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Telling Ino my secrets was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I included in that list facing the lab, suffering a spot of torture, and all the loneliness living in this world. I was exhausted but also happy. I don't think she fully believed in my story, but I was glad she didn't think I was crazy and that she hadn't decided she didn't want to talk with me anymore.
At least I didn't need to worry about her pulling away. She'd been very touchy the whole evening.
I walked the blonde toward her house. It wasn't that far from the restaurant-slash-bar-slash-hideout I took her to. She'd been quiet like she was mulling something over. I left her to her thoughts. I had a lot on my mind as well.
We stopped in front of her house. Ino looked at the closed store, then at me. She nodded, like she had just decided something.
"There's one thing I still don't understand, Hinata-chan." Her voice was low. There was a hint of secrecy in it, mischief.
I looked around; no one was near, but I could feel the chakra bundles from a few houses down the street and Ino's parents inside her home. Was this the best place to talk secrets?
"Why did you kiss me?"
The question hit me like an exploding kunai. I had been expecting something related to the story I told and the grim future ahead of us, not… this.
I floundered a bit, mouth opening and closing. I didn't know what to say. Could I tell her it was because she was a fictional character in that other world and I always liked her the best? That would just make things worse. I already didn't know if I liked Ino or was just obsessed with her in some demented idol worship taken to eleven. What should I do?
Ino didn't seem to be waiting for a response. She stepped closer, pecked me on the lips. It lasted a fraction of a second.
It felt like an explosion had detonated inside my brain. My whole body shuddered, and my toes tingled. I felt like I had just baked the best cupcake ever, exploded up an entire mountain.
Then, she turned around and ran toward her house. She stopped there, turned toward me.
"It feels better without all that blood," she said, stuck her tongue at me, then disappeared inside the house.
I stood there, frozen, brain OS having suffered a critical failure and trying its best to reboot.
Five minutes later, the door banged open, and Ino peeked outside. "Go home, Hinata!" She ordered before the door closed again.
Like the good ninja I was, I obeyed, though I might have taken a few detours, including hitting a wall, getting stuck on a rooftop, and nearly falling off it. You know, typical ninja stuff.
It must've been the whole brain OS freeze thing. The navigation app wasn't working properly.
A few other near misses later, I was in front of my apartment. Karin opened the door before I reached it. The new normal. I schooled my face. My ears weren't burning, and I wasn't sporting a silly grin. No, sir, not at all.
I was a mask of unfeelingness. No emoting from me. I was a bad-ass cold killer. Not an easily flustered teen.
Karin stepped out of the way. Her face was calm, indifferent. Had something happened? I crossed into the apartment. She closed the door behind me. I hadn't taken more than two steps when hands grabbed me from behind. Arms crossing over my shoulder and around my neck, pinning me in place.
Then her ticklish breath on my already burning ears.
"Who was it?" She asked, sultry and sexy. "That pretty boy Sasuke? Or my blonde disaster of a cousin Naruto?"
I squeaked, tried to move away, but her grip was strong. Her hands around my neck didn't let me go.
"You can't escape me," she said, gripping me tighter. "Fess up!"
I tried to pry her hands open to no avail.
"Wait, it wasn't that Kakashi was it?!"
Ultimately, I couldn't escape and had no choice but to admit my sins.
"So, you went on a date with this Ino?" Karin asked.
We were on the bed, a blanket fort around us. I managed to get a bath and get out of my ninja outfit and into comfortable clothes. Karin had guarded the door like a hawk. Now, she had that impish grin, like she had caught me with the hand in the explosive's tag crate.
"Not a date," I scowled. "Ino went with me to meet my ex-family, and we had dinner afterward."
"So you went on a date with this Ino," Karin repeated. I scowled harder.
She teased me a bit more before the conversation turned serious.
"How did the meeting with the," she made quotation marks, something she picked up from me, I think, "ex-family go?"
"It was a mess," I admitted. "I hate politics."
I recounted the events, including the fights with Hanabi and Neji, the almost disaster with Hiashi, and Mom's intervention.
"I still don't know what's up with Hizashi, though."
Karin tilted her head. "Why is that?"
"Neji is his son, not Hiashi's. He should have been mad at me for almost killing him, but the two times I met him, he was a decent enough guy. It makes no sense."
Karin shrugged. "Maybe he's just a decent guy."
I thought back on what I knew. Hizashi had died early on in the story, a sacrifice to save the village and his brother. What Karin said made some sense. I just had a hard time trusting it.
"I'll start teaching you seals tomorrow," I said to change the topic. I was tired from all the heavy talk all day long.
Karin smiled. "Okay."
We talked more about her day and how she was settling in the village.
"It's strange," she confessed. "When people learn I'm a Uzumaki, I get strange glances, half full of fondness. Other times, it's like they expect me to start behaving like I'm crazy."
I giggled. Well, that made sense.
"What's it?"
"Remember who else shares the same name?"
"Naruto?" She asked.
"He used to prank the whole village all the time. Once, he even painted graffiti on the Kage's monuments up in the mountains."
Karin let out an adorable gasp. "He didn't!"
"He did!"
I learned that Karin had made fast friends with Sakura. She often left to hang out with the pink kunoichi and visit Rock Lee at the hospital. I pretended I didn't see the pink dusting on her cheeks talking about both.
Oh, dear Karin. I wish you the best of luck.
I waited until Karin had stopped daydreaming to ask her another question. "Say, I'll meet with Ino and another friend tomorrow evening. Do you want to come with? We could also invite Sakura-chan and make it a girl's night."
Karin's eyes got wider the more I spoke. She nodded, her head bobbing up and down very fast.
"Yes! I'll invite Sakura-chan."
"I don't know yet where, but meet me here for lunch tomorrow? I'll have decided by then."
Not long after, tired from the whole stressful day, I slept. Karin grabbing, kicking, and pulling my hair didn't bother me much this time.
I woke up early, as usual. Disentangled myself from Karin, took care of my morning ablutions. The sun hadn't risen yet, which was fine. I prepared my supplies for the day, left Hanabi's unused gift in the drawer. I might still have the chance to give it to her.
A half-hour of light cooking and meal preparation later, I was ready. I left Karin's food on the kitchen table and packaged breakfast for Naruto. Then I walked into my bedroom again.
Karin was still asleep, torturing my pillow.
My hands flashed. Out popped a clone. I looked at Teacher-chan; she looked back at me. Grinned.
I cleared my throat. "Karin, wake up."
The redhead rolled on the bed, pulled the pillow over her head.
"If you don't, I won't teach you anything." I said loudly.
Karin groaned, sat up, still bleary-eyed. She looked at me, then at the clone by my side. Her eyes widened.
My clone, Teacher-chan, made a few hand seals. She created with mokuton a wood ruler on the palm of her hand. Once it was finished she grasped it, slapped the palm of her other hand with it.
I didn't need to look at my clone's face to know she was grinning wide. I was, too.
"Bad girls that don't wake up for class get punished," Teacher-chan said, using our husky sexy voice. She slapped the ruler on the palm of her hand again.
Karin whimpered. Her eyes were frantic. She looked at me.
"Please, Hinata-chan," she pleaded.
I turned on my heels, walked to the door. I stopped there before leaving, looked over my shoulder.
"Have fun learning," I said sweetly, then walked away.
"Hinata-chan, don't leave me alone with her," Karin pleaded again.
Karin's distress was music to my ears. That would teach the little devil the consequences of teasing me. Now, it was time to take care of my business. Deliver Naruto's breakfast, then meet with Ino for morning training.
A goofy grin spread on my face. I couldn't help it. Best Girl Ino kissed me!
At least I didn't need to worry about her pulling away. She'd been very touchy the whole evening.
I walked the blonde toward her house. It wasn't that far from the restaurant-slash-bar-slash-hideout I took her to. She'd been quiet like she was mulling something over. I left her to her thoughts. I had a lot on my mind as well.
We stopped in front of her house. Ino looked at the closed store, then at me. She nodded, like she had just decided something.
"There's one thing I still don't understand, Hinata-chan." Her voice was low. There was a hint of secrecy in it, mischief.
I looked around; no one was near, but I could feel the chakra bundles from a few houses down the street and Ino's parents inside her home. Was this the best place to talk secrets?
"Why did you kiss me?"
The question hit me like an exploding kunai. I had been expecting something related to the story I told and the grim future ahead of us, not… this.
I floundered a bit, mouth opening and closing. I didn't know what to say. Could I tell her it was because she was a fictional character in that other world and I always liked her the best? That would just make things worse. I already didn't know if I liked Ino or was just obsessed with her in some demented idol worship taken to eleven. What should I do?
Ino didn't seem to be waiting for a response. She stepped closer, pecked me on the lips. It lasted a fraction of a second.
It felt like an explosion had detonated inside my brain. My whole body shuddered, and my toes tingled. I felt like I had just baked the best cupcake ever, exploded up an entire mountain.
Then, she turned around and ran toward her house. She stopped there, turned toward me.
"It feels better without all that blood," she said, stuck her tongue at me, then disappeared inside the house.
I stood there, frozen, brain OS having suffered a critical failure and trying its best to reboot.
Five minutes later, the door banged open, and Ino peeked outside. "Go home, Hinata!" She ordered before the door closed again.
Like the good ninja I was, I obeyed, though I might have taken a few detours, including hitting a wall, getting stuck on a rooftop, and nearly falling off it. You know, typical ninja stuff.
It must've been the whole brain OS freeze thing. The navigation app wasn't working properly.
A few other near misses later, I was in front of my apartment. Karin opened the door before I reached it. The new normal. I schooled my face. My ears weren't burning, and I wasn't sporting a silly grin. No, sir, not at all.
I was a mask of unfeelingness. No emoting from me. I was a bad-ass cold killer. Not an easily flustered teen.
Karin stepped out of the way. Her face was calm, indifferent. Had something happened? I crossed into the apartment. She closed the door behind me. I hadn't taken more than two steps when hands grabbed me from behind. Arms crossing over my shoulder and around my neck, pinning me in place.
Then her ticklish breath on my already burning ears.
"Who was it?" She asked, sultry and sexy. "That pretty boy Sasuke? Or my blonde disaster of a cousin Naruto?"
I squeaked, tried to move away, but her grip was strong. Her hands around my neck didn't let me go.
"You can't escape me," she said, gripping me tighter. "Fess up!"
I tried to pry her hands open to no avail.
"Wait, it wasn't that Kakashi was it?!"
Ultimately, I couldn't escape and had no choice but to admit my sins.
"So, you went on a date with this Ino?" Karin asked.
We were on the bed, a blanket fort around us. I managed to get a bath and get out of my ninja outfit and into comfortable clothes. Karin had guarded the door like a hawk. Now, she had that impish grin, like she had caught me with the hand in the explosive's tag crate.
"Not a date," I scowled. "Ino went with me to meet my ex-family, and we had dinner afterward."
"So you went on a date with this Ino," Karin repeated. I scowled harder.
She teased me a bit more before the conversation turned serious.
"How did the meeting with the," she made quotation marks, something she picked up from me, I think, "ex-family go?"
"It was a mess," I admitted. "I hate politics."
I recounted the events, including the fights with Hanabi and Neji, the almost disaster with Hiashi, and Mom's intervention.
"I still don't know what's up with Hizashi, though."
Karin tilted her head. "Why is that?"
"Neji is his son, not Hiashi's. He should have been mad at me for almost killing him, but the two times I met him, he was a decent enough guy. It makes no sense."
Karin shrugged. "Maybe he's just a decent guy."
I thought back on what I knew. Hizashi had died early on in the story, a sacrifice to save the village and his brother. What Karin said made some sense. I just had a hard time trusting it.
"I'll start teaching you seals tomorrow," I said to change the topic. I was tired from all the heavy talk all day long.
Karin smiled. "Okay."
We talked more about her day and how she was settling in the village.
"It's strange," she confessed. "When people learn I'm a Uzumaki, I get strange glances, half full of fondness. Other times, it's like they expect me to start behaving like I'm crazy."
I giggled. Well, that made sense.
"What's it?"
"Remember who else shares the same name?"
"Naruto?" She asked.
"He used to prank the whole village all the time. Once, he even painted graffiti on the Kage's monuments up in the mountains."
Karin let out an adorable gasp. "He didn't!"
"He did!"
I learned that Karin had made fast friends with Sakura. She often left to hang out with the pink kunoichi and visit Rock Lee at the hospital. I pretended I didn't see the pink dusting on her cheeks talking about both.
Oh, dear Karin. I wish you the best of luck.
I waited until Karin had stopped daydreaming to ask her another question. "Say, I'll meet with Ino and another friend tomorrow evening. Do you want to come with? We could also invite Sakura-chan and make it a girl's night."
Karin's eyes got wider the more I spoke. She nodded, her head bobbing up and down very fast.
"Yes! I'll invite Sakura-chan."
"I don't know yet where, but meet me here for lunch tomorrow? I'll have decided by then."
Not long after, tired from the whole stressful day, I slept. Karin grabbing, kicking, and pulling my hair didn't bother me much this time.
I woke up early, as usual. Disentangled myself from Karin, took care of my morning ablutions. The sun hadn't risen yet, which was fine. I prepared my supplies for the day, left Hanabi's unused gift in the drawer. I might still have the chance to give it to her.
A half-hour of light cooking and meal preparation later, I was ready. I left Karin's food on the kitchen table and packaged breakfast for Naruto. Then I walked into my bedroom again.
Karin was still asleep, torturing my pillow.
My hands flashed. Out popped a clone. I looked at Teacher-chan; she looked back at me. Grinned.
I cleared my throat. "Karin, wake up."
The redhead rolled on the bed, pulled the pillow over her head.
"If you don't, I won't teach you anything." I said loudly.
Karin groaned, sat up, still bleary-eyed. She looked at me, then at the clone by my side. Her eyes widened.
My clone, Teacher-chan, made a few hand seals. She created with mokuton a wood ruler on the palm of her hand. Once it was finished she grasped it, slapped the palm of her other hand with it.
I didn't need to look at my clone's face to know she was grinning wide. I was, too.
"Bad girls that don't wake up for class get punished," Teacher-chan said, using our husky sexy voice. She slapped the ruler on the palm of her hand again.
Karin whimpered. Her eyes were frantic. She looked at me.
"Please, Hinata-chan," she pleaded.
I turned on my heels, walked to the door. I stopped there before leaving, looked over my shoulder.
"Have fun learning," I said sweetly, then walked away.
"Hinata-chan, don't leave me alone with her," Karin pleaded again.
Karin's distress was music to my ears. That would teach the little devil the consequences of teasing me. Now, it was time to take care of my business. Deliver Naruto's breakfast, then meet with Ino for morning training.
A goofy grin spread on my face. I couldn't help it. Best Girl Ino kissed me!
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