Hinata awoke to find Sakura looking down at her in an amused manner. Hinata looked around for a second trying to remember what in the world had happened. She'd had the oddest dream that she and Naruto-kun had clashed into each other and after she passed out, she ate ramen with Naruto and agreed to go to the hot springs with him.

"Morning sleepy head." Sakura said with a devious smile.

"W…Was it all just a dream?" Hinata asked Sakura with an urge to push her index fingers together.

"What your stomach and your "date" with Naruto-kun? Nope that all happened and then you fainted." Sakura was smiling at Hinata because if the date went right Naruto would leave Sakura alone. "So how are you going to make him fall for you?"

Hinata looked at her in surprise "Oh! Um… I wasn't sure." Hinata blushed only slightly this time "It was so sudden for him to ask, and I don't think that he sees it as a date…" Hinata looked down sadly.

"Oh no you don't!" Sakura shouted scaring Hinata "If you think I'm going to let this golden opportunity for the two of us then you're dead wrong!"

"What do you mean 'for the two of us'?" Hinata asked timidly

"Listen Hinata, I don't want Naruto-kun's affection, and you DO." Sakura said pointing her finger at Hinata-chan. She took a few steps towards the door and looked back at Hinata-chan saying "Besides, everyone thinks that you and Naruto-kun would make a cute couple." Sakura winked at Hinata and left the room.

Hinata sat and thought for a second. How was she going to act during the time in the hot springs? She had to talk to somebody that would know how to work with guys that were clueless and a little out there. Somebody who had worked with guys like Naruto for years…

Ino was walking towards the shopping centers when she was pulled by the collar of her shirt into an alley. She was about to beat whoever had grabbed her like that until she saw that it was Hinata

"Hinata-chan!? What was that all about?" Ino asked nonplused

Hinata looked down for a second and back up saying "Oh um, I was wondering Ino-chan if you would mind helping me with something?" Hinata blushed a bit

"With what?" Ino asked "Why not ask Kiba or Shinno?"

"This is more of a question that is for girls rather than teammates…" Hinata's eyes trailed away from Ino-chan in embarrassment.

Ino-chan brightened up at the sound of that and wrapped an arm around Hinata's shoulder and walked her back on to the shopping strip.

"So you need some advice on girl stuff huh? Well Hinata-chan you came to the right girl." Ino-chan couldn't help but feel proud of the fact that Hinata went to her for advice.

"I was wondering if you could help me with Naruto-kun…" Hinata began to blush

Ino-chan said "I had figured as much. So what do you need help with? Being seen? Kissing? Oh no I know what it is! Seduction. Hinata-chan you sly dog."

Hinata-chan started to freak out and shouted "Oh my goodness Ino-chan, no not that!" she was waving her arms and making a bit of a scene with a few people looking at them.

Ino realized what she'd done and put her hands on Hinata shoulders. "Easy there Hinata-chan I was joking." Ino-chan gave her a reassuring smile. "So what is it really?"

"Well Naruto-kun and I are going to go somewhere…" Hinata said nervously

"Really!? Where?" Ino-chan asked excitedly

"The um… The hot springs…" Hinata said flushed

Ino-chan stood there in shock for a second and then said "Seems a bit extreme for a first date huh?"

Hinata face saddened and said "That's why I need to talk to you; he doesn't realize it's a date. He just thought it'd be a nice thing to do…"

Ino-chan looked at Hinata and slapped herself in the forehead. "Man is he thickheaded." She looked at Hinata for a second and gathered her thoughts. "So let me get this straight, you want to make it a date…but not be, too oh how should I put it? Adventurous?"

Hinata shrunk a little bit and nodded her head mumbling "Y-Yes."

Ino grinned a little and put an arm around Hinata shoulder and began to walk down the street. "Alright Hinata-chan, if you really want to date the blonde buffoon; here's what you're gunna do…"

Naruto stood by the entrance to the hot springs looking around for Hinata with his eyes squinted. "Hmmm, it's not like Hinata-chan to be late. I wonder if she got sick and had to leave. Nah, she probably just didn't want to come. Whatever, her loss."

Naruto began to turn around to enter in the hot springs solo when he heard a voice behind him. Right behind him.

"Wait!" Ino screamed about a foot behind Naruto.

"Gah!" Naruto-kun jumped a few feet in the air and turned around. "Ino-chan what are y-you doing here? Did Hinata-chan send you here to tell me she couldn't make it or something?"

Ino-chan smiled and said "No, it's my fault that she's going to be a little late."

"Why is it your fault?"

"Girl stuff."

Naruto looked at Ino for a second and shrugged. "Alright when can I expect her here?"

"NOW!"

Ino and Naruto looked and saw Hinata running towards them. She had different clothes on instead of her under shirt and hoodie, she was wearing a lavender colored qipao. When she got to Ino and Naruto, she panted a bit and looked down in embarrassment.

"Hello Naruto-kun …"

Naruto stared at her for a moment and said "Uh…Hey Hinata-chan. You look…different."

Ino knew what to do and nudged Naruto in the side. "Are you kidding Naruto-kun? She looks gorgeous! I mean look at her, she's beautiful!"

Naruto took a while to process what Ino had said and said "Yeah Ino-chan you're right. Hinata-chan does look amazing."

Hinata looked down in embarrassment, and blushed deep red.

"Th-Thank you Naruto-kun. So are you ready?"

Naruto got his eyes back in his head and said "Yeah but I've got a question…"

"What's that N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata looked at him hopefully.

"Why did you put on that dress? Aren't you just going to take it off anyways?"

The next thing Naruto knew, Ino punched him over the top of the head.

"Why'd you ask something like that you stupid pervert?" Ino shouted

"What do you mean?" Naruto said rubbing his head "We're going to a hot spring."

Ino looked at Naruto realizing what he meant and said "Oh right."

Naruto and Ino looked over to Hinata who had fainted again and Naruto looked confused.

"You think it'd be a good idea for her to get in the water? She doesn't look so good. Maybe we should just call it off and do something else."

Ino looked at Naruto and shouted "No! She was really looking forward to this! Don't worry I'll get her to wake up." Ino picked up Hinata and shook her saying "Hinata-chan wake up!"

After a half dozen shakes Hinata woke up and cognized what was going on.

Hinata mumbled to herself "Just relax Hinata, it'll be fine." She stood up and walked over to Naruto. "Ready?"

Naruto smiled and nodded his head. "Yeah this is going to feel great!" The two of them walked in and waved goodbye to Ino.

Ino smiled as she walked away saying to herself "Go get him Hinata-chan."

"So Naruto-kun do you normally come here?" Hinata asked trying to break the ice.

Naruto grinned a guilty grin and said "Well…Pervy Sage makes me come here all the time for his "research" but that never ends well." Naruto laughed a bit at his sensei's perversion and smiled.

Hinata blushed. "Do you think that he's ever seen me?"

Naruto looked appalled at the very thought of that. "Are you kidding!? If he'd ever done that to one of my friends why I'd! I'd!" Naruto began to shake his fist at nothing and said "Trust me, he hasn't."

They got to the hot springs and separated at the entrances. Hinata felt a little apprehensive about stripping naked with Naruto only a few feet away.

"Oh my, I hope Naruto doesn't see me." Hinata began to blush at the very thought of it and smiled a small smile.

She took off her qipao and put on a towel. She entered the hot spring and relaxed her body down into the hot water. It was very nice of Naruto to take her here, but she didn't like the fact that she couldn't really talk to him. As she looked around, she noticed something peculiar. There were no other girls at the hot spring, for all she saw, she was the only female in the hot springs. Then she noticed a little note by the middle of the division board between the two gender's spring. She looked at the note which read "Have fun Hinata-chan hope you and Naruto have LOADS of fun! Signed- Sakura"

Hinata laughed quietly and began to relax when she heard Naruto as he yelled "Hey Hinata-chan!" Hinata squealed and jumped a bit. "Is there anybody on your side?

Hinata took a second to calm down and said "No Naruto-kun, it's just me."

"Alright just checking. Say why don't we get near the border so we can talk?"

Hinata felt apprehensive. Not only would she be talking to Naruto alone, but she'd also be completely nude. And so would he.

"Ok Naruto-kun that sounds alright."

Naruto laughed and said "Heh, alright just don't use your Byakugan."

Hinata's face burned, more than it ever had before than at that moment. She slowly made her way towards the wooden plank separating them and relaxed. She heard Naruto make his way to the edge as well and heard him sigh in relaxation.

After a second Naruto spoke up saying "So what's up Hinata? I haven't seen much of you lately. Neither of us have had any missions lately…"

Oh nothing, just fawning over you for the past lifetime! Hinata thought to herself "Oh I've been training a lot lately. I've been trying to get better with my Byakugan, so I've been training with Neji as much as I can. That's why I hurt my stomach."

"Oh great, I thought I'd nearly killed you when I ran into. So have you improved your jutsu much?"

"Huh?" Hinata seemed a little confused.

"Oh I was just thinking of the time we went to look for the Bikouchu Beetle and you did that Eight Trigrams jutsu. That was really impressive!"

"You really thought so Naruto?" Hinata felt empowered by that compliment.

"Oh yeah! It's so powerful and graceful! I'm not even sure if my Rasengan would be able to penetrate that move." Naruto said with much enthusiasm

That last sentence surprised Hinata. Naruto was usually so confident in his ability to defeat any obstacle in his path.

"Re-Really Naruto-kun? I'm sure that you'd pass through it easily."

Naruto thought for a minute and said "Well eventually, but the thing is that even if I got through it once the way you move your arms like that, you'd probably just zap me by the time I got close to your belly. Seriously Hinata, you're really something." Hinata's stomach was doing backflips at that point. She'd never heard Naruto compliment her like that. "You know, we should get together sometime!"

Hinata nearly squealed at the sound of that. "Wha-What do, you m-mean Naruto-kun?"

"Well you'd be a perfect person for me," Hinata was about to jump with joy "to spar with that is." That brought Hinata back down to Earth fairly quickly. "I mean I rely on my endurance and chakra to attack. But you? You're so fast and flexible. It'd be perfect for the both of us."

Hinata still felt a little disappointed. "Well Naruto-kun that does sound nice and all but…"

Naruto cut in "Awww come on! We'd finally get to see more of each other! Please Hinata! I'll tell you what you do that for me. And I'll do anything you want. ANYTHING!"

Hinata slouched and thought for a second. She really would like the idea of getting to be with Naruto all the time. Plus she'd get to make Naruto do anything she wanted him to do.

Can't you imagine it? He'd do ANYTHING to train with us… You know what he could do is he could… "Shush." Hinata told her darker side

"What was that?" Naruto asked

"Oh nothing Naruto." Hinata assured him "Well it sounds good to me. But you have to promise me something…" Hinata said with joy in her heart.

"What's that."

"Every two times we spar, me and you go and do something fun." Hinata said cheerily. The moment she said it though, she knew it was the most obvious way to ask him to date her on the planet. Naruto sat quietly for a second and then shouted.

"Heck yeah! That sounds perfect! We train and then us friends can blow off some steam together!"

Hinata gave a sigh of relief. As much as she loved Naruto, she was glad that he was a little oblivious about things. The two of them got out of the springs and met up at the front gate.

"Well see you tomorrow Hinata-chan!"

"Yeah see you tomorrow…"

Before Hinata turned to leave, Naruto gave her a big hug of appreciation. After putting her down, Naruto ran off and Hinata stood there dumbfounded. And then she fainted.