I don't know what to do, what can I do when someone finds out about your secret? Should I avoid this man or just run away and panic? I can't really say for sure, all I can say is that I'm so royally screwed.

Hinata didn't know what to do… the doctor knew her secret and the way he was staring at her was as if he was trying to search her soul for the answer. Her lavender eyes wide with shock and fear. There was no telling what he would do if he knew about her secret… no, he did know! But there had to be a way to avoid all of this… But what could she do to stop this? It didn't make any kind of sense at all to her… The young woman felt like she was going to have a panic attack if this kept up!

Kabuto narrowed his eyes a bit as he said "tell me, why is a girl, at an all-boys school hm? I am very interested in knowing." Hinata didn't know what to do, her body felt warm with panic, sweating with fear that she was going to get kicked out before she even got to be friends with Naruto… this was it, she was done…

Suddenly, the sound of the door sliding open had caused Kabuto to let go of her wrist and move back to stare at whoever was coming into the room. Hinata looked over and stared at the newcomer with wide eyes only to sigh when she saw that it was Naruto…

"Yo, Hyuuga I brought your bag… let's get back to the dorm 'kay?" He said in a tired voice… normally, Hinata would be angry that he would talk like doing things for her would be boring but at the moment… she didn't care! She just had to get out of here!

"Thanks Uzumaki-kun, I'm ready to go." She said with a smile before walking toward Naruto and taking her bag from him and was about to follow him out of the room until Kabuto's voice had stopped her dead in her tracks.

"I look forward to our next meeting Hyuuga."

Hinata gulped and ran after Naruto, not sure what she could do. The doctor freaked her out greatly, and there was no telling what could happen now… the very thought that someone knew her secret had caused her great fear, fear that she would be kicked out… fear that she would never be friends with Naruto and have her dream of him playing kendo come true… Running a hand through her bangs, the young woman just sighed softly as she tried to think on what to do…

"Hey, you alright?" asked Naruto, a hint of concern in his voice.

Hinata nodded as she said "just… sore is all… my head hurts a little more than I thought it would." She didn't look at him, afraid of what his expression would be. Suddenly, she heard the sound of his footsteps stopping and him turning to face Hinata as he lifted her face up to face him. Hinata stared at him with wide eyes, wondering what he would be doing. "Uzumaki?" she said in a confused whisper, not sure what he could be doing.

"The bump on your forehead is still pretty bad… you should put some ice on it." He calmly said before releasing his hold on Hinata's face and started to walk away once more.

"Uzumaki… how did I get to the office?"

"I carried you."

Hinata looked up in shock, her face was red at the thought of Naruto carrying her… it made her think of when she was a child and her mother would read her stories of a prince and princess… how the prince would always carry the princess when she was hurt… It was strange though, that she would suddenly be thinking about that of all times.

Shaking her head, Hinata looked up at Naruto for a moment, wondering if he was okay… he just seemed really quite today, and it had her a little worried… from what she had heard Naruto was a bit of a hyper guy that talked non-stop… it made her wonder what had changed him.

"Hyuuga… um…"

"You can call me Hinata you know."

"Fine, Hinata… um… you… never mind." He said before walking on ahead, it made Hinata wonder what he was going to say… tilting her head, she ran after him as she asked him what he was about to say, though Naruto of course just kept on saying "forget about it!" The way he said it of course, made Hinata laugh out in joy, forgetting about the troubles that had happened moments ago…

When they both had arrived to the dorm, Naruto seemed like he was out of breath, maybe he was out of shape? Was that why he quit kendo? Or was there more to it than that? Shaking her head, she said "so, Uzumaki-kun, why did you carry me?"

"Just call me Naruto… and Kiba is faster than I am and if he had carried you to the doctor's than he wouldn't have made it in time to stop Kabuto." Naruto calmly said as he went to the door to unlock the bolt so they could get in. Though, just as they were about to walk on inside, Kiba ran toward them and hugged Hinata in his arms.

"Oh Hinata! I was so worried about you, I am so sorry for hitting you! I didn't mean too!" shouted Kiba, trying hard not to crush the poor woman. Hinata just gave a nervous laugh as she patted his back, trying to console the poor man, telling him that it wasn't his fault and that she didn't blame him for something he had no control over. Kiba just stared at Hinata and sniffled as he said "you're such a nice guy Hinata!"

'And… you are such a dramatic yet hyper guy Kiba…' Hinata thought to herself as she handed him a tissue for his nose…

Hinata yawned softly, she was walking down the street with Kiba… it had been a long night for her. It felt like it would take forever for the year to be up already though, at the same time she hoped that she could get her dreams accomplished and soon…

Those dreams were the only reasons for her coming, and no one knew about those but her friend TenTen… or, she should say her future Cousin-in-Law since her cousin Neji, had proposed for them to be married when they were done school. Though, Hinata was happy that TenTen had promised not to tell anyone, and that she would be careful not to tell Neji since, knowing him he would explode in a pit of fury.

Shaking her head, Hinata knew that right now, she had worse matters to attend too. After she had gotten to her dorm last night, she had wondered back to the doctor… fear had crept back into her heart as she tried to think on how to make sure that he didn't say anything. There was no way that she was going home, she would nail herself to the ground if she had too, there was just no way in hell was she going to go on home.

Shaking her head, Hinata kept on walking ahead with Kiba, though when she looked over toward the bulletin board. Frowning, Hinata and Kiba both walked over to the board for they saw a bunch of students gathering… and what she saw almost made her eyes fall out of her skull…

uIs Romance in the Air?/u

For, posted on the bulletin board was a picture of Hinata and Naruto, it was the other day when Naruto had fallen over and landed on top of her cause of Kenta… Oh dear…

Hinata felt like she wanted to hit someone, there was no way someone was going to post these and make up damn lies! She felt like her blood was going to boil on over, who did this? Kiba slapped his forehead as he said "looks like he's done it again… damn guy doesn't know when to quit…"

"Who?"

"Rock Lee, he's a good guy and all but he lets his obsession over the fires of youth get the best of him."

Hinata narrowed her eyes before a hand shot out and grabbed the poster and ripped it down. Hinata looked up and blinked in shock for the arm, belonged to Naruto. And damn did he look pissed! Naruto crumpled the paper in his hand before walking to the trash can and throwing the paper into the trash. Hinata frowned and ran after Naruto, wondering where he would be going.

As he walked ahead, Hinata could feel the fire burning within him… no, not just that but she could feel the fire of his rage flowing off of him in waves. But why, why would he be that pissed off? Sure she was mad too but at least not enough for her to be that angry.

Soon, Hinata had found herself in one of the classrooms, walking toward a boy with a bowl haircut, really thick bushy eyebrows, and wearing the same uniform as anyone else. He looked up at Naruto and grinned. "Hey Naruto, what's up?"

"Lee… I'm going to let this slide once, and only once. If I find another picture like that again… I'll make you regret it."

Hinata was surprised that Naruto had spoken like that, he sounded like a different man, like he was trying to hold back the rage that was burning within his body but held it back so he wouldn't hurt anyone. Hinata could easily see how hard he was trying to fight his rage that was burning behind him.

"But Naruto, it is only the power of youth that drives my camera. The pretty boy… Hinata right? I can't help it that people from America has a thing for pretty boys like him, and eat guys like him for breakfast…" Hinata had suddenly ran to him and threw her fist at Lee, slamming it into his face. The force of the hit had both thrown him out of his seat, and caused him to pass out from the sheer force… the last thing he said before passing out was this… "The… power of… youth…"

Hinata glared at everyone else in the room, as if challenging them… once she looked like she had calmed down a bit she started to walk out of the room, leaving a stunned Naruto to stare at her in shock.

As she walked down the hall, Hinata hissed in pain… her fist looked like it was bruising from punching that Lee guy… she didn't know what to do, but to shake it and hopefully have her hand in some cold water that it would help heal it. Sighing softly, the young woman calmly thought to herself how thankful she was that she took karate when she was a kid…

Suddenly, someone grabbed her wrist as he said "I saw what you did Hinata… and it was an impressive display for someone like you."

"I took karate, what are you doing here…?"

"I mostly just wanted to see if your hand was alright when I saw what you did. Nothing more…" Looking at her hand he nodded as he said "well, good news it won't swell on you Hinata… though, just to be safe but some ice or even run cold water on it." Kabuto just had a small smile on his face, as if he was still expecting her answer as to why she was coming here… maybe she would have to answer him but for now, she had to think of her answer carefully before he released her wrist and she walked away… the last thing she needed was to deal with him.

Once school was done for the day, Hinata couldn't help but yawn… she would have to find a way to get her homework done since she missed part of it from punching that guy in the face earlier. Yawning, Hinata looked up and saw Naruto just at his locker getting his things. Smiling, the young woman walked over to him as she said "hey Naruto, wanna walk…" she never had a change to finish for he started to walk away…

'Is he… avoiding me…?'

Frowning, Hinata just sighed softly and started to walk down the street, trying to think on why Naruto would be avoiding her. Did she do something wrong? Or was it because of that headline that Lee had put up from that photo? It didn't make sense to her at all… Sighing softly, the young woman looked up at the sky, trying to think of a way that she could make it up to Naruto but nothing came to mind.

Not like she could do much, most of the things that she can do involves acting like a girl, and that was the last thing that she needed right about now.

"Hey, Hinata, wait up for me!" said Kiba as he ran up to Hinata… Hinata looked up at the brown haired teen and gave him a soft smile before turning away and her frown appeared once more. Though, Hinata had failed to notice that Kiba was staring at her… she didn't notice that his face was growing red as they walked together.

"Hinata… you okay?" He asked in a bit of a shaky voice, though had prevented himself from stuttering.

Hinata nodded as she said "I'm just tired… maybe just having a bath and a good book to read will make me feel better." She gave him a smile before they kept on walking… though, Hinata didn't know just how much that smile had affected Kiba…

"Hey, isn't that Naruto?" said Kiba suddenly, which had caused Hinata to blink and look up. For standing across the street wasn't just Naruto, but a girl with pink hair and green eyes. Her eyes were wide with shock, which made her think that maybe this was why Naruto had been avoiding her today cause he was in a hurry to meet up with that girl… could that be it? No… there was no way that could be it, there was just no way.

Shaking her head, Hinata grabbed Kiba's hand whispering "let's leave them alone…" though, even with Hinata saying that it had her curious as to what they could be talking about…

After Hinata and Kiba had gotten to the dorm, the young woman grabbed the leash from the desk in the dorm room and walked on over to Kenta's dog house and smiled. "Okay Kenta, we're gonna go for a walk." Kenta barked as his tail wagged. Hinata could already tell that he was excited. Giggling, she hooked the leash to his collar and started to walk on; she was going to do some spying today…

Hiding in the bushes, Hinata held onto Kenta to make sure that he didn't wonder off on her and get them exposed to Naruto and that girl. She had to find out what is going on between those two… she wanted too so badly.

"Look Sakura just stop alright? I saved you because we're friends. Stop blaming yourself for my choice!"

"I know that Naruto but, you have to stop kendo because of me… if I was more careful you wouldn't have been hit and hurt your leg and arm…"

That made Hinata freeze… Naruto was hit by a car? She never knew… Frowning, she tried to listen a little more… there had to be more to this than what Naruto lead on… but how? What could she do to help? Well… 'I guess there isn't anything that I can do for him… but maybe encourage him? No… he has to make the choice himself…' She thought to herself before shaking her head. Looking back up at the two chatting teens, Hinata tried to keep listening… the girl was wearing a uniform, similar to her own but instead of plaid pants, she wore a skirt, and a bow tie around her neck instead.

"Naruto, just go back to the kendo team…"

"I don't like kendo anymore…"

"You love kendo that was all you ever spoke of when you were a kid!"

So… they knew each other as kids? So, they were childhood friends. It almost made Hinata jealous of that. She wanted to get to know more about him, but Naruto just wouldn't share anything with her and it made Hinata a little upset but she didn't dare voice that.

"Look Sakura, I made the choice and I don't regret it in the least, believe it. So, just stop bugging me about it alright?"

Kenta barked and jumped out of the bushes causing Hinata to fall out with them. The girl, which Hinata thought was Sakura turned around as did Naruto and stared at the two. Hinata blushed as she said "hey Naruto, sorry I was walking Kenta and he wanted to come into the bushes… well gotta go bye!" With that, she ran off with Kenta running right behind her.

Hinata didn't know why she didn't stay behind, but what she did know was that she couldn't stay any more or Naruto would know that she was spying on him. Taking a few deep breaths, Hinata sat down on a park bench as she tried to relax… for once, her speed came in handy. Besides trying to run away from those captains of the other teams in the school when they were trying to recruit her… no matter how much she thought about it the more she worried that they wouldn't give up on her.

Leaning her head back, Hinata gently ran her fingers through Kenta's soft fur and yawned softly. Though, when she looked up she blinked in shock. "Naruto?" she said in shock, for Naruto was standing behind the bench and stared at him in complete shock. Had he ran after her?

Getting up on her feet, the young woman tilted her head at Naruto as he held out his hand for Kenta's leash. Handing over the dog's leash she frowned and looked down when she saw that Kenta wasn't afraid of Naruto like he showed with other men. That didn't make sense at all… "Hey Naruto… how come Kenta isn't afraid of you?"

"I saved him. His owners couldn't handle him anymore… he was a puppy when they were going to take him away but… on my way home from school I saw these two strong men trying to put him in a truck but the little guy…" Naruto had a soft smile as he ruffled Kenta's ears and smiled at the dog with great care for the dog. He soon added more to the tale… "I picked up the dog and told the men that I would take him, they didn't argue so long as the dog was gone… The only other person Kenta trusts besides myself was the dorm manager."

Hinata nodded and started to walk with Naruto back to the dorm… it was late and she wanted to get back and have a nice relaxing soak, and to read a good book after she did all of her homework.

Though, now that they were alone she had to ask… "Naruto… were you avoiding me? If you were… why?" She didn't know how else to ask… there was no other way to ask him other than that… she had to know why he had been avoiding her all that time, it just seemed like after she had passed out and Naruto had carried her that… he was acting strange yet she didn't want to comment on it at all…

"It's because you're a gi…"

"A what?"

"Nothing… it's nothing, I just wanted to be alone for a while is all."

Hinata just frowned and nodded, she would accept that for now. Maybe it was best that she didn't pester him about it. Right now, all she wanted was for him to be happy and to help him to relax a little bit. Maybe if he could relax than maybe… he would tell her what has been bothering him.

Sighing softly, the young woman thought that maybe it would be better that she just did what she was going to do… have a bath, do her homework and read a book before bed tonight… for tomorrow, she has her own personal mission to accomplish.

It was the dawn of a new day that was for sure… Hinata knew that she had to get this over and done with. For today, she had confront Kabuto and find a way to get him to keep her secret. There was no way that she was going home. She had to stay if she wanted to get Naruto to play kendo again… she had to stay, if she was going to watch him play.

That was her dream, and she was going to stick to it…

Taking a deep breath, the young woman looked over to the bathroom and saw that it was open, so maybe Naruto was still sleeping. Slowly, she climbed down the ladder and saw that the curtain was still closed so maybe he was still asleep. Smiling, she walked to her dresser and quickly got dressed before running out of the door though, what she hadn't noticed was that she had been watched getting dressed by a certain blonde haired boy, to see if he had been right…

Once she had arrived to the doctor's office, Hinata walked into the room and closed the door behind her. Staring at Kabuto as he turned around and stared at Hinata with a glint in his eyes, she knew that he had been waiting for her the whole time. But that wasn't enough to stop her; she was going to make sure that he didn't tell anyone her secret, and maybe find out how he knew her secret.

"So Hinata… you finally arrived. Will you give me the answer I seek?"

Hinata nodded and stared at him with determination. Taking a deep breath, she calmly started to explain her story… "I came here to be with a kendo player I've admired for a long time. It was because of him, that I got into sports…" She had a soft smile on her face at the memory… "Even though he says that he's quit and doesn't like kendo anymore… but I can sense that he wants to go back… I really do."

Taking another deep breath, she whispered "I also came, to see the real him… I want to know him more and more as time go on. That's all I want…" She looked up and had a soft smile… "I won't leave this school… I won't let you pick on me… no matter what you do; I won't allow it to happen. Nothing will stop me; nothing will prevent me from being his friend."

"Fine… you don't have to be so dramatic about it though." He said with a sigh before turning around to fill some papers out. "Though… I'll admit, I would have reported you, if you only came here to pick up guys. So, do whatever you want, I'm not going to stop you."

Hinata smiled brightly and jumped for joy before hugging him from behind, giggling, she said" thank you Kabuto!"

"Please don't hug me. I find women to be annoying when they do that…"

"Oh, how… um… how did you find out? I'm wearing a tight vest to hide my chest under my clothes…"

"Simple… I'm gay, I knew just from looking at you."

Hinata yelped and jumped back, that was something she hadn't expected. Though, just as soon as the shock had come, it had disappeared. At least it did explain how he found out about her. Smiling, she said her good bye to Kabuto and started to walk toward the school so she could get out of here. Though… she couldn't help but wonder how her life would be like with someone knowing… though, in a way it made it easier for her now…

Just as she was walking toward the gates, Hinata blinked when she saw the pink haired girl…

Blinking in shock, she said "hey, you're that girl from yesterday…"

"And your that boy that was with Naruto's dog… can… can you help me?" asked the pink haired girl with desperation in her voice.