Author's note and intro:

Hi, i'm Sabaku no Kyuubi, and welcome to chapter two of my fiction, "Chocolates for a Fox." To all of my returning readers, glad you like it enough to keep reading, and to anyone new to the story, i hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any way, shape or form. Trust me, if i did, i wouldn't be writing this, i would be rolling in cash right now, and Naruto would have hooked up with Hinata in the series a long time ago.

It was the day after Valentines Day. Hinata Hyuuga woke up early, thoroughly disappointed with herself. She sat up in her bed and stared at the end of it. "Why couldn't I do it," she thought to herself as she stared off into space. "I was right there and I couldn't do it. I wanted him to know how I felt, but I got scared and ran away." She brought her knees to her chest and buried her face in them. A small knock came from her door. Lifting her head from her knees she said, "Come in." Her father Hiashi Hyuuga walked through the door and into the room. "Oh, hello father." She didn't get up, but she took a normal sitting position. Hiashi walked to her bed and sat down beside her.

"Hinata my dear, is something the matter?" Concern filled his voice. "Last night, it seemed like something was weighing heavy on your mind."

"Nothing is wrong father," she said looking him in the face. Her hand moved to her mouth as it always did when she was nervous.

"Hinata, my Byakugan eyes may be able to see everything, but I don't need to use them to see that there is something wrong."

With that statement, Hinata decided that she wouldn't be able to hide the truth to her father. So, she started explaining what had happened. She told him how she had gone to the home of the boy she liked, planning to give him chocolates and tell him how she felt. She didn't dare say who the boy was, for she knew that her father did not approve of Naruto. She told about how she had gone to ring his doorbell, but had gotten scared of how the boy would react, so she left the chocolates in the mailbox and left.

"I see," Hiashi said when she had finished. " Well, I'm not sure what to say, but I know what you should do. You must confront this boy. See how he really feels before you do anything else." Hinata looked up at him, and he gave her a small, fatherly smile.

"You're right father, I'll go find him now." She jumped out of bed, heading towards the bathroom with a fresh set of clothes and a smile on her face.

"Hmm, she must really like this boy." Hiashi thought, rubbing his chin. "I'll have to find out who it is."

Naruto sat on one of the lowest branches in a large tree. A blank expression covered his face, making it look like he was sleeping with his eyes open. He had been there for most of the morning, staring up at the sky with the same blank expression. Thoughts of Hinata had been dancing through his head the entire time. He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't even notice Sasuke appear right in front of him, sticking to the side of the tree by the chakra in his feet.

Sasuke took a deep breath and yelled into Naruto's ear, " Hey Naruto, wake up!!" He surprised Naruto so much that he fell out of the tree and hit the ground with a dull thud. Sakura was standing at the foot of the tree where Naruto landed.

"That should've done the trick," she said as Naruto picked himself up. Sasuke appeared at he side almost instantly. Naruto looked like he was ready to kill them both.

"Why the hell did you do that?!" he yelled.

"It's called worry for a reason," Sakura said while Naruto brushed off loose bits of grass and dirt.

"Yeah. You didn't even show up for training with Kakashi this morning." It was a fact that Naruto never missed a training session for any reason. "It's not like you."

"I just had a lot of stuff on my mind." He tried to sound convincing, but apparently it didn't work.

"You missed training because you were thinking," Sakura said sounding thoroughly unconvinced. " I don't buy it. What's really going on?" She looked him right in the eye when she said it, and right then Naruto was glad that she couldn't read minds because thoughts of Hinata had just jumped back into the front of his.

What's going on is that he's found out who gave him those Valentines chocolates." Sasuke said.

"What? Really? Who was it?" Sakura said getting awfully close to his face. Naruto's mouth just twitched for a second, then he spotted something behind Sakura, and jumped back into the tree, hiding in the branches just as a new voice spoke up.

"Hello Sakura, Sasuke. How have you two been?" Hinata asked from behind her. Sakura nearly jumped out of her skin.

"Oh, hello Hinata. We've been fine. How about you?" Sasuke said in his usual calm and casual voice.

"I'm fine. Hey, have either of you seen Naruto today?" Hinata looked hopeful as she asked.

"Actually, he's-," Sakura said, before Sasuke put a hand over her mouth.

"No we haven't seen him yet today. If we see him we'll be sure to tell him that you are looking for him." Sasuke said in the coolest, calmest voice you had ever heard.

"Oh. Okay. Thanks you guys." Hinata said, slightly disappointed. "I'll see you later." Hinata ran off, and once she was out of earshot, Sakura decided it was time to yell at Sasuke.

"Why did you do that?! You know full well that Naruto is in this tree!" She was a little angry.

"I did it because Naruto doesn't want her to find him." Sasuke said.

"What do you mean he… Oh, I see." She rounded on Naruto as his feet hit the ground.

"She's the one who sent the chocolates isn't she?" Naruto could get out of answering now, so he just nodded. Sakura squealed at the nod and said, "That's great. She'd be perfect for you Naruto. But wait, why did you hide from her then?"

Naruto blushed at the question, mainly because of embarrassment. Finally he said, "

Because I'm not sure of how I feel about her yet. Now I have to go. See you guys later."
Without another word he headed off.

"He doesn't know how he feels about her yet? I figured that he would fall for any girl who gave him a present," Sakura said.

"You forget," Sasuke said watching Naruto jump from building to building. " Naruto grew up alone. He never even had a mother's love, let alone the love of another girl. He has no idea what to do in this type of situation. He's probably confused out of his head right now."

"Okay, when you put it that way, I can see why he said that. Still, he needs to face her eventually. He can't run forever."

Naruto was back in a tree, but this time he was outside the walls of Konoha where he wouldn't be disturbed.

"Kyuubi, are you there?" he asked in his mind. The spirit of the nine tailed fox stirred in his stomach.

"You know very well that I'm here. And I already know what you are going to ask. You want to know what you should do about Hinata."

"How did you know?" He hadn't said anything to Kyuubi all day.

"I'm stuck in your body, so I can hear your thoughts. Now listen kit, I'm the type that you come to when the situation is a fight, but when it comes to matters of love, you are on your own." The fox drifted back to sleep after that.

"Fat load of help you were," Naruto said to himself. "Why did I hide from Hinata earlier? It was like I was afraid of her." His stomach tightened at thoughts of Hinata, and it felt hard for him to breath. His face turned red at the thought of being around her. "Am I in love with her?" The thought popped into his head, and he knew that he couldn't deny the fact anymore. He was in love with Hinata. He got back up and headed back to the village.

He was really nervous now. As he headed back to the village he calmed down a little, but not much. Somehow, he regretted what he was about to do, but at his point he didn't seem to care.

Hinata walked into the ramen shop. She spotted Kiba sitting with Shikamaru and Ino, and took up the seat next to him. Upon sitting down she laid her head down in her arms, completely exhausted.

"Hinata, what's up with you?" Kiba asked.

" Yeah, you don't look so good," said Ino through a mouthful of noodles. Shikamaru just kept eating, not caring even a little bit.

"Oh, I'm okay. I'm just tired. I've been looking for Naruto all day is all. I can't find him anywhere.

"Isn't he out on a mission with Sasuke?" Ino said looking at Shikamaru with a raised eyebrow.

"How the heck should I know?" he said pausing in the middle of a bite.

"No, they're back. I saw Sasuke with Sakura earlier and asked them if they had seen Naruto, but they said that they hadn't." Hinata said.

"Of course they didn't!" said Kiba.

"That's right!" Ino said looking at Hinata. "Sasuke is Naruto's best friend, and Sakura is Sasuke's boyfriend." Her eye twitched a little at the last part. " Those two would cover for him for anything, even if it meant their lives. So what did he do to you then?"

"Oh, he didn't do anything to me," Hinata said waving her hands a little as she said it. "There's just something that I wanted to ask him."

"What the heck would you want to ask Naruto?" Kiba asked, looking at Hinata. The bell on the door dinged, catching Kiba's attention. "Well speak of the devil, there he is now."

Hinata turned around to see Naruto walking in the door of the shop. He was halfway to the counter when Hinata met him.

"Oh hey Hinata," said Naruto, trying to sound as calm as possible.

"Naruto," she said turning a little red. "There's something that I need to ask you." She looked at the floor as she said it. At the counter, Kiba, Ino, and even Shikamaru, watched the two with interest.

"Before you do that, there is something that I need to tell you." Naruto said, his cheeks turning a rosy pink color. An embarrassed look appeared on his face.

"What is it Naruto?" Hinata asked, looking him straight in the eyes. This eye contact did not last long though. Before Hinata could say another word, Naruto bent down and kissed her on the lips.

Behind her, Kiba spat some water that he had been drinking, Ino choked on her noodles, and Shikamaru froze in mid chew, dropping his chopsticks.

They parted after several seconds, and Naruto ran out of the door. Hinata stood there frozen, cheeks red as a cherry, and her right hand touching her bottom lip.

Author's note:

And that's chapter two people. Sorry i didn't make it longer, but i wanted to end it with a shocker, at least for Hinata.Hope ya enjoyed it. The next Chapter will be up soon, hopefully. I've been pretty busy lately.