Okay, I guess I owe some people (cough-Sakura lovers-cough) a bit of an apology... I was harsh. I'll admit that. But then again, we're all entitled to our own opinions, and I'm lashing out at all the stories that feature her. What freakin' gives, man? Why her? I think she's rude, obnoxious, single-minded, a backstabber... the list would go on and on if it weren't for the fact that I have a chapter I need towrite.
I can't like her. Sure, she's gotten much stronger in the manga, and she seems to have matured a bit. I'll give her credit for that. Other than that... bleh. I don't like her. If she wizens up and starts to dig Lee, I'll give her some respect. But the moment she gets drooly all over Sasuke... gross. No offense, people, but I'd rather see Sasuke gay or dead than to see him paired up with Sakura in the end. Gay or dead, I tell you!
Anyways, if this story ceases to be funny because Sakura is no longer in it, anonymous, let me know. I aim to please... well, most of the time.
Also, I am going to challenge myself to write a story for every Hinata pairing I like. I've done the SasuHina, the NaruHina, the NejiHina... it's time to do a ShinoHina, KakaHina, ShikaHina, KibaHina, ItaHina, GenmaHina, IruHina... and whatever else I come up with. Maybe even a KabuHina... sighs.
The chapter is probably my shortest ever. I'm having problems with the next chapter, which is going to be all about Hiashi's crappy day. That chapter is about... 70 percent done, but now I need to figure out a way to end it and create a sort of leeway for chapter 20... Holy moly, when I started this story, I had no idea it would ever come this far... I thank all of you readers for inspiring me to write! Sankyuu all!
White Hinata gulped.
She had noticed the lusty stare Naruto had thrown her way. She then frowned. Chotto matte! Sure, in the past she would have loved to see him look at her that way and pay attention to her, but earlier in the forest he had stated that Sakura was his dream girl. And now that Sakura was out of the picture, she was the next girl to take his heart by default? The more she thought about how Naruto could be so fickle with his heart, the more upset she became.
She wasn't going to be anyone's second best. Not now, not ever.
And just like that, Black Hinata was back.
She turned her head to the side and saw Shikamaru glaring past her towards Naruto. Apparently Shikamaru hadn't liked the way Naruto was looking at her. In a bold move that surprised even Black Hinata, the lazy genius wrapped his arms possessively around her waist.
"Hinata-chan… should we head back to the water?" he drawled.
"Mmm… that sounds like fun, Shi-kun," she said playfully as she folded herself out of his arms and led him by the hand into the water. Inner Shikamaru did a fist pump in the air. 'YES! And we're back to Shi-kun again!' he cried happily. (Inner Shikamaru seems more genki than regular Shikamaru, ne?) Shikamaru didn't say anything as he enjoyed the seductive swaying of Hinata's firm backside.
On the way Black Hinata had grabbed Ino's hand as well.
"Come on, Ino-chan! Grab somebody and let's have a water fight!"
Since Ino was out a best friend (remember Sakura moved away?) she shrugged her shoulders and followed Hinata into the lake, grabbing the nearest male (who happened to be Shino) with her.
Kiba, Genma and Sasuke decided that they were going to follow Hinata into the water, too. And on a further note, the men hoped for another wardrobe malfunction to happen on Hinata's part.
Lee and The Rock walked up to Naruto shaking their heads. "Dude," started The Rock, placing his hand on his shoulder. "Looks like you blew it back there, Jabroni."
"Huh?" asked Naruto, snapping out of his temporary trance. "Blew what? What's a Ja-bro-ni? And who the hell are you?" he said, looking up. Damn, this guy was tall! (To tell you the truth, I don't think I know any short Samoans myself.) "And Fuzzy Eyebrows! You've changed! Sugoi!" he said, admiring the way Lee's muscles would flex every time Lee inhaled and exhaled. (Naruto is not gay in this story, but for some reason I seem to have made him sound like Luffy from "One Piece".)
The Rock quirked an eyebrow in fury. The Rock's inner persona pouted. How come nobody knew who The Rock was in Konoha? Not having anyone recognize The Rock's Hollywood status was proving itself to be detrimental to The Rock's state of being. The Rock would have to go home to The Rock's wife and adoring fans soon or The Rock would plotz.
Lee interrupted The Rock's thoughts. "Naruto-kun, don't you know?" he said, trying to reaffirm everything The Rock had stated earlier.
"Know what? I don't know ANYTHING!"
'No shit,' thought The Rock, still miffed over The Rock's lack of popularity in these parts and by the sheer rudeness of the odd boy with whiskers...
"Didn't you know that Hinata liked you?"
"NANI!" screamed the blond. "SHE DOES?" He then smiled. 'Hinata likes me? Well of COURSE she likes me,' he thought, rubbing his finger under his nose. 'I can do cool jutsus, I learned to do the Rasengan in 3 days, I kicked her cousin's ass, I'm funny, I'm going to be Hokage someday...'
Wait just one confounded minute...
Naruto's eyes began to swirl. No way... "YOU MEAN SHE DOESN'T LIKE ME NOW?" he exclaimed, hoping that Lee would tell him he was joking or something, even though everyone knew for a fact that Rock Lee was not a liar.
Lee simply gestured towards the water. "She looks like she's clearly over you to me."
And sure enough, Hinata was surrounded by a gaggle of admirers who were vying for her attention.
The color drained from his normally tan body as he recalled everything he said to Hinata in the forest.
"You're awesome, too, Hinata-chan! I KNOW there's someone out there for you, too! And if he's too blind to notice you, I'll punch him in the face, on my honor as future Hokage!"
Oh, how he wanted to thwap the side of his head with a large stone right now! He practically GAVE her away to those... to those... FOOLS! He had always been told he was slow and dense, but now... God, how could he be such a CHUMP?
He still had a chance... didn't he? It wasn't too late, was it?
"Everyone knew she liked you, too, Naruto-kun," continued Lee, who didn't know he was making the blond feel even worse about himself and his predicament. He then paused. "Well, everyone except you that is." The Rock strode over to Lee and impatiently whispered something into his ear while throwing a glare at Naruto. "Ahh, sore ja, Naruto-kun. Sumimasen. My friend, The Rock, wishes to leave this place. Good luck to you- if I had a flower like Hinata-chan, I wouldn't give her up without a fight." Lee winked encouragingly as heand The Rock walked off, leaving Naruto to his thoughts.
So, all those times Naruto thought Hinata was a shy, dark-haired weirdo who often colored red whenever he was around... that was because she LIKED him? And to think he saw that nearly every day and didn't know how to put two and two together... She was probably the only girl in the village who was actually enamored by him! And not only that, she was the freakin' Waterfall Girl! His one true love! (Sakura who?)
Lee was right. He couldn't give up. If Hinata liked him before, she could like him again. He looked at all the men standing in the water making asses of himself. If there was one thing he was good at, it was making an even BIGGER ass of himself! He'd prove to her that he was worthy of her affections the only way he knew how- by making everyone else look like total losers!
And that is chapter 18, and I owe you my apologies for the short, short chapter. And I've made a promise to some of you that I will not to pick on Neji-kun anymore (but that's after I write my Neji-Gai chapter). Love Neji, but so will Gai! Hint Hint, Tee hee!
As of right now, I am very low on ideas. So, I want to know what you guys would like to see in upcoming chapters. Yes, there will be the appearance of our favorite Sand siblings, but is there anything else you would like? Please let me know so that I can accomodate them to the best of my ability! anonymous, you can even request the reappearance of Sakura if you wish. I'll do my best to be very open-minded about this. So, until next time, bye bye!