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Thoughts- Italics

Nine Tails Speaking- Bold

Naruto Uzumaki, or I should say, Namikaze opened the door to his home, he lived in a mansion dedicated to the Fourth Hokage. He yawned, being the Seventh Hokage was tiring. He was wearing the white robe all Hokages wear; with "Seventh Hokage" printed on the back. Underneath that he wore his normal orange clothes. He walked past the Academy, and waved to Shikamaru, who was about to start teaching. It was a shame; Naruto had wanted Shikamaru to be his secretary. Shikamaru had told the village he was a Namikaze, and had helped win the war against Madara and Obito. It had been three years since that war, two years since Naruto was elected the Seventh Hokage, and one year since the Nine Tails had finally decided to calm down, and like Killer Bee, had formed a mutual alliance inside of Naruto. Naruto walked into the Hokage building, he had finally chosen his secretary to be Sakura. Walking to his desk, he saw Sakura sorting through paperwork, and of course, glaring at him for being late. Naruto quickly jumped behind his desk and started to work.

Two Hours Later

Naruto jumped when he heard it, a fist smashing into the wall, he could already hear Sakura screeching at the person who had given her bad news. Naruto peeked out at Sakura's office. An ANBU Black Op was standing there, fear stricken; Naruto made a noise and the ANBU looked over, Naruto beckoned for him to come inside, and the ANBU jumped inside. Naruto sat behind his desk and looked at the ANBU; his mask had part of a lions face in it, it was in black, this ANBU had a paintbrush on his back, and a short sword, he was more armored than the rest of the ANBU, and the front of his armor had "ANBU Leader" printed on the front. Naruto smiled and spoke, "So Sai, what can I do for you?" Sai, took of his mask and smiled back at Naruto, "Hokage-Sama, I have terrible news." The smile was wiped off of both their faces. Naruto breathed out and said, "What is it Sai?" Sai could hear Sakura shout his name, Sai spoke quickly, itching to leave the vicinity, "While on a mission, Kiba and Akamaru were wounded, they are both being treated at the hospital." Naruto looked up, he told Sai to leave, Sai promptly poofed out of the room like a shadow clone being hit. Naruto walked past Sakura's office, Sakura followed him. They would be heading to Kiba's room. As they reached the hospital, Naruto noticed Hinata, and Shino were also injured but were standing outside waiting. As Naruto walked by, Shino walked alongside him, as did Hinata with Sakura. Naruto and Shino whispered so no one would hear their conversation, "Shino..." Shino whispered back, "Yes, Naruto?" Naruto kept his voice down despite Shino speaking at full volume, "How did it go?" Shino's expression turned dark and he whispered back, "Not good, Hinata was heavily wounded, and Kiba was no better off." Naruto looked back, he noticed now Hinata was clutching her side, which looked like it had a sword wound, and was limping. They entered Kiba's room slowly; Kiba was up and lay out propped up on the bed. He noticed Naruto and a huge grin stretched across his face. Naruto smiled back.

"Everyone's grown so much, Sakura's my secretary; and with Sasuke. Sasuke is in the village; and is a Jonin. Kiba and Shino are still best friends and go on every mission together. Ino and Sai are a couple, Ino is a Jonin, Sai is the head of the ANBU. Kakashi is back in the ANBU. Choji went back to his clan, and is almost the head. Temari and Shikamaru, both Jonins are a couple. TenTen and Lee; teachers at the academy, and a couple." Naruto thought all of this to himself as he left the hospital room.

His visit to Kiba had given him vital information, but as he was leaving a voice spoke to him, "Kid," Naruto went into his mind and spoke, "What is it Kurama? I'm busy!" Kurama laughed, "Kid, did you see Hinata? She's got some bad wounds, and wanted to talk to you that whole time. You ignored her so much in there." Naruto sighed, "Kurama, is she behind us?" Kurama smiled and said, "She's about to tap you on the shoulder kid. Good luck." Naruto had some feelings over the years building up for Hinata. He didn't want to say anything out of fear for rejection; but the feelings were pretty strong now that Hinata could hold her own, and never fainted. He felt the tap on his shoulder and turned. There she was, her eyes fixed on him, she started to say something about the mission, but Naruto couldn't hear it. He was too busy staring at her. Suddenly she coughed up blood and began to fall, she had lost consciousness. Naruto grabbed her, and using the Fourths teleportation jutsu, got her into a hospital room. Naruto walked back to the Hokage tower and sat at his desk to finish the work.

Four Hours Later

Naruto was done. The work was finished; he had a feeling of accomplishment. He walked back to the Namikaze Manor. He was so lonely in that big house. He decided, tomorrow he would approach Hinata.

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