After they finished their meal, they both paid for their food and left together.

"What are you going to do now, Hinata?" Naruto asked with his hands folded behind his head.

"I-I don't know, Kurenai-sensei s-said we had no more m-missions this week." She hastily replied, twiddling her fingers together and looking down to try and avoid eye contact.

He looked at her with a concerned face, "Hey, Are you ok?"

She jumps and her face turns deep red, Y-y-yea, w-why do you a-ask?"

"Well your face is really red, you're not looking at me and your very fidgety, Are you sick or something?" He said, very concerned

I…its nothing, really." She replied

"Um…ok. Hey! I got an idea" he exclaimed, with a big smile on his face.

Before she could respond, Naruto reached down and grabbed her hand and was already taking off down the street before her mind could process what was happening at the moment.

Naruto had lead them out of the village and through the woods, to some unknown place that Hinata was not familiar with. After about ten minutes of jumping through the trees, they finally came to a halt in the clearing, Hinata looked around, trying to get a sense of where they were but could find nothing that could tell her the location.

Naruto still had a hold of her hand, which she was not about to complain about. She was led down a grassy path, and once they were nearing the end she began to hear a sound that sounded like water splashing, and as they walked she noticed that the sound seemed to get louder and closer, the sight that met her eyes when they got to the end of the path, took her breath away. What she saw had to be the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen in her life.

There was a little lake in the center of the forest clearing, the water was crystal clear and it was surrounded by grass, rocks, and different colored flowers; and on the other side was a gentle waterfall that kept the lake filled. They walked over to the edge and sat on the rocks on the edge with their feet in the water.

Hinata looked on, wide eyed. "Naruto wow, it's so beautiful here, how did you find this place?

Naruto let go of her hand and looked at her with a hint of sadness. "It wasn't too difficult, when you're hated by everyone in the village, you try to get away from it, so when I was little I ran out of the village and stumbled onto this place, so I named it my secret spot that I use when I just need to get away from it all for a while."

Hinata looked back at him with sadness filled eyes, "Oh Naruto, You weren't hated by everyone."

"Yes I was, there wasn't a single person in the village that liked me when I was younger."

"T-There was o-one person." She said with a light blush spreading across her face.

Naruto looks at her with a confused look and says, "Really? Who?"

Hinata was fidgeting and stuttering like crazy as she tried to answer his question, "i-i-it w….was…..IT WAS ME. She finally blurted out. Naruto looked with a blank look, then all of a sudden, tons of memories from throughout the past years, came flooding into his mind: Cheering him on during his fight with her own teammate Kiba, her giving him that pep talk before his fight in the finals against her cousin neji, but the biggest one was her faithful intervention during his battle with pein, when he was pinned down and she charged in, completely uncaring of her own safety, he can remember her falling at the hands of pein, and the takeover of the kyuubi. It was all thanks to her that he is where he is today, and many of the biggest victories he's ever had has been because of her. But the last memory he can recall was her last words, before it happened, I love you.

Having been lost in memories, Hinata was concerned at how quiet Naruto was being, 'he's not normally this quiet, did I do something wrong when I told him that?' After about five minutes, he finally snapped back to reality.

Without speaking a word, he lunged forward and enveloped her into a tight hug, Hinata was speechless at the sudden action, but she was more shocked at who it was coming from. With her mind going a hundred miles an hour, she slowly raised her arms to return the embrace, but before she could get into actually enjoying it, to her disappointment, Naruto began to pull away but didn't let go all the way, he was far enough back to not be up against her, but still able to keep his arms around her.

While staring her dead in the eye, he asked, "Can I ask you something? And it's ok if you don't."

"Of course you can, you can ask me anything" she responded with a smile that Naruto thought was as beautiful as she was.

"Do you still feel the same about me as you did back then?" he asked, almost scared that she would say no.

Looking down and shaking her head, she responds, "No Naruto, im sorry but I don't."

Naruto had to fight back instant tears, he turned around quickly and said, "Oh…..ok"

She looks at him and put her hand on his shoulder to turn him around, "I don't feel the same about you that I did back then, because I love you more than I did in the past."

To say that Naruto was surprised and excited was not even close, he instantly perked up and looked her dead on, and wide eyed, "Really?"

To this, Hinata said nothing, only nodded her answer, but what happened next made her feel like she had passed out again or was dreaming, Naruto leaned in close and came within inches of her lips, her eyes were wide, and her face was a new shade of red.

The contact sent her into a wave of bliss throughout her body. And her mind was racing with the disbelief that she was actually kissing the love of her life, but she wasn't about to complain.

Naruto had intended it to be just a peck, but when they connected, he felt a shock of pleasure with the contact, and it wasn't long before they were entangled in each other's arms to deepen the kiss. After about a minute he decided to take a step further by introduction his tongue into the mix. It surprised Hinata at first when she felt him asking for permission to enter, but she complied without hesitation. They savored the tastes of each other's mouths. But the lack of oxygen got the better of them and they broke apart, much to their disappointment. They kept eye contact for the longest time, just enjoying the company of each other, it was Naruto who spoke up first.

"I love you, Hinata" He said with a slight blush on his face.

"I love you too, Naruto" She replied with teary eyes, and a fast beating heart.

Naruto scratches the back of his head, and says, "Um can I ask you a question?"

"Of course, you can Naruto." She responded, smiling inwardly, hoping his question was what she was hoping it would be.

He gulped nervously and asked, "D-Do you w-wanna be my g-girlfriend?"

Her heart nearly exploded with excitement, and before she knew it, she jumped up and threw her arms around him "Id love to Naruto, more than anything."