Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Last time:

"What's your name?"

"My name is Kurogashi!" he said excitedly. He wore a simple green t-shirt and brown shorts.

They went through every student until the last one. "I'm Tsuki." She wore a white tank top (which was the colour of her hair) with a loose black shirt on top and black pants.

Hinata smiled when they went through every student. She leaned over to Naruto and whispered, "It's going to be fun. You'll love the ninjutsu area."

Back Again

Over the next few days, the students began learning weapon handling. Naruto, being certain of himself, took over and being a Jounin, hit the target spot on. Every child was amazed by his accuracy. "Practise make perfect."

The students tried themselves. The two outstanding students were Kurogashi and Tsuki. Kurogashi failed to hit the target but tried his very best. He seemed to enjoy it though his effort wasn't good enough. Tsuki however was the closet to hit the target. Hinata saw through her. She was a serious little girl and somewhat depressed but when around friends and the good side of life, she's actually a happy girl, laughing and smiling all the time.

"I come from the Snow Country," she said to Hinata a couple of days ago. "My parents died during a civil war so my Aunt decided to take me away. I survived the war but I'm still recovering from depression I had developed."

"Okay, that's it for today!" Naruto announced.

"See you tomorrow Naruto-sensei, Hinata-sensei!" called out a student. Every student left the classroom but Kurogashi stayed behind. Naruto had noticed Hinata was tired as well. "Hinata, go back home. I want to talk to Kurogashi." Hinata nodded in agreement and left.

Kurogashi stared out the window. His eyes were filled with disappointment and Naruto had noticed that too. "What's the matter Kurogashi?"

He didn't reply.

"Earth to Kurogashi…"

"Why? Why am I so bad at throwing kunai and shuriken? Why Naruto-sensei?"

"Well, when I first started in the academy, believe me, those days were horrible! I had to go with students at a younger age."

"What do you mean?"

"I was kidnapped you see, when I was young. If it wasn't for Hinata-sensei and friend named Tenten, I wouldn't be here. Anyway, though I was older, I was the failure."

"B-but look at you! You have perfect accuracy and speed!"

"After a lot of practise but don't push yourself. It's not good for your body. So keep on practising. I know you will have the accuracy I have 'cause you're just like me." With that, Naruto walked away. Kurogashi smiled.

"Arigatou Naruto-sensei!"

He entered their room, only to find Hinata sleeping like a baby. Another thing he had noticed was that Hinata had been calmer lately. The nightmare she had was starting to fade away. He grinned while walking towards her and planting a soft kiss on her cheek. Hinata's eyes slowly opened.

"Hey Hinata, you look as beautiful as ever."

She smiled. "Thank you. By the way Naruto," she sat up. "Who do you think is after me? There are a few possibilities."

"Yeah like that stupid Sasuke," he spat out angrily.

"There's also that clan that took Mika's mother away. Naruto, do you think that Sasuke and that Orochimaru person will announce a war on Konoha because of me? What if they do?"

"Don't worry. I am here to protect you." He ran his hand through her soft silky hair. "I'm going to have a late lunch. Want to come?"

"Okay." She stood up and followed Naruto outside their room.

Meanwhile, as they left, a man placed his binoculars away and smirked. "This Hyuga should be easy to catch as long as she's pregnant." He jumped away to tell his master the report.

"Kajou, since when do we take revenge?"

"But Kushina, please, they not only raped my wife but killed her as well! If it's the clan that's planning to attack then please, let me take out my anger. I won't be in peace until I do that."

"But then what about Mika and Sotoumi? Sotoumi was always against revenge and Mika would be horrified to see her father a killing machine. I won't allow that to happen."

"Sotoumi," he quietly whispered.

"Both of them would hate to see that and I would too. Let's not go off breaking everyone's hearts okay?"

"Fine but at least, if there is anything to fight about, can I fight too?"

"Seeing you dead is not a wish of mine but I will accept your request. I will take back the title of Kachuukage now okay. Please make sure you don't die."

He smiled. "Thank you."

They walked along the streets, looking for something to eat. Naruto avoided his ramen for the sake of Hinata but received a surprise, one he didn't expect.

"Naruto, can we have ramen please? It must be the baby. It must like ramen like you do."

"Okay…we can have ramen." Confused on the outside but he was practically celebrating in his mind. 'Ramen! Ramen! We're going to have ramen!'

'Stupid boy. Why am I stuck with him?'

'Damn fox. Be quiet won't ya?!'

Silence.

'Good,' he thought to himself.

They ate their ramen without saying a word. Hinata was surprisingly eating as though it had been her meal in ages.

"Yep, that child really loves ramen," Naruto commented.

Once they finished, they headed back. During their journey, the baby's health became one of his questions.

"The baby is healthy and quite like you. Probably male?"

"I don't really care what the gender is, as long as we get along together, unlike me and the other kids."

"Don't worry, our child will love you. You're the perfect role model and you may be Hokage as well."

"I hope I do become Hokage! It's my dream to become one, to be respected by all of Konoha!"

"And they shall. You may be the container but you display strong determination and courage. I'm sure Tsunade-sama will pick you as the next Hokage. You'll be just like your father."

"He has the chakra control thing going on, not me."

"Only because of the great amount of chakra you carry. I wouldn't blame you for poor chakra control."

There was an eerie silence, the one that Hinata didn't like.

"Listen Hinata, I may have poor chakra control and I may not be able to control it but I promise to protect. That was why I was sent here."

"What aren't you able to control Naruto-sensei?"

In front of them stood Kurogashi. He was panting slightly, probably because of a lot of training.

"Kurogashi, what are you doing here?"

"I came to buy some milk and bread. Hey, I've been training and my aim is getting better! Anyway, what can't you control?"

"N-nothing. We need to get back home Kurogashi. Hinata-sensei is tired and…"

Naruto turned and held the point of a kunai between his middle and index fingers. Kurogashi's eyes widened. That was fast! A note hung from the handle. Hinata took the kunai out and read the message.

'My dear Hinata. This is a warning. If you don't give yourself to us, we will declare war. I don't think you want your beloved Naruto's heart crush now do you? Come by tomorrow at noon at the northern outskirts of your town.'

Her hands trembled in fear. The note fell from her hands to the ground. Naruto's wound had healed and supported Hinata. Kurogashi read the note. "What is this Hinata-sensei?"

"S-Sasuke."

Cliff hangers, I love them! Well, for me to write. Okay, this chapter is dedicated to a certain reader who cheered me up quite a bit and cured my writer's block (for now). Thank you. I hope this chapter was interesting and I wrote it in about an hour (a little bit longer cause of dinner). The end is near everyone!

By the way, I'm sure you have noticed the Naruto/Sasuke thing. I had to do that and just to note, Sotoumi is Mika's mother. It means ocean. Okay, that's about it. Please review!