Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters; I lost them in a poker game – sob, sob!

Author Notes: The long awaited chapter two! I'm SO, SO sorry for being this late to post it, I haven't been on the quite writer's mood the last days, or was it weeks?

Anyways, an important message: chapter one has been edited; more than once, in fact I added some better parts there so I could continue this story differently than before, it's a bit more detailed than before too, MUST read it before reading this.

I want like to thank everyone for the lovely reviews - Can't get enough of them and they are really encouraging, but still I would like you to tell me what you did like and what you didn't like (or what was bad) so I could improve myself in the future as well as improve the future chapters - I'm also open for suggestions!

And by the way I'm looking for a beta; someone who's good – Please e-mail me if you would like to take the job. Anyways, enjoy! And please read AND review!

The Opening of Blue Eyes

Chapter Two: Sparkling Eyes. The First Time We Met In Years!

"Then I used my Kage Bunshin to pin him down – then I tore him down with my Rasengan, and the Akatsuki (Dawn – the bad guys' organization) bastard was all like arrgh – and, and…" Naruto told her. He was telling about one of his battles against one of the Akatsuki members. Hinata giggled as she heard Naruto telling her yet another story. Naruto always had something to tell her about - Like when he beat down some bad guy with another one of his new techniques, or when he had to wait for Jiraiya who went around town chasing girls causing him to find something to do, or when he got attacked by some crazy bird while walking with Jiraiya, or as Naruto called him; Ero-Sennin. He had been talking a lot of his adventures while walking down the path towards the sunset, they hoped that they would reach a small town or somewhere where they could rest for the night instead of setting up the tent. "Hinata …"

"Un?" She looked at him.

"It's great that I'm on a mission with you," he said giving her one of his famous grins, Hinata blushed a shade of pink.

"Y-You really… t-think so?" she asked with a soft voice, her eyes glittered when he sunshine hit them. Naruto stared at those sparkling eyes - The sun reflecting them…it was so beautiful.

'What is this feeling..?' he thought while still lost to that which seemed like a spell that had come over him.

"Naruto-kun?" Her voice sounded worried. Naruto snapped out of his trance as he immediately her words reached his ears. Hinata blushed when she noticed Naruto staring at her eyes.

"Gomen, Hinata - I spaced out for a second." He apologized, while he turned his head to face the ground. He then turned his head to Hinata, who had her head down, her hair covering her eyes – she seemed sad. He then spoke up, "Hinata… I really meant that it was great to be on a mission with you." He smiled happily at her, causing her to turn her jerk her face up at him with hope as well as turn a shade of her face pink and smile happily back at him.

"A-Arigatou," she said with a smile.

"Hinata …"

"Un?" she asked curiously.

"You should smile more often, I like it." He gave her one of his legendary grins. She blushed in return, and smiled unconsciously, hope entered her eyes as well.

"R-Rea…" She was interrupted by Naruto's growing voice.

"Of course! No matter what anyone else says, I think it suits you." His grin entered his face again. Hinata's eyes sparked with the sun shining at them again as she looked at him with wide eyes.

"Naruto-kun…" Naruto looked at her with a questioning look as she said his name. "Arigatou." He smiled when she said that – happy that she liked his compliment. She secretly was very happy to hear Naruto say something like that, last time she heard him say something like that was a while ago.

Flashback

Hinata had reached her teams gathering spot, they were to meet here for another mission. She had come a bit earlier, since last time she met Naruto was here, but instead being able to greet him, or even talk to him she had passed out – She couldn't help it. Still she blamed herself, she had been very sad and had been cursing to herself because of that. 'Naruto-kun probably thinks I'm weird,' a single tear slid down her cheek. She just hoped she would be given a new chance to meet with her – Strangely right after she thought those words a familiar voice reached her ears. It was loud and it called her name.

"Hinata!" There, she heard it again, she turned her head to the side seeing Naruto coming from the direction of the training grounds, and he was running towards her? Hinata was confused, but instead she thought of the same thing as last time. 'What should I do… what should I do?' She was nervous, more nervous than the first time. She wiped her tear with a sleeve of her jacket, but to her bad luck she was sweating and trembling.

"Hoy Hinata!" Naruto came running towards her; unluckily he tripped with a large 'oof' over a root that was sticking out of the nearby tree, his face first into the dirt. Naruto reached his hand up. "I'm okay! I'm okay!" he shouted as he quickly got up and brushed the dirt of his clothes. Even if in the tense situation she let out a small giggle.

Naruto finally reached her with a big, wide grin on his face. "Hi, Hinata… " he said when he stopped, his hands on his knees, lifting his head to look at her. Hinata meanwhile dumbstruck, staring at him with wide eyes – Her 'prince charming' stood before her, first time in years, if you didn't count the last time when they barely met and she fainted without saying a word to him. His was still breathing heavily, not able to finish a sentence. "…long time no see," he laughed weakly.

'Naruto-kun…?' she thought…

"The one and only!" he said with the grin still glued to his face. "Ne, Hinata, you've… changed" The grin left his face, as his face now went downwards to take another look at her chest, but he looked up at her face almost immediately before Hinata saw where he was looking, a tint of red flashed on his face. – Hinata was facing her feet, blushing crimson red and slightly trembling. 'Geez – I almost said grown…' he thought, happy that he was able to say the right word '…or more importantly, luckily I didn't say MATURED!" he thought as a tint of red was still glued to his face. Naruto had noticed how much she had…'matured' in the two years, and by that he wasn't talking about her personality, even if it her personality had matured. "Hinata …you alright – You sick? You look kinda red," he said, his voice sounded worried.

"Anou (umm)…I-I-I'm fi-fine…" she started with her low voice. "…it's just…anou…so l-long," she said as an excuse.

"Oh, that's okay. I understand." His grin appeared on his face once again. "Ne, Hinata - I like what you did to your hair." Hinata raised her head to face him, her eyes staring at him wide as dinner plates.

"R-Really?" she asked; her voice still quite low.

"Of course, you look cuter this way – and it suits you." He winked. She felt like melting, those beautiful blue eyes stared at her. "You probably got stronger too, right…?" Hinata smiled and gave him a small nod.

"Arigatou, Naruto-kun," she managed to get out of her small, soft lips. Her face had a tint of pink to it now.

"I mean it - By the way Hinata …" he sounded curious, "Whatcha doing here by yourself?" His eyes close in the questioning way ((A/N: Like in the Anime)). "Shouldn't you be with your team…or training?"

"Anou…We got a mission," she explained. "I-I'm -meeting with Ki-Kiba-kun, S-Shino-kun a-and Kurenai-sensei." Her voice wasn't that low anymore.

"Ah, I see…Are they late or something?' he asked.

"N-No, it's not that. I-I just felt like…going here earlier…" she told him.

"Oh, but why?" Her face became red again as her eyes glued themselves to her feet, fiddling with her fingers she wondered what to say, she couldn't say the truth and say she went here because it was here they last time met. She was about to open her mouth when Naruto spoke out. "Oh, I didn't mean to question you like that…" he said with a sheepish look on his face, his right hand behind this head rubbing as a sign of nervousness. He guessed he shouldn't question the younger girl too much.

"Naruto-kun, where were you heading for?' She guessed he wouldn't come here to speak with her.

"Oh, I was heading for Ichiraku's, but the new employees have been giving me some trouble getting ramen, like, you know…fast," he explained, slightly annoyed. Hinata let out a small giggle as she heard Naruto saying that with the slight annoyed tone. She now smiled at him; he noticed this and decided to speak up.

"So, how've you been?"

"Better," she smiled. "Thanks to you…"

"Me? – Oh," he let out a chuckle. "Well, you're welcome." He smiled back at her. "Ah, I must hurry!" he practically yelled as he remembered something. "I promised I'd meet Iruka at the Ichiraku's - Ja na, Hinata, and good luck on the mission!" He then turned and ran towards the ramen stand. This time, he ran over the same root and tripped once again. "Damn it, what is it with this root?!" He stood up and turned to take one last look at him. She was waving her hand at him as well as giggling sweetly.

'Ja ne, Naruto-kun…" she thought with a smile.

End of Flashback

They now had walked over a small hill and on their way downwards the small hill when suddenly Hinata tripped and fell about three meters forwards, her face first – Luckily Naruto jumped right under her, causing her to land on his soft body rather than the hard ground. His back landed first to the ground as he grabbed her, holding her protectively while sliding down the hill. They finally stopped sliding.

"Y-You okay…" he asked, ignoring the pain that had struck his back.

"Naruto-kun…?" Her face was buried in his chest, she then raised her head - Beautiful pearly eyes met dreamy cerulean ones, as they stared at each other.

"….."

"…."

Tears now reached her eyes. "Gomen (sorry)! Gomen, Naruto-kun! Are you hurt!?" She buried her face in his chest again. There were both still lying there.

"I-I'm okay – More importantly; a-are you okay?" he asked, more worried about her than him. More tears now appeared to her eyes.

"Gomen, Naruto-kun," she said as a few tears escaped her eyes. "It's all my fault," she said, her voice cracking. She then lifted her head again to see if he really was okay, few tears were still slowly dripping down her cheeks. He brought up his thumb to wipe of the tears of her eyes, causing her eyes slightly widen. He then pulled a strand of hair which covered her face behind her ear.

"I'm okay – I swear," he said trying to ensure her. Her tears didn't stop dripping, she clammed her eyes hut hoping this would stop her tears. He then suddenly pulled her into a warm embrace. "Shhh, shhh – Don't worry Hinata. I'm okay, it's a promise." Hinata then opened her eyes and raised her head.

"Y-You sure, Naruto-kun?" she asked her voice still had the tone of sobbing to it - The tears had stopped flowing now. He then again reached his thumb up to wipe off the remaining tears.

"Ye…" he stopped in mid-sentence to let out a groan of pain.

"Naruto-kun!" she shouted as she stood up, trying to help him up.

To Be Continued

Next Chapter: A Feeling I Don't Want To End.

Important, read the Author Notes!

Author Notes: Hope you like this one, I'll update faster from now on, it may come in the end of the week, depends. I had a tiny little writer's block. I wrote this chapter like twice and didn't get satisfied with the results, but I was much prouder with this one, I know it was such a sudden ending, but I didn't have a lot of time, I just wanted to have it finished before I got to bed.

PLEASE, be nice and review - it would be so nice! And when reviewing please tell me what you liked, and what you didn't. Yeah, and if you didn't read the EDITED chapter one, which has been edited more than once, then read it now before reading any other future chapters.

And I have a vote I'll like to begin; it is about which girl Shikamaru should be paired with. No, it won't be giving them lot of screen-time just because of that though, and everyone can only vote once. The one with most votes when Naruto and Hinata reach Konoha (or another event – maybe Naruto and Hinata never reach Konoha! evil laughter, cough, cough, continues evil laughter) shall be the paring. And the nominees are:

Shikamaru x Temari

Shikamaru x Ino

Take your pick - Sorry, I don't do more options than ShikaTem or ShikaIno. Other pairings might consist of NejiTen and… I'll see - You can of course give me suggestions of other pairings.

And no, I haven't stopped writing for my SasuSaku. The SasuSaku chapter two should be up right after another chapter of this fiction, depends…

Oh, and if anyone would be so nice and volunteer to become my BETA reader, please send me an e-mail. I'm no good at proof reading. Might be changing penname at some times until I find one I'm satisfied with. Anyways, look forward to next chapter! And remember; the more reviews, the faster updates - JA NE!