A very frustrated Naruto was walking around the park as if he was looking for something, or someone. He sighed; Sakura was going to kill him. He was so determine on taking good care of Kagura he had somehow lost Tohru. He was sure Tohru was just playing a game, but Naruto wasn't having fun. Naruto was just about to use his clone jutsu and have a search party with his clones, but a shy voice from behind him stop him.
"N-Naruto-kun? I-is something wrong? Y-you l-look a little frustrated." Naruto turned around to see Hinata Hyuuga, and for some reason Naruto felt his heart beat a little faster.
"Oh, hi Hinata. Yeah, I am a little frustrated. You see I'm watching theses two kids and the baby I have here is Kagura, but Tohru the other one I cant find. She apparently decided to play hide-and-seek with me without telling me." Hinata giggle when he told her that.
"W-why are you w-watching these kids?" Hinata asked.
"Well yesterday Kakashi-sensei gave us a mission that will be lasting for about two months. These kids parents are going away for two months so me, Sasuke, and Sakura are watching over the kids and the house until the parents come back."
"O-oh, w-well, I'll h-help you f-find T-Tohru. I-I could use my byacagun." (A/N: Did I spell that wrong?)
"Oh! Wow, Hinata, thanks! That will be a lot of help." Hinata blush but then activated her byacagun. She looked around, but then saw a giggling little girl behind a tree.
"Does she have red hair that is to her shoulders?"
"Yeah, she does!" Naruto looked relieved.
"She's behind the tree that is in front of the swing set." A second later Hinata realized she had the baby in her arms and Naruto was gone. She looked towards the tree that she saw the little girl behind and saw Naruto walking towards her holding Tohru's hand. Once he was right beside Hinata.
"Thanks for your help Hinata. We are about to head back to the house. It's almost lunchtime and I'm sure Sakura will want us there by lunch. Hey, do you want to eat with us? Sakura's cooking is really good, and I know she'll have plenty for you to eat." Naruto didn't know why, but he all of the sudden he wanted Hinata by his side. Why do I feel this way? Naruto wondered.
Hinata blushed when Naruto asked her to come with him to have lunch. Oh my, Naruto just asked me if I wanted to have lunch with him. There will be other people there, but I can't help but feel happy.
"I-I'd l-love to have l-lunch w-with you, N-Naruto-kun." Naruto's already big smile went bigger and he opened his mouth to say something but Tohru beat him to it.
"YAY! She comes! She comes! Well what are you waiting for? Lets go!" Tohru was jumping up and down, and Hinata smiled at the cute little girl and Naruto laughed. Hinata, who was still holding Kagura, and Naruto, who was holding Tohru's hand, all left the park.
Once they were a few blocks away from the house Hinata saw Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha coming the other way. Sakura smiled when she saw Hinata.
"Hello, Hinata!"
"H-hello."
"Guess what!" Naruto said, "Hinata is going to be eating lunch with us!"
"I-if it's alright with Sakura-san and Sasuke-san."
"Call me Sasuke." Was all Sasuke said and Hinata took it as he didn't care one way or the other.
"Of course you can, stay for supper if you want to. You can also stay the night if you want, it would be nice to have a girl my age at the house. And you can call me 'Sakura' none of that 'san' stuff. We're friends right?" Sakura smiled at Hinata. Hinata nodded her head and said, "Um…I would like to stay the night, but first I need to call my place and let some one know, so they want worry."
"Then it's settle." Sakura said beaming at Hinata. She really did need a girl around the house that was her age and was her friend.
They arrived at the house, and Hinata asked where the phone was. Sakura showed her where it was, and went into the kitchen. Hinata punched in the digits to Neji's cell and it began to ring. On the second ring Neji answered.
"Yeah."
"N-Neji-nii-san, i-it's me, H-Hinata."
"Something wrong?"
"Um…no. I just talked to Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto-kun and they've invited me to dinner and I will be staying the night with them."
"Why not just with Sakura? She doesn't live with them? Why are those boys staying the night with you and Sakura?" Neji's voice was dark and over protective, but Hinata told Neji about team 7's mission. When she was done telling Neji about the mission he relaxed a little.
"S-so I-I'll be staying at this house with Sakura."
"Fine, just call me tomorrow when you're ready to leave, and I'll come pick you up."
"Oh, you don't have to…" Neji interrupted her and his voice was a little commanding.
"Call me tomorrow when you are ready to leave and I'll come pick you up."
"But…" Hinata thought it was a little unnecessary of him to be so protective of her.
"Hinata…"
"Okay, Neji-nii-san. I'll call you tomorrow. Bye." And then there was a click, showing that he hung up. Hinata sighed, but then heard a slight chuckle from behind her. She turned around and saw Naruto leaning against the wall behind her.
"So, that Hyuuga is still overly protective of you. He sure is a bastard sometimes."
"O-oh, but he is actually pretty kind when you get to know him."
"I'm sure he is." Then Naruto laughed. "But he has nothing to worry about. You're safe with me. I'll always protect you, Hinata-chan." Hinata blushed when he said "chan" with her name, but Naruto meant what he said. He would always protect her with his life, but why he felt this way, he did not know.
"Come on," he said to Hinata, "lunch is ready and Sakura had the table set."
"O-oh, I would've help, if she would've asked me." Naruto laughed.
"Nonsense! You're a guest, so she wouldn't want you to help with anything, but relax."
Hinata followed Naruto to the kitchen, and just as he said, the table was set and everyone but her and Naruto was sitting at the table. The two of them sat down, and everyone ate the lunch that was cooked by Sakura.
After lunch you could hear noises from the kitchen as Sakura cleaned up. Naruto and Hinata were sitting together on the couch watching TV, and Tohru had dragged Sasuke outside to play, much to Sasuke's dismay, but he couldn't tell the kid "no" when she looked like she would cry if he didn't go outside for her, and Sasuke, ever since the day of his parents death and he had cried, couldn't stand when he saw a little kid cried, and plus Sakura was looking at him, and even though her face showed no expression he knew that he better go outside with Tohru like she wanted. The baby was a sleep in her crib, and so the whole house was quiet except for the noise coming from the kitchen of Sakura cleaning and from the TV.
It was like this for an hour, and Sasuke had brought back in a sleeping Tohru. Tohru's little legs were wrapped around Sasuke's waist, and her arms were around his neck. It was the cutest thing Sakura had ever seen.
"She was tired I guess. I'll go put her in her room." Sasuke said then went up stairs.
A few minutes later Sakura was sitting with Naruto and Hinata watching TV when Naruto looked at his watch and then looked at Hinata. "It's time for me to go pick up Kyo from the ninja academy." He said.
"Want to come with me?" Sakura saw the blush on Hinata's face when Naruto asked her that and Sakura smirked.
"S-sure, N-Naruto-kun." Hinata replied shyly.
"Great! Sakura, we'll be back in awhile."
"Take as long as you like. You can take Kyo out with you and Hinata since he's been at the ninja academy all day."
"Okay. Bye Sakura." They left, and Sakura was alone. Well, Sasuke was still here, but didn't come down stairs yet. Sakura figured he was probably sleeping, or Tohru woken up a little and wanted him to stay in there with her. She smiled at the thought. Sakura felt tired and sleepy and decided to lie down and close her eyes.
After had just fallen asleep when the door was suddenly opened and slammed shut, waking Sakura up at once and making her groan, but decided to ignore it. She tried to go back to sleep, but felt this breath on her face. Sakura opened her eyes and saw these brownish-reddish eyes. Before Sakura could scream from being startle, Hiro's lips came crashing down on hers.