Naruto and Hinata were jumping from tree to tree, headed back to Konoha. Their mission had been easy, a C-rank escort mission. Naruto had done his fair share of complaining, but in the end he did it. The mission had taken a few days, but it went pretty smoothly...giving Naruto and Hinata plenty of time to spend with each other. They both enjoyed the mission, if only for that reason...Naruto kept grumbling about 'how I'm so sick of doing these easy missions,' and how 'I want a challenge for once!' Hinata just went along with it quietly. She always enjoyed spending time with Naruto, because Naruto always seemed to find a way to make her laugh...or find a way to make he face go scarlet. They were about half a day's travel from Konoha, when...
"Naruto, did you hear that?"
"Yeah, it sounded like it came from that tree."
"Maybe we should see what it is?"
"Yeah...stay here."
"Okay Naruto-kun."
Naruto dashed over in the direction of the noise. There was nothing there. He went back over to where Hinata was, just in time to see a hail of kunai and shuriken fly from the trees...right at his girl.
"HINATA!"
Hinata covered her face, waiting for the waves of pain. But, like so many other things in the fics that i write, it never came. She openeds her eyes to see Naruto in front of her...
"Naruto-kun..."
"Ow..." Then he fell over. Hinata checked his pulse. Alive, thank goodness. But she could not say the same for the man emerging from the trees.
"Heh. Baka."
"You...I'll kill you for what you did to my Naruto-kun! You...you teme!"
"I'd like to see you try!"
"Byakugan!"
Hinata disappeared. Then she reappeared in front of the man. "Jyuuken!" she hit over the heart, applying just the right amount of chakra to make it explode. The man fell over, dead.
"I told you I'd kill you."
Then she walked over to Naruto.
"Naruto-kun..."
"Hinata... That was amazing..." Then he reached up, pulled her down, and kissed her.
"Naruto-kun...Don't move."
She began to remove the blades and bandage the wounds. I love you Naruto-kun...