I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, I'm just a fan I enjoyed the anime but I love the fanfics, even more, they made me fall for the whole franchise. Whether I will have Oc's in the fic or not depends entirely on how the story goes.
Chapter 7
"Duh duh, duh duh… duh duh, duh duh…… duh duh, duh duh….duh duh ….duh duh, duhduhduh, duhduhduh, duhduhduh, duh duh.!"Itachi groaned and rubbed his eyes in exasperation.
"Would you please stop that Shisui."Itachi said as he felt a headache starting to build up.
"Oops sorry." Shisui said with a chuckle as he kept his mouth shut, though he now hum'd the tune to himself. Itachi and Shisui were on a self-imposed mission to spy on one Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi's baby brother.
Following them from a distance on rooftops, the two Jonin-level shinobi watched from afar as the academy students walked through the streets of Konoha side by side. On the far right was the Yamanaka girl who had her arm wrapped around the container of the Kyuubi.
"Do you think they are a couple?" Shisui asked Itachi as he observed the two blonds conversing with the spectacle-wearing Hyuga which Shisui still could not fathom.
"Maybe or they are just really close and comfortable around each other." Itachi deduced. To which Shisui nodded it sounded plausible.
On the left of the kyubi container was the Hyuga heiress who conversed with the two blondes and in the process swiped the jinchuriki's wallet saying it belong to her for the day, said boy lowered his head in defeat and dropped a few tears. Shisui laughed at the exchange.
On the left of the Hyuga heiress was Sasuke who Itachi noticed didn't join in on the conversations though Itachi did notice the boy kept sending the Hyuga glances, the same kind of glances the pink-haired Haruno was sending Sasuke.
"No way.!" Itachi heard Shisui gasp out, well that proved it, Itachi wasn't seeing things. "You don't think Sasuke has a crush on the Hyuga girl do you?" Shisui asked in a whisper as though it was some kind of taboo topic.
"It seems like it. Maybe we shouldn't be doing this." Itachi was having second thoughts about spying on Sasuke now, at first he thought he would be getting some nice blackmail material but now it seemed like a whole conspiracy he was discovering.
"What! Are you crazy?" Shisui hissed at his partner in crime. "Don't chicken out on me now Itachi this is finally getting good. What happened to sticking to the mission until the very end?." Shisui asked seriously and Itachi couldn't believe the words that came out of his friend's mouth.
"If you back out now, I'll come clean to Sasuke and Mikoto-sama that we went spying on Sasuke."Shisui threatened and Itachi's eyes widened at that.
"You wouldn't?" Itachi tried.
"I would." Shisui said with a grin that threatened to spilt his face in half. Itachi sighed and shook his head.
"Let's just get this over with." Itachi admitted defeat.
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Hinata was happily humming to herself as she played with Gama-Chan, Naruto's wallet she daydreamed about all the cinnamon rolls she would buy, and with how heavy and stacked the wallet was Hinata figured she would get some takeout as well.
"So Hinata-San." Hinata looked to her left at the person speaking to her which was Sasuke. Hinata did not understand why Sasuke seemed so interested in her, the only thing that made sense was that he was probably impressed by her skills.
"Yes. Sasuke-San." Hinata replied, she saw from the corner of her eyes that Naruto had one eye on her. She smiled a little at that, grabbing his free hand and giving it a reassuring squeeze which he returned before sighing and turning back to Ino. Hinata let go of his hands and gave the Uchiha her full attention, beckoning him to continue with a soft smile.
Sasuke coughed into his hand to hide his blush as he began. "I noticed you are very proficient at hand-to-hand combat, I was wondering if you had training?"Sasuke started making conversation, completely forgetting the person who invited him to come along.
"Yes I get training from my father occasionally and every other two months I spar with my cousin. His a year ahead of us in the academy but it's thanks to Naruto-Kun I've improved so much." Sasuke noticed that Hinata seemed to get a bit angry when she mentioned her father and cousin but the mention of Naruto had her lose all that hostility.
Sasuke did not like that Naruto had such an effect on the girl he liked, and was wondering what he had to do to take dobe's place in that regard.
"You and Naruto spar?"Sasuke asked, he was surprised by the prospect.
"Yes, almost every day actually."Hinata said with a soft smile while looking at Naruto's way who was being dragged up front by Ino who was showing him a dress displayed in one of the store windows.
"Well I hope he isn't pushing you too hard, that guy hits like a brick," Sasuke said as he rubbed his chin in phantom pain. Hinata giggled at that, Sasuke liked the sound of her laugh, as he looked at Hinata in a dazed trance-like state, never noticing Sakura next to him balling her fists in anger and jealousy.
"Sorry for laughing." Hinata said as she readjusted her glasses. " It's true yes. Naruto does hit like a brick wall, though it helps to dodge it or parry his strikes blocking is just taking the pain in a different area." Hinata explained.
"You know, we can spar together sometimes so next time you spar against Naruto you will beat him." Sasuke offered but got confused when Hinata chuckled at his offer. "What's so funny?" Sasuke asked a bit confused.
"Naruto hasn't won a spar against me in a long time now."Sasuke's eyes widened at that admittance not knowing that besides him Sakura had the same look on her face.
"Y-you m-mean you are stronger than Naruto?"Sasuke asked in shock. Hinata was about to reply when.
"Hey, Hinata?! we've arrived." Came Naruto's voice standing next to a bakery. Hinata immediately became giddy as she rushed inside the store. Naruto sighed as he shook his head and let loose a final tear before accepting his wallet's fate. Ino and he walked inside following the Hyuga heiress into the store, leaving Sasuke and Sakura outside.
"Hinata's just lying to look cool." Sakura scoffed turning to Sasuke expecting him to agree with her, only for the boy to turn to her with a glare.
"Don't be stupid Sakura, Hinata-Chan has no reason to lie and she's not that type of person." Sasuke grounded out as he too made his way inside the bakery.
'Stupid, stupid, stupid' Sakura scolded herself as she watched Sasuke enter the store, and stupid Hinata lying to get Sasuke's attention there was no way she was stronger than Naruto who fought Sasuke to a stalemate. That would mean Hinata was stronger than Sasuke by association.
Sakura managed to calm her breathing before she too entered the store.
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"Wow!" Shisui said speechless at what he had just seen. "Your brother is a smooth talker, he must have learned that from you." The sarcasm dripping off that statement had Itachi blushing a little, and felt obligated to defend himself.
"I haven't given Sasuke any, 'girl talk' so I wouldn't know where he gained his skills," Itachi explained slowly, to which Shisui shook his head.
"I guess the fact you haven't given him the girl talk is what saved him from ending up as lost as you are, at least he can talk to them."Shisui said sagely.
"Hey, I can talk to girls. you know…….." Itachi was stopped from speaking anymore by Shisui's hand in front of his face.
"Please don't tell me about Izumi-chan, because she's clearly wearing the pants in that relationship. You are more like the timid damsel in distress."Itachi frowned at that and decided to change the subject.
"You think we should continue spying on them?" He asked, and Shisui laughed knowing what his best friend was trying to accomplish, he patted the younger teenager on the shoulder and gave him an understanding look.
"If it's any consolation, I think she likes being dominant."Shisui laughed. As the two of them henged into unsuspecting chunin and made their way to the bakery.
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"Come on Hinata have a heart."Naruto tried for the up-tenth time as he watched said girl gobble down more and more cinnamon rolls in seconds, she was sitting next to him on his left.
Hinata tried to speak, but began choking on her food and Naruto began patting her on her back, and handing her her cup of chocolate-flavored smoothie as she gulped down its content and sighed in relief when the content in her throat went down.
"Sorry, Naruto-Kun," Hinata said with an embarrassed chuckle. Naruto just shook his head as he reprimanded the girl.
"At least don't die on me, Hime. I still need you in my life." Naruto said as he rubbed the girl's back who apologized again as she now began eating slower.
Naruto then looked at Sasuke who was eating some sort of tomato cake. Naruto blenched, and the Uchiha had some weird taste in food. While he ordered ramen cake, now that was a dessert for the gods if Naruto ever tasted one.
"So why did you come along Mac duckass?."Naruto asked the Uchiha who sat across from him, they were facing each other.
"Don't call me that dobe!" Sasuke sneered at the blonde. " and I was invited to come along, that's why." He replied to which Naruto raised an unimpressed eyebrow.
"Well, I haven't seen you say a word to the person who offered you the invitation." Naruto said as he looked over to Sakura who ate her red velvet cake quietly next to Ino who had a cheesecake.
"What's it to you dobe who I talk to?" Sasuke answered the question with a question of his own, to which Naruto shrugged and took a bite out of his ramen cake humming in appreciation at the burst of flavor.
"Just wondering is all, I'd think the great Uchiha clan would teach its members manners to at least show appreciation when invited out."Naruto said offhandedly though Sasuke did catch the implication of an insult in there.
"Just shut up dobe."Sasuke grounded out. Naruto shrugged and continued eating his meal while conversing with Hinata. Sakura overheard the conversation Naruto and Sasuke shared and thought Naruto had a point, the least Sasuke could do was give her the time of day.
"Sasuke-Kun?" Sakura called out to the object of her affection who glanced at her in acknowledgment.
"Would you like to train together sometimes?"Sakura asked and fought hard to stop the blood racing to her cheeks.
Sasuke looked at Sakura closely wondering what her plot was. Sasuke wasn't stupid he knew Sakura liked him she was president of the 'Sasuke Uchiha fan club' and he hated everything that had to do with it. She was loud, obnoxious, and if Sasuke was being honest not the shinobi type. The complete opposite of Hinata.
"I don't know Sakura, my training regiment is strenuous and hardcore, I don't know if you could keep up." Sasuke said picking his words slowly and carefully to not sound rude and dismissive.
"Oh, but I thought you were looking for someone to spar with since you asked Hinata to join you." Sakura tried finding an angle to get what she wanted.
"Yes, I did. That was because I felt Hinata could handle it and she proved me right when she said she could beat Naruto in a spar." Sasuke explained not liking how Sakura was trying to force things.
"Hinata-Chan! I can't believe you told them ." Naruto cried as he looked at Hinata betrayed. the girl blush in embarrassment as she swallowed another roll.
"Sorry Naruto-Kun, it kind of just came out and I didn't know it was a secret."Hinata said in a very unapologetic voice patting Naruto on the head.
"Wait, so it's true?!" Sakura asked in bewilderment looking between Naruto and Hinata.
Naruto nodded with a grumble losing his appetite as he dropped his fork and turned to Hinata asking if the betrayal was worth it while shaking her shoulders comically with tears running down his blue eyes. Hinata just laughed joyously, of course, she was full on cinnamon rolls and content.
30 minutes later they left the store Hinata handed back Naruto's wallet with a kiss on the cheek saying thank you for the meal. Naruto was left with one 100 Ryo bills in his wallet the wallet looking like it went on a diet.
Sasuke said goodbye to Hinata thanking her for the day, but Hinata told him it wasn't her he was supposed to thank and pointed to Sakura, who he begrudgingly thanked with Ino chanting they should hug which Sakura initiated and Sasuke returned the hug awkwardly. He tried to offer Hinata one as well but Naruto wrapped his hands around the girl's shoulder granting Sasuke no entry.
They all went their separate ways as Ino hugged Naruto goodbye making him promise her they would do that again one day, of course, next time it would be just the two of them. Naruto agreed teasing the girl it would be a date and Ino blushed though she did not reject the idea.
As they all went their way with Naruto going to drop Hinata off who made him carry her take-away cinnamon rolls. Sakura a blushing mess due to hugging Sasuke walked with Ino as they made their way home and Sasuke though he stayed in the same direction as Hinata didn't feel like walking with Naruto as he would just feel like a third wheel between the two. So he took a different street to the Uchiha compound.
"That was some drama there."Shisui said with a whistle. "That scene would have fit perfectly in a soap opera." Itachi just shook his head at his friend's words.
"Come let's see if we can 'bump' into Sasuke on our way home." Itachi offered as he went on ahead by rooftops with plans to 'accidentally bump' into Sasuke with Shisui right beside him. If they had looked back they would have seen Naruto look back to their previous position.
"Is there something wrong Naruto-Kun?" Hinata asked the blonde.
"No, everything is fine Hime. Come on let's get you home you ate a lot today." Naruto teased as the girl blushed.
"Don't tease me Naruto-Kun!" Hinata exclaimed poking her index fingers together.
Authors note
Another chapter
What can you do? Bite me.
Next chapter another time skip the genin exams, teams are assigned and Mizuki makes an appearance.
