The battle had been fought, the war was won. For many, celebration was in order, for Naruto, he found himself sitting next to her bed. Hinata had been wounded in the fight. She had lost a critical amount of blood. He should have confessed earlier, before the war happened. He looked into her eyes as she weakly held his hand. Her father had not come to see her. As far as he was concerned, the war did the work for him and now he can place Hanabi as the heir. Naruto cried as rubbed her soft hand gently.

"I'm so sorry Hinata-chan, I'm such a fool! I should have told before all of this. If I had, none of this would have happened."

"Don't worry about it, my Naruto-kun," she said weakly. "I just need to rest a bit more that is all."

"There is something I have to tell you. I watched you since we were little from afar. I admired you because you showed me to never give up, to keep going. I loved for that long, my Naruto-kun."

Naruto rubbed her hands softly and kissed her.

"When you get well, we're going to start dating. Like we should have done a long time ago. I love you Hyuuga Hinata. I love you," he said as he rested his head on her lap.

"The doctors, said that someone needs to give you blood in order to live. They are going to draw blood from me so you can live."

"How much?"

"I don't know, but I do know that however much they need, they can have it."

"Thank you."

"Hush now," he said gently as he kissed her forehead. "you need to save your strength."

The door opened and in stepped Haishi, Hinata's father. Naruto leapt from his seat in rage and faced him. He forced him out of Hinata's room and shut the door behind him. It was all Haishi could do to keep himself from striking the boy right there, but he listened as he yelled bitterly.

"You! How dare you show your face here!"

"I am here to see how Hinata is doing."

"So that you can watch her die?! Is that it?! I know how you loath Hinata! I know how you plan to set her sister up above her, because you think she is a failure! Well you may see her as a failure, but I see her as someone who has done everything she has set her mind to, including confessing her to me!"

Haishi was taken aback by the boy's words. It took him awhile to find his voice as he spoke.

"C…confessed? About what?"

"She loves me, not that you care about it!"

"Not possible!"

"It is! And I love her! I should have seen it earlier, and I'm a fool to see it now."

Naruto slumped to the floor and cried. He didn't care who saw him, hell everyone was in the same boat. He shook his head and spoke again.

"You don't care one bit about her. I've heard the stories. You told Kurenai-sensei that you didn't care what happens to her, you neglected her. And now that she is at death's door you come to watch. Well, she won't die. She'll leave in the next few days, and we'll begin dating."

"You think I came here to see my daughter die? You are a fool if you think that," said Haishi almost in tears. "I wanted her to be the strongest in the Hyuuga clan. I pushed her. I don't want her to be weak. I want her to be strong, so she can have confidence in herself and everything she does. I was proud of her today, and I came to tell her that."

"She is resting now. I'm going to go and give some blood to her that she may live."

"Not before I go in to see her, wait out here," said Haishi as he walked through the door. He closed the door and sat beside Hinata. She weakly opened her eyes and saw her father standing there.

"F..father."

"Hello Hinata, how are you feeling?"

"Ok."

"I am so proud of you for your bravery out there. I came here to tell you that. I also wanted to say how sorry I am for not being much of a father to you. You have proven yourself worthy of our name. So I'll do something for you to help you get well."

"Thank you…father. What might…it be?"

"You shall see. I'll see you when you get better."

Outside the doctors come. Naruto senses them and he stands up.

"Are you ready Naruto?"

"Yes I am."

"No he isn't," said Haishi as he walks up to them. "he isn't going to give anything. I am."

Naruto staired shockingly at the man.

"You do realize this may kill you right?"

"Haishi no, you can't!"

"She is my daughter Naruto, I will do what I must to save her life. You on the other hand must be there when she gets well. Now move aside."

Naruto could only watch as the escorted him down the hallway and into the transfusion room.