A/N : Well this is the same as what used to be the second half of the first chapter. XD I'm still working on that third so just be patient. OH AND PLEASE REVIEW I like Reviews

Here it is. Chapter 2!

Naruto slurped the last of the delicious chinese noodles, and pounded the bowl onto the table. He sighed in satisfaction. Unfortunately, Teuchi got mad at Naruto pounding the plate down, and yelled, ""Don't break the bowl!"

Naruto got a bit angry at this and responded, "What if I want to break the bowl, eh Old Man?!?"

Ayame sighed. "Here they go again..."

Irritated by Naruto's back-talk, Teuchi responded, "You might be my favorite customer, but I'll torture you here if you break the bowl!"

Now infuriated, Naruto screamed back, "Just try that old man!!!"

Ayame just went in between both of them and said calmly, "Stop arguing you guys."

Both Teuchi and Naruto then pouted, "Fine," and they both turned away from each other.

Hinata sat there miffed at the argument but decided to stay quiet. Then an audible comment was made, "Stupid brat…"

Just about when Naruto was going to explode, Hinata interjected, "I'm sorry, but he is not a brat. Naruto-kun is very reliable, and has saved me and this village numerous times. He never goes back on his word and always stands and fights. You should re-think your statement before you call him a brat." She then looked at Teuchi irritated.

Naruto stared at Hinata, miffed. "I never knew Hinata could…talk like that."

He then quickly turned his head to Teuchi and remarked, "Yeah, old man!"

Ayame surveyed this whole scene and smirked. Just when she was about to relieve Naruto and Hinata of their bowls she whispered in Hinata's ear, "You like this boy, don't you?"

Hinata felt her face go warm and just their speechless.

Ayame giggled a little and said, barely audible, "Thought so." She then walked away as Hinata sat there. Apparently, an argument had broken out between Teuchi and Naruto again, and Ayame calmed it down after she got the bowls.

He then glared one last time at Teuchi and got up from his seat, "Well, I'm done. Guess I'll see you later Hinata." Naruto then started to go out.

Hinata had been surprised by how short her time with Naruto had been at Ichiraku's. Her eyes widened when Naruto said he was leaving.

Ayame's words replayed in her mind and she thought, "I'm going to tell Naruto. I have to... It might be my only chance."

So she got off of her seat, reached out to Naruto, and managed to hold him back by the arm. She blushed at the fact that she was holding his arm but quickly toned it down. She felt like that would completely throw her off.

"Naruto-kun," she started shyly, "I-I have to . . . I have to tell you something." She then slowly let go of his arm. Hinata was embarrassed by that so she started pointing her fingers and looked down to them.

Naruto was caught by surprise because she stopped him. He scratched his head in confusion and said, "Uh... Sure. What do you need to tell me Hinata?"

Hinata started to blush again into her red hue. "I have to tell him... I have to tell him! This might be my only chance!" She got the courage and looked up to Naruto. She immediately felt nervous again and stuttered, "Na... Naruto-kun... I... I ... I-"

Shino then appeared between them. He saw what was happening but this was an urgent thing, so he interrupted her in mid-sentence and stated, "The Hokage requests to see you urgently Hinata."

The interruption made Hinata completely lose the courage to tell Naruto about the crush she had on him. She looked down, very disappointed and without turning to Naruto softly vocalized, "Naruto-kun... I have to go."

She then stepped sadly towards Shino. Naruto reached out to her but she was well away from arm's length. But Naruto had to know what she was going to say, so he exclaimed, "Wait! Hinata! What was it that you were going to say? Tell me."

Hinata declined to look at Naruto. She felt her throat croak up and her eyes began to water and all she wanted to do now was to leave. Though she really wanted to tell him, she couldn't anymore. The courage had completely left her so all she managed to say was, "It was . . . nothing..."

She then had a tear stream down her face. She walked up slowly to Shino, and nodded. Shino looked at her, and even though it didn't seem like it, sadly thought, "Will anything ever go her way…?"

Shino paused for a moment and then nodded back to Hinata. They both then left the Ramen Bar.

Shino still felt really bad about the situation and asked, "You were going to tell him, weren't you?" Hinata just started to jump through the rooftops onto the Hokage's Mansion.

He looked down at the ground and some dark spots on the ground trailed a small distance behind them him.

"She was..." He then started heading, with Hinata, to the Hokage's Mansion, for he was supposed to be her escort.

The disappointment that Hinata had was obvious to everyone other than Naruto.

Naruto was completely puzzled by the events that had happened in such a short amount of time. "I wonder… what Hinata wanted to tell me..." He pondered for a bit.

Ayame looked at him and then thought, "He's so clueless. He doesn't know what she wanted to tell him."

Teuchi saw him still standing there though and yelled, "Either leave or stay! With you there you'll scare our customers!"

Naruto got mad about that but resisted. He was still pretty clueless about what had happened, but he just left it at that.

Right now he wanted to train, so he got out of the Ramen Bar and started jumping on the rooftops to the training grounds. Plus, he could get rid of the stress of arguing with Teuchi.