Yay! My first Fanfiction is now up online. Since this is my first fanfiction i must apologize for the crappyness of the story. I am open to helpful criticism. Also i must apologize in advance for spelling and grammar errors.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, or any of the characters in Naruto. If i did i wouldn't be making a fanfiction about it.

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People said that when you turned seventeen the world opened up to you, everything would change, opportunities that didn't exists before would be popping up all over the place. Well for this ninja it felt like a load of crap. He didn't feel any different and his birthday was coming to an end. He was alone as usual, he was used to it by now. Although that didn't stop him from hopping every year that he would spend it with someone special.

He sat in the grass of the woods staring at the stars not knowing what to do. This year he felt would be different, he felt that someone would be there for him. But of course no one came. He sighed, turned on his side and closed his eyes. He must have dozed off because he woke to someone calling his name.

"N-Naruto-kun?" A girl called

"huh, w-wha." Naruto said opening his eyes slowly and sitting up.

"you were asleep Naruto-kun, I didn't know if you were ok or not, I'm sorry if I disturbed you." The girl said

"Oh, it's ok Hinata, you don't need to apologize." Naruto said still waking up. "do you know what time it is?"

"Oh um, it should be about 11:00 Naruto-kun." Hinata replied.

"That late huh." Naruto said looking up into the stars. "why are you here Hinata?"

"Oh, I-I u-um I-I wanted to get away." Naruto turned to look at her, "away from my family."

"oh." Naruto said looking back at the stars

"why are you hear Naruto-kun.?" When Naruto didn't answer for awhile, Hinata asked. "I was curious because I know it's your birthday and I thought you would be out with your friends." At this Naruto looked at Hinata in shock, he couldn't believe someone actually remembered his birthday.

"Yeah well, nobody really wants to celebrate on this day, more people see it as a day of mourning."

'That's right' Hinata forgot that Naruto was born on the day the kyuubi was sealed, many people did chose today to mourn for the ones they lost.

"Oh, I'm sorry Naruto-kun." Hinata felt a little bit sad, it must be horrible spending your birthday all alone.

"Don't worry about it, it's not like it's your fault or anything." Naruto said gazing up at the sky once again. Hinata felt really bad now. "D-do y-you mind if I-I stay here with y-you." She said turning a slite shade of red.

"really you'd stay here with me," Naruto said a little excited that he wouldn't have to spend his entire birthday alone. "H-hai if you don't mind me staying." Naruto was thrilled "Thanks Hinata, it actually means a lot."

After sitting in silence for a while, Hinata finally got up the courage to talk. "Happy Birthday Naruto-kun." She finally squeaked out. Naruto turned and looked at her. "Arigato, Hinata." He said with a big smile. "Ne, Hinata do you want to know something." Hinata looked up a little surprised.

"S-sure, Naruto-kun."

"When I was a child I was always shut out and ignored by everyone, Parents would always give me horrible looks and tell their children to stay away from me. I felt so alone and I wanted someone to acknowledge me. Do you know why I was treated that way, Hinata?

"I-I always assumed it was because you didn't have any parents, Naruto-kun" Hinata said looking a bit confused. 'Why is he telling me this' she wondered.

"Well, that might have been part of it, but the real reason was because…." He gave a great sigh, 'maybe I shouldn't tell her' he thought. 'Oh well it was too late to go back now'. He turned to look at her. "It was because the kyuubi is sealed in me." He said. "They never looked at me as me, all the saw was the demon fox." 'Now I wait for her to run in fear or disgust' He thought. He turned to look at her, and saw that she was crying. 'Huh! Why is she crying' He thought.

Hinata couldn't holder herself back any longer. She got up and threw her arms around Naruto. "I-I-I'm so sorry Naruto-kun." She cried into his shoulder. She stayed there for a minute or two before she realized what she had actually done. She let go immediately turning a deep red. "I'm sorry." Naruto who was still in a sort of shock from her reaction slowly said, "don't…… worry about it." He stared at her for a long time then he smiled.

"Thank you Hinata, you're the first person who cared that much about it." Hinata then looked at him in a bit of shock.

"B-but that's so sad how could people treat you like that, I don't care if you have a monster in you or not, because your still you." She said very defiantly and after realizing what she said began to blush. Naruto sat there in shock again. Then reacted on his immediate emotions. He went and pulled Hinata into a gentle hug. He held her for a minute or two then released her, after realizing what he had done.

"I-I'm sorry Hinata." He said blushing a little. "It's just that you're the first person I've told this to and well, I was kinda excpecting a completely different reaction."

Hinata sat there in shock of what Naruto had just done. He hugged her, he actually hugged her.

"Hinata?" Naruto said. "ne, Hinata?"

"H-hai." She said suddenly. She fought desperately not to faint, this was so much to handle.

"are you ok." Naruto said, "I'm sorry if I surprise you." He put his hand in back of his head and laughed nervously.

"Eh, no no, I'm all right Naruto-kun." Hinata said turning a darker red.

They sat in silence for a bit longer just enjoying each other's presence when Naruto finally spoke out. "This birthday wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Thanks Hinata." Hinata blushed

"Y-your welcome Naruto-kun."

"It's getting pretty late, how about I walk you home." He said standing up and offered her a hand up.

"Thank you Naruto-kun." She said with a smile and happily took his hand.

"No problem." He replied.

As Naruto walked Hinata home, he suddenly asked Hinata why she wanted to get away from her family.

"O-oh, w-well um." Naruto looked down at her.

"you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." He said.

"uh, no. It's just, my family doesn't except me. I'm an outsider in my own home. Every day I'm told that I will never be able to become the Hyuuga Head, that I'm worthless, and I should quit begin a ninja. I'd like to just forget about it and not think about it, that's why I came to that spot. I can look at the sky and forget my troubles for awhile." She said looking up at sky.

"I'm sorry." Naruto said. "I didn't mean to pry."

"I-It's ok, it actually feels good to get some of it off my chest." She said smiling at him. He was a bit struck at how beautiful her smile was.

"That's….. It's just not right." He said sounding a bit frustrated. "you are a good ninja, I've seen you fight, no one has the right to tell anyone who is cut out to be a ninja and who isn't, It's just wrong." Hinata turned looked at him and gave him an even bigger smile.

"Thank you Naruto-kun." She said.

They began to talk about different missions they had been on, and before they knew it they had reached Hinata's house.

"Thank you for walking me home Naruto-kun." Hinata said giving him her best smile.

"Don't worry about it Hinata." He said.

"Goodnight." She said and turned around to go into her house.

"Hey, Hinata, would you want to go get Ramen or something tomorrow." He said. Hinata turned around and blushed.

"Uh, um," She composed herself. "sure Naruto-kun, that would be nice."

"Great," He said. "I'll come pick you up at around 12:00." He went and started running down the street. "Night, Hinata." He called, and then he was gone. Hinata stood there for a minute or two staring after him. Soon she snapped out of her daze and went into her house blushing until she fell asleep.

Thanks for reading my fanfiction, i hope you didn't think it sucked completely.

Chapter 2 is being edited currently so it shall be up shortly, and i mean shortly, not a year from now.

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