Thanks a bunch everyone who wrote a review. I really appreciate it. I was on Icanhascheezburger yesterday, and now I am hooked on Lolcat pics! They are sooo awesome. Now I've been speaking in Lolspeak all day. Anyway, as the lolcats would say: I can haz reviews, plz?

Now, onto teh story (darn Lolspeak)

Naruto woke up to the familiar dirty, cramped, and old apartment he always loved. Naruto rolled over his messy pile of sheets and let out a content sigh.

Man, it really feels good to be back.

Yawning, Naruto sat up in his bed and glanced at his microwave clock. It was nearly noon.

I was up late yesterday, Naruto thought to himself. It will take a while for me to get used to actually being back.

Naruto got out of bed and rummaged through the small room for breakfast. On the table sat a tropical fruit basket with a note attached to it.

A good ninja eats his fruits and vegetable –Jaraiya

Smiling, Naruto picked up an apple to eat and got ready for the day. In no time he was walking out the door, looking for something to do. Right as Naruto stepped through his door, he saw a most peculiar sight. In the bushes across the street, two figures, one blond-haired and the other pink-haired, were fighting over a pair of binoculars.

"Give them to me, Ino-pig, you damn stalker!" cried Sakura.

"What does that make you then, forehead girl? You are stalking him, too!"

"I was….um….just walking by and decided to go bird-watching."

"That is the biggest load of bull I've ever heard! And get your own binoculars!"

As the two crazed kunoichi were arguing, they didn't notice Naruto walk over to the bushes.

"Hi, Sakura! Hi, Ino! What are you doing? Bird watching?" he asked, motioning to the binoculars.

Ino and Sakura both exchanged nervous smiles and shook their heads. Sometimes it was a good thing that Naruto was so stupid.

"Uh…yeah," they both said at the same time nervously. "Bye, Naruto. I have to go do something."

Naruto just scratched his head as the two girls ran down the street, arguing the whole way (of course).

I swear! Naruto thought. I think those two need to be drug tested!

Naruto turned around and ran into Hinata, who just 'happened' to be walking through the street that Naruto lives on at that exact moment. Hinata was sent plunging towards the ground from the impact. Luckily, Naruto acted fast and caught Hinata before she hit the floor.

"Are you okay, Hinata?" Naruto asked.

"N-N-N-Naruto-k-k-kun? Y-y-y-your h-h-hand….," Hinata managed to get out before Naruto looked down and realized what he had grabbed when he caught her.

Naruto's face went into a full blush. His hand was right on Hinata's butt. It didn't take Naruto a long time to realize what was going on.

"AHHHH! Sorry, sorry, sorry! Damn it! Why did I do that? Shit! Sorry, sorry, Hinata! I didn't mean to-" Naruto shouted as he jumped back. He wanted to drop dead. No doubt that Hinata would hate a scumbag for him forever. He knows some girls well enough (cough, cough, Sakura) to guess what's going to happen next. Hinata's hand across the face, probably. That, or a powerful kick to the family jewels.

"I-I-I-It's o-o-o-okay, N-Naruto-kun," Hinata said gently, still trying to recover from what had just happened. The blush covering her face was probably the biggest one she ever had.

"Huh?" was all Naruto could muster up. He was absolutely sure, no, positive, that Hinata would go into ultra-crazy homicide violence mode (that's what Naruto calls it) after what he just did. The next thing she did surprised him even more.

"S-S-Sorry, N-Naruto-kun," she whispered, barely audible. But Naruto heard it, and there was no mistaking the fact that she actually apologized.

Wait….why did she apologize? Aren't all girls supposed to kill me right about now? Naruto asked himself. Yes, he actually thought he had females all figured out (funny, huh?).

"Why are you apologizing, Hinata?"

"B-because if it w-weren't f-for m-my clumsiness, t-then you w-wouldn't h-have ended up in s-such a-an u-uncomfortable c-circumstance," she answered, still red in the face.

"Hinata…..I should apologize," Naruto said just as softly. For some reason, his throat was getting dry. His stomach also formed a couple knots.

One things for sure, he thought to himself. Hinata is not like other girls…..she's special.

Hinata looked up at Naruto, who had gotten closer to her. So close, that his head blocked the sun from her view. She could see the outline of his sharp cheeks and spiky blond hair. He looked so beautiful…

"Hey, how's it going, you two lovebirds?"

Naruto and Hinata both instantly snapped out of their thoughts and jumped away from each other, blushing furiously. Yup, the moment was ruined by none other than….

"Damnit, Pervy Sage!" Naruto shouted at the tall, white-haired man. "What are you doing here?"

"Awwww," Jaraiya cooed in his best cutesy voice. "Did I interrupt? Should I leave you two to your 'business'?"

At each word Jaraiya said, Hinata got redder and redder. Yes, she was going for the record, folks.

"I think I'll base my new Icha-Icha book off of you two," Jaraiya said, still talking in his disturbing cutesy voice.

"Don't you dare!" Naruto roared as he pounced on the Sannin and preceded to use Jaraiya's head as a new punching bag.

"Ow…ow!" cried Jaraiya. "Alright, kid. I get it!"

"You better," Naruto warned as he got off of Jaraiya. "Hinata and I are friends, damn perv."

Even though what Naruto said was true, Hinata couldn't help but feel disappointed at his words.

"W-w-w-well, s-see y-you later, N-Naruto-kun," Hinata said, as she quickly sped down the road.

"Bye, Hinata," Naruto called after her, even though she was out of sight at that point.

Naruto glared at Jaraiya and walked off to Ichiraku's to get a bite to eat. All the commotion so early in the morning really gave Naruto an appetite, and the apple he munched on earlier really didn't appeal to his stomach as much as a nice, warm bowl of beef ramen.

Jaraiya just stood in the road as the two young ninja walked to their various tasks.

You mean he still doesn't know yet? Thought Jaraiya. Damn kid, its do obvious. To think that such a fine girl like Hinata would fall head over heels for him and not notice it!

Jaraiya pondered his thoughts for a couple seconds before he came to a conclusion. A mischievous smile slowly crept across his face as he rubbed his hands together like an evil genius.

"Yes," he said out load in a sinister tone. "Perfect…..this is a job for….."

Jaraiya spread his legs apart and pumped his fist into the air, making what appeared to be an action pose. Villagers passing by seriously questioned the man's mental state.

"……Jaraiya, Master Matchmaker!!!!" he announced, shouting at the top of his lungs. "…and I know just how to get those two together! Muahahahahahahah!!!"

-Naruto, later that day-

"Damn that Perverted Hermit," Naruto mumbled as he stepped out of the shower. He was normally still training at this time, but he wasn't able to focus because of what Jaraiya said to Hinata and him earlier that day. "Hinata is probably angry for sure this time."

Naruto got some clean clothes on, a plain black shirt and orange pants, and walked out of the bathroom, nearly having a heart attack in the process.

"Pervy Sage? What the hell are you doing here?" Yelled Naruto. "You scared me half to death."
Jaraiya wrinkled his nose. "You should clean up this wreck of an apartment someday."

"I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Naruto asked again, but louder in case Jaraiya didn't get the message this time. Today, Naruto was really short on patience, especially with this man.

"Oh, yeah," Jaraiya said, scratching his head, as if he forgot what he was going to say. "I really wanted to make it up to you for saying those things in front of Hinata."

"And….?"

"I bought you two tickets to Konoha's famous hot spring for today only," Jaraiya announced as he held out two slips of paper.

Naruto took the two slips and looked at them carefully, suspecting this to be one of Jaraiya's pranks. After giving them a last glance-over, Naruto was satisfied.

"Let's go then, I could really use some stress-relief!"

"Ummm….no, Naruto," Jaraiya said hastily. "I have to do something. Invite someone else."

As Jaraiya spoke, he went over the plan in his head. Of course Naruto will ask a girl, wont he? He is a guy, after all. Hot Springs mean only one thing to guys: peeping. He will ask Hinata to go, peek on her and discover her beautiful body, and then its happily ever after. That's how it works in the novels, anyway. How different can real life be?

"Oh, then I'll just ask bushybrows, then," Naruto said happily as he began to walk out the door.

"Wait! Not him! He is training with Guy!" Jaraiya shouted loudly.

Jaraiya once again went over his foolproof plan. What's wrong with him? Doesn't he know that Hot Springs=naked women?

"Okay, maybe Kiba then."

"He's busy!"

"Choji?"

"Out with Asuma at a barbeque."

"Shikamaru?"

Jaraiya slapped his forehead. This was getting nowhere fast.

"Ask Hinata!" he roared, before mumbling under his breath how Naruto was a disgrace to all men.

"Hinata?"

"Yes!"

"I think she hates me right now."

Jaraiya slapped his head again. No genius, quite the opposite, in fact.

"You should use this as an opportunity to apologize."

Naruto's face brightened up. "Good idea, Pervy Sage! I ow you one!"

With that, Naruto stormed out of his apartment door in search of the young Hyuuga, leaving Jaraiya in his apartment with a mischievous grin.

"Yesssss…..excellent…..Muahahahahahaha!"

-Hinata-

Hinata wandered around the outside of the Hyuuga complex, tending to her favorite flowers, lilies. She was thinking about what happened earlier, blushing each time she remembered it.

"Hey, Hinata!"

Hinata dropped her watering can out of surprise. She knew that voice. She'd know it anywhere, at any time. Naruto.

"N-Naruto-k-kun?"

"Hey, Hinata!" Naruto said, as he stopped to catch his breath. He held one ticket to the Hot Springs in front of her face.

"W-what is t-this?" she asked, hoping that it would be a ticket to a movie, or something of that sort.

"Will you go to the Hot Springs with me?" Naruto asked.

Hinata allowed his words to register all the way in her head. She read the words 'MIXED BATH', which were printed in bold letters all over the front of the slip of paper Naruto held out to her. Everything finally clicked in her brain.

"M-m-mixed b-b-ath….N-N-Naruto…..H-h-h-hot s-springs….."

All of this was too much for poor little Hinata's heart so suddenly. She fainted on the spot.

"Hinata! Hinata!" Naruto yelled, trying to shake Hinata awake.

The noise alerted two Hyuuga Clan guards, who decided to investigate.

"Hinata-sama!" they both shouted as they charged towards Naruto, kunais drawn.

"Damn it!" Naruto cursed as he started to flee. "Now I look like some kind of rapist!"

"Alert Hiashi-sama immediately!" one of the guards said to the other. "The demon boy tried to assault Hinata-sama."

"He wont get away," the other vowed as he ran into the complex to tell Hiashi the news. "The demon boy will pay for attacking the princess of the Hyuuga Clan!"

Jaraiya sat on a nearby rooftop, watching the whole chaotic scene unfold.

Damnit! Plan number one didn't work out as planned. There are just a couple minor consequences (Yeah. A couple). Oh, well! Master Matchmaker Jaraiya always succeeds! Muahahahaahahah!

Jaraiya stood up and took his action pose.

"The Master Matchmaker will succeed, with ultimate plan number two!"

I look so cool right now!

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