Naruto woke in a heavy sweat. He'd been having the same dream for the past couple of nights. Always the same dream.
Naruto running away from the village while the people he grew up around chased him with lit torches. Chasing him away, yelling hurtful things while throwing rocks. His closest friends turning on him in an instant. It had taken years for them to trust him because of what he held inside of him. Kyuubi.
Then, while he was sitting there, his alarm went off. He rolled over to turn it, then thought against it. He could tell someone else was in the room, with him.
"Going to turn it off, or do I have to do it for you?" the hidden person asked.
"I thought it was you. But I wasn't sure." Replied Naruto.
"…Well…?" said Neji, coming out of hiding, and Naruto turned off the alarm.
"Where did you get that scar from?" Neji asked Naruto, pointing to the scar on his chest.
Naruto simply replied, "That one's nothing, check out the one on my back."
Naruto didn't ever notice Hinata standing in the doorway of his room.
"What happened Naruto-kun?" she asked. She had gotten over the stuttering thing a few years ago, she was happier, open, and knew how to have fun.
"Oh, hi, I didn't notice you standing there, happy 18th birthday, I have a present for you." He said with a leap out of bed to his dresser in nothing but boxers. Hinata blushed a light shade of red at seeing this. Naruto was, of cause oblivious to the fact that he had nothing else on, and pulled out a pretty badly wrapped box, and handed it to Hinata.
"Thank you Naruto-kun." she said and took the large box that was surprisingly light.
"Naruto… Please put some pants on." Said Neji, rather bluntly.
Naruto looked down and blushed, just a little.
"Sorry Neji." Naruto said blankly.
"Whatever, your scaring my cousin, put some pants on."
Naruto did as he was told, and pulled a pair of pants out of dresser.
There was a knock at the door. Naruto ran to open it, puzzled that someone was actually knocking. No one knocked on his door, they all let themselves right in, and he really didn't care about it.
He opened the door to find the fifth.
"Lady hokage, what are you doing here? You never come here." He was completely puzzled as to why she was here.
"Naruto, is Hinata here?"
"Hai, why?" he asked curiously.
"You and her are going on a mission, you leave tomorrow, you will spend today gathering the supplies you need, here's a list, here's you mission, Naruto, read. It. Thoroughly. Hinata please look after him, here's your copy, just incase. Now I must go."
With that they stood there, watching the fifth walk , or run away towards a bar.
"Alright, we have a mission, I haven't had one since I turned 18. That was two months ago." Exclaimed Naruto happily, and running out… still not wearing a shirt.