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Chapter Published May 20, 2007.

The Moment Before We Kiss

Chapter 12: Believe me! And...Truth or Dare?

Naruto walked away, leaving Sakura there, sobbing and regretting.

Mamoru laughed as he finally showed himself.

Sakura turned around, tears running down her cheek.

"Mamoru!" She said.

"Why hello there Sakura-chan." Mamoru said.

"Don't you dare call me that! I...I hate you! How could you do this to me and Naruto?!" She yelled, sobbing.

"I'm sorry, Sakura. I wanted you to be mine." Mamoru said, approaching Sakura.

He gently put a hand over her tear-stained cheek, making her furious.

"Don't you want me back?" Mamoru said.

"What?!"

"Oh? You don't remember? A few months after we first met, you told me you loved me. We were a couple."

Sakura grew wide.
"No! I never said that to you! We were never together!"

"Don't you deny Sakura."

This got her really mad.
"SHUT UP!!!!!" She yelled, and gave him a jaw-breaking punch on his face.

"Oof!" Mamoru said and fell to the ground...after flying four feet away from Sakura.

"You hit pretty hard, Sakura!" Mamoru laughed, rubbing his almost-crushed jaw.

"Serves you right!" Sakura screamed.

She then ran off to find Naruto.

Shikamaru and Temari was sitting on the chairs that were on the boy's room balcony.

Temari was obviously bored out of her mind. But Shikamaru, on the other hand, was daydreaming.

"Ahem..." Temari said, glancing at Shikamaru.

"Ahem!" She said it louder this time.

"AHEM!!!!!!" She screamed.

Shikamaru looked at Temari.

"Finally! You are such a loser!" Temari said.

Shikamaru ignored Temari and continued looking at the clouds.

"GRRRRR..." Temari growled.

She stood up from the chair, walked to Shikamaru's chair, and waved a hand in front of his face.

"Come on, Shika!" Temari whined, "Let's do something other than watching clouds!"

Shikamaru sighed.
"Like what?"

Temari smirked.
"You know..."

Shikamaru sighed.
"...No. That's too troublesome." He said.

Temari pouted.
"This is why I didn't want to go out with a younger guy! Sheesh!" She walked back to her chair, and plopped on top of it.

Shikamaru looked at Temari, and apparently, she was angry.

"-sigh- come on, let's go inside."

Temari beamed.
"Yes!"

Hinata and Kiba decided to look for something fun to do.

"Hmm...there's nothing to do around here, since the damn ceromonys' been cancelled..." Kiba complained.

"I agree, Kiba-kun." Hinata said, holding Kiba's hand.

Hinata looked up at her new boyfriend. She thought of how she never really noticed his feelings until now.
'Poor Kiba-kun. He was waiting fo me to come to him ever since we were genin.' She thought and blushed. 'Now would be a good time to give him a kiss.'

Hinata reached up to kiss Kiba when...
"OOH!!!! I got an idea! Le's go to the hotel and play Truth or Dare wuth everybody!"

"But I don't think-" Hinata began, but had no time to finish.

"Come on!" Kiba said, picked her up, and ran to the hotel.

"Eeeep!" Hinata sqealed.

"Ahhh! Stop that!" Temari wailed, "It hurts!!!!"

"Ugh! Stop being so troublesome!" Shikamaru yelled, "You said to go hard!"

"That's too much, you baka!"

Meanwhile...

Kiba and Hinata ran into the hotel, and stopped at the boys room to hear moaning and wails.

Kiba's eyes grew wide.
"OMIGOSH..." He said.

"N-Now, Kiba-kun...let's not jump to conclusions!"

"NO!!!! Shikamaru's too young for that!!!!!!!" Kiba said, and barged in.

"STOP!!!!!!!" Kiba yelled.

Temari and Shikamaru looked up.

Kiba blinked at what he saw.

Shikamaru was apparently massaging Temari.

"Ummmm..." Kiba said.

Hinata came in and slapped her forehead. She giggled.

"Don't you ever knock?!" Temari yelled.

"S-Sorry! I just thought that..." Kiba began, "Aww, nevermind."

Shikamaru sighed.

"Ow!" Temari yelled, "See? Look! My shoulder is beet red! You pressed on it too hard!"

"-sigh- Okay, okay, next time I'll do it lighter." Shikamaru said, "Anyways, why are you two here?"

Kiba and Hinata looked at eachother.

"Well, we were kinda bored so we thought we could play a little game of truth or dare with you two." Kiba said.

Hinata nodded.

Shikamaru and Temari exchanged looks.

"Sure!" Temari said.

"Whatever." Shikamaru said.

"Well, let's begin!" Hinata said cheerfully.

Sakura ran through the crowd, asking random people if they saw a blonde boy run past. No luck.

Sakura cried.
"Where are you Naruto?!" She yelled to no one in particular.

She continued to cry as she kept searching for her beloved Naruto.

"Truth or dare, Shika?" Temari said.

"Truth." Shikamaru replied.

"Aww, you're such a scaredy cat." Temari said, "But whatever. Hmmm... oh! I got one. Is it true that you used to like Ino?"

Shikamaru grew wide.
"No way! Not my own teammate! Now that's just troublesome."

Kiba started to get angry.
"You got a problem of teammates dating?" Kiba said.

"Hn? No! It's just that...ugh, its too troublesome." Shikamaru said.

"Why you..."

"Stop it, Kiba-kun." Hinata said.

"Fine." Kiba replied and calmed down.

"Okay. So you go." Temari said.

"Okay." Shikamaru said, "Kiba. Truth or dare?"

Kiba smirked.
"Dare!"

"Alright." Shikamaru said, smirking himself. He got a good one. He whispered it into Kiba's ear.

Kiba turned a crimson red.
"NO WAY!"

"It's a dare Kiba. You have to." Shikamaru chuckled.

"Huh? What is it?" Temari asked.

Shikamaru whispered it to her.

Temari grew wide.
"Seriously?" She laughed.

"Hn." Shikamaru laughed as well.

Kiba was still red. He gulped and turned to Hinata.

"Umm...Hinata."

Hinata tilted her head to one side.
"Yes?" She said, confused.

"-gulp- Do I have to???" Kiba whined.

"YES!" Temari and Shikamaru yelled.

Kiba reached over and whispered it into her ear.

She started to smile.
"Oh, so that's what its about...well then-"

Everyone stood silent as they waited for her answer.

Hinata blushed immediately.
"W-W-W-WHAT?!" She half-yelled.

Hinata mumbled something and just fell on top of Kiba.

"Ooof! Hinata? Hinata?!" Kiba said, shaking his girlfriend.

She had swirly eyes, and started to mumble again. Then she fully passed out.

"-sigh- somehow I knew that that was going to happen." Kiba said, and put Hinata on his lap.

"Okay. Now its my turn!" Kiba said.

"Temari!" Kiba called out, "Truth or Dare?"

"Ha! Dare of course." She boasted.

"Alright...let's see..." Kiba began, "Oh! I got a good one..." Kiba laughed.

He whisepered it into Temari's ear.

"Uhh... No." Temari said.

Shikamaru grew wide. He heard what Kiba said.
"NO. WAY."

"It's a dare! You have to!" Kiba smirked.

"Are you a pervert?" Temari said.

"No!" Kiba said.

"Why do you want us to french kiss?" Temari added.

"..."

"Ha! See that?!?!" Temari said, "You are a perv!" Temari laughed hyterically.

Shikamaru sweatdropped.
"Uhh...guess she didn't take her medicine today."

Kiba also sweatdropped.
"Ya serious?"

Shikamaru shrugged.

"Uhhn...huh? Kiba-kun?" Hinata said, waking up from her faint.

"Oh! Hinata! You're finally awake!" Kiba said, hugging his girlfriend.

"Kiba-kun!" Hinata said, blushing.

Kiba grinned, letting go of Hinata.

"Well, I guess we just lost Temari." Shikamaru said, "What else you want to do?"

"Dunno...How about-"Kiba began.

"Nah. I change my mind. I'm going to take a nap. See ya." Shikamaru said, and lied on the couch, immediately falling asleep.

Kiba shrugged.
"Oh well. I guess its just us."

"Yes." Hinata said.

There was an akward silence between the two for a while.

"Umm..." Hinata began, "Do you want to go out for a walk?"

Kiba looked at Hinata.
"How about we just go to your room and talk?"

"That'll be okay too." Hinata said, and they both went to the girls' bedroom.

Sakura mumbled some curses as she kept trying to find Naruto. Apparently, no tears were falling anymore.

When she finally got exhausted, she rested on a bench.

"Naruto..." She sighed, "Where are you...?"

She sighed once more.

"Please...let Naruto come back to me..."

And as if Kami answered her prayers, Naruto was running towards Sakura. Apparently he was being chased by a drunk guy.

"Get away! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto yelled, and cloned himself five times. Then he split up. Luckily, the guy chased one of his clones.

Naruto panted, and got shocked when he saw Sakura right in front of her.

"Naruto!" Sakura said as she stood up and hugged Naruto.

"I already told you Sakura, I don't want anyth-"

"STOP IT! Call me Sakura-chan like you always used to! I never meant to do that to you Naruto! It wasn't me! Please believe me!!!!!" Sakura yelled, "I-If you don't forgive me, I'll kill myself."

Naruto was shocked at her words.

"What reason is there to live when my love hates me and broke my heart into pieces?"

Naruto saddened. He never saw Sakura like this before. He hugged her back.

"Alright Sakura-chan. I'm sorry. I...I shouldn't have did this to you. I'm sorry. Don't cry and please don't say those words ever again." Naruto said very quickly.

Sakura smiled.
"Okay...I'm sorry Naruto."

"Me too. I guess I was just too shocked at what happened. Mamoru was just a jerk. I guess I was jealous..." Naruto said, hugging Sakura even tighter.

Sakura giggled.
"You were jealous?"

Naruto grinned.
"Yeah..."

Sakura smiled back at him.

'He's always there for me. Always smiling for me. He gave me his love even when I hated him. He risked his life for me more times than I can count. He always put my happiness before his. I love him so much.' She thought, and gave Naruto a kiss.

PHEW! Finally the tension is over! But what will happen next? Find out in chapter 13! See you then! Please review!!!!