Hi everyone, this is my recent story, I hope everyone likes it. The characters might seem a little off but their change was for the good of the story. Hope you like it, please review and tell me what you think. The words that are italicized are words in Hinata's mind.I expect to update the story August 8,2006 depending if you ppls like the story or not. Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

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Chapter One: The Day Before

The screen glowed in the morning; the birds were happily chirping their songs outside. I woke up, I stretched out and yawned, today…I will train my hardest and improve my skills; I thought will walking toward the bathroom. "Ohayo Hinata-chan." Greeted one of the servants.

"Ohayo!" I greeted back. Today is going to be a good day, I thought while taking a bath in the warm water the servants prepared for me. I got out of the bath brushed my teeth and ran off toward the front gate. "I'm leaving!" I shouted while opening the door and running out. Now to meet Shino and Kiba at the training grounds, Kiba and Shino were already there. "Ohayo, Shino-kun, Kiba-kun." I said.

"Ohayo Hinata." Said Shino

"Yo Hinata!" shouted Kiba. Akamaru barked happily on his head. "So Hinata, do your need help training today or with you be fine on your own?" asked Kiba.

"It's okay Kiba-kun; I can train by myself today." I said.

"Ok, let's go Akamaru." Said Kiba, Akamaru barked excitedly. Kiba-kun and Akamaru ran into the forest, Shino-kun walked off by the training posts. I walked toward the river and practiced my Juken on a tree. About 30 minutes late my hands became sore, I dipped my hands in the river, the current of the river caused my hand to turn to the left. The cold water felt good on my worn out hands, this flow, if I made my hands flow like a river, I could make a good offensive technique. I stood up and faced a tree, Hands flow like a river, Juken! I rushed toward the tree, one hit…two….three...four! One hand by one I hit the tree, one hit then another hit immediately after the other, five, six, seven, eight, I could feel the tree loosening from the dirt. More, nine, ten, eleven…twelve! The tree flew out of the ground before me. I heard it fall, then a boy-ish scream. I ran over an orange jacket protruded out of under the tree. "N-Naruto-kun?" I said.

"Hinata!" said Naruto. "Help me Hinata, this tree came out of nowhere and landed on me!" shouted Naruto.

"Hold one Naruto-kun, I'll get you out!" I said. I ran over to the fallen tree and tried pulling his arm. "Ow owwww Hinata that hurts!" he shouted from under the tree.

"Gomin asai N-Naruto-kun." I said. I went over to the tree trunk and tried pushing it over. Darn…it's too heavy for me. "Hold on Naruto-kun, I'll get help." I said. I ran off at the meeting place, "Shino-kun!" I shouted, "Kiba-kun!" I hope they come quickly; Naruto-kun is in danger. I ran around the meeting place shouting for Kiba-kun and Shino-kun. Where are they? I ran and shouted for awhile for them until seeing both of them come in from the village. I ran up to them, "Shino-kun, Kiba-kun!" I said while trying to catch my breath.

"What is it Hinata?" asked Shino

"Na...Naruto…i…is." I said

"Naruto is an idiot?" asked Kiba.

"No…Naruto is stuck under a tree." I said

"How'd he get there?" asked Kiba

"There's time to explain things after we save him." Said Shino

"Yeah." Said Kiba

"Hai." I said. I lead them toward the fallen tree where Naruto was under. "Hey, is someone there, help, I'm under this tree!" shouted Naruto.

"Daijoubu Naruto-kun, I brought Shino and Kiba to help me get you out from under there." I said.

"Took you long enough Hinata…I thought you were gonna let me die here." Said Naruto

"Gomin asai." I said

"Okay let's get you outta there Naruto." Said Kiba. Jujin Bushin, Akamaru jumped on top of Kiba and turned into a Kiba-clone, Gatsuga! Akamaru and Kiba spun around rapidly making two tornadoes which cut the tree in half.

"Are you Naruto?" asked Kiba.

"Yeah, what took you guys so long!" asked Naruto

"Shouldn't you be thanking us for saving you?" asked Kiba

"Why, you guys too so long." Said Naruto. Kiba's face turned red with anger, "I never wanted to save you in the first place…I only did it because Hinata asked me to." Whispered Kiba.

"What did you say!" shouted Naruto

"Oh nothing." Said Kiba turning around.

"C'mon Hinata, Kiba, we should get back to training." Said Shino.

"Hai." I said. We followed Shino back to the training grounds and sat under a tree for a late lunch.

"How did Naruto end up under a tree?" asked Kiba

"Um…well I was trying this new technique I was thinking of on a tree and it flew out and I guess it hit Naruto." I said.

"That must be a strong technique." Said Kiba, "Show us."

"I haven't worked on it much, I just thought of it today." I said

"Okay, show us when your ready." Said Shino. The three of us had a pleasant lunch and went back to training immediately after lunch. 6 hours later "Sayonara Kiba-kun, Shino-kun." I shouted while walking back to my house. I was on the corner of the street when Naruto came up. "Hi Hinata!" he said.

"Hi...N-Naruto-kun." I said nervously.

"Um…I wanted to ask you something." He said.

"What is it…N-Naruto-kun?" I asked

"Um…I was wondering if you would like to eat ramen with me at Ichiraku tomorrow?" he asked. Naruto…was asking me out…for dinner…tomorrow? My face felt warm, blood was rushing toward my face. "Hinata?" asked Naruto.

"Um…um….um…ok-o-okay." I said.

"Alright, I'll meet you at Ichiraku tomorrow at 6 pm okay." He said while running toward his house. Naruto…asked me…out for…dinner…tomorrow. A joyous feeling came over my body, I felt like jumping and shouting, but people might be asleep already. I ran inside the Hyuga manor and straight into my room, where I could finally express my feelings of joy.

Naruto's Apartment

"You know you'll have to tell her." Said a girl inside the room.

"I know." Said Naruto.

"She needs a taste of reality and needs to stop dreaming." Said the girl. Naruto didn't answer her. "Well, anyways…I'm going home now." She said.

"Okay." Said Naruto. She went up to him and gave him a peck on the lips, then walked out the door. Naruto went to the bathroom, got dressed for bed and went to sleep…it seems that girl forgot something…her comb…filled with long pink hairs.

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Thanks for reading! Also refer to wikipedia(the online encyclopedia) if you don't know any of the jutsus,genjutsus,or taijutsus in this story.Sayonara!