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Me: Yup. Naruto doesn't belong to me in anyway. And sorry for Sai's potty mouth.


They were nearing the ride entrance until they heard a loud voice. "HEY! If it isn't the Hyuga freak! Wonder what she's doing here?" Hinata turned around. Behind her was a group of bullies. They were tall and quite muscular, and they looked quite intimidating. She vaguely remembered them. They were her and Naruto's fellow classmates at the Academy long ago, however, due to the fact they always failed the Chunin exams, they were held back many times. The people in the gang were much older than her because of that. 'They always made fun of me and called me a freak. But Naruto was always there to try and help me, even though I was considered a failure and disgrace by my family...' Hinata thought. 'Probably...they bullied me because they're jealous. They took years to pass the Chunin exams!' One of the bullies spoke up. "Long time, no see! You haven't changed, have you? After all these years, you've never been anything but a freak and a failure!" He turned to his companions. "She still probably thinks she's so cool, huh? She reminds me if that Neji! He's so arrogant, thinking he's better than everybody else! You're like him, aren't you, freak?!"
"No! I-I-I'm not like him at all! N-not one bit!" Hinata said, avoiding the bully's- possibly he was the leader-gaze. She sighed sadly. 'Come on, you can beat them, Hinata! Don't be weak...especially not in front of Naruto!'
The leader laughed in a taunting manner. "Oh yeah! You didn't apologize for bumping into me that one day when we were still at the Academy!"
Hinata mustered her strength and bravery to give a reply that wouldn't show fear. "W-well, I am so sorry!" She replied sarcastically." The bully gasped but quickly regained his composure. Surprisingly, Hinata continued. "And, by the way, I'll take being a freak as a compliment! Because...Maybe I'm just freakishly smarter than you guys! You have taken years just to pass the Chunin exams! So, who has been the failure so far?" She finished her brave and courageous oration, looking surprised at what she had said. She had snapped at someone for like the first time! Even Naruto stared, taken aback. The leader was obviously surprised as well. But suddenly, he snickered and nodded towards his posse as he shoved her. Hinata tried to keep her ground, but he was much older and was probably stronger than she was. Hinata squeaked as she fell onto the ground. Few people around them stopped to watch.
"Your apologies aren't good enough, Hyuga freak! Am I right, my friends? Aren't I, Oushi Takase, right?" ( A/N: I might be wrong, but I believe Oushi, or was it Osu? meant 'bull'. I picked that because I guess that related to his personality. :D) Murmurs of assent rang out.
"HEY! Stop picking on her!" Naruto yelled, as he helped Hinata up. He was not wanting to see anything worse happen to Hinata.
"Oh, the fox monster's with him! Haha, no one said we would be having a reunion!"
"Fox monster? You, of all people, have the guts to call your future Hokage...a fox monster? I saved your sorry little arse from Pain, you know?" More people came and gathered to watch the scene. Naruto tried to keep his cool, but you could tell he was mad.
"Haha, oh no! I'm soooo scared! Fox boy is mad! The "future Hokage" is getting mad! Ahh!" Oushi said with great amounts of sarcasm. "As if the angry old monster would even become Hokage!"
"I'm not mad, Oushi. I am FURIOUS." Naruto's rage was boiling up inside of him.
"Oh, my mistake. Fox boy here is...furious! Even scarier."
"I hate your guts, you know that, bull boy?" Naruto's rage meter was almost boiling over.
"Calling names now, are we?"
"I thought I would only call Sasuke this, but you are a teme, teme! I'm gonna kick your butt and make you sorry that you messed with Hinata!"
But Oushi Takase was not even scared. He was too arrogant and ignorant to feel fear...Well at least that's what Sasuke said a long time ago. Oushi sneered and said, "Aw, the two freaks must be on a date!" Naruto growled loudly. Haha, Fox boy and Hyuga sitting in a tree," The leader and his followers chanted. "K-I-S-S-I-N-"
"Gee!" A voice came from behind the bullies, "Hm... what's going on?" Naruto and Hinata gasped. It was Kakashi Sensei! "Any um...trouble?" He asked, adding emphasis to the word, 'trouble'.
"What's your problem, mister? Who do you think you are?" Oushi spat.
"I am..." Kakashi wore an evil grin. "Your worst nightmare."
"Wha-"
"ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF DEATH!" Kakashi screamed, causing the crowd of people to turn to look at the scene. Moments later, Kakashi thrust his index and middle finger up the leader's gluteus maximus (that's butt, if ya didn't know! :P). Suddenly, Oushi was thrust into the air, landing far...wait let me rephrase that...very far away from the carnival."Who's next? He said mischievously. The rest of the bullies wore a look of fright and dashed away. Kakashi laughed and turned to Naruto and Hinata. "Did they cause you two lots of trouble?"
"It's all right," Naruto replied. "But what are you doing here?"
"Aw, I'm kind of hurt. Is it wrong for me to be here?" Before Naruto could reply, Kakashi laughed again. "Haha, I'm kidding. I'm here because...,There's a movie of Icha Icha Paradise (Make-Out Paradise) showing! Right here in this carnival! I want to watch it so badly!" Naruto and Hinata sighed at Kakashi's slight pervertedness. "So, you enjoying your date?"
"Oh!" Hinata and Naruto said simultaneously. "It isn't a date!" Kakashi laughed.
"Sure it isn't!" He said as he scratched his head. "Well, steer clear of trouble, got it? Haha, bye! I might be late for the show! See ya!" Kakashi disappeared in a whirl of clouds.
"Huh, that was strange, wasn't it?" Hinata said with a puzzled look. Naruto laughed in reply.
"Hey, we should get on that ride! Come on!" They waited in line for several minutes until the boarded a small round raft that seated seven people. Hinata sat next to Naruto while five other people sat in the raft with them. The raft set sail and started down a man-made river. There were tosses and turns, and of course, most of all, water.
After the ride, Hinata was totally and absolutely drenched, whilst Naruto was partly wet, his hair hanging over his face. "Aw...my-my jacket is all wet!" Hinata sighed.
"Here, you can borrow mine! It's kinda wet, but not as soaked as yours!" Naruto took off his jacket and handed it to Hinata. "I'll hold yours, then."
"T-thank you, Naruto." She quickly took off her jacket and put on Naruto's and zipped it up. It was really quite big, and the color definitely didn't suit her, but Hinata brushed that aside and was simply in utter bliss.
"Don't mention it! Anyway, you look great!" He gave a bright smile as Hinata nodded and smiled back. "Hm...what should we do next?" He looked around in a cursory manner. In the corner of his eye, he noticed a large carousel. "Woah, Hinata!"
"W-what?"
"It's...a MERRY-GO-ROUND! Man, I haven't rode those ever! They wouldn't allow me to before...So now's my chance!"
Hinata thought for a moment. She was surprised that Naruto hadn't ridden on a merry-go-round before. She was embarrassed, but noticing Naruto's great wanting to ride, she agreed without any reluctance. "You want to give it a go?"
"Heck yeah!" Naruto and Hinata rode on the carousel; Hinata on a horse, and Naruto on a toad. "Woohoo!" Naruto yelled as it began to spin. "Haha, here's it for ya! The Hidden Leaf Village's future Hokage! Riding on his faithful toad!" People glanced at him with some smiling and laughing, and others looking at him like he was an idiot. He continued having the time of his life as Hinata, riding behind him, giggled at her crazy, brave, kind, determined, imaginative, and well, weird, crush.
They soon got off the ride, with night nearing. "Whew!" Naruto said. "That was..."
"Exhilarating?" Hinata suggested.
"Yeah! What you said!"
"So...what do you um...uh...What do you want to do now?"
"Hm...it's already evening, so I bet the haunted house is open! Follow me! It's pretty close to the Ferris wheel! We can ride that after!"
"R-race y-you!" Hinata said.
"Bring it on! Three! Two! One!" Suddenly, Hinata bolted. "HEY! I didn't say go! Haha, not fair!"
"Oops! I'm sorry!" Hinata beamed.
"I'll catch up! You'll see! BELIEVE IT!"


-Meanwhile-

Guy and his former students were watching from a distance. "Haha, this romance is very youthful and full of life! To young hearts and souls in love! It is truly amazing!" Lee exclaimed, wiping away tears.
"It truly is," Guy sobbed as well.
"Naruto better not break Hinata-sama's heart." Neji growled as his kekkei genkai was activated. "Or he won't live to see another day."
"Ugh," Tenten sighed. "Why am I surrounded my weird people?"
"You can say that again," Jiraiya exclaimed, popping out from a bush. "But my novel will be a hit! It'll be called-"
"JIRAIYA! I AM NOT DONE WITH YOU YET! YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD ESCAPE ME?!" Tsunade roared, pushing through the crowd. Many people, quivering in fear, made way for the angry Hokage. "I'm gonna kill you!"
"Kami, I hope Sakura doesn't turn up too much like her," Jiraiya muttered to himself. But, Tsunade had heard what he said.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
"Uh, bye, kids! If I turn up dead tomorrow, it's Tsunade-sama's fault and I give all my belongings to Naruto!" He ran off, with Tsunade trailing behind him.
"Again," Tenten sighed. "Why am I surrounded by weird people?"


-Minutes later-

"HA! Looks like I won!" Naruto cheered.
"Well, g-good job!" Hinata replied.
"Though, I wasn't exactly..I didn't really win fair in square."
"What do you mean?"
"Remember? You stopped to buy a crying girl ice cream because her other dessert fell to the ground! That was really nice of you!"
"Oh...thanks!"
"Haha, that's nothing! You're always so kind!" Hinata smiled in reply. She had gotten a bit more comfortable around Naruto, so that was good.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go to the haunted house!"
"OK!" The pair entered the haunted mansion. It was dark inside, but they were given a flashlight to help them see through the thick of it all. Screams were heard in the distance. Otherwise, it was eerily quiet.
"Hey, Hinata, don't you think it seems a little-AHHHHH!" Naruto screamed, nearly making Hinata faint.
"W-What? What is i-it?"
"I'm kidding!" Hinata let out a sigh of relief, but was slightly irritated.
"Don't do that! Please! Sorry, I'm easily scared of things like these."
"Oh gosh! I'm sorry! But thanks for not punching me."
"Why-Why would I?"
"Oh, that's because Sakura always does that when she gets mad at me. It kinda hurts, to be honest. But sorry again."
"I-It's all right. We should get going." She heard footsteps from a distance behind them, and she didn't want to know where they came from. She shivered a bit and quickly said, "I sense someone on our trail. I-I think we should go."
"OK!" They continued down the halls, occasionally being startled by masked people in costumes, jump scares, and loud screams, and sometimes being creeped out by the darkness and hauntingly creepy silence. Naruto and Hinata were enjoying their time, until Naruto noticed Hinata was shivering. He shone the flashlight at her. "Hinata, are you cold?"
"Oh no, I'm just anxious. This place is really spooky."
"OK, but if you are cold, we can share...body heat?" (A/N: Uh...I didn't know what else to put! :P)
Hinata wore a confused look,but she then shifted to a face of understanding, and then started blushing madly. "Sure...I-if you don't mind!"
"No worries! It's all good! But let's get out of here! I'm starting get the jitters! This is even spookier than Captain Yamato! And he scares the crap outta me!"
The two walked for a bit until they reached a bridge. They walked until about halfway across it. Suddenly, the bridge started shaking. Hinata and Naruto had a hard time trying to stay standing. Hinata soon lost her balance, falling, knocking Naruto over, and landing on top of him. The bridge had also stopped shaking. Hinata was relieved and then confused. Her eyes were shut and then she wondered something...why was the bridge so...soft?And, well, hairy? (A/N: Again, didn't really know what to say...) And why did it have a scent of ramen about it? She opened her eyes and saw a pair of blue in front of her. As soon Hinata realized what was going on, she quickly stood up, embarrassed.
"I-I-I'm so sorry, Naruto!" She apologized while helping Naruto up.
"It's fine! No worries!" Naruto smiled. He looked ahead and grinned. "Oh hey! Look! The exit!" They quickly bolted toward the exit and found themselves at the back of the building.
"Whew! That was fun, wasn't it?" Naruto said, taking a deep breath.
"Y-yes, it was!"
"Haha, great! Ready for the Ferris Wheel? It's surely less scary!"
"All right. L-Let's go!"
"Yeah! Come on! I think I see the line getting longer!" Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand, much to her surprise, and pulled her through the crowd and towards the ride. Hinata felt like and decided that it was basically and definitely one of the best days of her life.

Sai stood at the haunted house's exit next to Yamato. "So I see d***less was able to do it," Sai said.
"Sai, you gotta stop calling him that." Yamato shook his head.
"Sorry, but I heard people liked the opposite of the truth."
Yamato did a face palm. "Man, you haven't lived until you met the people of Konoha! You have no soul!"
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"Ugh, you are weird."
"Thank you. I'm thirsty. Want to get some water? There's a stand over there."
"Oh, I'm not getting drunk again!"
Sai smirked (Oh my gosh he SMIRKED! :O). Yamato shook his head. "And you say I'm weird."


(A/N: If you don't understand why Yamato would be getting drunk from water, let me remind you, he has wood powers! I think there is an omake where he is drunk with Asuma at a bar, and his drink appears to be just water. :D)


So there you have it! Chapter four!
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