Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Something's Always Wrong ❯ Chapter 9
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
A/N: Maybe you could think of this as a 'filler' chapter. lmao. I'm a huge NarutoXHinata and ShikamaruXTemari fan, so I just couldn't resist throwing them in this fic. Plus it kinda lets you, the reader, know that Naruto isn't just left hanging by Sakura.
As always, please review and thanks for reading! -Ani
As for the music, well a silly song for a silly chapter. Okay, it's silly song but also sweet, bittersweet if you consider just how
Sakura is feeling by the end of the chapter:
Lazy Eye- Silversun Pickups
I've been waiting
I've been waiting for this moment all my life
But it's not quite right
And this 'real'
It's impossible if possible
At who's blind word
So clear but so unheard
I've been waiting
I've been waiting for this silence all night long
It's just a matter of time
To appear sad
With the same 'ol decent lazy eye
Fixed to rest on you
Aim free and so untrue
Everyone's so intimately rearranged
Everyone can focus clearly with such shine
Everyone's so intimately rearranged
Everyone can focus clearly with such shine
Lost and loaded
Still the same 'ol decent lazy eye
Straight through your gaze
That's why I said I relate
I said we relate
It's so fun to relate
It's the room the sun and the sky
It's the room the sun and the sky
I've been waiting
I've been waiting for this moment...
Chapter 9
Sakura was enjoying her day off sparring with Hinata, Temari and Naruto. Shikamaru was there but only as a spectator, laying under a tree half asleep watching Temari and Sakura.
Naruto plopped down next to Shikamaru, missing his deer ANBU mask by a few inches.
Shikamaru tossed his mask on top of his equipment bag and sat up and glanced over at his friend, "Naruto, you're more troublesome than a girl. If you break my mask, Tsunade will make me fix it with duct tape."
"Aw, I wasn't even near it," the blond laughed, "So how come you never spar with Temari?"
Shikamaru leaned against the tree, watching Temari block Sakura's punch and filp the pink-haired girl to her back. "Heh, we spar in private," Shikamaru said with a small grin.
Naruto rolled is eyes, "You're afraid she'll kick your ass, so you just say it's 'too troublesome'"
"Yeah, that's it," Shikamaru said closing his eyes, "What's with Sakura? She's getting her ass handed to her and she's happy as a fucking clam. Usually she's gotten pissed by now."
Naruto scooted up next to Shikamaru and leaned against the tree to watch the next match, Hinata and Sakura. "Sasuke is in love with her and is trying to win her back, it's working," Naruto sighed and watched Hinata activate her Byakugan.
"What about you?"
"What about me? Tsch. I'm done with that," Naruto said sounding like he was trying to convince himself.
***
Shikamaru chuckled as Temari came over, tossing her giant fan and deer ANBU mask down with Shikamaru's stuff. She sat down between his legs, leaning her head back on his chest. He brushed her bangs off her sweaty forhead and put his arms around her, his hands resting on her abdomen. He whispered, "I love you," in her ear, watching her smile.
Naruto thought about moving, but it was much cooler in the shade of the tree. Turning his attention to the match, he watched Hinata knock Sakura to the ground.
***
Hinata reached her hand out to Sakura and helped her to her feet. "That was a good match. You wanna go again?" the heiress asked her.
"Naw, I'm beat. Ask Naruto, he has enough energy for all of us," Sakura said, taking a huge drink of water.
"Hey look at those two," Hinata said, tapping the medical nin on her arm, "I heard they got married last month as soon as she moved here."
"Hinata, look at Temari with your Byakugan. I bet she's pregnant, her chakra signature seemed different," Sakura narrowed her eyes and watched her friends. She heard Hinata's startled gasp.
"Sakura! You're right, I wonder how far along she is? Hmm... My guess is 7 or 8 weeks."
"Yeah, that's what I thought too," she looked at her friend, "So, who are you seeing these days? If memory serves me, you were seeing Kiba."
Hinata stopped laughing and got a serious look on her face, "Not anymore," she answered.
"What happened with Kiba?" Sakura asked her.
"Oh, he's a perv, for one. And um..." she trailed off, her attention drifting to Naruto.
"You two would be good together," Sakura offered.
Hinata turned her gaze to Sakura "Me and Kiba? Are you out of your mind? Just how hard did that door hit you anyway?"
"No silly, you and Naruto. Sure, he's dumb as a brick sometimes, but he really does have a sweet side."
Hinata took another drink of water, "You'd know, I suppose. We dated for a few weeks, all he talked about was you. And I know he was still sleeping with you the whole time too."
Sakura turned her head away, Hinata's words cutting her like shuriken, "I'm really sorry. I really didn't know he was dating you until the party. I felt really, really bad."
"Not bad enough to stop, right? Neij and Tenten saw you going over there that night," Hinata said, not really mad anymore, just disappointed with her close friend. Really, she was more disappointed that Naruto couldn't see past the pink-haired jounin. She had only went out with Kiba to get the blond chunin's attention and that was a waste of time, becuse Naruto just went running to Sakura. Hinata sighed and sat down to stretch.
***
Sakura looked at her friend trying to act like she was stretching, but Sakura knew Hinata was really trying to get Naruto to notice her. She walked over to the tree, "Naruto, you should go talk to her."
Naruto, being the thick-headed goof that he is, gave her a blank look, "Why?"
Sakura smacked herself on the forehead, but berfore she could respond, Temari spoke up, "Naruto! I have a really hard time believing you're this stupid. She loves you, baka! Go talk to her!"
Shikamaru snickered and kissed his wife on her cheek and looked over at Naruto, "You better do it, she's scarier than you think."
Temari turned enough so she could see Shikamaru, "You better be glad I love you."
"Oh, I am. Even if you are troublesome," he said, leaning down and silencing her reply with a kiss.
Naruto looked over at Hinata, who was still streching on the practice field. She saw him looking and blushed. She is cute, he thought, watching her face turn pink and giggling. So he got up and went over to the field.
Temari laughed, "How much you wanna bet they leave together?"
***
"Oi Hinata, what's up?" he asked her with a silly smile on his face, he giggled when he saw her blush deepen.
"Naruto-kun, uh, um, not much, I guess, " she said looking away from him.
"Hinata, why do you always look away from me? You're so pretty, I wanna see your face," it was an innocent question, he really wanted to know why.
Hinata turned her gaze back to him, He thinks I'm pretty, she thought her mind racing.
He brushed some grass off of her arm, noting her small shiver. He reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear, letting his fingers brush her neck, feeling her pulse race.
Hinata took a few steps away from him, "Let's spar, taijutsu only. No ninjutsu, no gentle fist."
Crap, he thought, I'm so bad at taijutsu. "Okay, sure."
***
Temari and Sakura were attentive specators, Shikamaru on the other hand, watched lazily with one eye opened.
"Temari, who do you think is going to win this match?" Sakura asked the older kunoichi.
"Hmm, I don't know, I think maybe it will be a draw. I don't think Hinata will be able to really concentrate," she replied snuggling closer to Shikamaru. She leaned her head back on his chest and both felt and heard his rumble of laughter.
"I agree, he's too busy staring at her boobs," the ANBU captain laughed and Sakura shot him a dirty look. "What? He is staring at them," he said with an innocent look,
Temari let out a bark of laughter, "Oh my god! He's totally gawking at her!"
***
Hinata made the first move, taking advantage of the distraction and almost clipped him in the face. Naruto blocked at the last minute, sweeping her legs out from under her. She shot her hand out an caught his ankle, taking him down with her.
"Naruto! Quit staring at her boobs! Pay attention!"
He didn't look to see who yelled, although he was pretty sure it was Temari. He put his knee up, catching her as she fell on top of him and flipped her over him.
Hinata landed on her back, the wind knocked out of her. Taking as deep a breath as she could, she sat up. Naruto extened his hand to her. Taking full advantage, she grabbed his hand and sprung up, hitting him square in the chest with her shoulder.
He felt the air whoosh out of his lungs and felt his rib crack. He swallowed back the bile rising in his throat and dodged her next attack. Damn, she's really trying to kick my ass, he thought, shooting his leg out and catching the back of her knee, causing her to fall.
She rolled herself out of his way and scrambled to her feet.
For the next few minutes they exchanged blows. Hinata managed to block or evade everything he came at her with. She hit him with a left hook in the kidney and he went down to one knee. She went to charge for the win when he threw up his hand to stop her, she stopped in her tracks, watching him cough up blood. Shit, what the fuck did I do to him? she wondered. "Naruto-kun, are you okay?"
He straightened up and spit out another mouthful of blood, "Yeah, gimme a second." He walked to the edge of the field and picked up a bottle of water. He rinsed his mouth and took a few swigs. He poked at his ribs, hmm, the fox musta healed that rib already, he thought, turning his attention a few meters to the left where Hinata was.
She streched her arms over her head and the took off her jacket, revealing her black and purple, sleveless fishnet shirt. She leaned down and got her water. She took another drink, noticing Naruto watching her. She turned and faced the blond chunin, ""Ready for round two?" She smiled at him.
He smiled back at her, "Yeah, let's do this."
***
"Whoa, this is a better match than I thought," Sakura said to no one in particular. She laid in the shade on her stomach, her chin propped on her hands. She watched Naruto smile at Hinata, feeling a strange tug in her heart.
Shikamaru yawned and drapped his arm around Temari and pulled her closer to him
Temari smiled and shivered, enjoying the kisses he was sprinkling on her neck and shoulders. She looked over at her medic friend, "I still think it'll be a draw."
***
Hinata and Naruto faced off again, this Naruto making the first move. Trying to catch her off guard, he charged at her, only to get hip tossed to the ground. Fuck, he thought, why do I keep ending up on the ground?
Hinata dropped down onto him, kunai knife at his throat, "Guess this means I win." She grinned at him.
"You think," he said with a devilish grin as he rolled her and knocked the kunai from her hand. He clamped his legs around her waist and leaned forward pinning her arms above her head, his face just centimeters from hers.
She tried to buck him off of her, but since he out weighed her by a good 25kg, she got nowhere fast.
He leaned down and whispered, his mouth brushing her ear on purpose, "You keep that up, sweetheart, and we're gonna need a room." Hearing her small gasp, he drew his head back and studied her face, funny, I never realized just how beautiful she is, he thought. Forgetting the match, he leaned down and kissed her.
Hinata kissed him back, also forgetting the match. She felt him release her arms and slide his hand down her side. She wrapped her arms around him and hoped the moment wouldn't ever end.
***
The three jounin under the tree we're all sitting up, their mouths hanging open. Temari looked at Shikamaru and then at Sakura, "Well, I guess that ended in a draw," she hooted.
Shikamaru recovered form his shock and said, "Tsk. This is going to be troublesome, I just know it."
Sakura, for once, was quiet. She had a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach and suddenly felt like her best friend was gone.
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A/N: Just a quick explaination of why Sakura is feeling so weird. I've always gotten along better with guys than girls, and whenever one of them got a girlfriend it was always akward. I mean really, everyone's experienced this, I'm sure. Anyway even though she's encouraging Naruto to hook up with Hinata, she still feels a little jealous.
xoxoxo -Ani
As always, please review and thanks for reading! -Ani
As for the music, well a silly song for a silly chapter. Okay, it's silly song but also sweet, bittersweet if you consider just how
Sakura is feeling by the end of the chapter:
Lazy Eye- Silversun Pickups
I've been waiting
I've been waiting for this moment all my life
But it's not quite right
And this 'real'
It's impossible if possible
At who's blind word
So clear but so unheard
I've been waiting
I've been waiting for this silence all night long
It's just a matter of time
To appear sad
With the same 'ol decent lazy eye
Fixed to rest on you
Aim free and so untrue
Everyone's so intimately rearranged
Everyone can focus clearly with such shine
Everyone's so intimately rearranged
Everyone can focus clearly with such shine
Lost and loaded
Still the same 'ol decent lazy eye
Straight through your gaze
That's why I said I relate
I said we relate
It's so fun to relate
It's the room the sun and the sky
It's the room the sun and the sky
I've been waiting
I've been waiting for this moment...
Chapter 9
Sakura was enjoying her day off sparring with Hinata, Temari and Naruto. Shikamaru was there but only as a spectator, laying under a tree half asleep watching Temari and Sakura.
Naruto plopped down next to Shikamaru, missing his deer ANBU mask by a few inches.
Shikamaru tossed his mask on top of his equipment bag and sat up and glanced over at his friend, "Naruto, you're more troublesome than a girl. If you break my mask, Tsunade will make me fix it with duct tape."
"Aw, I wasn't even near it," the blond laughed, "So how come you never spar with Temari?"
Shikamaru leaned against the tree, watching Temari block Sakura's punch and filp the pink-haired girl to her back. "Heh, we spar in private," Shikamaru said with a small grin.
Naruto rolled is eyes, "You're afraid she'll kick your ass, so you just say it's 'too troublesome'"
"Yeah, that's it," Shikamaru said closing his eyes, "What's with Sakura? She's getting her ass handed to her and she's happy as a fucking clam. Usually she's gotten pissed by now."
Naruto scooted up next to Shikamaru and leaned against the tree to watch the next match, Hinata and Sakura. "Sasuke is in love with her and is trying to win her back, it's working," Naruto sighed and watched Hinata activate her Byakugan.
"What about you?"
"What about me? Tsch. I'm done with that," Naruto said sounding like he was trying to convince himself.
***
Shikamaru chuckled as Temari came over, tossing her giant fan and deer ANBU mask down with Shikamaru's stuff. She sat down between his legs, leaning her head back on his chest. He brushed her bangs off her sweaty forhead and put his arms around her, his hands resting on her abdomen. He whispered, "I love you," in her ear, watching her smile.
Naruto thought about moving, but it was much cooler in the shade of the tree. Turning his attention to the match, he watched Hinata knock Sakura to the ground.
***
Hinata reached her hand out to Sakura and helped her to her feet. "That was a good match. You wanna go again?" the heiress asked her.
"Naw, I'm beat. Ask Naruto, he has enough energy for all of us," Sakura said, taking a huge drink of water.
"Hey look at those two," Hinata said, tapping the medical nin on her arm, "I heard they got married last month as soon as she moved here."
"Hinata, look at Temari with your Byakugan. I bet she's pregnant, her chakra signature seemed different," Sakura narrowed her eyes and watched her friends. She heard Hinata's startled gasp.
"Sakura! You're right, I wonder how far along she is? Hmm... My guess is 7 or 8 weeks."
"Yeah, that's what I thought too," she looked at her friend, "So, who are you seeing these days? If memory serves me, you were seeing Kiba."
Hinata stopped laughing and got a serious look on her face, "Not anymore," she answered.
"What happened with Kiba?" Sakura asked her.
"Oh, he's a perv, for one. And um..." she trailed off, her attention drifting to Naruto.
"You two would be good together," Sakura offered.
Hinata turned her gaze to Sakura "Me and Kiba? Are you out of your mind? Just how hard did that door hit you anyway?"
"No silly, you and Naruto. Sure, he's dumb as a brick sometimes, but he really does have a sweet side."
Hinata took another drink of water, "You'd know, I suppose. We dated for a few weeks, all he talked about was you. And I know he was still sleeping with you the whole time too."
Sakura turned her head away, Hinata's words cutting her like shuriken, "I'm really sorry. I really didn't know he was dating you until the party. I felt really, really bad."
"Not bad enough to stop, right? Neij and Tenten saw you going over there that night," Hinata said, not really mad anymore, just disappointed with her close friend. Really, she was more disappointed that Naruto couldn't see past the pink-haired jounin. She had only went out with Kiba to get the blond chunin's attention and that was a waste of time, becuse Naruto just went running to Sakura. Hinata sighed and sat down to stretch.
***
Sakura looked at her friend trying to act like she was stretching, but Sakura knew Hinata was really trying to get Naruto to notice her. She walked over to the tree, "Naruto, you should go talk to her."
Naruto, being the thick-headed goof that he is, gave her a blank look, "Why?"
Sakura smacked herself on the forehead, but berfore she could respond, Temari spoke up, "Naruto! I have a really hard time believing you're this stupid. She loves you, baka! Go talk to her!"
Shikamaru snickered and kissed his wife on her cheek and looked over at Naruto, "You better do it, she's scarier than you think."
Temari turned enough so she could see Shikamaru, "You better be glad I love you."
"Oh, I am. Even if you are troublesome," he said, leaning down and silencing her reply with a kiss.
Naruto looked over at Hinata, who was still streching on the practice field. She saw him looking and blushed. She is cute, he thought, watching her face turn pink and giggling. So he got up and went over to the field.
Temari laughed, "How much you wanna bet they leave together?"
***
"Oi Hinata, what's up?" he asked her with a silly smile on his face, he giggled when he saw her blush deepen.
"Naruto-kun, uh, um, not much, I guess, " she said looking away from him.
"Hinata, why do you always look away from me? You're so pretty, I wanna see your face," it was an innocent question, he really wanted to know why.
Hinata turned her gaze back to him, He thinks I'm pretty, she thought her mind racing.
He brushed some grass off of her arm, noting her small shiver. He reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear, letting his fingers brush her neck, feeling her pulse race.
Hinata took a few steps away from him, "Let's spar, taijutsu only. No ninjutsu, no gentle fist."
Crap, he thought, I'm so bad at taijutsu. "Okay, sure."
***
Temari and Sakura were attentive specators, Shikamaru on the other hand, watched lazily with one eye opened.
"Temari, who do you think is going to win this match?" Sakura asked the older kunoichi.
"Hmm, I don't know, I think maybe it will be a draw. I don't think Hinata will be able to really concentrate," she replied snuggling closer to Shikamaru. She leaned her head back on his chest and both felt and heard his rumble of laughter.
"I agree, he's too busy staring at her boobs," the ANBU captain laughed and Sakura shot him a dirty look. "What? He is staring at them," he said with an innocent look,
Temari let out a bark of laughter, "Oh my god! He's totally gawking at her!"
***
Hinata made the first move, taking advantage of the distraction and almost clipped him in the face. Naruto blocked at the last minute, sweeping her legs out from under her. She shot her hand out an caught his ankle, taking him down with her.
"Naruto! Quit staring at her boobs! Pay attention!"
He didn't look to see who yelled, although he was pretty sure it was Temari. He put his knee up, catching her as she fell on top of him and flipped her over him.
Hinata landed on her back, the wind knocked out of her. Taking as deep a breath as she could, she sat up. Naruto extened his hand to her. Taking full advantage, she grabbed his hand and sprung up, hitting him square in the chest with her shoulder.
He felt the air whoosh out of his lungs and felt his rib crack. He swallowed back the bile rising in his throat and dodged her next attack. Damn, she's really trying to kick my ass, he thought, shooting his leg out and catching the back of her knee, causing her to fall.
She rolled herself out of his way and scrambled to her feet.
For the next few minutes they exchanged blows. Hinata managed to block or evade everything he came at her with. She hit him with a left hook in the kidney and he went down to one knee. She went to charge for the win when he threw up his hand to stop her, she stopped in her tracks, watching him cough up blood. Shit, what the fuck did I do to him? she wondered. "Naruto-kun, are you okay?"
He straightened up and spit out another mouthful of blood, "Yeah, gimme a second." He walked to the edge of the field and picked up a bottle of water. He rinsed his mouth and took a few swigs. He poked at his ribs, hmm, the fox musta healed that rib already, he thought, turning his attention a few meters to the left where Hinata was.
She streched her arms over her head and the took off her jacket, revealing her black and purple, sleveless fishnet shirt. She leaned down and got her water. She took another drink, noticing Naruto watching her. She turned and faced the blond chunin, ""Ready for round two?" She smiled at him.
He smiled back at her, "Yeah, let's do this."
***
"Whoa, this is a better match than I thought," Sakura said to no one in particular. She laid in the shade on her stomach, her chin propped on her hands. She watched Naruto smile at Hinata, feeling a strange tug in her heart.
Shikamaru yawned and drapped his arm around Temari and pulled her closer to him
Temari smiled and shivered, enjoying the kisses he was sprinkling on her neck and shoulders. She looked over at her medic friend, "I still think it'll be a draw."
***
Hinata and Naruto faced off again, this Naruto making the first move. Trying to catch her off guard, he charged at her, only to get hip tossed to the ground. Fuck, he thought, why do I keep ending up on the ground?
Hinata dropped down onto him, kunai knife at his throat, "Guess this means I win." She grinned at him.
"You think," he said with a devilish grin as he rolled her and knocked the kunai from her hand. He clamped his legs around her waist and leaned forward pinning her arms above her head, his face just centimeters from hers.
She tried to buck him off of her, but since he out weighed her by a good 25kg, she got nowhere fast.
He leaned down and whispered, his mouth brushing her ear on purpose, "You keep that up, sweetheart, and we're gonna need a room." Hearing her small gasp, he drew his head back and studied her face, funny, I never realized just how beautiful she is, he thought. Forgetting the match, he leaned down and kissed her.
Hinata kissed him back, also forgetting the match. She felt him release her arms and slide his hand down her side. She wrapped her arms around him and hoped the moment wouldn't ever end.
***
The three jounin under the tree we're all sitting up, their mouths hanging open. Temari looked at Shikamaru and then at Sakura, "Well, I guess that ended in a draw," she hooted.
Shikamaru recovered form his shock and said, "Tsk. This is going to be troublesome, I just know it."
Sakura, for once, was quiet. She had a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach and suddenly felt like her best friend was gone.
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A/N: Just a quick explaination of why Sakura is feeling so weird. I've always gotten along better with guys than girls, and whenever one of them got a girlfriend it was always akward. I mean really, everyone's experienced this, I'm sure. Anyway even though she's encouraging Naruto to hook up with Hinata, she still feels a little jealous.
xoxoxo -Ani