Welcome Back! This is a short chapter. I like the way it ended, so I've uploaded two chapters today. Please review, guys. I'd love to hear thoughts on the story so far!
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The Dinner
"Forehead! Thank goodness you showed up! Hey, Kakashi!"
"Ino," Kakashi replied, and nodded at the loud girl.
"Pig! Get off me! You weigh a ton!" Ino gasped as she let go of Sakura and glared at her. Then Ino just smiled.
"You weigh at least ten pounds more than I do." Ino threw at Sakura.
"Pig! Do you want to die in this restaurant?" Sakura ground out as Kakashi grabbed her arm to keep her from causing a scene.
"Not about you tonight, remember?" Kakashi whispered to her. Ino looked at them curiously. Sakura mentally told Kakashi to let her go. He did.
"Where's everyone else, Pig?"
"Oh, you're the last to arrive! We're in the room at the back." Ino lead the way into a large room filled with their friends. Naruto sat next to Hinata, with his arm slung around her shoulder. Around the table was Sai, Choji and Karui (none of the girls in the group liked that bitch after the way she treated Naruto, but they coped because Choji was happy), Shikamaru and Temari, Gaara and Kankuro, Lee and Guy, Tenten and Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon, Kurenai, Tsunade, and Shizune, and then finally Shino and surprisingly Sauske. Ino dragged Sakura to sit between her and Hinata as Kakashi moved to sit between Naruto and Sauske. As they sat down, Ino whispered to Sakura. "What's up with you and Kakashi?"
Sakura slowly turned to look at her best friend and responded, "We had an argument before we came in, why?"
"What about?"
"It's classified, unfortunately, otherwise I'd tell you."
"Oh, come on Sakura!"
"Pig! You know I can't say! Kakashi and Gaara are in the room!"
"Fine!" Ino sat down and began to pout. Slowly, Sai began to pull her out of her mood. Sakura looked around room and became a little salty. Her boyfriend was two people down and would not be pulling her out of her funk anytime soon.
"Hey, Naruto! What's the point of this troublesome dinner?" Shikamaru asked, then winced as Temari hit him upside the head.
"Don't be an ass, Shikamaru." Temari closed her eyes and folded her arms over her chest. It was very Gaara-esque. Although Temari is older, so maybe Gaara got it from her.
"How do you manage to hit me in the same spot every time? Troublesome woman…"
"I'm a kunoichi. Surely you aren't surprised. I also have an idiot for a brother." Gaara and Kankuro turned to her. Temari felt them look her way and she opened her eyes. Laughing, she said "It's implied to be you, Kankuro." Gaara smirked and Kankuro rolled his eyes.
As the table laughed at the sibling's antics, Naruto smiled and said "Hinata and I are getting married!" The entire table went silent… the erupted in cheer. Hinata quietly let go of the breath she was holding, and Sakura noticed.
Sakura leaned over to her and said, "Surely you didn't think we'd be anything other than happy for you two. Congratulations!" Sakura pushed Naruto's arm off her shoulder and hugged her. Naruto pouted at Sakura, who then rolled her eyes. When she looked back, she saw Kakashi staring at her intensely. She blushed and let Hinata go.
"Thank you, Sakura. Who knows if we'd be here without your help."
"You would be. Trust me. Naruto is an idiot-"
"Hey!" Naruto exclaimed as he began to pout even more. Sakura rolled her eyes again.
"But he's not stupid." Hinata laughed, and looked up at him, causing him to smile and put his arm back around her. When Sakura sat back in her seat, Ino leaned over and whispered to her.
"Yeah, it was more than a fight, Forehead. When you get back from that mission, I want details." Sakura did her best to pretend she heard nothing her Pig said.
