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Chapter 11 Cinnamon Rolls

Moegi breathed silently as she saw the two figures walk into view. She could clearly see the box of cinnamon rolls that let out the sweet aroma.

Hinata held the box of cinnamon rolls close to her body as the smell lingered in the air. Next to Hinata walked Naruto with a prize of his own, ramen. They continued to walk ignorant of the fact that they were being watched.

Moegi watched in disbelief and would have called out if it wasn't for the fact that Shino continued to hold his hand over her mouth. Moegi then directed her eyes away from Naruto and Hinata to the hand that covered her mouth.

Wasn't this the same person who had bugs living in him? Remembering this Moegi tried to move away causing her almost to fall in front of the Hinata and Naruto.

Shino was able to catch Moegi in time and help her to regain her balance but to his displeasure Moegi was able to let out a small yelp before he was able to place his hand over her mouth again. Fortunately for them, Naruto was currently debating which ramen flavor to eat to notice any sound and Hinata was too much in thought of the night before to hear anything.

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Flashback to the night before

The night before, Hinata stood still as she tried to tell Naruto what she needed to say. "Naruto…I…I'm not training Team Ten anymore."

Naruto looked at her with a perplexed expression on his face. "Why?"

"Ebisu-san has returned and will resume with his training tomorrow morning." Hinata took a deep breath and continued, "Tsuande-sama informed me about it this evening."

Naruto recalled the night when Hinata shared with him and Kiba that she would be sad day that her training Team Ten would end. Naruto looked at Hinata sympathetically as she informed him about not training Team Ten.

"Also" Naruto looked at Hinata as she continued to speak. "With the ending of training Team Ten…" Hinata took another deep breath. She fought against the tears that began to swell in her eyes. "…I think…this is the last time we will train together, as well."

Naruto looked at Hinata intently as if hoping to see any expressions that told him that she was lying. He knew that the arrangement that he had with Hinata was temporary but the fact that it was now ending was bitter to Naruto. It took a while for Naruto to regain his composure and answer Hinata.

"Since this is the last training lets not waste time." Hinata looked at Naruto and saw the smile he held as he scratched the back of his head. His eyes were closed as he smiled and Hinata could not help but blush at how Naruto looked. "Let's make it the best training, okay."

"Hai" Hinata replied having her spirits revitalized by Naruto's smile.

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The sparing that night was full of emotions that had no other outlet. Each kunai and punch that were thrown were full of frustration that their masters were venting. For Hinata it was the frustration of not being strong enough to confess her love to Naruto. For Naruto the frustration was from another source, he did not understand why he was frustrated only that it irritated him.

Although both were together alone in the middle of the night, each was lost in their own battle; each one fighting in their own minds trying to understand something that could not be explained.

Both Naruto and Hinata fought until they exhausted their energy and decided to stop.

Hinata breathed heavily as she tried to regain her normal breathing. The training had been more than she expected and now her legs felt as if they could not hold her weight. She walked slowly to the old log that had been there for as long as she could recall and sat to rest.

Naruto looked at Hinata as she walked slowly to take a seat. It looked as if she was dragging her body to the log. Naruto ran towards Hinata when he saw Hinata beginning to fumble over her own feet.

Naruto reached in time and was able to catch Hinata just as her body was going to hit the floor. Naruto held on to Hinata, "Are you okay?"

Hinata blushed, out of embarrassment. Although she was in the arms of Naruto, all she could think about was how she was so weak from the training that she had collapsed in front of Naruto. Hinata was sure that Naruto would see this as a great weakness.

After seeing that Hinata was fine, Naruto smiled and helped her walk over to the log. He then walked back over to the bags and threw Hinata a bottle of water. Hinata caught the bottle and thanked Naruto. Naruto then walked back to the log and sat on the ground next to where Hinata was sitting on the log.

Hinata took a drink of the cool clear liquid that she held in her hands and looked towards the sun. On the horizon Hinata could see the light blue color that was emerging. The yellow glow of the sun's rays began to make its way into the new day, the last day. It was the perfect ending for the last day.

Hinata closed her eyes and let the cool morning breeze caress her face. "Perfect," thought Hinata. "Perfect time." She then took a deep breath.

Hinata opened her eyes and looked down at Naruto who was sitting next to her. Naruto at that moment seemed to be deep in thought. He hadn't spoken for the last couple of minutes, he only sat staring at the same horizon that Hinata had.

"Naruto," Hinata began to build up the courage. Today was the last chance she would possible have. "I…" She closed her eyes and let the breeze sweep across her face as she relaxed and let the words flow. "I lov…"

"Have you told Team Ten?" Naruto interrupted.

Hinata opened her eyes and stared at Naruto. He had interrupted her when she was so close to confessing. Hinata felt tears begin to swell in her eyes; it was a mixture of frustration, sadness and anger. She was so close!

Naruto saw the drastic change in Hinata's expression. He could see the tears building in her eyes and knew that he had done something wrong. He knew he had brought up a topic she was trying to avoid.

"If you haven't told them, you should go right now." Naruto's voice was calm as he tried to sooth Hinata with his words.

"Hai," Hinata's voice was small and timid. She was desperately trying to hide the pain she felt. Hinata could tell that Naruto meant to be of help and she glanced at the ground. She could not help but feel defeated.

Hinata rose to her feet and began to walk towards her bag. "Leave those I can clean up." Naruto quickly stood up from the ground and took a hold of Hinata's bag.

Hinata slowly let her hand fall off the bag and giving full possession to Naruto. "One of the best relationships a ninja can have is between themselves and their sensei. Go tell Team Ten." Naruto said before turning to fill the bag with equipment. "Don't worry, I will clean up. You can come back for it later."

"Later," Hinata smiled at the thought. She gave a slight bow of appreciation and left. "There is still a chance."

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The Konohamaru Clan was gathered waiting for their sensei when they noticed the time.

"What is taking her? It is already six." Konohamaru asked to no one in particular.

"I don't…," Udon yawned, "…know." Udon laid on the ground ready to catch up on some sleep.

"Look…" Moegi walked to where Konohamaru and Udon were. "I think that we should prepare."

"Why?" Both Konohamaru and Udon replied.

"Most likely Hinata-sensei had an emergency come up, there is no other explanation. That means that when she come she will be in a hurry and it will be best to be ready." Udon nodded to Moegi's explanation but Konohamaru only continued to stare at her.

Seeing no visible change in Konohamaru's expression, Moegi went further and explained. "We will be ready to start training if we prepare now." Finally Konohamaru nodded and Moegi began to set up.

Udon had also risen and was preparing when Moegi stopped and looked towards Konohamaru. Konohamaru had ignored Moegi's idea/command and only continued to look around searching for any sign of Hinata-sensei. "Konohamaru, come on and…"

"There she is!" Konohamaru pointed out to the horizon where a figure was visible seen walking in their direction.

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Hinata walked slowing between the trees. It was already six four-teen and her students, no, her former students would be waiting. When she reached the training ground she could see that Moegi and Udon were ready to begin. Konohamaru on the other hand was far from ready.

"Hinata-sensei, where were you?" Konohamaru asked without greeting Hinata. "Naruto also didn't come today. I was wondering were he was but he wasn't home."

Hinata only gave a smile and ignored Konohamaru's question. She knew that with her telling of her dismissal would be sufficient explanation and it would satisfy his curiosity. "I have something to tell you."

"Did an emergency come up? Is that why you're late?" Udon asked.

"No." Hinata looked at Konohamaru as he answered for her. Moegi and Udon also turned to Konohamaru who seemed confident in his answer.

"How do you know," inquired Udon emphasizing on the word "you".

"Because of that." Konohamaru pointed to something beyond Hinata-sensei. "Because of him."

Udon and Moegi turned and faced in the direction that Konohamaru pointed. They both saw the figure and let one single word escape their lips. "Ebisu."

Their sensei had returned. Ebisu-sensei had returned from the mission and that meant that…

Moegi instantly turned towards Hinata-sensei, "Why didn't you tell us?"

"I'm sorry, I just found out yesterday. I then was training with Naruto-kun and time pasted."

Moegi was so stunned by the news of having Ebisu-sensei back that she let the fact that Hinata-sensei confession of training with Naruto past. Her concern was more directed towards not having Hinata-sensei train her. "Can't you train us for today?" Moegi asked while trying to hide the pleading tone in her voice.

"There is no need for that." Ebisu-sensei stood next to Hinata-sensei. He had arrived in time to hear Moegi's request. "Hyuuga-san has been dismissed from being your sensei. I am sure she has other duties to attend to."

Hinata was stunned and slightly offended on how Ebisu-san made her decision for her. But Hinata also knew that although she wanted to train Team Ten it was no longer her choice. "I can't train you today. I have to go to my training ground to collect something." Hinata tired as best as she could to make her excuse seems as if it was the reason she could not train Team Ten instead of it being because Ebisu-san would not allow it.

"You see." Ebisu said as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Hyuuga-san has other duties to attend to."

"Hai." Hinata then gave her last good-byes. As she walked away from the training ground she could hear that Konohamaru was already starting to complain.

"I don't feel like training today." Konohamaru complained catching Ebisu-sensei's attention.

"I know…" Udon gave a long yawn before he finished his sentence, "…what you mean."

"She had responsibilities." Ebisu could not believe the way his students were talking. "Responsibilities are an important part of a shinobi's life. You all need to take responsibilities and train before the next Chuunin exam so…"

Moegi could see that Ebisu-sensei was now heated up and would be talking for a long while. She then turned and faced Konohamaru giving him a "Great now we have to hear a lecture look and it's your fault" look.

Konohamaru retaliated and gave Moegi a "It's not my fault" look as he telepathically sent her threats.

The Konohamaru Clan sighed as Ebisu-sensei continued in his lecture. They could only pray for a savior to save them from this torture.

At the edge of the training ground Hinata took one last look at Team Ten, as if she were burning their faces into her memory and then continued her way back towards Naruto.

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Upon reaching the training ground Hinata found only her bag in the middle of the dirt patch. Naruto was nowhere in sight. Hinata sighed and walked slowly towards her bag.

Hinata knew that there was no point in her feeling sad but she had honestly believed that Naruto would have been there waiting for her. She felt as is she had only deceived herself and she looked at the ground as she began to walk away.

Naruto rose from behind the log where he laid when he head footsteps waking around. He had felt tired and decided to rest while he waited for Hinata. As he looked up he saw Hinata with her head down. He could tell that she was heartbroken. Naruto could see that saying good-bye to Team Ten had been more painful to her than he had expected.

When Naruto saw Hinata begin to walk away he called out to her, "Hinata-chan!" Hinata turned around, "Hinata, do you want to get something to eat?"

Hinata smiled, "Hai." She could not contain the happiness she felt in seeing that Naruto had waited for her.

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Moegi stood still on the tree limb as she saw Naruto and Hinata-sensei emerge from the corner. Moegi wanted to call out but she was unable to speak, something was holding her back. That something was Shino's hand that was placed over her mouth.

After seeing that Moegi had calmed down, Shino removed his hand away from her mouth but he was ready in case he saw any signs of her preparing to speak.

Shino continued to be expressionless, as far as anyone could tell, and observed the couple below. Naruto and Hinata walked closely together in deep conversation. They both looked as if they were a couple on a date.

Shino looked at this and after a few seconds of observation stood up. Moegi looked over at Shino and wondered if he was going to jump down and confront the couple. But it did not occur how Moegi thought, instead Shino turned to leave in the opposite direction.

"Where are you going?" Moegi whispered.

Shino just turned around, "I've seen enough." Shino's words were calm and expressionless, giving no hint to Moegi of what he was thinking. Was he there out of pure curiosity or did he have an ulterior motive.

"What? Where are you going?" Moegi could not contain her own curiosity.

Shino did not answer this time but prepared to jump away.

Moegi was about to ask Shino again where he was going when something else caught her eye. "Kiba-san?" This stopped Shino immediately and turned towards Moegi.

Moegi quickly pointed towards Kiba, "He's over there." Although, Shino had not said a word to her, Moegi somehow knew that this was the reason Shino had stopped.

Shino turned and faced in the direction that Moegi pointed. Just as Moegi had said there was Kiba walking towards Hinata and Naruto.

"I have to stop him." Shino thought to himself.

Shino began to descend from the tree but alas it was too late.

Kiba face brightened as he saw the figure of Hinata. "Hinata-chan!", even though Kiba wanted to act mature and walk calmly up to Hinata, he could not contain himself and he called out to Hinata as if he were a child.

"Huh, did someone call you Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked and he turned around towards the direction he heard someone call out.

Kiba came to a sudden halt when he realized that Hinata-chan was not alone. In his own ecstasy of finding Hinata his mind had blocked the presence of Naruto, but now that Naruto faced him he could not help but acknowledge his presence.

Kiba was shocked, "Why are they together?" Akamaru growled something but Kiba was too stunned to hear what Akamaru said. He tried in his own mind to understand the situation before him. "They're friends. That's it," rationalized Kiba. There was no other explanation.

Akamaru looked up at Kiba and was about to nudge him when he saw his master proceed forward. Kiba continued to walk towards Hinata but again stopped when he saw Naruto touch Hinata's arm and lean in to talk to her.

Hinata turned around after Naruto told her that Kiba was behind them and saw Kiba was standing still a few meters away. He looked stunned as he stood still and only stared at her and Naruto.

Instead of looking at Hinata-chan's beautiful smooth face or white eyes, Kiba stood still staring at the small box she held in her hands. They were a box of cinnamon rolls.

Hinata noticed where Kiba's eyes were directed and gave a small smile. "Naruto-kun bought me cinnamon rolls," Hinata said as she blushed.

This enraged Kiba. How dare Naruto buy Hinata-chan cinnamon rolls when he had bought her some?

Hinata looked at Kiba and saw as his eyes began to look intently at the box then at Naruto-kun. She knew Kiba well enough to know that he was not pleased about this.

"What the Hell!" Kiba finally erupted.

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A/N After long time of deciphering my water damaged notes I was able to complete the chapter. I have learned my lesson, 1: never put water in your bag/purse and 2: cheap ink runs when it gets wet no matter if it is on paper

Well I hope you liked this chapter it was a bit ugh. The whole flashback was a something that I feel that made the story a bit weird, so I apologize. (I was told that when writing never apologizes for your work but I could not help it.)

---One thing is that I like to keep some of the true facts. For example according to the official Naruto data book Hinata favorite food is bean paste and cinnamon rolls. Naruto is ramen (big surprise there, huh?) and Kiba only dislikes foods that he can not chew.