OTOGAKURE NINJA ACADEMY

"Well what do you know? It's the little love birds returning from their honeymoon"

Hinata's eyes widened. How did he find out about them? They even walked back to the group at different times. Anyone else would never have assumed they were in the same area together, unless of course, he was spying.

And that was exactly the case with Inuzuka Kiba.

"Oh…uhmm" Hinata stumbled.

"It's okay, I understand perfectly" Kiba interrupted.

"Oh…well…I'm sorry Kiba-Kun"

"Look, you don't have to explain yourself. I'm the one that should stop always thinking for myself. I've never considered your feelings in this, and the truth is, I just want you to be happy" he explained.

Hinata smiled and hugged her friend. "I'll always be there for you Kiba" she said. He smirked. The truth in that statement wasn't entirely correct since she was going to leave once again to continue her training in Otogakure, and Kiba knew well it would be a few months before he would see her again. She smiled sincerely before she skipped off again. Kiba couldn't hold back his flustered emotions.

He was still slightly upset to find out Hinata took a liking to another boy the first day she comes back to visit. It was true that he rather see her happy, but that didn't mean he kept the information between the two a secret from everyone else…

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Tayuya ran across the training field. She was looking for somewhere to hide, somewhere to be alone. To most of the Konoha residents, she just looked to be blowing off some steam, but the ones the truly knew her could tell she was actually upset.

She ducked under the shade of a far away tree, hugging her knees as she crotched down. At the time, the Hyuuga heiress just happened to be passing by after her conversation with Kiba. She stared innocently at the red head girl and kneeled down to her level. "Uhm, is there anything wrong Tayuya-Chan?" she asked as nicely as possible.

Tayuya glanced up at the girl in order to check who it was, but her face turned even angrier. "Your cousin says I'm not his type" she said in a sorrowful tone. Hinata's eyes widened to act as she was in disbelief, but in reality she knew that the rejection was very highly possible. "I'm sorry. Neji-Nisan is a stubborn guy, and he is not always willing to express his feelings" Hinata explained. "I'm sure he was just trying to be nice, but maybe he isn't the one for you" she sighed.

The red head kunoichi glared at her sternly. "Easy for you to say, you already have the cutest guy in all of Otogakure to fall in love with you. Let's face it, you're prettier and heck, you're even stronger then me. No one notices me half the time anymore." She said calmly, anger easily noted in her voice. Hinata's eyes widened, she was shocked by the girl's reaction. Tayuya buried her head on her knees and shooed the girl away. "Just leave me alone"

Respecting the girl's order, the young Hyuuga decided to leave the girl alone. She knew there was nothing she could personally do to make the awkward situation any better, but she knew somebody who could possibly help…

She made her way over to the lean spider shinobi on the other side of the field with Jirobo. She tapped the boy on the shoulder and smiled kindly as he turned around. "Hello Kidomaru-San, would you mind doing me a favor?"

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"Uhh Tayuya-Chan?" Kidomaru sounded as he approached the girl.

"What do you want?" she asked grumpily without looking up to see who it was.

Kidomaru gulped and attempted to swallow his fear as leaned in closer to her. Tayuya could immediately tell who it was as she whiffed in his scent.

"Look, if this is about that Neji guy, then you should just forget about it" he began. Tayuya lifted her head slightly, interested in where the boy was going with this.

"I mean…" he paused. "You're too pretty for him, and you're too smart for him…if he was the genius people say he is then he would have said yes to you"

Tayuya lifted her head fully now, looking into the eyes of the other boy with more of an innocent glow. Her face illuminated into a color that could rival her hair. She remained silent as she watched the boy fluster over his words.

"I-I-I guess I'm just trying to say you're obviously too good for that Neji guy and-"

He was cut off by think pink lips colliding into his. His eyes widened in shock, but he easily melted himself into the kiss he had been yearning for. It was a short kiss, but it had a lot of meaning to the two of them.

Tayuya broke the kiss and stood up. "You loser, you talk too much" she stated with another blush. Kidomaru smiled as Tayuya helped him off the ground.

She held his hand as they walked and she gave him another kiss on the cheek, having to stand on her toes to reach him. "Uhh" Kidomaru attempted to say. She shushed him and whispered quietly to him. "Thanks for noticing me"

At a far enough distance, Hinata watched the two from behind a tree, smiling at them as they walked together around the fields of Konoha happily.

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The sun was setting now and Hinata realized they were going to need a place to sleep for the night. 'Well there is always the Hyuuga manor. If father let us maybe I could keep us all there for the night. The place is big enough for all of us after all.'

In doing so, she went to request to her father to invite the guests to stay.

"Hinata, it's good to see you here again" her father greeted her.

"Yes, as to you father" Hinata replied quickly, wanting to cut to the chase. "I'm only on a mission for right now, but we are going to stay a night here. I was wondering if I can ask you a favor."

"Anything Hinata-Chan" he father stated. 'She has grown so much since just a few months ago' he noted to himself.

"May I have a few guests over to spend the night? They are my teammates and I really want them to stay somewhere nice. They can all stay in the side house, I think that will be enough room for all of them" she asked.

"Well I suppose it will be alright, but you're going to have to take care of them" he instructed.

"Yes father!" Hinata obeyed and marched off to go inform the others.

Hinata rushed back to the others. "Everyone!" she announced, earning the other's attention. "Come with me" she said, waving a hand in signaling the others to follow her.

"Where are we going?" Kimimaro asked curiously.

"I'm showing you all to your rooms of course" Hinata replied with a smile.