A/N-NOOOOOOOO! I lost all my work for Chapter 4 somehow!!!! One of my brother's probably deleted it to get on my nerves....= ( I had to rewrite this whole chapter so it took a while. But it's here! From Chapter 2 to Chapter 3 the subscription literally doubled! Thanks for all of your subscriptions to this story! I'm truly grateful! Enjoy this chapter of Secret Gender!!!
I woke to two loud voices. When I sat up I realized it was Ino and Sakura yelling at each other. I was a bit out of it so the only thing I caught was "Sasuke-kun" and "my skirt". I rubbed my eyes and looked at Hinata, who was brushing her short, dark hair in the mirror.
"Hey, uh, Hinata?" I asked.
She looked at me a gave me her shy smile. "Good morning Naruto-chan," she greeted.
I nodded towards the door and without any explanation needed she said, "morning routine. Sakura-chan and Ino-san always fight like this. It's our wake-up call."
"Ah. Doesn't it get annoying? I mean, I witnessed them fighting the other day too," I said, swinging my feet to the edge of my bed. With a sigh I pushed myself off the bed and walked over to Hinata.
"It is very obnoxious," she said quietly, setting down her brush and looking at the door, "but I would never tell them that. They might kill me." She was obviously nervous for admitting this.
"Not to worry! Naruto will make it all better! Believe it!" I said, pumping my fist in the air like I was ready for battle.
Hinata's pale eyes grew wide as I started towards the door. "No! Please don't!"
I rolled my eyes and smiled. "Don't worry, Hinata. I won't say anything about you."
Before she could protest again I thrust myself through the doorway and suddenly I was punched in the cheek. Quite hard, I might add. I stumbled back a little, bewildered and rubbing my face. Ino and Sakura had stopped fighting and were staring at me with confused expressions.
"Ow?" I said. It really didn't hurt, but I wanted to stop the awkward silence.
"OHMYGAWD!" The two shrieked together, coming towards me.
"I'm so sorry, Naruto!" Ino apologized quickly.
"Here, let me see that," Sakura ordered, pulling my hand away from my already bruising face. She shook her head. "It's not too bad, but it could use some ice." She announced professionally. Ino was still apologizing and I held up my hand to silence her. It worked.
"I'm fine, Ino. Really," I said. "You should like, join a boxing team or something. You have great left hook." I laughed and Ino smiled along with me.
"Yeah, my father thinks so too," she laughed.
Sakura had run into the dorm to grab an ice-pack and I was left talking with my assailant. She was actually a very intelligent and funny girl, once you get past the way she punches. I guess all the girl's here were brainiacs, considering what Jariya told me.
Ino left me and went back to her room to get ready for school, and I reentered mine. Hinata looked at me in shock and I gave her a thumbs up.
"Are you okay?" She asked quietly, looking at my purpling cheek.
I nodded. "Just peachy, actually. It's not your fault. I'm the idiot who went out there in the first place."
She giggled. "Yeah, that was pretty stupid."
Sakura looked up from the mini-fridge and frowned. "Seems we have no ice. I'll go to the Shizune-sensei for one. Naruto, you stay here and get ready for class."
With a swish of the pink uniform skirt, Sakura left. I laid on my bed with a sigh.
"What am I gonna' do?" I asked.
Hinata looked at me with a confused expression. "Do what?"
I didn't mean to say that out loud, but since I said it, I'd tell her. Anyways, Hinata seemed like a trustworthy person. "Well, the teme asked me to be his...girlfriend." I had to pause for that word, seeing as I was a boy.
She nodded. "You're not like the others here, and Uchiha-san admires that."
I sighed once more and said, "You aren't like them either. Did he ever ask you out?"
She giggled. "Nah, I'm too quiet to be noticed."
"But he did acknowledge you before," I stated.
"True. But I'm not interested in him. I have a boyfriend," he pale cheeks turned pink as she twiddled her fingers.
I sat up. "Really? What's his name? How old is he? Is he from your town? Is he cute?" Wow. I just sounded like a major girl there, but I couldn't help it. It was hard to imagine someone as innocent and adorable as Hinata having a boyfriend.
She looked at me, blushing deeper. "Well, his name is Kiba-kun, he's seventeen, and he does live where I'm from. Plus, he is cute...to me." When she finished talking her face was redder than a tomato. I had to laugh.
"Aw. He sounds nice," I said. She nodded. But she never really helped my problem, so I brought it back up. "So, about teme...what should I do?"
She looked back in the mirror and picked up her brush again. "Well, how do you feel around him?"
How did I feel? Like I was going to explode into a million pieces, and I told her that.
She seemed a bit surprised. "Well, either you're having a heart attack, or you like him."
I chuckled. "I think it's the second one."
She stood up and opened the closet. "Then, go out with him. Listen to your heart, there's nothing else you can do."
That reminded of a song I had heard at many lonely dances. "Listen to your heart, when he's calling for you. Listen to your heart, there's nothing else you can do..." I sung in my head. Then, I told Hinata, "Maybe I will."
I had to wear the pink school uniform, top and skirt. That was one of the conditions Jariya had set with me. I looked at myself in the mirror and sadly enough, it looked good on me. Curse myself for having such a feminine figure!
Sakura reappeared and applied the ice pack. I asked her why she was so smart with injuries and she replied that she was studying to be a doctor. Hinata had told me earlier that she was studying to become a therapist and when I asked her about Ino, she just shrugged. She told me Ino kept changing her plans, so it was uncertain. I had no clue what I wanted to be, just to be alive. I guess now that I was away from him I could worry about other things, like my future career.
I walked to class with Ino, for she was in my first period, and I sat with her also. It was about ten minutes into the teachers lesson on cell reproduction when something disrupted the class. I, being already bored a falling asleep, took my head off my desk and tried to focus on the black and white blob talking to the teacher. She looked at me and frowned.
"Naruto, it seems headmaster Jariya-san would like a word with you," she said.
I gathered my things and headed out the door. About two seconds later I was greeted by a ivory-skinned boy. It was teme, of course. I sighed.
"Teme, why does the pervy guy need me?" I asked.
He smiled and took my hand. Pulling me away from the classroom, he answered, "he doesn't. I need you. You had all night to think about your answer."
I looked at him and grinned. "You sound a little desperate." I laughed.
He rolled his eyes. "So, what'll it be, dobe?"
He sounded like a waiter, so I decided to humor him. "Well, I want a nice juicy hamburger, hold the mayonnaise and a side order of fries. You get that teme?"
He raised a perfect black eyebrow and shook his head. Folding his arms, he asked, "You know what I meant, baka."
"That's a new one," I teased. I was really getting on his nerves now. I could tell. I gave him a goofy smile. "I don't know. Why don't you tell me the answer instead?"
He smiled and pulled my arm up, bringing me with it. He placed a tender kiss on my lips, and part of me wanted more. He released my arm and smirked. I could feel my cheeks growing warm. What could I say? He just kissed me. I couldn't just go right out and tell him that he just kissed a guy! Well, what he doesn't know couldn't hurt him, right?
"I say........n-yes," I told him. "But only if I can have another." I pointed to my lips.
That was a weird thing to say. I didn't know where it came from, all I knew was that I was in heaven three seconds after.
He pulled me close and pressed his lips to mine. His lips were cold, and mine warm; fire and ice. I closed my eyes and let myself melt in his kiss.
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~*~::The song referred to was Listen To Your Heart by D.H.T. ::~*~