Mind Games

Naruto: Not owned by me.

If only I could make you see, just how much she means to me.:

Taking the little pink sack from her pocket, Hinata undid the tie and poured a small amount of the incense into the sidewalk. Striking a match against the concrete, she touched the flame to the incense and it was lit. Her hands quickly switched and locked into jutsu formations doing her best to keep full concentrations as Sakura watched her every move. Her nerves and thoughts were getting the best of her, but she continued onwards. However, for just this simple test, it almost felt as if she was betraying the one she had loved since childhood in order to learn how to better please him. However, this rout for getting closer to the man that she loved was under wrong pretences. In reality, it was forced for ones selfish love of another, but there's no way that she could say no now. She was already suckered in.
"Paradise Blissful Dreams no Jutsu ..... "

Hinata opened her eyes to Shikamaru's dreamscape. His world was so surreal, yet so beautiful. The Leaf Village was there, however it looked far different from the Leaf Village that she had known. On the edge of the village stood a tree larger and taller than she had ever seen before, it's roots tangled throughout the town. This particular tree had to have stood a mile high or so it seemed. It was more like a lookout post over the village , but for what? Despite the village normally being such a bustling metropolus, there only remained silence as if she was the only person in this world.
Hinata, growing a bit frightened by the oddness of what she had saw, called out into the unknown world. "Shikamaru ...?"
There was no reply only the empty of a gust of summer wind blowing dust past her. Hinata shielded her eyes from the sand.
"Sand ..?" She then noticed the view past the lookout tree. The vast emptyness of the a golden desert stretching out for miles and miles. The hills in the sands were loomed over by a pink, purple and orange twilight sunset. The endless sands still held the heat of the day.
"Shikamaru ...?" Her voice echoed back across his dreamscape only this time to find him, hidden way up high in the massive branches of the tree. Even though she screamed his name with all her might, he never replied to her nor aknolaged the fact that she was there. He only continued to stair straight across the horizon.
He was what felt like miles away, how was she ever to reach him? Jumping towards the sky, Hinata reached out for the branch that he was perched upon. Her will to find what she was searching for brought her closer to him.
Her foot tapped down daintaly on the tree's bark surface without making a sound and she now stood before him face to face. "Shikamaru ..."
Her fears would only alou her to speak his name, but somehow she managed to find the courage to walk towards him. This time she would not hide, she would not back down in shyness, the faster this was over with, the faster this sinful memory could be banished from her mind.
His cold and seemingly arrogant gaze finally recognized her and now it seemed as if he couldn't take his eyes away from her. His usual pout of a smirk turned into a slightly warmer smile. "Hinata ..? What are you doing here ..?"
Her heart froze with the spark of a simple question, and she stopped in her footsteps just inches from his body. Her voice was trembling with axsitiy trying hold back the firey red blush starting to creap over her cheeks. His eyes, it was the way he was watching her, was beginning to work the best out of her nerves. Hinata swallowed deeply before blurting out what she wanted to say"...I came here to see you! "
Shikamaru sighed, feeling suddenly more relaxed than ever before in his life. Leaning back against the bends on the branch, he crossed his arms behind his head dusting his short slicked back ponytail out of the way. However, for some odd reason, his mind felt strangely restless. Stretching out his legs as well atleast brought some temporary relief ,and he sighed once again in content. "I'm waiting for someone. She promised to meet me here, but it's nice to have someone to talk to in the mean time, I supose."
His eyes closed and his gaze turned away from her, hiding back his thoughts. What was this sudden hot emotion rushing though his blood? Whatever it was, he prayed that Hinata hadn't picked up on it and that the woman he was waiting for would arrive soon.
Hinata in the meantime, couldn't focus her gaze away from him. How could any woman not look way from a man with his legs wide open in front of her. Despite the fact that she never and would never have feelings for this man, his pure body alone was one that drew thoughts. His legs looked so strong and powerful, like they could hold onto anyone tight that had the privilege to come between them. The folds of his black shorts hung loosely around his thighs, the fabric around his crouch huged snugly against his balls. Then her eyes glanced slightly upwards. He wore the same dusty olive canvas vest as all the other sensei wore, but his was slightly unzipped just enough to reveal the black mesh tee shirt he wore underneath. It was only a tease to reveal the hardened body that hid underneath.
In her eyes, he still had nothing on Naruto.
Shikamaru's gaze turned back towards her and Hinata realized that it must have been too long before she had spoke. " Um... Do you mind if I sit next to you then?"
" No, not at all." Shikamaru was quick to respond, however his mind was fastly becoming more and more restless by the second.
Keeping things seeming quite innocent and sweet, Hinata purposely sat close to Shikamaru. Her first move on him brought a touch of confidence to her and she relaxed against Shikamaru's strong sholder raising a jolt of suprize from him. Hinata slightly giggled a mischievous chuckle, funny how much she pictured the feel of Naruto next her like this. Her hand slid down his bare arm capturing his hand in hers. A deep lingering sigh escaped from his lips the minute her fingers intertwined with his, and Hinata's heart began to race within her chest. Her dizzied gaze raced up the sight of his body one final time. Legs, she wanted to run her hands though his open thighs. Her eyes passed farther up, she could tell he was becoming mildly interested in arousal, the perk of his manhood throbbed larger with every squeeze of his hand. Yet her gaze tore upwards, his chest, his eyes.
His eyes, His eyes, his face. He wasn't anything like Naruto, and there was never any practice substute for him. However, his gaze never left her eyes as they met face to face, but his true gaze only looked beyond the twilight sunset past the golden sands.
"No , this is wrong .." Hinata's mind tried to call her back to reason. " He loves another and you'll not only hurt him but you'll be hurting the one he holds dear in his heart as well."
Raising her free hand, Hinata reached to push him away, but his free hand grasped hers. His hand was shaking, trembling, as if his own mind was at war with himself. Hinata jumped in silent surprised.
" Temari ...' Shikamaru leaned closer towards Hinata, she was too taken aback by the moment to turn way from him.
Leaning closer still, his damp lips brushed hers like the silent breeze across the sands. His voice was visibly shaken by his emotions as he spoke. " Temari ...please forgive me ...I don't understand what's happening .."
Hinata sighed at the response of his moist lips nearly touching her, but deep in her heart she wished for it to be another. "Naruto- Kun ..I .... "
"Shikamaru ...?" A voice from the distance called out to him, but it wasn't her own.
"Shikamaru ...? "
Stopping in his tracks, Shikamaru quickly lost his train of thought on where he was with Hinata and once again turned his gaze towards the golden desert. " Temari ..!"
Shikamaru's heart was filled with a new found beat of joy and romance.
Turning back towards Hinata, Shikamaru apologized profusely. " I'm sorry Hinata, but my heart already belongs to another, and no one will ever tempt me from her."
Hinata was at a loss for words, when suddenly Shikamaru leaned back and took a dive of fate from the tree's branch.
"WAAAaaaaaaaHOOOOOooooo ....."
His body fell from the grace of the tree above. At the rate he was plumiting, he'd die within seconds!
"Shikamaru ...!" Hinata rushed towards the branches edge for fear the she may have killed him over the temptation of lust. However to her relief, Temari whisked open her enormous fan. Thrusting the fan's weight into a gust of desert wind like a sail, the drafty breeze brought her closer to him and they sailed into one another's arms.
"Shikamaru ...."
"Temari ...."
He embraced her within his arms locking his lips with hers in a kiss of desperate passion ........
"Shikamaru .....! Shikamaru ....!!!!!"
Suddenly, Shikamaru was jolted awake by her giant fan meeting with his face.
Knocking him back to his senses, Shikamaru was sent back rolling several feet as well. "What the fuck was that for ...?!?!"
Meanwhile on the rooftop, Hinata was jolted from Shikamaru's dream mind causing her to knocked back from her trance as well.
"Hinata!" Sakura grasped a hold of her friend before she hit the floor. "What happened?"
Before Hinata could explain, both women clambered to the edge of the building to check out the screaming down below.
" And what was that for ...?!" Shikamaru, shook his head trying to shake off the pain.
Temari stood in almost a dominatrix matter over Shikamaru's collapsed body still grasping her fan preparing for another strike.. " I don't know, babe ..You tell me. You were make all kinda of strange perverted noises in your sleep and I even swore you were getting a nose bleed!"
Shikamaru gathered himself off the ground for a counter attack. " The only nose bleed that I'm feeling was from that damm fan of yours!"
Tamari was at a loss for words with anger over his counter attack, but quickly recovered. " I go and get you a cup of tea wile we were on break from Gamers Con and I come to find you some place in la la land ...!"
Shikamaru wasn't listening to a word that Temari was rambling on about. He also wasn't completely honest with her as well. Despite being slapped senselessly awake, he was still feeling something painfully unsatisfied from that dream.
" ...and we still have to study the strategy guide for the next round ..and..." Temari carried on and on and Shikamaru finally had enough.
"Dammit woman! " His fist were clenched at his sides and he refused to look at her in holding back his emotions. " ...The only strategy guide I wanna be studying right now is the Karma Sutra and you as my playing field!!!!"
Temari's jaw nearly dropped into the street. She swore her heart had stopped beating in her chest. Yes, they have kissed even dated a few times, but she swore that her feelings for him where never recognized on this level. She had to attmit, she'd thought about him more that once on that subject before.
"Shikamaru ..." Walking over to him slowly, she silently embraced him in her arms as if their fight had never happened.
"Tamari ...." Still shaking from his rattled feeling, his arms wrapped around his beloved. Even he, himself couldn't believe the words that had come out of his own mouth.
Tamari smiled sweetly. " Ok then, fuck the con ...I like your R.P.G game better."

Hinata smiled with joy, she now understood so much more than she had previously about this jutsu, not to mention she just watched the beauty of hidden love unfold before her eyes.
Sakura gawked onwards at the now making out couple in the street. " ...What ..WHAT, the hell just happened?!"
Hinata guided her clueless friend away from the display of love in public, atleast to give them some privacy."Sakura - Chan ... I'll explain. You see, if someone is deeply in love with another, their mind can never be persuaded away. Not even under justus of lust."
" You mean ....?" Sakura's eyes looked look as huge as ramen bowls.
" Yep .." Hinata smile in remembering his dream. " ...He loved her deeply, and no matter what I tried, he couldn't be torn away from her. However, it seems that he never told her just how deeply until now."
Hinata, then questioned one more important theory on the Jutsu. " Could it also be perhaps, that both people have to have feelings for one another for the jutsu to work properly? "
"I don't know ..Tsunade, I think she only tried it on one man before." Sakura's mind started to recall her dream with Kakashi, her heart began to thump in her chest over Hinata's theory. Could that really be true about Kakashi's feelings?
" Wait ..Hinata .." Sakura felt like she was blushing from head to toe and this time it was her who came off a bit shy in asking the questions." Then ...what do you think about my dream with Kakashi ..? If that's the case then ..."
Hinata shook her head. " No , I said it's just a theory. In your case, it could be that Kakashi -Sensei is just lonely like you and you played off of one another's empty feelings, or that he mistook your jutsu for the lingering memory from his hentai book."
Sakura's heart suddenly felt like it was stabbed by a shrunken. Why was Hinata suddenly so cold and blunt?
Hinata swiped the bag of incense from the rooftop and tied the pouch back up in a knot. Her lips curved in a strangely different smile for her as she placed the tiny sachet of incense into her pocket.
Sakura found one last important note to point before her friend left for tonight's mission. " Now remember, there's just enough for one more shot at ..."
Hinata was quick to interrupt " I know, and I'll find out your information for you."
"However, ..." Hinata turned to her friend for one last piece of advice to her."..I won't do anything like this again if you asked. Think about it and you should understand why."
"Thank you so much ..." Sakura's reply was clouded over with a hint of regret, perhaps she wasn't closer to Kakashi's heart than she once thought, but then again perhaps so " I know I can count on you Hinata."
Hinata seemed to return to her old shy self once again. Blushing slightly,she simply replied " .... Yep "

To be continued ......
Next Ch. is really Freaken hot!