Naruto was happy with the way life has been treating him so far. Hinata hasn't been pestering him about their relationship, which allowed him to focus on that more without hearing her complain about it all day. Boruto seemed to be warming up to him a bit more than he used to. Sarada... well... let's just say she looks at Naruto as more than an 'uncle'. He caught her calling him 'dad' or 'father' on more than a few occasions. He couldn't complain much though, even he slipped up and called Hiruzen Sarutobi his father before. With Sasuke not being a great father, Naruto was somewhat happy to over take that roll. Sakura has been doing a marvelous job with her training. He didn't expect less from her. After all, out of all of team 7, she performed the best when it came to chakra control. And for a jinchuriki, that was an IMPORTANT aspect that was needed for them to hold back a transformation.

Naruto smiled. Ever since that pep talk he gave her about 2 months ago when they left the party for the Hokage Monument, he was able to do better with his family issues. Not only was he able to dissolve that issue, but he was able to keep up with his Hokage training all the while. Sakura turned out to be a big help with it. She was able to share some of the experiences she'd have from being Tsunade's apprentice and from hearing different stories from Shizune. Sakura told Naruto about all the paperwork that Tsunade would have to do. It was mainly about the village's budget or about approving missions and stuff. He knew Tsunade probably burns most of the paper work if she doesn't feel like doing it.

Naruto was currently reading a few scrolls that Sakura had brought him from earlier that afternoon. She went off to go shopping with Ino and TenTen. Sarada was spending the night at ChoCho's house and Boruto was over at Shikamaru's place hanging out with Shikadai. Hinata was laying beside him, reading the scrolls over his shoulder. She took in a deep breath and then let out a heavy sigh, "Naruto- kun. I appreciate your dreams of becoming the Hokage, but do you ever, you know, take breaks between your studies? You've been at it for 8 hours straight!" Naruto huffed and gave Hinata an unbelievable look, "Come on Hinata! You know me! When have I EVER taken a break from achieving any of my goals?" Hinata chuckled a bit, "Well, you're right about that..." Naruto sighed and closed up his scroll. "You know what? Now that I think about it, I am pretty hungry. Wanna head out for some Ramen?" Hinata happily nodded and left the house with Naruto for lunch.

~~~X~~~

"SERIOUSLY! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU TWO! REMIND ME TO NEVER GO CLOTHES SHOPPING WITH EITHER OF YOU EVER AGAIN," Sakura exclaimed. TenTen and Ino where trying to get her into an orange half top with the smallest pair of jean shorts she's ever seen. TenTen giggled, "Yeah right, you'd wear this to impress Naruto. I know he'd be ogling at you all day in this!" Sakura rolled her eyes. They'd been talking about her and Naruto ever since they caught them when they came back for their talk on the Hokage Monument. She tried in every way possible to convince them that they were just talking, but all Sakura would get in reply was a "yeah, sure" or "yeah, you two were 'talking' alright". Ino snickered and elbowed Sakura playfully in the side, "Yeah, I agree with TenTen. The way Naruto was all up on you that night at the party, I'd be damned if I said he didn't feel for you anymore."

Sakura rolled her eyes and continued to look through racks while TenTen and Ino kept fantasizing her and Naruto doing 'dirty things' together on the Hokage Monument. After they went shopping, Ino forced TenTen and Sakura into a near by BBQ restaurant. "Come on girls! All this shopping is making me hungry! Besides, TenTen, Lady Tsunade has assigned us a mission. We leave tonight." TenTen groaned while sitting down in a booth that they were assigned by a waiter, "I am so sore from all the training she signed me to last week! Can a woman get a break, PLEASE?!" Sakura chuckled at their bickering. When she noticed the waiter still standing there waiting on their drink orders, she told him to bring them all glasses of water.

The waiter soon returned with their water and asked for their orders. They all ordered rice with BBQ pork and chicken. Ino gave the pinkett at the table a sly smile while twirling her drink, "So, Sakura, what are you planning to do tonight with Naruto tonight?" Sakura nearly choked on her water while her face turned as red as a tomato, "WHAT?!" TenTen giggled, "I can't believe you haven't noticed his change in behavior since you returned. I guess we shouldn't be TOO surprised. When he went away for training, we noticed your attitude kind of dim a bit. Naruto was the same when you left. Yall both were looking depressed as hell. It's like you two can't live without each other. Sakura shook her head, "Well, we have been together for most of our lives, so- "

"So what, forehead? SPILL! I want you to tell us your deepest, DARKEST, MOST INTIMATE feelings you have for that big ball of sunshine! You can tell us anything and believe me, you seem to be holding in some type of shit you need to let out and we are your best friends. You can trust us!" Ino was right in some way. Sakura was holding in some feelings for a while. She just didn't think that they needed to be shared with anyone, not ever her best of friends.

"Okay, fine. But you have to keep this between us three, got that?" TenTen and Ino both nodded and leaned forward on the table like little girls waiting for gossip. Sakura scoffed and continued, "Good. So, it all started after Sasuke left the village. As you know, me and Naruto were the only two team members of Team 7 left and it kind of hit us hard when he decided to side with darkness."

"Yeah, nothing's harder than loosing a teammate," Ino looked a bit sad. She missed Asuma dearly.

"Sorry Ino, I wish I could've been there to heal him," Sakura took Ino's hands. "No, no, it's fine. Continue." Sakura nodded and continued to share her buried feelings. "Well, after Sasuke left the village, I heard from Tsunade about how Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, Neji, and Choji had left to get him. I nearly freaked out when shishou told me that they were probably going against some Sound Ninja. When they returned, I went to each of their rooms to check up on them. I was so happy that they were going to be okay. But, when I got to Naruto's room..."

TenTen rose her eyebrows at their fellow kunoichi, "What happened?" Sakura had a depressed expression on her face. "When he told me that he failed to bring back Sasuke, I was disappointed, of course. But, I was also happy that he was okay. Naruto kept trying to cheer me up by saying he'd never go back on his word and that he'd keep trying. It was then that I noticed that he shouldn't have to do it by himself. That was the day that I gained enough confidence to ask Tsunade shishou to train me. We were all fine back then, but the real emotions didn't hit me until after he returned with Jiraiya- sama."

Sakura took a sip of her drink and continued, "When he returned, we got Sai and Captain Yamato on our team to replace Kakashi and Sasuke. I told Lady Tsunade about what Sasori told me before he died about a spy he had that was to meet him at the Heaven and Earth Bridge. We got there and the mission was going perfectly until Kabuto noticed the flaw in Yamato's transformation jutsu. Since Sasori was a puppet user, it was strange to Kabuto that he would pull out a kunai instead of preparing his puppet weapons. Our cover was blown when Orochimaru appeared and that's when Naruto went four- tails to fight. It wasn't until later when Yamato told me that Naruto was by then unconscious of his actions that I realized by mistakes. I let my emotions get the best of me and tried to calm Naruto down myself. I even went as far as telling him that I'd save Sasuke myself. I was tired of seeing Naruto risk his life for me when his own life was at danger. Yamato was able to calm him down with his wood style jutsu. I asked him if he could teach me the jutsu, because the things I can do for Naruto were small and unnecessary, but he said he couldn't because only he could use the technique. He then said that it didn't matter the size of the things that I do, but what mattered most were the feelings I had for him."

By now, Ino and TenTen were crying like teens watching a romance movie. "That is so sweet! Ino! Pass me those Kleenex!" Sakura giggled and continued, "That's not all. Later, in the Land of Iron, I was told by Sai that Naruto indeed loved me. I cried about it because I was coming to terms with how wrong it was for me to put those heavy burdens on him. He definitely didn't deserve it, so I decided to do something about it. I got Sai, Kiba, and Lee to leave the village with me and go to the Land of Iron to 'confess' to him. It turned out to be a failure, so I ordered Kiba to track down Sasuke for me. I was, a bit shocked that the plan didn't work. But, I did feel more terrible than I already was when I realized that I basically toyed with his feelings- "

"WHAT THE FUCK SAKURA! I THOUGHT HE WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND!" Ino smacked TenTen up side the head, "Shut up woman! Sakura wasn't that 'smart in the heart' when it came to her feelings back then." Sakura glared at both of them, "HEY! I wasn't all that hurtful! Do you two know how much confusion I was in? Picture this: Your childhood crush turned evil. Not only that, but he never acknowledged you and even tried to kill you! But then there's this other guy, who'd do anything and everything just to see you smile. Someone reveals to you that the other guy LOVES you. Now, you're torn between your feelings for the guy you have a crush on, and the guy who actually loves you." Ino nodded in understanding, "Yeah, that is pretty hard." Sakura's eyes watered up, "And then you still feel absolutely terrible for liking the guy who never loved you, still, after knowing that the one who loved you is and will always be there for you." TenTen rubbed Sakura's hand, "Shhh, it's going to be alright. I mean, come on Sakura! We're talking Naruto here! Kiba told me that after you 'hurt' him, he still came and rescued your behind when you were trying to kill Sasuke!"

Ino nodded, "Yeah, Naruto can get mad at you all he wants. But you two have a bond that is beyond inseparable. When he found out you were pregnant with Sasuke's child, he was happy for you two. He was a bit hurt, but he was happy as hell, running around the village yelling 'I'm gonna be a freaking uncle', and yada yada yat." TenTen giggled, "He never stopped loving you Sakura, and we all know that he never will stop loving you. You're too important to him for that to be possible." Sakura sniffed and wiped away her tears, "What's up with you two. You guys aren't always this sympathetic." Ino giggled, "We have to be soft for our friends, Sakura. Especially with this situation. This is a serious matter. You obviously still have feelings for Naruto. And we're going to help you through it. First step of the process let's get the hell out of here and go to the hot springs! RELAXATION IS KEY!" Sakura laughed at Ino's goofiness. She was extremely grateful for having such good friends. She knew that they were perfect friends for her if they could help her through her toughest emotions, and Kami knows that she definitely needed it.

~~~X~~~

Hinata watched Naruto slurp down his noodles in an uncomfortable silence. She never liked it when he was like this. Usually, Naruto would pour his heart out to her and she'd help in the best way she could. What was worst was than he wasn't even finish with his first bowl. And he could eat ramen for days without getting full. "Naruto- kun? Something's bothering you?" Naruto barely acknowledged her with a grunt before continuing to play around with his chopsticks. After a few minutes, Naruto finally snapped out of it. "Sorry Hinata, I was just thinking, what were your dreams in life?"

Hinata smiled a bit," Well, I've always admired you from a distance. I've always held high hopes for you in your life and I was wishing that you'd succeed in life, like you are now. As I grew older, so did my feelings for you. I went from admiration to actually loving you. I knew after a while that I wanted to always be by your side. And I wanted you to accept my feelings for a long time. I was a bit hurt when you didn't return my feelings back when I defended you against Pain. But, I was happy for you when Sakura finally showed some affection to you- "

"You don't know what you're talking about," Naruto started. "Sakura has always showed some type of affection to me. Maybe it wasn't gentle like the affection you show, but she was never that type of girl. She was more of the 'tough love' type." Hinata nodded. Though she didn't want to admit it, Hinata knew that deep down, Sakura had always cared about Naruto in some type of way. She remembered Naruto telling her about how she was like his mother. Naruto said that Kakashi told him about how Kushina could be sweet one moment, and a badass the next, like how she was so hard on Obito, but it turned out that Obito was indeed her favorite, whether she admitted it or not. Hinata knew that she could only dream of being the woman Sakura was, and that made her blood boil.

"I'm sorry. I know that Sakura was really important to you."

"And she still is."

"Tell me, Naruto, because sometimes it just crosses my mind. How do you feel about Sakura?"

Naruto's cheeks felt like they were getting warm. He could feel himself blushing. His feelings for Sakura was a sensitive topic because he made sure to bury his feelings down for his teammate. "I... well... I... She's my best friend, Hinata. We always look out for each other and stuff. It's funny actually, she's the one who would beat me every time I did something stupid or when I got myself into danger. Kind of like how Temari beats Shikadai every time he does something outrageous. Then right afterwards, she'd heal me and one time, she accepted my offer on a date with her. Well, she did that a lot after Sasuke left. I understood her pain, Sasuke was very close to both of us. But we always understand each other. I can read her like a book and same with her to me. I guess you could say that I love her... a-as a fr- friend I mean!" Naruto looked away, his cheeks burning even more. Hinata sighed and started to poke around at her ramen. She wasn't stupid, she knew that when Sakura returned to the village, that's when Naruto's feelings returned. But she was planning to keep Sakura a way, without ruining their friendship. She just wanted some time to get Naruto's attention back on her, which was going to be hard for them to do since the same girl her boyfriend has a crush on is the same girl who lives with them!

They paid for their meals and headed out to walk in the park. "How did you feel about Sakura before Sasuke left?" Naruto smiled, "I still felt the same for her. Though, I do think that before Sasuke left, my love for her was really just a crush. But when I returned from training with Pervy Sage, I noticed her growth as a ninja, and I had every desperate need to protect her. Before Sasuke left, I just wanted her to be happy, so I stepped a bit from her and Sasuke to give them time. Of course, Sasuke didn't acknowledge her, so when he let her down, I asked her out or tried to cheer her up. It only worked on a few occasions though. Sometimes, she'll get mad if I did that," Naruto laughed. "But other than that, Sakura's really a wonderful person if you get to know her well." Hinata watched as his expression went from defensive to loving. Some part of her knew that it was not her place to ask Naruto about Sakura's 'treating' of him when they were younger. She just wishes that Naruto would focus more on how the pinkett treated him from the start. But then again, people change as time progresses and bonds grow stronger.

~~~X~~~

Soon, Naruto and Hinata started to head home. On their way throughout the streets of Konoha, they both paused and looked at the scene before them. "Oh Kami NOT NOW!" Naruto said as he ran over to the 'problem' that was occurring before their eyes.

Sakura was on all fours growling at Sai. Her eyes were blank white and her Byakugou diamond that marked her as Tsunade's pupil was glowing white with her eyes. She had 3 fluffy pink tails coming from right at the bottom of her tail bone. She had 3 whisker marks on each side of her cheeks and had fangs coming from the sides of her mouth. "Wanna say that again, Sai- kun?" Sakura said creepily innocently. The artistic ninja gulped and hid behind Ino, who had her arms crossed while blowing her bang from her face. "Sai! What did I tell you about calling Sakura ugly? You know that she'll kill you in an instant!" Sakura growled and positioned herself like she was about to pounce on her prey. As soon as she jumped, Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist and held her to him like a child would hold a street cat.

"Hey, hey! Calm down Sakura- chan!" Naruto yelled as she began kicking and clawing the air, still growling at Sai. Naruto sighed, "Ino, take Sai home and away from Sakura's sight. Ino nodded and grabbed poor Sai by the ear and drug him back to the Yamanaka compound.

"YOU IDIOT! MY KILL IS GETTING AWAY!" Sakura bellowed in a feminine demonic voice that would've made Naruto's knees weak had it not been for her situation being dangerous. "Listen Sakura, you know well that I want to kill Sai just as bad as you do, but we can't. He's on our team. You said so yourself when you wouldn't let me kill him or Sora." Sakura snapped her head around and stared her blank white eyes into his darkening cerulean ones. She kept growling softly as Naruto began to carry her back to their house, grateful that there weren't any villagers out that night. He signaled Hinata to carefully follow him. He knew that Sakura was still dominant over him and would threaten any female that so far as glanced his direction when Mariko began to leak out. Sure, they had been making beautiful process with their training, but Sakura had some strong emotional control issues that would sometimes cause her to go on a rampage. When Sakura was feeling down or was extremely frustrated, Naruto would take her out to a clearing in the woods and let her vent. Of course, Yamato and Kakashi were there just in case things got out of hand.

When they arrived home, Sakura was still miffed about Sai's 'sly' comment earlier. Her eyes were now plain red slits like how Naruto's eyes would go, and her diamond was back to its purple color. Naruto stared at her in curiosity as she continued to mumble incoherent curses under her breath. The blonde hokage to be sighed and sat next to her on her bed, "What exactly happened back there?" Sakura rolled her eyes.

*Flashback*

TenTen waved her two friends good bye as Ino began to walk Sakura home. "Thank you for everything Ino, I definitely needed that little 'escape from reality'. And thank you for helping me sort out my feelings. UGH! I look like a grown ass woman, yet, I have the emotional understanding of a toddler!"

Ino chuckled, "Oh Sakura. That's what friends are for! Besides, I knew from the moment Naruto some how 'awakened' your inner personality during the Chunnin Exams that you two had some type of special bond. I mean really, the entire village would be damned if they didn't think that you two acted like an old married couple."

Sakura laughed, "Yeah, I got that a lot from Tsunade- sama and Kakashi- sensei. But I honestly believe that Naruto unleashed my inner because of his annoying habits that would cause me to awaken the inner. Maybe, his voice was a boost of motivation of some sort. I really and truly don't know why myself." The two-best friends gave a good-hearted laugh and continued on. They ran into Sai on the way.

"Oh, hello beautiful. Hello, Ugly. Sakura gave Sai that same smile she did the first time he called her that. Ino, knowing her friend for so long, immediately saw the problem. However, before she could do anything to save her husband. Sai was violently punched all the way to the front gates of the village, AND THEY WERE BY THE HOKAGE TOWER! Sakura had transformed into her 3 tailed state and her eyes were in red slits. "What was that? Sai- kuuuun, I don't think I heard you loud enough. Could you please repeat that?" Sakura said cutely. Ino slowly stepped back. She was planned on alerting Naruto, but she saw him walking with Hinata in the distance near their location. Sai teleported out of the way when Sakura lashed out at him again, landing near Ino in fear.

This action caused Sakura to grow even more irritated. She unleashed her Ultimate Byakugou and ran back towards the bleached ninja on all fours. She slid to a stop when she was a mere 2 feet away from him. "Oh Saaaaiiiii- kuuuuuun. Please play with me?" Sai nearly fainted from Sakura's demonic pleading. He sighed in relief when he saw Naruto approach her. "Wanna say that again, Sai- kun? Sai cringed as Sakrua raised her elongated finger nails in the air to slash him in the face, that is until Naruto came to save his life. When Naruto told Ino to take him away, Ino grabbed Sai and they both ran like hell back to the Yamanaka compound.

*End Flashback*

Naruto laughed at the whole story. "Sakura- chan! What have I told you about letting boys get to you?" Sakura sneered at him, "Well, I let 'you' get to me!" Naruto petted her whiskered cheeks, causing her to purr cutely against his lap. "Arrrgh, Naruto! Stooop thaaat... ooooooohhhh!" Sakura moaned. Naruto chuckled as her whisker marks slowly started to fade away from her silky-smooth cheeks and her eye color went back to its original emerald green hue. Sakura's fluffy tails brushed against Naruto's legs. "Hey! Put those things away!" Sakura laughed. That was one thing she was able to control. She could let out to 5 tails without having Yamato interfere. Shee smiled when she brushed them against his nose. "EEHHH! SAKURA- CHAAAAN!" Naruto wined.

Sakura giggled cutely and climbed off his lap. "Alright, alright! I'm sure Hinata wants some attention too!" Hinata, who was watching the entire time, blushed a bit. Sakura swayed her tails around, walking up to Sarada's room to see if she was there. "Hey! I told you to put your tails away!" Sakura playfully pouted before laughing purposely in a menacing way. Naruto growled and ran behind her. Sakura continued laughing and ran into Sarada's room. She found Sarada laying on the bed with earbuds in. Naruto busted in through the doors behind Sakura, causing Sarada to gasp in fear and blush when she sees that she was caught.

"Mom? Naruto? What are you doing in here?" Sakura growled at Naruto, "You just couldn't help but to spoil her, couldn't you?" Naruto blushed and scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "Well, I still spoil you a lot. Awww! Sakura- chan, do you want me to spoil you some more?" Sakura turned red as a tomato before she punched him in the gut to land on the wall opposite of Sarada's door frame. "Naruto- kun!" Hinata shouted when she finally got up the stair. Sarada smirked, "I appreciate you strength mom, but if you want Naruto like that, then just ask him. You don't have to punch a dude you like. Though Sai told me that that's what women do to men they like, and that they show their strength around them too." Sakura whipped her head around, "Who told you that now, Sarada?" Sakura eyes were twitching crazily. Sarada gulped a bit, "Ummm, Uncle Sai." Sarada cracked her knuckles and headed out of her daughter's room. Naruto finally woke up, cringing a bit as Kurama began to slowly heal the sore spot on his stomach.

"KIT! WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT SETTING HER OFF! YOU COULD SERIOUSLY ACTIVATE MARIKO'S CHAKRA AND SHE WON'T BE AFTER YOU, BUT ME!" Naruto smirked, "What? Are you scared of your own 'girlfriend'," Naruto teased. Kurama scoffed and turned his head, "You might wanna go catch your Queen of Fists. If I'm not mistaking, she's going to go kill Sai." Naruto growled as Kurama laughed loudly in the pit of his stomach. He rolled his eyes and grabbed Sarada and Hinata and ran out the door.

~~~X~~~

Naruto walked calmly down the road from his house. He had to sneak out because Sakura was still trying to 'kill' him for 'stopping her mission' to the Yamanaka compound. Boruto didn't get home till late last night because he was out with Inojin and Shikadai. All three of them got a good scolding from their moms. As he continued down his path on the back alleys to avoid the 'fan girls' and other people he didn't feel like talking about, an ANBU in a black cloak appeared in front of him. "Naruto, you have been summoned to the Hyuga housing." Naruto immediately recognized the voice and smiled, "You know, Neji, if you wanna hang out, all you had to do was ask. You know... 'normally'." Neji scoffed, "I'm heading out on a mission soon and my uncle told me to come and get you before you leave." Naruto gulped. Neji's uncle was Hinata's father, Hiashi Hyuga.

Neji, feeling his uneasiness, walked forward and put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Don't worry, you won't be there alone. I'll come with you." Naruto nodded and they headed towards the Hyuga compound.

Naruto walked down the long patio till Neji opened a door to which Hiashi was standing by a coffee table. "Come on in, Mr. Uzumaki." Neji cringed. He knew something was up with his uncle. He never called Naruto formally before. He closed the door behind Naruto and left a shadow clone to snoop in on the conversation while he went off on his S- Rank mission.

"Hello, Mr. Hiashi-"

"Please, just call me Hiashi."

Naruto had it, something was definitely not right. "Okay, what's going on here?" Hiashi chuckled. "Oh nothing, but, I do need to discuss some matters with you."

Naruto sat down on in a chair across from Hiashi. He took a sip of the tea on the table and offered some to Naruto, to which he cautiously accepted. "So, Naruto, how has your relationship with Hinata been going?" Naruto gulped a bit. "Well, we crossed quite a few bumpy roads, but we're doing fine now. It's funny actually, she's been a bit 'over- protective' of me since Sakura- chan returned."

Hiashi's eyes widened in shock. "S- Sa- Sakura. Ms. Haruno returned to the village?" Naruto nodded, "It's a good thing she did too. You see, she ran into a little 'issue', but she didn't know about it until a few days or so after she returned." Hiashi looked to him curiously, "What do you mean by an 'issue'?" Naruto gulped a bit and answered, "I don't think that I'm authorized to tell you that. You'll have to ask Sakura herself, better yet, I think you'd need to go see granny Tsunade to get that information."

"I see..." Hiashi was a bit curious as to why the pink haired kunoichi had returned with a 'problem', but he was also well aware of the fact that Sakura was the woman who Naruto once had a crush on. That could wind up problems in the future if he didn't put a stop to it. "I'm sorry if this seems a bit rushed, but, Naruto, have you ever thought or started planning about a possible proposal yet?"

Naruto chocked on his drink, causing him to spit some back up. He wiped his mouth and looked at the Hyuga clan leader like he was crazy. "Uummmm, well... I- It crossed my mind a while ago bu-"

"But what? You two have been together for over 12 years! And on top of that, you have a son!" Hiashi said uncharacteristically cheerfully.

"Yeah, but... ugh... Listen Hiashi. I love your daughter, I really do. She's everthing a man could want. Bu-"

"Are you nervous?"

"No-"

"Did she do something wrong?"

"No-"

"Then what is it?" Naruto remained quiet. He knew that Hinata was a sweet girl, and he wanted to love her. Kami knows she deserved it. But, he just couldn't put his heart into loving her pure soul. Hiashi sighed and pulled out a small velvet box and handed to Naruto. Naruto took the box and opened it, gasping in shock when he saw the most expensive wedding ring he'd ever known existed! "Hi- Hiashi- sama!"

"That ring is the traditional engagement ring of the Hyuga's upper branch. That ring has been passed passed down through the past matriarchs of the family. I'm sure you'd love to see the look of joy on Hinata's face when you step down on one knee and pull that box out."

"But, Hiashi- sama, I can't take this-"

"Of course you can! But, be sure to propose soon though. With your type of 'history' and the bounty that's placed on your head, it may be a responsible idea to do it before you become hokage. They say Hokages with wives or husbands are more respected than those who were without them."

Naruto reluctantly placed the small box in his pocket and stood to go when Hiashi grabbed his shoulder, "Just make Hinata proud. I understand that she wasn't much when she was younger, but she has become a full-grown woman now. You should take this marriage seriously and take her emotions into consideration."

Naruto nodded and teleported back outside of theHyugacompound.Neji'sclone cursed under his breath and dispersed, causingNejito learn everythingHiashihad said. "Damn it! So that's his plan?" He said as he continued to jump trees with his team to their mission location.

AN: Soooo... yep! That's the new problem. Neji will be playing an important role in this arc. I straight up LOVE NEJI and his death was probably one of the most UNNECESSARY deaths in the show. I mean, COME ON PEOPLE! FOR A NARUHINA MOMENT? Anyways... This chapter is short for a reason(s):

A: I didn't feel like typing this chapter

B: If I continued, the chapter would seem like it did a WHOLE time jump that needed explaining.

C and most importantly: NUNYA GOD DAMN BEEZ WAX! LOL

Anyways, thanks for the 'kind' reviews and I will see yall laters!