Author's notes: This chapter was written by my good buddy, The Digger, author of Nudist? This story is AU, as Hinata and Naruto are teammates together, and there will be NO Sasuke in this story, at all.

Naruto was taking the long way home from a dull mission, walking through the woods late at night. Even though he was a jounin at the age of 18, he still found himself doing a lot of long, tedious missions, and he liked to walk home through the forests of the Leaf Village to shake off the slight irritation he felt after doing such jobs. But it was on this particular walk that his life would start to change forever.

As he strode by a water fall, who's gushing water was illuminated beautifully under the moonlight, his foot snagged on something. He looked down to see to his embarrassing surprise a pair of woman's panties! Though they were an adult's size, they had something of a childish look to them, white with red strawberries on them. Naruto didn't know what to do with them; it would be far too rude to just put them back on the ground where he found them, but it would make him look and feel like a creepy pervert to pocket them. He saw more clothes sitting on a rock next to the river and a pair of shoes. He blushed as he thought that a girl somewhere nearby was butt naked.

Though he soon found out who, as he turned to the waterfall, where a silhouette was moving gracefully along the water's edge under the waterfall's gaze. Her true identity was hidden by the brightness of the moonlit water, hiding her body in shadow, but her form was very womanly and slender, her hair long and smooth. Naruto had seen somebody dance across the water at moonlight once before six years ago, and he suspected that this was that very same waterfall girl all grown up. Upon looking a little closer at her womanly shape, he could tell that she was completely naked.

"So she's the one walking around in the nude?" Naruto thought. There was something familiar about her, though. He didn't know what it was, but he felt like he knew her somewhere, and as he looked at the familiar clothes on the ground, he flushed with great embarrassment as he figured out just who it was.

His longtime friend and teammate, Hinata Hyuuga.

"But why would she be doing something like this?" Naruto thought curiously. Hinata was the last person he would have thought to be dancing around butt naked outside under a waterfall. He didn't have the slightest clue now what to do besides stand and watch her as she danced gracefully on the water. But as he did, he realized what she was doing was not a dance, but some form of taijutsu, possibly a form used by the Hyuuga clan, thought Naruto had a rather hard time imagining the stuffy, old-fashioned Hyuuga clan developing a taijustu one had to be naked to use or practice.

He then felt a sudden light feeling in his chest. The kind of thing he only used to feel around Sakura back in their academy days. Deciding the best thing to do was to return to what he was doing before, he set Hinata's panties down with the rest of her clothes and returned to his usual path, stealing one last glance at the elegant waterfall girl.

The next day, Naruto, Hinata, and Sakura were assigned to assist with the reconstruction of the wall surrounding the Leaf Village. A few days ago, a treacherous storm had made its way through the area around the leaf village. The damage to the village itself was minimal at worst, but the large wall surrounding it was heavily damaged. Many of the shinobi, even a lot of the jounin, assisted in the rebuilding.

"If we can keep this up, it'll be back up and better than ever in two days tops!" Sakura was saying enthusiastically. Naruto and Hinata nodded in agreement.

Naruto had other things on his mind at the moment, however. He had a hard time looking Hinata straight in the eye all that day, remembering what he had saw her doing last night, and he found himself turning redder and redder every time they got close. "So this is why she's always like this with me." He thought. He then turned to Sakura and wondered: "Why do I feel so different around her now?"

He saw Sakura reaching for a tool and got an idea. He reached for the same tool and their hands met. "Ah! 'Scuse me." He muttered, recoiling his hand. "Sorry." said Sakura, grabbing the tool and turning away, her face slightly pink.

"Nothing." Naruto thought, looking at his hand. He had pulled stunts like these all the time in their early days as squad mates and he always felt a pleasant tingling sensation in his hand when he did, though this time, there was nothing. He tried a similar experiment on Hinata, reaching out for the same thing she was. When their hands touched, he felt an immense feeling of comfort, his face reddening as prominently as Hinata's. "Sorry." They said in unison. The rest of the day went by uneventfully until late that day, when Naruto had finally come to the conclusion anyone else would have come up with three years earlier: he was in love with Hinata Hyuuga. But how would he tell her?

"Is something wrong, Naruto?" asked Hitomi, Hinata's mother that night as they ate dinner. Ever since Naruto made jounin at age 16, Hiashi, the man of the Hyuuga household, saw Naruto to be 'worthy', so he had lived in their home as something of an adoptive son ever since. Naruto definitely couldn't complain, the rich Hyuuga household was a grand improvement over the small, lonely apartment he had lived in since his academy days, but he always felt something of a discomfort around Hiashi, who almost never even seemed to notice that Naruto was in the room, and his daughter, Hanabi, who seemed scared to death of him, never making eye contact with him and trying to be as far away from him as possible. But he greatly enjoyed the company of her mother, Hitomi. She was beautiful, with long ink blue hair and dazzling green eyes, and very gentle and loving, the kind of person Naruto always envisioned his own mother to be like, were she alive.

"Uh, no. Nothing at all." Naruto lied, avoiding Hitomi's beautiful, loving eyes. He definitely had something on his mind, or rather, someone, but he didn't want to tell that someone's mother about his feelings yet. Hiashi would probably be outraged and Hanabi would scream and never let herself be seen again in Naruto's presence. Plus he really didn't want Hinata to know about his feelings for her just yet. He knew full well he could talk to Hitomi about anything, but he knew that went double for both her daughters, and husband, so she didn't seem to be quite the person to talk to about romance.

Even though he was still hungry from the long day, Naruto walked away from the dinner table, his plate still half unfinished, and sat on his futon in his room. Naruto's bedroom was nowhere near as roomy or comfortable as the other Hyuugas, it used to be a guest room, but he didn't care. Whether he was Hyuuga or not, it was a room of his own, in the house of the closest thing Naruto could ever get to real family.

"Naruto? What's the matter?" Hitomi had stepped in, looking concerned. "I-it's nothing. Really." Naruto assured her.

"Naruto. A mother always knows." said Hitomi brightly. "You don't have to hide anything from me." Naruto didn't know how to respond. He didn't nearly have the brains to invent something off the bat like this, especially not in front of a Hyuuga, even if she wasn't born to Hyuuga blood.

"Um, Mrs. Hyuuga? What is that dance Hinata does at night?" Naruto asked. He wanted to hit himself the moment the words came out of his mouth.

"So you've seen that?" Hitomi smiled. "Well then let me ask you something first, Naruto. What do you think of Hinata?" Naruto blushed furiously.

"Um… wh-wha…what do you mean by that!" He stammered. "Do you love her?" Hitomi asked simply.

"Umm…. Well… I don't, I mean… We're great friends, of course, and we've been teammates since we were twelve, so… and I'm glad she invited me to live here, but I… well… Uh…" Naruto blabbered incomprehensively.

"Don't worry." Hitomi smiled. "I won't tell Hinata." Naruto flushed even redder.

"So she knows." Naruto thought. "Um, thanks, Mrs. Hyuuga." He said. "Um, I'm kind of tired so I'm just going to…" He indicated his futon and Hitomi, understanding said good night and left.

"There's got to be someone else I could talk to about romantic problems." Naruto muttered to himself as he walked through the leaf village the next day. "Kakashi-sensei? No, I don't think so. Pervy sage? Oh, hell no! He's the last one to go to for romantic advice! Grandma Tsunade has enough on her plate right now, and Shizune's out of the question."

"Hello, Naruto!" Called a very chipper voice. "Want some ramen? I'll buy for you!"

"Oh, hi Tobi." Naruto waved. "Yeah, sure. Thanks." They walked a short distance to Ichiraku and enjoyed some lunch. Ever since Naruto had defeated the Akatsuki, the mysterious and childish Tobi had taken to hanging around the leaf village as though he had never been a part of the most sinister organization in the world. He had taken quite a shine to ramen, though it was beyond Naruto, or anyone for that matter, how he could eat at such a normal pace without removing the orange mask that concealed his face.

"What's the matter, Naruto? Did Tobi not do good?" Tobi asked.

"No, no. It's not that. I just have something on my mind right now." Said Naruto, slurping a mouthful of noodles to make some time to think when Tobi asked, "What is it that's on your mind? Might Tobi help?" Naruto stalled for more time by slowly drinking the dregs of his ramen.

"I don't suppose you know much about girls?" He said, once he ran out of ways to stall for time.

"Hmmmmmmm…." Tobi hummed thoughtfully. "No, Tobi can't say he can." he shook his head.

"Don't worry about it, Tobi. It's nothing big." Naruto grinned, standing up. "We'll I'd best be off. And thanks for the ramen, Tobi."

"It's no problem! Tobi is a good boy!" Tobi piped childishly. Naruto chuckled as he left the noodle shop to find something to do for his day off missions. He decided to go help Konohamaru practice at one of the training fields. Konohamaru had grown quite a bit since his bratty, juvenile days stalking Naruto when he was at the academy. He had grown into a very skilled shinobi, who was looking to taking the chunin exams coming within the next few weeks. He had truly mastered the shadow clone jutsu, and he was working as hard as he could on the rasengan, though he was still pretty shaky with it.

"Ugh! I don't see how you can do it so easily!" He panted after another failed attempt at making a rasengan.

"Oh, trust me, it was tough for me too." Naruto assured him. "I had to use a clone to help me put it together for the longest time." He grinned. Konohamaru was like a younger brother to him. He even looked a lot like Naruto now, his black hair was quite spiky and though he wore green instead of orange, his clothes were an awful lot like Naruto's when he was that age. "So what's been on your mind, Naruto?" asked Konohamaru. "I can tell there's something going on with you."

"Do you know anything about girls, Konohamaru?" Naruto asked, though he knew long before he asked what the answer would be.

"Yeah, a bit." Konohamaru shrugged. "Why? There someone that you…? You know." He raised a pinky finger.

"Uh, yeah." Naruto blushed. "Uh, you know Hinata, right?"

"Blue-haired girl in your squad who mumbles a lot and has big tits?" Konohamaru made to confirm. "Well, yeah, basically." Said Naruto. "So, do you have any romantic advice?"

"Well, I just learned about girls myself like two days ago, so not really, no." Konohamaru admitted. "But I do know who you can talk to for some. She's great. Though a little…" His face turned bright scarlet.

"A little what?" Naruto asked. "Uh, you'll just have to see for yourself." Konohamaru blushed. "But yeah, Anko-sensei's a great person to talk to about this kind of thing."

"Did you say Anko-sensei?" said Naruto. He remembered that crazy woman when he took the chunin exams, her skimpy outfit, her bizarre personality and quite literal blood thirst. "Yup. She's even one of the directors for the chunin exams, which is kind of a plus." said Konohamaru enthusiastically.

"Thanks, Konohamaru." Said Naruto, leaving the training ground. He ran through town, looking for Anko, though with a great load of difficulty. He couldn't find her anywhere in town, not even at her favorite dango shop.

"Geez, you'd think you could keep easy track of a lady who wears nothing but fishnet and a trench coat." He said to himself, looking around from the top of a building.

"You say that like it's a bad thing." Naruto jumped as though he had just been hit in the butt by a secret finger jutsu.

"Ah! Anko-sensei, what are you doing here!" Naruto gasped. "Heard a certain spiky blond kid was lookin' for me." Anko grinned. "Or are you just into the exhibitionist kind of girl?"

"No, no, no! I was looking for you." Said Naruto quickly, to which Anko laughed. "I was just teasing! God, kid. Lighten up. So whatd'ya need me for?"

"Uh… Could we talk about it somewhere private?" Naruto asked. "Preferably where there's not a bunch of old folks staring at us?" Sure enough, the rooftop they stood on was one of an old folk's home, and many senior citizens were staring at them with a great mix of expressions.

"Put some clothes on, missy!" One particularly grumpy lady screamed at Anko.

"Good point." Muttered Anko, shooting a dirty look at the lady who shouted at her. She lead Naruto from rooftop to rooftop to a small, rather messy apartment.

"Hope you don't mind I haven't cleaned for a few days." She said once inside.

"A few days! It doesn't look like this place has been cleaned since she started living here!" Naruto thought. The sofa he sat one was quite worn, there were holes in places, some of which with shuriken and kunai sticking out of them, the floor was littered with sake bottles, trash, and dirty magazines, and the light fixture above dangled dangerously above, as though it would fall any moment. "So what's up?" Anko asked in a voice that seemed too friendly for her. "What've you been looking for me for?"

"Um, well, Konohamaru told me you give good romantic advice." Naruto answered. "And…"

"Oh, did he now?" Anko grinned, looking quite flattered.

"And I was wondering if you could give me a hand with something?" Naruto finished. Anko applauded, the light fixture giving an unnerving creek. "Kidding aside, what kind of love problems are you having?" Anko asked. "Cumming too soon? Feeling she's not enjoying it? Don't know how to give her a blowjob?"

"No! Nothing like that!" Naruto flustered. "I haven't even told her I love her yet."

"You've gotta be fucking kidding." Anko sighed. "That Sarutobi kid told me the same thing and chickened out when we really got started with the lessons. Well, anyway, who is this girl? I promise I won't tell."

"Uh, you might remember her. Um, Hinata Hyuuga." Naruto answered.

"Blue hair? Blushes a lot? Two D's on her report card?" asked Anko. "Yeah, that's her. But she's always had a lot of good grades. I don't think she's ever gotten anything less than a C." said Naruto.

"I wasn't talking about her grades." Anko grinned perversely. "At any rate, the first step is of course to let her know you love her, then you learn what she feels about you, then you establish the exact nature of your relationship, then, if you choose to be together, you do the nasty with her."

"Anko-sensei! I'm just looking to be more romantic to Hinata!" said Naruto.

"And nothing says romantic quite like giving her sweet, sweet pleasure under the covers!" said Anko. "So there you go."

"But I can't just say I love her and get in bed with her that's not…!" Naruto argued.

"God, you sound just like Konohamaru." Anko sighed. "He was saying the exact same thing about him and Hanabi."

"Wait, Hanabi?" Naruto repeated. "Yeah. I always thought you boys were like brothers, and you're both crushing on the Hyuuga sisters. How 'bout that?" Anko laughed. "Anyway, sure, let's say, for the sake of argument, that we're not going to have sex right off the bat. Start off by letting her know she loves you. You don't need a teacher to know that."

"But I don't even know if she'll return my feelings." Said Naruto lamely. Anko gave him a firm rap on the head.

"Kid, you must be downright brainless if you haven't noticed how much she loves you." She said. "Just tell her. I bet she'd be so happy she'd have a heart attack."

"Okay, then what?" Naruto asked.

"Then you charm her." Anko whispered seductively. "How?" Naruto asked cluelessly. Anko sighed. "That's just something that's learned, not taught." She said. "Tell you what. Talk to her tonight, confess your feelings for her, and just try to keep a level head. Then let me know how it went tomorrow at about, oh say…" She looked up at a damaged clock on the wall. "Five o'clock, and we'll work from there. Sound like a deal?"

"Sure." Naruto shrugged. "Thanks, Anko-sensei."

"Drop the sensei, we're both jounin here." Anko grinned. "Now get outta here, there's a certain Hyuuga girl waiting for you." She winked. Naruto left with a final wave. "She is one hell of a wild woman." He thought.

That night, dinner was as awkwardly quiet as last night. Though Naruto attempted to break the silence with a talk to Hinata, he didn't want to broadcast his feelings for her, especially not in front of her parents and little sister.

"Is something wrong Naruto?" Hitomi asked.

"No. Not at all." Said Naruto, this time sounding a bit more convincing than last night. Instead of leaving his dinner unfinished, this time he put it away really quickly, making Hiashi stuck between wanting to stare at the scene he was making and wanting to look away from it in embarrassment.

"Um… night!" Naruto blurted when he finished his meal, running off to his room. The Hyuuga family stared after him with confusion.

"Hinata? There's something I need to talk to you about." Hitomi whispered to her daughter. "Something about Naruto."

"I know I need to talk to her about my feelings but," Naruto sighed. "How do you engage a conversation like that?" He practiced engaging a number of different scenarios, speaking aloud, but nothing he said came out right. He sighed, tired and ready for bed, but just as he finished changing into his PJs, there was a knock on his door. "May I please come in, Naruto?" Hinata's voice squeaked. "Sure." said Naruto.

Hinata stepped in, very red in the face. "Um, Naruto. There's something that I've wanted to tell you for a long time." She said softly.

"I do too." Said Naruto, knowing where Hinata was going with this.

"Y-you first." Hinata muttered.

"No, you first. You've wanted to say it longer than me." Naruto insisted. Hinata nodded, took a deep breath and said,

"Naruto, for as long as I can remember, I have always…. Loved you." Said Hinata, saying these last two words a little louder than she meant to. She inched back, afraid of how Naruto would react.

"I'm sorry it took me so long to notice." Said Naruto, holding Hinata in a loving brace. "But I love you too, Hinata."And much to Hinata's surprise, he kissed her on the mouth. He backed off after a few seconds. "Ah! Sorry. Did you not want me to…?"

"No. I've always wanted you to." Hinata smiled, returning the kiss.

"That's my girl." Hitomi smiled, watching them kiss through the slightly opened door. "Sorry I lied to you, Naruto, but I'm sure you could forgive me."

"Um, Na-Naruto?" Hinata stuttered. "Would you mind too terribly if I… if I slept with you tonight?"

"Not at all." Naruto smiled, climbing back into his futon and offering Hinata some space. Hinata turned off the lights and after a brief moment, laid in the futon, though Naruto felt a lot more skin against his than he expected. "Is she… naked?" Naruto thought, blushing madly. "She is!"

"Are you comfortable, Naruto?" Hinata asked. "Y-yeah." Naruto whispered. "Just a second." He slipped out and stripped all of his clothes off too, then slipped back into bed. Hinata gave a low gasp. "N-n-naruto! Are you…!"

"Yeah. Just like you." Naruto whispered. "Are you uncomfortable with…?"

"No! Not at all!" Hinata insisted. "I was just… surprised, that's all." She held him tightly. "You're so warm." She whispered tenderly. "You're pretty warm yourself. And so soft. Like silk." Naruto whispered, holding Hinata just as lovingly.

"So when we were younger," said Naruto. "And you were always blushing, and coying around and fainting, was that all because of me?" Hinata made a soft noise, something between surprise and embarrassment. "Um, yes." She squeaked.

"I feel so stupid for not knowing that." Said Naruto, laughing a little. "We've even been teammates, and I still never noticed. But looking back on it, I think it was really cute." He kissed her again.

"Oh, Naruto." Neither of them had the courage to do the thing Anko really wanted them to do, but they were happy together regardless, sleeping together wearing absolutely nothing, feeling the warmth of each other's skin was more than they could ever ask for.

The next morning at breakfast was far less awkward than it usually was in the Hyuuga House, though Naruto was immensely surprised at the differences in behavior of everyone at the table. Hitomi was even nicer than usual to him and Hinata, urging them to sit next to each other, Hiashi actually cast him a smile, which was rare for the man who had frowning wrinkles between his eyebrows, Hanabi seemed generally less evasive of Naruto as well, taking a seat at his opposite side and even told him,

"You two look so cute together. Treat my big sister well, Naruto."

"Naruto, would you like to train with me and Hanabi after you finish?" Hiashi asked. Naruto stared incredulously at him.

"Go ahead. Say yes." Hitomi whispered in his ear. "It's his way of wanting to make friends with you."

"Yeah, okay." Said Naruto. He finished his breakfast and Hinata followed him as Hiashi led them to the dojo in the back.

Hiashi was a true taijutsu master, one who could put Might Gai and Rock Lee to shame, as Naruto soon found out. He had a very hard time keeping up with Hiashi's movements and it didn't help any that he was forbidden from using any ninjutsu, much less shadow clone jutsu.

"You need to learn to master fighting without the aid of your chakra." Hiashi instructed as Naruto took a much needed rest. "Even though your chakra is far more immense than most shinobi, it is wise to learn how to fight without it, using only your bare hands. You will not always be able to call on or rely on your chakra. Remember that." Six years ago, Naruto would throw such a tantrum that Hiashi would never allow him within a hundred feet of the Hyuuga Household ever again, but he was much stronger and wiser now, and knew Hiashi spoke only the truth.

"I understand." He said simply. He stood, ready to go another round, but just as he took his fighting stance, several loud explosions sounded all around, knocking him off balance. "What's going on!" He asked. Hanabi and Hinata activated their byakugan and scanned the area.

"I don't know!" said Hanabi, frightened. "But they're getting closer! Is the village being attacked?"

"It seems that way, but the only places being attacked are civilian homes and buildings." said Hiashi, his byakugan also active. His white eyes became wide. "They would dare? Hitomi!" he rushed into the house, Naruto following. He stared in fright as he saw the damage to the Hyuuga House. There were several gaping holes in the walls and ceiling, several antiques smashed and scattered. There were even some spots of blood on the floor.

"Hitomi!" Hiashi shouted, scanning the village for his wife, tears actually falling down his once stern face. "Hitomi!"

"She's been taken." Said a voice from above. A woman dressed in light grey battle armor and mask whose face somewhat resembled that of a snake dropped in through a hole in the roof. "Many women from the village are being captured, and it's not just here. Kidnappings of women have been occurring all over the Land of Fire!

"You're anbu! Do something about it!" Hiashi demanded. "I will not allow my wife to be…!"

"So, Naruto. How'd things with Hinata go last night?" The anbu woman asked. Naruto felt some sort of shock as he recognized the woman's voice.

"Anko?" He said. "You guessed it." She said, removing her mask.

"Now is really not the time for that!" said Naruto sternly. "Mrs. Hyuuga's just been kidnapped and…"

"And you want to rescue her, right?" Anko finished for him. "What about you, Hinata?"

"Of course. I need to rescue my mother!" Hinata stated.

"Then come with me." Anko gestured to them. "Where are you taking us?" Naruto asked.

"To the Ero Division."

To be continued….

Omake 1: written by The Digger.

Hinata: Naruto! Look what I found!

Naruto: Whoa. Isn't that the picture that we took when we first became genin?

Hinata: It sure is.

Naruto: Kakashi-sensei hasn't changed one bit in all these years, has he? Man, those were the days, huh?

Hinata: mhm! *blushes* Do you remember our first kiss?

Naruto: How could anyone forget that?

~6 years ago~

Hinata: Um, Naruto. I'm… I'm glad to see that you graduated as well, and um… well…

Naruto: *leaning in to hear* Huh? What'd you say, Hinata? I couldn't hear… whoa! *falls out of his seat and onto Hinata, kissing her. Entire classroom goes silent, staring at them*

Hinata: *thoughts* Naruto! He's… kissing me! *faints*

~flashback end~

Naruto: *laughs* I was really scared. I'd never seen you faint like that, so I thought you were dead or something!

Hinata: *giggles* yeah. That sure was a pretty huge surprise. But not nearly as big a surprise as when they announced the squads the next day.

Naruto: Really? What was th… Oh, now I know what you're talking about!

~6 years ago~

Iruka: Squad 7: Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyuuga, and Sakura Haruno.

Naruto: *thoughts* I get to be with Sakura AND Hinata! hehehe. I'm so lucky!

Hinata: *thinks while hugging herself happily* I get to be with Naruto! I'm so happy! I'm so, so happy!

Sakura: *thoughts* I can't believe I get to be with Naruto. Sure, he's a total lunk head, but he's a good person.

Iruka: Next, Squad 8: Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hanabi Hyuuga.

Hinata: EH! But sensei! Hanabi is only seven years old!

Iruka: I know. She's one of our youngest and earliest graduates. I can't believe it myself.

Kiba: Hey, Shino. Doesn't it bother you a little kid is in the same squad as us?

Shino: Well, it certainly is unexpected. If she lives up to her early graduation, she would surely be a credit to our team.

Kiba: Well, yeah, I guess. But still, to be outdone by a seven year old… it's awkward.

Hanabi: *just in front of Kiba* I'm right here, you know. And don't worry. I promise to do the best I can.

~a week later~

Kiba: *watching Hanabi's taijutsu skills with utter astonishment* Am I the only one who thinks feels really awkward about being outmatched by a girl whose age isn't even in the double digits yet?

Shino: Not at all.

Kurenai: She could leave me in the dust by age 12 if I don't watch it.

~3 years later~

Hanabi: Kurenai-sensei? Could I ask you something?

Kurenai: Sure. What is it, Hanabi?

Hanabi: Sensei, may I spar with you one-on-one?

Kurenai: I don't quite think you're ready for that yet.

Hanabi: But I was promoted to jounin yesterday.

Kurenai:….. What! *thoughts* But she's only 10! How is this even remotely possible! If she keeps this up, she could be on the same level of power as the Hokage!

Hanabi: So, may I spar with you, Kurenai-sensei?

Kurenai: Um, uh, I just remembered. I uh, I have somewhere I need to be. Maybe next time, Hanabi! *runs away at full speed*

~end flashback~

Naruto: And you know, looking back on it all, I really feel so stupid for not noticing all that time that you loved me. How stupid of me not to have seen the writing on the walls!

Hinata: It's alright, Naruto. I don't think it matters how long it took for us, as long as we're together.

Naruto: Yeah. I guess you're right. *gets close enough to Hinata to kiss her*

Anko: Don't mean to interrupt such a touching little moment, but you two have a long way to go. In your shinobi skills, and your love lives. You kids are just lucky to have someone like me to help show you the way.

Naruto: I know. Hey, Anko? Could I ask you something?

Anko: It's Anko-sensei, and sure, what is it?

Naruto: I thought you said I could drop the 'sensei', since we're all adults?

Anko: That was before you agreed to be in the Ero Division.

Naruto: And that brings me back to my question. What's the Ero Division?

Anko: You'll just have to wait and see next chapter.

END.

Author's Notes(edit): aaand that's a wrap. I know, cliffhanger, blast what deuce curse me and alll that. But consider this omake my gift as apologies, brought to you by the author of Nudist?, The Digger(please give him reviews and questions for his interviews dammit! I don't see how it is drabbles of only 10 words get hundreds of reviews, yet we shed blood sweat and tears for long chapters like this for only 4 or 5? Come on people!)