Sleepless d: We're back, and I hope you're enjoying the story so far, if you don't...then you just wasted time reading this now didn't you.

Dan: Yep, and don't bother trashing him, just say what ya think the problem with this story is and he'll try to sort it.


As Naruto and Hinata walked out of the building, something popped into Naruto's head. "Hinata." He said gaining her attention. "I hope you don't mind me asking, but why did you kiss me in there?" He asked, making her blush a little.

"Umm...I k-kissed you b-because...I l-like y-you." She told him, somehow managing to say it without fainting.

"W-What? Really?" Naruto asked, astonished at what he heard.

"Y-Yes..." She said.

"Wow...so is that why you fainted and followed me all those years ago?" He asked.

"Y-Yes...N-Naruto-Kun..." She said, trying to ask him something.

"Yeah Hinata?"

"I...I told y-you m-my feelings awhile a-ago." She said, deciding that she may as well ask.

"What? When?" Naruto sounded confused.

"D-During t-the invasion of P-Pain...w-when you w-were p-pinned to t-the g-ground b-by him." She told him.

"I'm sorry...I can't really remember that...all I remember is getting pinned to the ground for a few seconds...then waking up just outside the village with Pain. I got some images of what happened before, but I learned from Sakura that I seem to lose memory from before I turned into the Fox tailed cloak and what had caused me to turn." Naruto informed her.

"Oh..." She said in reply. 'Thank Kami, I thought he was trying to let me down easy all this time.' She said to herself.

"But if I did remember..." Naruto continued, gaining her attention again. "I'm sorry." He simply said.

"W-What...s-sorry f-for w-what?" Hinata asked fearing the worst, 'Oh no, is he going to turn down my feelings." She said to herself, thinking that before was just him caught off guard and got caught in the heat of the moment.

"I'm sorry...for not doing this sooner." He said, grabbing hold of her chin softly, making her face him properly and kissed her.

She just stood there, frozen from what is happening, she then closed her eyes and started to kiss back, when Naruto broke the kiss she let out a disappointed whine. "I t-take i-it t-that you l-like m-me t-to?" She asked, trying not to faint.

Naruto chuckled. "I've liked you for a while now, I don't know when, but I know that I want to be with you as long as I live." He said, kissing her again.

Hinata moaned in delight, kissing Naruto was even better then she'd ever dreamed, she slowly put her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. Before they got any farer, they heard a slightly perverted giggle, making them brake and see Kakashi standing there. "(Cough) Sorry to interrupt you, but do you know if Tsunade is still in there?" Kakashi pointed at the building they just came from.

"Uh...yeah, she should be." Naruto said, while having a slight blush on him.

"Good, I'll see you later for training Naruto." Kakashi informed him, before walking into the building.

"T-Training?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah, since most of us got our asses kicked, the whole village is going to train like no tomorrow, so that we're ready for next time." Naruto told her.

"Oh...very well then." She replied.

"So...you want to go anywhere?" Naruto asked.

"W-What d-do you m-mean?" Hinata blushed, gaining a not so innocent thought.

"Well, we could go see how our friends are doing at hospital." Naruto said, making Hinata sigh a little in disappointment. "After that, do you want to go out on a date?" He grinned, making Hinata get excited once again.

"Yes! I would love to!" She tackled him into a hug, then seconds later got embarrassed at what she had done and quickly let go of him.

Naruto chuckled. "No need to get embarrassed now, since less than ten minutes I was already feeling you up...and down." He grinned, making her blush even more that it took all she could just not to faint, seeing this, Naruto put his arm around Hinata and started moving so that she would walk with him leading her.

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In another part of the fire country, deep within the thick forest, a small fire could be seen in a cave that could easily be mistaken for a small hole. "Well...that was fun, how's about we sleep her till...the end of time." A young voice was heard.

"While that sounds like a nice plan, but mind telling me why we've stopped when we are still in the fire border?" An older voice was heard.

"We can't get far if we're lugging so much baggage." The young one replied.

"And what do you mean by 'baggage'?" another older voice was heard.

"Well for starters, you, Gin, and then we've got War and Kim here-" The voice began.

"Jackie." A deeper voice came.

"What?" The young one asked.

"My name is Jackie Fury." Jackie told him.

"Well that's good, since I knew you before as Ridd, I think you remember me as Norio Grim, but my name is now Dan." Dan introduced himself. "The big old guy there is Gon, and is brother Gin right next to him." He pointed at the two elderly chaps. "And this delightful lady is Kim." Dan said, while kicking Kim's unconscious body. "And I must say, you did knock her right the fuck out." Dan praised him.

"I'm going...to fucking...kill you." A pained filled voice came from where Dan was sitting.

"Ah, so you're finally awake Mr Maro." Dan replied whilst getting up.

"Mind telling me why you brought Maro with us?" Gon asked.

"I needed a blood sample for some research, and I couldn't do it there and then." Dan told them. "Yet I feel like I forgot something..."

"I believe you left someone behind." Gin said.

"Maybe, but it can't be S T D." Dan replied.

"I think my brother meant our prisoner, Kabuto." Gon told him.

"Ah, that's right, that's been bugging me for awhile now." Dan sighed in relive. "He should have been up for awhile, and by my reckoning, he should stumble near our facilities in a little while, it does help remembering that you can track someone so easily." Dan said, looking at a missing finger. "So in the mean time, let's rest up and wait for Kabuto and one of my servants."

"Why are waiting for your servant?" Gon asked.

"He has some stuff that I requested from him." He replied while sitting back on Maro.

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Back towards Konohagakure's hospital. "So how are you feeling Choji?" Ino asked, sounding concerned.

"I'm fine Ino, I still can't believe we failed our mission yesterday." Choji said, sounding disappointed.

"At least our friends are alright." Ino said, trying to get his spirits up.

"Yeah, but we lost a quite a few people in the attack, ours people or not." Shikamaru says while laying on an unoccupied bed.

"You seem moody; did you miss your nineteenth nap today?" Ino smiled at him jokingly.

"Man, what a drag, you women never seem to be quiet." Shikamaru complained.

"And you never seem to stop complaining." Ino yelled, as the door slid open.

"I hope I'm not interrupting something." Naruto said, with Hinata behind him.

"Hey Naruto-Hinata!" She yelled when she saw her. "Are you ok? I was told you were taken to be secured somewhere!"

"I-I'm fine, t-they w-were-" Hinata began to say.

"They were just making sure she was safe since she was attacked by the enemy's leader, since Kiba and Akamaru weren't right when they woke up." Naruto says before Hinata could talk, gaining a nod of understanding from the three.

"W-What? D-Did something h-happen t-to Kiba and A-Akamaru?" she asked urgently.

"Nothing serious, they were both in shock and when they both calmed down they seemed to have paranoia of people touching then and get a tad aggressive. But Sakura and I think that they should be back to their old selves in no time." Ino informed her. "Or though...one of our staff members's here may have come in contact with the invaders last week, since she said one of them covered her mouth and she felt pain beyond believe and she acted the same way as Kiba..." Ino says while pausing for a second. "...And she's ok now." She smiled.

"Oh...t-that's g-good then." She smiled, relieved that they are ok.

"What room are they in again?" Naruto asked, trying to remember what the staff at desk said.

"There in room 152, I'll be there in a second so you can go on." Ino told them.

"I think I'll join you, I'm being discharged today anyway." Choji says, getting out of his bed and follows them.

When they leave the room, Shikamaru got out of his bed. "Why were you lying? He asked Ino.

"About what?" Ino asked, not turning to look at him.

"I know when you're lying Ino, we've been friends for years now." Shikamaru tells her.

Ino just sighed, she then she looked at him, looking a little upset. "The staff member...became more hostile, complaining about headaches and voices, and then she killed herself." Ino told him. "We're hoping that Kiba and Akamaru will be able to handle it better and that we can hopefully treat it better than before." She sighs sadly.

"That's troublesome." Shikamaru says. "But Kiba's an arrogant guy, so he'll want to get payback from the guy that knocked him out, while Akamaru won't hurt anyone without Kiba's permission."

"Yeah...that's true." Ino sighs then leaves the room. "So are you coming or not?" Ino asks her teammate.

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At Kiba's room, an argument could be heard. "Damn it! Will you stop making cracks about my penis!" Naruto yelled at Sai, who was also in the room.

"Actually Naruto, I was only pointing out that you penis is more obviously seen through that choice of trousers." Sai said, making Naruto look down, seeing that it was slightly true, he put his hands in his pockets to cover it up, he realised that his erection from earlier hadn't gone down all the way yet. And Sai hopefully was the first one to notice, with the exception of Choji and Kiba who were present, and Hinata with a large blush, knew what had caused that and tried her best not to look. "And it seems large then the last time I saw it." He said, making everyone's eyebrows raise in surprise.

"And when exactly did he see your dick?" Kiba asked.

"When we had our first mission together, at the spa hotel." Sai answered, in which, Choji and Kiba laughed, even Akamaru seemed to chuckle.

Shut up!" Naruto said in annoyance, while pushing Choji, then walking towards Kiba to smack him on the back of his head, but Naruto got a little close to Akamaru and he seemed to growl loudly for everyone to hear. "What the? What's wrong with Akamaru, Kiba?"

"He's warning you not to get any closer to him, and even if you didn't, I would." Kiba stated, sounding hostile.

"K-Kiba, w-why are y-you a-acting t-this way?" Hinata asked while steping forward, stepping in front of Naruto, in which, they both seemed to calm down.

"S-Sorry." Kiba murmured, holding his head in pain. "I don't know why I was acting like that." He said.

"I understand K-Kiba." Hinata replied, stepping next to Akamaru and scratching the back of his ears, making him grunt in approval.

Just then, Ino and Shikamaru walked in to see Hinata scratching Akamaru's ears. "Wow, I see you two are getting better with your anger issues." Ino said.

"Actually, they haven't, they calmed down when Hinata walk forward." Choji said.

"That's understandable." Naruto said, making everyone look at him. "Why would anyone be violent towards someone as lovely as Hinata?" He said, making everyone surprised that he said a nice complement, he's not as bad as Sai, he knows the good from the bad, but can't put the right one's together.

"T-Thank y-you N-Naruto-Kun." Hinata blushed.

"Now that we know everyone's alright, should we go Hinata?" Naruto grinned, making Hinata blush evenmore.

"A-Alright N-Naruto-Kun." She replied, leaving the room with a shy wave goodbye to her friends.

When they left the room, Ino was the first to speak. "Does anyone know when Naruto actually complimented Hinata?"

"No...I think that may have been the first time." Choji said.

"Do you think he likes her?" Ino said excitedly.

"Naa...Naruto's way too thick headed to notice that she likes him." Kiba said, sounding a little hostile again. "She could do much better than him!"

"She could-" Sai began.

"See! Even the emotionless guy agrees!" Kiba yelled.

"She could." Sai began again. "But she won't...from what I've read, if someone admires or loves someone, then they won't care what they are or do."

"What are you talking about?" Kiba asked, confused at what Sai said. "They are completely the opposite to each other, She's nice, quiet and wouldn't hurt a fly while Naruto is aragont, loud and ended a war for peaks sake." He yelled

"I've read that sometimes opposites attract, and that they may last longer than people who have more in commen." Sai told him.

"That's actually true, while I may be what you call lazy and find everything a drag, but I'm dating someone who is active and loud." Shikamaru agreed.

"What? Who and when did you start dating?" Kiba and Ino yelled.

"Temari." He replied.

"And when were you going to tell us this?" Ino said, sounding a little outraged by not knowing something first, since she was the first to know anything. "To leave your teammates out in the dark like that!"

"It was too much of a drag, and Choji already knew about it." Shikamaru told her, making her more upset.


Sleepless d: I'm done and I'm knackered.

Dan: Good to know.

Sleepless d: Oh, and if you want me to write about Naruto and Hinata's date then ask me and I'll write it down, otherwise I'll skip it to the next day and give a short sum of what happened. Although truth is, I don't know what to do on a date T_T, as far as I got was a movie and hand holding.

Dan: But he may have ideas for the story, so ask if you want him to do the date or not.