JGOG132: Hey Howdy do, my readers!
Naruto: He's back with another chappie!
Lifeinabox16: And it's been a long time coming too.
Kiba: I'll say. When I was waiting for the next chappie I got this DVD from Ino-chan about the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.
Shikamaru: What's that?
Naruto: You don't know what Blue Collar Comedy is?!
Neji: I don't.
Sasuke: Me neither.
(Naruto and Kiba hanging with their mouths open in shock)
Naruto: It's only one of the funniest comedies of all time!
Kiba: With the great redneck comedians: Larry The Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy, and Ron White.
Shikamaru: Who?
JGOG132: Ever watched, "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector"?
Neji: No
Lifeinabox16: How about "Delta Farce"?
Sasuke: Nope
Naruto: "The Jeff Foxworthy Show" or "The Bill Engvall Show"?
Shikamaru: Doesn't ring a bell.
Kiba: Aw man, you don't know what you're missing! When I watched the DVD I couldn't stop watching. It was so freakin' funny! LOL! I like Jeff Foxworthy the best.
Naruto: Yeah, man. Awesome stuff! Larry The Cable Guy is my guy!
Kiba: Hey Naruto, (imitates Jeff Foxworthy) If you ever had dinner at the table and the salad bowls had a sign that said "Cool Whip" on the side of them...yoooooou might be a redneck!
Naruto: LOL!
Sasuke: I don't get it.
Naruto: (imitates Jeff) If you ever unloaded the back of your truck by driving in reverse really fast and slamming on the breaks...yoooooooou might be a redneck!
Neji: Huh?
Kiba: Lol! Nice!
Naruto: (imitates Larry The Cable Guy) Git-R-Done!
Kiba: (imitates Larry) Git-R-Done!
Shikamaru: What the hell is this?
Lifeinabox16: I don't know. Must be "Blue Collar Comediatis"
Sasuke: What do you mean?
Naruto: (imitates Jeff) If you're wife has a Jell-O molding shaped like Elvis Presley...yoooooou might be a redneck!
Neji: Oh my kami.
Kiba: (imitates Larry) Git-R-Done!
Shikamaru: Please stop!
Disclaimer: JGOG132: I don't own Naruto or any of it's characters nor do I own any of the red neck jokes that Naruto and Kiba had just said. Enjoy the chappie!
Kiba: (imitates Jeff) If your living room recliner has bullet holes in it...yooooou might be a redneck!
Naruto: (imitates Larry) Git-R-Done!
Sasuke: AAAAAAAHH!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!
Guilt
Back at Naruto's apartment and things hadn't gotten any better. While Naruto was busy taking a shower in his bathroom, Sasuke was using the kitchen sink to wash off the remaining sauce contents from his hair and the other three were sitting on Naruto's loveseat trying to figure out what they were going to do.
"Well, boys there is good news, bad news, and even worse news. Which do you want me to say first?" Kiba asked.
Neji and Shikamaru gave him a glare considering he was stating the obvious and they already knew what was going on. "Geee, I don't know, Kiba. Let's hear the good knews," Neji said in a mocking dumb tone.
Unfortunately, Kiba didn't take the hint and started talking. "Well the bad news is: all the food is ruined," he said as they all looked at the food on the counter. Even though they weren't making any progress preparing the food, the explosion caused by Kiba splashed the sauce from the pot onto the food. Thankfully, Sasuke's duckbutt head blocked the gelatin from recieving any sauce. In order for it to remain from harm, Naruto had it placed on the coffee table before he went into the shower.
"And who's fault is that?" Shikamaru asked as he glared at Kiba.
"Well, excuuuuuuse me for not knowing what a teaspoon was," Kiba said as he rolled his eyes.
"HOW THE HELL COULD YOU NOT KNOW A TEASPOON?!" Naruto shouted from the shower.
"I'm a ninja, not a chef, Le Uzumaki, Kiba responded with a mocking french accent to the "Le Uzumaki". He continued on with the news. "Anyway, the worse news is we got 20 minutes before we pick the girls up."
"YOU FORGOT THE PART WHERE YOU DESTROYED MY WINDOW, YOU MORON!" Naruto yelled in a furious tone from as he turned off the shower.
"Oh, quit your whining, dobe. The souper said he'll fix it tomorrow," Sasuke said as he had finished washing his hair and dried it off with a small handtowel.
"YEAH, AT A FREAKING COST OF A WHOLE HELL LOT OF YEN FROM MY POCKET, ASSHOLE!!!" Naruto shouted again from the bathroom.
"Will you quit yelling? The whole damn complex can hear you," Shikamaru stated, annoyed by Naruto's loud voice.
Kiba nodded in agreement as he put his feet on the coffee table. "Yeah, and besides the good news is the Jell-O is still fine," he said trying to lighten the mood. Strangely his feet felt cold and a bit mushy. He took a look at his feet and his face dropped at what he saw. "Oops, no it's not." Apparently when he put his feet up on the counter, he accidently put them on the Jell-O.
"Way to go, mutt," Neji said sardonically.
Naruto then came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist and saw the sight before him. He didn't know what was worse; the fact that the food he worked hard to prepare was all saucy, the fact that his window was shattered and destroyed, or the fact that Kiba has his feet in the Jell-O. So, to avoid getting an ulcer, Naruto took a deep breath and went into his bedroom to change.
"Ok, now what are we going to do?" Sasuke rhetorically as he sat on the recliner. "It's quite obvious that we won't have time to cook another meal (though a second time might kill one of us) and ordering something will take too long and make the girls suspicious, and making ramen will certainly be the end of us. We're screwed! You hear me?! WE ARE SCREWED!"
"Thank you, Captain Obvious," Kiba said sardonically.
"You're one to talk, Kiba," Shikamaru said with a yawn. "This is all your fault anyway."
"How is this my fault?!" Kiba asked, getting angry.
"You ruined the food," Neji said bluntly.
"Yeah, well, we wouldn't have to make the food if you hadn't suggested it, Neji!" Kiba snapped, accusingly.
"Well, I wouldn't have to suggest it if you morons having dragged me into this mess!" Neji snapped back.
Sasuke stood up and shoved Neji harshly. "Who are you calling a 'moron'!"
Neji shoved back. "I'm calling you a moron, emo-kid!"
Sasuke's Sharingan eyes activated. "Say that again," he growled menacingly.
Neji smirked at Sasuke's attempt to scare him. "Gladly,...emo...kid."
With that last word Sasuke sent a right hook punch to Neji, who quickly ducked and the punch connected with Kiba's jaw. Kiba was now pissed and launched himself at Sasuke, who ducked causing Kiba to crash face first into the wall. Neji activated his Byakugan eyes and launched a Jyuuken attacked towards Sasuke's chest. Sasuke pulled out a kunai and used it to block the attacks while being bitten on the leg by Kiba. Shikamaru was snoozing on the loveseat, ignoring the scene in front of him.
Meanwhile in his bedroom, Naruto was finishing up on putting his kimono on. It was a orange kimono with fox shapes placed in various areas with matching orange sandals to got with it. As he was tying his sash, he took a glance at the top of his bureau, which contained his chibi doll, a picture of him and Hinata, and a white rose in a vase. He sighed as he picked up the chibi doll and looked at it. He recalled Hinata's words when she gave it to him last Christmas.
Flashback voiceover
M-Merry Christmas, N-Naru-kun. I made this chibi doll of you.
Wow, it's a tiny handsome likeness of me. Thanks, Hina-chan.
Promise m-me you'll keep it s-safe. It t-took me a long t-time to make it. It is very precious to me like you.
I promise, Hina-chan. As long as I breathe, I'll make sure that this doll is safe. For as long as I live and breathe.
Are y-you sure?
Hey, remember our nindo? Our ninja way?
Y-yes. "I never go b-back on my w-word, because that's m-my nindo-
"-my Ninja way."
I love you, N-Naruto-kun.
And I love you, Hinata-chan. Merry Christmas.
Flashback voiceover end
Naruto smiled at the memory as he carressed the doll's head gently. Wow, she used up all her free time just to make this little thing for me. He then frowned at how he used it for his amusement. Damn, I could've did something else to get her in that pit. Why did I have to do something so mean as to- He shook his head trying to get out of his guilt. Snap out of it, you wuss! You're teaching her a lesson. She deserves this for treating you like a slave. He sighed again as the guilt returned. But still, what I'm doing to her ain't any better.
He then placed the chibi doll down and looked at the picture of him and Hinata on their first date. They were sitting on top of the Hokage Monument and Hinata was holding a bouquet of roses with the blood rushed to her cheeks. He remembered it well.
It was a week after he came back from his 3-year training with Jiraiya. He was so nervous when he asked her out he could barely say the words "Will you go out with me". She didn't say "yes" right there and then because she fainted, but on the way she carried her to her home she managed to whisper that she would love to go out with him. After he dropped her off and told her where to meet at what time, he was jumping for joy like a moron on the way to his apartment. He got himself cleaned up real nice and bought the rose bouquet from the Yamanaka flower shop (Unfortunately watching the image of seeing Kiba and Ino making out in the back for 5 minutes before they noticed his presence). When he arrived, she looked som beautiful in her kimono, unfortunately he couldn't remember what it looked like. When he gave her the roses, they came with a little card that said, "To show how much I care for you and in hopes of the beginning of a wonderful relationship, I give these to you." She blushed as she thanked him for the roses and kissed him on the cheek. They sat together on the fourth's head as they watched the night lights of the village of Konoha which was the time he took the picture.
The guilt was now building up inside him. Man, I can't believe that she was willing to go out with a jerk like me. Why out of all the more handsome guys of the village, she chose the number one hyperactive knucklehead? He tried his best to shake off the guilt. Come on, stop softening up. Think about you're manhood, rememeber? His head was pounding has his two sides conflicted. He held his head as he was trying to ignore the major headache he was getting. Then at the glance of the white rose, the headache stop hurting. He took it by the stem out of the vase with his left hand, careful to keep his fingers away from the thorns, and gazed at it. He remembered getting the rose like it was yesterday. Hold on a minute, it was yesterday!
Flashback
Later an hour after the meeting with the boys, Naruto was at the hair salon, sitting on a lobby chair looking over the pages of a magazine for the 20th time as he had been waiting there for practically two whole hours for Hinata to get her hair done. Finally a few minutes later, Hinata came out with her hair done, but what Naruto saw really left him confused. IT LOOKED THE SAME!
"Hinata-chan, what have you done to your hair," Naruto asked in a pleasant tone, trying not to lose his cool.
"I know. D-don't you l-like it?" Hinata asked as she turned around to show off her hair. Naruto couldn't tell what the difference was.
"Ummm...yeah...sure. Looks great, Hinata-chan," Naruto complimented her, even though in the back of his mind was ready to explode like a time bomb.
The male hair salonist that worked on Hinata's hair came out from behind her with a proud smile at his latest work. "I know! Doesn't she just look just ravishing?! Now her hair is more shinier than before," he said proudly.
When Naruto heard that, the back of his mind screamed in fury while on the outside he nodded in agreement with the smile still plastered on his face. For two hours, he had been sitting at the lobby chair, reading a stupid magazine, he had spent his hard-earned cash just to get her hair shined.
"It looks wonderful," he said as he and Hinata started to make their leave. However, he was stopped as the salonist out a hand on his shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, but perhaps a small reward for the salonist for his hard earned work is in order. The salonist rubbed the fingers of his free hand together trying to send Naruto a hint of a tip.
Naruto took a look behind him and saw Hinata had left the salon already and was at the flower stand across the street talking having a conversation with the clerk. Naruto glanced back at the salonist with a smile. "Why sure, buddy boy. Be glad to," he said in a pleasant and friendly tone. He then balled his right hand into a fist and sent it straight into the face of the salonist, sending him back to one of the washing sinks. "There's your small reward, buddy boy," Naruto said with a huff as he left the salon. He ran over to Hinata and saw that she had bought a white rose. He had to get her out of there quick before anybody could point him out.
"Come on, Hinata-chan, we have to go," Naruto said quickly as he took a quick glance at the salon, noticing the people inside trying to help out the unconscious salonist.
"B-But why N-Naru-" Hinata tried to ask but was interrupted as Naruto grabbed her by the hand and dragged her to the rooftops in a rush.
A few minutes later, as soon as they were far enough. Naruto stopped and sat on the edge of a rooftop in another part of village, catching his breath, with Hinata next to him.
"Why did w-we have t-to leave in s-such a hurry N-Naru-kun?" Hinata asked with a questioning look.
"No reason," Naruto lied. He was so tired and annoyed at the boredom he was put through.
"Umm..Naru-kun," Hinata said to get his attention.
"Yes, Hina-chan," Naruto said as he turned to look at her.
"I'm s-sorry I m-made you wait s-so long," Hinata said with an apologetic look.
"It's alr-" Naruto tried to assure her but she interrupted him.
"No, it's not alright, Naruto-kun. I made you accompany me to the hair salon, pay for my hair to get done, and use up two hours of your time that you could've used to do better things. I was so selfish," Hinata said as she looked down with a sad face. "I only wanted to look my best for you."
"Hinata-chan-"
"Please, let me finish Naru-kun. I should be more considerate on your time and not be so put so much importance on my needs. And you willingly give up your time to spend it with me. So, to show you how sorry I am, I bought you this rose," she said as she handed him the white rose.
Naruto gently took the rose from her hands and caressed the petals. He then looked at her in the eyes and pulled her into a loving embrace. He whispered into her ear, "Thank you, Hinata-chan. But you won't need to worry about me using up my time. As far as I'm concerned, the time I used for you was put to good use." He then pulled away from the embrace and kissed her softly on the lips.
End Flashback
Naruto stood up from his bed with a determined look on his face. The hell with my lack of control. If anything, I deserved to be controlled by no one but Hinata-chan. I gotta tell the guys to call the whole thing off. At the thought of the boys, he noticed something. It was quiet from the livingroom. Naruto rushed out of the bedroom and into the living and found it empty. The boys were gone. He saw a note next to the ruined bowl of Jell-O and read it:
Dear Naruto,
Shikamaru had taken care of the food plan so we gone ahead to carry it out. We guarantee it won't be a dissapointment. Meet us at the Hokage Monument. Don't worry, we'll bring Hinata a long with us so you don't have to walk all the way to her house. Hope the plan is a success. See ya soon!
Kiba
Naruto dropped the letter and rushed out of the apartment towards the monument. I have to stop them. This was a huge mistake to begin with and I went along with it. I hope I can get there in time.
JGOG132: Well, that finishes that chapter. I hope you liked it.
Lifeinabox16: Man, don't ya just hate cliffhangers?
Naruto: Yeah, it was getting good.
Kiba: Naruto better not rat us out!
Sasuke: Yeah, we're in this too deep.
Hinata: Th-that's for the author t-to decide. At l-least Naruto-kun has the courage to f-face up to what he's done.
Neji: What a pussy.
Shikamaru: (Asleep) ZZZZZZZZ
JGOG132: Ha! Like it's going to be that simple!
Lifeinabox16: What do ya mean?
JGOG132: Shhhh I won't ruin it for the readers.
Naruto: Please R&R, guys. And keep a look out for the next chappie.
Shikamaru: (in his sleep) ZZZZZZ Git R' Done! ZZZZZZ