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JUST FORWARNING YOU, THERE ARE NO INSTANT COUPLES, QUICK STORY PLOTS IN ANY OF THE UNTIL THE DAY I... STORIES! THESE ARE SLOW PACE STORIES! AND THEY ARE LABELED DRAMA NOT ROMANCE!

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I Do Not Own Naruto

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After the Fourth Great Shinobi War the injured were dispersed throughout the Shinobi Allied Forces for care and treatment of psychological traumas and the physical wounds sustained in battle. Shinobi were taken to the village which would suit the needs of their injuries. Many of the critically injured and dying were taken to Konohagakure for treatment; among them were:

-Jinchūriki; Uzumai Naruto

-Jinchūriki; Killer B

-Hatake Kakashi

-Raikage; A

-Mizukage; Mei

-Kazekage; Gaara

-Hokage; Tsunade

-Nara Shikamaru

-Temari

-Sai

-Yamanaka Ino

-Akimichi Chōji

And the renowned criminal and rogue-nin:

-Uchiha Sasuke

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Chapter 1

The loses in the Hyūga Clan were immense, but no lose was more painful than the loss of Hyūga Neji. It was a few days after the war, she was standing in the rain with her father and her sister in the pouring rain. She had always looked to Neji like he were her brother, relied on him, looked to him for inspiration, and guidance, and she had loved him. Great Kami had she loved his cold, temperamental, superior attitude and all. Neji had meant the world to her before he had sacrificed himself before she could die in his stead. He'd died protecting her and the man she loved, not that Neji had ever really approved of her liking the Uzumaki boy.

However, he had died in her and Naruto's place, and she was breaking knowing this.

But looking at Tenten, she knew no one was hurting as much as the older woman. Tenten was collapsed before Neji's grave on the Hyūga family grave. She was technically not allowed here, nor would she have been welcomed, but when the death of Neji had finally hit her, she had collapsed in tears. In war there was no time to mourn, Hinata knew this. Now however, the war was over, and life was returning to semblance of normalcy and the grief was slamming into the friends and family of the dead. Hinata had barely been able to catch Tenten when she had finally collapsed in sobs when she turned to talk to Neji only to find him not there.

No one was entirely certain what the young woman's relationship with Neji had been, there'd been rumors which had flitted around the village, but no one had been able to confirm nor deny the rumors, and Tenten didn't seem inclined to reveal it. However, the sobbing woman was brought to the funeral today, in the rain and no one in the Hyūga clan dared to deny her access as they buried Neji with his father and mother.

Hiashi touched her shoulder, which had her glancing at her father then looking behind herself at the long since gone clan members. Her father took Hanabi's hand as he walked away with her little sister to follow the retreating clan. Hinata did not follow them though. Timidly, she walked over to the woman who was just hugging herself and sobbing on the ground as the rain pelted them mercilessly and crouched down beside her. She didn't know what to say, she didn't know what to think or do for Tenten, so she said nothing as she crouched down beside Tenten and placed a comforting hand on the older woman's shoulder. Tenten didn't say anything as she cried but she leaned against her and together they remained in the rain as they sat with Neji and let the rain relentlessly pelt them both.

When Tenten finally went limp, Hinata helped her up to her feet then and together they slowly made their way through the pouring rain before she could fall in the freshly turned dirt and drown in a rain puddle. They made it back to the Hyūga compound and Hinata carefully maneuvered the weak Tenten into what had once been Neji's quarters, because that was probably where the woman wanted to be. Tenten collapsed onto Neji's futon and curled up on her side.

Hinata didn't fight the other as she went to her quarters and gathered some dry clothes for Tenten. She came back ten minutes later to see Tenten changed, and wrapped up in one of Neji's shirts as she lay on the futon. Quietly, Hinata placed the clean clothes on the dresser which Tenten had clearly pulled open and left her there to grieve; because Hyūgas never grieved in public.

Never.

Though Hinata was timid and quiet by nature, she was raised in a traditional family, and weaknesses were never to be expressed. Extreme emotions were to be contained, controlled, and channeled; they were never to break in public. Rather like the other old proud Clans of Konohagakure, she knew the Uchiha had been this way, and though the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka Clans were not as controlled as the Uchiha or Hyūga Clans, they too controlled what they expressed in public.

Quietly, she made her way back to her room and pulled her hair down as she walked to her shower. Stripping from the soaked garb she had worn for the family funerals she got into the shower. The tears fell then as she backed up to the wall of the steaming shower, her breath hitched and she cried quietly. Sinking to the floor of the shower she pulled her knees to her chest and hugged her legs tightly; tears still rolling down her face.

The heat of the shower poured over her, and the ugly emotions she had been working so hard to repress poured out of her as she sobbed gut wrenching cries in the water. Why did she have to lose Neji? Why had she had to lose anyone!? She didn't know, but as she curled in on herself, hugging her heavy breasts to her she cried. Her hair fell like a veil around her as she hid her sobs as best as she could, it just wasn't fair.

It wasn't fair, he had so much life ahead of him, so much life to live, and so much going for him.

She should be the one being buried. She had been ready to die to protect Naruto, she had been at peace with her rash decision. After all, Naruto's life was far more important than hers' was but Neji's life was also more important than her life. Neji had changed the Clan when she hadn't even been able to obtain her father's love.

"Hinata?" she heard a voice call. She didn't dare to look up, she couldn't hide the pain she was feeling as she heard the bathroom door open.

"Hinata! What are you doing!?" her father exclaimed. When she didn't look up, he shut the scalding hot water off, and wrapped her up in a towel as he helped her out of the shower. It was the first fatherly act she had received from him since he had disowned her and shoved her to Yūhi Kurenai's care and tutelage.

"It's raining," Naruto noted while he sat in one of the private suites of the hospital on the top floor. He'd been put up here with Killer B, Sasuke, and a few other severely chakra depleted members of the fighting forces. Only Sasuke was completely isolated, and though both he and B had tried to get Sakura to put him in the ICU here with them, she hadn't budged on the matter. Sasuke was separated on request of the council and Kage until his fate was decided. The teme was also so severely wounded and apparently had a nasty blood infection from having his arm blown off and as a result, Sakura was keeping him separate in order to keep a closer eye on him.

"So it is," she said softly as she was gently cutting off the bandages on his right arm. He looked over at her, she looked exhausted but she wasn't looking at him as she gently peeled the bandages off of his stump.

"Are you alright Sakura?" Naruto demanded. He knew she was personally looking after Sasuke, at her own insistence, but he wasn't a child anymore and had learnt the hard way just how much pain Sakura could be in from loving Sasuke. He worried about her, after all, she was his family and like his sister.

"I'm just tired, Naruto," she smiled then as she looked up at him and then she started prodding his wound. He winced slightly but Kurama snapped at him to toughen up, which had him smiling a bit as Sakura's cool slight fingers traveled over the tender wound.

"You are healing up exceptionally well," she admitted as she examined the wound closely. "Thank Kurama for me, I'm guessing this is his chakra's doing."

"Smart girl, I like that one," Kurama rumbled which had Naruto grinning.

"He likes you," Naruto chuckled feeling the vibrations of Kurama's chakra in his stomach; it tickled.

"I like him too," she mused as she pulled away from his stump and then grabbed some antiseptic gunk, bandages, and tape which had him sighing as he performed the routine of lifting his stump up for her as she started lathering it up and finally, wrapping his arm up again.

"Alright, no itching it. I don't care what Kurama wants don't mess with the wound Naruto or I'll knock your ass to Suna with no mercy," she informed him which had Kurama laughing. Naruto started laughing too because Kurama was now actively pointing out the people he liked around them. It was nice to know the Fox was trying to see the world again. "I'll be back in a few hours. How are you feeling B?"

"Rested like a bear, receivin' the best care," he tried, causing Sakura to smile softly.

"Alright, you two rest, I'm down the hall if you need me," she said as she left them and walked out of the room.

Naruto just wanted to be alone with his thoughts as Killer B fell asleep then and he stared out at the raining, rebuilding village. He hadn't thought the war would have ripped apart the villages like it had. The war had taken place far away from the actual villages, however, the villages were still ripped apart, just in a different way. Grieving, burying the dead, informing the families, and taking care of the people and families left behind.

All the Kage had gone back to their villages for the time being. There were affairs to handle in the other villages.

However, the wounded had been dispersed between the Shinobi Allies, the more critical patients were transferred to Konoha for the best medical care while the other injuries had been dispersed without qualm for who belonged to which village, for their care. But it didn't mean much to Naruto as he stared out the window.

All he was thinking about was the teme who was a room down. He hadn't seen the teme since Sakura had come to their aid, she had been fast to separate them and upon arrival to the hospital he had been put in this room with Killer B, Tsunade, Kakashi, Gaara, and the Tsuchikage. But Gaara and the Tsuchikage had returned to their villages, Kakashi had been discharged yesterday to attend to matters of the village, and Tsunade was still comatose on the bed with Shizune diligently looking out for her master, and Killer B was here with extreme chakra depletion.

He was confined to his bed for the time being too with extreme blood loss, a blood infection which Kurama had expelled from his body, and the loss of his limb. His left hand moved to grab his right arm, but he found himself grabbing his side and clutching it as he looked at his lap.

He wondered how Hinata was doing, she had been close to breaking the last he had seen her at the hospital as she was given a scroll with the Hyūga family's losses in it. She hadn't said anything to him as she hurried off, and Sakura had yelled at him to stay in his bed which was why he was concerned. He remembered how devastated he had been losing Neji, but mostly, he remembered how broken Hinata had been at the loss as she then turned around and shoved him up to get back to fighting, to remember what was at stake and what Neji and the others had died for.

He had a lot to thank her for, mostly for saving him from despair, and he wanted to make certain she was alright. After all, she was quickly becoming one of his dearest friends; he just didn't know what to say to her. Naruto didn't know what to say to anyone after the war though.

JUST FORWARNING YOU, THERE ARE NO INSTANT COUPLES, QUICK STORY PLOTS IN ANY OF THE UNTIL THE DAY I... STORIES! THESE ARE SLOW PACE STORIES! AND THEY ARE LABELED DRAMA NOT ROMANCE!

This Is One Of Five Stories With Over Lapping Timelines & Events. The Others Until the Day I... Stories:

-Until the Day I Act [Shikamaru & Temari]

-Until the Day I Die [Sasuke & Sakura]

-Until the Day I Happen [Chōji & Karui]

-Until the Day I Stumble [Sai & Ino]

And There's Also My Extra Collection of Other Characters:

-Until the Day I Continue

If You Have a Particular Character You Wish to Read About, Make a Request There Please, UtDIC Is A Collection of Character Arches, Varying in Length Status.

That's all for now folks!

Enjoy Until the Day I Love! =)