Disclaimer: I do not own naruto.
They had to send Anbu out to find if there were any survivors from the Sasuke retrieval mission when no one came back. "There's one" shouted an Anbu member. They found Chouji, sad to say he was dead. "There's the Hyuuga" shouted another Anbu member. "He's dead sir". They Where searching when they seen the Three sand Nin and a dog in ones arm coming with three dead bodies. "WHAT HAPPENED" The Captain shouted.
"We were too late; they were dead when we found them". Kankuro said to the Anbu leader. Kankuro let Akamaru down. Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro handed Kibas, Shikamarus, and Lee's bodies over to the Anbu.
"What about that Naruto kid, is he alive" one of the Anbu said.
"We don't know. Knowing him I highly doubt it" Gaara replied
"You three sand ninja are to go back to Konoha and report this to Tsunade-sama. Take the dog back with you, Hokage-sama will know what to do with him" The Captain ordered.
I wonder where Neji-ni-san is Hinata thought. Father said that he was going to train Hanabi-chan and that I should watch. If I knew that he was going to be this late I would of went to train with Shino since he just got back and is now practicing.
"HINATA" Hanabi ran in crying followed by her dad Hiashi.
"W-whats wrong" Hinata said looking concerned.
"Your cousin was killed on a mission to retrieve that Uchiha kid, so was that worthless Inuzuka teammate of yours" Hiashi said with a stern face.
"No, no no no, they can't be dead" Hinata replied with tears forming in her eyes.
Hiashi walked out of the room leaving his two daughters to cry. That night Hinata cried herself to sleep over the loss of her friend and cousin.
When Shino heard the news he can't exactly say that he cried, but then again Shino isn't the emotional type. It did keep him up all night, especially since he was worried how Hinata was doing. It was too late to just go over to the Hyuuga compound. Three o'clock had just rolled by when he was finally able to get himself to sleep.
The next morning he got up and immediately took a shower and ate breakfast. He rushed over to the Hyuuga compound to visit Hinata. When he finally got there he seen Hinata walking out of the front gate with her looking at the ground depressed.
"Hinata" Shino said in acknowledgement.
"Shino, why did they take them away" Hinata said with tears in her eyes.
"I don't know Hinata" Shino said while walking over to her.
"What about Naruto, is he alive"
"No, Kakashi sensei came back with a lifeless body, I'm sorry" Shino told the crying girl.
"I, I, I HATE SASUKE" Hinata shouted.
"I know" Shino replied
They both started to walk in the same direction with complete silence. When they came upon there training grounds Shino broke that silence.
"Hinata, I'm sorry, if I had been there I could have killed the sound ninja" Shino said quietly.
"It's ok Shino, thanks" Hinata told him.
"Hinata do, do you want, well what I'm trying to say is, do you want to go on a date" Shino asked nervously.
"W-W-Well um" Hinata stuttered while blushing furiously.
"I know that this isn't the time but I just can't hold back any longer, Hinata I love you" Shino blurted out.
"Alright, I'll go, but where to" Hinata asked
"How about we go out to dinner at Kasumas, I hared that they have really good food there" Shino replied to the Hyuuga.
"Ok what time should I go there at" Hinata asked Shino
"We can go at five, and don't worry I'll pick you up" Shino replied.
"O alright thanks Shino" Hinata told him.
TO BE CONTINUED
You're probably wondering why he just asked her out on a date at a time like that. Shino does love Hinata and but mainly he wanted to cheer her up so he got the courage to ask her.