Amnesia

By Flow

Hinata woke up in the infirmary; around her in the surrounding beds were her teammates. She saw that she was not the first one to wake up, Chouji was happily munching on his chips, Kiba was petting Akamaru with his left hand, and Akamaru was lying on the floor. For if he did lie on the bed, not only would the whole bed collapse, it would be crushed along with Kiba. The only person who remained sleeping was Shino.

Suddenly, and without detection the door of the room was slammed open and Tsunade walked in. Shizune walked in holding Tonton (That little pig if you didn't know…) who let out a quick 'oink'.

"What happened at the gates? We found you while you were knocked out." Tsunade said.

"I'm not sure what happened." Hinata said in her usual calm and quiet voice, "Two people came an-" Hinata was cut off by Shino who surprised everybody by sitting up so suddenly and without notice.

"Those two men were Akatsuki members, no doubt about it. Not only that, one of them was the one of the Seven Shinobi Swordsmen, I believe his name I Kisame. The other person was…. Without a doubt, it was Itachi… Uchiha…" Shino looked down seemingly lost in thought over the last few events. Tsunade's eyes widened. Though she had left right after that event happened, but the infamy of his act spread quickly.

"You-you say it's Uchiha Itachi?" She took a seat on one of the near beds and placed her elbow on her leg. She then brought her hand to her chin and placed it there to support her chin; she closed her eyes and began to think. "So, Itachi's back here in Konoha, huh?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Hinata answered.

"In that case, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and Chouji; once you have been cleared from the hospital I want you to track down Itachi, and his partner." The others just nodded. "Now, I need to be going. A Hokage has a lot of work to do." Tsunade said with a smile. She got up and walked out of the door. Shizune, holding Tonton, yelled at her master. "Tsunade-sama! Please wait!"

It was stilling raining outside. The downpour of rain created a loud striking sound. The team was done eating their cup ramen, and were getting ready to get to bed. How everyone managed to change was a tough one. The males had to turn their backs as the girls stripped themselves and put on their new attire. The girls noticed that one boy, Konohamaru, was peeking out of the corner of his eye. They screamed his name and his faced turned a deep red when he realized he had been caught. The girls had to do the same as only one boy changed, Naruto. They had to not look, and whatnot. Naruto chose to wear his regular nightwear. A loose shirt and pants, with a stocking cap with two eyes slapped onto it. The other "men" were wearing the same clothes, trying to impress the girls with no fear of anything… even muck and grime. Everybody then rolled out their bedrolls and snuggled in. There were the occasional shifting sounds of movement, but that didn't really have any effect because of the rain.

Naruto was probably the only person awake. He just couldn't sleep. He wondered why Ino had kissed him. (He's still not that smart now is he? . ) And how that would effect his relationship with Sakura. He decided to step outside the cave. Luckily for him the rain had stopped just prior to him stepping out. When he stepped out he spotted a narrow path winding up the mountain. He followed the path aimlessly walking up the mountain. Naruto finally reached the top. It was a level plateau, and there were several overgrowths of grass here and there, and an eventual flower would pop out from the ground; as well as weeds. Naruto chose the overgrowth in the middle of the plateau, where the moon's light shone the most.

He stared up at the moon. He had heard stories about the night of how the Fourth Hokage had sealed the Kyuubi. He had heard that the moon was shining brilliantly that night as to signal something good was to happen. Was the moon really that brilliant? He could almost visualize that night. His thoughts were interrupted however as Ino stepped up onto the top of the mountain. Naruto didn't notice her yet and was still staring at the moon. "Naruto?" Ino said gently. Naruto jerked his neck almost too fast and pulled a muscle in his neck. With that a pang of pain surged through his neck and he fell to the ground clutching the area of pain.

"Naruto!" Ino rushed to his side and caught him with his head in her arms. "Ino," Naruto said still clutching his neck in pain, "You surprised me there."

"I guess so." Ino said. Her head was so close with his. She was thinking of how she could take advantage of this moment, but at the same time opposed the idea. She was deciding whether to just let him go or go in for a kiss. Her mind was racing; she never had this huge of a crush since Sasuke. Sasuke's gone isn't he? Then who else is there? Shikamaru is lazy as hell and the others besides Naruto are just not my type… Ino thought.

"Ino, you can let go of me now." Naruto said, finally getting up from his lying position. "I'll be going back to bed now." Naruto said. He was purposely trying to get away from Ino with the fear of losing his relationship with Sakura. There was still a lot of his memory that was not yet filled and Naruto couldn't really recall how he developed his crush with Sakura. Or how he had gotten along with everyone and seemed to know what to say to each person. Had he been friends with everyone in the past? And who was this Uchiha Sasuke? His mind rolled on and on with questions that he didn't think could be answered. His face was suddenly turned to Ino's direction with her hands. She held his face in place. Both of them stopped breathing. They were so close. Ino was still thinking of why she did this. She just did this. She didn't even remember thinking about it, but now that they were this close she decided to just do what felt right at that moment. Naruto was thinking something along the lines of: Huh? That's all…

Ino made her face close in on his. She gently brushed her lips against his before pushing her lips to his. Naruto was caught by surprise and his eyes grew very wide, but the sensation of the kiss took over him and he followed along. Ino smiled as best as she could while kissing, she was in control she thought. She decided to get a bit aggressive. She broke the kiss for a second and shoved Naruto to the ground. Naruto was caught by surprise again. Ino suddenly pounced on Naruto, knocking his breath away. He would regain his breath however through Ino. She pressed him hard against the ground; she pressed her whole body against his. This reminded him of the kiss with Sakura. Ino widened her lips a bit, giving Naruto the impression that she wanted to stop kissing. Instead, she quickly slid her tongue into his mouth. Her tongue investigated his mouth and found his tongue. She poked it slightly and his tongue soon joined in with hers. They slid along past each other and wrapped intertwined their tongues at times. Naruto and Ino felt a happiness bloom from their heart and spread to the rest of their bodies. This happiness would soon end however as Tenten appeared at the edge of the plateau.

Naruto and Ino stopped kissing and turned their heads towards Tenten's direction. Ino quickly got up from Naruto's figure and sped towards Tenten. She reached her and held her by her shoulders. "You… have…to…keep…this…a…secret. And there's a lot of emphasis on secret." Ino said coldly. Tenten backed away a bit scared and said, "OK! OK! I will keep it a secret!" If only she had… if only she had kept it a secret…"