Hey, this is the new chap. It would clear a lot of things and uh give some hints. (You may ask "About what?" in the review but I'm not gonna answer it. Try to think of what I'm hinting about...) OK this is another hint N.O.I.D. that is the initials for a sentence saying.... "No...." Oh god I gave the first word! Anyway enjoy reading!!!

Chapter 1: Reminiscing the past

Reiji rolled back the scroll and he put it back in the drawer.

'What's this box? I haven't seen it before…' Reiji thought. He then pulled out the box from the drawer. He opened the onyx colored box and he smiled when he saw the contents. 'Hey Okaasan shouldn't put it here. It's very important to her. It might be stolen if someone sneaks inside the house.' He thought. He then placed the box inside the drawer. He closed the drawer and he went out of the room. 'Guess Otousan loves her more than words could say…' Reiji thought before he left the room.

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Hinata slowly walked up the steps of the mountain passing the level where the six faces were carved. She stopped for a while to look at the Rokudaime's face and then she continued walking up the steps once more. Naruto's memorial statue was high atop the mountain were the Hokage's faces were carved. When she arrived there, no friends of her were there yet. She scanned her eyes at the scenery. There were a few buildings and in the middle stood Naruto's statue. She approached it. The statue was elevated up a block of a shiny stone. In the stone were carved words like "Beloved sixth Hokage of Konoha" "A true Ninja" and "Shinobi God". Hinata then looked up at the elevated figure of the statue. She smiled when she saw its foxy grinning face on it.

Flashback:

Hinata was in their room, fixing it and cleaning up a bit. She then heard their noisy door creak.

"You better fix that up, Naruto-kun…" She then turned to the door. She looked at the tall and handsome figure in front of her. She smiled at him. "That creaking is really getting in my nerves." Naruto just stood there emotionless. She dropped the duster she was holding. "What's wrong?" She then rushed at Naruto's side.

Naruto looked at her with sad eyes. "Something came up…" he said with a serious and low voice. "…And I have to go with some Konoha Ninjas." Naruto frowned. "That means I'll be leaving…"

"Naruto-kun, I don't want to sound selfish but can't you just send those ninjas and stay here?" Hinata asked him while tugging his Hokage robe.

"I-I can't…" Naruto dropped his head. "K-Kyuubi is attacking Suna. W-we…I don't know why, but the other countries have turned downs Suna's request for help. Konoha is their only hope. And I feel that Kyuubi is my responsibility since… since I allowed him to go out from me…" Naruto looked again at Hinata. Hinata wrapped her arms around him tightly. She let her head rest on his chest. Naruto looked away he felt Hinata's tears on his suit.

"B-but… if you all fail to stop K-Kyuubi… then that would all mean that you will be probably dead…" Hinata looked up at Naruto. Naruto was very sad. Naruto looked down at his wife and he wrapped his arms around her.

"I-I don't want to go too… but… I really feel like he is my responsibility…" Naruto said with a shaking voice.

"Naruto-kun, please promise me…" Hinata sobbed and she buried her head in Naruto's chest. "Promise me you'll come back…" Hinata said while she trembled. Naruto raised her head with his hands and he looked down at her. He forced out a smile.

"I promise…" he said. "I promise I'll come back…" Naruto kissed his wife. Naruto broke off the kiss and he cried.

"Why?" Hinata asked.

"I don't want to leave you…" Naruto said.

"Don't say something like that! You're gonna come back alive, right?" Hinata forced out a smile. She then removed her arms form Naruto's body. She approached the desk and she opened the drawer. She took out a box. She went back to Naruto's side and she gave it to him. Naruto took it and he opened it. He took its contents and he raised it up. It was a small round locket with a lustrous neck chain with it. The locket had the leaf which was the sign of Konoha engraved in it.

"What's this?" Naruto wiped away his tears.

"That's yours. I bought it a day ago." Hinata smiled.

"I like it…" Naruto smiled.

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Still a flashback:

Hinata sat quietly inside the room of her home. She was terribly lonely. She didn't go out for the past two weeks since Naruto left. She felt like something bad was going to happen. She clasped her hands and she prayed for Naruto's safety. She then stood up and she went downstairs. After going downstairs she heard someone knocking at the door. She quickly opened it. She frowned when she saw who were knocking. All of her friends were there looking sadly at her.

"What's wrong?" Hinata said. She was very nervous. All that Naruto took with him in the mission was there. Neji and Shikamaru had a couple of bandages wrapped around them. If they were there then that means that the troops have arrived. But where is her husband? Neji then stepped forward form the crowd and he was holding a bloody and ripped but folded Hokage robe with the forehead protector neatly placed atop it.

"Where is he?" she asked her cousin who was looking at her sadly. Neji looked down on the ground. He muttered something that Hinata didn't catch. "Where is he? Where is Naruto-kun?" She asked again.

"Naruto-sama is… dead…" Neji said with a trembling voice. Hinata fell on the ground in her knees. She had her hands cover her sad face. She was crying. Sakura approached her and she knelt down beside her. She comforted her friend. After a while, Hinata stopped crying. Sakura helped her up.

"W-What happened?" she asked while stopping her sobs.

"Gaara almost went berserk. He turned into the Shukaku and he drove all the troops away. Kyuubi was fiercely fighting with Naruto. Naruto was already bloody. Naruto tired to stop Gaara so he stayed behind while Gaara drove us away from their spot. We were miles away bit we still heard Kyuubi's angry growls and the Shukaku's too. Before we knew it, Gaara in the Shukaku's form unleashed a powerful sandstorm. The troops were forced to hide in a large cave. The sandstorm was very fierce. We trembled in fear because Kyuubi was growling with more anger. Shikamaru and I went out of the cave because we didn't know what was happening. We rushed back at the spot where Naruto, Kyuubi and Gaara were. But the sandstorm kept driving us back. We were barely able to move in the desert. We couldn't see anything; even my byakugan wasn't able to guide us through. After a while of defying the fierce sandstorm, it finally calmed down. We saw a flash of red come up to the skies. Shikamaru and I ran through the desert. After minutes of running we finally arrived at the spot. An unconscious and bloody Kazekage was there. No Kyuubi and no Naruto…" Neji gave the bloody, ripped robe and the forehead protector to Hinata.

"That was the only thing that was connected to Naruto that we found when we arrived." Shikamaru said. "A bloody, ripped Hokage robe and a Konoha forehead protector. We stayed behind for a few days searching for him. But to no avail, we didn't find him…" Shikamaru added.

Hinata cried again. She clutched the robe tightly in her hands. "Naruto-kun, you said that you'll come back…" she said.

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Hinata locked herself up form civilization for a week. Her family and friends was very worried. They understood that Hinata can't take the sadness of Naruto's death. They were all gathered in the Hokage office. Tsunade returned to her position as Hokage since she didn't want to pick another Hokage yet. She felt that Naruto was still alive.

"Neji, you have to break in the house." Tsunade ordered Neji. Neji nodded. "Sasuke you go with him…" Tsunade said. Sasuke and Neji then left.

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Neji and Sasuke broke in the house quietly. They went up the stairs into the master's bedroom. They gasped when they opened the door. Hinata was lying unconsciously in the ground. She was very pale and she was much skinnier.

"Neji, we have to get her to the hospital quick!!!" Sasuke shouted at Neji. Neji picked her up and they rushed her to the hospital.

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Hinata opened her eyes. A white ceiling greeted her. She then raised her body while her yes closed and she sat up. 'Who brought me here?' she thought. She then opened her eyes and her father, sister and Neji was there. Her father was sitting close to her while Hanabi stood next to her father and Neji stood near the door.

"Hinata, do you feel better?" Hiashi asked her. Hinata nodded. "It was a good thing that Neji and Sasuke broke in your house. If they didn't, maybe you'll die there." Hinata sighed.

"My life has no more meaning…" She sighed again. "Without Naruto-kun, I'm nothing. My life is nothing. I live only for him… and now he's gone, I don't know what to do." Hinata said.

"Don't say that! Do you know why you suddenly collapsed?" Hanabi retorted. Hinata looked up at her sister.

"Why?" Hinata asked. She furrowed her eyebrows.

"Because Naruto-sama gave you a gift, a reason for you to live…" Neji said. Hiashi nodded and he smiled at Hinata.

"My daughter, he left you a child. You are…" Hiashi smiled.

"Pregnant?" Hinata asked. Hiashi, Neji and Hanabi nodded.

"You've been pregnant for 3 months and a couple of weeks, a honeymoon baby." Hanabi grinned at her sister. Hinata, for the first time since Naruto left gave out a warm smile at her relatives.

End of flashback.

'Oh, I forgot to bring you flowers Naruto-kun. I guess I'll go down first…' Hinata thought.