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Konoha hospital

Five minutes later

Hinata stirred in her sleep as she slowly began to wake up from her fainting spell. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled up at a face that was looking down at her. Naruto is here...Wait. Who's that? She thought as her smile turned into an expression of confusion. Two...There are two of them!

The older Naruto held up his hands to show that he wasn't holding any weapons and gently smiled down at her. "It's okay Hinata-chan...I'm not here to hurt you. In fact, I came here to save your life."

Hinata simply stared at him. He looked so much like the Naruto she knew but this one...this one had a few scars on his face and his eyes...they seemed so sad and lonely.

"W-Who are you?" she asked cautiously. There was no telling who or what this man was. It was best for her to be on her guard.

The older Naruto grinned. "I really don't blame you for being suspicious. I would be suspicious as well if the same thing was happening to me but I would like it if you would at least here me out. Will you let me explain Hinata?"

Hinata looked over at the younger Naruto and then looked at the older one before nodding. Even though she didn't trust this man who looked like Naruto she was curious about him. The older Naruto pointed over at his younger-self and smiled at Hinata who blushed slightly.

"Same old Hinata..." the older Naruto said quietly as he looked over Hinata, he clenched his fists as he saw the bruises on her. "I'm him. Around ten years from now. I came back to save you Hinata."

"Save me? Why did you need to save me?"Hinata asked in confusion. She was still slightly confused by what he meant by "Coming back."

The older Naruto took a deep breath before speaking. She deserved to know the whole truth. "In the future, the Hyuga clan managed to create a scroll that would allow someone to come back in time. I was the one who came back obviously but there was a problem, I couldn't change any past events by myself but I could warn my younger-self of what was to come."

"But why did you come back? And why did you warn Naruto-kun?"

"Because...where I'm from...you died. Your father succeeded in his attack on you. I was on my way to your house to talk to you about what you said during Pain's attack on the village but I didn't make it in time to either stop the attack or get you away from Hiashi."

All I would have needed was five minutes...if only I had made it to Hinata's house five minutes earlier she would have lived and so many mistakes wouldn't have been made. He thought as he watched Hinata's expression turn from confusion to sadness.

"In the end, your father refused to bury you and Kurenai-sensai was forced to. I was at your funeral that day...I stayed there until night fell. After that...I left the village. I couldn't take losing any more people so I became a missing-nin and left the village.

Hinata was shocked by what she heard. A future version of Naruto had come back in time to save her. It was almost too much for her to take in.

"For ten years I visited your grave on the day that you died. I would talk to your grave. But since I was a missing-nin I couldn't stick around for long. In fact I was nearly caught the last time I did it." The older Naruto chuckled slightly. "You should have seen the look on Lady Tsunade's face when I jumped that wall. I think she honestly would have beaten me to a pulp if she would have caught me. But enough of that."

"I came back in time earlier tonight and immediately told my younger-self what was going to happen. I haven't had time to ask him what happened so I don't know exactly what happened but I'm going to guess that he tried to fight your father off before you were injured or killed. Judging by the bruises he has all over him I'm going to assume that he failed. Of course he did redeem himself by managing to delay your father long enough for Kurenai to get you to the hospital."

Hinata's eyes went wide when she heard what had happened to her father. "Y-You didn't kill him did you? Is my father still alive?"

The younger Naruto frowned and then pointed at the older Naruto accusingly. "He wanted to kill your father but I managed to talk him out of it. He really hates your dad Hinata."

"I have a right to hate him! He killed you in my future! There's no way I can ever forgive him for what he tried to do to you here and what he did to you in my future!"

The older Naruto sighed and tears returned to his eyes as he turned away from Hinata. "I never got to tell you how I felt about you Hinata...The night I tried to, you died and I spend ten years regretting not talking to you sooner. I cursed myself for not figuring out my feelings sooner and I spent ten years regretting missing you for all those years I could have noticed you and didn't."

His voice went down to a whisper and the tears continued to flow freely down his cheeks. "I fell in love with you Hinata...the night that I was going to talk to you I was going to tell you that I loved you...but that was taken from me."

Hinata slowly turned to the younger Naruto who also had tears flowing down his cheeks. "Naruto...is that true?" She asked gently.

The younger Naruto slowly nodded yes and began to sob. "That was the reason I was heading over to your house tonight Hinata...I wanted to tell you how I felt but I almost didn't get the chance thanks to your dad."

Hinata was shocked. She had almost never seen Naruto cry before. She reached up towards the older Naruto and gently pulled him down towards her and held his head close to hers. "Thank you...for saving my life." She whispered as he held the weeping older version of Naruto close to her head. "You saved my life...for that I'll always be grateful."

The older Naruto pulled away from her and smiled down at her. "You have no idea how relieved it makes me feel to hear you say that." He said quietly as a while light began to surround him. The younger Naruto quickly pointed to him.

"W-What's happening to you?"

The older Naruto looked down at himself and smiled. He had a good idea of what was happening. "I think I'm going home. I hope...I'll see you there Hinata." He said in an even quieter voice as the light finally took him and he vanished.

"W-Where did he go?" Hinata asked as she looked around in confusion. There was no trace of the older Naruto anywhere in the room.

Naruto smiled and placed his hand on top of Hinata's. The Hyuga girl blushed heavily. "I think he went home." Naruto said as he looked down at Hinata.

((One more chapter and we're done. Thanks go out to everyone who's reading the story.))