Well, hello there! :)

Some info about this fic;

¤ It's in Naruto Shippuuden, so they are 16 years old.

¤It's before Pein attacks Konoha so people don't like Naruto very much...

¤Even though he dies in the anime, Asuma is alive.

Disclaimer; Kishimoto own Naruto and maxlax owns the idea. Found the photo on animegalleries..

Hope you enjoy the reading~!

"W-what. . . a-are you s-serious…!"

Hinata couldn't believe what Kurenai just said.

The reason why her teacher was standing outside the mighty Hyuuga-clan's estate, in the middle of a long, dark night, hadn't sunk in yet. She didn't dear to hope when her sensei opened her mouth again.

"Yeah, I'm serious." She sighed a bit, shaking her head when she saw her student enormous eyes that just got larger for every single word. "You, Naruto, Kiba and I are going on a mission tomorrow. You will all get more details about it during the mission. Kiba and Naruto have already received the message, so you don't need to tell them. . . I'm sorry, but I've to pack and you should as well. We will be meeting at our usual place, right in front of the gates. The mission could take some weeks by the way, so you should pack well."

And with those last words Kurenai walked away from the Hyuuga-clan's estate, leaving a certain girl frozen in shock. Her mind was in a kind of coma-state, she was standing there like a tree with a dumbfounded expression on her face. Processing what she just heard she didn't hear some light footsteps coming closer to her.

She squeaked out loud when somebody poked her shoulder and asked; "Hinata, why are you standing there like a fool?" right in her ear.

"H-Hanabi!"

"What? Somebody had to tell you, the servants have sent you some odd looks for a while now."

Hinata blushed at that.

"Anyway… father wants to see you. He wonders why Kurenai was here so late at night. But, are you okay?"

Hinata simply nodded before they walked side by side to their father's office.

-:-.-:-

After telling her father why her teacher had been there, plus telling as much information she knew about the upcoming mission she was free to go.

Hinata quickly went to her room, starting to pack while squeaking like a fan-girl every time she thought about her blonde love.

She started to pack necessary stuffs in her backpack: tent, flashlight, sleeping bag, food and of course her little Naruto-doll: she had made it by her own hands when she was 8 years old, not telling anybody who it was when they had asked. She wasn't good at making things, and the doll didn't look exactly like her dear Naruto-kun, but she loved it anyway. She could hardly sleep without it, so precious was it to her.

Then the hard part came: What was she going to wear? Hinata didn't have a single clue and she was too embarrassed to ask her sister.

I should wear something nice, because Naruto-kun is coming to and I want him to notice me.

Hinata looked at her many clothes with a slight frown; she had thrown all of them on her bed, but she still couldn't decide what to pack.

Why do I care about what Naruto-kun thinks? It's clothes for God's sake; I should just wear something I like and feel comfortable wearing…

Hinata sighed when she heard her other part of thoughts, the negative one. She had always had to part of thoughts, one positive and one negative, who argued against each other all the time. It made her insane sometimes, though she never dared admitting it.

But I love Naruto-kun! I want him to like me to, that's why I want to be dressed in something nice that he would appreciate looking at.

Do you really think Naruto-kun likes someone who faints and blushes every time he looks at them?

S-shut up! I have stopped fainting and how should you know Naruto-kun's taste? Maybe he likes me!?

Dream on, girl. The only girl he likes is his dear, dear Sakura-chan~!

A time pasted before the positive thoughts mumbled, Hmpf. . .just wait and see…

When Hinata went to bed later that night she had some confusing feelings and thoughts in her head. She took the Naruto-doll and pressed it close to her chest, and dreamed dreams about the man she loved.

...

The next day came with a sunny, nice weather. It was a perfect day for a long mission Hinata simply knew they were going to have, for why would her sensei otherwise come to talk to her the night before?

She ate a delicious breakfast, said a quick "Bye-bye" to her father and sister, and went rather early to the agreed meeting-place.

When she came there she saw Kiba playing with his dog, Akamaru. The said dog barked when he saw her and ran to greet her. The dog's owner spotted her to and said with a smiling face, "Hello, Hinata! You're early. Are you excited about the mission?"

"Kiba-kun, you're e-early as well. Yeah, I'm e-excited. A-aren't you?"

"Oh, maybe you're excited for something else…maybe a certain idiotic blonde boy?" Kiba teased, laughed when he saw her blush.

"But to answer your question," he suddenly got dead-serious before saying with a huge smile, slight fear shining in his eyes. "The hell I am. We're maybe gone for days! I will do anything to get away from mom. She scares the shit out of me."

Akamaru barked in agree, shivered at what his owner just said.

Hinata laughed. Kiba's mother sure was scary.

"Kiba…! Hinata…!"

The Hyuuga-girl froze. She could have recognized that voice many miles away. It was Naruto, her love, who was running to them with a smiling face. His blonde, messy hair was more wild than usual, something that indicated he woke up not long ago.

"Naruto, you are unbelievable early today. What's up? Had a ramen-nightmare?" Kiba asked with a smirk.

"Ha-ha. Very funny doggie," Naruto teased with a grin, "I am always early…"

"Stop joking, idiot…"

"Who are you calling an idiot? You…"

And then came the regular fighting between them. Hinata shook her head, but she was actually very glad. She loved to watch Naruto, and when he was arguing he didn't notice her. . .

"Stop yelling to each other."

Hinata, Kiba and Naruto jumped when they heard Kurenai determined voice few meters behind them.

"Kurenai-sensei! Why are-"

"Stop acting like children! People are looking at you; and I think some of them are scared. A lot of them look horrified. . . I'm sorry I'm late but…"

Kurenai took a deep breath; "Are all of you done packing? Then, let's go!"

They had almost past the great gates, when suddenly Naruto gasped, stressed.

"Wait! I have to get something…"

And before Kurenai could say anything at all he was seeing running to the opposite direction.

"What a jerk! We're on a mission… idiot…" mumbled Kiba, Akamaru barked in agree.

Two minutes pasted before they could see a recognizable, yellow-haired one running to them with a little box with a lid that white, thin smoke oozed of.

"There's the monkey…" Kiba mumbled angrily.

"Naruto, what's that?" Kurenai asked when he got to them.

And with the beautiful voice of his he said happily, dancing a little dance. "Ramen-in-box, it's a new idea from Ichiraku. The box seals it from getting cold. Isn't the old man a genius?"

Some second's pasted quickly before Kiba screamed. "He isn't a genius, but he's much smarter than you! We have been waiting here for minutes, we are in a mission and we had to stop because you were going to buy some ramen, -W..What are you…?"

Kiba stooped his rambling when he saw that Naruto were eating from said ramen-box.

Silence… deadly silence before Naruto asked still munching the food, "What are you all staring at? I just got hungry from Kiba's yelling…"

"I…am…so…going" he breathed, "…to…KILL you!"

Kiba became so angry that his face got fire-red. He even gave Akamaru a food-pill. The well-known dog's white fur turned to brown, and he barked in excitement to the upcoming fight.

"Oh yeah… I am going to kill you first!" Naruto sneered madly, he didn't know why Kiba was so upset but he didn't like people who threatened him in any way.

"Stop! The mission has started."

Kurenai was standing 5 meters from them, she was looking quite impatient… it was clearly oozing from her.

Kiba and Naruto stepped away from each other irritated; they didn't like people who interrupted them, but since it was their teacher Kiba and Naruto shut their mouths and followed the others in the team.

Hinata and Naruto's eyes met, she blushed and looked away biting her lip.

They walked in a creepy silence; none of them bothered or wanted to end it and the thick air of it just got bigger.

"Naruto, Kurenai-sensei is waaay scarier than my mom…" Kiba loud whisper ended the creepy silence. Naruto laughed and Hinata smiled a little. Even Kurenai had to move her face, even if it was for a tiny grin. And slowly the peace came back to the team.

"Kurenai-sensei, what kind of mission is it?"

Naruto's voice could be heard many miles away, something Kiba found irritating and needed to point out.

"I'm sorry…doggie… I forgot the fact that you have dog-ears...unbelievable enough I can see them-"

"You little…!"

"Kiba, Naruto! We're in a mission… stop acting like fools…"

"We're sorry sensei…" they said in unison.

Kurenai sighed and said much softer, yet determined:

"Remember that we are on a mission… I know you don't like each other, but please act like friends, okay?"

"Y-yes, Kurenai-sensei…"

And so the first day of mission was, fighting between the two boys and Kurenai's glare right after the events.

Hinata didn't say anything, she became nervous when Naruto was close by, something he usually was, but she also had nothing to say.

Some few accidents did happen though. When Naruto and Hinata had walked next to each other, Kiba had pushed them closer, so they touched. Hinata was always some few inches away from fainting, but Naruto just smiled and jumped away a little embarrassed, a faint pink blush colouring his cheeks.

Many hours later, when it was nearing midnight Kurenai stopped and said, "Well, we're going to stop here. This place would be our camp for the night."

So, that was chapter one.. What do you think? Good enough to continue reading? Lets hope so, I hope I 'see' you again in chapter number two!:)

Until next time, bye~!