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Note: This chapter will contain the ending of Naruto's training and him returning to the village. Which means that the 3 years will have already passed, I also hope you enjoy this chapter; I decided to write it now since I have taken a while to post one besides the last chapter. Also a review someone wrote made me decide to make the chapter really soon. Thank you to who is my number 1 Reviewer!
Chapter 15: Return to the loved village and the loving shinobi!
"*yawn* Hey pervy sage. What did you want us to be up so early?" Naruto asked as he stretched his muscles while walking
"Well today is a special day" The old Pervy Sage spoke yawning as well
"Really? Why?"
"Well because today... Well, we're heading back to the village and if we hurry we can make it in one day. Notice that we were slowly moving back to the village?" Pervy Sage stated
"Oh yeah, now I see... Well then I suppose... Last one there is a rotten egg!" Naruto exclaimed as he was excited to make it back
"I don't think you want to race kid, it is still rather far away, also... I know I could beat you without breaking a sweat" The pervy Sage said with a cocky grin upon his face
"Haha I guess you're right. I am just excited to get back" Naruto said as he picked up the speed
"I just wonder how everyone is doing..." Naruto said looking a little upset and confused
"Hey why so glum? We will be there by the end of the day... I guarantee it"
"No, that isn't it... Do you remember what Hinata said to me before I left? It just makes me wonder" He said still confused
"I see, 3 years have passed and you're still confused about it kid... I would tell you exactly what she means, but it is a answer that comes from your heart Naruto... Time will come and you will know" The old man said as he laid his hand on his students shoulder that he has grown quite fond of
"Thank you, Pervy Sa- I mean Master Jiraiya
"No need to thank me, you already knew that. It just might not have came to the surface so easily" He said as he smiled at his student
Time passed, they walked, ran, sprinted, jogged, walked some more, ate, rested, had a little fun and even took baths in springs. But after a long day of hard work they made it before they expected.
"Here it is... I have missed the village... However, there is someone I have missed more than this village in a way" Naruto said before steeping right beside the gate
"Hey who are you? What is your business here and why are you here?" The gate guards asked not remembering Naruto
"Well I see you have at least got better at your job hahaha. It's me, Naruto" Naruto stated with a smile at the gate greeters/ guards
"N-Naruto? You're so much more different than before, I apologize, I didn't recognize you"
"It is quite alright, I am just glad to see the village has responsible guards still" He said before walking into the village
Naruto only got a 100 feet into the village as he jumped up and ran along a pole to stand upon the top and see a great view. He gazed in amazement that is changed for the better, the buildings we in better shape, the Hokage's face was added upon the giant rock formations on the back of the village that held all the Hokage's faces in respect. He stared for a minute when he heard a rather familiar voice and peered down to see Sakura walking along the streets reading off her list for food to herself.
"THUD*
"Ahhh who is that?!" Sakura snapped as she was surprised by the random noise that escalated behind her
"It's been a while Sakura... Hasn't it?" The figure asked now standing on her side and placed his hand upon her shoulder
"N-Naruto? That voice? Is it really you?" She asked as she turned with a small tear in her eyes
"Yes, it is me. How have you been?" Naruto asked as he stood in front of his Teammate
"I-I have been fine... I just can't believe you're finally back" Sakura said as she placed both of her hand on his arms and slowly sliding them behind him
"I know, away for far too long" Naruto said as he hugged her back
Naruto and Sakura talked and caught up when it suddenly ended when Sakura said one thing that seemed to pulse his memory of before he left.
"I am sorry, it was really great and all but I got to go... I am just glad you got back here" Sakura said before giving him a quick hug and ran off
"Huh? That is right, I got to go too!" Naruto shouted as he ran off atop the buildings and searching
"Naruto is kinda good looking now" Sakura said quietly as they separated
"Dammit! Where?" Naruto swore under his breath
"There!" He exclaimed before running along to his destination
Naruto swooped to the ground silently and turned the corner without anyone seeing. Beside when he turned the corner. Naruto was now standing in front of 3 people and the people or person he was looking for.
"W-What? N-No. W-Way... NARUTO!" A voice exclaimed with tears already in the air as the figure sprinted towards Naruto
"Hey" Naruto said as he was now tackled to the ground
For moments of silence came to an end when the figure spoke.
"It... had been too long"
"I know... Way too long, way too long away from you... Hinata" Naruto said as he laid there with Hinata on top of him crying into his chest
"I-I thought you weren't coming back yet... I was even thinking that, you were never coming back" She said hugging him tighter
"Hey, what did I s- no... What did we both say to each other? We will not leave. My reason was for Hokage, and you..."
"Yes, I never forgot!" She said not letting go of him
"Do you remember what we last said to each other before I left?" Naruto asked hoping she didn't forget
"Yes, you said that you have me..." Hinata said finally letting go and lifting her head.
"And what were your reasons for not leaving as long as I live?" Naruto asked already knowing what it was
"That I need to meet you again and become the head of my clan... However, like I said before... The last one was the most important" She said as she smiled at him
"Which would be?" He asked making sure
"I said that... That I couldn't leave as long as you live because I... I" She spoke then froze as she felt all the emotions of that day go away besides the good ones
"What did she say?" Kiba asked Shino who were standing there the entire time. Kiba and Shino didn't know what she said since Hinata did not yet speak of what she said
"I refuse to leave as long as you live... Because I... I have you, Naruto" She said hugging him again
"That's right, you have me and always will have me. We will always be friends!" Naruto said before hugging her back as he still laid upon the ground with her atop him
" I remember that day well. The last words we said to each other was, that we can't leave because we have each other... We're best friends!" Naruto said now sitting up still hugging Hinata back
"I-I know this is so sudden but um, can we go get something to eat?" Hinata asked kinda nervous
"Yes, I would like to get something to eat." Naruto said as he stood up and helped Hinata up as well
As Naruto and Hinata stood Kiba and Shino looked at Hinata and they all knew what they were thinking. With them knowing Kiba and Shino parted ways from Naruto and Hinata letting them get some alone time. Naruto and Hinata then began walking side by side towards the ramen shop.
"You know Hinata, I know we have been apart for sometime now... But I still don't mind if you hold my hand, it is fine. I see the look in your eyes and see that you're dying to do it again, so go ahead" Naruto said as he looked into her soft and soothing lavender eyes that he missed so strongly
"Thank you, Naruto" She said blushing and taking his hand
"No, thank you Hinata" As he spoke those words she remembered every time he had said that in the past and it brought warmth to her heart and soothed her body and mind
Naruto and Hinata now approached the Ramen shop and entered. With them ordering, eating then leaving and heading towards the Hokage's building. Hinata spoke
"I have a mission I need to be going on today, it is just to go somewhere and make sure no one is around in the fields of Rice Patties" Hinata said as she was a little upset
Naruto looked at her and yet again read her like an open book and asked her
"Can I come too? I see you don't want to separate yet, so maybe I can come too" Naruto said trying to cheer her up
"Um sure, it would just be me alone since everyone else is either on missions or just have to stay here. I am sure it would be fine- No! Great! if you came along" she said now smiling and holding his hand again
"Good, then it is a deal!" Naruto exclaimed happy as well
"I see, I am fine with this... As long as Naruto is okay as well, since he had to have a long and hard training going on." The Hokage spoke as she laughed with joy seeing he was back
"Thank you Granny Tsun- I mean Lady Hokage!" Naruto caught himself showing he matured a little more
"Wow, such a shocker that he grew up" She said as they left the room
"So what time is the mission Hinata?" Naruto asked looking in his weapon pouch
"Well in about a hour. That is enough time to get anything we need and even leave early if we want" Hinata said as she too looked into the weapon pouch
"I see, then how about instead of us separating I just do this." Naruto said as he let go of her hand and crossed his fingers and created 2 clones
"I need you to go to my house and go get my sleeping bag, tent and pillow. I have enough weapons so just get that and some canned food that is still fresh" He said to his clones that responded to his orders
"I need to go get my sleeping bad, pillow, food and tent as well" Hinata said as she created only one since she can't make many without it making it hard on her
"No need for the tent, mine is big enough for both of us and a lot of room" Naruto said blushing a little
"Oh okay" She replied happy but blushing as well
Naruto and Hinata then walked slowly towards the main gate and approached it to see their clones already there. Naruto and Hinata separated their hands from each others and grabbed the requested supplies from their clones. Naruto and Hinata then walked some distanced and then began to run to the field knowing it wouldn't take too long.
"Hey Naruto, the fields are close now. But it is getting dark so when we get there we need to set up camp right off" Hinata said as she landed towards the ground off the trees with Naruto following
"Yeah, then let's go!" He said with excitement
"Hehe you haven't changed so much after all" Hinata said as she smiled at him with innocents
"Yeah I guess. You have though, and a lot!" Naruto said smiling and blushing
"What do you mean? How?" She asked not noticing too much
"Well I mean you have grew taller, you have got to be more smart as well. And well, you went from cute to... Well gorgeous" Naruto said blushing
Hinata blushed as well and said to him 'So have you, but instead of gorgeous you're just really handsome' which made her blush more along with Naruto
"Yeah well, I grew, got a little smarter, stronger just like you. But you did grow in another way" He said now being bright red
"How?" She asked confused and got red when she thought of it
"Well you see... um well, when I left you were kinda, well smaller... If you know what I mean, and now you have... Well now you have grew in size quite a bit" He said expecting her to hit him
Naruto stood there blushing like crazy along with Hinata and waiting for her to hit him but instead she just walked up to him and spoke
"Yeah, I guess I have... Haven't I? Hehehe" She said before holding his hand again
Naruto and Hinata were now at a good place for the camp. Naruto looked around and saw so broken branches but nothing too good so he told Hinata to stand back a little and a orb formed into his hand. As a thud sound came Naruto held the Resangan longer than usual and started striking the tree causing it to slowly cute into small pieces.
"There that should do" Naruto stated as he grabbed the wood that was all over and place it into a pile
"Wow, that was awesome" Hinata said with amazement
"Thanks, but you know what is more amazing then that?" He asked with a devilish smile
"Huh?" She asked confused
"You hehehe" He said as he let out a playful and flirty laugh along side with her blushing
"Thank you" She said smiling back and giggling with his compliment
Naruto and Hinata then began to set the fire up and grab the food. As Naruto created a weaker Rasangan and gently applied it to the wood Hinata was confused at first but then realized what he was doing when smoke arouse from the wood and flames got created
"I figured I would do it this was instead, way faster than using the stickers haha" Naruto said as he placed the wood into the pile under neath make it bigger and soon a camp fire
"Great idea" She said as she finished placing the tent up and grabbing the food for dinner
"Thank you" Naruto said as he smiled at her and grabbed the cans and laid them about the fire causing it to cook
Time passed as Naruto and Hinata were sitting by the fire and then decided to set up the inside of the tent.
"There that should do" Hinata said as she stood at the entrance of the tent
"Yeah that is great" Naruto said as he looked at her
"Oh yeah, our food" Naruto stated as he ran over to the fire and noticed the food was done perfectly
Naruto and Hinata then began eating and it was now dark around 9:30 With the time being semi late Naruto and Hinata finished eating and entered the rather large tent that could hold at least 4 people. They laid there not speaking but wanted to. Naruto hesitate to speak when ever he thought of something that has been getting him all the time away. Hinata laid there worried to speak thinking that Naruto was trying to sleep. After a hour of silence they both drifted off to sleep and slept pleasantly.
Night passed and morning rolled around followed by Naruto waking up before Hinata. Naruto was surprised but then grabbed her hand gently and looked at it
'Her hands seem rough, they were injured recently... She must have been training hard. I will let her rest and meanwhile I will make food for us' Naruto thought to himself as he gently placed her hand back down not waking her
Naruto began the fire using the Rasangan at a distance knowing it would wake her if too close. With the log on fire and creeping up towards the top Naruto walked back to the camp fire and placed it under the fire. With the fire not catching too easily Naruto formed another small Rasangan silently this time and placed it beside the fire is his hand, with it close to the fire it caused the air around it to move semi fast making the fire take a raging form and die down a little as the Rasangan deformed. Naruto began to cook the food and with the smell of it and time passing Hinata walked out of the tent and surprised to see it was already 12:30 in the afternoon.
"Ah so the sleeping beauty awakes" Naruto said as he smiled and walked over to her helping her walk and sit
"Hehehe well sleeping is defiantly correct" Hinata responded smiling at him
"Well so is the beauty, I would say that the beauty is more than sleeping" He said smiling back at her
This caused Hinata to blush when Naruto placed the food in front of her
"Eat up, we need to search the field a little so we are sure no one is here" Naruto said as he began to eat
"Thank you Naruto" She said before eating as well
A few minutes passed and they were almost done and Naruto asked a rather worthy question
"How many days are we going to be out here?"
"Only 3 since that is what the job requires" Hinata replied as she finished her meal
"I see, well then let's get going" Naruto said as he stood up ready to search the field knowing it would be easy and short
"I agree, let's go" She said still smiling at him
"Hey Hinata. These are for you" He said as he gave her a handful of white tulips
"What? Really? Thank you" Hinata said as she grabbed then
Naruto began to pull his hand back but stopped as Hinata grabbed his hand and pulled him into her hugging him tightly. Naruto hugged her back as they both separated and smiled falling backwards laying in the field. With then laying in the field for hours just staring into the sky talking, laughing, and sharing a rather powerful and amazing bond. Night started to approach and before they knew it they realized it. They headed back to the camp making dinner before laying in the tent.
"Goodnight Naruto" "Good night Hinata" They said before laying down
Night passed part way when Naruto awoke seeing and feeling an unbelievable sight and feeling. Naruto gently pulled away and quietly as he caught himself laying behind her with his hand around her arms and stomach resting gently upon her stomach. Naruto's legs curved in with her and his hand resting upon her body on her stomach and back. Naruto then left the tent and walked out to the top of the rock formation on the side of the field.
"How could I? What was it? Do I?" Naruto asked himself confused
As Naruto sat there thinking Hinata came up behind him and spoke
"Hey what is wrong?" She asked concerned
"Hey Hinata... I got a question for you..." Naruto spoke still confused and sad
"Yes?" She asked now really worried
"Do... Do you like some- No... Do you... Love someone?"
"I-I-I uh, well yes. I do" She replied hoping Naruto didn't know who
"I see" Naruto said as he stood back up and put on a smile
Naruto passed Hinata as he spoke to her
"We should get back"
"Well first. Do you... Love someone?" Hinata asked worried
"I-I um, well I think I- no... I know I- No I think I do... I am just not sure what I feel" Naruto responded as he continued back the to tent
Naruto and Hinata reached the tent and laid there. Naruto was asleep when Hinata was awake and worried, but soon followed when she got tired and knew staying awake wouldn't help anything
Night finished, morning begun. The day passed with them waking, eating, searching, and passing the day with smiles and laughs but nearly all were fake from both. With night rolling around again they knew it was going to be the last night and they could head back. They laid there asleep again but Hinata woke back up just not being able to sleep.
Hinata excited the tent and went to the rock formation they were at last night. The rain began to come down with semi strong wind causing it to be cold outside but Hinata didn't mind it. She stood there just staring and thinking
'Who is it he likes? Why is he so upset? What is wrong? And last of all... Why? Why did he ask?' She thought to herself with tears running down her face
'Maybe he liked Sakura a lot more now, and I... I just' Her thought were interrupted from Naruto placing his hand on her shoulder
"Hey, it is raining and strong wind. You're freezing and you will catch a cold, please come back" Naruto said still sad as the day and night before
"I know, I will be fine... I just need some time alone" She said trying to hide her tears and whimpers
Hinata then began to walk past him but he spoke
"What is wrong Hinata? Why are you crying?" Naruto asked sad himself
"I... I um, nothing... Just a bad dream aga-" She was cut off
"Enough with the lies, please just tell me." He said now letting a tear fall from his eye
"What about you huh? Last night, what was the question for? Why do you care who I like? Most importantly... Why? Why is it you don't know if you like someone?" She asked snapping at him
"Why is it you care so much about me? Yet you like someone... Who is this person? Is it Sakura? Someone you met on your training? Someone I know? Just tell me, why you have done this? You have hurt me! You have made me think this is my fault! You make me think that I am pushing to close to you and hurting you and this mystery girl of yours!" She snapped again
"I just don't get why... Please tell me why Naruto... Please" She said now losing all control and breaking down completely
"I... Hinata" He said now crying not being able to hold it back
"Why does it matter to you who I like when you like someone too?! I just don't get it! Why does it matter to you who I like? This is tearing me apart Naruto... Just tell me who it is and why... Why?" She asked again with tears still flowing down her face and rain covering them both, then now soaked they didn't care. They were both heart broken from this
"I am sorry Naruto... I will just leave you alo-" She was cut off by him grabbing her arms firmly but not too much it hurts
Naruto and Hinata now standing there with the moon on their sides and them close their shadows and their figures slowly collided. The rain streaming down their face yet the tears were separate as if they could just see a bond between the two of them...
Naruto and Hinata now had their shadows intertwined along with their figures but a light between their neck showed that formed a semi heart shape and the were at the same level, and arch. Hinata's eyes snapped open and he entire body nearly dropped when the collided. Naruto was now holding her arms tightly and slowly releasing them bringing his hand on her lower back and his other hand upon her head gently. Naruto pushed towards her harder with Hinata letting her hand slowly raise up to his face and placing them upon both cheeks. Naruto's and Hinata's tears seized right away and dripped along side each other as they stood there. Now body to body, hands to head, face, back, rain covering their bodies that was all engulfed with two big things... The moons soft light... But the last the most important which was their love... Naruto and Hinata were standing there covered by hands, rain, moonlight and love they shared as they kissed each other showing their Young Undying Love
"Young Undying Love" They both said as the separated
"I love you... Hinata" "I love you... Naruto" They said to each other knowing they would both love each other forever
Time passed, they were in the tent again wit different clothes on, dried and now cuddling with each other
"Young Undying Love" They stated out loud before drifting off to sleep in each others, soft, kinda and loving arms that never gave up on holding each other through the night
"Young Undying Love"
-The end of chapter 15-
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