Hello all!!! Sorry for the insanely long wait. I really am sorry. But now I have an update! Yay!

Disclaimer: Would Kishi update this slowly? No. Because he owns Naruto and I don't

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She ran

Faster than she ever had before

Her heart was crumbling, smashed and ground in the dirt

She ran

Then as her sobs wracked her body, she tripped and fell hard

Scrambling to her knees she rubbed dirt into her cheeks as she wiped away tears

She felt so weak

After years of trying to be strong and prove herself

And he had known her, loved her.

No. He didn't love her.

He thought he did.

But he had no semblance of what love was

Lovers didn't ignore those they loved

Didn't treat them as though they were a mere afterthought

Naruto was her entire world

He was everything that she wanted and needed in her life

Without him

Already she felt her heart and spirit dying

Why?

She grabbed dirt and squeezed it hard

Why?

Why?

Why?

"WHY?" she screeched

Her frustration

Her grief

Pouring out of the gaping wound in her heart

She heard her father's voice ringing in her head

Don't get in the way

"I was always in the way"

When he looked at Sakura and smiled....

It was the same smile that she looked at him with

The smile that conveyed that all consuming love

He didn't look at her like that

His eyes shifted past her

She strived for his attention

He ignored all her fawning

But...

I Naruto Uzumaki love you with every heartbeat

Did he?

Even though he claimed to

Could she trust him?

She always had before.

With reckless abandon

She had entrusted him with all her heart

Her entire being was his

If he only asked

She would be his...

Hinata was struck by that thought

He HAD asked

But she had refused him

Was she right or wrong?

Does he really want me?

Would he fight for me as I fought for him?

Would he chase me?

Chase me.

I want him to chase me.

Chase me Naruto.

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Naruto gazed at her long hair

Gazed at her slim form

Farther and farther away

The way she ran

Like she hated him

She must hate him

He had hurt her

Hurt the only one he cared for

The only one he loved

He thought he had done the right thing

He thought that by hiding his feelings

He had saved her from scorn

Instead he had worsened her struggle

Her blushing face

Her adorable stuttering

Had given away her feelings to the world

The world knew. The world frowned

She had borne the weight of their hate for him

She had undergone so much

While he, himself constantly hurt her

Acting as if she meant

Almost nothing to him

When the truth was

She was his everything

He had clung to Sakura

Trying to throw the village off

Trying to keep any harm from her

Instead he only brought more and more

They deemed her idiotic to hope for him

Disgusted that she harbored feelings for a demon

He followed her path with his eyes

Should he follow?

Should he explain?

The pain in her eyes

Those beautiful big eyes

Filled and overflowing with tears

He found himself getting to his feet.

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Although I must apologize for the long awaited update

I took forever I know.

I apologize.

Now I just have to update To the one I adore.

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