Chapter 2 A Love……of Danger

Naruto awoke the next morning to see Kakashi's face.

"Ahhh! What the hell are you doing here?" Naruto quickly covered his body from the penetrating gaze of his teacher.

"I'm getting you up for your mission. Wouldn't want to keep Hinata waiting now would we?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow at these last words.

"Shut up and get out" Naruto rose to get dressed shedding his pjs for a black shirt and pants. Naruto walked back over to his bed where Kakashi was standing dumbfounded. He grabbed him by the ear and dragged hi out the door in the direction of the hokage's office. When Naruto got there Hinata as already there dressed in a black shirt and black pants also.

"Good morning Hinata" Naruto waved to a blushing Hinata.

"Ggood m-morning N-Naruto" Hinata blushed and shied into a corner to wait for Hokage.

When Hokage showed up Naruto, Hinata, Kakashi, and Hokage entered the Hokages office to prepare for the pending trip.

"You will attack during their annual festival when their Hokage is most vulnerable. This festival starts at dusk and ends at dawn so you have a very small window of opportunity." The Hokage sighed. "if you do not kill the Hokage, don't come back to the village."

"What?!" Naruto stood up "you cant expect us to do such a hard mission and complete it did you? I mean I've beaten Gaara before but…." Naruto looked at Hinata "if we fail, what about her family, I have none so it wouldn't matter to me, but she has lots."

"I-is there a-another w-way?" Hinata asked, she hated her family and nothing would give her greater honor then die next to the boy she wanted to marry.

"No Naruto, there is no other way." The Hokage stood up and left leaving only Hinata Naruto and Kakashi.

"Hinata, if you want to opt out….I wont blame you." Naruto said as she and he left the hokage's office.

"N-No N-Naruto I will stay with you." Hinata smiled and moved closer to Naruto. Their lives depended on each others skill as a ninja. So, they will either survive together or die together.

"Kakashi, how long do we have before the festival?" Naruto walked towards the ramen shop for lunch. He turned toward Kakashi "I mean we need more training if we are supposed to not only defeat, but kill a Hokage such as gaara."

"Three months, and you don't have time for training. It takes exactly 3 months to get to the village of sand. You must leave tonight."

Naruto looked at Kakashi with wide eyes. To defeat a great ninja with no training and only two skilled ninjas was suicide.

Naruto finished his ramen and pushed the bowl aside. He slowly stood up and watched as Hinata followed suit. Kakashi appeared out side the door holding two bags.

"I spoke to your family" Kakashi said motioning at Hinata. "they gave me all the stuff you would need and then some for this mission." Kakashi began searching through Hinata's bag, scoffed and handed it to her. "I packed you a bag too, Naruto. I only gave you the things you would desperately need in the months ahead." Kakashi tossed it at Naruto and stuck out his hand. "good luck Naruto, and Hinata. If you succeed then you will both be heroes to this village, if you fail we won't see you again so it won't matter."

Kakashi disappeared in a flash of chakra. "well, Hinata, we might as well get going."

"O-ok"

Naruto and Hinata picked up their respective bags and been walking towards the gate facing sand. "So…..Hinata tell me about your self"