Tea country was beautiful and there was not that much to do in the town after the merchant that they were guarding was safe to sell his goods in the town. Things had gone well as they were able to defeat the bandits and protect the merchant, that was everything that could be asked of them on that mission. Aoba was very much impressed by the group even Hinata whose lack of confidence in herself had almost been costly had she not been saved by Naruto in the heat of the battle. Still he could see where Hiruzen had trained Naruto a great deal, and knew that all three of them were more than prepared for the Chunin exam. They were not to stay in Tea long, not even more than a single simple night, and that was camping along the way back, at a small clearing as they found time to set up camp, so that the genin on his team would have time and the chance to sleeping in tents and roughing it as it were.
They didn't have that much stuff due to the fact that they had to travel light, just one large tent that they would have to share and one small tent for Hinata to use. then Aoba, Sai and Naruto set up the fire pit and the fire that burned inside of the fire pit as well. The fire burned giving them light as the night came around eating the food that they had given to them by the village, which wasn't the best stuff ever. Naruto looked at the food and had to even smell it before he ate it with his nose closed as he wasn't sure about the quality. It was edible but that was about all that could be said about the food that he ate that night.
Naruto went to bed with the rest, as he found the room okay, but he wasn't used to sharing a tent with three other men. He did his best to sleep seeing that Aoba and Sai had no problems with sleeping in the tent, perhaps they had prepared for it before hand, but he hadn't and he wasn't prepared for sleeping out like this. Maybe this was going to be something he would just have to get used to overtime. He tried a bit more before he gave up.
Naruto got up quietly as he looked at his sensei and his teammate, he paused for a moment as he decided to move quietly to slip out of the tent, and take a walk, a small walk that night. He figured he could clear his mind during the walk and then he would be able to sleep far better than he had before. He slipped out of the large tent and looked out to see that the moon was full that night. It was a beautiful night, Naruto couldn't but help notice this simple fact the moment he was out of the tent. He looked at the moon for a moment thinking before heading out for his walk.
As he took a step quietly he heard movement, from some direction that he couldn't pick up on right away, he grabbed a kunai as defense, as he heard it more, faint but it was there the sound was there, just barely. He could tell where the sound was after hearing the sound of footsteps moving quickly on the grass some distance away in the woods. Naruto moved quietly following the sound of the footsteps keeping a bit back, maybe this was another bandit or rogue ninja. Night time seemed the ideal time to attack, maybe them all being asleep was a bad move after all. He moved quietly as he moved silently, wanting to figure out quickly what he was going to have to fight and deal with.
Naruto looked out expecting to find the enemy rogue ninja that he figured in his mind would be there, he had his kunai out ready to strike and attack. Naruto looked out and then blinked shocked beyond words, there was no rogue ninja there, none at all. He looked out blinking as he blushed. He looked at a young woman out moving dancing as she moved with such grace under the moonlight in a small field. Naruto blinked as he remained still, he didn't want to be find in that moment, he didn't want to be known about by her. He knew who it was that was dancing, he wasn't a idiot. He knew it was Hinata that was before him dancing moving with such beauty. Naruto could feel his face heat up as he looked at her. He had never seen such a sight of beauty in his whole life, thought not long, and wasn't sure if he would ever see anything to compare to her ever in his mind.
He moved quietly, thankfully he was able to keep himself together as he slipped away leaving Hinata in the clearing to be alone, he was sure that he wouldn't forget it, but he wasn't sure how he was going to have to keep this to himself. He knew that if he said anything it would only led to embarrassment on his part for spying on her and maybe her part too, he wasn't sure at all. Naruto went back to try to sleep, and in time he managed to actually fall asleep that night.
The next day though when they were traveling, anytime that the young blonde would be near the Hyuuga teammate of his he would turn red, as he remembered the event the night before. Not that Hinata noticed as she would turn red herself when she was near Naruto still. Sai blinked watching the two wondering if he had missed something not understanding what was going on. Then Aoba on the other hand had to keep from laughing at the reactions that the two had for each other. He could tell there were strong feelings between the two teammates, which wasn't uncommon, but it was funny how both seemed to avoid the subject. He wondered how long it would be till they got over that awkwardness and shyness and admitted the mutual feelings that it was obvious that they had.
A/N- Simple chapter yes, but a good wrap up for the first mission and next I think I will move on to the chunin exams.