218Ch. 2: Girl Talk
"It's been so long since it has been just us girls!" Ino cried out as she took a sip of her drink. Hinata nodded in agreement. The two were currently in a little restaurant waiting for their other friend, but they knew she would be late. The Yamanaka and the Hyuga talked for a bit before their missing friend made her entrance. "Ah, Sakura, there you are! Way to make us wait, Billboard-brow! Get over here!" Sakura sighed and made her way over to her two friends. She looked pale and worried, and it seemed like she was sick.
"Sakura-chan, are you feeling well?" Hinata asked as she looked at her friend with concern evident in her eyes.
"Eh? Oh, of course. Just that last shift in the hospital was a killer." Sakura said as she picked up her menu to order. Ino looked at her in confusion.
"Sakura, Tsunade gave you the day off." Ino replied.
"Ah, that's right…I was just helping out cause they were short." Sakura replied.
"Sakura, you are a horrible liar. Just tell us what's wrong. We'll listen." Ino answered with a smile.
"Hai, she is right." Hinata said as she placed her hand on Sakura's hand in a reassuring way. Sakura nodded as tears threaten to spill over. Ino quickly grabbed a napkin to catch the tears that were falling from Sakura's emerald eyes.
"Well, I had a doctor's appointment a today…You see I haven't been feeling well lately, so I decided to get check up." Sakura said before she blew her nose with the napkin Ino gave her. She took a deep breath before continuing. "The doctor said he knew what was wrong…"
"What did he say?" Ino and Hinata asked in unison. Sakura mumbled the answer, but neither Hinata or Ino could hear her.
"Could you please speak a bit louder?" Hinata asked politely. Sakura whispered it a bit louder but not loud enough for Ino or Hinata to understand what she was saying.
"OUT WITH IT, BILLBOARD-BROW!" Ino yelled in frustration.
"I'M PREGNANT, INO-PIG!" Sakura yelled back in equal frustration. The two girls gave each other a stare down before what Sakura said sunk in.
"Oh if that's all…wait…NANI?" Ino yelled back at Sakura.
"Congratulations, Sakura-chan. I'm sure you and Sasuke-kun must be thrilled." Hinata said with a blush on her cheeks due to being embarrassed for her friends outburst in a public area.
"Yeah, the Uchiha must be going around Konoha telling everyone the Uchiha Clan is being repopulated." Ino said with a smirk on her face.
"I haven't told him yet…" Sakura mumbled.
"What? You haven't? WHY THE HELL NOT?" Ino yelled.
"Ino-chan, people are staring…" Hinata whispered to Ino. Ino looked around and glared at everyone with her robin egg colored eyes as she sat with a "humph."
"How can I tell him? We aren't even married or even engaged." Sakura answered.
"So? Just tell him. I highly doubt he will leave you cause you are pregnant." Ino countered.
"I know that." Sakura answered.
"So what's the problem then?" Ino asked. Hinata nodded in agreement with Ino's question. Sakura sighed before looking at her two best friends.
"What if he proposes…"
"Isn't that what you want?" Ino asked with slight annoyance.
"Of course it is! But not if he is doing it because I'm carrying his kid! I want him to propose to me because he loves me!" Sakura exclaimed in exasperation. Hinata nodded compassionately. She could understand that. Ino rolled her eyes at Sakura.
"So what are you going to do?" Ino asked clearly annoyed at Sakura.
"I don't know. I mean I am only three months in so it won't show for a while…"
"You're not gonna tell him at all? It's gonna be hard to do that when nine months later there is a brat running around talking about revenge…" Ino said sharply.
"Ino-chan! Be a little more considerate. Though, Sakura-chan, I am with Ino-chan on this. You should tell Sauske-kun about this. He deserves to know." Hinata said with a reassuring smile.
"Thanks, Hinata. I know you guys are right, but I just can't bring myself to do it…but I promise I will soon. I just have to wait for the right moment."
"Alright…I'll accept that, Sakura." Ino said as she began to dig into her salad.
"Accept what?" a new voice said, startling the three kunoichi.
"Ah, Tenten-chan, you scared us!" Hinata practically screamed out. Tenten chuckled as she pulled up a chair. "So how have you been?"
"Well pretty good. I have my five-month check up today. I'm going to find out the sex of the baby!" Tenten said all giddy.
"I bet it's a boy. Neji must be happy." Sakura said with a smile. Tenten smiled brighter.
"Yes, he is ecstatic!"
"I can't imagine Neji showing any type of emotion…" Ino whispered to Sakura who merely giggled.
"Do you have any names picked out?" Hinata asked.
"Yup! If it's a boy: Nobuki, and if it's a girl: Tenshi." Tenten replied.
"Oh how cute! Sakura have you thought of any names?" Ino asked without thinking.
"INO!" Sakura exclaimed blushing.
"Sakura, you're pregnant too? Wow Sauske must be happy. The Uchiha Clan can now repopulate!" Tenten said the last part teasingly.
"That's what I said! But she hasn't told him yet."
"You should tell him soon. Take it from me." Tenten said.
"But your situation is different. You are already married to him!" Sakura whined.
"By the way thanks for inviting me to the wedding…"Ino grumbled out.
"We eloped!" Tenten said in her defense.
"Hinata got to go!" Ino retorted.
"I was just there as a witness…" Hinata meekly replied knowing it would do nothing to soothe Ino. There was nothing that could soothe Ino from missing out on a wedding.
"Neji and I are not big on ceremonies. I like being eloped. It was perfect for us." Tenten said.
"I WANTED TO PLAN THE WEDDING!" Ino yeled.
"If I get married, Ino-chan, you can plan my wedding…"Hinata said to appease Ino before the four of them would be kick out of the restaurant from making such a scene.
"Really, Hinata?" Hinata nodded to Ino. Ino squealed in excitement and hugged Hinata tightly. "This is why you are my favorite!"
"Hey, Hinata, isn't that Ko?" Tenten said as she pointed to Hinata's caretaker who stood awkwardly looking for her at the entrance of the resturant..
"Yes, that is. Please excuse me." Hinata got up and headed over to Ko. "Ko-san, is there something wrong?" Hinata asked concerned.
"I'm not sure, Hinata-sama, but you grandmother has requested for your presence."
"Obaa-sama? I'll be right there." Hinata said as she quickly returned to her friends.
"Everything ok, Hinata?" Saukra asked.
"I'm not sure, but I have to go. It was nice seeing you all. We should do this again sometime." Hinata said as she quickly and somehow gracefully made her exit from the restaurant and bolted to the Hyuga Estate.
"Well I hope everything is fine." Ino said in a worried tone. All three women nodded as they continued to eat their meals.
HEY EVERYONE! I'm back and ready to start updating! College sucked the all my free time but now I got it back :) so I hope you all liked this chapter. It was a bit of a boring one but it sets up for some of the conflicts that will be happening in Book 2! So as a recap:
-Sakura is preggers and not engaged or married to Sasuke
-Tenten is preggers and married to Neji
-Naruto is Hokage and wants to propose to Hinata
-Chie (Hinata's Grandmother) wants to warn Hinata of what her grandfather (Hisao) is planning
But what is Hisao planning? WHO KNOWS? Oh wait…I do :)
Omake
"Shino…what are we doing?" Kiba whined as he followed his silent teammate with Akamaru trailing behind him. Shino didn't say a word, which was not surprising at all. Kiba sighed as he continued to follow his teammate through the training grounds.
"Wow, Hinata-chan, that was really awesome!" a very familiar voice yelled. Kiba looked at Shino.
"Was that Naruto? Well it does smell like him, but there is something different about his smell…" Kiba said not really paying attention to see if Shino answered him.
"Really? I was n-nervous…"Hinata answered.
"Eh? But you're like a pro!" Naruto reassured her.
"It wasn't t-too r-rough?" She asked.
Kiba could feel the blood rushing to his face. What the hell were they doing at the training fields? Kiba couldn't hear Naruto's response to Hinata…well it was more like he didn't want to hear it. Kiba looked to see how Shino was reacting to this…umm…what was this? Shino looked as stoic as usually. Kiba let out a frustrated sigh. Akamaru perked up and Kiba knew exactly why. Kiba knew that smell that was lingering around Naruto that he couldn't identify before. He was "in the mood." Kiba blushed. He knew that smell because it is a similar one to when its breeding season for the dogs back at the Inuzuka household, but Naruto was having it with…OH MY GOD, HINATA! Kiba ran into the field to save his precious teammate from having her innocence taken away from her.
"E-eh, Kiba-kun?" Hinata asked flustered. Kiba looked at her and was confused. She was fully clothed and looked like she had simply been training. He glared at Naruto and saw a similar appearance.
"What's wrong, Dog-breathe?" Naruto asked in a teasing tone.
"U-uh…" was the only thing he could muster to say. He knew that scent from before, but he couldn't have been wrong. There was no way!
"We were just passing by to train. What about you two?" Shino said saving Kiba from saying something embarrassing.
"We were just training. Hinata-chan was just showing me a new jutsu she made. It was really awesome but a little rough. Y'know since she just started working on it, but if she keeps it up it will be smooth." Naruto said with a grin that was as wide as his face.
"Well, we should get going. Come on, Kiba." Shino said as Kiba followed dumbly behind. When the two were out of ear shot, Kiba opened his mouth to speak, but for once, Shino beat him to it. "You are not completely wrong, Kiba. But I think you misinterpreted the situation, grievously so. It seems that Naruto has developed feelings for Hinata." Shino said.
"Wha-?" was all Kiba could respond with.
"You may have your olfactory skills and Akamaru's as well, but my bugs are just as astute. They deduced that what you must have been smelling are Naruto's hormones that were working over time due to his attraction to Hinata, but my bugs were able to pick up that it was not just merely a physical attraction. Naruto seems to be in love with Hinata." Shino said. Kiba just stared at him dumbly.
"That is the most you have ever said at once, Shino!" Kiba explained. Shino merely glared at the Inuzuka from behind his sunglasses as he began to shake his head in wonder as to how he puts up with this. "Relax, Shino. I got what you said. So I guess the Baka doesn't know his feelings for Hinata ?"
"What makes you think that?" Shino asked out of curiosity.
"Well when Naruto knew he liked Sakura he kept asking her on dates and stuff like that, but he hasn't done that with Hinata." Kiba said. Shino nodded indicating that Kiba was right. Kiba smirked. "I'll tell you one thing, if that baka hurts Hinata in anyway, Akamaru and I will tear him a new one."
"Arf!" Akamaru said in agreement. Shino nodded showing that he had no problem with this. The three of them continued to the next training field in order to get some training in before dark.
Alright so that's how Kiba and Shino found out how Naruto liked Hinata. Not my best but oh well…I feel like it was funnier in my head. Anyway please vote for who you would like to see found out about Naruto's feelings next!
Ino:
Tsunade:2
Neji: 1
Tenten: 2
Lee: 1
Kurenai: 3
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