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Let's move on to the last chapter:

Chapter 20: A Successful Mission

Where were they? They've been gone for days! How many days, though? Could it have been a week? Hiashi shook his head. He was only informed of his missing daughter just yesterday. The body guard said Hinata's been kidnapped three days ago, so add one more day and that would make this day the fourth day his daughter was not here. He sighed as he looked out of his room from the Hyuga Compound. With all three of his children (he had accepted Neji as one of his own) gone, he had no one to spar with, no one to observe, and no one to tease about a certain crush she has on a certain blond boy. Where were they?

Kiba couldn't stop thinking about those flowers, but he didn't tell anyone. What he thought those flowers were, were just a thought. He wasn't sure if those were what he feared. Before they had left the temple yesterday, he had ripped off one of the flowers and carefully put it in his backpack. He would give this example to Lady Tsunade when they return.

The eight ninjas were soaring through the forest, eager to get home. Neji and Naruto were leading the way while Shino and Kiba stayed in the back. Since the back up team were only transported here, they didn't know the way back; and Hinata was unconscious when she was being flown over the tree tops, so she didn't know either. Akamaru was as usual by Kiba's side, and Gloo was allowed to wrap himself up on Neji's waist. Hinata was behind Naruto's right.

"Hey Tenten, did you notice something about Naruto and Hinata lately?" Sakura asked the brown-haired kunoichi. Hang out with Ino and sometimes her girliness will rub off on you.

"Well, I noticed she seemed happier this morning and kept glancing at Naruto," Tenten answered. "But that really isn't a surprise."

"Why not?"

"Well, won't you seem happier when you've just been rescued from some psycho? And Hinata always looks at Naruto."

Sakura shook her head, but she was still smiling. "Anything else?" Tenten thought for a moment.

"Naruto also glances at Hinata, and when he does his eyes shine."

"And does Naruto normally do that?"

"No . . . Do you think something happened last night?"

"I wouldn't be surprised!" The girls squealed, which was so unlike Tenten.

"What's going on?" Hanabi interrupted. Being a girl, she wanted to be in this "girly" conversation. The two older girls looked at each other.

"Hanabi," Sakura started, "do you know about your big sister's crush?" Hanabi nodded.

Sakura and Tenten weren't the only ones who noticed the change of attitude between Naruto and Hinata. Shino had noticed as soon as they woke up. Naruto had happily greeted a good morning to Hinata, but he forgot to greet the rest. He wasn't surprised when he saw Hinata blush every time she looked Naruto's way, but what was more surprising was Naruto blushed every time he looked her way. He knew there must be something causing this.

He jumped over to Kiba. "Something's going on between Naruto and Hinata."

Kiba did a fake gasp. "Shino! Are you gossipping?"

The bug-user was annoyed but he continued. "Do you think they did something last night while we were asleep?"

"Obviously, or they wouldn't be making googly eyes at each other." Kiba chuckled.

"Do you think Neji noticed?"

"Dude, the guy is a Byakugan user! If he hasn't noticed by now he's a pitiful excuse for a Hyuga."

"What do you think his reaction will be?"

Kiba grinned slyly as he thought of the answer. "He might have a word or two for him."

"Don't forget about Hinata's father." Under the hood, Shino was also secretly smiling at the idea.

Kiba beamed. "Oh, I can't wait 'til we get home!"

Of course Neji had noticed. The two were unusually closer to each other that morning. However, he didn't say anything. He was waiting until they got back to Konoha, where Hiashi would deal with him.

"We're baaaaaaaack!" Naruto shouted as he slammed the door of the Hokage's open. Tsunade, as usual, was looking out of her big window behind her desk. She had seen the ninjas entering through the front gate. Seeing Naruto again gave her mixed feelings. She was glad he had come home, but his sudden outburst in her room reminded her of all the other loud times. She was suddenly missing the peaceful times again.

"Naruto, welcome back," Tsunade greeted. "Your happy face tells me that your mission was a success."

"It sure was, Gramma!" Naruto put his arms behind his head like he always does when he's successfully completed a mission.

"Well?" Tsunade sat back down on her chair. Naruto's smile disappeared.

"Well what?"

"Where is she?"

"Oh! Right here!" Naruto had just realized that he was blocking the door. Behind him, Sakura was about to punch him out of the way. Her arm was already extended back. When he had moved, though, she quickly dropped her arm, embarrassed. The others were to the sides of her, keeping their distance. Tsunade immediately noticed the light purple jacket.

"Hinata! You're back!"

At the call of her name, Hinata peeked in to the Hokage office. Lady Tsunade hadn't really called her name like that before. "Um, hi," she said shyly.

"Wow, there's a lot of people out here!" a voice called out from the hall. The seven ninjas outside turned to see Shizune and Tonton coming their way. Shizune saw that the mission was a success as she saw Hinata. Next to her was Shikamaru and Temari.

"What's all this?" Temari asked. She didn't get Konoha ninjas.

Shikamaru saw the whole gang of Team 8. Good; he didn't have to look for them, then.

"Will all of you get in here?" Tsunade screamed from the other room. She was tired of seeing them all just stand there outside her door. The people quickly walked in. Her office was crowded with people. "Can the ninjas from the mission stay in here? The rest of you get out!" Shizune, Shikamaru, and Temari all scrambled for the door. When they left, only nine were in the room. Tsunade sighed; much better. "Now Neji, tell me about your mission. You are the leader. I know it was a success, otherwise you wouldn't have come back here, but I need the details."

"Very well, Lady Tsunade," Neji bowed.

And he told the story.

Shikamaru was waiting outside the Hokage tower for Team 8. There was a surprise waiting. He knew about their mission, and he thought that this will cheer them up. It's why he couldn't go on the back up team; he had business here. Temari had left, so he was alone. He found that these days he was feeling lonely whenever she wasn't around. Finally, he smiled when he saw them exit. Naruto was with them, but he thought he should come anyway.

"There you are," he walked over to them. "Kurenai is waiting over at the hospital!"

Seeing Kurenai's new baby girl was such a pleasant surprise. It happened the day after Hinata's abduction.

Now Hinata was being walked home by Naruto. Neji and Hanabi had already gone home. It was late in the afternoon, so the sun was shining warmly, as if it was smiling down on them. They were walking in silence, mostly because Hinata was thinking about her sensei's baby, and Naruto was afraid of going to the compound. Hinata sensed this and tried to cheer him up.

"Naruto, my father doesn't have to know right away," she said. "Besides, it was just a kiss. It's not like we did something."

"Something?" Naruto swallowed and started sweating more. If he did "something" with Hinata he was sure he'd be dead.

"Yeah, it's not like we were dating for months and never told him," she said again, oblivious to what Naruto was thinking. He was sweating a lot more, but she thought it was just from the sun.

Dating. That gave Naruto an idea. "Hey, Hinata," he turned his head to her. He was calm enough to ask this question. "I was wondering if you would like to go on a d-"

"Hinata!" Hiashi cried. He had been waiting at the compound door for his daughter's arrival. When he saw Neji and Hanabi, he thought they had failed the mission, but they smiled and said that she would be home soon. Twenty minutes later, she was here, but to him it seemed like twenty hours. He hugged her tightly, tears in his eyes.

"Father!" Hinata hugged back. He had never really hugged her like this before. She remembered being hugged tightly when she was little, but that was it.

Naruto smiled at the father-daughter moment. It made him wonder how a mother-son moment would feel like. But when Hinata let go and looked at him, smiling, he knew he didn't have to know, because Hinata would hug him just like a mother he never had.

"You're dating?" Hiashi asked.

Naruto and Hinata were surprised to hear him so calm. At the very least he should be screaming.

It was night outside. There was a big celebration of Hinata's return. Hinata told her whole Hyuga family what had happened during the four days she was kidnapped. During the story-telling, Hanabi had told her father that she now knew who the person who told the body guards to have a day off was. Hiashi was surprised to hear the description, but he didn't bother to look into it. He had already got a glimpse of what it was from Neji. After the party, Naruto was allowed to stay, because he and Hinata had one more thing to tell. The family wanted to know, but they were shooed away by Neji. Hinata, Naruto, and Hiashi were left alone in a room with a tray of tea. Naruto let out a breath he'd been holding and started.

"Congratulations." Hiashi put down the tea he was sipping. The couple in front of him dropped their mouths. Did he just say "congratulations?"

Then, Hiashi narrowed his eyes. "However . . . Naruto Uzumaki I need to talk to you. Hinata, you should sleep. You need a rest from what your story tell sme." Naruto gulped again. He knew it was too good to be let that easy. He sadly watched Hinata stand up and slowly walk out the door. On her way out, she turned around and mouthed the words "Sorry. Good night." Naruto smiled and mouthed the words "You too."

As soon as she slid the door closed, Hiashi began his speech. "Naruto, I have ten simple rules for dating my daughter."

The next day, everyone was doing their ordinary things.

Hanabi was training with her father, Hiashi constantly telling her on things to improve.

Naruto had asked Hinata out on a date, which she happily accepted. They were at Ichiraku's; Naruto was desperately trying to remember all the rules Hiashi told him.

Team Guy was in the woods, also training. Neji had introduced Gloo to Guy and Lee, who were extremely interested in him.

Shino went with Shikamaru to check up on Kurenai's baby. There, they met Sakura, who was also excited about the newborn.

Only Kiba wasn't as cheery as everybody else. He, along with Akamaru, went to the Hokage tower. Tsunade was surprised to see them.

"Kiba, what are you doing here?" she asked. She was also a little relieved, because she could take her mind off the paperwork teetering on her desk.

"Uh, Neji forgot to mention this, but the guy we fought, he has a whole bunch of dead people at his place," Kiba said. "They're people with kekkei genkais."

"I'll have ninjas check on that right away."

"Um, the last one that says Byakugan, it's Ryu. You should take him too."

Tsunade nodded at this information. "Kiba, you look distracted. Something tells me you didn't come here just to tell me that."

Kiba shook his head. "I also wanted to show this to you. Do you know what it is?"

And he handed her the flower that was sewn into Hinata's old forest clothes.

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With a cliff hanger like this, there must be another chapter, right?
WRONG! This next issue is a whole 'nother story!
Which is why I'm making a sequel! If you checked the poll, it looks like my next story is about Hinata losing her memory.
Instead of making it separate, I put it in with this one. I sounds like a sequel, right?
Now guess what those flowers do ;)

The ten rules I mentioned above, I got the idea from an author's profile: Shawny Wong.
I hope she doesn't mind. The rules are in her story "Ten Decisive Moments" (if you don't want to read the whole thing, it's in ch. 8 at the bottom...but you should read the whole thing.)
They're called "Ten Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter by Hyuuga Hiashi"
You should check it out; it's funny!

OH MY GOSH! This was the last chapter of Gone!
Well, since I've finished a story, I think I deserve a break.
I won't be writing the next one until maybe after two weeks.
Possibly after a month!

Anyway, I hope to see you all again when it comes!
Bye!