Konnichiwa people! Here it is. Sorry it took me such a long time to post this. I was busy with my new story. Read it if you can, the title is "Hajime! Shijuu!" It's a crossover between Avatar: The Last Airbender and Naruto. You can find it in the Naruto pages, in the Avatar: TLA pages and in the crossover pages. :)

I don't own Naruto.

Here goes...
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[Naruto's POV]

We finally got to the village's front gate. We weren't the first ones though. Kiba (AND Akamaru) and Shino were already there. Ino, Shikamaru and Chouji were already there too. Rock Lee and Guy Sensei were there too.

"Hey guys." I heard Tenten's voice from behind.

"Hi Tenten!" Sakura greeted her.

Neji was just standing next to Tenten; emotionless but deep in thought.

"Neji?" I snapped at him.

He was thinking. He snapped out of his thoughts right away.

"Huh? Oh. Sorry. I was just thinking about... Never mind." He hesitated.

I knew he was thinking about Hinata. He was worried too, weird as it may seem. But he was.

"I know your thinking about Hinata. It's okay. You guys are family." I said.

"No we're not and no I wasn't." He said angrily but he was obviously lying.

"C'mon Neji. Stop the tough guy act. We're all worried about Hinata." Tenten giggled.

Neji just looked away; hiding the worry in his eyes.

"Whatever." I said.

"Huh?" I said as I saw Kakashi-sensei from a distance.

"Kakashi-sensei!" I waved at him.

"Naruto! Shut up. He can already see us you bobblehead!" Sakura told me.

She was right but hey, I'm me.

"Hello Naruto." Kakashi-sensei greeted me.

"Wow Kakashi-sensei this is the first time your actually... early." I said cheerfully.

He looked a little insulted buy I was telling the truth. Really.

"Uhh... Thanks Naruto. So, is everyone here?" He asked me.

I turned around and checked. 1,2,3...

"Yup! Everyone's here." I confirmed.

"Kurenai?" Kakashi-sensei said.

Kurenai? Kurenai-sensei? But, I thought she was pregnant and in the hospital.

Kakashi-sensei went and talked with Kurenai-sensei.

[Kakashi's POV]

"Kurenai?" I said in disbelief as I saw Kurenai.

"Yes it's me Kakashi. What's the problem?" She laughed.

I was still shocked. Wasn't she... pregnant. Then again she may have already given birth. But how could she be in tip-top shape so fast. Transformation Jutsu maybe? Lady Hokage uses it all the time...

There was a little debate going on in my head. After a while of thinking, I figured I should just ask her.

"Kurenai. Weren't you..." I started but was cut-off.

"Pregnant? Yes. I gave birth already a week ago. Weren't you there?" She said with a little frown.

A week ago... Hmmm...

"A week ago? I... Oh that's right. Lady Hokage sent me to a mission. Sorry Kurenai. But if I didn't have a mission I would've been there." I apologized.

"Oh. Well that's okay Kakashi." She smiled.

Wow.

[Naruto's POV]

Kakashi-sensei and Kurenai-sensei were talking... For a while now.

HELLO? What the heck happened to the rescue mission?

I decided to break them up. The more time we spent here, the more danger Hinata could be in.

Besides, we were all here. Kakashi-sensei, me and Sakura. Guy-sensei, Tenten, Neji and Lee. Ino, Shikamaru and Choji. Kurenai-sensei, Kiba (AND Akamaru) and Shino were her too.

Great. Let's do this.

I walked over to Kakashi-sensei and Kurenai-sensei.

"Kakashi-sensei. Shouldn't you be briefing us now?" I said.

"Oh that's right." He said.

'About time.' I thought to myself.

"Sorry Kurenai. We're 'gonna have to chat later. Right now, we have to get this mission started." He said, turning to Kurenai-sensei.

"Of course." She replied.

"Now..." Kakashi-sensei started.

'Finally. Just wait for us Hinata we'll save you.' I said to myself.

Jut you wait Hinata. Just you wait.

[Kakashi's POV]

After Naruto interrupted Kurenai and me I realized that it was time to start the mission. I started to brief them.

"Now here's the plan. There's actually two plans. The first is by means of emotional swaying. Naruto..." I called out Naruto.

"Huh? Y-yeah Kakashi-sensei?" He said in quite a shock.

"We're 'gonna catch up with Hinata. We'll use Kurenai's team to track her down..." I started.

[Sakura's POV]

Kakashi-sensei started explaining 'The Plan'. Turns out there were two plans. He said the first one was 'gonna be through 'emotional-swaying'. Of course, we all knew what that meant.

"Naruto!" Kakashi-sensei called out.

"Huh?" We said in unison. Only he was more curious.

We looked at each other. He looked at me questioningly. I simply shrugged since I didn't know what Kakashi-sensei was up to either.

He went up to where Kakashi-sensei was standing while Kakashi-sensei was explaining more details.

Hm. I wonder...

[Naruto's POV]

When Kakashi-sensei called me I was shocked. I looked at Sakura but she just shrugged her shoulders. I walked over to the platform where Kakashi-sensei was standing.

"What is it Kakashi-sensei?" I asked him. He signaled for me to step up the platform and so I did.

"Now, Naruto here is the key to the entire Plan A. As I said, we're going to catch up with Hinata using Kurenai'd team then we'll leave the rest to Naruto." He explained to everyone.

"WHAT?" I said.

'WHAT?' was right. WHAT?

"Now. All of you, except Sakura and Kiba go on ahead." Kakashi-sensei instructed everyone, completely ignoring what I just said.

"Use Shino to find Hinata then wait for us. We'll know where you are. Find a good hiding place and just wait. Go!" Kakashi-sensei said.

"HAI!" Everyone replied then disappeared into the forest with Sakura and Kiba left behind.

They came forward.

"Okay. Why were we left behind Kakashi-sensei? Akamaru already had Hinata's scent." Kiba questioned immediately.

"Kiba, we need you to help us catch up with them." Kakashi-sensei explained.

Kiba frowned a little. He was so excited for the mission I guess.

"Hmph. Fine. Whatever." He said.

Kakashi-sensei looked at him intensely for a second but then calmed down. He knew this wasn't the time to 'train'.

"Why was I--" Sakura started.

"Because you're on my team. Now, Naruto do your best to talk Hinata out of it. Do everything you can. Remember all the nice things she's done for you..." Kakashi-sensei motivated me.

It worked. I remember her rice balls that looked like me and that time when we were trying to find a beetle... That time she was... Awakened. She went out of her way to help me. She trained for me. She became a better ninja to... impress me and a lot of other people and herself. She... loves me. She wrote it in the letter herself... And I love her too. I'm 'gonna do all that I can! For Hinata!

"I got it Kakashi-sensei! Now let's do this!" I said all hyped up. I was ready.

Let's do this.
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