Sorry for the wait everybody her's chapter 17. on another note chapter 18 might not come for some time because...well the chapter is in Naruto Pov and i'm having trouble with getting inside his head. When I am able to finish it I will update it as quickly as possible though. Without farther interruptions I give you chapter 17.

Chapter 17

I never saw a basketball game before. Really that's one of the things that Kurenai don't watch. She likes sports and stuff but basketball is one of the things she doesn't have time to see. Then again I think she's more of a baseball person anyway. I see her watching that more than anything else. Ino and Sakura stated explaining the rules to me when I told them I didn't know what was going on. It had taken awhile to explain it though. And I still don't follow it all the way. But what I do know is that Naruto's team in the lead with fifteen to their ten.

"Go Sasuke-kun put it in the hole." Sakura shouted.

Michi busted out laughing, "Put it in the hole really Sakura."

Sakura blushed and shrunk back a little. I glanced over at Ino to see that she too was laughing and Sakura and Tenten were holding her hand over her mouth as she chuckled. I guess me and Moegi were the only one who didn't know what was going on.

Scratch that Moegi had a blush on her face also so I guess she understood the hidden meaning. Going over to Diamond I showed her one of the sentences that I saved in my notepad so I didn't have to write them again. It saves not only time but paper.

"I don't get it."

"Don't worry about it Hinata Michi just blew what Sakura said way out of context."

I blinked. Not just one but three times. Diamond sighed and shook her head.

"She turned what Sakura said into something perverted." She explained.

I just had an epiphany. My mouth opened in an O shape but no words came out. I already did enough with the scream. It showed them that my vocal cords were strong enough to let me give out a healthy scream. I was glad they didn't question on it – probably because they never been around a mute person before – because if they did then they would be one step closer to knowing I could talk.

And that was a big no-no because then it would get around and then the police would try to get me to make a statement. And I really wasn't prepared to make a statement. Not yet at least. She had three years left until that person was in the clear. So she had three years to ready herself until she had to go up on the stands and tell them her story. She would be ready then.

"Hey Hinata did you see that?" Questioned Michi with a amuse look on her face, "Naruto just bounced the ball off of Kiba's head then jumped over him to make the shot."

I looked over to Sakura, "Is that legal."

"If it was a real game then I don't think so but these guys aren't playing a real game with lots of rules. It's a simple street game with just the normal rules like doubling, walking without dribbling at all, and levels."

I nodded my head. Again I was at a lost. Note to self remember to looked up things on basketball. The game ended with Naruto shooting the winning shot. He came over to me with a large grin on his face and pulled me into a hug. My face turned red again and I started to feel faint. And then I heard a loud smacking noise.

"Naruto you idiot let her go." Sakura shouted.

It was like she had fire coming out of her eyes. So scary. Both I and Naruto backed up a little at her looks. Both Tenten and Ino grabbed Sakura by the arm and held her back from beating Naruto into the next century. I shuddered at what he would look like.

"Sakura calm down."

"You're scaring poor Hinata-chan."

Sakura stopped moving at Ino's words. She looked over at me and I winched. I don't look all that scared do I? Cowering in fear is a normal reaction towards the look Sakura had on her face. No way sharp or form am I actually scared.

"Sorry for scaring you like that Hinata." Sakura said stepping away from Naruto.

I picked up my fallen notepad - dropped it while I coward in fear - and started writing.

"It's alright I wasn't all that scared." I wrote. But of course my hands were shaking so the writing actually came out all squiggly. And then someone jumped me.

"Ne Hinata-chan is so cute." Sakura shouted she then pulled away a little bit, "It's alright for me to call you Hinata-chan right?"

At least someone can ask before they just add things after my name. I nodded my head and she went back to hugging me. The others started laughing and I had a bright red blush on my face. Ino was the one who had pulled Sakura off of me. Although it had taken her a while since she was laughing up a storm as well. People are so mean.

"If you keep hugging her like that Sakura she's going to faint again."

"Naw I think that only works if it's a member of the opposite sex." Sakura said. The rest all put on a thinking face. I on the other hand was confused. What were they talking about? Me fainting only by the member of the opposite sex. That's not really right is it? I mean when I first met Kurenai I fainted from time to time.

"Is that so Sakura-chan." Naruto said slyly.

Naruto then walked over to me. He bent down to my height and stared me in the eyes. I tried to avoid looking at him but he held me in place. A blush appeared on my face and a grin appeared on his. Again my heart sped up and was now beating loudly. The blush on my face got bigger and the grin on his started to widen. Could he here how loud my heart was beating? Naruto then drew closer to me never once taking his eyes away from me. His lips were mere inches from mines and still he was nearing closer. I could feel his breath on my skin and that only made me blush more. I started to feel dizzy.

"Hinata-chan." Naruto whispered slowly, "Is so cute."

And just like that everything turned black for a second time that day.

I woke up in the nurse's office. No surprise there. Only the girls were in the room with me. Sakura probably kicked Naruto out and not wanted to be the only one out he took the other guys with him. They all watched me with creepy smiles on their faces. Well all of them expect Michi. Her smiled was one filled with happiness.

"I caught it all on camera." She announced.

"You did."

"Really?"

"Are you going to change it like you did with Ino and my fight?"

"This is awesome now we have something to annoy Naruto with." Tenten shouted.

"How did you accomplish that Michi?" Moegi questioned.

Michi had a broad smile on her face. She held the camera up in the air like it was special. She then moved it around so we call could get a good look at it. She then held it close to her like she was protecting it from everyone.

"Let me start off if Diamond. Yes I really did catch it all on camera. That goes for you too Ino." Michi then faced Sakura with a grin on her face, "Of course I'll change it around. For Tenten Yeah we'll be able to annoy Naruto a lot with this."

Michi then turned to face Moegi, "It's because" She paused and moved closer to the young girl; "…I'm physic."

And Diamond promptly hit Michi on the head. She was followed by Sakura and Ino doing the same. Tenten was laughing at the looks on people faces, and Moegi fell on the floor. Michi rubbed the spot on her head where she was hit at.

"Seriously though I kind of figured someone was going to do something like that so I got my camera ready just in case."

All of us nodded our heads at that response. That one was way more likely to happen than the first one. Michi then put on a serious face. She had hand on her chin like she was thinking about something.

"But I really am a physic." Michi was once again hit in the head.

"More like psycho." Sakura shouted.

"Ne Sakura-chan you're so mean." A vein twitched on Sakura forehead. She was stalking up to Michi when Tenten and Ino held her back. Michi on the other hand put of her fist as if she wanted to fight.

"I say you want to brawl with me then lets' go." She said. That comment made an already angry Sakura even more angry. She pushed her way out of Tenten and Ino's grip. She ran at Michi only to be tackled by Diamond, Moegi, and Ino. Tenten put a hand over Michi's mouth so the girl couldn't say anything stupid.

"Okay you guys not only are you in the nurses' office about to fight but you are also forgetting that Hinata is still in here."

I blinked and they all turned to look at me. I picked up my notepad that started writing. Everyone was quiet as I wrote. They were all watching me too. These people were creepy. When I finished I handed it to Moegi who read it out loud.

"Hinata-chan wrote "Don't let me stop your fun." And then she put a smile face at the end of it."

Michi smiled at me. I blushed. Diamond, Moegi, and Tenten gave me a blank stare. I blushed some more. Sakura had fire in her eyes and she started towards Michi who was still smiling at me. I feel sort of faint.

"Ne, ne is Hinata up yet?" Naruto questioned from the door. He looked over towards me and smiled. He then turned around.

"Hey guys Hinata is up." He shouted. He then entered the room and sat down on the bed I was still laying in. After he entered more people came into the room. Was this room even big enough to hold all of them?

"Hey Hinata I don't think you've been introduced to the others yet." Naruto said. He then pointed at a boy with pineapple hair, "His name is Shikamaru."

Shikamaru raised his hand, "Yo, just so this won't be a complete drag I'll tell you my phobia. *yawn* I have a fear of step mothers. It's called Novercaphobia. I guess you can say it originated from movies who show evil stepmothers who only wanted to marry the guy for his money. And then my father had to go and get one of those. I tried to tell him that she wasn't good for him but he didn't listen to me."

Shikamaru stopped talking and let out another large yawn, "Anyway my stepmother was so troublesome. She would order me around like I was her slave or something. And then she got violent. When I didn't have something done when she wanted it to be she would smack me across my face. That wasn't so bad. But if I forgot to do something she would take a belt and beat me with it. Anywhere was fair game for her to hit me. My face was her favorite spot. When my father questioned her she would blame it on me saying I was moving around too much. Tsk troublesome woman."

Ino had given Shikamaru a look and he paused to shrug his shoulder, "Well that had gone on for about four years. Not only did I stop believing that she was sorry for hitting me but I also stop believing that my father would believe me over her. Yeah I told him how the woman was beating on me. His response "Shikamaru your mother isn't beating on you. She's just teaching you how to behave. Maybe if you do the things she ask you to do then she would have to spank you." My father was an idiot."

Ino chose that moment to go up and hold his hand. Shikamaru had an annoyed look on his face when Ino grabbed his hand but he didn't move it away.

"Around the middle of the fourth year I just let my mother hit me. I didn't move and no tear came either. I was used to it. Seeing this mother had upgraded in what she would hit me with. She got rid of the belt and grabbed one of those big silver spoons. My father had come home one day when she was beating me with the spoon." Shikamaru scrunched his face up like he was remembering something he which he hadn't.

"His eyes were so wide and his mouth was opened. It was like he had just seen Freddy Cougar or something. He ran over to his wife and pushed her out of the way. My face at that time was indeed bruised from all the time she had hit it. My father then took me to the hospital where they confirmed that I had a broken nose and jaw. Father quickly divorced her after the hospital bills were paid."

Shikamaru stopped, rolled his eyes, and then opened his mouth, "My phobia is harder to set off then the others. Because its stepmothers I'm afraid of I was able to live normally. After the divorce I stopped speaking to my father for a while. Every chance he got he would apologies to me but I just couldn't bring myself to forgive him. And then he brought that woman into the house."

Shikamaru let out a sigh and slouched more.

"It amazed me how father never knew that I was on the stairs listening to everything they were saying. At first all he mostly talked about was me and how he wanted me to forgive him. It was around mid July that I had enough. I was going down there to give him a hug. Something I haven't did in a long time. It was then I saw them kissing and holding each others."

Shikamaru ran a hand through his hair. "I cried like a new born baby and ran up to my room. I could hear my father footsteps but I closed and locked the door on him. After that incident I could never be in the same room as that woman. Whenever she was over I was always locked in my room. I was such an idiot back then. Missed out on a lot of family bonding. Anyway, I had timed this wrong; yes whenever she was over I timed her visit. She usually would stay for two to three hours before she had to go. So I waited until the forth hour came. Just as I came into the kitchen to get something to eat my father ask the woman to marry him. Hell he had the place all decorated and everything. I started crying and throwing a fit. Words like "You can't marry her" and "She'll be just like her" left my mouth as I cried. I pushed my father away when he tried to calm me down and I wanted nothing to do with her and I told them as much.

"Father took me to see someone. He asks me if I think every mother would hit their child. I told him no and then went on to say that she wasn't my mother that she didn't carry me around for nine months in her stomach. I wasn't her child. He asks me if I thought she would hit me. I nodded and said that in due time she would. He nodded his head and wrote something down. He then asks "Do you think she loves you like a mother should". I replied with "She says she does but so did my last stepmother." He then diagnosed me with a fear of stepmothers and I was sent here."

Shikamaru let out a snort and turned away from everybody. Ino still had him in that weird hug and neither of them tried to move. It was silent for a moment. I didn't know what to write down to ease the tension. What did one say after someone tells them their life stories? I know people told me already but still what was appropriate. I hope you get better soon. No he isn't sick so why say something like that. I didn't say – write – anything. I had no idea what to say. It was quiet. That is until someone had broken it.

"No I was supposed to be the next person to tell Hinata-chan why they were here." Moegi shouted.

A small smile appeared on my face. Sakura covered her mouth and looked away from everyone. Tenten openly snickered at Moegi expression which was a mix between anger and pouting. Ino cracked a smile as well. She had finally let go of Shikamaru. Naruto was grinning and Kiba had a grin on his face as well. Sasuke and Neji both had indifferent looks on their faces. The tension that was in the room was indeed gone because of Moegi.

"Don't worry Moegi you'll be able to tell Hinata your story." Sakura said. She was now facing Moegi and there was a smile on her face. Moegi stopped pouting and started smiling.

"When can I? When can I?" She questioned.

"After Hinata's done meeting the others." Sakura said.

"The person besides Shikamaru is Choji." Naruto said.

The Choji guy had a bag of chips in his hand. He quickly finished the bag of chips in his hand. He then threw that bag away and pulled another out of his pocket. He opened it and started eating. There was a nervous smile on his face. He waved a small wave at me. I waved one back with an equally nervous smile on my face. Choji slowed down on his eating but the uneasy smile was still on his face. He then took a look at Shikamaru. Shikamaru gave him a look then nodded his head. Choji smiled and sat his bag of chips down.

"The reason as to why I am in here is because I eat my feelings. If I'm sad I had to find something to eat to fill that sadness, If I'm happy then I had to find something to eat, If I'm mad then I have to find something to eat to help control my anger. It had all started when I was around the age of five. My family has been known for being heavy eaters. When I was in kindergarten some of the kids would make fun of me for being so big."

He started eating again, "Well (Munch) at that time (Munch) I didn't really care what others (Munch) thought of me. It wasn't until I started high school did their words start to hurt. I told my (Munch) parents about them and they did everything in there might (Munch) to get me to believe that nothing they said was true. Anyway, (Munch) (Munch), I was a very sensitive child when I was young and that characteristic grew into my high school years."

Choji finished his bags of chips and threw them away. He reached into his pocket only to come up empty handed. He looked around nervously before he started to play with his fingers. He looked away from me in favor of facing the floor.

"With that going on I turned to the only thing that was always there for me. Food. When they made me upset at school with all the name calling I would just start eating my favorite food and I would feel better afterward. That had gone on for a few months and I had put on a lot of weight. As you can probably guess the name calling and the things people at the school did got worse. As the name calling grew my need for food increase. It got to the point where I had to go to the hospital."

Choji took in a deep breath and stopped playing with his hands. A few seconds later he started playing with them again.

"The doctors there suggested that I get some help. My parents looked around for a place that could give me the help I need and they stumbled upon this institute."

He finished his story and then let out a sigh of relief. I knew what to say – write – to the boy that would help him. Picking up my notepad I started writing. It was once again quiet as they all watch me. It was unnerving.

"Don't worry you'll get over your obsession soon."

Choji shot me a nervous smile along with Ino. Shikamaru gave me a smirk as well. Everyone was once again talking to each others. It was noisy. That is until someone came into the room. The woman had long blond hair and brown eyes. She eyed us before shaking her head and going over to the dresser and pulling a bottle out of the top drawer. She took a gulp of the liquid inside and let out a satisfied sigh. Seconds later a woman walked in. There was a pig in her arms. She took one look at the big busted woman and sighed disappointedly.

"Lady Tsunade you were doing so good." The woman muttered loudly.

"What do you mean I went three weeks without this stuff?" Tsunade responded angrily. The woman with the pig looked at her like she had just grown another head. The others in the room looked at her the same way.

"Lady Tsunade that's a good thing." The pig woman shouted. Tsunade huffed.

"I don't see how." The woman with the pig left eye twitched. She then took a calming breath and let it out. She opened her mouth to speak.

"Lady Tsunade you only had one week left and then you would have been out of that AA class." She said. Tsunade hummed. She swished the bottle back and forth. She had a thinking face on. Suddenly her eyes widen in horror.

"Shizune you can't tell them I don't want to go back there." The older woman said. Shizune, the pig woman, shook her head.

"I have to tell them Lady Tsunade. You need all the help you can get."

Tsunade was horrorstricken at that. Shizune greeted everybody in the room and then her eyes landed on me. She gave me a smile and I gave her one back.

"Hello there. You're that girl that was brought here earlier today." The blond haired woman said, "My name is Tsunade and I am the head doctor at this institute. This is Shizune and she is the one directly under me."

Shizune gave me a smile and a shifted the pig in her arm to give me a small wave. I gave her one back while nodding my head in Tsunade direction to show that I heard her. They both gave me the okay to leave. Tsunade practically threw all of us out of the room and her bickering with Shizune continued once we were out of sight. I held in my laughter as the other's shook their heads. This must be a common occurrence with these two. Seeing as it was starting to get dark out we all left to go back to our rooms to get a good night sleep. laying down in my bed I couldn't help but smiled at how the day went. Not even when I was living with father and mother did I have so much fun. Once the light went out Hinata turned to her side and quickly fell asleep.

Well there you have it. Chapter 17 in all it's glory. As I said before it might take some time for me to finish chapter 18 since I'm not to good at getting inside a male's head. Mainly Naruto. Possibly Sasuke. One of the reason I didn't disclose his phobia yet was because his personality type would make it hard for him to tell people personal things. Although I'm sure you guys can guess what his phobia is. Anyway hope you enjoyed the chapter.