"How can i tell you?"

A HinaNaru (also a SasuSaku, ShikaIno) pairing!

Authors notes: Hello everyone!!! I recieved some good reviews and it perked me up to make this new chappie! Horray for Naruto! anyways, I hope you enjoy reading this... ;;;

Disclaimer : Of course, the naruto series is not mine... if it was... hinata would appear more frequently and theyed get engaged in the series (you gotta love both of em) well... Naruto, Hinata-san, Ino, Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Kakashi and some other minor/major characters are NOT mine i tell you!!! (but i wish they were... TT)

How can I tell you? - Chapter 2 More than many thoughts.

Hinata went home and packed her things. She was sad but she had to go to wind country for work.

Someone knocked at the door.

"who is it?"

"It's Me... Hiashi..."

Hinata opened the door and went back to packing.

"Um... Otousan... I really need to go to Wind country..."

Hiashi walked up to hinata and crossed his arms.

"Hinata, I worry for you...so..."

"no need father, I have made up my mind..."

"I know... so Im entrusting you to the Jonin and the two chuunins that the hokage reccomended."

Hinata was furious.

"father! I CAN do this on my own!!!"

"Silence!!" Snapped the angry Hiashi, "Follow my word or you'll have to go nowhere and stay at home!"

Hinata fell silent and slowly finished her packing.

"hinata, I understand youre already grown up, but still... youre my daughter and i want no harm to befall you..."

Hinata didnt answer.

"...Im going to take my leave now... take care Hinata..."

Hiashi went out of the room and closed the door.

Hinata was thinking... "I wonder who Hokage reccommended...", Hinata was surely nervous because this was supposed to be her first mission alone, but now she has to go with 3 people she doesnt even want to go with... she wants to do this Alone...

Naruto arrived at the gate first and waited for Hinata. He leaned his back on the gate and crossed his arms as he waited. "where is that hinata?! I cant wait here forever..." naruto thought.

Naruto looked up and saw a shadow heading for the gate, it was hinata.

"Oi! Hinata!"

Naruto jumped and waved his arms so that hinata could notice him.

"N-naruto??"

Hinata ran as fast as she could with her knapsack.

"Naruto? what are you doing here?"

Naruto crossed his arms and smiled at hinata.

"ha... Im the jonin assigned to this mission Hinata-chan..."

Hinata Blushed a little and looked at naruto. Naruto was beginning to think that she's being her 'weird' self again. "geez, I dont know why the hell she's looking at me like that but..." Naruto's thoughts were stopped as he found himself leaning at hinata, seems HE was posing for a kiss...

"Wha?! what am I DOING? what's this Im feeling anyway!?"

thoughts were also wondering at hinata's head.

"this is it! Im gonna kiss naruto!"

it almost turned into a kiss, but-

"Yo Naruto!, Hinata...!" said a voice from a distance.

Naruto and hinata jumped away from each other and acted like nothing had happened.

"Oh! Shikamaru... ino... You with us?" Hinata said in her usual 'shy' tone of speaking.

"yea... were here to make sure you and naruto dont make out again..."

"We were not making out!" Hinata and Naruto said together, then they looked at each other and looked at the ground blushing a deep red.

Ino laughed at Naruto and hinata for being so naive.

"hahaha, well... shikamaru... theses two get more interesting as time goes by... dont you think so?"

Shikamaru laughed with Ino.

"hahaha... Im not surprised... Seems Sakura's plan'll work perfectly..."

Naruto gave Ino and Shikamaru a scary stare.

"What the damn are you two planning?!" Naruto Shouted at them.

"Nothing interesting to you Naruto..." Ino simpered at Naruto.

Naruto angryly sunk his hands at his pockets and started to walk away.

"what are these two thinking...???!" Naruto thought.

Ino and shikamaru laughed as they walked with hinata, following naruto's way.

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Later on, Shikamaru, Ino, Hinata and Naruto are walking on the Kanbeki road, the fastest road to the wind country, but to reach there, they have to make a short stopover to Iwai, the festival town that is claimed by the wind country and is known for it's famous fesivals and magical charms.

"a-are we there N-naruto?" Hinata asked,

Naruto looked at Hinata,

"not yet, but we have to get to Iwai before dark. we'll make a stopover there and stay until dawn..."

Ino ran to hinata and paced herself.

"well... hinata, they said Iwai is a really nice town and there'll be a festival there in a couple of days." Ino suggessted to the navy haired girl next to her, "maybe after your mission we could go there with naruto and shikamaru?"

"umm.... th-that's not a bad idea, what do you think naruto?"

Naruto hung his arms behind his head,

"whatever... but as long as their festival has free ramen and sake, im in for it..." Naruto joked at the two.

Shikamaru shook his head,

"this guy's gotta have some hole in his stomach to think of ramen all the time..."

"Shaddup! i dont need your stupid side comments" Naruto shouted at Shikamaru,

Shikamaru crossed his arms.

"well... Damn You!"

Naruto clenched his fists and veins began growing on both naruto and shikamaru's head.

"wha?! then [censored]!"

"why i aougta!"

Hinata and Ino giggled at their friend's 'friendly' quarrel. This wasnt a surprize to both of them. since naruto and shikamaru became teammates, they started fighting every now and then.

"okay, enough with the fight!!!"

Ino punched both naruto and shikamaru in the head, giving them two big lumps on their head. Hinata was busy behind her sweatdropping

"ow... ow... ow..." Naruto compained, "gah... Shikamaru you suck..."

Naruto turned his back on shikamaru

"bleah... You suck too!"

Shikamaru did the same.

"stop it! Hinata and I are getting uncomfortable with you two!"

"whatever..." Naruto murmured as he hung his arms on the back of his head and continued his walking.

Hinata ran towards Naruto and poked him a few times in the back.

"umm... na-naruto...? are you hungry? I.... I have some cup ramen you could eat...." Hinata shyly offered.

Naruto jumped up and down in happiness.

"yahoo!!! Ramen! ramen! ramen! gimmegimmegimme!"

Hinata sweatdropped but she gave the cup ramen anyway, then she turned to Ino and Shikamaru.

"well... Do you guys want some ramen too?"

Ino Smiled at the naive girl.

"well... do you have a seafood flavored ramen?" ino asked,

Hinata checked her knapsack.

"no... but there's some chicken flavored ramen... you want it?"

Ino took the cup ramen from hinata's hand.

"okay! thanks Hinata! anyway, do you have some hot water there?"

Hinata took a jug out of her knapsack.

"well... I guess this jug has enough hot water for all of us... How about you shikamaru?"

Shikamaru smirked at hinata.

"I'll take chicken..."

Hinata gave Shikamaru his ramen and started rationing the hot water to the hungry group, she gave ino and shikamaru the water they need, the only one left to give was naruto.

"N-naruto... you need some hot water?"

"sure... No one wants a dry ramen soup, Am i right?"

Hinata blushed and slowly poured the hot water into Naruto's cup.

"Banzai! RamenRamenRamen! all thanks to hinata-chan!" Naruto Said to hinata.

Hinata stopped pouring water and closed the lid. Naruto had already started to eat.

"Hinata-chan," Naruto said with his mouth full, "How about you? arnt you gonna eat?"

"well... there's no more ramen left anymore..."

Naruto gulped his food.

"oh, ok..."

Hinata's Stomach started to growl.

"oh... guess im hungry..."

Naruto looked at hinata blankly in her silver eyes.

"er... Wanna share my ramen?"

Hinata was surprised at Naruto's offer. Why is he offering me his ramen? I thought that was his favorite food? Hinata thought.

"I... I..."

"No need for your "I"'s... here, have some!"

Naruto gave hinata his ramen. He was looking blackly at hinata most of the time, but all he thought was that... If it was for hinata... oh well... there goes my ramen..., Hinata slowly reached for the ramen on naruto's right hand.

"D-Domo... Naruto-kun..."

When Hinata finally reached for naruto's ramen cup, she noticed her hand was touching naruto's, so she took the cup as fast as she could.

"umm... sorry..." Hinata looked at the ground.

Ino noticed that the two are finally getting along just like Sakura had planned.

"sorry to interupt but Me and shikamaru will be eating there if you need us"

Ino pointed to a nearby patch of bamboo. It was obviously far enough to stop any sound from where Hinata stood to be heard.

"ok... see ya Shikamaru!"

"yah... whatever..."

Ino and Shikamaru walked away.

"well... so... I guess it's j-just us..." Hinata said.

Naruto looked up at the sky, making sure that the blush that was covering his face was not visible to hinata.

"Y-Yeah..."

Hinata got her chopsticks and started eating. Naruto looked like he was just looking at her eating, but his eyes were looking at hinata's lips, who were sucking the noodles into her mouth. Naruto found himself staring at them, Hinata's lips... I wanna taste them... I wonder if they taste better than ramen...whoa? what the hell am i thinking?! he thought, staring into Hinata's red lips as she continued eating. All his staring Made hinata look at him, noticing that he was looking deep on her face.

"Naruto...? Naruto...?"

Hinata's voice snapped naruto out of the trance he was in.

"wha! oh... Hi-Hinata... Gomen..."

Naruto blushed and tried to look away, but it was her eyes that draw his into a deep trance. but he managed to snap himself out of it.

"Naruto... are you ok?"

Hinata was getting worried.

"are you sure?"

Naruto gulped.

"I-I'm sure hinata... dont worry! just continue eating... so if you'll excuse me... i'll go away for a while to watch you- i mean I'll go away to keep a lookout... yea! that's it! so... er... see ya..."

"umm... okay..."

Naruto Jumped to the Nearest tree.

Naruto... I pray that one day you'll notice me... Hinata thought as she finished her ramen.

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Naruto was up at the tree, trying to think what did happen to him when he looked at her face... He was deep in thought.

What happened to me back there?? why was i looking at hinata's lips? why did i try to kiss her earlier...? what's this feeling i feel? damnit... No one could tell me what the hell im feeling... Do i love hinata? I dunno... but if I do... how will i tell her? what if... she loves someone else? what if...

Naruto's "what if"s were interupted by Shikamaru who was poking him in the shoulder for half a minute.

"Oi! Naruto! Earth to naruto!!!" Shikamaru shouted in Naruto's ear.

"WHATTHE!!! shikamaru! grr...," Naruto grumbled, "whatdoyouwant?"

Shikamaru sat beside naruto.

"nothing in particular... I just wanna know how things are with hinata..."

"She's fine... and if she isnt... its none of youre business..."

Naruto jumped down.

"anyway, we gotta walk to Iwai right now if we wanna reach there by sunset..."

Shikamaru nodded and jumped down. They found Ino and hinata cleaning up the mess they made and they placed the ramen cups on a bag and left it on the road.

Ino brushed a sweat from her brow.

"well... we're done here... shall we go now?"

Naruto started walking.

"whatever... just walk ino..."

Hinata and naruto were quite ahead of ino and shikamaru, so Ino used this chance to Plot some more.

"things are going well... eh Shikamaru...?"

Ino smiled.

"haha... yeah... the two are finally gettin' closer..."

Shikamaru laughed.

"well... when we reach iwai... we should perk things up a little."

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Unknowingly, no one noticed a presence of a man standing behind a tree. The man's eyes were filled with greed and evil and would surely kill those who see them.

"Hyuuga Hinata...." said the man, "this woman will serve well as my wife... too bad Uzumaki naruto... because this woman WILL be Mine!"

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well... that's it... The end of "how can I tell you?" chapter 2. Look forward to the next chater as you did with this chap... I hope you liked it....

Next chapter : Iwai, the festival town.

Thanks to all who read and reviewed my fic... it brings a tear to my eye that someone finally read a fic i made... , Please continue Reading and Reviewing!