This story is set after the chuunin exams and Sasuke's betrayal.
Ok everyone, this is my first fanfic and any constructive criticism is appreciated.
This story was brought back from the deletion bin by request. I already have 7 chapters written and I will upload 1 every 3 days.
For Love
"Hinata," shouted Hiasi, "your failure will not be tolerated!" Hinata lowered her gaze to her feet. "You disgracefully lost to a branch member!" It took all of Hinata's strength to fight back the tears that were forming in her eyes. "Do you know what this means? All of the branch family is talking behind our back, questioning the main family's power." The tears that she desperately held back were forming in the corners of her eyes
"Gomen, father," Hinata muttered sadly
"Gomen?!?Gomen?!?" yelled the enraged Hyuuga. "Is that all you can say for yourself?"
"Hinata, if you do not surpass Neji in the next three years, I will revoke your title as 'Heir of the Hyuuga Clan,'" spat the clan head.
" I understand, Father," stated Hinata solemnly as she began to exit the room. She stopped at the frame of the door. "Do not worry, I promise that I will surpass Negi. I never go back on my word, that's my nindo." Hinata then finished walking out of the room.
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Naruto sat at his favorite ramen shop in deep thought. "Who should I get to come with me on my trip?"
Flashback
"Hey Naruto!" yelled the perverted Sennin while waving his hands in the air, "Get over here, I have to tell you something." the jinchuriki jogged over to Icha Icha author."Naruto, we are going to go on a training trip."
"Huh?" the loud shinobi blurted quizzically.
"The Akatsuki could attack at any moment. They will use any tactics available to capture you. They may even kidnap the people close to you. You need to get stronger in order to protect the ones you love." stated the toad sage. Naruto nodded seeing the seriousness of the situation "Besides, it will give me some time to do my 'research.' Naruto fell over 'anime style'.
"You Pervert," shouted the future hokage not noticing the looks they were getting from Konoha's female residents, "you would take away time from 'my training' for your perverted needs?!"
"What do you mean 'my training'?" Jiraiya said slyly. "I didn't say that you were training alone. Tsunade forcing Sakura to come, and a third person that you chose will be coming too." The blond's eyes glistened at that comment.
"Saakkuurraa!" Naruto said with drool coming out of the corner of his mouth, obviously daydreaming about the konoichi.
"Wait, third person?" The Kyuubi container thought as he snapped back to reality, "I wonder who I should invite. Kiba? Nah, he smells like a wet dog. Shino? Not likely, I hate bugs. Ino? NO, I can't stand that loud bitch." While the future hokage was thinking, he didn't notice the toad sage poking him with a stick, obviously bored to death.
"Whatever Ero-sennin, I'll pick the third person eventually." Naruto chimed whilst rubbing the black of his head and giving the sennin a large, lopsided smile. "See yah!" and with that the blond shinobi was gone.
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"Now how am I going to beat Neji?" thought Hinata while she walked through Konoha. " He is a genius, and I am as fragile as a twig."
"Hinata! Over here!" shouted a certain oblivious ninja. "Do you want some Ramen? I'm buying!" Hinata turned her head to see who was calling her name.
"N..Naruto?" the Hyuuga's face flushed at her own mention of his name.
"Hey Hinata, I was wondering if you wanted some ramen," exclaimed the blond who was wearing a goofy smile.
"S..Sure Naruto-kun." Hinata said with a whisper-like volume. The heiress sat down on the stool next to the hyperactive blond. Ayume then asked them what they wanted to eat.
"Miso-ramen with a fried egg!" blurted Naruto before Hinata could give Ayume her order.
"Same." Hinata responded. After Ayume left, Naruto started talking. Hinata wasn't listening. She was just slumped in her chair leaning on her elbows, staring at his marvelous, well crafted face. The Hyuuga heiress was enjoying every second of it. She didn't even notice that she was radiating her trademark blush. The female Hyuuga shot up in her chair when the blond started talking about his training trip.
"...yeah and now I have to go on a training trip and I need to find a third person to go with me..." Naruto exclaimed.
"N...Naruto-kun, I could go as the third person?" remarked the grey-eyed heiress as she twiddled her fingers and let a blush slowly crawl up her face. Naruto, being as oblivious as he is, did not notice her blush.
"Sure, Hinata, you can come with us," declared the hyperactive shinobi.
"Us?" said Hinata wondering who 'us' meant.
"Me, Jiraiya, you, and Sakura!" replied the jinkuriki.
"Oh... Sakura," mumbled the shy kunochi. Hinata felt like her heart was being ripped in half. "He invited Sakura without her even asking." she thought. Tears started forming in her eyes and she felt like she wanted to run away from this place. Hinata instantly turned her head, sending a few tears into the air around her. She didn't want to look at him… not now.
Even though Naruto was oblivious to Hinata's feeling for him, he was not oblivious towards her sadness. Naruto nonchalantly leaned over from his stool and gave her a hug.
"Please don't cry Hinata. I don't like it when my friends cry," the sage apprentice pleaded while rubbing her back trying to comfort her. The Hyuuga's heart rate shot up at this motion and her face became as red as a strawberry. When the Kyuubi container tried to break the hug, the girl on the receiving end would not let go. Naruto gave a slight blush at the fact that she wanted to continue hugging. When he finally jerked back, he found that she had fainted and had a small, intimate smile on her face.
Naruto lifted the Heiress up and held her in his arms just like a groom would do with the bride. "I better take her home." he thought.
The blonde's gaze was focused on the fragile girl's face. When he noticed her rosy cheeks and tender lips, he completely flushed up. The jinkuriki immediately attempted to banish those naughty thoughts.
"I'm not a pervert like Ero-sennin! Why am I having this problem?" wondered the hyperactive ninja.
The shinobi had a very hard time keeping his gaze on her face and not on other places. Subconsciously, the hyperactive child let his gaze drift. "Quite a big rack for a 13 year old." he mumbled slyly.
"What did you say Naruto?" replied the girl in his hands. Her small, intimate smile turned into an I-know-what-you-said smirk.
"Hinata! Your awake!" exclaimed the hokage-to-be. "I said.. um.. meet us at the front gates at 8 o' clock so we can leave for the trip!" He really hoped she would buy it. "And more importantly, when did you wake up?"
"I never fainted," the heiress stated.
"What! Then why did you just lay in my arms saying nothing!" said the confused shinobi.
"Because I was in your arms." hinted the Hyuuga Heiress in a low volume. "Wait, what the hell did I just say?" she thought. The lavender-eyed girl was in a panic. "Oh my god I think I'm going to suffocate!"
"What did you say Hinata?" questioned the orange-wearing ninja, "Sorry my mind was on other things."
"Yeah, like my chest!" the indigo-haired heiress yelled in her mind.
"Ok, we're here!" the whiskered boy announced as he gently let the heiress out of his arms. "Remember, 8 O' clock at the front gate."
"Don't worry Naruto, I'll be there." said the Hyuuga shyly as she jogged up to her doorstep. "See yah, Naruto!"
"Bye." he replied.
Hinata walked through the door into her home, closed it, leaned on the door, and swooned. "I can't believe he hugged me!" she thought while holding herself and wearing a smile similar to Naruto's. "Although, I'm not sure if I should be happy or mad that he looked at my breasts."
The lavender-eyed girl got up after about 5 minutes and decided to go pack.
"lets see: kunai, shuriken, clothes, sleeping bag, swim suit. I think thats everything!" the konoichi said to herself. "I better go to bed. I don't want to be late tomorrow." the heiress stated. "Especially 'cause Naruto's going to be there!" She blew out the candles and got under the covers with a smile on her face. Hinata slept soundly and had many romantic dreams about Naruto and her.
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"I'll pack in the morning." the blond mumbled. After all, Naruto was already sleepily tangled up in his blankets.
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"Tsunade, you call me?" entered a familiar blond shinobi in the Hokage's office.
"Yes I did. I called you over to my office to give you a family heirloom of your's." stated the short-tempered hokage.
"Family heirloom?!? What is it?" replied the jinkuriki in total shock.
"It is a scroll of utmost powe..." But the large busted Hokage was interrupted by a certain annoying ninja.
"A scroll? That doesn't sound so important!"
The blond hokage had a vain popping out of her head by now. "I would tell you what was so important about it if you would let me finish, you brat!" The hokage attempted to regain her composure. "Your father was an alchemist. His name was Tin Uzumaki. He created potions and medicines out of herbs, flowers, and animals. This scroll has all of his recipes for every potion and/or item he made. During your trip, I want to study this scroll and learn how to make as many of these items as possible."
"Wow! My dad was an alchemist! Do not worry Tsunade, I will make every item in this scroll by the time I get back for I will be Hokage some day." shouted the Hokage-to-be as he walked out the door.
When the hyperactive blond left the room, the only thing Tsunade could do was sigh.
"I believe you can become Hokage some day Naruto, I really do," declared the busty blond to her empty office.
"Man, what's taking Naruto so long?" muttered a pink haired konoichi obviously pissed at his lateness.
"I...I'm sure N...Naruto will come soon," whimpered a certain stalker.
"He better!" announced the toad sage and a Sasuke fangirl in chorus.
As if on cue, the hyperactive blond shinobi came sprinting over to the front gate. When he got there, it didn't take a genius to notice that everyone was pissed, everyone except Hinata. "Gomen, Tsunade called me over to her office this morning," the jinkuriki stated in his defense. Naruto had a large goofy smile on his silly countenance, and he used his right hand to rub the back of his head.
"Thats ok, I didn't mind waiting." The heiress pointed out, whilst twiddling her fingers
"We did!" shouted the Icha Icha author and the Hokage's apprentice.
"Look, I don't want to start a whole thing with this, so can we just go?" laughed the Kyuubi container.
"Hai!" chimed the rest of the group as they exited the gate of Konoha.