Chapter 2: Hinata's day

"Hinata-chan, I've been waiting for this moment for a very long time…For a long time all I ever wanted to do is tell you how much I love you."

"Oh…N-Naruto-kun…I-I don't know what to say…"

"Just tell me you love me back…"

RING! RING! RING!

Hinata Hyuuga woke up to the sound of her alarm clock disappointed that she didn't get to see the last bit of her dream. She sighed… It was disappointing to know that even in her dreams she couldn't tell Naruto how she felt. She wanted to tell him…but ever since Sasuke left Naruto has been more and more distant.

"Good morning, Hinata-sama," her maid came in the room, "Sorry to disturb you so early in the morning but there is a boy for you outside."

"A boy? What was his name?" Hinata asked, hoping that it was Naruto outside.

"Oh, sorry ma'am, I didn't catch his name…but he had blonde hair and blue eyes."

The moment that the maid described the boy her young mistress looked like she had a fever.

"Ma'am? Is something wrong?" the maid asked.

"N-no, it's nothing. Tell him I'll be out in a minute." Hinata was feeling so many feelings at once that she was at the verge of fainting. She was excited, yet scared at the same time. She was happy, yet disappointed because she could tell what would happen next. She would just faint at the sight of Naruto or she would just freeze up and look weird. A couple of minutes later, Hinata was fully dressed and ready to face destiny. She was stronger now.

Sure enough, when Hinata opened the door, she saw her Naruto-kun. Naruto was smiling right at her and he was looking straight at her eyes, he looked like he was trying to tell her something. Hinata stared right into his blue eyes and tried to decipher his message.

"Hinata-chan, I've been waiting for this moment for a very long time…For a long time all I ever wanted to do is tell you how much I love you."

"Oh…N-Naruto-kun…I-I don't know what to say…"

"Just tell me you love me back…"

It seemed as if Hinata was dreaming, but it was all too real.

"Naruto-kun, I-I love—"

Like something out of a bad dream, Naruto poofed away leaving a laughing Hanabi.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha" Hinabi was laughing like a maniac. "You fell right for it, big sister."

"Hanabi! Why?!" Hinata was on the verge of tears. Not only was she not allowed to beat the living crap out her sister, but also Hinata loved her sister and Hanabi was much stronger than her anyway.

"Sigh…Sister, your too weak…" with that Hanabi walked away to train with their father.

Hinata just stood there for a very long time wondering why even after all her training, she was still weak. She was about to turn back and go to bed, when she heard a familiar barking.

"Hinata-chan! Good timing, we're supposed to do a special mission today," Kiba shouted.

"Oh, ok Kiba-kun" Hinata replied.

The moment Kiba got a good look on Hinata's face; he could almost smell her sadness.

Kiba knew this kind of sadness; it was usually because her family was belittling her.

They reached the hokage's office a few minutes later in complete silence. When they arrived, Shino was already there with Kurenai. The two saw Hinata's face and noticed her mood. They looked at Kiba and realized that they haven't talked about it yet and should wait until Hinata does it. Ever since her defeat from Neji, her family has been looking at her as a worthless burden. Tsunade then briefed them of their "special" mission.

"Kurenai, we're a bit low on are d-missions quota…so your team's special mission is finishing at least half of the back logged missions."

And with that they were off. Team 8 washed dishes, helped out with grocery shopping, and every little chore that would drive a man insane. Then, on one particular mission they were required to find a lost puppy. The puppy was last seen wandering around the Uchiha district, so Hinata went out to scout. That's when she Naruto's figure lying on the floor emanating a huge amounts of chakra. Naturally, she thought that this was an enemy nin so she informed Kurenai.

"Its probably nothing, but…" Kurenai looked at Shino. "Shino could you please-" she was starting to ask Shino to send his bugs to check when his face startled her.

"Shino? What's wrong?"

"That figure is…Naruto!" Shino reported.

"What?! That idiot!" complained Kiba. "Making us worry like that and giving off huge chakra, let's go right now and kick his ass."

"Wait. That chakra doesn't feel it's his…it feels stronger…it still could be from an enemy's and they just used Naruto as bait." Shino said.

"Shino is right," agreed Kurenai.

"But…but we still need to go check Naruto!" Hinata protested.

"Fine…Kiba wait here. If it is a trap Shino will send you a bug, then tell Hokage-sama immediately." Said Kurenai.

And so they went and discovered a dead Naruto. Hinata could feel day turning into night as Kurenai confirmed that she couldn't feel a pulse. She just stood there as Shino ran for Kiba so that they could get some med-nins. She didn't even realize that she was crying…all hope was gone…Naruto lied before her…and along with his death was the only reason that pushed her to become stronger and prove her family wrong… now, there was no one to acknowledge her. She rested her head on Naruto's chest as her tears fell on his heart. Kurenai's heart ripped in half as she realized the impact that this boy made in Hinata's heart. Tsunade-sama herself came in person, followed by an unbelieving Sakura and Shizune. Kurenai moved Hinata out of the way as Tsunade hopelessly tried to revive the boy that was like her son. Her tears fell on Naruto's forehead protector and she screamed at Kiba to get more med-nins. Sakura tried every medical jutsu she knew. Naruto can't die…He promised to bring back Sasuke…He promised to surpass all of the previous Hokages…and he still had to take her out on a date. Hinata just stood there as everything passed her by in slow motion. She couldn't live like this…naruto never even knew, just how much she loved him.

That night, Jiraiya and the others gathered in the hokage's office. Iruka was crying, and Kakashi sitting down with his eyes closed. No one said anything as the reminisced at Konoha's number one obnoxious, and surprising ninja ever.