His Crush

At the friends' house. Kakashi and Shizusuki are looking for something with Sadosuke's scent. Kakashi picks up a brush with her hair on it. "Will this work?"

Shizusuki looks over, "Yeah, that'll do."

Kakashi bites his thumb and does his hand signs and yells out "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" His team of dogs, with the exclusion of Pakkun appears. He holds the brush out for them to sniff and sends them off. "Now we wait."

"Kakashi-sensei, how long will this take?" Asks Shizusuki.

"Don't know, we'll have to wait and see," then Kakashi adds in a quiet almost whisper-like voice, "I hope she's ok."

Not missing a beat, Shizusuki hears it, "What do you mean, Kakashi-sensei?"

"Uhhh, nothing! Gotta go! The next edition of Icha Icha Tactics has just came out. Bye!" Kakashi disappears.

"Dammit!" Shizusuki was left standing there alone, then his stomach growled. He had just remembered he hasn't eaten in days. "Maybe I'll go to Ichiraku's." At Ichiraku's, Shizusuki was waiting on his ramen when Lee came by yelling out "Dosuke-san!"

"Oi, Lee-kun!"

"Oh hi Shizusuki-kun, have you seen Dosuke-san around? She was supposed to come training with me."

"Umm, Lee-kun, Sadosuke-chan has been gone for years now."

"Nooooo, Dosuke-san!!" Lee starts sobbing.

"Umm Lee-kun?" Shizusuki sweat dops.

"Come back to me!!! Dosuke-san!!!"

"Maybe I should go find Gai-sensei" Shizusuki leaves Lee crying out to find Gai. He starts at the training field and notices Tenten with her weapon training. "Oi! Tenten-chan!"

"Oi, Shizusuki!"

"Do you happen to know where Gai-sensei is?"

"He's doing 500 laps around Konoha on his hands again, baka!"

"Arigatou Tenten-chan!" Shizusuki leaves to find Gai walking on his hands. "Gai-sensei!"

"Hm, Shizusuki? Ah, Shizusuki! You nust be here for some strict training!"

"What?"

"Come join me in my laps, I'll start over just for you."

"Um, no thank you that's ok," His eye twiches, "I'll be going now." He runs off. He stops at the training grounds again, out of breath. He looks up and sees Hinata. "Ah, Hinata-chan." She's alone, I hope I look ok. Good thing my hair is out of my face. Shizusuki's thoughts were frantic because this was the girl he liked beyond nearly anything else. He approached her and announced his presence, "H..hello Hinata-chan." Hinata, clearly startled falls over, but is caught by Shizusuki. "Hinata-chan you should be more careful." She's so pretty.

"A...arigatou, Sh...shizu...suki-kun." Hinata, red as Naruto's kyuubi chakra, gets out of his arms. "Umm....umm, we..were you pl...planning on training too?"

"Hmmm, no I was just running from Gai-sensei and his crazy training." Hinata giggles. "What was that that my ears have heard? Hinata you have an adorable giggle." Shizusuki smiles at her, and she gets darker red.

"Tha...thank you."

"Were you training?"

"H...hai, I wa...want to be..become stronger...."

"You're aleady one of the strongest people I know."

"Wind blows her hair across her face while she looks down and to the right. "N..no I'm only a b..burden to everyone."

"That's not true! Everytime I'm around you I sense a great power and I'm sure everyone else does too, so it drives to make them work hard as well."

"Th..thank you Shi...shizusuki-kun, I.. ha...have to go."

"Yes."

Hinata starts to walk away,but stops and turns around. She walks up to Shizusuki and kisses him on the cheek, then hurries on her way. Shizusuki stands there and blushes. He puts his hand on his cheek and says, "Hinata-chan." Then came a low growl. Shizusuki noticed he still hasn't easten yet. He gets to Ichiraku's as fast as he could to find his bowl there waiting on him. He sits down and notices Lee on the ground still sobbing. He sweatdrops, I can't believe I forgot! "Oi, Lee-kun, Gai-sensei said he was looking for you." At the mention of his sensei's name Lee-kun shot up like a rocket, nearly scaring Shizusuki.