volices.
Hinata and Naruto both stopped and sat back up, but now, knowing that everything was clear between them, they were holding hands and embracing eachother in their minds.
"Aw, I wanted to sit beside Sasuke…" Sakura muttered.
"Hey! I found a 6 seat row here!" Kiba called from down a little lower than the middle section. Neji, Terra and Sasuke were already beside him, settled in their seats. Tenten and Sakura were excited. They ran down the stairs and met with Kiba and the others.
Now it was a row of people. First, on the edge was Kiba, then Terra, Tenten, Neji, Sasuke and Sakura at the other end.
Things were about to get interesting !
A/N :: Hey, Giro here. Well here's another quick chappie. I hope you all like it. I thought it was a little blank, I'm not good at fight scenes. YAY Naruto and Hinata are together again, let's hope Naruto won't do something stupid like that again. And what will happen to Shikamaru and Ino? I don't' know we'll have to wait and see! thank you all of you who are tuning in again.