Yeah, I recently got back into naruto so heres a fic. Here, nothing with orochimaru happened and naruto stayed in the village, and theyre all around 14.

I don't own naruto.

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Hinata Hyuuga sat on the pier alone, splashing her feet in the water. Looking up at the moon she estimated it was around midnight. She sighed and drew her knees up to her chest. Today, naruto had been training like mad, while Shikamaru, Sakura, Sasuke, Chouji and Ino joined in jokingly or heckled him a bit. Naruto pretended to be annoyed but you could tell he was having fun with them. She was glad everyone in the village was realizing how special he was, but she felt somewhat jealous of them, being able to just…

She sighed again, not knowing how to finish that sentence, and laying on her tummy; she extended her hand over the water and concentrated her chakra. She dipped her hand in the cool liquid, and as she drew it out, clear tendrils of water followed as if attached to her fingers. She sat up and moved her hands, causing the water to swerve around and twist like see-through snakes. The full moon glowed through them, making them seem like magical streams, flowing in mid-air. She smiled.

'Wow, Hinata' Said a familiar voice in awe, 'that's beautiful.'

She cried out in surprise, and swiveled around to see who it was, causing the water to fall onto the pier and soak into the wood. Naruto stood there in his pajamas, grinning.

'Sorry, did I startle you?'

'N-no, Naruto…I-I J-just….'

Naruto chuckled and sat beside her, causing her to blush. She looked down at her lap, wishing she wasn't wearing such a flimsy nightdress.

'So what brings you out here in the middle of the night, Hinata?'

'O-oh, w-well I just could-couldn't sleep so I thought I'd c-come out and have a l-light practice of m-my chakra control…'

'That's good…I couldn't sleep either, and now I have someone to talk to!'

Hinata smiled. She didn't know why, but she had decided not to let a chance to be with Naruto for a while slip away just because she was too embarrassed or she fainted. She dangled her feet back into the water and leaned back on her hands. She took a deep breath, thinking carefully about what she would say so it was stutter free.

'I saw you training today…It looked like fun.'

Naruto nodded and splashed his feet in the water, same as Hinata.

'It was…You should join us sometime, Hinata, You could teach us how to move water like you just did!'

Hinata looked at him in surprise and blushed.

'O-oh, my…It's n-nothing special…'

'But it is!' Naruto smiled, leaning closer, 'I don't think I've ever seen chakra control over water as good as yours, not in a fourteen year old!'

Hinata smiled again. This time, the smile caught Naruto off guard. He blinked in surprise.

Why have I never noticed how pretty Hinata's smile is?

He realized suddenly he was staring, and shook himself mentally.

'You shouldn't get yourself down all the time, Hinata. Everyone's got something special about them, ninja or animal or normal person.'

There was silence in which the two ninja's stared up at the moon, splashing their feet in the water. Naruto felt somewhat saddened by Hinata's attitude towards herself, even after the chunin exams when she had sworn to be better. He guessed it was hard to suddenly change like that.

'N-naruto?' Hinata said suddenly, 'What is special about me?'

Naruto stared in surprise. He had never really thought about it before. He strained his memory for everything related to Hinata, and thought carefully. Suddenly, the fox demon grinned.

'That's easy, Hinata. You can see the good qualities in other people when no one else can, not even themselves.'

Hinata looked confused, so Naruto continued.

'You see, when I started at the ninja academy, you were one of the only two people who thought I would graduate, who believed I could be hokage someday. You were nice to me; you were a real friend to me no matter what I did, even though I was a failure. You have remained that way to me to this very day, and you don't find many people like that…And you know what? I think you have all the potential I have, maybe more, to become a good…no, the greatest ninja of all time!'

To Naruto's horror, Hinata gave out a stifled sob, wiping her eyes. He up straight and put his arm around her shoulder.

'Hinata, what's wrong, did I do something?'

Hinata shook her head and looked up, smiling.

'Thank you, Naruto.'

'What? Why thank m-Whoa!'

Hinata suddenly gave him a hug, but he was so surprised by the force of the action they fell backwards. Hinata got up and blushed, tenting her fingers.

'S-sorry, N-naruto, I just…'

'It's ok, 'Naruto smiled, wondering why he was also blushing. 'Don't tell anyone, but I actually like hugs, but I don't get them that often…So that made me really happy.'

Hinata had to mentally check herself so she wouldn't faint. She tried smiling again, but she suddenly felt a wave of tiredness and yawned. Naruto chuckled.

'Guess it's your bedtime, huh Hinata?'

Hinata blushed more deeply and nodded. As much as she wanted to keep talking with Naruto, it would be pretty awkward if she fell asleep and he had to carry her back. She smiled apologetically and stood up.

'Well, goodnight, N-naruto…'

'Hold on, I'll walk you back.'

Naruto smiled and stood up, wondering why he offered. He guessed it was an apology for keeping her up and making her cry, but then why did he feel nervous walking beside her? He mentally shrugged and scanned his brain for conversation topics, as the walk to the Hyuuga's would take at least fifteen minutes.

'Say Hinata, I'm curious; Do you like anyone at the moment?'

He almost hit himself on the head.

'What the hell did I ask her that for?!' He thought angrily, 'It's not like I like her….Right?'

Hinata blushed.

'Um, yes, there is, but do I really have to tell you?'

Naruto smiled in a relieved way, but felt bothered that she'd admitted to liking someone.

'Nah, if you don't wanna say then that's fine…I shouldn't have snooped.'

Soon enough, they had arrived at the Hyuuga's. Naruto bade Hinata good night, and then headed back to his apartment. He felt suddenly exhausted just by talking to Hinata, like he'd just run a bunch of marathons. This time, he really did hit himself on the head.

'Baka! You like Sakura, remember?'

'But why?' Asked a voice in his head, 'Sakura has rarely been nice to you, only ever paying attention to Sasuke.'

'Yeah….But she's pretty!'

'Only because she spends hours on her hair and make-up every morning and night. Look at hinata, she's much prettier then Sakura and the most she cares about her physical appearance is enough to brush her hair! Plus Hinata is a better person.'

The voice faded away on the last sentence. Naruto sighed, thinking the voice had a point. Maybe he did like her a little…

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Ooh, revelation! Well, the next chap will be up soon so gimme a review, ok ? pretty please?