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====Chapter One====
It was autumn, the air was chilly but the sun yet warm.
Hinata slowly walked down a riverbank just outside Konoha, basking in the sunbeams on her face and admiring the orange-red leaves on the trees.
A smile was brought to her lips as one of them began falling and slowly spinning. The orange color and the spinning reminded her of Uzumaki Naruto.
The lovely boy she never could get out of her head, not that she ever wanted to.
Hinata held out her hand, waiting for the leaf to fall down into it. An even greater smile was brought to her lips, a smile full of hope and joy.
As the leaf fell and settled in her open hand, the dry autumn leaf, crumbled.
Hinata widened her eyes as the dry pieces, too many to count, fell from her hand and tumbled towards the ground.
The hopeful and joyous smile once on her lips faded. And instead a sad look was brought onto her face, a look of failure and cowardice.
Normally, this would not be any reason to cause anyone any sadness, or pain. It was just the way of nature.
But for Hinata this was like an omen, like a reminder of how she always was chasing after Naruto, wanting to catch up with him,
to walk by his side, to reach out to him and tell him how she felt, how she always had felt. Only to each and every time, fail.
Not able to bring herself to confront him. Scared he might not return her feelings. Feelings so strong they occupied her mind most of the time.
She let her hand fall down to the side of her hip.
She stood still for a moment, looking up at the sky. A tear began forming in her eye.
-unh.. I'm so pathetic..-
she thought with and exasperated look on her face.
She turned around, facing the way which she came from and slowly began walking. Her head held down.
Hinata walked home that evening, not thinking about the people looking at her, obviously seeing the sadness in her.
Once at home she curled up in her bed, hugging her pillow, Tears running down her cheeks.
"I really haven't changed at all.."
She quietly said to herself.
"Naruto…Kun..i miss your smile.."
It had been two and a half years since Naruto left Konoha to train with his sensei Jiraiya-Sama.
Hinata had grown from a cute girl to a wonderful and gorgeous young woman. But it wasn't only her body that had grown.
No, Hinata was wrong. She definitely had changed. She was much more confident in herself.
And she didn't stutter as much as she used to, but it was still a bad habit. Especially when she was embarrassed, confused, or if Naruto was mentioned.
In a way Naruto's absence had been good for Hinata. Not having him around meant she could focus on other things than him for once, at least to some degree.
The night passed quickly, and suddenly chirping birds could be heard all around the town.
The day had just begun, so you could still hear the sound of people sleeping all over the town.
Even at the gate, where two guards were supposed to take notes on anyone entering or leaving the town.
"Tsh!..how can you sleep so much Kotetsu!"
An irritated Izumo said as he punched his co-worker on the shoulder, making him fall over.
"Gah- Izumo! What are you doing, c'mon let me sleep, I'm tired"
Kotetsu yawned.
"Tir-…TIRED?, YOU JUST GOT HERE, I'M THE ONE WHO HAD THE NIGHT SHIFT!"
"aaaww, someone's a little grumpy today"
Kotetsu teasingly laughed.
"Why you litl-"
But Izumo was interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Aaah! Yatta! We're finally home!, Oi! Ero-Sennin hurry up! I can't believe you're the one dragging behind. Who is the teacher here anyway? Hehe"
The boy said with a grin as he stood by the gates waiting for his Sensei to catch up.
"Tshk! You ungrateful brat, you can forget all about that Ramen that i promised to treat you to once we got back!"
Jiraiya exclaimed.
"Ah!, Naruto! Jiraiya-Sama!"
Izumo exclaimed.
"It's great to see you guys! Welcome back"
"Oooh Izumo, Kotetsu, Keeping the town safe I hope"
Jiraiya said as he tiredly walked up to the gate.
"Haha we try"
he laughed.
"Oi Naruto, you sure have grown up! Looking sharp my friend"
"Hehe thank you Izumo-San"
Naruto grinned.
"Oi Kotetsu, come greet-"
he sighed.
"..I can't believe he's asleep again.."
On the other side of the town, In the Hyuuga Clan Main house a young Kunoichi was just waking up.
Hinata stretched out of bed, and changed out of her sleeping attire; a gray t-shirt and panties. And put on freshly laundered Underwear.
She yawned and stretched a little more before putting on the rest of her clothes. She gently pulled on a gray mesh under-shirt, a lavender jacket with cream colored sleeves, blue pants and black sandals.
She zipped up her jacket as she slowly walked over to her window, she pulled back the curtains and opened the window and took a deep breath of the fresh morning air.
Her feelings were completely neutral this morning. She was not happy, but not sad.
But that quickly changed once she took a look at the trees outside, and saw the orange leaves falling to the ground. The feelings from yesterday started coming back to her.
She sighed and closed the window as she heard a knock at her bedroom door.
"Onee-san, you awake?"
a voice came from outside.
"Oh, Hanabi, yes I'm awake"
Hinata answered her sister.
"Father made breakfast"
Hanabi said.
"Um.. No thanks, I'm fine for today"
Hinata muttered
"…Ok"
Hanabi could sense the sadness in her sisters voice.
As young, they were never really close. But over the latest years they had become very close, and Hanabi could read her older sister like an open book.
As the first-born to the Head of the Main House, Hinata was to be the Heiress of the family, but was deemed unfit because of her lack of self-confidence, and the position were to go to Hanabi instead.
Hinata never despised her sister for this, and Hanabi knew that, but she still felt a little guilty because of it. Feeling as though she had 'snatched' the position from Hinata.
She was after all, the rightful Heiress. Also, that would mean that, eventually, Hinata would receive the Curse-Seal. A fate that Hanabi never wished upon her older sister, and Hinata never would wish upon Hanabi.
Their father Hiashi Hyuuga, was a very strict and stern man, who pushed his daughters to train and get stronger not really showing much affection for them. However, he always harbored a deep affection for them both. And in the latest years he had become slightly more open with them, and had even told them that he believed in them. He was also trying hard to mend the distance between the Main House, and the Branch House. And as of late he was deeply conflicted on which of his daughters to choose as the Heiress. Since Hinata had shown much more promise in both strength, skill and confidence over the recent years. He felt as if, perhaps the position should go to her after all. He wanted the best for both of them, of course. Which he realized was not easy to find whilst wearing the name of Hyuuga.
Hinata skipped breakfast this morning because she was feeling down. She decided to go for a morning run, as she often did. And after, do some combat training. That always seemed to bring her to a better mood.
As she stepped outside the Main House, and was just about to pass through the garden, she noticed her cousin, Neji Hyuuga Meditating.
"Good morning Hinata-Dono"
Neji said, still meditating.
"Good morning Neji-Niisan"
Hinata answered with a smile on her face.
"I've told you there really is no need to add the Dono suffix to my name"
Neji shook his head.
"I like it. It fits you"
She smiled.
"Not eating breakfast this morning?"
"No.. I'm going for a run and some training"
she answered with a sheepish smile as she started jogging down the street.
Ever since Hiashi took Neji in under his wing, and roof, caring for him as his own son. He had connected with his uncle and cousins very deeply, and he was grateful for it. He cared for all three of them greatly. And held big concerns for Hinata, even though he knew she was much stronger both physically and mentally now. But she would still seem depressed at times. And he hated seeing her like that. He often treated her as his own sweet little sister. And was always looking out for her. He knew when she was putting up a fake smile. He had confronted her on the matter a number of times, but she would always dismiss it as nothing, or come up with some poor excuse.
Hinata had been jogging for an hour now as she entered one of her favorite training spots. It was in the middle of a small forest. There were three wooden training poles meant for Kunai and Shuriken targeting, and three padded wooden poles meant for melee training. There was also plenty of tree stubs perfect for sitting down and rest on, and a waterfall connected to a river.
Hinata felt so comfortable here, she would rarely see anybody else here, in fact, she had never seen anyone here. It was almost as if no one knew this spot existed. It was like her own little safe haven. She came here often, and for everything, Solo-training, studying, thinking (mainly of her beloved crush) or just to get away from everything when things got her down. She sighed as she sat down on one of the tree stubs.
Her breath was fast, and her chest was furiously heaving up and down. She almost felt faint.
"I must have pushed myself a little too hard this morning.."
she said to herself quietly.
It was still very early in the morning. Hinata looked around, there was no one in sight, as always.
"So lovely and quiet here"
she said as she zipped down her jacket and placed it on the tree stub she just sat on.
She was feeling kind of warm from the run she had, not to mention tired. She laid down on a pile of leaves to rest, even though it was very chilly outside. But she felt warm.
-I better watch out so I don't fall asleep here, i could get a cold-
At the same time in the middle of the town, at a restaurant called Ichiraku.
"Teuchi! Ayame-chan! I'm finally home! And I am craving for some Miso-Ramen!"
Naruto exclaimed as he almost exploded into the restaurant.
"Naruto! Welcome back! We've missed our favorite costumer!"
Teuchi said with a warm welcome.
"Naruto! How have you've been, wow you have grown so much! When did you get back?"
Ayame exclaimed.
"Hehe, thank you!"
Naruto grinned.
"I just came back one or two hours ago! *Cough* still waiting for that Ramen by the way *Cough*"
"aah, sorry my friend, coming right up"
Teuchi laughed as he started on the dish.
"Hehe"
Naruto grinned as he leaned back while putting his hands behind his head.
The clouds swiftly passed in the sky, growing darker, and darker.
The air slowly but surely started to fade into mist, as the temperature quickly dropped.
"Mfffhhb, Sfoo Gooofd"
Naruto tried to speak while shoving ramen into his mouth.
"Naruto!"
Ayame exclaimed.
"Swallow your food before you speak, how are you ever going to find a woman with that rude manor"
she said, though softly giggling, happy that he still was the same old Naruto.
"Hehehe, Sorry Ayame-Chan, it's just so good that I don't have time to swallow when speaking"
he grinned.
"You've really been scuffing them down today Naruto"
Teuchi said.
"Want me to make you another bowl? That would add up to ten bowls"
"It's tempting, but I'm starting to feel really full, I should probably go and try to find some of my friends, I haven't seen them in a long time!"
Naruto explained
"I've been sitting here eating for a few hours now, so most of them should have woken up by now"
Naruto paid and started to leave.
"Okay, Bye Naruto! Good to have you back"
Teuchi exclaimed as he waved to his dear costumer.
Hinata opened her eyes, for a moment she just laid there, looking up at the sky. She noticed it had become rather misty and she felt very, very cold.
"Aah! No, I fell asleep!"
she exclaimed as she hastily sprung up and grabbed her jacket. She put it on, and zipped it up.
As the zipper reached near her neck and her hand accidentally nudged her throat, she could feel a sore lump inside her throat.
-Great..-
she thought.
-I'm going to get sick now… how could i let myself fall asleep out here-
Hinata started making her way back home, rubbing her arms and blowing air into her hands as she walked with a quick pace.
On her way home she met Tenten.
"Ah! good evening Hinata"
she said kindly
"How are you today?"
"Hello..Tenten..."
Hinata struggled to get the words out her sore throat.
"I..I have a really sore throat.. I think I'm coming down with a nasty cold"
"Oh, Hinata, that sounds really bad"
Tenten frowned.
"You should go home and rest"
she continued.
Hinata nodded.
"I hope you feel better soon Hinata"
she smiled.
"Well, I'm off to catch up with Lee, we're going to meet up with Naruto"
she continued.
"Lee is really excited to finally see his sparing rival again after all these years"
Tenten laughed.
Hinata froze up for a second..
Did she.. Did Tenten just mention Naruto?!
"Uhh…*Cough*"
Hinata tried to get her words out.
"Uhm.. Did you just say Na.. Naruto-Kun?.."
"Hmm? Ah! Yeah, he reached the village this morning"
The whole world stopped for a moment..
Naruto was back..
Finally after all these years, she would be able to see him again. Her heart started to flutter, she couldn't remember the last time she felt this excited.
"Anyway I should probably hurry, don't want to make Lee wait for me, you know how he ca-"
She was interrupted.
"Um..Ten..Tenten, I..I want to come with you.."
Hinata nervously said with a slight pink blush on her cheeks.
"What?, No, Hinata you really should get some rest, you sound awful"
"No…I..I feel fine…Honestly.."
Hinata lied.
"I…Just don't want to go home yet, I get so bored at home..i want to hang out with you guys…"
She lied again, she loved her friends. But right now, the only thing she cared about was to see Naruto again. Oh, how she had longed to see him, his blond beautiful hair, his shimmering bright blue eyes. She wondered how much taller he had gotten, or maybe he hadn't grown much at all? So many thoughts were racing through her head at this moment.
"Well..Okay Hinata, but if you suddenly start to feel worse, you really should go straight home and nurse your cold"
Tenten said with a concern in her voice.
Hinata nodded.
Hinata and Tenten had caught up with Lee, and they were walking down the roads of Konoha, on their way meet Naruto. Hinata still couldn't believe it, she was going to see her Naruto-Kun. What would she say to him?, would she finally confess to him? She wanted to so bad, but she wanted to do it while she was alone with him, not with all their friends around, she could never do that, that would be way to embarrassing. And furthermore, would she even be able to?...
"Naruto!"
Tenten and Lee shouted in unison, as they ran toward their old friend and classmate.
Hinata had been so deep in her thoughts, that she hadn't even realized they had finally gotten into eyesight of her beloved crush. There he stood, approximately 80 meters away from her, already talking with Shikamaru and Choji. Hinata watched as Tenten and Lee ran up to Naruto and started exchanging stories and questions with him, Lee had already challenged him to a duel.
"N…Naruto..Kun.."
Hinata muttered slightly.
But Hinata couldn't move, her face quickly turned a bright red hue. He was so stunning. He definitely had grown, definitely taller than her. She cringed at the thought of how it would be like hugging him.. Or even kissing him! An image appeared in her head; Him, standing tall, her, pressed up against his body, standing on her toes, her head tilted up as their lips met in a passio-
"Eeep!"
she panicked at her imagination!
He hadn't noticed her yet, she quickly hid behind a fence, peeking through the cracks of the wood. Everyone of their friends seemed to have gathered around Naruto now, Sakura, Kiba, Ino, Shino~ Everyone was there… Everyone but Hinata, she was cowering behind a fence.
-…why..why am I so pathetic-
Hinata just stood there behind that fence watching all her friends laugh with Naruto.
Lee noticed that Hinata wasn't with the rest of the group.
"Hinata-chan?"
Lee said.
"Where did Hinata-chan go?"
He asked Tenten.
Tenten looked around.
"Oh, actually she was getting a cold, I told her she should go home and rest if she started feeling worse"
Tenten explained
"I guess she did start to feel worse"
"Oh, Poor Hinata-Chan"
Lee said with a concerning sound in his voice.
Hinata stood there, hidden for a few minutes. Until she saw the crowd saying goodbye to him, and waving as they started walking away. Naruto stood still, waving back.
The group quickly disappeared behind a building.
"N-Naruto-Kun…"
This was her chance. She gathered all the strength she had and almost flew out from her hiding spot. For a second she just stood there, watching Naruto's back.
Naruto put his hands behind his head and slowly started to walk forwards, away from Hinata.
She hesitated, but quickly regained some confidence. She started walking towards him, after a few steps she started walking faster, and faster. It wasn't long until she was running.
Hinata's heart was beating so fast it almost hurt. Her cheeks had turned to a bright red blush.
Before she had time to even think, she found herself right behind Naruto. Just a few steps away.
She panicked as she forced herself to stop, making her fall quickly forwards!
A loud crash could be heard, followed by some groaning.
"uuuh…Tshk! If this is your funny idea of a surprise attack Kiba, then it's not very-"
Naruto exclaimed as he slowly opened his eyes while rubbing the back of his head.
His eyes widened.
"Hin..Hinata-chan?"
he looked shocked.
She was laying on top of him, their faces inches away from each other.
Hinata widened her eyes. Her big round lavender eyes was staring right into his bright blue eyes.
"n-n-naruto..k-kun!"
she managed to mutter as she started to shiver violently.
Her entire face turned into a bright crimson colored hue.
Hinata quickly tried to get up, but slipped with her left foot causing her to slightly fall over again.
Naruto was already on his feet. He quickly caught his hand on her back and helped her to her feet again.
"Hinata-chan"
he exclaimed
"Are you alright?"
She grabbed on to both his sleeves as he helped her stand.
With her face still blushing she looked at him trying not to stutter as she answered him.
"Y-yes..N-naruto-kun..I'm f-fine"
she tried to focus her eyes on something else than him, but each time they trailed back to his eyes, almost automatically.
"Hinata-chan, what happened?"
he raised his eyebrows
"Was this a surprise attack after all?"
he jokingly asked as he laughed.
"N-no! of course n-not Naruto-Kun!"
Hinata nervously exclaimed.
She flinched slightly, it hurt her throat each time she spoke
-uhnn..Damn this cold..-
"Haha calm down Hinata-chan, it was a joke, a joke!"
Naruto grinned.
"Ah, Hinata-chan? Are you feeling okay?"
he noticed her flinching.
"Actually, your voice sounds a little rough, you sick?"
he raised his eyebrows.
Hinata cringed, she didn't want to look weak in front of him.
"N-no, I'm just fine N-naruto-kun…t-thank you.."
she let out a small smile, touched that he seemed to worry about her health.
"You sure Hinata-chan?"
he looked at her curiously.
She nodded shyly.
"well good then"
he smiled at her
"uh, but. Are you having trouble standing up or something?"
"uh… huh?"
Hinata was confused. Then she noticed she was still holding his sleeves tightly.
"EEepp!..."
she quickly let go of his sleeves and backed up a few steps.
"Um, n-n-no.. m-my feet are fine.. i…i.."
she softly bit her lip as she held her hands between her chest. She didn't know where to focus her eyes.
"Okay.. well, good"
he smiled.
"Oh, actually, I gotta go Hinata-chan, I'm late for a meeting with Tsunade-baachan."
"oh..o-ok Naruto-kun"
Hinata smiled softly.
She had hoped to talk to him a while longer, but at least she had talked to him a little.. and even more, she fell on him! She blushed at the thought of it.
"I'ts a shame you didn't show up a little earlier with the rest of the group, so I could have caught up with you as well Hinata-chan"
-I'm such an idiot- she thought to herself.
"Sorry Naruto-kun.."
she sighed.
"Well, I don't have anything planned tomorrow, what do you say we meet up at noon, and we'll catch up then?"
Naruto put his hands behind his head as he smiled at her.
-What?...Did Naruto just ask me out for tomorrow?!..-
-He wants to spend time with me!-
"uuhh..Hinata-chan?"
he leaned forwards questioning.
"y-yes! i-i-i'd love to N-naruto-kun!"
she exclaimed, almost yelling.
"Great!"
he chuckled
"I'll see ya tomorrow then Hinata-chan"
he continued as he walked away waving.
"Yes, T-tommorow, n-naruto-kun!"
she answered back waving.
Hinata watched as he quickly jumped from rooftop to rooftop.
For a moment she stood still almost frozen, it felt as if she had a thousand butterflies in her stomach.
"Naruto-kun.."
she had a huge smile on her lips and a big blush on her cheeks.
As she walked home she couldn't stop thinking of him. His spiky blond hair, sparkling blue eyes.
Oh god she felt so happy.
As Naruto made his way to the Hokage tower, he couldn't help himself to think about Hinata's big lavender eyes, they were beautiful. And not only her eyes, in fact everything about her was beautiful.
Naruto had never really thought much about women in this way before. When he was younger he had a small childish crush on Sakura, but it had developed into a brother-sister relationship. After that he never paid much attention to women in a sexual way.
Naruto thought back to the years before his training with Jiraiya, and how Hinata used to look like, sure he had always thought of her as a very cute girl, cute but silent. But never anything past that.
She sure had grown since then.
Her hair was much longer, it went way past her shoulders now. And she was taller, not as tall as Naruto, but still taller. She had a much more mature face as well, a face of a real woman.
And her body, wow.
Naruto stopped dead in his tracks. A light pink blush developed on his cheeks as he thought about Hinata's body.
She was a real woman now, long beautiful legs, nicely wide hips. And she was slightly chubby, only slightly. Which greatly helped showing of her curves, and only made her more desirable.
Her hands and feet were small, as a woman's should be, and she had very fair light skin.
And what's more.. He couldn't help but notice her breasts. They weren't Huge, like Tsunade-Baachan's but they were definitely larger than the other girls of their age.
Naruto quickly shook his head.
"What am I thinking about"
he said to himself.
"Gah! I've been spending too much time with Ero-Sennin"
he blasted out as he continued his way towards the Hokage tower.
Hinata had made her way home by now. She stood in her room looking out the window. She smiled as she watched the orange autumn leafs on the trees outside.
She let out a small sigh, and walked towards the private bathroom connected to her room, she stepped inside and started filling up the bathtub with hot water. As she waited for the bath to complete she dressed down to her underwear and sat down on a chair in her room, in front of a mirror.
She noticed her hair had become slightly tangled in a few places, so she ran her fingers through it.
Hinata stared at herself in the mirror for a while.
-Could Naruto really be interested in this?-
she thought.
Her eyes wandered up and down her entire body as if she was searching for some huge flaw.
She softly put her hands on her chest and gently squeezed her breasts. She didn't feel comfortable with the size of them, she always thought they were a little too big, but it didn't bother her too much.
She looked down and put her hands on her stomach. She had always been a little chubby, and even though she trained regularly, and jogged almost every day, she never seemed to get rid of the extra weight. She was very self-conscious about this.
Hinata sighed as she stood up and walked over to the bath.
She slowly took of her undergarments, revealing her big, but perky breasts.
She climbed into the hot bath, and slowly drifted in her fantasies.
