here's chapter 12... i hope you like!
and again, feel free to send me some of your requests. pairings, upcoming konoha events and what-have-you's. if you want me to come up with these on my own, that's all super-fine and dandy... just wait a while before i bring out another chapter. but in all honesty, and i've been going over these reviews and all, the majority of you seem to want a naruhina pairing.
arrgghh... i know what i said and all, but naruhina? ummm what can i say... i don't really like naruhina all that much... i don't hate it per-se, but i'm rather open-minded when it comes to non-canon pairings. i can recommend some great naruhina pieces... no one wants a shinohina? or shikahina? jiraiyahina?
hmmm... maybe not a jiraiyahina... (shivers)... TOO OLD.
genmahina? (fans herself...) now THAT would be DAMN sexy!
oh, never mind. i'm just babbling now.
thanks to all your reviews (does happy dance with two left feet. yup. i can't dance.) keep them coming! (begs on hands and knees.)
For dessert, the restaurant had served them... chocolate-covered frozen bananas. Because ToadEye had so many customers pouring in today, that was the only fruit they had left. But Shino and Kiba didn't mind. Watching Hinata eat the chocolaty mellow yellow fruit had been fan-fucking-tastic. And when she licked the melted chocolate off of her lips... even niiiiiiicer.
The two rivals for her affections had the goofiest lovesick grins this side of Fire Country. Ahh... if only we could see what Shino hid behind that high collar of his. Drat and double drat.
Shino excused himself for a moment. He had to use the restroom.
Not to whack himself off, you pervs! Get your minds out of the gutter!
Akamaru wanted some of what Hinata was having and jumped onto the table begging for a piece. But when Black Hinata softly chided the puppy and told it that chocolate was poisonous for dogs, Akamaru put his tail in between his legs and sulked. However, that mood didn't last long once the white pup heard the distinctive sound of food falling off of someone else's table. He jumped off the piece of furniture in search of his unclaimed prize...
... leaving Kiba alone with a woman he wanted to make his. He smiled at the chance to redeem himself for the earlier setbacks.
"Kiba?" questioned Black Hinata, noticing the faraway wolfish grin he had on his face. She laughed, a sound that was like tinkling bells. "You okay?"
He reached over for her hand. "Hinata-chan, have I ever told you how much I lo-"
Before Kiba could woo her with words describing her beauty, 'Akamaru' came back and eagerly jumped into Black Hinata's lap, immediately nuzzling his face into her chest. Kiba growled threateningly. WTF? He was going to MURDER him! 'How DARE he do all the things I want to do!'
Black Hinata could only stare at the furry creature in utter shock. In all the years she knew the sweet little puppy, she never had any reason to think he would do anything fresh with her... Every attempt she used to pry the animal away from her chest was in vain. 'Akamaru' had a strange magnetic attraction to her bosom and had now taken it upon himself to use his paws to squish his face between her twin globes like an Akamaru sandwich. Shino had come back from his trip to the loo and he, like Kiba, did not like what he was seeing.
Kiba sniffed the air around Akamaru's butt. (It IS what dogs do, you know!) It faintly reeked of something strange...and it had taken a moment for Kiba to realize that this dog was not Akamaru. The smell was wrong, and on top of that, Akamaru didn't wear a scarf around his neck...
Shino sweat dropped. Dogs and their strange habits... (Like SHINO had any right to say anything...)
"Shit, you guys," he whispered disbelievingly, pointing at the 'mutt'. "That," he said, cocking his head to the side, "…ain't Akamaru..."
The three teammates went into shock and stared back at the doppelganger. Whoever this person was would pay dearly.
It was a sight to behold as two of Konoha's finest ninjas were desperately pulling at each one of 'Akamaru''s hind legs in order to unlatch him from Hinata while she pushed from the front with her own two hands. Finally, Shino called for one of his kikkai fleas to nip Akamaru in the bud. It turned out that one wasn't enough. Shino had to request the help of a whole circus of fleas. Shino tried hard not to laugh in this sort of situation, after all, his best girl friend was being openly molested... but circus fleas were always so zany and unpredictable...
"OWWWW!" wailed 'Akamaru'. Black Hinata, from her vantage point, was able to look directly into 'Akamaru''s face. He had a scarf wrapped around his neck and was missing a tooth... and was sporting a bloody nose... who did she know that wore a scarf and lacked one upper tooth...
"Konohamaru?" she growled viciously. EW! The kid was around Hanabi's age for goodness sakes! Kid or not, Black Hinata took her hands and wrapped them around the small form of the fake Akamaru and squeezed HARD.
'Konohamaru' was unable to keep the henge up much longer. He'd be discovered very soon if this continued any longer!
Even though Kiba and Shino were equally pissed at the 'gaki' for violating their friend, it still wasn't right to execute the Third's grandson… he had immunity or something in this town… right?
'Konohamaru' gasped, placing both of his hands on her own and trying to force them apart. Damn, the onna was STRONG! Maybe stronger than Tsunade… The lack of oxygen, not to mention the apparent cutoff of chakra circulation in his body was causing his second henge to weaken. The hairs on 'Konohamaru''s head was getting shaggier by the second and two red stripes had appeared just below his eyes. The missing gap in his tooth had been mysteriously filled.
Kiba covered his nose. The air smelled like cheap sex, pencil lead and sake. There was only one other person in this town that smelled like this.
Yup, you guessed it-
UMINO IRUKA-SENSEI.
Just kidding. As IF!
In the end, it had been Hatake Kakashi who came to save Jiraiya (of COURSE it was him!) from his fate at Black Hinata's hands. He apologized for his idol's behavior and promised the trio it would never happen again.
But really, trying to frame a little kid like Konohamaru for heaven's sake… that was pretty low!
Black Hinata looked at Kakashi warily. The Copy Nin was lying through his teeth! Of course it would happen again… Nevertheless, she decided to be the bigger person and accepted the apology. The story had to continue and the authoress wanted to get out of this situation as cleanly as possible. Even if it meant other people might complain about her irresponsibility and the chapter's lack of flow. But then again, "Good Karma, Bad Karma" never had any flow to begin with... nevertheless, apologizing when necessary shows that one has good manners.
At least that's what the authoress tells herself. Anyways...
The tab had been covered and now Team Eight was walking down the street looking for a way to kill some time. Akamaru had been found playing with the real Konohamaru and his friends Udon and Moegi outside of a bakery. Kiba had a man-to-dog conversation with Akamaru. Essentially, after Kiba made Hinata his woman, Akamaru would get all the belly rubs he wanted in exchange for staying out of his way for the next couple of days.
Akamaru pondered this for a while and finally yapped in agreement. Sometimes it was nice to make some new friends. Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi knew a lot of fun games, like how to hide from people using a brown blanket and a wooden fence, or henge-ing into unattractive overweight girls. And quite frankly, Akamaru didn't think he could stomach another soldier pill. Those things tasted absolutely horrible!
As Shino, Kiba and Hinata continued their walk, Kiba was struck with a brilliant idea.
"Hey, it's getting kinda hot…" he said, gesturing to the hot early-afternoon sun. "Why don't we all gather our swim clothes and head on over towards the lake?" Kiba casually placed his arms behind his back and crossed his fingers hoping that Hinata would agree.
Black Hinata grasped Kiba's arm and gave it a hug. "That sounds like so much fun!" Hinata remembered she had always been prohibited from having fun her entire life, stupid Hyuuga rules and all, and decided her great day wouldn't be limited to playing dirty tricks on her family. "Let's meet over there in an hour! And if we see anybody we know, we should invite them, too! The more the merrier, right?"
Kiba gave her that wolfish grin again and nodded his head in agreement, even though he was disagreeing on the inside. Like hell he'd invite anybody. It was enough that Shino was going to come along. He didn't need any more competition…
The three went their separate ways.
On the way, Black Hinata realized that she didn't have a bathing suit at home. She walked into a store to remedy that problem.
When Kiba got home, he had a hard decision to make. Clothes were scattered all over his messy bedroom as he stood in the middle of the disaster area dangling two small objects in the air.
"Thong… or Speedo?"
Shino, the more organized male in his team, had easily found his swim trunks. They were his favorites- they had the characters from Disney's "A Bug's Life" printed all over them. They were childish, he had to admit, but they were practical. It was the brightest article of clothing Shino had, too.
Shino went into the bathroom to grab a towel but abruptly stopped and stared into the bathroom mirror again. He closed his eyes for a moment and sighed. He just HAD to know...
'Would it feel like this?' he mused to himself as he pushed his cheeks together with his hands. 'Or better yet, like this?' the Aburame thought as he took two water balloons filled with warm water (where the hell did they come from?) and placed them on his cheeks imagining that was what Hinata's chest might feel like.
"Ohh yeah," he purred.
His kikkai bugs said nothing. The "Friends" marathon was airing on TBS tomorrow night and they'd be damned if they didn't get to watch!
Pervy Shino is much more fun than Pervy Sasuke... let me know what you think!
Sorry if I said Naruto would be in this chapter. Obviously he wasn't. Next chapter, definitely. I hope. And there will definitely be some Sasuke. I'll plop in some other characters as well. I miss Shikamaru. Love him to death. Sorry for the poorly written chapter. The story is so whacked out because it lacks plot. HAHAHAHA… It looks like one of those things that'll never end… like a really bad soap opera or something. Gosh, I can't say sorry enough.
(I feel like Ritsu Sohma!) GOMEN NASAI!
I promise to try harder next chapter. Yakusoku!