I do not own Naruto, if I did, Neji would not be a cold hearted bastard.
For thoughts:
ItalicsSasuke, or other person whose thoughts we are interrupting
Boldthe person's inner self.
Chapter 5: His BIG Mistake
Sasuke didn't move. He sensed the chakra, and tried to see who it was, but he was unsuccessful. He didn't move, nor did he breath. He was like a statue. His eyes became adjusted to the dark, and he could make out faint, emerald eyes, and then, he noticed, pale skin was seaming to glow like a nightlight.
"Sakura, what are you doing here?" He said irritated.
Sasuke's 5 seconds thoughts:
She is going to far this time
What, thinking she will fuck you any moment?
No, and who the Hell are you?!
You Inner self, Teme.
Go Away.
No, Sakura is in your bedroom, and you love it.
No, this annoying Fan girl has gone too far. Breaking into my room to talk to me, pathetic.
You like it.
No.
Yes.
Do you know what, bye.
End thoughts.
"I have news for you," Sakura said darkly.
"You heard it today, so go away," Sasuke said sternly. Sakura didn't budge.
"This will take a second of your precious and hateful time," Sakura said, coldly.
"Then get on with it," Sasuke said, hurriedly.
"I heard what you said, and I respect that," she laughed, then looked away. "I want to say I get it, and will no longer be a fan girl," she said, taking a step towards his dresser, which had the picture of team seven from when they where 12 years old. She fingered the edges of her face in the framed picture. "I will be no longer a nuisance," she said, turning to him. "That picture shows a girl, a girl that couldn't control her emotions." Sakura turned to the window, and said one last thing to him before she left. This time she had tears in her eyes. "You where just a phase," and then she climbed out.
Sasuke stood, stunned on the spot. He moved to go after her, but he realized that he wouldn't be able to catch up to her, and he didn't know what he would say to her. He then got up, and didn't shut the window, but grabbed the picture off his dresser. He would see the how the following days would follow, and then he would see what would happen from there. Only one thought was running through his mind, and that was now that he would be able to easily break off from this place, he could leave, to seek revenge on Itachi. His dream shot through his head, but one thought occurred to him before he fell back asleep, she wasn't that stupid, but he didn't know her anymore, she was a mystery, and a great threat to him.
Sakura walked back to the compound. She knew she spoke the truth, and the tears in her eyes cleared. It was better, for she knew that Sasuke could never love a girl like her, heck, he probably had to much hate in him that love would only be a nuisance and a dusk speck to him. Like I was, she thought.
She came upon the compound, and as she was entering it, she saw the Neji was coming out. She did not make a move to yell at him, but merely told him one thing. "When Tenten wakes up, she will not talk to any of us first, she'll only talk to you," she said in a dark voice she didn't know she had. Neji was taken aback, but he nodded, then walked back into the compound. She went and found Hinata's room, and sat back down on her bed.
Sakura heard a soft, coughing noise, and realized it was Tenten, for her small form under the sheets was shaking with her coughing. She ran to her bed, slapping Ino in the face to wake her up.
"What the hell was that for?!" she screamed.
"Tenten is awake," Sakura hissed at her. Ino nodded, understanding, and woke Hinata up. Tenten had a look of small pain across her face.
"Tenten?" Sakura asked.
"What?" Tenten responded.
"How are you feeling?" Ino asked, walking over to the edge of the bed. With the little energy Tenten had, she made her way to sit up in the bed.
"Like shit," she said. It was true, her head rang, her side was sore, and her back, damn her back…..
"Look, you'll be sore for a while," Sakura explained.
"Guessed that," Tenten said. "Where is Neji?" she asked, remembering who was the cause of the pain she was in right now.
"Outside this door probably," Hinata said. She activated her byakugan, and sure enough, she saw Neji outside. "Yep," she said, sounding kinda bored. She then noticed someone else, someone that she was pretty fond of. She whimpered, at the thought of having to go out there.
"Go get Neji, Hinata," Tenten asked. Hinata nodded, and went to the door. She opened it slowly, and saw Neji.
"She awake," she told him quietly. Neji alerted, and nodded. He walked past Hinata, and walked into the room.
Hinata walked towards a sleeping Naruto, and tapped his shoulder, to wake him up. She pulled her hand back after he started waking. Her hand, she noticed, smelled of sweat, but she loved it, for she knew he always smelled like that, and she liked it. "Wah?" he said sleepily.
"Te-n-te-n i-s a-wa-ke," she stuttered. He smiled, then walked into the room.
"Sakura-Chan, you okay?" he asked, knowing she was tired. Hinata, depressed, noticing that he was only paying attention to Sakura, walked in sulky.
"Back off Naruto, I'm to tired," she said. She fell into a chair, well, so she thought. Naruto ran quickly behind her, and as she was falling to land in the chair, she landed in Naruto's outstretched arms. She was tired, and was falling asleep as she fell, so she fell asleep in his arms, thinking it was the chair. Hinata, thinking that Sakura fell asleep because she knew that she was in Naruto's arms. That made her break down. Well, not literally. She mumbled something about leaving, and ran out. She ran downstairs, and ran straight into Kiba. He noticed that she was going to cry, something she didn't normally do.
"Hinata?" he asked. He grabbed her shoulders, and made her sit in chair that was sitting in the hallway randomly.
"Yeeah?" she said, trying to stifle her cries.
"What's wrong?" Kiba asked, moving her hair out of her eyes, so that way she could see him more clearly.
"Nothing," she said, with more tears finding an escape route out her eyes.
"Please tell me Hinata-Chan," he said, knowing that she was upset about something. He also knew that she liked being called 'Hinata-Chan', for when Naruto called her that, on those occasions that he noticed her, that she liked it, and felt all warm and happy.
She looked at him, then looked down, letting hair fall from behind her ears in front of her face, like a midnight sky. "Nar-ru-tto," she managed to stutter out. "And-and Sakura," Hinata also managed to say. She then turned to the wall behind her, and put her arm up, then put her head up against the cool, white wall.
"What did they do?" he asked, leaning down, so that he was eye-to-eye with her. He then noticed she was in no mood to talk. He comfortably put his arms around her, and she buried her head into his shoulder.
She soon wasn't crying anymore, and he knew that she was asleep. He took her up in his arms, and took her down to a deserted bedroom that he used when he was to sleepy from a mission, that he couldn't carry himself home.
He laid her deep-sleeping body on top of the white sheets, and pulled a cream colored blanket on top of her. He then saw that it had only been a few minutes since he had realized that Hinata was sad and crying. He decided to go to Hinata's room, to see what the cause of Hinata breaking down was.
Back in the room, while Hinata had been with Kiba:
Naruto had felt like he had been in wonder land, I mean, he had the girl of his dreams in his hands. He then sat back in the chair behind him, and laid Sakura across his lap. He had her head lay on his shoulder.
"Let go of her!" Ino screamed at him. Naruto then had, less than a second later; he had a bright red mark on the left side of his face. Ino had slapped him hard, and he nearly dropped Sakura. Ino grabbed Sakura and put her on the spare bed. She then rounded on Naruto, as he sneakily tried to get out of the room.
"Where the fuck do you think you are going?" she asked him.
"Um…no where," he said, his voice betraying him, and showing he was scared.
"That's what I thought," Ino said. She went up in front of him and pushed him down into a chair. "Neji?" she asked. Neji got what she meant, and tied chakra strings around his arms and legs to the chair. He then securely tied the chair to the wall with Chakra strings. Tenten the realized, that hey, Neji was there.
"Neji," she said in a dark voice. Everyone turned to look at her.
"Yes?" he replied, with just as much as emotion as Tenten. Everyone, even Naruto realized that it would be good time to leave. Ino cut the strings that where keeping him to the floor, and pushed the chair out with him on it. She pushed the chair out, into a nearby room, and came back for Sakura.
"Sorry," she said. Ino then left, shutting the door. Tenten then turned to Neji.
"Ten-" he started.
"Just shut up," she said. Her head had been down, but then it came up. There was only thing in her eyes, and that was hurt. She couldn't believe that this man, boy, she mentally corrected, dared to injure the Weapons Mistress of Konoha, and when her back was turned.
"You're pathetic," Tenten whispered. Neji sat down in a chair, and looked away, kinda in a shy and disgusted way. But not disgusted at Tenten, but at himself.
"I know," he said quietly.
"My back was turned," Tenten said.
"You shouldn't have left your defense down," he pointed out. He lifted his head back up, having more pride in himself.
"Yeah, I know, but attacking an enemy, or a teammate, behind their back, and not face to face, shows weakness," she said, anger showing much in her voice. Neji didn't know what to say, he stood there, paralyzed.
"You're weak then, if you can't detect an enemy that you are so tuned to," Neji said softly.
"That is not weak. Weakness is attacking an opponent from behind, and not allowing them a defense," she said, looking down.
"Then what if you need to attack them from behind," he said. His cold glare stared at her hard. It didn't affect her, and she smiled.
"Then that means you are not afraid, of anything. I know you weren't afraid. But I knew you where fighting, so even though you came behind me; it shows that you are weak. I could have taken you down, anytime." Neji was confused, beyond confused.
"Tenten-"he started, but was cut off. Kiba walked in the room, and then noticed the two.
"Sorry," he whispered, and started shutting the door.
"Wait!" Tenten called. Kiba looked back.
"Yeah?" he asked questionably.
"Can you tell Ino to bring Sakura in here, once she wakes up?" Tenten asked.
"Yeah, sure. I need to ask Sakura and Ino something any way. Hope you feel better Tenten," he said. He then shut the door to give them some privacy.
"Tenten," he started again. He didn't know what to say. He wanted more than anything that she would forgive him. He would do anything, anything to be forgiven. In history, ALL of history, Neji the Hyuga was too stunned to speak, and didn't know what to say…
With Ino and Sakura:
Ino grabbed each of the arm rests on either side of the chair that Naruto was sitting in. She brought her face up about an inch from his face. He gulped loudly. He knew that she could be a very evil, evil-. His thoughts where interrupted by her voice.
"Scared Uzumaki?" she asked, with an evil laugh following. He gulped. "What, little kitty afraid to talk?" she said putting on a mimicking puppy dog pout.
"No," he whispered out.
Ino laughed, again. "'No' to what? Being a little kitty, or being afraid.
"Both," he choked out again. She laughed.
"Well, you should be," she said backing away. He gulped again, but an anime style that looked really funny and Ino laughed, yet again. (A/N: Sweat drop anime style)
"What are you gonna do?" he said, not putting anything past Ino Yamanaka. Ino thought to herself, then laughed crazily. This time, Naruto sweat dropped anime style.
"Should I dismember you?" she thought, bringing herself close to him again. He gulped, and nearly fainted at the pain that would be inflicted.
"Please god, no," he whispered to her. Ino laughed.
"I think I am voting on a vote between the classic, locking you away for a few days, tying you down, and putting a bowl of ramen in front of you that you can't reach for a few days. Or, tying you up by your ankles at the top of the compound," Ino said. She was debating much.
Ankles Idea.
What, who are you.
I'm your inner self, idiot.
Great. Anyway, why the ankles idea?
Because, Sasuke would find it funny, and then you could say you tied him up there.
Good idea.
I hear someone outside, have fun.
I will, Oh I will.
Please use protection.
Perv.
What, you said it.
And you thought it.
Good point.
Do you know what?
What?
Leave.
Why?
Because.
Meany.
Perv.
End of thoughts.
Ino looked at Naruto's sweat covered face, and she smiled. She was about to say that the ankles idea would work, but then heard Sakura stir from the spot on the couch. Ino had chosen a big, empty room. There was a soft couch for Sakura to lie on, and a wall that Ino had securely tied Naruto's chair to with. She looked at Naruto, then turned to Sakura.
"Awake?" Ino asked.
"Yeah, why does my back hurt, it is like someone caught me that has arms that have a thick layer of fat over the muscle," Sakura said, rubbing her back. Ino laughed.
"Hey!" Naruto called.
"What did the Dope do now?" Sakura asked. She then realized why she spelled a little like ramen. "You didn't," Sakura said, threatening. She took a step at Naruto, then turned towards Ino.
"He did," Ino said.
"I did," Naruto said. "And it is not a layer of fat, but just flabby muscle."
"Yeah, who's the medic here?" Sakura said. "Any ideas?" she asked Ino.
"Ankle tying to the top of the compound," Ino said.
"Dismembering?" Sakura suggested.
"Thought about it, but would rather not think about it," Ino said, Sakura getting the point.
"I know someone that would do it, but where is she?" Sakura asked.
"Hinata loves him to much," Ino said. "I do wonder where she went…" Ino said, and then realized why she ran out when Naruto caught Sakura. Ino looked at Sakura, and Sakura thought for a second, then it hit her too, I mean, she has to think for a few seconds. A hard boned idiot caught her.
Sakura walked over in front of Naruto, bent down so her face was less than an inch away from his. Naruto, being his crazy self, thought she was gonna kiss him. He was ready for it. He then heard her kiss something. He then heard a loud smack across his face. She had kissed the palm of her hand, then slapped him so hard, that a big pink mark was on his face. In the middle of it, was her pink lip gloss, a mark there that looked like it was imbedded in his skin.
"Nice," Ino said, laughing so hard that she fell back on the couch. They both heard loud footsteps, and soon the door opened to reveal Kiba. He saw the mark on Naruto's face, and looked at Sakura. He took it wrong though. What, is he allergic to girls or something? He thought to himself. He sighed, and then put his head in his hands.
"Sakura, can I talk to you?" he asked. She nodded, and followed him out into the hallway. Once in the hallway, Kiba took a breath, and looked at her.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Um…this is gonna sound crazy, Sakura, but is Naruto allergic to you?" Kiba asked.
"Huh?" She said, with the most confused look on her face.
"Well, you are dating him apparently, and you kissed him, and his face is swelling," he said.
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Sakura screamed.
"You dating the Uzumaki," He said.
"What?" she said again.
"You are dating him. Hinata saw you fall into his arms," he said.
"Oh my god," she said. "One minute," she said. She turned the doorknob and went back into the room. Kiba peered over the edge of the doorway. Sakura went over to the tied up Uzumaki and slapped him again, on the other side of his face. She then smiled, not listening to his cries, and walked back out the door.
"Solve anything?" she asked Kiba, once she closed the door.
"Yeah, a lot actually," he said, scratching the back of his head.
"Hinata thought I was dating him then, huh?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, and she is pretty upset. She is sleeping now, but still gonna be pretty upset. Yeah, why do you keep slapping him, punching would work too?" he suggested. She laughed.
"I don't want to permantly damage him more than needed," she said. He laughed. "I don't think though Naruto deserves a girl like her," Sakura said.
"Yeah I know. It sounds like though that she loves him," Kiba said.
"But he can't return that," Sakura said, sadness showing.
"Yeah."
"Look sorry about the confusion. Please tell Hinata for me that I am sorry," Sakura said.
"I will, I should head back so I can tell her when she wakes up."
"Yeah, I would come, but I have to hang someone by their ankles," Sakura started.
"I don't wanna know do I?" Kiba said, laughter showing in his voice.
"No," Sakura said laughing.
"Oh, Tenten says she wants to see you, she just got down talking to Neji," Kiba remembered.
"Okay, great, thanks. Bye Kiba," she said as he started to walk off. Sakura walked back into the room. Ino was still laughing. She then noticed that Sakura had entered again.
"What, flirting with Kiba?" Ino said.
"Hell no," Sakura said.
"Whatever you say. Did he say where Hinata is?" Ino asked.
"Yeah, she thought that I was dating Naruto when I fell into his arms, so she got a little sad and ran into Kiba," Sakura said.
"Great, butthead," she said to Naruto.
"Wait, what did I do? And why does Hinata care?" Naruto cried. The redness and the lip gloss mark were fading, much to Sakura's disappointment.
"HINATA LIKES YOU, YOU DOPE!!" Sakura yelled. Her anger him not knowing and not realizing that Hinata loves him.
"Huh?" he said. Sakura went and smacked him again.
"HINATA HAS BEEN CRUSHING ON YOU FOR FOREVER, YOU DICK WEED," Sakura said.
"Sakura," Ino said, trying to calm her. Sakura glared at her, and, for once in history, oh my god people; write this down for it will never happen again, Ino shut up.
"I AM TIRED OF WATCHING YOU SIT AND REJECT HER!!" Sakura said. She calmed down a bit for a second, but the anger was still in her voice. "You sit, and let her rot there, like you don't' give a second thought about her! Sasuke ditched me, and I will not let you do that to her, so give her some attention, or find a way to tell her that you need to be just friends! She will understand!" Sakura blew off.
"I never knew…." Naruto said.
"You never knew, because your crush on me took over, please, just stop thinking about me for five seconds, and see what happens!" Sakura said. She went and sat on the couch.
Naruto closed his eyes, and then many shots ran through his head. Ones of him and Hinata fighting on missions, and remembering her from the Chunin exams years previous. Her movements where brisk, but hard and quick. He opened his eyes, and sighed.
"Hope you like the roof, because you will be thinking a lot up there," Sakura said. "Ino, would you like the honors?" Sakura said, smiling.
"Of course," Ino said. She went and grabbed Naruto's feet, but he was still bundled in chakra. She started pulling him then out the door. Sakura followed them out the door. Ino and Naruto turned a corner, but Sakura heard Ino's voice.
"And many staircases, Dope," Ino said. She heard Naruto groan loudly. Sakura smiled then walked towards Hinata's room, to check in on Tenten. Even though what she had been through that day, she felt happy. She came close to Hinata's/Tenten's room, and heard a rustle of clothes or blankets, she opened the door, and saw something she didn't want to see……..
