Age 9

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Naruto: A klutz

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Hinata: Somewhat Obnoxious

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"So..." Iruka-Sensei said, giving the two of them the evil eye. "You thought it would be funny, to sneak into class, while no-one was there, and hide all of the books, textbooks, pencils, pens, and everything else, and hide them in the Bathrooms."

"Yeah, as a matter a fact we did find it funny!" Hinata said.

"You know, Iruka-Sensei, we had no idea you were such a Pervert." Naruto said.

"What the heck are you talking about?" Iruka said.

"I mean, we found all sorts of porno's under your desk." Naruto told him.

"You what!" Iruka yelled.

"Yeah, we didn't bother hiding those, we put them in the teacher's lounge, with a note, saying: Property of Iruka." Hinata told him.

"That's it! Detention for the whole week!" Iruka said. "You've gone over the limit here. Kushina will come to pick you up soon. I will personally tell her what the two of you did."

With that, Naruto and Hinata just slumped into their chairs, as Iruka left. They had learned the routine by now.

"You know Naruto, you didn't have to help me." Hinata said.

"But I wanted to, we're friends, I help you with this stuff, and you help me train, so I don't flunk the academy." Naruto responded.

"Yeah, but I don't get detention for helping you train." She pointed out.

"But it takes hours for me to get something right." Naruto said pessimistically.

"Oh come on now, if I didn't whip that wussy but of yours into shape every now and again, who would I talk to during class?"

"Thanks Hinata." Naruto said.

"Ya know Naruto..." Hinata said. "I've been wondering..."

"About what?"

"You like me, right?"

"Yeah, of course I like you." Naruto said.

"Well, I mean do you like-like me?"

"Uh..." Naruto said. He really had no idea how to respond. On the inside he was almost panicking. He had like-liked Hinata for a really long time. She was after all, the prettiest girl in his class, Sakura was the only one who came close, but she was a complete jerk. But he had no idea how to respond.

"It's only a yes or no question Naruto." Hinata told him. Hinata herself, was blushing, something she hardly ever did. She usually tried to keep her feelings down in public, but on the inside, she was someone who couldn't help but be embarrassed slightly at even little things.

"W-well Hinata... I... well I... yes. I really do like-like you." Naruto said.

"Good." Hinata said, giving him a hug. "I like-like you too."

"I uh, thought you didn't like hugs Hinata."

"Only when you are trying to squeeze the life out of me." Hinata told him.

"Um... Ok." He said. He really didn't know how to proceed.

"Well, Naruto, does this mean we should be like, boyfriend-girlfriend." Hinata asked him.

"Um, yes, Hinata, I'd really like to be your girlfriend."

"Naruto, your supposed to the boyfriend." Hinata told him.

"Ah, yeah, yeah, you're right! I'm sorry, Hinata, I don't know what to do."

"Well you can relax, I'm not going to bite you."

"Yeah." Naruto said, blushing slightly.

"Do what I do, just take a deep breath, and blow out all your nervousness."

Naruto took a very deep breath, and as he exhaled, relaxed slightly.

"Thanks Hinata. I'd like to be your boyfriend."

"Good. I was worried I was gonna have to beat the words out of you."

Then, there was a knock on the door, and Kushina came through them.

"Hey kids, what did you do this time?" She asked them.

"Mom!" They said getting up from their chairs to greet her.

"Where's Iruka?" She asked them.

"Probably to get his Porno collection." Hinata said.

"Hinata, I know you don't like him, but you shouldn't insult him like that." She scolded her.

"No really Mom, we found it in his desk, I think he put's it inside a book, so it looks like he's just reading. We went and put it in the teacher's lounge." Naruto told her.

"Ahh, so that's why you're in trouble?" She asked.

"Well..." Hinata said. "We also hid all the rest of the class stuff in the Bathrooms."

"Your grades are as bad enough as it is." Kushina told them. "You don't need to be causing trouble like this you know."

"Ah Kushina, just who I wanted to talk to." Iruka-Sensei said, walking down the hall with a stack of papers.

"I wanted to speak with you too, Iruka." She said. "I'll be just a minute you two." She told Naruto and Hinata. Kushina closed the door to the hallway, leaving Iruka and her in the hallway.

"Um, Kushina, if you wouldn't mind, I've got these papers to grade, if you could let me drop these at my desk..."

"Can it Iruka." Kushina said, her eye's shooting daggers at him. "I was told of a certain collection of Magazines that you have."

"Oh-oh really?" Iruka said, nervously. Kushina, faster than the eye could see, took off the front papers on the stack he was carrying, which revealed a magazine, showing many scantily clad women on it's cover. "S-since when was that there?" Iruka said, beginning to sweat.

"Iruka." She said.

"Yes?"

"You remember what I do to perverts?"

"No, actually I-" Suddenly the magazines he was holding in his hands caught alight, and were reduced to cinders in his hands.

"Your getting of easy now." She told him. "Anyway, on to the matters of Hinata and Naruto."

Um, yes." Iruka said, trying to get over how Kushina had just burnt his Magazines. "Hinata had been trouble since day one, and Naruto has been just as bad when they started hanging out. I'm not saying you should separate them, but they barely scrape by."

"Look, Iruka, you know what it's like to be separated from everybody around you." Kushina said. "For some reason, everyone holds a grudge against Naruto, cause he looks so much like his father. You know what Naruto has gone through. But you don't know what Hinata went through. She's had even worse, still does. She is hated for what she is. Can you imagine that."

"Look, I pulled my share of pranks at their age, but I still paid for it too." Iruka said.

"I'm just telling you, that you know their reasons. Naruto just wants to keep his friend, and Hinata just wants simple acknowledgment. They need someone, who can reach out to them. I can only do so much. You should see them when they're without each other. Naruto look's like he's a miserable lost puppy, and Hinata look's as though she might bite your head off if you say one wrong word. I'll talk to them, but I think you need to be able to let them know you understand them."

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"Mom, you're the best mom in entire world!" Naruto said, giving his mother one of his famous death hugs.

"Okay! Okay! Please Naruto, you're gonna break something!" Kushina said, playfully trying to wriggle out of his grasp.

"I have no idea how you got Iruka-sensei to let us off of detention!" Hinata said.

"Well, a woman has her ways." Kushina said, as they walked down the streets of Konoha. "But, I might not be able to do it again, so please, for both your sakes, please lay off the pranks."

"You got it." Hinata said.

Naruto finally let go of his mother, and continued walking down the streets. "So where are we going mom?" Naruto asked.

"To the movies!" She told him, absolutely beaming.

"No way!" Hinata and Naruto said in unison.

"Yep. As a treat for being able to wriggle out of trouble, or something like that." She told them.

They kept walking down the streets. Along the way, Hinata and Naruto gradually got closer together.

"Hey mom." Naruto said.

"Yes, Naruto?"

"Um... there's something I'd like to tell you."

"Don't be shy Naruto, you can tell me anything!"

"Um... Hinata, could you?"

"Naruto and I are boyfriend-girlfriend!" Hinata said, positively beaming.

"You are!?" Kushina said in shock. She always knew the two liked each other, but she thought the personality gap was so large, she'd wait another few years.

"Yeah." Naruto said, somewhat shyly. "Hey mom?"

"Yes, darling?"

"What exactly do boyfriends and girlfriends do together?" Naruto asked.

"Why are you asking Naruto?" Hinata said.

"Well, because I don't know." Naruto admitted. "I mean, I know being boyfriend-girlfriend is a big thing, but what kinds of things do you do?"

"Well..." Kushina said. 'How do I put this, so a nine-year-old's little mind can comprehend?' "usually, they go on dates."

"You mean the little dried up fruits?" Hinata asked.

"No, it's when boyfriends and girlfriends go to a place to hang out and have fun." Kushina said.

"That doesn't sound much different from what we normally do." Naruto said.

"Well there's a bit of a catch." Kushina said. "You see, after there done, they give eachother a kiss, and walk home."

"A KISS!!??" Hinata and Naruto said in unison.

"On the lips." She said, smiling menacingly. "Come to think about it... It's kinda of like you're on a date now." Kushina said. The thought seemed to torture their little minds. The thought of being put into the hotspot so soon, and having to kiss a girl/boy they weren't related to for the first time.

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The movie was nice for the two of them. They sat next to each other in the theatre, and shared their popcorn. The movie was rather funny at some points, and sad in some others. Naruto started crying when one of the character's died, but Hinata helped to comfort him. It seemed better then how they normally hung out together. Just the fact that they knew the other like-liked them seemed to make it so.

After they exited the theatre, Naruto and Hinata paused. Both of them were blushing.

"So..." Hinata said.

"You know, Hinata... um... I won't make you kiss me, If you don't want to." Naruto said.

"Ah, no that's not it. I kinda do want to kiss you. Is that all right?" Hinata said.

"No, I mean yes, it's all right. I kinda want to kiss you too." Naruot said.

"On three?" Hinata asked. Naruto nodded. "OK. One... two... three!"

The two kissed each other on the lips. They had never done something like this before, but they both knew that it was one of the best things they had ever done together. It was just mind blowing, that they had known each other this long, and hadn't done this before. After a while, they remembered that they had to breathe, and stopped kissing, gasping for air.

"That was nice, Naruto." Hinata said. "Do you think we could go on another date."

"Yeah, I'd like that." Naruto said. 'Girls are nice.' He thought.

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So what do you guys think? I've gotten the childhood out of the way for the most part, and I'll be picking up near the final exams.

I don't think I did as good a job as I could've, but I think it'll get better when I get into the main story, I'm just trying to get this out of the way for now. I think I might go over this again later, try to add in some more stuff, but I'll have to see how far this goes first.

Reviews are very much appreciated. Any comments, or critiques are good. Thanks very much, SAmaster01.