Here we go chapter 2! Thanks to you readers out there, you really kept me going! Don't be afraid to leave reviews though, I'd love to improve ^^
The blue eyed genin stared at the indigo-haired beauty in awe.
"Is this really her? I mean, is it the same Hinata I know?"
No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't keep his eyes off of her, each and every movement of hers was delicate and sweet, she was just like a porcelain doll. In the middle of these thoughts he sees the oh so delicate beauty rush towards the training fields with an overwhelming amount of water bottles walking straight towards dropped tree branches from kids jumping on them. Right then and there the blonde ninja witnessed as Hinata seemlessly tripped on these branches and not-so graciously enough, fell face first straight to the ground, dropping all she had in hand while screaming "KYAA!" on the way down.
"Kya? Ha, how cute…wait what am I thinking? She's a friend goddammit!"
He then realized that she was injured and ran to her side by instinct; holding her in his arms he says:
"Hinata! Hinata, are you okay?" he asks frantically.
"eh…uh…w-what…?"
She opened her eyes slowly until the orange figure appeared clearly in front of her
"N-Narut-" cut off by the overwhelming emotions she had at the sight of the love she's always looked at since they were young, leading to a stone cold faint.
Now walking with Hinata in his arms, he hesitantly looks at her sleeping face and begins to reminisce the occasions in which they've met before.
'Why does she always faint when she's around me? Am I that ugly that she doesn't even want to see me?' He thought hesitantly as he carried Hinata in a princess cradle to the training grounds.
"H-HINATA? WHAT HAPPENED TO HINATA?" screamed Kurenai sensei seeing the unconscious Hinata in the unrecognizable blonde's arms.
"I knew I shouldn't have let her go on her own, she's just so persistent and thinks she can do everything on her own…thank you young man, you can go now."
"Woah, young man? That's a new one. Thanks Kurenai-sensei!" the peppy boy chirped.
"…Naruto, is that you? Well that explains it!-"
While in the middle of welcoming the hyper-active ninja back, a yell was heard coming straight at them followed by the pounding footsteps of a man and his now grown-up dog, Akamaru.
"Kurenai, what's going on- Hinata? WHAT'S GOING ON?"
Kiba asked exuberantly, he ran to her side and made sure she was okay, tracing any cuts and bruises that were made.
"Yeah, yeah. She fainted is all, no difference there!" she said with a slight chuckle to her tone.
"Fainte-?" he then caught glimpse of the man in the orange track suit.
"Oh…that's why…"
'Why does he not treat me the same as always? We're friends right?' Naruto thought, wide eyed.
"Hey, Kiba! Long time no see eh?" Naruto tried to start a conversation
"-eh…..uh…"
All eyes turned to the beauty now waking from her slumber, the very first person that caught her eye was Naruto.
"N-Naruto? Is that really you?"
She formed a smile and got to her feet and at the spark of the moment, ran to hug him.
'I can do this!' she thought 'I can hug him, I only fainted because he caught me by surprise at the time. I've worked hard to stop being so shy, I can do this….Oh, please let me do this!'
She clung her arms around him and held tight. Naruto was obviously surprised at such a bold move yet naturally returned the embrace.
'I like this…It feels so natural, so right being with her like this. Why doesn't my heart stop beating so fast? Ugh, I hope she doesn't hear it!'
His heart pounding even more at the thought of her discovering how nervous he is while being with her, but he didn't mind. She was just glad that the ability to hug him and actually hold him wouldn't result in a slumber that would soon be accompanied by regret. She had worked hard to get to this standing point, and everyone knew it! She had tried to calm herself every time she felt like fainting, and it had finally worked.
'I did it! I love this….I love being able to touch him…..w-what am I thinking….I just love this, I love him.'
On the other hand, Kiba looked disgusted at the sight; with a disgruntled thought that obviously showed:
'She's never hugged me like that….Why can't that be me instead? Why has it always been him…?'
He then called Akamaru and turned away. The yellow-haired ninja noticed that the embrace went on long enough and that Kurenai sensei was waiting for it to be over, Naruto then unlocked the embrace with desire to keep her in his arms. Keep her safe from everything that could possibly happen, keep her close to him at all times.
"Hey Hinata! You okay now?.."
"-Y-yeah! Thanks for helping me out…I don't know what got into me there, probably the heat…?"
"Yeah, it is pretty hot outside, but it's great to be back! No problem though, what are friends for right?" He said with a smile on his face obviously glad to be the one that had saved her from conflict, even if it was a small one. He was glad to be there to, well, almost catch her when she falls.
'Friends…yeah, friends….' Thought Hinata, 'what was I expecting though? Of course he can't see me in any other way… I mean he just got back.'
In the middle of this thought, a shadowy pink figure caught her eye, running toward the group with a spring in her step. 'S-Sakura…', she had forgotten that there would be a rival in her quest for love and was utterly horrified when she turned to look at the yellow haired boy blushing at the sight of her running towards him as happy as can be.
Hopefully that wasn't much of a cliff-hanger? I mean, Sakura is back guys what can possibly happen?
haha, I'll be posting chapter 3 up soon so don't worry! Thanks for reading 3