Love finds a way… eventually.
Hello everyone! This is KW here. I just wanted to say thanks for reading my story so far. I'm having trouble deciding exactly how Naruto and Hinata will hook up. Also my poll is telling me I have to make Kiba start to dig a grave for Sakura (For the slow readers, Sakura is going to die at by what the poll is showing now.). Again the poll is: Should Sakura die on the mission I have planned? Vote by review or my poll on my profile page. The mission won't be for another few chapters, but I wanted to get as much feedback on people's opinions as possible. Also is Sakura should die, I would like a reader of this story to make a female OC. If so, please send me age, personality description, weapon of choice, and appearance. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Kingswriter does not own Naruto, because if he did, Sakura would have left the village following after Sasuke.
Hinata was thinking while she ran home to the Hyuuga estate. 'I can't believe Naruto-kun likes me! I have to take this opportunity to tell him how I feel about him, otherwise I may not get a second shot.' She hoped that the plan she and Jiraiya cooked up would work. 'This may be embarrassing,' she thought with a blush, 'but I have to be bold if I want to earn Naruto's love.' As she reached the estate, she ran to her room to gather the necessary materials for the plan. She darted past bewildered Hyuuga clan members as they saw their esteemed heiress running like a maniac. As she sprinted out of the estate, her father Hiashi wondered with somewhat open eyes 'What is she up to?'
Naruto was just mulling over the Team 10 situation when he spotted Tenten and Neji walking down the street. Deciding he should explain why he left so suddenly, Naruto ran up to them. "Hey guys!" Naruto yelled as he ran up to them.
Neji and Tenten turned to see Naruto running at them. They looked down at their hands and quickly released their grasp while blushing slightly. When Naruto got there, they were still looking the opposite way and blushing.
"Hello? Anyone home?" Naruto asked them as he tried to get their attention while waving his hand in front of their faces. Neji and Tenten both finally noticed this and looked up embarrassingly. Naruto laughed at this. "No need to feel ashamed, dating is perfectly natural at your age." Naruto quoted, somewhat mocking his perverted teacher.
Neji and Tenten quickly looked at each other before jumping to increase the distance between them. "We're not dating!" they yelled at Naruto with flushed faces.
Naruto laughed a bit at this. "Sure you aren't" Naruto responded while rolling his eyes. Naruto looked up to see one blushing girl and a somewhat annoyed Hyuuga.
"I told you Naruto, we're not dating!" Neji yelled at him, trying to get through his thick skull. Naruto noticed Tenten looked slightly crestfallen at this.
Just then an old couple walked by and the ninja heard the old lady say "Those two remind me of us when we were younger…" while the old man smiled and nodded in agreement. At this Neji sweat-dropped, Tenten blushed more profusely, and Naruto nearly laughed his ass off. Neji and Tenten turned to look at him with rage in their eyes.
"Was there a reason you wanted to talk to us Naruto?" Neji asked with a bit of a edge in voice. Naruto's laughter then turned into a bit of a nervous chuckle.
"Sorry about that guys… it was just to funny to not laugh at." At this Neji seemed to flare a bit, however, Naruto did not seem to notice this warning sign.
"I mean everyone but you two will admit that they think you two are a couple." Tenten then started to sharpen her weapons with a nearby rock.
"You know, for a Hyuuga and a chick, you two sure are blind to romance…" The street then started to clear as nearby civilians noticed killing intent radiating off of the two brown haired ninja, while Naruto just kept on talking.
"So anyway I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry I had to run away earlier, it's just that the two 'Youth Twins' were really starting to freak me out…"
"No…problem" Neji grunted out between bared teeth.
"So don't take me running away personally" Naruto said, still thinking that they (alliteration FTW!) were mad about him leaving as soon as they arrived.
"Oh, we won't… trust us." Tenten said while she finished sharpening her weapon.
"Huh?" Naruto asked, confused at the way she said it in future tense. 'Aww… crap' Naruto thought as he saw a Hyuuga with byakugan activated in stance, and weapons mistress with blades out and aimed towards him. "Hehehe…" Naruto chuckled as he backed away, "I've gotta go! See you later!" he yelled as he took off like a freakin bullet down the road. He noticed the two chasing after him and quickly increased his speed. As made a spectacle through the streets, they ran past the same old couple from before. "Yep…" the old man said, "definitely reminds me of us…"
Jiraiya was just finishing up the plan with a few people. "So, you got the idea? You guys are going to be the back-ups if Hinata can't go through with it the first try."
The three other ninja he was with nodded their heads. "We got it." They replied in unison.
Jiraiya smiled as he said, "Lets get going"
The ninja became blurs as they flew off.
Naruto was hiding in an alley from two angry ninja. 'Man… I really need to learn when to shut my mouth. I pray they don't find me…' Naruto thought as he cringed in regret behind a barrel.
After what seemed like an hour, Naruto assumed that they wouldn't find him and came out from behind his refuge. 'Well, guess I lost them… wonder what time it is?' Naruto's thoughts were replied to by a large grumble in his stomach. 'I guess that means it's lunch time… and lunch time in Konoha means… ICHIRAKU!' Naruto smiled like a madman and bolted off to his favorite food source while thinking, 'ramenramenramenramen…' repeatedly.
Jiraiya was waiting by a building when Hinata showed up.
"Hello Jiraiya-sama."
"Hello Hinata. Is everything ready?" he inquired of her.
"Yes. Everyone is ready. Did you get it set up?"
"Yep. Guess the only thing left to do is wait and hope it works."
Hinata nodded her agreement.
Naruto arrived at the ramen shop a few minutes later. After ordering from Teuchi, Naruto vigorously slurped down his miso-ramen. While in the middle of his "feast", Chouji and Shikamaru walked up and sat down next to him. Naruto looked up to notice his companions.
"Hm gis, wos op?" (Hey guys, what's up), is all Naruto could mouth with his face stuffed with ramen.
Shikamaru shook his head at Naruto's antics. "Not much, just got away from Ino… she said she had to go do something."
"M… o u yu eel eher?" (So do you feel better?), Naruto again tried to state through noodles.
"Yes… but could you please talk without food in your mouth? It really is rude." Shikamaru said with a slightly pained voice.
Naruto swallowed his noodles and regretfully put his chopsticks down. "Sorry, it's just that I haven't had Ichiraku ramen in forever."
Chouji smiled and patted Naruto on the back, "I understand, but even I'm not that bad." He said with a small smile.
Naruto grinned back, "Yeah, sorry. It looks like you really have been working on your strength while I was gone." Naruto said, indicating Chouji's newfound muscle mass.
Chouji smiled and flexed slightly, "Yep, I'm really proud at my muscles. It was hard work but I love the result"
"So Naruto, we found something interesting that you might like… want to come with?" Shikamaru piped in.
"Can I finish my ramen first?" Naruto questioned.
Shikamaru shook his head slightly, "Sure Naruto…"
It was a few hours later when Naruto complained "Shikamaru! The sun is almost down! How can you not remember where it is by now? You're a genius for crying out loud!"
Shikamaru shook his head in mock frustration "Sorry it's jus…. There it is!"
Naruto looked at the building Shikamaru was pointing at now. It looked like an abandoned warehouse. "We walked all around Konoha for that?"
"Trust him Naruto, you won't be disappointed when you go inside." Chouji stated, trying to keep the plan working.
"Alright… but this is only because I trust you guys." Naruto responded. As he turned the handle on the door, Naruto said, "If I didn't know better, I'd say you guys were trying to keep me busy or something…"
And then a loud "Welcome home Naruto!" came screaming at Naruto's ears. When Naruto's hearing and focus of where he was came back to him, he saw all of his friends smiling at him, but some seemed to be glaring at Shikamaru and Chouji. As Naruto walked up to ask Jiraiya and Sakura, who seemed to be at the head of this, what was going on, Ino walked up to Choji and Shikamaru and promptly whacked them on the head.
As Shikamaru rubbed his head he said, "What was that for? I didn't do anything yet!"
"You were late!" Ino retorted/screamed at him. "You had us waiting forever and we almost got ready to leave! Hinata's confidence was shaken horribly when you guys didn't show at the right time, and she almost tried to call it off. What took you so damn long?!" Ino gushed out in one breath.
"We…sorta got lost…" Chouji said while slightly shuffling his feet and seemed to blush.
"…" Ino paused for a second. "YOU WHAT?!" Ino finally screeched, and followed by telling them exactly what she thought of their excuse, and was not very lady-like in the process.
Back with Naruto, Jiraiya, and Sakura, Naruto had just asked "What's going on here?" to them when they all heard Ino go off like a volcano. They looked towards each other and unanimously agreed it would be better if they moved to a location away from the cursing blonde woman. After they moved away Naruto repeated his question.
"Well", Sakura began, "we haven't seen you for a while and we wanted to welcome you back with something big."
Naruto looked at her skeptically. "I don't think you're telling me everything Sakura. Is there something I should know?"
At this Sakura started to glance around a bit, trying to think of a excuse. Jiraiya noticed and took that as his queue to intervene.
"Naruto, just relax. This is a party after all, so just have fun." He said while slapping Naruto in the back playfully.
Naruto seemed to lighten up a bit. "O.K. pervy sage!"
After a while of partying (A.N. Did you really expect me to put everything going on at the party in this chapter. But, if I get enough complaints about it, I might put some stuff in) Naruto sat down on a couch out of the way. He let out a sigh as he thought 'I wonder why I wanted to be the center of attention…as Shikamaru would say, it's troublesome' Naruto laughed as Shikamaru suddenly sneezed on Temari. A thought suddenly struck Naruto. 'Wait a minute… where's Hinata?' Naruto looked around, but couldn't seem to find the lavender-eyed beauty. 'Come to think of it, I haven't seen her all day. Maybe Tsunade sent her on a mission.' As Naruto got up to ask Tsunade, a random chunin of no importance to this story, and who'll probably never be mentioned again, burst into the room. (A.N. Don't tell me you haven't noticed that pattern in "Naruto")
"Hokage-sama!" he yelled while sprinting towards Tsunade, who was talking to Kakashi at the moment.
"Calm down. What's the problem?" Tsunade asked of him.
"It's the scouts on the wall! They've spotted a large group of sound scouts!" he replied after catching his breath.
"So? What's the big deal? They do that all the time."
"It's different this time. Sasuke Uchiha was with the group."
All conversation that was still going on froze at this comment.
And so I end on a cliffhanger! I know it's evil, but it just fits. Again, my poll is: Should Sakura die on the mission I have planned? Vote by review or my poll on my profile page. The mission won't be for another few chapters, but I wanted to get as much feedback on people's opinions as possible. Also is Sakura should die, I would like a reader of this story to make a female OC. If so, please send me age, personality description, weapon of choice, and appearance. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it!