Ok! So here's another chapter. I can't believe I wrote this one so close to the other one. I think it's because I felt as if I didn't end my last one good enough. I hope I don't wear you guys out too much! Ugh, this one isn't that humorous, unfortunately… and it is kind of hard to follow. But, I know that you guys are pretty smart, so I have complete faith in you that you will persevere through this! You can do it! Hahaha, alright. I have spoken too much again.

P.S. I decided that PM-ing everyone is a pain in the arse, so I'm going to just do my usual shout outs. Here they are:

devilzxknight86: I'm glad I could help!

RedEye00: Hahahaa! Oh Neji, what will we do with that pompous little jerk? (But I still love him)

riffin121294: Ohh God, I would have rather shot myself if I was him. If I read what was on that schedule I would have just given up right there.

hinata181: Thanks! I'll work on the facial expressions. Honestly, I've realized that I don't write like how I did in the beginning chapters. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing..

Jinchuuriki-San: Why thank you kind Sir/madam. Oh that scene made me grin wickedly as I was writing it. :)

Here's another chapter! Don't forget to review and what not!

-SkylarBecker

Chapter 11: Rouge Dreams

Hinata breathed heavily as she fended off the enemy's attacks. She had been fighting for quite a long time an here stamina was running out. From the left side she heard the air being cut by something, so she quickly activated her byakugan and jumped out of the way just before she could be hit by five kunai knives. She held her stance and used her protective 8 trigrams 64 palm technique to deflect pretty a strong fire ball justu. Kiba and Shino were somewhere else; they had unintentionally split up at one point during the fight. Hinata headed for the forest, hopping that he could find a hiding place and stay there until she built up more chakra. Her pursuer was catching up to her, but she spotted that there was a large ditch twenty meters ahead with her byakugan and made a quick right to avoid it.

She couldn't hear the pitter patter of steps behind her anymore, so she stopped to catch her breath. The forest was dense and humid. Hinata could see no forms of shelter for miles from where she stood. Her feet stuck to the muddy ground and insects buzzed around her, some landing on her open wounds. I have to keep on moving, I wonder here Kiba and Shino are. She then picked up her pace and started to run east. Wind blew by her as she leapt up to a branch of an old tree. As she hopped from branch to branch, she hadn't noticed the tiny thorns sticking out from the leaves. She let out a small shriek as the thorns ripped through her whole body. Blood ran in tiny little rivers down her skin which was now darkened by dirt and singe marks. Why didn't I see that there before?

"Ha ha ha, enjoying my little... gift? I left it there especially for you!" The rouge ninja that was perusing Hinata before crept out and smiled wickedly at her. He continued in a sadistic voice, "It's a justu that I had created. Those thorns that your pathetic kekkei genkai didn't even pick up, they contain a certain element that absorbs chakra. Even if you're not touching them, they still feed. Once they scratched their victim, they release parasites that go into the bloodstream and eat until the victim is ultimately fatigued."

Hinata spun around, but as she did she was hit by a wave of nausea and stumbled off the branch. She fell from forty feet off the ground, but just before she hit the ground, her surroundings grew fuzzy and Hinata blacked out.

Neji and Naruto walked back from the work room after they had finished their little 'date'. Naruto was stuffed and he was pretty sure he never had a better piece of steak than the one he had just eaten. Wow! I can't believe Hinata gets to eat like this every day! He rubbed his stomach as he made his way to his room. As he walked down the hall he was stopped by Hanabi, Hinata's younger sister.

"You're Naruto Uzumaki right? My sister has told me about you," the small girl said nonchalantly.

Naruto scratched his head and said, "Uhh yeah, that's me. Do you need anything?"

"No I just wanted to see if you really were as big of a dope as she explained," the young Hyuuga laughed.

"Wh-what? Hey! Did she really say I was that stupid?" Naruto asked with concern in his voice.

"Gosh! I'm just kidding. She has never said a word about you actually; I just wanted to see if I could get any information out of you. She has honestly turned down every single suitor that has offered her his hand in marriage. So I just thought that maybe you knew if she had a love interest or something..." Hanabi trailed off and continued to walk to where she was going.

Naruto just stood there. Many suitors... Hand in marriage... EHHHH? He picked up his pace and made it to his room. He took off his work clothes and placed them in the hamper and walked into the bathroom. The faucet made a squeaky sound as he turned on the hot water to the bath. The water filled up and steam was rising from it. He studied himself in the large mirror as he waited for the tub to fill. His hair was longer. He ran his fingers through it and patted it down. He touched his chin and felt that he was beginning to grow some stubble. I have to shave soon... Ehh maybe later. He flexed his abs muscles and traced the define lines with his pointer finger. I'm still in shape! All this indoors work, and I'm still toned.

His hand made its way down farther and stroked his bigger muscle down there. "Though, I do really miss Hinata, I wonder how her mission is going" he thought out loudly. The bath tub had finally filled up to the top and Naruto leisurely sat himself down into the water.

The ground was damp and hard. Hinata couldn't see anything, she tried to activate her byakugan, but she didn't have any charka to use it. Her head was throbbing; she must have hit it when she fell from the limb of the tree. All her cuts were crusted over with blood and dirt. She was tied up, lying on the ground. Suddenly she heard a figure shuffling around and the high pitched clicking of chains rustling around.

"Have a nice nap?" a deep voice asked. "...I know you can hear me, beautiful."

Hinata felt his rough hands against hers and tried to fight back, but she couldn't even get in a good punch. Her arms and legs felt heavy from exhaustion.

"I can see that my parasites are still chomping away," he said as he tied Hinata's hands back behind her with the chains he had. "Soon, you won't be able to even scream."

Hinata was weaving in and out of consciousness. She felt the man hoist her up and lay her back down on a small table. He roughly flipped her over so that her stomach was faced up. Slowly he took out a kunai knife and pressed it against Hinata's face, cutting her slightly.

"Now let's see those pretty little eyes of yours," he spat out.

Naruto yawned as he sank even farther back into the tub. Soap was stuck in his spiky hair, which made it clump together. He lowered himself under the water and came back up, hoping to get rid of all the suds. He rested his head on the edge of the tub and thought about all the things that have been on his mind.

The fact that he still had yet to ask Hiashi for permission to date Hinata was creeping up on him. He felt a physical weight from the anxiety of even planning to carry out that task. I better not screw it up. He also wondered what his next lesson would be. I hope I get to tease Neji some more! Naruto laughed as he splash his feet around in the water.

"Ugh, I'm getting all wrinkly. I better get out," he told himself.

He wrapped himself in a big blue fluffy towel that was placed on a shelf next to the tub. After he was all dry, he put on some comfy shorts and a plain white V-neck and sat down on the couch. His stomach growled, so he decided to grab a small snack from the fridge. On his way there his spotted his journal, peeking out from his bag. He grabbed it and a pen, got an apple from the fridge and sat back down. He jotted some notes downs and flipped back to the first page and started to read it. He chuckled to himself as he read on.

"Ahh, I remember that day..." Naruto blushed as his eyes scanned over the small writing. Hours passed by and soon, Naruto found himself overcome by sleep.

Naruto woke up with a stiff back. Soon, he realized that he had fallen asleep on the couch, sitting up.

"Wow! I didn't know I was that tired," He yawned as he stretched his arms out to the sides of him.

He picked up his beat up journal and placed it back on top of his bag, then went and made himself a cup of coffee, not that he needed the extra energy. The crystalized sugar splashed into his mug and made tiny ticking noises as they hit the dark liquid below. Naruto hurried over to the refrigerator and grab the mini carton of milk and added some of it to his coffee. Later on as he was just finishing up some instant ramen, a servant knocked on the door and told him that he had a day off today. Naruto grinned as he put his hands behind his head and walked back over to the couch. Hmm, a whole day off. What should I do? Man! I wish Hinata was here, we could have gone for a walk around and shopped today. "... And I also need new clothes..." he muttered to himself. He looked over to his bag that he packed that held his other belongings. He remembered the day that he packed he threw in some old T-shirts that fit him before he left for his three year training.

The knife that was pressed up against Hinata's face slowly made its way closer to her left eye. But before it could really do any damage, a kunai came shooting out of nowhere and hit it dead center, causing the other knife to fly out of the guy's hand.

"K-kiba..." Hinata's voice was very distant and held no power behind it. She was very dizzy and was still fading in and out of consciousness.

She heard muffled sounds and explosions in the back of her mind. At one point she could pinpoint the sound of Akamaru's bark coming from the right side of her. She wasn't sure on how much time had passed, but the next thing she knew was that she was being lifted by Kiba's firm hands. He carried her all the way back to the village bridal style. He met up with Shino who had minor injuries while he headed down the main dirt path.

"I don't like the looks of this," Kiba said. He was implying to the whole situation with the rogue ninjas and also the situation that was now whimpering in his arms.

"Everything's going to be just fine, Hinata," He cooed. At least that's all he could hope for.

Shino looked at Hinata's wounds and just shook his head. The three of them and Akamaru walked silently through the main gate and then quickly made their way to Konoha's Hospital.

Naruto had finally decided to take a nice afternoon stroll around town. He had ran into Rock Lee and Shikamaru at Ichiraku's Ramen Stand and had a nice conversation with his old friends.

"-and that's how I defeated a full grown grizzly bear with my hands tied behind my back," Rock Lee told them. "Ah, it was a great moment! It had improved my training by tenfold. I had learned much from my fallen foe, so I gave it a blessing of gratitude before I returned home; as any true honorable man should have done!"

"Awhh awesome! Now where can I find my own bear opponent?" Naruto was amazed. He wondered why he didn't start his training by wrestling with a bear.

Shikamaru just sat there with his arms folded across his chest, obviously not interested in what was going on. He sighed, "Why do I even hangout with you guys? You're too troublesome…"

Just then Shikamaru spotted a fluffy white dog running towards them, curiosity had taken the best of him and he got up from his seat and left the two idiots to themselves. He causally walked over to the big dog, making sure he didn't exert too much energy while doing so.

"Oye, Akamaru! Where are you heading?" Asked the black haired ninja. He petted the dog as he neared him.

Akamaru barked and tugged at Shikamaru's pant leg, forcing him to walk faster.

"Naruto! Rock Lee! I think something happened, hurry and follow me and Akamaru," shouted Shikamaru about fifteen feet away from the ramen stand. He then turned and whispered to Akamaru, "Let's go."

The hospital bed was stiff. Hinata could barely open her eyes. Kiba was clutching on to her small hand with both of his, she could see small tears in his eyes. His war paint was slightly smeared from rubbing his face. Shino was in another room being treated on to see if he had any serious injuries.

Kiba had been offered to be treated but he shook his head and told them, "Not until Hinata wakes up." After persisting that he should be treated on, Kiba snapped at the nurses and later they sent Sakura in to talk to him.

"I know you're upset and worried, but Hinata would want you to get looked at Kiba," Sakura gently put her hand on his shoulder.

Kiba shifted in the small seat he was sitting in and turned to look at Sakura. With tear filled eyes he said, "No, I can't leave her. It was my fault we were split up. I have to stay by her, at least until she wakes up."

He had a serious face on now and Sakura knew that whatever she decided to say to him would not change his mind. She looked him up and down and decided that he only had a couple of minor injuries. She healed as much as what Kiba would let her heal and wrote down some notes on a clipboard. She looked down at the worried brow haired boy and said, "I'll let it slide for now. Just make sure you get enough to eat and to get some sleep."

Kiba's face lightened and he told Sakura he was very thankful. Slowly, he too started to doze off, but just before he passed out, he could have sworn that he heard Naruto's voice shouting, "Hurry up and let me see her Goddammit!"