here my friends and readers is chapter 4. since the weekend is over...i cant right as fast as i have been writing.

so...an comments or criticism go ahead and tell me

ohh...i now know the leader of san is called a kazekage. thank you to those who pmed and tol me this info. i owe you all one.

Enjoy :-P

Chapter 4 Intelligence at its Peak.

As their trip continued on Naruto and Hinata moved closer and closer to sand and Hinata became closer and closer to Naruto. Everyday the group would walk and talk and Naruto would become a little less stupid.

"Naruto…" Hinata walked towards the end forest. Finding a rock she sat down to rifle through her pack.

"….." Naruto was deep in thought. A few moments before Hinata had said something that he had never thought of before.

Flashback

"Naruto…remember when I was mad at you before?"

"Yes…I still didn't figure out why." Naruto tuned toward Hinata puzzled.

"Do you want to know why?" Hinata sat on the ground

"Yes please." He sat down next to her placing his hand on her thigh.

"Well, remember how on the first few days o the trip I asked you what the last thing you wanted to do before you die was."

"Yes, and I said I wanted to go out with Sakura."

"That's the reason why I was mad at you."

End Flashback

"Hey, Hinata?" Naruto walked out of the cover of the forest and sat down on a patch of grass. "Why exactly are you mad at me? I know it has something to d with Sakura."

"Well….what did Sakura say when you asked her out a few hundred times? And when you're near her how does she act?"

"Yeah but……" smack

"I'm not finished…." Hinata found what she the soap in her back pack and stood up. "When the teachers asked for volunteers for this mission…Sakura did volunteer, but she opted out when she heard that she would be working with you! I found out who would be my partner and I volunteered. Get why I was mad now?!"

Hinata stormed off to take a bath leaving a shocked and dumbfounded Naruto. What Hinata had said really hurt. If what she sad was true then Sakura avoided this mission to stay away from him. If what she said was true, then she accepted a dangerous mission to be with him. This would explain why Hinata was around when he needed someone and not Sakura.

Naruto walked in the direction that Hinata had headed only minutes earlier. He arrived at the stream to see a naked Hinata immersed in water.

"Hinata I get it….I know why you are mad at me. I'm sorry I was so blind." Naruto stood on the bank of the stream looking a Hinata.

"Naruto!!" Hinata made an attempt to cover herself as she made her way to her close at Naruto feet. "what are you talking about?!"

"I know why talking about Sakura angers you."

Naruto pulled her out of the water and starred into her eyes. Her hands dropped to her sides. She was no longer concerned with covering himself.

"I-I…."

"I love you too."

Narutos face inched closer to Hinata's and their lips met in a long awaited silence.