A/N: Today the plot thickens.

Sunako: It has to, it's the second to last chapter.

Me: yeah, but there's an epilogue with an ending after the ending.

"A surprise? What is it?" Hinata asked.

"Here," Temari said and handed her the envelope.

Hinata opened the letter and gasped. Without ever looking at the signature, she recognized the handwriting right away.

"Itachi," she whispered and read the letter.

Dear Hinata,

Your friends contacted me and told me everything that's happened to you since I've been gone. I never liked your cousin, especially for separating us. Now that you're away from him, I think that's good.

I've also heard about Kiba and I want you to know that it's okay for you two to be together. I can't have you waiting for me forever. Maybe no one will try to come between you and Kiba. He sounds very nice.

I actually don't mind Akatsuki Boarding School much at all, though I graduate very, very soon. Maybe I'll come visit you before I head back to Konoha. Maybe I won't go back at all. I've got some friends here, Kisame, Deidara, Sasori, Hidan, and Kakuzu, who know all about you, my only friend back in Konoha. The headmaster, Pein, seems to really like me. He's getting married to a woman named Konan soon.

As for my love life, I haven't met anyone else yet, but don't let that bother you. You're with Kiba now and we can peacefully end this. I'm sure you feel like a weight was lifted off your life with Kiba when you read that it's over between us. I did love you and you'll always have a special place in my heart, but we also need to move on and find our real love.

-Itachi Uchiha

So he's graduating soon, Hinata thought. I hope he does visit, it'd be nice to see him again.

"You guys…why did you do this?"

"Because we care about you and wanted you and Kiba to be happy together. You couldn't be happy if you were afraid of hurting Itachi," Ino said with a smile.

"So me and Ino decided to go research in the library and write him a letter, while Tenten was making out with Kankuro and Sakura was getting lovey dovey with Shino in a classroom," Temari said.

Sakura blushed but didn't bother denying it. News travels fast in a small town and even the little kids knew who dated whom.

"Thank you," Hinata said. "Thank you so much for this. You're the best friends ever!"

~X~

"So, are you sure she wasn't there?" a fifteen year old boy with chocolate brown hair and white eyes asked.

"Positive," Hyuuga Hanabi replied.

"What do you think?" he asked his friend with black eyes and black hair.

"It seems to me that she's lying," this boy of fourteen replied.

"What? No, I swear I'm telling the truth!" Hanabi shouted. "I swear, I checked the town from top to bottom and no one had even seen or heard of her!"

Suddenly, a cold hand met her face with a loud smack and she hit the ground.

"Liar! I'll deal with you later, we have things to do now. We're going to Hikari to pay Hinata a little visit. You coming, Sasuke?"

"Sounds like a good idea to me…Neji."

~X~

Usually on weekends the group would hang out at the store like boring people, but now that they were mostly in pairs, it was just Temari, Gaara, Chouji, and Shikamaru.

Temari glanced at the three boys and sighed again. The thoughts of her very best friends on happy dates didn't make the day any more enjoyable for the blonde.

"Ugh, I can't take it anymore!" Temari shouted. She then grabbed a confused Shikamaru by the shoulders and shoved her mouth against his in a rough kiss.

"Well, Gaara," Chouji said, "looks like it's just you and me."

~X~

Hinata couldn't explain it, but she had a really eerie feeling as she ate lunch with Kiba.

"Hinata, are you alright?" he asked.

"I…yeah. I just got a really, really weird feeling and I-I don't know why but I think it…it has something to do with Neji and why Im here. I…I think I'm getting closer to remembering."

"Really? Oh, I hope you figure out why you're here soon," said Kiba. "So, you think it's something to do with Neji?"

"I'm pretty sure," replied Hinata.

"Well, whatever happened, it can't be that bad and I'm grateful for it, you know why? It brought us together, Hinata." Kiba grabbed her hands and kissed her. "I've said this before, and it's still true, I love you."

"Oh, Kiba, I love you too. Running…it was the best ting that I ever did and I'm glad it was you who found me.

And Hinata's creepy feeling with soon forgotten, which was unfortunate, because she might have wondered enough to figure out that her creepy feeling was a premonition.

A premonition of something horrible, because, when she and her friends were walking together on Sunday, there, at the edge of the forest near Hikari, she saw Neji and remembered.

A/N: Sunako: Why is this chapter so short?

Me: Why is it so short, you ask? Well, I didn't have much planned for this, plus I wanted to finish Remembering before I went on vacation and I have plenty of inspiration for the last chapter and no time to try and come up with inspiration with this one. Sorry, fans, but next time it'll be better.

Sunako: I can't wait to see how it ends!

Next time: Hinata finally remembers, but there's hardly any time to explain with Neji after her. Will tragedy strike, or will Kiba and Hinata live happily ever after?