Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (wish I did, though).
Note: This chapter is the unofficial end to all the boring stuff. In the upcoming chapters, you'll find out more about the Shogukane.
Naruto jumped over the reception desk to squat by Hinata's side desperately trying to get her to wake up.
"Hinata! Hinata! Oh come on, please wake up. Old man! I'm taking Hinata to the hospital."
"Geez, kid, you don't have to scream. Wait, what? Oh, go ahead", he said once he saw Hinata.
Actually, instead of taking her to the hospital, he went looking for either Kiba, or Shino. If he went to the hospital they would want to know what happened, and he definitely couldn't answer that question. Besides, hospitals creeped him out, and they'd probably blame him for what happened anyway.
He found them on the school training grounds running through a simple dual attack. When he came within seeing distance, they ran up to him and the unconscious Hinata with shock and worry written all over their faces.
"What happened to her?" asked both Shino and Kiba.
"I don't know. She was going into the kitchen when all of a sudden I think she got this massive headache and all the water went up and all around before she fainted. I thought maybe one of you could wake her up."
"How about I use my bugs to bring her back into consciousness?"
"Not everything has to be about bugs, you know. And besides, she needs a jolt, like a shock or something. I got it! Akamaru!"
The aforementioned dog trotted over to his ninja partner whereupon he received a whispered command. He then did what he was told, which, unfortunately for Hinata, was to lick her face.
"What? That's it, I could have done that."
"You idiot, Akamaru's saliva has a special chi-jolting effect that'll wake anyone up." (made up), replied an annoyed Kiba.
"Oh. Hey, she's waking up!"
"Hinata!" the three exclaimed together.
"Hinata, are you okay?" asked Naruto.
"The better question is what happened to you Hinata? Why did you faint?" asked Shino.
"I…I don't know. All I remember is that I was about to prepare Naruto-kun's order, when suddenly my head started to hurt and there was this pain I had never felt before in my life. B-But the strangest thing is, I…I don't think that pain was mine."
"What do you mean that pain wasn't yours?"
"I-I don't know Kiba-kun. It just felt like I was feeling someone else's pain and sorrow. I don't think I can explain it better than that."
"Do you think you can go on the mission tomorrow?" asked Shino while helping her get off the ground.
"Y-Yes, don't worry Kiba-kun; it's probably just a one time thing."
"Yeah, well did you forget that you're our group mate? If you need help just ask, okay?" Kiba said.
"Okay." she said faintly blushing at how much her group mates cared for her.
"Thank you Naruto, for bringing Hinata to us."
"It was no problem you guys."
"Thank you Naruto-kun, for helping I…I really appreciate it."
"I said it was no problem; but since you guys insist."
"Hmm… I thought Sakura-chan was with you Naruto." said Shino.
"Oh, she left earlier to go… trai… ning" he said after realizing that he had to go training too and might get a beat down by Sakura. "Aaw, man! I gotta go you guys. See you later!"
A/N: Chapter 3 is where all the action starts and you'll kinda sorta be meeting the villain of the story.