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Chapter 10 Obsession

Moegi dashed as fast as she could, leaping from tree to tree, leaving the sound of Ebisu-sensei's calls behind her. She did not care what punishment she would have to endure for this action, all she could think of was arriving to the training ground where she was sure to find Hinata-sensei and Naruto training.

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Kiba had originally planned on interrupting Hinata in her training Team Ten and asking her if she could speak with him. Naruto would have been there and he could have taken over while he led Hinata away. But that plan had been changed with the arrival of Ebisu.

Although Ebisu's return had changed Kiba's plans, Kiba believed it was for the best. I would give him the advantage of finding Hinata alone in her training ground. It was the best possible setting that he could hope for.

Kiba's heart began to race as he proceeded to the training ground, he was sure to find Hinata there alone training as usual. He could vividly imagine Hinata's blushing face as she accepts the rolls and begins to stutter.

He imagined how he would tell her that he had known all along about her loving him. He would then confess that he loved her in return and apologize for not confessing to her sooner. This was as far as his imagination reached when he arrived at the training ground.

"What are you doing here?" Kiba called out to the male ninja.

"I am training. What else would I be doing here if it wasn't for training?" Shino replied to the cold welcoming that his friend gave him.

Kiba jumped off of Akamaru and walked over to Shino. "Sorry Shino, I didn't expect to find you. But when did you arrive? I haven't seen you for almost two weeks."

"I arrived yesterday." Shino stood still as he called for his insects to return to their home inside him, "The mission lasted longer than was expected but shorter than it could have turned out. Are you here to train?" Kiba gave a response that he had other business to attend to.

"What are you doing with cinnamon rolls?" Kiba gave a quick glance to the box that Shino was talking about. "I thought you didn't like them because they were too sweet for you."

"I have decided to give them to Hinata." Shino continued to be silent as he waited for Kiba to elaborate in his meaning for the gift. "They were…um…on special." Kiba smiled but Shino kept his face expressionless.

"…and y…yo…you know me, thinking about other people, I just thought that…that she would…you know… enjoy them." Kiba stammered.

Kiba knew that Shino was not convinced as he continued to stand silent under the hood. "Also, I bought them for her because..." Kiba thought carefully for a while, "…I knew that she would be feeling bad that she is not training Team Ten anymore." Kiba was happy with his own memory as he remembered that Hinata mentioned a few days before that she would miss Team Ten when Ebisu returned.

"I understand." Although this reply was short, Kiba was able to let the tensions in his muscles relax as he saw that Shino found this excuse more plausible than the other.

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Moegi reached her destination to see two people deep in conversation. To her displeasure they were not the two individuals she had hoped to see.

Upon seeing only Shino and Kiba, Moegi decided to leave but stopped her self when she overheard the conversation. It wasn't what she hoped to hear but it was intriguing non-the less.

She had arrived in time to hear Kiba tell Shino that he bought the cinnamon rolls for Hinata because she would be sad with her dismissal of being Team Ten's sensei. Moegi laughed mentally for she knew that Kiba had only known about Hinata-sensei's dismissal for ten minutes.

"Have you seen Hinata, today?" Kiba asked Shino.

"No. I came to the training ground and no one was here. I was expecting to find you and Hinata training together," answered Shino.

Kiba then began to look around and mumble to himself. Where she could be? He was sure he would find her training.

"Why don't we go look for her? I haven't seen her in a while and I also want to say 'hello' to her." Shino said as he began to gather his item in as he prepared to leave when Kiba stopped him.

"I think that I'll go later. You should finish your training." Shino complied and began to unpack the equipment that he had just placed away. Kiba felt relieved as he saw this. "Also I really should go see the Hokage about something."

Kiba did not truly plan to visit the Tsuande-sama but it was the only excuse that he could think of in which would allow him to search for Hinata alone. If Shino would have gone along with him it would turn out to be a meeting of old friends. There would not be a chance to ask to be alone with Hinata without raising suspicions.

"We'll go in search for her after you finish training if it's alright with you." Shino nodded to Kiba's suggestion. "Great, I'll see you later." Without wasting anymore time, Kiba turned and ran in the direction of town.

Moegi instantly stood up and was ready to run after Kiba when she heard someone call out to her. "Moegi, right?"

Moegi stood frozen as she heard her name being called. She slowly directed her sight towards the ground where she saw Shino standing looking directly at her. Moegi knew that she should just run away but her body did not consider it an option since it held it's stance on the tree limb.

"Come off of that tree." Shino commanded in a calm tone. Although Moegi's body did not seem to be able to obey her own commands it seemed perfectly capable to obey Shino's, for she soon stood on the firm ground.

Moegi slowly lifted her face to Shino's and waited patiently for any other commands he gave her.

"What were you doing in that tree?"

Moegi knew that Shino was not the type of person to believe her if she told him she was working on her stealth. "It's a personal matter." Moegi said confidently as she held her head high as if this would help her against Shino.

"A personal matter? I am guessing that involves you and Kiba." Moegi blushed at what Shino said but Shino knew that that was not the case. He only hoped that with this statement the young kunoichi would come out with the truth.

Moegi looked at the ground and tried to compose her self as the blood returned to the rest of her body. The idea of her and Kiba was embarrassing but it was her fault for her statement made it seem as if it was a truth.

"I just was just following Kiba to see if he would give Hinata-sensei the rolls." Moegi dared not look up to see Shino. "After he came and interrupted our training while looking for Hinata, I decided to follow him and figure out what he was going to do."

"Kiba interrupted your training?"

Moegi nodded, "Yes. He only knew about Hinata-sensei for ten minutes."

"So those cinnamon rolls were for another reason." Shino said to himself.

Moegi looked up to see if Shino was still there, he had been silent for a few minutes and this made her tense. She saw Shino face her and asked, "Moegi can I ask you a few questions?" Forget about feeling tense Moegi now felt terrified.

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Kiba walked with Akamaru as he tried to figure out where Hinata could be. He found the news of her not training alarming and wondered if it meant that she had already been sent out on a mission. This was a possibility but he hoped it'll be contradicted by Tsuande-sama herself.

Kiba walked earnestly to the doors of the Hokage and knocked. He didn't know if he this was the correct action to take but he wasn't thinking straight. All he knew was that he needed to know if Hinata had been sent on a new mission. I hadn't occurred to him until he was in the office, that the task could have been completed by going to Hinata's home.

Tsunade seemed relieved with the intruder. She had spent most of the morning actually work and hadn't been able to rest since Shizune was constantly checking on her. "Come in Kiba."

Kiba walked in not sure of what he should do. It was one thing to ask Shino if he knew where Hinata was but to ask the Hokage was unacceptable. How could he intrude on the Hokage, the most respected ninja of the town just to ask if Hinata was sent on a mission? He now feared that he had done a great mistake and would find it hard to think of a way out.

Tsunade looked at Kiba as she placed her hands in front of her and asked what business he had. Kiba tried to find an answer but finally ventured to ask her. "I was wondering if Hinata is on a mission."

Tsunade raised her eyebrow to Kiba but instead of asking what his business with Hinata was she asked what was the meaning of the box. "Are those cinnamon rolls? I thought you didn't like sweet items."

"Damn the cinnamon rolls" Kiba thought, he had forgotten to leave them outside, now he had to explain about them to Tsunade. But before Kiba was able to explain Tsunade stood up and walked over and took the box from Kiba.

Kiba was about to object but he held his tongue. "Is this the reason you were looking for Hinata?" Kiba was too embarrassed to answer, he couldn't even tell Tsuande-sama the same lie he gave to Shino. His mouth was paralyzed with this situation.

"Well they're getting cold." Tsunade closed the box and handed it back to Kiba. "I haven't given her a new mission. If that is all, you may go."

Kiba quickly turned around and was out the door in an instant. Tsunade walked back to her desk and sat down. She then reached for a drawer and took the bottle of sake she always had stashed out. "Sake goes good with cinnamon rolls," Tsunade said as she took out the cinnamon roll that she had hidden.

She was about to take a bite when Shizune came through the door. "Tsunade! What are you doing? There is no time for a break. We have just received news from…"

Tsunade sadly placed the cinnamon roll down. There went her sake and roll break.

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Shino sat quietly as he heard the young teenage girl talk. He had never realized how much a teenage girl could talk, he had only been exposed to Hinata and her conversations were always short and to the point. Now here before him was a female adolescent who seemed more like a parakeet. All he had done was ask Moegi what she meant when Kiba had interrupted and now she would not stop.

Shino wasn't complaining since he found the information that Moegi was uttering useful.

As far as Shino could understand it seemed that Naruto had joined in the training with Team Ten. "No actually" Moegi corrected Shino's thoughts, "he only observed. He trained with Hinata-sensei, alone at night."

"Hinata trained with Naruto? Alone at night?" This was hard to believe. He had known Hinata for years and this arrangement did not seem likely. "How do you know this?"

Moegi looked to the sides trying to avoid looking at Shino's glasses. "I sort of followed them. I was curious and I followed them and found them training alone."

"That is normal." Shino knew this was a lie. "It is normal for two ninjas to train with each other." Although it was true that several ninjas did train together at night it was usual for them to be Hinata with Naruto.

Shino then questioned Moegi how long this had been going on. Moegi responded that she believed it to have been going on for a week. She wasn't quite sure since she had only seen them once. This satisfied Shino sufficiently as he went on and asked for other information.

One by one, Moegi began to tell Shino everything she knew, from Naruto's conversation with her to Kiba's cinnamon rolls. She also informed him of how Naruto ate only three meager bowls of ramen the night that Hinata skipped the training and went to eat with Kiba.

Shino sat silently as he absorbed all the new information he received. It was interesting what had been going on while he was gone. He had missed most of the excitement to his dismay but thanks to Moegi he at least had been informed. "Arigato, you have given me a lot of information."

Moegi smiled, she had been some help to Shino but she didn't know how any of this concerned him. There could be only one reason. "You knew about Hinata, right?"

"Hai," replied Shino. "Just like you I was able to tell by just looking how Hinata acted around Naruto."

"How long has it been? What I mean, how long has Hinata liked Naruto?"

"Several years. Since the academy." Moegi eyes widened. She was stunned that anyone could like someone for so long without being loved in returned. But she was more stunned by how Naruto could not notice this.

"I can't believe it. Naruto has not realized this, how dumb can he be. Baka Naruto." Moegi stood up and began to walk. It took her less than two weeks to figure out that Hinata liked Naruto and Naruto still had no clue after being around Hinata for so many years.

Just then a bug flew past Moegi, she was about to swat it away but seeing Shino she slowly lowered her hand. The bug went straight to Shino and landed softly on his hand. After a few moments with the bug Shino looked up at Moegi. "It seems that Hinata is currently with Naruto."

"What? Where?" Moegi began to fidget. She wanted to find Naruto and beat some sense into him. Since the academy! The Academy! How the hell could he not tell?

While Moegi was fuming with the idea of Naruto being ignorant of Hinata's feeling, Shino stood up and began to walk away. "Bye Moegi"

"What? I am going with you." Shino looked down at the girl and saw her determination on accompanying him. For some unknown reason Shino felt it wise to let Moegi tag along but not without several rules that she must obey if she went.

Moegi agreed to Shino's rules and happily followed Shino towards the direction the bug indicated.

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Konohamaru walked indolently with Udon. Training was cut short due to Moegi going AWOL and Ebisu-sensei not begin able to train without blurting out every minute on how irresponsible it was for Moegi to leave.

As Konohamaru walked he looked at Udon to ask weather he wanted to go get something to eat. "Do you want…" all of sudden Konohamaru halted and just stared past Udon.

"Do I what?" Udon replied but Konohamaru just kept staring past him. Udon turned around and but only found trees behind him. Nothing was unusual about this since they were in the forest.

"Mo…mo…Moegi." Konohamaru could not believe it. He stuttered her name just as he saw her run past by.

"What about Moegi?" Udon now wondered if Konohamaru was well. Ever since yesterday it seemed that he was obsessed with Moegi and the possibility of her being with someone.

"I just saw her. She was jumping through the trees with that…that guy."

"What guy? Konohamaru are you okay. I don't think this obsession you have about Moe…"

"I don't have an obsession!" Konohamaru yelled. "I am not lying I just saw her running with that guy. You know…the one that…You know that one that you can never see his face."

"Kakashi?"

"No. The one that wears sunglasses and a high collar jacket with a hood. His name is…uh what is his name? It's…um…it's Shino!"

"Why would Moegi be with Shino-san?" Udon looked sympathetically at Konohamaru. Udon knew for sure that Konohamaru had lost all his senses. He wasn't surprised, it was bound to happen.

"Stop looking at me like that. If you don't believe me, fine but I know what I saw." Konohamaru said and resumed walking with Udon.

But Konohamaru could not help but feel betrayed by his own friend. "Udon you have to believe me. I saw Moegi jumping through the trees with Shino-san."

"Fine I'll believe you." Konohamaru seemed satisfied with this answer but then Udon added. "When I see it." Konohamaru took this as a challenge and told Udon that they would go in the direction he saw Moegi go.

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Moegi tired to keep up with Shino as he leaped from one tree to another. She could not believe in the speed Shino was going. She was already breathing heavily which was in great contrast to Shino's steady breathing.

Fortunately for Moegi, Shino came to a rest and waited till she caught up. She breathed heavily as she looked at her surroundings. She wasn't sure where they were at but the smell of cinnamon rolls came to her senses.

Shino stood in silence on the tree limb as the sound of someone approaching became louder. Soon they were in full view.

"It's…" Shino swiftly covered Moegi's mouth with his hand before they were heard.

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A/N I know this does not seem like the best place to end but I couldn't help it. Although I have the next chapter written it will be a while before it's posted. I usually write the story in a notebook but apparently my notebook thought that it was to hot and it took a bath. (Meaning my water bottle broke in my bag and the notebook was in there.)

Please Help

Also I was hoping to have help from those who read this. I am writing a new fanfic but I needed to know if I should have Naruto be a bastard. What I mean to say is if I should have Naruto's parents be married when they had him or not? Please give me your opinion. Thank You.