Chapter Five: My Goodnight Kiss

Last Time on the Love Square: After telling Sasuke about the true reason she's come to the Hidden Mist, Hinata attempts suicide, but is stopped by Sasuke. Everyone hears screams and rushes onto the scene, and it looks like Sasuke tried to kill Hinata. Can Sakura help Sasuke prove his innocence? And what about Hinata?

"Hinata's too shy around me." Sasuke was telling Sakura. The two of them were walking down the hallway in Mr. Tazuna's house, Sakura listening intently to Sasuke's every word.

"She froze up when Kakashi asked her what really happened last night." Sasuke stated. Sakura nodded her head to show she was listening.

"So what I need you to do is to is to take this-" here Sasuke paused to give Sakura a tape recorder. "And make sure you tape Hinata saying that I was trying to save her, not kill her."

"Right!" Sakura exclaimed. She headed off towards the door to leave the house, but stopped and turned around. "Uh…where is Hinata again?"

"Her and Naruto and training by the … bridge." he said, and then scowled. He refused to call the bridge by it's true named the "Great Naruto Bridge" It was bad enough Naruto had a bridge named after him, but HE got to train Hinata and spend endless hours with her. Things never worked out…

"Don't you think the two of them are so cute together?" Sakura with a slight squeal. When Sasuke tossed her an evil look, Sakura took that as a "no" and bolted out the door.

"I can't believe I'm saying this…" Sasuke grunted to himself. "But I'm counting on you, Sakura…"

-----At The Great Naruto Bridge-----

"Ok Hinata, are you ready?" Naruto asked. When Hinata shyly nodded her head Naruto made the proper hand signs and shouted, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Five kage bunshin appeared out of nowhere and sped their way towards Hinata. Hinata took out each and every one of them with a simply Juken punch.

"You're getting stronger! Remember when one of my bunshin knocked you out cold?' Naruto reminded her." Hinata meekly nodded, that was bringing up a sore subject for her…

"Alright, let's do it ag- HI SAKURA-CHAN"
Sakura came rushing out onto the scene and was immediately greeted by a hyper-active Naruto.

"Er…hi, Naruto." Sakura greeted. "I'm gonna need to talk with Hinata for a few seconds."

Naruto pouted and silently wondered if Sakura-chan would ever want to talk to HIM alone like that, but he knew it wouldn't happen. He nodded over to Hinata and let the two go and do whatever they needed to do.

Sakura led Hinata over to a spot where they would be far away from Naruto. Knowing him he'd want to eavesdrop on the conversation. She gave the shy white-eyed girl a friendly smile before pressing on to the most important matter.

"Hinata," Sakura started, "I need to ask you-"

"I-I already know." Hinata stammered. "I-I caused S-Sasuke a lot of trouble last night, and I r-really sorry about it, b-but…"

"But…?" Sakura pressed on.

"W-What will they all think of m-me when th-they find out that I…I…"

Sakura placed a gentle arm on Hinata's shoulder. "Don't worry, they'll think nothing of it."

-----Back At Tazuna's Place-----

"…Sasuke told me to stop and grabbed the kunai before it did anything fatal. He w-wasn't trying to kill me…"

"It's fine, Hinata." Kakashi said with a nod. "But we'll need to make sure that someone is always accompanying you so you won't try stunts like that again."

Hinata nodded meekly and twiddled her fingers.

"Let's see…Sasuke, you'll supervise your training and Sakura will share her room with you. We'll get Tazuna to move your bed in there. If you try anything sneaky in the night, Sakura will know. She's a very light sleeper."

"Hey!" Naruto butted in. "What about me?"

"Naruto, this is good for you. You'll have more time to yourself to train."

Naruto opened his mouth to protest but then shrugged. It was always good to get some more training in…

"So it's settled." Kakashi mused then reached in his shuriken holster for his book. "It's getting late, let's call it a day."

Sasuke was a little surprised. Hinata has to the truth to the group on her own accord, even though she knew she'd have to tell the embarrassing truth she tried to kill herself? It was great that his name was cleared, and to top it all of he'd now be supervising Hinata's training! Who knows what would happen with all that alone time?

He raced to catch Hinata before she made it to Sakura's room. "Hinata…"

"Y-yes?"

"Thanks for clearing my name, it was really thoughtful of you."

"I-It was nothing Sasuke-kun, I-I should've spoken up sooner." Hinata stuttered awkwardly.

Sasuke smiled. "It's ok, I knew you would've spoken up sooner or later."

Suddenly, a kiss was planted upon Hinata's forehead by none other than Uchiha Sasuke. Hinata's face turned a bright crimson red and Sasuke smiled down at her again with shining onyx eyes.

"Good night," he whispered. "Hyuuga Hinata."

A/N: A small amount of fluffiness I know, but yes, there is more to come! The next chapter will be jam packed with action AND fluff at the same time? How can I do this? Don't question it, just read and enjoy!

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