The Sun Shining Through - Chapter 1
Disclaimer:I DO NOT OWN NARUTO! If I did…*the author sighs dramatically* let's just say, it would be VERY different…Enjoy
"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." - Robert A. Heinlein
There was light, shining through the square window and as it light up the dark apartment, it had come to rest on a young woman's face which was causing her to slowly wake up.
Hinata Hyuuga woke up with sunlight on her face, and after a few seconds, she moved her head into her pillow so that the sun wouldn't be sitting on her eyes, taking a deep breath, Hinata almost straight away noticed two important things – that that her pillow had a earthy and ramen scent to it, along with the fact that it moved.
Slowly processing things, Hinata gently lifted her head from where it was resting on, she then rubbed her eye with her hand and she shot straight up like a rod with a deep red blush on her face. She was trying to remember why she was in Naruto's apartment and was resting on his shoulder… in his arms.
Then, slowly the memories from last night came to her: Meeting Naruto in the rain, both of them confessing to each other, coming back to Naruto's apartment and finding out about the Kyuubi no Kitsune, her accepting him for being a jinchuuriki, then the both of them talking into the night, finding more about each other, like, their families (A/N: Naruto told her about his father being the Fourth) and their lives before they were at the Academy together.
It put it simply; Hinata was very, very pissed off at the majority of the village at the moment and vice versa would be said for Naruto who was also, very, very pissed off with her clan Elders because they were the main reason why Hinata was so badly treated within the clan.
Hinata smiled to herself, she had finally re-confessed to her love and he had accepted, so, they were now – boyfriend and girlfriend! It took all of Hinata's will-power not to squeal like a fangirl. Hinata felt something around her waist tighten and looking down, Hinata saw a hand and arm that was attached to Naruto.
Blushing another deep red, Hinata slowly put her head back on Naruto's shoulder quite ready to go back to sleep on her comfy pillow. However, another memory from last night had popped up into her head, of how Naruto had never had a home cooked meal. Hinata became determined right then and there to cook her Ouji a home cooked meal for this morning. Slowly easing herself out of Naruto's arms, Hinata got up and stretched - sleeping on a couch doesn't do wonders for your back.
She noticed for the first time that morning what she was wearing and blushed again. Last night, noticing that her clothes were completely soaked from the rain, Naruto had given her one of his sleeping shirts and shorts to use while her clothes dried after they had finished talking about the Kyuubi.
Thinking back, Hinata remembered getting changed in the bathroom while Naruto had changed in his bedroom. She had stripped off her bulky jacket, mesh shirt and pants and she was left with only her underwear. Hinata had felt embarrassed while she had put on the large sleeping shirt and found that it had only come to her upper thighs.
Looking around for the shorts and putting them on, Hinata couldn't see them considering they were hidden under the large shirt and when she had stepped out; she saw that Naruto was dressed in a loose white t-shirt with black baggy pants without his headband on, so in short, he had looked hot.
Naruto was looking out of a window at the time, watching the rain pelt down. Naruto had turned his head when she stepped on a creaking floorboard, and had smiled a real gentle smile at her and told her that she looked beautiful, she had blushed at the complement and said 'thank-you' then stated that he looked very handsome. Naruto had also blushed before walking over to her and had grabbed both her hands to pull her to the couch to talk some more.
While wandering into Naruto's kitchen when she was thinking of last night, Hinata noticed that the clock in there was showing the time 6:30 AM. Hinata once again smiled, happy that she hadn't overslept. She could imagine what could have happened if either her father or Neji-nii-san had found her sleeping on Naruto, especially with what she was wearing, Hinata shuddered, and it wouldn't have been a pretty sight.
Coming out of her reverie, Hinata walked over to the kitchen cupboards and when she opened them she was grateful that they were mostly stocked with actual food and not ramen. Hinata recalled Naruto mentioning in passing that he actually ate food that wasn't ramen; it was just easier to cook the ramen, plus he was obsessed with the food.
Hinata giggled at remembering when Naruto has playfully complained about his Sensei and team-mate Sakura constantly harassing him to eat other foods, she knew he wasn't really upset, he was just being a little childish which she found cute. Naruto was happy that his team-mate and sensei cared for him. Hinata stood there for about a minute before deciding what to cook Naruto. Hinata knew that Naruto was a big eater so it was perfect for her Ouji to have a big home-cooked breakfast.
Hinata started to gather the needed materials for breakfast and she felt a warm feeling settle in her stomach at feeding her boyfriend. That single word gave Hinata the feeling that she was on cloud nine. During their talk last night, Naruto had told her about the danger of being with him but she felt that as long as she was beside Naruto, she could accomplish anything, and while thinking this she started to cook breakfast.
Cooking was a one of Hinata's favourite things to do and at the thought of putting her cooking skills to use for her Ouji was perfect…Perfect – that was the only word that could describe how she felt and how her life was at the moment.
After splitting the breakfast and putting it on two separate plates, Hinata opened the fridge and she was glad that Naruto had stocked up the fridge as well and after getting out something to drink; she put it back into the fridge. Hinata then put the finished breakfast on the table and then went about setting the table to eat. Nodding at her finished masterpiece that was breakfast, Hinata went to wake up her Naruto.
Walking back towards the lounge room, Hinata noticed that Naruto hadn't moved from where she had left him but she had softly giggled because one of Naruto's hands was slowly moving where it seemed to be searching for something. She then smiled because the hand that was moving was the one that was around her waist when she woke up this morning. Naruto was looking for her warmth.
Moving over to Naruto, Hinata stretched her hand out to shake him awake when she was quickly grabbed by Naruto and pulled into his chest. Hinata then went a deep red as she again tried to wake Naruto up for breakfast. Before Hinata was able to speak she was stopped by Naruto who mumbled in his sleep.
"Hinaaa-hime…st-stop, that tickles"
Blushing another deep red over her other blush, Hinata wondered what Naruto could be dreaming about to mumble something like that…stopping her thoughts before they led somewhere where she would probably faint, Hinata again, went to speak.
"Naru-ouji, wake up~."
While Hinata was speaking she was gently shaking Naruto, it was so that he would be more likely to actually open his eyes. But Naruto just moved his head so it was now snuggling against her neck instead of where it was on the back of the couch. Feeling her face heat up to where you could probably fry an egg on it, Hinata was struggling to stay conscious. She was currently curled up in Naruto's lap with her hands lying against his chest along with her face that was also pressed against Naruto's chest. Whereas Naruto was currently spooned with her and his arms tightly around her waist with his face was buried in her neck and he was inhaling deeply. Hinata went back to gently shaking Naruto awake for breakfast.
"N-Naru-ouji, y-y-you need to wake up, its t-time for breakfast" stuttered Hinata through her blush, and this time she was able to get Naruto to open his eyes and he squinted against the sunlight that was in face where he then buried his head deeper in her neck and shoulder and mumbled something that sounded like 'five more minutes'.
Giggling at that her Ouji was not a morning person she repeated herself one last time.
"Naruto, it's time to get up and have breakfast." That time it got Naruto awake because he had shot up and had pulled her back by the shoulders and as Naruto looked her over, he seemed to be looking to conform something. After a few minutes with no-one speaking and all Naruto was doing was staring at her, Hinata decided to take the initiative.
"Good morning, Naruto-kun." That seemed to set him off because for the second time that morning she was pulled against his chest, gently this time. Naruto was slightly shuddering and slowly things clicked in her head. Last night must have seemed too good to be true to Naruto when all he's had in his life had been rejections along with many people that just don't care about him, so, for her to still be there and wishing him a good morning would have been surreal.
Hinata wanted to assure him that she was real and that she was going to stick by him through anything, so she waited for Naruto to speak. Slowly, Naruto brought Hinata from his chest and again looked at her but he spoke first this time.
"Y-you're here…you're still here, It wasn't a dream was it? I-I really told you everything?" the tone that her Naruto spoke in, almost broke her heart so she quickly assured him. She nodded her head and answered his questions, in order.
"Yes, I'm still here Naruto. I'll be here, by your side, as long as you let me and if that's forever then I'll gladly stay by you for forever and more. It wasn't a dream and you really told me everything." Hinata closed her smiling mouth, proud of herself for not stuttering once and waited for Naruto's reaction and response.
She didn't have to wait too long because as soon she stopped speaking Naruto's face lit up like you told a child that he could eat all the candy he wanted (or ramen in Naruto's case) and he suddenly stood up and the next second Hinata was up in the air and being swung around in a circle by Naruto in his joy.
At first she 'eeped' then seeing the pure joy on her Naru-kun's face she started to giggle. He slowly brought her back towards the ground and as her feet touched the ground Naruto asked another question.
"You really mean that Hina-hime?"
Hinata blushed at her nickname while she smiled a warm smile to Naruto and simply said, "Yes I do, Naru-ouji."
Naruto then brought his mouth to hers. The kiss was slow and innocent but Hinata could feel all of Naruto's emotions in that one kiss, so she kissed him back putting all of her own emotions in the kiss.
After what seemed hours when it was merely seconds, they broke apart and just stood there, basking in each other. Hinata broke the silence first.
"Ano…N-Naruto, breakfast is getting cold." Said a breathless Hinata, Naruto straightened and his eyes widened.
"You cooked breakfast for me Hina-hime?" his question sounded breathy and Hinata nodded and answered him,
"Hai, you told me last night that you hadn't had a home-cooked meal so I decided to cook you breakfast." Hinata broke off and started to get nervous "T-That's a-all right isn't it?"
Naruto stood there for a few more seconds in shock before he brought his head down to Hinata's level and replied to her, "Its fine, Hina-hime." Naruto stopped, before saying, "Thank-you, Hinata."
That simple sentence made her feel like she was once again on cloud nine. It also seemed like Naruto wasn't only thanking her for making breakfast but for also loving him. Taking the initiative this time, Hinata brought her mouth to Naruto's again and pressed against his lips. Feeling him smirk into her lips, Hinata felt Naruto open his mouth slightly and bring his tongue to her lips, swiping it along her mouth.
Gasping at the wet muscle, Hinata felt Naruto's tongue intrude into her mouth. Blushing hard, Hinata shyly brought her tongue to touch Naruto's and was rewarded by another smirk on his lips and his tongue brushing along her own.
Naruto was euphoric, he was kissing the girl of his dreams, she was now his girlfriend and she had accepted him for himself and that was all he could ask for. When Hinata had responded to his intrusion of tongue with her own, Naruto once more swiped his tongue in her mouth before slowly withdrawing.
Quickly coming back from pure bliss, Hinata tried to clear her mind after that completely amazing kiss, remembering that breakfast was getting cold; Hinata tightened her hands where they were resting on Naruto's forearms and gently tugged his arms towards where breakfast was waiting.
Getting the gesture, Naruto allowed Hinata to lead him to the dining room table where he could now the delicious smell of breakfast and entering the room, Naruto was once again shocked for the third time that morning of what Hinata would and did do for him.
The first was for Hinata still being here, in the morning and by his side, and the love that she felt for him and the second being that his Hina-hime had cooked breakfast just because he had never had a home-cooked meal.
"Naru-ouji?"
Hearing his nick-name brought him out of the reverie that he had been in and Naruto saw that Hinata was already seated at the table. Following suit, Naruto sat down and grabbing his chopsticks, said, "Itadakimasu!" Before grabbing his part of breakfast and started to eat. After the first bite, Naruto was surprised at how good the food tasted and told Hinata so.
"Hina-hime, this is amazing, you really cooked all of this?"
Looking at Hinata, Naruto could see that she was embarrassed at his praise and at his nickname as she nodded to his question. Seeing this as an opportunity to learn some more about Hinata, Naruto asked another question.
And for the next 30 minutes Hinata and Naruto talked about anything and everything that they hadn't been able say or talk about last night. Little did they realize their love would be put to the test by Hinata's father, Hiashi (A/N: Cue the dramatic music *giggles*).
Meanwhile at the Hyuuga compound, at 7AM sharp, Hiashi was in his study at his desk with some green tea in hand, trying to go through some paperwork. As he went to take a sip, there was knocking at the door. Putting down the tea, Hiashi spoke, "Enter."
A branch house member slid open the door, entered the room and closed the door, the branch house member then bowed and kneeled on the floor.
"Your business?" Hiashi asks briefly (he wasn't a morning person whatsoever…)
The branch house member replies, "Hiashi-sama, I have just returned from Hinata-sama's room and the bed hasn't been slept in and she isn't the Hyuuga training hall, dining room or in the kitchen."
There was a pause before Hiashi replied, "I see, thank you." Hiashi took a sip of his tea before continuing, "When you leave, please send in Neji."
The branch house member bowed then answered, "Of course, Hiashi-sama."
The branch house member got up from his position on the floor and opened and closed the door, after a few minutes wait and a half drained cup of tea, Neji arrived. Opening and closing the study door, Neji bowed and then went to kneel on the floor like the branch house member had before him.
Neji spoke, "You asked for me, Uncle?"
Hiashi nodded and after he took another sip of tea, he then spoke, "Neji, I want you to go looking for Hinata."
There was a pause before Neji replied, "Again, Uncle? What happened?"
After taking another sip of tea (that kept him AWAKE), Hiashi answered his nephew, "Her bed wasn't slept in again, so, it seems she was out late training…again, however that might not be the case last night as it was raining, so she might have stayed over a friends place. None the less bring Hinata straight to me, this not coming home at night even if last night was an exception, must stop."
Neji nodded in agreement, he got up and turned towards the door while saying, "Yes Uncle, I'll go looking for her now."
Hiashi raised one eyebrow and asked, "Have you had breakfast yet Neji?"
Neji looked over at his uncle in slight surprise but smiled a tiny smile and said, "Yes Uncle, I have."
Nodding at the answer, Hiashi waved for Neji to leave. Nodding in return at the gesture, Neji left his Uncle's study. Hiashi now alone once again sipped at his tea.
"I have a feeling like it's going to be an interesting day." Stated Hiashi to himself, he also had a weird feeling, like he should be getting out the family sword…
Outside the Hyuuga compound, Neji was standing at the entrance, thinking. He started to walk towards the training ground that his cousin uses most often, and after a 5 minute walk, Neji arrived at the training ground.
"Byakugan." Muttered Neji, gazing around the training ground and finding no one, especially Hinata-sama, Neji widened his range to the surrounding training areas and still finding nothing, Neji became both glad and concerned.
Glad, because Hinata didn't fall asleep at the training grounds so she didn't get wet from the rain but also concerned because she wasn't here.
"Where could she be if she's not here?" Neji questioned himself. Walking away from the training ground Neji started to think of where Hinata-sama could be. Her team doesn't train until 9AM and it was only 7:10 in the morning. It was also too early to go see Kurenai and the baby, also Hinata wouldn't impose on Kurenai like that, where could she be then?
Neji was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a voice call out his name; he stopped, turned and saw Tenten jogging towards him, waving her hand in greeting. Coming up beside him, she dropped her waving arm and put both her hands behind her back.
"Tenten."
Smiling at her name she replied, "Hey, Neji." Tenten paused to gather her thoughts before continuing "Are you alright? I've been calling your name for a few minutes now, without you even acknowledging that you heard me."
Neji replied, "Sorry Tenten, I was trying to figure out where Hinata-sama could have gone."
Tenten looked puzzled at his answer, "Didn't she come home last night?" when Neji shook his head to indicate no, Tenten continued, "That's strange, I saw Hinata last night and when we started talking she said she was headed straight home, said her father was getting upset with how late she's been getting home, and that was before it started to rain."
Now it was Neji's turn to be puzzled, he shook his head again, "Hinata-sama's bed was never slept in, and she wasn't anywhere in the house or in her usual training ground."
Tenten asked another question, "Was Hinata in any of the other surrounding training grounds?"
Neji shook his head to mean no, "I used my Byakugan and I couldn't see her anywhere." Tenten now brought one of her hands from behind her back and brought it to her chin in thought.
"She wouldn't have stayed over a friends place because she told me she was going straight home even though it looked like it was going to start raining soon."
Neji replied with, "Then what do we do next?" Neji and Tenten then brainstormed on where Hinata could be but the list was extremely short.
"Before we start to panic that something might have happened to Hinata-sama…" Neji started, "We should search the village for her before we tell the Hokage."
Tenten nodded in agreement and then voiced a concern, "Neji…we can't search the entire village for Hinata, with just the two of us it would take too long."
Neji thought about the valid point that Tenten made. Neji voiced the line of thought that was running through his head to Tenten, "I'm hesitant to bring Hinata-sama's team-mates to help, I have a feeling that Kiba would over-react no matter what we would say and could cause a panic. Shino would be of help; however, he's out on a mission with Ino, Choji and Shikamaru."
Tenten contributed to the thought, "Lee would be just as bad as Kiba. Sakura might be of help but I know for a fact that she's going to be at the hospital the entire day and she wouldn't be able to help..."
There was another person that would be perfect but Tenten was slightly afraid of Neji's reaction but voiced the thought anyway,
"What about Naruto?" There was silence for about 10 seconds before Neji spoke up.
"Actually, with how many clones that Naruto can make, he would be able to help greatly but I'm worried that he might over-react to the situation." Tenten raised an eyebrow at the last few words.
"Weren't we also starting to panic and over-react?" Neji made no comment to that.
"…Let's just go over to Naruto's place and ask for his help with this search."
Both Neji and Tenten started to walk towards Naruto's apartment and although Tenten was worried about Hinata she was also glad because she got to spend the day with Neji.
Neji was also glad that Tenten decided to tag along and help, because he got to spend the day with her. Unaware that their thoughts were running along the same lines the Jōnin and chunin spent the 30 minute walk to Naruto's apartment in either a comfortable silence or with hushed talk.
Meanwhile, unaware of the slight panic she was causing her cousin and one of her close friends, Hinata was currently snuggled up with Naruto on his couch. Even though that Hinata was extremely content of where she was at the moment, she needed to get home before her father and cousin called a village wide search for her. Removing her head from where it was resting on Naruto's shoulder, Hinata sighed and looked up at her boyfriend.
Her lavender eyes met with the blue of her boyfriend but shaking her head, she smiled at him and he smiled his real smile at her. A moment passed when Naruto then shifted Hinata, so she was now sitting in his lap and he was holding her hands. Willing away the blush that had sprung up when she was placed in her boyfriends lap, Hinata was wondering at what could have her Naruto looking so serious, so she sat up straight and decided to get to the point.
"What's the matter Naru-ouji?"
Smiling slightly at that his Hinata could read his moods so easily, Naruto mentally calmed himself and started to speak, "Hina-hime, you know that being my girlfriend is very dangerous. Many of my fathers' and my enemies would stop at nothing to get you, to get to me."
Hinata nodded understandingly, "I know that Naruto-kun, but I'm still willing to stand up and fight for you, with you."
Naruto felt so happy and in-love with the woman in his lap. She had grown so much from the small, shy, stuttering girl that couldn't even look at him in the eye to a strong and proud kunoichi before him. Naruto nodded to Hinata's statement and continued, "I also told you about the Akatsuki, that they're out to get the Kyuubi that's sealed inside me, all those ninja are S-ranked and are extremely dangerous."
Hinata nodded and instead of speaking, she motioned for Naruto to continue. Taking a deep breath Naruto got to the point, "What I'm saying is Hinata-chan, who do you want to tell about our relationship besides Granny and your father?"
Getting Naruto's point, Hinata lowered her head and thought of whom she would want to tell about her relationship with Naruto. It was silent in Naruto's apartment for about 2 minutes before Hinata raised her head, looked her boyfriend in the eyes and spoke.
"Neji-nii-san and Kurenai-sensei are the only ones I want to tell." Naruto's eyes widened but he didn't need to ask Hinata why, it was like they could tell what each other were going to say and think without needing to use words.
"Neji-nii-san is like a brother to me and he should be the first to know out of all our friends and Kurenai-sensei is like an older sister to me." Naruto nodded in agreement, and then Hinata went on speaking, "So, you're only going to tell the Hokage about us?"
"I also want to tell Iruka-sensei and Kakashi-sensei."
Nodding at that, Hinata gesture to Naruto to continue, he just nodded and then answered the unspoken why, "The Hokage…I really do consider her to be my grandmother and she is also my godmother, so she deserves to know, not only because she's the Hokage but because I consider her family. Then there's Iruka and Kakashi-sensei who I see to be big brothers to me."
When Hinata raised her eyebrow in a silent question, Naruto answered the unasked question, "I know for a fact that if we told Sakura, Ino, Kiba or Lee about us, they together would raise such a commotion like a celebration or something similar, It would kinda go against the whole, 'keeping it quiet' thing."
Smiling at his answers, Hinata removed her hands from Naruto's and clapped them together in joy, "Okay, now that we know who to tell, we should go see my father and tell him first."
When Naruto raised an eyebrow, Hinata deadpanned at him. "Naru-ouji, if I don't see my father soon and tell him that I'm okay and that I have not been kidnapped, he'll otherwise start a village wide search for me."
Sweat-dropping at how overprotective her father could be, Naruto quickly agreed and got up from the couch with Hinata still in his arms, bridal style. Putting his Hina-hime down, Naruto went to exit his apartment when a tug at his hand caused him to stop and look back at the reason for the tug.
Seeing his Hina-hime with an eyebrow raised and her free hand placed at her hip, he quickly got her meaning and dropped his head before sighing dramatically.
"Okay, first we'll clean up the breakfast dishes, get properly dressed and then go see your father." Smiling that Naruto quickly agreed with her, she again tugged at his hand, this time towards the kitchen.
"I'll wash and you, Naru-ouji, will dry then we'll both put the dishes away."
Naruto shook his head and spoke up, "Hina-hime, you cooked all of breakfast, so, you are going to sit down while I'll clean up and I won't take no for an answer." Bringing up a hand to cover her mouth, she giggled at Naruto's stubborn face and sat down on the table, watching Naruto clean.
Naruto was half-way through the dishes when there was a knock at his door. Raising an eyebrow, Naruto turned to the clock on the wall and saw that it was 7:45 in the morning, Naruto then turned to Hinata.
"Who comes over this early in the morning?" Hinata just shrugged, "Could you answer the door Hina-hime? I'm sorta…" getting what her boyfriend meant (he was covered in soap suds at the moment and he looked absolutely hilarious), Hinata smiled, nodded her head and got down from the table to answer the door.
"Can I help y-…" started Hinata, while opening the door, but she abruptly cut herself off when she saw who was at the door. Neji was standing at the door, in shock, along with Tenten who was also at a loss for words.
Eyes wide in surprise, Hinata tried to find a way to rationalize why she was in Naruto's apartment this early in the morning and dressed in one of his large shirts. All that was running through Hinata's mind at the moment was 'crap, crap, crap, oh crap…'
Hinata heard Naruto yell to her, "Hinata! Who was at the…" Naruto's voice was getting closer to her so that means he had finished the dishes and was on his way, she was just glad that he was smart and used her name, not his adoring nickname for her.
Turning the corner, Naruto spotted who exactly was at the door while he finished his sentence, "…door." And all that ran through Naruto's mind was '…shit. I'm soooo dead.'
Quickly thinking, Naruto went to act normally and hopefully Hinata will catch on. "Hey Neji, Tenten! We were just on our way to the Hyuuga compound, what brings you guys here?"
Glancing over at Hinata, Naruto saw that Hinata was looking at him and noticing the barest of nods from her, Naruto interpreted what it meant.
Hinata was in.
Quickly snapping out of his shock, Neji's facial expression went from neutral/shock to anger in 0.2 seconds flat, "NARU-" Neji's shout/accusation, whatever it was, was cut off abruptly when Tenten slapped her hand over Neji's mouth.
"Can we come in?" If you didn't know her any better, you would think Tenten was the essence of calm but that far, far from the truth, she was royally pissed off. Motioning for the two to come in, Naruto went to the lounge room and waited.
After waiting barely 15 seconds, Tenten and Neji stalked into the apartment and sat down on the couch, waiting for the explanation. Hinata followed and moved to stand beside Naruto; the two were having their own silent conversation.
'Do you want to tell Neji the truth now? Or do you want to tell him and Tenten the 'official' version instead, it's up to you.' Was what Naruto was saying with an eyebrow raised, his eyes flicking between Hinata and their two guests.
Hinata did the barest of a shake of her head and looked at Neji and Tenten, replying with a look, 'Tell both of them the 'official' reason. Although Tenten's reliable I still want to keep our relationship secret as long possible'. Taking a deep breath, Naruto spoke to the two on the couch from his position of leaning against a wall with his arms crossed,
"Now, before you two jump to conclusions, I didn't do anything like that with Hinata." Hinata blushed at that, it was adorable. "I'm not that much like my teachers. I went on a late Ichiraku run last night and when I saw Hinata, underneath some shop for shelter and soaked, I invited her back to my apartment because she was still too far away from the Hyuuga compound and I didn't want to leave her in the rain where she was likely to get sick."
Looking over at Hinata, Neji and Tenten asked for a confirmation of what Naruto had said and when Hinata nodded, Neji and Tenten relaxed before Neji looked back at Naruto who was currently leaning against a wall with his arms crossed, his eyes distant and he had a serious face on. The face looked so out of character for the usually care-free Naruto, however, the serious face was wiped off Naruto's face and the happy-go-lucky façade was up before Neji could really register the look.
"Okay! Now that you two are not after my blood, and after we get dressed, can we go to the compound now? Preferably before Hiashi calls a village wide search?" the cousins sweat-dropped at that because they knew that, where his daughters were concerned, Hiashi could and would go way beyond overboard.
After spending 10 minutes getting dressed, and dramatically emerging out of his bedroom in a funny pose, Naruto moved over to the front door of his apartment and went out the door before looking back inside the apartment because the three other ninja hadn't moved because of Naruto's weird change in mood.
"You guys coming?!" was heard by the three ninja before they too moved to exit the apartment and joined Naruto in the hallway. The rest of the 25/30 minute walk was spent in silence.
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N: I also decided to re-do 'The Sun Shining Through'. A review from one of my readers, Blazinstar12, said that my story was a little too long for a one shot and it got me thinking...
So, I ended up shortening my story and I've some added some new things to it, so I hope you enjoy the new and improved story. Although it might be just a little too long still...