Kazangakure no Sato

After another battle with Sasuke, Naruto is rendered unconscious and found by a genin team from a secretive hidden village. While Naruto sleeps, the rest of the Konoha 11 begins to search for him.

Will they find him, and if they do, will Naruto want to return to a village that shuns him?

Chapter 1

He had to hide. If he got caught, not only would the enemy kill him after torturing him, but the baa-chan would kill him too. 'No. I can't stop now, with the village only a few miles away. I'll just push through.' Naruto thought. His only drive was to not be pounded by the Godaime's chakra enhanced fist. 'Last time she hit me, I ended up outside the village. That had been embarrassing on its own right. Upon impact most of his clothes had shredded. He had to wait until most of the villagers had gone to sleep, to sneak back into Konoha. Unfortunately, his sensei had been on watch that night. 'Something about baa-chan and his stupid books. Never did tell me about it' Naruto's mind began to drift of like usual.

'No, I have to concentrate. This is too important to mess up.' With his mind back on track, Naruto sped up to out run his pursuers. "Hinata, find the best way to cut him off" Spoke the pink-haired konichi to her dark-blue haired accomplice. "One second, Sakura" was the she got, which did not go over well with her. "Hinata, this is an important mission, so if you could please STOP STAREING AT NARUTO"S ASS THIS WILL GO MUCH FASTER!" Said statement got the correct answer, as Hinata blushed the many colors of red she had invented. "S-sorry S-Sakura. I g-got a little c-carried away."

Sakura's Rage diminished as she heard the lavender-eyed replied. Sighing, Sakura took a moment to collect her thoughts. 'Geez, she still can't speak to him and we're all 18 already.' "Don't worry Hinata, I didn't mean to yell. If Naruto beats me, well, that would be just embarrassing." "Why would that embarrass you, Sakura-san?" Sakura paused for a moment. If she didn't say this the right way, Hinata would pummel her. "Um, well for starters he would hold it above my head. Literally. Second it would inflate his ego. You know, beating one of the smartest people in our class. Lastly," Sakura's face took on a frightening look, "I will tell him that you love him in front of everyone."

Now it was Hinata's turn to pause and think. The first two she honestly couldn't care about, but the third, it down right shook her. "Y-y-you w-wouldn't. W-would y-you?" The answer was a fast and strong "Yes". 'Okay how do we stop you Naruto-kun?" was her first new thought. A plan so simple and down right stupid that even Naruto could have thought of formed. 'That wouldn't work? Would it? Let's find out' Turning to other girl "Okay I have a plan Sakura. I goes like this". To her benefit, Sakura questioned this mode of action. "Do you honestly think this will work? Naruto may be dense sometimes, but to fall for this?" Which was true. He was dense. Very, very dense. "Honestly, yes. I love Naruto-kun but sometimes I find he lacks a little in the mental department". To hear Hinata say that about her life-long love made Sakura's day. And the girl had a point. Besides, they had no other plan to fall back on, so this was it.

Speeding up to cut him off took little time, as Naruto believed he had out run them. A deadly mistake. The trap was set and ready to go. There was little doubt that he would fall for it. As Naruto began to pass the space where Hinata and Sakura had hidden, he stopped. He stopped because he caught the scent of the most delicious food ever created. The food he claimed as "The Food of the Gods!" There on the side of the road were a dozen cups of instant ramen. The thoughts of "Why are there already made instant ramen cups on the side of the road?" or "Is this a trap?" never crossed his mind. Just 'Rrrrrrrraaaaaammmmmeeeeennnn' (A/N: Is he simple-minded or what)

Watching him sit down and eat the ramen almost pushed Sakura to her breaking point. She didn't know whether to hit him or laugh at him. 'And I entrusted my life to him how many time?' Hinata's thoughts were slightly less complicated. 'Naruto-kun, why did you have to prove my point?' As Naruto consumed another cup, he had a thought. 'Why is everything getting hazy?' And with that amazing epiphany, Uzumaki Naruto passed out. The sleeping pills Sakura had put into the ramen had finally taken effect. "Well Hinata, We win." 'Thank Kami' Hinata swung her head from Sakura to Naruto 'Poor Naruto-kun' He had tried but it wasn't good enough to escape her and Sakura. "Hey Hinata, help me carry this great idiot home, would ya?"

'Well, here we go' were Hinata's thoughts on the matter at hand.

A/N: Well, what do you think people? Good, bad, alright, crap, interesting, not so, help me out here. There will be an explanation next chapter so if you are confused, don't worry. Just click the little blue button on the side of the screen and tell me what you think.