AnimeCrasherz: I made the alternate ending chapters. HUZZAH! I have to put them up at relatively the same time because... because they're alternate endings. I was supposed to put them up all at the same time. Besides, if I don't I will lose motivation.

...HUZZAH!

This one is Naru/Hina.

Confusion

"Come on Hinata, it's the least I can do." Naruto gestured to the seat next to him.

"I ... you d-don't h-have to..." Why is he doing this?

"I want to." he assured her.

"W-well... I..." Hinata hesitated, then slowly sat down.

"See that wasn't so hard." Naruto smiled, it seemed like a forced smile, and Hinata could see just a hint of sadness.

"W-why are you... d-d-doing this?" Hinata stuttered.

"Well..." Naruto wasn't sure how to put it in words. Was he just doing this to make himself feel better? No. There was more than that. "I guess I want to apologize..."

"For.. for what?" Hinata fiddled with her hands nervously.

Naruto ordered the drinks while he planned what he was going to say.

"Uh... I never realized that... that you..." he trailed off.

Hinata blushed. She knew what he meant.

"And I interrupted Sakura because I was so happy that I thought she wanted to go with me... So I guess if I can't apologize to her yet... I still owe you an apology."

Hinata took a sip of her drink, not sure how to take this.

"So..."

For what seemed like the first time, Hinata looked him in the eye.

"So will you forgive me, Hinata?"

She looked long and hard at the drink in her hands, looking and not seeing, only thinking."Yes. I will forgive you."

"That's great!" Naruto felt a wave of relief, the kind of peace and light you can get only when you have been forgiven.

Hinata smiled just a little bit as she finished her drink.

BOOM!

She turned around so fast to face the sky it was amazing she didn't get whiplash. The boom that she had heard was caused by fireworks, big beautiful explosions of color, marking the near end of the festival that day.

"Whoa..." Hinata was lost in the neon lights.

Naruto looked over at her, and he could see the fireworks reflecting in her Hyuuga eyes. "Come on Hinata, let's go somewhere where we can see them better." he got up and lead her to... to somewhere where they could see them better. I don't know, somewhere grassy to sit on, a hill maybe.

On the way over to the hill they passed Kiba... eating. With Akamaru. Hinata smiled at them, though they didn't see her. She felt guilty leaving Kiba, but he was busy with his food and seemed satisfied alone. Besides... she could explain it later. (OC for Hinata? Maybe. But if you loved Naruto that much, then you would ditch your teammate too I bet.)

They sat down beside eachother, but neither of them spoke. It was like there was nothing to say, just an awkward moment.

Out of the blue, Naruto had to break the silence.

"You know, it's my birthday today."

Hinata stayed still. She thought about all of the times she watched him alone. She thought of everybody at the festival, enjoying themselves and rejoicing about this wonderful event in history, sealing the Kyuubi away. She thought of how probably nobody knew, or cared for some reason, that it was Naruto's birthday... she felt pain. But she couldn't leave it at that.

"Hap...happy birthday, Naruto-kun."

And she smiled at him, a smile to match the bright grand finale of fireworks marking the end of the Kyuubi festival.

...meanwhile...

"Hi Sasuke."

"...Sakura."

"Wanna make out?"

"..." -long pause-

(If you are a Sakura and Sasuke fan, then this is the scene for you, please, continue it as you wish. I, for one, will not. G'night.)

AnimeCrasherz: REVIEW AND TELL ME IF YOU LIKED IT! I need to know if I should keep writing, or like some of my stories give it up as a lost cause.

Blagaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... it's 2 am and me and my cousin are watching movies... we got back from sweets from heaven... and I am high on sugar so I can't sleep... had to finish chapter... hope it does not lack quality due to my deadness... it's short i know...

Hope you still enjoyed it.