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Chapter 12: Was it a dream and if so, will it happen?
Hinata and Naruto awoke as they stretched as much as possible without hurting themselves, they looked at each other and Naruto smiled and Hinata smiled back but was confused rather it was a dream or not. The sunlight was strong coming through the window since it was 9:00 in the morning, Naruto sat up and looked out the window as he was hoping to get out of the hospital as soon as possible. They then heard a knock and said to come in and Sakura and Kakashi were standing there
"Hey Hinata. Are you feeling better today?" Sakura asked
"Yes I am feeling a little better" Hinata said as she pulled the covers off
"Good, I cam just to check in on you two and make sure that you are okay" Sakura said before she wished them goodbye and they get better soon as she left the room with Kakashi still there
"Hey Kakashi, what is it?" Naruto asked as he was looking at him
"I will be training Sasuke one on one so I am sorry but you will need to find something else to train with. However you can feel free to train with someone I already have picked out for you and I think you two will do just fine" He said as he began to exit before Naruto could argue back
"Alright, when I get better I suppose I will come find you to find who it is" Naruto said as he got out of bed
"Okay, you two have fun... but not too much fun" Kakashi said as he winked at Naruto teasing him as he let out a devilish but teasing smile under his mask
"Kakashi!" Naruto yelled as he threw his shoe at him
Kakashi left the room after tossing the show back to him leaving just Naruto and Hinata in the room. Hinata looked at him as he was now standing and put his shoes on
"Hey Hinata I am going to go out for a while. Would you like to come or will it be too hard for you?" Naruto asked as he was worried about her condition
"I should be able to walk" She said as she stammered out of bed and got her shoes on as well
"How about I help you walk Hinata" He said as he grabbed her hand and putting his arm around her back
"Th-Thank you N-Naruto" She said as she was blushing
"You're welcome, where would you like to go?" Naruto asked as the door opened back up
"I forgot, Hiashi wanted to talk to both of you when you got up. And if I were you Naruto I wouldn't be doing of that stuff when he is around" Kakashi said as he looked at Naruto holding Hinata's hand and his arm around her back
"Okay then you can go tell him we are ready I guess. But what does he want?"
"He just wanted to talk to you two, not sure what about but I will go get him" Kakashi said as he exited the room
"Okay well we should wait her then Hinata, sit down. You need all the rest you can get" Naruto said as he gently helped her back onto the bed
"Th-Thank you N-Naruto, you have helped me so much and you mean so much to me" She said as she looked down trying to hide her blush
"Hey don't be silly, that is what friends are for Hinata, besides. I like being around you, even though you're weird, you're also fun to be around and were best friends now" Naruto said as he smiled at her
"Right... That means it was a dream, a painful dream" Hinata said as she stated crying
Naruto looked at her in shock not knowing what happened
"Hey Hinata, what is wrong? It was just a dream, it can't hurt you then" Naruto said trying to cheer her up
"Well this dream is different... I wished it was real but it isn't so now, well now it hurts knowing it isn't" She said as she continued to cry
"Well I am sorry I can't make it come true but I can at least do this" Naruto said as he gave her a hug and laid her head on his shoulder
"You have no idea" She said
"I know, and I am sorry." He said as the door opened
Hiashi walked in seeing them together with her head on his shoulder and her crying
"Naruto! What did you do?" Hiashi yelled as he looked at both of them
"Nothing father, I just had a bad dream" Hinata said as she tried to dry her tears as Kakashi walked in as well
Naruto then dried them for her knowing that it was still hard for her to move from all the chakra points that got hit and he heart still damaged
"Huh?" Hiashi said as he saw it
"What do you think you're do- Never mind, thank you Naruto" Hiashi said as he cooled down
"Well I better get going, I brought Hiashi here so you can talk and Hiashi. Please don't kill them" Kakashi said teasing as he smiled and exited the room
"Naruto and Hinata, I came here to talk to you both and say thank you Naruto for saving her life twice and I won't even forbid you two from seeing each other again as long as you don't do anything really bad" Hiashi said as he looked at them as they sat there close to each other
"You're welcome, and thank you for having such a wonderful daughter and letting me be friends with her" Naruto said as he finally felt excepted by Hiashi
"Yes, well anyways tat it all I wanted to say and I will now be leaving and you two don't do anything thinking you're sneaky because I will find out" Hiashi said as he left the room
"Wow, that was a huge surprise" Naruto said as he looked at Hinata and smiled as she giggled and smiled back
"Okay, how about now we go out somewhere and I will help you walk" Naruto said as he got off the bed
"Yes, where are we going N-Naruto?"
"I'm thinking breakfast" Naruto said as he looked at her and helped her out of the bed and placed his hand in hers and his arm around her back holding her up a little
"Okay, where at?" Hinata asked wondering where they were going to be going
"Well let's have some nice breakfast, I was thinking going to a cafe" Naruto said
Hinata was taken by surprise and she spoke
"Does this mean it's a- a date?" She asked as she blushed
"Only if you want it to be" Naruto said as she smiled not knowing what he was really saying
Naruto and Hinata began to leave and were out of the hospital when Hinata started to fall a little, Naruto caught her and picked her up and brought her to a wall
"Her Hinata, lean against the wall for a second" Naruto said
Naruto then began focusing and Hinata was confused but then soon got cleared up when she saw a small blue ball appear in above his hand, Naruto then stood there making it bigger for a minute and spoke to Hinata
"Come here, I learned this the last time I was saving you" Naruto said as he put out his hand to bring her closer as he stepped forward
"Okay, what are you doing though?" Hinata asked as she thought she knew and blushed
"Um, over here for a second" He said as he helped Hinata into a small and semi darker space between two houses
"Now lift your shirt up a little, I promise I won't touch you" Naruto said as he gave her a promising smile
"Um, uh o-okay" She said as she blushed deeply and lifted it a little
Naruto then slipped his hand up to her left breast and past it not touching it, Hinata was blushing like crazy from it but knew he mean't good. Naruto then laid his hand on he chest with the very bottom of his palm touching her a little
"Sorry Hinata, didn't mean to touch you" Naruto said as he focused harder
"It's okay" She said as she was blushing but glad it was him and not anyone else
Naruto then got done as it faded into her chest causing her to be stronger from the chakra boost
"That should heal a little and help you" He said as he offered her a hand and pulling his other out of her shirt
"Thank you" She said as she smiled at him
"Now lets get going" He said as he held her close to make sure she doesn't fall
"Yes"
They walked down laughing as they walked and smiled at each other and they entered the shop and Naruto helped her into her seat which was a soft cushioned bench that went half way around the table. Naruto then sat down on the other side and a waitress walked over and asked them with a smile
"What can I get for you two today?"
"I will have pancakes with bacon" Naruto said as his mouth watered at the thought of it
"What about you Hinata?" Naruto asked as he looked at her
"I will have french toast with cinnamon rolls"
"Okay, that will be out when it is done. I hope you enjoy the food" She said as she walked off as she finished writing it down
Naruto and Hinata were sitting there waiting as they talked and looked around
"So Naruto, what do you think about the training Kakashi said he would get?" Hinata asked as she was confused on who it would be
"I guess it might be fun, but I am not fully sure. I prefer training with Him or Sasuke" Naruto said as he looked at Hinata
"What about me?" She asked
"I don't like training with you" He said as he looked at her
"Oh" She said as she was a little upset
"But that is only because I don' like hurting you, I like being around you and I wouldn't mind training with you if I didn't have to fight with you" Naruto said as he smiled at her causing her to smile back
"Hehe you're so sweet" She said as she slid along the round bench towards him and blushing
Naruto then slid beside her and were now just inches away and Hinata was now blushing really deep
"Hinata. Are you okay? You're getting pretty red" Naruto said as he felt her head
"No I am fine, it's just i'm a little hot" She said as she unzipped her jacket but kept it on
"Oh, then how about after this we go to the lake and we sit in the water" Naruto said as he smiled at her
"But I don't have anything to change into" She said wanting to go too
"We can stop by your house for you to get something and I will go into my house and get my shorts" Naruto said as he saw the food coming
"Alright" She said as she saw the food coming as well
Naruto and Hinata then began to eat when naruto turned to Hinata and had made a pancake mask. Hinata saw it and causing her to giggle at the sight of it and grabbed his butter and put some on his nose sticking out of the mask
"Hey that's now fair" He said as he grabbed her spoon and got some frosting off the cinnamon roll and put a little on her face
"Hehe now were even"
"Yeah I guess, but I will still get you" He said as he smiled at her and she put her head on his shoulder now feeling very comfortable doing it
"Then I will get you back" She said as she took her last bit of the food and Naruto finished as well
Naruto then grabbed the money and placed it on the table as he helped Hinata out of the shop. They then began walking when Hinata started to feel a little off again
"Hey how about we stop over here for a bit in the shade. You shouldn't push yourself" Naruto said as he picked her up in his arms and brought her over to a tree with shade
Naruto and Hinata sat down in the shade and were almost to Naruto's house then they would go to Hinata's to get something to change into for swimming
"So Hinata when do you think you will be out of the hospital?" Naruto asked as he looked at her
"I should be getting out tomorrow"
"Is there anything I can do to get you our faster?"
"Not that I know of, I am just a little sore still and I am still drained of energy from my heart" Hinata said as she was looking at the grass blowing along the wind
"Oh"
"Yeah, but don't worry about it N-Naruto" She said as she looked at him
"Can I ask you something Hinata?" Naruto asked
"You just did hehe. Yes you can ask me anything you want to ask" She said blushing hoping he would ask her our
"Why do you always seem so weird around me but not around others?" Naruto asked at he was confused
"Um well I guess because we are um, well we are once in a life time best friends" She lied hoping he will take that as the answer
"Okay hahaha well I guess that makes since" Naurto said
"That reminds me, how many days have we been in the hospital?"
"Only 1 day why?" Naruto asked
"No reason, I was just just wondering. I lost track"
"You're silly at times Hinata" Naruto said as he turned to her and saw her a little upset
"I didn't mean it in a bad way Hinata, don't get upset"
"No it isn't that, the something else" She said as she dried her tears and stood up
"We should get going N-Naruto"
"Yeah, but this time I will carry you there some" Naruto said as he picked her up in his arms
"Th-Thank you... N-Naruto" She said blushing knowing it wasn't a dream this time around
So the day about Naruto saying he loved me, was only a dream? I guess so, I just wished it was real...
"Hinata, are you okay?" Naruto asked as he looked down at her and she was really red
"Yes I am just hot" She said
"I am kinda hot too"
"Yeah you are" She said in a joking way as if he was cute type of hot
"What how can you tell, am I sweating that much?"
"No I was just joking"
"You're weird Hinata, but oh well I still like you" Naruto said as he smiled at her
"I like you too and thank you N-Naruto, you don't know how much it means to me when you say that" She said as she blushed more than she was already blushing
"Well we are here now, would you like to come in?" Naruto asked as he set her against the wall of the outside of his house
"Um no I will wait out here" She said knowing her father wouldn't like it if she went in
"Okay, this will only take a second" He said as he opened the door and ran and got his shorts
"I am back Hinata" He said as he walked out wearing his shorts and a shirt with shoes
"I see that hehe"
"Well come here" He said as he picked her up again
"N-Naruto um"
"Yeah?"
"Well it is just that uh well your hand is kinda touching my uh well" She said as she was blushing a deep crimson red
"Touching what Hina- WAHHHH! Sorry Hinata" He said as he moved his hand off her butt
"Oh Naruto" She said very quietly before passing out from it
Naruto thought she just fell asleep so he figured her would let her sleep as he carried her to her house in silence til' Sakura came running up to him thinking Hinata was hurt again
"What is wrong with Hinata?!" Sakura yelled
"Shhh, she is sleeping" Naruto said as he looked down at he calm and rather pale and cute face as she slowly breather in and out causing his heart to slip a little towards how cute she looked
"Oh I see, where are you two going then?" Sakura asked as she whispered
"To Hinata's house, she is going to be getting swimming stuff and were going to go swimming" Naruto said as he was speaking quite as well
"I see well I was just checking in on you two, I was on my way to the hospital but then I saw you two out here" Sakura said as she waved goodbye
Naruto then waved her back goodbye and continued to walk with Hinata still in his arms when he reached her house
"Hey Hinata, wake up" Naruto said as he slightly moved her upper body
"Huh what? What happened?" She asked as she was confused
"You feel asleep so I carried you here without waking you up" Naruto said before helping her stand
"Okay I will be right back out with it on" She said as she opened the door and called for her father and sister which were not there
"Hinata do you need help walking?" Naruto asked as he was worried
"No I will be fine but thank you N-Naruto" She said knowing her father would be mad
"Okay, I will be waiting"
Naruto stod there and waited fro a few minutes til' he heard her come to the door and open it up with a blush on her face
"Um Naruto, come here for a second"
"Yeah what is it?" He asked as he walked in the house and Hinata closed the door behind him
"C-Can you um h-help me with this?" She asked as she turned around and lifted her shirt showing the untied bikini top
"Yeah sure"
"I just can't reach it since I am still sore" She said as she was nervous about it
"Tell me if it is too tight"
"Right there is fine" She said as Naruto began to tie it
"Th-Thank you N-Naruto" She said still blushing
"You're welcome. Are you ready to go?" Naruto asked as she lowered her shirt back down
"Yes" She said as she stepped outside after him
"I'll carry you again" Naruto said as yet again he picked her up
Naruto was walking for a while with Hinata in his arms blushing the whole time and smiling at the same time. They then reached the lake where they always were at and Naruto then took his shirt off and Hinata blushed
"Hinata you have to take your clothes off to go in the water silly" He said teasing her for not wanting to take off her top and botton
"Don't worry no one ever really comes over here anyways Hinata, not like anyone will see you but me" Naruto said
"You're right" She said as she took it off and got in the water
Naruto then splashed Hinata causing her head to get wet and she splashed back while saying something
"That's no fair, I didn't know we were doing that" She said teasing and smiling
Naruto and Hinata spent a few minutes doing that when suddenly they heard a voice from behind them
"I see so you are here like Sakura said" Hiashi said as he looked at them
"Oh hello father, I was just um well were just swimming" She said as she thought he would be mad
"I see that, you two have fun when I leave but before I do I just wanted to see how you were doing Hinata" Hiashi said as he looked at her
"I am doing well, I can't walk too much though"
"Then how did you get to the house and back to here?" Hiashi asked confused
"Well Naruto um, well he carried me" She said hoping he wouldn't be mad
"And nothing happened when I wasn't around?" Hiashi asked with a evil look in his eye
"No father, nothing happened"
"Okay, I will leave in a few minutes. I just want to enjoy the water since I am out here" He said as he took his shoes off and sat on the grass putting his feet into the water
"Huh?" Naruto said as he dove down to the bottom towards the deeper part that was about 25 feet deep
"Naruto?" Hinata asked as she turned and didn't see him anymore
Naruto then came back up and smiled as he grabbed her hand and told her to hold her breath. Naruto then pulled her under and Hiashi was upset at that since he knew that she was hurt. Naruto then made shadow clones making each one push him down further and further to get to the bottom faster. After a few seconds he noticed Hinata starting to lose her breath since she couldn't hold it too long because Neji hit her lungs as well. Naruto then made a lot more shadow clones forcing them back up within seconds.
"Naruto! Why did you do that?" Hiashi yelled as he started to walk on the water
"I saw something at the bottom that was shiny" He said as he cleaned it off revealing a gold necklace that has a pale lavender colored stone attached to it
"Wow that is pretty" Hinata said as she stared at it
"Here Hinata" He said as he placed it in her hand
"What n-no N-Naruto, I can't take this. This has to be worth so much money" She said as she was blushing but refused to take it
"She is right, that thing is probably worth at least 1,000$" Hiashi said knowing he would keep it then (Sorry not sure how much that is in their money currency but lets say it is equal to 1,000 our time)
"Wow, you hear that Hinata. You're rich now!" Naruto said as he smiled and laughed
"Huh what is this? Doesn't he realize how much that is?!" Hiashi said out loud
"Yes I know how much it is, but it matched Hinata's eyes so perfectly that she just has to have it, besides I like Hinata so I give it to her" Naruto said as he looked at Hiashi who was still standing on the water towering above them
"I see, and are you sure?" Hiashi asked
"Yes I am sure" Naruto said as Hinata whispered in his ear
"Hey lets go under water for a second" She said as she tugged his arm so Hiashi wouldn't see or hear
"Okay" He said back quietly as he dove under water
When they were deep enough that Hiashi couldn't see them Hinata grabbed his arm again and pulled him close and hugged him for the gift. They couldn't hold their breath any longer and began to float back up as they got to the top still hugging and Hiashi was staring in shock. They didn't know they were at the surface til' it was too late, Hinata wanted to give him a hug under water so Hiashi wouldn't see. Hiashi stared at them as they were now kinda afraid what would happen
"Um sorry father" Hinata said as she was worried
"It's fine, I understand after getting such a gift like that it is only natural for giving a hug, just as long as you don't do anything else. Speaking of which, have you ever done anything besides hugging?" Hiashi asked knowing Hinata didn't know about the kiss and Hiashi wouldn't say anything about it
"Well um I'm sorry father, yes we have" She said as she knew he would be upset
"And that would be?" Thinking that she might have remembered the kiss after all
"We um, well we have slept together but that is it" She said not knowing what the term 'slept together still meant' she thought it mean't just sleeping near each other and not sex
"You what?!" Hiashi asked as he was furious
"Well I don't see the problem behind it father and everyone else made a big deal out of it when me and Naruto don't think there is anything wrong" Hinata said now really worried
Hiashi then ran over to Naruto and pulled him out of the water and went to punch him
"Wait! What is so bad about it?" Hinata asked curious
"Hinata I shouldn't have to explain to you and I should have to worry about you sleeping with people either. You're smarter than that!" He yelled
"But I don't get what is so bad. We only slept together, nothing bad there" She said as she began to cry
"You can get pregnant!"
"Wait what?! No father we didn't do that!" Hinata said as she blushed really deep
"That is what slept together means"
"We didn't know that sir, we only 'slept together' as in we went to sleep near each other" Naruto said as Hiashi let him go
"I understand, but what were you two doing that for?" He asked now calmed down but still a little upset for them being together like that for so long
"Well it was during the exams, the Forest of Death and we were on top on the cave the other were staying in and we ending up drifting off to sleep" Hinata explained now calming down herself
"And how did you sleep?"
"Naruto laid his jacket on the cave and we both laid on top of it and Naruto had his arm around me and I had my head on his chest but we didn't do anything more. I promise" She said wanting to still be able to see Naruto
"I see, and you two did nothing more... Naruto, why did you have your arm around her?
"She was cold and I was warm and I wanted to protect her from any danger that would come" Naruto said knowing he said the right thing
"I understand, just next time don't do that" He said as he walked off from the lake and into the village disappearing
"Phew that was close" Naruto said as he looked at Hinata and smiled
"Yeah hehe" She said before swimming over to him
Naruto grabbed her hand and expected him to swim with her to shore but instead he pulled her close and gave her a hug
"What was that for N-Naruto?" She asked blushing while still holding the hug
"I felt like the hug under the water wasn't complete since we didn't get to finish it when we wanted to" Naruto said as he was still holding her
"True hehe"
"Now it's starting to get a little later into the day, would you like to dry off and get some ice cream?" Naruto asked as he looked at the sun seeing that it was about 4:00 in the afternoon already
"Yeah I would like that" She said as she swam to the shore beside Naruto
They got out and Naruto turned and looked at Hinata staring at her causing her to blush
"What is it Naruto?" She asked blushing really bad from him seeing her half naked in a way
"I just really think that it matches your eyes and I just wanted to see it again" He said as he snapped out of it
"Oh well thank you Naruto, I really like it and for you to give me something like this and not keep it... That means that, well that means that you really care about me" Hinata said as she looked away and smiled
"Well yeah, you're my best friend Hinata" Naruto said as he smiled at her
Naruto and Hinata dried off a little but Hinata was still wet and didn't want to go back to the town part of the village in just her bikini
"Here Hinata, wear this" he said as he gave her his shirt
"But what about you N-Naruto?" She asked as she thought it was very nice of him to do that
"I will be fine haha" He said as he smiled and she slid the shirt on and put her pants on as well causing them to get a little wet
Naruto and Hinata then moved on back to the village with Naruto carrying Hinata since she was still a little weak and recovering. They got the the ice cream shop and Naruto looked down at Hinata who was now asleep again
"She must really be tired... I know I will get the ice cream and after that we can go somewhere else instead of the hospital" Naruto said as he entered the ice cream shop while waking Hinata up and setting her down put still holding onto her helping her walk
Thy got their ice cream and were sitting there when Naruto noticed Hinata was dosing off a little, they then finished their ice cream and left with Naruto picking her up hoping she would fall back asleep since she looked so harmless and cute when she was sleeping and he wanted to surprise her since he knew exactly where he could go to surprise her while she sleeps. Naruto then began to walk and noticed Hinata finally asleep and Naruto then changed course just a little and got to where he wanted as he gently set her on the ground not waking her up
"Hey Hinata, wake up." Naruto said after a few minutes of standing there
"Huh, oh sorry I keep falling asleep I guess I am just a little tired sti- Huh? this isn't the hospital" She said as she looked around and was in a field with many flowers all around and Naruto laid her down in a small patch of soft lavender colored flowers
"How do you like it?" Naruto asked Hinata as she was stunned
"It-it is amazing N-Naruto!" Hinata said as she jumped up and hugged him
Hinata hugged him causing him to fall with her on top of him and they just laid there hugging when Hinata rolled off blushing but not wanting to leave him. The sunset was appearing as the sun shined a bright orange and red light onto the flowers causing them to make such a romantic looking area. The sunlight shining upon their bodies as they turned to each other and stared in amazement and just slid closer to each other with Hinata now laying her head on his chest and his arm around her body but this time it was different. Naruto put his other hand gently upon her head and holding her tight then letting go a little. Hinata laid there hoping that it wasn't a dream when they began to drift off to sleep from being so drained. Naruto and Hinata laid there upon the soft lavender flowers and the now orange and red flowers that were white and the sunset encasing them with slight warmth and they laid there in peace one embracing the other... Hinata knew her dreams were slowly coming true, Naruto's heart slipped as if she took it little by little every time he thought of them there together again alone in the comfort and caring and loving hands of each other... Naruto started to know that real love felt like, but what he didn't know was that Hinata loved him back and that it gets way better than what he was feeling now
-End of chapter 12-
Note, I hope you enjoy and sorry that it took me a while to upload, I won't be able to work too much on it in the morning (I am writing this note at 1:12 in the morning about to go to sleep) I have been working on this chapter little by little not having too much time since I have to try t find time to finish the series of Naruto as well (I haven't watched all of the episodes, I am only on episode 70 or so in Shippuden) And like I said I won't be able to do too much tomorrow most likely since I have some big personal stuff that will be going on. Again sorry it took so long and please leave a review, I know I could use seeing a few good reviews after what I will be doing. Thanks! Enjoy!