I feel the angry aura of my readers. I'm so sorry. But my computer broke and I ended up having to stay without it for a month and to make things worse when I did have my computer back my sister came back from her school and hogged the computer ¬¬ . .:.SPOILER.:. Oh that and the fact that I'm still a bit freaked out by Itachi's expression on chapter 386. That was really strange.

But here I am! And I hope you guys haven't given up on me.

And about your guesses: kenshinlover2002 came pretty close. (The problem is that I didn't say he used to be a bassist)

Chap 7: Honjo Ren

Black leather boots that were unusually unfit for shinobi crossed the gates of Konoha. He always hated the fact that when they came back from a mission the first thing they had to do was report to Tsunade. Especially when he knew there was someone waiting for him and that person was probably pissed; yes, Hinata was capable of getting pissed and he was one of the (un)fortunate one to know that. The last long term mission he had was a two-month long one and as always he was too busy to write her; she broke one of his ribs and didn't talk to him for a week. Even though she healed him right after she hit him the ignoring part was the one he hated the most.

When he was in Tsunade's office he could sense that the Hokage has trying to elongate his stay at her office for as long as she could. She would never admit it but she felt a bit proud when Hinata would kick someone's ass for no particular reason (and that was almost as rare as her winning a game). Finally getting out of the office he came across Neji who simply raised an eye brow at seeing him.

"How mad is she?" He was never one to make small talk and neither was the man in front of him, so why waste time on faked politeness?

"There's a silent agreement that we are not to speak your name."

"That bad, hun?"

"Yeah"

"Well, I hope she heals me this time" He sigh with a sigh but he didn't really mean it; he knew Hinata was not the kind of person to leave her friends injured despite anything that person had done.

"Good luck with that" Neji said with an amused smirk on his face imagining what his usually sweet little cousin would do to the guy in front of her.

"Thanks, I guess." He said with a slight twitch on his eye.

Finally arriving at the hospital he noticed that Naruto, Sakura, Ino and some guy he didn't pay attention to here talking about something but deciding not to waste anymore time he passed right trough them and hid his chakra so that Hinata wouldn't sense him coming near her. The four idiots that were following him however weren't that smart apparently. When he finally found his target he absentmindedly thought how beautiful she looked; but he always thought she looked beautiful so that didn't say much.

Walking slowly so that he wouldn't make any noise he approached her slowly and gladly noticed their viewers decided to stop and just observe. When he was towering behind her he let her notice he has there and he sensed her stiffen.

"Tadaima" He leaned down so that he could say that on her ear that was exposed due to her hair being up on a messy bun and if he hadn't been so close he wouldn't be able to see the little shiver that went trough her spine.

What happened in mere seconds seemed like an eternity to him. Hinata turned over so that she could face him and he saw the several emotions I her eyes before it settled with anger and she infused some chakra on her fist. He didn't dodge, he never dodged; it wouldn't do any good if he did.

When he came back to his senses he was lying on the floor and he heard footsteps coming in his direction. Hinata kneeled next to him and cupped his face with both her hands and that made him wince since she had just shattered his jaw seconds before. Soon green light emitted from her hands and the pain was gone, her hands however hadn't. He looked up to her face and saw her glaring at him; he was getting ready for another attack when she lay on top of him and sneaked her arms behind his neck.

"Baka" She said before she buried her head on his chest.


What. The. Hell.

First he hears about some guy that is somehow related to Hinata. Then said guy appears and she hits him like it's the most normal thing in the world. And to make things even weirder she than hugs him. Had the world gone insane?

"Awww!" Sakura and Ino said at the same time. Them Sakura grabbed Naruto and dragged him out of the hospital, Ino close behind them. Not wanting to stay and keep witnessing the scene that was happening on the hospital floor.

"Aren't they adorable?" Ino said after they were already out of the hospital.

"Yeah. I guess Hinata decided not to ignore him this time." Sakura said and just then Sasuke noticed that she hadn't let go of Naruto's hand yet.

"Maybe they are finally together and I don't have to worry about her anymore."

"Can we go to Ichiraku's now? I'm starving!" Naruto said lifting his hands up in the air and making him and Sakura realize their intertwined hands. They let go and looked away, both with blushes on their faced.

"Well, if you two love birds are done with being embarrassed I'm going back to my shift because later on I have a date and I intend to be presentable."

"A date? With who?" Sakura soon forgot her embarrassment for a piece of gossip.

"Just some guy." Ino said with a blush

"Is it Sai? Is it Shikamaru?"

"Well, it's Chouji" That was enough to make Naruto stop his rant of how hungry he was. Even Sasuke was a bit surprised, even if it didn't show. Ino sure had changed from the shallow girl he remembered.

"Really? That's great! He likes you since forever!"

"Yeah… Well, I got to go now." She said rushing back to the hospital with a blush that could rival one of Hinata's.

When Naruto was in his fifth bowl of ramen Sasuke started thinking about that guy. He had never seen him in Konoha that he was sure of. But somehow his face was familiar.

"Who is that guy?" He finally asked when Naruto was on his seventh bowl.

"What guy?" Naruto said with ramen dangling from his mouth

"That guy that appeared at the hospital"

"Ren?"

"That's his name?"

"Yeah. Don't you know Ren?"

"I've only been back for a month"

"But he is a missing nin at Oto"

Sasuke's eyes widened for less then a second before he got up and left the ramen bar. He didn't even listen to Naruto screaming at him saying that he couldn't go around alone. But that didn't matter since now he knew where he had seen that guy before.

Honjo Ren was one of Otogakure's most wanted missing nins. Maybe even more than Sasuke in Konoha since the whole village knew that Ren was alert to Ren's disappearance. Orochimaru made Sasuke know the faces of the most important missing nins so that if he encountered any of then he brought then back to the village or just killed them. He remembered that Ren's file said that he just disappeared one day right after Orochimaru had conquered Oto; apparently he didn't like that Orochimaru had take over the village and decided to leave without saying anything to anyone. That would've been okay if Ren wasn't the Anbu captain and one of the few geniuses of the village. To say Orochimaru was pissed to lose him was an understatement. But whatever he did he never was able to find Ren and never occurred to him to look for him in Konoha. And now here he was; with Hinata in his arms to top it of. It seemed that geniuses where always getting in his way.


This was weird. She was talking to him, she was smiling at him and she was even laughing when he said something funny. Hinata was always mad when he left for a mission and didn't tell her about it, especially if it was a long term one. So to say he was confused was an understatement.

"…and then Kurenai-sensei told Yuki-kun to mind his own business because he is way to young to be having that kind of conversation…" And there she was again; talking about what had happened when he was gone like she wasn't mad at all. She didn't seem to be mad but that just went against everything he thought he knew about her.

"Ren. Ren! Are you listening to me?" He was brought out of his thoughts to find angry lavender eyes glaring at him.

"Sorry, I wasn't."

"What were you thinking?" She asked hugging one of the pillows of his cough. They were sitting in the living room of his house since she had insisted to make him lunch.

"That even though I thought I knew you like the palm of my hand you never cease to surprise me."

"What do you mean?" She asked tilting her head to the side making her look so cute that a weaker man would hug her.

"Why aren't you mad at me? Every time I go on a mission without telling you and stay away for long you always brake some part of my body and then you ignore my for at least a week!"

"So… you want me to ignore you?" She said with amusement obvious in her tone. She was making fun of him.

"That's not what I meant and you know it. I just want to know what's going on on your mind." His tone was serious and that made her straighten up too.

"Well… it's just that…" She looked down and if it were a few years back she would've succumbed to the urge of poking her fingers. She didn't know how to say that to him without getting into the whole Sasuke story. She never told anyone about her and Sasuke, the people that knew where people that noticed something when they were younger.

"Hinata, you can tell me anything, you know that" He said cupping her cheek and tilting her head so that she was facing him. Hinata couldn't help but to lean on his touch and put her hand over the one that was on her cheek.

"I know, it's just that… This last month made me realize something. People that were important in you life will always be important to you, no matter how long they are gone or what they've done to you. And we never know what life brings to us so I'd rather not waste the time I have with the people I hold dear in my life."

"Wow. I leave for three months and you have a new concept of life. Not that I'm complaining, on the contrary; now I don't have to worry about being ignored when I come back from missions." He said with a smirk on his face.

"I'm being serious here!" She said with amusement obvious on her tone.

"I'm being very serious too." He said sneaking an arm around her waist and pulling her so she was leaning on his chest. That was enough to make her face turn a light shade of pink. He always loved the fact that even though they were together for some time now she never grew costumed with his touches; it was like it was the first time every time he grabbed her hand or caressed her cheek.

"So, I never asked you how were you mission" She asked not really looking at him since she was playing with the chain around his neck; something she had taken a linking to do.

"Tiring. Successful nonetheless."

"Good." They stayed in silence after that; not really having the need to say anything else. They stared at each other and eventually she would play with the chain again. It wasn't until he glanced at his window that he realized it was already night.

"It's late."

"I know"

"Won't your father be worried?"

"Probably"

"Should I walk you home?"

"That'd be nice." She said jumping off him and already making her way to the door.

The walk to the Hyuuga compound was silent but comfortable. Sometimes she would notice some civilians glancing at them and whispering; some people just didn't stop gossiping no mater how old the news were.

"Here we are. The great Hyuuga residence." He said bowing like a butler would

"Ha ha, very funny. I'll see you tomorrow." She said stepping up to the porch so that she could be at eye level with him. Soon enough he had one of his hands behind her head and was leaning to kiss her. However it wasn't five seconds into the kiss that a pair of obsidian eyes came to her mind making her gasp and pull of from Ren.

"G-good night" She said running off to her house leaving a confused Ren behind.


Disclaimer: I do not own any character from NANA or Naruto that I may use in this fic. (I always forget to put this thing)

I don't really like it but it was the best crap I came up with. I hate writers block. It's wonderful to make me think of new fics but horrible to keep on the ones I already started.

So in this chapter we get to know how the mystery guy is and also some of the couples that this story will have. And yes, Ren and Hinata are an item. I wouldn't wait for Sasuke if I were her and since this is my story I did just that .

Well. I hope you guys review because review are kind of like chocolate to me; it makes me happy and there's the up side that it's not fattening.

Oh… Happy Easter by the way!