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It was a hot summer night.

Somewhere in the Village of the Hidden Leaf, a young blonde boy was slowly being evaporated into the summer night.

'Right side.'

'Left side.'

'Right side.'

"ARGHHHHH!!"

Uzumaki Naruto gave up deciding which side to sleep on and decided to go on a walk to cool off.

He stepped quietly out of the doors and headed out, wondering if Ichiraku would still be open.

He stumbled wearily down the street, blinking blindly and walked straight into a lowbranch.

'Damn.'

He felt his body fall flat back as black dots clouded his vision.

'Noooo… I mustn't black out! Not here!' his head moaned.

The last thing he remembered were clear eyes staring into his.

Sunlight streamed into Naruto's messy room.

'Head-ache… Am I having a hangover? I don't remember drinking. But it's not like I ever really remember anything…'

Last night's events rushed back all at once.

He bolted up into a sitting position.

'But I'm in my bed and everything.'

He paused, then climbed wearily out of his bed and stumbled to his fridge.

He wrenched the fridge-door open.

'Milk… and cereal. I'll feel better with food inside me.'

Naruto sat down at his table and started to inhale his food.

'Someone saved me. I remember looking into someone's eyes. Clear ones.'

"Clear eyes mean Hyuga… N-not NEJI!" Naruto exclaimed, horrified, "I'll have to thank him! I don't know how to thank guys!"

Naruto stopped eating for a moment.

"Maybe Sakura-chan does… Sakura-chan! I'm supposed to be at the bridge!"

Naruto finished his food in record time and ran for the bridge.

Birds chirped.

"Gomenasai. I got lost on the road of life--"

"LIAR!" screeched Sakura and Naruto. Sasuke 'hn-ed'.

Kakashi scratched his head, looking vaguely embarrassed.

"Alright team, let's head to the tower."

The team wandered off to the Hokage's office.

"Tsunade-baasan! Can we have an A-rank mission this time!?" Naruto yelled.

A sake bottle smashed onto the wall next to his head.

Shizune popped her head through the doorway.

"Ah, gomenasai, Tsunade-sama has a hangover… She told me to tell all the teams that they can have a day off." said Shizune sheepishly.

"ALRIGHT!!"

This time, Naruto had to duck as another bottle came flying.

Shizune hurriedly ushered them out.

Kakashi turned to his team.

"Dismissed." He said as he wrenched his favourite book from his pocket and ambled off.

Sasuke grunted and walked off. Sakura prepared to walk off as well when Naruto remembered.

"Sakura-chan!!" he yelled as he ran after her.

"What do you want, Naruto?" asked Sakura in a disgruntled tone.

"I uh… wanted your help." he mumbled.

"What help? Naruto, I'm busy so I suggest you to start talking or don't talk." said Sakura as she flexed her muscles.

Naruto gulped slightly, and then forged on.

"Well uh… I need to thank someone and uh… I'm not really certain on how to thank them."

Sakura raised a brow.

"Who's this someone?"

"Uh… Well uh…" Naruto scratched the back of his head, "They have uh… dark hair… clear eyes…"

Sakura's eyes took on a maniacal glint.

"Hinata…?" she whispered softly to herself.

"Their last name starts with an 'H'." Naruto finished.

He looked at Sakura who looked at him mischievously.

It appeared his message had gotten through, even if it didn't go through correctly.

"Flowers! And a card saying thank you." Sakura nodded knowingly.

'Flowers for Hyuga Neji? Oh well… Sakura-chan knows what she says… ah. Yamanaka Flower Shop.'

Bells tinkled as Naruto walked into the Yamanaka flower shop.

"N-naruto?" stammered an astonished Ino.

"Uh… I was wondering… do you have flowers that you give to someone for thanking them?" asked Naruto uncomfortably. Ino was still gaping at him, then she seemed to recover.

"Of course."

Five minutes later, Naruto walked out of the shop holding a massive bouquet of flowers with a card attached to one of the many stems.

"Darn. I can't see where I'm going." scowled Naruto as he stumbled blindly on the streets.

"Aughhh!"

Naruto looked down to see who he walked into.

'YES! A Hyuga!'

"Gomenasai, Hanabi-san." he apologised to Hinata's little sister.

Hanabi's clear eyes glared suspiciously at him.

"Can I help you?" she asked icily. Naruto nodded eagerly. Hanabi seemed to notice the flowers and backed away. She shook her head at him. Naruto's face fell.

"Can't you deliver this to Neji-san for me?"

Hanabi's eyes seemed to widen about a mile. (Think wrong; this is a little girl with an adult's mind after all.)

"Why not? You live at the same place as him don't you?" whined Naruto. Then it hit him.

"No! No-no-no-no!" Naruto cried, holding his hands up as he shook his head frantically, "It's nothing like that! He helped me and I need to thank him and this is what Sakura-chan suggested!"

Hanabi calmed down enough to accept the bundle of flowers and took off.

Somewhere across the street at that time, another pair of clear eyes surveyed the scene.

'I-is Naruto-kun g-giving th-those flowers t-to Hanabi-nesan to g-give to ME?'

The shy figure blushed immensely; somewhat resembling a tomato.

'I should h-hurry and g-go home and see.'

To be continued...

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