Man I am so happy to see that many people are reading my fanfics. This one to be more specific. THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING TIME TO LOOK AT THIS FANFIC. I would be more apprecitive if you all made a lot of reviews as you do read these stories. Well, enough of my growing rant, here's Chapter 3.

After the mall trip was done, Ino said her goodbye to Hinata since she had a mission to do. Hinata decided to walk with her, and Ino didn't mind that at all. They arrived at the front gates of Konoha, and Ino waited for her teammates for the mission. As they waited, two figures started to head over to them. When the two finally stopped before them, Hinata smiled to see her two friends Kiba and Shino.

Kiba grinned at the Hyuuga. "Hinata! Long time, no see!" he said. He scooped her up and gave her a bear hug. Hinata laughed and was set down.

"So you two were on a mission the whole time?" she asked. "I was looking for you guys."

"Aw, sorry about that Hinata. Yeah, we went on the mission right after the funeral." His frown at the word "funeral" was suddenly replaced with a grin. "We can make it up to you though. What do you wanna do?"

Hinata smiled at Kiba, and then she looked at Shino, whose expression was calm like always. If only she could see his eyes she would be able to see what he was feeling. She then said, "Well, you two should get unpacked and cleaned up if you want. I'll meet you guys somewhere."

"Where would you like to meet us?" Shino asked.

Kiba suggested, "How about the sweet shop?"

"I already went there earlier today," Hinata said. "How about…Ichiraku Ramen?"

Both Kiba and Shino stared at their old teammate and best friend, surprised. After a moment of silence, Kiba asked rather worriedly, "A-are you sure Hinata?"

"Yeah, I'm fine guys. Well, I'll meet you two there then."

"Okay…"

Hinata smiled, said her good-bye to Ino, and started walking away from them. Kiba and Shino took a glance at one another, and then they greeted Ino quickly and headed back to their homes to get their backpacks off and wash up before meeting their friend Hinata at the ramen shop.

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"Hinata seems to be dealing with Naruto's death rather well," Kiba murmured as he and Shino walked through the streets of Konoha.

"Don't be too sure about it," Shino said. "She looked rather troubled."

"Well, she might have gotten into an argument with Hiashi again."

Shino nodded. "I agree." They soon arrived at Ichiraku Ramen, and they saw Hinata waiting for them. She smiled at them like usual, and then she entered the shop. Shino and Kiba followed her and sat down to where Hinata was in the middle.

"So," Kiba said. "Did you get bored while we were gone?"

"Pretty much," Hinata answered. They ordered their food and waited to be served. She stared at her glass of water that was given to them in the meantime. Kiba and Shino looked at each other, and then Kiba nodded.

"Is it about your father?" he asked carefully.

Hinata jumped at the question, but then she nodded slowly and carefully. Kiba nodded back. Shino then asked, "How bad was it this time?"

"He brought up Naruto-kun…"

"Ouch," muttered Kiba. "What did you say? You did say something right?"

"Yes Kiba-kun," Hinata said. "I yelled at him and we got into a fight."

"Who won?"

"He did. He told me about how he would've abandoned me if I married Naruto and how I would be mocked if I were to step down as heiress."

There was silence for a minute, but then the Hyuuga heard Kiba growl. "The man has got the nerve to say that to his own daughter. He needs to have some sense smacked into him." He looked at his two teammates and got what they were about to say. "I know we can't do that, but someone should one of these times." Their food arrived, and the three began to eat.

"So," Shino asked, "How long are you planning to avoid Hiashi?"

"I can't avoid him for long…" Hinata stared at her steaming bowl of ramen. "I'll probably have to return today since I have been gone for an entire day already."

"Really?" Kiba said. "How did you not get caught?"

"I stayed somewhere where he wouldn't think I'd be."

"And that is…?"

"Sasuke-kun's house."

Kiba's voice was lost and his jaw dropped. Shino, on the other hand, remained calm. "Sasuke Uchiha's house?" he said.

"Hai Shino-san."

"How did you get him to let you stay?" Kiba asked when he regained his voice.

Hinata frowned at him. "He's not that rude Kiba. He was the one who offered for me to stay at his house for the night."

"Everyone has a nicer side of them," Shino added.

"Honestly I think Sakura was the one who helped him calm down and such," Kiba said while he slurped his soup.

"I agree," Hinata said, "but you could've said that in a nicer tone Kiba-kun." The Hyuuga ate a bit more of her ramen while the other two ate in silence. "So what are you guys planning on doing today?" she asked.

Kiba shrugged. "I don't know," he answered. "Hey, how long has it been since you trained, Hinata?"

"Oh…it's been a while."

"Then we should go do that." He grinned, and Hinata had to smile back at him. She, Kiba and Shino finished eating their food, paid their bill, and then they left the ramen shop and started for the training field.

Kakashi was walking into a field where the Leaf Village had put in a Memorial Stone in honor of all the ninja within their village that was K.I.A, killed in action. As soon as he entered the field he saw someone already there. When he walked closer he recognized the person as one of his former pupils, Sasuke Uchiha. The young man was staring at the Memorial Stone, staring at the names that Kakashi also wished to see. Sasuke did not respond when Kakashi made his presence obvious by stepping onto the stone floor rather louder than necessary. Kakashi then looked at all the names that were carved into the stone. There were the names of his own teammates, Obito and Rin, and the name of his sensei, Minato Uzumaki. There was the four Hokages and many others added to the list. Now, two more familiar names were carved into the stone: Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Uchiha. Kakashi finally spoke, "You didn't come to the name carving, Sasuke?"

"I did, but only for a little while," Sasuke replied. As soon as he saw that the carving was completed, he had left the ceremony and went to a nearby training field to satisfy his anger. After that was done he had returned when everyone was gone and paid his respects to his teammates.

The silver haired man nodded. "I see." He glanced at his comrade and took a look at his face. The young man's face was emotionless as usual, but his mouth seemed to be in more of a scowl, looking at his teammates' names in disappointment.

"How did they die?" The question took Kakashi by surprise. He looked at the Uchiha again before answering.

"Remember how Naruto had to go meet with the other kages to discuss something? You weren't here since you were on a mission, and we were already short on Jonin to escort him. Naruto assured us that all he needed was Sakura, and we believed him."

Sasuke nodded and continued to listen. He wanted to know who killed his friends, and he knew that Kakashi knew the details. Kakashi continued his story.

"While they were on the way there they were ambushed by some organization. They called themselves the Cold Blood Gang. They were against the decision that the Hokage was going to make about the subject the kages were discussing, and if they killed a kage the others would be in a frenzy. Sakura had taken out most of them, but one happened to have some kekke-genkai that we do not know of and finished her.

"Naruto had fought the gifted shinobi and was killed doing so. When Konoha found out that Naruto didn't make it to the meeting, all the help we had at hand were sent out to find them. As you see we did, but not as we hoped we would. Our medics on the retrieval team had done their best, but Naruto and Sakura were dead too long to be revived."

He looked at Sasuke to see him nod. Kakashi frowned under his mask. When the Uchiha started walking away, he warned him, "Don't go off with vengeance in your head Sasuke. It will be a mistake." He watched Sasuke pause in his steps and glance back at him, and he was taken off guard by the sorrow in the Uchiha's onyx eyes.

"I know, Kaka-sensei," he said quietly. The young man then turned around and continued to walk away. Kakashi lingered behind to pay his team and Hokages as well as friends respect, and then he, too, left the Memorial Stone. Just as the two left, a healthy leaf fell from the tree and landed before the Stone, and it was struck by a rain drop, heaven's tear, and more began to follow.

Well that's all for now. Hope you guys liked it. Review please! Much appreciated.

~RedWolf210