A/N: I am BACK AGAIN! HAHAHA just kidding well…thanks for all the reviews! I am sorry that it is taking me ages to update…School already started and I've got tons of things to do! Well anyway! On with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
"Words spoken"
'Thoughts'
(Author's note)
Love can change everyone.
Chapter 11: At last, meeting Naruto!
The boy with the blond hair and blue eyes looked at Sakura. And then…
"Sakura-chaaaaaaaan!" He yelled and then ran towards Sakura and gave her a bear hug.
"N-Naru-chan…" Sakura sweatdropped.
"I missed you!" Naruto said. "How are you?"
"I was fine a while ago but now I think I'm dying." Sakura said and was actually gasping for air.
Naruto let go of her and grinned. "Gomen."
Sakura smiled. "Whatever!"
Takahashi went out from the car to get Naruto's luggage, but as soon as Naruto saw him he went towards him and gave him a bear hug too and almost knocked Takahashi down.
"Taka-san!" Naruto greeted cheerfully and then let go of Takahashi.
"Takahashi desu." Takahashi corrected Naruto.
Sakura sighed. 'Does he ever learn? Ever since he met Takahashi he's been calling him Taka-san all the time!'
Naruto grinned. "How are you?"
"I am fine, thank you Master Naruto." Takahashi smiled.
"Naruto de iiyo!" Naruto grinned again.
"Anyway," Sakura cut in. "We better get in the car…people are starting to stare at us."
Indeed, Almost everyone was looking at them…or actually at Naruto.
"I agree Madame." Takahashi sweatdropped and then took Naruto's luggage and put it at the back of the car. Naruto and Sakura followed. Takahashi opened the door for them and the 2 got in. Takahashi closed the door and went in the driver's seat.
They headed for Sakura's mansion and Naruto just kept on talking and talking.
When they arrived at the Mansion, maids were all over the place and a long red carpet was on the floor waiting to be stepped by Sakura and Naruto.
Naruto went out of the car but Sakura just sat there.
"Aren't you coming?" Naruto asked.
"Sorry Naru-chan but I live in an apartment near our school and I still have to go there so I can't live here with you." Sakura explained. Naruto made a sad face.
"Ino-chan and Tenten-chan and my other friends and I will have Karaoke tomorrow and if you want to go…go with Takahashi when I call him to pick us up." Sakura added as soon as she saw Naruto make a sad face.
Naruto's face suddenly became bright. "I'll go! I'll go!"
Sakura smiled. She felt like talking with a 3 years old kid. "Then…see you tomorrow."
Naruto smiled back and then ran inside the mansion, greeting all the people he remembered. Sakura turned to Fujihara who was standing near the door of the car.
"Fujihara. My friends and I would be staying in the mansion over the summer vacation. Get their rooms settled." Sakura said. "I think I'll have 4 more friends coming other than Ino and Tenten."
"Please." Sakura added. "Please get their rooms settled."
"Yes Madame." Fujihara replied and then smiled. 'I wonder what happened to Ojousama…'
"Thanks." Sakura smiled and then turned to Takahashi.
"I better get going. I'm going to call my friends and I still have to do some things." Sakura said.
"Yes Madame." Takahashi said.
Takahashi drove towards Sakura's mansion. When they arrived there it was already 12 o'clock.
Sakura got out of the car and Takahashi was about to drive away when Sakura started talking.
"Takahashi…Take care of Naruto…be sure he won't destroy anything or break vases again." Sakura laughed. "Let him eat what he wants for today too." 'I bet it's ramen…'
"Yes Madame." Takahashi smiled.
"Don't forget to eat and drive safely." Sakura said.
With that, Sakura went in her apartment as Takahashi drove away, smiling.
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Sakura sat on her chair, in front of her desk, thinking.
(I won't tell you what she was thinking but you'll find it out on chapter 14. Hint: What she was thinking includes Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Neji in it. Hinata too, of course.)
After a while, Sakura remembered that she hasn't eaten yet. It was already 12: 20 pm.
Sakura took her ketai and started dialing numbers.
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Hanabira no youni chiryuku naka de…Yume mitai ni--
Ino put her manga that she was reading down and took her ketai.
"Hello?" Ino greeted.
"Ino."
"Sakura?" Ino asked.
"Yes." Sakura answered.
"Hey!" Ino said as she sat down on her bed.
"Hey…" Sakura greeted back. "Just wanted to ask if you already ate lunch?"
"Nope! Not yet." Ino answered.
"Want to go out and eat?" Sakura asked.
"Sure." Ino replied happily and stood up heading for her closet.
"Ok. At the usual place. I'll call Tenten and Hinata." Sakura said smiling.
"Okie Dokie!" Ino said. "Bye"
"Bye."
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Houki gumo no mukou ni mitsuketa hitotsubu no hoshi wa kagayaku hoshi demo kasukana hoshi demo kimi dake no hikari…Mu—"Yes?" Tenten asked but actually was a greeting.
"Wanna eat lunch at the usual place?" Sakura asked. "Ino's coming."
"Sakura! Sure…I am hungry anyway." Tenten replied.
"What took you so long to answer your ketai?" Sakura asked, curious.
"Oh! I just finished taking a shower." Tenten said and then laughed.
"I see. Anyway, bye!" Sakura bid.
"Bye!"
'Is Hinata coming?' Tenten thought. 'Hope she does.'
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Moshimo Kono sekai ga shousha to haisha to no…Futa—
"Moshi Moshi?" Hinata said as she sat down on her bed.
"Hinata…" Sakura greeted.
"Ah! Sakura! How did it go with Naro…Nari…Nau..Naruto-san?" Hinata asked.
Sakura laughed. "Fine. Anyway, do you want to go out and eat? Ino and Tenten is coming."
"Sure…where are we eating?" Hinata asked.
"Oh yeah…you don't know the –usual place-" Sakura answered and then explained Hinata where to go.
"Okay! I'll be there!" Hinata said and then smiled.
"Bye." Sakura bid and then hung up.
Hinata sighed. 'I wonder how Naru…Naruto…-san…looks like…'
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Hinata went to the place Sakura told her to go and she found herself looking at a very beautiful restaurant. The out side was color pink, red, lavender, and other lovely colors and there were a lot of cute designs.
Hinata went in and found a lot of tables and chairs. It was sure a restaurant but it was very beautiful. Even the inside was full of lovely colors and cute designs. And then Hinata realized something. The restaurant was like for couples and indeed there were a lot of couples inside the restaurant. And then Hinata remembered the name of this place. 'Koibitotachi no ba' – Lover's place
She walked around for a while and then found Sakura and Tenten already there.
"This place is lovely!" Hinata exclaimed. Sakura and Tenten grinned.
"I know!" Tenten squealed. (I don't know if there's a word squealed or if I should have really used it there…but…well…u already know that I am not really that good at speaking English so please forgive me! Please deal with it!)
Hinata sat down (There were four chairs). "How did you find this place?"
"Sakura found it!" Tenten answered.
"Tenten. Her question was How not who." Sakura corrected.
Hinata laughed. "Oh!" Tenten said.
" 1 year before Sasuke broke his friendship with me we were…" Sakura started but then trailed off.
"Dating." Tenten grinned.
"No, we weren't!" Sakura argued as Hinata laughed.
"We were just…on our way home and we tried going to the new way Sasuke found…then we found this restaurant and went in and ate desserts. End of the story. No less than that fact, no more than that fact." Sakura finished, blushing.
"It was only the two of you, meaning it was a date." A girl's voice said from behind.
The three of them looked at the girl who spoke. It was Ino.
"Hello Miss late." Tenten greeted.
"Hey!" Sakura and Hinata greeted.
"Hello and I am sorry! It's not my fault! And yeah about you and Sasuke going here for the first time…it was a date. Plus, this restaurant is for couples." Ino said while sitting beside Hinata. Sakura and Tenten sat beside each other.
"Whatever" Sakura sighed.
"What do you mean it was not your fault?" Hinata asked. ' I still have to learn a lot of things about them…but I'm glad they're telling me everything they know about each other. They're the real friends I always wanted.'
"Well…." Ino started. She was blushing. "Shikamaru called and…."
"And?" Tenten, Sakura, and Hinata asked as they leaned in closer to Ino.
"And…he asked me if I wanted to eat lunch with him…" Ino continued. Sakura smiled and Hinata and Tenten squealed in excitement.
"Wait! Then why are you here?" Tenten asked. Sakura and Hinata nodded.
"I said I'm sorry but I already said I'll eat with you guys…" Ino sighed.
"WHAT?" Tenten, Hinata and yes Sakura too, almost yelled.
"I said no." Ino repeated.
" You said what?" The three asked again.
"Can you just stop over-reacting coz you know…it already hurts that I said no to a guy that asked me to go eat lunch with him. May I add the boy that I…love" Ino sighed sadly.
"Oh!" Tenten said.
"I'm sorry." Hinata apologized.
"So you're admitting you love Shikamaru?" Sakura asked seriously.
"Well, yeah…I mean…I think I really love him." Ino blushed.
"Cool…" Sakura said.
"What about you Tenten? Don't you like Neji?" Ino asked.
"H-huh? Uh…well…I still don't know…what about you Sakura?…you and Sasuke?" Tenten asked. She was blushing too.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Sakura calmly answered.
And that was what they did all the time. Chat, eat, laugh, and teasing each other. For almost 2 hours that was what they did. When they didn't find any good topic to talk about anymore, and when they finished eating what they ordered, they bid each other good-bye and said see you tomorrow.
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Next day…
Kono hitomi ga utsushi dasu no yo Kanashimi no kakera wo hiroi atsumete…Eien wa setsunakute hateshinakute Akogarete shimaisou nano…Ai saretai soba ni itehoshi…Dakedo ashita ga mittsukarana—
Sakura groaned as her head hit her desk and took her ketai.
"Hello?"
"Sakura! Good Morning!"
"Ino…" Sakura said and almost wanted to cry.
'Can't I ever sleep for 8 whole hours?' She thought as she looked at her clock. 5:00 am. And she slept at 12:00 am yesterday. Poor Sakura.
"Okay, okay…my bad! I know it's only 5:00 in the morning…and add the fact that it's Sunday today…" Ino apologized.
"It's good you know what you are doing. What's up?" Sakura asked as she stood up heading for the bathroom.
"Well…you see…the boys didn't know what time will we go to the karaoke place so they went to the meeting place already…" Ino explained. " What do you want to do?"
"Well…since I'm awake and I bet you already called Hinata and Tenten and woke them up too…we can just go now…" Sakura answered.
"Okie! Well, I'm at the meeting place now too…so we'll be waiting for you guys!" Ino bid as a good-bye.
"Wait!" Sakura said.
"What?" Ino asked.
"How did you know that the boys were already there?" Sakura asked.
"Oh! Well I was walking for an early morning exercise and I saw them waiting there." Ino replied.
"Ok. Bye." Sakura bid.
"bye!"
Sakura went out of the bathroom and put her ketai on her desk. She, then, went in the bathroom again to take a bath.
After taking a bath, Sakura decided to wear a skirt. Ever since Sasuke came, she always wore cargo pants.
Sakura wore a black-jeans-mini-skirt (or maybe you guys call it a denim skirt, I'm not good at fashion…hope someone out there would teach me what you call this skirt or that skirt or that shirt etc.) and matched it with a black tank top. Sakura likes wearing black, that's why she also wore knee-high black boots.
She ate her breakfast quickly and went to the meeting place. On her way there, she met Tenten and Hinata.
"Good morning!" Hinata greeted. Hinata was wearing a blue-jeans mini skirt and an orange tank top.
"Hey!" Tenten greeted. She, too, was wearing a blue-jeans mini skirt and she matched it with a white baby tee.
"Morning!" Sakura greeted. The three of them went towards the meeting place.
"Hello!" Tenten and Hinata greeted Neji, Shikamaru, and Ino.
Ino was wearing a black mini-skirt like Sakura, a dark green sleeveless shirt, and a knee-high black boots.
The 4 girls laughed. "Is today a mini-skirt day?" Ino asked.
"Whatever." Hinata and Tenten laughed.
Neji and Shikamaru looked at the girls. They look cool even though their hairstyles were the same. The 2 boys were only wearing jeans and simple shirts. Shikamaru was wearing a dark green T-shirt and black jeans. Neji was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. See? Simple.
"Where's Sasuke?" Sakura asked before she could stop her self.
Just then, someone wrapped their arms around Sakura's waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Miss me?" The guy whispered in Sakura's ear making Sakura shiver. Sakura blushed.
"Baka…" Sakura muttered. Of course she knew who the guy was. It was Sasuke.
Sasuke smirked. "Going to mourn, Haruno?"
"Shut up." Sakura said as she tried to release herself from Sasuke's embrace.
"Right." Sasuke smirked and then let go of Sakura. "It's not like I'm not wearing all black anyway."
Indeed, Sasuke was wearing all black too. Black jeans, and black t-shirt.
Sakura smirked. "Going to mourn, Uchiha?"
"Shut up." Sasuke smiled.
"Wait a minute! If you look closely…we're all wearing the same colors…" Ino said. "Except Hinata though…"
"Ha?" They all asked.
"Well, look…Shikamaru is wearing a dark green T-shirt and black jeans. I'm wearing a dark green sleeveless shirt and a black-jeans mini skirt…"
They all looked at Shikamaru and Ino. They were wearing the same color of jeans and shirt.
"Tenten is wearing a blue-jeans mini skirt and a white baby tee. Neji is wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans."
The gang looked at Neji and Tenten. Ino was right again.
"Sasuke is wearing all black and Sakura is wearing all black too." Ino finished.
"Cool…" Hinata exclaimed.
"I bet Naru-chan will be wearing orange and blue jeans. He loves orange." Tenten laughed.
"Oh yeah…today is the great day we will meet the one Ino loves…the one and only Naruto…" Shikamaru said, jealous.
Ino smiled and then wrapped her arms around Shikamaru's neck. Shikamaru blushed but let Ino do what she wants.
"Don't worry Shikamaru, I love you more." Ino said and then let go of Shikamaru. She was blushing but ignored it.
"Neji…what's wrong with you?" Tenten asked.
Neji looked at her and then hugged her. Tenten was shocked but didn't resist. She looked around…no one was looking at them. 'Good…' she thought.
Neji rested his head on Tenten's shoulder since he was sitting and Tenten was standing up.
"If you want to know…I'll tell you but…privately." Neji said.
"Okay…then act as if you're happy…" Tenten ordered. Neji looked confused but she ignored it.
Tenten released her self from Neji's embrace.
"Hey guys!" Tenten called. They all looked at Tenten. "We're just going to buy some juice…anything you want?"
"Nah thanks…" They all answered.
Neji stood up and followed Tenten. They went to a vendo machine. (you'll find that everywhere in Japan.)
"So…what's your problem?" Tenten asked.
"My mom's sick…" Neji explained. "And my father wants me to go back home."
"Go back home? You mean you left your home?" Tenten asked.
"Yeah…"
"Why did you do that?"
"There's no freedom in our house. My father tells us what to do and what not to do, as if we're robots." Neji explained.
"Still….you shouldn't have left your house…you should go back…" Tenten said.
"You don't understand Tenten…" Neji said between gritted teeth.
"Well…will you go home for your mom?" Tenten asked.
"No…"
"What? You won't? She's your mother Neji! And she's sick and you won--"
"YOU DON'T KNOW MY DAD! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HE'LL DO EVERYTHING JUST TO GET ME BACK IN THAT HOUSE! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO? ARE YOU EVEN MY FRIEND? WELL IF YOU ARE…I DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH A GIRL LIKE YOU ANYMORE!" Neji yelled.
There was a long silence before Neji realized what he said. He looked at Tenten. Tenten's head was bowed down, bangs covering her eyes but you could see that she was crying.
Tenten wiped her tears away and then took the juice she bought. She, then, ran towards the meeting place.
Neji kicked the vendo machine in frustration before sighing and heading towards the meeting place.
When Tenten arrived at the meeting place, there was a black limousine parked in front.
"There you are!" Ino smiled.
Tenten forced a smile and then said: "Where's Naru-chan?"
"HERE!" Naruto yelled and then hugged Tenten.
Tenten laughed. "You haven't change Naruto…"
Naruto let go of Tenten and then grinned. Neji arrived after that.
"Okay…Guys this is Uzumaki Naruto. Sakura's childhood friend." Ino introduced Naruto.
"Naruto…that guy with a white T-shirt is Hyuuga Neji…Tenten's boyfriend." Sakura smirked and then looked at Tenten. Tenten forced a smile again.
"Nice to meet you." Neji smiled. "You too!" Naruto grinned.
"That guy with a dark green T-shirt is Nara Shikamaru…Ino's boyfriend."
"Hey!" Shikamaru smirked. "Hello!" Naruto grinned.
"That girl wearing an orange tank top is Hyuuga Hinata, Neji's cousin." Sakura continued.
"H-H-Hello U-Uzumaki-san…" Hinata blushed. 'He's so cute!'
Naruto looked at Hinata closely and then smiled.
"Anta kawaii ne!" Naruto smiled. "Naruto de iiyo. Nice to meet you!"
Hinata blushed more. 'I-I'm cute?'
Ino, Tenten, and Sakura grinned. "Another nice couple…" Sakura whispered to Tenten and Ino. The girls giggled.
"And…the guy in black is Uchiha Sasuke." Sakura smiled.
"Sakura's boyfriend." Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Ino, and Shikamaru added.
Sakura blushed while Sasuke just smirked.
"Y-Yeah my boyfriend." Sakura stuttered.
"Hey!" Sasuke smirked. "Hello!" Naruto greeted.
"Well…that's all." Sakura finished.
"I have some questions" Naruto said and then raised his hand.
"Yeah what?" Ino asked.
"Is he…" Naruto pointed at Shikamaru. "really your boyfriend?"
They all laughed. "Not yet." Shikamaru and Ino answered and then smiled at each other.
"I see…and is he…" Naruto pointed at Neji. "really Tenten-chan's boyfriend?"
"No." Tenten and Neji answered quickly and then avoided each other's gaze.
Sakura pulled Ino and Hinata. "What's up with those two?" Sakura asked looking at Neji and Tenten.
"I don't know..." Hinata and Ino answered.
"I see…and is he…" Naruto pointed at Sasuke. "really Sakura-chan's boyfriend?"
"Yes." Shikamaru, Ino, Hinata, Tenten, and Neji replied.
Sakura blushed and Sasuke laughed.
"No…but maybe in the future yeah…" Sasuke winked at Sakura.
"baka…" Sakura muttered and then took Sasuke's hand in hers. Sasuke looked at her. Sakura just stuck her tongue out at Sasuke and then smiled. Sasuke smiled back and held Sakura's hand tighter.
"Okay…last question before we go…" Naruto said. "Is Hinata-chan already taken?"
Hinata blushed as the girls grinned. "No, not yet. Don't worry Naru-chan…you can still have her."
Naruto grinned as Hinata blushed.
"Well, that's all, right?" Ino asked. Naruto nodded. "I have an idea…let's have dates for today…the one you are wearing the same color is you date."
"Meaning mine is Shikamaru." Ino said as Shikamaru wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Tenten and Neji." Ino continued. Neji didn't say anything but went towards Tenten who was avoiding his gaze.
"Hinata and Naruto." Ino grinned. Naruto went towards Hinata and smiled at her as Hinata blush again.
"Sakura and Sasuke." Ino finished. Sasuke smiled. Sakura still hasn't let go of his hand and he doesn't want to let go of her hand.
"Okay! Then let's go!" Ino squealed.
They went in the car, boys at the back and girls at the front. Sasuke didn't want to let go of Sakura's hand but he had to so he did.
A/N: -sigh- that was another long chapter…actually this was suppose to be longer but I cut it since I don't like long chppies! Anyway! Please Review!
Any thing you don't understand in this chapter….just review or mail me and then I'll answer your questions!
Cool-girl-18 (I changed my penname again but guys…I really have a reason why!)