( 5:30 am )
Naruto was up early in the morning wearing his orange cloak with black flames on the bottom while on the inside he wore a black shirt and white pants along with open toe shoes. He wanted to get away from some work that Sakura piled on his desk this morning and wanted to walk on the streets alone. Whenever the people of Konoha saw him they would either make their child run to him and greet him or wave and give him some present.
"Rokudaime-sama!" A little girl walked to her holding out a flower made of paper. "pweeasse. Take it...gift."
Naruto looked at her in surprise, he smiled at her and patted her on the head and took the flower. "Thank you little girl." The girl blushed and immediately ran back to her mother, Naruto grinned at both of them. He waved back to the others and simply walked on his way placing the flower inside his cloak pocket. His stomach was growling for food, come to think of it Naruto hasn't eaten since dinner but it had to wait, he had something important that he had in mind. He walked passed the Yamanaka's flower shop when Ino suddenly called him.
"Naruto!" Ino grinned. "Sorry I had to stop you but my family wanted to give you this bouquet as a congratulations on becoming Hokage just a few days ago. We weren't able to give it earlier because you were so busy and pesky ANBU won't let us come near you."
She pointed the giant flowers inside the store. "Thanks Ino, tell your parents as well. I appreciate the gift and your right, the elders are strict about how I should keep my close friends away from work just like they've been doing to baa-chan."
"Hahaha...that is true, so Naruto, where are you headed off to? The office is that way, the elders might get mad at you even if your already an adult but hey their really really old." She pointed opposite where Naruto was headed.
"I had something important that came up and I don't want it to wait any longer." Naruto laughed. "I needed it to be done before work."
"Wow, on the job and so dedicated to your work, that's amazing. I'll just have it sent over to you as soon as possible." Naruto nodded. "Oh! That's right, you were headed somewhere, I won't keep you waiting any longer. I'll see you soon Naruto, hope it's alright not calling you Rokudaime-sama. Even if it does fit you~"
"Heh, that's alright the others can call me that anyways..." They waved at each other. "Thanks again, See you soon."
He was halfway near his destination when he was stopped by two of his friends that appeared before him. Yet again faith wasn't on his side, he was constantly being delayed. He looked at them with wide eyes but remained calm, he placed his hands on his pocket and looked at them waiting for a response when nobody talked he decided to start.
"Shikamaru, thanks again for bringing out the truth about my life, my parents and my heritage. I wouldn't have anything if it weren't for your help in uncovering the truth. It went a lot easier since then. Sorry I couldn't thank you earlier..." Naruto smiled at him and Shikamaru waved him off.
"No need, I had to do what I had to do, besides the truth will come out eventually." He grinned. "I just broke it out earlier than expected. So no need for a thanks and that high praising, the people mistreated you but now they won't ever mistreat you like they did back when we were kids. It's only fair you live a normal life."
"Heh. Right about that, so is there something you want to discuss to me about? I'm in a hurry to get somewhere and speak to someone, it's important I head there first before anything else. It's the reason why I tried to avoid heading to the office but I'm actually being stopped. Constantly!"
"Don't worry," Kiba reassured him. "We won't take too long, promise."
"Where's Akamaru?" Naruto asked changing the subject.
"Back at home getting treated, heheh..thanks for wondering..."
"Naruto, we were looking all over for you since this morning." Shikamaru said. "We tried looking for you at your estate but nobody was there and we decided to check if you were at the Ramen shop but bad luck."
"Did something happen that you need help with?"
"Just the opposite. Sakura wanted you to finish the pile of reports that she placed on your table just a while ago. She wanted you to finish it by the end of the day, she started yelling at us to go and find you. How troublesome, she can't even say thank you properly and starts ordering us around since she became your assistant."
"Re-really?" Naruto sweat dropped. "Sakura-chan is really getting all worked up about me being the Hokage and all."
"Sheesh kinda like spoiled or something, right Naruto." Kiba grinned. "Shikamaru...lighten up. At least give Naruto a break, he was only appointed as the Hokage just a few days ago. He's still adjusting and do we have to call you Rokudaime-sama? Seriously...were your age, pesky elders want to give you respect, respect this!" He brought up a fist. "Geez, it's so lame!"
Naruto laughed, it was true they are within the same age length and the elders have been pestering the young ones to call him by the name Rokudaime-sama he just acquired a few days ago. Anyways he wanted some time alone for a while and he thought of something that he should've done a long time ago but he was constantly being forced away from it just like he is right now. He wanted to go to the Hyuuga compound but it's a matter that has to wait.
Shikamaru was now promoted to jounin and was practically trying to get a date with Temari who also seems to like him, they started developing feelings years back when they were teens helping out with the Chuunin Exams. Everyone knew it but he's constantly trying to deny it every time someone mentions it. Kiba is still a Chunin however he was appointed as one of the greatest trackers along with Akamaru. Kiba already has a girlfriend, she isn't much known and she isn't a ninja but he keeps mentioning her as sweet when it comes to him and the animals.
"So Naruto?" Shikamaru crossed his arms. "What do you say? Are you going to get back to work, you are the new Hokage and Sakura probably wants to beat you up just so you can take your job seriously. She also mentioned that she'll beat us up if we don't get you back in your office."
"He said he had somewhere to go, right Naruto?" Kiba wondered. "What's so important that you have to leave all the paperwork behind?"
"It's only paperwork Kiba, it won't leave the desk you know." Naruto rubbed the back of his neck. "I'll be back later this afternoon to finish the rest of the paperwork, it's not that difficult as Baa-chan says it is but the problem is the over piling. I just finished a whole pile that came yesterday and now there's a new one. I wanted to go to Hinata's house to discuss about something important that I've been meaning to talk to her about. It really can't wait."
"That's what's important to you? Are..you...sure about that?" Kiba started laughing and choking on his words.
"I can't believe it..." Shikamaru smirked. "Finally...after so long."
"She's... happy you became Hokage you know, and I...don't think it's a good idea to visit her. I mean, she might just pass out...like she always does back when we were kids." Kiba said being cut by his giggles.
"Don't be mean." Shikamaru smiled. "I think Hinata will be happy Naruto's going to her house to ask her out for a date. She's been waiting for God knows how long. How troublesome."
"Ehh!" Naruto noticed this and blushed, the two immediately saw this and laughed at it. They understood Naruto's feelings very well and they wanted to help, they all knew what was going on between the two's constant ignoring with each other. Shikamaru just shook his head and Kiba went into a fit of laughter that slowly died down.
Both smiled at him and they turned to each other leaving Naruto out of the conversation.
"Guess there's no helping it then." Kiba grinned as he turned to Naruto. "If you want to talk to her that badly then we won't stop you, we know you've been aching to see her and all we got to say is good luck. We'll try and back you up whenever we can alright. Remember Hinata was my teammate so don't go off hurting her feelings. I would know alright, Shino too."
"Right..." Naruto sweat dropped.
"Anyways, we'll tell Sakura that you'll finish the paperwork once you head back." Shikamaru said. "We'll tell her that you have something important to discuss with Hinata and that you can't let it wait. She won't like though and she'll probably have our heads for it, but it's for you anyways. Your lucky your the Hokage otherwise we would have left you to deal with it yourself."
"Yeah, thanks anyways Naruto, see you later." Kiba waved off and so did Shikamaru as they both headed back to the office. Naruto found it awkward for the two to act that way but they were his friends. Even if he didn't become the Hokage his friends will still treated him as equals and he was fine that way. At least he has friends.
He walked to the Hyuuga compound and finally he was there. He hesitated for a moment to knock on the door or even ask for Hinata but he wanted to talk to her really badly and he'll never forgive himself for not doing this. For freaking sakes he was shaking and practically sweating. He looked really pathathic right now and he was about to reach the door with his hands when all of a sudden...
"Naruto-san," Neji stood behind him. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be doing some paperwork?"
"Why does everyone keep asking me about that?" Naruto frowned. "Anyways, good timing for you to be here Neji. I wanted to speak with Hinata for a while now but it seems that I'm having a bit of trouble trying to get someone to open the door. I'm not sure that you'll let me in."
"What are you talking about?" Neji chuckled. "Of course you are allowed to enter our compound, you have saved Hinata, me and the whole village. Who wouldn't desire you to enter our home. Please do come in. I'll ask the others to search for Hinata."
"Thanks Neji." Naruto smiled. "You've been a big help to me today."
"How does it feel to be the Hokage?" Neji wondered.
"IT still feels the same just more things to worry about that's all. Missions, paperwork, the usual..."
"I see..."
Naruto and Neji entered the house with caution, it was silent inside and only chirping birds could be heard. Neji told Naruto to wait outside and he did as was told. One of the women gave him some drink and a few food, she was blushing the whole time and practically told the other women in the house that he was there. You could hear their soft but loud giggles in the other room. Naruto was still thankful for the food since he hadn't eaten in a while.
He waited for Neji to head back to him. Neji was a jounin and was teaching some students at the academy, he had to do it for a bit of charity work on his part. He loved spending time teaching the children about the knowledge he knew. He was kind and skillful and admired by many. He was loked up too by many other chunins and Jounins that know him.
Neji told the others that Naruto was looking for Hinata, some of the girls envied her since she was close to Naruto like Neji was. Hinata was inside her room practicing her techniques, she became quite skillful since they were just kids. She was known as one of the fastest and skilled women in the Hyuuga compound and every girl there wanted her place. She still had her long hair and the outfit she wore was a black shirt and blue pants, her arms had fishnets on her elbows. She sat there practicing chakra control.
A knock came to the door and she immediately stopped what she was doing.
"Yes, come in please." She said.
"Hinata-sama," The woman spoke. "Rokudaime-sama is here to see you, he wants your immediate presence outside. He is waiting for you to come out, it seems that he wanted to discuss important matters with you."
"Naruto-kun?" She suddenly turned red. "I'LL BE RIGHT THERE! C-ccloose the door!"
The woman didn't hesitate as she closed the door in fright. Hinata clenched her pants and started breathing heavily. She didn't know what to do, the last time they were able to talk to each other straight forwardly was the time she saved him from Pein. That was ages ago, they tried talking to each other after that but they ended up having their words tangled up and blushing hard.
It was a bad moment.
Flash back~
Months after Naruto had defeated Pein, Hinata came to Naruto blushing like mad. Naruto couldn't speak as well and was remembering Hinata's confession. Everyone of their friends surrounded them and it was a very awkward moment.
"Hi-h-hina-ta?" Naruto tried speaking. "W-what are you..."
"About...b-before..." Hinata closed her eyes.
"You...m-mean back...l-last...months ago...?"
"Y-yes!"
"I...well...it's that...I..." Naruto couldn't take it anymore as he grabbed her shoulders and went up close to her face. "Hinata I want to tell you that I..." She turned red and suddenly passed out but she could hear everyone talking around her especially Naruto's panicking voice.
"HINATA!"
"Look what you did you idiot! You made her pass out with that stupid stunt of yours!" Sakura shouted.
"Too bad Hinata couldn't hear the rest of what Naruto would say..." Ino laughed.
"It was so close, you just cut it on a little too thick..." Chouji sincerely said.
"Did I?" Naruto worriedly held her.
"Let's bring her home." Kiba spoke.
Hinata was still red and even if she was passed out she could hear that everyone decided to let Naruto bring her home. When she heard that her hearing suddenly turned deaf and there was nothing but darkness.
End of FLASHBACK!
She couldn't hear what Naruto was going to say and it's been a few years that she last heard that and she knew that both of them weren't ready for such a relationship. She really wanted it though, they were already adults no longer kids looking for some fun. They were serious...
~~Rokudaime-sama is here to see you, he wants your immediate presence outside. He is waiting for you to come out, it seems that he wanted to discuss important matters with you.~~
"Why does Naruto-kun want to speak to me?" She blushed. "Could it be that he's finally going to...? No!" She shook her head. "It must be a mission? What if...he want's to talk to me about our feelings?"
She face palmed herself. "He wouldn't do that! He won't pick me to be his wife, I'm getting my hopes up. I've already heard about him being the Namikaze heir but I don't care about that...what if he picks other girls, more than one wife..uhh!..."
"But if he picks me...Oh! I don't know what to do! If he finds out I've been thinking about this day...not this day but...our relationship...it's complicated but it's not and..it's..I'm ranting...I can't believe what I'm thinking...I..."
She heard footsteps walking towards her door and a woman started shrieking. "Please, Hinata-sama is busy she'll come out soon and I'm sure she will attend to your presence in a few moments more."
"I don't have time to wait, I have a busy schedule that I have to keep up with. This is the only day I have to put her in, I want to talk to her...ever since that day."
Hinata blushed. "That's Naruto-kun's voice...he wants to talk to me...ever since that...day? He really wants to fix things?"
"But..Rokudaime-sama!" The woman shrieked.
"She might be trying to ignore me and stay away from me for so long and she might not want to see me now but I really want to see her. I need to talk to her about something I've been meaning to pour out to her ever since we last had a discussion. It's been so long since we've had a decent conversation with each other without any interruptions. Now let me see her...it's important I do."
She could hear the maturity in Naruto's voice, the calm and warm words. She turned red and stared at the door. "I'm not ignoring you...I...meaning to pour out? To...to have no interuptions...me and him...alone..together... See me? A decent conversa..." Everything turned black and Naruto suddenly opened the door to see Hinata really red and passed out on the floor. Naruto knelt down to her and placed a contented grin on his face.
"I guess she pretty much heard about half of what I was going to tell her..." He shook his head.
(minutes passed)
Hinata oppened her eyes and rubbed them and saw that she was inside her room. She remembered that Naruto wanted too speak with her for quite a while now, she thought that's it too late now that she ruined her chances of a decent talk with him. She felt like an idiot passing out whenever Naruto was around. She tried holding out on herself but it was too much.
Thinking about their relationship with each other right now felt like a tornado hitting her, she wanted to cry but suddenly someone touched her forhead and she turned to her left to see Naruto sitting there smiling at him. She turned red but he didn't stop touching her forehead. She slowly reached out for his hand and took it placing it on his lap. When she did that Naruto placed his other hand on top of hers causing her to twitch and blush.
She wanted to stay that way but part of her was hurt badly.
"Hinata, I...It's been so long since we talked to each other straight and..." Naruto breathed. "I want you to listen to me, to hear me out...I want you to be there for me like you've always been, alright?"
Hinata wanted to talk but she nodded instead.
"No passing out again?" He smiled and she giggled.
"That's the Hinata I know...perhaps it's high time that I be the one to confess to you about everything I've been hiding since that very day that you confessed. I know it's sudden but I don't want anything else bothering us with this moment, I want it to be just the two of us. I've been thinking for so long on how I'm going to appraoch this situation and believe me or not I've thought dozens of them going wrong but I hope it will turn out for the best and you'll understand me..."
He took a brief pause and continued.
"I noticed that ever since we were at the Academy you only had your eyes on me even if I was a stupid brat that didn't give a damn about my life and even if I was nobody that anyone can be proud of. You helped me with training and defended my right to live more than anyone else had ever done to me, even if my existense didn''t matter. You..."
"Your life matters Naruto-kun, it matters to me." Hinata bursted out. "You know that..."
"I figured that you'd say that...thank you Hinata for everything...you loved me for who I am and not for what I am, you loved me for me, not for my parents, not for my past or for what's inside me. I noticed that you were always there for me whenever I needed comforting and cheering up and you were able to do it just with the perfect words you always have. I've been a total idiot going after someone else and I'm really sure you were hurt with that but you still stood by me and waited...you waited up until now..."
Naruto couldn't help but smile at her.
"I was an idiot who didn't think much of you than a friend, I thought that getting Sakura's attention would benefit me a lot but when she confessed to me, it was different. Completely different from yours. I found it hard to believe, I thought she was telling a joke at me. I compared it and yours was real, I knew that Sakura loved Sasuke very much and I tried taking the advantage when Sasuke was around and I was wrong. I feel so stupid, I was so selfish back then...I don't know what to make out of it..."
Naruto bowed his head and it felt like he didn't want to continue. Hinata stayed silent as Naruto's hand held hers. It was so warm and the moment felt so real. She held his hands as well gripping it to make him keep going, he smiled at this and looked at her.
"I found out that it was just an excuse to keep my feelings in tact as an excuse for love when it was just some silly crush I had on her. Now I realized that you gave me all that I could ever need, that you were always there even if I hadn't notice you before. I never knew that you liked me until you confessed your feelings for me while you defended me from Pein when I clearly told you to back away because it was dangerous..."
"That's when I realized I had feelings...for you." Naruto blushed. "That's when I realized that there's nothing else that I want than to..be with you...I couldn't think of anything else but protecting you with my life...after everything happened...I wanted to see you and talk to you about...us...but...I didn't confront this to you earlier because...I felt like...I..."
Hinata placed a finger on his mouth and smiled.
"I understand Naruto-kun, We both became...awkward with each other after that, and you had a lot of things in your mind about chasing Sasuke and defeating Akatsuki to save the entire village. I completely know all that...It's just that I also want what you want...for us to be...together."
She paused for a moment and let her hand drop on Naruto's hand holding hers. Naruto smiled at her but he suddenly frowned and bowed his head.
"I wanted to talk to you but I was afraid that...after everything that's happened you might not want to be..."
"With you?" Hinata finished for him. "I've always tried..seeing us together, trying to look at you with me and ever since we were kids I've been dreaming of things like that, it's no wonder that I can't help but pass out. You inspired me with your hard work and dedication and I admit that because of that...I loved you...I never want you to be with any other girl..."
Tears were falling from Hinata's eyes.
"I started working hard so that you can see me for who I am, so that you would look at me. I tried my best doing work as hard as you have been even if my family didn't approve of you before. I have longed to be with you and would have left my family so I can be with you...I was only afraid that...if I ever slip up...you might not like me...and If something happened you might blame me for what I did..."
"I really care about you...I love you so much that it hurts being...far apart. My family treated me like I couldn't do anything more than be a burden for my friends...but with your help...with your smile I was able to move on and keep moving forward...because I love you so much that I want you to notice me...that I don't want other girls clinging on to you and seeing them...I want you to love me too, because I care about you so mu..."
Naruto leaned himself closer to Hinata and their lips met. Hinata closed her eyes and felt the moment and blood rushing in her body. She slowly placed her hands on Naruto's neck as Naruto's hands were going down to her waist. Such a passionate kiss, nobody disturbed them, for the first time they were able to show how much they felt for each other.
It was a moment that they both longed for, Naruto broke the kiss even if he wanted it to last longer and brushed of the tears from her eyes and cupped his hands on her face. Hinata wanted more but her insticts acted up and blushed fiddling with her fingers. Naruto smiled and he hugged her but let go immedaitely and placed his hands on hers.
"Does this mean...?" Naruto stopped Hinata from talking by pecking her lips once more.
"You won't be hurt any longer Hinata. Whatever happens I'll be there for you...I hope it's not to late to tell you that..I love you!" Naruto smiled at her.
Hinata grinned at him and screamed in happiness. She jumped on him and both tumbled down on the floor. Hinata kissed him again and he decided to leave it like that for a while. She loved him, and he loved her. They were on the floor Hinata on top of him, he didn't mind...because it was the best thing that happened to him in his entire life and nobody was there to bother him.
My fave character pairs are NaruHina :D Anyways, thank you for reading my fanfiction... Please if you have the time to Review please, don't hesitate...thank you again.
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