Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Unfortunately.

P.S Time frame for this fic is part one of naruto when they are all still kinda kiddish. But cuter. hahaha.

First Naruto fic! Here we go ^.^

Hinata paused for a moment to catch her breath. She'd been training religiously for days on end. Partially to get stronger, and partially in hopes of meeting… him. Naruto spent most of his time training, if she did the same perhaps she'd run into him somehow. Unfortunately, Jiraiya-sensei often brought his student to rather exotic locations (such as the time he pushed her beloved over a slippery chasm… but he thankfully summoned Gamabunta in time) hence the Hyuuga heiress never had the chance to catch up.

Not that she'd be able to say much before passing out, of course.

If only she had Ino's confidence, Sakura's charm or Tenten's gumption… perhaps she'd finally be able to confess. Unfortunately the very sight of the clueless blond was sufficient to shake Hinata from her usual repose, leaving her flushed, floundering and eventually unconscious. Oh accursed bashfulness, if only there were some way to triumph over it. Then she would finally stand a chance…

"Hina-san!"

Hinata snapped out of her reverie at the familiar voice. Kiba waved semi-frantically at her with Akamaru prancing at his heels while the ever self-effaced Shino brought up the rear.

"Hina-san, what's on your mind?" Kiba teased, despite knowing very well what his teammate was obsessing about.

Hinata's cheeks burned with an unbelievable scarlet, much to her teammates amusement. Despite being used to Kiba's jibes and good natured teasing she could never help but blush everytime HE was brought up. Nonetheless, she had decided earlier that today she was to make an astounding request, one which could possibly turn her life around.

"K-kiba-kun, Shino-kun… I… I need to ask a small f-favor…" she stuttered.

"Certainly, if it is anything I can possibly assist you with. It would be my pleasure." Shino replied coolly.

"Yeah! Same here!" the Inuzuka lad grinned, "And Akamaru too!" To which the white furred puppy yelped enthusiastically.

Both boys (and one puppy) stared intently at the blushing lass. Hinata never asked for favors unless she really needed one, and most of the time these favors had something or another to do with her crush. Either way, they were more than willing to rally around their teammate.

"W-we should wait for K-kurenai sensei…"

"Oh do speak up Hinata dear! I can barely bear the suspense myself…" muttered the beautiful, long haired jounin as she phased out of a nearby tree. Kurenai had been around for some time now watching her students and waiting for them to finally notice her looming presence. So much for the ultimate tracking and locating team. She really needed to train them more, but first…

"Ahh! Sensei you really need to stop scaring us like that!" Kiba complained.

"…"

"Shh! You're interrupting Hinata!" The usually collected Shino chided, quite anxious to know what the matter was by now.

Hinata blushed an even deeper hue, something her team never thought possible. Fiddling with her fingers and taking in a deep breath, the Hyuuga heiress blurted…

"''!"

Four goggle-eyed shinobi (including one ninken) stared bewildered at her. For the first time Hinata wasn't stuttering. Unfortunately she was even more intelligible.

"Ehh Hina-san… you really should slow down…"

Hinata took in another breath, summoning every ounce of her courage.

"P-please help me be more… c-confident! I'll t-try my best! P-please Kiba-kun… S-shino-kun… S-sensei… Akamaru… I want to stop being shy!"

Kurenai beamed. She'd long been eager to help her beloved student overcome her Achilles heel, but recognized that Hinata had to take the initiative. Finally, her chronically shy student had mustered the willpower to help herself.

"Hinata dear, of course I'll help you! We all will!" Kurenai exclaimed. "In fact I've already thought of a few things we could try out!"

"T-thank you… sensei… everyone… thank you."

Kiba scratched his nose. "Sure thing, anything for my favorite kunoichi sister! But say… does this have anything to do with Naruto?"

A collective sigh broke out as Hinata passed out at the sound of HIS name. Looks like they had a long way to go…

Please review! How would YOU cure Hinata's shyness? I'll like some opinions, good ones will be made into chapters! Cheers.