Chapter 17 - chapter 17

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“Come on then.” Sasuke said, grabbing her hand. With that, the four couples exited the lobby and made their ways to the limo.

Sakura snuggled up close to Sasuke when she sat down in the limo. She was so tired she was falling asleep. The events of the night had really worn her out, and even now they replayed in her mind like a movie. She didn’t even try to think of how things could have worked out better, so she just shut her mind off and enjoyed the warmth coming from Sasuke’s body. His arm was around her waist, pulling her as close to him as possible.

Ino looked over at her friend and smiled as she leaned back into Shikamaru’s arm, which was tightly held around her shoulder. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed slightly, so that it was barely audible, and rested her head on his shoulder.

Hinata couldn’t even see her friends who were around her. All she knew was her and Naruto, who was currently whispering sweetly into her ear. She blushed as he did so, enjoying it very much.

TenTen’s head was on Neji’s shoulder, and his arm was draped lightly on hers. She was extremely happy, and thought that the only thing that could make her any happier would be having Neji finally ask her out. But she knew him, and knew that he wasn’t a spontaneous person. He probably had everything mapped out in his head, and he was going step by step or something. She sighed the thought off and went back to being content.

At Hinata’s House

The boys had walked the girls to the door, and had come inside for a few minutes, but were scared off eventually when Hinata’s father came downstairs. Well, everyone except Neji was scared off that is. He stayed a little bit longer, talking with TenTen a little bit away from the other girls. They had all changed into their pajamas by then, Neji leaving the room to allow them to do so.

Ino glanced over at them. “What do you think they’re talking about?” She whispered to Hinata and Sakura.

“Ino, that’s not any of our business.” Hinata said back.

“Oh, come on, Hinata, I know you want to know.” Ino said, rolling her eyes. “What do you think, Sakura?”

“Your guess is as good as mine.” Sakura said.

“He needs to ask her out soon.” Ino said as she popped a Hershey’s kiss into her mouth, savoring the sweet chocolate.

‘I agree with you there.” Sakura said, then she turned to face Ino, with a gleam in her eye. “I know! Let’s help them out a little bit!”

“I don’t like the sound of this…”Hinata said, glancing at her cousin and best friend.

“Oh, come on, Hinata!” Sakura whisper exclaimed, “We helped you and Naruto out and everything turned out fine!”

“She’s right, you know.” Ino said, and Hinata couldn’t deny it.

“Just promise that you aren’t planning anything drastic, ok?” Hinata asked her friends.

“Ok, nothing too drastic. But let’s not have TenTen find out before they’re together. She really would kill us.” Sakura said. “Actually, she might just kill us even when they’re together…”

“Ok, so let’s start planning then.” Ino said. Sakura nodded in agreement, and Hinata just sighed in defeat. At least they wouldn’t do anything too drastic. Then again, drastic to Ino and Sakura was completely different from drastic to Hinata. By the time Neji had left, the girls had a small plan all cooked up for the couple.


“Ok, what are you two planning?” TenTen said as she came over to her friends after Neji had left.

“What are you talking about?” Ino asked with an innocent look on her face.

“Ino, I’ve known you for too long, don’t try to pull something over on me, ok?” TenTen said. She then turned to Sakura. “What is it?”

“We still don’t get what you’re talking about.” Sakura said, making her face look totally clueless.

“That’s bull, but I’m just going to ignore it for now. I’ll figure it out eventually. And no, I’m not going to question Hinata, whatever it is, I’m not quite sure if I actually do want to know.” TenTen said.

“Alright, then let’s change the topic.” Sakura said. “I feel really bad about what happened with Lee, and I want to do something for him. Like maybe get him a date to the movies or something. Do you guys know anyone who might be interested?”

“Well, there are a few girls who kind of like him, but I’m not sure if they’d be good candidates.” TenTen said thoughtfully.

“Why not?” Sakura asked.

“In case you haven’t noticed, Forehead, even though Rock Lee was, and possibly still is, your biggest fan boy, doesn’t mean he didn’t have a few fan girls of his own.” Ino said.

“I know that, Pig!” Sakura snapped at her friend.

“Well, Sor-ry!” Ino snapped back. The tow girls glared at each other and turned their backs to face the other, so they were basically sitting back to back with their arms crossed over their chests.

TenTen and Hinata ignored them and continued pondering the problem.


“What about that girl Susan?” Hinata suggested. “She does seem nice.”

TenTen shook her head. “I’ve seen her hanging around with Sasuke’s fan girls. There’s no way she’d go on a date with Lee, no matter how nice she is.”

“Ok, so she’s a no.” Hinata said softly as she went back to thinking.

“What about that girl Emily?” TenTen asked.

“Way too annoying. Can you imagine her and Lee together?” Sakura asked. She and Ino had rejoined the conversation.

“Ya, they’d be trying to talk over each other, with Lee screaming about youth.” Ino said.

“Ok, so she’s a no, too.” TenTen said.

“This is going to be harder than I thought.” Sakura said with a sigh as she fell back onto her pillow.

“Oh!” Hinata said suddenly.

“What is it?” Sakura asked, rolling over onto her stomach and propping her head up on her elbows.

“Well, I have a cousin who might be interested.” Hinata said.

“Really?” Ino said. “Who?”

“My cousin Akane. She’s Neji’s sister.” Hinata said.

“Neji has a sister?” The other three girls exclaimed, shocked.

“Where has she been all of this time?” TenTen asked her friend.

“She goes to a special boarding school. I think Neji went there for about a year, but he didn’t like it and he left. She’s coming for a visit this weekend.” Hinata explained. “She saw a picture of Lee with the guys once, and said she thought he was cute.”

“I think we have a candidate!” Ino exclaimed.

A/N: Ok, sorry about this chapter. I just finished typing it, and some people have been telling me that the characters aren’t really acting like themselves, so I’m trying to have some slower chapters and get them back into character. I’d like to thank I’d like to thank AnimeAngel87 from FAC for letting me use her OC Akane. You’ll learn more Akane in later chapters. Well, reviews are much appreciated!

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