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I in no way, shape or form own Naruto or any of its characters and am certainly not making any money off of them through this fanfic
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Now on to the fic and how to read it
Generally everything will be straight forward but ever so often I may insert a thought process in italics, kinda like the do in the show all the time…also more often than not I'll leave spaces in speech with a…in between them for sorta a pause for the character to think or just to break up what they're saying…well I guess that that's about it for the rules for how to read it so on to the FIC
Awaken to a Dream
Hmm…what a nice dream…it almost sounded like Naruto was actually here too…sigh
Hinata couldn't help but think about the dream that had seemed all to real to her as she brought her hands back down under the covers with her eyes still closed.
"Hinata-chan?" a voice from across the room said softly.
O gods
Hinata immediately stopped what she was doing, or about to do, and looked up to the other side of the room to find the concerned face of Naruto.
"N-Naruto-kun…what are you still doing here?" she asked as she looked at her clock to see that it was almost five in the afternoon.
"I just wanted to make sure that you were ok since…it was my fault and all," he said with a grimace as he stared at the floor at the foot of the bed and scratched the back of his head.
Why does Naruto-kun feel so responsible about ME fainting?…I was the one that lost control and fainted…not him…he shouldn't beat himself up like that
"And there's one more thing…umm," Naruto got up from his perch across the room, the same as Nejiusually takes,and walked over and took a seat at the end of Hinata's bed, "you don't mind if I…"
"N-No…not at all," she shuddered as she drew up her legs to give him more room at the end of the bed.
"Ok…well this is silly but I guess I just need to hear it even though I already know the answer…at least I hope I do," Naruto took a knee next to her at the side of the bed and took the hand of hers that was closest to him.
Is Naruto-kun doing what I think he's doing?…is he actually going to ask ME that question?
"Hinata-chan…will you do me the honor of…going to the ball with me?"
Oh…that question…maybe that wasa little bit of high hopes
"Of…of course I will Naruto-kun…what makes you think I would have changed my answer?"
"I guess I just wanted to here it so I could make sure that I wasn't dreaming," he laughed a little at this, more like a nervous chuckle really, and Hinata blushed at the inclination that he was the one that thought it was a dream.
"Well I guess I should go then…I promised Lee that I would spare with him sometime today and try to teach him how to do the Henge himself this time instead of having to do it for him and you should probably rest some more…I don't want you fainting on me again," Naruto said with a grin to the blushing kunoichi before him as he stood up to leave.
Naruto made it about halfway out the door before Hinata found the words she had been looking for.
"Naruto-kun..."
"Huh," he answered as he stuck his head back through the door, "you should get back to resting Hinata and as much as I hate to I should really go."
"…umm…the flowers from the shop…thank you Naruto-kun," she squeaked out as she turned a brilliant shade of scarlet.
"Oh yeah…those…when I saw them in the shop I knew who they needed to be for but Ino's mom was more stubborn than Granny Tsunade about giving them up, until we told her who they were for that is," he said as he flashed her another one of those smiles and her face was engulfed in a sea of red so bright she looked like a traffic light.
"Hinata, are you ok…you look awfully flushed," he said as he took a couple of steps back into the room and next to the side of her bed, "let me check and see if you actually have a fever."
As Naruto ended the sentence he leaned over and placed a hand on her forehead and Hinata did her best to contain her bliss at Naruto-kun being so close to her once again.
"I don't know…I can't really tell…Granny Tsunade told me about this...let's see if this'll work"
And Naruto leaned over even more and very gently placed both of his lips on her forehead in replacement of his hand.
Naruto-kun is…you are…he…he's…is he doing what I was dreaming he'd do…
"Well you do seem a little warm but I don't think you're si…Hinata…Hinata," Naruto sighed, "Baka…she passed out again."
Beep beep beep be
"Not again…I did it again," Hinata complained as she hit the snooze and turned off the alarm.
"Good morning again…I swear if you keep this up you'll make Rip van Winkle jealous," came a familiar voice from across the room again.
"Good morning Neji-kun…how long was it this time?" she questioned at the sound of her cousin from across the room, once again in his usual perch at her desk.
"Only about an hour and a half this time…long enough for me to convince Naruto that if he ever wanted to see you up and out of bed again that he'd need to leave…as for you though…what did he do this time?"
Oh gods…can I tell Neji this…would he tell anybody else…who would he tell…maybe Tenten-chan but she'll know about it soon enough and I doubt that he'd tell Lee-kun…
"He…he checked…he check my temperature," she blurted out before she finished convincing herself that she was actually going to tell him.
"Ha…what's so bad about that…it's not like he kissed you or anything," he joked as his cousin looked as far away as she could from him and began to blush, Neji realized that he had struck a cord, "or did he?"
"Ye…yeah," she said softly, "but only on the forehead and that's the last thing I remember really."
"Heh…well well well…that's why he was throwing such a fit about it…well, just to change the subject,if you're hungry, seeing how you've not eaten all day, there are still some leftovers from dinner…I could bring them if you would like."
Hinata hadn't noticed how hungry she was but upon the mention of food her stomach began to rumble.
"That would be nice Neji-kun…thank you."
"No problem…that's what cousins are for."
Neji closed the door behind him and Hinata slid back down underneath the covers to allow herself to think about all that had happened to her in the past few days and more importantly what had happened only a little while ago. Neji didn't take long in coming back with what was left from dinner though, ramen and miso pork again.
"I hope this is alright…I even heated it up a little bit," Neji said as he entered to door backwards, "and you'd better eat up too because you've got a big day tomorrow."
"Big day…what are you talking about Neji-kun?"
"O…that's right…you hadn't heard yet, I guess I figured Naruto would have told you…Kurenai-sensei is back and she wants to meet with your team tomorrow morning at 10," he ended as he sat the tray with a bowl of miso pork, a rice ball and ramen on her lap.
"Kurenai-sensei's back…that's great…when did they get back?"
"Earlier today I think…maybe even last night…all I know is that she sent the message this morning saying that you were to have the team meeting tomorrow morning."
"Ok…I guess that means I should get back to bed in an hour or two then…I just don't think I can sleep though…I've been doing that all day."
"Well when in doubt train but after two of your spells so close together I wouldn't push myself if I were you…ok?" Neji said with a concerned voice for his cousin.
"Ok…I won't…I'll go to the pond in the courtyard and practice my chakra control then…you could come and train with me if you like."
After all that Neji had done for Hinata recently she felt that extending an invitation to train with her wouldn't be out of bounds, it was nice to have someone that she could train with whenever if need be and since she and Neji had become so much closer it made it easier to ask him.
"I may just do that…let me go change into something I wouldn't mind getting wet and let you finish eating and I'll meet you out there," Neji concluded as he headed back out the door, "you know, it's a shame that you couldn't train with Naruto like this…it'd do you both a lot of good."
Neji closed the door before Hinata could answer or even begin to blush. She'd thought about what it would be like to train with Naruto-kun before, she'd even had dreams about it but they had never ended with them just training. She'd always refrained from making any kind of offer like that because ofthose dreams and her own high expectations, not to mention the potential for awkward situations. But she couldn't help but think to herself
How wonderful it would be to awaken to a dream like that
Rasengan2theface: Ah yes…I have finally returned…I'm sorry about the long wait but…I hit a major writer's block and didn't find a way out of it until two things happened…I broke the depression I was falling into and BloodOb gave me the greatest idea that inspired how this chapter turned out…btw I'd like to remind people that this is a "relationship" fic and if you're looking for a lemon then that's not going to happen…yet…it will come later and probably in several different forms…probably when I do my own time jump because they're only kids right now and that's just weird…I'm not saying that there won't be innuendos here and there, like at the beginning of this chapter, but there won't be any freakiness for a little while…I plan on making this the longest NaruHina fic out there so there will be plenty of time for that stuff later…moving on now…seeing how I've been gone for so long tell me what you think and even send me a few ideas this way…I've already got a one for a mission along the way BUT I'm going to need ideas for names for shinobi from the Hidden Rock village, two guys and a girl, so if you have an opinion of any sort throw me a review…I just hit my 31st review the other day but I want to see about half that for my next chapter…I know that there are a bunch of you that have added this to your favs and alerts and I want to hear from you the most…if you added this to those then that means you like this and I want to make this fic better for you so let me know what you think, what you liked, what you didn't…well…I'm going to go…there's this thing called class that I have to attend tomorrow and sleep is needed before that…until we meet again…later daze