::Whee! This is the end.::
Two Weeks Later
Naruto ran down the hall to his room, then turned the other way and opened the door to Hinata's room. "Hinako!" She was sitting at her table staring at some flowers in a vase. She looked up and smiled. Naruto closed the door with more care than he'd opened it, and came to sit beside her. "Hey, I'm back. We had a good mission, everything is cleaned up nicely with the Sand."
Hinata nodded. "Naruto, um, Tsunade stopped by yesterday..." Naruto nodded seriously and waited for Hinata to continue. "She said I should be fully recovered in just a few more days." And I should avoid using my chakra for a few weeks... She had used her chakra on her neck to prevent it from breaking, but significant damage had been done. Naruto's face lit up and he jumped to his feet.
"That's great! Wait, that means you'll be joining a team soon, doesn't it?"
Hinata nodded. "I will...do my part. In addition to checking my health, Tsunade tested my knowledge and thinks I will make a great medic-nin someday." Naruto felt there was more, but Hinata remained quiet with her eyes on the flowers.
"There's more?"
She blinked and blushed. "We, um, also had a bit of a girl-to-girl chat... About you." Naruto leaned forward so close Hinata had to lean back. "Ah, we decided that-that—" She abandoned words and leaned forward, catching Naruto in a kiss. The blond started in surprise, but Hinata didn't back away, and he brought a hand up to stroke her face as his eyes closed and he kissed back. She's so soft... No matter what Tsunade said, Hinata is never going to be one of the greats... He had tried picturing Hinata on an Anbu team and failed. She is great enough for me though!
::Author's closing notes::
To those of you who are feeling confused over the ending, Hinata was alive at the end of Naruto and Kabuto's fight and remained so. I would never kill Hinata-chan without some kind of angst warning!! This closing is where I plan to the leave the story—for now. In the future I may right a sequel, but no good plots come to mind. (And my energy for writing beyond class assignments is about a hundredth of what it once was...)
So until next time, farewell!::
