Mshinata: This is to lover143…I've been thinking about that and I think I might do it. I have a strong feeling that I'll make that couple though! xD
Sasuke: …what the hell are you talking about?
Mshinata: It's girl talk. You wouldn't understand.
Sasuke: …I have a 12 year old maid…
Mshinata: Sasuke stop bringing that up! Isumi is completely adorable!
Sasuke: Yeah…-sweat drops-
Mshinata: You're so mean. –Hugs Isumi-
Sasuke: She lost my notebook!
Mshinata: She didn't lose it! She dropped it on the floor and Itachi-sama just simply picked it up!
Sasuke: Well, it would be better if she put it on the table or something. It's very important.
Mshinata: Yeah yeah…-rolls eyes-
Sasuke has the intent to kill mshinata.
Ino: Mshinata-chan does not own Naruto or any character specified in this fan fic.
Isumi's eyes widened. So he did really read the notebook!
"Gomenasai, Isumi-chan…but I cannot let you have this back." Itachi said waving the notebook in the air.
"…why not?" Isumi asked nervously.
"What's Sasuke's is also mine. It's an Uchiha's so other Uchihas can read it if they want to." Itachi smirked.
Isumi's eyes widened even more.
"It's interesting in what he writes. Some of it is corny but I definitely liked them." Itachi walked back to his room. "…I especially liked the last page." And with that, he closed the door to his room.
Isumi was frozen like a statue. She couldn't believe that Itachi...out of all people…would read the last page.
oO0Oo
Hinata woke up rubbing her eyes adorably and having a stuffy nose. She dropped back down onto her bed.
"I don't want to go to work." Hinata said muffled. But she did anyways.
Hinata changed into a dark pink jacket with a light pink skirt. She brushed her hair and let it fall over her shoulders. She picked up some leftovers from Neji's breakfast and was off.
oO0Oo
Sasuke yawned cutely. He heard a squeal. He was leaning on a wall with Naruto tying his sneakers.
"Sasuke-kun, you're so cute!"
Oh great. Sasuke mentally slapped himself for yawning so rudely. He knew he would attract attention, but last time he checked, there was no one there to watch him.
"Haruno, I thought you had to go somewhere else for the next part of your photo shoot?" Sasuke asked tiredly.
"I did, but they rescheduled it until tomorrow. So now, I can watch you do what you do best!" Sakura squealed and blushed again.
Sasuke sighed. He hated mornings so especially when there was a squealing fan girl.
"Everyone is to be met at the staff room!" Shizune called out.
"I guess that's our cue Sasuke-teme." Naruto patted Sasuke on the back and the trio left.
Sasuke looked around and saw no Hinata.
Where could she be?
oO0Oo
Hinata tiredly opened the door. She just hated mornings when she had to wake up for work.
"Hinata-chan, we're almost late because of you!" Ino dragged Hinata and scurried off to the staff room.
oO0Oo
"Now, you've been all called today to discuss a very important matter." Tsunade said walking around the circular table of models. Every model sat down at the table while their manager, photographer, and/or designer were standing behind them.
"I thought we already discussed about the movie, baa-chan." Naruto whined.
"Don't call me baa-chan! And that was only a little piece of information." Tsunade said walking over to Naruto and pinching his cheek. Naruto pouted and rubbed his cheek. Hinata giggled and then sneezed cutely.
What an idiot…and bastard. The two stoic Uchihas thought to themselves. Wow…brothers do think alike! Every guy blushed when they heard her sneeze. It was so small sounding and her reaction was so adorable. Even Sasuke and Itachi had to blush sometime, ne?
"The Akatsuki cannot decide on whom they want the main female character to be. It's between Hinata, Sakura, and TenTen." Tsunade looked at each model. Their expressions were all different.
"It's either Hinata…the shy timid one, Sakura…the bold and devilish one, or TenTen…the wild and fun one." Tsunade said walking over to each model.
"Who's the main character for guys?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"It has already been settled on Sasuke." Tsunade said.
"What?!" Naruto and Sakura screamed. Naruto had a horrified look on his face while Sakura had an excited expression.
"Of course…there will be other side characters from other companies. For example…Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Gaara, and Temari will be in the movie as well." Tsunade said.
"Cool, when do we get to meet them?" TenTen asked.
"When you have all gotten your parts." Tsunade said waving a finger in the air. "Now back to the main female character crisis." Tsunade looked at all the photographers, managers, and designers.
"I think Hinata-chan or TenTen-chan would make a great heroine. I mean…they're both beautiful in what they do so why not?" Ino said.
"I think the best choice would be Sakura-san because of her boldness. Hinata-san seems too timid to play the heroine. TenTen is too boyish to be the main character." A guy with gray hair with bangs hanging down his face said. He had glasses with an evil look in his eyes. The rest of his long gray hair was in a low pony tail. Sakura smirked at his comment.
Hinata sank down in her chair. She had always tried to change herself, but it always failed in the end. Sasuke and Itachi saw this expression and immediately wanted to kill gray-haired man.
"Why would you want that bi-"Sasuke was interrupted.
"Kabuto-san, you are quite wrong. The shy heroine can come out to be a confident one in the end." Itachi said gripping his camera. "Even if you are Sakura-san's photographer that does not mean that I don't get a say in this."
Sasuke shot Itachi a glare while Hinata gave him a confused look. He gave her an apologetic look and shook his head implying that it was nothing. Sasuke wanted to stand up for Hinata! Inner Sasuke pouted while Sasuke slapped his inner self.
"So what is your opinion, Itachi?" Tsunade asked.
"Hinata-san would make a great heroine if she knows what she's doing." Itachi plainly said.
Ino gave Itachi a glare for not giving her a better compliment. Hinata gave Ino a weak smile while she had a look in her eyes that would say "I'm-going-to-kill-that-bastard" to Itachi.
"Of course, do not forget the young and youthful TenTen!" a guy with a chili bowl haircut said. His eyebrows were so thick that you could probably make a sweater out of them. (LOL! This took me a while to figure out what he should say. :x)
TenTen slapped herself while Hinata's eyes twitched. I mean…Hinata wasn't the person to judge other people it was just…he just…well…looked disturbing.
"You are only a novice photographer, Lee-san. How can you possibly know why TenTen should be the main female character?" Kabuto hid his smirk. (No offense to Lee fans. I love him too. :D)
"She's youthful?" Lee said and sweat dropped.
"I think she'd be a great heroine." Hinata blurted out. Everyone looked her way and her sweat dropped. She gave a crooked smile while TenTen looked surprised at her.
"And why is that…Hinata?" Sakura sneered at her.
"She'd be a great person to play like…a samurai…right? Guys…guys these days like female samurais and kunoichis." Hinata sweat dropped.
Sasuke looked surprised at her. Hinata had never stood up for someone before. He gave her a secret warming smile, and she blushed.
"Interesting point there, Hinata." Tsunade said in a thinking position. "Well…I think I know who everyone's going to play. The cast list will be out tomorrow so you guys have the day off!" Tsunade said and scurried back to her office.
Hinata made a sigh of relief and sank down in her chair.
"Arigato, Hinata-chan." TenTen put her hand on her shoulder.
"Oh…it was nothing." Hinata smiled back.
"It took a lot of guts to do that." Ino said cheerfully.
"Not to mention, Tsunade baa-chan isn't someone you can easily impress, Hinata-chan." Naruto said walking over to her. "That must mean she really favors you."
"Now now…let's not be gossiping about whose favorite whose is." Kabuto said adjusting his glasses.
Sasuke stood up and slipped out of the room. He was unnoticed since everyone was too caught up in Hinata's surprising act.
But he was surprised…both Uchihas were.
oO0Oo
Sakura leaned her chin on her hand. She made a grunting noise and blew her bangs out of her face.
"What's wrong, Sakura-san?" Kabuto said leaning down to her. She was still sitting down while everyone had already stood up and left.
"That girl gets all the attention." Sakura pouted. "I used to be the one to get all the fame and glory."
"Well…maybe the others were right. Maybe being shy is the new way to win a guy's heart." Kabuto said and walked out of the room.
"Being shy, ne? I still don't believe it." Sakura stood up and flipped her hair. She left the room feeling envious and all boiled up inside.
oO0Oo
"You live with your cousin, right?" Ino said licking her ice cream. The three girls had just gone out to lunch and Ino said she had a major sweet tooth. TenTen and Hinata decided that they would get ice cream cones too.
"Hai. He's only 24 years old, but he's a successful university teacher." Hinata said licking her ice cream.
"Interesting. Only 24 years old and he's a college teacher? Cool." TenTen said licking her ice cream.
"You know…thinking back to that little meeting…Sasuke-kun wanted to say something." Ino said finishing up her ice cream and licking her fingers. She was a messy eater.
"Yeah…until Itachi interrupted him." TenTen smirked.
"I wonder what he was going to say." Hinata pondered aloud licking her ice cream.
"Let's not think about it. Hinata-chan, what do you have to do today? We dragged you around the last time. It's your turn now." Ino said her eyes beaming.
"Well…I was thinking of going grocery shopping…" Hinata said finishing her ice cream.
"Then, let's go!" TenTen and Ino yelled and dragged Hinata to the nearest market.
oO0Oo
"What are you making for dinner today?" Sasuke asked.
"Mmm…I'm not sure yet." Isumi said in a thinking position. They were walking down the sidewalk to the Sanzenin Market. (Made it up! Ha! xD)
"I see…did you get the notebook back from Itachi?" Sasuke asked hands in his pockets. Isumi stopped in her tracks and sweat dropped.
"Uh…funny story about that." Isumi said scratching her cheek with her index finger.
"You didn't get it back?" Sasuke asked stopped walking but didn't look back.
"Itachi-sama…he…he read all of it." Isumi quietly finished the sentence.
"What?" Sasuke asked turning around to her.
"He…read all of it…" Isumi said a little louder. It was a little louder than a whisper. Sasuke could hear it but he wanted to make sure she was right.
"Spill it already." Sasuke said irritated.
"HE READ ALL OF IT!" Isumi screamed.
Sasuke's sweat dropped. Local pedestrians turned their way and sweat dropped. Freshmen high school girls were giggling at Sasuke and Isumi thinking that they were brother and sister. When Sasuke glared at them, they walked away giggling at how handsome he was.
Sasuke sighed and brushed his bangs with his black straight hair.
"Even the last page?" Sasuke asked.
"Even the last page." Isumi curtly replied. They continued walking to the market. Sasuke was getting more pissed at Itachi with each step.
oO0Oo
"Do you mind if we eat at your apartment?" Ino said looking over Hinata's shoulder as she examined the ripe tomato.
"I guess not." Hinata said putting the tomato in the plastic bag.
"Wow, I've never been to a commoner's market before!" TenTen said searching through each item. (Imagine Tamaki from Ouran High right there! xD)
"You guys have never been to a market like this one before?" Hinata asked putting the plastic bag of tomatoes in her basket and walked into the meat area.
"We've always lived in a sophisticated society. You can't really blame us for not knowing what normal people do." Ino said following Hinata.
"I s-see…" Hinata remembered her life in luxury. It was very relaxing but yet…you seemed to miss a lot of things in the real world. Hinata didn't even find out what leggings were until she left the family with Neji!
"So who do you think is better for Hinata?" TenTen asked Ino.
"Hmm…I don't know. It's just too hard to decide. I think the younger one is better for her." Ino said happily.
"I think the eldest one is better, because he's at least not rude to her." TenTen said in a thinking position.
Hinata continued to buy her groceries until she couldn't take it anymore.
"What are you guys talking about?" Hinata finally asked after she was done buying all of her groceries.
"Your perfect match!" Ino and TenTen said in unison.
"…my perfect match?" Hinata asked confused. They were heading towards Hinata's apartment. She was the one holding all of the plastic bags because rich people are too "sophisticated" for that.
"You know…soul mate…lover…" Ino sighed.
"Oh…" Hinata, unlike any girl, had never dreamt of having a husband and family nonetheless having a boyfriend.
"What you're still a virgin?" TenTen hung her arm over Hinata's shoulder.
"A-ah!" Hinata blushed furiously.
TenTen and Ino laughed.
"I was just kidding." TenTen said trying to stifle her laugh. She removed her arm and covered her mouth to stop the laughter.
"I think Sasuke-kun would be a great boyfriend for you…not to mention husband." Ino said.
Hinata blushed a little.
"No no…you got it all wrong. Itachi-san is definitely her perfect match." TenTen said confidently.
"I think…I think I'm too young for this." Hinata said looking down at the sidewalk hoping her bangs would cover her tomato-colored face.
"Oh who are you kidding, Hinata-chan? You're like what…22 years old. You're not getting any younger." Ino said putting her hands on her hips.
"Ino-chan's got a point there." TenTen said waving a finger in the air.
Hinata quickly entered the apartment building and avoided the question. The kimono model and the cunning designer smiled evilly at each other.
"Let's have a contest." Ino and TenTen both said.
"Good, so you know what to do?" Ino said crossing her arms as she entered the lobby.
"Let's see who will win…the photographer…or the model?" TenTen said also crossing her arms.
"Perfect…you already know what I'm thinking." Ino and TenTen shook hands to start the mysterious bet-err…game.
oO0Oo
Isumi and Sasuke were done buying their groceries. As Sasuke being the "gentleman" (lol xD) he carried the groceries to the Uchiha estate. Isumi put all of the food in the fridge and pantry.
"You know…you're not getting any younger." Isumi said sitting down on the couch next to Sasuke.
"You're finally caring about me? Wow…that's a surprise." Sasuke said scooting away from her.
"I didn't think Itachi-sama was that…cruel." Isumi said her hands shaking on her lap.
"You better believe it. He only saved you because he felt sorry for you." Sasuke bluntly responded.
Isumi turned to Sasuke. Her eyes were trembling.
"…I know."
"Then why do you care for him so much?" Sasuke asked irritated.
"Stop changing the subject. Back to my original statement…you're not getting any younger." Isumi said strictly. Sasuke turned to face her and her eyes were full of seriousness.
Sasuke sighed.
"What I mean is…you need a wife." Isumi said.
Sasuke winced at the word..."wife."
Wife…That word kept repeating itself in his head.
"Or at least…a girlfriend to take care of you. I know…I'm 12 years old and I might be getting ahead of myself but…I won't be taking care of you guys forever…" Isumi said.
"It's too early to determine who I love and who I do not." Sasuke said finally standing up.
"But…your notebook…" Isumi said standing up still looking at him.
"I have to…confirm my feelings." Sasuke said walking to his room. Isumi grabbed her hand.
"Then do it. Do you love Hinata-chan?" Isumi asked raising her voice a little.
Sasuke-kun, you're giving me a white rose as a birthday gift? Arigato! said the young 9 year old Hinata with a cheerful smile on her face.
Do I…? Sasuke thought to himself.
"Love is a complicated thing-"Sasuke said trying to change the subject.
"Just answer me!" Isumi yelled.
Promise me you'll stay with me forever and ever? The 10 year old Hinata asked the young Sasuke. They were lying on the green grass looking up at the starry night.
I promise to… Sasuke was having major flash backs of his young life.
"Sasuke-sama…?" Isumi asked worriedly.
Even though we started middle school, I bet everything will be the same between us, Sasuke-kun. The 11 year old Hinata said to Sasuke. He had been three inches taller than her already.
Yes...it will be the same… Sasuke thought to himself. Isumi gently let go of his arm and looked worriedly at his expression. It was hard to read and yet somehow depressing.
Don't you think I won't get taller too! The 12 year old Hinata cutely pouted at Sasuke. He was now five inches taller than her.
I bet you would get taller… Sasuke mentally smiled to himself.
Isumi just stood there watching him.
I…I understand…I guess. If you have to leave…then it's fine with me…whatever makes you happy…Sasuke-kun. The 13 year old Hinata was crying. The 13 year old Sasuke was looking down at his feet thinking it was the right thing to do.
"If I had never left…maybe…maybe…she would have told me that same thing I wanted to tell her."Sasuke pondered aloud.
Isumi hugged her master from behind.
"Yes…I am certain. I do, Isumi. But…I vow to win her heart…no matter what. Not even Itachi will win her…not if…not if I get her first." Sasuke said with a little confidence in his voice.
Isumi smiled warmly behind his back.
Little did the two know there was a mysterious Uchiha watching them from afar?
"Fine, let the games begin…foolish little brother." The mysterious person smirked and returned into his room.
Mshinata: Omg, so tense!
Sasuke: I will win! –Fire in his eyes-
Mshinata: Have you been copying Lee-san's techniques again?
Sasuke: …no…-sweat drops-
TenTen: Next thing you'll know it, he'll have a chili bowl cut. –Snickers-
Mshinata imagines Sasuke with a chili bowl hair cut.
Mshinata: OMG, IT BURNS!!! –Faints-
Hinata pokes Mshinata.
Hinata: I think you killed her. –Goes paranoid- NOT THE WRITER!
Mshinata stays dead.
Ino: Give her nice reviews! I promise…we'll have to call Edward Elric to revive her, so she can write the next chapter if we have to!