Naruto saiTheElly929: Thank you guys for reviewing. This makes me extra happy! I dunno but I still think that I need more reviews. Oh, and by the way. Arigato to Ichigoluva247, jadeddragon212, and piratequeen11 for being my main reviewers. Arigato again to other readers that have added me to their favorite authors list! Okay then. Lee, do the DISCLAIMER!
Lee: Our youthful author, Elly-sama does not own Naruto. Only Hinata and Kishimoto-san do. She owns some characters that have been made up including Mayuri Tsutomi. Now I shall go forth to the sunset of youth.
Gai: Lee! The most important thing to know about youth is to be thankful that you are young and healthy.
Lee (writes in his worn notebook): I understand Gai-sensei!
Gai: LEE!
Lee: GAI-SENSEI!
Gai: LEE!
Lee: GAI-SENSEI!
(Jazzy music starts to play. The two of them run off into the sunset and more waves come up. A Kodak moment appears.)
Director: AND CUT! Lee and Gai, you've done an excellent job!
Gai: Thank you, thank you. It's all about the youth.
Lee: YOUTH!
TheElly929 (sweat drops and thinks to herself): Gee, I wonder what this 37 year old man taught this 24 year old twelve years ago. . .
(A/N: TO THE POWER OF YOUTH!! Lol, I just love making fun of the power of youth XD.)
Hinata and Mayuri arrived at Konoha Hospital two days after the blind spot incident. Mayuri reported what happened to the front desk and Hinata was put in a stretcher and was taken to the emergency room. Sakura and Ino ran to Mayuri quickly (except for the fact that Ino ran slower than Sakura since she is pregnant).
"Is everything okay?" asked Ino.
"Yes," said Mayuri. "For me, that is. Hinata has lost a lot of blood during out battles and has ruptured a few vital organs. I healed the organs but she needs blood so that the full recovery can commence."
"Ino, you take Mayuri to Shizune-sempai and Tsunade-sama to help out Hinata. We need someone with a blood type that's A."
"Hai, Sakura," said Ino. She ran slowly out of the hospital to find a person worthy. Unfortunately, she didn't find anyone within that area. She was really worn out since it was the fact that she is pregnant.
"Damn this pregnancy," said Ino.
-Back at the Hospital . . .-
"Now I have to inform Naruto about this," Sakura said to Mayuri. "Mayu-chan, you are going to record Hinata's condition and see of she is making any progress. Contact anybody if she is going into cardiac arrest or she is dying."
"Hai, Sakura-sensei," said Mayuri. Mayuri ran to the room that Hinata was placed in, which was room 405. She pulled out a clipboard and checked her pulse, blood levels, and other conditions.
Naruto was blinking his eyes open and shut since he was stuck all day with the mission reports. Shikamaru was helping him file the papers. Rock Lee just happened to be there, helping the both of them out. Sakura busted through the door, once again, without knocking.
"N-Naruto-sama!" said Sakura. "Hinata is in the hospital right now and she needs a blood transplant!"
"She needs a what?" asked Naruto. Apparently, as you know, our blonde hero is slow and dense (A/N: Don't worry Naruto-kun, I am too 3).
"Let me explain," said our youthful youngster, Rock Lee, who got up and pulled down one of those projection sheets. "A blood transplant is when someone who lacks blood is given blood by a donor or somebody who gives blood. Since Hinata has an A blood type, she needs a donor who will give her the same blood that she has. That youthful person is me!" (You know what happens next!)
Before our hot blooded, green beast ranted on about the full power of youth, Naruto's face lit up.
"Oh I get it!" said Naruto. "But what's mine?"
"According to your records, you're a type B," said Sakura. "Do you mind if I borrow Lee for today?"
"Not at all," said Naruto. "Arigato for helping her, Fuzzy Brows."
"Any time, Naruto-kun," said Lee. "Besides, I would do anything for my cherry blossom!" (A/N: SPOILER: Sorry to all LeeSaku fans. But unfortunately, they do not end up with each other. You will know who she will end up with in future chapters and possibly the sequel.)
Sakura rolled her eyes. When the both of them left, Shikamaru pulled out a pair of earplugs from his ears.
"So how are things going between you and Ino-baka?" asked Naruto. "Did you pop the question yet?"
"Yeah," said our favorite lazy pineapple head. "She said 'yes' but I had to ask her father first. It was a pain, but he accepted me. He thought that I could be a better person for her than Choji."
"Oh," said Naruto. "Then what happens to Choji?"
"I guess that he has to find somebody from within his clan. What are you going to do about Hinata? I mean, she's liked you ever since we were children."
"I don't know. I need to do something so that she won't see that I'm still the dense boy she knew from 17 years ago. What's the best thing to do?"
"Well," Shikamaru began. "You can start off with taking her out somewhere once she recovers. Maybe take her out to dinner, go and see a movie, things like that. I don't know what the girl likes. Ask Ino or Sakura or even Tenten if you need more ideas."
"Thanks, Shikamaru," said Naruto. "I wonder who told you all about these things."
"My dad," said Shikamaru. "That's what he did to get my mom. I can't believe that it actually worked."
"Wow, who would've thought that your father would give you such good advice?"
"Sometimes I wonder that myself."
"Besides, we need somebody or a few people to replace Lee." Naruto went through the hand signs (or at least one). "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" Four clones of Naruto appeared and started to stamp and sign the missions.
Ever since Naruto became Hokage, people became needier and more missions broke out. Naruto only uses his Shadow Clones in emergencies or to replace him or someone else. Since Naruto became Hokage, alliances have deepened between the Five Great Nations and a few small nations. Konoha had more than enough money to go around, thanks to Naruto himself and his assistant, Shikamaru.
-Meanwhile with Shino . . .-
Shino was using the Transparency Jutsu that the late Jiraiya used to spy on girls. Shino actually used this jutsu for good instead of perverted intentions. In using this jutsu, Shino actually took down notes about what the Akatsuki were up to. He recently found out that Sasuke was going back to Konoha to capture the Nine-Tailed Fox. 'The question is what the Akatsuki want with the Nine-Tailed Fox?' thought Shino. 'What do they want with Naruto-sama?' As he took notes, he told one of his bugs to listen in on what the Akatsuki members are saying.
"Anyway," said Pein, who had many piercings on his face with short, orange hair. "Sasuke, since you know the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki well, I believe that you should go and hunt him down."
"I agree," said Konan, who was adjusting the origami flower in her hair.
"Tobi is a-" started Tobi.
"Shut the hell up, Tobi!" said Zetsu's left side. "If you don't, then I would have the crazy guy here to take you out." Zetsu's right side pointed at Jugo. Right now, he was calm and asleep.
"What make you think that I should go after that dobe?" asked Sasuke. "Besides, he's a weakling."
"Ever since you left the village and we were constantly going after him, he became stronger and thought more with his own head than with the Kyuubi's head. He learned how to control the demon in him (Insert "The Demon in me" sung in W.I.T.C.H. by Matt Olsen)."
"Oh, so he's more of a challenge," said Sasuke. "Since you put it that way, then I'll go."
"OOOOH, Sasuke-kun!" squealed Karin. "Can I go with you? Please?"
"Hell no, slut," said Sasuke.
"But if you don't go with a partner, then what are you gonna do?" asked Kisame. "In the Akatsuki, you need to travel in two-man cells."
"Then I'd rather go with Jugo or Suigetsu," insisted Sasuke. "Hell, I'll even go with you, Sharkie."
"Sorry, I already have a partner," said Kisame, ignoring the nickname that Sasuke gave him. He pointed at Suigetsu. He ignored Kisame and continued to shine the guillotine sword.
"Fuck," cursed Sasuke. "I'll go with you, but under one condition."
"What is it, Sasuke-kun?" asked Karin.
"Don't fuckin' annoy me! If you do then . . ." He pulled out his katana and placed it by Karin's throat. She gasped as she looked at the katana. "If you do, then I'm going to have to kill you." He places the katana back in its sheath.
"O-Okay," Karin stammered. 'Damn, he's so brutal,' she thought to herself. 'I wonder if some girl tried to approach him and he threatened her like he did to me.'
"Now then Sasuke," said Pein. "Since you killed Itachi 8 years ago, you are going to fulfill his duties as a Jinchuuriki hunter. All of us failed to get the Nine-Tails. But you are our only hope, Sasuke. Make us proud."
"Whatever," said Sasuke. He and Karin did the Body Flicker Jutsu and they were outside of the Akatsuki underground hide out.
"So which way do we go?" asked Karin, who was visibly shaking. Seriously, if a quiet angsty, emo-ish (no offense Sasuke fan girls), sexy duck's butt haired, onyx eyed guy threatened you, you would be quaking in your boots; or rather your ninja sandals.
"Don't ask me any questions," said Sasuke. "Ever since I heard what you said about what you would do to me in my sleep, I don't need to hear a word from your mouth unless I address you. Understand?" (Talk about demanding. . .)
"H-Hai," squeaked Karin.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Hand it over!" said Sasuke sternly.
Karin was shaking uncontrollably and handed over the food, or at least Sasuke's portion. He grabbed it from her and gobbled it down. 'The best way to contact with a man is through his stomach,' thought Karin. 'Oh yeah BABY!' said some random voice in her head.
'Who the hell are you?'
'I'm your inner, nice to me you!'
'Well in that case, what are we gonna do to Sasuke next?'
'Good question . . .'
As Karin ranted on in her head, Sasuke happened to collapse. Karin gasped when she saw her "beloved" on the ground.
'Oh my Kami-sama!' screeched Inner Karin.
"What am I going to do?" Karin asked out loud. Tears welled up in her eyes. Just then, a puff of smoke came and a stone about the size of Sasuke appeared.
'A replacement Jutsu?' Inner Karin asked.
Sasuke appeared from behind Karin and knocked her out the same way he did to Sakura 11 years ago. He picked up the lady's body and headed east. 'Damn, this bitch is heavy,' thought Sasuke.
Lee arrived in room 405 with Hinata still unconscious. Sakura along with Ino and Mayuri helped Lee out with getting dressed in the medical robes (or whatever they are) and hooking him up to the blood extraction machine (thingy).
"Now Lee," said Sakura. "This may hurt because we are going to find a vein. Ino, restrain him. Mayuri, tie an elastic band around the area of his elbow."
"Hai," said Ino and Mayuri. Mayuri tied the elastic band around his right arm. Ino held him down with her arms.
"Lee, make a fist," said Sakura. Lee obeyed and Sakura stuck the needle in his arm. He let out a yelp of pain.
"Lee-sensei," said Mayuri. "We are going to take a liter of your blood and then we are going to transfer it to Hinata-san." She held up a small bottle of tablets/plasma pills (whichever one you want). "These are plasma pills. These will help you regain your blood levels. Just take two of these with or after a meal. As long as you don't take it with sake or any other alcoholic beverage, you will get better."
"Also keep in mind that you have to keep it light on your training," said the pink-haired kunoichi. "I know that you like to push yourself, but if you do that too hard, then you will pass out every time. Trust me, you wouldn't want that."
"I appreciate that you said that," said Lee, putting his thumb up and his teeth doing the annoying shining thing. "That is why I must thank the three of you. It is a pleasure that you have told me this-" He fell asleep because if the amount of blood being taken out of him.
"We are now at half of a liter of blood," said Ino. "I guess that means that we should call Hinata's family to tell them how she is."
"Why don't you do that, Ino-pig?" asked Sakura. "Besides, you're the one who suggested this."
"Why does it have to be me, forehead girl?" screamed Ino. "You always leave the crappy work to me! Have Mayuri do it!"
"I would let her do it, but I have to teach her something new today," Sakura gave Ino a menacing smile. "Besides, you're pregnant." Ino stormed off with a hissy fit and went to the phone room.
"Okay, we are at a liter of blood. Mayuri, disconnect the machine from Lee please. Make sure that you replace the needle that was in it before. Place a bandage around his arm. When I said 'go', connect the machine to Hinata."
Mayuri did what she was told and fixed up the machine so that she could hook it up to Hinata once she was given the signal. Mayuri put an elastic band around Hinata's arm and extended it. She curled her hand into a fist and saw the vein that she needed. Once Sakura gave her the signal, Mayuri connected the machine to Hinata.
"How long is this going to take?" asked the red-haired, brown-eyed Chuunin. "My twin brother, Hiro is waiting for me to train with him in an hour."
"Not too long, Mayuri," said Sakura. "All you need to do is get Tsunade-sama and Shizune-sempai over here and I'll let you go."
"Hai, Sakura-sensei," said Mayuri. Mayuri went downstairs to lower-level one and found Tsunade. She was sleeping on top of a scroll which was entitled "How to Cure a Person from Bad Memory Disorder."
"Tsunade-sama," said Mayuri, shaking the 61-year-old woman. Tsunade started to drool on the scroll. Mayuri stopped shaking the elderly woman. She took a deep breath and shouted Tsunade's name.
"TSUNADE-SAMA!" shouted Mayuri. This time, the elderly Sannin woke up with a shocked look on her face.
"W-What's going on?" asked Tsunade, stunned. "Who's there?"
"It's me Mayuri," said the 14-year old. "I'm Ino-sensei's student, Mayuri Tsutomi, the twin sister of Hiro Tsutomi, Sakura-sensei's student."
"Oh yes," said Tsunade, remembering. "You're the one who found a cure for advanced rat poisoning on humans and is researching on how to undo curse marks."
"That's right!" beamed Mayuri.
"Now what can I do for you, Mayu-chan?"
"Sakura-sensei needs you and Shizune-sempai to help her out with one of her patients."
"Who is she?"
"Her name is Hinata Hyuuga."
'The Hyuuga heiress, eh?' thought Tsunade. 'This might be more serious than the last time. "Okay, I'll go with you. But the problem is that Shizune is not available at this time. She is currently somewhere else." 'Damn it, Shizune. Out of all days, you had to miss today?' thought the Godaime.
"I'll take you to the room that she is in," said Mayuri. The both of them went up the elevator to the 4th floor to check on Hinata. Mayuri left and found her brother in the lobby. They went to the training fields in silence.
-Three Hours Later . . .-
Neji, Hanabi, Hiashi, and Hana (Hinata's maternal cousin) were in the waiting room, waiting for Hinata's results. Naruto came in the same room huffing and puffing. Tenten arrived a second later.
"Is she okay?" asked both Tenten and Naruto.
"Sakura said that she is doing fine," said Hiashi. "We should wait until visiting is open for us."
"Oh, okay," said Tenten and Naruto in unison again. Tenten sat next to her fiancé, Neji, while Naruto was sitting in a chair in a corner, alone (Poor Naruto).
"Naruto-sama," said Hiashi. "You should sit with us."
"No, Hiashi-sama," said Naruto, trying his best to decline politely. "I don't want to be a burden since I sent your eldest daughter on a dangerous
mission. Thank you for your invitation, though." Naruto held his face in his hands to hide the tears from falling down his face. He felt a warm hand on his shoulders. He lifted his hand from his face and noticed that it was Hana who had her hand on his shoulder.
"N-Naruto-sensei," said Hana, who adopted the stuttering from her cousin. "You don't have to blame yourself. You did the right thing; sending her on that mission was a good thing. Even though she nearly died, she was able to have her teammates continue for her." Hana sighed. "If you hadn't sent her on the mission, then she would have been at home, moping each day. I want to thank you again, Naruto-sensei." She left him alone and went to talk to Hanabi.
'So this is the girl that I taught 5 years ago,' thought Naruto. 'She is right. Kami-sama, why do I have to be so dense and such a baka?'
Just then, a ring came from the door. The Hyuugas, Tenten and Naruto turned. Sakura and Tsunade came out of the room along with Ino.
"Tsunade-obaachan?" gasped Naruto. He got a dirty look from Tsunade. Then he said. "I'm sorry. I mean Tsunade-sama, what are you doing here?"
"I'm just here to let all of you know that Hinata is ready for visitors now. Family members first."
Tenten and the rest of the Hyuugas walked into the room. Naruto just sat there, alone again.
"Naruto," said Tsunade. "You can be with Hinata once the family leaves the premises. Just wait here for a little while."
"Alright," sighed Naruto. He waited for a few minutes. Sakura went to talk with Naruto.
"Are you okay, Naruto?" she asked.
"No," he said. "I don't want to sound stupid or anything, but Hinata is really important to me."
"You don't sound stupid. Did you tell her about what's inside of you?"
"Yes I did."
"What did she say?"
"She told me that she accepts me for who I am, not for what's inside for me."
"What happened next?"
"We kissed."
"NANI?!" Sakura screamed so loud that the Hyuugas (and Tenten) in the room turned towards the door. Hinata was worried.
"W-What's going on?" she asked, weakly.
"I don't know," said Tenten. "But whatever it is, I'm going to check it out."
"Be careful, Tenten," said Neji with a concerned voice. Tenten nodded her head. When she opened the door, Sakura was pounding Naruto and he was blocking. He used all of his strength to stop himself from going through the wall.
"Whoa," said Tenten. "Didn't see that coming!" Then she closed the door.
"Sakura!" exclaimed Naruto.
"WHAT?!" screamed Sakura.
"WHY are you pounding me?"
She stopped punching him. He had one of those signature lumps on his head. "I really don't know."
"Oh," he said. Then he sat down. Sakura sat down next to him.
"Naruto," said Sakura.
"Hn?" asked Naruto.
"Sometimes, I'm jealous of you."
"Really? Because sometimes I'm jealous of you, too."
Sakura ignored what Naruto said and made a "humph" sound. Hinata happened to hear the whole conversation between Naruto and Sakura. She was blushing so hard that she nearly fainted due to the amount of blood going to her face.
Meanwhile, Lee finally woke up. He saw that the Hyuuga family was crowded around Hinata. 'I wish that my family was here to see if I am doing okay,' thought Lee. 'Both my mom and Gai-sensei are on a mission.' Lee sighed and turned on another side to rest.
"Oh, I forgot that Lee was here," said Tenten. "Sorry, Lee."
"Water off of a duck's back, Tenten," replied Lee. "Besides, I have saved your future cousin-in-law's life."
"My deepest apologies, Lee-san," said Hiashi. "You have saved my daughter's life. Without your blood, she might have not lived another day."
"You are welcome, Hiashi-sama," said Lee, saluting him.
Sakura came back into the room and became calmer.
"Okay, Hyuuga family. You have to leave because out next visitor is waiting to see my patient." The Hyuugas said their goodbyes to Hinata and they left the room.
"OI! NARUTO-BAKA! THEY'RE OPEN FOR YOU!" shouted Sakura.
"AT LEAST TELL ME WHY YOU DIDN'T ANSWER ME!"
"I'LL TELL YOU LATER, NOW GET IN HERE BEFORE I SEND YOU THROUGH THE WALL!"
Naruto ran into the room and stood by the bed that Lee was in.
"Thanks Lee, for giving her your blood," said Naruto. "I really appreciate it."
"I-I forgot to say thank you," said Hinata. "But Arigato, Lee-san."
"NO PROBLEM NARUTO-KUN, HINATA-SAN!" shouted Lee, saluting the both of them.
"Not to offend you in anyway or anything like that, but could you part the room please? I need to speak with Hinata."
"No problem." Lee pulled the partitioning curtain all the way down. He looked outside of his window and saw the town below. The sunset was about to arrive soon.
"Hinata," began Naruto. "I wanted to say that I'm –"
"I-It's okay, N-Naruto-kun," said Hinata. "Y-You don't n-need to apologize."
"R-Really?" stuttered Naruto (A/N: Really, the stuttering disease is spreading). "But you're hurt. Sakura nearly killed me when I told her what happened between you and me."
"I guess that we need to k-keep our relationship a secret," said Hinata. "B-Besides, we can't do that yet s-since w-we need to tell my father about us."
"Remember when I came over for dinner two weeks ago?"
"Y-Yes. What did Father say?"
"He said that it's okay to go out with you. You can even ask him yourself if you don't believe me."
"I . . . I believe you, Naruto-kun."
"So I'll see you whenever you are released. When is that day anyway?"
"On Thursday."
'Damn it,' thought Naruto. 'That's three days away from now.'
"Okay then, I'll see you then," said Naruto. The Rokudaime Hokage and our #1 ANBU spy/Hyuuga heiress gave each other Naruto gave Hinata a kiss on her forehead. He moved the partition curtain and pounded Lee's habitually bandaged fist. Lee pounded his fist to Naruto's. They said goodbye to each other.
Naruto went back to his house by foot. When he arrived there, he went up to his room and wrote this important date down on his calendar,
like he usually did. Then he noticed something. His birthday was a week after their first date. 'Great,' he thought. 'Another year I have to spend alone.' He fixed himself some dinner (it's obvious what he would eat) and decided to have his food in front of the flat screen TV. After about two hours in front of the flat rectangle, he drifted off to dream land.
-Back with Shino again . . .-
Shino was on his way back to Kiba, who was sleeping at the foot of their meeting tree, with Akamaru's front paws and his head on his owner's lap. Both of them were drenched in blood.
"Damn it, Kiba," said the bug-wielder, pinching his nose. "You stink." (A/N: What a great way to greet your friend Shino . . .)
"Hn," said Kiba with his eyes closed. "You're the one to talk. You reek of death and morning breath (A/N: AH! RHYME TIME!)."
"Whatever," said Shino. "We have to go. I got the information."
"That was quick," said the dog-trainer. "What's it about?"
"Sasuke is returning back to Konoha to get Naruto."
"Why is that?"
"Remember the story about the Nine-Tailed Fox when we were little? That's the reason why."
"Oh, right. Then let's get going before they get there."
Shino, Kiba, and Akamaru traveled back to Konoha as quickly as they could. They did this so that Sasuke could not get there before they do. Along the way, they did not notice that Sasuke was right behind them. But they never bothered to let their guard down.
Sasuke and (knocked out) Karin were right behind Kiba and Shino. Let's not forget Akamaru. Sasuke was paying close attention to how both of them changed over the 11 years since he left. Shino dropped the hoodie that he wore in Shippuuden and wore an overgrown sweater shirt covering his neck, but it wasn't so big. It was smaller and nearly attached to his neck. His glasses were the same shape as before, but they were the same color as his shirt: hunter green.
As for Kiba, he let his hair grow up to his shoulders. The markings on his face were still on his face and his headband around his head. He wore a mesh shirt with a thin army green hoodie and long hunter green pants. Akamaru was larger than the last time he saw him and much older.
'Looks like bug boy and dog breath have changed in appearance,' thought Sasuke. He looked over his shoulder and saw that Karin was still knocked out. 'I hate this woman,' he thought to himself again.
(Now to describe Sexy duck's butt guy.) Sasuke had has raven hair sliced back. Only the bangs that he let loose a few years ago were slicked back. You could still see the duck's butt shape in the back. There were a few pieces of hair that fell to his face. Basically, he looked like Kazuya Mishima from Tekken 5, except hotter (Boy, for an old man, Kazuya Mishima looks hot).
He wore a blue robe that revealed his chiseled chest and does not have the butt tie thing that he wore a few years back. Instead, he had a belt-like structure with a sheath that bore his katana. His pants were ankle length and were the color brown. His ninja sandals were black and unlike Itachi, he did NOT paint his toenails or fingernails. The Akatsuki robe was tied around his waist.
Karin, however, was looking a little better than she did back in the day. She actually looked nice. She got rid of those thick glasses of hers and replaced them with thinner, but they were the same shape as her old glasses. Her messy orange-brown(ish) hair grew to the middle of her back and was tied in a low ponytail. She wore a white ninja's dress which displayed every curve in her body. She wore the Akatsuki robe, which was zipped up all the way to her middle, revealing her chest.
'Great,' thought Sasuke. 'Now I have to deal with carrying this heavy girl.' He followed Shino and Kiba all the way to Konoha where they reached three days later. When Kiba and Shino arrived, they greeted the Tokubetsu Jounin, Kotetsu and Izumo (They are still gatekeepers).
"We're back," said Kiba.
"I see," said Izumo. "Looks like you got the info. Are you going to visit Hinata at the hospital?"
"Sure, why not?" said Kiba, excitedly.
"But first we have to file in our mission report," said Shino.
"You could if you want to, but Hokage-sama is taking the day off," said Kotetsu. "You can still see Hinata. She is being released today."
"Okay," said Kiba. "Let's go Shino."
"Hn," replied Shino, apathetically. They made their way to Konoha hospital. When the men from the former team 8 walked away, Kotetsu and Izumo started talking.
"Aren't Gai and Lee's mom returning to the village today?" asked Izumo.
"They should be here by now," said Kotetsu. "Especially since Gai is always about 'the springtime of youth'."
Sasuke took down all of this information. He saw that Gai and a woman just a little bit shorter than him that hardly looked like Lee were running towards the village. Sasuke did a couple of hand signs. He mumbled "Transparency Jutsu." He touched Karin as he muttered this. Sasuke followed Gai and Lee's mom all the way to the Hokage mansion.
"OI! NARUTO!" shouted Gai. "WE'RE HERE!" There was a weird silence and paper tumbleweeds rolled in behind them.
"Maybe he's not here," said Lee's mom.
"You'll never know," replied Gai. "The youthful person might have done a Jutsu that forced us not to see him." He did the nice guy pose.
"Or, he might have taken the day off," shouted back Lee's mom. Lee's mom- oh to Hell with this. Her name is Makoto. Makoto took a note off of Naruto's desk. She read it quickly and gave it to Gai. Gai read it.
Dear Fellow Citizens of Konoha,
I am taking today off, so you would have to file in your reports tomorrow. Please don't be sad. I'm just going to see a sick friend and I am preparing myself for it. Thank you.
-Naruto
P.S. Gai-sensei, do NOT go after me.
"Oh," said Gai. "Well, Makoto, let's see your youthful son, Lee and the girl that he donated blood to!"
"Right," said Makoto. Both of them ran off to the hospital at their top speed. Sasuke ran off as fast as his legs could carry him since Karin was still knocked out. They arrived in room 405, where they saw Hinata, Lee, Sakura, and Naruto.
'Damn it,' thought Sasuke. 'The dobe really did grow up. He even looks stronger. That pink haired woman looks so familiar. It's like I saw her before.'
-Flashback-
Sasuke packed his bag so that he can join the Sound 4 to Orochimaru. He looked at the picture of his Genin team. Sakura had her hands up by her chin who gave the most innocent grin. Sasuke himself had a dark look on his face. Naruto sneered at Sasuke. Kakashi, although invisible due to his face mask, smiled a hearty smile. His eye made the upside down "U" shape.
"At least we have some comrades to fill the void," said the Kakashi in his mind. The Sasuke that was to seek vengeance on his elder brother put down the picture face down and set off.
-Fast Forward to scene with Sakura and Sasuke-
"But I'm so in love with you!" cried Sakura. Sasuke remained apathetic when she said that.
"You haven't changed," said Sasuke with an evil smirk. "You're still annoying." He turned on his heel and walked away.
"DON'T LEAVE ME!" cried Sakura. "IF YOU DO THEN I'LL ME JUST AS ALONE AS YOU! TAKE ME WITH YOU! I'LL EVEN HELP YOU KILL YOUR BROTHER! IF YOU LEAVE ME, THEN I'LL SCREAM!" She ran off to him. Sasuke disappeared from Sakura and ended up behind her.
"Sakura . . ." said Sasuke. "Arigato." Then he knocked her out.
"Sa-su-ke-kun . . ." said Sakura. She fell onto the ground and Sasuke placed her on the bench.
-Flashback #2-
Sai tried to kill Sasuke so that he won't be Orochimaru's new container. But his killer was reversed by causing a huge explosion. Sakura, Naruto, and Yamato heard the sound and ran towards it. Sakura made it first.
"Ah, Sakura," said a 15-year old Sasuke who appeared taller than before. Sakura turned her head slowly. When she connected the voice to the face of that gut, she stopped in her tracks.
"Sa-su-ke-kun," said Sakura.
"So that's who she is," muttered Sasuke. "Her name is Sakura, like the cherry blossom." He started to listen in on the conversation that was conducted by Sakura.
"Hinata," said Sakura. "How are you feeling?"
"B-Better," said Hinata. "I feel like I am ready to go now
"But before you go, I have to run one more test," said Sakura. "I need for all of the males to leave the room. Yes, that means you too, Naruto."
Naruto groaned and left the room with his gaze to the ground. He used this time to flash to his house. He flashed in and out of his walk-in closet. He flashed back to the hospital right before Sakura finished her examination.
"Lee, could you pull the curtain please?" asked Sakura. "Or do you want to let your mom do it?"
"I'll do it," said Makoto.
"But okaa-san," said Lee. "I'm getting better.
"Yes, I know," said Makoto. "But I'm going to make your favorite curry if you let me do this!"
"ALRIGHT!" yelled Lee, feeling like a child again. With that, Makoto pulled the curtain all the way to the end of the room. Makoto stood in front of the curtain, noticing that Sakura just sweat dropped.
"I'm sorry," said Makoto. "I have to treat my son to something."
"It's alright," said Sakura, returning to her work. "Hinata, unbutton your robe, please. I have to check your wounds." Hinata obeyed her. Without the three kunoichi noticing, Naruto drilled the tiniest, unnoticeable hole in the world. 'Whoa,' thought Naruto. 'Get a load of those racks!' (A/N: (Mentally slaps herself.) God, Elly-sama, why do you always have to be so perverted? This is Naruto's new perverted ninjutsu.)
"Okay," said Sakura. "I'm done. You can get dressed in the bathroom. Tenten dropped off some clothing here yesterday."
"Arigato, Sakura-chan," said the Byakugan heiress. She saw on the hook of the door that there was a lavender robe-like kimono waiting for her. She also saw a pair of lilac pumps underneath them. Tenten also managed to bring her lavender purse with her. In the ribbon of the kimono robe was a note that was folded into it. It was in Tenten's writing.
Hina-chan,
I want you to take this kimono on your first date. If you want to know who I got the information from, I got this from his highness, Naruto. Don't worry; you're going to be in good hands. Have fun! Make sure to tell me what happens!
-Tenten
'Arigato, Ten-chan,' thought Hinata. 'I'll never forget this.' When Hinata finished getting dressed, everyone that was in the room stared at her, including Lee.
"Wow, Hinata-san," said Lee. "You look beautiful."
"You really do," said Sakura. "I'm so happy for you!" Sakura squealed like a little girl as she gave her petite, but curvy friend a hug. "Good luck!"
"Arigato Sakura-chan, Lee-kun, Makoto-san," said Hinata. Then she left the room. She noticed that Naruto was already dressed and ready to go. He was wearing his informal Hokage jacket that was orange with black flames. Underneath that, he had a white button up shirt with the top button unbuttoned. He wore a blue tie that matched with his azure eyes and navy blue trousers (Yeah guys, I said trousers! Ya dig?). He wore black lace up shoes.
When Naruto looked at Hinata, he didn't see the shy girl that he normally saw. He saw a beautiful woman in front of him.
"Whoa," he said, not noticing that his jaw dropped. "Hinata you're, you're HOT!" Hinata blushed when she head what Naruto said to her.
"A-Arigato," she said. "Y-You l-look really n-nice y-yourself N-Naruto-kun."
"Thanks," he said, giving Hinata his signature grin. "Shall we go then?" He extended his arm in a hooked manner.
"Yes," she said. Hinata hooked her arm with Naruto's and walked off with him. Sakura watched as her two best friends walked away.
'I never thought I would say this,' thought Sakura. 'But I'm jealous of you, Hinata-hime.' She smiled and looked at the calendar that was nearby the door. Today's date was October 3rd. 'Only one more week until his birthday,' Sakura thought again. 'I'm gonna give him something to remind him that we are still friends.' She sighed and turned to Lee. He was talking to his mother.
"Um, Lee," said Sakura. "I wanted to ask you something."
"What is it, my cherry blossom?" asked Lee. She internally shuddered when he said "my cherry blossom" and flipped her long bubble gum pink hair back.
"I just wanted to know," Sakura started. "I just wanted to know if you wanted to, you know, go out sometime."
Lee had a huge youthful smile on his face (LAWL youthful, gotta love the word). "YES!" he screamed. Sakura sweat dropped.
'NANI?' thought Sasuke. 'Why the hell is she asking him out? You know what? I might as well do something about it! Screw going after Naruto! I'm gonna go after Pinky!' Sasuke waited for when someone left the room to leave as well. He left with Sakura and he made his way out to his old hose (at least he remembered the way). When he got there, he sighed and opened the main entrance doors. He closed the doors and released the jutsu when he got to his room. He put Karin on the bed that he owned 12 years ago. Karin started to stir. He dug into his weapons
pouch and found some sushi and spring rolls. He gobbled them down and went of his former parents' room. He quickly drifted off to sleep.
-In the dreams of Sasuke Uchiha . . .-
"Sakura, arigato," he said in his 13-year old body.
"Ah, Sakura," he said again this time in his 15-year old body. Then he heard Sakura's voice.
"Sasuke-kun!" she shouted in her 13-year old body. "DON'T LEAVE ME! PLEASE! I'D BE ALL ALONE! I'M SO IN LOVE YOU! DON'T LEAVE ME! IF YOU DO, THEN I'LL SCREAM!" He saw the part when he knocked her out.
"Sa-su-ke-kun," said Sakura, this time in her 15-year old body.
'All I've ever done to Sakura was caused her pain,' Sasuke thought in his mind. 'I've got to stop this. But first I have to kill . . . kill . . .'
"NARUTO!" Sasuke screamed out off his dreams . . .
-To Be Continued . . .-
Okay NaruHina: a love story fans, I'm sorry for not updating sooner. It was because of all of the writing I was doing in my NaruHina journal. I had to plan out Chapter 5.
I'm gonna give you guys a spoiler: There's gonna be a song put in it; a Disney song and I'm not gonna tell you which one it is. You'll just have to wait (Insert You Can't Hurry Love By Phil Collins). But anyway I'm sorry. My mom is pressuring me to "stay away from my office" and to "get a life". But don't expect me to give you a speedy update. I'll try. Tell me if you guys like it.
P.S. If you were wondering what those two asterisks () were doing there, they were to indicate an explanation. Sasuke did an advanced jutsu which requires to (1) transform an inanimate object and (2) substitute with it.
Another spoiler: Naru-Naru is gonna be a little stressed and emo in the next chappie. But Sakura's there to save the day. I wish I could draw the Naruto characters for you guys now, but I can't draw Naruto characters for my life. I can draw my own from Serenity ©. Wow, this is the longest thing I have
ever written: 22 pages. WOOT! I OWN PEOPLE! LAWL! But anyway, this is Elly-sama, signing off. I HEART YOU GUYS! PLEASE REVIEW I NEED THE HELP FOR NEW OMAKE! I HAVE OFFICIALLY RUN OUT OF IDEAS (for omake I mean)! T.T
-TheElly929
