My Heart's Lavender Eyes
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Chapter 37:
Emotional Relief
The light of the campfire danced around the camp, providing light and heat for their night in the forest.
'It's time for supper, but Naruto still hasn't woken up yet...' thought Neji.
Neji looked down at Naruto.
Naruto was still unconscious next to the log that Itachi had drug him to in order to get out of his backpack.
Neji and Ten Ten were sitting on their own log, while Kurenai, Kakashi, Anko, and Yamato shared another log to the left of it.
Sasuke was napping by himself against his own log, while Hinata was knelt down in front of him, tending to the pot and frying pan that she had over the fire.
She stirred the fish around in the pan, added butter, then flipped the fish with a toss of the pan.
'N-Naruto...' thought Hinata with a blush.
Nobody had talked to Hinata the entire time she had been awake.
She didn't make eye contact with anyone or anything but her pot or pan.
'Sher hasn't said anything since she first woke... Of course, the first time she was awake was only for a few seconds.' thought Neji.
(Flashback)
Neji and Ten Ten were sitting on their log comfortably, enjoying the setting sun.
For once Neji was quite comfortable.
Ten Ten was snuggled up against his chest, looking up at Neji's face with a smile.
"..."
"Ten Ten..." said Neji.
"Hm?" asked Ten Ten cutely.
"What is it?" asked Neji.
"Nothin..." said Ten Ten playfully.
"..."
Ten Ten continued to stare up at him.
"Tenny... Please. What is it?" asked Neji.
"(Giggle) It's nothing. I'm just glad to be with you." said Ten Ten with a smile.
Neji blushed slightly and smiled, hugging her a bit tighter.
"This has been nice." said Neji.
Ten Ten hugged him back.
"I'm glad." said Ten Ten.
They enjoyed the moment, but there was suddenly some movement near their feet.
'She's waking up...' thought Neji.
Hinata got up from ground slowly and drowsily.
"Mmmmnnnnn..." muttered Hinata.
She was on her hands and knees, looking at the ground.
"Hinata?" asked Neji.
He was worried about Hinata, she had been through some unexpected things, and he wanted to know if she was okay.
She slightly sat up and immediately focused her vision on a backpack on the floor.
'This is...' thought Hinata.
She knew which person the backpack belonged to.
It was the same person that was just making out with her in the hottest, steamiest, and sexiest groping session she had ever experienced.
Her eyes made contact with the orange ninja who was attached to the backpack.
Hinata's face immediately turned stark red and she fell unconscious to the ground.
"Hinata?!" exclaimed Neji.
Ten Ten and Neji landed next to her and flipped her over.
Neji closed his eyes and blushed when he saw her face.
"Ten Ten, can you please clean up her nosebleed?" asked Neji.
Neji walked back to the log and sat down, trying to gather himself.
'How am I going to deal with this? How am I going to be able to keep those two apart? She is so deeply in love with Naruto that she faints when she thinks about him...' thought Neji.
"..."
'Well, I can think of it this way, if she faints every time she thinks about him, then it's impossible for them to have sex... Unless Naruto is into doing unconscious women.' thought Neji.
The thought wasn't very satisfying to hinder his worrying, and Ten Ten noticed his worry.
"I'm sure everything will be fine. As soon as she wakes up again, I'll have a little talk with her." said Ten Ten.
(End Flashback)
'Hinata got up 30 minutes ago with a look of determination on her face. Before anyone could say anything, she began cooking everyone supper.' thought Neji.
"Ten, you said you were going to give her a little talk." whispered Neji.
"I was, but the second time she got up, she didn't faint. So I assumed that she was alright." whispered Ten Ten.
"Hm..." muttered Neji.
He knew that when Naruto awoke, the living kitsune cage would immediately hone his attention on Hinata.
'After that... passionate encounter, Naruto and Hinata will be attracted to each other like super magnets. What can I do?' thought Neji.
As Neji thought more about it, there was more stirring in the camp.
On the other side of the campfire, Sasuke had just woken up.
"Hm." muttered Sasuke.
He opened his eyes to see Hinata bent over in front of him.
"..."
'Awkward...' thought Sasuke.
Sasuke casually slipped himself back up onto his log and turned his attention elsewhere.
He didn't go unnoticed.
'Oh yeah Sasuke, Incognito...' thought Anko sarcastically.
"You liked that didn't you?" asked Anko with a wry smile.
"...You do know that we are distantly related... right?" asked Sasuke.
"Hm?" asked Anko in confusion.
"That means no." said Kakashi.
Anko blinked then nodded to Kakashi.
"Kay..." said Anko.
"(sigh)" 'She is being really...' thought Sasuke.
He stopped thinking and blinked in surprise.
There was another person in the camp, one he hadn't seen yet.
He didn't think that what he saw was real at first.
But she had to be real, she was sitting right next to Kakashi.
'When did Kurenai get here?' thought Sasuke.
He continued to watch her, wondering when she had arrived and why.
Kurenai was sitting next to Kakashi, and wasn't paying very much attention to anything but Kakashi.
'What should I do? Kakashi is right here... Maybe I should just move on and pretend like nothing ever happened... After all our relationship lasted less than a day... Or maybe I should try it again... Maybe I was too infatuated to really see what was going on between us...' thought Kurenai.
She looked over at Kakashi in curiosity, only to see that he was paying a lot of his attention to the ground.
She looked in the direction he was looking, and she figured out what he was paying so much attention to.
Kakashi was watching Naruto.
But he wasn't watching him defensively, he was watching him out of concern, like a father would.
'He does seem to have a fatherly side to him... Maybe being with Kakashi isn't such a bad idea...' thought Kurenai.
Kakashi then looked down to his jacket, lifted the right side, and pulled out Icha Icha Volume two.
"(Sigh)"
'Or maybe it is a bad idea... Maybe I should just stop thinking about it, I don't need to dwell on this now...' thought Kurenai.
Kurenai emptied her mind, allowing herself to only think about the positives.
Somehow, putting it aside made her feel a lot better about the whole thing.
'Kakashi was the first man I ever gave a chance... so it isn't the end of the world... But then again, there was one other that had an interest in me...' thought Kurenai.
(Flashback)
It was in the late morning, and she was standing outside her apartment which sat on the second floor.
She had just finished watering her flowers which sat in her home flowerbed on her window sill.
'There. All done.' thought Kurenai.
Her flowers were looking very healthy, and they were even beginning to bud a little.
'I bet they smell good now.' thought Kurenai.
She leaned forward to sniff the flowers, but she dropped her watering can over the edge of her flowerbed, and it landed outside of her apartment on the deck that surrounded the complex.
"(Sigh) Now I have to go get it." muttered Kurenai.
She opened her door and walked outside onto the wood deck that overlooked a large part of the city.
'Konoha always looks so beautiful and full of life.' thought Kurenai.
She turned and looked where her watering can was, but now in its place there were two feet.
She looked up to see Asuma Sarutobi attached to the feet.
He was a long-time friend and comrade, someone who she had known for a long time.
"Hello Kurenai..." said Asuma nervously.
'There it is again. He's acting strangely, yet again...' thought Kurenai.
"Asuma, is there something wrong with you?" asked Kurenai.
"Huh? W-wha(ahem) Whatever do you mean?" said Asuma anxiously.
"Don't lie to me Asuma. You have been acting very strangely ever since you carried me home from that mission three whole months ago." said Kurenai.
"Well you see I... Well it's like this..." began Asuma.
He was very nervous, and was fiddling with his hands a lot.
"..."
"Well? Aren't you going to say anything? Honestly if you're going to take up my time, you might as well..." began Kurenai.
"Would you like to go to dinner?!" exclaimed Asuma quickly.
Kurenai's expression quickly changed to surprised.
"W-what?" asked Kurenai.
"Would you... allow me to take you to dinner?" asked Asuma.
"A-Asuma..." exclaimed Kurenai quietly.
'That's what this is all about? He wanted to ask me out?' thought Kurenai.
Kurenai blushed and became a bit flustered.
"Well um... I um..." began Kurenai.
'I never thought that he... Um... Asuma... I... I don't what to say...' thought Kurenai in a nervous fluster.
Asuma immediately took her faltering as a sign of her trying to let him down lightly.
"I understand. Gomen. I shouldn't have said anything..." said Asuma quickly.
Asuma disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Wait!" exclaimed Kurenai.
He was already gone, all that was left was her watering can that he used for the substitution.
'Asuma...' thought Kurenai with a blush.
(End Flashback)
As she watched Kakashi out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that his eyes widened, only if slightly.
Kurenai looked where Kakashi was looking to see that Naruto was stirring a bit.
"Everyone, Naruto." said Kakashi quietly.
Everyone tensed up a bit, and turned their attention on Naruto.
Hinata was frozen in place, staring at the simmering food in front of her, and not turning to look at him.
'N-N-N-N-N-N...' thought Hinata.
Her brain was completely out of it, she had to calm down before she could do anything.
Naruto stood up from the ground, facing away from the camp.
"Naruto?" asked Neji.
Naruto didn't respond, but he turned and walked over to Sasuke.
He stopped in front of him, and stared at his face.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"You are a bastard traitor. You need to make up with Sakura, and apologize. I'm sick of trying to make everything better with Sakura, and it will never be the same until you two get along again." mumbled Naruto.
Sasuke blinked at Naruto in surprise.
Suddenly Naruto turned to Sasuke and slapped him hard in the face, back-flipping him off of his seat backwards.
"En' Garde Baka." mumbled Naruto.
Sasuke got up from behind his log, with red in his eyes. But to his surprise, Naruto wasn't even there anymore.
He was walking around the campfire, away from him.
"What the hell was that about?!" exclaimed Sasuke angrily.
Kakashi held his hand up to Sasuke to quiet him.
"Naruto is still asleep, but his motor functions a performing as though he is awake. I have seen this before." said Kakashi.
"Where have you seen this before?" asked Neji.
"Hehe. One night, Jiraiya got REALLY drunk and... well... For the sake of everyone, lets just say that someone got naked, and there was public sex involved." said Kakashi.
"..."
Everyone was in a disgusted or surprised state, but Kurenai finally broke the silence.
"What does this behavior even mean? What's happening to Naruto?" asked Kurenai.
"It is a very unlikely glitch in the human mind. In this state, Naruto will speak or act in a way that is most deeply kept secret only to himself. This is because when the brain is left unattended without any relaying supervision from the host, the actions will default to what he truly wants to do, or what he truly wants to say. What he does depends on who or what he interacts with." said Kakashi.
Neji blinked at Kakashi.
"How could someone EVER come up with a correct explanation of an unknown event so quickly?" asked Neji in disbelief.
Everyone ignored Neji's disbelieving query when they noticed that Naruto had stopped walking around the fire.
Naruto stopped in front of Kurenai, and turned to face her, the expression on his face was blank.
"Kurenai, what Naruto does or says now will more than likely be something that he keeps secret from you. Whatever it is, it will not be censored by Naruto's mind so that it won't hurt your feelings. Whatever he says in this state will be absolutely true and from the bottom of his heart. It could be something minuscule, or something huge, based on how much he knows you, or how much you have affected him. Be prepared for anything, it could be very unexpected." warned Kakashi quickly.
Kurenai nodded and awaited for Naruto to do something.
"..."
"Well?" asked Kurenai.
"Your skirt thingy is too high. It seems slutty at times." mumbled Naruto.
Kurenai's mouth was hanging open in shock.
"I am glad that you taught Hinata, you treated her like she was your own daughter, and for that I am grateful." said Naruto.
Kurenai blinked in surprise.
She was going to slap him, but after that last part, she was emotionally conflicted between hugging and slapping him.
He stepped one person over to Kakashi.
'Well Naruto, let's see what you think of me.' thought Kakashi.
"You are one of the only people I have ever considered to be a father figure, but you are also a perverted man who looks like a scarecrow." said Naruto.
"..."
Kakashi honestly didn't know what to say.
He stepped one over to Anko.
"You dress like a slut, you can be scary, and I have a sneaking suspicion that you are a masochist." said Naruto.
"..."
"What?! You little bastard!" exclaimed Anko.
She went to tackle Naruto, but Kakashi held her back by wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Anko relax." said Kakashi.
Anko struggled for a few more moments before she relaxed a bit in Kakashi's grasp.
Kakashi cautiously let her go.
Anko snorted in disgust and crossed her arms stubbornly.
"Fine! Hmph!" exclaimed Anko.
Anko sat back down on her seat just in time to see Naruto step in front of Yamato.
"Naruto?" asked Yamato.
"I greatly appreciate all the training and all of the help you have given me so far." said Naruto.
He paused for a moment.
"You're wood techniques are a gay joke waiting to happen." added Naruto.
"Yes... Yes they are." said Yamato.
He stepped over to Neji and Ten Ten.
He paused for a moment.
"Neji, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm sure you're a man, I would have mistaken you two for a lesbian couple. Neji, you should either cut your hair, or wear a shirt that says you're a dude." said Naruto.
Neji was appalled and Ten Ten was already patting his back to comfort him.
"It's alright hon. I love you just the way you are." said Ten Ten.
Neji smiled slightly, but was still miffed about it.
'He's one to talk. He turns into a woman all of the time...' thought Neji spitefully.
"And Neji, never let Ten Ten convince you that pink is a manly color. You will probably never hear the end of it from me." said Naruto.
Ten Ten and Neji sweat-dropped.
Naruto stepped over one from Neji and Ten Ten to stand in front of the weasel that sat beside them on the log.
"You are actually a supposedly psycho-pathological antagonist, but you are actually Sasuke's br..." began Naruto.
The weasel quickly jumped up and bit Naruto's hand.
Naruto stopped talking and shook the weasel back and forth until Itachi finally let go.
Itachi flew through the air, and landed on Sasuke's log, right next to him.
The weasel merely blinked at Sasuke before they both looked back to Naruto.
"That is weird. Usually pain would wake the person out of this state. But he's still like that." muttered Kakashi while in deep thought.
Hinata was frozen next to the fire, kneeling towards it, and breathing deep. She was kind of pretending to cook, but was having a hard time of pretending when she couldn't barely move.
'He's walking to me! I'm next!' thought Hinata hurriedly.
Naruto walked over to Hinata and knelt down close to her.
"..."
He said nothing, and just looked at her. His eyes were motionless but they seemed to be peering into her soul.
'What is he going to say?! Kakashi said that whatever he says will be absolutely true and from the bottom of his heart! Will he call me ugly?! Will he tell me that he only kissed me because he felt sorry for me?!' thought Hinata quickly.
She could feel his breathe tickle the skin on the right side of her neck.
'Maybe it was just a kiss to him! Just a hot moment...' thought Hinata.
Her mind was racing, but her body was frozen. Her low self-esteem and paranoia were getting the best of her in her moment of sudden stress.
'Well Naruto, what will you say?' thought Kakashi.
Naruto suddenly dove forward and tackled her to the ground in a kiss.
"Mnn!?" exclaimed Hinata in surprise.
Kakashi blinked in surprise.
Neji's mouth dropped.
"Woah." said Sasuke simply.
He began to kiss her deeply, letting his tongue caress her mouth while he massaged her sides and back.
"Oh my God!!" exclaimed Anko in surprise.
Naruto continued pleasuring Hinata, expressing his love through his kissing.
After half a minute, Hinata finally pushed him back at bit so that she could breathe.
"N-Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata breathlessly.
Suddenly Naruto blinked as though something was in his eyes. He faltered for a moment before sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
'He's waking up?' thought Kakashi.
Kakashi could see that Hinata was stark red, and that Naruto was waking up.
'Her voice woke him up?' thought Kakashi.
Naruto yawned and looked drowsily around the campfire, meeting only the eyes of several shocked and/or appalled ninja.
"What?" asked Naruto in confusion.
"N-Naruto..." stammered Hinata.
Naruto looked down to see that he was sitting on top of Hinata's hips.
She was breathing deeply and quickly, and her entire face was completely red.
Hinata's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she closed her eyes, meaning that she was unconscious again.
Naruto blushed red, and before he could do anything a red dart shot into his neck.
Naruto fell over on top of Hinata, completely unconscious.
Everyone looked over at Neji in time to see him tucking away his dart tube.
"Would you cut that out?! It's very counter-productive to constantly have two of the members of our team unconscious!" exclaimed Kakashi.
"A promise is a promise." said Neji.
"And an order is an order. You are not to do that ever again to ANY of our teammates unless I tell you to." said Kakashi.
Kakashi did not wait for Neji to reply.
He got up and walked over to Naruto and Hinata.
He bent down and took the dart out of Naruto's neck.
"If things keep up the way they are going, Naruto emotions may get out of hand... I should report this to Tsunade..." said Kakashi.
"..."
"Well, not all of it anyway..." muttered Kakashi to himself.
Kakashi bit his thumb, made three quick hand signs, and slammed his hand into the ground.
(poof)
A small pug with a Konoha Hitai-Ate around his neck appeared in a poof of smoke.
"Pakkun." said Kakashi.
"What can I do you for Kakashi?" asked Pakkun.
"Just a moment." said Kakashi.
Kakashi took out a piece of paper and began to quickly burn the surface of the paper with a thin chakra blade.
The burns didn't seer all of the way through the paper, just enough to mark a thin black line wherever he wrote.
He quickly scribbled out an explanation for Tsunade on the paper.
"He could have just as easily used pencil and paper..." whispered Neji to Ten Ten.
"Yeah, but that wouldn't have been super cool..." whispered Anko in response.
Neji sighed in a annoyance.
After Kakashi finished the letter, he folded the paper and tucked it into the handle of a hollow kunai.
Kakashi handed Pakkun the kunai.
"Here, I need you to deliver this to Tsunade as quickly as possible. Once you get it done, you can treat yourself to a good hot meal in Konoha. I left you some money in the usual place." said Kakashi.
"Alright Kakashi, I'll do my best." said Pakkun.
Pakkun grabbed the kunai in his mouth and nodded to Kakashi.
He took off to the South, but as he went to jump a log, he noticed the weasel sitting on it.
Pakkun stopped immediately to look at the weasel.
They met eyes, and Pakkun immediately recognized a very distinctive trait, and a very distinctive threat.
"Kakashi. This weasel..." began Pakkun.
As soon as Pakkun turned to look at Kakashi, he immediately realized that Kakashi didn't want him to say anything more.
"Did you say something?" asked Kakashi.
"Never mind. It's not that important..." said Pakkun.
Pakkun took off into the woods until he was completely out of sight.
'He said something about the weasel... A weasel... Why does that seem... familiar?' thought Sasuke.
Itachi sensed Sasuke looking right at him.
'Uh oh...' thought Itachi.
Sasuke watched as the weasel quickly scurried across the camp, and curled up into Hinata's hood.
'Out of sight, out of mind...' thought Itachi.
"..."
"Who's weasel is that?" asked Sasuke suddenly.
Everyone suddenly became tense.
'Uh-oh...' thought Kakashi.
"I would think that it would be obvious that it is Hinata's." said Neji suddenly.
Kakashi immediately caught on.
"Yes, I noticed some movement in her bag before, but I assumed that she knew about it, seeing that the bag was attached to her." said Kakashi.
"And the weasel has a Hitai-ate. So it is obviously a pet." commented Anko.
'I'll show you a pet...' thought Itachi spitefully.
"Come here so I can petcha' little guy... " said Anko.
Anko bent over from her seat and reached for Hinata's hood.
"(HISS!)"
Anko pulled her hand back quickly form Hinata's hood.
"Jeez, little cranky bastard..." muttered Anko.
'Cranky? I'm going to end up hurting this woman...' thought Itachi spitefully.
Sasuke almost seemed satisfied with everything, but he was still a bit suspicious of something. Something about the weasel, he just couldn't tell what it was that seemed so off about this.
Neji inconspicuously nudged Ten Ten.
"Um, It is Hinata's. She's had it for just under a year now." lied Ten Ten quickly.
Sasuke paused for a moment before nodding.
'Ten Ten would know, she is Hinata's best friend... So it's probably true. I've got to stop being so paranoid... I should just sit back and relax. If Itachi does show up in the Land of Snow, then... I will act.' thought Sasuke.
Sasuke leaned back against his log and shut his eyes.
Everyone relaxed a bit.
Sasuke was either meditating or resting, Kakashi wasn't sure which one it was.
'That was close...' thought Kakashi.
The night provided more than enough darkness for them, lucky for them that they had built a fire ahead of time.
Nobody really talked as they watched the fire burn. They all just sat and enjoyed the peace.
Except Neji.
"We should get Naruto off of Hinata." said Neji suddenly.
"Hm?" mumbled Anko.
They looked to the ground to see that Naruto was still on top of Hinata.
"Says you. I say we let them wake up against each other. It would be funny." said Anko.
"Yes it would, but I'm siding with Neji on this one. We need Naruto and Hinata conscious, and if they don't wake up in time to eat Hinata's food, then we will have to escort them to their tents without dinner." said Kakashi.
"Even if they do wake up in time, Hinata will probably faint because of being too close to Naruto. And if she doesn't wake up in time, she will go to bed without food. So more than likely nothing good will come of leaving them like that." said Neji.
"Okay, I agree with that. Hinata's food is almost done cooking by now, so let's get them separated." said Yamato.
Yamato and Kakashi walked over to Naruto and Hinata. Yamato grabbed Naruto's feet, and Kakashi grabbed his upper torso.
"Ready? And heave!" said Kakashi.
They both lifted Naruto off of the ground, but Hinata came with him.
She was clinging on to him by wrapping her arms and legs around him tightly.
It was like she was clinging onto him for dear life.
"..."
"Alright... Set them down and we'll pry her off." said Yamato.
"Hai." said Kakashi.
They put them both down and laid them down so that Hinata was on top.
"Alright, get her hands to let go first." said Kakashi.
Yamato nodded and went to grab Hinata's hand.
Right before Yamato's hand touched Hinata's hand, he felt a sharp sting with a force that threw his whole arm back for a moment.
"Ow!" exclaimed Yamato.
He held up his hand to see a slight burn mark on the top side.
"..."
"I think she slapped my hand somehow..." said Yamato.
"What? That is impossible, she didn't move." said Kakashi.
"I'm telling you, she slapped me or something." said Yamato.
"Let me try." said Kakashi.
Kakashi reached for Hinata's hand.
Just before he touched her, his hand felt a sharp sting with a large power behind it.
Kakashi held up his hand and looked at it.
"Ow. That does hurt." said Kakashi.
"Let's both try it at the same time. If she bats you away, instantly try again." said Kakashi.
"Hai." said Yamato.
"Ready, three, two, one!" exclaimed Kakashi.
They threw forward a flurry of grabs at Hinata's hands. There were hundreds of attempts within a minute, but none of their grabs connected.
They both stopped to catch their breathes for a moment, and looked at each other.
Kakashi stood up and turned around.
"Oh well, I guess we tried." said Kakashi.
'Sempai?' thought Yamato.
It wasn't like Kakashi to just give up.
Kakashi began to walk away.
"Lala la la la..." said Kakashi.
Kakashi suddenly whipped around and dove at Hinata's hand.
"Aha!" exclaimed Kakashi.
Kakashi had successfully grabbed Hinata's hand, but suddenly he felt as though something was wrong. His instincts told him to flee.
(Boom)
There was a huge and quick burst of chakra that shot Kakashi away from Hinata like a rocket.
He slammed into a medium-sized tree across the clearing, causing it to bend a bit.
Nobody said anything, they were too surprised.
"What... What just happened?" asked Kurenai.
"Did Hinata do that?" asked Anko.
"Well, after all of that trying, I think she still repelled you." said Neji.
"No, she didn't." said Yamato.
"Hm?" asked Neji in confusion.
"That chakra wasn't Hinata's, it was different." said Yamato.
"You're right." said Kakashi.
He was already off of the tree and walking to the campfire.
'Wow, Kakashi is really strong...' thought Anko admiringly.
'Ow my back...' thought Kakashi.
He walked up to Hinata and knelt down, holding his hand up curiously.
"I wonder if I'm right about this..." muttered Kakashi.
He moved his hand towards Hinata, but suddenly his hand was stopped by an red dome of chakra that appeared around both Naruto and Hinata's bodies.
Kakashi moved his hand away, and just as quickly as the dome had appeared, it disappeared.
"I knew it. That was Naruto that repelled me. Hinata was repelling me before with some kind of strange jutsu, but when I finally touched Hinata, Naruto was infuriated and threw me away from her. And now, his body is on full alert, ready to repel anything." said Kakashi.
"Amazing. At this point, we'll never be able to separate them..." commented Anko.
Neji was just staring at them.
"...How can you come up with such a detailed analysis of something that happened within such a small time-frame such a short time ago?" asked Neji skeptically.
"I just can, now shut up." replied Kakashi.
"..."
"...Right, so I guess the only thing to do is to..." began Yamato.
Yamato had a surprised expression on his face.
"Is to what?" asked Kakashi.
"Where did Hinata go?" asked Yamato.
Everyone looked back to Naruto's body to see that Hinata was no longer on him.
"I'm right here..." said Hinata quietly.
Hinata was kneeling at the fire, finishing the fish and ramen she began cooking earlier.
Everyone blinked at her in surprise.
Kakashi inconspicuously nudged Yamato.
"Oh sorry, I guess that I'm getting a bit drowsy. I didn't notice you at all." said Yamato quickly.
"It's okay Yamato, I didn't either." added Kakashi.
'What happened? If she woke up on Naruto, wouldn't she faint? How is she still conscious?' thought Kakashi.
'Maybe she woke up drowsy and didn't even notice...' thought Kakashi.
Suddenly Kakashi felt a strong force of chakra building inside of Naruto.
Kakashi saw an uncomfortable expression on Naruto face. It was filled with worry and sadness.
Naruto's hand were gripping and un-gripping and he was fidgeting a bit.
"Hinata..." mumbled Naruto quietly.
Kakashi: (He is having a bad dream or something. If we don't wake him, he could unleash his powers.)
'There. He's doing it again. Those strange hand-movements... They aren't hand-signs for a technique...' thought Sasuke suspiciously.
"Why are you all h-huddled around Naruto? Is he a-alright?" asked Hinata in worry.
"Don't worry about him, he'll be just fine. We just need to wake him up before the food gets done." said Yamato.
Yamato: (We need something to wake him up now before this gets out of hand)
'They are all doing it... I don't understand what's going on.' thought Sasuke.
Ten Ten: (Fish Burro grass hello one.)
"..."
Kakashi: (What?)
Neji: (She... She doesn't actually know how to sign...)
Ten Ten had a sheepish smile on her face.
Yamato: (Never mind that now! We need to wake him immediately! That dart really knocked him out cold!)
Kakashi had a sudden realization.
"Neji? Do you have an antidote?" asked Kakashi.
Neji blinked.
"Yes I do. But be careful. As soon as it hits the bloodstream, its effects are immediate." said Neji.
"Antidote? W-what antidote?" asked Hinata worriedly.
"An antidote for deep sleep." said Neji quickly.
"D-deep sleep? That... that doesn't make any sense..." said Hinata.
"Well, sometimes, Shinobi are sent out on a mission to a distant land, too far away to get supplies. And because of the distance, new orders for them could take days to arrive. So when the orders do arrive, the messenger has this deep sleep antidote to wake up any shinobi who are incapacitated from the long wait." said Yamato quickly.
Neji tossed Kakashi a small vile full of pink liquid.
"Alright, now we'll just make him swallow it." said Yamato.
Kakashi went to pour it down his throat, but a red chakra barrier came up again and burnt his hand slightly.
The barrier disappeared, but Kakashi knew it was still there.
"Ah. Ow. I can't get it through to his mouth." said Kakashi.
"You... you d-don't have to wake him..." muttered Hinata.
They either didn't hear her, or they ignored her. She couldn't tell.
'What's going on?' thought Hinata.
"This is another defense mechanism, just like before when he became very heavy. We just need to get around it like Neji did before." said Kurenai.
"Right. Except I can't do it this time. Before I could touch Naruto's forehead. But now I wouldn't be able to get anywhere near him because of the chakra barrier." said Neji.
"Crap. I guess we need to try everything possible." said Kakashi.
Kakashi stood up and held his right hand straight up.
'There are only a few ways to get through chakra...' thought Kakashi.
Lightning chakra quickly formed a blade at the tip of his hand.
"Raikiri!" exclaimed Kakashi.
"Zoh my God!" exclaimed Anko as she flailed her arms and dove behind Kurenai.
Kakashi held up his hand for a moment, then thrust it at Naruto.
A red chakra hand flew out of the barrier and extinguished the lightning by pinching it and covering it with chakra.
It was like putting out a match with two wet fingers.
The chakra hand disappeared back in to the barrier, and the barrier faded back to invisibility.
Kakashi pulled his hand back and stared at it in disbelief.
"Well, if Raikiri didn't work, I'm out of options." said Kakashi.
"R-Raikiri?! K-Kakashi-sensei! He's just asleep! W-why are you using such h-harsh m-m-measures?!" exclaimed Hinata.
Kakashi was about to answer but he was interrupted by Yamato.
"I still have this." said Yamato.
He formed many hand-signs before stopping and holding his palm out towards Naruto.
"Hokage-Shiki Jijun Jutsu: Kakuan Nitten Suishu!" exclaimed Yamato. (Hokage-Style Submission Technique: Sanctuary Enlightenment Enclosing Palm)
Wood posts jutted out of the ground around Yamato, each one sporting a dragon shaped head.
The flew out at Naruto and tried to bite down on Naruto to pin him. But when they got close, the barrier appeared again, and when the posts hit, they disintegrated on contact.
Yamato blinked.
What was left of the posts went back to Yamato and hid themselves back into the ground.
"Well, that is supposed to be my way of stopping Naruto. So if that didn't work, I too have nothing more to contribute." said Yamato.
'Why are they doing this?! There must be something going on...' thought Hinata.
As they sat and pondered how to awaken Naruto, they noticed that he began fidgeting more, and he looked even more uncomfortable.
'His powers are building to incredible levels! If he concentrates his chakra even the slightest bit...' thought Kakashi in horror.
"N-Naruto doesn't need to wake up r-right this second. He can eat w-when he wakes up." argued Hinata.
"Be quiet Hinata, we're trying to think." said Kakashi.
"B-but Kakashi-sensei!" exclaimed Hinata.
"Please, Hinata be quiet." said Kakashi.
Kakashi, without looking, held out his hand towards Hinata's face to stop her from talking.
But he accidentally palmed her in the face.
Hinata held both her hands over her nose.
"Ow..." said Hinata.
"Oh! Sorry Hinata..." began Kakashi.
(Boom!)
Kakashi suddenly shot away from the camp and slammed into the same tree from before, bending it a little more.
Kakashi fell from the crater in the tree to the ground.
"Ow... Kami..." muttered Kakashi.
"Kakashi! Are you alright!?" exclaimed Kurenai.
"Yeah sure, why not..." muttered Kakashi.
Everyone looked to the source of Kakashi's tormentor.
The red chakra dome around Naruto was glowing angrily, and Naruto's expression was not happy.
"EVERYONE HIT THE DECK!!!" exclaimed Anko wildly.
Everyone jumped behind their respective logs except Sasuke and Hinata.
"What are you two doing!? Get out of there!" exclaimed Kurenai.
"Who knows what he could do to you?! Look what he did to Kakashi!" exclaimed Anko.
Kakashi was still sitting on the ground by his tree.
"I'm fine just in case anyone cares..." muttered Kakashi.
"Naruto only acted d-defensively!" exclaimed Hinata.
"He's gone mad!" exclaimed Anko wildly.
"I'll take him down." said Sasuke.
"He is down. He laying down right there." said Anko in confusion.
Sasuke ignored her and drew his blade.
"Naruto wouldn't hurt me! Naruto wouldn't hurt anyone!" defended Hinata.
Suddenly Sasuke ducked and the tree behind him disintegrated.
In the place of the tree was Naruto's red chakra hand, fidgeting angrily as though it was crazy with hatred.
"Sasuke! Get yourself and Hinata out of there!" ordered Kakashi.
Sasuke nodded and quickly sheathed his sword.
He ran over to Hinata and grabbed her hand.
"Come on Hinata!" said Sasuke.
Suddenly Sasuke was yanked away from Hinata and slammed into Kakashi's tree by Naruto, increasing the size of the crater in the tree.
Naruto's chakra hand plopped Sasuke down to the ground next to Kakashi.
"Ow." groaned Sasuke as he rubbed his back in pain.
Suddenly the red chakra hand turned and quickly grabbed Hinata.
"Hinata no!" shouted Kurenai.
The hand quickly drew itself in towards Naruto and pushed Hinata up against him.
"My Hinata... Sasuke-teme won't touch my Hinata..." mumbled Naruto in his sleep.
Hinata blushed deeply and everyone watched in surprise.
"I get it... When Kakashi palmed Hinata, and when Sasuke grabbed Hinata... He... He only reacts when Hinata is touched... " muttered Yamato in surprise.
Hinata, with much squirming and embarrassment, squirmed out of Naruto's grasp, and fell out of the red dome of chakra.
Kakashi's eye widened in realization while Hinata got up and dusted herself off.
'N-Naruto held me so close...' thought Hinata while she blushed red.
"..."
'She went right through the barrier with out any resistance...' thought Kakashi.
"Hinata. Could you do something for me?" asked Kakashi.
Hinata blinked in surprise.
Hinata was still blushing red, but she did want to be on good terms with Kakashi.
"S-sure, I would be happy to." said Hinata.
"Have Naruto drink this." said Kakashi.
Kakashi held up the vile with the pink liquid contents.
"Me? W-w-why m-me?" asked Hinata in a flustered manner.
"Because. Are you going to do it for me or not?" asked Kakashi.
She didn't want to seem rude, especially to such revered Shinobi.
"B-but..." stammered Hinata.
"I am sorry if you don't want to do this, but this is now an order from your commanding officer." said Kakashi.
Hinata's eyes widened.
She had no choice.
"B-but why do we... He's just f-fine..." stammered Hinata.
Kakashi's expression did not change, he still held the vile in his hand, waiting for Hinata to take it.
"He threw me into a tree and nearly took my head off." said Sasuke.
"..."
"...O-Okay. I'll d-do it." stuttered Hinata.
Hinata took the vile from Kakashi's hand.
She took a deep breathe.
She walked a couple of steps over to where Naruto lay unconscious.
Hinata sat down about a yard away from Naruto.
'Okay... here... here we go...' thought Hinata.
She leaned over to Naruto, the vile was in her hand as she tried to stretch her arm over to Naruto's mouth.
Hinata was blushing, but she was keeping it under control.
'As long as I'm not too close... I can stay under control...' thought Hinata.
"Hinata, you aren't going to be able to reach him from that far away." said Kakashi.
Kakashi walked over to Hinata and put his foot against her hip.
He quickly pushed Hinata towards Naruto, causing her to slide across the ground until her hip bumped into Naruto's torso, causing her to stop.
The panic on her face was immediate.
'I'm so close!' thought Hinata.
"B-but... but... but..." muttered Hinata quietly.
Her face was stark red and she was barely holding onto the vile in her hand.
Kakashi was suddenly slapped so hard by the red chakra hand, that he did a back-flip.
'Ow! That hurt!' thought Kakashi as he rubbed his cheek.
"Go on then. Just put it in his mouth." said Kakashi.
Hinata nodded quickly.
Kakashi doubted that she even heard what he said.
Her hands were shaking, and she knew that this would be hard.
'I'll just get it over with. I'll do it quickly.' thought Hinata.
With a deep blush, she held Naruto's mouth open with one finger.
'His lips...' thought Hinata amorously.
She shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts.
She held the vile over him, and carefully poured it into his mouth.
The contents poured into his mouth, but it almost immediately leaked out of the side of his mouth.
"No. That's no good, you need to get him to swallow it. It looks as though his throat is closed." said Kakashi.
"If we had a pump, we could force it past his throat." suggested Yamato.
"Right, but we don't have a pump. We need something that can force liquid down his throat." said Kakashi.
"Oh that's easy. CPR." said Anko.
"What?" asked Neji.
"CPR forces air into a victim's lungs. You could do the same thing, except with the antidote." said Anko.
"..."
"That is actually a really good idea." said Kakashi.
"Alright, anyone willing to kiss Naruto?" asked Yamato.
"Not it." said Neji and Ten Ten.
"I'm not doing it." said Anko.
"Me neither." said Kurenai.
"Well Kakashi-sempai and I aren't going to do it." said Yamato.
"I've already kissed him once accidentally, and I'm never doing it ever ever again." said Sasuke.
"Well Hinata. It looks as though its up to you." said Kakashi with a smile.
"B-but y-you I... they... h-he... b-but..." stuttered Hinata in shock.
'I can't believe it's come down to this, but we really need Hinata to do this. It's either her or me... and I'm not into kissing Naruto.' thought Kakashi.
Hinata was frozen in disbelief at the turn of events.
'I... I have to kiss Naruto?!' thought Hinata incredulously.
She was hesitating, and she felt really embarrassed and unsure of the whole thing.
"Here let me help." said Kakashi.
Kakashi picked up Hinata by the back of her collar like a puppy, and threw her on top of Naruto's hips.
Hinata turned so red that her head began to steam.
"I don't think that's helping her..." commented Ten Ten.
(SWAP!)
Kakashi smacked in the chest by the chakra hand again, sending him flying into Anko.
He collided with Anko into the ground, but he immediately sat up out of reflex.
'Ahck... You'd think that I'd have learned something about touching Hinata by now...' thought Kakashi.
Kakashi looked to everyone, and they looked to him, wondering what to do.
Kakashi: (Just give her some room.)
'There are those hand-signs again...' thought Sasuke.
Before Sasuke could dwell any further, he was side-tracked by the sound of heavy breathing.
Hinata hadn't given Naruto the antidote yet, and she still didn't look like she was doing very well.
Hinata was already breathing much too quickly, and she was clutching the vile to her chest with both of her hands so that she wouldn't drop it.
'I... I have to do it. I... I want to do it... I need to do it. I need to kiss Naruto!' thought Hinata with a deepening blush.
Hinata took one look at the vile, and she quickly poured it into her mouth.
'Oh my God is she really going to do this?!' thought Kurenai incredulously.
Hinata hesitantly leaned forward a little.
'Ha. She's really going to do this!' thought Anko.
Her heart was pounding in her chest and she couldn't take her eyes off of Naruto's face.
She kept the antidote in her mouth, fighting the urge to gulp in nervousness.
She leaned in close to his face and tilted her head.
'Oh my God! No way!!!' thought Kurenai.
She closed her eyes and tried to brace herself for the oncoming kiss.
'Naruto... I... I love you.' thought Hinata.
She leaned in and her lips touched his.
Her mind immediately went into an emotional frenzy, but she had to keep her head.
She pushed her tongue past Naruto's teeth, kept pressure down with her lips, and forced the liquid down Naruto's throat.
She couldn't help but feel completely overtaken from the experience.
'Naruto! I'm kissing him! All on my own!' thought Hinata.
She pushed the liquid from her mouth until it was completely gone. Then she began to suck and lick, continuing the kiss.
Half of a minute went by, and Hinata had not moved aside from her tongue and lips.
Yamato leaned over to Kakashi.
"Didn't she finish giving him the medicine after the first few seconds?" whispered Yamato.
"I wasn't going to say anything, but I think that the situation has become quite awkward." said Kakashi.
"(Ahem)" hinted Kakashi.
"(AHEM HEM!!!)" hinted Neji loudly.
Hinata opened her eyes from the kiss to realize that she was being stared at.
Hinata blushed out of embarrassment.
"N-Naruto..." whispered Hinata.
Hinata fell back down on top of Naruto with her eyes closed.
"..."
"Well great. Now they're both unconscious again..." said Kakashi.
As Hinata laid down on top of Naruto, she could feel her skin glowing red.
'It may be dishonest to fake a fainting spell, but this is so worth it.' thought Hinata happily.
'It may be dishonest for me to fake being unconscious... But that kiss was beyond worth it! Dattebayo!!!' thought Naruto.
"You sly fox. You were awake for almost all of that kiss." said Kyuubi with a smile.
Naruto ignored him, enjoying Hinata's body on top of his.
He could feel her heart beat, and her breathing.
For some reason he became extremely calm and mellowed out.
"Mmm..." muttered Naruto.
It was then that Naruto realized that he had a vile worth of fluid in his lungs.
He quickly sat up, coughing violently for about half a minute.
Once he was properly breathing again, he looked down at Hinata on his lap and pretended to be surprised when he saw her.
"Naruto? You alright?" asked Anko.
Naruto picked Hinata up from underneath her arms, and stood up.
He carried her to the remaining empty log in the circle.
He sat down against the log, and placed Hinata's butt on the ground in between his legs.
He leaned back, and leaned her back onto his chest. Her head was slightly tilted to the right, but she looked comfortable.
Naruto sighed contently and closed his eyes.
"Naruto?" asked Kakashi.
Naruto hadn't responded to Anko, and Kakashi was already worried.
"Kakashi sensei... Were there drugs in your chocolates?" asked Naruto.
'Is he angry? The last thing we want him to be is angry...' thought Kakashi.
"Yes. There was an extremely potent aphrodisiac in them. I assume that you and Hinata must have eaten some of them." said Kakashi.
"Yes we did eat them... I suspected something like that." said Naruto.
His voice seemed indifferent, but no one could tell if he was alright or not.
'That's why she was suddenly so... open... She was drugged... But maybe that experience has helped her open up... If not, it was awesome for me!' thought Naruto.
"Ha! I am so proud of you! You are turning out to be a real foxy pervert!" said Kyuubi happily.
Naruto's face turned a slight tint of red.
"...Naruto... Are you okay?" asked Yamato.
Naruto tapped the ground with his hand once, then opened his eyes.
He looked around the campfire, and all he saw were concerned and potentially frightened faces.
Everyone was understandably concerned about Kyuubi.
"Well, let me think about that..." began Naruto.
A shadow clone of Naruto suddenly jumped out of the Northern tent, and back-handed Neji in the nose from behind.
"Gah! What the!?" exclaimed Neji.
"There. Now I'm alright." said Naruto with a smile.
He held his nose with both hands, trying to keep the blood from leaking onto his clothes.
"Honey! Are you okay?!" exclaimed Ten Ten.
"No. But I'll live..." muttered Neji.
"The hell is your problem?!" exclaimed Ten Ten angrily.
The Kage Bunshin disappeared and Naruto looked up at Ten Ten from the ground.
"I understand you being defensive of Neji and all, but he shot me with a tranquilizer dart twice. Both times were during what could have been very important emotional turning points in my life." said Naruto.
"..."
"Yeah Neji you did deserve that." said Kakashi.
Kakashi went to stand up, but winced halfway up.
Naruto noticed it immediately.
Before he could ask what had happened, he noticed some very distinct burn marks on Kakashi vest.
"Are you alright Kakashi?" asked Yamato.
Kakashi nodded, and sat back down to rest himself.
The burn marks could only be made by chakra. In this case, a demonic red chakra.
'Kyuubi... What happened when I was unconscious?' asked Naruto.
There was no response form Kyuubi, and when he looked to the cage, all he saw was darkness.
Kakashi saw Naruto looking solemnly at him, and he understood what he was thinking.
"I am fine. Really... I guess I deserved it anyway..." chuckled Kakashi.
"Fine. You deserved it. Now can we eat? I'm starving here!" exclaimed Anko.
"From what I can smell, the meal is already done. I know that Hinata wouldn't want you to wait and starve yourselves on her account. So I guess you should help yourselves." said Naruto.
Everyone except Naruto and Hinata flew up from their seats and rushed to their bags, getting together their bowls, plates, and utensils.
As Naruto watched everyone run in a frenzy for their things, he realized that Hinata's breathe had quickened a bit.
'Her breath wouldn't quicken unless... No... She couldn't actually be...' thought Naruto.
Naruto looked down at Hinata, only seeing the top of her head from his angle of vision.
'Hm...' thought Naruto.
"Hinata. If you could hear me, I'd tell you that you are a great kisser." said Naruto with a smile.
He immediately felt Hinata's body warm up, her heartbeat and breathing became even faster.
'No way. She's been awake? She actually faked fainting?!' thought Naruto incredulously.
Naruto pondered for a moment.
'She faked fainting on top of me... Because she wanted to be on me?' thought Naruto with a blush.
'That must mean... That she is over that incident... She wasn't drugged when she kissed me, or when she faked fainting...' thought Naruto.
Even though Naruto was happy about this, he couldn't help but let visions of Daishi flash through his mind.
Naruto fists clenched a bit in anger, but he calmed himself.
'As soon as I get back to Konoha... I'm going to be absolutely sure that Daishi gets what is coming to him...' thought Naruto.
He could still remember the pained look on Hinata's face when she was in that alleyway with that bastard.
Red chakra slowly seeped from Naruto's left clenched fist.
"Kit! Control!" warned Kyuubi.
Naruto blinked in surprise and his chakra seeped back into his body.
'Kyuubi... What happened when I was unconscious?' asked Naruto.
"I... I won't sugar coat it. You used my chakra while you slept to defend Hinata. You kind of slapped Kakashi and Sasuke around a bit." said Kyuubi.
'I see...' said Naruto sadly.
"..."
"If it makes you feel any better, your mind was provoked. Kakashi accidentally hit Hinata, and that is what started it." said Kyuubi.
It made Naruto feel a little better, but not a whole lot.
Kyuubi sensed this, and tried to cheer him up.
"At least Hinata is over that... She has become stronger, and she has moved on. She had to be brave to do what she did." said Kyuubi.
Naruto realized what he said was true, and his heart swelled with happiness.
"So how does that make you feel?" asked Kyuubi.
'Proud. It makes me very proud of her. It also makes me want to love her even more.' thought Naruto.
'You have to learn to control you're emotions more... But you've learned a lot kit... You've really matured...' thought Kyuubi proudly.
Naruto looked down at Hinata, he couldn't see her face, but he could still feel her blushing from his comment.
"Hinata... I know you're actually awake." whispered Naruto.
He felt Hinata's whole body stiffen.
'N-no way!' thought Hinata in shock.
"I'm glad that you're over that incident, and that you've moved on. But most of all, I'm glad that you've warmed back up to me." whispered Naruto quietly.
'D-does that mean he's accepted me?!' thought Hinata excitedly.
She immediately fantasized herself and Naruto actually being together, and ran what he said through her mind over and over in disbelief.
'I'm glad that you're over that incident, and that you've moved on. But most of all, I'm glad that you've warmed back up to me.' thought Hinata.
It seemed like it was burned into her mind, but she couldn't help but notice that the wording had her confused.
'Wait... warmed BACK up to him? What did he mean by that? We've never been like that before...' thought Hinata with a deep blush.
While Hinata still pretended to be unconscious, everyone had collected all of their dining essentials.
After they all raced to the pot and pan over the fire, they realized something.
With only one ladle and one spatula to get the food with, they would have to take turns anyway.
"I call firsties!" exclaimed Kakashi and Anko simultaneously.
They both looked at each other in surprise.
"You know firsties?" asked Kakashi and Anko.
"Jinx you owe me a soda!" said Kakashi and Anko.
"..."
"I love Icha." said Anko and Kakashi.
They both looked at each other in shock.
"No way." said Anko and Kakashi.
"Cool." said Kakashi and Anko, both wearing a smile.
While they were distracted by each other, everyone else had already taken their food.
"Aw! No Fair." said Anko and Kakashi.
Anko blinked at Kakashi, and Kakashi blinked back.
"I like you." said Anko with a smile.
"Heh. You're not too bad yourself." said Kakashi.
"I'll take that as a compliment." said Anko.
"It was intended to be one." said Kakashi.
"..."
"You have a weird way of wooing the ladies." said Anko slyly.
"I've been told that." said Kakashi.
"By whom?" asked Anko.
"By you." said Kakashi.
"Would you two just sit down and eat?" complained Sasuke in slight annoyance.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever parakeet boy." said Anko.
"What?" asked Sasuke.
"The back of his hair." whispered Anko to Kakashi.
"Hehe, it kind of does look like a parakeet's." said Kakashi quietly.
"What is that supposed to mean?" asked Sasuke in agitation.
"Just forget them Sasuke. They're just being... themselves." said Naruto.
Sasuke blinked at Naruto before nodding.
'He's right, they're just trying to annoy me.' thought Sasuke.
Sasuke went back to eating his fish, and ignored everyone around him so that he could eat in peace.
Not everyone was like Sasuke. Kurenai couldn't just quietly eat her food. she still had to debate over what to do.
'If I go back to Kakashi, and I tell him what happened between us, maybe he will consider me... But... Is Kakashi really the type of man I want?' thought Kurenai.
She looked aver to Kakashi to see him happily talking to Anko about a red-labeled book they both had.
'Ugh! That is horribly filthy reading material! How can that even be considered literature?!' thought Kurenai in disgust.
'And he is happily talking to Anko, a woman I can barely stand... Maybe I should rethink Asuma's offer...' thought Kurenai.
Hinata was still pretending to be fainted, and she was having a difficult time trying to remain calm.
'I need to ask Naruto-kun about this... I need to know what he meant... I will be unimaginably happy if this is his way of accepting me as a possible girlfriend, but that might not be what he actually meant...' thought Hinata.
She was conflicted in between happiness and doubt.
"Come on Hinata... You need to wake up now." said Naruto quietly.
"..."
"If you do, I'll feed you myself. I know you're as hungry as I am." said Naruto quietly.
Hinata blushed at the prospect of being fed by Naruto, but she still didn't want to bring attention to herself.
She was supposed to be unconscious.
(Grrrrn)
Her stomach growled loud enough for Naruto to hear it.
"C-mon Hinata... I know you want some ramen..." said Naruto quietly.
He still didn't get Hinata to move, but he was getting hungry himself.
"Hey Neji, I have a human-sized paperweight on me. Could you please get me some food for me? And some for Hinata when she wakes up?" asked Naruto.
Neji blinked at Naruto for a moment.
"Sure Naruto. Just a second." said Neji.
He gave his plate to Ten Ten, and Naruto gave Neji his and Hinata's lunch equipment.
Neji walked over to the fire, ladling ramen into their bowls.
"Here you go. Wait a moment and I'll get you some fish." said Neji.
"Thank you very much Neji. I appreciate it." said Naruto.
Neji nodded and set down their bowls next to Naruto on his log.
"This looks good Hinata, are you sure you don't want to wake up and have some?" asked Naruto quietly.
Neji came back with their plates, each plate carrying three fish.
"Here you are." said Neji.
"Thanks." said Naruto.
"Don't mention it." said Neji.
Naruto waited until Neji had sat back down, then he dug into his food.
'Oh my God this is good! The only one who can make better ramen than Ichiraku is Hinata!' thought Naruto.
He finished his bowl of ramen and started on the fish.
'I don't really even like fish and this is delicious!' thought Naruto in amazement.
Once he was done with his food, he set his plates out of the way and turned his attention back to Hinata, who still had not moved from her position against Naruto.
'She's being very adamant about her unconsciousness.' thought Naruto.
He held up Hinata's bowl of ramen under her nose.
"Hinata... I know you want some..." whispered Naruto.
Hinata blushed a little bit more, but she didn't move.
Naruto paused and thought for a moment.
"I'm going to take a spoonful of noodles and put it into your mouth. If you don't open your mouth and eat it, it will just run down onto your jacket, and it will stain your clothes." said Naruto.
Hinata said nothing, but she became a bit more tense.
'He wouldn't...' thought Hinata.
Naruto got spoonful of ramen and held the spoon in front of her mouth.
Naruto leaned in to her ear.
"If you eat this food for me... I'll make it worth your while..." whispered Naruto in a soothing tone.
Hinata blushed red and bit her lower lip.
'C-mon Hinata-chan...' thought Naruto in hope.
She slightly opened her mouth.
'Her lips...' thought Naruto with a blush.
Naruto rested the spoon on her lower lip.
'Her lips are so plush...' thought Naruto.
She opened her mouth just enough for the spoon to fit in.
Naruto slid the spoon into her mouth, his blush becoming deeper.
Naruto slowly pulled the spoon back out, watching her lips move with the spoon until he completely pulled it out.
Hinata was blushing like mad, but they didn't seem to be gathering any attention. Everyone was already too busy eating.
'Hinata-chan...' thought Naruto.
He continued to feed her until the ramen and fish were completely gone.
'She really doesn't eat much... She gets full very quickly.' thought Naruto.
"Full of what?" asked Kyuubi with a wry smile.
'Kyuubi don't. I'm having a nice moment.' thought Naruto calmly.
"Hm. Alright, I see. I will leave you alone for a while then..." said Kyuubi.
Kyuubi's figure disappeared into the recesses of his mind.
'He actually left me alone...' thought Naruto in surprise.
As he relaxed, he just sat behind Hinata, listening to her heart beat, and feeling her breathe in and out.
The more he did this, the more he wanted to just snuggle her to death.
The night air seemed cooler than usual this time of year.
The clouds in the sky blocked the stars from view, providing an almost completely black sky.
'Something feels... wrong.' thought Tsunade.
She sat at home, trying to enjoy the time she had after work was finally done for the day.
It was too stressful for her to be able to relax.
She had a list of worries that seemed to grow by the hour.
'Sasuke may already know too much about Itachi...' thought Tsunade.
That was already enough of a problem as it was. If Sasuke learned that Itachi actually had the clan killed by the order of the Hokage, then he might turn on Konoha, and it would devastate Team 7 all over again. Also, if he somehow goes back to Orochimaru, and Orochimaru gets a hold of his body... Konoha might become mere hindrance to him.
'Orochimaru...' thought Tsunade.
But then again, Orochimaru had lost his memory, as confirmed by Ibiki. So unless Orochimaru gained his memory back, they wouldn't have to worry about that particular detail.
'I wonder how he will turn out, I wonder what we will do.' thought Tsunade.
There was so much controversy in Orochimaru's capture and detainment.
It was known only among the council that Orochimaru had lost his memory, and the counsel couldn't decide on what to do with him. Half of the counsel said to execute him on the spot for his crimes, while the other half argued that they should try to harness his knowledge, skills, and powers for Konoha's benefit.
She actually didn't know where to side on this. On one hand, he killed her sensei and revered Hokage. But on the other hand he had helped her a lot growing up. On one hand, he was a criminal mastermind, but on the other hand, he had no memory of ever being evil, or of leaving Konoha at all. On one hand, they could let him live among everyone else because of his memory impairment, but on the other hand if he regained his memory, he could destroy them all from the inside out.
That only started her list of worries.
'We seem to have Bijuu popping up all over the place with who knows how many weird "destroy the world" powers. But despite the fact that Konoha has the most revered Shinobi, we cannot seem to keep track of, or find any of them!' thought Tsunade.
'And on a related note, Naruto is one of those Jinchuriki... And his condition is unstable... He could suddenly go fully fledged Kyuubi at any moment...' thought Tsunade.
'Gah! Is there is anything else to add to this list?!' thought Tsunade incredulously.
"Tsunade-sama!" exclaimed a voice.
'What was that?' thought Tsunade.
She stood up from her couch, and listened again.
(knock-knock-knock)
Tsunade got up from her couch and walked over to the door.
She opened it and peered into the darkness of the night, not seeing anyone.
Suddenly two green eyes opened in front of her door, seemingly glowing in the night air.
"(Gasp)"
(Flashback)
"I don't know who it was. But I did see him once before. Un." said Deidara.
Tsunade paused for a moment.
"Describe him to me." said Tsunade.
"He has green eyes that seem to pierce into your soul, Un. He wears a white robe with blue flames along the bottom, Un. He has a large amount of hair that seems to be balled up in a way... Un. He had a strange chakra... and that is really the only way to describe it unless you see it yourself. Un..." said Deidara.
(End Flashback)
'Green eyes... Could it actually be?' thought Tsunade.
Sure they weren't soul-piercing, but they were very green.
The eyes blinked once as though expecting Tsunade to talk first.
"Tsunade-sama. Do you mind if I could have a moment of your time?" asked the voice.
The person was a girl, that much was for sure. And it was a voice she recognized, but only vaguely.
'Someone I've only just met then...' thought Tsunade.
"Um sure. Please, come inside." said Tsunade.
Tsunade stepped back into her home and opened the door wider for her.
'Now who is it?' thought Tsunade.
The first thing she noticed was baggy pants, and two shiny blue objects near her waist.
A black cloak seemed to flow with her movements as though it was designed to conceal this girl.
But just before her face got into the light, she disappeared.
Tsunade got tense, trying to get a bead on her possible enemy.
"Thank you for inviting me in. That is very hospitable of you." said the girl.
Tsunade whipped around to see Ashley standing next to her lamp which stood to the right of her couch.
"Ashley. What business do you have here? Is there something you'd like to discuss?" asked Tsunade casually.
'Ashley... liaison for Koorigakure... Could she possibly be the one Deidara spoke of? She seems to match the description, and if she were well disguised, she could be mistaken for a male. The thing that really ties it together is her blinding speed. Deidara seemed to be very shaken by it.' thought Tsunade.
"Well yes. I would like to discuss some of the things I've seen in your village." said Ashley.
"The things you've seen? Such as?" asked Tsunade.
"Well for starters, while I have been here, I have seen at least 50 Shinobi who I know are enemies to both of our villages." said Ashley.
Tsunade's eyes widened.
"We have gotten plenty of reports about them. We don't have very many descriptions." said Tsunade.
"I have a good one for you. Long black hair, yellow eyes, bleach white skin." said Ashley.
Tsunade knew where she was going with this.
"Yes, we have gotten that description. What about it?" asked Tsunade.
"Don't act so casual. Orochimaru is one of the only people in this world who is a threat to the Leaf on his own. What is going on? You know more than you are letting on. I demand to know what the hell is going on." said Ashley firmly.
'She is very smart...' thought Tsunade.
"(Sigh) Fine. Orochimaru was captured and is in our custody. We have confirmation from a specialist that he has amnesia. He doesn't ever remember betraying the Leaf village. He only remembers up to his Chunnin years." said Tsunade.
Ashley paused for about a minute, looking as though she was going to say something several times, but she never did.
"And what about the Sound nin that have also been seen around Konoha?" asked Ashley.
"That we still unsure of. But we are keeping track of any sightings, and where the sightings are most common." said Tsunade.
"Right. And how about the Lightning nin?" asked Ashley.
"Lightning nin? Oh Yeah. I keep forgetting that they changed their name. We don't know about them either. But if you are going to ask about the Mist nin or any others, I am going to tell you right now that I don't know. We are just going to assume that they are staging an overthrow or destruction of Konoha." said Tsunade.
Ashley paused for a moment.
"That's what I was thinking. We need to take precautions. I have already sent word to my village requesting military assistance. If war breaks out in the Leaf, Ice will come to help." said Ashley.
'This could just be a way to make the Land of Snow be overlooked by us. I will still need to be cautious...' thought Tsunade.
"I will be anticipating the paperwork involved." said Tsunade with a smile.
"Hehe. Tyler always complains about the paperwork." said Ashley.
"Does he? What does he do for a living?" asked Tsunade.
"Well basically he does a lot of filing and paperwork for transactions, as well as regulating guidelines." said Ashley.
"Sounds boring." said Tsunade.
"Yeah, he complains about it a lot." said Ashley with a smile.
"It sounds like I can agree with him... Well, if that's all, I think I'm going to go to bed." said Tsunade.
"Alright then. I'll see you later." said Ashley.
Ashley quickly disappeared out the door.
'I'm getting closer and closer to finding out what is going on...' thought Tsunade.
"Hawk." said Tsunade.
An ANBU with a hawk mask popped out of her lamp shade, upside-down.
"Hm?" asked Towa.
"Follow her, set up a perimeter where she lives, and report directly back to me." said Tsunade.
"Hai. Hokage-sama." said Towa.
He disappeared in a shunshin, leaving leaves all over her carpet.
'That IS annoying...' thought Tsunade.
Two cloaked figures hid themselves in the shade of a large oak tree, watching the moon finally reveal itself from behind all of the clouds in the night sky.
"Ah. Moonlight. It is a beautiful thing." said Kisame.
"Yeah. Un." said Deidara.
"..."
"Do you have any idea how redundant that is?" asked Kisame.
"Yeah. Un." said Deidara.
"(Sigh) You and your habits..." muttered Kisame.
"Yeah Yeah Un..." muttered Deidara.
"..."
"Here he comes." said Kisame.
Suddenly another figure appeared between them.
"How are things going?" asked Deidara.
"Good. Very good. All things are going according to plan." said the man.
"Good. It will only take a little more time now. All things will start to wrap up." said Kisame.
"Un. Then we can finally relax and enjoy ourselves without any worry or stress. Un." said Deidara.
"Right. When do we start?" asked Kisame.
"As soon as we are sure of their locations." said the man.
"Right. Un." agreed Deidara.
They only needed to be sure of one thing.
That their little plan went where it needed to be.
Seeing that it was a nice night out, the nightlife was bustling in Konoha.
Especially the bars.
It wasn't very busy at the Shinobi bar, but it was for her.
"Ah! Yes! Your drinks will be there in a minute! No we didn't order any pretzels. I'm sorry sir I'll be right with you!" exclaimed Hanabi.
She had taken the job the Bryant had offered her, but she had no idea how to run a bar, nor a restaurant.
She frantically poured drinks, not getting them to the customers in time before they got impatient.
'This is so hard! I need help!' thought Hanabi.
It took 10 more minutes before Hanabi finally got caught up with the orders.
"Alright Everyone! The bar will be on hold for a little bit, I'm taking a 10 minute break." announced Hanabi.
She heard a few complaints from some of the more drunk customers, but she didn't care. She took off her apron and walked to the back entrance.
She shut the door behind her, allowing her some peace from the loudness of the bar.
'I was ecstatic when I was offered a job at an actual licensed bar, but I never knew it would be so hard...' thought Hanabi.
"I am in way over my head..." muttered Hanabi.
She heard some shuffling noises coming closer to her from down the alleyway.
She looked down the alley to see what looked like a crate with legs walking towards her.
She blinked at first.
'I'm actually sober for once... And I'm still seeing things...' thought Hanabi incredulously.
The crate walked up to her and plopped down to the ground, revealing a familiar face.
"K-Konohamaru!" exclaimed Hanabi in surprise.
"Hanabi?!" exclaimed Konohamaru.
Konohamaru observed her apron which read: "SB... It doesn't stand for sunshine biscuit."
"You work here?" asked Konohamaru in surprise.
"Well... sorta. I'm running it while the owner is gone on another venture." said Hanabi.
"Oh Wow... Well... This is the new shipment of Sak'e that he ordered, so I'm going to need you to sign on the dotted line." said Konohamaru.
He pulled out a pen and a contract on a clipboard.
Hanabi blinked at it once before taking the pen and signing it.
Konohamaru re-attached the pen to the clipboard, and attached the clipboard to his pants.
"Alright Miss, were would you like the crate?" asked Konohamaru.
"(Giggle) Miss?" asked Hanabi.
"Yeah, we're supposed to say it like that." said Konohamaru with a smile.
Hanabi smiled in understanding.
"Especially to pretty girls." added Konohamaru.
Hanabi blushed and fiddled around her fingers.
"W-Well, I'm... I-I'm going to need it in um... inside. The f-first room to the uh... to the left in the far r-right corner." stuttered Hanabi in embarrassment.
Konohamaru blinked at her for a moment before nodding.
"Okay. Let me get it." said Konohamaru.
He hefted the crate up onto his chest and leaned really far back.
He walked up to the door and kicked it open. Then he quickly scurried in before it closed.
Hanabi still stood outside.
'What the hell was that all about?! I almost never stutter to anyone! What's wrong with me?!' thought Hanabi incredulously.
'I was suddenly so nervous, and I became so flustered... So embarrassed. It felt... weird.' thought Hanabi.
'I was just like my sister for a moment there!' thought Hanabi.
Then a realization hit her.
'No way... No way! I like Konohamaru and all... But...' thought Hanabi.
Konohamaru popped his head out of the door.
"Hey. Where is all of the wait-staff?" asked Konohamaru.
"W-Wait-staff? There... Um... There isn't a wait staff." muttered Hanabi.
"No wait-staff?!" exclaimed Konohamaru.
"Then how do you keep up with all of the orders?" asked Konohamaru.
"I d-don't." said Hanabi simply.
Konohamaru looked at her in disbelief.
Then Konohamaru blushed a bit and rubbed the back of his head.
"Um.. well... I could help if you want me to..." said Konohamaru.
Hanabi blinked in surprise.
"I know all about bars because of Boss. I can really be of help to you... That is, if you really want me to..." muttered Konohamaru.
"W-well, I wouldn't want to... to be any trouble..." said Hanabi bashfully.
"No. It's no trouble at all. C'mon, let's get back inside, and I'll help you until closing." said Konohamaru.
"C-closing?! B-but... That's hours f-from now! I w-wouldn't know how t-to repay you..." said Hanabi in shock.
'What would the Boss do?' thought Konohamaru.
"Hm... Tell you what, If you let me take you out on a date, maybe I'll call us even." said Konohamaru with a smile.
"W-w-what?!" exclaimed Hanabi with a deep blush and wide eyes.
"Yeah, one or two dates should make us even." said Konohamaru.
Hanabi honestly had no idea what to do in a situation such as this one. She didn't think that she would ever be asked out.
"Sound good to you?" asked Konohamaru.
'Keep your head... Okay, think about it. Do you want to go on a date with him?' thought Hanabi.
"S-sure..." muttered Hanabi.
Her head was ducked down in embarrassment, staring at her fingers that she was twiddling around.
"Alright! We'll talk specifics later. Right now, we have a bar to run." said Konohamaru with a smile.
Konohamaru grabbed Hanabi's hand and began walking her back into the bar.
Hanabi blushed and her eyes were wide, she didn't expect him to grab her hand.
'Konohamaru...' thought Hanabi.
The fire was beginning to dim. The wood supply they had stocked for the night had all but run out.
"Looks like it just about time for everyone to head into their tents." said Kakashi.
There were only four tents, each laid out in a cardinal direction on the outside of the log circle.
"Right." said Sasuke.
Sasuke got up from his seat and walked around the fire to the first tent facing south.
He opened the tent and walked in without another word.
"Well, I guess the great Uchiha has taken rule over that tent." mocked Anko.
"Fuck you." said Sasuke.
Anko glared at Sasuke's tent, then angrily stood up and pointed at it.
"Don't make me come in there!" snarled Anko.
"Wouldn't that be suggestive?" asked Sasuke.
"What? What would be suggestive about that?" asked Anko.
"A fully matured woman barely wearing anything but a fishnet, going into a tent alone with a boy, whom is most often seen in the opening and closing credits of the show... without a shirt... and one time without any clothes at all, but with a barely appropriate screen angle to censor him." said Sasuke.
"Um..." began Anko.
"How did you get roped into filming that?" asked Kakashi.
"I was drunk, Kishimoto tricked me into it." said Sasuke.
"But you had to have realized at some point after taking your clothes off that..." began Yamato.
"I don't want to talk about it!" shouted Sasuke.
"Okay, well... Kakashi has decided the living arrangements, and according to the chart I am sleeping next to Sasuke." said Yamato.
Yamato walked over to Sasuke's tent and opened the flap.
Sasuke was in the corner with a blanket over himself.
'Naked... pool of strange liquid... Possibly pedophile sensei... so wrong! so wrong...' thought Sasuke as he rocked back and forth.
Yamato turned and mouthed the word "emo" before stepping in and shutting the flap.
Neji was not one to be un-observant. Yamato said something about living arrangements and a chart. He immediately realized that Hinata could potentially end up sleeping in the same tent as Naruto.
"Wait. Living arrangements?" asked Neji.
"Yeah. You get the east tent with Ten Ten." said Kakashi.
Neji was concerned, Ten Ten was happy, and Anko didn't like this at all.
"Wait. Why does he get to share a tent with only one person when Kurenai and I have to share a tent with you?" asked Anko.
"Well, Ten Ten and Neji are together in a tent for obvious reasons that we do not need to go over again." began Kakashi.
Ten Ten and Neji blushed in embarrassment.
"Yamato has to watch Sasuke, so they share a tent. And nobody else wants to be with Sasuke in a tent because... well because he's Sasuke. So the two remaining tents have to have three people each." said Kakashi.
"Okay. We aren't complaining." said Ten Ten.
Ten Ten grabbed Neji and pulled him to the east tent.
"Come on Neji, before they change their minds..." said Ten Ten.
"But, Ten Ten! Hinata..." began Neji.
'Hinata needs her time with Naruto... I should help her along.' thought Ten Ten.
Ten Ten suddenly pulled Neji in close to herself.
"Come now, and I'll do that thing that you like." said Ten Ten quickly.
Neji's face flushed red.
Before he could say anything, he was dragged into their tent, and the flaps were zipped shut from the inside.
"..."
"Well I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm tired. I'm going to bed." said Kakashi.
Kakashi got up from his log and walked over to the western tent and stepped in, not bothering to even zip the flap closed behind him.
"Well, I'm tired too. I'm heading in." said Anko.
Anko walked up to Kakashi's tent and smirked.
She crouched down and prepared herself.
"Dive!" exclaimed Anko.
Anko dove in through the open tent flap.
(Thud)
"Ah! Anko!" exclaimed Kakashi.
"Kakashi! Where's your pants!?" exclaimed Anko.
"There are hanging in the corner with my jacket, now if you don't mind, could you please get off of me?" asked Kakashi.
"..."
(awkward silence)
"Um. I guess I'm going to bed too." said Kurenai finally.
She got up and walked over to her tent.
She stopped for a moment when she grabbed the tent flap.
"(sigh) Okay..." said Kurenai.
She opened the tent flap and walked in.
There was a pause and then the zipper of the tent closed.
"Well Hinata, it looks like we should go to bed too." said Naruto quietly.
Hinata blushed thoroughly.
Naruto went to get up, but Hinata went limp when he moved.
"Come on Hinata, there isn't even anyone out here to see that you're really not unconscious..." said Naruto quietly.
Hinata didn't move but her face flushed a bit redder.
"(Sigh) Alright, looks like I'll have to carry you." said Naruto.
Naruto reached down to Hinata, and picked her up bridal style.
Instead of going limp, Hinata clung around Naruto's back tightly.
'So much for being unconscious...' thought Naruto with a smile.
He carried her to the Northern tent, and stood in front of it.
He looked down at her blushing face. She was still trying to be unconscious. But despite that, she was tightly gripping Naruto. Her cheek was pressed up against his chest, and aside from her eyes being closed, she didn't look anything like an unconscious person.
'Hinata's arms around me... Nothing has ever soothed me more...' thought Naruto warmly.
He had both arms around Hinata, and he knew that he had to open the zipper of the tent.
'If I bend over to use one hand, I will drop Hinata...' thought Naruto.
Naruto looked back and forth, seeing that nobody was around to watch him.
"Hang on a bit tighter Hinata..." whispered Naruto.
He felt Hinata tighten her grip, and he also felt her warm up a bit.
Naruto reached underneath Hinata and held her up by her butt.
Naruto felt the her body heat up instantly, but he knew that he needed a free hand.
Naruto reached into his pants leg for a moment, then pulled out a black belt.
'Sakura's belt...' thought Naruto.
He took the belt and wound it up, storing it in his kunai holster.
"Okay Hinata." said Naruto quietly.
Hinata didn't loosen her grip like he expected she would, but then again, he never really wanted her to loosen her grip anyways.
Naruto paused for a moment, concentrating a bit.
His tip of his tail poked out of his pants at the back of the waistline.
It struggled to get through the slit that Naruto had cut for his tail, because it was only cut big enough so that the base of his tail could fit through. But his tail had thick flowing fur, and it was hard to squeeze it through.
After a few moments, he got it out.
"(Sigh)"
Naruto loved having his tail out. Having it confined in his pants all of the time seemed like he was suffocating it. Now that he had it out in the open breeze, he could feel the air flowing through his fur again. And it felt good.
As Naruto enjoyed his tail being free to feel the open air, he felt something that made him jump a bit.
Hinata's hands squeezed his sides, reminding him that she was in his arms.
Naruto realized that Hinata was still waiting to get inside the tent.
'It is kind of cold...' thought Naruto.
He used his tail to grip the zipper, and pull it up.
When he got inside, he found that there was already one Lavender sleeping bag, and one orange sleeping bag laid out for them.
'Kakashi...' thought Naruto with a smirk.
Once he managed to close the tent flap with his tail, he stood in the middle of the tent.
'(Sigh) Okay... okay. I'm going to be sleeping with Hinata-chan in a tent... alone... very close together...' thought Naruto with a warm blush.
'I need to lay some ground rules... First off, don't make any moves of any kind, even innocent ones. Unless of course she makes the first move. Then I'll know it's alright.' thought Naruto.
Naruto looked down onto Hinata's face to see her eyes looking up at him.
They both got looks of surprise on their faces.
Hinata blushed at being caught watching him think, and Naruto blushed at catching Hinata staring.
'She was staring at me! Why didn't she say anything?' thought Naruto.
"N-Naruto..." whispered Hinata.
Naruto eyes widened in surprise.
He looked back down at Hinata. She wasn't looking directly at him, but she was trying her best to make eye contact.
'She's starting a conversation for once! We have had a lot of intimate things happen to us today... Is she going to tell me that she isn't really ready for any intimacy yet?' thought Naruto worriedly.
He had been longing to hold and kiss Hinata for what seemed like a long time, and now that he had gotten just a small taste of happiness, he was afraid of it going away again.
'No... No. Earlier, she wanted to kiss me, she wanted to lay on top of me, and she wanted to hold me. She is special to me. I love her, and I'm sure she still feels the same way about me.' thought Naruto.
After a long pause, Hinata spoke up again.
"Earlier today... I... um... I... we..." stammered Hinata.
Naruto could see how difficult it was for her to say what she wanted to say. And it probably didn't help that he was holding her in his arms.
Naruto got onto one knee, and gently let her down onto her sleeping bag.
She sat down on her legs, and Naruto still had his hand on the back of her shoulder.
Naruto pulled his hand back so that he could move back a bit to sit on his own sleeping bag.
As soon as Naruto's touch left her, her expression suddenly changed to scared.
She made to jump back towards him, but she stopped herself awkwardly in mid-lunge and went back to sitting on her feet.
She blushed awkwardly, looking quickly back and forth from the ground to Naruto.
She was conflicted between whether she should choose to be alone and empty without Naruto, or unsure and with Naruto.
She was hoping that after this conversation, she wouldn't have to choose either options. She wanted to be with Naruto, with no doubts in her mind at all.
She took a deep breathe.
"N-Naruto. We... need to t-talk..." said Hinata.
Naruto blinked at Hinata's seriousness and nodded.
Naruto reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper with a seal written on it.
He stood up and place it on the ceiling of the tent.
Naruto concentrated his chakra and tapped his finger on the seal.
A small invisible wave of chakra spread out along the inner-surface of the tent, molding to make a thin even layer.
After the chakra was in place, Naruto tapped the seal on the bottom right corner, causing the seal to activate.
Hinata didn't know what was going on.
"The seal causes the spread chakra to vibrate, disrupting any sound waves that come in contact with it." said Naruto.
Hinata nodded in understanding.
She a lot of chakra based molding techniques, it didn't take her more than a second to realize what the seal's purpose was.
"Now, what do you want to talk about?" asked Naruto.
Hinata grabbed a handful of her pant-leg in each hand.
'Naruto... What do I mean to you... Do you really want to be with me?' thought Hinata.
The knots in Hinata's stomach were making her sick. She was so worried what the outcome of the conversation would be, that she felt like she could throw up.
"About w-what happened... between us." said Hinata.
Naruto could sense Hinata's extreme discomfort.
Now Naruto suddenly became worried of what Hinata would say.
"Do you... not want to be together?" asked Naruto in a pained voice.
"N-No!" exclaimed Hinata.
Naruto blinked in surprise.
Hinata blushed at her own outburst, but she quickly recovered.
"I... I r-really want to be w-with you..." said Hinata bashfully.
Naruto sighed in relief.
"I really want to be with you too Hinata." said Naruto with a smile.
Hinata brought both of her hands up to her chest and held them over her heart.
It made her heart flutter uncontrollably every time she heard him say that.
"B-but... how can you d-decide that so s-suddenly?" asked Hinata.
"Suddenly? There is nothing sudden about it." said Naruto in confusion.
"But after we... um... did th-that... um..." stuttered Hinata with a deep blush.
"After we got affected by Kakashi's chocolate?" asked Naruto with a blush.
"Y-yes... You said... you proclaimed y-your love... For me." said Hinata dreamily.
"Yes. I did. I'm I'll be glad to do it over and over again." said Naruto.
Hinata blushed even deeper and almost failed to maintain her composure.
"Y-you said... you said that you l-loved me..." said Hinata.
"No I didn't." said Naruto.
Hinata's expression changed to surprised.
"I said that I loved you more than anything in the entire world." said Naruto.
Hinata would have swooned all over herself if Naruto wasn't right there.
I was a dream come true, but to her it seemed like it was too good to be true. Like many dreams that she had about him.
"D-did you really... Do you r-really mean that?" asked Hinata.
"What do you mean? Of course I mean it! From the bottom of my heart I mean it. Why are you suddenly asking this? I've said I love you before this, and you've never asked me if I meant it before. Is something wrong?" asked Naruto.
Now he was worried. Why was she suddenly so skeptical that he loved her?
"B-before?" stammered Hinata.
'It's just like when he told me: I'm glad that you're over that incident, and that you've moved on. But most of all, I'm glad that you've warmed back up to me.' thought Hinata.
'Warmed back up to him? Before? There was no before... And now he's saying before again...' thought Hinata in confusion.
"N-Naruto? What are you t-talking about?" asked Hinata in confusion.
"...What do you mean?" asked Naruto.
"You... You said before... But before t-today, we... we weren't... us." stammered Hinata.
Naruto's eyes widened in shock.
"Us? As in our relationship!? Hinata, what do you mean by that!? Of course there was an US!" exclaimed Naruto.
"W-What? But... B-but Naruto... We've never even k-kissed before this..." stammered Hinata in surprise.
Naruto was quite surprised. Not only was Hinata actually saying very straight forward and difficult-to-say things, but they also made no sense.
"What are you talking about?! Dattebayo!? What about after the court case!? That was the first time that I told you I loved you! And that was definitely kissing!" exclaimed Naruto.
Hinata's eyes widened in shock and her mouth was agape.
"Wha..." stammered Hinata in shock.
'That dream I had...' thought Hinata.
"C-court case?" stuttered Hinata in confusion.
"Yeah! How could you forget it?! I helped beat the crap out of your father, and he tried to get me killed! I tried to sacrifice my life for you. It was then that I realized just how much I loved you!" exclaimed Naruto.
Hinata was completely in shock over this, and Naruto was confused and hurt.
"Hinata, this had better not some kind of sick joke... But I know you wouldn't lie to me about something this important..." said Naruto quietly.
He felt very hurt. Would Hinata really forget something this important to them?
'But it... the dream...' thought Hinata.
Hinata forced herself to recall every detail of her dream.
The days spent with Naruto, hiding from her father. The fight with her father, the court case, the most romantic kissing with Naruto. And it all ended with her falling asleep in her bed with Naruto.
'It... It wasn't a dream!? No...that's impossible... all of those wonderful and exciting things were just a dream!' thought Hinata.
Naruto saw Hinata's face. She expressed extreme shock.
"It... That day... I awoke... and you weren't there with me..." said Hinata.
It took Naruto a second or two to realize what she was talking about.
"You're father stabbed me and I had to go to the hospital... I left before you awoke." said Naruto.
'Hinata... What is going on?' thought Naruto.
What Naruto said hit her hard, a huge realization swept over her.
'He... he was there?! He just left?! Then... N-no way... I didn't dream it... It... it really happened?!' thought Hinata incredulously.
Hinata's eyes were open wide and her mind was racing.
"You... I... I thought... When I awoke... you weren't there... I... I thought it was all... a dream." stammered Hinata.
Now it was Naruto's turn to be surprised.
"You... you thought that was all a dream?" asked Naruto.
Hinata vaguely nodded, her mind was still abuzz with realization.
"I've had wonderful dreams a little similar to that all of the time. So when... when I awoke and you weren't there... I assumed it was just another dream... A too good to be true... dream..." muttered Hinata.
Naruto paused for a moment.
"You... you thought it was a dream..." muttered Naruto again.
Naruto watched Hinata, he could see that she was still in shock.
"I... I was so sad... It felt so real, that... that when I woke up and figured that it was just another dream... it broke my heart..." said Hinata.
A sudden realization hit Naruto. Something that had been bugging him for a while became very clear.
'That's why she went to Tsunade! That's what was wrong with her that day!' thought Naruto.
He saw the doubt and surprise on her face, he had to convince her that it was real.
"Hinata... hiding from your father, the court case, the day I said I loved you, it was all real." assured Naruto.
A couple of minutes passed, Naruto let her think about this, although he still couldn't believe what was happening.
"But... if all that really happened... why haven't you ever hugged me... or kissed me since?" asked Hinata with a blush.
"I... I thought you were still recovering from... that incident." said Naruto.
'Incident? D... Daishi... Th-then... What Tsunade said to do... Naruto was just giving me space?' thought Hinata.
She couldn't believe it. It was all adding up, It all made sense.
But it was all so sudden to her.
Naruto needed to comfort her, to let her know that it was real. That what she saw and felt were all real.
"Tsunade said to give you your space until you felt more comfortable with intimacy... Hehe... But in reality, you actually thought that we weren't together." said Naruto in realization.
'I feel like such an idiot! I mistook her extreme timidness as signs that she still needed some space...' thought Naruto.
"You mean... that whole time... I could have reached out and held you... And any time I wanted... I could have... kissed you..." muttered Hinata with a blush.
Naruto was watching Hinata realize everything.
"Hinata-chan. It all really happened. Trust me. That day of the court case was the best day of my entire life..." said Naruto.
"N-Naruto, I... I want to believe you... I trust you more th-than anyone... But I need just one th-thing..." whispered Hinata.
"Anything..." said Naruto with a smile.
Hinata blushed at his quick response.
"...What... what did you s-say to me... when you confessed your love..." whispered Hinata.
Naruto blinked in surprise.
Hinata's face was smiling and her eyes were a bit teary.
"The first time..." whispered Hinata.
'On the Hokage monument...' thought Naruto.
"Please... I need to hear it..." whispered Hinata.
She wanted to know for sure. If it really did happen, then Naruto would say exactly what he said in what she thought was a dream.
Her eyes were begging and Naruto could actually feel her heart pounding.
Naruto smiled.
"Alright Hinata... just for you..." said Naruto with a smile.
Hinata waited in extreme anticipation.
If he said what she was hoping he'd say, she would be ridiculously happy. She would know without a doubt that it all happened, and that they were a real couple.
Naruto remembered exactly what he said. He would never forget the moments they shared, especially that night. That night was the happiest night of his entire life.
'The lilac petals were floating through the air, the sun was setting a beautiful horizon... Her face was so cute, so beautiful yet so very stressed... I could feel her anxiety. Her heart was pounding along with mine, I knew she was under the same stress as me. I had to relieve her of that stress and angst. I had to let her know how I felt, to express my love for her... I remember how I did it... so very vividly.' thought Naruto with a smile.
"Hinata, do you remember that perfect woman for me that Shino mentioned on our mission to get Kiba?" began Naruto.
Hinata's eyes widened.
'This is exactly...' thought Hinata in surprise.
"I figured out who it was." said Naruto.
'No way...' thought Hinata.
"Before... I told you that I had a significant other that I was secretly after..." said Naruto.
Naruto paused to watch Hinata react.
'It's true... it all happened...' thought Hinata emotionally.
"Do you know who it was?" asked Naruto.
Hinata nodded with a smile, tears now flowing from her eyes.
"It was the very same woman that Shino described." said Naruto.
'Naruto...' thought Hinata happily.
"It was you." said Naruto.
"Naruto..." whispered Hinata happily.
She could already feel her heart trying to pound itself from her chest.
'Here it comes...' thought Hinata.
Her hands were shaking in anticipation, waiting for him to say those last words, words that shook her soul more than anything ever could.
Her eyes watered up in happiness, it was all true, and it was all coming true for her, all over again.
"I've fallen in love with you Hinata Hyuuga." whispered Naruto.
Her heart fluttered out of control. All of her angst seemed to melt away from her body, trying to escape the happiness that was flowing from her entire body.
She was so happy she honestly didn't know what to do with herself.
But Naruto did.
Naruto moved close to Hinata, inches away from her.
"I will never lose my love for you. You are forever burned into my heart." whispered Naruto.
Naruto moved in close to her face, and tilted his head.
Hinata closed her eyes, and let her tears of happiness continue to run down her face.
"I really really love you... Hinata Hyuuga..." whispered Naruto.
His lips met hers, and suddenly, to the two of them, everything was right in the world.
They just rested in each others arms for a few moments, enjoying the contact that they had both longed for.
As Hinata kissed him, she froze for a moment, she could feel his tongue touching her lips.
'I remember this...' thought Hinata fuzzily.
She opened her mouth and let him fully into her mouth.
His tongue moved in, earned a small and muffled moan from Hinata.
Her hands were frozen in mid-air, as though she was surprised.
His tongue continued to tease her mouth. She could feel Naruto's love flowing through her.
Hinata recalled their moment on the monument, his touch, his love, it was just as wonderful now as it was before.
And now she knew that it was all real.
She sighed into his mouth, and put her hands lightly on his sides, surprising him a bit.
Naruto felt so loved, he really wanted Hinata to feel his love too.
Naruto moved his hands around her, caressing her figure up and down, comforting her, letting her know that he was there for her.
All this was just too much, and Hinata finally hit her breaking point past her timidity.
Suddenly Hinata pushed herself up against him, tightening a solid grip around him.
She began kissing him back with as much fervor as she could muster.
Naruto was caught in surprise, but held her and kissed her back just as passionately.
The heat was turning up quickly, both of them felt the sexual tension beginning to build.
Hinata was having a hard time resisting, and so was Naruto.
Hinata could feel her hands beginning to wander, as though on their own free will.
Naruto felt her hands moving towards dangerous grounds. If she went down there, he knew there was no turning back.
He stopped Hinata's hand with his own, and stopped kissing her, opening his eyes.
Out of worry Hinata opened her own, finding that Naruto was looking directly into her eyes.
Even though he said nothing, his eyes said a million words to Hinata.
'I love you no matter what, and I don't want to rush things... We'll be ready for this when the time comes.' thought Naruto.
It was as though Hinata could hear what he was thinking through his eyes.
Hinata's eyes watered up in happiness, and her hands trembled slightly.
"Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata.
She threw herself forward and hugged him tightly, knowing that he was hers. Hers to hold, hers to love, and hers to trust. If he let her take her time, then he was a very gentle and caring man, just like she truly knew he was. She knew she loved him, and she knew that he loved her just as much. It wasn't fake, it wasn't just another pointless dream. It was real.
"Naruto. Naruto... Naruto..." whispered Hinata happily.
They sat like that in each others arms for well over ten minutes, not even caring about the amount of time that passed.
Naruto rubbed her back up and down, feeling her tears of happiness run down his back.
Naruto smiled contently.
'Hinata... I love you so much... I'm glad that you are with me...' thought Naruto.
They both sat in each others arms for another moment before Naruto finally spoke up.
"It is getting late, we should change out of our clothes..." said Naruto.
Hinata quickly pushed Naruto back a bit to look at his face in surprise.
Her face was stark red.
"I'll change first." said Naruto.
Naruto moved back a bit, and unzipped the front of his jacket, and in one swift motion, his jacket and pants were in his hands, and he was left wearing a black t-shirt, with orange pajama pants.
Hinata blushed realizing that Naruto had undressed himself in front of her, even though she hadn't seen anything inappropriate. It was amorous for her, even though it was just pajamas.
Naruto sat down on his sleeping bag, looking at Hinata expectantly.
'He... He can't be serious...' thought Hinata with a deep blush.
"N-Naruto... I'm not wearing my pajamas underneath this..." muttered Hinata in embarrassment.
"I know." said Naruto.
Hinata blushed an even deeper red.
'He wants to watch me undress?!' thought Hinata.
Naruto continued to aimlessly watch her as though it was no big deal.
Hinata, blushing like crazy, unzipped her jacket, taking it off slowly, one sleeve at a time.
Once she folded her jacket, she set it aside.
Then she reached underneath her shirt at her shoulder, and Naruto realized that she was unfastening her bra.
"Oh. Oh! Sorry Hinata... I didn't realize..." said Naruto with a heavy blush.
Naruto put his hands in front of his eyes.
'That barely helps...' thought Hinata.
"P-promise you won't peek?" asked Hinata meekly.
"I promise nothing." said Naruto with a blush.
Hinata blushed wildly and her mouth opened a bit in surprise.
"N-Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata.
Naruto smiled and reached into his sleeping bag, pulling out a pillow.
He stuck his head into the pillowcase so that he couldn't see at all.
He laid down onto his stomach with his head face-down.
"Okay. I promise I won't peek." said Naruto.
Hinata nodded and slowly removed her shirt.
"Although it will be really hard not to look..." muttered Naruto.
Hinata immediately shot her shirt up to cover her chest, as though Naruto could see her.
"Especially with your beautifully gorgeous body..." muttered Naruto.
"N-Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata in embarrassment.
Naruto smirked beneath the pillow case.
"Y-you aren't making th-this easy..." said Hinata with a blushing smile.
"Alright. I promise I won't peek..." said Naruto.
Hinata waited a moment for Naruto to do or say something else, but he never did.
Satisfied that Naruto would stay loyal to his word, she took her kunai holster off, and slid her pants down to her feet.
"You're nearly naked right now aren't you?" asked Naruto slyly.
Hinata could feel most of her body turn red.
'He can't really see me... he's just trying to fluster me... He can't really see me...' thought Hinata.
After she assured herself, she reached into her bag and pulled out her pajamas.
She fit her small feet into the holes of the pants, and began to maneuver them up her legs.
"Man, what I would give to see you right now..." muttered Naruto.
Hinata tried to ignore him, but out of instinct, covered herself with her hands for a moment.
'If I wasn't so curvy, it wouldn't take so long to squeeze my pants on...' thought Hinata.
She finally got her pants on, and quickly slid her shirt on.
"O-k-kay..." muttered Hinata.
Naruto took his head out of the pillowcase to see that Hinata had completely covered herself up with her sleeping bag by holding it out in front of her. The only thing Naruto could see was her eyes and up.
Naruto chuckled.
"Hinata..." chuckled Naruto.
Naruto got onto his stomach and quickly slid directly in front of Hinata.
Then he quickly shot up to make his face level with hers.
Hinata kept blushing, but was too surprised to move.
Naruto leaned in and quickly pecked a kiss on her forehead.
She instantaneously deepened her blush.
"Naruto!" gasped Hinata.
It was totally unfair for him to kiss her so unexpectantly. She didn't have any time to brace herself for it.
She held both of her hands over her face in embarrassment, only to realize that she had dropped her sleeping bag, revealing her pajama outfit to Naruto.
She saw the look on Naruto's face.
He was staring blankly at her.
She squeaked and quickly picked up the sleeping bag again, covering herself in embarrassment.
Without a word, Naruto reached out and put his hands on Hinata's.
Naruto felt Hinata's hands.
They were small and her skin was smooth. Naruto loved the feel of them.
He looked directly into her eyes, not looking anywhere else.
He slowly moved his hands down, bring Hinata's with them, but he never looked away from her eyes.
Hinata didn't resist at all. She just let Naruto move the sleeping bag down, allowing him to see her in pajamas.
"Wow... Hinata, you are REALLY hiding some serious bust underneath there..." said Naruto with a blush.
Hinata didn't know what bust was, be she safely assumed it was dirty.
Before Hinata could lift the sleeping bag again, Naruto pounced forward, taking her in his arms.
Hinata didn't know how to react in time, and before she knew it, she was hugging a more intimately dressed Naruto.
Hinata could easily tell that the pajamas were made of a much thinner material.
There was less clothing between them, and she had never felt so close to him.
And yet, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Naruto could actually feel the heat from her blush.
Naruto brought his head back just enough to look into her eyes, his headband was against her forehead.
Hinata blushed even deeper.
"You are my Hinata-chan... You shouldn't be embarrassed, because I am yours." said Naruto quietly.
Hinata was still a bit flustered.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed to show me some of you... You know that I would love to see any little bit of you that you are willing to show... I love you." whispered Naruto.
Hinata blushed red and hesitated for a moment before reaching around Naruto, hugging him back.
"I... I love you t-too... My... My Naruto-kun..." whispered Hinata.
Naruto was surprised and overwhelmed by what she said.
Suddenly, Naruto fell over forward, taking Hinata with him.
Hinata almost squealed in surprise, but she didn't because she was already in shock.
Hinata was pinned down on the ground underneath Naruto.
Naruto was grinning and he had Hinata in a very intimate position between her legs.
"N-N-Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata.
Naruto smiled and suddenly rolled off of her to the side.
She was still frozen in her intimate position for a moment before she shook herself out of her stupor and quickly closed her legs, putting her hands over her waist in embarrassment.
She turned on her side and looked over to see Naruto laying on his belly with his arms folded in front of him, hiding the bottom half of his face.
If anything, it made him look very mischievous.
Hinata laid sideways on the floor still, and she wasn't sure what Naruto was doing.
"N-Naruto?" asked Hinata.
Naruto didn't say or do anything, but Hinata was suddenly caught off guard by something that brushed against her face.
On instinct, she batted it away, but once she got a look at it, she realized what it was.
It was golden and flowing fur with a white tip near her face. Her eyes followed the fur from in front of her face, to Naruto's backside.
She blushed a bit.
'His tail... I almost forgot he had a tail...' thought Hinata.
Naruto's tail was waving back and forth playfully in front of her face. The white tip moved as though it was teasing her.
Suddenly it moved in closer and brushed itself against her cheek.
Hinata blushed, feeling the soft flowing fur brush left and right against her face.
"Oh! It's so soft!" exclaimed Hinata.
She grabbed Naruto's tail in her arms and squeezed it while rubbing her face against it.
Naruto immediately blushed in surprise.
"And it's so warm..." muttered Hinata happily.
She rolled on the ground back and forth with it in her hands, cuddling it mindlessly.
'Tail-rape!' thought Naruto in surprise.
Naruto was all fine and well with this, until she rolled one too many times away from him.
Hinata accidentally pulled Naruto's tail, and along with it, the rest of Naruto.
Naruto flew through the air and in mid-flight he knew that Hinata would be in for a surprise.
Hinata was in mid-roll on her stomach when she suddenly felt Naruto land on top of her.
She blushed a deep deep red. Not just because she realized what had happened, but mostly because she could feel Naruto's groin pushed up against her butt.
"N-Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata.
"Hinata! I'm sorry!" stammered Naruto.
Naruto quickly rolled off of Hinata and made his way to the other side of the tent.
Naruto stopped halfway across the tent because he felt his tail holding him back.
Naruto looked back to see that Hinata still had his tail in her arms.
She was rolled onto her side, and her eyes were emotional.
She was blushing from embarrassment, but she looked sad after he moved away.
"D-Don't... don't go..." whispered Hinata meekly.
Naruto stopped and blushed.
"Hinata..." said Naruto quietly.
Naruto slowly crawled over to Hinata.
He didn't go all of the way over to her, but he stopped on his sleeping bag.
Hinata wanted him closer.
Hinata pulled on his tail, gathering more of it in her arms.
Naruto blinked and moved a foot closer to Hinata.
Hinata pulled on his tail again.
Naruto hesitated for a moment, but he moved even closer.
He was one foot away from her, sitting on his knees.
She blushed for a moment, not looking directly at him. Then she pulled again.
Naruto blushed and sat up against Hinata, his left leg rested against her side.
Hinata sighed contently for a moment, but then she looked down at the ground, as though she was conflicted about something she was thinking about.
'Hinata?' thought Naruto.
After a few seconds, she reached her other hand underneath her, and unzipped her sleeping bag.
Naruto blinked.
She crawled into it, and moved around a bit, getting herself comfortable.
Naruto watched as she did this, but he didn't understand.
'Why would she have me come over this close to her, if she's just going to go into her own sleeping bag?' thought Naruto.
Hinata took the share of tail that she already had, and moved it into the bag with her.
Hinata looked down to the ground, blushing.
'Hm?' thought Naruto.
'I can... I can do this...' thought Hinata.
After a few seconds, Hinata finally pulled on his tail again.
Naruto blushed deeply.
'Hinata... this is very straight forward, and it was probably hard for you to do...' thought Naruto with a smile.
Naruto slowly laid down next to Hinata, moving in closer to her.
Hinata blushed and let go of Naruto's tail, opening up her arms.
Her eyes were shut tight, and she was blushing like crazy.
She looked like she was accepting a hug, while bracing herself for a punch in the face.
'Hinata...' thought Naruto.
He slowly moved into her arms, maneuvering himself into her sleeping bag while wrapping his arms around her.
He finally got positioned directly against to Hinata, and snugly fit into her sleeping bag with her.
He felt her chest against his, which made him blush, but then he realized something.
'Oh my God is she even breathing?!' thought Naruto.
He leaned in to Hinata's ear.
"Relaaaaaax..." whispered Naruto in a soothing tone.
He wrapped his arms fully around her, pulling himself as close to her as possible.
She blushed deeply and held him back, releasing her held breath.
"(Sigh)"
'There isn't as much clothes between us... I can feel her skin... She feels... so good.' thought Naruto amorously.
They both laid there on their sleeping bags, enjoying each others touch.
They stayed that way for a good 15 minutes, not saying a word to each other.
It seemed like there were no words to be said.
'Hinata... I really want this to work between us...' thought Naruto.
Naruto began rubbing Hinata's back up and down.
"Mmn... Naruto..." mumbled Hinata happily.
They laid in each others arms. Their combined warmth and touch made both of them extremely relaxed.
Naruto felt Hinata's breathing slow down, and she was wasn't tense any more.
"Hinata?" whispered Naruto quietly.
There was no response, she was asleep.
Naruto smiled warmly, and moved himself against Hinata, getting comfortable.
He could already feel his eyelids getting very heavy.
It was too comfortable, he was so content.
'Hinata... My cute Hinata-chan...' thought Naruto with a blush.
He fell into a deep sleep, forgetting all of his problems for now.
END OF CHAPTER