So, after reviewing my work, I realized that a majority of my character's personalities are really...off. Sorry. Just try to enjoy the plot, I guess.

Naruto sat thinking in his bedroom. He knew that he had forgotten something very important that had happened.

Of course, what he was thinking was Hinata's confession, but Naruto had since forgotten it. To be fair to the jinchuriki, we have to realize that during the confession, he was in great pain, fighting the most difficult enemy he had ever faced. Later, was the Fourth World War, which put more stress on him. Therefore, Naruto had no time to worry about his personal life in the past few months. Something really important had happened to him that he had to remember, but he was still contemplating what it was. Every time he got close to remembering, thoughts of Sakura blocked his thinking processes.

Naruto eventually shrugged it off.

"It's going to come to me sooner or later," he thought to himself.

Hinata walked behind the Suna convoy. Gaara had an important meeting with the Tsuchikage in the Earth Country. Hinata looked around at the Suna ninjas she was walking with. She was the only Konoha ninja there and she was a little uncomfortable. The only people she knew were Gaara and Temari, and Gaara was hidden in a special covered platform and Temari was far ahead.

Hinata looked around at the country around her. At first she had seen nothing but a desolate desert for miles, but the Earth Country was much worse. The rocks were randomly placed and there was nothing to see except spooky looking rock after spooky looking rock.

Hinata missed her home back in the Fire Country, back in Konoha. Back in Konoha, the roads were lined with trees and a gentle river ran through the heart of the village. She loved walking through the woods of the calm Fire Country. She missed the beautiful singing of the birds which were now replaces by a whistling wind that spooked the heck out of her.

As the trail moved on, Hinata began to see the buildings of Iwa. It was not a pleasant site for her. The ground was dark with the shadow of tall cliffs and the buildings were made to look like the devious rocks that surrounded her. Around the perimeter, Hinata could see hundreds of Iwa ninja with her Byakugan.

The large gates of Iwa opened before the convoy and all of the members walked in. As soon as Hinata had entered, the gates slammed behind her.

Back in Konoha, Naruto was again walking aimlessly around the streets. He was looking for Sakura again. He did that a lot lately, but he didn't mind. Just having someone to look for made him happy, if not worried. Again and again Naruto wandered around his beloved village. It didn't matter how many times he saw it, he would love it. Naruto eventually found himself on the tallest building in the village. He looked around to see if he could find Sakura, but again, she was nowhere to be found.

"Hello Naruto," said a voice from behind him.

Naruto turned around quickly to find Sai sitting on the building. Naruto smiled when he saw him.

"Hey Sai," he replied, "what's up?"

"I should be asking you that question," laughed Sai. "What are you doing here?"

Naruto stretched his arms. "Just looking for Sakura."

Sai looked down sadly upon the village scene. It had been a constant gossip around the Konoha ninjas (especially among the Konoha 11) that Sakura and Naruto's relationship was less than perfect. An equally juicy piece of gossip was that Naruto was clueless that his relationship was falling apart.

"So you're still with her?" asked Sai.

Naruto got angry when he heard Sai's tone. "Of course I'm still with her! Why wouldn't I be?"

Sai looked out into the village. "Naruto, maybe you should know this…"

"Know what?" shouted Naruto.

Sai put his head down. "Naruto, Sakura doesn't love you…"

Naruto bit his lip. He bit his lip so hard that blood came out. After his blood came out, he kept grinding his lip with his teeth. Then, Naruto could not hold in his anger. He punched Sai straight in the head. Sai could have easily dodged, but that didn't seem right.

"How dare you say that!" shouted the orange ninja. "How dare you say anything like that!"

Sai looked up to Naruto. "It's the truth, Naruto, you have to accept it."

"No!" shouted Naruto, "you have to accept that I love Sakura and she loves me! What's up with you Sai? Are you in love with Sakura?"

Sai shook his head.

"Then why don't you think of me for once! Sakura loves me, she tells me all the time! Why would she lie to me?"

Sai looked down. "I don't know," he whispered.

"Then shut up!" shouted Naruto. After shouting, Naruto jumped off the building and landed on a smaller one. After that he ran off to look for Sakura.

Sai watched as Naruto ran. He felt bad that one of the few people that he felt was his family was being treated like this. Much worse, he felt bad that the one treating Naruto like that was another person who was dear to him.

The Suna convoy began to leave Iwa.

"I can't believe it!" ranted Temari. "Who has a thirty-minute conference then tells their guests to go home? It doesn't make sense."

Gaara laughed. "You know the Third Tsuchikage is an irritable man. He's very eccentric. You can't predict his movements."

"Still," commented Temari, "he could have at least let us stayed in the village."

Hinata walked slowly behind the group. She too was annoyed by the Tsuchikage's orders. The group then approached a series of canyons. As Hinata walked, her mind was clouded with thoughts of Naruto. She did not notice how weak the edge of the cliff was when she stepped on it. She didn't feel the break in the rock. In fact, she didn't feel anything different until she began to fall down the side of the mountain.

"This is it?" thought Hinata. "This is how I go?"

Farther and farther she fell. She looked around, seeing only rocks that littered the country.

"Might as well be."

Hinata hit the ground, only the ground wasn't hard. It was a very soft earth. After a few seconds with a blank mind, she looked down to find that the ground she lay on was a huge pillar of soft sand. She looked up to the cliff to see Gaara using his sand jutsu to save her. Gaara moved his arm and brought Hinata to the cliff. Gaara put his hands on her arms.

"Are you alright?" he asked, very worried.

Hinata was trembling all over. It was not so much the fall that scared her than it was Gaara's touch. It was so soft, like the sand she had fell on. She expected a rough and hard grip, but instead, what she experienced was an almost cooling touch.

"I'm fine," she said quietly.

Gaara looked over to his pallbearers. "Let her sit with me. She needs time to rest."

Gaara and Hinata sat together in his special carrier. Hinata looked around blankly. Gaara noticed her aloofness and looked to her.

"What's wrong, Hinata?"

"Nothing Gaara."

"But you look so depressed."

"It's just…nothing."

"Please tell me."

"I…really don't feel like talking."

Gaara nodded his head. "Okay."

There was only one thing that bothered Hinata. It wasn't something as it was the loss of something. When Hinata fell, she didn't think of Naruto, or her family, or her friends. The only person she thought of was Gaara, and that frightened her. She was scared that all her feelings for Naruto were gone. She was scared that all her dreams would be replaced by new ones. But what scared her the most, more than anything else, was the fear that she was falling in love with someone else. That was unthinkable to her. It couldn't be. Yet it was. It was all true. Her feelings for Naruto were ephemeral. Her dreams were changing. And she was falling for someone else.

Naruto walked into a small tea shop in Konoha. He walked toward a table and ordered some tea. As he drank, he had a deep sadness and look of worry on his face. The waiter decided to ask him what was wrong.

"Oh, nothing, it's just…" Naruto looked into his tea. "Have you seen a girl? Very pretty. Rosette hair. Glowing green eyes."

The waiter stood and thought for a moment. "Does she wear a red dress?"

Naruto began nodding frantically. "Yeah! She does!"

The waiter looked into the wall. "Is her surname…Haruno?"

Naruto looked at the waiter's eyes intensely.

"Where is she!" exclaimed Naruto, "if you know where she is, tell me!"

The waiter pointed ahead. "She's over there."

Naruto spun around to find Sakura sitting alone at a table. He ran over to her excited.

"Sakura! Sakura!" he exclaimed.

"Naruto!" said Sakura, surprised.

"Where were you?" asked Naruto, "I've been looking for you all day. I thought you wanted to go out?"

"Oh sorry Naruto!" apologized Sakura, "I had a lot to do."

"Oh," said Naruto. "It's okay if you're busy, we didn't really set up any plans."

Naruto thought for a moment, and then he turned to Sakura. "There's something really important tomorrow, so let's set up plans extra early."

Sakura nodded. "Okay, tomorrow. I promise not to miss it."

Naruto smiled. "Okay, tomorrow at my house!"

Sakura smiled back. "I'll see you then."

Naruto and Sakura hugged and kissed and Naruto told her that he had to go. Sakura nodded happily and he left. After Naruto left, another guy walked from the back of the tea house and sat in front of Sakura.

"What was that about?" he asked.

"Oh nothing, dear," said Sakura, "he's just some guy."

And again, I have no hate for any of these characters. Naruto is my favorite anime of all time, I love all the characters, but some of the personalities had to be changed for the plot. Sorry.