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Chapter 2: The mission
At dawn of the 5th day, the Hokage was waiting for Hinata to wake up, while thinking...I guess I have to do something about it. Surely I´m not the only one aware of the legend, nor the only one to notice the similarities. With some luck... she thought turning around to both sides no one saw the marks, or the rattles, though our enemies seems to have eyes everywhere, and I´m sure they won´t make things easy… Mmm… I must put her under surveillance, but... the byakugan will be a problem, no doubt she will intercept any intruder. I must put her under the care of someone without her knowing it, or will end up losing confidence that she has earned over the years. She is a great jounin...it has to be someone with whom she wants to spend time with and do not stop to ask whether there is a reason behind the constant company…
The Hokage spent the following hours making an outline of her strategy, and listing the variables that should be taken into account... It was not easy. Around noon, the answer and the subject appeared in the door.
" Tsunade no Baa-chan, how is Hinata doing? Already wake up?" Asked the hyperactive blond head with a hollow palpable concern in his voice.
"Naruto..." Tsunade murmured… Yes, it seems like the best option. With his character, he will surely protect Hinata whatever happens, and the best of all, without asking too much. "No, not yet. Naruto, I have a mission for you."
"It was about time baa–chan" he said somehow cheerfully.
"Naruto, this is something serious" He doesn`t have to know everything "I have reasons to believe that Hinata's life is been threaten by enemies who have not yet been defined, which... you know, make it more risky, because its impossible to know which are their intentions, strengths or weaknesses."
"Hinata...? Why would anyone want...?" Naruto muttered to himself.
She proceeded ignoring his surprise "Your mission is to protect her. Starting tomorrow you will be assigned to the team 8. It's a secret mission, for the first time in your life I need you to be discreet and handled things carefully, we don´t know what we are facing here. You will keep her company at all times when she´s not home" Fortunally, she´s not the type of going out "I will train her every day and you will escort her each evening to the Hyuuga compound"
"All the time?!!" he protested "I have to train Baa-chan! Couldn´t someone else do it? She always faints when she sees me, we would be an easy target."
"Mmmm ..." she growled … He has a good point, but I think Hinata will overlap the situation, it won´t be a problem for long. I have to make him feel important… "I guess I can ask someone else… Sasuke? Maybe but... I know that she would be safer with you than whit any other person."
"Oii Oii ... okay. I´ll do it…" (slight blush) Naruto said, smirking and scratching his neck.
"Well ... it seems that it begins now" warned Tsunade noticing the patient´s tights eyes and hearing those sighs that only appears when we leave the dream behind.
Hinata saw beautiful things in her dreams… but among all, she saw him, as always, remained faithful even in reverie-land: Naruto-kun ...was her first earth though.
"Hinata, how do you feel?" Tsunade asked motherly
"Hokage-sama? Where am I? What… what happened?" She whispered more in a dream that in conscience.
"In the hospital, it seems you got a strange infection that caused you to sleep a couple of days, but your recovery was complete, you can go home now if you wish to do so. Rest today and tomorrow at 8:00 am I will be waiting for you in my office."
"Hai ... arigato Hokage-sama" she bow her head.
With a sign made by Tsunade, Naruto came to light. "Ohayo Hinata, I see you feeling better" he said walking towards the bed.
"Na .. Naruto-kun ... wh.. what are you doing here?"
" I came to see you" said the smiling ninja. She blushed profusely, and felt at the edge of fainting, but... there was something different... she felt somehow... stable enough to stay up in front of the reason for her efforts and faintness.
Ohhh ... that's new thought the Hokage.
Hinata still did not dare to look at those blue eyes that caused her such impact, perhaps because of that, she didn´t realize the slight reddish color on her favorite ninja´s cheeks When she sleeps… she seems so peaceful… I wish I could sleep like that. The blond woman looked at Naruto indicatively. The mission had begun.
Raising his arms to his neck he said, almost shouting "Oii… Hinata, I´ll walk you home."
She was lost in new sensations... trying to decipher where did it came from the eddy in her abdomen, the cold and salty tongue, the impression that trees outside were so close and that scent of distant irises coming up to her nose, the tickle of ... What? Naruto-kun has offered to take me home? ... etto ye... but..
"Hinata? Do you hear me?"
"Oh. Hai. A.. arigato Na ... Naruto-kun" she said with an elusive look. If I don´t look at his eyes, it will be fine… she thought and removed slowly the sheet. Before she could reach her sweater Naruto saw again that delicate silhouette in a simple dress that Tsunade had gave her. … White suits her... he thought.
Seeking to reach her clothes Hinata stumbled, and with a quick reaction, he held her before she could hit the floor. Naruto-kun Na ... is very close! the last thing she felt was a heat emerging from feet up to front, before fading into the arms of the jounin who didn´t get used to, or even understand the reaction that Hinata had when he was in the room. They both sighed at the same time sweat dropping.
"Take good care of her, I have things to run…" Tsunade said good bye.
When Hinata woke up, found him in deep thoughts (a bowl of ramen). Although he offered to help her, she stood up alone, and made her way to home. They walked side by side at a considerable distance, she made sure of that. If he touches me, sure I will lose it… All the way over to Hyuuga´s mansion everything went silent. They said their good bye´s with gestures and continued towards their destinations. She was nervous, and somewhat confused by those new waves of surprising sensations that seemed to replicate inside of her. He thought it would be difficult to carry on with his mission if he didn´t found a way to communicate with her.
The young ninja arrived to his department feeling somehow defeated. It was late and he was hungry. Was it true that he hadn´t eating since noon?
He prepared instant ramen for one, sat down to eat alone in front of an empty chair, took a pair of chopsticks and began to eat alone.
Tin tin tin tin! An expression in his face brightened Eureka.
"I will invite her to eat some ramen! Yes!!... mmmm etto " growls "but ... what´s the point if she doesn´t speak? We will end up in an uncomfortable silence as always. I wonder what she likes… if I knew maybe we would have something to talk about."
"Tic tac .. tic tac "after a considerable time
"That's right!" (Bravo, bravo... Naruto), "I will ask her many many things, pretend to be interest, and thus win her trust... and then she will begin to talk to me! Perfect ... I'm a genius." Then spend the entire night making questions for their next match, and writing it down. He took seriously his missions, and even more if it involved the integrity of his friends. And so it was that there was light in his apartment until the very last of the stars appeared on the night sky.
