Ok sorry for the wait everybody, and thanks for the reviews. Yeah gclp you get a prize you can read this longer chapter and my appreciation (hahaha) sorry I thought of a good joke. Umm even on the bridge of death there is always hope (why did you make your name so long) I'm sorry you feel that way I'll cut back on the bloody noses. Thank you for the corrections serene panda (I can admit it I suck at grammar, I'm sorry) Goshikku Seirei I got you covered boss, umm I'm not real good with mushy scenes but I'll try. Again thanks everyone for reviewing and enjoy the chapter.
I don't own Naruto in any way shape or form (but if I did this is how it would go)
Thoughts
"H-Hinata" Naruto looked worriedly at Hinata "Are you feeling ok?"
Hinata didn't know what to think. Naruto was standing right in front of her showing concern for her. How did he know I was loosing my mind Hinata asked herself. Never in his three year absence did she once picture this scenario in her mind. Naruto showing concern for her, seeing that her mind was troubled and wanting to help. Oh my god she thought as the realization hit her like a ton of bricks. This Naruto is a hallucination all her dreams were coming true so there's no way this Naruto is real. Is it so bad to totally loose your mind Hinata wondered. She reasoned that if she was crazy then at least this Naruto would keep her company, so being crazy couldn't be all that bad. Hinata's mind was racing, so what if she was a schizo this Naruto wasn't half bad, and she was sure life with a Naruto nobody else but she could see wouldn't be to bad. After all this Naruto had a great body, he cared about her, and seemed to be really attracted to her. Off in the distance she heard her own voice. "N-Naruto-Kun" and saw her hand reaching towards the hallucination. She fully expected her hand to go through his chest so when she made solid contact her mind went into shock. All the implications of what that touch meant came crashing down on her at once and the last conscious thought she had was; why did this happen to me.
Kiba and Shino were walking along with Akamaru discussing what had happened to Hinata yesterday. They really didn't know what the cause could have been, when they had found her she had just lost consciousness. Kiba jokingly patted the huge dog walking next to him and said, "Kinda reminds me of how she used to pass out when that Narutard was here, right Akamaru" Akamaru just barked and Shino made no comment, even though he suspected Naruto's return. When they walked around the corner to meet Hinata an unexpected sight awaited them.
Everything seemed to happen so fast for Naruto. Hinata looked up at him with a little bit of dried blood under her nose and her eyes momentarily widened. Then she reached out and poked his chest. What the hell is wrong with this girl Naruto wondered. She started falling and Naruto moved to try and catch her when he was hit hard from behind and knocked down.
"Hey you bastard! What the hell do you think you're doing!" Kiba yelled as Akamaru tackled the tall blond kid to the ground and pinned him down. "Who the hell do you think you.." Kiba looked over Akamaru's shoulder at the surprised looking ninja pinned under him with eyes like plates and instantly recognized him. Kiba started laughing uncontrollably.
Shino looked over and said "So it looks like a comrade has finally returned... Naruto."
Naruto looked up at the figures towering above him and became furious when he heard Kiba laughing. "What the hell is wrong with you two, this ain't no way to treat the future hokage! Get this beast off me!" Akamaru growled at Naruto, but he let Naruto get up. Kiba and Shino nodded at each other in understanding, they now knew what had happened to Hinata. Naruto had finally gotten up and walked over to Hinata and was checking on her. "What are you two doing can't you see Hinata is out cold? We need to get her medical attention." Naruto was kneeling next to Hinata lightly slapping her face and looking at Kiba and Shino with suspicion. Why aren't these two the least bit worried, this is their team mate on the ground after all.
"Naruto, it would be best if you brought her with us to an area that would facilitate her recovery." Shino said. Naruto and Kiba looked at Shino with utterly confused looks. A giant sweat drop formed on Shino's head and he pushed on. "Naruto, just pick her up and follow us. We're her teammates and know how to handle this situation." Naruto moved to do as Shino suggested and Kiba just kept staring at him in a confused manner. Poor Kiba,sometimes I think your thick mind is the only one that may surpass Naruto's clueless mind, Shino thought. Shino raised his hand to his face and made a shushing motion toward Kiba. Kiba nodded his head, even though he had no idea what was going on he pretended he did.
Naruto picked up Hinata and cradled her in his arms her head was between his arm and chest, he was holding her as carefully as he could. He looked down at her sleeping peacefully and was surprised at how pretty she looked, and how soft she felt in his arms. She felt so warm and it was starting to give him a tingly feeling holding her like that. He looked up and saw Kiba and Shino walking away and started following them. "Hey guys wait up" Naruto wanted to run, but with Hinata in his arms the best he could manage was a fast walk. "Hey, howcome I gotta carry Hinata huh, howcome we don't just put her on top of Akamaru?"
Kiba looked back and answered. " Because, dumbass Akamaru carried her yesterday."
"Don't call me a dumbass, dumbass!" Naruto yelled at him, Kiba and Shino ignored this. Well I guess I could carry her Naruto thought. After all this could be good exercise and maybe I could get information from these guys about the chuunin exam. There was a question he wanted to ask for the longest so this was a good a time as any. "Hey, why do you all wear jackets all the time anyways huh?"
"To each, his own reason, I wear mine to maintain a favorable environment for my inhabitants." Shino responded, Naruto wanted to ask about the hood he wore, but felt that might be pushing it.
"I wear my jacket to keep treats in for me and Akamaru." Kiba replied. That made sense to Naruto somewhat.
"What about Hinata, why does she wear a jacket?" Naruto asked, looking down at the figure in his arms.
"Dammit, Narutard ask her, why do you wear a jacket huh?" Kiba answered annoyed.
"It was just a question dammit you don't gotta get mad, besides isn't it obvious that this jacket is fit for a hokage that's why I wear it." Naruto responded sullenly surprised this wasn't obvious to them. "How bout those exams huh, any of you still have to take them?" Naruto asked.
Kiba burst out laughing. "You mean the upcoming chuunin exams, why would we take those we're all already chuunin" Naruto's face fell at these news it seemed everyone had left him behind. Even the girl in his arms it seemed. Kiba was still laughing. That bastard Naruto thought.
As they walked on Naruto heard a sharp intake of breath and looked around quickly to find the source of the noise. "Hey Kiba did you hear that?"
"Baka, you must be starting to hear things." Kiba said and kept walking alongside Akamaru. Naruto heard this sharp intakes of breath a few more times on the way to Kiba and Shino's preferred practicing area. He didn't mention it to Kiba or Shino though because he couldn't see the source of the noise and didn't want them to mock him if he really was starting to hear things. When they got to their destination Shino asked Naruto to place Hinata in a shady area under a tree and keep an eye on her while he and Kiba practiced. Naruto gladly complied and sat at a nearby tree with his elbows on his knees.
"No problem Shino, I'll just wait to see if she gets better and take a breather." Shino nodded and jumped into the trees to start training, Kiba had started training with Akamaru almost immediately upon reaching the practice area. Naruto looked at Hinata and thought, wow she looks so peaceful. He crossed his arms and was about to start drifting off. Poof suddenly a tiny figure appeared standing on Naruto's knee, it was a miniature Naruto wearing the Kohage robes, but no hat. "What are you doing Naruto" the little noble Naruto said. " You should get a glass of water for this poor girl or even make a clone to fetch someone to look at her, like Sakura or Tsunade." Naruto nodded his head, the noble mini-Naruto made sense. Poof on his other knee appeared another mini-Naruto this one dressed like Jiraiya this Naruto even had his blond hair fashioned like Jiraiya. "Baka, did you forget what those two did to you yesterday. Besides you have no idea if you'll be successful, so you'd just be wasting chakra." This mini-Naruto scolded, a mischievous grin appeared on his face "What you should do is take off her jacket. After all the girl needs to breathe, right. As a matter of fact maybe she suffered from heatstroke wearing that jacket." Naruto nodded, this mini-Naruto also made sense. Had anybody else been there they might have pointed out that Hinata's jacket wasn't that thick. Unfortunately Naruto was alone. The noble mini-Naruto seeing that he was once again loosing the battle did what Naruto was prone to do. "BAKA!" The noble mini-Naruto yelled and launched himself at the perverted mini-Naruto. Naruto simply watched as the noble mini-Naruto tackled the perverted mini-Naruto of his knee and onto the ground and they started fighting. Naruto noticed that the perverted Naruto had been coming out on top more often recently but he just told himself that was because that mini-Naruto made more sense.
"N-Naruto-kun" Hinata said. She had been conscious for a little while now but she had been gathering herself. It wasn't the first time she had regained consciousness either, but each time she found herself in Naruto's arms she couldn't handle it, she would just gasp and loose consciousness again. This time she came to lying under a tree she assessed her situation and went over the days events in her mind. Naruto had come back and she wasn't loosing her mind so at least that was good she thought. She couldn't believe she was still passing out around him so much though. He had held her in his arms and she had been unconscious, she was so mad at herself for that. Something that she had always thought about and when it really happened she slept through it. There he was though probably tired from watching over her she thought, she thought this because she noticed his head nod a couple of times. The very least she could do was at least thank him. That's when she decided to make the effort to talk to him. "Naruto-kun a-arigatou." she said quietly. Naruto seemed to come out of a daze.
"What did you say Hinata, I didn't catch that. Sorry the perver... eerrr..never mind." Naruto almost forgot that those mini-Naruto's were a figment of his imagination. A fact Jiraiya-sama pounded into Naruto every time he mentioned his perverted mini-Naruto to him. "So how are you feeling?" Naruto asked.
Hinata started to blush. (So he really is concerned about me) "I'm feeling fine, arigatou." She knew she could get through this, it was just a friendly conversation she told herself.
"I really worry about you Hinata, every time I see you, you pass out." Hinata heard a rejection gong and was in darkness. (the truth hurts, but at least I'm not passing out) "That's really weird Hinata, maybe you should stop wearing that jacket" the rejection gong sounded twice (did he just call me weird, and what's wrong with my jacket.) "Why do you wear that jacket?"
"Errr...umm" She didn't really know how to answer that, she didn't want to tell him it was because she wasn't confident about her body or that she really didn't know why she wore it. What would he think of her. "W-well I th-think it looks nice"
"Oh well there's nothing wrong with that, but maybe you should get a lighter one so you don't keep passing out from heatstroke. So anyways I heard you passed the chuunin exams. I have to take them soon." Naruto looked up at the sky. "If you hadn't passed it would have been nice to have you on my team." The upper half of Hinatas face was purple, she cursed herself for passing the exams and not being able to be Naruto's partner. "I really need to find somebody to be my team mates."
"Hai, I c-could ask around for you as well" Hinata said with somebody already in mind.
"Really, thanks Hinata I appreciate that. Well now that you're feeling better I have to go." Naruto quickly got up and went to her and gave a quick hug and left. Hinata felt lightheaded but she didn't pass out. She made it through a conversation with Naruto she didn't know why she felt so drained but she was glad. Maybe everything would be ok after all.
Out in the desert two ominous figures approached the village of sand.
Well that's it for this ch. I'm thinking about making the chapters longer but I'm not sure yet, let me know what you all think.
Oh I used ( ) in some areas to denote a characters thoughts. If you have questions or suggestions let me know. Review if you want, I crave reviews. Thanx everyone till next chapter stay cool.