A/N: This chapter marks one year since I published the first chapter of Snow Angels. As of this moment, as I am writing this author's note the first 25 chapters of this story has received 432 Favorites, 562 follows, 126191 views and 372 reviews, plus it has been added to 3 communities. I really do appreciate all of the positive reviews that I have received and the PMs as well. Opening up my email and seeing a review and knowing that somebody took the time after reading a chapter to write something down does me a lot of good.
As anyone else who has taken a chance to write down a story, and open themselves up to public critic, it can be difficult to maintain that energy week after week. Especially with Kishimoto moving forward with his story as I am working on turning pages of notes and outlines, written months ago, into a finished chapter. I have seen many a good story just stop abruptly because the manga went in an unexpected direction and the author lost focus and interest.
So all of you other authors out there, and those contemplating taking a chance on writing, have my complete respect. I may not always agree with, or sometimes like, what some authors write but I respect them for taking that chance.
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After walking and chatting with Konohamaru for a little while, Naruto still feels restless and decides to walk around the village for a while trying to organize his thoughts. Kurama had been right to yell at him. He had wanted to say something more profound to Hinata tonight, but as he looked into her eyes the bloody face that haunts his dreams suddenly flashed unbidden into his mind. Just the thought of that happening for real is enough to give him chills and he turns away from some people walking by and studies a decorative lamp in detail till the moisture in his eyes can be discreetly wiped away.
'Kurama, you are probably right, if I don't do something soon the choice may be taken from me by someone else. I'm sure there are a lot of other guys just waiting for the chance to ask her out. Maybe I have been lucky so far that they are too scared of her father to ask her out for a date, but how long can that last? I should have not chickened out and asked her to be my girlfriend, like I practiced over and over again in my office today after she left.' He can't help but smile as he remembers the kiss that nearly became much more. 'If I could stop being such a coward when it comes to Hinata she would officially be my girlfriend and nobody would dare try to ask her out, right Kurama?' The Nine-Tailed Fox's silence speaks far more to Naruto's heart than the berating he had expected to hear from the kyubi. 'I just got to stop worrying what might happen if I do and focus on how miserable I'll be if I don't.'
His wandering takes him near the bench that he had recently sat on and talked with Hanabi about her fears. Ironically that discussion had been about the dangers of what they do and how she should not let her fears overwhelm her thoughts and keep her from reaching for her dreams. 'Maybe I should just shut up sometimes and actually listen to what I am saying.' Thinking of Hinata's little sister brings a smile to his face. "I really hope Hanabi-chan is not too mad at me for asking Konohamaru to join us tonight, but I could tell that Hinata was getting upset each time Hanabi got my attention. I don't think they would have fought or anything like that, Hinata is just too kind of a person to get mad enough to openly attack her sister, or anyone else really. Hanabi would have to have done something really bad to make Hinata mad enough to hit her, especially in public.'
Naruto chuckles as he thinks about his first private training session with Hinata, where she had been hesitant to strike at him with her gentle fist attack. It was not until he joked about cancelling their future training sessions if she was not going to really put any effort in their training that she had come at him aggressively. He absently rubs a spot on his chest, "Man, her hits hurt just as bad a Neji's ever did, especially once she gets going. I probably should make sure I never really make her mad, if that is how hard she hits when she is holding back, Hinata could be downright dangerous to deal with if she were ever to get angry."
Naruto nods, deciding what he had done was the right choice. 'Asking Konohamaru to join us tonight was the right choice and I think Hanabi understands now that I just want us to be friends.' He chuckles at the thought of what Hanabi's reaction will be when he shows up with Konohamaru for the sunrise ceremony. 'She might just punch one of us right there in front of everybody, maybe all three of us. I guess it would be too much to hope that she would be pleased to see Konohamaru again.'
Something ahead catches his attention and there sitting on the bench, highlighted by an overhead streetlight is a familiar flash of pink hair. He stops as his body suddenly goes completely numb and all he can do is stare at the woman sitting there with her face in her hands. It is obvious that she has been crying and without even thinking his body takes a step closer towards her, wanting to reach out and try to comfort her like he has done many times before.
Sakura had been filled with nervous excitement when she had seen Naruto earlier in the night. It was really the first time she had gotten that close to him since that night. Luckily he had been so distracted with whatever he was doing that he had not sensed her highly suppressed chakra, and thankfully she had been suppressing it all night just in case their path's did cross. She had planned to act like she had not seen him there and then kneel in front of him and ask for forgiveness, but the look on Hinata's face had stopped her cold. Sasuke had been right, a public confrontation had been a poor plan, but what was she going to do if she could not get close enough to talk with him these days except when he is completely distracted.
It was obvious by the look in Hinata's eyes that she knew the truth or at least enough of what had happened between her and Naruto. If someone as sweet and gentle as Hinata could become angry enough to threaten violence, then how would the rest of their friends react if or when they learn the truth? No, her gamble had been a bad plan and she should have known better, but she has gotten desperate since he has been avoiding her all this time. How ironic that she spent so much time, when they were younger, trying to avoid him when they were not on missions together. Now she would give just about anything to look up and see his blue eyes looking into her own, but she cannot seem to get that close to him anymore.
She had left the festival in tears and when Sasuke had finally caught up with her he had asked her to just finally tell him the truth. She had refused to tell him because she didn't want him to know, at least not until she had made things right with Naruto, especially since it would break a promise she had made. He had gotten upset and threatened to beat it out of Naruto if she would not tell him. That had led to a terrible fight, their worst one ever, maybe even the last one they would ever have as a couple. She had slapped him and run away after seeing in his face that he was more than physically hurt from her actions.
Now all she can do is sit here on the bench that holds so many memories, and try to hold back the tears. Sasuke had put her unconscious body on this bench when he left the village all those years ago. She had also sat here and talked with Naruto so many times, about good things and bad. She had refused many an invitation to have a dinner date with Naruto, in a less than gentle fashion, while sitting on this bench. It seems appropriate that she would find herself drawn to this spot whenever she is in need of comfort or someplace to just sit and think. She has found that when she sits here thinking about her troubles, that a part of Naruto seems to be nearby trying to lend her comfort.
She is drawn out of her thoughts by the feeling of something familiar nearby. Sakura reaches out with her senses and can feel that familiar strong chakra that she had been missing for so long. That chakra had been a source of comfort to her for so many years. Even when he had gone training with Jiraiya, Sakura knew that he would be there for her if she had ever needed his help. During their time looking for Sasuke and during the terrible time of the war, his presence had felt like it was the only thing helping her keep her sanity when everything seemed to be its most frightening.
But that presence has been gone away for so long now. Even when she knew he was close by she would reach out with her senses to feel his chakra, but there was no warmth in that presence now. It felt like a wall had been built to keep her away and his chakra had felt cold and uncaring to her like a wall of ice. She has wondered, when she could sense him, if this was something that Kurama had done or was this change his own doing.
Now she can feel his presence nearby and with it she feels just a hint of the old sense of warmth radiating from his chakra. She slowly looks up with tear filled eyes to see him standing at the corner across the street, staring back at her. Sakura blinks to make sure that she is not seeing some tear induced apparition, and when her eyes open again he is thankfully still there with concern clearly etched on his face. 'He has gotten so tall and the boyishness is almost gone from is face now.' She feels an ache in her heart as her emerald eyes seek out and lock with his azure pools. She can see a jolt go through him as their gazes lock with each other. Sakura stands up and stretches out a hand toward him, as if trying to will him to hold still for just a few moments longer, just long enough for her to wrap her arms around him and this time never let him go. "Naruto, I..."
The sound of her voice saying his name feels like a chidori to his soul. That voice that had once brought so much joy to his life by just hearing the melodic sound of it in the air now only produces discomfort. There was once a time he would have done anything just to hear that voice utter his name. It would not matter if that voice was angry, scared, happy, just any emotion really, all that mattered at one time was that she was acknowledging that he existed. He had seemed to just go on fighting on just the knowledge that she recognized his existence at all. That had been a long time ago and now he tries to not even think about her at all and just concentrates on getting his life back together and fulfilling his childhood dream. Also, there is someone now in his life that he could truly trust and not feel like he was being used until he was no longer needed.
It is the sound of her voice that shakes him free from the paralyzing shock of seeing Sakura sitting there once again in need of comfort. It triggers a painful memory that reminds him of why it has been so long since he last looked into those emerald eyes and why he had been avoiding her all this time. The anger he feels at why he hasn't seen her pales to the anger he feels at himself for nearly crossing that divide and coaxing her tears away, either with laughter or more likely with irritation. 'I don't care what teme has done this time to make her cry. She made it perfectly clear what she wanted and that is exactly what she got. It's her problem to solve now, not mine.' He can feel his lips curl into a sneer as those thoughts cross his mind.
As she takes another step closer Sakura can see his facial expression change from surprise, to hurt and then finally to anger. Sakura ignores what to anyone else would be a sign to stay away and takes another desperate step closer. In her heart she knows that if she can only get him to listen and let her apologize, then he will know how sorry she truly feels and even if they could never be friends again at least it might ease some of the burden of her guilt. What she truly hopes is that there is still some spark of affection for her left inside his heart that will allow him to forgive her, and then she can have him back in her life like things were meant to turn out. That Team Seven could be reunited and they could work together for the best possible future of not only the Leaf Village, but the entire shinobi world.
The inner Sakura is screaming at her to run away and to actually look at how his blue eyes are narrowing angrily. 'If he is mad enough to lose control of the Kyubi, then maybe I deserve what I get tonight. I'll take it, whatever he does to me or says to me tonight I will not defend myself.' She absently rubs her left arm. 'As long as I can have him back, that pain will be far less than what I feel in my heart.' He inner self keeps screaming that she is acting like an idiot, just like she did with Sasuke when he went rogue. It had been wrong then, so why not tonight as well.
Instead of assaulting her physically or even verbally, Naruto does something completely unexpected, he turns his back to her and calmly walks away. Sakura cannot believe what she is witnessing; the loudmouth boy who never backs down from anything and meets every challenge head-on is just walking away, as if she is just nothing. She runs after him with her arms outstretched, not caring what might happen when she reaches him, but before she can close those last few inches he completely vanishes from her sight.
She stumbles and falls to her knees right in front of the spot he had been moments before and begins to cry, letting her tears fall on the very spot his feet had been moments before. "Please come back Naruto, I am so sorry. Please just come back and let me apologize. I was wrong and I realize now just how stupid I was being. I release you from the promise you made, I was upset and I wasn't thinking straight that night." Sakura's body shakes as another wave of sobbing takes over. "I… I miss you… Naruto-kun."
Not too far away, enveloped in the shadows, a dark haired young man watches the whole scenario play out. After their fight, where she had refused again to tell him the truth and slapped him for his jealous accusation, Sasuke had tracked down Naruto and waited for him a safe distance away from the Hyuga compound. As his old friend had walked with Konohamaru he had activated his sharingan and began to apply slight pressures on his fortunately distracted friend, to herd Naruto towards the bench where Sakura always seems to go when she needs to think.
Sasuke had watched with hope as his two best friends stopped and stared painfully at each other. It seemed for a moment that everything was going to return to normal. He had seen the desire to walk forward and lend comfort to Sakura in Naruto's eyes. It was a look that he had seen so many times when they were part of Team Seven and even when Sakura had loudly and sometimes physically rejected his offers, the desire to be with her had always remained. He had learned from Sakura, on those rare times when she would talk about Naruto, that during the time after he had left the village till just after the end of the war, she had relied on and accepted Naruto's offers of comfort. There may have even been some physical contact, nothing sexual, but some sort of contact, but in her current state there was no way to ask without coming across as a jealous idiot.
The spell of seeing Sakura had been broken when she had finally said Naruto's name out loud and Sasuke thought for the briefest of moments that he actually might have to step in and protect Sakura from the last person he thought would ever try and cause her harm. To Sasuke's relief that flare of anger had quickly passed and Naruto had instead just turned away and vanished, leaving Sakura alone and crying.
He now stands in the shadows and watches as the woman he cares for is crying while calling out the name of another man, a man he still thinks of as his best friend, his only friend actually. To be honest, even now after all of the time he has spent back in the village, he still does not think of any of his other old classmates as friends. It is true that he and Sakura occasionally hang out with Ino and Kiba, having dinner or some other boring event, but only because Sakura has asked him to attend. Sai has filled Naruto's spot when they have gone on missions, but they all still look at him with suspicion in their eyes, even Sai. Kiba has made it clear that he does not trust him and probably never will, but Sasuke pays little heed to Kiba's glares and attempts at starting something. To him Kiba is no more dangerous than one of those little dogs women carry in their purse and his stupid comments are nothing more than the yapping of a pup.
The only people who had looked upon him with nothing but friendship and love were Naruto and Sakura. Now he knows that he is somehow responsible for the rift between Naruto and Sakura, just by the guilty way she looks at him sometimes. If he had died during the war, or just not have returned to the village, then Naruto and Sakura might just have ended up together. He would never say this to anyone, but he had thought all the way back when they were in Team Seven together that the two of them make a good pair. Mainly because at that time his world was consumed with his thirst for revenge and he had no thoughts of a future beyond that goal. He hadn't planned on surviving the final confrontation with his brother and in his vengeful daydreams he saw himself and his brother lying on the broken ground beside each other covered in blood, slowly dying.
Sakura is smart and level headed, most of the time, where Naruto is rash and let's face it a little dumb. He would have been the strength she needed to move forward and she would have made a great asset to him on his journey to somehow becoming Hokage, and to be honest she still could if they could only patch things up. The only problem that a romantic relationship between them would have had, would have been their tempers. Both of them can be so bull-headed at times that the intensity of their affection for each other would have only been over-shadowed by the epic clashes outside the bedroom.
Fortunately, it seems Naruto has finally awakened to the one person who is an even better match for him than Sakura. Hinata and Naruto are truly the perfect Yin and Yang. He had seen Hinata's potential all the way back in the academy, no one seemed to notice back then the student that came in second in nearly every academic test amongst their female classmates. Everyone was always looking at the top and the bottom of the scores, but he had been keeping an eye on everyone who might be useful in some way. If she had not been so damned timid back then he might have challenged her to a fight to test himself against the vaunted Hyuga clan, but it would have been a worthless endeavor back then. Now, a match between the two of them would be something worth trying after seeing the resolve in her eyes tonight.
If only she had someone more like Kakashi as her sensei she might have been skilled enough to defeat Neji during the chunin exams. Well that, and now it seems the presence of a certain knucklehead giving her the confidence to push herself to her limits. Tonight he has seen that while her full potential has still not been finally reached, she is far stronger and more assertive now than the girl he saw just after the war ended. The hesitation was nearly gone and her focus is more intense to the point that he was sure that Hinata would have struck Sakura tonight if he had not interfered. A thing nobody would have thought possible even just a few days ago.
Now, he is standing here watching Sakura protectively, hoping that his friend will come to his senses and return, not as a love interest, but as that one missing piece in her heart. Sasuke can honestly say that she is the only reason that he is even still in the village. Had it not been for her intense love and desire to force him away from the edge, he might have just walked away again due to all those intense glares of mistrust and hatred. He had grown up with people looking at him with pity and even mistrust, but not outright hatred. Now, he truly knows what his friend went through for all those years as a child, and with that understanding he has a new appreciation of how special the dobe really is, and out of that understanding a desire to see him find his own happiness has grown too.
To be honest he would not have cared a bit about those glares and whispered name calling behind his back, except for Sakura. It was seeing how all of that affected her that made him begin to care and even cast a few warning glances at those who would dare say something a little too loud in Sakura's presence. So he allowed himself to come out of that protective shell of indifference, just a little, for her so that people will move on with their lives and leave them alone. Since the day he had been released from jail, his prison term completed, she has made it her mission to have him seen again as part of the Leaf Village. They had begun dating almost immediately, she would have nothing less, and over time they have become lovers.
Her parents were not happy that she had gotten her wish and become involved with the 'traitor' and the last member of the Uchiha family that had brought so much suffering, not only to the village, but to the entire shinobi world. That their daughter's children, their grandchildren, would have to bear the stigma of his family's shame. It seems that Sakura's parents were hoping that her obsession with him was nothing but a schoolgirl crush that she would somehow outgrow. It was after an extremely heated fight between Sakura and her mother, when her mother had asked Sakura why she could not have just gone out with the Uzumaki boy instead, was when Sakura had moved out into her own place and nearly severed all ties with her family. Her father, always the peacemaker, has done his best to ease the tension between the two women he loves, but the looks he gives Sasuke when they see each other holds no doubt where he places the blame for the rift in his family.
He and Sakura might have already been engaged by this point if not for one nagging problem, Naruto. Something had happened between the two of them while he was in prison that drove Naruto away. He had initially assumed that it was the fact that now that he had returned that Naruto had found that he no longer had any chance for Sakura's heart and could not handle this truth and had run away like a child. It did not take him long to realize that more had happened and each attempt to learn the truth had been resisted. Even the Hokage does not know exactly what had what happened and has asked him if Sakura has told him the truth. If Sakura had divulged the secret he would not have told the old woman anyways, because this is a Team Seven issue and we take care of our own. It seems that Naruto is also being uncharacteristically tight lipped and not sharing the truth either, except possibly for one person after what he witnessed earlier tonight.
Everyone had hoped that things would quickly blow over, but Naruto had nearly gone rogue himself on some sort of drunken self-destructive path. The Hokage had found it better to send Naruto away on back-to-back missions in hopes that he would eventually return to his normal, irritating self. Until, it seems that he nearly killed Gaara and himself in a sparring match and she was forced to make him return home for his own sake.
Sasuke had known each time some worrisome news about Naruto had reached the village, because each time he found Sakura sitting here on this bench, lost in thought. The night the news from Suna had reached the village he had fortunately been home, and had gone to the hospital in hopes heading off the news, but nothing travels faster than Ino where rumors are concerned. Sakura had left the hospital right after she heard the news and he found her on this bench curled up, too in shock to even cry. He had taken her home, and the whole time she kept asking why the Hokage wouldn't just let her go and take care of Naruto's wounds. She had just stayed in her apartment the next few days refusing to see anyone. When the news had reached the village that both Naruto and Gaara were not permanently harmed in the sparing match she had slowly become more like her old self, maybe even a little more determined and short tempered, if that is possible.
He had even at one point threatened to confront Naruto directly if she was not going to tell him the truth, but she had begged and finally threatened him to leave it alone. She had said it was something that she had to deal with on her own, and if he interfered that she would leave him. Thinking back to that fight he is not sure what bothers him more; that she threatened to leave him or that he was actually intimidated into inaction by the thought that she would leave and that he would truly be alone now that revenge was no longer his all-consuming obsession.
The only thing he really does have left, besides Sakura, is his promise to fulfill his brother's wish that the Leaf Village be protected. Shortly after he had been released from prison the Hokage had assigned him to be a member of the ANBU, mainly so that his actions could be monitored he has no doubt. The day he joined the ANBU he was assigned his brother's old mask, which had been placed upon a wall of dishonor to remind other members of the ANBU to be truly vigilant not only of threats from the outside, but also from within the village. After the war Itachi's true reasons for what he had done was revealed, but the mask had still remained on the wall until Sasuke's admission into the organization.
Just before the big winter solstice holiday he had taken Sakura for a ramen lunch, hoping now that Naruto had returned and was forced to stay in the village for a while, that he could coerce them to bump into each other. As luck would have it Hinata had been there to drag Naruto away just at the moment he and Sakura were about to leave. At that time he had thought that it was going to be that easy, blue would look into green and before long Naruto's old feelings would take over and he would forgive her like he had so many people before. Now, after finally getting them to face one another he realizes that first attempt would have been a failure as well, possibly worse because he would have been there and he and Naruto never seem to need much encouragement to start fighting with each other. 'Bless you Hinata for interfering that day and tonight most of all. Those two need to talk, but away from the village, away from witnesses and possibly collateral damage.'
He walks towards where Sakura is still kneeling down and tries not to feel a pang of jealousy towards Naruto, about how each time she smiles at him since they became a couple there is always just of hint of something just below the surface that brings just a touch of sadness to her eyes. Possibly a hint of guilt for the happiness she feels when they are together. It is as if she feels unworthy for being so happy and is doing her best to punish herself each time she feels content with their relationship. When he reaches her side he can't help but feel hurt as she glances up at him hopefully for a moment before the look fades to something close to disappointment and then to a smile that tries to conceal her sadness.
"I've been looking for you Sakura." He does his best to sound bored and as if trying to locate her had been a nuisance. "Have you been here this whole time?" He reaches down and gently helps her rise up to her feet. "Come on it is getting late, let me take you home."
Sakura just nods, not knowing how to tell him the truth or even if she should tell him what had happened just before he arrived. She is afraid that if she does then Sasuke will break his promise and confront Naruto, causing a fight that would end with both of them back in jail. 'I know I swore that I would leave him if he confronted Naruto, but I don't think I am strong enough to lose them both.' The very thought of the prison brings back a memory so painful that she nearly starts trembling. Thankfully Sasuke is there by her side, lending her some of his strength and pretending to be the usual strong, uncaring Uchiha that everyone unfairly believes is the real Sasuke.
When they reach her apartment Sakura turns and smiles at Sasuke before giving him a warm embrace. "Thank you for coming after me and walking me home Saskue-kun. I am sorry that I ruined our date and I promise that I will make it up to you next time."
Sasuke just shrugs at the promise. "You still seem upset from your encounter with Hinata. Do you want to talk about what happened?" He holds up a hand to forestall the obvious protest. "I won't ask anything about him, I promise."
Sakura can see how hard he is trying to be sweet and it makes her wish that everyone else could see what only she and… Naruto seem to be able to see is underneath that gruff shell of indifference. That is why in her heart that she wants Naruto to become the next Hokage, if anyone can force the rest of the world to see Sasuke as more than the Uchiha traitor, it will be the big knucklehead. "No, I think that I will try and take a short nap before the sunrise ceremony." She places a hand on his chest, over his heart, and allows herself a smile as she feels the familiar strong flow of his chakra just beneath her fingertips. "I know you are leaving for a mission tomorrow afternoon, but Ino asked us to meet her and the others up on top of the Hokage Monument for the sunrise observation. Would you like to go and then get some breakfast together before you leave, or we could come back here and I can make you something special before your mission?"
Sasuke wants to say that he would rather not, because he does not feel like dealing with the scowls from Kiba and Choji or the blank calculating stares from Shino and Shikamaru. The sad looks on Tenten and Rock Lee's faces are worse, as their unspoken feelings on why he is alive while their friend lies in a grave makes him think about the sacrifices made by his own brother. "Sure, I'll be back in a few hours to pick you up, but don't expect me to get all chummy with any of them, okay?" He cups her face with his hand and gently brushes her cheek with his thumb. "I think that I would prefer to come back here and have a quiet meal with you before leaving."
She smiles weakly at him because this old conversation has almost become a joke between them, if Sasuke was the type to actually joke. "I know, but unless you try to spend some time around them they are never going to change their opinion." Sakura gives him a pleading smile. "Please try to be a little friendly, do it for me, okay?" Sasuke just grunts a reply, which causes her to roll her eyes and shake her head as she closes the door. "I'll make something special for breakfast and something extra for you to take with you on your mission."
He waits till the door has closed before making his own way home. All the while he is thinking about what he witnessed tonight and how best to resolve the problem without breaking his promise, or his best friend's nose. "I could just break both of his legs so he can't run away." He gives a wry smile as another thought crosses his mind. "Or, I could just cut off both of his legs. He doesn't need legs to sit behind the Hokage's desk."
Off in a secluded corner of the Leaf Village cemetery a lone figure stands between two markers staring down thoughtfully. "Mom, Dad, I know that I haven't been by much since I found out that you were my parents. Things have been complicated and I've had a lot on my mind. I know that isn't much of an excuse, but I hope you don't mind me sitting here with you for a while. I really don't want to go back to my place right now and I need some time to think about stuff."
Naruto decides to try and push the thoughts of recent events to the back of his mind, and instead focus on something far more pleasant. "I'm sorry that I missed another one of your birthday's dad, but I was on a mission. I did think about you and wonder about you and mom. I am dating somebody now and her father's birthday is close to yours dad, cool huh? I got him some expensive tea that I was told he likes to drink and had it delivered on his birthday as a surprise." He smiles and shakes his head. "I was told having a big talking toad show up in front of the clan's main gate caused quite a stir. I am glad that I asked the toad to hand deliver the gift. I can only image what would have happened if the toad had pulled it out of its mouth and handed him the gift covered with toad spit."
He turns and looks over at the other grave marker. "I think that you would like the girl I am dating mom. Her name is Hinata and she is a member of the Hyuga clan, old man Hiashi's daughter to be exact." Naruto chuckles a little bit at how crazy it sounds to be dating a Hyuga if you only knew her father and not the girl herself. "You guys never got to meet her since she was born after you died, but I hear that she is a lot like her mom so that should give you an idea of what Hinata is like." He sits down between his parent's graves and smiles. "I know, let me tell you a little about Hinata and how she has saved me so many times it's really hard to count. So when I bring her by sometime she won't be like a stranger to you guys."