"Talking"

'Thinking'

Disclaimer No Jitsu

A/N: Again, Please don't kill me!

Hinata let Naruto sleep on top of her, until a few minutes passed and she decided that she should at least cover up. She began to feel naked, so she gently removed the blond boy from her and reached down to grab her straps on the floor.

She covered up in a depressed fashion, all while thinking what good it would do her and climbed up to her bed for some sleep. Every noise Naruto made in his sleep sent her chills, but she disregarded them after a while and finally closed her eyes to rest.

Light came in through the binds, and Naruto was the fist one to arise. He stretched and was left perplexed, when he didn't hear the shower on. He looked to see if Hin was still asleep, and was surprised to find his friend still lying on his bed. 'Huh? That's weird Hin always wakes up first.'

He stared at her angelic face and felt the familiar warm, nervous feeling consume him. Naruto noticed the blush adorned on her peaceful face, and felt heat on his own cheeks. He then decided to put an end to it, so he shook his companion awake.

Hinata's eyelids opened slightly and as soon as she caught sight of Naruto, they abruptly opened. "Good morning, Hin!"

"G-good m-morning Naruto-kun," She retorted nervously as she covered her body with her sheets.

'He's so weird -.-' "Uh, I'm going to go Shower ok?" He gave her a grin, before he began to run off towards the restroom. "Oh crap! I forgot that there's a test today! Kusa!" The blond yelled before closing the door behind him

"Huh?" The confused Hyuuga climbed down her bed and wondered why her friend was acting as if nothing happened. "How strange…," she murmured as she stared at the bathroom door. She looked down towards the floor and noticed the can of beer, she had neglected the night before, and picked it up to dispose of it, but then she realized the can was empty. "No way… I didn't-" Hinata paused as she remembered.

"Naruto, we all know you can't drink beer…", "That's right! When you drink beer you become a kissing freak,", "Last time you drank, you ended up kissing Sasuke," These voices lingered in Hinata's mind until she finally understood the events of the night before.

"So that's how it was…," she whispered as she got dressed for homeroom.

"That was great!" Naruto yawned as he stepped into the bedroom. He was wearing nothing but boxers and had his towel hung around his neck. Hinata blushed and turned away from him. "You skipping the shower today, Hin?"

"Uh huh," Hinata nodded.

The boy put on his school shirt while he stated: "Y'know I don't even remember falling asleep last night." He then picked up his pants and proceeded to buckle them up.

"R-really? You don't- you don't remember anything? Not a thing?" Hinata asked as she became excited.

"Nope…:" The blonde buttoned up his shirt before asking: "Wait why? Did I do something to you, Hin?" His eyes grew with concern as he gazed at her.

"Huh? Um no way! I-I'm fine!" The lavender eyed girl began waving her hands in the air because of how nervous she was. She then breathed a heavy sigh of relief. 'I can't believe it. This is so lucky. Maybe this isn't the end after all!'

"Ok then," Naruto smiled as he finished getting dressed. He then walked towards the door and opened it, before looking back at Hin. "You Coming?"

"Yeah!" She smiled as she walked through the door and Naruto wondered why she was so excited, but he dropped it when he remembered the upcoming test.

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After class, Hinata was looking for Naruto. He looked really distressed during the test in second period and she hoped she could cheer him up. The lavender eyed girl walked towards the soccer field and noticed the back of Naruto's fuzzy blond head. He was sitting in the bleachers, surrounded by all of his soccer mates.

The timid girl smiled and proceeded to walk closer, but she stopped herself when she overheard their conversation.

"Yeah, Naruto you went kind of overboard last night when I mentioned Sasuke," Kiba stated as he scratched his head.

Naruto took a big gulp out of his water bottle before responding. "I can't help it. He pisses me off."

Kiba arched an eyebrow and Shikamaru looked towards the blond with a serious yet bored expression.

"I mean…He had it all. He was the best! He was so good that even the news reporters came down here to interview and film him. And then…He gave up just like that! Even after he healed, he never once returned to the track." Naruto slowly moved his water bottle back and fourth. He glared at the water as it fluctuated.

"He did seem to change after the accident." Shikamaru stated. 'Naruto used to look up to him and now all he does is rag on him. Like a young boy who used to think his father was the best and aspiring to be just like him when he grew up Then his father became a pathetic drunk and his son is now ashamed of him.'

"It's really too bad," Kiba added as he played around with the soccer ball at his feet.

'Sasuke-kun.' Hinata took a step back and decided to go find Sasuke. All this talk about "The Accident" was making her frustrated, and she really wanted to know what it was all about. She ran back and made a crunchy sound along the grass, catching a certain blue eyed boy's attention.

Sasuke had been leaning against a tree drinking a can of orange juice. He crossed his arms and he gave a slight nod, indicating that he took notice of Hinata as she walked foreword.

"Yo," He greeted with his familiar smirk

"Sasuke-kun, hi…I was um-"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, and decided to fix his gaze on the clouds instead. At first he thought her stuttering was cute, but it got irritating fast. "Spit it out."

Hinata took a deep breath and nodded, before she talked. "I know I don't really know you that well. But recently I heard that you were a great high jumper, probably the best." Her hands began to play with each other and her eyes dropped to the floor. "And I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't give up on your dream even if there was an accident you should-"

"Shut it! You're right you don't know me. And you have no right telling me what I should or shouldn't do. You don't know anything about me!" Sasuke snapped. His anger had been growing ever since Hinata had mentioned the word "high jumper" and had been increasing after the word "accident". The glare he was giving her could burn a hole through a tree. He continued glaring coldly at her face, until he noticed her shy timid eyes became wet. He watched her blink, and then realized the tears that started forming.

His eyes widened in surprise as he noticed her sniffling. 'Is she really going to cry here?' Her hands folded into a fist as they began to head for her eyes and her mouth opened. And then she cried, but to Sasuke it more of an annoying shriek, and he panicked when she didn't stop. He wasn't ever good with girls, so he waved his hands in the air. "Uh hey calm down!" His eyes widened into dinner plates, when she grew louder. "There! There! Do you want some orange juice?" He asked as he offered her his can of OJ, and when that didn't work he patted her head. "There, there! Gah why are girls always such a burden!" He yelled as he pulled her into an embrace, and as quickly as he did, he let her go and acted as if nothing happened.

Heturned his head to the left and then to the right to check if anyone saw. Hin was supposedly a boy after all and Sasuke still had a reputation to withhold. He sighed and scratched the corner of his head. "S- sorry," He whispered.

Hinata smiled and nodded. "It's ok."

"It's just…" He sighed, before continuing. "Everyone has something they give up on. I mean not everyone stays and succeeds in everything they set their mind to right?"

"I guess that's true. Even I gave up on learning how to swim because I was scared of the deep water and I couldn't hold my breath very long," She looked down and nodded.

"So can't this be my one thing that I give up on?" He crossed his arms and lifted up his chin.

She watched a big gust of wind blow on the grass below her in defeat, until her eyes widened as if she had just realized something. "You're saying that if I show you a person that never gives up, you'll go back to high jumping?" Her eyes shone as she held her hands together and looked up at him.

"Sure, why not," he answered, before walking off. He had enough of her antics for one day.

The determined girl smiled as she watched Sasuke's retreating back. Behind a tree, Naruto stood with an arched eyebrow and his eyes full of suspicion. He had seen Sasuke's hug and it befuddled him, when he held mixed feelings of anger along with envy toward him.

The blond shrugged it off and proceed to his dorm. When he reached his abode, he threw his backpack on the floor, and yawned as he crashed on his bed. His eyes became heavy and before he could notice it, he fell asleep.

Suddenly his eyes opened widely, and he turned his head towards the clock on the bedside table. It read: 11:00 PM. He shot out of bed when he realized Hin hadn't returned yet, and it was already past curfew. He looked on Hin's bed, in the bathroom and when he found no sight of him in the dorm, he ran out.

His panting became jagged as he knocked on Kiba and Shino's door. After they told him, they didn't know where he was, the blond left and proceeded to Shikamaru and Sasuke's dorm.

"Oi…Naruto?" Shikamaru yawned as he opened the door.

"I can't find Hin…" He stated in between breaths. His hands were on his thighs and he was hunched over the floor. "I looked everywhere and I don't know where he is!" He looked up at Shikamaru with pleading eyes.

Sasuke flinched at hearing Hin's name. He had been sitting next to the desk that held his laptop, but he made no move to get up. He only continued typing.

"Sasuke…," Naruto said as he stared in his direction. His eyes were filled with determination as he asked: "Do you have any idea where Hin is?"

The onyx eyed boy looked at the blond then at the floor. His eyes traveled back and fourth and then they stood still until he finally looked back at the distressed blond.

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"Ok," Hinata sighed. "I can do this." She stood at the edge of the steps to the indoor swimming pool. She decided to come late so that way nobody would see her. But just in case anyone would catch a glimpse of her figure, she kept her school uniform on and only removed her shoes. Her right hand rested at her heart as she took a deep breath.

"Here I go," She exhaled as her bare foot collided with the water and met the first step. The frightened girl shivered as she took the next few steps and was completely in the pool.

She smiled as she splashed around and began stroking her arms foreword.

She closed her eyelids in bliss, while she remembered her first swimming classes. Her feet began kicking and she floated. Her eyes remained closed, while she swiftly moved along the chlorine water.

Her eyelids abruptly opened, and she noticed how far she was from the steps. The girl's eyes wandered as her arms and legs kept moving. Her breaths became irregular as her legs grew tired of kicking. The water seemed to pull her in, but she fought to stay on top. After a while though, her strength wasn't enough and the water took hold of her.

"Hin!" She saw Naruto running towards her and stretched her arm out to him, before her eyes finally closed.

Sasuke had just noticed a figure sinking in the swimming pool. He ran beside the blond, but stopped at the edge.

The blue eyed boy swiftly took his jacket off, and dived in. His arms reached out to Hin as he dove deeper into the pool. When he finally clutched onto her figure, he swam back up and handed her over to Sasuke.

The dark haired boy pulled her up. When he noticed her eyes were closed and she looked slightly pale, he laid her on her back and became worried when she didn't move. He put his hands together and began pumping his hands against her chest so she could breathe. Naruto reached the deck of the pool and watched as Sasuke tried to save his friend.

'Come on, breathe you dork!' Sasuke became impatient so he opened her mouth and leaned foreword, but Naruto beat him to it, pressed his lips to Hin's and blew. At first Sasuke was surprised when the blond pushed him out of the way, but he shrugged it off and continued watching Hin.

Naruto blew hard, but the moments his lips touched her were gentle and long lasting. His lips attacked hers five times, before Hinata started coughing up water and gasping for air.

"Hin!" Naruto smiled when her eyes opened. "What were you trying to do! Kill yourself? I mean seriously you're so weird." There were traces of relief heard in his voice.

Hinata's eyes watched him, before wandering towards Sasuke. "I…failed," She smiled, a little disappointed.

Naruto noticed her shivering and wrapped his jacket around her. "Here," he said as he lifted her up bridal style. Hinata was a little alarmed at first, but she was too tired to argue. She closed her eyes and cuddled closer to his chest. Naruto blushed, but bit his lip to get rid of the weird feeling.

Sasuke watched Naruto's retreating figure as he carried Hinata away. He hated it that he held concern for her and smirked as he messed up his hair. 'Heh, Dork…'

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During lunch, Hinata decided to take a nap against a tree. Yesterday had been a very eventful day, and she needed some more rest. Naruto kept her up all night trying to explain to her that committing suicide only increased problems, not solved them. She sighed and gazed toward the clouds until her eyes closed and she fell into a peaceful slumber.

Sasuke was dragging his feet against the cement sidewalk with his hands in his pockets, when he noticed a snoozing Hyuuga against his favorite tree. He smirked as he made his way toward her. He bent down on his knees and stared at her closed eyes, remembering that it was just yesterday that he thought they would never open again. 'She really is an idiot.'

He rested his arm against the tree and leaned foreword. Her lips looked so soft, so defenseless and inviting. He brushed his fingers against them and tilted his head. 'She looks so feminine. How could anybody believe she was a boy?

At his touch, Hinata's eye's sprung open. "Ano Sasuke-kun? W-What are you doing?"

"Blocking the wind from you," He mocked as he messed up her midnight blue hair, and took a seat next to her.

"That's the dumb- oh wait," She thought back to when she responded the same thing. "Oh…"

Sasuke smirked. "I would've never thought that you were so depressed that you would think of committing suicide," He said sarcastically as he arched an eyebrow and looked at her.

"It's not like that! I just wanted to show you that even I could get over my reason for not swimming and be a person who wouldn't give up, so then you would go back to high jumping," She began to blush, because after hearing her words, she realized how dumb she sounded.

Sasuke's onyx eyes traced her face for any sort of mischief, but he couldn't find any. Her eyes were pure and full of warmth so much that it made him feel guilty that he was the reason Hinata almost drowned. "It's still stupid…," He sighed and watched her head drop to the grass.

"Being a high jumper gave me lots of pressure…," He waited for her attention, before continuing. "…and lots of fans. Most of them were girls." He rolled his eyes. "One of them was even more of an idiot than you. She was so annoying and she wouldn't leave me alone." His eyes plunged to the ground and lingered on the grass as he recalled some events. "On the day of the finals, I was taking a walk around the block and she had been following me, more like stalking- anyway the dork wouldn't leave me alone. I just wanted some peace and quiet before the big event and she kept on bugging me so I told her to get away from me and go home," He clutched onto the grass.

"She got quiet and finally left. I turned around to see if she would really leave me alone and I see the idiot stop in the middle of the road to pick up her cell phone! And of course a car came at the same time and of course I ran and pushed her out of the way," He finally removed his eyes from the grass, and looked at Hin to see her reaction. Her eyes widened, but they seemed to calm down when he locked his gaze on her.

He started chuckling a little before saying: "I broke my leg that day, I got hurt because of an idiot and I missed the finals because of an idiot."

Hinata held his shoulder in order to console him in some way. "Sasuke-kun-"

"I'm the idiot…I'm the one who wanted to save her. And even after I healed, it not like I went back."

"That doesn't mean you still can't go back, Sasuke-kun. I mean if you really want to you-"

Sasuke flicked her forehead with his index finger. He didn't want her to act all mushy around him.

"Ow!" Hinata rubbed her forehead.

"I know that much. I know that even if I have trouble holding my breath, I can still go back in the water," Sasuke commented.

"Huh?" The lavender eyed girl looked at him as if he had gone crazy.

"I mean-" He messed up her hair before saying: "…I'm going to be a high jumper again."

And with that, he smiled. Hinata stared at him in awe. She had never seen Sasuke smile whole heartedly; she had never seen him so happy. It seemed as if he was shining. It also seemed that his smile was contagious, because she started smiling too.

Naruto walked along the sidewalk. He was looking for Hin, so they could walk to class together. Ever since yesterday, he had this sudden fear of loosing him and he had to know that Hin was okay. It was a weird feeling, but he couldn't help it. The blond continued walking until he spotted Hin by a tree.

He raised his hand and was about to call out to him until he noticed Sasuke. He felt an awful feeling hit him in the chest. He watched as Hin smiled at Sasuke. Naruto wanted so much for Hin to be smiling at him instead. And when he thought about that, he felt gross and started messing up his blond hair.

When he looked back to where Hin was, he saw that Sasuke was gone so he ran up to his friend. "Hey, Hin!"

Hinata turned her head and noticed a mess of sunny blond hair, and as soon as she did the bell rang, so everyone began to move around to get to their next class. Her eyes wandered here and there in order to catch a glimpse of him again, but she couldn't find him. She got up and proceeded to walk to class until she felt a warm hand grab onto her own. "Ah!" She yelled until she realized it was Naruto's hand.

"Oh, Naruto-kun hi"

"Hey! Hehehe you scream like a girl," The blond mocked until he noticed something soft in his hand. He quickly let go and walked along Hinata to class. "Sorry!" He turned away in order to hide his red face

"It's ok." She managed to say as she fidgeted with her fingers.

"So what'd you do during lunch?" The blond scratched the back of his head and thought he would change the subject.

"I slept…and dreamed" She whispered the last part as a blush appeared on her cheeks. To Naruto, Hin looked like a woman in love and thoughts of Hin and Sasuke harrowed his mind. She was in love alright; she was in love with her dream. Nothing would stop her from reaching it: her goal to become a doctor, to become successful and happy Talking with Sasuke had only fueled her ambitions to pursue her own dream.

The couple headed into the classroom and sat in their seats. Asuma-Sensei had some notes written on the board and Hinata reached for her pencil to begin writing.

But as soon as Hinata pressed her pencil tip to the top of her paper, the announcer in the classroom turned on and said: "Hyuuga Hin to the principal office. Once again, Hyuuga Hin to the principal office."

"Huh?" Her heart skipped a beat as she lifted herself up from her chair. The whispers, she was hearing wasn't making her any less nervous as she walked out of the room and into the hallway. With every step, her destination seemed to get farther and farther away. The hallway was empty and that made it worse, because she could hear the sounds of her steps as she got closer and closer.

She stopped dead in front of the principle's door, and hesitated to reach for the knob. Heaven knows what awaited her on the other side.

A/N: Yes I'm stopping here. And I'm sorry but I really got to think over the conversation with her and the principle. I'm really sorry I take forever to update- I forgot where I was going with this story- I kind of didn't think it through. I'm pretty sure I know where I'm headed now though. And I'm really sorry if this chapter seems rushed. I say this cause I absolutely hate this chapter.

Well the good thing about this chapter is that the BIG Sasuke episode is OVER and I'm going to be focusing on NARUTO and HINATA's relationship now.

If you have any questions or want to help me, cause I really need help on this story- then PLEASE REVIEW ;D!