Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto—no matter how much I scream and whine about it.

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The Awkward Battlefield - Naruto & Hinata

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Naruto and Hinata were acquaintances, and occasionally teammates, who have learned to become a little more like good friends. Hinata's crush on Naruto remains unnoticed and their growing friendship remains unaffected. However, against popular belief, they weren't perfect friends or teammates, when the time called for it. No, definitely not. In fact, they were far from it—just like all the other people in this world.

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He was pissed off. Very pissed off. In fact, he was so pissed off that he could have turned all foxy if he had to.

He could not believe that his last cup of ramen had been stolen by a stupid animal, then that stupid animal swatted him into the mud and now he had to beat up a giant grizzly bear. Hinata was there, but she didn't want him to hurt the bear; no matter what it did to his ramen. Okay, so he was against animal cruelty as well, but it was his ramen. Ramen! How could the bear even think of doing that to anyone?

"N-Naruto-kun. Please, l-lets just find Shino-kun and Kiba-kun." She asked nervously, eyeing the dangerous animal as it glanced between them.

Making large gestures with his arms, Naruto shook his head defiantly. "No way! Plus, Kiba and Shino got lost from us, so they should find us! Besides; this stupid bear stole my ramen!"

Crossing his first and middle fingers on each hand, Naruto focused his chakra. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" With a large puff of smoke and dust, six more Narutos appeared. "You guys hold him down and I'll grab the ramen!"

"Yeah!" The six clones shouted in unison, running at the large bear.

Before the real Naruto even came within a two foot radius of the bear, all his clones were thrown off and one came flying at him. His eyes widened and with a loud popping sound he was sent flying backwards.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata rushed to his side. "Are you alright?"

He looked up dizzily. "I'm heavy…" Shaking his head to clear the thoughts of his clone's weight, he grinned at her. "Don't worry Hinata, I'll be okay just- Watch out!"

Jumping up, he grabbed Hinata and jumped out of the way of the charging bear. "Damnit I think we got it mad." He jumped down from the branch he had placed Hinata on and crossed his hands again. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!"

Ten Narutos surrounded the bear in a large circle. One of them yelled and the rest followed suit, running at the bear and jumping on its back. The alarmed animal reared up and ran into the woods frantically, searching refuge from the constant popping on his back and the puff of smoke that enveloped him afterwards.

Grinning victoriously, Naruto got up and wiped some mud off his face, only to realize that his hands had the most mud on them. "Come on Hinata! Lets go find Kiba and Shino!"

She nodded and jumped down, landing beside him, before activating her Byakugen and running in the direction of the chakra she sensed.

When they reached her teammates, they were already in battle with four other ninjas. Naruto immediately leapt into the battle as well, shouting a quick introduction and spreading fifteen Naruto-clones around the enemies.

"Hinata!"

She nodded and got into her stance, readying herself for the attacking ninja that was running towards her when Kiba suddenly jumped in front of her and pointed at her chest. "What the hell is that?!"

Shino frantically sent his bugs in their direction, knocking the enemy unconscious as Naruto finished off the last standing ninja.

"W-What is what, Kiba-kun?" Hinata looked up nervously at her teammate's infuriated expression. Shino joined them and after Kiba pointed again, Shino's face also took on an expression that screamed 'bloody murder'.

"Hey, what's wrong? Hey?" Naruto stood a little ways off from them, looking at them in confusion. His eyes widened considerably when Kiba and Shino stepped away and both pointed at Hinata.

"That!"

They glared at Naruto accusingly and he simply gaped at her. He ran up to her and looked closely at her chest. Hinata blushed furiously and backed away. "N-N-Naruto-kun? K-Kiba-kun, Shino-kun?" She looked from the two very agitated dark haired males and then to the blonde male who was a little too close for comfort.

Leaping back, Naruto looked sheepishly at Kiba. "I swear I didn't mean to."

"Yeah right, you sick puppy!" Akamaru barked in agreement, snarling at Naruto.

"I'm not a dog!"

Hinata looked over at Shino in confusion. "Shino-kun, what's wrong?" The clashing of metal echoed through the forest as Kiba and Naruto fought in-between their shouted argument.

Turning slightly to look at Hinata, Shino raised his eyebrows and pointed at Hinata's chest—just like Kiba had. Hinata followed his finger's direction and looked down to find a muddy hand print on her chest.

She screamed and blushed a deep red-purple color before fainting into the mud.

Kiba, who had turned to check on Hinata, rounded back on Naruto. "Now see what you've done!"

Naruto, face-first in the mud, whimpered pathetically. "I said I didn't mean to, I swear. Blame the bear!"

Shino and Kiba exchanged glances, while Akamaru sniffed Hinata's unnaturally-colored face. "Bear?"

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And so we conclude that the battlefield is, indeed, a very awkward place where anything goes and everything is fair.

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A/N: This was short because I'm not very good with Naruto's character and the idea was barely even grasped when I began the story. Hope you liked it either way, though. Please review!

I also took out the Sasuke x Sakura part out of the description because I couldn't grasp Sasuke or Sakura's character at all. Sorry for those who were looking forward to it.

xoxoxox – RomanceFanFicLover