What a night ~chapter 2
Kiba threw his backpack down "alright we should camp her for the night-"
"What!" Naruto yelled "we're stopping here! Why?" Kiba sat down as he pulled his water bottle from his bag and glanced up at Naruto. "One, me and Akamaru are tired and hungry, two it's getting dark. And even with Hinata's eyes and my nose it's still not safe to travel into unknown territory in the dark, which is why we're stopping here"
Naruto frowned and grumbled to himself, causing Kiba to sigh with frustration. He looked over to Hinata and cracked a small smile. "What do you want to do?" Hinata looked down at Kiba, surprised that he would even talk to her. Throughout this whole trip she hadn't said a word. Most of the conversations were between Naruto and Kiba and they weren't exactly friendly conversations either. She gave him a confused look making him repeat the question. "Well...do you wanna travel in the woods at night or rest here and eat somethin'?" he asked bluntly.
"Ano...ah...W-well I t-think-"Hinata paused as her tummy grumbled signalling that it was hungry. She blushed and gripped her stomach telling it mentally to 'shut up'. Naruto smiled at her embarrassment and put down his pack too.
"Yeah, maybe we should stop for the night, I mean I am hungry..." he looked down at his own stomach and patted it as Kiba started walking towards the creek.
"Good" he groaned, "Hinata and I will go find something to eat while you make the fire" he smiled pointing down at Naruto. Naruto nodded as he turned and started to head off into the woods to gather the firewood.
Naruto sighed as he picked up another stick and looked deep into the forest.
~flash back~ "huh, you're serious?" Naruto asked Sakura, she nodded as she touched the map again.
"Sasuke was spotted near the sound village recently. Witnesses say he's with other ninjas as well. Probably more of Orochimaru's Hench men" Sakura grumbled. Naruto nodded as he clutched the marked head band in his hand.
"Sasuke..." he whispered. "We have to go after him!" Naruto demanded. Sakura's face fell as she turned away from Naruto and concentrated on the map in front of her.
"I already asked Tsunade-sama, she said it would be too dangerous for the two of us to go..." she whispered softly. Naruto's eyes lit up with rage as he looked over Sakura's face. She had basically given up...she had except that Sasuke may never return to konoha, never return to... her. Naruto clenched his fist and stormed to the door. Sakura's head snapped up as she watched Naruto pull open the door. "Naruto..?" he stopped and turned his head slightly to look at her with the corner of his eye.
"I'm sorry Sakura-Chan...But I can't let Sasuke get away again! I promised you, that I would bring him back... And I never go back on my word!" he turned around to face Sakura, a small smile forming on his lips. "I'm going to bring him back, this time for sure!" Sakura's eyes widened at the sound of certainty in his voice. She clutched her hands in front of her chest and looked down at the ground. 'He never gives up...he'll chase Sasuke down until his last breath, but...maybe...maybe this time, he'll bring him back!' Sakura was snapped out of her daze, as she heard the door close in front of her.
Naruto ran down the hallway with a determined look on his face. 'I'm going to bring him back, I have to!'
"Naruto!" he skidded to a stop as Sakura ran in front of him panting heavily as she tried to catch her breath. Naruto watched as she raised her eyes to look at him. She smiled as she nodded her head. "I'm coming with you..." ~end of flash back~
'Sasuke...' he thought to himself 'where are you?' there was a loud splash, causing Naruto to snap out of his thoughts. He looked down at his bundle of fire wood and smiled. "This should be enough" he turned back around and walked towards the camp.
"Yeah Nice work Hinata!" Kiba grunted as he threw another kunai snagging another fish as it leapt in the air. Hinata's head broke through the surface of the water. She looked up at Kiba as she waited for him to drop the fish in a small bundle. Kiba sighed and rubbed his arm over his forehead as he looked at the fish. "Hmm..." he smiled and turned back to Hinata.
"Alright one more time, then we'll go back to Naruto" he suggested Hinata smiled
"Alright" she spoke softly as she took in a deep breath and dived under the water. The water began to swirl as a dark shadow appeared under the surface. Kiba brought the kunai to his face as he stood ready to attack. The water's surface burst as the fish jumped out of the water flapping about in the air. Kiba smirked and twirled his kunai around his middle finger as he watched all the fish flap around in the air.
"That one!" he cheered as he threw his kunai snagging a really big one. He walked over to it and dumped it with the others scooping them up in his arms as he turned back to the lake. Hinata stood on top of the water rinsing out her long blue hair. He smirked as he watched his 'rather beautiful' team mate walk over to him. She smiled and looked down at the fish in his arms.
"Are you sure that'll be enough?" Hinata asked Kiba nodded as he began to walk with Akamaru at his heels.
"Yep, after all we don't wanna make them extinct do we?" he teased, she smiled and giggled softly.
"Right" she nodded as she walked towards camp with Kiba.
Naruto had already made the fire and set up the tent, before his team mates returned. He poked a small stick into the flames making the sparks fly into the air. It was getting dark and his stomach was practically begging to be fed. By this point he didn't care what he ate just as long as he ate something.
"Woof" Naruto turned his head as a smile crossed his face. Akamaru ran up to him and licked his face repeatedly. Naruto laughed and pushed him back slightly patting his head.
"Well, looks like you were ok by yourself" Kiba teased Naruto smirked and turned to face Kiba. "Yeah well you guys took forever to get back! So I thought I'd make the tent as well"
"Oh...I-I'm sorry Naruto-kun" Hinata stuttered lightly. Naruto smiled "yeah well-"he stopped as he stared at her with wide eyes. Her hair was dripping wet and parts of her fringe clung to her face. She was wearing dark blue pants and a small tank top that was covered with a mesh shirt. Her clothes stuck tightly to her hour glass figure as the water shimmered on her bare skin. All Naruto could do was stare at her looking her over from head to toe and the only word he could think of was 'damn'
"N-Naruto-kun?" she titled her head to one side and blushed slightly as she noticed the hungry look in his eyes and she didn't think it was because of the fish. He shook his head and stared towards the tent as a faint blush tinted his cheeks.
"Ano... y-you should get dressed, it's kinda cold out and you l-look...ahhh" he cleared his throat as he thought about how she looked.
"Oh..." she looked down at herself and nodded "mm...I should change, I won't be able to fight well in these" she agreed as she carried her jumper off into the tent zipping it up as she began to change. Naruto blushed as he watched her shadow. He noticed he tugging at her shirt and pulling it over her head, and then fiddling with what he thought was her bra. Just as she was taking it off Kiba popped in front of Naruto's view and gave him a 'what the hell do you think you're doing' look.
"Gahh!" Naruto yelped as he spun around, his blush growing on his face and other places. Kiba raised an eyebrow as he looked at the tent. He looked back and forth at the tent and Naruto until he locked eyes with Naruto.
"Were you perving on Hinata?" Naruto's body grew stiff at his question 'yes' Naruto thought. He shook his head furiously and screamed 'ahhh what am I thinking, she's just a friend, a team mate...I can't be thinking like "That"' Kiba gave him a strange look as he watched Naruto squirm around on the log. "Well...were you?" he almost demanded. Naruto looked up at him with pleading eye. 'Ahhh...totally she's hot...how could I not' 'what no! She's just a friend, just a friend...and friends definitely don't think about things like-'Kiba growled as he watched Naruto's conscience battle about perving on Hinata or not.
"Ahhh!" Kiba grabbed Naruto by the collar of his shirt and pulled him to his face. "Tell me already!" he screamed growing really angry. Hinata was his team mate, his best friend, something inside Kiba snapped as he saw Naruto 'goo goo' eyeing her as they returned. It made him want to beat him senseless, no he wanted to kill him.
Sweat raced down Naruto's forehead as he saw the anger in Kiba's eyes. His conscience raised his hands in surrender and nodded slowly looking down at the ground. 'Ok ok...I was' it confessed looking up with innocent eyes. "W-w-what no way...of c-course not" Naruto stuttered. Kiba tightened his grip and opened his mouth to scream his head off at him, but stopped as a soft small voice reached his ears.
"Kiba-kun...Naruto-kun?" the two shinobis turned their heads to see Hinata staring at them with a worried expression across her face. Kiba frowned and let him go dropping him back on his ass.
"Whatever...let's just eat something" Kiba grumbled as he started to prepare the fish.
Night seemed to fall upon them fast. It wasn't long before they had finished their meal and headed to bed. Naruto rested his hands behind his head as he lay down next to Kiba. Who was already close to dream land, along with his favourite pet Akamaru.
Cold wind rushed over Naruto's face as the flaps to the tent were opened. The wind stopped just as suddenly as it came as Hinata closed the tent and spun around to see Naruto watching her closely. She gasped as a blushed rushed to her face. Thankfully it was too dark in the tent to make out her face let along see her blush. She lowered her head as she began to carefully step over Kiba's body to make it to her own sleeping bag.
She gasped and yelped slightly as she fell forward tripping over Kiba's suddenly moved foot. "Ahhh...Hinata are you ok?" Hinata fell and landed on something soft that seemed to move between her legs. She placed her arms on either side of it and pushed up a little coming face to face with Naruto. Her eyes widened as she blinked a few times, realizing just what she was lying on.
Naruto tilted his head to one side as she continued to stare at him. "Hinata...?" her face grew red and even in the dark he could see it. She swallowed a large knot in her throat as she stared deep into his eyes. 'He's so close...too close' she thought to herself. Naruto placed a hand on her arm as he sat up slightly making the distance between them even smaller. "Hey Hinata...are you ok?" as soon as he touched her she jumped back as if she'd been burned making an "Epp!" sound as she straddled his waist.
She twiddled her fingers as she nodded. "Y-Yes...s-sorry Naruto-kun" she apologized. Naruto gave her a worried look as he sat up making her sit on his lap.
"Are you sure...your face is all red, do you have a fever or something?" Naruto half yelled as the worried tone in his voice caused him to panic. He placed a warm hand over her forehead as he checked her temperature.
The young konnichi's face was as red as a ripe tomato. Her breathing quickened as his face became close again. All of this was too much, Naruto's hand slip from Hinata's head as Hinata's face grew closer. "Ah! Hinata?" her head fell lightly on his shoulder as Naruto squirmed underneath her. "Hinata?" he looked down at his shoulder gazing over her face and realised that she had passed out.
"What the- hey Hinata!" he shook her lightly as his arms wrapped around her lying her down next to him. He touched her cheek lightly tilting her head from side to side. "Aww man...now what do I do?" he groaned.