Chapter Three:

Day Two: Hinata, Naruto Is Dead

The Hyuuga genius sat slumped in his chair at the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. His eyes were closed and soft snores could be heard if you strained your ears long enough. Little Neji was fast asleep

Why was he fast asleep? Last night, Mr. Hyuuga had spent hours, talking to Sasuke about refunding his coupons. Sasuke stated that he wasn't at home, which made Neji bang on his door even harder. He had gotten no sleep, and was now discombobulated. As soon as the morning sun arose, he stumbled his way over to Ichiraku's, and before he got to order, ended up falling asleep.

Kiba's night was weary as well. Nightmares of Hinata and Naruto getting married, having Uzumaki babies and spending every moment of their time together until they died haunted his sleep. And the worse part was, Hinata had forgotten to invite him to their wedding! Thank goodness it was just a horrible dream…

But it could become a reality if Hinata wasn't stopped.

He and Akamaru again made their way over to Neji's place, but couldn't find him there. But chance he made his way over to Ichiraku's and suppressed laughter while seeing Neji's sleeping state.

"Wake up, Hyuuga," Kiba pleaded, shaking Neji awake. Akamaru barked loudly in his ears, but nothing worked. In the end, Kiba had to instruct Akamaru to grab hold of his hair and pull on it, hard. This awoke Neji instantly.

"Haven't you ever heard of letting sleeping dogs lie?" Neji asked, rubbing his scalp.

Kiba cracked up. "You should've seen yourself, drooling and everything."

Neji gave him a death glance. "Alright genius, since I came up with the plan yesterday, what have you got?"

"Me and Akamaru have been thinking all night, and we've came up with an idea that's sure to work!"

Neji smirked. "For some reason I don't think that it will."

Kiba frowned. "Trust in me, ok? Here's what we'll do. We'll make it so that it looks like Uzumaki died on his mission!"

At first, Neji was silent, but then he raised an eyebrow. "That won't work, Uzumaki will be coming home, remember?"

"Yeah, but it'll do until he does. That way maybe Hinata will forget about him!"

"It's worth a shot," the white-eyed prodigy stated. "Now, how will we do this? Not with another note?"

Kiba shook his head, "Nope, not another note, but we'll need someone's help. Someone who can be really emotional."

Neji's eyes sparked. "I know just the girl."

-----At Sakura's Place-----

"Are you kidding me?" the pink-haired teen asked. "If Hinata and Naruto got together, Naruto would stop asking me out! I say leave them be."

"Come on, Sakura," Kiba pleaded. "You're the most emotional ninja we know! All we want you to do is come with us to go see Hinata and pretend like Naruto died, maybe cry a little. It's not much to ask."

"Forget it," Sakura said, turning her head away. "I'm not about to break up true love."

Neji sighed. "We'll make this worthwhile for you."

Kina raised an eyebrow. He was going to use bribes again?

Sakura also raised her pink brows. "How could make this worthwhile for me?"

"We'll put in a good word about you to Sasuke…"

"DEAL!" Sakura exclaimed. "When do I start?"

"Right now," Kiba said with a nod.

-----Finding Hinata-----

They found Hinata, again, with Shino, but this time at Shino's house on his porch. Hinata had her flower necklace she had made yesterday beside her and was now knitting something. Beside Shino was a jar, with an orange butterfly on it. Hinata had carefully written: "To Naruto" on the front of the jar. Kiba again gritted his teeth.

Sakura started crying on cue. "It's horrible, just horrible I tell you!" she said, between sobs. "I can't believe Naruto died!"

Hinata looked up from her knitted and Shino pushed up her glasses. "W-What's going on guys?"

Neji wiped away fake tears and even Akamaru hung his head in sadness. "Hinata," Neji started. "We're sorry to tell you this but…"

"NARUTO DIED!" Sakura burst out crying, clinging onto Neji's shirt. "He…he was so YOUNG!"

"They say not all ninja can survive every mission, but who would've thought our Naruto would've died…" Kiba trailed off, sniffling in fake sadness.

Shino sighed and retreated inside his house while Hinata stifled giggles. Everyone stopped their charade at once.

"What's so funny about Naruto dying?" Sakura demanded.

Hinata giggled some more before starting up, "Naruto couldn't have died. He's on a five-day mission to help out at he farm, how would he have died?"

Neji twitched while Kiba automatically made a cover up. "Stupid Tsunade! How could she lie to us like that? I guess you can't trust old hags, huh guys?"

Murmurs came from Neji and Sakura.

"Yeah," Kiba started back up. "We're really sorry about that, Hinata."

Hinata laughed. "It's ok guys, it's not your fault your sources weren't reliable! Now, I have to go, bye Kiba-kun, Sakura-chan and Neji-nii-san!"

Hinata frolicked back into the house, while Kiba slapped himself in agony.

"Why…can't…she…just…believe…us!" he questioned.

Neji shrugged, "I think you should just tell her you like her, Kiba."

Sakura sighed, "When do you guys put in a good word about me to Sasuke?"

Kiba and Neji exchanged looks, then left her standing there.

"Guys…?" she questioned. "You're not just gonna leave me here are you? WHAT ABOUT SASUKE!"

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A/N: And yet again they've failed! If you've got any ideas about what their next scheme should be, feel free to contribute! Oh, and reviews are good for the soul.