Lady Hokage is sitting at her desk with a glass full of sake in her hand and the bottle on her desk. She drinks the sake and is about to pour another glassful when Shizune knocks on the door. She immediately starts putting her sake away knowing that her assistant would scold her. Kitsune laughs as he hears her fumbling and cursing about interrupting her sake time. Hinata looks at him as she yells for them to enter and Shizune opens the door. They step in as Shizune says:
"Hyuuga Hinata and Kitsune, My Lady."
"Oh, thank you. Well, Kitsune I finally have you a mission, although it's not an exciting one." She says.
"As long as it pays, I'll be happy." He says, knowing he wouldn't have to kill anyone on this mission.
"Good. Well, your mission is to transport this scroll to Suna, without opening it." She says, stressing the last part. He smiles as Shizune hands it to Hinata.
"This is a test, isn't it? To see if you can trust me." he asks as a look of surprise goes on Lady Hokage's face.
"Fine by me! I'll take this over the babysitters any day." He says. She smiles a little as she says:
"Good. You have your mission. You will leave tomorrow morning. Dismissed. " They nod their heads as they turn around to leave. Just as Kitsune gets to the door he says:
"Send my regards to Sparky." He hears Tsunade start laughing as he walks out and closes the door behind him. Hinata laughs as she puts the scroll in her holder on her hip and says:
"You shouldn't call him that."
"Are you smiling?" she asks looking at looks at her as he asks:
"How did you know?" she smiles as she says:
"I saw the fabric move."
"So, where to now?" he asks as they walk outside. She smiles as she asks:
"Back to the field?" shrugging her shoulders. He nods his head as he places his arm around her neck, his hand hanging off her left shoulder. She then takes her left hand and intertwines her fingers within his. They walk down the street getting all kind of stares, but neither one of them really seems to care. She looks up at Kitsune out of the corner of her eye and smiles as she thinks: 'I can't believe I feel this way about someone, besides Naruto-kun. Sigh…He would want me to be happy right? Of course he would.'
"Hinata?" she looks forward and sees the proctors walking up.
"Hi." She says, still smiling.
"What's going on?" Anko asks very surprised to see the two of them like this.
"Nothing much." She says shrugging her shoulders again.
"Really?" Ibiki asks suspiciously. Kitsune laughs as Hinata looks at him with a questioning look. He bends down, his face close to the side of hers and whispers in her ear:
"They mean with us." Just loud enough for her to make out what he was saying.
"Oh. No offense, but that's really none of your business." She says as polite as possible, looking back at them.
"True. But what does Hiashi think?" Anko asks. Hinata's face gets stern as she says:
"I don't really care. I've decided not be the next clan leader and I'm going to move in with Kitsune-kun. If that's all right with you." Everyone gets a shocked look on their faces as she says this. Kitsune laughs as he nuzzles her neck and says:
"Fine by me." Hinata feels shivers go up her spine as she goes weak in the knees again and says:
"Now, if you'll excuse us." As Kitsune straightens up and they walk off. When they get back in the field, they sit the way they were before Shizune came and got them.
"Why did you do that?" she asks, tracing his muscles again.
"Do what?" he asks as he runs his fingers through her hair.
"You rubbed your nose on my neck." She says.
"It's called nuzzling." He says laughing a little.
"Oh. Well why did you do it?" she asks.
"I don't really know. I just did. I guess I like the way you react when I touch you." he says as he pulls her hair behind her back, off of her neck. As he moves it, his fingertips lightly touch her neck and runs over it. She shivers a little as she gets butterflies in her stomach, which makes him laugh again.
"Oh. Okay." Is all she can think to say.
"Kitsune-kun?" she says after a few seconds of silence.
"Hmm?" he says.
"You're not going to leave me, right?" she asks. He freezes for a second, then smiles as he continues and says:
"No. I'll never leave you." she smiles as she says:
"Good."
"So, when are you going to tell your father that you are moving out?" he asks still playing with her hair.
"How about…never? I'll just sneak in, get my stuff and leave. That way I won't have to listen to his farewell speech." she says.
"No, cause then he will think you are scared of him." He says. She sighs as she realizes he is right.
"Fine. I'll tell him after the mission. It will give me time to get my argument together." she says.
"After the mission, then." He says nodding his head.
"By the way, you don't have to keep trying to prove your maturity to yourself." He adds.
"Why do you say that?" she asks a little surprised.
"Because you're not a little girl." He says. She sits up on her knees as she looks at him and asks:
"And why do you say that?"
"Because I don't see you as a little girl. Never have." He says.
"What do you see me as?" she asks smiling a little. He grins as he leans forward, grabs her by the waist and picks her up. He then pulls her back towards him as he sits her down at his waist with both of her legs on each side of him. She blushes and looks down as he says:
"I see you as a beautiful, sexy woman who has ruined all of my plans." she looks up and asks:
"How did I ruin your plans?" he rolls his eyes as he says:
"Of course that's all you hear. Sigh…I was going to just stay here long enough to get some money, leave and come back every once in a while. But now, I can't. Now, if I leave I have to come by here pretty often."
"If?" she asks happily.
"Do you even hear the whole sentence or just words here and there?" he asks teasing her. She smiles as he says:
"Yes, if. I'm not sure I'm going to leave. I just told you I wouldn't leave you." she looks down again feeling a little ashamed that she messed his plans up. He smiles as he puts his hand under her chin and lifts it up, again, to where she looks at him.
"Hey, don't be like that. I don't regret anything! So I have to stick around here for a little while. I could get used to it." He says as she smiles.
"Thank you." she says.
"For what?" he asks a little confused.
"For calling me beautiful and sexy." She says.
"So you did hear that." He says teasingly.
"Yes." She says teasing him right back.
"I take it no one has given you that kind of compliment." He says. She shakes her head no as he says:
"Well, you're welcome." Kitsune hears people approach as he says:
"We have company." She sighs as she places her hands on his shoulders and says:
"I don't care. I'm not moving. Let them think what they want." He smiles as he says:
"Fine by me." and grabs her left hand. Just then Kurenai, Gai, and Kakakshi come up as he pushes it out where he can see it.
"Um, Hinata?" Kurenai says a little appalled to find her in such a position.
"Hmm?" she responds as Kitsune put his palm against hers. They are both staring at their hands as if they were both concentrating on the task at hand
"We heard that you are moving out of your father's house and in with him." she says as he spreads out his fingers and Hinata does the same.
"It's true." she says as he then slips his fingers between hers and they fall on the backside of her hand, hers doing the same.
"Hinata, are you sure about this? Have you really thought it through?" Kurenai asks. Kitsune and Hinata are still looking at their hands, now intertwined.
"Positive." Hinata says as her other hand slides off of Kitsune's shoulder and down to his chest.
"How can you be positive? You're moving in with a complete stranger." Gai says as Kitsune looks at her and her hand stops at his mid-chest. .
"He is right about that." Kitsune says as she looks back at him. The senseies are confused by his remark as Hinata asks:
"Who's side are you on?" teasingly.
"I'm just saying." He says as he pushes their hands up to her cheek and rubs it with his index finger.
"I want to move in with you, and that's final." She says her voice giving a little and the butterflies come back.
Kurenai smiles as she asks:
"You're really happy aren't you?"
"Extremely." Hinata replies as their hands go back to where they were, still intertwined.
"That's not what we're supposed to say!" Gai says.
"Gai, she is eighteen now. She has to make her own decisions. Good or bad." Kurenai says.
"Thank you." Hinata says.
"I just hope you know what you are doing." Kakashi says.
"I know what I'm doing." Hinata says as they nod their heads and leave.
"They're gone." He says as she smiles and says:
"I know."
"Are you hungry?" he asks. She nods her head as she stands up and moves so that Kitsune can stand up as well.
Shikamaru, Chouji, and Ino are sitting at a table in a restaurant. They have just ordered their food and of course Chouji orders a lot and Ino is fussing at him.
"Chouji, you shouldn't order so much. You're never going to have a girlfriend." Ino says.
"Hey Ino, lay off Chouji." Shikamaru says. Just then Kitsune and Hinata walk in as Ino's eyes light up and she says:
"Hinata, Kitsune." She starts waving as they walk over .
"Hi, Ino-chan, Shikamaru-kun, Chouji-kun." She says.
"Hi Hinata. Kitsune." Ino says blushing as she looks at his muscles.
"Hello Yamanka-sama, Akimichi-sama, Nara-sama." He says.
"How do you know are names?" Chouji asks.
"I did my homework." Kitsune says as Ino asks:
"You guys want to join us?"
"We really don't want to intrude." Kitsune says.
"Nonsense." She says as she grabs Hinata's wrist and pulls her into the seat beside her. Kitsune grabs a chair, pulls it up to the table and sits in it, backwards.
"What would you like to eat?" Kitsune asks.
"Just ramen." She says. As the waiter brings their food he says:
"One order of Miso Ramen. On a different tab." He nods his head as he walks off.
"What about you?" Ino asks.
"I'm not hungry." He says.
"He only eats when no one's looking." Hinata says. She places her elbow on the edge of the table then places her chin in it, with her fingers on her cheek
"I think I've been a bad influence on you." he says. She looks at him out of the corner of her eye as she says:
"You're probably right."
"You'll pay for that later." He says as the waiter brings her ramen. She smiles as she breaks the chopsticks apart and begins eating.
"So, Kitsune. Heard anything about a mission?" Chouji asks between bites.
"Yes. In fact Hokage-sama assigned us one today. Nothing major, but it pays." He says.
"Us? As in you and Hinata?" Shikamaru asks.
"That's right." Kitsune says.
"When do you leave?" Chouji asks.
"Tomorrow morning." Kitsune replies.
"Where to?" Shikamaru asks.
"Suna." he says.
"Is it true?" Ino asks out of nowhere. Everyone looks at her as Kitsune asks:
"What?"
"That Hinata is moving in with you?" she asks.
"Sheesh, Ino. That's none of your business." Shikamaru says.
"If she wants to." Kitsune says.
"Well?" Ino asks looking at Hinata as she swallows and says:
"Yes. It's true."
"Wow." Ino says.
"Something wrong Yamanaka-sama?" Kitsune asks.
"No. It's just that you've only known each other for two days and you're-"
"Stay out of it Ino. It's none of your business. If Hinata wants to move in with Kitsune, then let her." Shikamaru says cutting her off.
"I'm just saying. It's kind of fast." She says.
"And I'm just saying stay out of it." Shikamaru says.
"Shika's right. It's none of our business." Chouji says. 'Good old Shikamaru and Chouji!' Kitsune thinks as he watches Hinata eat her ramen.
"Okay. I'll stay out of it." Ino says. 'Yeah right!' Shikamaru thinks as Hinata places her chopsticks in her bowl.
"You finished?" Kitsune asks. She nods her head as he stands up and says:
"I'm sorry to cut this short, but we have to get ready for our mission. And we are getting up pretty early."
"No problem. See ya later." Shikamaru says as Hinata stands up. He puts money on the table as he says:
"For the ramen." As he turns around and she walks out of the restaurant, him following.
"No wonder she likes him." Ino says aloud.
"Ino!" Shikamaru warns.
"I'm out of it." She says.
Hinata is standing over the bed as she takes off her ninja gear and places it with her pack, which Kitsune had retrieved while she was passed out.
"I think that's everything." She says aloud as she walks to the side of the bed and turns the light off and the room gets pitch dark. Suddenly her legs get taken out from under her as she lands backwards on the bed. That's when Kitsune lands over her waist as he says:
"I told you that you would pay for that comment earlier." She smiles as she asks:
"How?"
"First, what can you see?" he asks seriously.
"Nothing. It's pitch black." She says. He grins as he says:
"Whatever you do, don't turn any lights on."
"What?" she asks confused. He then leans down and kisses her, carefully. She freezes at first but then loosens up as she tries to move her arms, but finds them fastened in place above her head. 'He has his jacket off! That's why he said not to turn on a light.' She thinks as he starts kissing her neck.
"This isn't fair. I can't do anything." She says. He stops kissing her and places his face inches from hers as he says:
"Touch anywhere but my face." He says. She nods her head as she says:
"Don't touch the face, got it." He reluctantly lets her arms go as she wraps them around his neck and kisses him back. He starts kissing her neck again as he says:
"Hinata-chan."
"Hmm?" she responds.
"We are leaving at dawn tomorrow." He says, of course between planting kisses.
"Uh-huh." She says. He laughs as he gently pries her arms out from around his neck, pulls up from her and says:
"You need you're sleep."
"You started this." she says.
"And perhaps I'll finish it. Later. But for now, you need some sleep." He says as he backs off the bed and stands up. He then pulls her up as she sighs. He places his hands on her waist as he kisses her again, then turns to leave saying:
"Goodnight, Hinata-chan."
"Wait!" she says grabbing his arms. He turns back around as she says:
"Stay. Please."
"I'm just going to the living room." he says.
"I know but I don't want to be alone. Please." She says.
"Sigh…All right." He says giving in. She smiles as she pulls him back towards the bed. She lies down in the middle of the bed and he lies down beside her, facing her. He is close enough that he leans his head forward and it touches her forehead. He freezes as her hand lands in the bend of his neck, but relaxes as it slides down to his chest. Since his face is off limits she starts running her fingers over his muscles again.
"Even though I've only known you for two days, I feel like I've known you my entire life. And I feel such a strong attraction to you. I can't explain it. All I know is this is the happiest I've ever been and I don't want it to end." She says trying to make sense of the last two days. Kitsune puts his hand on her neck as he rubs his thumb across her cheek saying:
"I know." She smiles as she yawns which makes him grin. 'This is the last thing I wanted! But I hurt her once, and I'll be damned if I do it again. Good thing I can see in the dark.' He thinks as he sees her eyelids drooping. He whispers:
"Don't fight it. Sleep." She nods her head as she shuts her eyes and falls asleep.
Well, this is it for a while! I'm having a little bit of a writers block, plus school! My personal hell hole! I'll update as soon as I can! Please review! Thank you!