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Note: Sorry it took so long for me to upload, I have just been so busy trying to finish the series, movies and having to do other personal life things. Just didn't have much time, but I will try to make this chapter a good one. Warning! Time jump in this chapter, and a big one. It will start right off where it is just one day before Naruto and Pervy Sage set out for the three year training. I hope you enjoy and please leave a review.
Chapter 14: A new journey... Is it good or bad?
Naruto opened his eyes slowly as the sunlight emerging through the window that was slightly uncovered by the curtain. He let out a slight yawn then a noise that stretched out as did his body, with Naruto now awake and ready to go to the kitchen he put his shoes on and left out to the kitchen after getting dressed. He reached into the fridge reaching for the milk, butter and bread. Setting it all out he plugged the toaster in and placed his bread in the toaster. Naruto stared at it for a moment and thought to himself 'It gets so hot and works up to the great temperature then just burns down when life comes... That resembles a lot in life, even life itself' Naruto then snapped out of his thoughts when the toast sprang up showing it was done. Naruto then finished cooking the rest of his food and sat down munching down some breakfast. He left his house with a thought of what would happen today and suddenly realized that today was the day he was going off with his Master Pervy Sage. Naruto was now tearing down the streets of Konoha and came to a quick halt when seeing the Pervy Sage standing at the main gate as if he was waiting.
"Hey Pervy Sage. What are you doing here?" He asked confused
"Well I am just a little early. Do you remember that we were going to set out and go training for a while today?" He asked teasing Naruto for his lack of remembering things at times
"Oh yeah, well we can leave now!" Naruto shouted eager to start training
"Well then let's hit the road!" Pervy Sage yelled with excitement as well
The old Perv started to walk away outside the village gate but Naruto didn't follow. As Naruto looked back and noticed a rather shy, yet cute girl he has grown quite fond of, she hid when spotted hoping Naruto didn't really see her.
"Hey... Pervy Sage... I got a question" Naruto said getting his attention and he slowly turned his head
"Can I stay just one more day?" He asked sad
"Why would you want to stay one more day? I thought you were excited to get headi-" The old man stopped as he noticed Naruto staring over towards a corner of a building and saw fresh foot prints just made a second ago
"I see, go get her Naruto" He said smiling at him and winking
"Thanks Pervy Sage" Naruto said before begging to walk
"Phew that was a close one" Hinata said quietly to herself.
Hinata then stood up and began to turn around the corner a little to see if he was gone, she stared not knowing where he went since Pervy sage was the but Naruto wasn't. She then jumped as someone from behind grabbed her hand and pulled her around holding her in his arms
"Hey Hinata" Naruto said not wanting to leave her side
"N-Naruto?" She asked not knowing what was happening since it happened so quickly
"Yeah it is me haha. I am staying one more day here... I want to spend the one last day I have here for a while, with you" He said not letting her go
'W-What? M-Me?" She asked shocked thinking Naruto would rather stay with Sakura or go train with Kakashi
"Yeah you. Who else would I rather spend this time with?" Naruto asked jokingly as he began to let her go
Naruto was about half way apart from her realizing Hinata never hugged him back and thought he did something wrong. Naruto was confused but the confusing was broke when Hinata pulled him back into her letting tears come out uncontrollably.
"Thank you Naruto. Lets go have fun!" Hinata said as she dried her tears and smiled at him
"Yeah!" He shouted as they already knew what they were both thinking of doing
Naruto and Hinata set off down the road but Naruto noticed something rather different about Hinata that day. Naruto was confused as Hinata was holding his hand but she was smiling the entire time and she even started hugging his arm a little. Naruto took notice of it but soon forgot when Hinata stopped and let go before running into her house. Hinata soon came back out within just 1 minute with nothing different about her on the outside. Naruto knew what she did though and they set off to his house and Naruto ran inside and just like Hinata came back out within 1 minute. However when Naruto came out Hinata wasn't standing there, Naruto started to worry a little and began to walk away to see if he could find her when suddenly there was her lavender soft eyes next to his and she was hanging upside down staring at him.
"Oh there you are Hinata." Naruto said letting out a sigh of relief and stunned by what Hinata did after
"Sorry for the worry, here is your reward" She said before dropping down and giving him a playful hug
"I could get used to that!" He yelled joking with her
His words caused Hinata to blush as they began to walk and they reached the destination. Naruto was the first to strip down to his shorts and no shirt and Hinata was right beside him as she took off her outfit too revealing her bikini she grabbed earlier and put on. Naruto and Hinata then stepped into the water and laughed as they were having a great time with each other.
"Hey come here" Naruto said as he motioned Hinata to come to him
"what? AHHH! Naruto!" Hinata said as he crossed his fingers and muttered under his breath 'transform'
Naruto was now a fish head wiggling and then turned back to the normal Naruto and let out a dying laughter at Hinata's reaction.
"Naruto! I can't believe you did that to me..." Hinata said with a sad face
"Huh?" Naruto said confused
"Without telling me we were doing that! That is it Naruto, now you're getting it!" She yelled playfully as she acted the whole thing and transformed into a shark head and playfully chased him
Naruto and Hinata were back to normal and both let out a huge laugh and then began floating on their backs. Naruto looked up at the sky and it was already getting close to lunch time. Naruto's stomach began to growl when Hinata pulled him towards her and said to him 'let's go to shore, I brought a picnic too' She said as she had it pre-made because she was going to sit in the field that day and eat with anyone who would come. Naruto and Hinata both swan to the shore and Hinata pulled it out and set it down with a blanket on the top inside the basket. They laid it down and began grabbing the food out, as Naruto laid it down he noticed something else inside the basket and questioned 'What is that Hinata?'
"Oh well that is... um well nothing" She said as she quickly grabbed it and put it inside her clothes
"Well now I am curious" He said as he smiled at her and began to grab it from her small pile of clothes she took off to go swimming
"Oh no you don't" She said playfully as she grabbed it and held it in her hands
"I can still get it" He said playfully back
"Not if I do this" She said as she thought for a second and was now bright red but knew she had to hide it
"That's not fair!" Naruto shouted at Hinata put the piece of paper into her bikini top
"Well then there. serves you right" Hinata said sticking her tongue out playfully and Naruto replied in a playful manner as well
"Oh alright" He said as he laughed with her and they began eating
Time passed as they were almost done eating and Naruto caught Hinata slowly moving towards him a little over time. Naruto then pushed himself up a little and moved beside her and spoke
"You don't have to be afraid Hinata, we're best friends. You can sit by me whenever you want to" Naruto said as he placed his and down and noticed it was laying upon hers
"Then is it okay if I do this?" She asked as Naruto began to pull his hand away and Hinata grabbed it back gently and laid his hand upon hers
"Sure I guess so, we have held hands before many times. What is the big deal wi-" Naruto stopped and thought to himself
"Wait a minute!" He shouted and Hinata tensed up
"What?" She asked hoping Naruto didn't realize the feeling behind it
"You're just trying to get my attention away from the paper!" He exclaimed before he laughed with her
Hinata then let her mind go easy when Naruto was only thinking about the paper.
Hinata's mind tensed back up again as she remembered what was on the paper
'I can't let Naruto see this... He just can't!' She thought to herself as she calmed herself so Naruto wouldn't think something was wrong
Naruto and Hinata laughed more and more as the time went by and they were finished eating for a while and they then decided to get back into the water. Naruto was in the water and stopped moving when Hinata looked at him. Naruto's mind just filled with all the memories and great time they had together, Naruto slowly drifted towards her and laid his right hand upon her left shoulder and his left hand upon her right shoulder. With Hinata now looking at the water embarrassed, her head slowly lifted up as Naruto pulled her in slowly and hugged her and a shock went through her body.
'This feeling... it seems like my dreams but real in a way... This hug seems to be coming with more affection, but that is just silly... There is no way Naruto actually loves me' Hinata thought too herself as she didn't question it and just hugged him back as the same surge went through him. They released not telling each other what they felt. A lot of time past and before they knew it, night came as they got out and finished the other part of the picnic for dinner and what Naruto next offered shocked Hinata more than anything else
"Hinata... Would you like to spend the night at my house?" He asked not thinking
"Ummm, well I uh... I don't think that my father would be okay with it... but since this is your last day being here for a while, I guess it will be okay" She responded now really shy
"Good, I will send home some shadow clones to get stuff ready" Naruto said as he crossed his fingers and about 10 Naruto's appeared
"You got to go get things ready at my house" Naruto sated as they all let out a sigh
"Why do we get stuck on house cleaning duty?" all 10 Naruto clones asked but then ran off after getting demanded to by the real Naruto
"Heheh" Hinata let out a giggle as they all ran off and Naruto turned and laughed with her again
"Hey Hinata, let's just sit out her for a bit and look at the starts. It will be a while since we actually get to do this again" He said with a sad tone
"Yeah, I know" Hinata replied sad as well
Naruto and Hinata laid under the stars for the last time for a while. With them both sad at the thought of Naruto leaving they just couldn't smile but the sadness broke when Naruto spoke
"Let's toss aside this sadness and just be happy together with the time we have left, or this time will be wasted" He said as he cuddled his arm under her neck and drew in down her body a little meeting her mid back pulling her close to him and her laying her head upon his chest letting out a slight cry before smiling and no longer blushing.
Naruto and Hinata laid there not saying a word just enjoying being close again. With the night stars bright but the moon brighter, the area was lit up and shining upon them both as Naruto looked down at Hinata who was now sound asleep. Hinata's harmless smile she left while she laid there the entire time, it never faded even for a second. Naruto stared at her amazing features of her personality in his mind and her amazing features of her soft pale skin and her harmless smile, eyes, face, hair and her kinda loving heart. Naruto drifted off to sleep with her in his thoughts and squeezed her a little harder not waking her.
"I think... I think I am, falling for you... but, I... just don't get it... How? Were best friends... Maybe it is a false feeling, I get those a lot" Naruto said very quietly before falling asleep holding her tight in his protecting arms
The morning light shined bright causing the two to awake to it. Naruto looked at the sun and knew it was soon time to go, Hinata knew by his facial expression he would have to leave soon. They didn't waste anytime together despite the sadness they felt. They walked off to get food and soon came to the end of the time they had, with Naruto and Hinata approaching the old Pervy Sage Hinata and Naruto just couldn't hold in any longer knowing they would be apart for a while. Naruto stopped and turned to Hinata and was getting ready to speak when he was tackled by her holding him tight and silent tears falling from her eyes.
"Just promise me... promise me that you will make it back Naruto! Promise!" She said between her cries of sorrow that filled both of them
"I can't die Hinata... I can't die because I have my reasons" Naruto said holding her tight
"Yes I know, because you have to become Hokage" She stated as if she is proud of him
"I added another reason..." Naruto said now crying as well
"Another? Reason?" She asked confused
"You... Hinata... You are my reason, I cannot leave as long as we are friends and you're in my life... I cannot leave" He said as he pulled her away and kissed her forehead
"Thank you... Naruto" She said now happy
Naruto then began to turn when his hand was grabbed and pulled back around and Hinata kissed him on the forehead having to stand on the top of her toes. Naruto was shocked but didn't deny it. (Naruto took his head band off during night and never put if back on) With Hinata now kissing his forehead back they disconnected and Naruto began to walk off as he spoke
"Just promise... when I get back... You are here waiting... You can't leave either" Naruto said as he smiled at her and began to walk off with the old Pervy Sage
"I won't... Because I too have my reasons" She said smiling back
"Too see me again? And become head of the Hyuga clan?" Naruto asked
"Yes, but the final reason is the most important Naruto" She stated slowly as she stared at Naruto with her soft lavender eyes that sooth anyone's mind with ease
"I won't leave you and cannot leave you because" She spoke slowly and meaningful
"Because I...I"
-The end of chapter 14- I hope you enjoyed, and warning. The training he does will not be written so when he comes back (which should be next chapter) it will have been the 3 years... Please leave a review, again I am sorry it took so long, I will try to work on the next chapter as soon as possible. Enjoy the suspense!