"What took you so long?" Someone appeared behind the shadows.

"I've run into trouble, but I already took care of it."

"It looks like that you used Shinra Tensei without the Rinnegan. You do realize that you'll just kill yourself?"

"You're the one to talk. You almost died because of lack of nutrition."

"That doesn't matter, I'm still alive." He smirked, sarcastically and contentedly. "Besides, you should have taken me with you!" He pointed his finger on Yoshiro.

"Why?" He rose an eyebrow.

"Why?! Because! I want revenge! I want revenge on that kid who tore my body into pieces by using some damn explosions and—"

"All right, that's enough. You're lucky that I found you and your body is whole again."

"Hey! I'm not yet done talking! Besides, that pineapple haired brat will be punished! He'll soon feel his curse!" He started laughing evilly.

Yoshiro let out an exasperated sigh. He can't study with someone this noisy! This is going to be a long night.

With Naruto...

Naruto is sleeping, but he's not enjoying it. For another bad dream is hunting him.

In this dream, Naruto has fallen into his enemy's trap leaving Hinata to fight their enemy alone. His body became numb and he can't move an inch. He was really mad, if he weren't so gullible, then this wouldn't happen to them.

Darn it! He can't do anything but to watch their battle and the worst part is that their enemy has a huge advantage. He knows the Byakugan's blind spot and Hinata's life is in great peril!

Their enemy moves closer to Hinata in a fast pace. He went behind her and punched her neck. Hinata winced in pain and fell on the ground.

"How pathetic." He said and laughed evilly.

She stood up and quickly used Palm Bottom on him. Fortunately, it hit his chest.

He saw their enemy spit some blood and Naruto was really surprised that she can still fight regardless of her condition. Their enemy clenched his fist and went behind her blind-spot. He gripped her wrist, hard-core, and blood was coming out from it. This made Naruto really mad than before. If only he were really careful.

Darn it! Darn it! Darn it!

Their enemy smirked and slammed her on the ground. He grabbed his sword on his back and...

"NO!" Naruto woke up from his nightmare. He sighed and wiped off the sweats on his forehead. Thank goodness it was a nightmare.

"Had a nightmare?"

"Shikamaru? Isn't it too early to wake up?"

"Idiot, it's still midnight. Your scream has awakened me." He yawned.

"Sorry," He rubbed his head. "I had a nightmare." Naruto looked at his surroundings. Everyone is still sleeping, except for Hinata. "Where's Hinata?"

"I don't know. Training perhaps."

"I have to find her."

"Troublesome. I'm sure that she's fine. We're not little kids anymore, she can take care of herself." He said and drifted back to sleep.

"Let me guess, you're gonna look for her?"Kurama asked.

Yep! He stood up and started looking for her.

With Hinata...

Hinata is training the Gentle Fist, somewhere where no one can wake up because of her training. After destroying multiple rocks in less than 10 minutes, she's left with one huge boulder. She observed it carefully and charged through it. When she's getting closer, she jumped. She gently moved her left arm forward and used Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm on that boulder. The boulder exploded into medium-sized rocks. She smoothly landed on the ground and deactivated her Byakugan.

"That was awesome!"

She turned around and she saw Naruto appeared behind the tree. "Na-Naruto, you were watching me?" she asked, surprised that she didn't notice him.

"Well, not really."

She gave him a confused look.

"You see, I was looking for you, and then, I saw you running through that boulder. So, I decided to watch what you're gonna do." She blushed a little. The man she loved just watched her training after more or less than 10 years. "That sure is awesome! You destroyed that boulder easily. If I were going to destroy it, I need to use my Rasengan or my Sage mode." He grinned and she smiled.

"Thank you. But, I think it's not enough." She kicked the rock and it exploded into pebbles.

"You're kidding, right?"

She shook her head, "No. You see, when my Father and Neji-nisan have done that, the boulder turn into pebbles not rocks." She kicked another one and it turned into dusts. Not that she's mad, but she just loves doing that.

"Don't worry, just keep on practicing! And one day, that boulder will soon turn into dusts." This made her smile. "By the way," He approaches her, with his left hand in his left pocket, and the other one pointing at the pebbles, which were rocks earlier. "How did you do that?"

She looked at the pebbles and turn her attention back to him. "Do what?"

"That. I mean—"

Due to his clumsiness and obliviousness, he accidentally tripped on something. Hinata watches his trip, and decided to back off, but since Naruto's too close to her, he encircled his arms on her body, like he was hugging her, and they fell on the ground together with their eyes closed.

After the fall, they both opened their eyes and Naruto removed his arms on her. She blushed at this case.

"Sorry Hinata. I wasn't looking on where I was going and..." He grinned with embarrassment. "Hey," He looked at his surroundings and turn his attention back to her. "I think we should go back. The others might be wondering why we're gone." She just nodded.

He decided to stand up to make things less awkward, but a racoon run past by them and stepped on Naruto's racoon's step created a strong impact on Naruto's head while Naruto received a pain on the back of his head and an accidental kiss from Hinata.

They stared at each other for a minute or two, not knowing what to do or say afterwards.

Hinata's face is like a very ripe tomato while Naruto's face is kind of pink or red color.

"Ehem, are you enjoying this feeling kit?" The fox asked and started laughing.

Naruto's eyes widened, he realized that they've been kissing for too long. He quickly removed his lips on hers and sat down.

Hinata sat down as well and lowered her head, so it is facing the ground and closed her eyes.

"H-H-Hey, listen. I-I'm sorry, I-I mean, it's the racoon's fault a-and, never mind. I'm really sorry."

She didn't respond.

"Hinata. Hey, you okay?" He waved his hand on her face and there's still no response.

I'm just dreaming, it is just a dream. She opened her eyes and she saw Naruto's face inches away from hers. I-I-I-I-I-It's n-n-not a dream!

"Are you—"

Surprised, she suddenly smacks her head on his forehead.

Her smack created a strong impact and threw him a metre, or two, away.

Her face is still red and she fainted.

"Ow, that hurts." He went on a sitting position and rubbed his head.

"This is bad, what will the others say?!" The fox teased, trying to control his laughter.

Shut up! And what are you talking about? He finished rubbing his head and saw Hinata lying on the ground. "H-Hinata? What happened?" He crawled closer to her. "Hina, you okay?" He removed some strands of her hair.

"It's obvious that she fainted."

How come? He continued staring at her and somehow he got mesmerized by her beauty.

"Hey kit!"

He went back to reality and back off a little, so there won't be another "accident". 'What?!'

Kurama sighed, "Aren't you even listening?"

You were saying something? The fox face-palmed.

"Never mind."

Come on Kurama, what is it?

"Nothing."

Fine. He said to the fox and put his hand on his chin. "Great, I'm in big trouble if they found out about this." He carried her in a bridal style and he was really amazed. Not only that she's really beautiful inside and out but she is light like a feather. I hope no one's awake. He said and went back to their camp.