Chapter 13
"I can't believe you called me a pig." Sakura pouted.
"That was last night!" Kakashi said stubbornly.
"Still."
"Go to sleep."
"I can't sleep."
"Why?"
"Clowns will eat me."
"You've got to be kidding me."
"No, I don't have my elephant pillow. So I can't sleep, or I have nightmare about clowns eating me."
"It's in the trunk I saw you put it there."
"Well pull over so I can get it out."
"Cry about it. I'm not pulling over."
"Are we just going to drive on forever with out settling into a new place or what?"
"No, we're stopping soon, just for a couple days though."
"Did you get word from Tsunade saying we can come back?" Sakura asked excitedly.
"Not yet."
"Oh.."
"You liked it there huh?"
"Yes, I liked my friends."
"Even Naruto and Sasuke?"
"Especially them. Oh wait Sasuke how will I go on with out him?" She said dramatically she even added the hand grabbing for her heart and the other one in the air. "We should have taken my car."
"Where did that come from? I thought we were talking about how you couldn't live with out Sasuke?"
"We were. And I cant, see." She stuck her tongue out and flopped to the side. He laughed. "Oops looks like I can." She laughed and smiled at him. "Any way. How is driving over there?"
"Ha-ha. It's actually boring."
"Well it wouldn't be so boring if you would let us listen to music."
"No, for the final time this hour, no!" The watch Sakura was wearing beeped.
"New hour! So can we listen to my music?"
"No!" He yelled. She flinched, then closed her eyes and when she thought it was safe she peeked through her left eye. "Stop asking."
"Fine. I just wont ask." She plugged her iPod into the stereo and turned it up till the speakers thudded with the beat.
"Damn it Sakura."
"What?" She yelled back.
"I'm turning around and we're going back to Tsunade and she can take you where ever it is."
She turned off all the music and sat in silence. "Does this mean I can see everyone one last time?"
"No. We go there and you and Tsunade leave right away."
"Then I don't see the point." She was almost in tears.
"I don't want to travel with you any more." She could think of nothing else to say and sat still for a long while. "I'm not really going to turn around." She still sat in silence. "Say something Sakura."
"Something."
"That is a smart ass remark." She still sat in silence. "Alright talk."
"No."
"Then call Hinata."
"She's in school right now."
Back at school...
"Well tomorrow we leave if they are not here right after school or before."
"Are we to tell anyone?"
"No. No one." Naruto told Hinata as he packed his bag in the truck of his car. "Can you be packed before school tomorrow and if they aren't here we'll just take off."
"Yes."
"Are you sure you want to do this? You don't have to."
"I know but I want to see Sakura, to know that she's okay. And then maybe we can travel with her and Kakashi where ever their going." She said hopefully.
"That would be fine with me. I guess. I'll see you tomorrow morning. Have a good night and be prepared for tomorrow." He said as he gave her a friendly hug knowing that she was still with Gaara. They hadn't spoken much since he had saw them in the hall way and hearing that they were leaving together. He had tried to get her to stop and stay. But she wouldn't stay, he settled for her calling him and texting him.
Naruto dropped Hinata off at her house. She waved bye and ran up to her room, avoiding her mother. She grabbed the black duffel bag stashed in the bottom drawer in her dresser. She put several out fits in there. She wouldn't know where they were headed so she packed warm pants and shorts and sweaters, tank tops and t-shirts. She didn't care where she was going she just cared about having her best friend and her Sensei back. Dinner that night was finished early. She sped through out the house looking for anything that she might need.
"Where are you going?" Neji came in and asked.
"What? No where!" She said as she stuffed the bag under her bed.
"Don't lie to me Hinata." He said as he sat on her bed.
"Why do you care?"
"Because you're my little sister and I care about you. If you just up and ran away mom would be devastated."
"I'm not running away. It's summer vacation tomorrow I'm leaving with a friend and we are going to go travel. Mom doesn't need to know until tomorrow. I'll leave a note before going to school."
"You can't leave me alone in this place. Especially with a heart broken mom."
"Well if you're suggesting that you want to go I would have to ask the person I'm going with."
"You would do that just for me?" He said sarcastically.
"Well do you want to go our not?" She rushed the answer.
"Fine."
"Don't sound so excited about it." She got out her phone and text Naruto and asked him if it was alright if Neji tagged along. She got a quick reply of yes that's fine as long as he knows what he's getting into. "Pack your bag we leave tomorrow after school. Right after school I'll explain into further detail tomorrow morning after mom leaves."
"You make it sound like a secret spy mission." He joked and left to his room across the hall and packed his duffel bag also.