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Naruto Uzumaki was almost always the cheerful ninja of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, but today his cheerful surpassed all others. It wasn't hard to notice either, the way he almost skipped through the village humming loudly. Sakura Haruno, a pink haired kunoichi and close friend of Naruto's noticed his carefree stroll as he passed by her house.

'Is that…Naruto? He's never that cheerful. I better check on him.' She thought as she opened her bedroom window.

"Hey Naruto!" She yelled out to him. Naruto looked up and saw his teammate looking down at him.

"Hey, Sakura-chan! Nice day, isn't it?" He shouted back. Sakura's worries increased.

"I-I suppose so…Naruto, why are you skipping through the village. I thought you'd be out training or something."

"Ah, I knew I forgot something I was gonna do. Heh, I just feel so good today!" He flashed his foxy grin at Sakura.

"Hey, I have an idea. How about we go get some ice cream or something?"

"Nani?" Naruto leapt up to her window and stuck his feet onto the wall next to it with his chakra.

"C'mon, it'll be fun!" Without any warning, Naruto grabbed Sakura's hand and leapt off of her wall, bringing her down with him. Sakura shrieked as she fell face first toward the ground. She braced herself for the impact, but it never came. Instead, she found herself being held by Naruto like a man carries his newlywed bride.

Sakura had never before noticed just how handsome Naruto had gotten over the years, but it hit her as she lay there, blushing slightly in his arms. His hair was still as messy as ever and he had lost his bright orange and blue outfit, opting instead for a orange and black jacket with orange pants. (Aka, his outfit after the timeskip.) She could lightly feel his well-toned chest and abs that had formed after years of training and missions.

Even though Sakura had begun to like Naruto a bit, she still only had eyes for Sasuke, so in this situation, there was only one thing to do.

"BAKA NARUTO!" She aimed a chakra-enhanced punch at Naruto's jaw, but her fist hit only air as Naruto placed her on her feet and jumped back.

'Ack! That's the first time he's dodged my punch. What is up with him today?!'

"Gotta be quicker than that, Sakura-chan!" He said, still flashing his trademark grin.

"So, let's go!" He said as he began walking down the street. Sakura noticed his steps had more bounce to them than usual.

'I should stay with him just in case he really turns out to be sick.'

"Wait for me, Naruto!" Sakura yelled as she jogged to keep up with Naruto.

Meanwhile, in the Hyuuga Mansion, an exhausted Hyuuga heiress was fast asleep in her bed.

"Hinata!" Neji said as he banged on her door.

"Father says it's time to get up!" Hinata rolled over to face her door.

"Go away." She mumbled. "I'm tired."

"Come on, Hinata. You've already missed breakfast and it's time to train. If you don't get up, then--"

"Neji, I'm only going to say this once. Fuck off!" Neji's mouth was gaping over what he heard his cousin say.

"R-right…" He slowly backed away from the door, then broke into a run as he tried to get away from the exasperated heiress.

'Wait a second. I am running from Hinata. Her skill is far below mine. Baka Neji…' He turned around and ran right back to Hinata's room.

"You're getting up whether you want to or not, Hinata!" He said as he carefully inserted a bit of chakra into her door's lock, unlocking it and allowing him to rush into the room. He walked over to her bed and flung her covers off of her.

"Get up." He said sternly. Hinata rolled over once again and shot a death glare at Neji that would've sent chills down a normal person's spine. She got up and punched Neji in his stomach.

"I was feeling good until you just had to ruin my day. Now, get the hell out of my room!" She grabbed Neji by his wrist and made to throw him out of her room. However, Neji attached himself to the ceiling as he was thrown, saving himself.

"You are not going to deviate from the training schedule father set up from you." He let himself fall back down to the floor on his feet.

"I'm 18 years old. I don't need my father to do anything for me anymore. I am a woman now."

"Father told me to get you down there, and I'm bringing you down regardless of what you want! Byakugan!" Hinata saw him prepare to attempt to immobilize her and began her own attack.

"Hakke Rokujuyon Sho!" Neji cried.

"Byakugan! Shugohakke Rokujuyon Sho!" Hinata blocked every one of his blows.

'What the? When did she learn this move? How can she block my attack?'

"Is that all you got, Neji?" She said as she fell into her own Hyuuga stance.

"Hardly. Hakke Hyaku Nijuhachi Sho!"

"Shugohakke hyaku nijuhachi sho!" They matched each other blow for blow until Neji made a fatal error and lost his footing as he slipped on a piece of paper Hinata had laying on her floor.

'Now's my chance!' Hinata thought. She brought a bit more chakra to her palms and adopted Neji's stance.

"Jyuuken!" She thrust her palms into his chest, sending him flying out of her room.

"Next time I tell you to go away," She said, deactivating her Byakugan, "Do it." She turned around to her bed, hoping to get back to sleep, but decided to stay up.

'Oh well, I'm already up. Might as well get ready to go training with Shino and Kiba.' Hinata walked into her bathroom to take a shower. Neji rubbed his slightly bruised chest as he stood up.

'When did Hinata get so strong? And for that, when did she get so bold? Something's going on here.' Neji snuck back into her room, careful not to make any noise. He could hear her humming lightly as she showered. His eyes scanned her floor.

'Hinata's getting sloppy. There are clothes scattered around her bed. Wait…this doesn't look like any shirt she would wear. And…that doesn't look like…a pair of her underwear…' Neji bent down to pick up the shirt and boxers and examined them closely.

'Orange with a faint smell of…some kind of noodles.' He dropped them quickly as his mind jumped to a conclusion.

'No, she couldn't have…' Neji quickly left the room, leaving the clothes five feet away from their original positions.

'Bad mind, bad mind!' He thought as he almost sprinted away from her room. Hinata came out of her shower five minutes later and got dressed in dark blue pants and a fishnet shirt, which she covered with a baggy jacket that resembled her old on, only that the chest region was dark blue like her pants. She began to walk out of her house when she was confronted by her father near the front door.

"Hinata!" Hiashi barked as he looked down at her.

"Yes?" She said, not looking at him.

"You're late for your training. Why did you wake up so late today?"

"Because I was tired." She place her hand on her door and had to struggle from smirking when her father yelled again just as she predicted.

"That is no excuse! You shall have double training today and you cannot go out! Now, get back here and put on your training clothes! Hinata, are you listening to me?!" Hinata looked back at him with a bored look on her face.

"Uh-uh." She opened the door and began to step out when Hiashi furiously charged at her.

"How dare you talk to me like that, you--unf!" He grunted as Hinata quickly hit a pressure point on his throat, rendering him unable to talk.

"You need to learn to shut your damned mouth sometimes." She hit another point, which seemed to have no effect. She could tell by his furious, yet confused face that he was wondering what she had just done.

"I cut off the flow of chakra to your most valued part. You won't have any use for it for about the rest of today. Have a good day, father!" She said in a sweet, yet dark voice.

"What the hell…is wrong with Hinata?" Hiashi said in a pained voice as he rubbed his crotch. At that exact moment, Hanabi chose to walk into the room.

"Father, when will we be continu--AAAAH! What are you doing?!" She screeched as she covered her eyes.

"H-Hanabi! I'm not doing what you think I'm doing!" Hiashi tried to explain, but Hanabi ran out of the room quickly.

"This is not my day…" Hiashi said as he facefaulted.

"Arigato!" Naruto said as he was served ice cream at his second favorite restaurant.

"This is their new flavor, cotton candy swirl. Itadakimasu!" He said as he dug in. Sakura looked down at the blue frozen treat in front of her before tasting a small spoonful.

"Hey, it's pretty good." She said as she ate, although the ice cream wasn't what she was concentrating on.

"So Naruto, why are you so happy today?" Naruto looked up from his bowl and flashed his foxy grin again.

"I just realized how good life is, and I'm enjoying it to the fullest. Although, I'm not shrugging off my duties as a shinobi." He said maturely before gorging himself once again on his dessert. Sakura was once again about to ask him a question when Kiba and Shino came in.

"Hey, Naruto!" Kiba said as he hopped off of his humongous canine. The owner of the store was about to tell Kiba that no dogs were allowed, but decided to stay away from Akamaru. (Who wouldn't be scared by a dog that was bigger than them?)

"You seen Hinata today?" Naruto grumbled as he once again set his spoon down and looked up.

"No, I haven't seen her since this morning." Shino raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything.

"Damn, we've already been by her house, her favorite training spots…where did she go?"

"Kiba-kun! Shino-kun! I've been looking for you two!" Hinata said as she entered the restaurant.

"Hey Hinata-chan!" Naruto said as he waved at her.

'Oh boy, Hinata's gonna faint again…' Shino thought. His face almost showed shock as Hinata walked over to Naruto and sat next to him.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming here this early?" She asked him.

"Woops…sorta slipped my mind." Naruto said bashfully.

"Well, are you going to share your ice cream or not?" Hinata said.

"Of course." Naruto brought his spoon up to Hinata's mouth and she ate the ice cream gratefully.

"Mm, it's good." She said with a giggle. Sakura's and Kiba's jaws hit the floor. Shino's eyebrows were raised.

"Naruto, Hinata, w-what are you two doing?"

"Eating ice cream, what does it look like?"

"It looks like Hinata's sitting on your freaking lap eating ice cream from the same spoon your disgusting mouth has been on." Kiba's fangs were bared as he cracked his knuckles. In a flash, he had Naruto in the air, holding him by his collar.

"What the hell is going on?" He growled.

"Kiba, put him down!" Hinata yelled. Kiba glanced at her with a surprised look on his face before letting taking his hands off of Naruto like he had been burned.

"If you must know…Naruto and I are officially a couple now!"

"…"

"…"

"…"

'Oh, wow, what great responses they have.' Naruto thought as he straightened up his jacket.

"Ok…but that doesn't explain why Naruto was so very cheerful this morning." Sakura said.

"Yeah, I saw him skipping throughout the town when I looked out my window. What was up with him?" Shino asked. Suddenly, the answer hit Sakura.

"N-Naruto…when exactly did you two become a couple?"

"Oh, just last night, why?" Hinata and Sakura blushed. Naruto covered his mouth as he realized what he had said.

"Oh damn…" Suddenly, Kiba looked around with a scared look on his face.

"Kiba-kun, what are you looking for?" Hinata asked.

"I just smelled fresh flowers and faint perfume." His head turned to the booth behind Naruto and Hinata, where a telltale puff of smoke appeared.

"Naruto…consider yourself dead by the time the day's over. Ino's gonna tell one person after another after another. The whole Hyuuga house is going to be after you." Naruto's good mood faded away.

"How much time do I have before Hiashi bursts through the door?" Kiba looked at a clock in the corner of the restaurant.

"Five seconds." In four seconds, Naruto managed to kiss Hinata, create a kage bunshin and run away, leaving it in his place. On the fifth second, Hiashi burst through the door.

"WHERE IS THAT UZUMAKI BOY?!"

&&Later&&

"Ow, ow, not the face! Not the face! Ouch, okay, the face, the face!" Screamed a suffering Naruto as he was beat up and yelled at by most of the Hyuugas and even Tsunade, who only flicked his forehead before talking him to death.

&&Even later&&

A bruised and bandaged Kyuubi vessel lay in a hospital bed, grumbling in anger at the ones who had tormented him.

"Lucky you, Naruto. Not a single bone was broken. You only got minor wounds this time." Said a nurse that treated him regularly.

"Yeah, yeah. Can I be alone now? I'd like to get some sleep." He said irritably.

"Oh yeah, of course. Good night, Naruto." As she closed the door behind her, a certain Hyuuga appeared in a poof of smoke.

"You okay, Naruto?" She asked as she took a seat by his bed.

"Yeah, I'm okay. Nothing that won't be healed in an hour or two." Hinata laid her head on his chest.

"I tried to get them to stop…"

"I know, it worked…a bit. But I still don't know what they were mad about! All I did was take the Hyuuga heiress's virginity!" He said, pouting. Hinata sighed as she climbed into the bed with him.

'He may be a fool…but he's my fool.' She thought as she drifted off to sleep with him.
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DR: Another oneshot. This time, about our favorite couple. Those of you who read the manga should know that by now, Naruto should have wised up and started dating Hinata.

Naruto: Date Hinata? Well...I have thought about it.

Hinata: Naruto...and me...date?
(Hinata faints)
DR: Oh, damn. Looks like we have to wake Hina-chan up...Don't forget to leave a review. Until next time, FF people!