Chapter 2

*I do NOT own Naruto

and btw, ~This indicates the person's thoughts~*

As the orange-clad ninja raced towards what had come to be known as 'The Hyuga Compound', one thing flashed through his mind, Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto had always thought of him as the brother he never had, and never really wanted, but he was the closest thing to a brother Naruto had. All Naruto could think of was bringing Sasuke back to Leaf, and bringing together squad 7 as it was, with Kakashi-Sensei. But all that would have to wait if he couldn't find him in the first place.

As he drew closer to the estate, a huge cloud of dust seemed to be flowing out of it. Naruto slowed to a walk, and stopped at the front gate, trying to see past through the dust. As it slowly disappeared, Naruto could make out faintly two tired silhouettes. One slightly hunched over and one on their knee. It quickly became clear to Naruto, the person closest to him; the one on their knees was Neji Hyuga, Hinata's older and somewhat stronger cousin, this however, was not evident as Naruto saw Hinata in victory over her cousin.

"You fought well cousin. You have improved greatly over the past two years."

"Thank you Neji."

"Now if I'm not mistaken there are some great chakra levels flowing from behind me, I also get the feeling the person with that chakra signature isn't here for me."

"I'll go check, although I was not expecting anyone to be here for me"

The young Hyuga girl walked towards the front gate, and to her surprise, a grinning Naruto was there staring right at her.

"Hey there Hinata! That was impressive out there!"

"N-N-N-Naruto?"

"Woah! You've changed heaps! Your hair is so long! Is that a new outfit!? It looks great!"

She barely heard what the young ninja was saying to her over the thoughts running through mind.

~Why is he here? Is he here for me? Was he watching me fight? When did he get back?~

It was all too overwhelming for her, to the point where her eyes slowly closed as she collapsed on the ground right in front of the Uzumaki child with a bright red tinge to her face.

"Are you ok Hinata? Hinata!"

Though slightly unconscious she still could hear his voice echo throughout her mind, saying her name. How she loved hearing him saying her name.

She woke up to find herself in her room, convinced that she just had another vivid dream, to find that sitting on her bed next to her was none other than the secret love of her life, Naruto Uzumaki, next to her cousin Neji of course.

She had blushed a thousand shades of red before she could even open her mouth,

"Why are you here, N-Naruto?"

She cursed at her nerves.

"Oh I'm here for you Hinata!" He said with a smile and wink.

"M-Me!?"

"Yup! I need you Hinata!"

"What!?"

The boy had no idea what he was doing to her emotions,

"Naruto…" Neji spoke up, "Obviously you seem to be sending mixed messages to Hinata. You should be more specific."

"Huh?"

"Tell Hinata why you are really here."

"Oh. Well, Hinata, I need a 3-man squad to test for chunin. And I was told that you and Choji are the only ninja from our class who are still genin. And I'm wondering if you would join me to sit th-"

"Yes Naruto! I will!" She exclaimed unconsciously,

"Really Hinata? Great! Now I need to go convince Choji, it may only take a few bowls of ramen" He said with a chuckle "We'll meet up tomorrow at Training Ground 3, ok?"

"Hai!"

And with that, the two boys left her room, Naruto behind Neji, when Naruto turned to face the girl,

"See ya soon Hinata!" and with a wink, he walked out.

*And so chapter 2 is complete. I don't how long these are, i know this one is a bit short, but I hope you are enjoying it so far.

Reviews and comments are always welcome.

Thank you for reading *

BizzHopp, ghost ;)