Crossroads
(My future manga predictions)
-Hinata-
I walked towards Naruto quickly, though each step seemed to be as long as a mile. I suddenly wanted to turn back, to forget my desire for his affection and for this confrontation, but I had already called his name. It was too late. I would have to ask him.
Naruto looked surprised. "Hinata…what are you doing here? Shouldn`t you be helping the others?" I blushed. "N-Naruto…I…" "What is it, Hinata?" "I`m sorry to be bothering you, but I just had to know your answer. I`ve…been thinking about it for a long time, and…I just have to know how you feel." Naruto looked confused. "How I…feel? What are you talking about, Hinata?" What did he mean? I guess that he didn`t want to talk about it…which would mean that he didn`t feel the same way I did. "You don`t have to…feel the same way I do. It`s just... I love you so much, Naruto!" I gasped and covered my mouth. I hadn`t meant to say that. "You…what?" He said. Maybe he had forgotten that day-of course! That would make perfect sense, because after I got hit he turned into the mini-kyubi, and that may have made him forget. "I`m sorry, Naruto. I, um…I just realized…you probably don`t remember what happened." "What happened?" He asked. "So…that must`ve sounded weird, I`m sorry," I said. "Hinata, what did happen? Was it something that had to do with… with you loving me?" I blushed more. "Y-yes. It was before you sprouted 6 tails. You were fighting Pain, and he had pinned you down so that you couldn`t move. I`d been watching everything from afar. I couldn`t bear you getting hurt anymore, so I went to were you were and ambushed Pain." "You…did what, Hinata?!" I blushed even redder. "It was foolish, I know. I was being selfish. I was only thinking about how I didn`t want you to get hurt." "H-Hinata…" Naruto breathed.
-Naruto-
"This sounds exactly how I feel about Sakura…" I thought, as I listened to Hinata. She continued her recap of events.
"While I was fighting him…I told you that I knew I wasn`t a match for him…but that I would be willing to die for you… because I love you." I gasped. She would die…for me?! "I wasn`t a match at all, though," she said. "I got tossed aside, easily. I was injured greatly by his attack…I couldn`t move. Then, he stabbed me. I was still alive…barely…but I guess you thought that I was dead. Then you transformed into the six-tails, and…" She faded off at the end, so I knew she was finished. But…what a story! We both stood there in silence, me pondering the events that I had just been told. Hinata started fidgeting with her fingers. "N-Naruto…" I realized what the fidgeting meant-it was her old habit, but it showed how nervous she was around me. Then, I realized everything else-how she was always watching me, always supporting me, and always being nice to me-even when no one else was. I started to laugh. "Man, Hinata. You must think I`m such an idiot. But now I realize everything." "N-Naruto…I…I know that you love Sakura. I think she might like you back, so…I know that you don`t feel the way I do. You…don`t have to be nice to me about this…" I laughed again. "Hinata, you`re always so selfless! You like me so much, so why don`t you just be selfish about it! 'Naruto, I need you!. Just forget about Sakura, I can be better!' That`s what you should say, Hinata." She laughed nervously. "Come on, Hinata," I started. "Say it!" "Naruto…" "Come on, say it! I can`t be with someone who doesn`t put herself before others." She and I both gasped at what I had said. I had made my decision-I didn`t love Hinata…but she loved me. We were friends. Maybe over time, the more I got to know her, the more I would learn to love her. I know she`d always love me. I grinned at her. "Say it." She laughed, but this time a pure, happy laugh. "Okay…" She took a deep breath. "Naruto, I need you!! Just forget about Sakura, I can be better!!" The way she said it, I knew she felt it, and I knew she meant it. "That`s right." I said, walking closer to her. "Hinata…I think that you can love me more than Sakura could." Hinata nodded. "So…Hinata? I`ve got to rescue Sasuke…that`s my top priority. But…after I do that…and the village is rebuilt…would you like to go out sometime?" Hinata started to cry. "Naruto…I`ve wanted so long for you to say that. I will!" She cried, hugging me.
I knew that I had made the right choice. Hinata loves me limitlessly, and I feel as though she`ll love me, forever. That feeling is something that everyone yearns for all their life. And I have a person giving it to me.
From now on, no matter what else happens, I`ll cherish that, forever.
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A/N: Thank you for reading this. I`m not sure if I`ll continue or not. Please review. :)
