Sakura stood outside Tsunade's office looking at the bright morning sky. It's gonna be a great day.

"Good morning Sakura!" Said Naruto as he jumped from a roof and landed in front of her.

"Yahh!" She put her hand over her chest. "Don't do that! You'll give me a heart attack.."

"Haha! Sorry bout that." He grabbed her hand and walked into the building with her. "So what mission does granny Tsunade have for us?"

"I don't know yet. I heard that it would a little dangerous though." She sounded worried.

"Don't worry! Naruto Uzamaki the next Hokage will protect you with my strongest jutsu!" He laughed.

A smile appeared on Sakura, you could tell that she was feeling safer now. "Race you upstairs!" She ran ahead.

"Hey! No fair!" He chased her.

Upstairs

"I won!" Sakura danced in victory.

"I let you win." Naruto said lightly pushing her. "So grandma what's the mission?"

A vein appeared on Tsunade's forehead. Every time we meet! She cleared her throat. "Ahem...The mission came from Glory Village."

"So Glory Village?" Sakura asked leaning against Naruto, Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist. "Never heard of them before."

"Hey I heard of them." Naruto said "Shikamaru was talking about them the other day. They're supposed to be some secret village. He said that them and some other village are at each others throats, fighting constantly."

"That's pretty much all that's known about them. The village they are fighting is called Dusk Village." Tsunade said "The mission is to guard the village's prince during a ceremony. The village leaders fear that he might be targeted for assassination."

"What's the ceremony about?" Sakura asked.

"Well that part of the mission was left out. I assume that they will clarify it when you arrive." She crossed her arms.

"So you want the two of us to be this kid's bodyguard right?" Naruto asked.

"Would you rather I send you on a C rank mission instead?" She glared at Naruto, who shook his head. "I'll allow you to select one more shinobi to go and help you guys." She took out 4 pictures and handed them to Sakura. "Decide who to take and let them know."

"Your letting us choose?" Naruto looked over Sakura's shoulder. "Neji, Sasuke, Shino, and Hinata." He crossed his arms. "Well we can take Shino out of the picture. Me and him...don't exactly see eye to eye on things."

"Ok then.." Sakura placed Shino's picture on the desk "What about Sasuke?"

"Isn't he still hurt from training with Kakashi the other day?" Naruto asked.

"That's right I forgot." Sakura threw his picture on the desk.

"It's down to the Hyuuga's. I'm sure you can decide on the way to their house." Tsunade took back the pictures. "Now get going."

"Alright, don't get your panties in a bunch." Naruto went over to the window and leaped out. Sakura followed. "Hey Sakura speaking of Hyuuga's where's Hinata. I usually see her everywhere I go. But I haven't seen her since we came back from that mission 2 weeks ago. Is she sick or something?"

Sakura frowned. She must be crying her eyes out right now. "No I haven't...we can go check on her while we're visiting." I'm sorry Hinata...How should I tell her?

Hinata lay on her side on her bed in the dark room, staring at the wall, eyes red as can be. "I hate you Sakura..."She whispered. She thought back to two weeks ago and began bawling her eyes out. You know that I'm in love with Naruto! Why did you go and become his girlfriend?! She slammed her fist on her pillow and rolled over facing the opposite wall. She wiped away the tears and sat up.

She heard the door knock. Probably just Hanabi...Can't she see I want to be left alone? She ignored it and lied back down.

The door knocked again. "Go away..." She whispered.

"Hinata you there?" Naruto voice called from outside.

N-N-Naruto? "Wait a minute!" She called. Why is he here? She turned the lights on and looked in the mirror. She hurried out of bed and quickly fixed her hair and wiped away the tears on her cheek. She opened the door "Hi Naruto!" She greeted him.

"Hi Hinata! Haven't seen you in a while. Where ya been?" He waved.

"I-I've been sick..." She lied.

"Oh! You feeling any better?" He asked "If your not, Sakura might be able to help. She's talking to Neji right now." He pointed down the hallway.

"Oh...she's here?" Her shy voice quickly changed to a depressed one.

"Is something wrong?"

Hinata covered up her depression with a smile. "No, nothing's wrong. So what brings you here?" She gave him a smile.

"Well we got a mission, and I could choose either you or Neji. Sakura decided to choose Neji, but I thought that you should come along instead."

"W-Well, what's the mission?" She asked.

"We got a message from Glory village. They want us to protect their prince during some kind of ceremony or another. Well interested in joining us?" He asked giving her a big goofy smile.

Hinata stared at the ground. Should I? I have a chance of helping Naruto...but Sakura is going to be there too. "Well...I..."

"Naruto! Neji isn't able to come." Sakura yelled from down the hallway. When she got closer she noticed Hinata leaning against the doorway looking down. Hinata... "Hey Hinata how are you?" She asked.

You should know exactly how I feel! She gave her a cold look but quickly changed it."Hi Sakura. I will go along. I think that going on a mission is going to help me feel better."

She looks really mad...I'll tell during the mission.

Is something going on between these two? If there is I better stay out of it. Naruto thought. "Well come on we have to pack our stuff. I'm going home and get my stuff ready. Meet you guys at the gates in 20 minutes." He kissed Sakura on the cheek and ran out the house.

Hinata looked at her, she was clearly furious . "Look Hinata I can explain." She started, but Hinata just slammed the door in her face. I guess I deserved that...

Took a while to update it but finally finished it.