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notes: aw, i'm so glad you guys are enjoying this story so far! and i REALLY hope you enjoy this chapter. this story has definitely taken a turn for the better, and i hope you guys are as excited as i am for it. it's going to be a sweet, AU love story. like honestly, that's all this is. i've never wrote hinata and naruto together as a couple though and i want to konw how you guys think im doing so far! so please, i would love to know your thoughts and every time you review, i'll send you a preview of the next chapter. (; so review and check out my other stories! thanks.

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breaking free
visionary dreams

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This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
This night is flawless, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you

Enchanted / Taylor Swift

"She's beautiful!" Naruto exclaimed, jumping and hopping off his bed unto the floor. "And not in the way Sakura-chan is pretty or the way Ino is fine, no, she's beautiful!" the blonde rambled on, and Sasuke narrowed his eyes from his spot by the computer.

"Sakura is beautiful, dipfuck."

Naruto waved his hand, brushing Sasuke's comment off. "No, you DON'T get it, Sasuke-teme!" he shook his head, his blonde locks going left and right. "She's different!" he exclaimed with wide eyes, hopping back on his bed.

"I hope you break your neck," Sasuke mused, watching his bestfriend of ten years jump up and down on the bed.

"Fuck you," Naruto snapped back airily, before continuing, "She's different and beautiful and she doesn't even get scared when I drive crazy on 'Kyuubi!'" he spoke of his bike "Kyuubi" with hearts in his eyes.

Sasuke shook his head, "She's obviously crazy then for liking you."

And as Naruto jumped off the bed onto Sasuke's lap without so much as a word, he could do nothing but shout as they both crashed to the floor.

"Naruto, you fat baka! Get OFF." Sasuke squirmed around, trying to shove Naruto off of him in the midst of arms and limps.

Naruto caught Sasuke in a headlock, "Admit it, Sasuke-teme! Admit it that I'm gorgeous and you want my babies!"

After her lunch date with Naruto—or was it a date? COULD she call it a date?—he had drove her back to her car, and left with promises to see her soon again.

But as she stopped at a red light she mused that she didn't want to go home, or better yet to Ino's right now; she abruptly did a illegal u-turn—hey! there was no one around—and headed towards the other direction.

As Hinata pulled up into Kiba's driveway, she really hoped he didn't mind her showing up on such quick notice. But of course, it was Kiba, and he loved her to bits.

Before she could even get out of her car, she heard a loud shout of "HINATA-CHAN!" and a loud bark coming from the doorway. Hinata laughed good-naturally, getting out and closing her car door, walking up to the door.

She leaned down to pet Akamaru, "Hey Kiba, I hope you don't mind—"

"Shaddup, Hina," he said, calling her by her childhood nickname—that only Kiba and Shino could call her!— and picking her up into a hug, twirling her around, "I MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY." and then went the sensitive Kiba to his regular ol' loud self.

"Hey Hinata," Shino said, smiling slightly, and dragging her into a one-arm hug once Kiba put her down, motioning for all of them to follow inside.

"So, what's up?" Kiba asked once they were all situated into Kiba's room.

"Uhm, I just wanted to see you guys," Hinata shrugged, rubbing Akamaru's belly as he laid there happily, "So, I stopped by."

"Well, godly Hinata, no shit," Kiba joked, laughing when Hinata blushed at his crude word. "But I mean, what's up you, like as in your life."

"O-oh," Hinata blushed, suddenly thinking about earlier of her lunch with Naruto, and at the sight of her red cheeks, Shino and Kiba got mischievously curious. It was so weird sometimes, Hinata thought, how in tune they were with all each other's emotions. Because yes, Sakura and Ino were her bestfriends, but Shino and Kiba were her bestfriends. They had been there for her since pre-school; because they each had assigned seats next to each other, and hadn't left since. They were honestly her brothers in every way, shape, form except for blood. However, that one time in seventh grade they each cut the tip of each other's fingers and mix their bloods together...did that count? And Hinata did faint afterwards...

Shaking her head as to rid her thoughts she says, "Well, t-to be honest I met this guy," she poked her fingers shyly, "At your party."

Kiba's eye twitched, "WHO IS IT?!" He jumped on his chair, "I'll cut his neck off and then I'll twist his kidneys—"

Shino snatched Kiba back down into his seat, "Shut up Kiba," he turned to Hinata who was twisting nervously in her seat, "Who is it, Hinata?"

Hinata blushed, ducking her head, mumbling, "Naruto Uzumaki."

Kibas eye twitched once more, "WHAT. THAT DICKHEAD."

Shino slapped him over the head, "You are so loud, and you're making Hinata," he pointed in her direction, "Nervous. Besides, Uzumaki's okay."

Hinata looked between her two guy bestfriends and couldn't help but laugh, "You two are ridiculous."

"Ridiculous!" Kiba shouted, jumping up and grabbing a pillow, attacking Hinata with it, "I'll show you ridiculous!"

And of course Shino would grab a pillow and start attacking Kiba with it because he was always on Hinatass side. Hinata giggled as she and Shino wrestled Kiba on the ground and were both sitting on top of him.

"Tch," Shino remarked, "You're such a bitch."

Kiba squirmed underneath them, struggling, "JUST WAIT SHINO. Im gonna—"

After the eventful visit to Kiba's house, Hinata pulled up to Ino's around six o'clock and mentally sighed as she shut off her car and opened her door to get out. She twitched as she made her way to the door, knowing what was about to come out of her blonde friend.

"HINATA!" a blonde teenage girl exclaimed, flinging open the front door and Hinata felt this weird sense of deja vu all over again. Why were her friends so abnormally loud and such?

"You have SO MUCH to share with us!" she exclaimed with a twinkle in her eyes, hooking her arm through Hinata's, leading her inside the house.

What greeted Hinata when she walked in amused her to no end as Sakura and Karin were hanging upside down on Ino's couch, watching movies.

"Hey Hinata!" came the chorus of both girls.

"Move, forehead!" Ino pushed Sakura off the couch to make room for her and Hinata.

"Ow, that hurt!" Sakura cried from the floor, glaring up at her friend. Hinata giggled at the two, praying mentally that Ino had forgotten all about their talk this morning...

"So, ANYWAY," Ino started, turning to Hinata with a big smirk, "Hinata-chan met a boy last night!" she squealed, clapping her hands together, "For awhile there I thought our little Hinata was never gonna have sex!"

Hinata blushed a bright red at Ino's bold sentence, shaking her head fast, "No, no, no, it's not like that," she stressed, and rolling her eyes as Sakura and Karin egged their blonde friend on. "I just met him at Kiba's party," she found herself saying for the second time that day, twirling her thumbs.

"AND LEFT ON A MOTORCYCLE," Ino gushed in, happily bouncing; boys were always her favorite topic.

"Wait," Sakura said thoughtfully, tapping a finger on her chin, "There was only one motorcycle at the party..." she trailed off, jumping up, "OHMYGOD. YOU WENT OFF WITH NARUTO-BAKA?!"

"What?!" Karin exclaimed beside them laughing, "Hinata, ew! You went off with my cousin!"

"But he's cute," she said quitely with a little smile, remembering his blue eyes and wild hair.

Karin made gagging noises, "Whatever makes you happy!" she finally said though, winking at Hinata.

And with that, the girls continued their night off with jokes and laughter and other meaningless girly things. They had went through countless ice cream boxes and plenty of junk food and probably ate Ino out of house and home, but they were content around midnight and laid lazily around Ino's room. Sakura had already passed out on the floor, and Ino was right there along with her. They had drunk too much the night before, and were definitely worn out. Karin laid on the other side of Ino, with her headphones in and was probably watching some of her vampire anime shows. And as Hinata finally laid down and was going to call it quits for the night after such a long day, she received a text from a person she hadn't heard from since early.

From: Naruto
To: Hinata

Hinata, please tell me you're available tonight!

As Hinata re-read the text twice, the biggest smile came on her face. How could one boy do that to her over a text? Her heart beat fast as she glanced around her sleepy friends, and couldn't believe what she was replying back.

To: Naruto
From: Hinata

Well, I am at Ino's right now with the girls, but they're all asleep...

To: Hinata
From: Naruto

Pick you up in 10?

To: Naruto
From: Hinata

Okay. (:

So about fifteen minutes later, Hinata was re-dressed into jeans and her senior hoodie along with her favorite pair of white sandals. She stood at the end of Ino's driveway, glancing down the street for Naruto's loud bike. She smiled slightly at the fact she had to sneak past her friends and Ino's parents to do this, and then sneak back in. God, what was happening to her? She was supposed to be good, little Hinata who didn't pay boys a second thought. But here she was, once again, about to go off with Naruto.

Finally, Hinata heard the purr of his bike, and couldn't stop the smile on her face as Naruto took off his orange helmet, shaking his hair, and handing the helmet to her, "Well," he grinned, "Are you gonna hop on or what, pretty girl?"

Hinata blushed, and smiled shyly, strapping the helmet firmly on her head, before climbing on back to settle against Naruto. This wouldn't be the first time, and she really hoped it wouldn't be the last.

"Where are we going?" she asked, sliding her arms around Naruto, breathing in his strong scent. He smelled amazing.

"We're going to my house," he said slyly, and before Hinata could get in another word, he cranked up his bike and headed in the opposite direction.

Once they arrived to Naruto's two story house about twenty minutes later, he parked his bike, and directed her to the back of his yard. It was night time and although Hinata couldn't see very well, she could make out the large yard and the big tree house in one of the back corners. Naruto had an in-ground pool, and a swing-set and trampoline further in the back.

She yelped as Naruto reached down to grab her right hand, interlacing their fingers together. "C'mon," he tugged her along, as bright blush started from her neck all the way up to her ears at the sudden contact, "Let's go swing!" And so, she found herself only a few moments later swinging beside Naruto on a swing-set that was probably about seven years old and was squeaking and extremely rusty, but she was having the best time of her life.

"I had a lot of fun with you today," Naruto broke the silence, as the two pumped their legs faster and faster. Hinata felt the cool air around them, and as she went high in the sky, she smiled at for the bright glow of the moon and how pretty all the stars looked scattered above the two. And honestly, she smiled for herself. She hadn't been on swing in years, and she couldn't stop the rush of memories from her childhood if she tried.

"Me too," Hinata finally said, coming back down on her swing before pumping her legs and going higher once more, "I k-know we just met," she said boldly, biting her lips, wondering if she should keep going and say the rest, "B-but I like being around you," she blushed a bright red, twisting the metal on her swing so she would slow down. Because she really did like Naruto, she suddenly found herself admitting in her head. No boy had ever made her feel this way in such a short time, nonetheless! And he was just so cute and new and he was looking at her right now as yet another blush erupted on her pale cheeks.

Naruto dug his feet into the ground, stopping the swing before twisting his body around to face her, clenching on the metal of the swing, and looking at her with a smile, "Hinata," he said, "I've never met a girl like you," he winked before twisting back around, and pumping his legs once more.

"Bet you I can jump further than you!" he challenged and Hinata smiled before pumping her legs just as fast as Naruto, swinging as high as she could.

Naruto Uzumaki wasn't someone she was going to forget about easily.