Chapter 1 – A Date unexpected

Jumping from his bed Naruto quickly grabbed a set of his clothes faster than anything. He was dashing around his room looking for the forehead protector, half-clothed and jacket hanging from his head. Turning over his bed he searched in and around the drawers with no avail. He looked up under the dresser and the bed again with no luck. He passed the mirror and looked at himself; he was all covered in dust and had a scratch on his face. "Aww, where did I put it!!" He asked himself jumping around the room.

"Where is it? That's the protector that Iruka Sensei gave me when I became a ninja!" He yelled to himself hitting his forehead protector. "Wait… oh yea, I put it on last night so I wouldn't forget it…" he said to himself looking at the mirror sheepishly. This isn't the first time this has happened but as we know Naruto, it won't be the last.

Rushing down the stairs he quickly put his jacket on the rest of the way, today; he was going to go meet Sakura and Neji at Ichimaku's Ramen shop. He had gotten the invitation earlier that week, and was surprised that Neji would be accompanying them. He found it fishy at the time but Ramen, who could pass up ramen. As Chouji would say "Ramen is good for the soul" Naruto repeated to himself as he always had. Rushing down the lane he jumped up to the top of a pole and leapt high in the air, looking for Sakura's pink hair. But she wasn't at Ichimaku's yet. He landed about 400 meters from the ramen shop and looked up and down the street.

"Naruto-kun?" He looked up and down the street but the voice that he heard was not there. Turning to leave to the ramen shop he started to walk.

Again "Naruto-kun?" Looking toward the shop he saw someone he thought was calling to him; he thought that Sakura would be there already though; it was not like her to be late. He went about 30 paces and then "NARUTO-KUN!" Startled, he looked up and saw a white jacket jumping toward him, falling actually very quickly. "AHHH!" Crash, bang, Crash, CRASH!

"Oww…. Hinata, why did you throw me in the alley?" Naruto was already perturbed at Sakura not being here with Neji but to be thrown in the trash, this was just starting to get on his nerves. "Why are you here Hinata?" He asked, peeling a banana off his head and polishing his protector of the oils on it. He jumped out of the alley

"I came here… because I… I…" Hinata sputtered, unable to say the words.

"Well, Im wondering. Oh hey, have you seen Sakura and Neji, they were supposed to meet me at Ichimaku's for ramen?" he asked her.

"I… I put the letter in… in your room… I was… I asked you to… to come to the ramen shop." Hinata said, starting to blush furiously

"But I thought that Sakura and Neji were coming? Are they not coming?" He asked stubbornly, not realizing the situation

"No… I didn't want…. To tell you that I was asking… asking you… you to…" Hinata tried to say, her blushing increasing and pulse throbbing. She could feel sweat beginning to form on her eyebrows and she started to choke up trying to ask him to come with her to the ramen shop. Lately she had be getting a little more worked up ever since the incident in the hospital after she had head butted him across the room in an unusual manner so she had been planning to make it up. She had finally worked up the courage to do it but she could not tell him face to face, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to do it. Instead, she asked him to come meet his friend at the shop instead of her.

"Well, while I'm here, I might as well get some ramen. You want to come Hinata? He asked, still not getting why she was there and the other two were not. He turned to walk away putting his hands on his head and slumping back into them.

"Naruto-kun… I have something to say" She said working up the courage to tell him. He stopped and turned around giving her a sideways look. "I… I was the one to deliver the letter. I was… afraid… to ask you myself so… so I made it look like they wanted… you to come." She sputtered, still choking up on her words and working the courage to keep going. By now, her entire face was red and her back, all the way down was getting the chills. She was getting so worked up that she was about to faint when Naruto walked back over to her.

"What, do you mean that you wanted to ask me to a date or something…?" He asked her. She was beginning to get even more afraid but she couldn't turn back now, she had come too far to let him slip away and not tell him what she felt anymore.

Clearing her throat, "Yes, I wanted to ask you out. I want you to come to the ramen shop with me. I know that you like it and, I haven't been in a while so, will you?" Her heart was pounding at the muscles in her entire body were clenching and shaking at this point. Her nipples began to harden because he was so close and she could feel herself beginning to start going numb through the exhilaration of finally asking him out.

"Ok… I'll go with you!" Naruto said, smiling. "Come on, I'll even pay!" (This is very unlike Naruto but it builds with the story.) He held out his hand and she looked at it, heart thumping, she reached out, slowly, ever so slowly, shaking her hand towards his until he reached and grabbed her hand. She felt so exhilarated that she almost screamed when she did grab his hand back. They started walking hand in hand over to the ramen shop. It was the best thing that had ever happened to her, and she hadn't even fainted yet! She let out a huge sigh of relief and started to walk with a new dignity. Though still timid, she began to walk with him, hand in hand to the ramen shop.

Across the way, Sakura, who was going on an errand for Tsunade after asking to be a medic, was looking across the way and saw Naruto and Hinata. She looked for a minute and started playing with the bow of her forehead protector. She watched them walk away from her and started to feel something she had not felt for Naruto before, jealousy. She quickly scorned herself for even thing this and turned to walk away, but before she knew it, she was captivated by that sight, the sight of her imposed self, and Naruto walking toward the ramen shop together. She wondered why she was feeling this way, she had never had feelings for Naruto before. Even after two years of not seeing him, he was only ever a friend to her. She loved Sasuke, even though he has gone missing and has teamed up with orochimaru, she still didn't have feelings for Naruto of all people. Or did she… She began to walk over to Kakashi's house to deliver the reports she was supposed to deliver but with a new burden. She had feelings for Naruto, she had never even thought it was possible to have feelings for someone as incencitive and stupid as Naruto like what Hinata had for him.

After more scolding and some careful contemplation, she finally got to Kakashi's house. She knocked on the door, turning around and looking, "Wow, his house really has a good view of the Village." She said looking out towards the hokage's tower. She turned around and Kakashi had not come to the door. She could hear footsteps of in the distance so she didn't mind. She looked back out at the village, looking toward her own clans district. Then turning to the deserted Uchiha district. Her thoughts trailed off to Sasuke, wondering where he is, why he had deserted them all because he wanted absolute power to defeat Itatchi.

"Sakura, what is it?" She turned around to see Kakashi in a bath towel, his mask still on and his protector over his Sharingan eye.

"Konichiwa, Kakashi Sensei!" She said, startled. "Did I catch you at a bad time?" she said, going into a daze, in the corner of the eye, she saw the ramen house and started to stare at it, forgetting about Kakashi.

"Do you have something for me Sakura?" Kakashi said, wondering why she was just staring blankly over toward the training grounds.

"OH! Here, these are some of the reports that Tsunade-sama has done. She wanted them to be reviewed by next mission assignment for you which will be in 3 days." She said, looking back over at the ramen house.

"Ah, she said that she would have something like this for me to…" he looked at sakura again, she was staring right at the ramen house. He looked and wondered for a second. "Sakura, is there something you want to talk about." Taking off his head band, he used his Sharingan to look at the place she was looking at it. "Hinata and Naruto… is she in love with Naruto?" He said to himself.

"Umm… I. Uh…" She stuttered, still unable t speak of it. She wondered if she should tell Kakashi, she looked at him, his Sharingan was out. Most likely he was looking where she was and he knew.

"Sakura, Look at me." Kakashi ordered.

"What is it Kakashi Sensei?"

"This. Sharingan Hypnotize!" His Sharingan began to rotate and she was in a hypnotic trance. "Now, what is bothering you Sakura. Lets start with Naruto…"

End Chapter 1 – Starting for people to review. Hopefully I'll have chapters 2 and 3 done by August 12.