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Flashback
-Chapter 4- .:The Talk:.
(A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers and I'm gonna try harder about my spelling.)
"Talk? About what?" Iruka asked Naruto giving him an odd look. He saw him blush while he rubbed the back of his head. He smiled as he guessed what the subject would be about. "Oh, so tell me…is there a certain young lady that has caught your eye?"
"Maybe." Naruto says grinning.
"Well would she happen to have pink hair?" Iruka asked chuckling.
"Nope." Naruto grinned even more.
This truly confused Iruka. Last he remembered, Naruto had a huge crush on Sakura. "Well then, who is it?"
Naruto frowned in sadness at his question. Iruka became even more confused at the site of Naruto's saddened face.
"What's the matter Naruto?" Iruka asked with concern.
"Well…you see…I'm not sure if she likes me back." Naruto says lifting his head to face him.
"Well, why don't you try and find out?" He asks.
"Well that's not the only problem." He answered.
"Well what else is there?" Iruka says becoming frustrated at the lack of details Naruto was giving.
"Well the thing is…she belongs to a noble rich clan with a huge mansion. And I'm just a guy that lives alone in a tine ass apartment." He says giving Iruka another sad look.
He nodded, understanding Naturo's words. 'Noble clan? Well the only one here in Konoha is the Hyuuga clan. And the only girl there Naruto's age is…wait! NO WAY! Could it be!' He thought.
At Hokage Tower
"So what is it?" Asked an egger Tsunade.
"Well…While we were on our journeys, Naruto was in very deep thought about something and well…curiosity got the better of one day and I need to know what it was that was on his mind." Replied Jiraya.
"YES! YES! GET ON WITH IT!" Tsunade screamed.
Jiraya nodded at her and continued. "Alright. Anyway, one night we were at a hotel…
"Where is he?" Jiraya wondered as he searched for his student. He reached Naruto's room and noticed the door was slightly opened.
'It's open.' Jiraya thought as he peeked in through the crack. He saw Naruto laying on his bed.
"Man this is so confusing." Naruto said staring at the ceiling.
'What? What's confusing?' Jiraya wondered.
"Why did I like her in the first place?" Naruto asked himself.
'Huh? Like who?' Jiraya thought becoming more curious.
"I guess I only liked her because I wanted to beat Sasuke. How could I be so inconsiderate?" Naruto says sitting up.
Jiraya pondered who Naruto was talking about. He came to the conclusion that it was Sakura.
"I can't believe I didn't see her earlier. She was so kind to me when others treated me like dirt…and so beautiful." Naruto continues unaware of Jirava's presence.
'Wait. Is he still talking about Sakura?' Jiraya asked mentally.
"Sasuke's right. I am a dope. Could it be through that I'm…I'm in love with her?" Naruto said to himself.
Jiraya was getting the information he needed. 'So he's been thinking of a certain girl. But how could he think of love? He's only 13.'
"I…I think I'm…I think I'm in love with…"
Back at West Gate
'Could Naruto have fallen for Hinata?' Iruka wondered. He decided to ask him just to be sure. "Naruto, would you happen to like Hina – " But his sentence was cut off as Naruto placed a hand over his mouth.
"Shh, We don't want the whole village knowing." Naruto whispered pointing to a couple of women next to the gate; talking.
Iruka looked confused at Naruto. He took his hand off of Iruka's mouth.
"What's the big deal? It's just a couple of women." Iruka said confusedly.
"Yeah, well if they heard that Naruto like Hinata then the news would spread like wild fire." He whispered looking back at the girls.
"So you do like her?" Iruka asked grinning.
"Well…yes. Yes I do." He replied blushing while rubbing the back of his head.
"Well, aren't you in luck?" He said grinning wider.
"What do you mean, 'in luck'?" Now it was Naruto's turn to be confused.
Iruka took this opportunity to torture poor Naruto. "Oh nothing." He shrugged.
Naruto know him too well and knew he was lying. He reached out and grabbed Iruka by the collar and shook him furiously.
"What do you know! Did she say something about me?" Asked Naruto.
"Naruto stop! What happened to being quite?" Iruka asked who was gonna be sick from all the shaking.
Naruto stopped shaking him, "What do you know?" He asked.
"Alright, tell me Naruto. What is Hinata like around you?" Iruka asked recovering from nearly being shaken to death.
"Well, she's really nice to me. And for some reason she always stutters in front of me and she always blushes for some…" Naruto says thinking about it. Then it suddenly hit him like a semi going down hill.
"So you've finally figured it out. After all those years in the academy and afterwards?" Iruka says seeing Naruto's face.
Naruto put on a huge smile which turned into a frown.
"What's wrong Naruto?" Iruka asked.
"She may have liked me back then but…I've been gone for 3 years. She's probably forgotten all about me and got some other guy." Naruto answered.
"No she hasn't." Iruka says, his grin becoming wider than before.
"How do you know?" Naruto asked looking at him.
"Well, one day when I was at the book shop about 6 months ago, I was looking for something to read for I was going on a long mission. Kakashi was there looking for well…you know and at the edge of the shop was Hinata looking at some romance novels." Iruka explained leaning his back against the wall.
Naruto nodded eagerly wanting to know what happened next.
"Anyway Kiba (I don't know if it's Kiba or Kaiba) walked in and walked up to Hinata, asking her out." Iruka explains further.
"What did she say?" Naruto asked horrified.
"Well she turned him down and said 'Sorry Kiba. But I'm kind of waiting for someone.' Then Kiba asked her 'It's not that loser Naruto is it? No one even knows when he's gonna be back of if he's coming back at all. Besides he's just a weakling.'" Iruka began to chuckle.
"Huh? What's so funny?" Asked a confused Naruto.
"Well here's the best part. Right after he called you a weakling…she turned around and slapped him right across the face and sent him into the wall." Iruka says containing his laughter.
Naruto burst out laughing at the image in his head. "Man I wish I was there to see it!"
"But there's more." Iruka says.
"Really?" Naruto asked somewhat anxiously.
"Yeah. After that she said, 'Naruto is not a weakling! And I'll wait till the end of the world for him!"
"Wow. Did she really say that?" Naruto face was flushed.
"Yup, she sure did. Then she stormed off blushing since everyone in the village heard her." Iruka nodded.
"So what should I do now?" Naruto asked.
Back at the Hokage Tower
"NO WAY!" Tsunade shouted as Jiraya finished his story. "Wow she's been in love with him forever and now he likes her! I see a wedding for sure!"
"Well I'm not so sure." Jiraya said hesitantly not wanting to burst Tsunade's bubble.
"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked giving Jirava a confused look.
"Well I don't think Hiashi will even let Naruto go near Hinata." He said preparing himself for the worst.
"Not unless I tell him otherwise." Tsunade said grinning.
"Three years away has made me forget how evil you can be." Jiraya replies simply smiling.
"How is it evil that I'm simply making a match made in heaven?" Tsunade frowned.
"Whatever. I'm out of here." Jiraya snorted as he began to make his way to the door. 'I really hope she doesn't drag me into this.' But his worst nightmare came true as he felt a tug from the back of his shirt.
"Oh no you don't. You're coming with me to talk to Hiashi. He should be at home so it shouldn't be too hard to find him." Tsunade says dragging Jiraya to the door.
'Oh no. Why me?' Jiraya asked himself.
Back at the West Gate
"You should go talk to her." Iruka answered. "Last I remember, Kurenai was out on a mission so Hinata should have the day off. You should check at her place for her."
Naruto nodded and jumped off the wall heading for Hyuuga Manor. "Bye Iruka! Great seeing you again and thanks for everything!" Naruto shouted behind his back as he waved good-bye.
"Good-bye Naruto!" Iruka shouted back. 'And good luck.'
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