Hey readers welcome to the next chapter of this story, whether you want it or not. Anyways it is still annoying trying to get use to the 'real world' after being in school for so long. Though not having to take tests is a good bonus of this. Either way I am not writing to whine I am just explaining what is keeping me from being able to pump out my chapters any faster than this; even if some people reading this will mention that I need to take some time to edit because my writing is terrible. For those people let me just tell you that if I did take that extra time to correct it than not only would my chapter posting be even slower but I would never catch everything. Plus, before you ask about why I just don't get a beta for this it is the same problem seeing as there is no way for me to know if they got everything either. Meh anyways on with the story.

Chapter 26

"Come on Hinata you nearly beat them all." Naruto called out to the girl trying to motivate her as she faced off against the last twenty of her clone enemies. Course by now she was soaked in sweat and panting heavily as she watched her opponents for their next attack. For while Naruto was kind and wanted to protect his precious people, he also understood that the better they were the safer they would be so he was trying to make sure the fight was as real as possible.

"This is crazy. All I wanted to do was have some alone time with my Naru-kun and here I am barely standing while fighting his clone army. Though now I see why his jutsu is so heavily guarded in that scroll; its power is way too much for anyone. After all, with someone with a lot of chakra like Naruto they literally become one man armies." Hinata couldn't help but think as she dogged attacks as much as she could while being slowed down by fatigue. For by now even though she was sore and completely exhausted she was determined to beat all of the clones. It also helps that after that she would be able to take a break and finally get the talk she wanted to have.

+forty minutes later+

"Haaah" Hinata screamed out as she landed a hit finally against the last clone while now feeling her vision get blurry every now and then. "I did it." Hinata mumbled out now not even caring that she is even less Hyuga than she normally did.

"Way to go Hinata!" Naruto happily called out to the tired girl while running up to talk to her. Course by the time he got there Hinata's balance failed her and she fell over, though thankfully Naruto managed to catch her before she hit the ground. "Hinata! Are you ok!?" Naruto asked the unconscious girl before finally sensing her chakra and noticing just how low it currently was. "Oh, Hinata why did you let me and my clones push you that hard if you were already way to tired? Well at least you only have a mild case of chakra exhaustion….So for now just enjoy your well earned rest." Naruto thought as he moved Hinata so she was comfortably laying on his lap while he leaned against a tree. He also was running his hand through her hair as he looked down at her. "Damn it though why didn't I notice you needed a break sooner. I am a chunnin now so I need to make sure I keep my teammates safe. I need to work on sensing things even while I practice other things." Naruto thought annoyed with himself but still didn't move from where he was sitting. A position he quickly got comfortable and simply tried to enjoy the day as he waited for Hinata to wake up no matter how long it took.

+A while later+

When Hinata finally began to wake up the first thing she could fee was just how tired her body still felt. For while she felt a bit better that before she still would have to rest for longer to get her chakra levels back to normal. Due to this she couldn't help but want to stay where she was seeing as the warmth and comfort of her pillow was drawing her back to sleep. Sadly for the tired girl her curiosity got the best of her and she opened her eyes to figure out what happened after she passed out. Though all thoughts were lost from the girl after she focused her vision again; and was treated to seeing Naruto looking peacefully up at the clouds with the suns shinning down on him.

To her this was the perfect view that left her memorized as she simply stared at the blond that had a small smile on his face. Though soon enough he turned and faced her.

"Oh good you finally woke up." Naruto told her with a small smile at her before frowning. "Sorry for pushing you too hard." He then mumbled out.

"Naru-kun don't be upset I am the one that asked for your help." Hinata told her upset boyfriend.

"Yes. To help but not to push you past your limits."

"But that is how people can get better. After all, how will I get to know if I am doing better if I am not pushed to do my very best. Plus, pushing the limits is a good way for many things to get better." Hinata told Naruto now blushing heavily due to trying to force herself and the conversation into what she wanted to happen in the first place.

"What do you mean?" Naruto simply responded looking down at Hinata confused.

"Okay Hinata you can do this. You managed to salvage the conversation and get this far now just do it" Hinata mentally ordered herself before using all the nerve she had in her to bring her head up and begin to kiss Naruto as passionately as she could shocking the blond. Though she pulled away before his brain could fully get past being surprised. "Like how it is about time we push our relationship to the next level." Hinata quickly stuttered out while mentally praising herself mentally for staying conscious.

Course by this point Naruto finally was able to catch up to what was going on and simply looked at the girl in front of him. "She wants to push our relationship further…what does she mean by that?..and that kiss…wow. Oh, I will try and figure out how to give my hime the 'next level' she wants but for now I am just gonna enjoy this." Naruto thought trying to figure out how to please Hinata. After all, even though his skills have changed greatly, the fact that the village kept him from experiencing many things and learning many things made it hard for him to fully figure out what to do. After all this was these girls were the first ones to every return his affections and become his girlfriends. Still he pushed that all aside and simply went with his instincts and kissed Hinata again to feel the amazing sparks travel throughout his body. An action that made said girl completely shocked.

"Oh my God he actually is kissing me again. Let's see where this goes…and hopefully it goes to what happened on page 65…" Hinata began thinking getting lost into her lustful thoughts while unconsciously doing what she was thinking about. For she soon surprised Naruto by sticking her tongue out into his mouth to lick his teeth; an action that startled him so much he opened his mouth to gasp in shock but she quickly darted in and began to French kiss Naruto. A kiss that said blonde was slowly realizing he was enjoying and began trying to copy Hinata's actions. This led him to instinctively move Hinata so that she was now sitting in his lap while he held her close. Though he wasn't the only one to get into it seeing as Hinata happily helped herself get into a better position as well and then began to move her hands around Naruto's body feeling all the muscles he has hidden underneath his clothes. Both of the two teens were now fully lost to their passionate moment that was quickly escalating into something more as they pretty much ignored the rest of the world around them. Though this all changed when they heard someone scream out "youth" extremely loudly shocking them both out of their moment. Due to this they quickly were able to realize the position they managed to get into and began to blush heavily.

For at the current moment Hinata was still in Naruto's lap with her hands currently under his shirt and firmly placed on his abs. Meanwhile Naruto had his hands firmly placed around her lower back pushing her close enough to him that he could feel her breasts against his chest.

"Umm.. I am sorry Hime I don't know what came over me." Naruto mumbled out to her while beginning to let go of her. Though at this moment Hinata gathered her will power and quickly grabbed onto his hands to keep them there.

"N-no Naru-kun I enjoyed it just as much as you…in fact c-can we kiss l-like that again? Hinata asked now with her blush completely covering her face. For while she felt embarrassed to ask her desire gave her the strength to be much bolder than she would ever normally be able to be. Course when she finally looked back to Naruto she was happy to see that he was bushing just as much as her.

"S-s-sure hime-chan" He stumbled out desiring the feeling of being loved so much just as much or even more than she was. Course with this answer he slowly leaned in to kiss her again only to see something that made him stop behind her. For coming closer to them was the cause of the yell which was Lee from team 9.

"W-why did you stop Naru?" Hinata asked slightly disappointed.

"Hime team 9 is coming. We need to move before we have to answer a lot of awkward questions. Not to mention that your cousin who is still probably mad at me for beating him is coming and will more than likely stop us and tell your father." Naruto told him now nervous. Though Hinata pouted at this.

"Darn you for messing with my Naru time. I worked so hard to get through my nerves only to get stopped right when we were so close to the next big level…why does this keep happening to me!?" Hinata mentally complained. For after reading all about what couples do, she has wanted to try it for ages.

"Umm Hinata they are getting closer can we please leave before they get here?" Naruto asked watching as the group came closer to them. Though all he got was Hinata looking at him with her pout still on her face.

"Fine we can stop this for now…but we don't need to leave. After all we were training and just are taking a break." HInata told him and then quickly moved so she was now just leaning on him and quickly checked to see that she looked presentable before simply watching the other group coming closer. Meanwhile Naruto just stayed where he was shocked by how stubborn and clingy Hinata was being. Course he didn't think about it for too long seeing as Lee finally spotted the and happily ran over to them.

"Yosh, hello Naruto-kun and Hinata-chan. How are you two doing in this youthful day?" he asked them happily.

"Hello Lee-san. And today was good seeing as we just finished training…too bad we got to a point where we couldn't continue any farther today." She told him while glaring at the strange boy and his team that now was next to them as well.

"Hey Lee, guys" was all Naruto told the green clad ninja with a small smile.

"Hey Naruto. You two getting in some hard 'training' in." Tenten asked smirking while clearly implying something else.

"We would be 'training' if we didn't have a surprise interrupt us." Hinata responded for him while now glaring even more at Tenten who looked shocked at her answer.

"Oh, umm sorry." Tenten told Hinata awkwardly while trying to look anywhere but at the glaring girl. "I was kidding about that but wow they work fast and judging by this reaction she is the one who wants it the most….I guess it really is the quiet ones that you need to worry about." Tenten thought as she tried to avoid looking at said girls glare. A plan that ended up making her look at Neji instead. "….I wonder"

"Yosh, enough talking with Naruto-kun and Hinata-chan it is time to train. Now come my team we must train to keep our youthfulness flowing." Gai told his team while running to the center of the clearing with Lee chasing after him. Meanwhile his teammates just sighed and followed them at a much slower place.

"Umm I think it is about time for us to leave." Naruto told Hinata who was still glaring. His answer was a quick "fine "while pouting about having to more from her comfortable position. Though this pout just made Naruto chuckle a bit and playfully rub her head making her glare at him a bit.

~a random street of Konoha~

"So, what do you want to do now Hime-chan?" Naruto asked the girl while walking down the road.

"Hmm, well I know I want to go get cleaned up a bit after that hard work out so for now how about I show you around the clan compound for a bit? Besides my sister has been wanting to meet you for a while anyways."

"Why would she want to see me?"

"I don't know. All I know is that she has been trying to get some information on you for a bit." Hinata told him while shrugging her shoulders.

"Well let's go see the little one, shall we?" Naruto asked teasingly with a smile on his face.

"Sounds good. Just don't let her hear that; after all she is only a few years younger than me."

And with that being said they both walked leisurely to the Hyuga compound where the guards quickly let them in after a few words from Hinata where they then entered the building and simply stood in the main hallway where Naruto was looking around at every little thing curious about where his girlfriend lived.

"Well what do you think of the Hyuga compound Naru-kun?" Hinata asked seeing as for the past few minutes Naruto was wandering around looking at everything in the room with interest clear in his eyes.

"It is nice, but man I don't even want to know how much you guys spent on some of this stuff." Naruto told her while looking at a painting that looked like it would cost much more than even what an S rank mission would give you. Course this just made Hinata sigh.

"Yes, the elders do tend to splurge on knickknacks around the house. After all, according to them 'the most prestigious clan' needs the best things money can buy." Hinata told him remembering the time she once looked around her father's desk when she was younger and found out just how much the elders spend on stuff to just sit around their compound. A show of power she never really understood to begin with seeing as they rarely had anyone inside of their home that wasn't a Hyuga anyways. "Anyways feel free to take a seat for a bit. I am just going to take a quick shower then I will show you around." Hinata told him getting a nod in return from the blond who was still looking around and then left the room.

+few minutes later+

After finishing looking around at the stuff in the room Naruto finally sat down on a nearby couch and simply began thinking about random things while waiting for Hinata to come back into the room. In fact, he got so focused on thinking about things that he completely didn't notice that someone walked up to him and was now standing close to him.

"Excuse me what are you doing here?" Naruto suddenly heard in a feminine tone that clearly was annoyed with something. This was enough to bring him out of his daydreams and notice things in the real world again and what he noticed was a smaller girl that looked to be a few years younger than him. She had long black hair that looked to reach most of the way down her back with a strand dangling in front of her face. She also had the classic Hyuuga white eyes but they seemed to have a slight hint of lilac in them as well. This girl was also currently wearing an elegant light blue kimono that had several lilacs depicted randomly around the cloth. Over all she looked to be rather cute even though she seemed to be just beginning to mature.

"Oh hello..." Naruto began only to realize he had no clue who she was

"Hyuga Hanabi" Hanabi told him still clearly annoyed. For to her it looked like a random commoner somehow managed to enter their home and dare treat it like he lived there.

"Ah hello Hanabi, I am just waiting for your sister to freshen up before we go do something else." Naruto told her with a big smile at the now shocked girl.

"So this is the boy that my sister is 'in love' with….I have to say that he at least is decently pleasing to the eyes. Though why would simple words from this guy make her push herself so far? After all besides slightly above average looks there doesn't seem to be anything special about him…well I suppose he is a clan heir as well but still there surely has to be people much better than him." Hanabi thought to herself judging Naruto just off of his appearance alone.

"I see well I am sure that she won't take long…though while you wait I am sure you wouldn't mind answering a few questions I have." Hanabi told him making it clear that she wanted the questions answered whether he wanted to or not.

"Sure Hanabi-chan what do you want to know?" Naruto told her with a smile not noticing her narrow her eyes a bit at being called –chan when she just met him.

"Well Naruto-san to begin with why exactly are you with my sister?"

"Heh, well first just call me Naruto…and as for why I am with Hinata…well I guess that would be because she really is one of the first people to show me what it is like to feel loved." Naruto answered with a shrug.

(note at this point when I say love I mean the feeling of a strong friendship that bonds people together. Such as best friends becoming so close that they are "siblings in everything but blood")

"First to show you the feeling of love? What do you mean by that?"

"Well as you know for years I was only an orphan that most of the village treated like crap until it became clear who my family is. Still before that happened most kids even wouldn't want to have anything to do with me. Though there was one cute little girl that always tried to be friendly with me and even help me out every now and then. I mean we didn't see each other often due to her being often too shy come close to me and also simply due to her being busy with clan things. Still she was one of the few people that made my childhood worth going through." Naruto told her seriously remembering how before he gave up on crying; he use to cry about how no one wanted to be around him until he saw a shy Hinata come up to him. Those few moments they shared although brief meant the world to him. Now of course Hanabi was surprised by this answer seeing as while she knew about how Naruto was originally treated; she didn't know her sister had that much of an effect on him.

"Oh really. Well then why did you wait so long before asking her out then. After all I know for a fact that she loved you for years." Hanabi asked while mentally adding 'for some reason'

"Well Hanabi for starters I had no clue she liked me. Also, while I did end up liking her, I never even tried anything for two reasons. One because she is higher class and us dating would have just led to her having conflicts in her family which would cause unwanted stress there. Two I know you at least saw some of how I was treated as a child, I didn't want to have even a chance of dragging her into something like that. So, for a while I simply tried being the best friend I could…I am just happy that in the end we somehow managed to be together." Naruto told her with a small smile on his face.

"Oh, so you are happy to have added another member to your harem?" Hanabi asked disgusted with the CRA even though she understood why it was needed. Course what she didn't expect was for Naruto to glare at her and spike his KI at her enough to make her sweat a bit.

"Never say I would take advantage of any girl through this CRA thing. While I understand why you don't like it; I didn't ask for it either. Plus, any girl I date and marry because of this won't just be out of lust or duty to the village it will be out of love. I don't care if everyone hates me for it but I refuse to push someone into a loveless marriage." Naruto told her seriously shocking Hanabi yet again. Though before they could talk anymore, they heard someone rushing towards them and soon saw Hinata back in the room. Though currently she was dripping wet with a towel being the only thing covering her body and even then, it was giving a tantalizing view to Naruto who quickly had a nose bleed.

"What is going on here?" She asked quickly hoping there is no trouble with Naruto being in the clan compound. So nervous in fact that she didn't even take into consideration that the guards had to have already looked into it and deemed it fine.

"we are simply having a talk here nee-chan…though should you really be running around in your current state of dress?" Hanabi told her sister who at first was confused before looking down and noticing that she only had a towel on causing her to let out a loud "eep" of embarrassment before rushing back to continue to get herself presentable. Though she was pretty happy to know that she could get a reaction out of Naruto but in front of her sister was not the time to enjoy that fact.

While she watched her sister run back to the bathroom, she couldn't help but let a small smile onto her face at her sister's antics before looking back to the blond who was still trying to clean up after his nose bleed. "Hmm, at first you don't look all that special but you do have some surprising qualities that make you so much more interesting…I will have to keep my eye on you and maybe learn some more about what makes you such a strange guy." Hanabi thought already even more interested in just how different Naruto is compared to everyone else she knew. A trait that made her want to figure out more about the blond.

Ok I am sorry but I have to end this here just because one it is a really good place in my opinion to end the chapter and two because I still am pretty busy this weekend. Again I am sorry about that but I will try and make the next few a bit lengthier if possible for you people that are still reading.

Still I am happy that I got more into romance in this one and even brought in Hanabi's love development a bit. Now just to make sure it is understood by everyone she is much older than she is in the anime. Rather than her being a lot younger than Hinata it is only like 2 or 3 years seeing as I just can't feel right about putting a supper young kid with someone older…it just isn't right. So, while I know some people take the freedom that writing sort of gives them to have free rein I am still going to have my stopping points.

Anyways I want to have the time skip soon but before that I want to try and get a romance scene for each character so that no one is just left out. So maybe a chapter then he leaves or maybe he leaves in the next chapter I don't know yet. Either way I might put a few chapters up about their separate training possibly or I might not as well. But for now readers ja ne.