(NOTE: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO IN ANY WAY)
Chapter 4 'one memory, two people, one feeling'
Naruto thought back to a scene which played in the woods so she could see it. Hinata was standing by a tree with Kiba next to her. Naruto was standing behind a tree listening to them talk. Now Kiba was talking "Hinata, I like you very much. May I kiss you?" Hinata backed away. "I do not understand…I…" The Hinata who was watching the scene through Naruto's eyes felt him turning angry, jealous and puzzled why he was feeling such things. "I like you too, but you know that I cannot accept you." Now he felt relief. 'Yes! Good going Hinata!' "But why? He doesn't even know that you love him! I love you far more than he ever will!!" he felt hope 'maybe it's me…wait! Why am I feeling these things?' she felt a warm feeling rushing threw him. 'I have feelings for Hinata…' "Please Hinata! Give me a chance!" Kiba was looking very distressed. The leaves of the trees around them swayed slowly in the wind. Kiba grabbed Hinata by her arm "Kiba,no…!"
"I will never give in to that stupid Uzumaki!" What is he DOING?!?! Naruto felt an urge to punch him but at the same time he was overjoyed that Kiba had said 'Uzumaki'. The next moment, neither Hinata nor Naruto realized what had just happened. Kiba had kissed her straight on the mouth. Hinata was struggling to get free of his grip and managed to slap him. Breathing hard Hinata mustered up the strength to say :"Kiba, you are my dearest friend…but you must understand...that I…that I… THAT I DON"T LOVE YOU!!!" she screamed the last words and tears ran down her face. Now Naruto left the memory. "Well, since then I bare a grudge against Kiba." he thought and laughed sheepishly. "Naruto…" Hinata couldn't believe it. Naruto had seen that dreadful scene and he… had seen her kiss Kiba…her first kiss…lost to Kiba forever…
"No, wait. There is one more thing I have to do" he walked over two her and grabbed her arm. "What..?" But before she could react, he kissed her.
It was a short kiss. Like a peck from a bird. "There. Kiba's kiss was your first kiss then? Now I have his kiss on my lips. And yours have never been kissed before" he wiped his mouth with his sleeve. "Kiba's kiss is gone. And I…umm…" Hinata felt him turning red and for the first time in his life, Naruto was shy about what he was going to do next. He asked, quite quietly "Hinata…I was wondering…if I...could I…"Hinata was sure in the darkness they were standing in you couldn't see a thing but she also felt sure that he was looking to the floor , searching for the right things to say. "If I … If…if I…!" He sighed. 'I am Naruto Uzumaki! I am not afraid! I can do this! Oh please gods up there…help me…!' he thought to himself. His courage came back to him. He said the words clearly in his mind, sure that she heard them "If I could kiss you"
"Naruto…!" She (again) couldn't believe it. The person she had always dreamed of, the one she admired all her life, wanted to kiss her! "I would be…very happy…yes" she stammered. Then they both leaned forward, as nervous as can be, Naruto laid a trembling hand on Hinata's cheek, bent down and kissed her. This nervousness vanished within seconds. It was a warm kiss and they both wanted it to never end. They were together. Nothing, as it seemed to Naruto, could destroy this moment. They broke their kiss after what seemed to be a life time. "H…Hinata…?" he asked and shut his eyes. "Yes?" quietly replying. "This…this was also my first kiss…" Waves of happiness surged through Hinata "But I thought…you had already kissed…Sakura…"
"Sakura? No, I… for a long while now I haven't felt anything for her. And I surely NEVER kissed her! " Naruto now stopped looking to the floor and looked straight into her eyes (at least he thought he was looking into her eyes since it was still pitch black ') He hugged her tightly and she loved the way he smelled "I realized…that I don't feel for her but for someone… else. Since that day in the woods I thought everyday of you and didn't even notice! My heart ached over the kiss…and my head was totally confused why I was thinking of such things!! But now I think I know why I am so confused…Hinata, I…!" before he could finish his sentence they were standing in the woods surrounded by three Yukihiro's. "And what exactly do you think were you doing?" they laughed. "Talking about feelings, I guess? Naruto Uzumaki…The monster…hehehehe….kissing a girl who probably didn't even want him to kiss her" they sniggered " but now, I will relieve you of your burden, Naruto. I will take Kyuubi away from you!" he threw a dozen kunais' at them. "Byakugan!" Hinata reacted fast and blocked them. "Oh no you won't!" the mad sensei used a jutsu that was strange to them. "AAAAAAAH!" Hinata screamed. The jutsu had blocked her Byakugan, shocked, paralyzed her and pinned her to a tree. "Leave her alone!" Naruto was losing his grip. "Oooh, getting fed up with me already? Look at her, so cutely stuck to a tree… she probably hates you! She only acted as if she likes you, Naruto!!"
"You're LYING!" Naruto hollered, looking to Hinata who was crying and shaking her head. "No! Naruto!! I really have feelings for you! Believe me!" Naruto was being pulled into a genjutsu, standing in a room full of giggling girls. Hinata was in the middle of them. She was talking to Ino, Sakura, TenTen and Temari. "And then what did he do??" Ino asked Hinata very excitedly "Well, he showed me the scene Kiba and I had played off, you know, about 'I don't love you' and the kissing. Of course Kiba and I knew he was watching and made a very dramatic scene out of it. He said 'I won't give in to that Uzumaki!' and of course that jerk Naruto thought I loved HIM even if I don't. So Naruto went on asking me if he could kiss me and I acted as if that was the thing I wanted. Ewww girls, that kiss was HORRIBLE! " The girls around her giggled. Just then Kiba came into the room and asked what the laughing was about "Oh," Hinata told him "I was just telling them about how we fooled that idiot Naruto"
"Well, how about I show the girls what a terrific kisser I am?" With that he went over to Hinata, kissed her very passionately on the mouth. Hinata kissed back happily. "NOOO!" the watching Naruto screamed. To Hinata's and Yukihiro's eyes, Naruto was still in the woods, laying on the floor and shaking uncontrollably. "NARUTOOOO!! PLEASE WAKE UP!!!" Hinata feared what horrible things Yukihiro would show him. "Stop it, Yukihiro!" a voice came out of no where. It was sensei Kakashi along with sensei Jiraiya, Hokage Tsunade and a lot of anbu's. The booming voice had also freed Naruto from the genjutsu. He stood up, still shaking. The grown-ups circled Yukihiro. "Leave them be and we won't hurt you. Not yet."
"well, I must say you are really good. I will come with you" the sensei answered "but first…" he looked at Hinata "she will suffer!" he threw a giant kunai at the still paralyzed girl. "NO!" before he could realize what he was doing, Naruto threw himself in front of the girl and was struck instead. Just then the konoha ninjas threw shuriken and kunais at Yukihiro, who then fell to the floor. "Naruto!" she had been released "Why?" Hinata caught him and cried "Why did you do such a foolish thing?!"
"Because I…like you…more than I…admit" and then he Fainted. If she had not been in a state of shock, Hinata would have been overjoyed but now she could only think about Naruto's injuries. "Tsunade-sama! Help him! Please help him!" The Hokage came running to them and looked at Naruto. "hmm…he will be okay" she said " but only if we bring him to the hospital! It is a very dangerous injury ..." She took the boy and carried him to Jiraiya. "Oh boy Naruto! Had to play the lady killer, did ya?"
"Take him to the hospital as quick as you can! Use Gamma bunta if you have too!" "All right!" and he was off.