Inspired by a picture off of DA NaruHina: Pounce by rurounigochan, and discussion of it with Gouken 2009. I hope you all enjoy it ^.^

Hinata pouted as she hugged her stuffed carrot close, she didn't like it here. The other girls made fun of her bunny pajamas, and the boys were being boys. Looking around, she saw Ino and Sakura playing with a doll house, living out some dream life in their imaginations while playing with dollies. Hinata didn't know why, but there were no boy dollies in their playing. Instead they were stacked over on a pile by the toy box. Maybe it was because they didn't have pretty dresses.

Shikamaru was laying down against his friend's side, while Chouji munched away on chips. They looked comfortable, and she felt it best not to disturb them. After all, they probably didn't want to sit with a girl.

Kiba was sitting in the corner, with his puppy Akamaru in another one, being punished for something they did before she got here. Whatever it was, it must have been bad, since they'd been in the corners for over two hours now.

Shino was over in another corner, but he wasn't being punished. He'd just gone over there and started playing with the bugs there. Bugs didn't bother her in the least, but she felt that he didn't want anyone by him, he kept glaring at them through his shades. Or at least she thought he was glaring.

There was one other, but she couldn't find him. He had disappeared about a half hour or so ago, and she hadn't seen or heard from him since. Maybe he went home to his mommy and daddy, like she wanted to. But she couldn't because they were at that sick people place, getting her new little sister. That's why she was here with all the others, because normally her mommy and daddy wouldn't let her spend the night like this.

"Kon kon," the heiress heard, and whipped her head around trying to find the source. No one else seemed to have heard it, but she was sure she'd heard it.

Snuggling her carrot again, she sniffled and really wanted to go home again. It was scary here. She missed her mommy and daddy, and her cousin Neji-nii-san.

"Kon kon," she heard again, and clutched her carrot tightly again, closing her eyes. It didn't sound scary, just not right. Opening her eyes, she looked around once again to see if she could find the source of the sound, and again she did not see it.

Sighing she hugged her carrot tight and watched Ino and Sakura playing with the dollies again. And that's when she heard it again, louder, closer, and coming closer. "KON KON!!!"

Before she could look around, she was pounced on by something orange and white. As they rolled across the floor, she lost her carrot, and somehow ended up laying on her stomach with a weight on her back. Looking over her shoulder she blushed as she saw what had to be the cutest thing she'd ever saw. In an orange fox pajamas, with white tipped ears, stuffed tail, and feet, was a smiling blonde with whisker marks on his cheeks. "Kon kon Hinata! I gotcha, now you gotta do what I says!"

Squeaking and looking down, she began poking her fingers together with a pout. She didn't mind being caught by Naruto, but she would have liked to have known she was playing before the game started. Just as she was about to agree, her carrot reappeared in front of her. "Take this..." Naruto instructed with a smirk.

As she hugged it close with one arm, she felt the other get tugged along by the energetic blonde. "Come on! Let's go go go! Iwuka says if we hurry, he'll put on a bedtime movie! And I want us to get the bestests spots! Kay?"

Suddenly as she heard the trample of the other kids' feet behind them, she didn't want to go home any more. She liked this place, and the blonde that had made her feel wanted. With a giggle she began running beside him, still holding his hand.

In the other room, Neji smirked as he tucked away his coin purse and took his dad's hand. It surprised his father when he said he wanted to buy Hinata a gift, and even more when he gave the pajamas to Naruto, but now, pride filled the man's heart. Scooping up his son, and slinging him onto his shoulders, he let out a chuckle. "Let's go get some ice cream Neji."