He once again questioned his friendship with Naruto. There were times when he truly believed that the Naruto he knew was just a facade set up over the years to hide the pain of the burden of Kyuubi. He had caught glimpses of what the true Naruto could be like and respected him. But then every other moment of the day, he only felt annoyance and make himself wonder if what he saw was real.

There Tickle Match had ended in a draw with both opponents sprawled out on the carpeted floor, giggles being let out every so often. Sasuke was at a bliss at how much fun it was to just let loose. After about ten minutes of tranquil silence Naruto suddenly felt to let his thoughts out in the open.

"I'm bored." all hell let lose from there. If he wasn't bored he was hungry, if he wasn't hungry he needed to pee.

And god damn it why did he need to know that!

No one should know that milk and Naruto equals bad. He would suddenly run to bathroom and then they ran out of toilet paper and he wouldn't stop screaming at Sasuke until he went to go by some (he disguised himself as Naruto of course) but he had to do it twice! How did he survive without someone checking up on him every moment of the day.

He felt sorry for Iruka.

When Naruto finally got some instant ramen (completely exhausting their food supplies for a week, Kakashi can't even boil water) he would eat so fast that he would choke every 5 minutes. Even Sasuke was in fear for the dobe's life.

When Naruto suddenly stopped his... inhaling? He gave Sasuke an inquisitive look, which in turn caused Sasuke to raise an eyebrow.

"What, Dobe?"

"Did... something happen?" Damn the dobe for knowing him so well.

"No."

"Oh, okay." or not. Naruto quickly return to his devouring of the ramen... and choked, again.

Sasuke simply had enough and quickly walked out of Kakashi's apartment, not noticing an extra pair of sandals, and stalked off to mope else where.

About ten feet away from the clearing she stopped. And the one thing that suddenly came to her mind was...

What happened to her

Picking fights, hurting people, cursing uncontrollably? What was wrong with her? She unconsciously started pacing, while making circles... it was, un-Hinata-like, was a way to put it. After about 5 minutes of wondering what to do, she finally decided to take out her frustrations the right way.

She went back to the training grounds, completely avoiding where she previously was and went to a far more secluded area.

She had been fiddling with a jutsu she might as well try to master it. She decided to warm up... a little more and about five minutes later, she was ready.

Hinata spread her legs out evenly and centered her arms around her abdomen. She focused her chakra to her hands. Slowly but surely her chakra completely covered her arms making an angelic glow. Her chakra was collected wrong and it started burning. She was trying to balance it out but she couldn't keep for long.

She was so focused on it not exploding in her face, she didn't notice another presence with her.

"Your collecting your chakra wr-"

Boom!

The chakra dispersed into an explosion and she skidded back.

"-wrong."

"H-hey..." she tried to make out were the person was but she was disoriented. There was a loud ringing noise in her ears and she couldn't make out where she was. Her arms and stomach were on fire and she wa pretty sure she was seeing double.

"W-what the hell..."

So when someone suddenly came into her line of sight, presumably the person who broke her concentration, all she saw was a creepy figure walking... or crawling, she wasn't exactly sure, towards her.

She shook her head to rid her of some of the dizziness. It half worked. The ringing noise dimmed down to an annoying buzz and the doubles were quickly fading. The figure stopped and she could finally tell who it was.

She was wishing it didn't fade.

Sasuke

"G-gomen asai... I-I didn't mean to y-yell at you." she was really emotionally tired. She just wanted it to all end. If he didn't l-l-l-o-care about her, then it was time to let go. There was nothing she could do for him if he didn't care about her.

She bowed but she didn't get back up, she was too afraid of looking him in the eye.

"You should go to the hospital and get yourself healed, those look painful." Sasuke said coldly.

She took a peak at him but looked back down. He was watching her every move. It made her very self-conscious, an old habit.

She was getting scared of him.

But wait... he isn't her father, what reason is there to be scared of him. She acting... so childish. She needs to get herself back to normal, even so she couldn't help but let out a small chuckle but quickly covered it with her hand. Things... are getting out of hand. She was really getting tired of guys.

Love was a truly complicated thing. At that thought she couldn't help but get slightly depressed and let out a sigh.

She was getting really tired of guys.

She turned around and murmured, "First Naruto, now Sasuke, what's next Kiba?" Hinata shook her head and decided to go out for some ramen.

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He was feeling guilty right about now. She apologized to him. Why? Because she yelled at him when he made her lose her concentration and get multiple burns and probably a concussion.

Really guilty

She was showing some of the most obvious signs that his... targets usually show, when facing him.

Fear

"You should go to the hospital and get yourself healed, those look painful." he told her.

She didn't bother to get back up and when she took a peak she bowed her head even lower.

He felt an almost painful feeling in his stomach that he almost put a hand there in hopes of dwindling the pain. He wasn't sure what it was but he willed it to go away. Before he could really go more into the... feeling? The most angelic noise broke through his thoughts. He looked back at her and caught her covering her smile.

Cute

But her hand dropped and her smile disappeared. She then... sighed? He was really confused.

Then Hinata straightened herself and walked away muttering something about Kiba, Naruto, and himself. She walked away from him and he watched her until she disappeared out of the clearing.

Is she... ignoring me?

What other explanation could there be? It was obviously because of the ki-incident. He wasn't about to stand there and think about it though.

Whatever, he was going back to Naruto's place. The dobe has probably gotten himself into unconsciousness by now.

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Prior to Sasuke's belief, Naruto was not unconscious. He had finished all the ramen in Kakashi's apartment and he was still hungry. He decided to go to Ichiraku's.

He was pleasantly surprised when he saw Hinata already there (probably getting her usual 1 bowl).

"Hey Hinata-chan!" he said sitting next to her, conveniently his favorite seat.

"Ah, hello there Naruto-kun." she said with a small smile.

"How have you been since-"

"Don't worry about Naruto-kun."

"But-"

"Gomen. I wasn't acting myself that day either."

"Oh, I-"

"What are you gonna have Naruto?" Teuchi suddenly interrupted.

"4 bowls of miso ramen." Naruto said bitterly. He was getting tired of getting interrupted.

"Sakura-chan was out of line when she said that." Naruto said seriously.

"I-it's-"

"Wait! I'm not finished!" Naruto said covering her mouth before she could continue.

"If you ever need anything, don't ever forget that I'm here for you." Naruto said the seriousness still there as he removed his hand. He was expecting Hinata to chide him but instead she gave him a small smile.

"Arigato, Naruto-kun." she said giving him a hug.

"Y-your welcome, Hina-chan." he said slightly flustered. Hinata was just too cute for her own good. He didn't understand the tingly feeling he got from her touch... but it was nice.

"Plus, if Sasuke-teme ever gives you a hard time, I'll go beat him up! He's extra easy with those chakra-cuffs on!" Naruto yelled as he reverted to his usual cheerful self.

"Okay." Hinata said, still smiling. Teuchi came with 2 bowls for each of them and they went to eating. It was... nice.

"Ano... Hinata-chan?"

"Hm."

"Did you happen to be on your...period?"

Hinata was beet red.

Well...I'm back.

And though I planned to have a very long chapter, I haven't had much inspiration because I have been very depressed these past few days. Let me explain...

While I was over there I happen to go visit an aunt and she happen to have a computer. And I immediately went on, though briefly, I read some stuff that said Jaraiya had died.

I was in complete denial.

Jaraiya is an inspiration to me, my sensai, my senpai, anything else you can think of. To be a pervert of his status is a dream for me. Seriously.

So immediately when I came back on the ninth, I checked... and sadly it was... t-t-t-true.

I cried for days. And since then I haven't been able to finish this chapter. Before I had left I had half of this chapter done but when I came back I just haven't felt like writing much. I usually have at least one chapter done before hand but I don't this time, seeing as this one was very hard to finish.

It's up to you guys and your great reviews to get me up to beat with my updating. Like I've said in other chapters, your reviews inspire me, so seeing now that I'm in depressed mode, I need them now more that ever.

So please, if you want me to update in the near future, Review.