Author's Note: Hey everyone!...Whoa. Okay, put down the torches and pitch forks and let's talk about this…I'm sorry it's taken so long to get this next chapter out but my life has been crazy. It's practically been a month and I'm sorry you had to wait this long for a new chapter. On the bright side though, along with this chapter is an Omake on Hinata's girl night excursion. So it's not a complete loss. Also, I think you will all enjoy this chapter immensely; I had a lot of fun embarrassing Hinata to no end. Poor thing. Anyways, I've made you wait long enough so I'll get these responses out of the way quickly.

Bigdogneversleeps: Not trying to play up the sympathy for Hiashi. There's no excuse for what he did, he could have found a better way. I simply just wanted you to understand his reasoning behind it. Glad you liked the ending though!

Ookami88: Thank you very much, that means a lot to me. You will be getting plenty of fluff in the next few chapters so sit back and enjoy. As for Sakura, not this chapter but you'll see.

Jayley: Hiashi acted that way to protect his daughter, no matter how crazy he needed to seem. If you go back and reread the fight I specifically put in little bits where Hiashi hesitates out of 'confusion' or other feelings. Now that you know how he feels about his daughter you can see the true reason behind his hesitation.

Trushadowking: I'm glad you are enjoying this story so much!

Liberiangirl21: So much for not writing a review every chapter but hey (shrugs) I'm not gonna complain. I'm so glad you are enjoying this story and I promise it will only get better.

As for the rest of you that reviewed, thank you so much. This chapter received the second most reviews so I must be doing something right. Of course, it is really hard to beat chapter 8 and Hinata's attitude. Btw, no one knows that Danzo is dead yet. Here's the next chapter and don't forget that there is an Omake after this so enjoy. And as always let me hear your thoughts!

Chapter 14: Embarrassment

Hinata's blush darkened when the old couple left and the realization hit her that they were the only ones in the room now. She continued to stare at Naruto as he waved his hands around and yelled for someone to come back to explain to her what had happened. "I'm sharing the same hospital room as Naruto? Oh kami, how am I going to make it through this?!" she asked herself desperately.

Naruto finally gave up trying to get someone else to explain the whole ordeal to Hinata so he shifted his attention back to her who was staring at him with a blush.

He grinned sheepishly and put a hand behind his head. "So…I guess you want to know what happened huh?"

Hinata didn't reply, she only continued you to stare at him.

"Hinata?" Naruto asked cocking his head to the side slightly. "Oi, Hinata!"

Hinata continued to stare at him, completely lost in her thoughts. In fact she didn't hear him until he was screaming her name and waving his arms around in the air.

"HELLO? EARTH TO HINATA!" Naruto shouted waving his arms above his head even though it pained him to do so.

Hinata suddenly snapped out of her thoughts and let a small squeak escape her lips. "S-Sorry N-Naruto-kun. I w-was just l-lost in m-my th-thoughts." she practically whispered as her faced darkened slightly more.

Naruto simply waved it off and smiled. "It's okay Hinata-chan; I do that all the time too."

Hinata's eyes practically bulged out of her head as her blush darkened further. "Ch-Ch-Chan?" she asked quietly yet incredulously. She couldn't believe that he had used that ending again.

Naruto's face suddenly became panicked and he put his hands up and started shaking his head. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to be so informal with you!" he said apologetically. He bowed his head and clasped his hands in front of him. "Please forgive me!" he begged.

"N-Naruto-kun, y-you don't h-have to a-apologize. Y-You d-did nothing w-wrong." Hinata stuttered out quietly, berating herself her constant speech impediment.

Naruto looked up and smiled appreciatively. "Ano…then what should I use? You told me not to use 'sama', you obviously don't want 'chan'…"

At hearing this Hinata mentally cursed herself over and over again. "Naruto-kun you have no idea how badly I want you to use that…all the time!" she was drug from her thoughts as he continued.

"I don't use 'san' for anyone." Naruto said as he rubbed his chin with his hand as he thought hard about what to use. The image he portrayed caused Hinata to giggle quietly. Suddenly Naruto's face lit up. "I've got it!" he yelled happily. "I'll use 'hime'!"

Hinata's face now resembled a tomato and the blush was working feverishly, intent on creeping down her neck to her chest. Nonetheless, she managed to speak but only barely. "P-P-Please d—d-don't c-call m-me h-h-h-hime." she sputtered out as she struggled to keep herself conscious. "I can't believe he would actually use that for me! For me! The quiet, weird, shy girl!"

Naruto looked up confused. "Eh? Why? You are one though."

Hinata shook her head causing her to feel slightly woozy. "N-No I'm n-not." she said as she looked down depressed. "At least I don't feel like one." she thought miserably.

Naruto, however, would have none of it. "No, you are Hinata." he said as-a-matter-o-factly as he crossed his arms in front of him and closed his eyes while shaking his head. "You come from the most well-known clan in the fire nation, you're the daughter of the head of the clan, and you're in line to become the clan head." as Naruto said these Hinata smiled slightly.

"J-Just because I-I'm all o-of th-those d-d-doesn't m-make me a p-princess." She said somewhat sadly as she wrapped her arms around herself.

"Is she joking?" Naruto asked as he watched Hinata become depressed. Naruto suddenly became somewhat angry. "Oh, Hiashi. You and I are going to have to have a talk about your skills as a parent." He didn't know much about parenting, but he knew that if he had a daughter he would do everything in his power to make her feel like a princess.

Naruto smiled at her reassuringly which caused her blush to finally reach her chest. "Of course you are Hinata; you fit the description of one perfectly."

"W-W-What d-do y-y-you mean?" Hinata asked thoroughly confused. Not to mention her stutter was becoming worse and worse due to Naruto calling her a princess.

Naruto's smile spread even further. "Trust me, I've met a few princesses in my time spent traveling and you fit the description perfectly. For starters you're humble, graceful no matter what you do, and you always put others first."

Hinata's head seemed to sink with each compliment as she slowly pulled the sheet up to hide her face behind it.

Naruto could see that she wasn't convinced so he continued. "Not to mention you're strong, loyal to your friends, kind, and to top it off you're really pretty!" He suddenly stopped talking as he realized what he had said and light blush dusted his cheeks. This paled in comparison to Hinata, who upon hearing the last description that Naruto had used sat up stiff as a board and stared at him wide-eyed as she clutched her sheets in a death grip.

"Oh my god! Did he really just call me pretty?! He must be lying, there's no way he thinks I am pretty! But Naruto never lies and he's always honest. Oh god, what do I do? What do I say?!" The answer came to Hinata as she heard her own voice speak for her on its own. "…Do…Do you really think I'm pretty?" she asked barely above a whisper. Her voice was so quiet that it could have been lost on a soft breeze had it blown through the room. Her voice sounded alien to her and it almost felt like she was having an out of body experience.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head and grinned sheepishly as he continued to blush a little. "Uh yeah, I do think you are pretty Hinata…Um Hinata? Hinata!"

Hinata couldn't take anymore, her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell back against her bed unconscious with a small smile on her face.

The people of Konoha walked about the streets of the village minding their own business. Some were going to visit relatives or friends, some were running errands, and others went about rebuilding the shopping district. In the two weeks since the invasion Konoha had recovered very quickly. Even though the village had been practically erased from the map, the Will of Fire burned deeply in each and every civilian and shinobi and that alone was enough to get the village back on its feet. In the first week of rebuilding the village had seen an influx of outsiders storm the gates, all determined to help the village.

Within two days Gaara had managed to get two convoys worth of stone, concrete, and glass to the gates of the village. He had sent his two siblings to escort the convoy, much to the delight of his sister, Temari, and when asked how they managed to get there so fast Kankoro's eyes glossed over as he muttered something about how his brother had a way with words.

When asked why the Kazekage was so quick aid the Hidden Leaf Village Gaara simply responded with, "I refuse to ignore an ally in need and would never abandon my brother."

Of course, no one question Gaara's orders. Not because they feared him but because they believed they owed so much to the Hidden Leaf and Naruto for helping in the rescue of their kidnapped Kazekage.

The Land of Vegetables sent one convoy of food that arrived at the end of the first week and they were already preparing to send a second one that would arrive at the end of the second week. Haruna, the Daiymo, sent her best wishes to Naruto and wished the Leaf a speedy recovery.

From the Land of Waves arrived, literally, an army of carpenters and masons led by Tazuna and Inari. After they had heard about the destruction of the Leaf Village the two had quickly rallied half of the workers in Wave and marched them to the gates, determined to return the favor to Naruto for saving their country. Somehow, without any collaboration from the Sand Village, Tazuna and Inari along with their workers arrived the day after Gaara's materials arrived allowing them to quickly get to work. And work they did. Tazuna knew that the most important thing for village to have at that point in time was a command center and a hospital. So they immediately started working on the hospital. In less than a day they had the foundation set. After waiting one day they had the first floor complete and the second floor set. They repeated the process until they had three floors complete and a roof over the hospital. All in all it took them five days to have the massive three story hospital up and running with water and electric. To say it was impossible would have been believable, but if one were to actually see the construction of the hospital it would have looked like hundreds of ants scurrying around completing their tasks with precision and efficiency. Not to mention tactically advantages as well.

Whereas before the hospital sat next to the Hokage tower at the base of the Hokage monument, this time Tazuna designed it to actually connect to the monument itself. After talking to several earth affinity ninja, Tazuna had them construct a secret passage that led from the base of the monument where the hospital was being built, up and into the cliff, and exit into the secret bunkers that housed the civilians and young shinobi during an attack. This allowed the hospital to move its patients out of the hospital to safety should it ever fall under attack during an invasion. However, Tazuna didn't stop there. Knowing that the hospital would most likely be targeted quickly in an attack, Tazuna designed the roof to be made of concrete twelve feet thick and reinforced with metal rebar. The reason behind this was because on the first floor in the lobby Tazuna had a master earth user by the name of Hora put a seal on the floor. When activated, the entire hospital would sink down into the ground to the point where only the roof would be shown. To say that Danzo was impressed with the design was an understatement, but of course he never showed it and simply thanked Tazuna for his help.

As soon as the hospital was complete, Tazuna turned his attention to the next Hokage tower. The tower was the same size as last time however the only difference was that it was located directly in front of the hospital as a sort of last line of defense for the sick and wounded. The tower was still in the process of being built but the first floor was already done. However, the simple act of having the building halfway through completion worked miracles on the morale of everyone in the village.

So when two robed men strode through the streets side by side with their pupiless eyes set dead ahead and hard looks on their faces people parted the crowded street and gave them a wide berth for two reasons. The first was because the men looked as if they were ready to kill anyone who so much as looked at them wrong and the second was because they were Hyuugas.

"Uncle, what exactly are you planning to do?" Neji asked without looking.

"I plan on removing the council from power, but I'm afraid I don't have the manpower to do so." Hiashi said evenly but Neji caught the slightest hint of anger in his voice.

Neji continued to look as ahead as the spoke. "The side branch will most certainly help you Uncle, as well as the main branch."

"No." Hiashi said simply causing Neji to glance at him for a split second before returning his gaze to in front of him.

"Care to elaborate as to why?" Neji asked slightly confused.

Hiashi's face hardened. "Because we do not know the full extent of the corruption that plagues our clan and further more I will not risk the branch members' lives if things escalate quickly. I know the council wouldn't hesitate on using the Caged Bird Seal to kill any of the branch members that oppose them."

"So what will we do then?" Neji asked.

"Ask the Hokage to help in the arrest of the council. We need ninja from the outside who are not corrupted with power." Hiashi answered.

"And you think Danzo isn't?" Neji asked incredulously.

"Neji do not scold me as if I were a child." Hiashi said evenly causing Neji to slightly flinch. "I have been around long enough to recognize a corrupt man when I see one, even without the Byakugan. Even though Danzo seems like a power hungry war monger, he still has the Leaf's best interests at heart." Hiashi broke his gaze from in front of him and looked up at the sky as the sun began its slow decent. "He may go about it in the wrong way, but he means well…just like me."

Neji looked over at his uncle in shock. Hiashi simply closed his eyes and a small sad smile crept onto his face.

"So do you think he will help us then?" Neji asked once again.

Hiashi returned his gaze to ahead of him and nodded. "Yes, if there's one thing Danzo hates its weakness. A prestige clan like the Hyuugas cannot afford to be weak, not when we play such an important role in the Leaf's power, and most certainly not now when the Leaf is at the weakest it has ever been. He will help us, if not to fix what is wrong then to at least make the Hyuugas strong again."

Neji nodded his head in understanding and then asked the next question that was eating away at him. "So…what do we do now? The Hokage is away from the village on an important meeting." He was hoping that what Hiashi said next wouldn't be what he didn't want to hear. Unfortunately for Neji it was.

"We wait." Hiashi said through gritted teeth as he stared straight ahead. "We bide our time, lick our wounds, and keep an eye on the traitorous bastards. This isn't over, not by a long shot. Gourzi will try something else I know he will. He isn't the kind of man to accept failure and give up so easily. But until the Hokage returns there's nothing we can do."

They continued on for a few meters in silence before Neji smirked. "Well there is one thing we could do. We could always send Naruto in to take care of the elders." he suggested.

Hiashi allowed a chuckle to escape his lips. "Oh yes I can see it now; Naruto charges in, pummels the elders to or near death, and then leaves. The only thing we would accomplish would be starting a war between the Hyuuga and the Uzumaki clan."

Neji smirked again. "Uzumaki Naruto, the nine tails jinchūriki, master of the sage art, and hero of the Hidden Leaf Village- the one man clan versus the all seeing Hyuugas, both the main and branch families." Neji closed his eyes and shook his head while still smiling. "Even then I think our chances would be slim."

Hiashi actually laughed, scaring even more people that were around them in the process due to his sudden outburst. "I agree, of course we would have to come to some sort of peace agreement to avoid that kind of bloodshed. The only thing that is still acceptable to this day would be an arranged marriage between the clans as a sign of peace."

Neji laughed at this. "Well I don't think Hinata-nee would mind."

"Ah yes, but would Naruto?" Hiashi asked with a smirk. "You saw his face when I suggested it back at the hospital didn't you?"

Both men stopped as they took the time to look at each other before they both suddenly erupted into laughter as the image of Naruto's panicked and frightened face flashed before their eyes. The people around them ran away scared out of their minds and caused a man in his booth next to them to cower behind his counter in fear. Hyuugas never showed any emotion in pubic especially the clan head. So when the two most distinguished male figures of the clan began laughing out of control in public people assumed that they had gone off the deep end.

Hiashi was the first to notice this and getting himself back under control he spoke though he still wore a small smile. "Come Neji, we're making a scene."

Neji nodded his head and they continued on their way to the Hyuuga compound, both enjoying the comic relief that was Naruto and Hinata's ridiculous yet potential relationship.

Naruto had just managed to get Hinata to wake up and he was attempting to fill her in on what had happened. Suddenly a sneezing fit came over him causing his whole body to shake violently.

"Huh, that's funny; someone I know must be talking about me." Naruto said with a sheepish grin. "I wonder what about?"

As if to answer his question Hinata suddenly found herself in a violent sneezing fit. A blush immediately covered Naruto's face as he thought back to what Hiashi had mentioned. Hinata's blood rushed to her face too fast and she passed out again as her mind was overloaded with the thought of her and Naruto being mentioned in the same conversation. Naruto sighed, "This is going to take forever." He couldn't help but smirk at Hinata though.

After waiting a few minutes for Hinata to wake up Naruto naturally became impatient. "Damn it! At this rate I wouldn't get through everything I need to tell her until tomorrow morning! She needs to wake up now, but how to do that?"

Naruto slipped out of his bed and limped over to where Hinata lay. Looking her over once he tried to find a way to bring the Hyuuga back to consciousness.

"Hey, Hinata." Naruto whispered quietly. When he got no response he decided to up the volume. "Hinata wake up!" Still getting no response he leaned over her and poked her in her cheek a few times. "Hinata? Sheesh, she's out for good!" As if to emphasize the point he up her wrist and then let it flop back down to her side as if it were a sack of potatoes.

"Now what?" Naruto asked himself as he looked around the room. His attention was immediately drawn to the table next to Hinata's bed. There sat an empty glass and a pitcher of ice water. A mischievous fox-like smile quickly spread across his face. He reached over and filled the glass completely full and then turned back to his friend.

"Oh, Hiiinnnaaataaaa! Time to wake up!" Naruto said in almost a sing song as he dumped the contents onto Hinata's face.

The reaction was instant. Hinata bolted up gasping and sputtering for air as her large eyes searched the room in confusion. However, her attention was drawn to the floor next to her bed. There, lying on the floor clutching his sides in pain from laughing too hard was Naruto with an empty glass in hand. Hinata quickly understood what had happened but she couldn't help as the blush returned once again to her face as the embarrassment took over. Naruto noticed this and quickly regained his composure. Standing up he still had a smile on his face but he looked right in her eyes as he spoke.

"Sorry Hinata, but I needed you to wake up. I'd like to finish filling you in before tomorrow afternoon." he teased.

Hinata blushed and looked down somewhat defeated. "S-Sorry N-Naruto-kun."

Naruto gave her a toothy grin and waved it off. "Hey, it's not your fault. You're up now and that's what's important."

Hinata looked back up at him and gave a small smile. Naruto looked back at her and suddenly he found himself caught in her eyes, her large lavender orbs ensnaring him in a daze. Her small smile sucked him in and her eyes trapped him in a trance making him unable to tear his eyes away from her. In the pit of his stomach he felt the strange feeling return stronger than before but he ignored it as he drank in Hinata. They stayed like that for almost a full ten seconds before Hinata suddenly shivered causing her to break eye contact.

Naruto shook his head as a light blush dusted his cheeks and he scratched the back of his head. "What the hell was that?" he wondered. "I must have looked like an idiot just staring at her like that." He gave another smile as he tried to come up with something to say. "Heh, sorry I got you wet Hinata." He apologized.

"You have no idea how wet you make me Naruto." Hinata's eyes suddenly widened. "No! Not now! Bad Hinata!"

"I-It's o-okay N-N-Naruto-kun." Hinata stuttered out as she looked away embarrassed. "I hope we aren't in here together long or else I'm going to go out of my mind!"

Naruto shrugged and smiled. "Okay, if you…say…..so…"

Hinata noticed Naruto trailing off and looked back at him in confusion. As she turned her head she noticed a large goofy grin spreading across his face, his eyes glassing over, and a thin trail of blood coming out of his nose. To make matters worse, he was staring straight at her.

"N-N-Nar-uto?" Hinata asked as she seemed to sink under his gaze. The only sound Naruto managed to make was a small giggle as the blood trail from his nose got thicker.

Hinata's blush darkened as Naruto continued to stare. Confused as to why Naruto was staring at her she followed his gaze to discover that he was staring at her chest. Multiple revelations hit Hinata at that moment. First, she was no longer in her jacket or shirt for that matter but a very thin hospital gown. Next, the water from the glass had traveled down her face and soaked her gown causing it to cling to her body, more specifically, her well developed chest. Finally, due to the cold water and the thin gown Hinata's nipples had become hard, forming two little mountains on her chest plain as day.

"Oh my god! He's staring right at my chest!" Hinata practically screamed in her head. She wanted to cover herself up, to hide herself underneath the sheets and wish for her comforting and large jacket to magically appear around her. Unfortunately, Hinata found herself immobilized under Naruto's gaze. The worst part; half of Hinata was utterly embarrassed that she was caught in this situation while the other half was happy that she could make Naruto look at her that way. The first half proved to be stronger however and Hinata's blush darkened more and more to the point where she soon found herself woozy from lack of blood to the rest of her body. Luckily, Naruto was soon snapped out of his trance when a walking stick smashed down on top of his head.

"I swear you Uzumaki men are all the same!" Renge shouted as she waved her stick around and Jihibiki cowered behind his wife.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata said abruptly, concerned for the man she loved. She relaxed though when she saw he was okay.

Naruto groaned as he sat up and rubbed his head. "W-What happened?"

Jihibiki stepped around his wife and helped Naruto to his feet. "Apparently you were getting a nice peep show." the old man said with a perverted grin as Hinata instinctively pulled the sheet up over her chest in helpless embarrassment.

Suddenly there were two blurs as Renge's stick and Naruto's fist connected with Jihibiki's head and sent him flying into the wall.

"Don't talk about Hinata-chan like that!" they both yelled angrily in unison.

Jihibiki's only response was a whimper as he slid off the wall and conveniently into a chair below him.

Naruto then turned back to Hinata who was blushing furiously and attempting to hide behind her thin bed sheet. Naruto bowed his head in shame as a blush crossed his face as well. "I'm so sorry Hinata, I didn't mean to stare at you like that and I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. Can you ever forgive me?" The desperation for forgiveness was almost tangible and Hinata felt so bad for him that she almost leapt out of bed to give him a hug.

"It's not his fault, he's a guy. I didn't really mind it that much I just hoped he liked what he saw…" Hinata's eyes went wide and she quickly shook her head to clear her thoughts. However, in the process of this Naruto misunderstood it for him. Slumping his shoulders, Naruto turned around and started to walk back to his bed.

"Great job baka, now she hates you for acting like a perv!" He didn't know why but it hurt so much having Hinata deny him forgiveness and he couldn't stop the tears from starting to form in his eyes.

"Baka! Baka, baka, baka!" Hinata continuously cursed herself as Naruto turned around. "Now he thinks that was meant for him because I can't keep my damn hormones in check!" She had to do something, anything. She couldn't let her Naruto-kun feel like that.

"Naruto-kun wait!" she practically blurted out. Naruto stopped and looked over his shoulder with tears in his eyes causing Hinata's heart to plummet. "I-It's okay. Y-You d-did nothing w-wrong." she fumbled out as everyone was staring at her now.

"But you just shook your head no." Naruto said confused.

"I-It w-wasn't m-meant for you." Hinata tried to say reassuringly. Naruto, however, didn't appear to buy it so she continued. "I-I was j-just lost in th-thought...again" She squeaked out as she pulled the sheets up under her chin and looked down.

Naruto let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding and smiled gratefully. "Thanks hime."

Hinata's eyes widened and her blushed darkened more causing Renge to chuckle.

"Gee, I wish someone would call me that."

Naruto and Hinata both turned to see Hanabi poking her head out from behind Renge.

"Hanabi-chan, how long have you been standing there?" Hinata asked in surprise.

Hanabi crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at her sister. "The entire time nee-chan, I came in with Renge-sama and Jihibiki-ero, but you were busy thinking about dirty things and Naruto-kun was too busy staring at your tits for you two to notice."

Naruto blushed and looked at Hinata in surprise, Hinata buried her head in her sheets to hide her face, and Jihibiki let out a cry of dismay at the insult directed towards him.

All was quickly righted though when Renge slapped Hanabi up side her head and scolded her. "Hanabi-chan stop embarrassing your sister, by the looks of it she's had enough to last her for the rest of the year." Hanabi simply rubbed her head and nodded in submission. Renge then continued, "Good, now help your sister change into something more comfortable."

That's when Hinata noticed a sack that Hanabi had around her shoulder and could just make out her jacket sticking out of the top. Hanabi nodded and pulled the curtain around Hinata's bed before setting the sack on the bed and dumping out the contents. Hinata wasted no time in snatching up her jacket and throwing it on over her hospital gown. She then stood up, with the help of Hanabi, and proceeded to take off the gown with the jacket still on. However, as the gown hit the ground Hinata discovered on crucial thing; she had no underwear on and she was now giving Hanabi front row seats to the show.

Hanabi glanced down once, then twice, then three times before impulsively shouting out, "Oh my god you actually shave that?!" Hanabi instantly through her hands over her mouth but the damage was done.

"H-Hanabi!" Hinata hissed in complete and utter horror before quickly grabbing the lavender underwear Hanabi had brought and slipping it on, all the while blushing like crazy out of humiliation.

On the other side of the curtain Renge stood there blushing like mad embarrassed for hearing what Hanabi had just shouted. Naruto's nose bleed had returned full force and Jihibiki joined in as well as an image of Hinata flashed before them.

Hinata finished dressing without as much as looking her sister in the eyes. She couldn't believe that had just happened to her let alone her sister announcing her little personal secret to the world. She zipped up her jacket hastily and collapsed on the bed before pulling the sheet over her and pulling her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them instinctively. "Why? Why did she have to see that?" Hinata asked herself desperately "What even possessed me to try that?" Hinata, however, knew the real reason as to why she had done it. "Damn that girl's night at Ino's!" she cursed to herself mentally. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't even hear Hanabi calling her.

"Nee-chan? Nee-chan!" Hanabi whispered as she waved a hand in front of Hinata's face in attempt to get her sister's attention.

Hinata snapped out of her thoughts and looked at her sister in embarrassment. "S-Sorry Hanabi-chan."

Hanabi blushed and looked down. "Sorry nee-chan, I didn't mean to shout that out."

"I-It's okay H-Hanabi, but c-can we p-please k-keep this between u-us?" Hinata asked as she stuttered in embarrassment from having to talk about a private matter with her sister.

Hanabi nodded and pulled back the curtain to reveal Renge blushing while Naruto and Jihibiki stared off into nothing with nosebleeds and shit eating grins on their faces.

"Kami…please kill me!" Hinata begged as she buried her face in her knees.

After Hanabi had left and everyone had managed to compose themselves again Renge looked at Jihibiki and gave him a nod.

"Okay Naruto," Jihibiki said standing next to Naruto, "after discussing it with Renge and your senseis we've decided that we're going to take you and Hinata under our wings to train."

Naruto could help but smile a huge toothy grin as the idea of learning and training with his family flooded his mind. "Now I'll be able to ask them all of the questions I have about my family!" His face brightened even more when he thought about training with Hinata and he suddenly felt the strange feeling return to his stomach.

Hinata, on the other hand, was still trying to process what she had just heard. "Train? With Naruto-kun? This must be a dream." she thought as she pinched herself to double check. When she realized that it was real she couldn't help but allow a radiant smile to shine on her face. However, it was short lived when she thought of her father.

"Ano…h-have you s-spoken with my father?" She asked hesitantly.

Renge smiled warmly at her as she walked over and put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry sweetie, you're father won't mind. After all, something tells me you'll need this training."

The last statement confused Hinata and she couldn't help but show it on her face as she looked at the smiling old Uzumaki. Renge's attention was quickly drawn to her great-grandson, however, due to the fact that he was practically bouncing up in down in excitement.

"When will we start training?" Naruto asked excitedly as he looked back and forth from Jihibiki to Renge.

Jihibiki simply chuckled at the blonde's enthusiasm. "We'll start as soon as you're released from the hospital."

Naruto was about to speak when he realized something. "What about Hinata-hime? I know I'll be released before her." Hinata blushed at being called a princess again but Renge saved her.

"Jihibiki will be training you and I will be training Hinata-hime." The emphasis caused Hinata to blush further as she ducked her head behind her knees. "Once I feel that you two are prepared I will have you two train together."

"What do you mean 'prepared'?" Naruto asked confused. "Hinata is already really strong, I don't even know if I would be able to beat her in a fight if I couldn't use Sage mode."

"D-Don't say th-things th-that aren't t-t-true Naruto-kun." Hinata mumbled as she hid her face even more behind her knees and her blush darkened.

"We're really gonna have to work on her confidence." Renge thought as she watched Hinata. "Actually Naruto, you and Hinata are on two completely different levels as of right now."

"What do you mean Renge-sama?" Hinata asked quietly.

"I mean that while Naruto-kun is very strong and a very capable fighter, he lacks any kind of control over his chakra." Renge answered.

"Yeah but that's because I have such a large chakra pool." Naruto defended as he crossed his arms.

"No excuse!" Renge snapped at him as she pointed her walking stick at him. "If your mother could master excellent chakra control, then so can you. However, that's not what you will be working on, at least not at first."

Naruto seemed to freeze at the mention of his mother but he nodded his head as he accepted what she had said. "Then what will I be working on first?" he asked.

"You'll be working with me to master Fuinjutsu." Jihibiki said as he stepped into the conversation.

"Really?! That's awesome!" Naruto shouted in excitement.

"Yes, yes it is." Jihibiki muttered as he attempted to regain hearing in ear.

Naruto then looked at Renge suspiciously. "What about Hinata?"

Renge sighed heavily. "She will be working with me to re-master her chakra control."

"Nani?" Naruto and Hinata shouted at the same time.

"Obaa-chan, Hinata has perfect chakra control! What are you talking about?"

"I must agree with Naruto-kun, Renge-sama." Hinata said softly. "While I do not like to brag, my chakra control is nearly perfect."

Renge looked at Hinata for a moment before shrugging her shoulders and pulling a piece of paper out of her pocket. "I figured you'd say something like that. Would you please go ahead and demonstrate your chakra control by making the paper stick to your hand?"

Hinata looked at the old woman questioningly before taking the paper from her and placing it on her open palm facing up. Channeling some chakra into her hand, Hinata then rotated her palm down and watched as the paper slipped away from her hand and fell onto her bed. Hinata's eyes went wide for a moment before she looked at Renge and then back at the paper. Quickly she picked up the paper and tried it again only for the same thing to happen.

"Hinata…what's wrong?" Naruto asked concerned for the bluenette.

"I-I don't k-know." Hinata whispered back as she continued to stare at the paper.

"That would be the after-effects of having the Kyuubi's chakra forced into your chakra coils." Renge said as she looked down at a stunned Hinata.

"I don't understand." Hinata said as she continued to stare at the paper. She couldn't help but feel like a failure.

Renge sighed as she sat down on the bed next to Hinata and began to speak. "When Naruto-kun forced the Kyuubi's chakra directly into your coils it caused them to expand rapidly, greatly increasing your reserves. While this did have a positive effect on you, there was also a down side to this." Hinata looked up at her in surprise and Naruto cocked his head in confusion. Renge continued, "Because your reserves expanded so large at such a rapid rate, your chakra control deteriorated."

"But how is that possible?" Hinata asked. "I was able to perform my Twin Lion Fists and that demands the best chakra control."

Renge smiled at her. "The only reason you were capable of performing that technique was because you had such a large chakra pool. If you didn't then you would have never been able to perform your technique. You had to push your body and chakra so hard to compensate for your lack of control."

"Is that even possible?" Hinata asked breathlessly as she tried to absorb all the new information.

"Hai, it is." Jihibiki said from next to Naruto's bed. "It's just like if Naruto here would want to perform a genjutsu. He says he can't do them, but the truth is he could if he really wanted to. However, even the simplest genjutsu would leave him exhausted because of his lack of control and his over use of chakra."

Naruto and Hinata looked at each other for a moment before Naruto lowered his head.

"So…this is all my fault…" Naruto said as he clenched his bed sheet.

"It's o-okay Naruto-kun." Hinata said quietly. "Y-You saved m-my life and th-that's what is i-important. I c-can always train."

"She's right Naruto." Jihibiki said. "What's done is done and we should all be thankful that everyone made it out alive."

Naruto was quiet for a moment but he then nodded his head. Everyone knew that he wouldn't let it go and that he would beat himself up over it. However, mostly likely Naruto would just use it to fuel himself to become better.

Jihibiki walked over to his wife and they looked at the two shinobi.

"We'll start your training as soon as you are both released from the hospital." Renge said as she got up and walked towards the door with Jihibiki. "Naruto, your training will start first since you will most likely be out first. You'll be with Jihibiki for the time being until I decide Hinata is ready to train with you."

"You got it Obaa-chan; I'm looking forward to it!" Naruto said as he flashed a smile at her. He then shifted his attention to Hinata. "I'm sorry that I caused all this Hinata, but I'll help you train until you're unstoppable and that's a promise!"

Hinata blushed as she gave him a small smile. "I-It's n-not your f-fault Naruto-kun, b-but thank y-you that m-means a lot."

"We'll check on you later, till then make sure you rest up." Jihibiki said as he closed the door behind him as they left the room.

Hinata watched the old couple leave and then started to blush when she realized that it was just her and Naruto in the room again. "What should I say? I could always ask him to finish filling me in." Hinata looked over towards Naruto and nearly fell over. "I guess he took what they said literally."

Naruto was snoring loudly in his bed completely oblivious to the rest of the world. A thin line of drool hung from his mouth as he slept away peacefully.

"I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow." She thought with a small smile. "Oh Naruto-kun, what am I going to do with you?" Hinata asked herself with a giggle.