Whoa, Sequal! You may notice i seem to cut a few things off, sorry, but i was getting hung up on a few scenes, but it didn't seem to disrupt the feel of it too much, so i decided to leave it like that.

Aslo, there will be the same silly/serious moments. I know the relationship should have it's up's and down's, and i'm still trying to get the timing and transition and contrast between the two just right, please forgive if things are still too abrupt.

Muscles burning, Hinata forced herself through the last sequence of moves, carefully deflecting a set of strikes from Kurenai-sensei and following through with the counters she'd spent the last hour learning. The last strike passed a hair's breadth from her cheek and she shifted her weight, bringing two fingers up and between her sensei's ribs, a shot that would have disabled her lung if enough chakra were behind it.

"You've stopped holding back, Hinata."

"S-sorry, Kurenai-sensei."

"No. Hesitating can get you killed on a mission, remember that." Kurenai grinned as he reached up to rub the bruised skin. "It's good that you've grown more confident in your abilities, but you still have much to learn."

"Y-yes…"

"On a mission, you must maintain constant readiness and awareness of your surroundings. An attack can come from anywhere, at any time."

Hinata looked up, puzzled, as Kurenai's tone lightened and her smile widened.

"For example…"

There was a rustle of leaves behind Hinata, and before she could turn around, something landed behind her, two strong arms wrapping tightly around her. Hinata reflexively worked to free herself, even as a familiar face leaned into her field of view.

"Naru-!"

He interrupted her with a kiss, and Kurenai laughed quietly as Hinata's body instantly relaxed and sank into the embrace.

"Got you…"

"What are you doing here?"

"Today's mission was cancelled, so…when is your training finished?"

Hinata turned back to Kurenai, who was already collecting her gear.

"Now, I guess. Why?"

"I just wanted to…you know…do something. With you."

"O-oh…a-alright…"

The two had left the field hand-in-hand, wandering aimlessly through the training grounds until they had settled on a small hill, lying on the warm grass. Hinata had her eyes closed, resting her head on one of Naruto's arms. Naruto's eyes were open, and he kept them on her smiling face, happy to just watch her lie next to him.

"Uwaaah…The wonder of young love…"

"Naruto-kun…and Hinata-chan…look so beautiful, just lying there at peace with each other…"

Leaning out from behind a nearby tree, Konoha's beautiful green beasts were in rapture at the scene of youthful love before them, while Tenten sweatdropped at the sight of the green-clad pair from the branch she was crouching on. Neji refused to even look in their general direction.

"Once, so shy, unable to express her love…"

"Now, they are inseparable, a bond that has transformed them both…"

The two fought to hold back tears, and failed miserably.

"Into something-"

"-Truly beautiful!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

The two forgot about the tree between them, and face met bark as they turned towards each other for a manly hug of brotherly love. Between the display and the impact, Tenten nearly lost her footing.

"Huh?"

Naruto looked up at the odd noises behind him to see what looked like Lee and Gai doing something perverted to the tree between them. Hinata stirred as well, moaning softly and trying to pull Naruto back down to her. He was happy to oblige, trying to ignore Fuzzy-brows and his sensei as they tiptoed past, hands over mouths to muffle their squeals of glee. Tenten was next, head bowed and covering her face in shame.

Neji was last, keeping his eyes forward. As he passed by them, Hinata harrumphed and pulled Naruto even closer, tossing an arm around him. Her smile became a smirk, and Naruto smirked with her, pulling her tight, looking at Neji out of the corner of his eye. He offered a trace of a smile and a small nod as he walked past, and Naruto nodded in return before settling fully into the embrace.

A short while later, the two stood looking at Hinata's sprawling home from the shadows of the buildings around them, the invisible boundary where they inevitably parted ways. They stood silently, as they always would, with a sad expression from them both, slowly letting their hands come apart as Naruto turned away. But this time, when Naruto tried to step away, Hinata didn't let go of his hand.

"Hinata?"

She hadn't turned around, still looking out towards her home.

"Would you…like to come inside? H-Have some tea with me?"

"But…if anyone sees me…"

"Then…they'll see you with me, so it's alright."

She turned back to him then, smiling nervously.

"S-so please…"

"Ah, Hinata-sama, welcome h-!"

The servant snapped upright from the beginning of his bow, eyes wide. Naruto finished taking off his shoes and undid his jacket, holding it out along with Hinata's. He waved it slightly and brought the servant back to reality, and he took the two coats with shaking hands.

"Is my father home?"

"…No, he…is not."

"Whoa…"

Naruto had stepped out into the lavish foyer, which was impressive enough besides being easily the size of his apartment.

"You live here?"

"Of course not. Who'd live in the hallway?"

Naruto groaned, rolling his head back to the smiling Hyuuga.

"Would you prepare tea for my guest, and bring it to my room?"

"Your G…"

"Yes." She turned slightly; just enough to face the man, and Naruto saw his face go white. "My guest."

"O-of course! Right away!"

Naruto began to snicker the moment the servant had left.

"Scary..."

"Hrmp."

She brushed past, head held high, and Naruto followed with mock timidity.

Hinata's room was spotless, so clean that Naruto felt awkward just stepping on the carpet. The room was huge compared to his – everything was. The furniture, the curtains, the bed, it was all on a scale and quality he'd never seen up close. He was afraid to even touch anything, keeping his arms tight to his sides.

"This is…the first time I've ever had someone in my room."

"But, your teammates and your sensei…"

"No. They were never allowed inside the estate. Well, nothing like that was ever said…but they were never invited inside. And I…I could of invited them in, but I didn't want to risk angering my father."

She ran a finger over a picture frame, the only one in the entire house that Naruto had seen so far. It was Hinata and her teammates, Hinata was blushing, of course, Shino was looking at Kiba askance as he was being jostled, Kiba laughing and trying to get a smile out of him. Above the three, Kurenai-sensei stood proudly, hands on Kiba's and Hinata's shoulders.

"Just having this around seemed to make the elders think even less of me. Even if they were my teammates, they weren't considered to be on the level of the Hyuuga clan."

When Hinata spoke, Naruto finally realized what else was different about the room. Different from his own, from Kiba's, Sakura's or even from Iruka-sensei's home. It was…empty, for lack of a better word. If Hinata hadn't told him this was her room, he might have never known. There was a plant, but no pictures, or posters, sculptures or nick-knacks. It was almost like a hotel room. There wasn't any 'Hinata' in it, other then that one small picture of her team.

"One elder even said…that it suited me, to be associated with such-"

"AHHH!"

She jumped at the sudden interruption, and turned to see Naruto pacing and waving his arms around in shock.

"I completely forgot!"

"What?"

He dropped his arms and stopped his frantic pacing, walking towards her slowly.

"I need to get a picture of you for my nightstand."

He slowly pulled her closer, and she blushed as his voice dropped low and soft.

"I keep waking up…and thinking it had to be a dream…"

"N…Naruto…"

He pulled her tighter before groaning and dropping his head.

"I have to stop reading Ero-sennin's books…I didn't want to hear you talk about yourself like that, but that was just lame…"

"No it wasn't!"

"It wasn't?"

"No…it was…really…"

"Really?"

"Yeah…"

A knock at the door interrupted them at the last moment, and the two jumped away from each other, trying to act as if nothing had happened when Hinata called the servant in. He placed the tea tray on a low table and walked out, staring at the two blushing genin out of the corner of his eye.

"So…"

Hinata cleared her throat and waved distractedly toward the table across from them.

"Tea?"

"Tea would be good!"

"Yeah!"

"Absolutely, I'm mean, it's tea…"

The white-eyed men stood perfectly still in the foyer, the servants not questioning them when they said they'd wait however long it took for Hiashi to come home. The tone of the speaker's voice had convinced them not to linger, and the heated chakra seeping outwards from him had driven them further into the mansion.

After what seemed like forever, the door opened, and Hyuuga Hiashi entered, eyes narrowed at the group, annoyance mixing in when he noticed there was no one to take his coat. It increased when one man stepped forward and demanded to speak with him, and Hiashi took a moment longer then needed to hang his own coat at set his sandals aside, watching the other man practically grind his teeth at the wait.

He bowed respectfully once he was ready to greet them properly, and ignored the speaker's ill manners when he didn't bow in reply, inviting them inside. Another man, an elder, stepped up to his side as they walked and politely said that there was an important matter to discuss, in private.

As he walked deeper inside, he heard Hinata's laughter.