(Scene begins at the village gate just after Sakura finishes healing Naruto and Sasuke.)
"I hope they come back soon, it's getting really late." Hinata says with her hands over her heart.
"don't worry Hinata, I'm sure they will be here any second." Shinzo Ohnaka, Hinata's childhood friend and team mate from their Rookie 9 days says from his sitting position under a tree.
"I hope you are right Shinzo" Hinata says as she begins to pace back and forth. a few more moments pass with Hinata worrying and Shinzo trying and failing to calm her down. when suddenly Shinzo stops and looks out at the path and see Sakura supporting Sasuke on her shoulder and Kakashi carrying Naruto on his back.
"wait. there they are!" Shinzo exclaimed. Hinata immediately takes off running toward them she stops in front of Kakashi. "is... is he... alright?" Hinata asks fearing the worst.
"he's fine, he's completely exhausted but he's fine" Kakashi says admiring the dedication that Hinata has for Naruto. "Naruto you really are very lucky to have someone like Hinata watch over you." Kakashi inwardly thinks.
Hinata looking very worried asks "is it alright if I carry him the rest of the way?" Kakashi smiles under his mask and says, "if you really want to, but be careful he's heavy." Hinata smiles and then shows a look of pure determination. Kakashi leans Naruto against Hinata's shoulder. and once Kakashi's sure Naruto is in good hands leave to help Sakura with Sasuke. Hinata slowly begins to walk back to the village with Naruto. suddenly Naruto comes too and is surprised to see not Kakashi but Hinata carrying him.
"ugh, Hinata what are you doing here?" Hinata is momentarily surprised that Naruto is awake but then answers, "I came out here to help you Naruto, I was really worried about you." Naruto looks mildly surprised but then smiles "thank you Hinata, and sorry I made you worry." Hinata shakes her head "I'm the one who should be thanking you, you save the world Naruto. everyone owes you their lives, I'm just simply helping you get back to the village in one piece."
Naruto begins to chuckle a bit "well I don't know about one piece but maybe mostly in one piece." Hinata looks slightly confused but then see that Naruto is missing an arm. "NARUTO YOUR ARM!" Hinata shouts with worry. "yeah, I kinda of lost it after that last Rasengan I used against Sasuke." Naruto says smiling weakly. "are you ok?!" Hinata asks fearing for Naruto's life. "I'm ok, Sakura stopped the bleeding and helped stabilize me, other than being really super tired I'm fine." Naruto says his smile never waning but his breathing becoming slightly labored. Hinata immediately picks up her pace towards the village where Lady Tsunade stood waiting at the village gate.
"at least I still have one hand left to hold yours in." Naruto says with a smile just before he passes out again causing Hinata to blush tomato red.
when she finally reaches Lady Tsunade she is just barely able to hide the blush on her cheeks from Naruto's comment. Lady Tsunade takes Naruto and lays him on the emergency stretcher and begins to heal him. after a few moments of silence with everyone looking very worried about Naruto, Lady Tsunade looks up and says, "I've further stabilized him and healed a lot more of the damage, he'll be ok, but he'll be on bed rest for a few days."
everyone immediately looks relieved at the news especially Hinata. as the other medics roll Naruto away to the Hospital, Hinata decided to be brave and ask for a favor "Lady Tsunade, I'd like to volunteer to be Naruto's personal nurse, please." everyone seems shocked at Hinata's request. except Shinzo, who simply smiles at Hinata's bowing form.
Lady Tsunade recovers first and asks, "are you sure you want that job? it might be a handful." Hinata still bowing says "please, I want to begin repaying Naruto for all he's done for me." after saying those words Hinata straightens back up to look the Hokage straight in the eyes. Lady Tsunade is surprised to see such fiery determination in Hinata's eyes.
after thinking it over for a few minutes Lady Tsunade smiles and says in a formal tone "Hinata Hyuga I now give you the special mission of taking care of Naruto Uzumaki while he is on bed rest, do you accept this mission?" Hinata responds immediately "yes Lady Hokage, I will not fail this mission." and with another bow Hinata takes off towards the Hospital and Naruto.
one only wonders what new adventures for this potential couple awaits, but one thing's for sure this is not the end but merely a new beginning.