Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Story Title: True Love
Chapter 7: Meeting The Girls
Yuukie sighed as she wrapped the bandages around her arm and putting it into a sling. "Another day with Naruto I suppose." She said before letting out another sigh. She glanced at the picture frame and placed it in the drawer. She wandered to the window and breathed in the cool fresh air. Looking down on the streets she saw many kids setting off to go to the Ninja Academy, some younger kids playing tag and even a few birds trying to find crumbs on the concrete sidewalk. She looked at her watch and went down the stairs greeting her mother as she went.
"Morning!"
"Morning. Sleep well?" Her mother asked.
"No. Not really."
"You're really in a hurry."
"Uhh… Yeah. Got to go!"
"Hold it young lady! You must at least consume something."
"Oh, okay." Yuukie said sitting down and grabbed a sandwich.
"Anything wrong?"
"How did you know that something was wrong?"
"Call it a mother's intuition." (1)
"Well… there's these new friends and they're trying to help me with my problems by trying to figure out who keeps beating me up and why. They were supposed to trail and watch over me. And there's this boy Naruto…" Yuukie paused at the look on her mother's face.
"Hmm… continue."
"He's sweet, kind and well he likes me. I mean I like him too but he's kinda attached to me. Yeah, I know. I like hi like that but sometimes I also need my time alone. He also acts like Daisuke well… a bit like him. Yesterday was his day of duty and today is too. Well it was supposed to be Sakura-san's but she's always too busy and I'll be with him again…" Yuukie drank the rest of her tea and poured some more into her cup. "You know, it felt good letting it all out." She said standing up.
"But I still don't get it on why you wanted to hurry?"
"I want to go to the forest alone." Yuukie said finishing her tea before stepping out the door. But when Yuukie stepped out she saw Sakura greeting her.
"Oh, hi Sakura-san. Where's Naruto?"
"It's my turn today."
"Oh, okay."
"Well to answer your question Naruto and Sasuke went on a mission with Kakashi-sensei." The pink haired girl explained.
" Umm… if you don't mind by me asking, how come you're not going with them?"
"They said it's a boy thing and I think Sensei has planned this for quite a while to tell them something if you know what I mean. Besides, I want to get to know you better and introduce you to some of my friends. Let's go."
"You want me to go with you?"
"Of course!"
"Thank you for your kind offer."
"Come on! We're going to be late!" Sakura said pulling her hand
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When both girls reached the mall, Yuukie saw a group of girls talking with each other. She was wondering on whether the group would like her or not. Her thoughts ended when Sakura tugged her arm getting closer to the group of girls.
"Hi guys! This is Yuukie-Chan, the girl I've been talking to you about. She's a bit shy so try not to jump in on her will you?" Sakura nudged Yuukie telling her to say something.
"Uhh… Hi. It's nice to meet you all." She said while lowering her head a bit.
"Hi" The girls greeted.
"So guys, why don't you introduce yourself?"
"I'll start." A blonde girl said. "Hi! I'm Yamanaka Ino. Don't believe anything Sakura says about Sasuke-kun because he's mine."
Yuukie gave her a small smile. Her golden locks and ocean blue eyes reminded her of Naruto.
"I'm Tenten, it's a pleasure meeting you." A girl with brown, shoulder length hair said waving at her. (2)
"I-I'm Hyuuga Hinata, it's nice to meet your acquaintance." A girl with midnight blue hair said twiddling with her fingers with a light blush tainting her cheeks.
So this was the girl that Sasuke was talking about. She looked really pretty and she has nice eyes, which was different, white in colour with a hint of lavender though it seemed unique. Yuukie was quite fond of the shy girl and gave a small wave to her, which she returned.
"Okay, now that we've known each other, let's go shopping! I can't wait! Let's hurry or I won't have time to fix our hair at the salon to impress Sasuke-kun when he gets back from the mission."
"I bet I'll look better Sakura!" Ino said walking faster overtaking Sakura.
"Right, stop living in a fantasy world Ino and get a reality check!" Sakura countered and overtook Ino.
Soon both girls were running to the mall entrance with sparks in their eyes. The other three girls sweat dropped and began to walk slowly following the two rivals.
While Ino and Sakura were buying clothes, make-ups and accessories the other three were trailing along holding the two shopper's shopping bag exchanging interests or just browsing around.
After buying all sorts of things, Ino and Sakura went to the salon to get their hair fixed. The other three went to buy some ice cream and were sitting on the beautiful fountain at the center of the mall. After many licks and sugar cones eaten, they decided to go to a bookstore to find romance novels that they would wish to buy.
"Which storyline is best, Perfect Love or Good bye Dear?" Tenten asked.
"Good bye Dear, it has a sad ending but it was very touching. Perfect Love was sappy and the story line is so predictable. I've read all of these. I wonder if Yukata-San is publishing another novel soon, I really loved her romance novels." Yuukie said looking at some other books. "Here's one I've never read before. Does Love Mean Death? Sound interesting. I think I'll buy it. How about you guys? Aren't you buying any?"
"I really can't decide on Perfect love or Good bye Dear." Tenten said looking at one book and the other.
"Buy both then." Hinata said browsing. She picked up a book titled Are You The One? "I think I'll buy this one." She said with a smile on her face.
"Ready girls? Let's purchase!" Yuukie said bringing her book to the cash register with the other two girls following closely behind her. (3)
They sat on a bench and started to read their novels when Yuukie spoke up. "So Tenten, you're from another year right? How did you meet up with the rest of the girls?"
There was a faint but visible blush running across Tenten's face as she struggled to speak. "Well uhh… you see… I'm dating Hinata's cousin, Neji and I got along with Hinata because… We used to send messages through her and well…" Her voice was getting smaller and the blush had gotten redder by every second.
"It's okay, that's all I need to know." Yuukie said giving her a smile of reassurance.
"What about you Yuukie-Chan?" Hinata asked.
"I met Sakura-san and her team at work and…" Yuukie told them the whole story about their first meeting even the part about spilling ramen onto Kakashi's head.
"A weird meeting eh? Well all of us have know each other since we were twelve, well… I was thirteen, at the chunin exams. Hey, Yuukie-Chan you love romance novels right?" Yuukie nodded. "Then, do you have anyone else in mind?" She looked a bit confused so Tenten asked her again. "Do you like someone?"
"Of course, I like every one as a friend but nothing more. Though, Naruto seems quite attached to me."
"Naruto-kun." Hinata gasped and nearly dropped her novel.
"Yeah, I know he likes me and all, well… it was pretty obvious but I don't think of him that way. I just think him as one of my besets and closest friend."
"Is there something wrong Hinata?" Yuukie asked, concerned of the girl.
"Hinata has this crush on Naruto since like forever."
"Sorry Hinata. I didn't know, I'll tell Naruto if you want me to."
"No it's okay. I think I should move on and wake up from my head full of dreams." Hinata said sighing.
"You know Hinata, even the silliest dreams can come true." Yuukie said giving her a smile.
"Oh, look at the time. Ino and Sakura must be done by now. Let's go meet them." Tenten said standing up.
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"How do I look guys?" Asked Sakura.
"Really pretty." Yuukie complimented.
"What about me." Ino asked pointing at her self.
"You looked pretty too, of course."
"But not as pretty as me right? I look cute and I'll win Sasuke-kun's heart with ease, right Yuukie-Chan?"
"Well…" She began about to compliment the girl when Ino interrupted her.
"See, I looked better right? Her forehead is too wide and with that new hairdo, her forehead looks thrice it's normal size. Let me rephrase, thrice its abnormal size."
Yuukie was caught between Ino and Sakura. Everything will end with her decision, which could make either girl very upset and she didn't want that to happen. She didn't want to hold the responsibility on her shoulders. That was until she had come up with a brilliant plan… "Why don't we just ask Sasuke-san later when he comes back? I'm sure his opinion is better than mine. He is after all the guy you'll want to impress."
"That's a great idea!" Yuukie sighed in relief while Tenten gave her the thumbs up. "But I'm sure Sasuke-kun will prefer me over Ino-pig!" The three sweat dropped. The truce didn't even last for 10 seconds.
"Oh, dream on! I know you dyed your hair pink forehead girl!" Ino said pointing at Sakura's skull. "It's not natural for a person to be born with pink hair! Or are you really abnormal that ever before?"
"Oh, so you think it's nice for you to be named after a disgusting animal? What did you do, squealed like a pig instead of crying when you were born?" Sakura yelled distracting almost half of the mall.
"So, this is how you treat your sister?" Ino asked, huffing.
"Sister?" Yuukie asked puzzled.
"We're in a club and the members are what we call our sisters. I've thought you've heard of it. Most girls are members."
"I've never heard of that certain club."
"You mean you don't know?" Sakura asked slapping her forehead. "It's the biggest club in the whole of Konoha!"
"Nope, never heard of them."
"Seriously!? We are all like… the most popular club! We're the mother of all clubs!"
"I'm dead serious that I don't know. So, what's about this club that it has so many members?"
"Uchiha Sasuke." Tenten said.
"What?"
"They're members of the Uchiha Sasuke Fan Club."
Yuukie took a step back after the words had slipped out of Tenten's lips. Her face looked as though she had seen the end of the world. She looked from Sakura to Ino in disbelief and took another step back. She looked as though she wanted to run away.
"Yuukie-Chan? Are you alright?" Hinata asked putting a hand on her shoulder.
Yuukie snapped from her thoughts and kept looking down. When she had finally looked up she had a fake smile plastered on her face. "I'm fine there's nothing to worry about." She said reassuring them.
"Are you sure?" Tenten asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure. I guess nausea had just took over my body."
"Well maybe because you didn't fill your stomach this morning. Let's have lunch then." Sakura said clapping her hands together.
"Okay." They all agreed.
"But where to?" Was the question from Ino.
"Well… we could go to Mini-Q, Chopsticks, Taka or the other restaurants." Tenten said.
"Where do you want to go Yuukie-Chan?" Hinata asked.
"Anywhere is fine with me but I don't think we'll have much time to have lunch with all this bickering. Soon it'll be dinner!"
"Chopsticks! The food is great there!" Ino said through her teeth raising her fist.
"Mini-Q! The food there is so much better!" Sasuke said turning away from Ino.
"Taka is newly opened." Tenten said in the background but she wasn't loud enough to even compete with the two bickering girls.
The other two stayed quiet as the others came up with their own reasons to go to the restaurant that they picked. After what seemed like eternity, they have decided.
"So, which one is it?' Hinata asked looking up from her novel.
"Mini-Q, majority rules. Both Sakura and Ino agreed because that restaurant serves Sasuke's favorite food. Rice balls." (4)
"Well, let's go then." Yuukie said standing up and putting her novel in her bag.
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They went up the escalator to the next floor and entered the restaurant. They sat on table 12 and were looking at the menus that the waitress had given them. Sakura and Ino were once again arguing over how many rice balls that they wanted to order because they thought that the more the rice balls they ordered the more things in common they had with Sasuke. After they had placed their order they talked about what girls their age would usually talk about …boys.
"Yuukie what do you like in a guy? You already know what we like so how about you?" Ino asked.
"Well I'm not really sure but… I kind of have an attraction to a guy who's sensitive, charming and good hearted. That makes you feel warm inside and always be there to wipe your tears when you cry and feel lonely..."
The other four sighed. It was almost as though Yuukie was talking about a perfect guy who came out from a poetic romance novel.
"But… That would never happen… I guess you can only find guys like those in movies or romance novels." Yuukie said with a sad sigh.
"Yeah, you're right. It would take a miracle to find that type of guy." Ino said sipping her cola.
"Yup, let's take say… Sasuke-kun for instance. He's got the brains, the brawns and the look! He's hotter that hot but manages to keep it cool. But yet, he's no prince charming. He's not the type of guy who wouldn't let you step on a muddy road without destroying your expensive shoes. He'd say that you should just walk over it and the shoes will get dirty anyway sooner or later. Or he'd say that us girls have way too much shoes why not use another pair later. And then there's Naruto, he's so sweet, innocent and kind, so cheerful, so full of life and yet… he's loud, obnoxious and likes to play all sorts of dirty pranks!" Sakura said.
"Right! Like Shikamaru… You'll meet him sometime Yuukie-Chan. Sure he's lazy and thinks that everything is so troublesome but underneath all of that, he's a really great person not to mention smart and a pretty darn good leader." Ino said smiling proudly.
"Looks like you like Shikamaru more than you like Sasuke, Ino." Sakura said with a grin.
"Well… I'm just complimenting my teammate…" Ino said with a fake chuckle.
"I guess each boy has their ups and downs, goods and bads and nobody is perfect it's just the way of life and we should always be happy with what we have." Tenten said smiling to herself.
"Speaking of Sasuke-kun… You aren't interested in him, are you?" Sakura asked, raising her eyebrows. "Because if you do, you'd better tell me. I don't want to find you giving secret notes to him or anything. I won't get mad. If you like him it's fine… Just don't go over board." Sakura warned smiling sweetly.
"If you are, you could join our club!" Ino said getting excited before her gut was nudged painfully by Sakura's elbow.
"Don't say that! We have enough competition already!" Sakura whispered to Ino who was rubbing her sore spot.
"Well thanks for the offer…" Yuukie said with a bright smile up her face.
"No, no, no, no, NO! This is all your stinkin' fault Ino-pig!" Inner Sakura yelled punching her fist into a dummy labeled Ino.
"But no thanks, I'm not interested in him. I barely know him and I'm not sure if he like anyone so why bother chasing a guy who obviously won't love you back, when there's other guys out there you were neglected just because he wasn't Sasuke-san."
"You know you're right." Ino said nodding. "Ne, Sakura? Sakura?"
Sakura was staring wide eyed into space while her lips quivered and she was emitting small and soft whimpers which made Yuukie panicked. She wasn't supposed to get emotional. She was only telling her the facts not the truth. Well… it was the truth but she wasn't supposed to start crying! She should think of something before Sakura bursts into tears, some moisture was already hanging onto her eyelashes.
"N-not that he wouldn't like you. I'm sure he really likes you but not me and anyway I was talking about me n-not you. I'm sure he'll fall for you like that." Yuukie said nervously, snapping her fingers.
Sakura woke up from the daze and smile broadly. "You're right! Thanks Yuukie-Chan."
"Can I ask you on why you don't like Sasuke-kun?" Ino said biting into her onigiri. "I'm mean he's a total cutie and almost all the single girls in Konoha are falling to his looks. Unless you're…" Ino stopped her sentence. "You don't think she's… Sakura?" Ino said looking at her friend for support.
"I don't think so. She doesn't have any mark or proof, nothing."
"What are you talking about?" Yuukie asked biting into her tempura.
"Are you claimed or do you just like someone else?" Sakura asked.
"Claimed?" What on earth were these girls talking about?
"Do you like have a boyfriend? If you have you must, must, must tell us his name! We are your friends! How is he like? Oh, come on, tell us! It's not like we're going to steal him or anything, we just want details!" Ino said happily.
Yuukie wasn't sure to tell them the truth. They are her friends but… "I'm sorry to bust your bubbles girls, but I don't have one."
"Yeah, you couldn't be. There's not a ring in sight. Ne Yuukie-Chan?"
"Uhh… Yeah." She said hoping that they didn't notice the ring on her chain.
"But do you like someone else because if you do you must absolutely tell us!" Sakura said frantically.
Yuukie shook her head. "No, not in mind."
After lunch, Yuukie insisted that she should get home. After turning down so many pleas they said their goodbyes and she started her way home. Yuukie felt uncomfortable, it maybe because of the cool autumn wind or something else that didn't seem quite right. She quickened her pace but soon after the tension building up inside her she spun around with searching eyes. "Who's there?" Her breathing was getting louder as her heart beats erratically. "Who's there?" She repeated.
"Hello. You're looking quite happy with yourself. We saw you. Did you have fun?" Said the owner of the voice.
"What? What are you talking about? I don't understand what you mean. I just went out with a few of my friends and…"
"You know exactly what we were talking about. Never lie. We hate liars. Liars just like you." He said appearing in front of her. "A very stubborn one aren't you? Just wouldn't listen. Wasn't enough for you, was it? Maybe a little harder. You didn't used to be like this Yuukie-Chan. You're in the deep end of the pool now and you could drown easily."
"No, I didn't… We, we didn't do anything, I swear! Please believe me! It wasn't my fault! I-I."
"Lies!" He hissed. "You think that we would believe you!? Liar! Liars deserved to be punished! Lying once is bad but every time? Yuukie-Chan has been a very bad girl! And you must be taught a lesson. Bad girl, maybe a spank or maybe something harder? What about it guys?"
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"Next time, you'll listen to us! Now be a good girl and not tell anybody okay? Bye!"
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Hana was washing the dishes when the door opened. She gasped and dropped the plate. "Yuukie!"
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A/n: I know! I know! I didn't update for a very, very, very, very, long time! And I'm sorry! My computer abandoned, deserted and betrayed me! And my brother is using the internet all the time! So, if you have the heart and want the next chapter please forgive me!
Okay, as usual. I'm sorry if there were any spelling or grammar mistakes in there that I wasn't aware of. And I'm sure there's a lot of OOC in there, right? I'm sorry for that to. I'll try my best to keep them IN Character.
Wow, a lot of reviews! Thanks! .:Throws Sasuke plushies to everyone who reviewed.
Mothers know everything! (1)
Yeah I know, her hair is supposed to be in buns but I want to change it a little bit. She is after all 17 she needs to change her style sooner or later. (2)
That's just what I would say if I went shopping with my friends. (3)
I know! Sasuke doesn't really like rice balls but he must have one favorite food! (4)
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