Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or anything affiliated with Shoen Jump.

Author's note: I will say this now, the previous chapter was so badly written, I was laughing as hard as I could. I apologize to all who have seen it and read it. I will edit it and re-post it when I have time available. Time always seems to play a factor, anyways, on to the second chapter.

Naruto was lying on his stomach, as he rested his chin upon his writs, as emptiness began to fill him. It has been almost a year since he last saw her, and the last three months have began torturing and haunting him. He lay on the mattress, wishing he could eliminate the annoying feeling. He told Jiraiya about the feeling he had, but Naruto never actually got a straight answer, as Jiraiya would always brush him off, saying he should focus more on his training. Jiraiya also said letting his emotions cloud his mind was a dangerous, and not the making of a true shinobi. After these weak attempts to avoid answering the questions, Naruto would remain puzzled, confused and frustrated, unable to concentrate at all. Naruto tried as hard as he could to pin point the problem, but no matter what he tried nothing became clearer.

Naruto stirred as he sat up making enough noise to wake up his intoxicated teacher, Jiraiya. He was slightly angered by the commotion that ended his erotic dream of many beautiful and pretty women. Jiraiya then managed to open his baggy eyes to see Naruto hold his legs in a fetal like position. Naruto then placed his chin upon his knee, as Naruto sighed. Jiraiya as well let a small sigh escape from under his breathe. He knew he should've dealt with his problem sooner then he hoped. "So, what's bothering you now, Naruto?"

Jiraiya began to stretch out his encumbered joints from his sleep. Multiple yawns echoed from Naruto's sensei, as Naruto began to smile. " I can't explain…it feels like I do know what it is but… I can't figure it out. I can't sleep right because of it." Explained Naruto, as he looked down at the ground.

Jiraiya couldn't help but let a smirk grow on his face. He would've hoped Naruto would have at least figured out what it was by now. He began to feel somewhat sorry for Naruto. All through out his life, he never had anyone to talk to anyone about his personal feelings. "Have you thought deeply why you're feeling this way? Or even the way you feel now?"

Naruto remained silent and still for a second, then several minutes passed by. Jiraiya's grin slowly faded away into an unhappy frown. The silence spoke the truth with out Naruto even saying so. He knew better then to ask Naruto to think for himself. Jiraiya sighed reluctantly as he clenched his eyes shut; as the memories of him asking Naruto what was wrong replayed all threw his mind. Every time a new replay entered his mind, they ended the same, with Jiraiya giving a half complete answer and telling him he should concentrate on his training. Jiraiya found a hint that Naruto could use and find out the problem for himself. "Naruto, have you ever thought for a minute that there may be a 'someone special' you hold close with out even realizing that you are? Have you ever noticed a weird feeling when you're around this person?"

Naruto lifted his head up as he intently listened to the Sanins words. He furrowed his eyebrows, as he perched his chin upon his knees. His mind began swirling the words as he began to think about them. He began thinking if there was that special person. Naruto's mind began searching deep as memories new and old past him by. He hoped that this would help his problem and find that person.

He desperately searched and scanned his memories of various shinobi he encountered and grew up with. The first person that came to his mind was Sasuke Uchiha. The image remained saturated in the back of his mind, but the feelings didn't click in. Sasuke was obviously not that special someone. He then began thinking about Zabuza Momochi and Haku. Their images were crystal clear, but still, the emptiness remained and haunted him even more as Naruto began to feel frustrated. He searched deeper and deeper.

He desperately searched through the mental images of all the kunochi's of Konoha, as he saw an all to familiar figure, the image made his feeling resonate deeper in his body. The silhouette danced across his mind, as he began to become hypnotized at the image as he began focusing on the figure. She wore a casual pair of dark blue knickers, as well as the traditional style shinobi sandals. His eyes scanned over her clothed body. Her feminine curves and features gave her an attractive glow that Naruto found almost impossible to look away from. And all this time, he had almost forgot about the letter who it was addressed to. It was this figure he couldn't stop thinking about.

After he recognized the beige hoody with various blue details and the Hyuuga clan crest. He traveled up the hoody as he began to notice her lavender, delicate eyes. Her smile was almost perfect; as her bright smile indicated the security he gave to her. The look from her eyes spoke with much emotion. So much emotion, he heard whispering her love for him. Her long, lavender hair completed here delicate features. The person he had unknowingly held close was none other then Hinata Hyuuga.

Naruto gasped, as he now knew who was the person he held these 'feelings' for. He looked over for his sensei, when he noticed Jiraiya was nowhere to be found. Naruto ignored the fact he was gone. Naruto almost felt relieved, and at that moment he was feeling what he felt was 'love'.

As Naruto felt so much at ease and less troubled because of his finds, he sudden felt like what was a million needles piercing through his body, as unfortunately it was. Naruto looked down at his chest, as many senbons had pierced his body. Naruto felt his body freeze in pain and fear. He couldn't move, as he felt the fibers of his muscle constrict around the senbons. He managed to look down as he saw blood covered senbons, only there was something else on them, a foreign substance, a poison. Naruto turned around to see a silhouette that contained those memorable red eyes of the Uchiha.

Naruto began to cough up blood, as he suddenly found himself traveling in the air, as a familiar white haired figure picked him up from the hospital. As each passing second the moans and grunts that came from Naruto increased ten fold. His vision began to swirl and blur, as he felt nauseous and extremely sleepy. He began to shake a little, as it uncontrollably took over, making his eyes roll back into his head.

Jiraiya leaped onto Gamabunta as they ventured towards the safety of the village, leaving behind two silhouetted figures; one containing the power of the Uchiha as well as the one who had the majestic sword of shark scales.

(Back in Konoha, Hinata was training extremely hard hoping the time would come, which it was)

Hinata was panting heavily. She just sat up from a quick nap. She experienced quite possibly the worst nightmare that she could've ever experienced; Naruto getting killed before she even had a chance to see him or even admit to him how much she loves him. Earlier, she was training, but felt wary and sleepy, and decided to take a quick breather and ended up falling asleep. She whipped her head around, as she felt her heart pump extremely fast and painfully. She hoped it was ONLY a nightmare, and so far from what she could see, it was.

The images remained vivid in her mind, as she stood up with the aid of the tree she was sleeping against, as she panted heavily, as she began to hold the strings used to adjust her hood. She shook her head to get rid of the thoughts as she felt a few tears slithering down her porcelain like skin. She then slowly lifted her hand to her face to wipe away the tear, as she didn't even know she was indeed crying. She closed her eyes just to remind herself it was ONLY a nightmare.

She began walking towards the open area she was using to develop her gentle fist attack and 64 palms of protection. She wanted to be up to par with Naruto and Neji. It was confirmed that Neji would be traveling with Hinata and Naruto, so while he helped Hinata himself, he also practiced and trained to keep up. He must have just finished practicing his rotation jutsu, since his hair was a mess. He was panting heavily so he must've over exerted himself. "I see you fell asleep… Hinata… You won't ever… catch up to Naruto at your rate…"

Hinata listened intently, as Neji spoke between pants. Hinata looked down at her feet as she the words Neji spoke, rip and tear at her self-confidence. It was true. She was getting less and less interested and motivated to train, as she commonly found herself doing chores for her father, side missions from the Hokage and spending time with Sakura to find out as much information as she could about Naruto.

Hinata only nodded at her cousin's statement. As much as it hurt, he was right. "I'm terribly sorry, cousin, but I've felt the need to do some other things besides train day after day." Added Hinata, with a disappointed voice.

Neji only smiled as he gained enough energy, he placed his hand upon her shoulder. "Listen Hinata as much as you want this to be a tale of romance, we'll be under severe attacks, possibly life threatening. I just don't want to see either of you get hurt or even worse, you lose your life."

Hinata nodded, as she knew he was right. Neji then took his hand off her shoulder, as he looked towards the sky. "Isn't today the day?"

Hinata shook her head in agreement, as she smiled brightly. It was a rare chance to ever see Hinata smile, and Naruto, as Neji noticed, was the ONLY person to make her smile. Neji looked over to see it, as he then looked back up, as he noticed something. He felt what seemed to be small earth tremors. Neji attempted to focus on the direction that it was coming from, and still couldn't figure out where it was coming from. He decided he should use his Byakugan, as Hinata watched him intently, noticing he used his Kekkai Genkai. "Neji, what's wrong?"

Neji began searching when he found an all too familiar giant toad, leaping its way towards Konogakure. Neji only smiled. "It seems he's officially here, Hinata. We should head back to the village as well, as we can finally re-unite with him and maybe spend some time relaxing before we take off for our journey."

Hinata, at that moment felt as if she was in heaven. Naruto was back, and the last few months had seemed to go by like days, and now she couldn't believe he was coming back. She placed her hand over her left breast as she felt her heart beat become more powerful, as it sped up. She felt her face redden. It always seemed to be tradition when she thought about him or happened to be around him in an awkward situation.

"Na…Naruto-kun…" whispered Hinata to herself, as at that moment she felt like dashing into his arms.

She was snapped out of her hypnosis as Neji began to shake her. "Come on, we need to hurry, or you won't get to tell right away."

Hinata nodded as she and her cousin began leaping towards the safety of the village.

(Back in Konoha)

Hinata and Neji had arrived near the entranceway before Gamabunta arrived. Hinata's face remained reddened, and her heart felt like it was floating inside her chest. But when she saw a figure running towards the village, her expression greatly changed. As the figure approached closer and closer, the white hair began to stick out more and more. His height also gave him away. She immediately felt worried; where was Naruto.

Her heart fluttered like crazy as she looked all over to find him, but it seemed to be almost impossible, when she heard the legendary Sanin yell as loudly as he could. "I NEED A MEDIC NIN, PRONTO! I HAVE AN INJURED SHINOBI!"

Hinata felt as if it would be all over for her. As the words escaped the Sanin's mouth, she felt her entire body go limp. Was her nightmare becoming a reality? Her eyes swelled with pain, as she fell to her knees. She felt useless and unsure as to what she should do; cry, helped Jiraiya or go get a medic.

As she watched Jiraiya approach the village, she noticed the blood on his uniform. Naruto wasn't just slightly injured; he was severely hurt, though she could only see many senbon's. How could senbons cause an injury like this? She rose to her feet as she followed Jiraiya, as she felt she needed to cling to Naruto. She wanted to be by his side, and never let go of his arm.

Neji was still in shock as his eyes bulged with uncertainty. He too, couldn't believe what he saw. From his Byakugan, he could barely see the poison mixed with the blood on some senbons. Obviously Naruto and Jiriaya were dealing with a missing nin. But out of all the people Neji knew, he couldn't believe Naruto had fallen to an enemy. He then focused his attention on Hinata, as her expression reflected her thoughts. She was going to latch on to Naruto, possibly costing his life.

Just as she began taking steps to follow Jiraiya, Neji reached out and grabbed a semi-sobbing Hinata. Hinata began to protest Neji's grip, as she attempted to squirm free from his grip. By now, Hinata was crying, but her anger was settling in. "NEJI! LET ME GO!"

Neji felt slightly embarrassed over the fact he had to hold her back, since she would only get in the way of the Medic-nins and doctors. She sprawled with all of her limbs, using all of her strength as she actually began to scream. Tears now reddened her eyes. "NEJI, I SAID LET ME FUCKING GO!"

No matter how hard of a slap or kick she dealt, Neji did not let her go. "Hinata you need to calm down. They can't do anything with you attached to Naruto!"

After Neji spoke to her, she only struggled and sprawled more. Kotesu, one of the shinobi that acts as a guardsman of the village approached Neji and Hinata, and placed his hand on a struggling Hinata. "DON'T TOUCH ME, LET ME GO, I WANT TO BE with…"

With that word said the flailing lavender haired girl fell instantly limp. "Tahnk you, I didn't know how much longer I could've lasted…" Added Neji as he laid his younger cousin on the ground.

"Don't worry. You should take her to the hospital." Added Kotesu as he returned to his post

(Several hours later)

Hinata began to open her eyes, as she felt semi dizzy and nauseous. She sat up as she saw Neji. He was sitting in a chair next to the hospital bed. Sakura Haruno, who happened to be training under The Hokage, lady Tsunade. Sakura was learning to become a medic-nin. Hinata looked up at a smiling Sakura, who just came in to check her I.V. bag. Neji was there as well, though he kept a stern face and his eyes happened to be shut.

Hinata felt like a fool for the way she acted, as she sighed. "Neji… I'm sorry for acting the way I did. I didn't mean to act like that, it's just I waited so long for the moment he returned, and now… it looks like it could be all for nothing. I could lose my Naruto-kun…"

Neji nodded as she looked back up to meet his eyes, as a few tears ran down her perfectly sculpted cheeks. "I understand. But for now, you would only get in the way, Hinata. This way, if it's at all possible, which It is, we can make sure Naruto fully heals."

Hinata looked at her cousin's grin. She grinned. From that statement she knew he would be fine. "Follow me if you want to see him."

As Hinata nodded, as the tears of Sorrow and Sadness ( A/N: No pun intended =P)

Neji then opened up the door that contained Naruto, which was located across the hall. A repeating bleep indicated his heart was still pumping, as she entered it, and saw his lifeless body soundly sleep. Tears now coated her eyes. She slowly managed to walk over to him, gently picking up his rough and dry hand. She managed to place his hand on her face, feeling the warmth coming from his hand and onto her face. Tears now made it impossible for Hinata to see as she felt her self whimper half in joy and half in fear.

Hinata immeadiatly froze when she felt his fingers beginning to twitch and move. She sighed. "Hinata-chan… thank you… for being there…" faintly added Naruto, as Hinata slowly turned to him, sniffling in the process.

Hinata noticed his eyes were still closed, and instead of a neutral frown, he now sported a witty grin, the one she grew to love. In turn, it made her smile, and respond as well. "I love you, Naruto… I never want to leave your side…"

With those words, Hinata cuddle up to Naruto and continued to cry, until she fell asleep.