Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…or 'Rewind' by Paramore….
A/N: I am so sorry that it took so long! I kept leaving the dang folder at school and then not realizing it until I got home! And I have one more project to do that's due Tuesday and I promise after that I'm totally free (besides my Athletic Training final which is Wednesday and I have to study for THAT)! Really, I promise!
c h a p t e r . t e n
Normal POV
Hinata went home the next morning to train with Neji a little.
Naruto was summoned to the Hokage's office just as he was about to go with her.
Ino had to go to work at the flower shop for a while, so Kiba went off to go see Shino would train with him, remembering to take Akamaru along this time.
TenTen when to go get Neji so they could get some lunch. She then stopped at the flower shop to see if Ino was there.
Sasuke is hurrying towards his cherry blossom's house for one last visit. It is almost time to break away from Orochimaru and gather his team to defeat his brother.
Unluckily for the Uchiha, his love is busying herself at the hospital. She's picked up her long shifts again because she worries about rumors that fly about Konoha. The hospital is a distraction that keeps her mind from wandering.
Ino's POV
The next morning, I went to the flower shop to work my hours. Although being a shinobi paid the bills, extra shopping money was even more necessary because I now had a boyfriend. I had to impress him all the time now, not to mention a new dress for tonight since he's taking me to dinner tonight. I sighed and rested my face in my hands, staring dreamily off into space.
Suddenly, I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist. I perked up a bit and asked, "Kiba-kun?" though I already knew it was him.
"Hai, kirei!" he answered. I could practically hear him smiling.
I squealed girlishly as I turned around to face his cute canine-like features. He was smiling his cute puppy dog, toothy smile.
"I thought you were going to see Shino with Aka…" I started to say.
But I was cut off by a furry monster's huge, wet tongue licking me in the face.
Kiba let go of me and pushed Akamaru's paws off the counter.
"Come on Akamaru, if you're your going to be in here you can't have your paws everywhere!" Kiba half-scolded, "and especially not my girl! I'm sorry babe."
I wiped the dog slobber off my cheek and couldn't help but smile. Akamaru came with the Kiba, like a package deal, and I knew that he was just saying hello to me as well as saying that he liked me.
"It's alright inu-chan. A little over-protective, aren't you?" I giggled.
He blushed and held me close to him.
"N-no. Not really," he stammered.
But I just kept on laughing because the marks on his cheeks matched the color of his face now.
"So what brings you here?" I asked again.
"Oh, just this beautiful girl I wanted to get flowers for. A dozen red roses please!" he said, wiggling his eyebrows.
I giggled some more as I went to go get them for him. When I came back I winked at him.
"I hope that she loves them!" I said as I handed them to him.
He wrote a note on the tag and smiled. "I have a feeling she will. Thanks miss. Come on Akamaru," he replied, grinning stupidly.
I sighed dreamily and returned to day dreaming since service was so slow.
"Hey Ino!" I heard a voice call from outside.
I looked towards the door to see TenTen dragging along a grumpy looking Neji.
"Hey TenTen! Neji!" I exclaimed, happy to see her. It had been a while since we'd talked.
"We just saw Kiba leave with some flowers. Hot date tonight?" she asked coyly.
I smiled. The gossip princess' were back in action. So much to catch up on…so little time.
Hinata's POV
Neji and I sparred for a little while then took a short break.
"So how are you and TenTen?" I asked him
He turned a light shade of red but replied, "We're fine. She's very supportive and easy to talk to, just like you said."
I grinned. I had set those two up all by myself.
"That's good Neji. I'm glad everything is working out with you guys," I congratulated him.
"What about you and Naruto?" he asked, looking at me from the corner of his eye. He was always checking on me. It was like he was more of an older brother than a cousin to me now. A little overprotective was an understatement.
"Oh Neji, everything is just perfect! Our 6 month anniversary is this Saturday. I'm really excited! I put together a book of songs that remind me of him and of course, a couple of free ramen coupons. Do you think that's ok?" I gushed.
He smiled and laughed a little. "Hinata, I think that's great. What if he proposes?" he teased.
I blushed a dark red and playfully hit his arm. "N-no Neji! He wouldn't! I mean, not yet. We're only 16!"
Neji smirked and got up. "Well Hinata, I am going to go see your father quickly. I'll see you later. Show me the ring on Sunday!" he called over his shoulder.
I blushed and walked inside to where I lived.
Normal POV
Glass shattered on the kitchen floor.
"Shoot!" Hinata mumbled.
"What was that?!?" Hiashi boomed from the other side of the house.
She flinched at his harsh tone. She could practically feel the conviction in his footsteps as they grew closer. She silently wished Naruto was here. At the thought of him, her eyes suddenly regained their fire and she felt adrenaline pump through her veins. She could be strong just like him. She knew exactly what her dear Naruto would say to her father's rant. She readied herself, standing up straight with a slight cock to her head and her hand on her hip. He stood at the door frame huffing.
"What happened?!" he exclaimed.
"I dropped a glass. No big deal. I'll get it," Hinata calmly said, but her eyes dared him to say something.
"You're so clumsy. You get it from hanging around with that demon child. You guys slack off together," he sneered accusingly.
Hinata's byakuugan began to activate on its own. (A/N: Read manga 102 or watch episode 61)
"What did you say? Surely, you have misspoken. Because you dare not insult my future husband!" she spat at him.
Hiashi scoffed, "Why would you marry that scruffy child? Are you not over him yet?"
By the time his sentence was over, her byakuugan was fully activated and she snapped.
"If you say one more thing about him I'm leaving the clan. That will only embarrass you! YOU'LL look like a failure as a father. So go ahead and say! I dare you!" Her pale face was scrunched up angrily and her fists were clenched tightly into fists.
He merely snorted, "Clean that up," as he walked away.
Although Hinata knew she had won this battle but she still fell to her knees and cried. What he said about Naruto still hurt. The byakuugan slowly faded away as she let out her pain. She cleaned up the glass through her tears with a broom and dust pan. By the time she had cleaned up the glass, she had stopped crying.
She ran to their room full of instruments and grabbed her favorite baby blue guitar with an eagle on it and plugged it up to her amp that she kept in her room. Instead of telling Naruto about it, which would make it worse, she would sing it out. And let her father know she felt loudly. She had written the song and played all the instruments for it separately. She put that into the CD player for the other instruments except for the guitar.
She stood on top of her bed and turned the sound up to a reasonably loud sound and put on her headset for the microphone. He would hear her all right since she was right by the training grounds where she heard Neji showing him some moves. She put her hair into a ponytail then started the CD with the remote then quickly threw it on her dresser and began to play and sing.
"Don't come looking' for me
Cuz I'll be right here with the words you said
Looking for the words to say
You know what you did, you know
And how can anybody forget the promise that you made
Cuz this is how the promise breaks
I always knew you'd fall through and now you're proof
Chorus
And rewind to the first time that I felt it coming
I knew it would not last
And rewind to the first time that I felt it coming
Make it quick, make it painless
And don't tell me lies just say goodbye"
Hiashi and Neji had stopped working on technique to hear Hinata. Hiashi turned a slight pink from embarrassment; mostly everyone in the estate could probably hear it and know that it was her. Neji couldn't hide the smirk that was creeping to his face. Hiashi began to walk to Hinata's room in a state of shock and Neji followed.
"And now you're running from me
So cool, so scared of what you might've said
But no one's ever looked away
Cuz we know what you did, we know
If I told anybody that we would soon forget your name
And you would never have a place
I always knew you'd fall through and now you're proof
Chorus"
Hiashi finally got to the open doorway of Hinata's room, followed by Neji. She looked at his now angry and flustered face. She smirked and continued singing.
"Please don't say too much, oh
I think we've heard enough from you, oh oh"
Hiashi's face turned red with immense anger as she played an instrumental part. She was really waiting for him to speak. Finally, his anger got the better of him and he opened his mouth to say something to her. She quickly wrapped up the instrumental part with two hard strums. Her smirk grew as she finished the song.
"Chorus
And don't tell me lies just say goodbye"
She finished the last instrumental part and stopped, pulling off her guitar and jumping down off the bed Hiashi glared at her while Neji smiled and gave her a thumbs up. He then left because he was sure that he'd heard some throwing kunai right outside the estate. He had almost forgotten he had agreed to take TenTen out to lunch this afternoon.
"Hinata, your behavior just now was-" he started to yell. But the ribbet of a frog cut him off.
It hopped into the room and into Hinata's outstretched hand.
"As you can see, my love is waiting for me. I have to get going. Bye," she said smugly, waving before she was gone in a puff of smoke.
Hiashi was simply too stunned to move for a moment. Then he straightened up after a while and headed to his room, not to be seen for the rest of the day.
Naruto's POV
Baa-chan* called me to her office for something.
So I charged right into her office and demanded, "What do you need Baa-chan*?! I just got back the other day. PLEASE let me stay here with my…uh…friends!"
The Godaime smirked at me.
"You mean your girlfriend?" she asked smugly.
"Well Hina-chan too. Please, Baa-chan, let me stay here, PLEASE!" I pleaded, slightly blushing.
She shook her head no.
"Naruto, you are needed for this mission. We're very low on shinobi here for the moment. You ARE going," she said firmly.
Before I could protest Kiba, Shikamaru, and Neji came into the open door.
I just pouted and listened to the mission objective, got the information to read and was told to meet the next morning packed for 3 or 4 days. I went home and sent a little frog to go get Hinata so she could help me pack on the way.
When she arrived I hugged her and apologized for having to leave so soon. She gave me a sad smile.
"It's ok. I'll stay here tonight, if that's ok," she quietly said.
I hugged her tighter.
"Hina-chan, you basically live here. No need to ask if you can stay at your house," I replied smiling.
She smiled back happily and asked, "Should I make us some lunch?"
I nodded hungrily and she giggled, heading to the kitchen.
She returned 5 minutes later with her homemade ramen. The smell was mouth watering. Though hers was different from Ichiraku's, it was a good different.
Normal POV
Kiba had a mission tomorrow so he took Ino out for dinner. She then insisted that they go to her favorite club, Cali Love and he'd agreed after being yelled at for being "insensitive". They'd gotten a couple of drinks, danced to a couple of songs but were sitting down now.
"Now it's time to play a song from my girl, Avril Lavigne. This is from her newest album, The Best Damn Thing," the DJ announced, starting the song.
Ino squealed loudly, "This is my favorite song! Come onnn Kiba!"
"Ohh ohh, oh oh
You're so good to me
Baby, baby
I wanna lock up you up in my closet
When no one's around
I wanna push your hand in my pocket
Because you're allowed"
Ino guided his hand into her pocket and his torture began.
"I wanna drive you into the corner
And kiss you without a sound"
She pushed him into a corner and smiled seductively then kissed him passionately. She whispered the next lines in his ear.
"I wanna stay this way forever
I'll say it loud
Now your in and can't get out"
Then she smiled at him devilishly and he gulped.
"Chorus
You make me so hot"
She fanned her self, looking desperate.
"Make me wanna drop"
She dropped down slowly in front of him, barely skimming him but it drove him crazy and she knew it.
"You're so ridiculous
I can barely stop"
She tapped his chest with her manicured nail and whispered to him, "Stop"
"I can hardly breathe"
She gasped for air in his ear.
"You make me wanna scream"
She let out a short, breathy scream, but not too loud.
"You're so fabulous
You're so good to me
End Chorus
Baby, baby
You're so good to me
Baby, baby
I can make you feel all better
Just take it in
And I can show you all the places
You've never been
And I can make say everything
That you've never said
And I will you do anything
Again and again
Now you're in and can't get out
Chorus
Baby, baby
You're so good to me
Baby, baby
Kiss me gently
Always I know
Hold me, love me
Don't ever go, yeah
Chorus x2
Baby, baby
You're so good to me
Baby, baby
You're so good"
Kiba was in shock. Ino happily dragged him back to the table.
"I love dancing to that song," she chirped.
"Me too," he said huskily.
He kissed her passionately for a moment.
"Never do that again," he said after they parted.
She pouted, "Why?"
"Because that's for my eyes only," he growled, holding her protectively.
She giggled and settled for sitting in his lap.
Normal POV
Hinata sat down on Naruto's bed, watching him do some last minute packing. He may have had to go over to go away for only the weekend but that was their 6 month anniversary on Saturday.
Dread filled Naruto's mind when his eyes swept over the calendar and he saw the big red circle around the coming Saturday.
The words hit him like a train, "6 MONTH ANNIV. W/ HINATA! DON'T FORGET!"
He almost cursed out loud at forgetting the date. He had gotten her a gift early but didn't keep track of the days.
Sakura lay on her bed, wondering if the rumors she'd heard were true; Orochimaru was really dead and Sasuke killed him. If that was true, there was only one thing, or rather person, which stood in their way of happiness together now.
She knew he had to do this, or so he thought, but she missed him so much.
Naruto finished packing and apologized for having to miss their anniversary. He hugged her tightly then kissed her deeply.
Sakura sat up in bed hoping that a new song would make her feel better.
(A/N: I'm going to put the initials of the person singing so you don't get confused. HS=Haruno Sakura; HH=Hyuuga Hinata; US=Uchiha Sasuke; UN=Uzumaki Naruto. And btw they're not singing together, but if it says the two together it's just them singing the same thing at the same time. I know it's not likely, but I think it's pretty. If you listen to the song the alternations make sense)
"HS: I am finding out that maybe I was wrong
That I've fallen down
And I can't do this alone"
Hinata just sat down on Naruto's lap after making out for a while. She wanted to soothe him because he felt really guilty. She knew singing would make him feel ok.
"HH: Stay with me
This is what I need, please
HS&HH: Sing us a song and we'll sing it back to you
We could sing our own
But what would it be without you?
Ohh"
Sasuke had been sitting in the open window and heard every word of her song. So he decided to finally let himself be known through song.
"US: I am nothing now and it's been so long
Since I've heard a sound
The sound of my only hope"
Naruto's ears had perked up at her soft voice singing. So he responded by singing back.
"UN: This time I will be listening
US&UN: Sing us a song and we'll sing it back to you
We could sing our own
But what would it be without you?
Ohh"
Sakura was taken into Sasuke's missed embrace as he sang to her.
"HS&HH: This heart x6
HH: This heart *echoes 8 times after this rhythmically *
HS: This heart…
It beats…
Beats for only you…
This heart *echoes 7 times*
HH: This heart…
It beats…
Beats for only you…
HS: This heart
It beats
Beats for only you
My heart is yours
HH: This heart
It beats
Beats for only you
UN: My heart, it beats for you
HS&HH: This heart
All: It beats
Beats for only you
My heart is your heart
HH: Please don't go now
Please don't fade away *both x2 in the background*
HS: This heart
It beats
Beats for only you
HH: My heart
My heart is…
HS: Please don't go now
Please don't fade away *in the background*
*At the same time*
HS: Yours
My heart is yours
My heart is…
UN: Please don't go now
Please don't fade away *both x2 in the background*
*At the same time*
HH: Yours
Ohhh
My heart is...
US: Please don't go now
Please don't fade away *both x2 in background*
Naruto and Sasuke had gotten emotional and their eyes had tears in them.
Naruto composed himself and Sasuke got control of his emotions.
Sasuke kissed her, and then gave her a tape with a note.
Naruto kissed Hinata and then left.
'Baa-chan' is Naruto's nickname for the Godaime, or Tsunade, the fifth Hokage