disclaimer-I don't own Naruto
Some things might be slightly AU and this takes place after the Sasuke retrival. They are all around 16.
Naruto lay in his bed thinking about Sakura. It had been nearly three months since Hinata had revealed her feelings to him and a 4 since he'd realized his feelings for her. Sakura, though, was showing signs of wear and tear, she had tried to hide whatever was wrong with her, but Naruto knew the kunoichi long enough to know when something was up. She had bags under her eyes and two days ago when they were training together like they always did Naruto accidently destroyed the bottom half of her shirt and Naruto saw her ribs through her side. She was so thin, waaaaayyyy to thin, but when he had tried to get her to eat, Sakura said that she wasn't hungry. Naruto knew that things had been hard for her since Sasuke left, and he had tried to comfort her but he loved Hinata now. How ironic Naruto thought. He had spent a good 5 or so years of his life pining after Sakura only to realize that he loved Hinata. He had been so stupid and blind, but now he could see things clearly. He could never go back to loving Sakura. Rolling over in his bed and crushing the pillow over his head, Naruto tried to get some sleep.
Sakura cried as she sat at the team 7 training ground. How could things go so wrong. They had a disfunctional family, but a strong one. Then Sasuke left for power. Before he had gone Sakura confessed her love for him and offered to leave with him, but Sasuke's only response was to charge up a Chidori and stab her. Sakura wouldn't be standing here if Naruto hadn't taken the chidori for her. She remembered treating Naruto so badly, punching and kicking hi while she tried to get Sasuke to like her. Naruto asked her to go on date after date for ramen, to a movie, anything. He tried to give her gifts and even tried to treat Sakura to her favortie foods and she always turned him down. Then, when he left she realized how much she depended on him to keep her strong, to keep her going. Sakura wiped away a tear. And now that he had found Hinata it was likely that she would never get to tell Naruto how much she loved him. I love him so much. I wish i could tell him that I love him. Maybe, if I... No I couldn't do that to poor Hinata, I'd commit senpuku(2)(sp) before I did that. She couldn't compete with Hinata even if she wanted too. She was so curvy and well... hot. She had to be ranked higher than Kurenai and Anko on the ten hottest Konoha babes survey. And the worst part is I'm nothing to brag about.
Sakura was wasting away. Sakura had lost nearly 20 pounds after Naruto and Hinata got together. If only my diet had worked this well when I was trying to impress Sasuke. She wiped away a tear. I need to get over Naruto. I need to tell Naruto how I feel about him. If the fox boy rejected her, then she might be able to get back on with her life, but... if he decided that he loved her... Sakura brushed off the all the dirt and twigs. She felt like running over to Naruto's right now, it was around 1 in the morning right now, but she didn't think that he would mind. After all the number one unpredictable hyperactive knucklheaded ninja was always there for his Nakama(1), right? Focusing chakra into her feet Sakura jumped onto the nearest tree limb and then vanished with a rustle of leaves. Leaving training ground 7 lonlier than ever.
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Earlier that night.
Hinata awoke from a nightmare in her room in the Hyuuga compound. Naruto-kun and her were on a picnic when had transformed using that mysterious red chakra. She watched as he grew more feral and animal-like. He let out a vicious howl. The fox/naruto monstrosity advanced towards her slowly. Hinata could feel every breath he took and where she could once see the deepest blue eyes, lay slitted deep blood red pits of darkness. Frightened, Hinata fell backward and wimpered. The demon reached towards her with a clawed hand and carrased her cheek. Hinata closed her eyes only to find that she could see through her eyelids. Naruto reached for Hinata's throat. By this point Hinata couldn't even struggle. He lifted her limp body off the ground and she feelby gasped. The fox Naruto slowly licked her cheek with a long tounge, savoring the taste. Naruto had that animal like hunger, she could almost feel/taste the raw animalistic hunger pouring off him. Hinata looked into Naruto's eyes and was startled at what she saw. The fox brought his face closer to hers. The hyuuga princess once again resumed her struggles. Naruto half growled/half whined as he charged a red rasengan in his other palm. Just as he was about to shove the rasangan into her stomach------------------ Hinata woke up. Crying harder than she had in a long time, Hinata clutched her Naruto plushie that he had given her. After her chest stopped heaving Hinata left her fuuton and walked silently to her personal bathroom. She splashed a bit of cold water onto her face to wake her up a bit. Hinata thought ano... what's wrong with me? Naruto-kun had never done anything even remotly harmful to her.
Truley, he was the kindest, most compassionate wonderful guy that she knew he was, ever since that first day from half behind a wall she had her first real look into Naruto without his mask. He was on the swing set crying for some reasonAs she watched, Naruto began to talk out loud, to no one really, at first he was . She remembered word for word everything he said "Why does everyone hate me. I never did anything to them, except for a practical joke or two. I'll make them see. I'll be the best ninja ever, Hokage, and then they'll have to acknowlage me for who I really am! dattebayo!" That filled her with so much warmth so much confidence, that if he could succed, she could succeed.
For the next two weeks, little Hinata followed Naruto everywhere, hoping to tell her about herself and how much she beleived in him, but everytime she tried to talk to him she would choke up. One day Hinata couldn't find Naruto. She checked his apartment, Ichiraku's, the swing set, Ichiraku's, the academy, Ichiraku's, the Hokage monunment, and of course Ichiraku. Hinata searched frantically high and low, but to no avail. She was determined like never before to find him, and that was the first day she activated her Byakugan to find him. Of course by Hinata's age of 7 when she had first met Naruto almost all Hyuuga had awoken their Byakugan. This was her first sign of weakness, and her first failure in the eyes of her father. Indeed, Neji had awakened his byakugan by the age of five. Using her new doujutsu, Hinata quickly found the last Uzumaki. He was deep in the forest by a small brook, practicing his bunshin in vain. Hinata held her hand up to her chest, he was alright. Her sunshine was back.
"Is someone there?" Naruto called out. Hinata gasped. He had found her watching him what was she going to do. "Hellloooo, come out" Finally, she decided to just walk out. Poking her two index fingers together she stared at the ground with a blush growing on her pale face. "ano ano He-he-hello Nar-Naruto-kun." It was safe to say that Naruto was suprised to see the royal Ms. Hyuuga Hinata this deep in the forest unattended. "What are you doing this deep in the forest alone Hinata? You could get lost" Hinata blushed. "We-well Na-Naruto-kun. Ano I was just walking in the forest wh-when I saw you tra-training Naruto-kun." Naruto crossed his hands over his head and made that thinking face where he closed his eyes and stuck out his lip. "I was just trying to perfect my bunshin no jutsu. I really suck at it." "Ano yo-you are do-doing g-great, ano, Naruto-kun" "Thanks Hinata, that means a lot. You know you're the kinda person I could like. I'll see you around, k Hinata-chan?" "Ari-arigato Naruto-kun" He called me chan! And he said that he likes me. I'm so happy I could almost... Hinata thought.
"Hinata-chan, are you alright? You're face is kinda red, do you have a fever?" Naruto put a hand to her forhead to check her temperature. This, of course made Hinata blush even more and faint.
"Jees, sometimes she can sure be weird. O well, I better get her back to the Hyuuga clan before they miss her" Naruto picked up Hinata piggyback style and made for the Hyuuga mansion.
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15 minutes later(Still in the flashback)
Naruto handed Hinata over to one of the Hyuuga guards at the gate. They were shocked to see the Hyuuga heir in the hands of the fox. Quickly they retrieved Hinata and sent Naruto on his way. As time went on, Hinata had more training to be heir and a woman in good standing. She learned calligraphy, flower arrainging, the tea ceremony, etc. Though she was never very good at it to start with she perserveared by thinking about Naruto. So she was less able to look for Naruto except at the acadamy, and there with all those people watching her because of her lineage, Hinata knew that she could never muster enough courage to talk to Naruto. Still he was always there for her, whether he knew about it or not, and she graduated from the acadamy with the second lowest marks in the class,(You know who got the lowest) and she worked on her Jyuken.
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Back to Present
Thinking about those fond memories Hinata quickly got over her nightmare. Looking into the mirror, she thought of how much she had grown. Her hair had grown long(to the middle of her back) because one day she had noticed, while Naruto was working on his Orioke no jutsu that he preffered girls with long hair. Hinata had not grown it before because of her unknown will to be different than all the snobby long-haired main branch members. Now that she had finally laid aside all those prejudices against them, Hinata could confidently grow her silky midnight blue hair longer(thats just how I describe her hair). Also, she had changed her wardrobe. She wore a newer tan jacket, which looked a lot like her old one, but with purple sleeves and no hood, with a special henge on it, and black shinobi pants similar to Tenten's. The henge on her jacket was mainly designed to hide all of her curvy figure and borderline C-D breasts. Hinata blushed as she thought about Naruto. Would he like her body? One day, she had heard from her freinds about touching herself down there, but she never tried that because it embarresed her so much. One time she had tried it, only to end up so embarresed she couldn't shower naked with herself for a week. But still she could fantasize about Naruto, couldn't she? His light, muscular(like a swimmer not super man) frame and his broad shoulders and his dexterious hands. "ooo Naruto-kun." Hinata murmered into her plushie. This train of thought made her blush again, she shouldn't be thinking about those things. Hinata crept back into her fuuton to try and sleep again. She tossed and turned but could not go to sleep. I wonder if Naruto's awake. Maybe I'll go see him. We can talk or kiss or watch a movie together. Hinata practically squealed as she thought of Naruto and herself in front of his tv watching a movie with her in Naruto's arms leaning her head against his chest. Hinata changed into a white summer kimono patterened with red maple tree leaves. As a kunoichi she had no problem in silently getting dressed and leaping out of her window into the night.
------ this means that they were interupted or symbolizes a scene change
1. Nakama-close friends considered family
2.senpuku- ninja or samurai suicide i think.
Shunshin-body flicker- the user uses chakra to quickly move between one spot and another, not teleportation
chan-affectionate term for a girl, usually indicating a girlfreind when said by a guy to a girl.
san- japanese equivalant to Mr or Ms.
kun-basically chan for boys.
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This is not over not by a long shot, but itll take me awhile to get inspiration for this.
Any comments and suggestions are appreciated.