This TOOK ME FOREVER TO FINISH! PLUS IT IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER YET! Anyways, enjoy!
Narukaze, puertorrican-babe, Green Cat Claw, and EerieNightfall (who reviewed at midnight). But thanks to the people who gave me reviews before that day!
Your Hands
It was nighttime and Tenten and Sasuke were sitting next to Hinata's bed in the hospital.
"God Sasuke! You really knocked her out within two words! And you didn't finish!" Tenten said. She checked the indigo-haired girl's forehead and it felt warm. Then she thought of something.
"What were you going to ask Hinata-chan?" Tenten ask as she turned her attention to Sasuke. She saw him blushed and the weapon mistress smirked.
"Were you going to ask Hinata-chan to come with you to Konoha's festival?" she asked and Sasuke looked away.
"Why?" Sasuke asked while folding his arms.
"I knew it!"
"I don't know what you mean."
"When I ask you the question, you blushed and looked away from me... You like Hinata-chan don't you?" She said slyly. Sasuke looked at Tenten and glared.
"Why would I like her? She's the quietest one of all of the girls I know."
"You're quiet."
"…. That doesn't mean I like her."
"Then why were you on top of Hinata-chan only with a towel on your waist?"
"I was chasing after Naruto because he stole a flower from me."
"A flower? Hm….. Who are you going to give the flower to?"
"U-um…. T-to… It was for me."
"Really? Most guys like you don't even get flowers for themselves."
"My mother took care of the whole Uchiha garden."
"What color was the flower?"
"Lavender, why?"
"Weird….. The plant you are talking about looks like the flower near Hinata-chan."
"…"
"You were going to give the flower to Hinata and ask her to come with you to Konoha's festival huh?"
"Hn…."
Tenten laughed and patted on Sasuke's back. He shook his shoulder and looked down at Hinata.
"You're lucky that the flower has water. It could have died within minutes before giving it to her. Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about your crush."
"I don't like her."
"Okay… But you better make your move before someone does….." Tenten said as she walked outside leaving Sasuke alone with Hinata. The brunette walked out and smiled at the Rookie Nine and her teammates.
"You could visit Hinata-chan now," she said as she walked away with Neji.
"Did you leave the Uchiha with Hinata?"
"Yeah, why?" Tenten saw that Neji was about to turn around with his byakugan activated. She quickly grabbed his shoulder and stopped him.
"Don't worry Neji-kun. Sasuke is going to be accompany by the Rookie Nine along with Lee so that means he isn't alone with Hinata-chan for that long. And besides, Sasuke said that he doesn't have any interest in her and was going to give the flower to your cousin because to say thank you for being nice to him."
"I still don't trust the Uchiha," Neji said as he looked back and saw Sakura and Naruto entering Hinata's hospital room.
Sakura peeked in and saw Sasuke staring at Hinata. She lifted up a brow and then felt something push her back. The pink-haired girl fell on the Hinata's bed, but the shy Hyuga didn't wake up.
"Hi Hinata and Sasuke-teme!" Naruto shouted as he threw flowers at Sasuke.
"Shh! She's sleeping! You are such an idiot at times Naruto!" Sakura whispered, "so, how's Hinata? Is she alright?"
"She's okay, but all of us need rest for the festival tomorrow," Sasuke said.
"Hey Sakura?" Naruto asked.
"What is it Naruto?"
"Did you sign up for any of the booths for the festival?"
Sakura blushed at it and turned away. I don't want to tell Sasuke-kun and Naruto that I signed up for a kissing booth! It is a perfect chance to kiss Sasuke-kun! Ha! Pure gold!
"Yeah! I signed up for a prediction booth!"
"I thought Gai and Lee already handled that Sakura-chan," Naruto said.
"I know. I am just going to help them for a while then I will go along with the fair. Anyways, see you guys tomorrow!" Sakura said while going out of the room. Then, Naruto's attention went to Sasuke.
"Sasuke," Naruto said.
"What do you want dobe?"
"What were you going to ask Hinata?"
"Nothing." Sasuke said as he grabbed the flower and the vase and walked outside. He pushed Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, and Lee away from him.
Naruto was very confused and looked at Hinata for a while. He thought about something, but then pushed it away.
That's impossible.
"Well, see ya Hinata!" he said while getting out. Naruto ran out of the room, but then accidentally bumped into someone hard and flew back to Hinata's room and through the window.
"…."
"Chouji! Your belly was so big that you sent Naruto out of this hospital! I told you not to eat those chips!" Ino yelled.
"…But they were on sale."
"No they weren't! All chip bags only cost a few yen and mostly they don't go on sale!"
Shikamaru started laughing while Kiba, Shino, and Lee were really confused.
"Ahh!" Naruto screamed and landed.
"Does my youth only attract men?" Gai said while tears came down his cheeks.
"What! I didn't mean to land on you! Chouji's belly hit me so hard that I was sent flying!" Naruto replied while quickly getting off Gai.
"Oh good because I am really trying to make Kurenai like me."
Sasuke was walking down the streets of Konoha and saw some people set up their booths. He looked down at the flower and thought of all what happened hours ago.
"Will you-,"
Then Hinata turned bright red and fainted.
"Hinata!" Everyone shouted except Sasuke, who was about to faint himself.
The Uchiha was about to break the vase because of what happened.
"She just has to faint right when I was about to ask her!" Sasuke said to himself. He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned his head. He saw the brunette with the two buns smirking.
"Ask her to come with you to the festival?" Tenten said.
"Where's your boyfriend?" Sasuke said as he turned back and continued walking. Tenten blushed furiously and threw a kunai at Sasuke, but then he caught it with his fingertips.
"Hmph…. Pathetic."
"I am not pathetic and Neji-kun is not my boyfriend! I don't say Hinata is your girlfriend…. Unless you want me to….."
Sasuke turned around with his sharingan activated. "What do you want from me?"
"To ask Hinata-chan to the festival tomorrow."
"Why?"
"Because you want to. You better hurry up before someone does."
Sasuke just ignored it and went back to his house. He set down the flower vase near his journal and the bag. The Uchiha jumped to his bed and thought about what Tenten said.
"What do you want from me?"
"To ask Hinata-chan to the festival tomorrow."
"Why?"
"Because you want to. You better hurry before someone does."
"Why does she want me to ask Hinata to the festival? And who is the person going to ask Hinata before I do?"Sasuke asked.
Sasuke felt something touch him. It was poking him pretty hard and slowly, he opened his eyes. He saw a pair of blue eyes looking at him.
"Good morning Sasuke-teme! Come on! The festival is going in about a few hours!" Naruto said while shaking Sasuke. The Uchiha became dizzy, but then shook his head and punched the blonde.
"HEY? What was that for? I was actually nice enough to wake up early and tell you that today is the festival!"
"Really?"
"Actually… Sakura helped me by waking me up early and getting inside your house."
"Hi Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said as she pushed Naruto out of the way and jumped on Sasuke.
"Naruto! Leave us alone! We are going to have fun…." She said in a sweet tone while trying to kiss Sasuke. The raven-haired boy eyes popped out and pushed the pink-haired kunoichi aside. Then she landed on top of Naruto.
The blonde shinobi's face was red. He grabbed Sakura's hands and looked straight at her eyes while the pink-haired kunoichi sweat-dropped.
"Sakura-chan," Naruto said.
"What is it Naruto?" She felt Naruto's hands becoming sweaty.
"Will you come to the festival with me?"
"…."
"Will yo-," Naruto was cut off by Sakura slapping his cheek.
"Not in a million years I won't!"
"So I have to wait until I am a million and twelve years old? I got to go to the pervy sage for help on an age changing jutsu,"
"You baka!" Sakura said as she slapped his cheek again, "I am going to the festival only with Sasuke-kun! Isn't that right?" Then the both of them turned their heads and found out that Sasuke left.
"You made Sasuke-kun leave!"
"It wasn't my fault!"
"Tch! Yeah right!"
Idiots… They are always annoying, Sasuke thought as he continued walk. He held the flower and said to himself,
"I am just lucky that Tenten got a flower vase for me."
Kakashi and Kurenai were jumping to tree branch to another branch while down notes.
"Did you get that Kakashi?" Kurenai asked.
"Yeah I go-, NO!" Kakashi said. He accidentally let go one of the notes they took and it landed on Sasuke's head. Then the notes bounced and it landed on the ground. Kurenai stopped jumping and watched Sasuke slowly get it. Once she stopped, Kakashi bumped into her and they both fell to the ground.
Sasuke turned his head and sweat-dropped. Kurenai was under Kakashi while his hands were on her breasts.
"…"
"….Uh, Sasuke. Why don't you leave Kurenai and me alone," Kakashi said.
"Hn," Sasuke replied and went away with the notes in his hands.
Kakashi looked down at Kurenai who was blushing like mad, but then they heard someone behind them.
"Kakashi! You like men and women?" Gai asked.
"No, I love women. Can't you tell because I am squeezing Kurenai's breasts?" Kakashi said while gestured his hands on Kurenai's chest.
"Get off of me!" Kurenai shouted and pushed Kakashi. She dusted herself and then pointed at the direction where Sasuke went.
"Sasuke has the notes with him!" Kurenai said. She grabbed Kakashi and dragged him leaving Gai in tears.
I thought I had enough youth to get Kurenai to like me! Ah, oh well. I will just try to make Anko to like me.
Kakashi and Kurenai hid in the shadows near Sasuke.
"Good, he didn't open the notes yet," Kurenai whispered.
"So, what are we going to do about it?" Kakashi asked.
"We just have to do something that will distract Sasuke."
"…You know what I am thinking?" Kakashi asked. Kurenai nodded while Kakashi made a clone of someone.
Sasuke was just walking on the streets on Konoha, but then something tapped his shoulder.
"H-hi, Sa-Sasuke-san," Hinata said.
"Oh hey Hinata. Look, about yesterday,"
"I-I kn-know…..a-and I-I wi-will."
"What? How did you know?"
Hinata blushed and smiled. She gotten closer to Sasuke and their lips were centimeters away from kissing.
"Te-Tenten to-told m-me," Hinata said as she went closer. Sasuke gulped and stared at Hinata while Kurenai grabbed the notes out of his hands. She went back to the tree and right when Kakashi was making hands signs, all of them heard a voice.
"Sa-Sasuke-san? Ho-how a-am I-I….." Hinata said. She watched the other Hinata stopped right before she locked lips with Sasuke.
"Hinata?" Sasuke asked, "Ho-how ar-are you there when you are here?"
Both of them stared at the Hinata who was about to kiss Sasuke.
I bet it is Sakura! Sasuke thought. He pushed 'Hinata' away from him and yelled,
"Sakura! Are you that desperate to kiss me that you have to disguise yourself as Hinata?"
"What do you mean Sasuke-teme, she is right here." Naruto interrupted with Sakura along his side.
"What's going on Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked.
"Oh I know what you were trying to pull off! That is just a shadow clone right next to you Naruto! This is Sakura!" Sasuke shouted as he pointed at the fake Hinata.
"YOU MEAN THAT SAKURA WASN'T NEXT TO ME ALL THIS TIME? How could you Sakura-chan! I thought we were friends!" Naruto said and started to pull Sakura's head.
"Naruto! What the hell are you doing?" Sakura yelled. Naruto was pulling on her head and trying to get it off.
"God! This clone seems really real! This must be a good shadow clone if it can handle me pulling it!" Naruto said. He jumped on Sakura's shoulders and started to pull her hair.
"Because it is not," Kurenai said. Everyone watched as she entered the chaotic scene.
"Wh-what d-do yo-you me-mean Ku-Kurenai-sensei?" Hinata asked.
"If Sakura was a shadow clone, then it will make a poof sound and then Naruto will fall on the ground. Besides, Sasuke didn't touch the shadow clone of Hinata-chan. So the real fake here is that," Kurenai replied as she pointed to the Hinata close to Sasuke. Then it disappeared while making a poof sound.
"…..Everything I know is a lie…..except ramen! And Sakura-chan!" Naruto said. He gave a hug to Sakura while she was trying to push him away.
"I am so sorry Sakura-chan! Please forgive me! I will do anything to make you love me again!" Naruto said while tears dropped from his cheeks.
"Naruto! Get off of me!" Sakura yelled trying to push Naruto away from him.
Sasuke shook his head and looked around. Hinata was walking away from the team. The Uchiha looked back and followed Hinata. She heard footsteps and the indigo-haired girl turned around and made a fake smile.
"O-oh. H-hi Sa-Sasuke-san," Hinata said looking the other way and quickly wiping her tears away.
"Is it about the dobe again?" Sasuke asked.
"I-it no-nothing im-important, re-really!" Hinata replied. Sasuke glared at her until she will say something, which kind of work.
"I-t's…. Th-that Na-Naruto-kun al-always p-pays at-attention t-to Sa-Sakura. I-I tr-try a-as ha-hard a-as I co-could, bu-but no-nothing wo-works," Hinata paused for a few moments then remembered something, "Di-did y-you re-really me-meant th-that Sa-Sasuke-san?"
Sasuke paused for a sec and then said, "Meant what?"
Hope she doesn't mean about the flower part, he thought.
"Th-that Na-Naruto-kun wi-will no-notice m-me on-one da-day?"
"Oh. Yeah, I did." Hinata looked down at her feet and smiled.
"Th-thank y-you Sa-Sasuke-san," Hinata said. Then Sasuke remembered to ask her something. He pulled out the lavender flower in front of her face. Hinata blushed at the moment and then remembered something about yesterday.
"Um….. Maybe to cheer you up, would you like to come with me to the festival today?" Sasuke mumbled while blushing. He was scratching his head with his free hand while Hinata just stared at him.
So yesterday, Sasuke-san was going to ask me to come to the festival with him? That's really nice of him! I will go with him because he has been nice to me since Naruto-kun invited Kiba, Shino, and me to eat at Ichiraku Ramen, Hinata thought.
"I-I wi-will lo-love t-to," Hinata said as she accepted the flower, "I-I wi-will se-see yo-you wh-when I-I ge-get re-ready o-okay?"
"Okay, but where?"
"Ne-near Ic-Ichiraku Ra-Ramen," Hinata said. She waved goodbye to Sasuke while walking to the Hyuga compound and with that, the Uchiha smiled. After a few seconds, the raven-haired stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked over to his teammates with a huge smile his face.
Naruto and Sakura stopped fighting and watched him come closer to them
Is Sasuke-teme actually has a smile on his face, or his whole head is upside-down, Naruto thought.
Sasuke-kun looks handsome when he smiles! I bet he is smiling by the fact I am resisting Naruto just to be with him! Sakura thought.
Both of them were clueless of what happened to Sasuke, but near the trees where the Uchiha and the Hyuga stood, Kurenai started laughing because Kakashi had two idiots to teach.
Sasuke stood near Ichiraku Ramen. He was wearing a blue kimono with an Uchiha fan behind his back. His hair was the same, like always. Then he heard soft footsteps and he looked up. It was Hinata.
She was wearing a purple kimono that had a blue slash around her waist. Her hair was the same, until Sasuke saw the flower, which was above her ear. Sasuke blushed at the sight of her. She looked beautiful.
Hinata walked closer to Sasuke and held on to his arm. Then both of them started walking.
"Yo-you lo-look ni-nice Sa-Sasuke-san," Hinata said.
"You do too," he replied. Hinata blushed at the comment.
No one. No one ever said that I looked beautiful. Well, except Tenten-chan when she came over to our house and left with Neji-niisan, Hinata thought. She smiled to herself and both of them walked in silence to the festival.
The festival was booming with music, people' voices and others. Sakura was wearing a pink kimono with some cherry blossom on it. Around her waist was a red slash. She was looking around for Sasuke in her booth. Good thing Naruto wasn't here or she will have to go to the Prediction booth with the youth people. They were right next to her. Gai and Lee also didn't have much people coming over to them. Actually, no one came to their booth.
I can't believe that they are still wearing those stupid outfits… Sakura thought.
She saw Asuma coming to one of their booths. He was wearing a simple black kimono. Sakura was about to throw up if Asuma went to her booth and try to kiss her. She will have to call for her sensei to beat him up. Then the pink-haired kunoichi noticed that he went to Gai's and Lee's booth.
Thank god! Sakura thought.
"I want to know my prediction is," Asuma said.
"Asuma! I will gladly! But you will have to give me some yen," Gai said.
Asuma stuffs one of his hands in his pockets, grabs his wallet, and pulls out a few yen. He sets it down on the counter and waits for it. He watches Gai close his eyes. One of the opened and he whispered,
"Um, Asuma,"
"What?"
"You have to close your eyes too."
"What? Why?"
"Because I said so, now close your eyes."
"Fine." Then he felt something on his hands. He opened them and Gai was holding his hands.
"What did I tell you? Close your eyes."
"That doesn't mean I have to hold your hands."
"But everytime I close my eyes, it gets all dark... And usually Lee will be right next to me to hold."
"Fine. Lets just get this fortune done with."
Both of them closed their eyes until Gai told him to open.
"So what is going to happen?"
"You will have a youthful day!"
"That's it? Give me another one!" Both of them closed their eyes, grabbed hands, waited for a few seconds to pass by, and then opened them.
"So,"
"Your day will be full of youth!"
"Ugh….. I want a refund."
Kurenai entered with Kakashi to the fair while trying to search for Sasuke and Hinata. Kakashi wore a silvered kimono while Kurenai wear a red kimono that had a dark red slash on it and flowers.
"Hey Kurenai!" Anko said as she ran up to them. Anko wore a grey kimono that was kind of close to Kakashi's color.
"Hey Anko," Kurenai said.
"I didn't know that Kakashi asked you out to come with him to the festival!" Anko went closer to her and whispered, "The next thing you know it, Kakashi is going to bring you into his room and have sexual intercourses with you."
Kurenai blushed and glared at her. "No, I will not fall for that. We just came here as friends. I bet if you went with him, you would have came here as partners," she whispered to the purple-haired lady. Anko started to laugh while patting Kurenai on the back.
Kakashi looked was looking around, until his eyes stopped at a booth. It was an Icha Icha Paradise booth. The jounin stared at the sign and it said,
Get your Icha Icha Paradise here! Only twenty yen for a whole volume!
It was heaven to him. He slowly walked over to the booth without knowing that Kurenai said something about Sasuke and Hinata. While Kakashi was walking towards there, he accidentally bumped into a couple.
"So-sorry Ka-Kakashi-sensei," Hinata stuttered while Kakashi just nodded.
"KAKASHI!" Kurenai yelled. The jounin stopped walking and snapped out of his daydreams of reading the volume.
"What?"
"Sasuke and Hinata were just right in front of you, but from some odd reason, you let them pass by!"
"... Oh shit,"
Sasuke and Hinata went to a fishing booth. Both of them were trying to catch a koi with a tiny fishing net.
"I-I go-got o-one!" Hinata said as she held the koi up. She smiled at it and asked for a bag of water for the koi. Then they went to toy booth. The rules were that you have to throw the kunai at the target. If you get all five, you win a stuffed animal.
"Okay little boy, you have to be gentle with th-," the owner of the booth was cut off by Sasuke hitting all five targets. Everyone around them was cheering, but mostly the girls behind them.
"…..Well I can expect that from an Uchiha. Anyways, choose the toy!" the guy said. Sasuke looked at Hinata and she pointed at a Shiba Inu that was light-brown on the top of the fur while to the stomach area it was white.
"I want the Shiba Inu." Sasuke said. The owner nodded and gave the stuff toy to Sasuke. They went away with it and went to another booth.
Sakura was getting bored at her booth, but then she felt a tap on the shoulder. She tilts her head and sees the blonde ninja. Naruto was wearing an orange kimono with the symbol of fire in Japanese behind his back.
"Hi Sakura-chan! I thought you were working for the prediction booth with Gai-sensei and Lee?" Naruto asked.
"I wanted my own booth," she replied. The pink-haired kunoichi was getting bored at the kissing booth. She was wondering, why Sasuke would come here.
"Want to come with me to the ramen booth?" Naruto asked.
PLEASE SAY YES! PLEASE SAY YES! … Actually she is going to say no like always, Naruto thought until he heard her say yes.
"REALLY? OH THANKS SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto said.
"I only wanted to get out of this booth," Sakura said as she pushed Naruto away from her. They both started walking away from the kissing booth and asked Gai and Lee to come with them. Gai didn't accept because he thought it wasn't very youthful to leave your commanding post while Lee followed them.
On the way there, they met Kiba and Shino. Kiba was at a toy booth while Shino was at a bug booth. The dog boy was wearing a black kimono that was decorated with some red paint. Shino was wearing a grey kimono. Both of them joined the group. On the way to the ramen booth, they saw Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji. Ino was wearing a purple kimono with light blue flowers. Shikamaru was wearing his chunin vest, and Chouji was wearing a dark green kimono. All of them decided to join the group.
When they reach the ramen booth for food, they sat down on benches.
"So I guess Naruto started to whole uniting thing huh?" Kiba asked.
"Yep! All by myself!" Naruto said with such pride.
"So how's the fair Ino?" Sakura asked.
"Oh! Chouji won a bag of chips by winning an eating chip contest while Shikamaru won some free jutsu scrolls by winning a strategy board game," Ino replied.
"So what did you do with your time here at the festival Shino and Kiba?" Shikamaru asked.
"I brought some bugs at the bug booth while Kiba won some stuff toys for Akamaru," Shino replied.
"That game was too easy! Hitting five targets!" Kiba said while Akamaru barked.
"Hey, guys. We are missing four people in our group!" Lee said. Everyone stopped talking and stared at Lee.
"What do you mean?" Chouji asked.
"…..Actually, I forgot!" Lee said, "I lost my youthful memory! I have to tell Gai-sensei!" Lee yelled. He left with tears while running to the prediction booth.
"Okay…. What the heck was that?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke and Hinata sat down near a cherry blossom tree. They were both watching the festival while talking.
"Th-thank y-you Sa-Sasuke-san fo-for ta-taking m-me he-here. N-never i-in m-my li-life th-that I th-thought yo-you wi-will a-ask m-me t-to co-come. I-I wa-was re-really ex-expecting Sa-Sakura-chan t-to b-be he-here wi-with yo-you," Hinata said.
"Really?"
Hinata nodded and said,
"To-today w-was re-really f-fun. Th-thank yo-you fo-for th-the stu-stuffed an-animal, th-the k-koi, th-the flo-flower, an-and fo-for th-the mo-mochi."
"Your welcome." They both noticed that it was getting late so both of them decided to get ready. Without thinking, Hinata slid her hand into Sasuke's and walked home hand in hand. Sasuke blushed at the touch, but then smiled.
What they didn't notice was that Neji and Tenten were spying on them. Above them were Kakashi and Kurenai, who didn't noticed the other couple because they were to busy spying on Sasuke and Hinata.
"Neji-kun, don't kill Sasuke please!" Tenten said. She was wearing a slight pink kimono while Neji was wearing a white kimono.
"…."
Hmph… Looks like Sasuke actually asked Hinata to come with him to the fair. Heh, Sasuke fell for 'you better make your move before someone does' trick, Tenten thought while smiling. Neji stared at her with confusion.
Why is she smiling? Neji thought.
"Did you get that Kurenai?" Kakashi asked as he pulled out another set of notes. She nodded and jumped to tree to tree to follow them.
After bringing Hinata home, Sasuke laid on his bed. He smiled. Sasuke took out the journal at wrote,
Entry 7
Your hands. So smooth and soft. So small, but perfectly fits with mine. So warm when I felt you slid your hand into mine. I wish that one day, I could ask you to hold your hands as long as I like.
With that, he fell asleep with his kimono on.
Along with that, Kurenai and Kakashi fell asleep on a tree branch until both of them fell off.
I want to thank the people who gave me reviews on the last day so I can update this story!
The people are who reviewed my story on 8-08-08 because of the author's note.