Sorry if this chap is shorter than the other ones. I really enjoyed writing it though.

Chapter 6: Hinata and Naruto

(Special thanks to hikariko for giving this idea!)

Hinata stood there watching her frozen son. She clenched her fists. She was confused but at the same time she was very, very angry. She was screaming inside her mind that this man has no right at all to even use a genjutsu that would make him look like her beloved husband. And hell, he even has the nerve to hurt her one and only son, her one and only reason to continue living in this world.

Chakra filled her tenketsus near her eyes and her nerves bulged out. She ran to the rogue with fascinating speed and with her bloodline on.

"Hakke!" She shouted and she started hitting the rogue with a deadly glare in her eyes. Reiji watched her and he never even imagined that his mother who is a very calm and quiet person can be a fierce fighter when provoked. He watched her in amusement as she hit the rogue. He had a smirk in his face and he was shouting "Go mom" inside his head all the time. Hinata's last blow made the rogue fly away. He fell to the ground, even though he was still conscious, it looked like he had no more energy to stand up. He was bleeding too because it seemed that his wound reopened again.

"You deserve that…" Hinata whispered with a slightly deadly tone in his voice. "That's for trying to look like my husband and for hurting my son…" Hinata glared at the rogue.

The rogue tried to stand and he did slowly. "I'm… not… trying to look like someone… else…"He said while he tried to walk. He bent down gritting his teeth and clutching his wounded stomach and he picked up his sword and he put it back to its sheath. Hinata just stared at him in disbelief that this man even has the nerve to insist that he wasn't trying to look like Naruto. "…And I'm just doing my job…" he whispered.

"Hinata, Reiji!" Someone shouted near the gates. Reiji turned around but Hinata didn't need to because her bloodline was on and she can see everything around.

"Chouji-san!" Reiji exclaimed and then Sasuke, Shikamaru, Neji, Shino, Kiba and Lee arrived at the scene with Chouji at the front.

The 7 Jounin men stopped running and they stared at the rogue with wide eyes. They were very confused and shocked.

"Is that…" Shikamaru whispered.

Sasuke snapped off his thoughts about the rogue, "What is happening here? Reiji, Hinata, are you both alright. Reiji nodded but Hinata kept a close watch at the rogue so that he wouldn't escape.

'Damn, now I'm in trouble…' The rogue thought. He then stood up straight and he did a sleeping jutsu on Hinata quickly. He grabbed her. "If you come closer, I'll hurt her…" he said while he held the sleeping Hinata in his arms. The 7 jounin men and Reiji stared at them.

"I think we could take him on…" Chouji said.

"Yeah, he is wounded after all…" Shino added.

"Think about it…" the rogue said at them as he pulled out his kunai and he placed its pointy tip near Hinata's neck.

"Please stop everyone! I don't want mom to get hurt!" Reiji pleaded.

The rogue then pulled a smoke bomb form his pouch and he threw it in the ground.

…Smoke.

When it cleared away, there was no sign of Hinata and the rogue.

"Chikushou…" Reiji said.

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Hinata opened her eyes; she saw a blue sky that had a tint of orange on it. By the looks of it, Hinata could tell that it was already sundown.

"Looks like you didn't get a good night's sleep last night…" someone said and it was a very familiar voice. She sat up suddenly and she saw the rogue standing holding a couple of firewood. For a moment, she really thought that Naruto was the one that was talking with her. For a moment there, she thought she was back in the past when Naruto was still living by her side. For a moment there, she thought that Naruto was alive.

"You can come back to Konoha if you want." The rogue said. He was now squatting in front of the firewood. He lit it to make a campfire. They were very silent. The rogue was now sitting in front of her with a gentle smile. She was still thinking of her husband. Hinata then stood up when Reiji crossed her mind. He would be too worried by now, Hinata thought. She just stood there as if she was waiting for something. She stared at the rogue one more time. She saw his soiled hands and she noticed the ring. She just shrugged the thought that he was Naruto and she spun around.

"Wait." The rogue said. Hinata turned around once more.

"What do you want?" She asked

"I changed my mind." The rogue smiled at her.

"What do you mean?"

"Would you please wrap new bandages around me?" The rogue asked. He looked at Hinata with puppy like eyes. "Please?"

Hinata just stared at him. She was actually thinking of helping him since he looked so cute with those puppy eyes and all.

"Just promise me one thing…" Hinata said.

"What?"

"Don't hurt my son anymore." She said.

"I promise." The rogue said. Hinata was a little sad. He said it with the same tone Naruto made when he promised that he'd come back. The rogue reminded her so much of Naruto. So much that it hurt…

She approached the rogue. The rogue removed his cloak. She grinned a little bit when she saw that the bandages were wrapped around him in a clumsy way. He removed the bandages and he pulled out new ones from his pouch. Hinata noticed his necklace. She shrugged it off again. After all, she just wanted to go home. She gently wrapped the bandages around him; she saw that the wound was pretty deep.

"Thank you very much…" the rogue said.

Hinata just smile at him. She didn't know why she smiled at him, but she felt like smiling. She started to walk away. The forest was pretty dark now.

"Wait!"

Hinata turned around again.

"Can't you leave tomorrow? Ughhh… I mean it is pretty dark right now. You might get lost…" The rogue said.

Hinata went back to her spot and she sat down. Heck, now she thought why was she sitting here anyway? She was a Shinobi, she would not get lost in the forest. But so much of her wanted to stay with him. She looked at the campfire. She didn't notice but the rogue had his blue eyes glued at her. When she noticed, she had a color of red in her cheeks. The rogue smirked when he saw it. He thought that she was very cute and he felt that he knew her very much. He stopped staring at her when he noticed that she looked like a tomato. He looked around him, and as if Kami-sama put it there on purpose, there was a beautiful white rose there. The rogue stood up and he picked the flower. He approached Hinata and he gave the flower to her. Hinata blushed furiously, to think that she would blush here, it amused her. It amused her because she blushed because of a 'stranger'. Nobody made her blush like that except her husband…Naruto. She stood up and she was standing a few inches away from him. And when I say few, I mean it. Their bodies were so close to one another that both of their hearts were racing. They stood there like that for minutes, saying no word at all. They were staring at each others eyes like they had eternity to do it. That silence was like a cold sword that pierced through Hinata's heart. She didn't exactly know why she was doing this. Why she was standing in front of the rogue a few inches away. She didn't exactly hated what she was doing; instead… she liked what was happening. She felt that this rogue, standing in front of her with a striking resemblance with Naruto, is Naruto. She closed her eyes and tears started to fall form her eyes. She missed Naruto so much. The rogue leaned down and their lips met. He kissed her and she kissed him back, they were like lovers who didn't meet for quite a long time.

The rogue withdrew his lips and he fell in his knees. His trembling hands covered his face. Hinata could hear him sobbing, she wondered why. She looked down at him and she wiped away the tears in her cheeks.

"Hinata-chan…" the rogue whispered. Hinata still heard it even though he just whispered it. Then, it hit her like a big block of stone, the rogue called her Hinata-chan. She didn't even introduce herself to him. It was too much already, the ring, the looks, the voice, and the necklace…it already proved too much. It already proved too much that this man in front of her is her husband. Tears of joy ran down her face, to think that all these years… he was alive… with no memory that is…

She knelt down in front of him, he was still crying. He wrapped her arms around him.

"How could I make up to you, to the both of you? All this years, I've been alive and yet… I wasn't there by your side… How could-"

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata cut him off, "Just the thought that you're alive has already made me happy. And now that you're really alive, it makes me really happy…" Hinata said. Naruto removed his hands form his face. He hugged Hinata back.

"I'm so sorry." He said. "I shouldn't have left you…oh, Hinata-chan!" Naruto said. Hinata stared at him with happiness. He kissed her passionately. The stars brightly twinkled in the sky. Naruto broke off the kiss and he stared at Hinata. He smiled at her gently. There was no need for words now. All they needed was each other.

AN: this part is not yet finished, it' sjust like 75% percent of it.