Summary: [Beginning Naruto and Hinata are on a mission, but during a fight Hinata gets wounded, and wet. Naruto seeks shelter for both of them, but after that night it nothing would be the same again. A story of Naruto's first kiss, Akatsuki's plan, the retrieval of a friend, the revealing of old secrets, and the fulfilling of dreams that seemed to be impossible to achieve – Even the obtaining of new dreams [NaruHina [Vote for other pairings.

Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own Naruto or any other characters.

Spoiler Warning: Up to manga chapter 339, and will surely increase.

Author Notes: I've decided to make an epic out of this, yeah, you heard me; an epic. This is after the time-skip and maybe even a bit later than that, meaning that both Naruto and Hinata are about fifteen-seventeen years old. But anyways, please read AND review!

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The Opening of Blue Eyes

Chapter One: Lost

Naruto stood there, his eyes focused and his left hand was stained scarlet… Hinata was standing a few feet away from Naruto; she was tired, her feet barely withstood the task of standing up, she had already wasted most of her chakra reserve using her Byakugan.

'Damn it, where is he...' He was focusing on the area before making a Kage Bunshin (Shadow Replication). 'There!' He caught a glimpse of the enemy when he started making the Rasengan (Spiral Sphere). He trusted the enemy with his chakra ball forcing him to fly at a nearby tree. Naruto turned to see how Hinata was doing.

"Hinata, are you alright?" Said blond ninja stared at the Hyuuga girl behind him.

"I-I'm fine… Na-Naruto-kun," she merely told him, her breath escaping.

'Doesn't seem like it…' He pouted before looking back, barely noticing the fact that Hinata collapse from lack of energy.

"Suiton, Suishouha (Water Element, Water Wave)!" Water suddenly emerged from the enemy's way, it seemed like the whole sea had emerged just to attack him, Naruto jumped up to avoid the dangerous current, suddenly… something sparked in his mind. 'HINATA!!'

It didn't take him more than a second to spot her; she had been taken away along with the strong water current and was about to sink. Naruto's eyes widen and he quickly sprung into action. Making his favorite seal and shouting his choice of jutsu, five Kage Bushins puffed out of tin air and grabbed jumped down to the waters. Using them as ladders Naruto reached for Hinata and grabbed onto her. Putting her on his back he jumped back to the nearest tree, setting her gently on it as the water washed away along with his bushins.

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Hinata woke up finally, finding herself in a cave. She crawled out of her sleeping bag, feeling her head hurting more than it had before. 'Where am I?' Hinata saw that someone already had put on a fire. Who did this? She didn't remember much. It was dark outside and she could hear that the rain was pouring down like she was standing under a waterfall. The dark haired kunoichi then suddenly realized something, she felt stupid for not realizing earlier…

She was completely uncovered. She hadn't the slightest trace of clothing on her!

Looking back and forth hoping to find her clothes, Hinata saw a pile of baggy and wet purple clothing, assuming it was hers she shivered and hugged her knees in hope to cover herself.

'I wonder how I got here. Oh, that's right I was on a mission with Naruto-kun. Has he done all this, for me? Wait - that means he has also undressed me!' Hinata let out a small giggle and a blush. The thought of Naruto sliding of her shirt, pants - Him placing tender kisses on her neck, his hands running freely over her body, she moaning in reply. Her mind came back as she turned to her the direction of where she suddenly heard footsteps closing the cave, desperately trying to activate the Byakugan to see who it was, instead pain shot through her neck into her head so that she stood up without realizing, her hands on each side of her head, rubbing her temples.

Naruto was standing at the entrance to the cave staring with his mouth wide open. The logs he was carrying fell to the ground.

Hinata was staring at him and then she remembered, 'I am not wearing any clothes…' Naruto stood there staring at her chest in awe, his jaw hanging. He admired the breasts that were firm, well formed, round and not too small either, her buttocks were firm and had a fine round shape. The hour-glass of her hips was beautiful along with the neck line. She wasn't skinny, instead she seemed to have a healthy and slim body, she was small as well; this was a body which any boy and man would have in their fantasies. This wasn't the first time Naruto had seen someone naked, he had been 'researching' to his Oiroke no Jutsu (Sexy/Seduction Technique) before, and he had picked the best parts of many women from the springs, but Hinata seemed to have each and every, and even bested his technique.

'Man, she's looks…beautiful,' Naruto thought to himself, suddenly feeling his pants getting tighter and tighter. "What am I doing, or rather…what am I THINKING?!" Hinata's face became redder than then that time at the hospital. She was about to fall down to the hard rocky ground when she realized that Naruto is staring at her in awe.

"Naruto-kun… is staring at me... while I'm NAKED!?" Hinata tried to cover herself with her small hands causing Naruto to snap out of his staring. Naruto closed his eyes and turned his head to the side. A part of him wanted to slightly open the one eye and take a one last look at the beautiful body of hers. But his wit overcame him.

"S-So-Sorry, H-Hinata - M-Maybe I should have knocked…or something like that…" Naruto even blushed when he said that, the shy girl was blushing madly, until she fell down, most likely fainting, but Naruto ran to her catching her before she landed on the hard ground.

"Are you alright, Hinata…?" Naruto blushed when he looked at Hinata's face. He then saw that she was blushing as well, her eyes glittered along with the moonlight that shined to upon them. 'Such pretty eyes… I mean…' He shook the thought out of his head. 'Why am I thinking of this…?' he tried convincing himself as he shook that thought away from his head.

Naruto reached Hinata his jacket. "Here, cover yourself with this." He had to look away when he said that, surely because of the blush on his face.

"Ar-Arigatou (thank you), Naruto-kun." She said with her shy low voice.

"Let's get your clothes dry." Naruto smiled at her as she replied with a nod. The dark haired kunoichi was blushing slightly because of that big, idiotic, but so 'oh so charming smile' which always made her feel like melting.

"Naruto-kun, what happened?" The sound came with a shy voice.

"Oh, you mean that happened back there..? Well, you kinda passed out…" Naruto picked up a lunchbox while talking.

"That's…." Naruto nodded as a reply.

"The food you made for me - It's really great!" He smiled to her when he told her that. "It's not much left - Sorry, but it was so good." He laughed. Hinata smiled, but tried to hide it.

'I'm glad Naruto enjoyed my cooking.' He had been complimented on her cooking by him before, but this time it seemed totally different. She was happy to hear him say that and even smiling to him. "Arigatou, Naruto-kun…" She blushed as well as smiled happily.

"I already ate so you can have the rest," smiling happily at her again. Naruto sat there thinking of what happened a moment ago, or rather was thinking what did happen back there? "Oh, Hinata - I'll borrow you some of my extra shirts and pants if you want to." Hinata was dumbstruck.

"Thank you, N-Naruto-kun. B-But I don't want to be a bother." She was looking on the ground as she merely whispered those words, she seemed a bit sad.

"Hinata that is by no means that is a bother. Consider it a request, like I can't stand here all day not looking at you." Naruto gave her one of his big comforting, toothy smiles to the girl he stared at for a moment ago. Naruto went back to his backpack and picked up a white shirt with a spiral symbol at the front and a pair of trousers.

Hinata looked up at the blonde fox boy. "Naruto-kun, you sure you don't want some?" Hinata reached the box for Naruto while saying that. Naruto didn't notice that she already had begun to eat, was he so lost in thoughts he wondered.

"No thanks, Hinata. You need it more than I do," he replied with a serious, but still quiet voice. "It is late Hinata, maybe you should go back to sleep" Naruto was looking at the fire and appeared to be lost in thoughts, but that suddenly changed. "Hinata, I almost forgot, as you already may know I saved your backpack from getting wet, but I couldn't to save my own sleeping bag - Ehehh!" Naruto smiled nervously, scratching the back of his head.

"N-Naruto-kun, m-my sleeping bag is… big enough for… us b-both… I mean…" Hinata blushed madly, regretting she said those words.

"Hinata…?" This time it was Naruto who was dumbstruck. "Well…eh - thanks, but I don't want to be a bother. I couldn't--" He was interrupted as Hinata sneezed. "You okay, Hinata?" Naruto looked at the opal eyed beauty with a worried look.

"I'm fine. N-Naruto-kun – And… you shouldn't sleep on the cold ground…" Hinata blushed while saying that. Naruto lightened up when he heard that, but he still seemed a bit unsure.

"It's okay – I'll sleep on my jacket," he tried convincing.

"But…" Hinata raised her voice. "…you will probably get a cold." Her voice was serious and louder then a moment ago.

"Well, really…?" Naruto said unsure. "Well - Thank you, Hinata." Naruto lightened up.

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The next morning Naruto waked up finding himself alone in the cave, it was still very early. It didn't take long before he discovered Hinata's jacket still hanging by the fire

'She must have lighted the fire.' Naruto thought of where she could be this early, like does she normally do this or is it because of what happened yesterday. Naruto walked out of the cave finding Hinata by the river fishing with the help of kunai. He watched her while she was fishing thinking of what happened yesterday.

"Hinata is pretty cute. In fact when I think of it twice, she is quite beautiful, that I must admit," he said to himself. 'Wait, what am I saying...?' The number-one-surprising-ninja thought of that for a second before he begun walking towards her. She suddenly she dropped the kunai in the river, sighing because of the lost of her only kunai; she had used all of her ninja equipment during the fight with that man from yesterday.

"Here, you can have mine." Hinata let out a small gasp as she turned around finding Naruto smiling at her while reaching her his three only kunai. "Try to hit the fish when I scare them to the surface of the water," he said as he begun undressing down to his boxers, hearing Hinata gasp he immediately begun apologizing. He then shouted Kage Bunshin as he and the replications jumped into the river.

"One, two, three!" Hinata counted the amount of fish she caught, being almost proud of her throwing making her smile, then sneeze.

"Great catch, Hinata!" Naruto shouted at her with his idiotic grin before hurrying climb to the surface wiping the wet of him with the help of his jacket before putting his clothes back on. Naruto grabbed the fish Hinata had captured and put them onto sticks which he placed close to the fire. "Hinata, about that what happened yesterday. When… well, you know - Well I just want to say sorry again," Naruto said as he looked down.

"It is alright Naruto-kun… I mean it could have been worse, right?" But when she thought of it twice, what could be worse, Naruto thought of that too, but decided not to say anything about it. "You can have two; I'll be well fed if I only eat one." Hinata smiled at Naruto, along with letting out a blush.

"Thanks, Hinata." Naruto once again grinned one of his toothy grins when he said that to the girl he had been staring at and admiring not so long time ago, causing her to blush. 'I've never talked to Hinata this much, she uses to be so quiet at times, but this time it seemed like she talked more to me than she normally would.' The fox-boy sat watching the fire while thinking of that, it was kind of a happy thought. He didn't know why. He snapped out of it when he heard Hinata sneeze again. "Hinata, you sure you're okay? You've been sneezing and coughing the whole day!" Naruto's voice had a loud tone of worry in it.

"Really – Naruto-kun, I'm fine…" she tried convincing him.

"Anou… Hinata, if you say so…" he looked every once and then at her to make sure she was okay. "And Hinata, maybe it's time to leave or what?" She responded with nothing but a nod. Naruto ran to collect his sleeping that was lying beside the fire, it was now dry. Hinata picked up her jacket and put it in her backpack, while Naruto stuffed his sleeping bag into his backpack.

"Let's go!" Naruto shouted with a punch to the air, when he then suddenly turned back at Hinata, scratching the back of his head and laughing embarrassed. "Anou, Hinata - Which way?"

To Be Continued

Next chapter: Sparkling eyes. The First Time We Met In Years!

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Author Notes: I know that the body description wasn't all THAT great (detailed and stuff), didn't want to put TOO much soul into it. And if you want to read the old version you send me an e-mail and I'll send it to you. Thanks for reading, and the next chapter should be up soon, maybe tomorrow - I'll see. The more reviews the faster updates – JA NE!