A/N- sorry for the long wait. I just had a lot of stuff on my mind. Plus I was trying to think of a way to start off this chapter. On to chapter 5.
DISCLAIMER- I do not own naruto.
Chapter 5: Future results
Hinata's eyes slowly opened. She blinked a few times so her eyes could adjust to the light. She had just had one of the most wonderful dreams. In it she was married to her Naruto-kun. Her, the shy, dark, weirdo married to Naruto! She was on cloud 9, never mind that it was only a dream. She sat up only to see the eyes of the entire rookie 9 staring at her. She heard a rustling noise and turned her head to the moving figure next to her.
Naruto let out a yawn and stretched his arms and legs. When he saw he had an audience he decided to tell them about the dream he had.
"Ano sai! Ano sai!" He yelled, making waving movements with his arms. "I just had the weirdest dream!" He turned to his side and pointed at Hinata.
"And Hinata-chan you were in it to! In fact you all were in it!"
"That's because it wasn't a dream." Naruto looked in the direction of the voice. "Honestly otouson, you're a lot quieter in the future."
Hinata's eyes widened. That means it wasn't a dream! Hinata's face was turning redder by the minute. She couldn't believe it. She never thought he would fall for her. Naruto's mouth dropped to the floor.
"Naruto, you dog!" Kiba laughed, hitting Naruto on the back. "Coming from the shadows and stealing our poor Hinata away from us. Shame on you!" Kiba said wagging his finger at the still stunned Naruto.
"H-Hinata-chan" Naruto stuttered. The color drained from his face. It wasn't that he didn't want to marry Hinata, it was just so soon. He was supposed to be a party animal well into his 40's.
Hinata's heart sank a bit, when she saw Naruto's expression. Was it really so bad to find out that he would be married to her?
"H-Hinata-chan" Naruto stuttered again.
"H-Hai?" she asked in a low whisper.
In no time she felt herself being lifted off the ground, and swung through the air. Naruto had a big smile on his face, and she could see the excitement in his eyes.
"We're getting married!" he yelled "Isn't that great!"
Hinata couldn't help the smile coming to her face. Naruto-kun did want to marry her. He thought it was a great idea! Hinata had never been happier in her entire life. Nothing could match up with this moment.
"Yosh!" Lee exclaimed "The fire of youth burns freely in our souls!"
"Yes my wonderful student, we all must follow Naruto's and Hinata's example and embrace the spring time of youth!" Gai yelled striking the good-guy pose.
"Oh Gai-sensei, your wonderful words make my fire of youth burn even more fiercely!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
Lee and Gai hugged each other, rivers of tears flowing freely down their faces.
"Well we know who lee's going to end up with." Kiba muttered disgustedly.
Sakura walked over to Hinata and hugged her. No one deserved to be happy as much as Hinata did. Even if her love problems weren't solved yet, she was glad at least one of them would be happy.
"Ahem" Tsunade said clearing her throat. She really didn't want to interrupt this happy moment but she had to debrief them on the mission.
"Hokage-sama." Hinata said "Can I please ask Hitome a question."
"Sure." Tsunade said. She might as well let them ask all of their questions first.
"How do we know that you aren't lying to us? That this isn't some kind of elaborate plan?"
Shikamaru weighed the possibilities in his head. "Yes, imagine having us all delivered to sound. That could very well bring the end of Konoha. With Hinata and Neji's byakugen, Sasuke's sharigan, my intelligence and Naruto's demonic powers, Orochimaru could destroy anything and anywhere he wanted to." Silence filled the room.
Naruto didn't want to believe it, but it was a likely possibility. He wanted a family and the thought of this al being a trick to lure him into the clutches of the Sound, made a chill run through his heart.
Hitome reached into her backpack and pulled out an old journal. It was a soft purple with silver swirls all over it. Hitome handed the book to Hinata, who immediately recognized it.
"My diary but hoe did you get it?" Hinata asked. Hinata opened up her backpack and took out the same journal. The only difference was that the one Hinata was holding looked new and the words 'Property of Hyuuga Hinata' could be clearly seen in the bottom right corner.
"Okaasan, you gave this to me right before I left. You said that it was in case your younger version didn't believe me."
"I see." Hinata whispered.
Wanting to put everybody in a lighter mood, Hitome asked if any one wanted to know their future. Neji and TenTen politely declined. Since Neji didn't believe in fate anymore and TenTen didn't really believe that anything was meant to be, they saw no reason in knowing. Sasuke, Sakura, Shino, Kiba and Chouji also declined.
"Well I want to know!" declared Ino.
Hitome wondered how she would take it when she found out she was married to Shikamaru.
Hitome took a deep breath before replying. "Okay, ano…. You're married to Shikamaru.
For a minute no one spoke. "Excuse me I don't think I heard you right." Ino said sweetly.
"Ano…your married to Shikamaru."
Ino exploded "WHA-A-A-T!" She screamed, suddenly looking ten times bigger than she did before. "Why would I want to marry a good for nothing lazy bum like you!" she yelled turning her back to Shikamaru, who happened to be standing right next to her.
"And why would I want to marry a loud, troublesome girl like you." Shikamaru said also turning his back to Ino. He would of yelled if it hadn't been to troublesome. Although they were both supposedly disgusted by the idea of being married, they couldn't stop the smiles from forming on their lips.
"I'm next!" shouted Lee.
Before Lee and Gai could get into another one of their hugging fits, Hitome intervened. "Well Lee you should be happy to know that you are in anbu in the future."
"OHHHHHH!" Lee yelled raising a fist.
"And" Hitome continued "traded in your...um…unique green spandex, for a better looking black one, plus you cut off the eyebrows and changed the hairstyle." Hitome said while looking out the window.
When she turned back it looked like someone had just smacked Lee with a 400ft long bat.
"LEE, MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO CHANGE YOU SO?"
"He acquired a fashion sense?" said TenTen as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Lee and Gai hugged each other, crying buckets of tears, while Lee swore to Gai that he would never change his look.
Tsunade, desperate to stop Lee and Gai's crying, decided to turn everyone's attention to her. "Well Hitome, what's in my future? As the leader of Konoha, I should know what's coming ahead."
The smile Hitome was wearing disappeared. "Ano…" she mumbled while lowering her head.
"What?" Tsunade said.
"Ano…ano" Hitome whispered.
"FOR KAMI-SAKES SPIT IT OUT, GIRL!" Tsunade yelled, obviously losing her patience.
"YOU'RE DEAD!" Hitome yelled. Tsunade's face paled. A deep silence erupted in the room.
"Oh….I see" Tsunade whispered.
Naruto felt as if someone had broken off a piece of his heart. Sure he called her old lady and pulled pranks on her, but she was still one of his precious people. He couldn't imagine life without her. Then and there Naruto made a decision.
"So what" Naruto whispered. His voice cut like a knife through the quiet room. "So what" he repeated "If Hitome's here, there's still a chance to stop this from ever happening. I will protect my precious people." He said raising a fist. "Believe it!"
Tsunade smiled. She knew Naruto would never break that promise.
"So does this mean that everyone accepts this mission?" Jaraiya said still standing next to Tsunade.
"Hai!"
Tsunade's face turned serious. "By accepting this mission you all know that you are putting your life in an incredible amount of danger." Everyone nodded.
"As shinobi we put our lives in danger everyday. What's one more time?" Kiba said
"Okay, I'm appointing Nara Shikamaru for this mission. We will need your intelligence to get everyone through this mission alive, do you accept?"
"I accept. It's troublesome, but it has to be done."
"You guys only have two weeks, before the mission. I suggest you us this time to train."
"Alright everyone!" Naruto yelled, after gaining all his enthusiasm back. "Let train harder then we have ever trained before! For Konoha!"
"For Konoha!" they chorused. One by one they all filed out of the room, until it was just Tsunade and Jaraiya left.
"So do you think they can do it?"
Tsunade grinned. "I think the Sound won't know what hit them, by the time we're through with them."
Meanwhile outside the office, a very nervous Naruto approached a certain Hyuuga heiress. Naruto had come to a decision. Who knew if he would be alive in two weeks? He didn't want his feelings for her to go unnoticed any longer.
"Hinata-chan" he said, sweat dripping off his face. "Would you like to go for ramen with me tomorrow night?"
"Sure." She said trying not to sound too eager, while she mustered up the courage to complete her sentence "It's a date." She then turned so Naruto couldn't see the blush rapidly covering her face, and continued walking home.
Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. As he was about to go home a hand on his shoulder stopped him in mid-stride.
"Naruto"
"Neji" Naruto squeaked, turning around to face the Byakugen user. He had been so nervous that he had failed to register the fact that Neji had just listened to there entire conversation.
"I see you have asked Hinata-sama out on a date." Neji stated calmly.
"H-Hai" he stuttered.
"Very well, but if Hinata-sama comes home even a little bit upset, you will find yourself in my field of Divination."
"Neji I would never do anything to upset Hinata-chan."
"Just make sure you don't. And remember…" Neji said turning on his Byakugen "I'll be watching you." He then began walking home.
A chill passed down Naruto's spine. Neji was definitely someone he did not want to piss off. Naruto shrugged it off and continued walking home.
That night at the hyuuga house, Hinata smiled as she lay in her bed, thinking of what she should wear on her and Naruto-kun's first date tomorrow.
A/N- this ends chapter 5. The next chapters will be a bit more serious and have loads more action. In Chapter 6 you can look forward to Hinata and Naruto's date, training and some mysterious shinobi. Well hope you liked it. Want to thank all the people who have reviewed my story so far, you are what keep me writing and tell me if you want to see a little more romance between one of the other couples. REVIEW PLEASE!