Chapter Two: Acknowledgement of One's Strength:

"Alright Hinata! We'll try this one more time, and this time, don't faint!" spoke Kiba as he began making a handsign, calling out, "Henge no Jutsu!" The sound of poofing smoke could be heard.

Hinata was pretty nervous; they had been trying for over a week now, to help her get over her nervousness to actually be able to speak to Naruto, it wasn't going very well. She continued to faint all the time. Her face was red at the moment as she turned to face a clone of Naruto that Kiba had turned into with the Transformation jutsu, and also after using the Shadow Clone Jutsu of course. Kiba had learned the jutsu after asking Tsunade to borrow the scroll to learn that particular Technique.

"Um…hello um Naruto-Kun, nice day isn't it?" She tried to say, without stuttering.

"Oh hey Hinata-Chan, yeah it's kind of nice today, how are you doing?" said the Naruto Clone.

"I've been good, I was wondering, if I could talk to you about something." Spoke Hinata as she began to fidget with her fingers a little.

"Sure, what did ya want to talk about?" Spoke Naruto, giving her that adorable fox grin of his as he usually did.

'Kiba-Kun is doing a very good job acting as Naruto-Kun…maybe I can do this!' Thought Hinata as she looked at the clone. She then spoke up,

"I've been…I've been um…the thing is, I've been trying to tell you this for a long time, since I think we were 12, that I really…I really…"

"COME ON Hinata! You can do this!" Shouted the real Kiba from somewhere in the bushes. Hinata blinked when she heard Kiba yelling at her like that, and immediately spoke without a stutter.

"I really like you Naruto…I was really hoping to tell you this, I've always um loved you since we were young." Hinata hadn't fainted this time.

"YAHOO! You did it Hinata! Good Work!" Yelled Kiba as he, Shino and Akamaru came out of hiding, the clone of Naruto disappeared after Kiba released the Jutsu. Hinata gave the two of them one of her small smiles, and nodded.

"I feel a little better now, I feel more confident in myself." She said without a stutter in her voice, a look of determination in those pale eyes of hers. Her hands clench into a slight fist.

"Now you only have to do this in front of Naruto, Hinata-Chan, the real Naruto. Apparently he returned from his training trip a day or so ago…" Spoke Shino, as he reached over to give his friend a gentle pat on the shoulder.

"Hai, I believe I'm ready for the real thing now, Shino-Kun, arigatou Kiba-Kun, Shino-Kun, Akamaru." Said Hinata, yes she included Akamaru in her thank you to her teammates; she always treated Akamaru like a human friend. Akamaru barked and began wagging his tail, after hearing Hinata's thank you.

"No problem Hinata, we want to see how this goes though, so we are going to tag along, but hide somewhere to watch, alright?" said Kiba, "We are going for morale support."

Hinata agreed quietly with them. They then began to plan, when it would be the best time to talk to Naruto. But the only chance Hinata would have to talk to him would be after he came back from rescuing Gaara from Akatsuki perhaps.

The day had come, that finally Hinata would be able to talk to Naruto, and confess to him that she loved him with all her heart. She had been practicing her speech, since then, she had even finally managed to get over that stutter of hers.

Just as she was about to leave the Hyuuga Mansion to go find Naruto, her cousin, Neji, who had also returned to Konoha, from the Rescue mission, stopped her.

"Hinata-sama, where are you going in such a rush?" Spoke the Hyuuga Prodigy. The two of them had become closer since their Genin days, of course that closeness also came from Neji helping her become stronger, physically.

Hinata turned to look at her cousin and gave him a smile, "I'm…um going to talk to Naruto today Neji-nii-san." "And see if he would like to spar with me a little."

Neji was a little shocked, that his younger cousin was no longer stuttering, she must have been practicing or something. He smirked at her as he closed his eyes, before speaking.

"Good luck then Hinata-Sama." He knew that perhaps was the day, she would finally reveal her feelings for the loud mouth blonde. Over the last 3 years that had passed, he had observed her actions, and came to the conclusion that she really adored Naruto. Neji was more worried though that his Uncle, Hiashi might try to stop her from being with Naruto. If that were to happen, Neji would step in perhaps if that were the case.

Hinata smiled at Neji and began hurrying out of the Hyuuga Mansion, almost forgetting to put on her shoes in the process. She knew where Naruto usually hung out, or walked, being a 'stalker' had its benefits.

She managed to reach the place where she was supposed to meet Kiba and Shino; who were going to hide while Hinata talked to Naruto. Hinata waved to her friends as she ran up to them.

"Ohayo Kiba-Kun, Shino-Kun!" shouted Hinata as she reached them. The two of them turned to look at Hinata and wave back to her. She then spoke in that whispery voice of hers,

"So are we still going with the plan?" She was excited, if not a little nervous. Though the nervousness was because she was just so excited to finally be able to have the courage to do this.

Kiba nodded, "I told the runt that you needed to talk to him, and by the looks of it, he needs a pick me up, seeing he failed to get Sasuke back from that botched mission he went on, that he needed one of us to help him with."

Hinata frowned a little, Naruto was sad at the moment? She felt so bad, that yet again, Sasuke had managed to slip through her beloved Naruto's fingers once again. 'I'll do my best, to help him get Sasuke-San back; oh I hope I can get through this. He won't be alone anymore, after today.' Thought Hinata as she became quiet.

"OI HINATA-CHAN?!" Yelled someone from behind her. Hinata froze and quickly she whispered to the two of them,

"Hide!" Quickly Kiba and Shino disappeared from her sight as she turned to look at Naruto who was running over towards her at this very moment. She then tried her best to calm her racing heart, and the butterflies that had managed to start their fluttering in her stomach.

'Don't faint…don't faint! Onegai, don't faint!' Thought Hinata to herself as she came up with the courage finally to speak to the man she had dreamed of finally being with, to finally actually tell him how she felt about him.

"Ohayo Naruto-Kun!" She spoke without a stutter in her voice. She then put on a smile on her face as she watched him stop in front of her; apparently he was out of breath a little at the moment.

"What's up Hinata? Kiba told me you had something to tell me about, it seemed really urgent that I got pulled away from eating Ramen for this." Said Naruto as he gave her a funny look, while thinking.

'Watch I bet she's going to do something weird like faint or blush in front of me.'

Hinata gulped and tried to push away her nervousness as she spoke in a normal voice.

"Hai, I needed to talk to you Naruto-Kun, because I've been meaning to finally tell you this for a very long time. You see…"

Naruto was slightly shocked at hearing Hinata actually talking in a normal voice for once. 'Wow…is it me or has she gotten better at talking to me?' He thought to himself.

Hinata then gulped again and said without blushing, "You see, well the thing is, I…I love you." "I've always loved you since we were probably in the academy, I've always been watching you since we were young, and, everything you do or did was so inspiring to me. Your courage gave me strength; it even helped me to change myself. I really, really care…"

She was silenced when realization came onto Naruto's whiskered face, all this time? All this time, Hinata loved him? Naruto murmured as he stepped closer to her.

"Hinata…" He then pulled her into his arms in a hug, a gentle hug. Hinata was shocked at this move from him, but immediately hugged him back, resting her head against his chest, as they shared a hug.

'He's so warm to the touch, I've always wanted to do this with him, hug him, and tell him that he's not alone in the world, not anymore.' Thought Hinata as she closed her eyes.

Naruto then finally spoke to her as he looked down at the bluenette in his arms,

"Heh, I feel so stupid, not knowing all this time, the reason you were always acting so weird around me, Hinata-Chan. I'm glad you finally managed to get the courage to tell me this, this changes everything. I can finally stop chasing after Sakura, I figured she's still has her heart set on Sasuke-Teme; but I still want to bring him back Hinata-Chan, and I'm going to do that, I promised Sakura that I would, and besides, he's my best friend." "I love you too Hinata-Chan."

Hinata looked up at him, tears began to well up in her eyes, as she heard his words, the tears were because she was so happy that Naruto loved her, she also felt her heart clench slightly. She wanted to help Naruto bring back his best friend, and she would do her best to do this for him, to help him.

"Naruto-Kun, I want to help you get Sasuke back, if it will make you feel better, your not alone anymore Naruto-Kun, I accept you for who you are. I understand what you've gone through." Murmured Hinata.

Naruto chuckled and before Hinata knew it, he bent down, cupped her face with both of his hands and claimed her lips with his, in a gentle kiss. Hinata's eyes widened, her first kiss. She was enjoying this now more then ever. She quickly returned the kiss, and wrapped her arms more tightly around him.

"Way to go Hinata! I knew that you could do it! And you didn't faint at all…" Whispered Kiba loudly as he had been watching the two of them for the past 30 minutes. He knew by the looks of things, everything had smoothed out and such.

"Shhh…they'll hear us…we should leave now, that our work is done…" Spoke Shino in a whisper. Kiba chuckled at his comrade and nodded briefly.

"Yeah come on, we wouldn't want the two love birds here to get scared off." Kiba then chuckled at this. The two of them got up to their feet and began walking away, hoping that the two that were making out with each other, wouldn't notice Shino and Kiba making a hasty retreat.

Little did they know; they weren't the only spectators who had been watching the goings on in front of them.

Sakura had been searching for Naruto all morning, not realizing she should have just asked one of her friends if they had seen Naruto. She wanted to finally give into Naruto, and go on a date with him for once. She was just so frustrated also that her new and mysterious team mate, Sai, was giving her and Naruto so many problems.

"Naruto?" Called out Sakura. She then checked Ichiraku's; usually Naruto was always there.

"Um have you seen Naruto today?" She asked the man who owned the Ramen stand. The man looked to Sakura and gave her a smile and said.

"Yeah I saw him this morning, came by to have his usual amount of bowls of ramen, then he got called away by that Inuzuka boy, said his teammate needed to talk to Naruto."

Sakura blinked, why would Kiba's team need to talk to Naruto? Unless they wanted to spar with him, Kiba always liked to ask Naruto to spar with him once in awhile. Sakura then spoke,

"Arigatou!" spoke Sakura, as she quickly took off for the training grounds, no doubt that Naruto was at one of the training grounds right now, with Team Kurenai.

She seemed so happy today, she had finally figured out her feelings for the blonde moron that was her teammate, over the years they had been apart. She was ready to commit to a relationship with Naruto; all she had to do was confess to him her feelings, that she had put her feelings for the Uchiha Avenger aside.

She heard the familiar voice of Naruto up ahead as she reached the training grounds that usually Team Kurenai usually hung out at. A bright smile was on her face as she was about to yell for Naruto, but something caught her eye as soon as she stepped out of the bushes to go speak to him.

Standing there, with Naruto, alone, and without Kiba or Shino there, was Hinata, and the two of them were kissing each other. Sakura's eyes widened at the scene, as she heard Naruto speak words that she had never heard him say before, to the bluenette.

"Aishiteru Hinata-Chan…"

Tears began to well up in the corner of Sakura's eyes as she heard the Hyuuga Heiress return those words in kind to Naruto. Sakura's heart began to tear into millions of tiny pieces as she watched them for a few minutes more.

She was too late to tell Naruto her feelings; Hinata had beaten her to the punch. Sakura quickly ran off before the two of them could realize she had seen everything, before someone caught her here. She didn't stop running until she reached her apartment, opening and slamming the door behind her, she immediately threw herself onto the nearest couch and began to cry for a very long time.

First Sasuke wouldn't reciprocate her feelings, and now Naruto…Naruto was now with the Hyuuga Heir. Maybe, if she hadn't always rejected Naruto, perhaps Naruto would be with her now, instead of Hinata. She knew it was her fault, which Naruto had undoubtedly given up on chasing her; she had always focused on winning Sasuke's heart, and always trying to hurt Naruto's feelings.

Well she would change; she would stop at nothing to prove to Naruto that she loved him. But she would have to try and get rid of Hinata first. She knew this was the only way to do this. She was smart; she would have to come up with a plan to make Naruto hers, once and for all.

Author's End Notes: Well I tried my best to accommodate my readers, so I hoped you enjoyed the method I used to help Hinata get over her shyness and confess at last to Naruto that she really loves him and such. Heh, what did you think of the end part with Sakura? Things are about to heat up now.

Preview for the Next Chapter: Now that Naruto knows how much Hinata truly loves him; Naruto seems to have gained a newer type of strength, the type of strength that helps him focus more now on his missions, and preparations to get Sasuke back.

But what happens when Sakura tries to ruin his relationship with Hinata? What will Hinata do to stop the Pink Haired girl, from ruining Naruto's happiness?

Find out in the Next Chapter of, Jealousy: The Green Eyed Ninja: Chapter Three: Envy.

Alright that's it for now, be happy for me now guys, I finally managed to get a computer that I can finish my stories on. So I will be putting out chapters now, every week, as best as I can.

That's it for now guys, take care and until next time! JA NE!