Chapter 11: Off to the Beach They Go!
The next day, Naruto meets Hinata at the Ninja Swimsuits R Us. She looks through most of them, (like women do!) and picks up a dark blue 2 piece that would barely cover her unless she had a 3 inch waist!
(not that he was complaining! Of course…)
"So now that we're done here, why don't we grab something to eat? Are you hungry?" Hinata asks.
"Yeah, where do you want to go?" Naruto says looking around for somewhere other than a beefbowl.
"You're the man, you're supposed to have something in mind." She says looking at him expectantly.
"Hey, I hadn't given it much thought, I'm not great at this. Okay?" Naruto says defensively.
"Well how about there then?" Hinata replies pointing to a nice little Sushi/Grill place.
As they walk up, a woman opens the door and says, "Konnichiwa!"
(Good Afternoon! or Welcome! Depending on how you look at it.)
"Just 2 today?" asked the 2 hostess at the counter,
"Yeah, can we sit up at the bar?" asks Naruto.
"Right this way." The hostess replies leading the way.
The man behind the bar looks up and asks,
"What would you like?"
"Can I please have some Yakitori?" Hinata asks.
(Yakitori Grilled chicken and veggies on skewers.)
"I'll take some Shabu Shabu!" Naruto says.
(Shabu Shabu Sliced beef and veggies in a hot broth w/dipping sauces)
"And what would you like to drink?" asks the man.
"I'll take a glass of water." Hinata says.
"I'll have some… root beer please." Naruto says in turn. (How Exotic?)
"Okay, I'll be right back with your drinks." he says throwing there order on the grill and walking over to get the cups.
"So, what have you been up to since getting back?" Hinata asks innocently.
"Not much really, just catching up with everyone and relaxing mostly." he replies trying to avoid her gaze as he recalls the past couple of days.
She looks at him for a moment and then shrugs and goes back to looking around the restaurant shrugging.
"So what have you been up to since I've been away? Your hair has gotten longer and you look taller. But I haven't really been able to talk to you much since getting back." Naruto says blushing.
"Like you said, I've gotten taller and stuff but mostly I've trained. So I'm a lot stronger than I was before. I went on some more missions and as you know, I'm a Chunin now." she said.
"Sounds like you had fun, I got in a good bit of training while following Jiraiya around. So it wasn't to bad overall." He said looking over at her.
Here's your drinks, your food will be ready in a few minutes." The man said, setting their drinks in front of them.
"Thanks!" they said in unison.
"Now that my feelings are out, I've been thinking about you a lot! I've missed you!" Hinata says.
"Really? Uh that's nice…" Naruto says visibly nervous.
"Yeah, the whole reason I asked you to come with me this weekend is so we could be alone together." She says, reaching out and grasping his hand in hers. She then leans over and kisses him, this time on the cheek and whispers,
"I love you!"
Naruto is shocked at what she says and promptly falls off his stool, he gets up and brushes himself off.
As he looks over, he sees Hinata is laughing and she helps him up smiling at him warmly. "You don't have to tell me how you feel yet, just think about it. But I do want a reply sometime soon, it's impolite to keep a lady waiting too long you know."
He smiles back sitting again, a little mad at himself for being freaked out so easily. He runs his hand through his hair and sighs saying, "Whew, that was fun! Let's not do that again!" Hinata laughs again.
"You know, you're different outside. But on the inside, you're still the same old Naruto." She says, shaking her head.
"Thanks…" Naruto replies slightly saddened.
"I didn't mean it in a bad way, I meant that you still have a little bit of your inner child left inside. It's a good thing."
"Hey that's not true!" Naruto says indignant at being called a little kid.
"Oh stop! I like it that you're a little predictable still! It makes you cute." She says running her hand across his face.
Naruto sticks his tongue out at her.
"Our foods about done… let's just relax till we get it. I don't want to have a heart attack on our first date." Naruto says in a more serious manner.
"Oh fine, you're no fun!" she replies smiling.
The rest of the mean goes about uneventful except for when Naruto thinks he sees another bug… They spend the rest of the day together looking in shop windows, getting ice-cream, and riding the kids merry-go-round for a laugh. Finally night falls and the stores are closing up…
"Man that was great, that was the most fun I've had with a girl…" Naruto exclaims.
"Interesting…" Hinata says with a wry smile that shows her tiredness.
"Are you sure you don't want me to take you home?" Naruto asks, looking into her eyes.
"I'm okay, I'll see you Saturday. We'll meet at my house." She says walking off.
"Okay, I'll see you then." Naruto replies walking in the opposite direction.
Naruto gets home, flips on the T.V. and watches the Ninja Home Shopping Network till about 11 and finally decides to head off to bed to get some sleep before tomorrow. As soon as he hits the bed, he falls asleep…The next morning Naruto wakes up and looks at the clock… to see he's 10 minutes late! He jumps out of bed and grabs a quick shower, and his wallet and heads for the door. He hauls butt to Hinata's house and gets there about 40 minutes after he was supposed to meet her! He knocks afraid of what her reaction will be! (What sane guy wouldn't be afraid?)
Hinata comes to the door, still not completely ready and looking confused…
"Wow! You must be excited… You're 20 minutes early." She says.
"EARLY!" Naruto replies.
"You forgot to set your clock back last night, didn't you?" she asked.
Naruto looks embarrassed but understands what she means now.
"So it would seem… whoops!" he replies, "Sorry for yelling like that."
"It's all good. It's understandable, and it wasn't at me so much as in general." She replies letting him pass into her house. "I have to finfish getting ready, just wait here. Okay? Help yourself to the fridge if you're hungry."
"Alrighty." He says grabbing a bagel and a knife.
Hinata heads upstairs and Naruto grabs some Orange Juice from the fridge and sits down to eat his breakfast and wait. Hinata comes down wearing a
T-shirt and shorts as he is finishing up his breakfast.
"Where's your stuff?" he asks.
"Right here, I have everything I need right here." She says holding up the bag.
"Oh okay, do you want me to carry it?" he asks.
"Yes, please." She replies handing him the bag.
"Alright, are we ready… good, let's get going." Naruto says heading for the door and throwing his knife and cup into the sink.
Hinata locks the door and puts the keys in her pocket as they walk out. They leave heading for the beach, not noticing they are being followed. They get there and find a nice spot, not to far from the water. Naruto goes and rents a giant beach umbrella for them to lay under.
"This is nice! I wonder how the water feels?" she says running in about knee deep. "Oh God, this feels great! Naruto, come here and feel this!"
He walks in next to her and the water comes up to about 2/3s his calf. Hinata leans over and pushes him over, soaking his clothes, but not before he grabs her and pulls her down with him. They both come up, their clothes soaked all the way through.
"Uhh, whoops!" He says, seeing her bra through her shirt.
She seems oblivious to the fact that he can see through her shirt. She looks at her wet clothes and heads out of the water towards the bathrooms.
"I'm gonna change into my swimsuit, I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere." She says.
I'll be over here." Naruto says, getting out of the water himself.
She comes back, the swimsuit she had picked out the other day on except she looks hotter with it on rather than just holding it. She throws her wet stuff on top of the umbrella to dry and lays down on her towel. Naruto gapes, mouth ajar.
"Naruto, can you put this lotion on my back?" she asks untying her bikini top.
"Sure! One second." He says, mentally preparing himself.
Naruto bends down and starts rubbing in the lotion, Hinata makes approving noises as his hands move around her back. This doesn't help his resolve he thinks. He finally finishes, and she turns on her side, revealing part of her breast. She looks up at him, and signals for him to lay down next to her.
"Thanks." She says suddenly, rolling over on top of him. Her breasts are completely exposed as she says, "How about a little reward for your help?"
She leans down close and is about to kiss him when sand is kicked up in their direction. And there standing over them is…
(End Chapter 11)
No cliffhangers this time, but here's the title of the next part:
Chapter 12: Sakura's Plan…
