Saturday finally came. Fortunately, the doctors who worked at the hospital had early shifts and the others all had time to make it to the BBQ. As soon as Sakura, Ino and Hinata were done with their shifts, they all left home immediately to get ready for the BBQ at Sakura and Sasuke's house.

Hinata was unsure what to wear, and she kept trying to decide, there was somebody ringing her doorbell. She went to open it and to her surprise, Kurenai, Asami and Asuma were all standing outside her apartment smiling at her. Hinata warmly welcomed them, and she felt happy they had all come to see her.

Timidly, Hinata asked her former sensei if she could help her with picking out an outfit.

"Yes," Kurenai said, beaming at her. "Id' love to help you."

Asami began to cheer as she declared she would do Hinata's make up.

"Well ladies," Asuma said grinning. "I'll leave you to your things. In the meantime, I'll go and visit Kakashi. Don't worry, he only lives a block from here. I'll be back."

He went and kissed Asami on her cheek and tickled her, and then he went to Kurenai and kissed her tenderly. The two of them giggled as they waved goodbye to Asuma. Once he left, Hinata lead them to her room and Kurenai began to look through her closet.

After a moment's of silence, Kurenai said, "I heard what happened with Kiba."

Hinata said nothing. She didn't think that other than Sakura, Ino and Hanabi and even Kiba himself, there would be another person who knew what had happened with Kiba. For awhile now, Hinata tried her best to hide her wounds and move on. It was difficult though; she really missed Kiba even though she knew she shouldn't feel like that. Hinata wished that had never happened between them and that they would still be here at her apartment…

"Yes," she said slowly. "It was…painful… And it hurt me. But I have to keep on going…"

"But I thought Kiba was your prince charming!" Asami exclaimed giggling.

Kurenai smiled at her daughter for a moment before turning back to the closet. She continued speaking to Hinata.

"Hinata, I know it hurt you. And yes, you have the right to wait for his apology. But you know what? Ever since I've had you and the others in classes with me, I always knew that there was a spark between you and Kiba. I don't know if you ever saw it, but it just felt…there you know?"

Kurenia turned around and out some clothes on the bed. She looked up again smiling. "It might take some time for you guys to heal," she continued. "I don't know how long that is, but I know that when it's fixed, there will be a very good outcome. I can feel it Hinata."

Hinata sighed and said, "I wish that he would just be the same old Kiba… The way he was acting that night, it was horrible. I never knew he could be so cold like that… Even to me… I just—miss him so much Kurenai Sensei. What if I see him at the party? Especially with Izumi…"

"Well then he's just not worth it," Kurenai responded. "If he is going to be like that, then right now he's not worth your time or your forgiveness. But Hinata, whatever happens at that party, enjoy yourself and have fun. And if something good is about to happen to you, then take advantage of it. You never know how long it will be before another thing like that will happen again."

Hinata smiled at Kurenai. The two women hugged and Hinata thanked her for her wise words that she loved so much. Once they broke apart, Kurenai said, pointed to the clothes on Hinata's bed and said, "I think this is the perfect outfit for you! You'll love it… And I think your hair would go great like this…"

For the next forty five minutes, Kurenia and Asami helped Hinata get ready. Mother and daughter waited outside in the living room as Hinata finished in the restroom, putting on her outfit.

"Um, I think I'm ready," Hinata said.

"Come on out Hinata-chan!" Asami said excitedly. "I want to see how you look!"

Finally, Hinata came out in the restroom shyly. Since it was still summer, Kurenai had picked out a pair of dark shorts that were Hinata's mid-thigh, and she had picked out a cute lilac halter top (with a small cowl neck) that matched Hinata's eyes perfectly. She also wore some black sandals that went well with her outfit Hinata also had some light make up on that made her face glow with beauty. Lastly, her long hair was tied back in a high ponytail with her bangs down along with her familiar hair strands down.

"Wow Hinata," Kurenia sensei breathed. "You look beautiful."

Hinata blushed and smiled humbly as she mumbled out a thank you. After a few more minutes, Asuma returned.

"Oh wow Hinata," Asuma said. "You look really nice. I hope whoever catches your eye, he sees what's in front of him."

Hinata blushed as the first thing she thought of was Kiba. Asuma gave her a grin as Asami giggled at the look on Hinata's face.

The family then said goodbye to Hinata and wished her the best before leaving her apartment. A few minutes later, Hinata gathered her stuff and took one last look at the mirror and said, "Be strong… Be strong no matter what Hinata Hyuga!"

"So you really think that this is going to work out Kiba?" Sakura asked him.

He nodded. "I'm sure of it. He was surrounded by Sakura, Ino, Sasuke, Naruto and Shino. Kiba had just finished discussing his plan once more: Once Hinata got here, he would try and talk to her, then he would ask her to dance and as they danced, Kiba would apologize to Hinata. And he had the perfect speech. Although it was easier said than done, Kiba was going to do his best to get Hinata to at least forgive him.

"I hope it goes good Kiba!" Naruto said as Sasuke grunted in agreement.

"Hey! Hinata! You're here!" They heard Ten ten say.

The circle all glance back at the back gate. Sakura and Ino ran off to join their friend as all the guys' jaws dropped to the floor. Hinata looked very, very beautiful and the glow from the lanterns just made her smile shine brighter than ever.

"Oh wow," Kiba said in awe. "She looks…gorgeous… And that's not the best word for how she looks… It's beyond gorgeous."

"It's time to act," Shino said in his mysterious. Naruto and even Sasuke were still gawking at Hinata and her beautiful figure and had to snap out of it when they realized it was a bad idea to look at Hinata like that.

"Yeah I will! Thanks, uh—Bug Dude… Shiloh!" Kiba said as he struggled to remember his friend's name. Kiba failed to notice the slightly hurtful Shino as he hurried over to Hinata.

Hopefull I don't look that bad he thought to himself. Kiba had decided to wear a button up shirt that was dark grey and he wore some black jeans with his converse and even his friends thought he looked pretty good.

As he continued walking towards Hinata, she glanced at him, and he was sad to see that her eyes had widened and that she looked away from him quickly and began to walk away. To add to his horror, before she could walk away, Sai had stepped in front of her. Kiba froze in his tracks and saw Sai taking away Hinata, though Hinata looked very reluctant to go with Sai.

"Kiba! Don't let Sai take her away!" Naruto said as he walked up to his friend.

"I know," he replied with gritted teeth. "Like I said, I'll do anything for her to forgive me and that dude is not going to get in my way! Oh and mind if I use 'Believe it'? You're always using that."

"Kiba," Naruto said in shock. "I haven't said that around you since you lost your memory!"

The Inuzuka boy shrugged. "Well, at least I remembered another thing! Hinata is more important, I'm not going to go to the doctor. Hinata, I'll be right there."

And Kiba hurried off. He was not going to let that Say or Sai person have Hinata not hear his apology out.