"How can I tell you?"
A HinaNaru (also a SasuSaku, ShikaIno) pairing!
Author's notes: After more than 4 months of writing... the ending is finally here! The Final chapter to How can I tell you! Made the Summary more Interesting, just in case. Looks like I haven't got any flames yet... that's great! thanks for everyone who regularly reviewed and waited for the Chapters to arrive. Now the Wait is finally over and we'll now know if the future indeed has changed... now ONTO THE LAST CHAPTER OF HOW CAN I TELL YOU!
Disclaimer : Of course, the Naruto series is not mine... if it was... Hinata would appear more frequently and they'd get engaged in the series (you gotta love both of em) well... Naruto, Hinata-san, Ino, Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Kakashi and some other minor/major characters are NOT mine I tell you!!! (but I wish they were... TT)
How can I tell you? - Chapter 23
Onto the distant future.
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On the last chapter where we were cut off.... by a cliffhanger... :
Ino's heart suddenly stopped, she closed her eyes and shikamaru couldn't believe she was gone.
"I-Ino...No...."
A small red sphere that had flames flowing from within it came out of Ino's Forehead and started hovering towards orochimaru. Shikamaru tried his best to bring it back by catching it... but he wasn't able to. Orochimaru laughed evilly as his hand reached for it.
"hahaha! Now that I have the maidens... I will be Immortal!"
Meanwhile, Shikamaru was Holding tight to Ino's cold body, Hugging it tight. He let it go and laid her on the grassy ground, kissing her forehead and then looking at her beautiful face one last time before what he thinks would be the last battle of his life.
"not... While Im still alive...."
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"what are you going to do then eh shadow boy?"
Shikamaru gave a silent grin and Performed Kage Mane no Jutsu on Orochimaru, but it missed (so it seems)
"You missed.. what are yo-"
Gaara laughed as he lowered his sand.
"Look behind you..."
"What!? How can he?"
Orochimaru realized that the Shikamaru that he was looking at was just an illusion, the real one was behind him, already stuck his shadow into His.
"NOW GAARA! KILL THE DAMNED CLONE!"
Gaara smirked and ordered the Sand at once to kill it. And so He did so, making the clone disappear.
Shikamaru ran towards Ino's Body and smiled while a tear fell from his eyes. Feeling how indeed cold Ino's Body was, she was dead... but Deep Inside Shikamaru, he knew that she was still alive and listening to him.
"Ino... I did it... I beat that Orochimaru clone for you...." he said as he removed the hair that covered her face.
"huh...? what's this?" He asked to himself as saw the Fire Maiden's life jewel rolled on the floor nearby Shikamaru. He picked it up and looked at it carefully.
"Ino's Life jewel... "
The jewel was flowing with the power of fire... if used with the other Maiden's life jewels it could make Immortality possible... but alone...It Grants courage.
"Naruto... I gotta give this to him..."
'this is troublesome but I've must do it for Ino!' he thought before he started running as fast as he could to Naruto.
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Naruto was having a hard time Battling with Orochimaru and his clones. Naruto's Own clones had disappeared, and even if Naruto had already used the Chakra of The Kyuubi inside of him... The original Orochimaru smirked at seeking Naruto weaken and he called off the clones. Naruto was Panting from frustration and anger as he saw Orochimaru (or as we know, Tenma) come closer to him, with only a cut from a kunai to hit him from an hour of non-stop fighting.
"I see you have only achieved on cutting me on the arm... I see you have an enormous amount of Chakra... but as long as I have the Jewels... I will stay alive without pain or suffering...!"
'h-he's so strong... how can I beat him? how...?!' Naruto thought as he stood up, holding his arm that had taken quite a serious blow. It was quite painful to Naruto, Even if the healing power of the Kyuubi helped ease the pain by healing it bit by bit (that's how serious it was).
"I.. I... Will beat you no matter what!!"
-(set of flashbacks)-
I have friends to look after...!
Flashes of the gennin 9 when they were still gennin (on the actual series)
I have a village to protect!
Flashes of his Memories of Konoha and the 3rd hokage and the Jounin sensei's.
and lastly....
A smiling Hinata appears on Naruto's Mind...
I have to protect the one I had TRUELY LOVED!
-(end of flashbacks)-
"Do you think you need this Love to live?!"
"Yes I do! and I swear it to the pain of my arm!"
"then lets ADD that Pain shall we!?!" orochimaru said as he lunged towards Naruto, To Naruto's Point of view... it was in slow motion, almost telling him that this was it.
"not if I could help it!"
"Shikamaru!"
"Naruto Catch!" Shikamaru said as he threw the Fire maiden's life jewel to Naruto. Naruto caught it and saw in it why he was going on, living for so long...
"I've been looking for someone who would acknowledge me ever since I could remember... and now not only have I discovered she acknowledged me... She was there... Loving me.. No matter how clueless I was to not notice her! I want to return the Favor to her!"
"Hmph... Give me the Jewel..."
"Never!" Naruto shouted out, then at that moment, The Jewel Reacted to his Courage and restored his Chakra by full and healed his wounds completely. Naruto looked at the Jewel and saw it glowing with an eerie red light coming from it, radiating power that slowly came to trickle upon his veins.
"Give me the Jewel Naruto.. ! Im Warning you!"
"I just told you I WONT!" Naruto said as he made the Seals for his most powerful attack.... Rasengan.
A ball of Chakra formed on Naruto's Palms and started to grow in size. Orochimaru stepped back, Scared of the Plentiful Chakra Naruto was putting into one move.
"You're going to waste your Chakra... you're never going to beat me...!"
Shikamaru snickered and Used Kage mane on him secretly, Orochimaru discovered this just when It had already taken place on him.
"No! This... CAN'T BE!"
"Just shut up... You're going to die anyway... feh... how troublesome"
"no Matter how strong you may be orochimaru... We wont lose to you!" Naruto said as he threw the Rasengan onto him, Shikamaru took off the Kage mane no jutsu and jumped to safety just in time or else he might not get to live.
The Body of Orochimaru was disintegrated but he was able to release his soul once again onto the world, ready to take on another host to get revenge once again... but of course that would take on so much time before it happens.
"Naruto-kun!" Somebody shouted out from a distance, it was Hinata with the others.
Naruto smiled happily as he saw the one he loved run towards him and leapt into his arms.
"Naruto-kun..."
"Hinata-chan..."
Sakura smiled at Thanks, The evil Chakra of orochimaru had disappeared, and surely Peace was awaiting for the Shinobi of Konoha...
"Sasuke-kun... everything is okay now... Naruto did it... he had beaten Orochimaru..."
Sasuke smiled. Oh well, so what if the dobe became hokage?
"That dobe..."
Moments later the Life Jewels floated in all sorts of directions, each of them finding the body they were from. The Water Jewel came back to Izumi...
"huh? Am I dead?" Izumi asked herself aloud.
"No.."
"are you God?"
"maybe..."
"Who are you then...?"
"Just shut up... Im Gaara! Now wake up... Uzumaki has taken care of Orochimaru..."
Izumi Opened her eyes and thanked god she wasn't dead, As soon as she stood up she ran towards gaara and gave him a big hig,
"thank you Gaara-kun..."
"feh..."
The Jewel of Earth came back to Hana...
Lee stared in wonder as he saw the jewel go back inside Hana's heart. Hana had closed her eyes, concentrating so that the Jewel would get back into it's place properly.
"What's happening Hana-chan?"
Hana opened her eyes. Her red eyes were back to normal.
"I got my life jewel back... its just nothing Lee-kun..."
Lee smiled at her.
"That's great to hear..."
"Lee...?"
"what?"
"you know..."
"hnn?"
"I like you a lot."
"really?"
"yeah... I mean it too..."
Speechless, lee just did what he wanted and Hugged her.
'horray... someone likes me...screw sakura... im going for Hana...' He thought to himself.
((Im really sorry LeeSaku Fans...))
The jewel of wind came back to Sakura...
"Sakura! Your eyes!"
Sakura blinked, and took a mirror from her pocket and saw that her eyes were indeed , back to its normal state.
'Yes Im back to where Im supposed to be... !" Inner sakura said.
"Yay...! B-but what the hell!?" she said, then seeing her hair all messed up, so she panicked to get a brush from her bag immediately.
Sasuke smiled, oh well.. old sakura's back again.
And lastly the jewel of Fire came back to Ino...
"Shikamaru-Kun!!!!" Ino Shouted out to shikamaru excited to see him.
Shikamaru looked around and saw Ino Coming to him, He smiled and held his arms wide for a hug with ino. Ino no sooner flung herself into Shikamaru's arms, just happy to be with him again. Shikamaru had put his arms around her, wanting time to just stop for a short moment.
"Ino... Would you marry a genius like me?"
"Yes shikamaru... I would..."
"so you will marry me?"
Ino smiled, "of course I will! You lazy bum!"
Despite that everyone was indeed happy that the problem was solved, Kana lay on the grassy floor, feeling the wind flow on her face and the stars shine their light upon her. She turned her head, to see the fireflies have started to appear, no sooner making it seem that the stars were at their reach.
"Otousan... I hope I made you proud..." Kana said to herself quietly a she saw her own hand fading slowly, She saved the future, but it cost her existence,
Kana smiled as she saw Hinata and Naruto finally kissing among the light of the fireflies and thanked god for everything. She closed her eyes and smiled, readying for her last.
"and now... My mission is over..."
"O!"
"Huh?"
"Go!"
"Go?"
"ngo!"
"What the?"
"Sango! Wake up! Don't act like your father! Your Team exam starts in 30 minutes!"
"What exam? THE EXAM! OH NO IM GONNA BE LATE!!"
Sango rose up from her bed and rushed to get a bath, and get dressed, She had Short blonde hair, and a pair of blue eyes. She slid her sandals, and fixed her hair in its usual straightness. She hurriedly ate her breakfast, not as delicious as she hoped it would be but well... it was an improvement.
"What's all the racket...?" a little boy asked his sister as he walked down the stairs.
"Good morning Inori. And hey! Not bad Okaasan... just needs to lessen the salt ne?"
Her mother sweatdropped, she wasn't that good in cooking as she was in ninjutsu but well She was improving.
"Yeah Ino... you always put too much salt in everything..." Sango's father commented as he flipped the page of his newspaper.
"Oh yeah...? Lets see you cook Shikamaru..."
'Geez they're always like that... grr...'
Sango finished her food and brushed her teeth. Kissing her mother's cheek before she leaves.
"Our Sango grows so fast... she might even make it to chuunin early like you Shikamaru..."
"Troublesome..."
"What did you say?!"
"Nothing!"
And at the Uchiha Residence,
"Aori! Momoko! Are you two dressed? Breakfast will be ready in 5 minutes!"
"Hai Sakura-Okaasan!" said the two.
Sakura sighed as she went back into the kitchen to prepare their breakfast. Everything had to be done on her own when Sasuke died out of a mission months ago, leaving her 2 months pregnant and filthy rich. She got through it thanks to Ino's support. Momoko and Sango were very close like their mothers and usually reffered to each other as cousins.
"Momoko! Aori! Are you two ready?!"
"Yes mom! Coming!"
The two twins came down running, hoping to get some great tasting food for breakfast. Momoko was an almost exact replica of her mother, except she had black eyes and a personality close to her father's. Aori's Personality was More like Sakura, but his outer look was more like Sasuke to the fact that he had black hair, and no... he does not have fangirls. Naguno does.
"we have chicken soup for breakfast... and don't forget we'll have a picnic with my Gennin batch so behave if you meet some students you knew at the academy..."
"yeah okay..." Momoko said as she drank her soup from a cup, she didn't like the idea of bowls that much.
"Hey Momo... what is your team number?"
"Team #3... you Ao?"
"Team #6... oh well... too bad... if a mission comes up we cant do the Uchiha rendan! (the special attack of the Uchiha twins)"
They finished their soup and walked towards the door.
"hey you two... Don't forget... you cant Use the Sharingan unless nessesary... got that? And Aori... you cant use the-"
"I know... I cant use the sharingan to copy answers... got it..."
"and Momoko youre forgetting something..."
Momoko rolled her eyes, not this again.
"Okay... whatever..."
Momoko Kissed her mother's cheek and bade her goodbye as She and her brother went out for their team practices.
At the Uzumaki residence....
"Naguno! Naguno! Wake up... um...please?"
"Oh mom... can't it wait 5 more minutes?"
"Im afraid not Naguno... Your father already left for the office... you'd better hurry if you want to catch up. And your team practice is today right?"
"Hinata-Okaasan... all riiightt... I'll go..." Naguno said as he jumped up and stetched.
Hinata smiled as she looked at her son, so much like her father in every way. The only thing different was the byakugan and he doesn't have those fox-like marks on his cheeks like his father.
"Don't forget to take a bath now...your teammates are girls I heard, you don't want to turn them off do you?"
Naguno sighed and got his towel. "Yes.... Mom...."
After Naguno got a bath and dressed up in his father's old clothes that got passed on into him. For some reason it still looked like new. Naguno Yawned and slowly walked down the stairs to smell something good.
"Mom... that smells good... What's for Breakfast...?"
"Miso ramen..."
"Miso Pork Ramen?"
"Yeah"
Naguno Jumped up in happiness, like his father, Naguno too has quite a big liking for Miso Pork ramen... He gobbled it all up and kissed his mother before he headed out to the training fields for practice. He liked the idea of walking through the roads everyday. He greeted Lee and Hana, Walking their way towards his father's office. Lee had become more 'unweird' ever since he decided on putting back the look he had when he graduated from the academy. Hana was carrying their daughter that they had named Ran. Lee was so proud upon his daughter's death that he promised himself to teach him every taijutsu he knew. He waved a hi at them and continued on walking. No sooner that he looked up at the sky to see the clouds he bumped into a Blonde gennin.
"Hey! Watch where youre going!" Naguno said to the girl.
The girl sweatdropped and helped Naguno up as she tried to hurry.
"Ohmyimreallysorrybutihavetohurryandgobecausetrainingstartsin2minutesbye!" The girl said to Him and dashed off, leaving Naguno dazed.
'what the hell is going on?!'
Naguno arrived at the Training fields, seeing a pink haired girl sitting on one of the training logs.
'WHAT?! MOMOKO-CHAN IS MY TEAMMATE!? ALL RIGHHTTTTT!' Naguno said to himself, happy that his crush was gonna be one of his teammates. Naguno liked Momoko because she was always top in class, however for him, he was just average. Naguno gathered all his courage and walked to Momoko.
"H-hey... Uchiha Momoko? Academy class number #2?"
"Uh huh... Yup im Momoko... Who are you?"
"Err... Im Uzumaki Naguno... Academy class #5..."
"Okay then... So your father is Hokage-Sama?"
"Y-Yeah..."
"tell me.. are you a member of Gennin team #3?"
"yeah..."
Momoko gave her 'nice to meet you' smile at Naguno.
"So that means we're teammates then... "
Naguno slightly blushed as he saw Momoko smile at him. The silence of being alone with her was broken when Someone came.
"Hi people..."
"And you are?" Momoko asked the guy who came.
"Konohamaru... Are you team #3?"
"yeah?"
"So you two are the only ones who passed the Gennin exam am I correct?"
Momoko Shook her head.
"No... According to Moegi-sensei, (the one who tested them for Konohamaru...) There was another one who passed... her name is-"
A gennin suddenly appears via Shunshin and looks pretty tired.
"Nara Sango... Academy class #2... is this Gennin team #3?"
"Yes it is Sango-chan..." Momoko answered laughingly, seeing her friend was still living up to her attitude of being late.
"Oh... you're the Girl I bumped into earlier..."
"Oh... You..."
"I believe we haven't introduced ourselves yet... Im Uzumaki Naguno... nice to meet you Sango."
Sango smiled and looked at the teacher.
"Hey... You our sensei Konohamaru-san?"
"why yes Sango... looks like youre late as usual... heard many things about you from Moegi..."
Sango sweatdropped in embarrassment.
"and anyway... We're not training today... "
Momoko raised an eyebrow.
"eh? And why not?"
Konohamaru started to walk to the path towards the park.
"We're going on a picnic... with Hokage-sama and your parents... well unless you want to do a D misson today that's fine..."
"No way Im gonna get another D mission... Id rather eat."
"Ramen available!? Horray!"
Sango sighed and started to run after them.
"Oh crap. What will the future hold for me...?"
As thanks to everyone we will now Interview Mika... Creator of "how can I tell you?" :
(just for fun guys)
Ayame : Hi! Welcome to My interview with the creator of me and this fic, Shimokawa Mika!
Mika : Hi Ayame... I hope Im typing you correctly... sweatdrops
Ayame : now I just want to ask you... how did you get the idea for "how can I tell you?"
Mika : From a Dream! a Naruto dream to be exact... I was there With Naruto and Hinata yay... It was chapter 1-10 that I dreamt of and I just extended it because I thought that dream was great and it might make a great Impact on readers as my Debut Fic. (hell yeah)
Ayame : hahaha... Now of the 4 Original girl characters that you made... who did you like best?
Mika : I like Izumi and Kana A lot... Kana because she was Mature and Intelligent and I also liked her for being Shikamaru's daughter... well Izumi... she was my first Oc that I thought of for the fic actually Kana was supposed to be an assassin out to Kill Naruto but it changed when I got the idea for something else and said to myself, "geez.. wouldn't it be great if Gaara would have a girlfriend (izumi)? I have to give it a try!"
Ayame : Do you have any plans for a continuation? and how old are you really?
Mika : yes... but it depends on the readers... bwahahaha... Dunno... and I just turned 14 last august 7.
Ayame : Tell me something... Is it true that you're a Filipino?
Mika : uh huh... 100 Filipino... that's why you see xXxLiQuIdFaNtAsYxXx and MoOnLiGhT-GaL review me with a strange language.... its Tagalog, the Filipino's Dialect. of course... ;;;
Ayame : What do you like to do when you're not doing the fic?
Mika : well, when Im not at school, doing choir practice (im the girl with the highest voice...) , at church or anywhere else I like to draw on paper (I wasted a 120 page notebook filled with sketches of what the Oc look like), Drawing at the computer, Playing at the computer, Thinking of what the story would be next, or I might be Playing at Gaia ; my username there is Mika Shimokawa).... yeah.. guess that's all of it.
Ayame : You're at the computer all the time?
Mika : yeah... that's why I have astigmatism Right now...(I hope I spelled that right)
Ayame : That slows down your Writing?
Mika : Guess so... It prevents me from reading my beloved 11 size font from being read properly... but I guess I can still read properly, but it need quite some time before I can process the thoughts from my brain.
Ayame : I see you used Ino a lot on this fic...
Mika : I'm actually like her, with an Inner Sakura, and Sometimes Hinata's Shyness. but Im not bitchy and overconfident like Ino just as competitive and Like Ino Im a Purple addict....
Ayame : most of us thought Hinata would be the maiden of Fire... why is it not?
Mika : That's why I did so! It's too obvious and I thought it over a couple of times, If Hinata would be the maiden... how would orochimaru marry her? she'll die anyways.... So for the added spice, and so that shikamaru would have a reason to Kick Tenma's butt, I'd say Ino was the best choice, her personality is as fiery as the Flames in a bushfire.
Ayame : Very literal of you... Do you have plans for your future work?
Mika : I have many stories in my mind... Im going to have a poll to find out what to do... In Your Review you should put a ( ) on it to put what choice you want me to make. I'll just put he summaries so that there'll be no spoilers whatsoever...
Choices are ::
A) one shot - Ino remembers making a promise to a black haired boy long ago before she studied at the academy.... Who is it really? Shikamaru who has been with her all these years? Sasuke who is the man of her dreams? Or Lee who... err... I dunno... knows her?(G) Romance/drama/humor
B) multi-chapter - It is the second chuunin exam and the gennin 8 (shikamaru exempted) try again for the title of chuunin. Watch their struggle to fight towards their dreams and the hearts of the one's they love. (PG-13) (mostly ShikaIno again so hehehe... )
Romance/Drama/Action
C) 1-5 chapters - Do you know how Shikato got his wife to accept his marriage proposal? a family secret tradition of course! XD Find out how Shikato passes the tradition onto his son, Shikamaru on his 18th birthday... and what does this tradition do actually? XP
Humor/Romance
D) Multi-chapter (I love long stories) - the Continuation of "How can I tell you?". A fic concentrating on the Children of the Uzumaki, Uchiha, Hyuuga, Nara, Hatake, and Sarutobi Clans.
Humor/Angst/Drama/Romance
Mika : Im not planning on stopping making Naruto fics until I make 5 ones... when I make 5 Naruto fics Im going to start on another anime to concentrate on... so okay people... See you Soon!
Ayame: Don't forget to vote and review!!!
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