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"Regular talk"

"Thought"

"Kyuubi talking"

Chapter 3: A few decisions and a plot twist

(Hinata POV)

Hinata sat on a low tree branch near the edge of the camp they had made for the night, it was her watch. Already two weeks had passed and while her official mission was going quite well, her second one was failing fast. Naruto never seemed to be in a good mood and he usually wanted to be left alone when he was as angry as Sasuke got him everyday. It was starting to look like Hinata was never going to get a chance to tell Naruto how she felt about him.

"Hey Hinata, it's my watch now so you can go to bed." said a still groggy looking Kiba who had just come over to take his turn as guard.

"I-I'm not really tired, you can go back to sleep if you want. I can stay on guard." Hinata offered. She wanted some time to think and she really wasn't tired.

"How 'bout I just stay up with you. I'm up and awake now so I might as well make use of my self." he said smiling sweetly at her

"Okay." she agreed. It wouldn't be too bad to have some company.

Just then a new thought hit her mind.

"Why does Kiba want to stay up, usually he just says 'k' and goes back to sleep. And what's with that smile, it's like the one Sakura uses with Sasuke… No! There's no way Kiba likes me, is there? God this is getting confusing"

Actually recently Kiba had discovered that he loved Hinata, very much in fact. He had tried to tell her once before but she had been in a rush to get somewhere. Since then he had never been able to work up the nerve to tell her so he just settled for sending small, nonchalant signs and spending every second possible around her.

Come morning Hinata had decided that Kiba was just being friendly, not trying to be romantic. Also she had decided that she would tell Naruto how she felt on this mission but gradually, like just act like good friend and just let the friend ship get better until it was easy to tell him.

As for Kiba, he had decided to tell Hinata that he loved her in a few days, poor Kiba, if only you knew.

(Naruto's POV)

Naruto was, surprisingly, the first one awake, besides the guard on duty. It had been nice to spend a few hours without Sasuke taunting him. It had been two weeks since the start of the mission of guarding the feudal lord's daughter, a pain in the butt it was to. There was some thing other than the mission and Sasuke he had been thinking about though, Hinata.

She had been trying to talk to him many times but each time had just seemed to change her mind, not that he could blame her. Thanks to Sasuke Naruto had been in a perpetually bad mood and no one ever wanted to mess with him while he was in a bad mood 'cept for Sasuke.

"I wonder what she wanted to talk to me about all those times she started coming up to me." he thought

"Are you truly that stupid? She has fallen in love with you, since five years ago, and you still haven't figured it out."

"Well, I'm not around her that much and I don't know her very well and I've never been one to keep mind on that kind of thing for long."

"You don't keep your mind on anything for very long. Unless it involves ramen in some way."

"You get very annoying sometimes Kyuubi. Besides what does her liking me like that have to do with what she wanted to talk to me about?"

"She was trying to tell you how she felt. Why don't you go tell her that you like her? You know you do no matter how much you deny it."

"You're just being stupid now I'm done with this conversation."

Naruto stood up and went to help load up the princess's things. It was an annoying job but it had to be done everyday because that princess just had to unpack everything every night. All the while Naruto worked, and walked once they finally started off again, he thought of what the Kyuubi had told him.

"Do I really feel that way about Hinata? Of course she's smart and pretty but she's very shy. And have I really gone five years without knowing a girl had a crush on me? Well it wouldn't surprise me; I never have been very thoughtful on very many things. Especially things like that. Maybe I should talk to her, get to know her some. See if It's true. Right then, it's decided!

Well how was that! I'm getting better with chapter length, if only a little bit. You guys know the drill 4 reviews and I update soon after I get them. While constructive criticism is welcome, I must ask you not to flame me, it's just mean.

Any way, special thanks to Kyuubi 123, who suggested to bring the Kyuubi in not as a demon, but as something to push Naruto and Hinata together. How did you guys like the plot twist by the way? I wanted to add a bit of conflict in so there you go. Sees ya!