Chapter 15-All for love!
Neji walked a little ways through the forest. He was following Hinata's chakra. When he got to her he saw her asleep, and lying down next to a large tree. At first he thought that it was foolish for her to wonder out in Sound territory, and even fall asleep out in a forest all alone. But then he thought about the trauma that she had been through the day before. He had known what it felt like to be in love.
Neji took off his jacket and gently put it on the sleeping Hyuuga. He picked her up, put her on his back, and then turned back to the direction of the others.
"Uh, Neji-kun…why are you carrying me?" Hinata had just woke up. She looked around and saw that the sun was up.
It, it must be around nine o'clock. That means that Neji must have carried me for over three hours! Why would he do that for me…I mean I am glad that he did it. I haven't gotten anywhere near enough sleep since that night…
FlashbackSix o'clock at the Ichiraku Ramen shop…
"Are you waiting for anyone miss?" Hinata looked over at the owner.
"Oh, yes I am. But he will be here soon." Hinata looked out at the streets of Konoha. There was no sign of Naruto.
"Let me guess, your waiting for Naruto, huh." The shop owner smiled. Hinata blushed.
"H-how did you know?" Hinata asked him.
"Awww, because. Naruto talks about you all the time. In fact, it's really not like him at all." Mr. Ichiraku scratched his chin.
"Why is that sir?"
"Well, you see, he gets so into talking, that well, his ramen gets cold. And that is completely abnormal for Naruto. I mean, every time he gets ramen, I tell him to let it cool first, but he goes right on ahead and eats it. He tells me 'always eat your ramen while it's hot!' So no matter how many burns he might get, he always ate his ramen while it was hot." Mr. Ichiraku looked at the clock on the wall. It was a quarter after seven. By now, Hinata was barely in tears.
He stood me up. I knew that him liking me was a phantasy. But, why wouldn't he just tell me?
"Hey did you hear? Tsunade ordered a squad of ninja to go after Sasuke. It turns out, he left the village! The weird thing was, that they sent one of his very own teammates to take him down!" Hinata looked at the chunnin, who had said that, in shock.
I was so worried that he had stood me up…that he really didn't like me. Maybe he just didn't have the chance to tell me what was going on. But, I am still worried. I mean, Sasuke can be very dangerous, and powerful with the Orochimaru's curse seal on him. What if Naruto gets hurt?
Hinata barely slept that night, and the next, and clear up to last night.
End flashback"Hinata are you okay?" She looked forward and saw Neji starring at her. "You were talking to me, and then all of the sudden, you stopped and were starring out into space."
"Oh, um, yes I am fine. Neji-kun, thank you for carrying me. But, why did you do it?"
"Because, Hinata, I too know what it feels like to be in love and worried. I also knew that you haven't been sleeping to good lately. So instead of making you walk the long journey home, I decided to let you sleep." He smiled at her, and she smiled back.
"Thank you."
A few hours later, when everything seemed to be going so smoothly…
"Naruto…Naruto! You guys, move faster! Naruto isn't breathing like normal…and he's pale. He seems to show symptoms of to much loss of blood. We have to move faster. We are almost to Konoha. Sakura, you run ahead and tell Tsunade-sama to get here fast! We don't have much time. So go!" Kakashi yelled. Sakura immediately started sprinting for the village. Behind her, everyone else picked up the pace. But it still wasn't fast enough.
"Naruto, don't go just yet. Uhh! He's not breathing now…his pulse is slowing down. You guys, we're losing him, and fast."
What should I do? I can't just leave the rest of the squad here. But I vowed, I made a promise…
The squad saw Tsunade running toward them. Sakura was dragging along behind her. She rushed right past Jiraiya and went straight to Naruto. When she saw him and his condition her face dropped. He was pale from loss of blood, his clothes were dirty and torn, and he had cuts, bruises and blood all over him. When she finally came back to reality, she grabbed him from Kakashi and headed back to the hospital.
The next morning in Konoha"How can I help you Hokage-sama?"
"Send Hatake, Kakashi in." Tsunade told the new jounin.
"Yes ma'am." The jounin disappeared in a puff of smoke, instantly returning with Kakashi.
"Kakashi, time for you to hear the outcome of your mission."
how was it? it was all that i could think of...it took me a whole day just to type that! please read and review, and tell me if my efforts were worth it!