SORRY FOR SPELLING! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
The sun was coming up over the trees, warming the cold air. The morning was so calm and quiet; there weren't even birds out yet. It was almost 6:00 in the morning and Naruto and Hinata were sleeping on the hammock together. Hinata was curled up against Naruto and had her arms wrapped around him. Naruto's left arm was behind her head and his right arm was holding over her body protectively.
Naruto woke up suddenly when he kept feeling something vibrating in his arms. He looked down to see Hinata shivering, so his first instinct was to warm her up. He saw his sweatshirt by their feet so he pulled it up and put it over her body. He wrapped his arm over her tighter and stroked the back of her neck. He started to think about what happened last night.
FLASHBACK
Naruto was holding Hinata tight in his arms. He leaned back a bit so she could lay on him more. Naruto had never hugged anyone before, except for Mrs. Uchiha who would hug him when he did something right for a change. He never had anyone show him any signs of love before since he didn't have any parents. This felt so right to Naruto, someone in his arms he loved who he could swear loved him back. He was happy now that he didn't kiss her, or else he couldn't experience his first hug!
Naruto was really starting to think about the word LOVE. It didn't just mean to feel affection for, or a person that looks hot and feels the same for you. It meant to be devoted to, care for, find irresistible. Naruto knew that he felt love for Hinata, he adored her. So he would always protect her because she was his special person. He held her tighter trying to get her warmer but then he felt her go limp in his body. He looked down at her face and she was sleeping. Naruto began to freak out.
'Oh shit she's sleeping. Should I (yawn) put her in her bed? I could but what if Sakura, Ino, or Tenten see me. Their hating us guys right now they might kill me! OH, Hinata did say something about a hammock somewhere. There it is on the porch.'
Naruto carried Hinata bridal style and went up the porch steps to the hammock. He tried to gently put her down in it, but she wouldn't let go of him.
'How am I going to put her down without waking her up?' he thought. Naruto decided that if he laid with her in it she might slowly let go of him. He sat down in the hammock and pulled their legs over it.
'Gosh this thing is comfortable.' He thought as he lied down and closed his eyes a little.
Hinata, while still not letting go of him, rubbed her head against his chest. Naruto, without thinking that it would make the chances of her letting go of him even worse, put his arm around her to hold her closer to him.
"I love you." whispered Hinata while still sleeping. Naruto's heart began to race when he heard her say that.
'Wait…was that to me…I wonder what she's dreaming about. Aw man…WAS SHE TALING TO ME!'
"Hinata, who do you love?" asked Naruto hoping he would get a response from her subconscious. Hinata stirred a little in his arms, and only held on tighter.
"Ino, you were right…… I do love him."
"Uhhh….who?" Naruto asked again
"……Naruto" she said, Naruto's heart was pounding as if he was running a triathlon, the top of his brow was even sweating a little bit.
'OH MY GOD! She said she loved ME! Is this for real? SHE LOVES ME! Great, now how am I supposed to go to sleep? I'm SO excited!'
Naruto fell asleep thirty minutes later, while they both held each other the entire night.
END FLASHBACK
Naruto was now carelessly stroking the back of Hinata's neck and just staring up at the clouds to where the moon was last night. The clouds were actually orange and pink since the sun was still coming out.
"I wonder why Shikamaru likes the clouds so much?" thought Naruto out loud
"I don't know," said Hinata "But they are peaceful to look at."
"HINATA…when did you wake up?" asked Naruto as he sat up a little to look down at her face better.
"When you were stroking the back of my neck." She said as she looked up at him.
"Oh, sorry I woke you up, but why didn't you say anything earlier?"
"It felt really nice; I didn't want you to stop. Maybe next time you can rub my feet!" she laughed
"OH, well uhhh glad you liked it!"
"So are you going to leave now?" she asked showing a bit of sadness.
"I…guess…I should." Said Naruto getting a little sad
"Yeah, I don't want you to get caught being here." They stared at each other, neither of them moving. They didn't want to leave each other, especially Naruto who had just felt a strong connection to someone which he's never had with anybody. Naruto could see in her eyes that she didn't want him to leave. When she asked him if he was going to leave he could feel her grip getting tighter around him, and he held her tighter too.
"Maybe I should…stay a little longer." Hinata's eyes began to glow with happiness, and then Naruto's did when he saw how happy it made her.
"I'm glad you're staying." Hinata heard herself saying "B..because..You're really warm and it's cold out here." She said as she laid her head under his. He put his chin on top of her head and couldn't help but smile when he heard that she was happy that he was staying.
"You know how lucky you are that I'm here?" he asked "To think you were going to sleep out here all night by yourself. You'd be frozen if it was for my warm body!" he laughed
"Thanks for your body then Naruto." She said
'WOE, did I really just say that!'
'HAHAHA I cant believe she just said that.'
"You can have it any time you want." He said trying to sound seductive, and it worked too Hinata was totally flushed.
"You're going to regret saying that." She said as she snuggled her head deep into his neck.
"I hope so." He said seductively again, as he put his hand on her lower back.
'Woe someone's having dirty thoughts.' Hinata thought
'I guess that sounded a little perverted but I'm sure she's thinking the same. Saying I would regret it and all, SHE'S having perverted thoughts too!' Naruto laughed out loud at his thought
"What's so funny?" she asked
"AHaha, nothing I guess." He said a little nervously as he wrapped both of his arms around her.
After another hour with Naruto Hinata finally decided he should leave. They both wanted to kiss the other goodbye but weren't sure if the other wanted to. So they just hugged for about five minutes as they walked aimlessly to the stairs.
"Okay, you can let go of me now." Said Hinata
"What are you talking about? You're the one who won't let me go."
"I'm just waiting for you to let me go."
"Fine I'm letting go of you now." Naruto said this but didn't let her go. "…Here I go…."
Hinata started to laugh at him and began to let go herself.
"HEY WAIT! I WANTED TO LET GO OF YOU FIRST!"
"Fine go ahead then!" she said as she held onto him again, but nothing happened. "I thought you were going to let me go?"
"Never." He whispered in her ear. Hinata blushed and remembered at the dance how he whispered to her before they kissed.
"Naruto do I have to walk you back to your cabin? Don't you have any activities today?"
"Well actually people who didn't get dirty last night have to help clean up today. Kakashi said we would have to leave at 7:30 since it would probably take the whole day to do."
"So…you're COMING BACK!" she said hopefully
"Yeah, and I guess it really is only fair since I did it." He looked down at Hinata to see if she would become mad again, to his surprise she was smiling at him.
"You don't have to worry Naruto, I forgive you for it." She could tell he was about to sweat bullets when he mentioned that he had to clean up his own mess. "But Naruto it's almost 7:00, how long does it take you to get back to your cabin?"
"Thirty minutes, why?"
"Naruto! You said that Kakashi was taking you guys back to our camp at 7:30! You need to get out of here!" It finally hit Naruto like a ton of bricks.
"SHIT, I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!" He let go of Hinata and forgot that he was already in front of the steps. He turned to run but fell down them.
"Naruto, are you okay!" yelled Hinata as she looked down at his fallen body. He started to crawl back to the path as fast as he could.
"COME on legs WORK!" he began to stand up and then fell again when he hit the bush he hit the night before. "DAMN BUSH!" Hinata was in shock, but then she couldn't help but laugh at him. She couldn't see him anymore but then she heard him call out to her.
"I'LL SEE YOU LATER!" he yelled from somewhere unknown. "SHIT!" he said as he probably fell over something else. Hinata continued to laugh as she listened to his cursing getting further and further away.
After a while, when she couldn't hear him anymore, she went back inside and quietly went up the stairs to her room. When she opened her door there sat Sakura, Ino, and Tenten on her bed with their arms crossed and sly grins on.
"So…" began Ino "What were you two doing last night?"
"OH! Good morning guys, well it's a funny thing you see….. WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING I SWEAR!" All of the girls began to laugh at her.
"Okay Hinata, just begin to spill every last detail." Said Sakura
"OKAY!" she yelled as she jumped onto her bed.
She told them how last night he came looking for her, how she fell asleep in his arms as they hugged, how he kept her warm all night, and how they didn't want to leave each other.
"And we all saw him fall down the stairs, so you don't have to tell us about that." Laughed Tenten
"Wait one more thing that I saved for last!"
"WHAT?" they asked getting closer to her
"Last night, like I said I fell asleep in his arms,"
"Yeah that was the cutest!" cried Ino
"Well then I woke up and found that we were both lying in the hammock, and I told Naruto that….I loved him."
"YOU DID!" yelled Sakura
"NO WAY!" yelled Ino and Tenten
"Yeah, and he thought I was sleeping. So then he asked me who I loved."
"What did you say!" asked an excited Sakura
"Well, I tried to make it sound like I was sleeping so I said 'Ino you were right I do love him' and he asked me again who, and I said NARUTO! And guys I could feel his heart beating really really fast!" All of the girls began to scream and hug Hinata tightly.
"YOU LOVE NARUTO!" they all cried
"I know…I DO I REALLY DO!"
"OH MY GOD!" they all yelled
"You've only know this guys for like what, two days maybe even less!" said Tenten
"Oh that's enough time to fall in love!" said Sakura
"She would know, she's already in love with Sasuke!"
"Shut up PIG, I KNOW you like Shikamaru!"
"Naruto thinks he likes you too!" said a happy Hinata
"REALLY?" she said with stars in her eyes
"OH, look whose in love now!" laughed Tenten
"Oh yeah TENTEN! Well I've got one word for you and it rhymes with Wedgie!"
"DON'T SAY THAT!" she yelled back at Ino
"Well, it's true! Neji and Wedgie sound just the same!" Sakura and Hinata began to laugh at Ino's discovery.
"SO WHAT YOU LIKE SHIKAMARU!"
"Well YOU LIKE WEDGIE!"
"Both of you SHUT UP!" yelled Sakura
"You guys we need to get ready for our activities." Said Hinata
"Fine." They both said as they went to their rooms to get dressed.
It was 7:25 when Naruto got back to his cabin almost out of breath. He went back inside to see that Neji, Sasuke, and Shikamaru were in the kitchen eating like nothing had happened. When they heard the door open they went to the front to see Naruto who was about to collapse with exhaustion.
"You went to Hinata's cabin didn't you?" asked Shikamaru
"Yeah I sure did!" he said with a smile on his face
"Well, WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING WITH HER THAT KEPT YOU THERE ALL NIGHT?" yelled Neji
"I didn't do anything!" he cried "We just slept together on the ham….WAIT STOP DON'T!" Neji was now tackling Naruto to the ground and trying to beat him senseless but Sasuke and Shikamaru were holding him back.
"…thanks guys." He said as he tried to get up off of the floor.
"We weren't trying to save you." said Shikamaru
"HUH?"
"We want to kill you ourselves!" yelled Sasuke as he tackled Naruto to the ground again. They were all fighting each other; they each wanted to kill Naruto and didn't want the other to get the pleasure of it. Naruto had to fight all three of them off and almost got away but he got grabbed back into the tussle by Neji. They all fought for the next twenty minutes when their front door opened up to reveal KAKASHI!
They all stopped when he walked into the cabin.
"Oh no, don't stop on my account." He said as he walked over to sit on the couch to watch. They all got up and brushed themselves off a bit. "Oh, I see you were just finishing up then. Well in that case you all forgot you're supposed to help clean your prank up. Hurry and get dressed, everyone else on the bus is getting a little upset."
They all ran up stairs to put on fresh clothes and when they went outside to their surprise they saw the bus had been driven up to their cabin.
"Well isn't that convenient." Said Shikamaru as he got in the bus with the others after him.
They all had to sit in the last four seats on the bus which smelt like spoiled eggs. The bus drove down the path and left the camp. Some of the guys were talking, but our four were sitting quietly. They were all mad at Naruto for doing God knows what to Hinata, their "little sister."
"You need to hear me out guys. I didn't do anything to Hinata." He whispered to them
"You said you slept with her on the ham…whatever, explain that." Demanded Shikamaru while still whispering.
"I DID NOT," Sasuke had put his hand on Naruto's mouth be fore he could yell 'SLEEP WITH HER!' Naruto realized that that was a close one and began to whisper again.
"Last night I went to apologize to her. We just hugged, and let me tell you it was the BEST hug ever!" The three guys couldn't really figure why a hug was so great to Naruto. They always had their family to love them where Naruto had no one for the longest time.
"So while we hugged she fell asleep in my arms, so I tried to put her in the hammock but didn't want to wake her up so I laid down with her. We just fell asleep like that, that's all!"
"You sure?" asked a reluctant Neji
"Nothing else happened?" asked Sasuke
"Actually, while she was sleeping she must have been dreaming of talking to Ino about me because she said she loved me."
"SHE WHAT?" they all yelled getting interested in what Naruto was saying.
"Yeah, I know, I was like that too, but I asked her who she loved and she said 'Naruto'."
"What the hell does she love about you?" asked Neji "Because it's not your brains."
"SHUT UP!" yelled Naruto, the other guys laughed at him.
Hinata was with Ino now at their dancing club. They had just finished up and were getting ready to go to cheerleading. They were going to get their pom-poms today, which would match their red and black uniforms.
"We look so cute!" said Ino "And our pom-poms will double our cuteness!"
"Yup, it's true!" laughed Hinata as they walked outside towards the field where they would learn new cheers with their pom-poms.
"Look, it's the bus from the guys camp." Said Hinata as she pointed over to the bus that was just letting the guys out. "Do you see Naruto?" she asked
Ino wasn't listening to Hinata because she was trying to find Shikamaru. They were still walking to the cheerleading field, slower though, while looking for the guys. The last four guys were getting off and it was Neji, Sasuke, Naruto, and Shikamaru.
"OH, there they are! Should we yell over to them?" asked Hinata who was fixing her skirt making it a bit higher.
"Uhh, no I don't think I want to see Shikamaru just yet." She said as she stopped walking.
Naruto was looking around frantically hoping that by some miracle Hinata would be outside. He then noticed two girls standing a far way off. He could tell the one girl with long blonde hair was Ino so the other must have been Hinata. He squinted his eyes to see that it WAS Hinata.
"HEY HINATA!" yelled Naruto as he jumped up and down like a mad man. All the guys looked around to see where Hinata was. When Shikamaru found her he saw Ino there, and she looked real good in that skirt. He quickly looked away, down at his feet.
"You're not afraid of Ino are you?" asked Sasuke who was teasing him.
"I think she might not want to see me right now. She was so pissed at me at the dance I could have sworn I saw her crying."
"HINATA I WANT TO TALK TO YOU!" yelled Neji as he started to walk over towards the two girls.
"Hey where do you think you're going?" asked Shikamaru
"I want to know what she and Naruto were doing last night." He said simply
"Me too." Said Sasuke as he followed
"But I already told you what happened!" said Naruto
They all walked over to Hinata and Ino who were curious as to why they all looked mad.
"Hi Neji, what's wrong?"
"WHAT'S WRONG?" he hushed his voice a bit "What were you and Naruto doing last night?" Hinata almost gulped but kept it together.
"He just apologized to me, and then we fell asleep on the hammock. We woke up at 7:00 and he ran back to his cabin."
"You sure he didn't try to touch you?" asked Sasuke
"Yes I'm sure! Why don't you guys trust Naruto?"
"Sorry Hinata, we were just worried about you, that's all." Said Shikamaru avoiding gazes at Ino.
"See guys, I TOLD YA!" yelled Naruto who then walked over to Hinata
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" yelled Sasuke and Neji as they pulled him away from her.
"INO….HINATA! ARE YOU GUYS COMING!" yelled Sakura who was standing with Tenten, they didn't realize the guys were there at first.
"We're coming we just need to resolve a few things!" Hinata yelled back, Sasuke and Neji let go of Naruto when they saw Tenten and Sakura. They jammed their hands in their pockets trying to act cool.
"Trying to act cool in front of you GIRLFRIENDS?" laughed Naruto
"Shut up." Said Neji calmly
"I guess we'll just leave now." Said Sasuke as they all started to walk away.
"See you later Hinata." Said Shikamaru who started to walk away with them.
"You forgot to say goodbye to Ino!" teased Hinata, Shikamaru stopped and turned around to face Ino. Both of their faces blushed when they made eye contact.
"Sorry Ino…Uh I MEAN…GOODBYE!" he turned around feeling like an idiot just then, but then he was turned around by Ino.
"SHIKAMARU!" she said rather quickly, "I..I uh forgive you." she looked down at her feet and began to smile shyly. Shikamaru looked really confused, but soon smiled with excitement at hearing she had forgiven him. "I just hope you can forgive me too."
"Wait. What? Forgive you, but you didn't do anything to me."
"Well, the way I acted towards you was pretty bad...so...Sorry." Ino couldn't resist it so she jumped into his arms and gave him a big hug of forgiveness.
"HA...I almost did the same thing to you!" he said as he hugged her back
"So…are we okay then?" she asked as she leaned back to see his face
"Only if you forgive me."
"WELL I DO!" she said as she hugged him tighter.
"SHIKAMARU…either kiss your girlfriend or get your lazy ass over here!" yelled Sasuke, which made them both blush a lot.
"Well…I got to go now…but I'll see you later!" he began to run off to his friends, but he was so happy at that moment.
"Okay." Ino said weakly, but no one heard it. She just stared at the back of him stunned at what Sasuke had just said.
'Shooot, I wish he kissed ME!'
"Ino is in love!" sang Hinata as she jumped up and down
"Yeah well, YOU'RE in love with Naruto!" she sang back
"SHHH shut up!" Naruto had run away with Shikamaru and they were all almost in the dancing hall.
"I don't know why you're freaking out about it." Said Ino as they began to walk over to the field, "You even told him you loved him last night."
"Well…..he might think I was just…he might not….SHUT UP!" Ino was laughing so hard as they finally got over to the field with Tenten and Sakura.
"Why were Neji and Sasuke there?" asked a curious Tenten who was looking out at Neji.
"Don't you mean, what were the guys doing there?" asked a smirking Ino
"Uhh yeah that's what I meant!" said Tenten as she put her view back on Ino
"They just wanted to know what me and Naruto were doing last night." Said Hinata bluntly "They're like my big brothers after all."
"Hinata you've got some hot older brothers." Laughed Sakura
"Hurry up you guys, we need to get over there." Said Tenten walking over to the other cheerleaders
"Look who wants to be on time for cheerleading!" laughed Hinata
The four guys were cleaning up the dancing hall along with a bunch of other guys and girls. It smelt really bad in there so everyone got masks to cover their mouths and noses. It didn't do much since they could still smell the bad eggs but it did help the guy's smirks. They were proud that their prank was a big success, but they weren't too glad that it got the girls so ticked off.
"Ino said she forgave me!" said Shikamaru who was moping up next to Sasuke and Neji
"She did!" they both asked surprised.
"Yeah, that's why she hugged me remember?"
"Oh yeah, well I forgot that real fast." Sasuke admitted
"So when are you guys going to beg for forgiveness from Tenten and Sakura?" asked Naruto as he swiffered by them.
"Well I figured that I would….HEY! I'm not going to beg for forgiveness. I'm an Uchiha!"
"Don't act so high and mighty." Said Neji "I don't think you're any better then Naruto over there."
"HEY!" they both yelled.
"So what are you going to do Hyuuga?" asked Shikamaru
"I'm sure Tenten isn't that mad at me. She'll come to me and tell me that I am forgiven."
The guys couldn't believe Neji felt so good about himself, like he was so great no one could stay mad at him.
"Hey, wasn't it your idea to sneak out tonight and ask for forgiveness?" asked Naruto
"Yes, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought that there is no way Tenten could stay mad at me."
"You so sure about that?" asked Sasuke
"Yes I am."
"Well, I don't know. Hinata said that she forgave me and Ino and Sakura might, but she told me that Tenten was crying all night long."
"Wh..what!" asked a stuttering Neji
"Yup, that's what she told me." Lied Naruto as he began to swiffer the floor again. Neji looked totally shocked, and he couldn't even believe that he had hurt her so bad.
'How could I have done that to Tenten? She'll never talk to me again! I can't let that happen, I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN!'
"Nice lie Naruto." Said Shikamaru as he mopped away from them
"It's what I do." He smiled
It was 6:00 and the dancing hall was still dirty, no matter how hard they tried!
"NO AMMOUNT OF ELBOW GREASE COULD CLEAN THIS STUFF UP!" yelled a pissed off Temari
"Don't worry, tomorrow you'll get to come back and clean up the rest." Said Kakashi
"NOOO!" they all moaned
"Alright you can all clean up over in the bathrooms, or you can use the cafeteria's kitchen sinks." Everyone parted to go clean themselves off. The four guys decided to go over to the cafeteria since everyone else just went to the bathrooms. The cafeteria was in between two buildings. The nurse's office to its right and the auditorium to it's left. The guys were lucky that lunch was already over and that the women who clean the dishes were done cleaning them. The cafeteria's sinks were in the far back left corner of the kitchen, closest to the auditorium. The guys washed off there hands and arms, but Sasuke had to wash off his face since he fell and landed in a pile of eggs that someone had brushed over into a pile.
"Make sure you get behind your ears." Smirked Neji
"hmp" he responded as he did indeed wash behind his ears.
"Hey, can you guys hear that?" asked Shikamaru who was looking up at the ceiling
"Hear what?" asked Neji as he was towel drying his hands off
"It's….music I think." They all looked up at the ceiling.
"Why are we looking up at the ceiling?" asked Naruto
"The vent baka, the music is coming from the vent. Turn off the water I bet you can hear it better." Sasuke turned the switch to off, and they could all hear the music clearer.
Someone was singing "Shadow" by Ashlee Simpson. They were doing a really good job of it too. The song was now getting louder and the person was putting so much power into the words. The guys couldn't help but just listen to whoever was singing, they weren't just singing the words they were reliving them as they sang them.
"I'm not a huge fan of Ashlee Simpson." Said Shikamaru
"Why does this person sound so familiar?" Neji asked out loud. All of a sudden the song was over and a heavier song began to play. It was another Ashlee Simpson song called "Lala" They were singing this song with so much power and PASSION.
"Wow, this girl is really good at this song. Why does she sound so familiar?" asked Naruto
"I don't know, but it sounds like it's coming from the auditorium, lets go over and see." Said Shikamaru
"We better hurry up because it just finished." Noted Sasuke
"Well I'm already running!" yelled Naruto as they all ran after him.
There were four doors to get inside the auditorium and they each tried the first three. Naturally they were all locked and the last one that they tried was unlocked. They all came in but saw that no one was in the room; well someone was since the lights were left on and the microphone was dead center of the stage.
"I guess we just missed them." Said Naruto
"Or they ran away cause they heard us hitting all the doors trying to get in." said Shikamaru
"Whoever it was isn't here anymore so can we go now?" asked Sasuke who just walked out. The other guys walked out behind him and went straight for their bus where the rest of the guys were boarding.
"Great now we need to come back tomorrow to finish." Said one of the guys in the first seats of the bus.
"What a drag." Said Shikamaru as he went to the back of the bus.
Hinata, Sakura, and Ino were all sitting on the couch talking up a storm about their day when Tenten came in threw the door.
"Why are you so late?" asked Sakura, Tenten tried to catch her breath.
"I…was she smiled as she sat down next to Ino
"Don't worry about it," said Sakura "Hinata just came in too."
"Well I didn't mean to be late; I was just doing one of my activities."
"Well I was the first one here." Said Ino "Sakura snuck in through the upstairs though."
"I told you I was already up there and I didn't sneak in!"
"Yeah right, by the way why didn't you stop to walk with me back to the cabin? I saw you ahead of me but then you were just gone. Did you go into the auditorium?"
"Uhhh….no."
"That sounds like a lie!" sang Hinata
"So where were you running, Tenten?" asked Ino
"I was….umm….just around the camp." She said sounding guilty
Hinata looked at her friends shifty eyed, and then she drank some of her soda while keeping her eyes on them.
"HINATA! You look like YOU have something to hide!" said Ino as she pointed an accusing finger at Hinata
"Because I have shifty eyes? Well what are you hiding from us? INO?"
"HEY, how did you put this on me?"
"You just keep accusing people of things! So you're just leading us off the trail!"
"THE TRAIL OF WHAT?" asked Ino
"I DON'T KNOW YOU TELL US!" yelled Hinata
All of the girls looked suspiciously at one another. The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife! After they looked at each other a fifth time they all began to crack up.
"What are we doing?" laughed Sakura
"I don't know," laughed Tenten "Ino started it."
"I did not I was just wondering where you all were!"
"LIES INO!" laughed Hinata who practically fell off of the couch. Ino pushed her the rest of the way off, and she plopped on the ground.
"HEY!" she laughed as she tried to stand up.
"Sorry, I thought you needed some help off the couch."
"Just a gentle nudge off the edge? Wow I trust you with my life." Hinata said sarcastically.
"Here Hinata," said Tenten as she stood up "Come stand in front of me, then fall over so I can catch you." Sakura and Ino looked dumbly at what they were doing. Hinata stood in front of Tenten then fell backwards. Tenten successfully caught her under her arms, then lifted her right back up.
"What was that for?" asked Ino
"It's something we used to do at camp Jutsu. You and one of your friends that you TRUST would do just what we did. Everyone was too afraid to do it, and we were the first successful pair!" exclaimed Tenten "You guys should try it, and if you're truly friends than you should trust the other to catch you."
"Ino, try it with me!" Ino and Sakura stood up, Ino in front of Sakura. She fell backwards without a second thought and Sakura caught her. They then reversed their positions and Sakura fell into Ino's arms. She was caught, and they sat down like it was no big deal.
"Well that was easy enough." Said Ino as she sat back down on the couch
"Actually, I liked that a lot! It's a great way to test your friendship with someone." Sakura was sitting down now too.
"Well you guys looked like you didn't even need to think about it. That's real friends right there." Said Tenten
"Tenten do you want to try it with me?" asked Ino standing up
"Yeah sure."
Tenten went in front of Ino and fell backwards. She was caught just in time, so they switched and Ino fell into Tenten's arms. Tenten caught her and Hinata applauded them both.
"Hey do you guys want to eat dinner at the Hill's lounge tonight?" asked Hinata
"Why would you want to start that now? We have food in our kitchen, and I was feeling like some frozen pizza!" said Tenten
"I know, but I really want the camp experience you know?"
"Umm T V hello?" said Ino
"Yeah well now we can also meet some new people who also live up in the hills."
They all looked around at each other to see if they all thought it was a good idea. There were no objections but everyone just felt really lazy.
"Okay….I guess." Said Sakura
"Fine." Said Ino
"Sure." Said Tenten
"Oh goody!" Hinata cried "I'm going to put something nicer than my sweats on!"
"I better get a shower, I smell like sweat!" said Sakura as she followed Hinata
"ME TOO!" yelled Tenten as she ran by Sakura
"HEY ME FIRST!" she yelled as she chased her up the steps
"Well I need something for my throat." Said Ino "I think I'm starting to loose it, I should stop singing and talking for a while."
All of the guys fell asleep when they got back to their cabin. They worked the whole day and they didn't even finish. It would be a whole other day before they could do their activities again. Now it was 9:30, so the guys just missed dinner at the mess hall. It didn't matter since they had their own food, but they always went down there for dinner since the food wasn't half bad, and the dessert was even better. Naruto was the first one to wake up when his stomach growled.
'I hope we have some ramen.' He thought to himself as he walked by the couch where Sasuke was covered from head to toe in a blanket. Naruto went inside the kitchen to make some instant ramen, and it only took three minutes which, to him, was the longest wait in the world. After it was done he sat and ate it quietly at the kitchen table, which was defiantly a sign of the apocalypse. Naruto was in deep thought about Hinata; Naruto was never in deep thought about anything, not even ramen. He started to wonder when the next time he would see her would be.
'Unless I sneak out again I could see her right now, but I couldn't just sneak out, and see her because what would we do? Could we talk about something, but what? If I wait to see her until the next dance…then…she could forget all about me. I DON'T want that to happen to us. She's the first person I've...I've never felt this way about.' Naruto was unaware that he hadn't even touched his ramen, and he was so hungry too. 'I should ask Shikamaru for advice, he is a genius. But he might not be so smart when it comes to girls, but maybe this is different.' Naruto began to eat his chicken ramen, and before he knew it he was putting it in the sink. The dishes were just piling up on each other. Someone would do it eventually, hopefully.
Naruto went upstairs into his room to find Shikamaru sleeping under all of his covers.
"Shikamaru," whispered Naruto "I need to ask you a question, wake up!" Shikamaru didn't move, he didn't even stir. Naruto walked over and pulled off his sheets, but there was no Shikamaru.
"Huh? Where is he?" Naruto looked over at his own bed and could see all of his sheets were gone. He looked to the window and saw that they were all tied together in knots. Naruto looked down out the window to see that Shikamaru must have scaled the cabin to get out. Naruto ran downstairs to where Sasuke was to tell him that Shikamaru had snuck out.
"Hey SASUKE you're not going to believe this!" he yelled as he pulled off his covers to find a few pillows there. "NOT YOU TOO!" he ran upstairs to Neji's and Sasuke's room hoping to find Neji still sleeping there. When he opened the door there was no one inside.
"NOOOOO! THEY"RE ALL GONE!" cried Naruto
"Who is?" asked Neji walking up from behind him.
"WAAOOH!" yelled Naruto as Neji scared him shitless. "I THOUGHT YOU LEFT!"
"I'm clearly right here Naruto, what gave you the impression that I was gone?"
"WELL SASUKE AND SHIKAMARU ARE GONE!"
"YOU DON'T NEED TO KEEP YELLING!"
"OH, sorry. Well they're both gone, they snuck out but I have no idea where to."
Neji thought a minute at to where the both of them went, unless they didn't go together and went separately, but to where?
"Maybe, Sasuke went to see Sakura."
"And Shikamaru went to see Ino." Said Naruto
"What makes you think that?" he asked as he turned around to look at Naruto who had found himself back into his own room.
"Because he left this note to tell us where he went." Said Naruto holding up a piece of paper.
"Gimme that!" he said as he took the small piece of paper from Naruto.
Naruto,
I went to go see Ino, to take her for a walk or something.
I might not see her till the dance, so I figured I should
Do something before she forgets about me.
I'll try to be back earlier then you were when you went
To see Hinata so don't wait up for me.
You'll probably never even see this note that I placed
On the pillows that I used to pretend to be me, so
Basically writing this letter was a waste of my time
Sorry I didn't tell you but you were all sleeping
Shikamaru
"What does he take me for? An idiot?"
"I'll tell you later, but we need to check and see if Sasuke left us a note too. I'm sure you didn't check well enough."
They both went down stairs to see that Sasuke did leave a note where he was "sleeping"
It wasn't nice like Shikamaru's though it just said, 'Went for a walk, be right back'
"Okay, so I guess he's not here either." Said Naruto
"What gave you that crazy idea?" said a sarcastic Neji
"Well, I think I'm getting out of here too!" said Naruto as he went to put on his jacket.
"What..? Where?"
"To see Hinata, where else would I go?"
"You're going to go see my cousin…now?"
"Yep, don't wait up!" he said as he walked out the front door.
'Fine, if you all want to go see girls then be my guest!' thought Neji as he went back to his room to get ready for some real sleep.
Shikamaru had been outside Ino's cabin for about ten minutes thinking of how he could get her outside to him. He couldn't think of one idea.
'This girl is making me so stupid!' he thought to himself. "I should walk on the porch and see if she's in the living room.' Shikamaru did just that as he walked up the stairs to see the girls eating popcorn and watching a movie. He decided to just open the door and ask for Ino.
The girls were watching "F E A R" and eating butter popcorn. They all shared a big blanket so they could all hide behind hit.
'I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE END!' Ino had yelled before the movie started
'Too bad slow poke!' laughed Tenten who was next to Hinata. 'It's just a movie; you're not going to die or something.'
'Then you sit on the end!'
"HECK NO I'm NOT CRAZY!' Tenten yelled at her and after a bunch of hard negotiations they got Ino on the end of the couch but she was holding really hard on Tenten's arm. That was also a part of their compromise.
They were at the part where the little girl was brushing her teeth and there was a bloody figure in the reflection of the mirror.
"SHE DOESN'T SEE THAT?" yelled Sakura who was clutching a pillow close to her body. She was on the other end of the couch but didn't really mind it, but it was also the closest to the door which never fazed her.
As the girl was walking down the hallway the porch door opened up and a tall figure walked inside the room.
"Ino," it began to say not realizing they were watching one of the scariest movies on earth.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled all the girls at once.
"QUICK GIVE IT INO!" yelled Sakura
"TURN THE LIGHTS ON YOU BITCH!" yelled a frantic Ino who hid behind the couch
Tenten jumped up into a fighting position and so did Hinata. Sakura ran to the front door where the light switches were and she turned them on to see their attacker.
Right when the lights were hit Tenten tackled the figure to the ground.
"HOLD ON," yelled Hinata "It's just Shikamaru."
"SHIKAMARU?" said Ino as she popped her head from behind the couch. She quickly ran over to him on the floor, where Tenten had sent him. "Are you okay?" she asked setting him up.
"Yeah, I'll be okay." He reluctantly said as he sat up, but fell back down.
"I'll get you some ice!" yelled Tenten who was going for the kitchen
"Nah, I'll be okay!"
"You better wet a paper towel, because he's bleeding too." Said Hinata
"I..I AM!" he gulped, he reached up to touch his forehead but Ino's delicate hand stopped him.
"Don't do that." She said in a hushed tone, "Trust me, its going to hurt." Shikamaru did as he was told and only smiled at her.
"HERE YOU GO!" said Tenten as she handed Ino wet paper towels and some bandages. "I'm sooooooo sorry Shikamaru, really!"
"It's okay Tenten; it's good to know that you can defend yourself. You have a nice punch."
"Yeah, sorry about that too!" she sweat dropped and went over to sit on the couch. Hinata had paused the movie and Sakura went to get more popcorn.
"Here hold this down hard on your forehead and I'll just get these bandages ready for you." Shikamaru did as he was told, but he couldn't help but stare at Ino who was concentrating on the task at hand like a trained professional. Sure it was just a tiny wound on his forehead but she took it very seriously.
"Okay, you can remove the towel from your head; I'll just put these on now." He slowly took off the towel and felt dizzy when he saw how much blood had come out. Ino put on the bandages successfully, and threw out the mess she made.
"Am I patched up?" he asked her
"Yup you're good."
"Okay, good." Shikamaru fainted at seeing his own blood.
"Ino, hey, do you want to lay him down somewhere?" asked Sakura
"Yeah, where should we put him?" asked Ino opening his eyelids to check his pupils out.
"Right there on the far side of the couch so we can keep watching the movie." Said Hinata
"Okay, help me out you guys; he looks like he's going to be heavy." They each grabbed a corner of Shikamaru and brought him onto the long couch. They sat him up so his blood could circulate regularly. Ino sat down next to him so she could keep an eye on him.
"Ino come on over here so we can start the movie." Said Tenten
"No, I can watch from here and I want to keep an eye on Shikamaru."
"Okay, but who's going to protect you if you get scared?" asked Tenten
"It's not that scary!" she defended
Thirty minutes into the movie, Ino was shaking like a baby but she didn't want to grab onto Shikamaru because she didn't want to wake him up.
'ohmygodhmygodhmygodmydohmyodohmygodhmygod. This move is so scary I want to go to bed!'
'Ino..."
"ack!" Ino yipped a little bit, but got it together real fast when she realized it was only Shikamaru. "Oh sorry for yelling in your ear." She apologized as she turned her body towards him.
"That's okay." He said as he sat up more
"What are you doing here anyways?" she asked quietly so the others could watch the movie without hearing them.
"Well I was going to see if you wanted to walk around with me." He looked up at her waiting for her answer.
"I'd like to, but how about after the movie?"
"Yeah, I was going to suggest that since this is one of my all time favorites. OW, sorry my head still hurts." He held his head where the bandages were.
"Here, a kiss will make it better." She leaned over and kissed where the cut was, but she also hit the tips of his fingers.
"OH….thanks." he said blushing
"Anytime!" she said also blushing
"AAAAWWWW!" all three girls said as they watched the whole scene from the other end of the couch. Ino and Shikamaru only laughed nervously and moved closer in front of the screen. Shikamaru sat on the floor in front of where Ino was sitting but Ino sat in his lap to everyone's surprise.
"Is this okay Shikamaru, I need someone to protect me!"
"Yeah, I guess." He said in a whatever kind of tone but smiled happily none the less.
The girls all giggled at the sight of their friend, but then they continued to watch the movie
It was getting so scary that all the girls were under the blanket only peeking the tinniest bit. Ino was hugging Shikamaru really tight, and he did not mind one bit. As a character in the movie was about to open a door someone was knocking at their front door.
"AAAAAAHHHH!" the girls on the couch screamed and Ino buried her face deep into Shikamaru's chest.
"Sakura get the door, you're closest." Said Hinata
"HECK NO!" she yelled
KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK
"Get the door Sakura." Said Tenten under the covers now.
"What about Shikamaru?"
"Ocupado.' He said gesturing to Ino squeezing the life out of him.
"Well why can't Tenten do it, she can beat whoever is at the door."
"Yeah well last time I didn't see the scariest parts in the movie. For all I know the dead dog could be knocking on the door," said Tenten from under the blankets.
"Fine, I'll do it!" Sakura slowly walked over to the door. She couldn't really get herself to touch the door knob though. When she finally twisted it opened no one was there.
"FEW!" she said as she wiped her brow off.
"Sakura!" whispered a voice from the darkness
"AAAHH!" she yelled as she slammed the door in front of her
"Who is it?" asked Hinata
"A GHOST!" she said still standing in front of the door.
KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK
"SAKURA!" yelled the voice
"Wait, I think that's Sasuke." Said Shikamaru
"HUH, SASUKE?" she called out
"DAMN STRAIGHT!" he said as she slowly opened the door up. "Like a ghost would look this good." He said pointing to himself
"You are so full of your self. What do you want?" she asked as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"I just wanted to talk to you." he said as he peered into the room to see all of them cowering. "Shikamaru?" he asked
"What?"
"Nevermind, Sakura can I just talk to you privately?" he asked almost pleadingly
"Fine, but I'm sure whatever you have to say can be said in front of my friends and Shikamaru." Sasuke wasn't listening to her and pulled her outside with him, then shutting the door.
"HEY!" she said as she stomped her foot. "I just said..."
"I know. Sorry. Look, I really just came here to apologize to you about the dance. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, but I was going to get you out of there. That was my first idea then it was to just pull the plug on the whole thing. I forgot to move you out of the way and I just wanted you to know that it wasn't intentional. I would never want to hurt you, your feelings I mean." Sasuke quickly added "You are okay right? I mean physically, you didn't fall over or anything?"
"No, I didn't get hurt physically, and I thought I was hurt emotionally but I realized I was just over reacting. Sorry about that," she said with a sincere smile "and about calling you a chicken butt hair cut."
"Yeah that last thing I don't think I can forgive." He said with a smirk
"Oh, well how can I make it up to you?" she asked as he stepped closer to her
"Actually I know how." They both stared at each other quietly for a minute then he continued to say "You can promise to not dance with any one at the next dance, just me. I think we move great together." Her face lit up.
"Yeah, I didn't know you could grind so well. I've never danced so intensely before."
"Glad I could be your first intense dance." he said as he grabbed both of her hands. They stared into each others eyes for what felt like the longest time ever then they heard Hinata and Tenten from the other side of the door yelling,
"KISS HER!" Sasuke and Sakura both blushed a very profound red. Sasuke began to advance towards her and she did the same but they were interrupted by Shikamaru who yelled,
"DON"T KISS HER!"
"WHY NOT?" yelled an angry Sasuke, Sakura was confused
"HOLD ON." He yelled again, they waited a minute before they heard Hinata and Tenten awing.
"Okay, YOU CAN KISS HER NOW!"
"Wait WHY?"
"BECAUSE I JUST KISSED INO WHICH MEANS I'M THE FIRST ONE IN THE GROUP TO HAVE THEIR FIRST KISS."
"INO HAD HER FIRST KISS BEFORE ME!" yelled Sakura
"Great and I always thought I would be the first one to have the first kiss."
"So does that mean you don't want to kiss me anymore?" asked a sad Sakura, it practically shattered his heart.
"No NO, I still want to kiss you." they both blushed again. He leaned in a bit slower this time to savor the moment before he touched her soft lips. When they both hit their targets a rush of warmth fell over their bodies. Sakura put her arms around Sasuke's neck, on instinct, to deepen the kiss. He put his arms around her and pulled her really close to him so he could feel her chest on his. They pulled away slowly from each other looking very satisfied.
"How was that?" Sakura asked quietly
"Perfect." He said as he went in for another one, she was already on her way too. Their small kiss was turning into a mess of make out and he had her pressed up against the door. She had her fingers going through his hair and he had gotten his tongue in her mouth. As far as he was concerned it was the greatest thing he had ever tasted. Sasuke brought his hands lower to her butt and forced her to go closer into himself. Sakura let out a small moan of pleasure as Sasuke pushed himself even harder against her.
"What the crap," said Tenten "I can hear them making out from over here!"
"So freaking what," said Hinata "We have to watch them make out on the floor."
Ino and Shikamaru were indeed on the floor making out. The were both on their knees kissing softly.
"GET A ROOM!" yelled Tenten at the couple on the floor. They both stopped and wiped their mouths off.
"Shika...maru…do you…want to go for a walk?" asked Ino in between breaths.
"Yeah, lets go." He said as he practically flew out the door with Ino in his hand.
"Well it's about time." Said Tenten as she started the movie again to another scary part. Hinata and Tenten were really scared of the movie. It was almost over but it was getting worse by the second.
KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK
"Someone's at the back door!" said Hinata as she hid under the covers in fear. Tenten could tell it was Naruto so she got up and opened the door for him. She put her finger in front of her mouth and led Naruto to the coach where Hinata was still hiding.
"Who was it?" she asked scared under the covers
"No one, I'll start the movie now it's about to get even scarier." Naruto took his shoes off and got under the blanket with Hinata, but she was putting her head above the covers at the same time he was going under. Tenten had started the movie but decided to slip up stairs unnoticed.
Hinata continued to watch the movie and grabbed Tenten's (Naruto's) arm in fear.
"Tenten this movie is the scariest! I need you to protect me!" Tenten (Naruto) didn't come out from under the covers "Fine stay under there but I'm not going to hold your hand when you hear another person die." She threatened. The movie was becoming more intense, and Hinata was half way under the covers her eyes being the only thing above. When somebody got killed in front of her she went under the covers with her eyes sealed shut.
"I WISH NARUTO WAS HERE TO PROTECT ME!" she cried
"WISH GRANTED!" he yelled as he jumped on top of her while they were still under the covers.
"HUH! WHAT…..NARUTO? WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?"
"Didn't you just wish for me to be here?" He asked smiling down at her. He had his arms over her to the left and right of her head. From her point of view it looked like he had just pinned her down, without actually touching her.
"Well…yeah but I didn't think you would actually…" Hinata had no idea what was going on, she couldn't even speak right.
"Be careful what you wish for," he said teasingly as he brushed her hair out of her face, seeing her lavender eyes better.
"I wish you would kiss me." She said quietly still staring up at Naruto. Naruto went totally red at hearing her say that. He was the one playing hot and cool all at once, and then she throws that at him. How was he supposed to act? He couldn't, he didn't know what to do or what to say. Should he have just gone down and kissed her when he had the chance? That might have been the best choice, to just kiss her when she practically just asked for it. Naruto would have like to kiss her more than anything but because of cruel fate his left arm slipped on the blanket and he fell on the floor on his back with Hinata right on top of him. The blanket fell as well so now they were tangled up in it.
Shikamaru and Ino ran into the woods and kept going until they got to a clear spot where they could see the moon and stars without any trees blocking them. Shikamaru took off his jacket and gave it to Ino to wear. She took it thankfully and was surprised to feel so much of his body warmth still in it. They both sat down together and Ino put her head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her.
"Thanks for coming over Shikamaru." Ino said as she sighed with happiness "I would never have seen this if it weren't for you."
"Glad you like it, I used to do this by myself at night, but it's nice to share it with someone special." Ino smiled so warmly at his comment. She looked over at him, but he was already looking over at her. They leaned into each other and began to kiss passionately.