: words :

: sounds of what was said


The sound of distant roars of the ocean waves reached him as he opened his eyes.

Naruto's bright and curious blue eyes opened, and there he found himself, stood in the middle of a strangely unfamiliar yet familiar place.

He felt his bare feet nicely nestled in the warm sand underneath him as the salty afternoon breeze kissed his lonely form.

"I'm looking for..." He thought to himself as he looked around.

He can remember that he was doing something... Searching? He knows exactly what he was doing and looking for. But, at the same time, he doesn't.

Wordlessly, without another thought, his feet slowly started walking, towards the direction of the ocean.

Each step he took, he felt more and more curious. What was he looking for? What was he doing?

And then, his eyes suddenly widen and then soften, and his body finally fell in ease.

He was in awe.

The sun slowly setted in the middle of his view, moments away from touching the horizon in which the sky meets the sea.

And in front of the sun. A silhouette.

His agaped mouth in awe shifted to a tender smile, the sides of his eyes creasing in joy.

He was very, very happy. He does and doesn't know why, both at the same time.

The figure of the person was definitely feminine, dainty in all of her right.

The woman had her back turned to him, facing what's ahead of her, seemingly admiring the sun similar to the way he was to her.

He can't see her completely, only the shadowed back of her delicate figure. But he can easily tell, just by the silhouette, she was beautiful.

Extremely beautiful. That, he knows, no doubt.

And without a thought, out of pure instinct, as if so naturally, he walked up to her.

Then suddenly-

"As for women..."

He felt extremely heavy. He couldn't breathe.

Naruto made a frantic look, made sure the woman was fine, and felt the tiniest bit of relief when he found she hasn't noticed anything.

And then, he turned his head and saw that the world around him, starting from behind him, started shattering, piece by piece, into a dark and black emptiness, sucking in everything.

Everything was being destroyed.

In panic, he started to run, but what seems like either the weight of his body or the gravity were working against him, and that he couldn't breathe.

His vision slowly became blurry as he became weaker by the second, the shatters and darkness catching up to him.

As the sand bellow him shattered, as if in slow motion, he felt himself get sucked into the darkness. And as he lost his platform, he looked up at the woman in horror as he reached out a hand, trying to scream out a warning for her. But no voice came out.

The pupils of his eyes dilated and lost all of its shine as he drifted away in slow motion, seeing as the darkness made its way to the peaceful and unknowing woman.

Before she was even caught in the darkness, he was far too gone, sucked into the empty abyss of what seemed to be infinite black, to even see her vanish.

"Find someone just like me"


"GAHH!"

Sitting up frantically in cold sweat from his bed, Naruto breathed heavily as he stared at a space between his feet, focusing on calming down.

As his breathing evened down a bit, he slowly lifted his hands up, one gripping the chest of his shirt, feeling the quick pace of his heart behind it, and the other gripping his head.

"What..." He breathed out, "Was that?"


Carrying piles of paper with Naruto, Shikamaru lifted an eyebrow.

As the two walked across the Hokage's halls, the blonde was yet to say a word.

Shikamaru turned his head and looked at Naruto, seeing that he looked somewhat... Serious.

"Since when was Naruto this quiet?" He thought, "Usually, he'd be troublesome and would be complaining my ear off by now"

Testing his friend, the Nara let out a loud and drawn out sigh. Still no reaction, as stoic as the stone faces on the Hokage rock.

With a happy shrug, he thought "Well! I guess Naruto's chill now! Less trouble for me at work the-"

"Ack!"

"Naruto!"


"Alright, what's wrong?" Shikamaru asked with a groan, "You're distracted"

"Am not!" Naruto rebutted.

"You ran into a wall" The Nara pointed out, "The papers flew everywhere and we had to reorganize it"

The Uzumaki crossed his arms with a huff.

The two sat in the almost empty cafeteria of the mansion, only a few Jònins and some resting Chūnins rested.

"Look, Naruto" Shikamaru said as he looked at the man across the table, "You can't have an off day when you're Hokage, it'll throw the village off, too"

"I'm telling you, I'm fine, dattebayo!" Naruto yelled back, his fist slamming on the table, catching the attention of everyone in the room.

Boredly looking at him, the Nara rolled his eyes and said "You say one thing, you do another. Naruto, what's going on? Did something happen?"

The Uzumaki remained silent and stubborn for a few seconds, before letting out a heavy sigh.

He rested his head on the table and his arms covered his head in embarassment, "I dunno... It's weird, alright?"

Judging by his reaction, "This has to be something about her... He's only this overacting when it comes to her"

"Since when did weird stop you?" Shikamaru asked, "If anything, you're always excited about weird stuff"

"As in weird weird, Shikamaru!" Naruto pointed out, "It was good weird at the beginning, but it turned weird weird!"

"Maybe I can help" His friend said, "If it really is 'weird weird', then maybe you need some help"

Another moment of stubborn silence before the blonde gave in again, "Alright, but I'll warn you, this gets weird"

"Just get it over with" Shikamaru groaned.

"Alright... Okay..." Naruto began, "Actually, it was a dream that I had been having for an entire week now, and I don't understand"

"Like a..." The Nara suggested, "Nightmare?"

"No! It's just very confusing... Maybe a bit scary at the end, but it's not a nightmare" The Uzumaki justified, "It's a dream about this beautiful woman, it's very nice. Relaxing even. But when the dream is about to end, when I'm close, suddenly, my mom's voice suddenly echoes in my head then everything breaks and I wake up and I'm wet in my own s-"

"Alright!" Shikamaru abruptly cut him off with an irk mark on his forehead, "I can't believe you. Even that kind of dream, you're still too dumb to not even know"

"I told you, it's weird!" Naruto reminded "It's-"

"Nope, nope, nope!" The Nara chanted as he walked away, "I don't want to deal with that shit of yours! No one should help you, you have to figure it out on your own, mendokusē..!"

"But-" "No!"


What Shikamaru told him earlier threw him off.

Are these kinds of dreams normal?

Was it a test of the mind?

Does every ninja go through it?

He heavily sighed as he exited the Hokage's mansion.

Then, he realized something.

"What Shikamaru says doesn't matter!" He thought with a bright grin, "I'm sure Hinata will help me!"

He looked up at the window of the room where Hinata and Shizune takes their breaks in and immediately jumped and scales his way up.

And in the usual Naruto fashion, Naruto enters.

"Hinata!" He loudly greeted, startling Shizune and making Hinata face him with a cheerful smile, "Naruto-kun..!"

Suddenly, the door opened with an annoyed Shikamaru, "The Hokage told you to take a break until-"

"Yeah, and I'm taking Hinata to help me with my dream, dattebayo!" Naruto proudly claimed, making Shikamaru's face burn red and yell "Don't yell that kind of stuff!"

"Whatever, Shikamaru" Naruto rolled his eyes before turning to leave, "Come on, Hinata!"

"O-Okay?" Hinata slowly followed him out, confused.

"Where are they going?" Shizune asked, making Shikamaru groan and leave.


"So..." Hinata started as she kicked the ground to start her swing, "You had a dream, you said?"

"Yeah, and it's a weird one" Naruto said as he just sat on his, watching her as she swung back and forth, "I figured it's one of those cryptic ones where I have to solve one life problem or else it won't stop bothering me"

Abruptly stopping her swing, the Hyūga looked at him with worried eyes and asked "H-Have you been stressed?"

"No!" The Uzumaki immediately denied, "Well, not until that weird dream keeps popping up in my sleep"

"Well, something must be wrong if it's still haunting you" She said.

He shrugged and faced her, "I know, right? But I can't think of anything wrong lately! My life's now on a straight road, and everything's good and chill"

She pursed her lips before asking, "So, what's wrong with the dream?"

"It's nice at the beginning... Until..." Naruto took a moment to remember, and his eyes sombered a bit, "I... I remember something. Kurama saved the memory for me, and he showed me it a while back"

Feeling his mood, Hinata remained silent and gave him an understanding look.

"Before my parents... Before they..." He hesitantly said, making her shoulders drop and say "Naruto-kun, you don't have to tell me if you're not okay with it"

The blonde shook his head and gave her a sad smile, "I want you to know"

"R-Right, so I can help you" The bluenette said, "But I don't want you uneasy"

"Nah, I want you to know just because" He softly laughed, "I feel like I can tell you anything, you know?"

"I feel like I tell you everything, too" She said with a soft giggle.

A couple of seconds of comfortable silence later, Naruto then said "She told me lots of stuff before they went. One of the things mom told me is about girls... She told me to find someone 'just like her'..."

"That's a tricky one..." Hinata hummed.

"Yeah" He joked "It's gonna be hard to find someone like her! I don't know anyone with red hair as long as hers!"

"Well, maybe not in that way" She giggled, "Maybe... Someone as amazing as her... She sounds like a very loving and awesome woman"

"She sure is!" He proudly claimed, "The most amazing mom ever!"

"Of course" She agreed, "She gave birth to you, after all"

"Eh?" Naruto smiled at her, "If that's the case, your mom would be at the same tier as mine! She gave birth to Hinata!"

"A-Ah, thank you" Hinata shyly accepted the compliment for her mother, "She indeed was amazing, from the few memories I have of her"

"I bet" He said, making her nod, "Yeah..."

"Someone as amazing as her, huh?" He thought.

"Hey, Hinata?"

"Yeah?"

"I think I can sleep better tonight"

The sound of distant roars of the ocean waves reached him as he opened his eyes.


Naruto's bright and excited blue eyes opened, and there he found himself, stood in the middle of a calm and beautiful beach.

He felt his bare feet nicely nestled in the warm sand underneath him as the salty afternoon breeze kissed his form.

"I'm looking for..." He thought to himself as he looked around.

She wasn't really one to stray too far away when she takes a walk. He knows that she doesn't want anyone to worry about looking for her. So, she should be nearby.

Wordlessly, without another thought, his feet slowly started walking, towards the direction of the ocean.

Each step he took, he felt more and more relaxed. Just as he always felt around her. Happier than ever.

And then, his eyes finally spotted her and then soften, and his body fell in complete ease.

He was in awe.

The sun slowly setted in the middle of his view, moments away from touching the horizon in which the sky meets the sea.

And in front of the sun. A silhouette.

His agaped mouth in awe shifted to a tender smile, the sides of his eyes creasing in joy.

He was very, very happy. He always felt like this just by seeing her, all of the time.

Her figure still remained definitely feminine, dainty in all of her right.

She had her back turned to him, facing what's ahead of her, seemingly admiring the sun similar to the way he was to her.

He can't see her completely, only the shadowed back of her delicate figure. But he can easily tell, just by the silhouette, that it was her and that she was enjoying herself.

He's head over heels. That, he knows, no doubt.

And without a thought, out of pure instinct, as if so naturally, he walked up to her.

The wind gently blowed from their left as he came up to her, standing beside her.

She didn't even flinch, but in the corner of his eyes, he saw her smile.

"Hey" He said.

"Hey" She replied.

Shuffling closer to her a bit, his feet pushing the sand, he reached out his hand and lovingly held onto hers, giving it a little squeeze, which she gladly returned.

"It's cold out, dattebayo" He said, worrying about her exposed arms out in the cold ocean breeze, "We should head inside with the kids"

"I'm warm enough, don't worry" She said with a shake of her head, "But you can accompany them and keep them warm in their sleep"

He laughed under his breath. Stubborn as ever.

And without a thought, he tilted his head and looked at her.

As naturally as it went, and as right as it felt, he said it.

"I love you so much, Hinata"


Oop-

Welcome back to Itsu No Hi Ni Mo everyone!!!

How was your holidays?! Was it good?! I hope so!

Alright! Chapter discussion!

You know that one Genjutsu bubble in the movie? The one where adult Naruto and adult Hinata were holding hands?

I figured that it should be a dream haha

You see, the bubbles are a mix of memories and dreams, right? So, the ones that should appear should be ones that one of them have already seen before.

In this case, it was in Naruto's dream.

You know, unless one of them has seen the future of the two of them holding hands haha but then, one of them would know for sure that they love each other, and that won't be compliant to the cannon setting.

So, I put it in Naruto's dream so he won't remember what he said in the end hahaha

Anyway!

See you guys again next week! We're back on schedule!

-OrenjiRabenda