A/N: Voice: HELLOOOO PEOPLES

A/N: Voice: HELLOOOO PEOPLES!! Welcome to my room!

Shikamaru: does she always act like this?

Everythingy: sometimes

Shikamaru: troublesome

Voice: as you can see, I have visitorsf

Ino: not that you gave us much choice

Sakura: yea 'come to the enclosed address or else'.

Kiba: and we didn't want to end up like Kakashi. (motioned to an unconscious Kakashi on the floor)

Voice: that's what he gets for trying to come into my room with one of those distasteful Icha Icha Paradise books.

Laughy: ohh, 'distasteful'. A big word.

Voice: shut up, Laughy. Anyways, this is my story…actually, I'll let the box that I'm about to type explain the summery!

Summery: Naruto has just arrived back home after his 2 and ½ year training with Jiraiya and is excited to see all of his old friends, expecting to get a well deserved rest. But all is not well in paradise. Kohona is at the brink of war with the Tsuchi no Kuni (Earth Country). Everyone is on the alert and is extremely suspicious of almost everyone. What happens when the Tsuchi no Kuni says that the only way to a truce is the eldest Hyuuga heir's hand in marriage?

Voice: there ya go. The complete summery.

Naruto: (whispering) I think she's enjoying this a little too much

Voice: I heard that Uzumaki!

Naruto: how did she hear me?

Hinata: I th-think it was her ears.

Naruto: Her ears…? (Stares at dog ears on Voice's head. Voice notices)

Voice: what ya staring at Uzumaki?

Naruto: nothing.

Voice: (sigh) onto the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, he and Hinata would be together by now.

Naruto: I don't get it…

Voice: (sweatdrop) even when I spell it out for him, he doesn't get it. He's as dense as a brick wall.

Naruto: and what is THAT suppose to mean?!

Voice: you know what? Forget I said anything.

"Speaking"

Thoughts

"Kyuubi speaking"

Kyuubi thinking

Chapter 1 – The Return of the Uzumaki

"Ero-sensei, hurry up! I can see Kohona and you promised you'd buy me some ramen when we got back!"

"Brat, how many times have I told you not to call me that?!" Go figure. He can't remember the code to a hotel room but he can remember a promise I made 2 and ½ years ago.

"I can see the gate!" Kohona's number one hyperactive, knucklehead ninja rush toward the gate only to be stopped by the guards.

"State your name and business," said one. "Or we will be forced to attack."

"Huh? It's me Uzamaki Naruto."

"Prove it," said the second guard.

"How!?"

"If you are really Uzamaki Naruto, than you can perform his original jutsu." Naruto frowned and made a hand sign.

"Transform!" There was a puff of smoke and where Naruto once stood, a nude female surrounded by a light mist appeared.

"You mean this jutsu?" she asked, winking at the guards. The two guards keeled over, glassy eyed, blood running from their noses.

"Yes…welcome back Naruto…" Naruto returned to his normal form just as Jiraiya arrived on the scene.

"Ahhhh, I missed the jutsu?" he whined.

Naruto mumbled something about perverts as he walked through the gates into the village.

People walked past Naruto at an unusually fast pace. They seemed to want to get to their destination as quickly as possible. Mothers held onto their children's hands tight, not allowing them to run on their own.

Looking around, Naruto spotted Shikamaru and Temari, walking together down the street. Compared to the people around them, you would think they were standing still.

"Hey, Shikamaru!" The pineapple haired ninja looked around and smiled a bit.

"Well, look who's decided to come back," he said. Naruto smiled and looked over at Temari.

"Sooo…are you guys dating or something?" Temari and Shikamaru blushed for moment before Temari huffed.

"No you dolt, this lazy ass is just "escorting" me around Kohona."

"Oh."

"Besides, now is not the best time to be dating."

"What do you mean?"

Shikamaru sighed.

"Thanks Temari, now I need to explain everything to him."

"Explain what to me?" Shikamaru sighed again.

"How troublesome. Kohona is on the brink of war with Iwagakure no sato. We don't know when or if they will attack. Everyone on is on the alert."

"Explains why everyone seems so nervous," Naruto muttered. He was about to speak to Shikamaru again when he saw a flash of pink hair.

"Got to go!" he shouted and he took off after the girl. Temari looked at Shikamaru.

"Why didn't you tell him?"

"He'll find out eventually," the ninja muttered.

"Lazy ass," Temari muttered but she couldn't help but smile.

"Hey Sakura!" The kunoichi turned and smiled.

"Naruto! When did you get back?"

"About five minutes ago."

"Wow," Sakura giggled. "You're taller than me now." This was true. Naruto was about a head taller than her. Not only that, he had grown more muscular and he had lots almost all of his baby fat. He no longer wore his load orange suit but a black one with orange on the shoulders running down his sides before hitting his black pants. Even his hitai-ate was different. After being destroyed during one of Jiraiya's training exercises, Naruto's new on was black with longer ends.

"Hey, what's going on?" Naruto asked, interrupting Sakura's thoughts. "Is there really a war going on?"

"No, we are on the BRINK of war," sighed Sakura. "Fighting could break out at anytime, we don't know if they are going to attack or not." She sighed again.

"Sooo…" said Naruto quietly, rubbing the back of his neck. "Other than this war, what else is going on?"

Sakura smiled, glad of the change of subject. "Nothing much. There is a rumor going around that Shikamaru and Temari are going out."

"I just talked to them!" said Naruto. "When I asked them about it, they said they weren't."

"Hmm," said Sakura, putting a hand under her chin, deep in thought. "We'll have to change that."

"Sakura-chan!" Turning around, both Sakura and Naruto saw TenTen running up to them. "Naruto! When did you get back?"

"About nine minutes ago."

"Oh, then you wouldn't have any idea where Hinata-chan is, would you?"

"No, why?" TenTen sighed.

"Neji is having a fit. Apparently, she didn't show for her father's normal, "What you need to do to be a proper heir" speech."

"What doesn't sound like Hinata," Naruto muttered.

"I know," said TenTen. "That's why Neji is freaking out."

"Did you check by her teams usual meeting spot?" Sakura asked. "She might have a mission." TenTen shook her head.

"She doesn't have a mission, I already checked with Tsunade-sama but I didn't check the meeting spot. It's possible that she just wanted to get out of the house. I wouldn't blame her."

Naruto and Sakura followed TenTen to a large maple tree in the middle of the park. Already there was Shino, Kiba and Akamaru.

"Yo Naruto!" shouted Kiba, raising his hand in greeting. "When did you get back?"

"About fifteen min…WOAH Akamaru's gotten big!"

"Really?" Kiba looked over at his companion who was large enough for Kiba to ride on his back. "I never noticed."

"HOW CAN YOU NOT NOTICE?!" Naruto shouted. "Last time I saw him, he could ride on your head!"

"He still tries to sometimes," Kiba muttered.

"It's quite amusing," said Shino.

"Hey, Shino, good to see you."

"You too Naruto," said Shino, inclining his head.

"Ok, enough chit-chat," interrupted TenTen. "You can catch up later. Have you guys seen Hinata?"

"Nope," said Kiba. "She was supposed to be here about five minutes ago though. Why?"

"Because Neji is having a fit, that's why!"

"Oh…what did she do?"

"She skipped out on her father's speech again."

"Again?" Naruto looked at TenTen. "She's done it more than once?"

"This would be the third time now," said TenTen softly. "She's becoming a bit of a rebel."

There was a gasp. Everyone turned to see no one. Behind a fence, Hinata had pinned herself against it, her heart beating franticly, a light blush on her face.

Naruto-kun's back? When? If…if I knew he was back, I would have gone to Otou-san's speech. What?...What am I saying? Stupid, you're missing those for a reason! But…did…did he see me?

Naruto stuck his head around the fence.

"Ha! It is you, Hinata!" Hinata jumped and turned her head slowly.

Naruto-kun? This close to me? Don't faint Hinata. Don't faint Hinata. Don't…

"Ehh! H-Hinata, are you ok?" Naruto grabbed the falling kunoichi.

"Ahh, Hinata, why do you always faint when you see Naruto?" asked Kiba's voice, fading from her memory as she fell into unconsciousness.

TenTen sighed as Naruto propped Hinata up against the tree.

"I guess we found her," she muttered. She turned to Naruto. "So, did you have any trouble getting into Kohona?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. They asked for my identification and then I had to prove it to them."

"How did you prove it?" Sakura asked.

"They asked to see my "original" jutsu. I showed them and they ended up with a nose bleed." Kiba and TenTen laughed, clutching their sides. "Why did they ask me that?"

"Since we are in danger of being attacked by Iwagakure no sato, you are only aloud in the village if you have permission or if you lived here."

"Why?"

"We don't want spies getting in," said Shino, shortly.

"So, one from other villages are aloud in?"

"Very rarely."

A groan erupted from Hinata. She clutched her head as she slowly opened her eyes.

I had the weirdest dream, she thought. Naruto was back and he was looking for me…and then I fainted. She looked up at her friends.

"Yo, Hinata, are you ok?" Naruto asked, crouching down in front of her. She blushed before fainting once again.

"Ah, Naruto," said Kiba, hitting his head in annoyance. "You made her faint again."

"I didn't mean to!" said Naruto. "It's not my fault she's so sick she faints!"

Everyone sweatdropped.

"You think she's sick?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah," said Naruto. "Why else would she get all red and faint?" A big smile erupted on his face. "Say, Sakura-chan. You're a medic-nin, right? You can heal her!" Everyone slapped their heads in annoyance.

There was a rusling of leaves above Naruto. All of a sudden, he was flattened by a young woman with red-gold hair and green eyes wearing a shirt with long, draping sleeves and a pair of black pants adorned with a belt that was covered with pouches and scrolls. Across her left eye was a long, deep scar and around her neck was her hitai-ate . She didn't even seem to notice that she had landed on someone.

"Oh, Hinata-sama," she groaned. "I thought we were past this." She began rummaging in her left sleeve. "Where are those damn smelling salts?" she muttered, digging in her sleeve. "I know I put them in here. Ah, here they are." Out of her sleeve, she pulled out a small brown bottle. Still crouching on Naruto, she uncorked the bottle and put it under Hinata's nose. The Hyuuga heiress took in a gasp of air and opened her eyes. The red-gold haired girl sighed.

"I'm glad you're awake, Hinata-sama," she said, corking the bottle and putting it back in her sleeve. "I've been looking everywhere for you. What made you faint? The heat?"

"N-No," Hinata stuttered.

"And I thought we where past this too," said the scarred girl. "Remember Hinata-sama, calm breaths, relax the mind and body." Hinata took several deep breaths. "Now, Hinata-sama, what made you faint?"

Hinata took another deep breath. "Naruto."

"Naruto?" The girl raised an eyebrow. "A steamed fish-paste in your ramen made you faint? It is food poisoning?"

Sakura TenTen and Kiba couldn't hold it any longer. They burst out laughing holding their sides. The girl didn't seem to notice. Hinata shook her head.

"It wasn't food poisoning? Then…what was it?" Naruto let out a groan and the girl looked down. She jumped to her feet, making Naruto grunt with pain.

"You must be the fiend that made Hinata-sama faint! You shall pay." Jumping into a tree, the girl pulled out a length of rope out of her right sleeve. She did several hand signs ending with Mi (snake). She held the sign and the end of the rope rose from the heap, as if it was alive.

"Bind!" The rope lunged at Naruto, tying his hands and legs together behind his back so he was unable to reach for a weapon or do hand signs. Kiba, Sakura and TenTen were rolling on the ground with laughter by now, laughing at the ridiculous position Naruto was in. As they laughed, Hinata looked horror stricken.

"What are you doing, baka? Why are you lying on the ground? Free yourself!"

Why don't YOU do it then you baka kitsune. I don't see you giving any ideas on how to get loose.

"I shouldn't have too."

"How would you like me to kill him, Hinata-sama?" the girl asked, jumping out of the tree so that she was kneeling next to Naruto. "Quick and painless or," she smiled and out of her left sleeve, she pulled out a katana. Razor sharp, it was silent as it was pulled out of its scabbard. No one was laughing now. "can I have some fun with him?"

Naruto gulped and looked up at the girl.

"Hey!" he shouted, "you're from the Takigakure no Sato (Hidden Waterfall Village)!" The girl blinked several times before answering.

"So? What's it to ya?"

"You're not aloud in Kohona!"

"For your information," said the girl defensively. "I have permission to be here…ah, wait a sec." She plunged her katana into the ground so close to Naruto that several of his hairs flouted to the ground.

The girl began rummaging in her sleeves and checking her pockets. "Where is it?" she muttered. "I know it's here. Oh, wait!" She reached down her shirt and pulled out a piece of paper. "Forgot I put it in there." She waved the piece of paper in front of Naruto's face. "See? I do have permission. So…back to business." She pulled the katana out of the ground and stuffed the paper back down her shirt. "How would you like to die?"

"Not at all," said Naruto, smiling.

"Sorry, that wasn't an option."

"Wait!" Hinata shouted. "You can't kill him!"

The girl blinked. "I can't?"

"No! He's my friend."

"He is?" She plunging the katana back into the ground, taking a few more of Naruto's hair with it. "Don't move," she growled to Naruto and she sat on his back, pulling a scroll out of her sleeve along with a brush.

"What was your name again?" she asked Naruto.

"Uzamaki…" Naruto grunted.

"Uzamaki," the girl muttered, running the brush down the list. "Oh, here you are 'Uzamaki Naruto'. So you name is Naruto!" she started, looking down at the ninja. "'Gender: male, age: 15 by now,'" she made a note by his name. "'Birthday: October 10th, blood type: B, Ninja of Kohona, Genin…'"

"Don't remind me," he muttered.

"'Part of Team 7,'" the girl continued. "'teammates: Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke (Former), sensei: Hatake Kakashi, known element: Fuuton (Wind), has done seven D-ranked missions, one C-ranked mission, one B-ranked mission, two A-ranked missions,' impressive, 'and no S-ranked missions to date.'" She rolled the scroll back up and returned it to her sleeve. "So, you are Hinata-sama's friend. Why did you make Hinata-sama faint?"

"I didn't!" Naruto shouted. "She just got all red and then fainted!"

"Hinata-sama, are you sick?" the girl asked, running over to feel Hinata's forehead.

"No, I'm fine," she said quietly. "Um…can you let Naruto go now please?"

"Huh? Oh, right." She once again did a Mi hand sign. "Release and Return!" The rope untied itself and coiled back into her sleeve. Naruto shakily stood up, shaking out his arms and legs.

"Are you alright, Naruto?" Sakura asked.

"He's fine," the girl, pulling her katana out of the ground. "I didn't tie him up that tight."

"You nearly skinned him!" Sakura shouted.

"But I didn't," the girl pointed out. Silently, the girl sliced her hand with the katana.

"Why are you doing that?" Naruto asked.

"Why are you asking her that!?" Sakura shouted. "She nearly killed you!"

"I was just wondering!"

"Whenever you draw a katana, in my family," said the girl, quietly. "You draw it to draw blood." Naruto gulped. "Since I didn't kill you, I must giveHiromasa some of my blood."

"Hiromasa…Straightforward." The girl nodded at Kiba as she sheathed the weapon.

"Why do you call it that?" Naruto asked.

"Hiromasa's purpose is very straightforward," said the girl, shrugging her shoulders.

"What is its purpose?" Sakura asked, raising an eyebrow.

"To protect."

"HA!" laughed Sakura. "Who were you protecting just now, huh? Obviously not yourself."

"I was protecting Hinata-sama."

"From what?!"

"From the one that made her faint. I thought she got scared and fell into unconsciousness. Now, it has come to my understanding that she's sick." Everyone besides Naruto and the girl sweatdropped.

"I don't think I introduced myself," said the girl. She placed her hands in her sleeves and she bowed. "I'm Michi Kaiya, Chuunin of Takigakure no Sato and it is an honor to meet you Uzamaki-san."

A/N: Voice: there ya go. Chapter 1.

Sakura: is Sasuke -kun going to be in this story?

Voice: I don't know. Maybe.

Sakura: if he is in this story, are we together?

Voice: I don't know. This IS a NaruHina story after all

Sakura + Naruto + Hinata: it is?

Voice: did anyone read the first author's note?

(Shake their heads no)

Voice: (sweat drop) why do I even bother writing an author's note if no one reads it?

Ino: out of sheer enjoyment

Voice: I guess

Gaara: I read them

Voice: you do? (Gaara nodded) YAY!! (glomps Gaara)

Hinata: Voice-san, shouldn't you end the chapter?

Voice: huh? Oh, right. (gets off Gaara) I'll update soon. All reviews are welcome.

Naruto: (not listening to the conversation) what's with the ears? (pulls ears on top of Voice's head) are you a demon?

Voice: (threw gritted teeth) no, I'm a half-demon. Please stop pulling my ears.

Naruto: (still pulling ears) what kind of demon?

Voice: (threw gritted teeth) dog demon. PLEASE stop pulling my ears.

Naruto: (still pulling my ears) do you have any powers?

Hinata: N-Naruto-kun, I-I don't think that i-is a g-good…

(Naruto pulls Voice's ears again)

Voice: THAT'S IT!! (pulls out sword) You want to know if I have powers?! FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF!!

(Naruto runs out of the room, Voice still trying to cut him in half)

Hinata: …idea

Voice: (in the distance) get back here you punk!

Muses: until next time!

(A crash is heard)

Voice: (in distance) taste my blade!

Shikamaru: that woman is so troublesome

(another crash)

Voice: (in distance) you coward! How dare you touch my ears! You will pay the price!

Kiba: note to self: don't pull Voice's ears