Author: I had my friends outside of vote on their favorite pairings, so don't be surprised if their's a few extra points added. Also each person get's a vote per chapter, so you can vote multiply times, sorry for not telling you before, but I thought you guy's would have figured it out. Anyway here's the voting rank so far. Oh and don't let the title fool you, I'm FAR from finished with this story.

Naru/Hinata 6

Naru/Tenten 1

Naru/Ayame ( the ramen stand waitress ) 1

Naru/Tayuya ( from the sound five ) 1

Naru/Temari 2

Naru/Kin ( from the sound team in the chuunin exams.) 0

Naru/ (Female) Haku 3

Naru/ ( Female) Kyuubi 4

Naru/Oc 0

Screw it all and go with a Naruto harem. 10

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto ,that is, until hell finally freeze's over.

Enjoy the fic

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The beginning of the end.

One year, one long year since Naruto and Hinata had meet. The best year in his life too. Naruto was now 8 years old and loving every minute of it. His mother had given him a little more freedom in going around the village, now being able to visit Hinata's, Lee's, and Shino's house. Naruto, Hinata, and Shino had soon met Gai, who if needed to be described was just a big and louder( god knows if that's even possible ) version of Lee. They also met Shino's father who was a quite man, but still acknowledged them. Naruto and Hinata had become extremely close and were usually inseparable, Naruto even told Hinata that she was his 'best' friend. Now Hinata may have been below the age of eight, but due to the mental training and harsh household of the Hyuuga clan, she was well over the age of 12 mentally, as Naruto saw her as the 'best friend ', she saw him as something closer...

Back to Naruto, he was currently eating ramen at a extremely fast rate. This was a very rare to see him without Hinata , but he need some time to himself, especially with what was going to happen in a couple of days.

"So Naruto-kun, what are you going to get Hinata-chan?" asked Ayame from behind the counter, as she watched Naruto eat.

Naruto stopped eating ( gasp) and looked up at her. " To tell you the truth, I really don't know."

" But you must have at least looked around for something." stated Ayame.

Naruto sighed. " Every time I go into a store, the owner kicks me out... that's if I'm lucky."

Ayame frowned as she remembered " Right...I'm sorry." Ayame instantly changed moods, as she came up with something. " Naruto-kun, father and I could do your shopping!" Naruto shook his head.

" No I don't want to bother you guy's with something like that.."

" Naruto, you know we would be happy to help you at anytime!" Ayame said, as she smiled at Naruto and turned around. " Right father?" Ichiraku looked over his shoulder from the stove at them " We would Naruto-kun, so ask anytime. You still have to pay for ramen though..." Ichiraku turned back to his work, as Ayame glared at his back. Naruto had taken the time to finish his ramen, before speaking again.

"Thank you, but still, she's my friend and I want to be the one to find Hinata-chan's present. That way I know it's special." Naruto said smiling.

" I hope you find what your looking for Naruto-kun." Ayame bent over the counter and gave Naruto a kiss on the forehead, causing him to blush. " Tell Anko-chan I said hi." Ayame said as she smiled warmly at Naruto.

" I will, see ya Ayame-chan! See ya old man! " Narutoyelled as he left, while Ayame sighed.

" Dammit, why the hell can't he be like that with me?" Ayame asked in frustration, as her father turned to face her.

"Aren't you a little old for him?" he asked, while raising an eyebrow.

" I'm only four years older then him, meaning he's still available to me." Ayame stated.

" Not when he think's about you like a sister."

" I'll just have to change that, now won't I? " Ayame said, as she winked and gave her father a very frightening smile. Ichiraku turned back to his work, afraid for what was going to happen at this point and for the weeks to come.

Suddenly Naruto bursted through into the ramen stand yelling, startling both Ayame and Ichiruka. "Ayame-chan! Old man! Look at what I found...!"

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Hinata was currently walking around Kohonah at a relaxed pace, searching for Naruto. She hadn't seen him in a couple days and was starting to get worried. Her sister Hanaiba had decided to go with her sister this time, she wanted to meet this Naruto-kun, the person who seemed to make her sister stronger for some reason. Hanaiba herself thought it was some kind of training he had given Hinata and if it was enough to make her sister improve, then she wouldn't mind adding it to hers. Hanaiba soon regretted this when they met Lee along the way, who was busy trying to have a conversation with her...she just stayed quite.

" GAI-SENSEI THEN PREFORMED THE TECHNIQUE IN FRONT OF MY OWN EYE'S! IT SHOWED HIS BURNING YOUTH IN SO MANY WAYS THAT IT WOULD MAKE ALL OF ARE'S SEEM LIKE CHILDREN! THE PASSION OF THE MOVE WAS-" Hanaiba's eye was twitching quite a bit, it was only a matter of time before she killed Lee. Hinata noticed this.

" H-Hanaiba-chan, I w-was w-wondering w-why you d-decided to c-come w-with me w-while I l-looked for N-Naruto-kun." Hinata asked, as Hanaiba looked over at her sister.

"I'm interested in meeting him." Hanaiba stated, trying to ignore Lee...and failing.

"O-Oh." Hinata replied, as she looked turned her attention back to the road they were traveling on.

" HAI! I REMEMBER LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY ( actually it was ) THAT MY SPIRT OF YOUTH LEAD NARUTO TO ME! AS HE NEEDED MY HELP!"Lee stated, as Hinata looked at him in shock, oh god, he some how managed to get louder.

Hinata quickly shock off the thought and took in what Lee said. Why would Naruto need Lee's help? Hinata thought Lee was a good friend who believed in her ( like Naruto ), but to be honest, he was pretty much useless. That is unless you had to break something, of course.

" L-Lee-kun, w-why did N-Naruto-kun n-need y-your h-help?" Hinata asked, as Lee looked over at her.

" SORRY HINATA-CHAN! BUT I CAN NOT TELL YOU, FOR NARUTO-KUN HAS MADE ME SWEAR ON MY SPIRIT OF YOUTH NOT TO TELL ANYONE! " Lee said, as Hinata looked down in disappointment. " DO NOT WORRY! FOR YOUR YOUTHFUL PASSION SHALL GUIDE YOU TO HIM SO THAT HE MAY TELL YOU! Hanaiba had had it with Lee and Began to walk ahead of them. Hinata looked over at Hanaiba with a confused expression.

"H-Hanaiba-chan, w-were a-are y-you g-going?"

" I can't take any more of that idiot. Tell me when you find Naruto, I'm going back to the mansion." Hanaiba stated, as she walked off leaving a Hinata to continue her search and Lee to continue being himself.

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"...Still do you think she'll like it ? " The small child asked, as he looked up at the women walking beside him. She was a tall women around 5'9 and had long dark purple hair. She wore a basic black kimono, nothing special. Though it did show her curves quite well. The women looked at down at the child.

" I'm sure she'll love it, Naruto." Replied the women as she glanced at the object. " How much work are you going to do on it? "

Naruto assumed a thoughtful position. " Well, I have it's shape already, but I still need a color and a design. Ayame-chan said that she would help me with the last part."

The women smiled warmly at the child. " It sounds like your putting a lot of work into this." Naruto nodded vagariously.

"Yep, Hinata-Chan is my best friend after all. Now what am I design should I use for it?" The women assumed her own thinking position, smiling a few seconds later while turning her attention back to Naruto. " I have an idea Naruto-kun, but you'll have to hold still for a moment." Naruto looked at her in a confused way as she walked behind him. The women looked through her purse and pulled out a mirror. She grabbed Naruto's left arm and positioned it to wear Naruto could see behind him.

" Keep the mirror in that position, Naruto." Naruto nodded his head, as the women pulled another mirror and positioned it in front of her. " Now look through the mirror." Naruto looked at the mirror and gasped at what he saw. It was the perfect design, small, yet had a powerful meaning. Hinata-chan said she even like it once.

Naruto turned around and grinned at the women, before giving her a bear hug. " I take it you agree." The women said, as she giggled.

" It's PERFECT! Thank you!" Naruto replied as he released the women from his hug.

" I'm glad to have helped you Naruto-kun." The women brought her wrist up and looked at her watch. " I'm sorry to say this, but I have to go. I have to go see Hayate about something." Naruto nodded his head, understanding. " It's okay, I need to go see Shino-kun anyway." Naruto started to run off as the women waved to him. " Bye Naruto-kun!" she yelled.

Naruto turned around and waved. " Bye Yugao-chan! "

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The Hokage was having a very stressful day. First he some how managed to fall of his bed and land face first on the ground, causing it to break. Sending him downwards into the kitchen, Smashing the oven and getting yelled at by his wife half an hour later, who caught him frantically trying to repair it. Trying being the keyword...

After leaving his house, he was chased down the street by the neighbors dog, sure, he could have used a katon jutsu and fried it's ass, but he didn't want to harm it out of the respect that it was technically a kohonah citizen. Beside's, he still owned a puppy to that little gir-

Moving on, He was soon accompanied by his grandson, which made putting up with all the crap that had happened before a little less stressful on his mind. That was until kohonahmaru started to do a 'interesting' technique that Naruto had taught him a week ago, causing him to get in a shit load of trouble...again. He was going to have to label that technique as a kinjutsu later, 'sexy no jutsu' he thought it was called...

He was currently in a meeting, which did give him a lot of stress. The last war left them a little weaker then normal, having lost almost all of their jounin and soon losing the fourth as well. The conditions they were setting were...intimidating, but could be done. The third knew that, even if they had repaired the village and replaced the jounin ( most rookies, of course ) they still could not fight a full out war. Also the fact that people would take this opportunity to 'gain' things in their favor.

He looked at the representative and sighed he might regret this later ,but for now, he needed all the help he could get. He looked at the contract one more time, before sighing it and watching the man's face form into a smile.

" Thank you Hokage-sama, will send you a copy of the contract as soon as possible. " stated the representative, as the Hokage watched the man put away the contract.

" You remember your part of the deal? " asked the Hokage, as the man turned his attention toward the third.

" Yes we agree to not attack this village in it's 'current' state and to help provide supplies and support, if and when needed." stated the man.

" And in return, we send 35 of any and all money we make, in respect of your help." replied the Hokage. He personally didn't like this, they were basically getting ripped off. Sure, D and C missions weren't worth much, but A, S, and even some B class mission were worth a lot of money. They also, were what kept this village alive and to cut it down would set them back quite a bit.

" How long do you plan to continue staying at the village?" asked the Hokage

" About two or three more days, depending on certain conditions.."

The Hokage's eye's narrowed, before returning to normal. " Very well, I expect a copy of the contract in a two weeks, you are dismissed." The man bowed, before heading towards the exit. " Oh and give the Raikage my regards."

"Don't worry, I will." replied the cloud nin, as he walked out the door.

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Shino was sitting peacefully on a tree branch, watching the sunset he had a lot to think about. Naruto had been avoiding Hinata for the past couple of days in fear that he may tell her about her present. Of course Hinata didn't know the reason, thus she was getting worried.

Now Shino my not look like it, especially with how short he was, but he dose have a matured mind. Since he is the heir to his family's clan, of course. He could easily see what Naruto was to Hinata and already knew Naruto had the Kyuubi inside of him. He never once thought differently of Naruto, hell he felt sympathy, knowing what it's like not to be acknowledge for being normal, with his bugs and all...

Shino knew thing's were only going to get worse, ever since yesterday when Naruto visited him...

"...Are you sure about this?" asked Shino, still not showing any emotion. Naruto was use to it by now.

" Positive!" replied Naruto.

"...Once this is done there's no turning back."

"I know. You've told me already. Just get the hell on with it." Naruto said, with irritation clearly in his voice. Shino sighed, as his bugs left his body and flew towards the object. As soon as they reached it, they quickly slipped inside and began to work. After about an hour, the bugs finally finished. Shino walked towards the object and carefully rapped it in a cloth, before giving it to Naruto.

"...Wait three hours before removing the cloth, it should have tried by then." Shino stated, as Naruto nodded and began to run off. Naruto stopped in his tracks and turned back to Shino.

" Shino-kun." Naruto said, getting the boy's attention.

" ...Yes? " Shino replied.

" Thank you." Naruto then proceeded to run in the direction of the ramen stand.

Shino shook his head slightly. Naruto had no clue what was going to happen if he gave Hinata the present with that symbol on it. Basically ,all hell was going to break lose. Naruto is to young mentally to understand what it means and Hinata was going to be excited for months, maybe even years to come. Whoever gave Naruto the idea of using that symbol was good...he'd give them that much.

Shino snapped out of his thoughts and turned his attention towards a group of birds that were flying over the tree and towards the sunset.

Tomorrow was going to be interesting indeed...

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I'm sorry for such a short chapter, but I've been sick for the past couple of days and needed to catch up on my school work. Just to tell you this chapter was meet to set thing's up for the next chapter, which is going to be a pain in the ass for me, sighs, anyway as usual please read and reveiw.

Also, sorry if I mispelled hinata's sister's name. If it is i'll correct it later