Butterfly-chan: Hey people! I'm back! I must say I like this chapter. It's longer than my last one. Sorry I didn't update sooner. I got lost on the path of life.

Kakashi: My line Butterfly-chan.

Neji: Be nice to the author, she can do bad things to you.

Butterfly-chan: Yes, yes I can. Neji, for that you may read the disclaimer.

Neji: Oh, joy. (sarcastic). Butterfly-chan does own Naruto, or me!

Butterfly-chan: Dammit…

Chapter Two

Chaos irrupted in Konoha as suddenly as a volcano as Sound invaded the unsuspecting Fire Country. Rokudaime Naruto was in the midst of a fierce battle with Orochimaru himself.

"This is your last chance! Hand over the scrolls and I'll leave Konoha in one piece!" shouted Orochimaru from atop his giant snake. "No way! As Hokage, it's my job to protect this village and the secrets it holds. Not to mention keep them out of the slimy hands of villains like you!" Naruto shouted from on top of his summoned toad, Gambunta (I think, I can't remember if he summons him or some other toad).

Orochimaru's sword flew at Naruto, and he just managed to dodge it. "Crap!" whispered Naruto to himself.

"Want me to go body-slam him for you?" asked Gambunta. "Sure, why not?" said Naruto bending down and grabbing a hold on Gambunta's vest. The toad lurched forward, but ended up missing the snake(anyone mind telling me the snakes name?).

"I think I've done enough damage for now. But, I'll be back, soon enough." said Orochimaru. And with that, every Sound nin within the premises of Konohagakure disappeared.

"Thank Kami that's over with!" said Naruto. "Can I go now?" asked Gambunta. "Alright. See ya." forming hand seals, Gambunta disappeared.

Landing gracefully on the ground, Naruto stood up and brushed himself off. "Now I have to deal with the casualties. This should be fun. Not." he said, walking off to the hospital.

"Alright, Sakura-chan, how many deaths and how many victims?" asked Naruto as he approached Sakura in the hallway of Konohagakure Hospital. "No deaths and one victim. Hyuga Hinata. She's the one how sent the message to Anbu just before Sound attacked. It's thanks to her that we even began to prepare for the attack." said Sakura, looking at a clipboard handed to her by a medical core nin.

"How bad is her condition?" asked Naruto, a little worry in his eyes. "Don't worry, she's only unconscious." said Sakura. Naruto released his breath that he didn't even know he been holding. "Can I see her?" he asked. "I guess. Don't expect a response, though. She's been out cold during the entire attack." said Sakura, leading him to Hinata room.

She opened the door to the room to reveal Hinata laying on a hospital bed as if she were sleeping. She had bandages wrapped around her head, with some of her hair draped over one of her pale lilac eyes, which were closed.

"Don't stay to long. We need to see if we can get her up soon. Once she's well rested, you can come back." said Sakura, closing the door to go tend to another patient.

Naruto took a seat beside Hinata's bed and looked at the sleeping girl. She still had her famous baggy hoodie on, as she always did. He smiled when he remembered when him and Kiba had tried to get her to take it off.

Flashback time!

Team Eight plus Naruto were training on one of the hottest days in Konoha. Naruto and Kiba had stripped from the waist down, and even Shino had ditched his baggy coat. But Hinata still had her hoodie on, even if she looked like she was about to die from heat.

"Hinata-chan, why don't you take off that hoodie? You'll die in it if you don't." said Naruto. "I-I'm n-n-not that hot in it, really." she said, sitting down on a log and taking a sip from her water bottle.

Naruto and Kiba shared a smirk and snuck up behind Hinata. Just as she set down her water bottle, the boys lifted her hoodie halfway up her back before she turned around and backhanded them both in the face. She pulled her hoodie down, grabbed her water bottle, and left the training ground, leaving Naruto and Kiba standing there in shock.

Thank Kami it's over!

A small noise woke him out of his daydream. He looked at Hinata. She looked up at him, her light lilac eyes burning the question "where am I?".

"You're up, good. You missed one hell of a fight." he grinned. "N-Naruto-sama? What h-happened?" she asked. "Orochimaru attacked. If it wasn't for you sending a message with that summoning dove, which crapped on Kakashi-sensei's head, we wouldn't have even been warned and would've suffered much more damage than we did." said Naruto.

"Oh, good she's up. Unfortunately, Hinata-san, one of the buildings was burned to the ground. That was your apartment building. We managed to get all of your clothes and some personal possessions, but I'm afraid you out of a home, unless you move back into the Hyuga complex." said Sakura appearing in the doorway.

"W-What?! My a-a-apartment is destroyed?!" Hinata cried. "Yes, I'm sorry to say." said Sakura. Hinata's shoulders sagged. "I just got out of the Hyuga Complex. Now I have to move back in." she said quietly.

Naruto hated seeing Hinata like that. He frowned, his brow furrowed in concentration, trying to come up with an idea to save her from the humiliation she didn't need to suffer. Then, an idea struck him.

"Hinata-chan instead of going back to the Hyuga Complex, you can stay with me!" he said. "What?!" exclaimed both Sakura and Hinata, staring at Naruto. "Yeah! Come on, you don't really want to move back into the Hyuga Complex, do you?" he asked. "N-N-No, I-I don't." Hinata replied, fighting back the blush that warmed her cheeks. "Well, then, what's holding you back? I'm not gonna rape you, I swear!" joked Naruto. Hinata giggled slightly. "A-Alright. I'll stay with you. But just until I can get an apartment and support myself. I don't want to trouble you for too long." she said, smiling.

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Alright, I finally updated! I said I was going to wait for ten reviews, but I just couldn't. So, I'll just update whenever I feel like it from now on. And I'd like to say thank you to Hinata Uzumaki-sama for being my first reviewer! Yay!