This chapter will be a bit fluffy with a lot of the story couples, so yeah... anyhoo, hope you enjoy!!!
On another note; I know it's been a couple weeks or so since I've updated, but school started two weeks ago and I've got major writers block, so ideas for the next chapter would be extremely helpful. Thanks!
Also, I'd like to dedicate this chapter to my friends for helping me with it! If they hadn't been there this chapter would have taken longer to get out! So yeah, thank them, people!
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When Naruto awoke that morning, he found himself staring into the beautiful midnight eyes of Hinata as she smiled at him. He stifled a yawn. "Goo' mornin' Hina-chan." He greeted groggily.
She giggled. "Good morning Naru-kun." She crawled off him so he could sit up before running a hand through his hair gently. "Happy birthday." She said, giving him a peck on the lips, causing him to grin.
"Hm? It is a happy birthday this year, isn't it?" He laughed and caressed her cheek as she sorta looked away with a blush.
"Why? Because you're out of the village? Or because we're in a different country?" She smirked when he gave an appalled gasp.
"Why, Hinata, it's because you're here with me!" He smirked suddenly. "But it's also that we're out of the village. Hey, where's ero-sennin?" He tilted his head to the side as he glanced around.
"Remember, after we find Tsunade he's allowed to do his research and write what he wants on his hands and arms." She smiled. "But that means we're free to do whatever we want." She scooted closer and kissed him again.
"Since when did you get this bold? Usually I kiss you first than you kiss me about two hours later." He grinned. She pouted.
"What, I'm not allowed to kiss my boyfriend when I want to?" She whined while crawling around so she's sitting in front of him.
He pouted back. "That's not what I said you goof." He leaned forward and kissed her back. "It's just that you never really act this... I don't know." He shrugged before grinning. "But I like it." He smirked when she blushed. "Good to know you're not fully changed." He said and pushed some stray hair out of her face before tucking it behind her ear. "I would have had to do something about that. I was starting to miss little Hina-chan from when we first started dating. I blame the killing." He said sternly and she nodded slightly.
"Yeah, and I think ero-sennin's turnin' you into a pervert, too." She sniffed.
"You should talk. I see the way you look at me when we take our shower." They both blushed and turned away from each other.
"I only get perverted for you." She said sensually after a moments pause. He looked at her and she looked back.
"I love you, too, Hina-chan." Our favorite blond responded slyly, taking her chin and pulling her into a kiss. She kissed him back and when they pulled back she smiled before standing to grab their clothes.
"After we change, lets go do something fun! I know, let's go to the casino and piss people off when you win every game!" Hinata luaghed.
"How about we meet the Raikage! I mean, I met the other kages! Raikage should get a nickname, too!" He grinned rather maniacally and she sweat dropped.
"Maybe we should just leave the kages alone." She deadpanned. "I mean, no use getting chased out like we did in Iwa." She laughed suddenly. "Though the look on that old man's face was hilarious!" They shared a laugh as they began undressing.
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Tenten waited for Neji and Lee to show up, Gai had a mission, but they were gonna train together anyway.
"Tenten!" A voice called and she turned to see Neji walking at a gradual pace towards her.
"Hey Neji, where's Lee?" She frowned, tilting her head to the side.
"He got assigned a mission with Sakura's team and sensei, since Sasuke is missing." Neji replied.
"I know it has something to do with last night, but neither of us can remember what happened. We're going to be seeing a Yamanaka to unlock the memory that's apparently been blocked, but I think it has to do with Sasuke." Tenten sighed in frustration. She shook her head. "So, are we still gonna train or are we gonna do something else?" She asked with a sly smirk.
"Hmmm... I guess we could go for a walk." Neji shrugged. "Then we'll train a bit before I walk you home."
She smiled. "Okay."
After a moment of silence, the only noise the noises of the village and their feet lightly grazing the ground, she looked at him to find his milky white eyes staring at her, she blushed. "So, do you think Naruto and Hinata found Tsunade yet?" She asked lightly, trying to fight down her blush.
"Don't know." He responded shortly, looking up at the clouds. "I wonder when they'll get back." He said quietly.
"You know, this is kinda romantic." She said slyly, grabbing his hand before pulling back and running to the swing. He frowned but followed and watched as she jumped off the swing and was standing in front of him with a grin. "Bet you can't catch me." She said before taking off.
He blinked before it finally processed in his mind and he scowled. "That's no fair! You got a head start!" The Hyuuga prodigy shouted indignantly before taking off after her. When he caught her, she was grinning as he held her to a tree.
"Took you long enough to catch me." She scoffed with the grin still in place as her face inched towards his. "Twenty minutes is a long time." She said before catching his lips with hers. His eyes widened in surprise before he returned to kiss.
"Ahem. What are you two doing?" A voice said incredulously.
They broke apart and looked to the left to find and smiling Ino and smirking Kiba. "See Ino, I told you they were going to get together!" Kiba bragged, only to get punched in the shoulder.
"Stop rubbing it in, Kiba-kun!" She shouted at him before grinning as she looked at her flustered friend. "So much for him being an insensitive jerk, eh Ten-chan?" She laughed at her blushing comrade.
"Sh-shut up, Ino! That was before the Chunnin exams!" Tenten shouted at her.
Neji raised an amused eyebrow and looked at Kiba. "Aren't you Hinata's teammate? Have you heard from her?" He asked curiously and Kiba found all their attention on him.
"Yeah, but I haven't gotten any news on them yet." Kiba frowned before sighing. "I think they were in Kumo or something." Neji froze up and Tenten looked rather worried.
"K-Kumo?" Neji squeaked out and Kiba bit his lip as he nodded.
"I know, I nearly had a heart attack when Kakashi-sensei told me and Shino. But he assured us that they'd be fine." Kiba nodded.
"I hear that Kumo was the last place Tsunade was sighted, maybe they found her." Ino chirped in as she leant into Kiba as his arm went around her waist.
"Hm, maybe." Tenten bit her lip thoughtfully. "Hey, I saw Kurenai reading the new Icha Icha book yesterday! She said Kakashi told her to read it and that Naruto wrote it! She was crying and everything!" She randomly exclaimed as they turned to her.
"But I thought he hated perverts!" Kiba exclaimed.
"I know, but my dad said the new book hardly has any perverted thought to it." Ino said seriously. "Surprising that Naruto wrote it though, never would've guessed." She looked at the sky. "Kiba, we have to go meet Sakura and my dad at the shop!" She then proceeded to rush off, pulling the surprised dog lover as his dog chased after them.
Neji blinked and looked at Tenten, who wore the same blank look as him. "That was weird." She nodded in agreement and he suddenly found himself with his back to the tree. "Tenten? What are you-" He was cut off as she pulled him into another kiss.
"You worry too much, Neji. She'll be fine." Tenten said before kissing him once more, this time he kissed her back.
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Iruka sighed in content as he walked beside his girlfriend, he couldn't even remember how they hooked up three months ago anyway. He just knew he was in love with her, no matter how his co-workers thought him suicidal. "Dolphin-kun, can you teach me how to make that homemade dango of yours?" The purple haired female said, looking at him with those big brown eyes that were usually hard and cold, but for a select few were soft and warm.
"Sure Anko-chan!" He said happily as she pulled him towards her apartment.
He looked around the small living area when he heard the lock to the door click and turned to find Anko grinning at him happily. "Do you have the-" He began but was cut off as her lips crashed to his. His eyes widened at the unexpected turn of events, but soon found himself kissing back just as furiously as she had from the start. They pulled apart for air.
"Not that I'm complaining, but what was that for?" He said rather breathlessly.
She grinned. "Guess what!" Was the reply as her eyes got all shiny with unshed tears. He was in shock, was she about to cry? Why?
"What?" He said cautiously.
"You know how Naruto fixed Orochimaru's cursed seal a few months ago so I don't get influenced and stuff?" He nodded wearily. "Well, the secondary seal he put on was to get rid of the side effects, but I wasn't expecting this one to be rid of!" She hugged him happily, showing a side that not even he'd seen before.
He hugged her back uncertainly. "Where are you going with this?" He asked slowly and she pulled away.
"Well, you know what we did two months ago after you stood up for me to the Jounin that were throwing glares and insults to me?" He blushed slightly, but nodded all the same; that night he was named the toughest man in Konoha. "Well... you know how the cursed seal is supposed to make it to where I can't have kids?" His eyes widened.
"You mean we're-? I'm gonna-?" She nodded and he felt a bit faint.
"Yeah, but I hate the mood swings! And the morning sickness! Don't even get me started! Aw well, at least I know why I was too sick to go out with you last week!" She laughed when she suddenly found herself in a fiery kiss from her boyfriend. She grinned through the kiss and blushed slightly when he pulled back.
"I love you, Anko-chan!" He whispered in her ear, causing her to shiver in delight. "This is going to be amazing! And I can't wait to see the look on Naruto's face when he finds out that I'm going to be a..." His eyes widened, remembering how Naruto and Kurenai get when it comes to Anko. "Oh crap, they're gonna kill me." He grumbled irritably before grinning. "All well!" She grinned at him and pulled him into another kiss.
"They'll have to go through me if they want to touch you." She whispered seductively before pulling him off towards a room.
(A/N; I just added this because it will play a key roll in the sequel. Oh, and before anyone says a word, these two and team Gai will be showing up a lot in the story from now on.)
--- Kumo ---
Hinata laughed as she looked at the looks on the ninjas' faces as Naruto continued to win game after game. "Come on, Naruto-kun. Let's go to the movies!" She said in a sing-song voice as Naruto turned in the chips for cash before sealing them in scrolls and letting himself be led out by his girlfriend.
The demon container sneezed suddenly before sniffing. "Someone must be talking about me." He muttered under his breath before looking up to be face to face with Tsunade and Jiraiya, Shizune and Tonton a few feet behind them.
He glanced at Hinata, who shrugged at him. "Hey Baachan, ero-sennin, you need something?" He tilted his head to the side curiously.
"We're leaving." Tsunade said sternly. "Let's get back to the inn and pack, we leave at sundown." She sighed and they followed her with slight frowns. What happened?
"Um... Ero-sennin, what's going on?" Hinata asked cautiously.
"We're going back to Konoha, Uchiha Sasuke has just been named missing nin, one of sensei's monkey's showed up and reported that Sakura and Tenten got the memory back after Inoichi performed some weird mind jutsu I can't even remember the name to." He said seriously as they entered their hotel room.
Naruto sighed. "And I was really startin' to like Kumo, too. It's fun here."
"Yeah, too bad we have to walk again, I hated it. Walking for days on end." Hinata agreed. "Besides, what's the point going now if the teme left anyways? He's probably already in Otogakure by now." She scoffed in annoyance.
"Did you say Sakura and Tenten were there trying to stop him?" Naruto asked when they were almost done packing their things.
"Yeah, apparently Haruno's finally taking to her mother's advise and trying to be a better person." Jiraiya said absently as he put his things into a seal. He felt a pulse of chakra and saw Naruto's weight seals being released by fifty. He raised an eyebrow. "You don't want your feet to hurt as quickly?"
"No, that's not it, I needed more room for our things so we don't have to carry them." Naruto shrugged as he grabbed his and Hinata's bags and drew a seal on them before doing the same to the open space on his arm and sealing it in. He took Jiraiya's sealing scroll and sealed that into the old man's arm, much to his annoyance.
"I could have done that myself, you know." The gama sannin grumbled indignantly.
"I know, but I wanted to do it, so naw." Naruto stuck his tongue out at his teacher and they walked out to meet Tsunade, who was tapping her foot in annoyance.
"Took you guys long enough. What did you pack before you left, your houses?" She scoffed and lead them out and they walked and walked and walked some more.
*** Honey ***
"So, you're sending us to Konoha again?" Tanina said giddily.
"That's right. I need you to give this note to the Hokage and to find out if they have some info on the Akatsuki." The leader of Honey nodded at them.
"When do we have to get back?" Sora asked calmly, tilting his head to the side curiously.
"You've got a month." He smiled at them slightly. "You think you can handle it?"
"Of course." Shinsei nodded seriously. "We'll do what we can, Toru-sama."
"Good. Now, you leave tomorrow at noon."
"Hai." The three left through the door while their sensei disappeared in a poof a smoke.
*** Later; somewhere in Lightning Country ***
"This is annoying." Naruto grumbled as he and Hinata walked a few paces behind the three adults and pig.
Hinata sighed. "I know how you feel Naruto-kun, you've said it five times already." She shook her head and leant into him with a heavier sigh then the first. "I haven't given you your birthday present yet." She said absently and he shrugged.
"You don't have to give me anything, Hina-hime." He found a small box in his hand and raised an eyebrow at her.
"Open it." She urged with a smile.
He grinned at her. "Thanks Hina-chan!" He used the hand that wasn't around her waist to pulled off the lid and stared in shock. "Where did you find this, Hinata?" He asked in awe as he stared at the pendant that held the Namikaze clan symbol on one side and the Uzumaki symbol on the other. It was silver, the Uzumaki the telltail red spiral and the Namikaze blue jagged spiral, there was a blood seal on one of the sides, meaning it was either a locket or had something important inside.
She blushed. "I found it just a week before we left on our trip. It was in the forest and was rusted and bent, so I took it to the same jeweler that we stopped at before we left, he fixed it and I wanted to give it to you for your birthday. He said the seal was already there so it just stayed, even after he got rid of the rust." She shrugged and he tightened his grip on her in a thankful gesture.
"I love it Hina-hime." He whispered sensually before kissing her gently on the nose and grinning at her.
"Aren't you gonna figure out what's inside?" She asked.
"When we get back to Konoha. Oh, are you moving in with me or am I moving in with you since we have to do everything together." He asked curiously.
"Um... I could move in with you, you've got a nice apartment, so it'll work." She shrugged with a slight blush on her now tan cheeks.
"Hm... That works." He smiled slightly. "I also want to take a walk on memory lane, so, want to join me?" He asked slyly and she frowned in confusion but nodded anyway.
"PERVERT!" The two of them jumped and looked up to see Tsunade glaring at Jiraiya, who had a huge bump on his head.
"What'd he do this time?" They asked as one.
"He tried grabbing Tsunade's butt." Shizune frowned in distaste as they continued walking, Naruto and Hinata shaking their heads in disappointment.
*** Three days later ***
They arrived at the gates of Konoha at the same time as team Oni from Honey. "Hey Tanina! Shinsei! Sora!" Naruto and Hinata greeted happily at the same time. "What cha doing, here?" They asked curiously.
"We've got a mission to give this to Hokage-sama, see if you could tell us anything on Akatsuki, and to represent Honey while staying here to relax after we were almost killed last week!" Tanina ticked them off on her finger excitedly at first before solemnly at the end.
"Oh. Where are you gonna stay?" Naruto tilted his head to the side.
"At a hotel." Sora shrugged and looked at them before walking over to Hinata. "I never did get to thank you for the challenge during our match. So yeah, I hope we can fight again sometime." He smiled slightly.
Hinata grinned and took his outstretched hand in a friendly handshake. "Me too. But next time wont be as easy, I've gotten way better than last time." She replied as they pulled away. "Oh yeah, this is Jiraiya the Toad sage, Tsunade the Slug princess, and Shizune, she's Tsunade's apprentice." An oink was heard. "Oh, and that's Tonton!" She introduced their companions.
"Sweet." Tanina said.
"Hello." Shinsei waved nonchalantly as they walked towards the Hokage's office.
"Hey." The three respnded back.
"So, how was your trip?" Shinsei asked Naruto with a tilt of his head.
"It was okay, albiet a bit boring. The end of it was cool, though." Naruto grinned.
"You dyed your hair." Tanina commented to Hinata.
"Hm?" She blinked. "Oh yeah, the white was bugging me, so I made it sky blue." She smiled. "Naruto suggested it when I complained a couple days ago. You like?" She asked.
"Like? I love!" Tanina replied and they began talking like they were bestfriends as the tower came to view.
"Hey Shinsei!" A familiar voice called and the boy turned to the pinkette. "What are you doing here? Are you on a mission or something?" She asked excitedly before freezing at the site of Naruto and shrinking slightly. "H-hey Naruto, H-Hinata." She said nervously, biting her lip.
"Hey Sakura." The two said calmly. She blinked.
"That was weird."
"Tell me about it." They sighed. "We should probably go, though. See ya later, Sakura." Naruto said and they left Sakura and Shinsei standing there, much to the later's annoyance.
"They left me." He deadpanned before turning to Sakura. "How are you, today? Getting along with your friends, now?" He asked curiously.
"Well... most of them, Kiba's still a bit Ify, Shino doesn't talk at all, Kakashi and Kurenai still give me the cold shoulder, and everyone else is almost great, aside from Shikamaru, he seems to avoid me. And then there's Hinata and Naruto, I haven't seen them in a while, but they still seem a bit... I don't know, they seem like they want to give me a chance, but they also seem to be trying not to run into me, either." Sakura sighed, shaking her head. "But I don't blame them, either way."
"Hm. Well, I should probably catch up with them." Shinsei sighed, offering her a small smile. "Good luck on redemption, see you soon." She nodded back and he vanished in a burst of bubbles.
*** Later ***
Naruto and Hinata sighed as they exited Hiashi's office, that took longer than they thought it would, nearly two hours. "Stupid ero-sennin, making us explain to Hiashi." Naruto grumbled as they walked to their appartment. They did their usual routine before climbing into bed, falling asleep almost instantly.
*** Next morning ***
Naruto lead her to Kimi's clearing and she sighed in content. "I haven't been here in so long, I missed it." She said, letting go of Naruto's hand and kneeling down to pick a tiger-lilly. She stood up, sniffing it gently. "It smells as good as it does in summer."
"I figured you'd want to come over here. You want to train?" He asked as Kimi walked over. "Hey Kimi, how are you this morning?" He asked with a smile.
"Okay." Kimi smiled slightly and Naruto turned to Hinata as she nodded.
"I'd love some training. Hey Kimi." She waved happily.
"Hey." She smiled. "What cha up to?" She asked curiously.
"We're gonna train here a bit, catch up with you and such." She smiled.
"Yeah, we're gonna spar and then work on some of our jutsu, then do our normal taijutsu training that we did on the move with Jiraiya, since it got boring just walking all the time." He stopped. "I should probably stop by the Otonami family, haven't actually seen any of them in maybe six months, it was before the Chunnin exams." He said at random and the two sweat dropped.
"Naruto-kun, we can invite them over for dinner, or lunch." Hinato suggested thoughtfully.
"That's a great idea!" Naruto said happily as they jumped apart and got into stances.
After a (very) intense sparring session followed by a (extremely) tough serries of exercises and kata, the two wiped the sweat from their brows and took a shower under the waterfall before just enjoying Kimi and each other's company. It wasn't until late afternoon that they were broken from their thoughts by two growls via Naruto and Hinata's stomachs. The two blushed and sheepishly said goodbye to a smiling Kimi before taking off.
They got to a dango shop to find Anko, Iruka, Kurenai, and Kakashi at a booth. "Hey, Anko-neechan! Iruka-niisan! Kaka-sensei! Nai-sensei!" Naruto called happily and their heads snapped up before bright smile flitted across their faces.
"Naruto! Hinata! I didn't know you were back!" Kurenai said, beconing them to sit with them. "Anko-chan and Iruka-kun were just about to give us some big news."
"Really? Like what?" Hinata asked curiously and they took in her appearance.
"You... look differnet... good, but different." Anko smirked at Naruto. "I bet you fantasize all the time, Naru-chan!" She teased and he blushed.
"Sh-shut up, neechan!" He shouted, making people look at them before turning away.
"So, I take it you found her?" Kakashi interrupted before anyone ended up getting hurt.
"Yup!" The two grinned before looking at the two other couples expectantly. "What was this news?"
"Other than the fact that you saying things together is creepy... I'm... we're..." Anko looked ready to cry in tears of happiness as her grin became rather watery. "Oh... Iru-kun, tell them!" She cried out excitedly.
"We're gonna be parents." He said simply and Kurenai and Naruto, who were both coincidentally taking a drink of tea, did a perfect spit-take.
"You're what!?" They shouted.
"Me and Iru-kun... we're gonna soon be called mum and dad!" Anko said in a sing-song voice.
The others could only stare in shock as the couple beamed. Hinata looked ready to cry happily, Kurenai looked torn between hugging her bestfriend and killing Iruka, Kakashi was staring, unblinking, and Naruto was opening and closing his mouth in a perfect impression as a fish as he tried to find words. It was rather amusing, when you think about it.
"I..." he finally managed, "I'm happy for you... and I'm willing to help you when I can, babysit you know...." He left it hanging in the air before grinning. "I'm gonna love this! I get to be a big brother... uncle Naru!" He corrected happily. "And Hina-hime's gonna be autntie Hina!" He was grinning like a maniac as they stared at him with sweat drops. Damn his mood swings! Hinata had actually thought he was done with them... guess some quirks were needed to make her Naru-kun be Naru-kun, she smiled.
"She's gonna be... auntie Hina." Anko's eyes gleamed. "As in, you're getting married?" Her grin was that of a fox, full of mischeif. Naruto and Hinata practically glew bright red as they shook their heads meekly.
"We... w-we're too t-targeted... b-by the en-enemy to t-think about th-that right now." Hinata stammered and Naruto nodded in acceptance and agreement. She smiled lightly after a bit and pat Anko's slightly bulged stomach, it was hardly noticable. "Do you think it'll be boy or girl?" She asked dreamily.
"Don't know. But we've decided on the godfather." Anko grinned.
"Really? Who?" Kurenai asked curiously as she leant into Kakashi with a yawn.
"Naruto." Iruka said with a smirk as the boy blushed and began to stammer.
"Wha... bu-but I... what if... oh, you trust so much!" He wailed with anime tears rolling down his cheeks as they scooted away from him slowly with sweatdrops. Hinata nearly sighed, he was probably experimenting with seals to see what would happen with his mood swings if he used a calming seal he'd envented to keep them in check for the mission... now they knew the after-math.
"Erm... on another note, while you were away, Iruka got promoted to Jounin, even though he still works at the academy 'till his new class graduates before he joins Anbu again." Kakashi said casually and Hinata and Naruto congradulated the blushing Chu - Jounin. Man, that was wierd. After knowing him their whole life as a Chunnin and suddenly him becoming Jounin while they were away? They knew he used to be in Anbu in his earlier days, he'd saved Naruto a few times, but wow. Now he was a Jounin.
After a bit they met thier old friends and went home, meeting the Otonami family, and went to sleep after a light dinner and a shower.
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I know, I know. I mostly put the Otonami's in here for the family purpose and completely ignored them because I couldn't think of what to do with them. Don't worry, next chapter might have them and they'll definitely have a big role in the seqaul(like Anko and Iruka's baby!) and again; I need ideas for it!! Anyway, review and tell me what you think!!!