~I wish you all a very very Happy New Year! We all had plans for the New Year's eve, so did I, and hence, the update which was supposed to come last Night at 12, is coming now. Now on with the chapter, Chapter 9 :)

"You want this guy to be hokage?"

"Yeah! He's an idiot and he's immature!"

"I can't believe it Naruto, this was the best reason you could come up with? A prank? You're telling them that it was a prank you played?" commented Kakashi.

It had all gone to waste. He had planned everything so good. Everyone even believed him, but he just had to mess it up in the end.

"That's it kid, you've failed. You can never be Hokage" said Tsunade. He couldn't think of anything suitable. What else can he tell them! Naruto was about to make something else up, when he saw a flying shoe headed towards his direction. The amount of time to impact was so less that all he could do was widen up his eyes and state "Oh sssshhhh-"

"Naruto Kun!" shouted Hinata as she mercilessly shook the sleeping blond.

Naruto sat up immediately looking at his surroundings. He was in his room, it was all a dream. Naruto had been continuously having dreams as such, where he was either hated by the people after he fails to explain himself, or either he was being kicked out of the village with flying shoes following his tail.

Naruto sighed as he laid back down on the bed. Hinata took his hands in her own. She was starting to worry now, it was the third time he was waking out of a nightmare.

"Another one?"

"Yeah" replied Naruto.

It was 31st of December. The day he was supposed to reveal the truth. Yet, he was clueless as to how he would perform the said task. He had thought of everything, anything. From saying it is a prank, to lying that it was a show planned for New Year's. Just none of them ever suited the way he wanted to end it.

Plus, even if it worked and people just laughed it off, it will create problems for Hinata, Hiashi might believe that his daughter ran off because she was love sick and he wouldn't even dare let anything of the sort happen.

Naruto took a look at his clock. It was noon already and it meant that he had only around 8 to 10 hours to think of something and execute it.

"Naruto Kun, I know you will think of something, just stop stressing over it. You got us this far, you can take us further too" Hinata trusted Naruto and his intellect. He would do anything to achieve his dream. A single night won't stop him.

"I guess I need to talk it out now. I need an advice, from someone really wise. And who can be more wise than a thousand year old fox?" replied the blond.

Naruto knew that Kurama will always have something up his sleeve whenever his tenant was in a pinch. He understood that to talk something over or asking for an advice isn't a bad deed to perform. Naruto focused hard as he entered his mind scape, appearing right in front of the legendary nine tails.

"So you finally came kit" echoed the voice of the giant.

Hinata meanwhile outside, knew that Naruto will be taking his time in there. She was happy that he would at least refer to someone. This way, he won't force himself more than he already has.

Hinata got up and took the breakfast which she had brought for the blond down stairs. Hinata went into the garden so that she could meditate. She still remembered those days, when her mother was alive. She remembered her smile, her advices, she remembered everything she had taught her.

Her mother would always tell her, "Whenever you're stressed, meditate your worries out of yourself" and that, was exactly which she was going to do.

With Naruto around, she had less chances to meditate. Either he would take her somewhere in a hurry or do, things.

Now that the blond was busy himself, she could finally meditate. She wanted to help him too, maybe she could come up with something. Although Hinata never showed it, she had her own worries too. Even if they succeed tonight, she would have to face her father, her friends and most importantly, she might have to distance herself from Naruto. She didn't want that, no women who is in love would want that.

If she thought back on it, the month was the best month of her entire life. Naruto acknowledged her feelings, had responded to them. The blond even wrote poetry for her. Even though later he admitted that he had taken it out from the novels of pervy sage, but it didn't matter, his effort was what made her heart melt and she wouldn't take anything in the world in exchange for those feelings.

Hinata was smiling absent mindedly in her meditation. It wasn't something she often did, well that's if, Naruto ever let her to meditate in peace. The blond had grown but he was still the same restless knucklehead. One of the reasons she loved him so much. Hinata understood that this night was very important for him, and she would do anything in order to support him.

It had been an hour since her session began, but still she had nothing in mind to resolve the newborn issue. It was quite brain racking if you continuously think on something but still fail. And since this issue had something to do about Naruto, she won't even think on the matter at hand, instead go on dreaming about her fantasies with the said blond.

Hinata wasn't going to give up though, Naruto hadn't given up yet, and they both shared the same nindo. Hinata continued her session when she felt a hand grasp her left shoulder. Hinata turned around and looked up to see Naruto standing over there. He was panting, was exhausted but he was smiling.

And that type of smile meant only one thing, he finally figured out what to do.

(Konoha/10 PM/2 Hours To New Year)

Everyone was busy for the night. Food stalls were all filled with people and the scent of cooking. Konoha was amongst villages which celebrated every occasion in a creative and fun manner. New Year's was not an exception.

Every year Konoha held a fireworks and a kage speech for the welcoming of a peaceful and blessed New Year. Everyone was out there tonight. Konoha 11, civilians, elites and the Kage who was watching everything from the tower.

Kakashi and Tsunade were waiting, still waiting to see what Naruto had planned for them. It was getting late and there were still things to be done. That's when they both saw Hinami walking down the streets.

Everyone looked towards their hero's girlfriend. She had gained respect and trust of almost everyone in the village. Wasn't surprising, considering with whom the said character was in a relationship with. It was going to be hard to forget about someone like her.

Hinami was walking alone along the streets, if some of you still don't understand, it meant that Naruto's plan was already in action. Ino, Sakura, Tenten and Temari were standing by the jewelry stall when they noticed Hinami, they motioned her over but they did notice that something was odd. Hinami was going through hand signs. Wait, what?

The girls all scattered away as they avoided a huge ball of fire. Hinami had launched an attacked on them. Luckily the people around were saved because of the Kunoichi, but what in God's name was going on!?

"Hinami! Are you crazy!" shouted out Sakura to which Hinami replied by blowing out more fire balls.

Her efforts were made useless when Naruto appeared behind her and gave her a kick to her side, sending her flying through the air as she crashed into the concrete wall to their left.

She stood up, cracking her knuckles as she lunged forward towards him, Naruto successfully dodged her blows but was taken by surprise when a clone caught him off guard. Hinami blew out fire but her target vanished out of sight, clearly showing that it was a clone.

Hinami knew that he could be anywhere, what she didn't expect was for him to suddenly come out of the ground from beneath her and shove up an uppercut. Nostalgia, same had happened with Neji at the chunin exams.

Everyone around was completely astonished and taken aback by the scene which was being played in front of them. Their hero was beating the hell out of his girlfriend. Kakashi smirked while watching everything from the tower. "So this is how he does it, huh?"

Naruto sprinted towards his target, Hinami dodged Naruto's block while catching his clone's leg and pulling him to the ground. Naruto gave her another kick and this time three clones went after her beating her to the ground. A huge boulder which appeared from the ground caught the clones, dispersing them immediately. Naruto came forward with his rasengan to which Hinami replied with an earth wall.

As soon as the wall was blasted into smithereens, a big bolt of lightning came from behind, hitting Naruto and pining him to the ground. Hinami smirked at her achievement, but her celebration was short lived when she heard someone mutter something to her from behind.

"You are in range of my attack, be prepared to face my ultimate technique"

Hinami didn't even have time to flinch when her attacker lunged forward, jerking her hand into her shoulder, then chest, then arm, then leg, and in the series, the whole body. It continued as Hinata counted down to 128 palms and finished her attack.

Talk about surprises, it was Hinata Hyuga who had interfered. Everyone was gaping at the sudden change of events. To hell with the fight of the couple, it was the heartbroken Hyuga who had left the village in order to avoid contact with their hero and his girlfriend. What on earth was happening!

Tsunade and Kakashi were the ones most effected by that. Since when did Hinata join Naruto! If she was fighting Hinami, she must also know that she is a fake. Naruto never told them about anything of the sort!

Hinami was now on her knees, spitting blood to the ground in anger when Naruto walked towards her, with a rasengan in his hand. He looked towards the tower and smiled towards Kakashi, everyone saw their Hokage, who somehow managed to nod back to the blond and with that, Naruto pushed his kitsune enriched attack from the top of Hinami's head going straight down to her stomach when the body exploded and by the time the dust cleared, there was nothing there except Naruto and Hinata.

People, dumbfounded as to how should they react, first looked at the Kage, then at the two shinobi then to themselves and then one by one, the whole crowd started to create a ruckus by shouting questions after questions. Hinata and Naruto leaped to the top of the tower where Tsunade and Kakashi were standing.

Both the Kage and the former kage were looking them both in an astonished and confused manner. All Naruto did was that he smiled towards Kakashi, he was successful in surprising their leader.

Kakashi raised a hand and everyone got quite, paying full attention towards their leader.

"I'll let Naruto explain everything in front of you"

Naruto flashed Hinata a smile and went towards the corner, to address the citizens.

"Hey guys! I am sorry that you all had to witness something so unpleasant tonight. There was a reason behind that. But before you all jump to conclusions, I didn't murder my girlfriend"

The crowd was dead quiet now, everyone looking at the blond, looking for more of an elaborate explanation.

"The truth is, that the girl which was with me all this time, was actually a member of Shokize, which is an internationally recognized criminal group. They originated before the war and have worked with the Akatsuki. Now that the war is over, they are out there, trying to gain power and control of the shinobi world"

People were whispering amongst themselves. If that was the case, then why didn't he kill the women at the start? They trusted Naruto, each and every one of them did. They knew that he had his reasons, and the Hyuga girl was helping him too.

"Although missions aren't widely discussed like this openly, but since it's one of those rare cases where you all are witnesses, I believe that you deserve to know. When our spy network came to know about their plans to overrun Konoha, they started to tail their meetings. Hinami, or what she called herself, was their agent operating in the Village of Tenshi. I didn't just go on feasts, I was sent with missions by our Hokage. She was the agent chosen to spy on our village, so I befriended her. I gave her openings, the biggest one being my false love for her. They thought it would be their best bet if they set her on my tail, which was exactly what we wanted. So for two years, I kept her giving the wrong info and simultaneously, I kept an eye on her and their plans"

The crowd started cheering and clapping. They were quite entertained by the way the shinobi worked. Not that they knew that it was all made up.

"I lured her into the village, while Hinata over here, was sent out to finish off their group with the intel I had collected. She had to fight head to toe with the group in order to finish off the threat to our village. She wasn't on a vacation, and I didn't have a girlfriend instead, we both were undercover all this time. When she returned after completing her task, it was about time when I completed mine"

Naruto looked at the crowd, all intently listening to what the blond was saying. They were all into it!

"Her last orders, before Hinata finished off the group were to start destroying Konoha from the inside while they attack from the outside. The date set, was 31st of December, tonight. What she didn't know, was that we were already one step ahead of them. There, Hinata was cutting them off from the outside, while I was planning everything from the inside. I believe that you all have gained a lot of info already, let's not advance more than this, instead we all should enjoy the New Year's Eve!"

The crowd went wild as they started cheering their two heroes. Yes, every shinobi was their hero and the villagers had just gained more respect for every known and unknown Ninja of their village. Even if the story they heard was not real, it was still a fact that the forces always fought for them without getting any status.

Naruto and Hinata were both smiling as they stood in front of the cheering crowd.

"We did it, didn't we?" asked Naruto.

"Yes Naruto Kun, we did it alright"

From within all the cheering, Naruto heard Kakashi and Tsunade call them both inside the office. Naruto and Hinata both nodded to each other and went in after them. They had a lot of explaining to do.

(Hokage Office)

"So, Hinata. How was your vacation?" asked Kakashi as he motioned them both to take a seat.

Hinata bowed deeply to apologize to Kakashi. It was still not a great ordeal to lie to your leader.

"Got you both, didn't I?" stated Naruto as he laughed at Tsunade and Kakashi.

"I never thought you had it in you gaki. Explain" said Tsunade. Naruto was growing up fast in front of her eyes. She was proud at his achievements.

"Hinata was in it from the very start. There is no such group. I had to plan it out in such a way that it doesn't destroy Hinata's image in front of the people, nor open up my secret. Of course the fight was all scripted, that was a clone all along. Precautions were taken during the fight, I had clones set up everywhere in order to avoid any civilian damage. Rest, you should understand. Hinata was with me, Hinami was Hinata all along. On the dates and on the missions" explained Naruto.

Kakashi had to give it to him, that guy was literally unpredictable.

"I take it that he realized his feelings for you?" stated Tsunade. All Hinata did, was to blush at the statement. She had grown up some confidence, but it will be very strange when they actually go out in the village and people question them.

"I have to give it to you Naruto, you really succeeded. The task was a success, congratulations" Kakashi knew that Naruto deserved it. He had planned out everything very well and it was a task well done.

They all heard as people started counting down from 10 outside. It was about time when Kakashi gave his speech and they were done for the night. They all came outside to join the count down and welcome a blissful new year.

"Naruto Kun, what will happen now?"

"Whatever happens Hinata, just know that I love you and nothing can change that fact" replied Naruto.

Naruto hugged Hinata closer to him as the fireworks went off, they were together at the start of this year, and they will be together forever after.

~I am a little confused now. This was supposed to be the last chapter but it looks a bit incomplete. I might just type an epilogue where I tell what happens after when everything is now complete, I may continue this story for not just a single more chapter, instead a couple of more, or I may just make this the last one and end the story. Do Review guys and let me know about what you think of the idea, I was really confused and stuck on the revealing part, but I did it somehow, and Lord Willing, I'll do it again in the future. Wishing you again a very Happy New Year 2016, Cheers!