Naruto didn't have any idea where he was going to go, but he knew that his destination was wherever Sasuke was. He ran on, scroll still tightly grasped in his hand. 'Naruto,' it said, 'this is one of three scrolls I'm leaving in Konoha. The second is with one of out former team members, the third with that person's mentor. I need you to figure out who the second person is and get their scroll, then bring it to me. Try to do this before they read it and decide to come after me. One more thing: Pack your bag. Bring food, water, a magnifying glass, all the scrolls on genjutsu you can find, and a scroll about the history of Konoha. Sasuke.'

"Naruto!" a voice shouted. He jumped and turned around. It was Sakura.

"What're you doing here?" he asked, internally smacking himself for forgetting the part where he takes the scroll from her.

"You ought to know...you got a scroll from him too, didn't you? Tell the truth." She stood there with her arms crossed, watching as he hemmed and hawed.

"Yeah, uh...about that...Sasuke kinda asked me to take yours before you read it...but from the look on your face, I'd guess you've already read it..."

"I thought it'd be something like that. He must've written yours after mine...." Her face lit up suddenly, as if she'd remembered something. "Oh, I almost forgot, Hinata's looking for you, she said to meet her at Ichiraku Ramen. I wouldn't keep her waiting, if I were you."

Naruto looked up in surprise. Hinata...ramen...with him? He almost knocked Sakura over with his pack as he rushed to leave the clearing, then he remembered:

"Sakura, can you take the pack to Sasuke for me? It has some stuff he asked for in it."

"Of course! We shouldn't keep either of them waiting, should we?" she prodded.

"Okay, okay, I'm going! Thanks for passing on the message!" he shouted over his shoulder as he left. She smirked as he bounded through the trees towards the village.

"Well, that was easy enough," she said as she set off alone to meet Sasuke. Just in case, though, she read Naruto's scroll(he dropped it when he hurried off). She skimmed over it; none of it seemed very important...except the postscript:

'P.S. Meet me in two days at the base of the hollow tree 3.5 miles northwest of the ground where we trained with the bells.'

He's such a retard...she thought to herself. He wasn't even going in the right direction!

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Hinata stood outside Ichiraku Ramen, wondering why Naruto had asked her to meet him there. maybe he does like me, after all...but he hangs out with Sakura so much, why would he notice me? I never talk to him at all, I'm too shy...Why would he want to see me? Just then, she saw(through a building) Naruto running full tilt toward the restaurant. a few minutes later, he stood in front of her, doubled over and panting.

"Hey...Hinata...I hope...your waiting...not too...long?" He was having trouble catching his breath. Hinata, at least, was glad that she wasn't the only one that was bright red.

"N-n-n-no, th-thank you..." she trailed off, surpassing red and turning crimson. Naruto, finally recovered, straightened up and started into the building, then stopped when he noticed that Hinata was still standing where he had left her.

"So, um...are we gonna go in?" he asked her. she nodded, so happy that she was unable to say anything, and followed him into the restaurant.

No-chan here again.....with chapter three! It's the NaruHina date...that Sakura set up so obviously that they didn't even notice. Haha...Sakura is devious. Chapter four is underway, I'm posting as fast as my imagination will let me. New characters coming soon!

Nomura