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Chapter 14-Engagement

The afternoon sky foreshadowed the next day, surely it would rain. Sakura was walking through the streets of Konoha and came upon a small café. She'd always thought it was cute and dainty, but she had never gone in there before, that was, until now. Sakura walked into the café and spotted Ino and Hinata. They saw her and waved to her, calling her over to them.

Sakura sat down just as Ino began to talk, "I wonder what Ten-ten wanted to talk about today. She seemed really spaced out today."

Hinata just giggled, "Perhaps, she had another odd dream?"

Sakura looked at her two friends, every Sunday they went somewhere and gossiped, today was no exception at the café. "Ino, how was you mission?"

"Well, it was alright, but it could have been better. Oh here comes the waitress." Sure enough the waitress was coming to them to take their orders.

"Hi there! What'll you have today?"

The three girls skimmed through the menu. Ino spoke first, "I'll have latte and some fettuccine alfredo."

The waitress nodded as she wrote it down. Hinata then spoke, "I'll have the chicken ramen with a tuna sandwich with a glass of water please.

Sakura spoke next, "I'll have the pasta salad with a virgin margarita." (That's what I actually had for dinner tonight)

The waitress left and her friends stared at her. "Having a bad day, Sakura?" A voice came from behind them.

Ten-ten walked over to them and took her seat. "No, just feel like one…" Sighed Sakura.

They sat and talked about their recent missions until the waitress came back with their drinks and took Ten-ten's order.

"I'll have the Teriyaki chicken with a Caesar salad and a glass of root beer." Ten-ten said.

Once the waitress left again and came back with Ten-ten's drink and everyone's food, that's when the real conversation began. Hinata was eating her sandwich and dunking it into her ramen. Ino was twirling her fork in the fettuccine and taking big bites. Ten-ten was eating her salad in small crunches. And Sakura was trying to eat an olive on her plate but it kept sliding around, thus making her stab the plate continuously until she caught the olive. Everyone was watching Sakura stab the olives, out of amusement.

Ino stopped eating and looked up at Ten-ten, "So what was it that you were so spaced out today?"

At this time Ten-ten was drinking her root beer, and when Ino asked her the question she sprayed the drink onto the table. "Uh…uhm…" Ten-ten was blushing.

"Well?" Ino said patiently.

Ten-ten leaned over to Sakura and whispered something into her ear. The when Ten-ten finished and sat back to normal, her face was pink, but Sakura had the expression of shock and naughtiness. Sakura's mouth had dropped open and when she noticed she closed it, and started to giggle.

"Really?" Said Sakura in one of those enthusiastic playful voices. "Who would've thought…."

"What? What is it?" Ino asked trying to squeeze it out of Sakura.

"Ten-ten, you should tell them. I have no right to tell them, it is your life after all." Sakura said before bursting into giggles.

"Well you see… last night… Neji was walking me home. And I invited him in, and my parents were still out partying… and well… it…" By this time they were all gaping at Ten-ten and she was poking the tip on her index finger with the tip of her index finger (the usual Hinata thing, but it's not Hinata who is doing it) "I lit the fireplace and sat down next to it… and…it… got….uhm….pretty….r-romantic…"

The girls gasped. "So then now you and Neji are…a couple?" Ino closed her eyes and giggled ferociously and Ten-ten turned pinker.

"Well, one down, two more to go!" Sakura said.

Hinata looked at her, "What?"

"Well, Neji and Ten-ten are together now… That leaves us with Ino... and you Hinata." Sakura paused and looked at Ino, "So who do you like Ino? Could it possibly be Shikamaru?"

Ino's face turned red and she stuttered, "N-no! W-why w-would I l-like a guy like," Ino said the next word dreamily, "Shikamaru…"

"Told you!" Sakura cheered and Ino's face lit up like a red Christmas tree. Sakura turned her attention to Hinata, "Now, describe the guy you like Hinata…"

Hinata's face turned, well, the usual color when Naruto was brought up. "H-he's… f-funny and k-kind. H-he is s-sweet and I l-l-l-like h-him a l-lot…"

"What does he look like?" Ino asked.

"H-he… h-has b-blonde h-hair…" Hinata stuttered.

"What does he like?" Ten-ten jeered in.

"H-he l-likes r-ramen…"

At the end of the sentence Sakura's face lit up and her mouth dropped, "YOU LIKE HIM?"

Hinata nodded and Ino and Ten-ten looked to Sakura, they obviously didn't know who it was.

"I guess that makes sense. You always faint when he does something to you, you turn red when you see him, and you stutter when you talk to him or talk about him… not to mention I see you at his favorite ramen place sometimes. You're the perfect match for…" Sakura paused,"...Naruto…"

"NARUTO!" Ino and Ten-ten yelled.

"What about me?" came a voice from behind them.

All of their faces went cherry red when they saw Naruto walk up to them with Shikamaru, Kiba, and Neji. Neji however also had a cherry red face, of course from the sight of Ten-ten.

The girls just stuttered in unison, "N-nothing!"

Just then Ino started to crack up again, she couldn't hold it in any longer. Her friends glared at her except Hinata; who was to busy doing the usual when Naruto was around.

"How troublesome." Shikamaru said as he frowned at Ino, who was starting to stop laughing.

Naruto cocked his head to the side, "What?"

"It's nothing Naruto…" Sakura smiled.

It was silent for a few moments, and then Neji broke the silence. "We should be off…"

The guys agreed and they exited the café, but Neji ran back in. He ran to Ten-ten kissed her on the check and left. Ten-ten was going to explode from blushing so much. Ino started to crack up again and the others just giggled. By the time they actually finished their food Ten-ten had stopped blushing.

Ino looked up at Sakura, only to find a sad frown placed onto her face. "What's wrong Sakura?"

Sakura looked up, "I just feel… so left out. You guys have your love lives and are busy with the guys. And the guy I like… he left. I'll be the last to hook up."

Ino sighed, "Sakura, there is no need to worry. Sasuke will surely come back. If Naruto fails again, then we'll go and bring him back ourselves."

The other two girls nodded in agreement. "And besides…Sakura, you're the first one of us to be engaged." Ten-ten said as she chuckled.

The three girls looked at each other and smiled very wide when they looked at Sakura.

"Yeah I know. But it was an arranged marriage. I don't even know who it is." Sakura sighed.

"Then look at the name." Ino grinned.

"I don't want to. I think I might go into shock at the sight of the name. What if it's someone who is not my type, or is always mean to me; a.k.a. Sai." Sakura sadly frowned again.

"Trust me, you'll be surprised, but not in the way you mean." Ino chuckled.

Tehehehehe... there's one mystery somewhat revealed... no onto the other mysteries! Hehehehe Please review!