Okay! Next Chapter, CHA!! There's gonna be another rude joke in this one. Upped the rating for that reason. Now, READ ON!!
As Naruto rushed to the meeting place he could sense his friends chakra, all hiding out of sight and following quietly like good shinobi . The six shinobi were keeping a close eye and were making quiet bets on the date.
"Who do you think it is?" Chouji asked them quietly.
"Hinata." The other five replied in unison.
"Who else would it be? She's liked that baka for years. I can't believe he's never noticed it though…" Kiba said with a chuckle.
"Yep, you're right, it is Hinata-sama. I see her. I think Naruto's going to faint when he sees her…" Neji said, Byakugan activated. This got the others interested. Naruto could hear them muttering but he couldn't understand what they were saying, even with his hearing.
'Those bastards! I bet they're probably plotting something!' he thought as he continued running. He quickly checked the time and picked up his pace. Within moments he arrived in the pre designated area where he was to meet his date. He looked around and his eyes fell on Hinata, her long hair flowing behind her, a sharp contrast to the white kimono she was wearing. Naruto had frozen in place and was now staring at her, his jaw practically hitting the ground.
"H-H-Hinata-chan?! Are you supposed to be my blind date?! This isn't a joke, right?!" he asked, looking around trying to locate hidden cameras. Hinata turned a vibrant red.
"N-no, Naruto-kun, it's not a joke…" she stuttered. He still looked unsure but grinned at her anyway.
"S-so, um, I guess we should get started…" Naruto said, extending his arm to her. She blushed and stuck her arm through his and they walked off in an uncomfortable silence. Naruto reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a piece of paper with Ino's handwriting on it.
"So, uh, it looks like they set up reservations for us at the Screaming Phoenix….Gee doesn't that sound romantic, the 'Screaming Phoenix'" he muttered under his breath, thinking Hinata wouldn't hear him. She did hear him and she let out a little giggle. Embarrassed at being heard, Naruto blushed and looked back at the list.
"A-after that they said we have to go to the karaoke bar, what, do they think I am, an alcoholic?!" he exclaimed as he saw a little portrait of himself holding an entire bottle of sake, obviously drawn by Ino.
'Let's see, last on the list: Stop by Ino's house to pick up picnic basket then go to park to enjoy the…TANABATA FESTIVAL?!!' he thought, his eyes popping out as a blush spread across his cheeks again. Hinata noticed this and looked over his shoulder. Upon reading the list (and giggling at Ino's picture of Naruto with the sake bottle) she found the source of his blush and blushed as well.
'I completely forgot that the Tanabata Festival was tonight!' Hinata thought, risking a glance at Naruto.
He was still blushing and nervously pulled at his earlobe. At least, that's what it looked like to Hinata. In reality, the earlobe thing was a signal. Before they had arrived Naruto and his friends had thought of a way to 'communicate' in way, he would pull his earlobe when he felt he was in trouble and his friends would try to figure out what the problem was and how to solve it. They had gotten earphones (like the ones Team 7 used when they were trying to find the wife of the fire daimyo's kitty) and used a genjutsu so Hinata wouldn't notice it. They were, of course, working under the assumption that Hinata wouldn't activate her Byakugan.
"What's the problem Naruto?" Shikamaru said into his mouth piece, looking at Neji, who activated his Byakugan. Naruto lightly shook the piece of paper, immediately drawing Neji's attention. He scanned what the paper and began chuckling quietly.
"At the end of the night they have to go to the Tanabata Festival!" Neji snorted. The others soon joined in on the quiet chuckling.
"And where's the problem with that? It sounds perfect if you ask me, at least for Hinata anyways…. Seriously though, there's no way to get out of that one is there? Neji says you have to stop by Ino's before you go there so if you don't show up at her place first she'll know you didn't follow her plan right?" Shikamaru said with a lazy chortle. Naruto gave a slight nod to show that Shikamaru had a point then reached behind his back and flipped them off. This caused the small group to start laughing all over again. Naruto and Hinata soon arrived outside of the restaurant and walked up to the guy behind the little podium thing (() dunno what he's called, sorry).
"We have reservations…" Naruto said, unsure of himself, still thinking this could be a joke.
"Name?" the guy asked, obviously bored.
"Uzumaki Naruto." He said, a little louder this time.
"Right this way, sir." The guy said, not even bothering to look at Naruto. As Naruto and Hinata followed behind the guy there were several stares from the people already seated. And not all of them were from the men. The men were ogling as the women stared at the beautiful figure before them. Needless to say, they were quite jealous. There were some whisperings about Hinata and with his hearing, Naruto heard most of them. He didn't like what he was hearing and would turn to glare at whichever stupid man was doing the whispering. When he glared at someone he would slightly raise his chakra, just enough to turn his eyes red and to widen the marks on his cheeks. This was a very effective way to get the men to hastily drop their gaze and stop whispering. One man in particular thought to glare back but Naruto just intensified the glare until the man whimpered in fear. The whispering stopped soon after.
"Here, table for two. Today's specialty is salmon cut into a five pronged star in celebration of the Tanabata festival." The guy said in a still very bored tone. He had led them to a small traditional table (you know, the low kind with the cushions…) right by a large window. He then handed them their menus and turned around to get back to work. Naruto quickly scanned the menu and nearly had a heart attack. There was no ramen on this menu. He quickly tugged on his earlobe.
"Again?! What's wrong this time?" Shikamaru asked. He was perched right outside the window in a shadow crevice. The others were hidden in many other places, mainly the tree. Shikamaru again looked at Neji who re-activated his Byakugan. Naruto pretended to be straightening out the menu. Neji looked over the menu.
"Ask him if it's about ramen." Neji said to Shikamaru. Shikamaru nodded and asked said question. Naruto gave a slight nod.
"There's no ramen on the menu." Neji explained to the others at their questioning looks. Everyone sweat dropped.
"Naruto! This is a date! You don't eat ramen at one of the most prestigious restaurants in Konoha when you're on a date!" Shikamaru shouted at him. Naruto looked over his shoulder with tears comically running down his cheeks as he stared pitifully out the window.
"NO!!" They all shouted at him. Hinata's head snapped up from where she had been quietly studying the menu.
"D-did you hear something, Naruto-kun?" she asked, looking about as the boys quickly dove for cover.
"N-No! Are you ready to order Hinata-chan?" he asked, trying for a diversion.
"Oh! Y-yes, I am." She said, effectively diverted. Naruto sighed in relief. Seeing as he wouldn't get his ramen, he decided on that day's special and waved over a waiter. They placed their orders and sat in a tense silence, neither able to break it. Naruto tugged on his ear again.
"God, we really shouldn't have offered to help him…" Kiba remarked. Shikamaru lets out a sigh to show his agreement.
"What is it now, Naruto?" he asked, quickly getting bored. They peered in the window and saw the two sitting there. There was no movement and, from the looks of things, no talking.
"Okay. They're sitting in total silence. Any suggestions?" Shikamaru asked. This began a flurry of questions.
"Ask her what her cup size is!" Kiba asked. A whop on the head from Neji quickly silenced that one.
"Ask her if she's wearing a thong or knickers!" Kiba tried again, out of reach of Neji's arm. Neji started towards him as soon as he started talking but stopped at the end of the question.
"What the hell are knickers?" Choji asked as the others looked at Kiba strangely. Kiba coughed and looked away.
"Ask her if her flames of youth burn as brightly as you think they do!" Lee interjected.
"No, ask her if she can cook and, if she can, what she can cook!" Choji said enthusiastically. Shino stood by watching quietly.
"Ask her to show you her slot A and you'll show her you're tab B." Kiba said slyly. Kiba was talking loud enough that Naruto could hear him through the other earpiece in Shikamaru's ear. When he heard that last one, his face, which had been turning redder and redder, suddenly grasped his nose and quickly stood up. Hinata looked at him strangely.
"Uh, gotta pee." He said, and rushed off. The others slapped their foreheads.
"Gee, very smooth, baka! 'Gotta pee.' Could you have been a little stupider?" Shikamaru said. As Naruto rushed to the bathroom, he could feel the blood seeping out of his nose. He barely made it in time to stop the blood flow.
"Somebody kill Kiba for me! NOW!" Naruto shouted out of the bathroom window. Shino, Lee, Shikamaru and Choji appeared before him.
"Neji is way ahead of you. After getting over his shock he turned a weird red color and started chasing after Kiba. I think he's going to Jyuuken Kiba, so we should probably send someone to make sure Kiba doesn't die." Shikamaru said.
"I'll do it." Someone said from behind the boys. They whirled around to see who it was. It was the four girls who helped set up the date.
"Ino, Sakura, Ten-Ten, Temari! What are you doing here?" Lee asked. They smirked at each other.
"The same thing you are, minus the earpiece, Naruto." Sakura said with a glare.
"Anyway, we've been pretty close to you guys the whole time and heard everything." Ino said.
"So, as I was saying, I'll go find Neji and Kiba and heal Kiba as necessary." Sakura said with a suffering look.
"And I'll go to help calm down Neji." Ten-Ten said.
"I will go to make sure that our friends Youthful Flames do not get to youthful and to restrain him if necessary." Lee said.
"Guess I'll get back to my date." Naruto said with a blush. His mind flashed to Hinata and his heart started racing. He clutched at it and wondered, once again, why his heart was beating that way. The group noticed this and smirked.
'Guess the baka has feelings for her too. Too bad he still doesn't know what it means. Dumbass.' They all thought fondly as he turned around with a confused look on his face. Then Shikamaru grinned.
"You girls realize this is the Men's Room, right?" he asked the girls.
Tanabata Festival- Star Festival about two lovers, Tanabata who weaved clothes from the River of Heaven for her father, the Sky King. However she was always weaving and never got to meet and fall in love so her father arranged for her to meet Hikoboshi or the Cow Herder Star. They instantly fell in love and got married. However, when they got married Tanabata stopped weaving clothes for her father and Hikoboshi let the cows wonder all over Heaven. As punishment the Sky King seperated the two with the Amanogawa River and once a year (usually on the 7th day of the 7th month) July 7th, magpie let them cross the river by creating a bridge with their wings. If it rains the magpie can't come and the two lovers have to wait until the following year.
Baka- Idiot
So, yeah, sorry if I offended you with the crude jokes and stuff (Bows repeatedly). I'm very sorry. Please review!