Hinata dressed qiuckly into a pair of comfortable jeans
and a red v-neck shirt. she tried to slip out quietly so
as not to arouse suspicion. but thats exactly what she
did. as she stepped out the door she turned around and
looked up into nejis ashen eyes. she wanted to
dessapare. "where do you think your going,Hinata?" he
asked sharply. his voice almost demanded an answer. "I,
I,...I was in-," she trailed off. she desparately wished
Neji would go away, but a wish isnt the same as
reality. "You what?" Neji asked. she wanted to avoid the
answer fearing he would go back and tell her father. " I
was invited."she blurted out. Neji cocked an eyebrow,
dumping a bucket of quilt over Hinatas face. " Invited
where?" he asked losing patience
fast. "IwasinvitedtoSakurasforasleepoverwiththeotherkonoi
chiofthevillageandimustgopleasedonttellfather!" she
ducked around him and ran from the Hyuuga clan house.
Neji watched after her angrily. "a ninja does not run
from her problems." he recited to himself. "i wonder
where she was going anyway." he shrugged it off, turned
on his heels and headed into the house.
Hinata finally stopped running next to the ramen shop
and hung her head down to catch her breath when a
familiar voice called her name. "Hinata! wait up!" a
fiminine voice called. Sakura stood with Sasuke, Naruto,
and Kakashi. Hinata looked up. "hello Sakura." she said
in an almost inaudible voice. Naruto put his hand to his
ear. "What did you say!" Sakura hit him over the head as
Sasuke shook his head shamefully. pathetic, he thought.
Sakura went up to her dragging Naruto with her by his
ear. "i know the party is tonight, but ive got a quick
mission." she explained. "there are still things for the
party i need to get but i wont be here. i was wondering
if you could handel the errands for me." she said
sweetly.
Hinata smiled. "sure Sakura." Sakura smiled as kakashi
lifted his face from his ichi-ichi paradise
book. "Sakura i doubt she'll be able to carry all the
things on the list." he said plainly. Sakura put her
finger to her chin. "i guess your right...." she pushed
Naruto forward. "so Naruto can help you!" she said
smiling. before Naruto could protest the fifteen year
old konoichi was off with Sasuke and Kakashi. "good luck
loser." Sasuke called back. Hinata blushed as Naruto
handed her the list. "well, i guess i have to shop like
a girl." he mumbled looking agrily to his groups
dessapearing form. Hinata at a loss for words, smiled
sheepishly. "Naruto?" she said just below a whisper. he
turned his head towards her. "yeah, hinata?" she stared
at her toes as the blood rushed to her face. "um,
I, ...." "yeah?" she turned away. "I mean we should
start on the list...soon." she said lowly. "yeah sure.
whats the first thing?" he asked. " she handed him the
list. she waited as he read it over and handed it
back. " whats the first thing?" she asked. he
shrugged. "i dont know. Sakuras hand writing is like
chicken scratch." he said. she read it herself. "
streamers." she said. Naruto pointed towards the gift
shop. "right there. and they have video games too!" he
took off in the direction of the shop. Hinata sruggled
to keep up but ran in after him. moments later they left
the shop with the first thing on the list. Naruto walked
ahead of her for the simple fact that she walked slow
and she was afraid of being next to him. she looked up
as he suddenly stopped. "what is it, Naruto?" he
intwined his fingers in hers and kept walking. "nothing
now. you walk kind of slow." he said. she blushed bright
red and clasped the bag of streamers she was carrying to
her chest with her free hand. Naruto is holding my hand,
she thought. as she adjusted to his pace she walked side
by side to him. While she felt like her body was on fire
Naruto looked at it as a way for her to keep up with
him. in moments they reached a gift store. Naruto let
her go. "second thing?" he asked. " baloons, and i think
we can get her a gift here." Hinata said catching her
breath back. Naruto found the baloons in no time and
threw them onto the counter. "one down." he said holding
her hand again. "one more to go. lets get her a gift."
he said pulling her towards the racks of feminine gifts.
As he looked up and down the racks, Hinatas eyes were
focused on their hands. the blonde had no idea what she
was looking at. he kept his cerelean eyes on a teddy
bear. "we should get this for Sakura." he sugessted.
Hinata looked up. "we?" she said confused. Naruto gave
her a charming kool-aid smile. "yeah, a gift from both
of us." he said. "unless you want to get her your own
gift." he said. she immediantly protested. "no, no. we
can give her a gift from the two of us." she said. he
smiled and hugged her tightly. "great!" he yelled. "now
we wont have to spend as much money." he yelled.
suddenly a familiar voice interupted them. " dont be so
loud and obnoxious. your so troublesome." Shikamaru said
dully. Ino and Chouji stood behind him. Choujis face was
buried into a bag of chips and Ino had her eyes on
Naruto and Hinata. "well well. you two are finally
together." she said. Hinata and Naruto blushed releasing
each other. "aww, it was just a hug, dont make such a
big deal about it!" Naruto yelled her. Hinata was
grateful for the excuse but was a little dissapointed
by "just" a hug. Inos face was filled with rage. "what
did you say?!" Shikamaru but his head down. " what a
drag. you two are humliating." he said. "what do you
know? your not a genius!" he said loudly. "quit yelling"
shikamaru said. "im not yelling!" he said. Hinata
realized in a way he was telling the truth. "please
excuse him he just talks loud." she said. Shikamaru
sighed. "whatever." Ino jumped on it. "dont flirt with
him!" she accused Hinata. Hinata stepped back from the
finger in her face. "I, I.....wasn't, flirting, I-." Ino
rampaged further. "yeah right." she said. Hinata put her
head down as a loud voice stepped up for her. "What does
it matter to you, Pig?! Nara isnt your man anyways, hes
Temaris!" Naruto cried withunknown defense. Ino crossed
her eyebrows. " Temari? the sand girl?" Shikamaru turned
and left with chouji as the store clerk came up. "buy
and get out." he ordered them. Hinata took down the
teddy bear and grabbed the baloons, handing them to the
clerk. meanwhile Ino ,felt betrayed and was not about to
lose an argument so easily. she was the boss, not
him! "Naruto you take that back! Shikamaru has no
intrest in her!" she demanded. "why do you think he left
stupid?!" the store owner immediantly kicked them out.
they stood facing opposite directions as Hinata walked
out with the supplies. she gave the store manager a
polite wave as he returned to her a smile. Naruto
quickly grabbed Hinatas hand and started off in the
other direction. "come on Hinata," he said with
irratants. she followed after him looking back into Inos
spiteful gaze.
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