Naruto walked out of Hinata's room and quietly closed the door, careful to not disturb her after just getting her into bed and giving her the good bye he promised.

"I think she'll be okay, thank you Kami-sama," the tiny Naruto prayed, hoping his friend would come out of this without too many repercussions.

As Naruto passed the living room, he remembered that he'd seen his mom their before and went in to see if she was still there. Walking in, he did indeed see his mother, and she was sitting across from Hiashi with a sympathetic look on her face. Naruto slowly walked up to his mother and she picked him up, placing him on her lap facing Hiashi.

"Hello Naruto, how's Hinata handling what happened?"

"Better than I expected, actually," Naruto replied, "don't worry Hiashi-sama, as long as I'm here, Hinata will be as happy as a clam and smiling like one too," he added with a foxy grin, showing his age and concern for his friend.

"That's a good boy, Naruto. See Hiashi, Naruto's taking care of her; you need to first focus on getting yourself through this. Take it from someone who knows, if you don't get through this, how can your children to. If you need any extra help we're always here, and remember: so long as you have your daughters, you'll always have a piece of her."

"Thanks Kushina-san, it means a lot that you two are here with us."

A moment of silence followed, until Naruto spoke up and broke it.

"Mommy, I meant to ask you; why are you here so soon?"

Leaning over so she could look him in the eye, Kushina answered, "Because sweetie, when your daddy passed away, it was Hinata's parents that helped me not be sad anymore. In fact, Hinata's mom told me almost the same thing I just told Hiashi-san. It's just a really good coincidence that you and Hinata found each other at the playground. Hiashi and your daddy were very close and respected each other a lot; remember what I told you about respect?"

"Umm, oh yeah; 'If a ninja doesn't have respect from his friends, they need to do everything they can to earn it', right?"

"That's right sweetie."

Looking over at his daughter's closest friend and his late friend only son, Hiashi raised his head and spoke, "Naruto, Hinata was really close to her mom; do you think you could make sure she doesn't become too sad from this?"

"She may seem weak sometimes, Hiashi-sama, but I know that inside she's just as strong as you. But she really wanted to say goodbye, I told her that as long as she's alive, a piece of her mom will still live on. I'll come over every day to make sure she's okay, Believe It!" (Sorry, I just had to do that, it fit so well)

"Ugh, why did I have to pass on my verbal tick onto him? Minato always had a way with words, why couldn't Naruto have inherited his silver tongue?" Kushina cursed herself silently.

"Thank you, Naruto; I feel better knowing she'll have you by her side to get her through this. Heh, maybe one day they'll be by each other's side for a different reason, they certainly care enough about each other, and when his heritage is revealed there's no way I'd have a problem getting it past the Elders; not that I would even for an instant allow them to dictate what happens in the personal lives of the clan," reflected Hiashi, always thinking about his family's future decades down the road.

Naruto tried to hold in a cute little yawn, but it overpowered the mighty munchkin.

"We should get going, it's getting late, and I don't want Naruto to miss his bedtime," the ever diligent mother spoke up seeing the look in Hiashi's eyes and not sure if what he was thinking was a good idea. Not that she had anything against Hinata, but she did have a few weird tendencies and she had promised herself that Naruto wouldn't marry 'a weird one'.

"Okay, I should probably check on the girls too," Hiashi nonchalantly responded.

Once they had left the Hyuga estate, Kushina carried her tuckered out little four-year-old and pondered on what tomorrow would bring.

"If Naruto and Hinata really did choose each other, would I stand in the way of true love? Well, I have absolutely no doubt that Hinata loves him; at least as much as a four-year-old could love someone. Eh, what am I worrying about; it's his life, as long as he doesn't go falling into the wrong crowd, I'll be happy he found someone who truly loves him."

A/N: I don't want any flames because of your stance on the Shipping-Wars, btw thanks to NarutosBrat for making me realize that out of all the possible love interests, Karin is the one most like Kushina, I wish I could have put my fingers in my ears and started speaking Kuriboh (those of you who watch Yugioh Abridged will get that and if you don't; what the frick is wrong with you?). I feel that this chapter wasn't as good as the last one but that's probably because I have a lot of experience daydreaming romantic scenarios like that one so they're easier for me to write.

Peace Out FanFictonauts! V (^_^) V