Naruhina43: Hola mis amigos! I'm back! Sorry for the long, long, long, long, long (did I mention long) delay, but I'm back! I hope you enjoy the chapter!

P.S. we meet a new character today.


Naruto's head shot up. He rubbed his eyes and mumbled, "Bathroom." He swung his legs over the side of the bed and got up. He walked slowly to the bathroom in his room, and managed to bump into multiple walls along the way. He finally managed to go to the bathroom, and stumbled out. He made his way back to his bed. On the way there, he tripped face first over a pile of blankets.

"Gah!" He yelled as his face hit the floor. He got on his back and stared at the blankets.

"Gaara-baka. I don't know what kind of prank this is supposed to be, but it's not funny." Naruto mumbled angrily. He grabbed a handful of the blankets and yanked. They barely moved. Naruto sweat-dropped as he tugged again. It still didn't budge.

"What the heck is in these?!" Naruto half-yelled. He threw off a couple of the blankets, to reveal a snoozing Hinata. Naruto gasped and backed up.

"What the heck?" Naruto whispered furiously. Instead of waking her up, he marched angrily outside, and banged on Gaara's door. He didn't get a response after 5 minutes of knocking, so he punched a hole through the door, stuck his hand in, and unlocked it. He marched in, slapped Gaara awake, and dragged him back to where Hinata lay sleeping soundly.

"Care to explain why you woke me up for this?" Gaara asked sleepily.

"Would you care to explain why she's here in the first place?" Naruto asked back.

"I would if I could, but I can't, so I won't." Gaara said rubbing his eyes and walking back to his room. Naruto was seriously confused.

"If he didn't put her here, then how did she get here?" Naruto asked, completely ignoring the idea of her coming here by herself. He sat on his bed, and continued pondering while staring at Hinata's sleeping form.

"Gah! Stupid, stupid, stupid! How the heck did she get here?!" Naruto said, hitting himself on the forehead.

"Naruto-kun? What are you doing here?"

Naruto froze as he heard Hinata's voice from the ground.

"What's going on Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked with an innocent voice.

"Uh… Well I should be asking you that. You're in my room, and I didn't put you here." Naruto told her.

Hinata's eyes widened when she heard that she was in Naruto's room. Her face lit up, and she immediately tried to disentangle herself from the jumble of blankets.

"I'm sorry Naruto-kun! I didn't mean to intrude!" Hinata apologized loudly, bowing her head over and over as the memories of last night came rushing back to her now more awake mind.

"No, it's fine Hinata-chan. You didn't bother me at all last night, so it's no problem." Naruto said waving his hands in dismissal, trying to get Hinata to calm down.

"But, I was just so scared of the thunder last night, that I wanted to be with yo- someone until it was over, and so I slept here." Hinata continued.

"Hinata, it's okay! Now why don't you go get dressed in your morning clothes, and we can go down to breakfast together." Naruto said with a smile. Hinata blushed, and got out, still nervously bowing and apologizing endlessly. As she left, Gaara walked in, still rubbing his eyes sleepily.

"So what happened? Did I miss anything good?" Gaara asked with a small smile.

"Your such an idiot Gaara! You couldn't have helped me out?" Naruto asked angrily.

"Oh well. It's over now." Gaara said with a shrug. He walked out, leaving Naruto to fume in silence. Naruto grumbled angrily to himself as he dressed in his training clothes. A tight stretchy black shirt, loose white shorts, and leg and arm weights. Naruto searched through his scroll, and found his favorite weapons to choose from. He couldn't decide, so he emptied the scroll out, and put all of his favorite weapons in it, deciding to bring them all with him. He slung the scroll over his shoulder and walked out. He stopped as he saw what was waiting for him. Hinata was standing there in a shorts, and a tight purplish undershirt, that clung to her features. Naruto gulped as a blush spread across his face. He couldn't help but take in her features. He could admit that they weren't the largest he'd ever seen, but he thought that they fit her form perfectly, and that she definitely wasn't flat-chested like that stupid jacket she wore made her seem. He shook his head vigorously to rid his head of the thoughts.

"H-Hinata! Are you ready to go to breakfast?" He asked quickly.

"Yes. Let's go." Hinata nodded and walked up next to Naruto. His eyes widened for a second, but he walked with her.

"Hey guys! Wait for me!" Yelled a voice. They turned around and saw Gaara running to catch up to them. Naruto sweat-dropped.

"Geez Gaara, you were so cocky just a minute ago. What happened to you?" Naruto asked with a smirk, making Hinata giggle.

"Yeah, yeah. You just wanted to be alone with your precious shadow "Hinata-chan." Gaara replied back. Naruto sighed.

"How long are you going to keep calling her my "shadow?" Naruto asked.

"Until she stops acting like one." Gaara responded. Naruto scowled.

"Geez Gaara, you could be a little more polite, since they didn't have to let you stay here you know." Naruto told him.

"Well… Darn it I hate it when you're right!" Gaara exclaimed. Naruto smirked in victory.

"Sorry Hinata-chan." Gaara said reluctantly.

"It's okay Gaara-kun." Hinata said with a smile.

The three approached the large kitchen/dining room from yesterday, and sat down. Hinata sat by Naruto, and Gaara sat across from them. About 20 waiters brought in about 50 different plates of food. Gaara and Naruto eyes them hungrily and began devouring everything they could. As they dug in, with Hinata carefully putting medium sized portions of some food on her plate, her parents walked in. They didn't seem surprised to find the three there. They sat down across from the kids.

"So how was your first night here?" Hiashi asked Naruto and Gaara.

"Great for the most part." Naruto said.

"I had a great night." Gaara said with a smirk.

"What was wrong?" Hiashi asked Naruto.

"An unexpected guest during the night." Naruto said uncertainly.

"Ah." Hiashi said with smile. The group finished eating in silence.

"Meet me in half-an-hour for training you three. Feel free to explore while you wait. But don't be late, or you'll do an extra 20 push-ups." Hiashi said with a smile.

"Only 20? Pervy-sage made us do 100 push-ups if we were late." Naruto said. He left with Hinata, while Gaara continued to shovel down food. Naruto rolled his eyes. As they left, a boy who looked to be about 2 or 3 years older than them walked in. He had long hair that was tied back in a bushy ponytail. He was wearing a ninja headband.

"So this is the Naruto boy you were talking about uncle?" He asked after looking Naruto over.

"Yes Neji." Hiashi said. Neji smirked.

"Well, I hope he offers a good challenge. I'm getting tired of fighting Lee." Neji said with a smug smile. Naruto just smiled uncertainly, not really sure what he thought of this boy.

"I'm sure we can beat you. Although I have to admit, you do look like quite the fighter." Gaara said from the table.

"And you must be Gaara, the sand-user. I've heard much a lot about you. I'm sure you'll offer quite a challenge." Neji said with a smirk, which Gaara returned.

Naruto left Gaara and Neji to talk, while Hinata offered to show him around. Naruto accepted, and let Hinata lead him around the main mansion. He found out many things from Hinata, like the fact that the Hyuuga Residence was made up of 5 buildings. The main building, referred to as the mansion that was home to the heads of the Hyuuga clan, and the special guest rooms. Three one story houses that housed the Side Branch family members, and the last two buildings were two story houses that housed the normal Main Branch members. He also learned that even though Neji was a Side Branch member, he was allowed to live with the head of the Main Branch members because his abilities and skills as a Ninja were much further than any other Side Branch. He was known as the Hyuuga Prodigy my many at the academy, and was even known among a few of the Anbu Black-Ops. Hinata was supposed to be the Hyuuga Heir, but there was much discussion about stripping her of the title, and giving it to Neji.

Naruto also learned about a lot of the artifacts and pieces of armor scattered around the grand marble halls of the mansion. There were many pieces of armor and weapons that were used in wars, and others that supposedly gave the user mystic powers. Naruto enjoyed the tour that Hinata gave him, until he checked his watch and saw that he had five minutes to get to practice. Luckily they were right neat their rooms, so Naruto went in, grabbed the scroll that had all his things and hurried with Hinata to the training courtyard. He checked his watch and saw that they were 5 minutes late.

"Alright Naruto, Hinata, can you explain why you're late?" Hiashi asked, as Gaara and Neji sat on the little wooden walk away near the edge.

"Well you see, Hinata was showing me around, and we lost track of time, so I hurried to get my scroll, and that made us late. But don't get angry at Hinata, because she only waited because I needed her to show me where to go." Naruto said quickly.

"Fine. Naruto, you do 200 hundred push-ups. Gaara, you do 150. After you're both done, you can decide who's going to spar with Neji first." Hiashi told them. As he said this, Neji smirked, and veins popped out around his eyes, which had gotten more disfigured than Naruto had seen. He knew what this was called.

"Byakugan!"


Naruhina43: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Once again, it's too late at night to bring in a guest.

Naruto: BOOOOO!

Naruhina43: Shut up Naruto! Anyway, I'll see you next time!

Naruto: Or maybe not.

Naruhina43: WOULD YOU BE QUIET!