As I was posting this chapter, I realized that I had numbered the chapters wrong in the story. So, instead of 20 chapters, you get 21. xD (I can be so oblivious.)

This will be a short chapter (it's mainly filler, anyway), sorry =(. I have an interesting one coming up, though, so I will make up for it then!

I do NOT own Naruto.


I woke up on the couch. I glanced over at the clock and realized I had woken up pretty early. It was 8:00 A.M. As I got up, I saw that there was a blanket over me.

Hinata must have done that before she left...

I got up, and saw that Hinata had also left me a note.

"Text me when you get up!"

I sent her a text and grabbed the empty picture frame.

I wonder what picture I should take? We could have one professionally done, or I could use the one we would get from prom. This has to be perfect. I looked around the room. I really need to figure out where to put these two pictures...

I picked up the picture of my parents. All sorts of memories that I had of them came rushing back. I couldn't help but tear up a little. I wasn't sad, but I was happy. I finally knew the truth of what happened to them. True, the fox used me to kill them, but, my parents did everything in their power to not put this thing in me. I love them...

I heard a knock on the door and ran over. Hinata was there.

"I'm surprised, you're up really early..."

I rubbed the back of my head, "Hah, I guess I had a really good night of sleep last night."

A moment of silence.

"Thank you, Hinata. I really needed you there."

She wrapped her arms around me and kissed me.

"Always."

After staring at each other for a few minutes, Hinata asked,

"So, are you ready to take our picture?"

I smiled. "Of course! I'm just wondering when we should take it. I mean, do you want to have it done today, or use one of the pictures from our prom night, in our prom clothes?"

She thought a moment before she spoke, "Let's wait until prom. I've got the perfect dress to wear..."

"We're still going to wear the same color, right?"

"Hai!"

"Then I know the perfect suit. Sasuke wanted me to help him find a suit that Sakura would like. I didn't really know what to do, I don't really know her that well..."

"But you know me, right?"

"You got that right! It took me a while to find it, and I set it on reserve. I'm going to go out and buy it tomorrow!"

"Don't let me see it! I want this to be a surprise..."

I smiled. "Sure thing! Hey, it's early, and we don't have to meet for dinner tonight until 6:00. What do you say we go get some breakfast?"

"I would love to!"


By the time 6:00 came around, Naruto and I were dressed and at the meeting place. I wore a simple lavender dress, and Naruto wore a pair of black dress pants with an orange button-up shirt. He looked handsome.

"Reach for the sky..."

We both turned and saw the kid from our apartment. He had let go of his mother's hand and pretended to hold a gun up to us.

"Oh' I'm so sorry..." The mother said.

Naruto laughed. "It's no problem! We do this every time we meet!"

"When you...meet? How do you know my child?" She demanded, very suspicious.

"It's nothing like that, ma'am, We live in the same apartment. We run into each other every once in a while."

"Really? I didn't know that!"

Naruto looked at the mother and asked her, "Has the kid seen Toy Story?" She nodded. "It's not real, I promise." She looked at Naruto and nodded, hiding a smile.

Naruto began to squirm and said. "There's something in my shoe..." he took it off.

"Really, what?" the child asked, very interested.

Naruto winked at the mother and said, "There's a snake in my boot!" Naruto then took a rubber snake from his boot and threw it at the kid. He jumped up and pretended to shoot it. We all busted out laughing, the mother included. After a few minutes, the kid realized he was duped and looked at Naruto. "That was a good one, mister!"

"You know, you are great with kids. Do you work with them?"

"No ma'am. I know it sounds odd, but I find I can relate more to a child than I can with people my own age."

I looked at the mother and said, "That's just because he's still a child."

We all laughed.

The mother grabbed her child's hand and went away, heading the back to the apartments.

Naruto nodded his head. "Yep. I know what I'm doing..."

"Well, I hope so, if not then we probably shouldn't be dating..." I added sarcastically.

Naruto chuckled, "I mean I know what I'm going to do with my life. You know, after school."

"Really, what?"

Before he could reply, our friends began to show up.


Rock Lee took us to the new restaurant by the theater.

"Well, here it is!"

Hinata, Ino, and Sakura looked at me. We were near the place where Ero-Sennin died. It seems the rest didn't know where he had died.

"Naruto..." Hinata began to whisper.

"You know, Sasuke, this place has THE BEST burgers."

"What, you've been here before?" Lee asked, obviously disappointed.

As much of a pain Lee was when it came to the whole "youth" thing, I hated to see the guy down. He looked like a beaten teddy bear.

How can I cheer him up?

An idea hit me.

"I hereby challenge all guys here to an eating contest!" Everyone stared at me. As they took it all in, Lee was the first to accept, adding to his acceptance "I will use my youthfulness to beat you all!"

There he goes with the "youthfulness" again...


The guys had all ordered hamburgers, the cheap ones, and began to chow down. All of us girls cheered for our boyfriends. Surprisingly, Ino was cheering to Choji. Sasuke quit after one hamburger, which everyone expected to happen anyway. Shikamaru did the same. When Shikamaru quit, Temari walked over and slapped him on the back of the head, obviously mad that he had quit. (Us girls knew she had a thing for him, but he was, as all guys are, oblivious. At least, we think he was.) It was fun watching them stuff themselves, but the funniest of the bunch was Lee. Normally, he doesn't eat much, but when Naruto "challenged" him, he took it personally. Naruto, Lee, and Choji were neck and neck. They even attracted a crowd. 30 minutes later, the contest was over. Choji won by 5 hamburgers, followed by Naruto and Lee, who both tied.

"Hey, Naruto!" Sasuke yelled above the cheering as the contest ended.

Naruto, who was stuffed, just grunted.

"That's going to be one expensive bill!"

Naruto responded with another grunt. I couldn't help but laugh at him.

After everything began to quiet down, we all began to talk. Each of us our own conversation. I decided this would be a good time to figure out what Naruto was going to say before we came.

"Naruto?" I asked, looking at him.

By this point, he was feeling better, so he looked at me with his signature smile, "Yeah?"

"You said earlier that you knew what you wanted to do when you got out of school. What was it?"

"Oh that! I..." He stopped talking, and I saw why. Our table had quieted down and was eying Naruto, waiting for the answer.

"What?" He asked.

"Go on, baka, we really want to know your answer!" Sasuke prodded.

"Uh, well..." he took a big breath and exhaled, "Well, I think I want to do something working with children..."

Everyone continued to stare at him. I smiled, though. I kind of figured that would be his answer. With the life he had growing up, and the only "friends" he had growing up were the children he met, I kinda saw it, even if he didn't.

"Why?" they all asked.

"Well," Shikamaru began, "I think it fits him."

Now everyone was looking at Shikamaru.

"Have any of you ever seen him interact with a child?"

Everyone shook their head.

"Well, Naruto and Hinata showed up at our meeting place, earlier, a few minutes before I did. When I arrived, I saw that the two were talking with a mother and her child. And the way Naruto was acting with the kid, you can tell that he really loves and would be good at it."

"Wait, Shikamaru, where were you at?" I asked him. I never heard him show up.

He shrugged. "I can be sneaky if I want to," he looked at Naruto, "either way, I think that's a smart decision to make. You seem to love it."

Naruto rubbed the back of his head, which he always did when he was nervous, "I do like working with kids, especially the younger ones," he looked to the ground, "Growing up, it seemed that the younger they were, the less their parents would warn them about me. The kids really didn't care," he looked up and smiled and me, "until Hinata came along, my only friends were those children who lived wherever Ero-Sennin and I did."

"AWWW. Hinata you're blushing again!" Sakura and Ino both pointed out.

Naruto grabbed my shoulder and pulled me in for a hug, making everyone continue their "awwing." Naruto whispered in my ear and said, "Hinata... I love you..."

Feeling his arms around me and hearing those words, I nearly fainted. My face must have been three shades of red. All I could muster was a simple, "I love you too, Naruto..."


Dinner ended, and we all headed back home. As I went up to pay my bill, the manager came out and said we didn't have to. Apparently, the contest drew in three times the restaurants' normal crowd. They made a lot of money that night, so he let it slide, as long as the promised to come back again in the future. I was very relieved. In truth, that would have been all of my money.

We all waved goodbye, and Hinata and I began to walk home. It was nice, quiet night. It was cool outside, but not so cold as to need a jacket. There were very few people out, and most businesses were closed. At that moment all was right with the world. I had the perfect girlfriend, the weather was amazing, and prom was coming up.

Arriving at the apartment, I looked around and noticed that we were followed. I quickly hurried us both inside in time to catch a glimpse of who it was, though I didn't say anything to Hinata. It was Neji.

I walked Hinata to her door, and glanced at my phone. It was 11:30. Yawning, I went to hug Hinata, but, instead, she stood on the toes and kissed me. I was a little shocked. Normally, she wasn't the one to initiate that kind of thing.

She smiled at me and said, "You sure are cute."

I unconsciously rubbed the back of my head. "Yea, well, I have my parents to thank for that. Besides, you don't look so bad, yourself!"

For some reason, we both found that funny. We both laughed and kissed once more before heading into our apartments. I went straight to my room, wondering why Neji was following us.


After I closed my door, I realized I had a text. I quickly read it. It was from Neji, and it said to call him in the morning. I replied with a simple 'k,' and went to bed.

I wonder why Neji was following us... Eh, he is probably just worried, he always has been.

Still, something was nagging at me. But, I didn't have to worry about that at the moment because:

For now, everything is right with the world...


I do NOT own Toy Story. - After the story because it would have spoiled it.

Neji: "Naruto, WHAT DID YOU DO TO LADY HINATA!?"
Naruto: "I didn't-"
Neji:"Juken!"
Naruto:*Unconscious*
Littlepans: "Well that escalated quickly..."

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