A Possible Future by Jason Corley
Chapter Five
The sun was starting to set and Kiba stopped his assault against Hinata then said "That's enough for today."
Hinata nodded and watched as Kiba walked over and picked up his jacket. He was getting ready to leave but before he did he turned to face Hinata and said "Tomorrow I will be leaving with my sister on a mission. I will be gone up until just a few days before the Chuunin exam."
Hinata looked up at Kiba shocked. She was going to lose her sparring partner. And Shino didn't have the time since he was a Chuunin already. Hinata dropped her head in defeat. She couldn't improve that much by herself.
"Sorry." Kiba said before departing.
Hinata didn't feel like training anymore if she wasn't going to be able to improve. She started walking home. She came to the flight of stairs that had deterred her the previous day but today it wasn't going to. She climbed the stairs and continued on her way home.
Shikamaru was laying in bed on his back with Temari against him. She had her head resting on his chest and she watched how his nipple reacted as she played with it.
Shikamaru watched Temari with affection and asked "How long are you planning on staying?"
Temari stopped playing with Shikamaru's nipple and turned her head to look him in the eyes. "Don't you want me to stay here?" Temari asked.
"Of course I want you to stay. It's just that...won't your comrades be looking for you?" Shikamaru asked.
Temari felt relieved at what Shikamaru had said. She laid her head back on his chest and resumed playing with his nipple. "I have three more days before I have to head back." Temari answered.
"Does your country have posts in there allies country?" Shikamaru asked.
"Why do you want to know?" Temari asked.
"Just wondering." Shikamaru answered.
"Come on. I know you have a reason for asking." Temari pressed.
"I was just curious if there was a possibility of you being nearby." Shikamaru said looking off to the side. Temari saw that Shikamaru was trying to be casual but she wasn't going to let him. She bit down slightly on his nipple extracting a "hey!" from Shikamaru.
"What? You do that to me." Temari said smiling.
"But that's because you're a girl. You don't do that to a guy." Shikamaru argued.
"That's no fun." Temari said climbing on top of Shikamaru. She leaned forward to kiss him. Shikamaru wrapped his arms around Temari's waist and pulled her closer. After they kissed for a bit, Temari sat up straddling Shikamaru's stomach. Temari stretched her arms above her head causing Shikamaru's attention to be diverted to her exposed breasts. He cupped her breast in his hand that he had reached out and moved his other hand to her waist. She looked down at him while still in the position she was in and said "They don't have a post here but they have been talking about an exchange program. I might be inclined to sign up for the program if you knew of a ninja that was willing to go to the county of sand."
Shikamaru closed his eyes in thought. Temari took this moment to shift her position. She lifted her self up and moved back some. She then let herself come down around Shikamaru. This brought Shikamaru out of his thoughts. Temari giggled at his reaction and started to rock her hips back and forth. The conversation was put on hold.
When Hinata reached the gate to the Hyuga manor she felt that even though this was home it seemed unwelcoming. She entered then proceeded to the main house. She removed her footwear once inside then walked down the hall to her room. She collapsed on to her bed, just wanting to sleep and not face the world.
The following morning Shikamaru woke up. He found that Temari was still there. He was quite content. Now he just had to make it so that she could stay longer. He didn't have to work but he decided to go to the main office anyway and talk with Tsunade. He got up and dressed himself. As he was putting on his footwear Temari woke up. She reached over and no one was there. The then questioned in a slightly frightened tone "Shikamaru?"
"I'm here." Shikamaru relied.
Temari sighed with relief and asked in an accusing tone "Just where are you going?"
"I have something to discuss with the 5th." Answered Shikamaru.
"I thought you had the day off?" Temari said.
"I do. But I have to take care of something. And the sooner I bring it up, the sooner it can take effect." Shikamaru said opening the door.
"Don't take too long." Temari said.
"Yeah yeah." Shikamaru answered as he closed the door.
Once Shikamaru was at the main office he requested to see the 5th hokage. The attendant had Shikamaru follow him. Once to Tsunade's office the attendant knocked on the door. No response was heard so the attendant knocked again. This time there came a groggy reply for them to come in. The attendant showed Shikamaru in. Tsunade looked at Shikamaru a little annoyed at being disturbed so early.
"I thought you had the reputation for being lazy." Tsunade said.
"Only when I'm not working." Shikamaru replied.
"So what do you want at this ungodly hour." Tsunade asked.
"I happened to come across information that the country of sand would be willing to do an exchange program. Where one of there ninja's would come here and one of ours would go there." Shikamaru explained.
"And would you be willing to go there?" Tsunade asked.
"I would prefer not to." Shikamaru responded.
Tsunade informed Shikamaru that she would think about it and that she would ask for volunteers. She then dismissed Shikamaru and he left. Shikamaru went strait home.
Jiraiya was finishing a combo against Naruto when he was distracted by some pretty girls. Jiraiya stopped fighting Naruto to gawk at the girls. Naruto took that moment to rest from the beating he was receiving. Naruto was having difficulty calling on the Kyuubi's power and couldn't figure out why. He had the chakra at his disposal but he wasn't able to fight in his demi-fox form. He watched as some of the minor scratches on his hands healed. He definitely still had the power in him.
Hinata woke up late. She was sore all over. She didn't feel like moving. But she was knew she couldn't stay in bed. Hinata got out of bed and grabbed some clean clothes before heading for the bathroom. After she showered she left the Hyuga manor and started walking the streets of the village.
As always Sakura woke to her mother yelling. Sakura promised herself she would make Chuunin this time so she could move out because then she could afford her own place. She couldn't figure out how Naruto was able to keep his own place. He had his own place even before he was Genin. After Sakura dressed herself she ate breakfast then departed to wander the village until Tsunade was ready to train her.
As Hinata walked she got the feeling she was being followed again. She decided not to worry this time though. Hinata's path happened to cross Sakura's that morning. The two girls looked at one another. Sakura with confidence and zealous. And Hinata with a timid demeanor.
"Given up on Naruto yet?" Sakura asked treating the girl like she did Ino when they were competing over Sasuke.
"It's...Naruto's choice." Hinata answered.
"And he choose me." Sakura replied.
"I thought you liked Sasuke." Hinata stated.
Sakura's smirk disappeared. "I..." Sakura was at a lost for words.
"What if Sasuke returns?" Hinata asked trying to shake Sakura's resolve.
"If he returns I will stick with Naruto. After all Naruto is the one who has always been there for me." Sakura said in a way that sounded like she was trying to convince herself.
Hinata looked down with a slightly depressed expression. Sakura started to walk off and said "Naruto wouldn't like someone with as little talent as you."
Hinata was left there with her thoughts. Hinata started to mechanically walk. She didn't care where she went. She just had to keep walking.
Neji, Lee, and Tenten were eating lunch around a campfire.
"The sound are starting to act very anxious." Tenten commented.
"If Sasuke really has escaped from them it would make sense." Neji replied.
"Do you think he's come back?" Lee asked.
"Its possible." Tenten said.
"We can't jump to conclusions. And even if he has come back. Can we trust him?" Neji replied.
Hinata walked along. She walked to the training grounds of the academy. She didn't feel at ease. So she walked along more and came to the place were Naruto would train by himself. Every other time she had come here she had felt at ease and inspired to do better but not this time. So she continued to walk. She started back in the direction of her home. When she got closer she felt worse about herself. The Hyuga family no longer cared about her. Home was not a place she could feel at ease. She continued walking feeling more depressed not having a place to go.
"Come on perverted hermit. I thought I would get quality training with it being winter." Naruto yelled at Jiraiya. Jiraiya just continued to stare at the girls in tight winter clothes. Naruto was growing tired of this and decided to attack. When he did so Jiraiya merely back fisted Naruto in the face sending him soaring back. Naruto laid on the ground out cold. Jiraiya chuckled to himself as he watched the girls. He could even see their nipples though there shirts because they were chilled enough. He chuckled some more to himself.
Shikamaru sat at the table in his apartment and watched Temari as she cooked. Temari turned around and smiled at Shikamaru. Shikamaru smiled in return. He was quite content with the things were going. Other than the sex Shikamaru thought that they had a rather in active relationship. They didn't do anything. The past two days they had been in his apartment, they just sat around. Shikamaru would sit there spaced out. Sometimes he would have his eyes closed while other times he would stare at Temari while he thought. Temari for her part would read or do general upkeep around the apartment. The two of them almost looked like a married couple. They would share a few verbal exchanges but for the most part they were fairly quiet. Shikamaru was brought from his thoughts as Temari wiggled her rear a little more than what could be pasted off as just moving. He looked up to see Temari had a slightly impish grin oh her face. Shikamaru grinned back then said "I talked with the 5th today."
"About what?" Temari asked suspecting what he had gone there to talk about.
"We talked about the ninja exchange between our two countries." Shikamaru said. Temari made a sound that she was listening.
Shikamaru continued with "She asked if I would be willing to go to your country."
Temari paused in her cooking and said "And what did you say?"
"I told her I would prefer not to." Shikamaru answered.
Temari looked down at the food she had been preparing and said "I see."
"But if no one else volunteers to go then I guess I will go back to her and tell her that I will go." Shikamaru stated. Temari turned to see Shikamaru looking off to the side in the way that showed that he would do it for her. Temari turned back to her cooking with a smiled that could not be taken away for the rest of the day.
Sakura walked up to door leading to Tsunade's office and was about to let herself in when she heard Tsunade talking with Kakashi.
"You knew Sakura longer than I did when Sasuke was here. How do you think she would react to his return?" Tsunade asked Kakashi.
"Well at that time she was in love with him. Now it seems she is in love with Naruto." Kakashi answered.
"I understand that but how do you think she will react?" Tsunade pressed.
"I think she will be drawn to both and won't know who to pursue." Kakashi stated.
"And what makes you an expert on women's feelings?" Tsunade asked.
Kakashi looked at Tsunade in a way that said 'you asked what I thought.'
They remained silent for several minutes before Tsunade asked "How long do you think we can keep it from her."
If it could really happen, a large sweat drop would have appeared on Kakashi's forehead.
Sakura decided that was as good of a time to enter as any.
Tsunade watched Sakura as she approached and said "Oh, well I guess we don't have to try and keep it from you know." She then started laughing like she had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar.
"Where is he?" Sakura almost pleaded.
Tsunade shook her head and said "We don't know."
Sakura turned her look of desperation to Kakashi. Kakashi walked up to Sakura and leaned forward slightly. He put his hand on her shoulder and said "All we know is that the sound is looking for him. And if they are looking for him that can only mean one thing. Either he was kidnapped by someone else, which is unlikely or he escaped."
Sakura looked hopeful.
"And we can only assume that he would return here if he ran away." Kakashi continued.
Sakura nodded in understanding. Kakashi stood up and looked to Tsunade. She motioned with her hand that he could leave. Kakashi left without saying anything else. Tsunade walked up to Sakura and grabbed Sakura by the collar of her dress then slung Sakura over her shoulder. Tsunade then walked down the hall with Sakura kicking and screaming to a training area. She then tossed Sakura to the ground. When Sakura didn't land properly Tsunade felt like pounding Sakura into the ground. She even made Sakura her apprentice and while she could perform advanced techniques she would still screw up on some of the easier ones to learn. But Sakura's failing was in her Tai-Jutsu. She was great in her ability to control chakra but she still wasn't that great at Tai-Jutsu. She was decent but could use more training.
As Hinata walked the streets she failed to notice where she was going. She wandered into a part of town that if you were looking, looked like the bad part of town. She continued to walk oblivious to her surroundings. She walked right through a group of 4 Genins. They didn't look at all happy that not only had she rudely walked through there space but she ignored them. One of them started to move towards her and he said "Hey!" Hinata turned around to see that no one was there. She figured she must have imagined it. But if she had looked around she would have seen 4 unconscious Genins against the wall on the opposite side of the street. Hinata just continued to walk, oblivious to the world around her.
Shino was walking the streets because he had been instructed to patrol the streets at this time. Shino saw Hinata and was going to walk over to her when a man drew his attention. The man was telling him about the 4 unconscious Genins. Shino followed the man to where the 4 Genin were so he could investigate.
Shikamaru and Temari were sitting at the table eating dinner when Temari asked "What's your favorite color?"
Shikamaru had never really thought about it. He closed his eyes and started thinking. He thought to himself what color can I live with? I already know that the color I say is most likely the color of stuff she is going to start putting up everywhere. Shikamaru then decided to go with "I don't have a favorite color. Although I do dislike pink." Temari nodded then went back to eating her dinner. Apparently this answer was good enough for her.
Naruto was pacing outside the main office for all ninjas. He was wondering what Sakura could still be doing in there. He was always through with his training by this time. So why wasn't she? He decided to go inside and search for her. He wanted to spend time with her. They hadn't been spending much time together at all. Naruto walked along and found the training area that Tsunade and Sakura were using. Naruto watched as Sakura was forced to only use Tai-jutsu. This allowed for Naruto to watch her body better. He liked that Sakura had grown he hair back out. He always thought that it looked better that way. Naruto watched for several more hours and finally feel asleep while Tsunade and Sakura were still sparring.
Hinata failed to noticed that it was now dark outside. She still continued to walk the streets of the village unable to come to a conclusion of what she wanted to do. She eventually came to a stop and looked up. What she saw was that the lanterns along the street had been lit. On the lanterns she saw the Uchiha family mark. As she looked around she could see that she had indeed wandered into the Uchiha manor. Hinata turned her head to her right and saw the snake she had seen earlier, pushing open the door to the house that she had visited many times.
"Pleasse, come in." Hissed the snake. Hinata bowed to the snake and walked inside. As she took off her footwear she was watched the snake slid the door closed. It then slithered by her. When she turned around she didn't see it. She was a little worried that she had lost sight of the snake. She didn't even know if it was venomous. Hinata stood up and walked to the doorway to the bedroom. She noticed that the covers had been slept in since she had been there. She walked to the bathroom and shut the door. After she finished she came back to the main room.
Hinata then thought to herself. I wonder why Sasuke choose this house. There are much nicer houses in the Uchiha manor. And with him being the only one left he could have chosen any one of them. She didn't consider that Sasuke might like small and simple. She sat down at the table. When she did the snake slithered up and said "The masster will be here ssoon. If you would pleasse wait. He wisshess to dine with you."
Hinata looked at the snake like it had grown an extra head. She had not expected this. She was able to accept a talking snake better than she could that thought of eating with whoever this snake's master is.
Hinata sat there nervously for several minutes. When she felt a draft of cold air she turned to face the door. There she saw a figure sitting on the step taking their footwear off. The only characteristics that she could tell was that the build suggested the person was male and that he had black hair.
"Welcome home masster." Hissed the snake.
The man turned to look at Hinata. When Hinata saw who it was she was left speechless.
Author's notes.
This one was just a little bit shorter than I wanted but it screamed for a chapter break. I probably won't update until after Christmas. So, Merry Christmas.
Also one of my faithful readers said that they don't like snakes and that after reading the last chapter wants to go out and hug one. Personally I don't like snakes at all but it fits for the story. Personally the only summon I like so far is Temari's. And does anyone else think this is turning into a Shikamaru/Temari pairing fanfic. It wasn't my intention. Really. Those two were only meant to be filler every now and then but material for them just seems to come to mind while I am writing.