I am so sorry for the late update but school had me going crazy! Not only that, but my laptop is retarded it wasn't working for the past two days. I'd like to say thank you for all the wonderful comments and to the Guest who maged to say at least one word in every chapter. That was really funny.

I do not own Naruto

Naruto walked down the halls of the school. They were empty just like he felt inside. He had told Sasuke he wanted to walk alone today after the incident that occurred. His steps were so soft and quiet as he walked outside the school. He was a dead soul walking. His face had no emotion, he spoke nothing, he felt nothing anymore, Hinata had managed to suck out all his energy and replace it with empty darkness.

"Hey."

The sound of the voice behind him had no affect on him.

"I told you I wanted to walk alone."

"Dude, I know but. . ." he paused and took a deep breath, ". . . I saw what happened."

A burning feeling of rage exploded inside Naruto,"You saw what happened!" He said flinging his body around to face Sasuke. "You fucking saw! And you didn't do anything!"

Nauto wanted to punch the guy in the face. He didn't know why he acted like a bystander when he knew his friend was in love with the girl who was getting bullied.

"Dude chill, I'm sorry. I just wanted to see what you'd do."

"And I did nothing! I didn't know what the fuck to do! I couldn't punch the guy because of my fucking hand!"

His wrapped hand forcefully made its way to a wall, Naruto was going to slam his hand broken, and he didn't even care.

"Stop man!" Sasuke said grabbing his wrist. "Forget about the girl! She's making you fucking insane!"

The blonde haired boy glared his piercing blue eyes at his friend's face.

"I love her. You get that? I fucking love her! She's not doing anything wrong it's me who's doing things wrong."

"Dude, she wished you a lonely death. That's fucked up."

"I deserve one. "

Sasuke couldn't believe the words he was saying. "What? No you don't."

The boy in front of him shook his head. "Bruh, in all honesty I was a dick, wasn't I?"

"I slept with girls like every day. They were all different and didn't care about their feelings." He made a small guilty laugh. "I only cared about how they felt around me, y'know, around me." He said pointing down to his private.

Sauske gave a small snicker. "Yea that's true."

His face went back to his serious state. "But that doesn't mean she had the right to say that."

Naruto stayed silent. He looked at the floor with hurt eyes. "No, she didn't. But I get her, she's just trying to protect herself. I mean, the old me wasn't the greatest person-"

"Nobody is perfect Naruto."

"I know but I carry a lot of mistakes and reputations. . ."

The boys walked out of the school property. They wondered around the market side of the village.

". . . I have to prove to her that I'm different, that I'm worth it, that I truly love her."

His dark haired friend no longer said anything in disagreement. Naruto was right, he did have some proving to do. After all, the first person who had told him to do so was Sasuke himself.

From then on, the teenage boys just fooled around with each other. Throwing playful jokes at each other and pushing each other lightly. For those few minutes Naruto was happy. He wasn't thinking of Hinata, whenever she was in his thoughts his own uncontrollable emotions ate up all his joy.

Hinata was looking around the markets of the village. She wanted to take her mind of what she had just gone through. Her stomach was still sore after all the pain she had received from the rude comments the boys had told her. Her eyes began to sting every time she remembered each wretched word. The only reason she wasn't crying her way home was because of TenTen. She had defended her against the crowd of boys. She had even offered to walk her home to keep her safe from any returning bullies. As much as she felt grateful for Tenten's kindness and strong friendship, she still felt hurt that it was her that had intervened to help. She loved Tenten very much, but she had thought that someone else was going to protect her. A boy that was also in the gym, who was actually in the crowd, she thought Naruto was going to defend her.

She closed her eyes to avoid any tears from slipping. She grabbed the collar of her uniform as if she was holding onto sanity.

"Dude that's crazy!"

Hinata shot her eyes open completely forgetting the meditation she was currently having. Naruto was here, and he sounded happy as ever. She saw that he was walking with a boy she believed was named Sasuke. Her heart nearly ripped out of chest when she saw they were coming towards the store she was in. She hid behind a rack of books as the boy messed around with some items on the opposite side of the store.

"What the fuck is this?!" The blonde laughed and showed the small souvenir to his friend. The two guys burst out laughing. Sasuke showed him a small framed picture, Hinata couldn't tell what it was but it received the same reaction as the souvenir did. Naruto bent down to look at some other things that grabbed his attention. This was Hinata's chance to run away. Seeing that Naruto was distracted, she scurried to the exit. Unfortunately her fast movement was noticed from the corner of Naruto's eye. The moving figure made him want to turn around. He shot up on his feet when he saw her navy blue hair flowing out the store.

"Hin-"

"Dude Don't!"

Sasuke grabbed his shoulder forbidding him to move.

"What!" Naruto said trying to shake him off.

"Don't follow her!"

"Why the hell not!"

"Because. . . She doesn't want you to."

Naruto gritted his teeth. "Bullshit!" He said running out of store.

He could hear his friend yell his name from behind him but he just ignored it. He had to talk to Hinata.

He sprinted his way through the crowd of people. He kept looking for the long blue silky hair he had just seen a few seconds ago. When he couldn't find any sign of it, he figured she was making her way home. He jogged towards the direction they would take to get to her house. Just as he had thought, Hinata was walking down the path to her neighborhood.

"Hinata!" He yelled running to her.

The sound of his voice made her cringe. She quickened her pace and started to run as far as way from him as possible, but that didn't stop him. He ran faster trying to catch up with her.

"We're doing this again huh!" He yelled to her.

"Stop following me!"

Hinata was practically running passed her limit. Her body could only take so much. She wasn't the athletic type so her body was getting heavier the more she ran. Her sides were pinching and her lungs were tightening. Her speed was getting slower and slower for every step she made. Naruto, on the other hand, was a basketball player. He wasn't breaking a sweat running behind her. In fact, he could've ran ahead of her if wanted to. Pretty soon he was standing right in front of her, holding onto her shoulders so she wouldn't move. Hinata wanted get away from him but she couldn't , she was way too tired. Her body was shaking and her breathing was rapid.

"You ok? You wanna sit down." Naruto said concerned.

Hinata didn't say anything. She didn't look at him either. Naruto, from that moment, knew she was still mad at him. He couldn't blame her, he didn't do anything to help her back at the gym.

"I'm sorry." He said.

"Shut up."

"I'm serious! I've should've said something back there but I didn't. "

Hinata didn't listen to a word he said. Her anger for him distracted her from even trying. She just wanted to get this over with and leave.

"Fine, I forgive you. Now leave me alone."

She pushed him away lightly and walked past him.

"Wait, that's it?!"

"Yes. What, you thought I was going to your house and give in?"

A pain spread across his organs by her question. "No. Hinata, I already told you! I love you."

Hinata stopped walking and turned around.

"Yea, you sure did show that to me at the gym." She said sarcastically.

Naruto slowly put his head down. "I knew you were still hurt about that and I'm really sorry."

Hinata shook her head in disbelief and continued walking.

"Wait!" He said attempting to grab her wrist.

"Don't touch me!"

"Look I'm sorry! Those guys are idiots they didn-"

"Naruto stop it!" She said turning around again. "It's not just about that! I'm angry because of everything you've done to me! You were very rude and arrogant when I first met you but then you started to change into something so nice. I really thought you liked me. But when I ask you 'what am I to you' you don't say a damn thing! It's just a bunch my games you play so you can manipulate me into taking off my clothes! And I'm done with it!"

"That's not it!" He said grabbing her hands. She tried to untangle his fingers from hers but he wouldn't let her. "No, I always listen to you! Now it's your turn to listen to me. I didn't know what you were to me because I felt something way to special for you compared to any other girl or girlfriend I ever had. I didn't know what it was but now I know! I'm in love with you and I'm gonna keep saying it again and again until you finally believe me!"

"Then you'll say it for life." She said coldly. She pulled her hands out his grasp and continued to walk the path she was taking.

"Hinata, why are being so mean! You're not like that!"

"Because my walls are up and sealed. Congratulations you managed to do that."

Naruto formed his hand into a fist. He didn't know what to say. Hinata always knew how to hit him in his weakest areas. He didn't want to lose this battle, he wanted her to love him the way he did. He didn't care if he had to spent every day of his life trying. His feelings for her were real and they were strong.

"Fine." He yelled behind her. "I'm gonna prove to you I love you. I'm not hiding it anymore and I don't care who sees!"

Naruto turned his direction to the village. "You're going to fall in love with me."

The next day Naruto and Hinata didn't speak to each other in any of their classes. Naruto was already in his last period and still had no success in talking to Hinata. He was getting incredibly mad at himself for not trying hard enough.

"Damn it!" He said slamming his fist on the locker. "I didn't fuckin' even make her glance at me!"

"Dude relax, just give her some time."

"I can't! She's not waiting for me. She said she was done with me."

"She doesn't mean that."

"How would you know?"

"Because, you can't go from extremely passive to incredibly bitchy with just anyone. You must've of hurt her real bad. She must've of liked you a lot more than you ever did for her to put her guards up that high. "

"What?"

Naruto was confused by his friends comment. Sasuke could tell by the look on his face he was struggling.

"Look." He sighed. "Take a look at this way. She's inside an egg ok?"

"Yea?"

"The egg shell represents her rudeness towards you, what's trapped inside is the nice girl you fell in love with, all you gotta do is crack the shell."

"Uh-huh." Naruto said thinking attentively. "That's the stupidest example I have ever heard! "

"Shut up!"

"Wait, I'm not finished. If you mean what you say, then I feel kinda happy. That means I still have a chance."

"You've always had a chance." Sasuke said patting his back.

Suddenly, a wrenched familiar voice echoed down the hall of the locker room. Jūgo's laugh made Naruto's ear bleed. It also made him burn in anger. From the corner of his eye he could see him walk by with his buddies. It was now or never. It was or never to show Jūgo to never mess with his girl.

"Hey Jūgo!" He yelled at him.

The boy's orange spikes rotated towards Naruto. "Yea."

"What the fuck was your problem yesterday!" Naruto said making his way to him. He could here Sasuke's voice telling him not to but he didn't care.

"What happened yesterday?" Jūgo said with is face tilted up. Naruto was infuriated by his response. The bastard was trying to act all dominant.

"What fucking happened yesterday was you were making fun of Hinata!"

Shirtless men and changed guys began to crowd around them. Jūgo's buddies backed away into the bunch.

"Who the hell is Hinata?" The boy said arrogantly.

Naruto clenched his fist so hard that his nails were digging into his skin. "Hinata! The girl you were bullying yesterday! The girl who was a painting!"

"Ahhhh!" Jūgo said finally realizing who he was talking about. "The grudge girl, yea I remember now."

Naruto's eyebrows narrowed sharply. His anger couldn't go unhidden. Everyone in the room could feel the intense heat of rage. Jūgo could feel it too but he wasn't afraid. He was looking forward in tempting the guy.

"You feel something for the girl Naruto? You aiming for the creeps now?"

Naruto didn't say a word. His anger was so strong he couldn't think straight but the one thing he did have in mind was he had something to prove by standing up to Jūgo.

"I'm gonna prove to you I love you. I'm not hiding it anymore and I don't care who sees!"

Naruto looked at the buff boy in front of him. His eyes screamed confidence and determination.

"Yea I do. And I know her better than all of you combined to say she's not a creep."

Jūgo snickered loudly. "So the idiot loves a loner."

"Shut the fuck up! She's not a loner!"

"So you love her."

"Yes! And I want you to apologize to her!"

Jūgo got closer to Naruto. They both looked at each other face to face, both as confident as ever.

"So that's your weakness huh." Jūgo muttered.

"What?"

Naruto didn't hear the exact words he had said.

"Y'know." Jūgo said turning around."Now that I think about it ,that girl had some nice legs and some big tits too."

Naruto glared deathly at Jūgo. God, how he desperately wanted to bust his face. "Shut up."

"Dude take it easy. I'll apologize." His smile formed an evil grin. "Yea I'll apologize. . .when I'm pounding her virginity away."

"Shut the fuck up!"

That was it! Naruto was doing his best to keep his sanity but he knew that he was rapidly losing control. Jūgo's laugh interrupted his inner battle.

"Seems like you haven't done it yet. Guess you aren't the legend everyone thought you were."

The strand of control Naruto was clinging onto had snapped. His hands pushed Jūgo with great force. He was so close to falling on the floor, it inflamed him greatly to be humiliated like that.

"You wanna fight bro?" He said coming back to him.

"You bet your ass I do!"

"Then let's take it outside." Jūgo said pushing Naruto towards the exit. Sasuke couldn't believe what was about to happen.

Where the fuck is Asuma when you need him!

Sasuke, as much as he wanted to go help his friend,he had to go find the coach. If Asuma-Sensei found two boys beating each other up, he'd blame both of the guys without hearing their story. Sasuke had to go tell Asuma how things really went off.

Jūgo slammed Naruto against the locker. Naruto gasped for air by the strong force. He swung towards Jūgo's face but missed and hit his orange spikes.

Damn it!

Jūgo grinned and grabbed Naruto by the collar of his uniform. He was so damn strong Naruto's feet didn't touch the floor. By instinct Naruto pounded his knee onto Jūgo's stomach. A loud grunt escaped his mouth.

"You son of a bitch! You're gonna pay for that!" He threw Naruto to the floor. Before he could get back up, a hand pulled his hair and slammed his face onto a locker, again, and again, and again. The pain exploded across Naruto face every time he touched the cold surface of the locker. He could feel blood dripping from his nose.

Why the hell am I losing!

Naruto with all the strength he had pushed himself onto his feet and tuned to punch Jūgo on the face. It hurt them both greatly. Naruto had hit with his bandaged hand and it pulsed with pain afterwards. Pretty soon he was back against the locker getting repeatedly punched by Jūgo.

Hinata was walking to the bathroom. The closest bathroom that was there was the one next to the gym. She prayed that Naruto wouldn't see her through the open doors. She could hear muffled sounds. A crowd? Cheering? A crowd of boys cheering? As she got closer to the gym she could hear people yelling.

"Get em'!"

"Come on! Hit him hard!"

"Naruto get up man!"

Naruto?

Hinata quickened her pace when she heard his name. Were they hurting him? As she made her way to the corner of the hallway she peaked out to see what was going on. She gasped at what she saw. Naruto was being attacked by the boy who had bullied her yesterday. There was a crowd of boys but very few were actually supporting her bully. Some of them kept telling Naruto to fight back, while others looked like they desperately wanted to give him a hand. The rest of the guys were laughing and cheering like animals, it was disgusting. But Naruto, Naruto was standing there motionless. He wasn't even trying to defend himself.

Why aren't you fighting back?!

Jūgo pulled him to the ground and started to kick him. His friends punched his head and basically any open space.

She could vaguely see a figure coming towards the fight.

"Naruto!"

It was Sasuke.

"Asuma- Sensei's coming!"

Everyone started to run when they heard that. Jūgo spit on Naruto before he left.

"Just as weak as I thought!"

Sasuke made his way towards the lonesome Naruto, so did Hinata.

When they both reached him, Sasuke stared at Hinata with wide eyes. He had never seen them this close before. She placed her hands on Naruto's face, it was all bloody and bruised.

"Naruto are you alright!"

He wasn't responding, he was a little dizzy by the overwhelming pain. This worried Hinata greatly.

"I'm taking him to the nurse. I have a pass. Go tell your coach I took him,okay."

Sasuke shook his head dumbly. He was still in shock. He helped them up and let them move together to the nurse.

Hinata walked slowly with Naruto wrapped around her arms. Her touch was gentle but it was shaky too. She was nervous and fearful for Naruto's health.

"I'm okay. . ." He managed to mutter.

Hinata turned to look at him. He had a smile on his face, his same warm soft smile. Hinata wanted to cry just by looking at him.

"I'm glad. . . "

He couldn't finish his sentence, it hurt him to talk. Hinata opened the door to the Nurse's Office. A women with short black hair sat on the desk. She made the same reaction Hinata made when she saw Naruto.

"Miss Shizune I'll take care of it, don't worry."

"Are you sure? He looks pretty bad." She stood up.

"Yes I'm sure. It's just the blood spread across his face. I just have to clean him up."

Shizune nodded nervously. Hinata then took him to a room in the back. She helped him sit on the bed. She grabbed a soft towel and soaked it in warm water. She stood in front of Naruto with a damp towel. Her delicate fingers wrapped themselves around his chin.

"This might hurt okay." She said softly. She placed the towel gently on his face and slowly wiped the blood of his face. Naruto shut his eyes at the stinging feeling but his tender smile formed again.

"It doesn't hurt. . ." He said. ". . because you're doing it."

Hinata's heart sunk in a pool of emotions.

Don't cry.

She grabbed some patches and thin tape. She placed one patch on his right cheek and taped it with four strings of tape.

Hinata swallowed nervously. "Take off your shirt."

Naruto stared at her and did what he was told. She blushed when she saw his tone fit body. Red marks that would soon turn purple could be seen in his back and stomach. He wasn't bleeding but the sight was dreadful.

"You're beautiful Hinata." He said gazing at her face.

Her blushed deepened.

"Does it hurt anywhere?" she said changing the subject.

He tapped his chest where his heart beat. "Right here, my heart. Can you fix it?"

"Naruto. . ." She said looking at the floor. He grabbed her waist and pulled her closer. She didn't fight back this time. He felt relieved that she didn't. Their foreheads were touching each other and their noses were just inches away.

"I said I forgave you."

"I know."

"Then why'd you do it?"

"Do what?"

"Fight him."

"I didn't."

Hinata paused. He was right, he didn't fight back at all when she was watching.

"Okay, then why didn't you fight?"

He sighed. "Because I figured I deserved those hits for being an asshole yesterday. . .and for all the times before that."

Hinata's throat was getting dry. She wanted to sob silently. She cupped her hands on his cheeks. Naruto tilted his head up to kiss her. Their lips slowly got closer to each other but they never touched. Naruto bit his lip when he didn't feel the contact of her lips on his.

"I'm sorry, I can't" She said backing away from him.

Naruto nodded sadly. "It's okay."

Their presence was silent and no motion was made.

"There medicated patches on that drawer. Keep your wounds covered so it won't get infected, and if you start to ache because of your bruises put on ice on it."

Hinata walked towards the door and placed her hand on the door knob.

"Wait! You didn't finish healing me. I'm still hurt."

Sorry didn't check for grammar i mean it's like one in the morning over here! Thanks for reading!