( Hello all, I am back with another chapter. Still looking for a beta reader and thanks for the few reviews. I am grateful for the support from the readers, and always looking to hear some suggestions for the story. Plus more followers would be great, anyway! Enjoy Chapter two! )

It was a dreary night already with rain on the way, instead of returning Hinata to her home. I had decided on bringing her to my own, the only reason for this was that the Hyuga clan would notice him. Then ask questions of what happened; leading to a bigger issue for me…why the hell did being so helpful have to be so troublesome. Reaching the roof of my house, I had looked through the windows to make sure that my mother wasn't awake. Father was either on a mission or Drinking with his old friends in the village at the moment. So it was clear for the time being, entering through the door of my own home felt awkward.

The reason being, I had a girl from the Hyuja clan on my shoulders, and I was taking her to my room. This was possibly the worst thing to get caught for, would they suspect that I had drugged her. I think that this was far worst then the village being destroyed by the sound ninja's. Taking a few steps at a time, the whole house was pitch black and my mother is asleep in her room. Sighing in relief, I had entered my room and closed the door behind me. Wishing that I had a lock at this moment in time, yet it would just be too troublesome to put one being that everyone was usually a Ninja.

All I could do was place her on my bed, laying her on back as I looked over her. Her short blue hair, overly sized sweater and those white eyes that looked as if it could stare into one's soul. She was injured and I needed to examine her body to see, if there isn't any bruises on her. I was about to unzip her jacket, when something in my mind had just snapped. I would be stripping down her clothing, it was for the greater good but the Hormone teenager side of me had been excited for this brief moment.

What I truly needed to do was stay focused, so I shall do that very thing. So starting with her jacket, I had started to unzip it down, until it reached her waist and noticed that she had a rack on her. I mentally slapped myself for even thinking of such a thing, yet this might be the first time that I had ever seen her exposed. Pressing on, I had thrown her jacket to the floor and focused on where Neji had kicked her. Picking at the blue shirt that was under her jacket, I had slowly grabbed it at the waist and pulled it up. Forgetting about her for a brief moment, as her stomach area was completely covered in bruise marks.

"Are all these from Neji? Or do you just push yourself too hard? "

Speaking to no one in general, since I was the only one here and she was passed out. I extended my hand over to her stomach, the smooth feeling of her skin was overwhelming but she turned away from my touch. The pain had jolted in her mind and caused her to stir out of place. I backed off from her and went to get the medicine from the storage room. A very rare treat, the Nara Clan medicine was known for being the best within the village. So it would be able to help her heal faster, looking down the hall….father was not back yet.

Heading back into my room, she was still on the bed. So I would have a better chance to apply the medicine to her bruises and bind the bandages around her wounds. It was all that mattered at this moment in time. Thinking of what I should do, after I heal her…..maybe I should take her home but it was already late. He didn't even know if she would wake up but her health was more important. Even if it was a drag to keep an eye on her. It took about a good thirty minutes before I had finished patching her up, wiping the sweat off my forehead out of exhaustion.

"I am not cut out for being a medical ninja "

I moved over to the wall opposite of the bed, and slid down. Letting my legs extend out as I watched her on my bed. Her soft breathing, the way her chest expanded as she slept and remembering all that has happened to her. She was one tuff girl; I already knew the reason for her change. It was too noticeable being that she liked naruto, yet either he was too stupid or didn't want her. Now he was gone to search for the next hokage….it didn't involve me, so I will just wait for him to come back.

The sound of lightning was heard throughout the room, along with rain drops hitting my windows. It didn't look like it would lighten up till morning, so Hinata would need to stay over tonight. It answered one of my questions at least, yet complicated our relationship. We weren't the closest of friends but teammates on missions. This was getting too personal between us, so I would need to keep it this way. I felt my body jolt for a brief moment as thunder had strike down from the sky, causing a loud booming sound over the village.

I heard the soft squeak inside my room, noticing that Hinata had awoken from the thunder. She was barely getting up from my bed, when she paused for a moment. She started to look around the dark room for anyone. She was getting more scared with each passing moment, so my response was to talk to her.

" Hinata, are you alright? "

Hinata had squeaked much louder at my voice, focusing on where it came from.

" Shikamaru is that you? "

" Yes it's me, How are you feeling? "

"Better…now "

She turned her body off the bed, trying to take the first step off. She was doing fine, until her legs had given up on her. Causing me to leap into action, catching her in my arms as I felt her warm body against my. I saw her blush at my actions, yet I felt my cheeks do the same. Snapping out of this feeling, I had helped her over to my bed. Then releasing her from my arms and sat next to her on the bed.

" Your still too weak to move around. Don't move around until your wounds heal "

" I'm sorry for putting you through this trouble "

She gave a very sincere look to me, and I didn't really know how to response to her at this moment. It could be a simple word like troublesome but unlike those other times. It involved a rather calm, and collected young girl instead of the usual tough girl.

" It's alright, it was good that I had found you when I did "

" Yes….thanks again, Shikamaru "

She looked down at her legs, being that we were alone in a room alone. It felt like it was getting warmer inside my own room. What could I do to change it…for once in my life? The answer did not come naturally to my mind; it was just strange to have her in the room.

" So can you tell me why Neji almost killed you? " I asked her rather bluntly

She cringes at my words for some odd reason. It was noticeable that she didn't want to speak about it. I didn't really care at all, it was her problem not my at all. So I got up from the bed and started to walk to where I was before. Yet, Hinata had grabbed my arm before I could leave.

" I was trying to improve myself "

" So you told Neji to beat you up in a forest, then leave you to die. That kind of doesn't sound like improvement at all. More like trying to get yourself seriously injured or killed " I said in my usual insightful views of idea's.

" It wasn't supposed to go that far, he just wanted to make me stronger "

" Maybe you should try something else, I might not be there next time "

She paused for a moment to think of what to say to me, before something came to her realization.

" Why were you out in the forest anyway? " She asked curiously

" I was taking a nap, when I heard fighting in the forest. So I went to see what was going on, and here we are " Shikamaru said with little emotion behind his words.

" I see "

" You are going to have to sleep in my bed till morning. Don't give me any say that it would be bad idea. I am a chivalry type of guy, so just take the bed "

I didn't linger for long as I went back to the wall opposite of the bed. Crouching down as I watched her move around the bed. She didn't really say anything else after that; of course I hadn't caught the smile on her face. Thinking that she was always like that, I never tend to smile at all because I was just a lazy and serious guy. She seemed to be asleep now and so I decided to doze off as well. It would be a real interesting day in the morning.

…...

After a few hours, I could feel myself getting up from my bed. Noticing that it wasn't comfy at all, that was when my eyes snapped open. I was in my room, the bed was empty and I was on lying on a hard wall. Trying to remember, what had happened last night and looked around the room. Everything was in place, nothing was wrong….until I saw Jacket on the floor of my room wasn't my at all. I knew who it was but Hinata was gone from my room. I had saved her, maybe she had gone home and let me sleep in but I knew that couldn't be the answer? She would leave her jacket here? I decided that maybe she did leave home, and just left the jacket in a hurry. It could have happened, so it would be better for me now. I don't have to deal with her anymore, and I can live my normal uneventful life.

" Shikamaru!, Come and Eat! "

The only thing that could shake me out of my mind was my mother. Her commanding voice was telling me to eat breakfast. It was something that I learned was to never say no to that, or else there would be some serious problems. My motto was to never piss off angry women; my mother was just one of those women. So I walked out of my room and into the kitchen to get some breakfast before heading out to get a mission or training.

Of course the sight of Hinata helping my mother set the table was very bad. As I took a seat, my mother had saw me and put on a bright smile. To many it would be a sign of happiness to see her son, for the Nara family it was like a ticking time bomb ready to be set off. The only word that came to mind for this type of situation was Troublesome…I knew that this was the beginning of the end for me. As Hinata had finished up and sat in the chair across from me at the kitchen table. While my mother had brought the food to us, and taken her own seat, while looking at me with a rather calm expression, until a eye brow had lowered down. Knowing that the time for calm has finally over...just great.

" WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM! BRINGING THIS POOR GIRL OVER TO MY HOME WITHOUT TELLING ME. EXPLAIN ALL THE DETAILS BEFORE I BREAK YOU FOR THIS! "

So this is how my morning would be today, it was just turning out to be a swell day...man I hate my life.