Chapter 7: Defences

A/N: \ToT/ I'm sorry my readers, I have failed you! How long has it been? . Here's the next chapter, I hope it's satisfying.

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Naruto and Itachi were leaning against a tree, waiting for Ino to arrive. Today they were going to travel around Konoha to see if there's anybody that they liked. Unknown to Ino, the two already chose who they wanted.

"Hey guys!" The blonde called out, approaching them with Tenten and Hinata.

Naruto saw Tenten's eyes grow wide, but died a bit with concern. He frowned, but shook it off so he wouldn't kill Ino's mood.

"Hinata..." Itachi muttered, staring at her with intense eyes. It wasn't like it was abnormal, Itachi always had that sort of air around him. She looked at him with a blush and glistening eyes.

"H-Hello Itachi-san..." She muttered, Tenten elbowed her since the response was nearly inaudible.

"Well you two, today we'll be touring the streets of Konoha!" Tenten announced happily. Realizing what she said, she put a finger under her chin and her face pondered on what they were going to do, "I feel like I'm talking about other females as if they were items..."

"You're just thinking too hard," Itachi retorted simply, his face remaining the same.

Naruto looked around the girls, "Where's Sakura?" naruto asked, continueing to look.

"She's on a mission with Shizune-san's team," Ino replied, thinking why Naruto cares. She's the one that's helping him, not Sakura.

"I see," Naruto muttered, averting his eyes to the side.

As another breeze passed through them, Hinata began to shiver.

"You're cold, even though you're weaaring that sweater?" Tenten asked, giving a concerned look to the young Hyuuga. Hinata simply nodded, shivering from the cold. Ino eyed the two boys, naruto looking out into the distance, Itachi staring at hinata. It was as if he didn't know exactly what to do.

"Here," he said with a nearly whispered tone, taking off his own sweater, placing it over the Hyuuga's arms, "I don't mind the cold at all."

"How gentleman like!" Tenten said with a wide smile, "I wish Neji were more like that..."

"You two aren't even together," Ino mumbled, but unfortunately tenten heard.

""We could be!" she yelled, blushing as she crossed her petite arms under her chest.

"Are we going or what?" naruto asked, placing his attention back onto the others. Another breeze passed, his hair ruffling in his face making him look a little dangerous. No murderous intent was there so it was all good. Afterall, why would he have such a taste for blood at all?

"Be patient Naruto-kun," Ino answered with a huff, "gawd, angry because your precious Sakura-chan isn't here?" She didn't notice her tone, but Tenten and Hinata did.

"Please, my crush on her died along with my old self," Naruto retorted with a smirk.

Ino rolled her blue eyes, crossing her arms as she approached the other blonde, "You think you changed? You're still as childish as before."

"Shut up," Naruto mumbled.

"See?" Ino replied with her tongue sticking out. Waiting for a reply, she frowned when she didn't get one. Naruto was rubbing his temple with a troubled look on his face. Her frown remained as her face went from annoyed to concerned. "Naruto-kun, what's wrong?"

"Nothing," Naruto replied blinking quickly five times, "Well...Let's go."

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As Naruto, Tenten, Hinata, and Itachi were saving a table for the five, Ino was getting them their lunch. She ordered them all the same thing, a ramen combo; all from Naruto's favourite ramen spot. As she awaited for their ramen, she felt a familiar presence so she turned back to see everyone in their proper spots, chatting away. Shaking her head, she went back to waiting.

"You scared?" someone asked.

Ino flinched in her spot, then turned her head to the direction of the deep voice. Facing her was none other than Itachi. She rose her eyebrow then checked on the table only to see that they were in the same spot. But something was wrong, they were frozen.

She frowned before facing itachi again, "Um, Itachi-kun, what just happened?"

"This is a simple genjutsu Ino," Itachi replied, "I wanted to talk to you in private."

"I-I see..." Ino muttered in response. She looked to the front to see the old man preparing the ramen, stuck into one position. She felt that it was a genjutsu.

"Anyways, I saw no progress between you and Naruto. The bickering I guess is a start in communication, but don't be so hard on him. Remember, you're trying to get him to open up," Itachi said, making sure that Ino listened to every bit of it.

She sighed before letting out a weak laugh, "Here I am, trying to hook you and Naruto up with someone, and yet, I'm the one accepting advice from you."

"Hmph, just because I seem like a loner, doesn't mean that i don't understand people who are like me," Itachi replied with a sort of angered tone, "Don't you underestimate me girl."

"Of course," Ino replied with a smile, "Well...To answer your first question, I guess I am scared. But can you blame me? I've never become friends with someone like him."

"It's rare to find friends like that," Itachi said, "As in, people like that who are even willing to call someone like you a friend."

"What, are you saying that I'm not his type of person? That i should act more like him? Oh itachi, i see what you mean...Okay, thanks so much!"

Itachi nearly panicked, that wasn't what he was getting to. But before he even got the chance to, she vanished after using the proper seal.

"Damn that girl..." he muttered, disappearing as well.

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Five minutes later, the five were eating their ramen while having a heated discussion. Well at least the girls were. Itachi was finishing up his ramen quietly, Naruto having finished his a few seconds earlier.

"What about Koyuki?" Tenten yelled, "I was friends with her when we went on a mission together...She's decent I guess."

"No I say we try Tsuki first!" Ino retorted with her hand slamming onto the table.

Hinata shook her head, "N-No I think that Chie-san would be good..."

Naruto stared as the girls argued, "These girls are so noisy," Naruto mumbled only loud enough so Itachi can hear. The older boy nodded at him.

"Watch this," Itachi mumbled back. Naruto rose his eyebrow, but sat back, curious as to what would happen next.

As the three continued to argue, Itachi pulled down Hinata and whispered something into her ear. Naruto saw something that was shaped like a smile, and a blush crept onto Hinata's face. Naruto tried to think of what he was doing, seeing the two exchange words, hinata's blushing intensifying, he found out exactly what he was doing.

RING RING

"Oh, hey, it's Neji!" tenten yelled in excitement picking up her phone, "Hey Neji! Oh...Yeah... Mhm... What? ... Really?! ... Of course!... Okay... Tomorrow? ... Okay, see you then!"

Ino and hinata watched as Tenten's face lit up with excitement. knowing Tenten, the call from Neji meant only one thing.

"A date!!! he asked me out!!!" She yelled in excitement, fanning herself. Ino smiled and Hinata did the same.

"I-I was asked out," hinata mumbled, trying to conceal her own blush.

Ino and Tenten's eyes widened immediately, "No one called you...Why didn't you tell us earlier?!" The two girls cried out in unison.

Hinata averted her eyes to look at Itachi, he urged her to go on. "I...I just got asked out...By Itachi-kun..."

"WHAT?!" Tenten yelled. ino looked very happy for her friend, Tenten was a little worried, "Neji isn't very happy about Itachi, you know that Hinata!"

Hinata shook her head firmly, "I know...But...Like you two said before...I should be more like my age. Besides, Itachi-kun is nice to me..."

"Well congrats Hinata! Got yourself an Uchiha!!! I can just see your babies now!" Ino exclaimed, she and Tenten continued talking about the two's future as Hinata fainted into Itachi's arms.

"Wait..." Ino muttered in the midst of her excitement. She just remember that if Tenten, Itachi and Hinata were busy, then she would be alone with Naruto. It was the perfect opportunity, and she just had to make sure that it wouldn't be just filled with arguements.

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The clock in his room was all that could be heard. That was, to anyone who simply entered the room. Naruto had his eyes closed, listening to the mp3 player that he bought that day. Shifting his weight, he made a slight squeaking noise. It was loud enough that Itachi could hear it.

"Can't sleep kid?" He asked from his room.

In itachi's room, the window was open and he was sitting with his pajama shorts and no shirt, refreshded from his recent bath, "Today wasn't very interesting so I could see why you aren't tired.

Naruto opened his eyes, and pasued his mp3. he sat up to lean against the wall, "I simply can't sleep."

Itachi turned to face his window, trying to feel how naruto was feeling, "You nervous about tomorrow?"

Naruto scratched the back of his neck as he let out a soft yawn, "Kind of...I mean, what if I go berserk in front of Ino...What if she ends up hating who i am." He bit his bottom lip, and felt his fangs grow as they dug themselves into his bottom lip causing it to bleed.

Itachi shook his head, "Just be yourself. If you can't, then finish this war of yours and stop causing trouble for her."

"This isn't the kind of war that could be recolved in a day man," Naruto retorted with a hoarse voice. He took his sleeve and bit hard into it, suppressing his growing anger; it was the result of his panicking.

"Then tell her what's going on with you...She could help," Itachi replied, "I'm sure she's worried about you, although I can't see why she would waste her time on someone like you. You're not even complete yet are you?"

"Shut up..." Naruto muttered back, not being able to think of anything else to say. He hid his face into his knees as the two stopped their talking.

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A/N: xD Sorry for the wait. Hope you liked it. And I hope it was at a reasonable length.