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The Kunoichis That Didn't Belong Ch. 8

Disclaimer: (How many times must I say (write) this?) I DON'T OWN NARUTO!

(But I wish I did!)


Naruto yawned and he looked around, already bored. The rest of the guys were talking about random things, and some of them had already wandered off.

"Mm? Sakura-chan?" Naruto muttered, as he spotted a pink-haired girl over near the entrance gate, with a blond girl next to her. "Eh?" Sasuke looked in the direction Naruto was staring at; having heard Naruto's little comment. "Oh, no. It's nothing." Naruto said nervously, and went back to talking with some of the other guys.

"Hmm…" Sasuke wasn't so sure. He stared at the girl for a second, sure that there was something that was very familiar about her. What it was, he just couldn't place. Just as he was about to turn away, she suddenly turned her head, and they had eye contact. Their eyes widened simultaneously, and she broke contact first. "No." she whispered, shock still evident in her eyes.

Sasuke stared after her. He was sure. It was her. 'But how? How do I know?' he wondered to himself. 'And why? Why would she be here?'

Sakura covered her mouth, still in shock. "Oh, god." She breathed. "Why?" She recalled the way their eyes had met, how the single second their eyes had made contact, she knew that he knew. "Oh, why?"


Ino looked at Sakura worriedly. Sakura was stiff, and she had seemed to be in shock. "Um, Saki? Did something happen?" Ino smiled at her best friend whom she had missed during the last two years. "What's wrong? Do you want a popsicle?" Ino held out the offered treat to Sakura.

But Sakura shook her head. "No. No thank you, Rose-chan." She said with a smiling, her words instantly reminding Ino of their guise. "Oh yeah…." Ino scratched the back of her head. "Mm…" Ino looked at the sky. "Wonder when Tema-chan is done yet." "Yeah."


Temari looked around her. "Hina-chan, do you see the-you-know-what yet? Any… um… gropers?" she whispered into her headpiece. "A-Ano?" Hinata whispered back, shocked at her friend's choice of words. "Um, I mean, no, Clover-san. And it is Wisteria-san's job. Oh, and I have not yet any sign of ….g-gropers…" Hinata winced slightly as she said that word.

"Oh! Um, yes. Thank you, Lily-chan." Temari said, a bit awkwardly as she remembered their codes and mission.


Hinata looked around her swiftly. So far, she had not yet seen any guards in the festival grounds, except for those guarding important buildings, people, and the borders. "Ooo…" Hinata stared at a very pretty and cute silver hairpin in the shape of a butterfly.

"Would you like that, miss?" a loud voice beside her asked.

"Eh?" Hinata looked at Naruto with a mixture of shock, confusion, and surprise.

"Hi! I'm Uzumaki Naruto!" He grinned at her, and Hinata's heart pounded against her chest wildly.

"Um, I-I-"

"I can get it for you, if you want it." Naruto said with a grin.

"N-No! I-I couldn't, you shouldn't, I-" Hinata, for some reason, was turning red, and getting very flustered.

"Okay, then tell me your name!" he said cheerfully.

"Eh? Um, I mean, Lily. My name is Lily." Hinata said, trying to calm herself down.

"Mmm…okay. Wait a moment, will ya?"

"Wha-"

"Hey! Mister! How much for that?" Naruto pointed to the pin.

"80 yen."

"I'll take it!" he exclaimed, bought it, then gave it to Hinata.

"Eh? B-But Uzumaki-san, I couldn't possibly-" Hinata was interrupted by Naruto saying, "Aw, come on, Hina—oops, I mean Lily-chan!" with a smile.

Hinata's heart almost stopped beating. "O-okay." Hinata said after regaining her composure. "Thank you, Uzumaki-san." She said politely.

"You're welcome." Naruto said with a grin. "And call me Naruto!"

"But, I-"

"Call me Naruto!" he repeated.

"Okay, Naruto-k, I mean, Naruto-san." Hinata bowed.

"Hey, Lily? You wanna check out the festival with me?"

Hinata blushed. "Okay."


TenTen looked around her, searching for the feudal lord. 'Damn it! Where the hell is he?' she thought frustrated. She continued to walk down the street into the crowd, turning her head here and there, searching for the feudal lord that they were assigned to assassinate. Suddenly, she bumped into someone. And who wasn't that someone other than…. THE Hyuuga Neji? Well, that was exactly who he was, and TenTen made the mistake of looking up into those deep, white eyes that she knew so well, and missed, so much, even if she never admitted such. "I-I'm sorry." She said hastily, and backed away, disappearing into the crowd. 'Damn it! I blew it. He knows. He would be an idiot not to know. Even if I was gone all those years, he still would've known. Damn. Shit. What have I done?' TenTen thought, as she pushed past many people in the street, heading towards the opposite side of the town's festival, leaving behind a shocked and confused Hyuuga.


Neji stared after the strange-yet-oh-so-familiar girl who had just bumped into him, then left abruptly. But, NOT before she made the mistake of looking into his eyes, and him into hers. And that was when he knew. Instantly. 'TenTen.'


As Hinata walked alongside Naruto, thousands of questions filled her mind. But she held it all in, and waited patiently for Naruto to explain himself. There just had to be a reason, she just knew it. After playing a few festival games, Naruto began to speak. "Hey, Lily-chan?" "Yea?" "I'm sorry." "For what?" "…For calling you a… different name." Naruto put his hands behind his head, and stared up at the sky; and Hinata at him.

"It's just that… well, you remind me so much of her. Hinata-chan, I mean." Hinata gave a little gasp, but Naruto made no signs of having heard it. "You know," Naruto paused. "Kiba… He really missed her. He later told me that he, Shino, and Kurenai-sensei never had any intention to make her feel weak…. It was just some weird thing that they were going through, ya know? And, and, when Sakura-chan left, Sasuke-teme went all emo-ish; well, more than he usually is; Lee was screaming in his sleep, and Kakashi-sensei even stopped reading his perverted book for about two-to-three weeks. I don't remember how much. Kiba was really depressed, and he helped Hanabi—that's Hinata's sister—look for Hinata every where. Hiashi—that's Hinata and Hanabi's dad—also help them look sometimes, when he wasn't busy with meetings or anything. They're a really dedicated and loyal family."

Hinata gasped; shocked by the information that Naruto was telling her. Naruto continued to talk. (Btw, they're still walking, just so you know.)

"Gaara and Kankuro were devastated when Temari left. They just wouldn't stop searching for her, and Gaara even moved to Konoha temporarily with Kankuro so that they could look for any possible clues that were possibly left behind. Baki temporarily took over Gaara's duties, and Matsuri is overseeing that, to make sure that Baki's decisions are wise."

Naruto looked at Hinata. "Hey, Lily? Do you… I don't know…but, do you think that," he paused, and glanced back at the sky. "If, we find them, and talk to them…" he looked at her. "…do you think that they'll consider coming back?" he asked, with such hopefulness in his eyes that Hinata could not bring herself to say something awful. "I-I'm sure that if you talk to them, and explain, they will listen to your reasons." She said, replying as truthfully as she could, for herself and all of the girls. 'I cannot promise you anything, Naruto-kun, but I assure you that we shall listen to what you have to say.' Hinata thought, promisingly.

Naruto grinned at her. "Thanks, Lily-chan!" Hinata smiled back at Naruto, and they continued to walk. "Hey, Lily? Are you going to stay over?" he asked, pointing to the pink rays of sunset. She gasped. "So much time has gone by…. Oh! Um, yes, I believe I shall be staying for the night…." "Cool!"


They continued to walk, and then spotted a boy in a gray jacket with a dog in his lap sitting on a bench. "Oh! Hey- that's Kiba!" Naruto said excitedly, then ran up to said boy, yelling Kiba's name loudly. Hinata trailed after Naruto shyly.

Kiba turned his head towards Naruto. "Hey, Naruto." Kiba said, and Akamaru yipped once. "Kiba! What are you doing?" Naruto asked. Kiba rolled his eyes. "What do you think I'm doing, you dope? Sitting, obviously. Hey, who's your friend?" Hinata stood next to Naruto. "Eh? Oh, that's Lily-chan!" he said with a grin. But Kiba seemed not to hear him. Even Akamaru was strangely quiet.

"H-Hinata?"


Well, that's Chapter 8! Sorry for the long wait! Gomen, Gomen. I shall try to type up chapter nine as soon as possible! And thanks to all reviewers!

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