Road to Hinata Uzumaki

A/n:

Hello, hello to you all. It may be a little too late to say this, but finally SasuSaku and NaruHina have arrived to their destination in canon with the cutest babies ever! And for once instead of reading fanfiction, I decided to actually write a fanfiction. And since it is NaruHina month, I decided to begin my debut into the world of writing fanfiction by writing one of my own. But I do hope to write my own SasuSaku fanfic soon, I don't know when, but when I got the idea for this fic I couldn't get it out my head so viola! But this fanfic will contain SasuSaku I promise! This story soothes my impatience for the last and for the Bolt movie coming in August...

Anyways, I'm not usually one to write romance, but I hope to do well with this one with the help of zero experience and shoujo manga! (It's so sad! TT_TT) So I hope you all enjoy and I apologize for any potential OOC-ness. Any advice and critiques will be loved and appreciated, may the flames stay away.

Disclaimer: I definitely don't own Naruto. If I did, NejiTen would've happened.

+Chapter One: Back to the Future+

"Thanks Hinata! Earlier, I was feeling uncharacteristically depressed, but now I feel great!...You know... I always thought that you were just a plain looking, dark weirdo... But I really like people like you!"

... Naruto-kun...!

"nata..."

"Hinata..."

"Hey Hinata!"

Hinata Hyuga snapped out of her daydream with a start. In front of her, Kiba was staring at her with an exasperated look on his face. That was when she took notice of her surroundings. She wasn't with Naruto Uzumaki, her longtime crush, but she was with her teammates Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame at Team 8's training grounds. Kurenai was absent from the session, for it had been more of reunion rather an actual training session. However, she did state she would be there later after taking care of some business. A light flush of embarrassment spread across Hinata's cheeks. She just got caught daydreaming in front of her teammates! "E-er, yes Kiba-kun?" Hinata asked, trying to appear nonchalant to her normally wild friend.

The dog-lover sighed, "You've been standing their like a sitting duck for forever!"

"F-forever?" Hinata stammered back. Her trip down memory lane hadn't seem that long. How embarrassing! Her opal-coloured eyes directed themselves to her more mature comrade and friend, Shino. He was generally quiet, but he really was a nice guy. "Was it really that long, Shino-kun?"

Much to the former Hyuga heiress's ever-growing feeling of embarrassment, the bug-wielder had nodded. "Seven minutes more than likely." Shino's voice had an amused tone to it.

Kiba bursted out laughing hardily and beside him Akamaru was barking, probably laughing at her too. "Kiba-kun!" Hinata protested.

Then a small chuckle erupted from Shino's throat as well. "Shino-kun!"

"Oh calm down we're just teasin' ya!" Kiba said when his laughter finally died down. "Phew, it feels great to finally be out of that hospital right Akamaru?"

Akamaru barked, wagging his tail in amusement.

Hinata smiled softly at the ninja hound's antics, she was happy as well. Not too long ago, Kiba had left with several others on a mission to bring escort the son of the Wind Daimyo back to his home in the Land of Wind. It had started off well enough, but on Kiba's way back to Konoha they had been ambushed by a group of rouges. And while he hadn't been injured too badly with a katana slash on his abdomen, that was because Akamaru had protected his best friend from any other hits with his own body.

"Make sure not to push yourself," Shino 's voice would've sounded apathetic to anyone outside their team, but Kiba and Hinata and even Akamaru could tell that the raven-haired male was concerned.

Kiba grinned cheekily, "I'll be fine, Moom." He goaded.

The only female on the team 8 voiced her own concerns, "But are you sure you're really up to training and missions now that you've been discharged?" The wounds Kiba had taken to the abdomen might not have been that alarming, but if he didn't trully feel up to the task, she didn't think it would be okay to train. And Akamaru was bandaged heavily too!

The brunette rolled his eyes, "Can you all stop acting like a bunch of mother hens? Tsunade-sama said we were good to go, so we're good to go!"

"Woof!"

"That's right, buddy!"

Shino sighed, but he didn't say anything and Hinata just gave a small smile that said 'it-can't-be-helped'.

"Oh yeah," Kiba said thoughtfully. "What were you thinking about earlier, huh? Was it Naaruto?"

A full-face blush spread across Hinata's face almost instantly. "N-no!" Out of habit, Hinata began to twiddle her fingers and her eyes shifted away from the prying black eyes of her teammate. "I was just wondering when, when Kurenai-sensei was going to come!"

Kiba made a noise that sounded like he believed her answer, but his face said other. Hinata had been thinking about Naruto.

It had been a year since then, but Naruto, like Sasuke Uchiha had done before hand, had left Konoha.

It saddened the Hyuga girl, but she had reminded herself since that Naruto's leaving was not for good, it was because he was now training other one of the Legendary Sannin and because of that they had left to travel as well. More than likely to broaden Naruto's views on the world, but Hinata wasn't sure. However, she had seen the blonde ninja off when he left. A small surge of pride filled the Hyuga girl's heart. She hadn't seen anyone else near by when Naruto finally left, maybe he had noticed! Surely that had to count for something! But that small piece of pride quickly got suppressed by a cloud of gloom. But Naruto-kun never really noticed me before...

"I really like people like you!"

Hinata blushed once more and her heart began to speed up. Naruto had said that to her. She tried her hardest to keep a smile from spreading onto her face, the last thing she really needed was for Kiba and Shino to see. They always made it a habit to tease Hinata in every little way when it came to her feelings Naruto, and while she may have loved her team to pieces. She liked staying unteased a tad bit more.

"Anyways, let's get to training, already! I've been outta commission for way too long!" Kiba male took a jab at the air to show how on edge he was. "C'mon Akamaru, let's hit it off with some Dynamic Marking!" And with a bark of eagerness, the two had taken a sprint towards the forest that was in their training grounds.

"Kiba! I won't forgive you disturbing any of the insects in that forest!" Shino shouted back, irritant but when he got no answer in return he began to run after the pair. "I swear."

A giggle shot out of Hinata's throat. Team 8 had quickly fallen into it's normal pace of things. I need to train too! The young teen's lavender eyes hardened in determination. I can't be left behind!

Hinata ran forward to follow Kiba, Shino, and Akamaru but stop abruptly when she felt a pounding pain enter her head. "Wha-what?!" Hinata grabbed her head instantly, fingers latching onto her dark blue hair. What is this pain?! Tears began to swell in the corners of her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. However she quickly found herself on her knees. "I-itai! Why, why is-"

She couldn't even finish her sentence.

The blunette gritted her teeth, her consciousness beginning to slip as her vision started to become cloudy. I, I don't think I can stay awake much longer...! A quiet gasp erupted from her throat. She felt the same way Neji looked whenever her father used the Cursed Bird Seal on him.

"..." Hinata sucked in a shaky breath and her eyes wavered. Was her father near by and finally decided to place the Curse Seal that was passed through the Hyuga Clan for generations on her?

That was Hinata's last thought as the black finally took her, and her eyes rolled to back of her head.

~';'~

Hinata woke up with a slow start, blinking her eyes once. Twice. Thrice before she eased herself into a sitting position.

The room was too dark because of the blinds, but it gave off a safe, homie feel and her bed was very comfortable. The pale girl blinked once more in confusion. Did Kiba or Shino come back to find her unconscious on the ground, or did Kurenai finally make it after all and came when Hinata was crippled silent by her pain? The dandere brought a cold hand to her forehead which was blanketed safely by her bangs. Her head was no longer pounding with pain either, it just felt strangely cool and calm. It, it doesn't feel any different...

Hinata almost let out a sigh of relief, but she knew that it was still a possibilty that having the Curse Bird Seal didn't feel any different than it was without.

The blunette bit her lip and clenched her covers with her other hand.

She didn't want to face anyone after what had happened earlier. Her farther trully did think of her as weak and he placed a seal upon her to further prove her thoughts. And since it was now evening, Hinata knew that she had slept the entire day after what happened. She would probably get reprimanded for that as well.

"Hyuga's always make quick recovery Hinata." Hiashi's voice and gaze was stern as it glared at his daughter's fallen form on the wooden floor. "Remember this lesson well. Now stand up and charge at me again!"

"Y-yes, Otou-sama!"

Her lavender eyes clouded with depression.

It would only make it worse if I just pretend to stay here still sleeping... The young beauty dropped her other hand on her blanket and clenched it with that hand. "Be strong."

So pushing her blankets off her body Hinata heaved herself out of bed, her head feeling slightly heavier. She paid it no mind though, it was probably because it was an after effect of the seal. She just wanted to pull back her curtains and see the comfort of the stars before the inevitable meeting she would have to go through to discuss why the Seal had been placed on her.

Her small hand touched the curtain delicately and was surprised at how the texture had changed. It felt smooth, velvety even. Did her father feel guilty about bestowing the Cursed Bird Seal on her and decided to spice up her decorum? Hinata bit her lip once more, having mixed feelings about the matter. But she quickly shook the thought out her head, it wasn't like her father. And she didn't feel like thinking about him either, she decided as she finally peeled the curtains back and looked up at the dotted sky.

Is Naruto-kun looking up at the same stars from where he is? Hinata's lips curved into a small smile as she imagined cerulean eyes looking up at the night sky, eyes dazzling in amazement at them. Maybe... Maybe he's thinking about me, too? Pale cheeks flushed and she looked down from the sky and down at the Hyuga Compo-

Hinata felt her mind stop for the second time in so little time.

She wasn't in the Hyuga Compound.

"Where am I?" Opal eyes widened, feeling fear beginning to creep into her. She looked left, then she looked right. Then Hinata searched for the Hokage Monument and felt slightly at ease when she the familiar slopes of the previous Hokages. At the very least, Hinata was still in Konoha. But the semi-relief smile on Hinata's lips dropped once more as she saw another head carved into the stone.

The hair was sloped over and spiky, and even though it was dark Hinata could still recognize the hairstyle of Kakashi Hatake anywhere.

Hinata ran out the room instantly and activated her Byakugan then proceeded to run to what seemed to be a living room. She was defnitely in a house. The house was medium-sized, with three bedrooms, a kitchen, a balcony, and the living room she was currently entering.

Hinata slowed her steps, cautiously entering the room. Aside from the two bodies she passed from the two other rooms behind her, there weren't any other signs of life in the house she was currently in. But her guard didn't lower. For a brief second, she considered the possibility that the other two people in the house were her kidnappers but they were too small. Were they taken too? The blunette kept in mind to go back and view the other two after she gave the house a thorough searching.

She entered the living room.

There was definitely no other people in here and aside from the sleeping bodies of nearby Konoha civilians, there wasn't anyone on guard either.

Hinata sighed in relief; she would be able to escape then.

She turned foot to go back and see the other two that were in the house, slowly opening the door of the one closest to the room she was just in. The sound of peaceful sleeping hit her ears and now that Hinata was paying more attention, she realized that the person sleeping was a child. A young one at that. She directed her gaze to the person in the other room, it was a child as well. How cruel! Hinata deactivated her Byakugan and felt a lot of sympathy for the children. Taking small children from their homes is just cruel! Hinata felt at the wall and flicked on the light switch, it would be okay since the enemy at the moment was foolish enough to leave the base of their operations unguarded.

The child was a girl, Hinata could tell from her side view. Her hair was a dark navy blue just like Hinata's and with how it flared out with an ahoge sticking out the center of her head, it was like the girl had leaves for hair. Hinata placed a hand on the child's head and noted that it was a lot softer than it looked. The girl's temperature was normal. That was good.

With urgency, Hinata gently shook the girl awake and eventually the girl turned around to face her with a groggy expression. Hinata couldn't help but notice how the girl had four familiar whisker marks on her face, two for each cheek. And her eyes were a beautiful shade of cerulean. This girl would grow up to be a beautiful young woman, Hinata was going to make sure of that. She was going to get the three of them out of here! The girl began to open her mouth her eyes wide, but Hinata quietly shushed her. "It's alright, little one," Hinata said in a warm tone, surprised at how mature her voice sounded. "I'm going to get us out of here, I promise. What's your name?" The lavender-eyed beauty gave the girl a gentle and reassuring smile.

"Himawari..." The girl, Himawari, answered hesitantly. Her cerulean eyes were riddled with confusion.

"Himawari-chan." The name felt foreign yet familiar on Hinata's tongue as she said it for the first time. "It's a very pretty name just like you. Now I'm going to go get the other child here too okay, then all three of us will leave. Just sit here and scream for me if anyone comes in here." Hinata wanted to wake the children one at a time, not wanting to overwhelm the second with so many people after waking up. But apparently, the boy had beaten her to it as Himawari said:

"Nii-chan?"

Nii-chan? Hinata repeated mentally and turned around to see who Himawari was talking about.

It was the second child in the house and unlike Himawari, his hair was blonde. It flared upwards and just like his sister he had an ahoge coming out his head, making him another leaf-head and he also sported four whisker marks on his cheeks. But unlike his sister, his eyes were lavender, like the Byakugan but he had a pupil in each eye. What a cute little boy... Hinata thought, feeling a bit overwhelmed herself being bombarded by so many cute children. Hinata opened her mouth to say something, but the blonde boy cut her off.

"Hey Kaa-chan, what are you doing-ttebasa?"

"Wh-what?" Hinata was stupefied once again. "Kaa-chan?" She repeated dumbly. She didn't even take notice of the familiar sounding verbal tick the boy just used.

The blonde nodded, tilting his head in confusion. "Well yeah," he replied. "Kaa-chan, are you okay?"

Himawari spoke from behind her, "Mama's still sleepy, I think." She said as she transitioned from what was apparently her bed, to her older brother. She looked worried and tired.

Hinata slowly shook her head, just barely noticing the light scraping on her back. "I, I can't be your mother," She blinked her opal-tinted eyes in disbelief. "I-I-I'm fourteen!"

The blonde boy look extremely confused now, "But, Kaa-chan-"

'Kaa-chan' was the last thing Hinata heard, before promptly fainting again.

-xxx-

Lavender eyes blinked open.

She was no longer in Himawari's room with the two children that claimed she was their mother. It was all a dream. Her getting the Cursed Bird Seal placed upon her and being in a room with two (cute) children she had never met before.

Hinata wiped her forehead. She didn't know whether or not she should be relieved or disappointed.

Hinata blinked once more, then once again, felt a panic come over her. She was still in a room she had no idea was located.

Instantly, the young girl sat herself up, Byakugan ready. Her eyes taking in the sight from the window she had looked through earlier; she was still in Konoha. She pushed the covers off her legs then noticed something else, her hair was all the way down to her butt. What on earth! Hinata gasped. My hair isn't this long! It's only just starting to get past my chin! After Naruto left, the blunette had decided to grow her hair out longer, but hair didn't grow this fast in a night. Then Hinata looked down at her legs, she had been in shorts apparently, and her legs were longer and -dare she say it- adult-like?

The Hyuga's eyes widened. What is happening to my body?!

But Hinata's panic was interrupted midway as the door to the room she was in creaked open.

"Oh, thank kami, you're awake-ttebayo!"

That voice... Hinata's voice began to pound like crazy.

Ba-dump.

It's sounds...

Ba-dump.

So familiar.

It was more a lot more mature and groan up from when she last heard it, but all-in-all, Hinata knew for a fact- she knew that voice. Her head turned around slowly.

The blue eyes, the blonde hair, the whiskers, and a cheery toothy grin.

It was him. Her long time crush:

"Naruto-kun?!" Hinata yelled in surprise before she could stop herself. His hair was cut shorter, but Hinata knew that face anywhere. He was dressed casually in orange and grey sweats and in his hands was a tray with a bowl of soup on it. Is that for me...? The blue-haired felt the familiar urge to faint once more, but she greatly urged herself not to. She couldn't faint so much in so little time! Don't faint, don't faint, don't faint, don't faint! Hinata mentally screamed at herself, breathing slowly to calm herself.

Naruto grinned back at the shocked Hyuga girl, "The one and only-ttebayo." His grin fell for a brief moment but then came back quickly, even wider than it was before. "I know you're happy to see me but you don't have to blush that hard." He laughed heartily much to Hinata's embarrassment as she clamped her hands onto her completely reddened face.

"Y-y-you just look different is all, Naruto-kun!" Hinata defended herself. Why is... Hinata looked down at her lap, not sure where to place her eyes now. Why is Naruto-kun talking so familiar with me...? "Wh-when did you get back from you're training with Jiraiya-sama, N-Naruto-kun?"

She felt Naruto sit down beside her, placing the tray of food on the counter next to the bed she was laying on. Hinata glanced at the boy, well, he looked more like a man now. He was no longer smiling, his cheery attitude turning into confusion. "Are you alright, Hinata? I came back from that years ago."

"What?!" Hinata said before she could help it. How could that be, Naruto had been gone for a year and she was pretty sure he wouldn't be back until later than that. Hinata snapped out of her train of thought when she felt a large, warm hand push her bangs out the way and place itself on her forehead. Hinata felt her face turn red and felt the sudden urge to faint once more if the hadn't didn't stop touching her quickly. Fortunately, someone above was listening, because Naruto folded his arms after a about five seconds.

He had a pouty expression on his face. "Well you don't feel like you have a fever-ttebayo," Naruto said. "But are you sure you haven't been working hard, Hina? You gave the kids a huge scare last night." His lips suddenly formed a smile. "Boruto told me you said you were fourteen! Ha! Fourteen-ttebayo!" Naruto laughed extremely hard, slapping a hand on his knee.

Hinata felt slightly embarrassed, though she couldn't fathom why. She really was fourteen. And yet here was Naruto laughing at the though mere thought of her being a teenager. The Hyuga girl ignored it though, she was just happy that she wasn't in any danger. But it still felt a bit surreal, talking to Naruto like this was something she only dreamed about! That's when something crossed her mind. "Oh," she set her hands down slowly and Naruto finally stopped laughing, looking her dead in the eye. "You know those children, Naruto-kun?"

"..."

Any hint of playfulness on Naruto's face and general deposition went out the window. "Well, yeah," his eyes were beginning to cloud with worry and confusion. "It's Boruto and Himawari, Hinata."

The way Naruto said it made Hinata feel very bad. She was clearly supposed to know these children. Hinata gasped lightly and blushed once more as Naruto grabbed her shoulders and brought her closer to him. "You do remember giving birth to them... Right, Hinata?" His voice sounded urgent.

What. It wasn't even a question at this point. "Gi-g-g-giving birth?" Hinata whispered hoarsely. "They're my kids?"

Naruto's grip on her shoulders tightened and nodded firmly. "... You're twenty-seven." Hinata couldn't believe it, no pun intended and the look on Naruto's face matched how Hinata was beginning to feel inside. "Don't you remember us getting married, Hinata?!"

Married.

Married.

Married.

Hinata felt like she couldn't get enough circulation to the brain. It felt harder to breathe! And for the third time in a row, Hinata felt her eyes rolling to the back of her head. I can't believe I married Naruto-kun...

And unbeknownst to the now unconscious blunette herself, she had said her last thought aloud.

This time, Naruto's blood ran cold.

His wife couldn't remember anything about their relationship.

A/n: and that's the end of my lovely chapter 1, I hope you all enjoyed it.

And I once, again I apologize for any OOC-ness and any general bad writin and the more-than-likely-misleading-subject-title I gave for the story. I just felt that Hinata would be less stuttery around young people she's trying to rescue compared to her crush and other situations. I particularly enjoyed writing the part where Hinata met Bolt and Himawari for the first time. Here she is trying to be Super Hina and then they crush her with the power of 'Mom-you're-being-weird' kryptonite. And I hope I made her reactions to being called Mom and 'Wife' by the kids and Naruto authentic for her character. As I stated earlier, I welcome all advice and critiques.

Also, to answer any questions as to Bolt's eye colour. I know that in the manga, his eyes are blue like Naruto's, but in his official character scans he is depicted with lavender eyes with pupils. And while I normally would go with the manga colouring, I quite enjoy Bolt's eyes being lavender as it's close to the idea of Bolt or Himawari having the Byakugan. So I decided to incorporate that into my story.

Read, Review, and I Adore You All Too!

Preview - Chapter Two: The Uzumaki Family: "Kaa-chan are you feeling better?" "Erm, yes... All better now!" "Then can you play me today with me like you promised?"