Home Chapter 6: Matchmaker OR Blind Date, a naruto fanfic

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The next morning Hinata woke with a start. She had stayed up most of the night trying to find a way to tell Naruto how she felt. She still had nothing. Thus she decided she needed to get some…advice. She showered and dressed quickly and left her house. She began searching the streets for anyone she could ask. After over an hour of walking with no luck, she decided to go to the park. She sat on one of the benches and let out a sigh.

"Gee, Hinata, what's the big sigh for?" a familiar voice said from behind her. She glanced over her shoulder and sweat dropped. Behind her was every girl she had been looking for mere minutes before.

"I've been looking for all of you…" Hinata said shyly. They all exchanged grins and winks.

"Yeah, we heard what happened last night." Ino said to the girl, a look of amusement on her face. Hinata blushed and tried to splutter out an explanation.

"H-how did you know? Were you there too?" she asked them. They grinned even more, enjoying the girl's silly antics.

"No, no, we weren't there, but Kakashi-sensei and Asuma-sensei were talking about it this morning and we just overheard them." Sakura explained, still grinning.

"Hey, sing us a song! We heard you know songs from the west?" Ten Ten asked her. Hinata just nodded, not trusting her voice.

"I-I don't really feel like singing right now…" Hinata managed to get out. The other girls looked crest fallen, they had really looked forward to hearing the girl sing.

"Well, we won't help you with your boy problems unless you sing us a song!" Temari exclaimed. The other girls lightened up and grinned evilly at Hinata, nodding their head to show they agreed with Temari. Hinata blushed some more. She stared at them for a few moments, hoping they were bluffing or joking. They weren't. She finally nodded her head, showing that she agreed to their terms. She took in a shaky breath and began singing. (Again, don't make fun of the song TT)

He is such a sweet sweet guy
He doesn't even see me
Every time he passes by
He makes my heart go crazy

No I can't, stand away
You don't notice me
It's so hard to have a breaking heart
Yes it's true, baby I am fallen for you
And one day, I will be in your heart

Hey, I know
That once you notice me, you'll be mine
And you, you'll always be by my side
I know, that you're the one for me in my eyes
You'll always be by my side

He is just the only one
And I can't be without him
Whenever he walks by my door
And I see your smiling face on mine

No I can't stand away
You don't notice me
It's so hard to have a breaking heart
Yes it's true, I am fallen just for you
And one day, I will be in your heart

Hey, I know
That once you notice me, you'll be mine
And you, you'll always be by my side
I know, that you're the one for me in my eyes
You'll always be by my side
I know
That once you notice me, you'll be mine
And you, you'll always be by my side
I know, that you're the one for me in my eyes

But in my dreams, you love me true
You are holding me, and I'm loving you
And you whisper gently, softly I love you
Ahhh... Je t'aime

And you know I love you

The girls all stared in awe as Hinata ended the song. She was blushing again as she looked at them.

"Will you help me now?" she asked, somewhat indignant at being coerced into singing. The girls nodded dumbly, still struck by the song and Hinata's singing. Temari was the first to get her senses back.

"So, uh, what do you need help with?" she asked.

"W-well, I want to tell Naruto-kun how I feel about him but I can't figure out how to…" she said. Sakura stiffened. This did not go unnoticed by Ino.

"What's wrong with you Forehead?" she asked, slightly concerned and already guessing what the problem was.

"It's…nothing." Sakura finally said, ignoring the strange looks she was getting from the other girls. Ino decided not to push it. That's when Hinata remembered.

Last night Kakashi-sensei didsay that Sakura was developing a crush on Naruto-kun,' she thought to herself as she studied the suddenly not so cheerful Sakura. The other two girls didn't know what was going on but decided not to push it.

"So, does anyone have any suggestions on how we get the shy heiress and the blonde idiot together?" Ino asked no one in particular. That's when all hell broke loose.

"Let's lock 'em up in a room together!"

"Let's get them drunk first!"

"That won't work! Tsunade-sama said the blonde baka really could hold his liquor, remember?"

"Let's take 'em to a karaoke bar and we can get Hinata to sing for him! Plus we'll get to hear it too…"

"Let's set them up on a blind date!"

"Hinata would know! That's not a blind date!"

"Yeah, but Naruto wouldn't know and Kami knows he's blind enough, it's been years, neh?"

"That's a good point…"

"Why don't we just do all of them?...Except for the room suggestion…" Ten Ten said sensibly.

"Yeah! Hinata! You're date is tonight at 4:00! Got it?! Good! Let's go!" Ino exclaimed, excitedly running off to prepare. She was closely followed by the other girls except Sakura, who hesitated for just a moment. She then ran off after the other girls, leaving Hinata on the bench, staring in shock at where the four girls were standing just moments before.

"Oh, Kami-sama, what have I done?" she asked herself slowly. She stood up and walked home to prepare, knowing Ino, she would have an entire cow herd if she wasn't ready on time.

Naruto was still sleeping when he heard a pounding on his door. He chose to ignore it, hoping the person would think he wasn't home and just leave. He had no such luck.

"Open the damn door!" someone screeched from the other side, still pounding away. Naruto's reply was to roll over and put his pillow over his head. He would regret not opening the door. His eyes snapped open as he heard a great crack of wood as someone busted down his door.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Cant a person frickin' sleep?! I hope you intend to buy me a new door!" he shouted, bolting up and running to the front of his apartment to see who the crazy was that broke down his door.

"Oh, it's you. If you hadn't broken down the door I would've been happy to have let it stay locked." Naruto muttered under his breath as he saw Ino standing on the mess that used to be his front door.

"What was that?! You got something to say baka?!" she yelled.

"Oh, hey what are you guys doing here?" Naruto asked, finally spotting the other three girls who were peeking their heads around the door frame to see if it was safe yet. Then he realized something.

"Oh crap! I forgot I have training with Hinata-chan! And I'm late! Crap crap crap crap crap!" he yelled, running around until Ino whopped him on the head.

"Forget about that! We set you up on a blind date! So go get ready, NOW!" Ino yelled again, pointing him back to the direction of his room. He stared at her for a few minutes, not comprehending. Then he snapped back to reality.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Why are you setting me up on blind dates and playing matchmaker?! Don't you think I'm perfectly capable of finding my own date?! First you break down my door, then you tell me you set me up on a blind date, what's next?!" he yelled, completely freaking out now. What if he didn't like her? Who is it? What if she didn't like him? Who is it? What if their family tried to kill him? WHO IS IT? All of these questions would have to be answered during the date. He sighed in defeat.

"Fine. What should I wear?" he asked, unknowingly sparking their female interests. He caught the sparkle in all of their eyes and began to sweat profusely. They marched past him and headed towards his room. Then hell broke loose again. The devil was no doubt having a field day. They all began rummaging through his dresser and his small closet.

"What the hell is this?! A clown suit?!"

"Everything he has is orange and black!"

"Don't you have any normal clothes?!"

"You guys know what this means, right?!" Ino shouted excitedly. Naruto first looked around his room and the mess they made tearing every shred of clothing he had out of his dresser and closet. Then he focused on the last thing Ino said and the fact that all the girls were grinning evilly. He slowly started to back up.

"SHOPPING TRIP!!" They all screeched, tackling Naruto and tying him up so he couldn't escape.

"NOOOOOO!!!!" he screamed, one of his worst nightmares coming to life. The girls dragged him to the shops and began rummaging through any clothing they could get their hands on to.

"How about this? Black, so it's not too far fetched, and it's simple too." Sakura said, holding up a black shirt and some black pants.

"Maybe too simple, let's get him something a little more…flamboyant." Ino said, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. Naruto was in hell. There were other genin boys walking around and giving him sympathetic looks. Apparently, Naruto was not the first person to have fallen prey to the three girls.

Some of the younger genin girls would stop and give their opinion on the clothes the girls were holding up. This was getting worse and worse. Naruto was stuck in that shop for over two hours.

It was now nearing 1:00. With no end in sight Naruto did the only thing he could think of: he retreated and ran (um, crawled) away. The girls didn't notice his disappearance in all the hubbub and they wouldn't notice it until it came time to buy the outfit. He had crawled to Ichiraku's and hopped into a stool. It had only taken him an hour and half to get there.

"Ojii-san! Please get me out of these things!" he yelled into the back of the shop. Teuchi walked out from the back of the store and began chuckling. He got a knife and cut through Naruto's ropes.

"Hee hee hee! What happened to you Naruto-kun?" Ayame asked him, her eyes twinkling.

"Ayame nee-chan! It was horrible! Ino, Sakura, Ten Ten and Temari knocked down my door, then tell me they set me up on a blind date, made my house all dirty then they dragged me to the store cuz they didn't like any of my clothes! I barely escaped with my life!" Naruto said, on the verge of tears. Ayame and Teuchi were laughing hysterically now. Just then Naruto heard footsteps approaching. He felt a chill go down his back as he said a quick goodbye and ran out of the stand…and straight into a wall of wind.

"You're really not that hard to figure out, Naruto." Sakura and Ino said triumphantly. They were holding a couple of bags. Naruto slumped to the ground as Temari released her wind wall. They handed him a bag and told him to get dressed. It was now 2:45 and nearing time for the date. He headed home and showered and dressed. Then he noticed that the clothes they eventually got him was the first outfit Sakura had held up. He began crying. Then someone came in.

"Gee, what happened to you, Naruto?" A lazy voice asked him. Naruto looked up at the assembled boys that were the Konoha 9 and the two from Team Gai and started crying again.

"Oh, Shikamaru! Help me, please!" Naruto cried pitifully, lunging at the boys legs and hooking his hands around Neji's ankle. They were shocked at first but then Neji started shaking his leg, hoping to dislodge Naruto.

"Naruto, let go! Calm down! We'll help you if you just let go of me!" Neji was yelling at the sobbing boy. Naruto finally let go and told them the whole story. They all started laughing at him.

"Well, we can't help you. You're date starts in 20 minutes!" Kiba said, chortling with the others. Naruto started crying again.

"Hey! Don't cry anymore! We'll figure it out! We'll follow you on your date and make sure everything goes smoothly okay?" Shikamaru said, trying to calm him down. Naruto nodded and straightened up from where he had been lying face down on the floor for the better part of an hour. He fixed his clothing and checked himself one last time. He had decided to wrap his hitai-ate around his neck instead of his forehead, absolutely refusing to go without it.

He stepped out of what used to be a door with his friends close behind.

'Guess I'm gonna go find out who those crazy girls set me up with…' he thought, a feeling of doom overcoming him for reasons he didn't know. He really should have heeded that feeling a little more.

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