Hinata was anxious about Naruto meeting her family. Neji not so because he was here before, but the other family member, her one and only sister, what would Hanabi say when she saw Hinata with a man? Hinata was rarely alone with any man other than Neji so Hanabi would surely make a quick assumption. Her little sister was a curious little creature and she would surely saw Hinata acting nervous around Naruto and make an assumption that there was more than friendship to it.

Hanabi would act professionally first of all since she had never met Naruto. Hinata knew that Hanabi would probably test him, see what kind of first impression Naruto would be. Hanabi is forever super protective but she was patience so on this first meeting there would be no direct rejection or acceptance of Hanabi's part. For that matter Hinata was relieved.

Hanabi and Hinata were poles apart in personality. Where Hinata was extra considerate to anyone and almost always stop to listen to them before nicely rejecting them, Hanabi was more straightforward and wouldn't waste her time dealing with something she knew would be useless to her. Hanabi was almost cruel to people she knew who would waste her time but she was not just that and Hinata hoped that Hanabi would be considerate towards Naruto.

The bleached blonde followed Naruto to his car as her thoughts revolved around her family. She knew her father would not be coming along, if he did he would have called her himself like how he had called her to tell her about the company he wanted to buy her.

Naruto glanced at Hinata who sat in silence as he started the car. He was aware that she was occupied with something, maybe about her family but she had not told him where they needed to go. He looked at his dashboard clock and guessed that they would arrive at the airport in half an hour. He realized that they would probably fly in this morning and are probably at the airport. He knew Neji owned Violet Falcon, a low fare airline company which had an office at the airport and he would probably stop by for an hour or two. Naruto knew that Neji only had female cousins and the one probably coming would be Hinata's sister and him. Then he suddenly thought about the probability of Hinata's father coming, and he began to panic. But before he could panic his best friend's image made a cameo appearance in his head.

"Usuratonkachi, she did not mention that her father would come right?"

"No, she didn't." Naruto found himself answering Sasuke's question as he drove the car down the highway.

"Yeah but I'll have to meet him sooner or later, and I am just… Am I even a son in law candidate?"

"Don't panic now, look at her, what are you and her now?"

"Friends, testing the waters, I think?"

"Well then that's what you are then. Now ask her where you two should go, you can't be driving just somewhere now. It will help to calm your nerves talking to her."

"Yeah sure. Thanks sasuke. Always my man when I need you."

"Hnnn."

Naruto smiled inside at his thoughts, he always goes on this inner monologue with Sasuke whenever he was alone. It was like thinking what would Sasuke do when faced with such frightening thoughts but his best friends always knows what to do and that had rubbed on him. Stay calm and only worry when the time comes.

He thought about the airport which was at the southern border of Konoha and although he realized they should head there he really should ask her. Naruto glanced a few times at Hinata and saw that she was still deep in thought. He knew he needed to derail her thought and not let that frown on her face becoming too intense. So he lifted a hand and gently bumped the back of his hand on hers hand a few times to gain her attention.

Hinata was clearly so far away in thought judging by her deep frown. But she noticed his hand bumping on hers and she quickly smoothed her features. She smiled back at Naruto and Naruto quickly asked.

"Hinata, did your family say which exit at the airport are they embarking at?"

Hinata frowned for a second but then said, "They didn't mention where they would actually meet me but I guess they would hang out at the airport since Neji would be visiting his office. I guess we should head to the airport, sorry I didn't mention where we should go. I texted Hanabi but she said she was busy with some shopping so surely they are still at the airport."

"Good, we are on our way there. Neji does fly here frequently and Tenten said he often hangs out at the airport for an hour before she could fetch him. But I haven't met him in awhile in Konoha. I had been travelling for a few months but now I am not doing anything. Anyway who are coming to visit you?"

"My sister and Neji I guess, she did not say who else was coming but I am sure only those two." A text arrived at Hinata's phone and she checked it. "Oh she asked me to meet her at the airport in an hour, said she should finish shopping by then."

"Your sister? Oh, what's her name?"

"Hanabi, she's still in school but I guess this must be the school break. I am not aware at all about the school breaks after I finished school."

"What course did you take at University?"

"I haven't applied to any University yet actually," Hinata confessed. Her pinks went light pink with that answer.

"Oh, we're taking the slow road then. I haven't applied to any University too. I am still unsure about what to take actually, or maybe I would apply for a job straightaway and further study part time, I am not sure what I want to do. But I am not sitting idle, I help around town."

Hinata smiled and was more relaxed as Naruto rambled on. She did not look directly at Naruto as he had his eyes mostly on the road. So as they talked, she glanced outside at the trees lining the highway to airport.

"We should arrive in 25 minutes I guess since it's a weekday. If on weekends there road on the way there from town is a little occupied because it's an intersection to the new mall. Do you like shopping Hinata? My mom is a little awed that she could shop online know, she felt like everyday is her birthday when the packages come by mail."

Hinata laughed at Naruto's story, his mother sounded cute she thought. "How tall is your mother?"

"I think she is not that tall, maybe a little shorter than you."

Hinata did not dare tell Naruto but she could see a petite blonde woman with blue eyes and a huge smile looking like a copy of Naruto. But somehow that image did not seem right. She couldn't think of Naruto's mother as blonde and that made her curious.

"Umm Naruto, you're blonde hair, is it both your parents' traits?" Hinata was really curious. She knew her own mother had black hair, and her father had purplish dark hair. She had inherited her father's hair mostly but the thickness of her mother's hair. Maybe Naruto's mother knew about her late mother, but Naruto had mentioned that his parents were not here in Konoha currently. It was a shame as Hinata would love to speak to Naruto's mother if she had a chance.

"I got this from Dad, my mom is a redhead."

Hinata glanced outside and smiled gleefully, away from Naruto's immediate view. But she schooled her face into a more sober smile before looking back at him.

"I wish you could meet her, she would like you," Naruto said.

Hinata quickly blushed as that came out of nowhere. She and Naruto had only been friends but why would his mother want to meet her.

"She already met Sasuke, Sakura, Tenten, Ino, Shikamaru, Lee, Chouji, Shino, Kiba Itachi, even Neji."

Hinata was perplexed, did he mean for her to only meeting his mother on a "getting to know you son's friend's basis?"

"But you are unlike them, they are my close friends, but you are a special."

Hinata blushed again. She did not know what to do!

"Well I can't imagine life without my friends, they helped me through my life here particularly Sasuke and Sakura. They are all special. And now when I think about my Mom I am excited for her to be here too. You are lucky to have your family coming here so soon. My mom is not too well to travel."

"What happened to her?"

"Oh nothing major, she just came out of a slipped disc surgery and can't travel far. I just went home last month to visit her and would be visiting her next week. I wish I could bring her here for a fresh air."

"If she can't be here, then we can visit her there."

Naruto was perplexed this time, "What do you mean?"

Hinata too was stumped. She just had a sudden idea to travel. Neji and Hanabi being here would be her ticket to going somewhere else other than Konoha.

"Well, I have been thinking of widening my horizon. Maybe I could take a few days break to visit your Mother and Father."

"Really?"

"If you… I mean… It isn't too soon is it?"

Naruto slowed the car as he tried to take in Hinata's word, "What too soon?"

"I mean I …" Hinata scrambled for words in her head. She needed the right translation to her thoughts right now, "I mean we just became friends so would it be ok for me to visit her.

Naruto broke into a relieved smile, "Of course it would not matter. Sasuke, Sakura and Itachi came with me to visit her when she fell down last year. I cried during the last day of exam because I couldn't visit her on that day as she fell on my last final paper. But they all surprised me by buying me a ticket to visit her as a group."

"So, when can you get off work?"

"I'll.. I'll.. umm"

"Never mind Hinata, just tell me when you're free and I will take care of the itineraries. I just hope Neji would approve, hey I should ask him when I meet him later. Right?"

Hinata smiled. She hoped Neji would approve, most importantly Hanabi would approve, her little sister was the one who was the most overprotective after all.

Hinata frowned slightly, how did a botched attempt at date became an out of town or out of state trip, she wondered? Did Naruto just made her do sudden things. Or was it her own self rebelling. She needed to think about deeply this later.