Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Another day, Another memory ❯ Letter ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: Naruto and Airmaster are not mine.

A/N: >< I can't get Airmaster out of my mind so I decided to add it up here. Ahh… what has the world gone to!!

Chapter 2 : Letter

As she opens the letter, a burst of sweet aroma quickly escaped the envelope. Tenten, her seatmate, quickly took notice and read along. Naruto didn't care much though…

Naru-chan,

This summer vacation, I would like to invite you to my private beach resort. I hope you come. I'll be waiting at your school gate later.

Hyuuga Neji

Naruto was a little happy, a high school summer experience, unlike his former years in which he was stuck at home or worked at part times. Naruto however, kept daydreaming and didn't notice the hot red tomato beside his face. Tenten was burning up, she liked this Neji guy a lot. She never really liked guys a lot, but this guy was special, it was like he was a knight in shining armor. He outshone any other guy, even the great Uchiha Sasuke, in her eyes.

`I hope it's free…' Naruto thought.

Hinata, being behind Naruto, was again getting far more worried than she was supposed to upon seeing Tenten's red face. What could she be peeking at? And she remembered the letter addressed to Naruto. Of course, she saw the `Hyuuga Neji' written there before… and that made her more worried. She was a Hyuuga too, and she was his cousin… but still… "Unacceptable…" she murmured.

"IIE!!" She shouted shooting out from her seat, which gained a lot of attention. Kakashi was shocked at this and had sweat drops all over. Hinata was a quiet kid, a very very quiet one. He always believed that those silent ones were the ones who thought about killing and suffering, so this got him very scared indeed. Specially that sudden out burst of "IIE!!"… and so all he could say to her was… "Ugh… you want to… say something?"

It was Hinata's turn into a tomato, and with that sudden outburst, she helped Naruto and Tenten come back to the ground. "a-ano…" was all she could say as she plopped back down to her seat. Now Hinata had the sudden urge to take hold of the letter and rip it to shreds… She practically goes blind when its about Naruto.

Ding Dong

Kakshi-sensei exits the classroom and in comes the next teacher. It was PE and they had to change, exiting their room to go to their lockers. Gai-sensei, the PE teacher, handled 2 classes at once, one from the boy's school and one from the girl's. It was basically and intertwined lesson in the schools' large yard. Even though they were separate schools, they sure shared a lot of things: the yard, the cafeteria, and even the road. This makes the boys and girls meet a lot, for PE lessons, Lunch breaks, and even field trips. They said that it was just "everyday boy-girl-interaction".

"Ah!! I'm going to see Sasuke-kun again!!" Sakura said excitedly. Much to Naruto's demise, their PE class connected with Sasuke's. Today they had to do gymnastics while the boy's were running their butts playing soccer. `Why can't we play games like them? I'm pretty sure I could kick that bastard's ass anytime!' She thought as her fox smirk appeared.

As their class made it's way to their spot, Sasuke, running with a soccer ball, approached Naruto. Of course this made a lot of girls shriek, as did any other time when Sasuke was there. Naruto, as always, had this intense feeling to beat him up.

"Yo Naruto" He said with his trademark smirk.

"Hey…" Annoyance was evident in her voice. Why would her rival go ahead and visit on her PE class. She could sense something bad was coming… not to mention all the girls who were looking at her so badly.

"So, how was my delivery service?"

"Hnn, just so you know, I've been invited to a private resort." A triumphant glint can be seen from her eye. `Ha take that!' She had always wanted to outsmart him, and that's why they became rivals in the first place. She always thought that everything with Sasuke was a battle, and this time, she was winning.

`A private resort huh? I guess I have to check on that Neji guy later…' Sasuke thought. He didn't show, or didn't know it, but he was over protective of his little "rival". He was doing it subconsciously and most of the time he didn't know what he was doing. He didn't actually give it a thought, but now's not the time to think about it. He wasn't about to lose to Naruto.

"Hmm, then I guess I'll come along to. See Ya…" He said as he went back to his game. Sakura heard this, `Sasuke was going with Naruto?' Of course she can't let that happen. She was going to have to go as well. She knew she had this power over Naruto and it was about time to use it. Even though she really didn't want to, she'd gladly do anything to get Sasuke.

Hinata heard this too. Naruto was going to her cousin's private resort. She wouldn't let anyone steal Naruto… so she would have to go as well. She was never at good terms with this certain cousin. He always thought of her as a pushover and a weakling. She will have to brave it though, for she didn't want anyone to have Naruto but her.

They finally arrive at their spot on the field. Gai-sensei was there, smiling his ever so flashy smile. He was a cool guy that always wore the same green jumpsuit. He hollered at his students to go and jump the horses.

The students lined up one by one. `Another day of boredom' Naruto thought. She was flexible and quite good at sports. She was fast at running and she had once become a `queen' at gymnastics. Though she sucked at academics, she really excelled at PE and extra curricular activities.

"Hyuuga"

Hinata tried her best to jump but failed miserably. She was never as good at sports as any of them. She was bashful and never really liked to talk much. Sakura, the brains of the class, wasn't very good also, but when she gets angry, she pretty much crashes everything in sight. We never knew where all that power comes from, maybe it's some mathematical equation in her head. Physics maybe…

"Naru-chan! Go for it!! Fight for the youth!!!"

Naruto knew her teacher had gone nuts. Anyway, as she ran through the rally, she did all sorts of jumps and cartwheels, and when she touched the horse, she jumped as if she was flying. She seemed better than any Chinese acrobat around. And she even landed perfectly. No wonder she was once crowned `queen' of Japanese gymnastics. She quit though, and it was because of Uchiha Sasuke. She ended up fighting and utilized all her gymnast abilities to make fighting moves. She still couldn't defeat him though. There was one time in her first year as a high school student, that in order to get stronger, she entered a huge street fight and pulverized them all. At that time, she seemed like a flying demon, and up to now, she was known as Airmaster.

After that was a pretty normal day, for Naruto that is, until Lunch time came. Lunch was a special time for Naruto. Everyday, it seemed like a challenge. The 2 schools only had one cafeteria, and one bread store at that. Everyday, at the sound of the bell, students who don't have their obento's would race to the cafeteria in order to buy something. If you get late, nothing would be left for you but the sweet buns that had no fillings. Of course no one wanted these and was always left unsold. Other buns had weird fillings, but at least they had some, it would be worth the money.

Ding Dong

"Stand… Bo-" Sakura was interrupted by a certain blonde haired girl shooting out of a window. Sakura opened a window and yelled after her, but no response. Sigh, even love can't feed a growling stomach. Kurenai-sensei, the math teacher, just sweat dropped at this.

`I will get it! I will definitely get it this time!!' Naruto thought as he jumped through the lot of students. "ONE MISO RAMEN BUUUUUN!!!"

Kiba heard this from afar. He was walking to the cafeteria grounds with the rest of his `band of brothers'. He swore it was Naruto who said this and dashed towards the bundle of students. As he approached it, poof, in a cloud of smoke appeared Naruto. She jumped again. He always wondered why Naruto had days with lunchboxes and days without them. Well, Naruto wasn't exactly living alone; her Iruka-niisan was always visiting her. They were both orphans but were both adopted by some mysterious rich man. Their dad was always away on business trips and Iruka was his right hand man. Anyway, Iruka was his main representative in Japan so even Iruka had to go to all sorts of places and he couldn't prepare Naruto's bento. They have a large house somewhere, but Naruto decided to live in an apartment close to her school. Her friends don't know about this though…

"Ah so that's why Kiba ran all the way from the 3rd floor of our building in a hurry…" Shikamaru said in his all knowing tone. Chouji was just eating a lot of rice balls, and Shino was just… standing there. They sat at the field just like an ordinary picnic would look like. After a while of Naruto chomping on her delicious goodness, Shino, whom had nothing to eat also, stood up and went to the cafeteria. They all had their bento's and was enjoying their meal when Hinata showed up.

"A-ano… Naruto-k! I mean Naru-chan!! W-would you… w-would you…" She always had trouble speaking in front of her. But she stood up presented him with a bento box. "I made this would you like some?" She finally blurted out. Naruto's band of brothers has always been suspicious about Hinata. She always hung around Naruto and would often stutter or just stand there blushing. But Naruto, famed for being numb, was always delighted and treated Hinata nicely. She didn't have many friends at her school and she was glad she had Hinata.

"Hai. Of course I would, since it's made by Hinata-chan" Naruto just doesn't know what she's saying. Hinata's heart fluttered more with her comment, but anyway, she still shot up and ran away. About a hundred meters away, she looked back and said "Tottemo daisuki… Naruto-kun" while holding her hands to her heart.

"Eh? Why'd she run off like that…" Naruto said trying her best to think of a reason. Kiba, who was getting really pissed at that girl was popping his nerves. He really didn't want anyone to get close to Naruto. Shikamaru, having sensed this, quickly sighed and thought of some other topic. "Ano sa-"

"Hey Naruto, how'd that letter go…" He was cut off by the Shino who just returned from the café. Now the situation just got worse. Shikamaru could just see the smoke coming out of Kiba's ears. He looked at Chouji who just plainly ate. Sigh… who was going to help him now…

"Nee nee Shino, why do you always eat that sweet bread…" Chouji asked finally. Why does everything always have an effect on him, Shikamaru asked himself. His "band of brothers" didn't care about it much or was he just over sensitive?

"It's sweet…" Shino said as he bit his bun. That was a pretty sad excuse, but Chouji bought it anyway. "Ano sa~ Ano sa~" Naruto started. Kiba and Shikamaru, who were the only ones who seemed to be interested, perked up. Was she going to talk about the letter?

"Would you guys like to come with me to the beach this summer?" Kiba and Shikamaru almost fell down. Beach?? With Naruto?? Kiba just couldn't help himself fantasize about Naruto would wear then and Shikamaru was just plain shocked. Never has Naruto invited any of them for an outing, more or so to the beach! Chouji, fantasizing as well, about all the food there could be at the beach.

"I'll come." Shino suddenly said. It was quite unexpected that Shino, the one who didn't go on field trips and outings, would want to go to the beach. "Yeah! That's great!! So who else is going to go?" Naruto asked. Chouji simply raised his hand since his mouth was full of rice. Shikamaru, tired as ever, raised a hand too… Kiba, being strangely silent, was looking downwards, but you can see the red in his ears. `He's probably fantasizing about Naruto's swimsuit' Shikamaru thought as he looked at the shaking boy. "I… I'll come… since Naruto invited…" Was the words that left him. Naruto, over excited that all his friends would come, jumped up and down.

"Yatta! Yatta!" She said all over. This was the first summer she's going to spend with her friends. "Ya~" and she tripped. She sure was athletic but her abilities were no match for the huge rock on the ground. For sure she thought she fell, as she opened her eyes, she could only see the gaping faces of her friends. Something had broken her fall!

"I'll come too…" A voice said. A voice so familiar that she actually remembered whose it was. She immediately shot her head to the left, in which her holder's face was. At the same time though, Uchiha Sasuke looked at the blonde girl at he was supporting. And this didn't go too well…

SMOOCH

^^ Cliffie ^^

*The Hyuuga's are still rich and famous.

*Other stores in the cafeteria taste like ****

*Yeah I know it was a totally short letter

*Hinata was totally OC

*Who would you like Naruto to turn up with? Vote by reviewing or e-mail me at gonfreeces@hotmail.com