Naruto woke up the next morning only to realize that he wasn't in his bed at home. He looked around and then down at the couch that he was lying on. "Oh right…I never went home" He mumbled to himself. He could hear Kakashi and Hinata talking about something in the kitchen; apparently they forgot that he was here.

"What to you mean no?" Naruto could hear Hinata shout at Kakashi which shocked him. The blonde had never heard Hinata raise her voice before.

"Because I don't want you to, that's why I said no"

Naruto peered over the couch to look into the kitchen where Kakashi and Hinata. He gasped loudly but quickly covered his mouth. There was Kakashi without his mask on. Naruto grinned, he was happy that he now finally sees the face behind the mask after all these years.

"Hinata I want to fix you breakfast, now tell me why can't I?" Naruto looked at the two noticing that they were acting like a married couple rather than student and teacher.

"Because I would rather do it myself"

Kakashi sighed as he walked over towards Hinata as knelt down to her level since she was sitting on a chair.

"Can't I just do something nice for my student, eh Hinata?" He asked in a whisper.

Naruto eyes widened when he noticed that Kakashi's hand was making its way near Hinata's cheek most likely to stroke her cheek. Naruto fell over the couch making a loud thump causing Hinata and Kakashi to stand up quickly.

"What was that?" Hinata asked as she watched Kakashi walk into the living room.

"Ah, it's Naruto…I almost forgot that he was here"

"No you did forget that I was here" Naruto thought as he sat up glancing at Kakashi and then Hinata. "Is there something that I'm missing here?" He asked as he continued looking back at Kakashi and Hinata.

"What are you talking about?" Kakashi asked. Hinata and Kakashi both had a confused expression as they looked at the blonde.

"I mean…do you…Kakashi-sensei…" He glanced over at Hinata and then glanced back at Kakashi hoping that Kakashi would get what he was trying to say.

Kakashi didn't get it and neither did Hinata who was staring at Naruto blankly. Naruto sighed in frustration. "Never mind forget it…pretend that I was never going to say anything"

"Already forgotten" Kakashi smirk then he realized he didn't have on his mask. Naruto just looked at him and smirked.

"Ah so you're just not noticing it huh? You don't have on your mask…and you Hinata…" He glanced at Hinata who was only wearing a long t-shirt and her hair was all over the place.

"It seems that you two are very comfortable around each other, hm?" He asked holding but a chuckle as he looked at Hinata's hair.

Hinata blushed of embarrassment while trying to fix her hair while Kakashi found his mask as put it on while clearing his throat.

"Heh, don't worry you're secret is safe with me" Naruto chuckled. The blonde then looked back at Hinata.

"Hinata, I think you should wear pants to bed…after all you do live with a pervert" Hinata giggled while Kakashi frowned.

"Kakashi-sensei wouldn't do anything inappropriate Naruto, I trust him well enough" She smiled while Kakashi nodded agreeing to Hinata.

Naruto glanced at Kakashi. "Well if that's true…how come it looked like he was going to caress your cheek, eh?" Naruto asked glancing at Kakashi.

Kakashi's eyes widened for a split second before going back to normal. "I wasn't she had something on her face…that's all"

"Tch…whenever" Naruto could tell just the way the older man was acting that he cared for Hinata in more ways than one but he was going to drop the subject seeing that he was embarrassing Hinata.

"So anyways…what is for breakfast?" Naruto asked becoming rather hungry. Kakashi and Hinata started looking at each other.

"Nothing now…someone won't let me cook" Kakashi stated as he slightly frowned at Hinata.

"Well how about we eat some ramen for breakfast" Hinata suggested as she looked at Kakashi and then Naruto. Naruto grinned and started jumping up and down while Kakashi sighed.

"Whatever it doesn't matter to me" Kakashi said as he looked back at her. Naruto and Hinata looked at each other and grinned.

-x-x-x-

As the three were at the ramen bar Kakashi could tell and look at Hinata that she was happy that Naruto was back. He too was happy as well. As they were sitting there eating, they heard a familiar voice calling Hinata's name.

Hinata froze as she slowly turned to see Gaara standing there with a slightly shocked look on his face.

"Gaara…is that you?" Naruto asked as he stood up from his seat, slapping the red head on his back. Gaara turned his gaze away from Hinata to look at Naruto as he nodded.

"Gaara, it's been a while" Naruto yelled loudly.

Gaara flinched at the loudness of the blonde as he removed himself Naruto's grasp. Gaara walked towards Hinata now completely ignoring the fact that Kakashi and Naruto was looking at him.

"Hinata…" He whispered her name as he looked into her white orbs.

"G-Gaara…is it really you?" She asked him. He nodded his head. She smiled as tears came from her eyes as she hugged him. "Gaara I missed you so much…" She smiled as she looked up at him tears falling down her cheeks.

He looked at her with a small smile on his cheek. "Hinata…please don't cry…I missed you too" He whispered as he leaned forward pressing his forehead on hers.

Kakashi and Naruto stared at the sight before them with wide eyes. Naruto then out of jealously quickly walked towards Gaara and Hinata and pulled Hinata away from Gaara.

"Let's not get too close now" Naruto said as he still held Hinata in his arms.

"N-Naruto…" Hinata whispered as she looked at him while Gaara slightly frowned at him.

"Hinata…I will like to spend my time here with you so will you be my company for the rest of the today" Gaara asked as he looked at him.

She quickly nodded her head as she removed herself from Naruto and walked towards Gaara.

"But Hinata I want you to spend the day with me, after all I just came back to Konoha yesterday and you're still not done hanging out with me" Naruto whined as he cling himself onto Hinata's arm.

Hinata giggled at Naruto's behavior while Kakashi and Gaara sighed.

"Naruto I can always hang out with you…but…I've wanted to see Gaara for a while now"

"And what about me Hinata you've wanting to see me too, you know"

"I have but…let me just spend the day with Gaara" Naruto sighed and pouted.

"…fine then" Naruto grunted. Hinata smiled and nodded as she and Gaara then walked off.

"You know…I think she likes him" Kakashi stated out loud causing Naruto to look at him.

"Yeah…I figured that much out myself two years ago" Naruto still grunted.

-x-x-x-

Hinata kept glancing at Gaara which of course he notice and he smirked as he looked at her. "You seem like you rather in enjoy looking at me, Hinata?" He smirked as he looked at her. She blushed as she looked away from him. "Still shy as ever I see" He stated as he reached out and grabbed her hand to hold it like it was something he has done with her once before.

She blushed at the contact as she turned to look at him. "G-Gaara" She stuttered.

"Yes Hinata…" He asked as he looked at her.

She shook her head as she looked away from him with a blush on her face. He smirked as he looked at her.

"Still shy and cute…" He mumbled looking away from her. "And I…I still like you, you know that, right?" He asked still not looking at her.

She nodded her head as she looked at him. "Do you still l-like me?" He asked her mentally cursing himself for stuttering around her.

She turned to look at him in shock. She was surprised that he was asking her that. "I-I…still do Gaara-kun" She blushed. He stopped walking to stare at her which was making her even more embarrassed.

"Gaara, you're staring is making me nervous" She blushed as she buried her head in his shirt. He smiled to himself as he wrapped his arms around her waist. He didn't show his romantic side to anyone…in fact he didn't have one until he started being around Hinata. He wanted to show her how romantic he could be if he wanted to and to show her that he really does care for her.

He doesn't know if Hinata likes Sasuke but from what he could gather up when he was younger he could tell that the Uchiha liked Hinata.

"Hinata…I care for you more than anything in the world and I'm glad that I met someone like you. You became my first true friend, the first person who listens and understand me and the first person who I'm…starting to…love" He whispered while holding her. He didn't care that people were watching them his main focus was on Hinata and Hinata only.

Hinata was speechless; this is the second person to tell her that they loved her. She knew that she liked both Gaara and Sasuke but at the moment in her life she felt hostility towards Sasuke for leaving but Gaara she knew that she really cared for him but it was about the same as she cared for Sasuke.

"A-Are you saying that you l-love me, Gaara?" He nodded his head as he looked at her.

"Hinata…I wish to kiss you" He stated as he leaned forward and was inches away from kissing her when…

"Hey, Hinata" Gaara growled in frustration. Last time he tried to give her first kiss his brother interrupted it and now someone interrupted.

Hinata turned around to see Yukki standing there with a grin on his face. "Hey you know that that new teammate of yours is looking for you"

"New teammate?" Gaara asked as he glanced over at Hinata.

"Ah, yes there is a new member on our team…his name is Sai"

"You called my name big breast" Hinata blushed while Yukki looked away while Gaara frowned at the guy.

"What did you just call her?" Gaara snarled.

"Big breast…she has big breast so that's my nickname for her" Sai stated as if nothing was wrong with it. Gaara glared at him a glare so intense that Neji and Sasuke would have wet their pants but Sai stood there and look at him as if nothing was wrong.

"What is it?" Sai asked him not taking a notice of Gaara's glaring.

"Sai, can you please call me Hinata…instead o-of that"

"But I like calling you that…the name suits you"

"No it does not and do as she asks of you and do not call her that" Gaara demanded.

"Well then…I'll call you Hina-chan then" Sai said as he smiled that fake smile of his. Gaara and Hinata saw right through his smile but said nothing…until Yukki.

"Man that's the fakest smile I've ever seen. If you don't want to smile then don't smile…don't fake smile it looks bad and it's really noticeable" Yukki stated.

Sai said nothing as he looked at Yukki. "Well Hina-chan I'll see you around I have something that I need to do" Sai smiled as he looked at her before walking off. Gaara growled as he watched him walk off.

"Is that guy always like that?" He asked as he glanced at Hinata. Hinata shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm not really sure…I just met him yesterday" Hinata stated. Yukki stared at Gaara while narrowing his eyes.

"Hey you, red head!" Gaara turned to face Yukki. "You look very familiar…who are you to Hinata?" He asked.

Gaara looked back at Hinata with a look on his face. "Who is this?" He asked while Yukki frowned at Gaara.

"Yukki is Naruto's brother. I thought I've told you that once before" Gaara glanced back at Yukki.

"He does look a lot like Naruto…" Yukki continued looking at Gaara but glancing away from him.

"Well I'm leaving now Hinata. Konohamaru and I are going to do some training" Yukki stated as he walked off.

"He looks like Naruto but he acts like Sasuke to me" Hinata giggled.

"Yeah he has a personality like Sasuke but he also acts like Naruto at times" Hinata smiled. Gaara just stared at Hinata for a while before turning his head away.

"Hm so Hinata I hear from Temari that you live with your sensei, is that true?" Gaara asked as he looked at her with a questioning look on his face. The Hyuga girl nodded her head as she looked at the red head.

"Yes, it's true. I do live with my sensei and I have been living there since I was twelve" Gaara seemed mildly shocked about hearing this since he has never heard of a student living with their sensei before.

"He is a male and you're a female. Isn't that awkward?" He asked looking at her.

"T-There are awkward moments but Kakashi-sensei is sometimes like a big brother to me"

"Sometimes? What about the other times? What is he like to you then?" Hinata slightly blushed at Gaara's questions. She knew what he meant by what he was trying to ask and she couldn't help but to blush.

"Kakashi-sensei is my sensei of course but he is always like an older brother figure to me" Hinata smiled as she looked at Gaara.

"I see an older brother figure…" Gaara mumbled as he looked up in the sky.

"So, G-Gaara where would you like to go?" Gaara glanced at her from the corner of his eyes.

"Not sure…let's just continue walking" Hinata nodded her head as she looked at him.

-x-x-x-

The blonde couldn't get Hinata and Gaara out of his mind. He kept wondering what the two could have been doing while they were alone by themselves.

"Stop worrying about those two" Naruto whipped his head towards the silver head Jounin. "W-What are you talking about sensei?" Naruto asked him in a look in a puzzle expression.

Kakashi smirked from behind his mask. "I can see it in your expression you're thinking about her…it's no deny about it, you can't lie about it" Kakashi continue to smirk as he closed his eyes.

Naruto gulped as he blushed deeply. "Well I um…I-"

"Well if you like Hinata you like her" Kakashi stated. Naruto looks down at the ground thinking about what Kakashi just said.

Yes, he does like Hinata he likes her. He was even thinking about asking her out ever since he got back home. He knows that Hinata likes Sasuke and that she likes Gaara but he knows apart of Hinata hates Sasuke for leaving. He can see it in her eyes whenever Sasuke's name is mentioned. Sure he himself feels hostility towards Sasuke too for leaving and he plans on bring him back to Konoha…him and Hinata made a promise to each other that they were going to bring him back.

Naruto sighs. "I'm going home for a bit…I'll see you around sense sensei" Naruto says as he walks off in a sulking mood. Kakashi just sighed as he watches Naruto walking away.

"That kid…"

"Hey, Pervy-sensei"

Kakashi mentally frowned when he heard the voice as he turned around to look at the older look alike version of Naruto. "Yes…what do you want Yukki?"

"Train me" He said in a demanding tone.

Kakashi raised one of his eyebrows as he looks at the young boy. "Train you? What for?" Kakashi had heard from Naruto once that the boy only like to train alone but it seems he likes to train with Naruto only and he knows that he liked training with his other sensei…

"I want you to train me because I heard from Naruto that you're the most powerful Jounin here in Konoha along with Gai-sensei and those other two Jounin's. But I want you to train me since I don't know the other three that well" Yukki stated as he looks at Kakashi.

"Hm…so you want me to train you, huh?" Yukki nodded his head as he looks at him with a serious expression.

"Very well then…I'll train you, starting tomorrow" Kakashi said as he pulled out his book as he started to read it while walking away.

"Pervy-sensei! Just wait a minute here, how come you can't train me today?" Yukki asked as he looks at him with frowning.

"Well I have a very busy schedule today…" He stated never taking his eyes off his book.

"You idiot, you just want to read that dirty old pervert book. Man oh man…I swear all old men are all dirty perverts" Kakashi's eyebrow started twitching.

"O-Old men? I'm not old"

"Sure you aren't, keep telling yourself that" Yukki said as he started walking off leaving an angry Jounin behind glaring at him.

"I'm not old!"

-x-x-x-

While the red head teen and the blue head teen were walking they made a stop at the Konoha Park. Gaara looked over at Hinata as he smiled to himself. "So Hinata…can I um…ask you something?" He asked as he looks away from her.

She looks up at him as she nods her head. "Sure Gaara"

Gaara stayed quiet for a moment before talking as he then glances at her. "Do you um…like Sasuke? Or have you ever liked him" Hinata eyes widened as she looks at him.

"I-I…" He just stares at her waiting for an answer. "W-Well I…"

"You like him, don't you?" Gaara asked as he looks at her with a serious expression on his face. "You know…I knew that he liked you but I never thought that you would like him" He said as he glances away from her.

"Well…I don't-I mean I did…" Hinata sighs. "It's just that ever since he left…I just hate him" Gaara's eyes widened at the word 'hate' come from her. "I honestly don't feel like talking about Sasuke…so can we please change the subject" She asked while not looking at him.

"Um…sure" He said while silence lingered the air…a very awkward silence. He glanced over at her not knowing that a girl like Hinata can even hate anyone. She must be very upset with the Uchiha for her to hate him.

"Hinata can I kiss you" He asked making her whip her head quickly turns him.

"Wh-What?" She asked thinking that she was hearing things.

"I said can I kiss you? I've been wanted to kiss you ever since we were younger…demo every time I try I always get interrupted. This time there is no one around to interrupt me…and well if it's alright with you can I kiss you"

She blushes deeply as she looks into his eyes. She couldn't believe that Gaara wanted to kiss her. If she kisses him he'll be her first kiss…and she wouldn't mind that, in fact she's always wanted to kiss him as well.

She nods her head as she blushes while looking down at the ground. "S-Sure…I would love for you to kiss me G-Gaara-kun" The red head eyes widened as he looks at her wearing a tiny tint of red on his cheeks. He leans closer towards her closing his eyes slightly as he got closer towards her face noticing how she was doing the same.

He lips were nearly inches away from hers when…

"Hinata!"

Hinata turned her head causing Gaara to kiss her cheek. Gaara was really pissed off now. "Who in the hell interrupted me this time?" He growled as he looks around noticing a Hyuga walking towards them.

"Kiyoshi" Hinata said as she smiled. Gaara looked at him and frowned. Kiyoshi noticed this and of course said something about it.

"You have a problem with me? What's with your look, kid?" He demanded as he glares at him.

Gaara snorted as he said nothing but glare at him. Hinata laughed nervously as she tried to get Kiyoshi's attention. "It nothing Kiyoshi, Gaara was-"

"Ah so this is the famous Gaara that my fiancée is dying to have date my little cousin" Gaara raised his eyebrow as he looks at him.

"Pardon?"

"My fiancée wishes for you to date Hinata…she's met you before during the attack on out village. Gaara eyes slightly widened remembering that female that he was talking about.

"Oh that girl…"

Kiyoshi nodded his head. "Yeah…but I think she's better off with the Uchiha" Gaara frowned as he looked at the Neji look alike.

"Tch…"

"Kiyoshi…please don't start anything" He glances at her as he sighs. "Alright I won't…sorry Hinata-sama and Gaara" He stated.

"Well anyhow I know that I interrupted something…" He said as he glances at Gaara as he started to walk away. "But…by the way Gaara I interrupted you two on purpose" He grinned as he then ran off.

Gaara was frowning as he watched the male run off. So he must have so Gaara getting ready to kiss Hinata so he came and stopped it. "Say is that cousin of yours…protective of you?"

"Yes, he is sometimes too overprotective" She said as she giggles. He sighs; too many guys were way too protective of her. First there was Sasuke who threaten him to stay away from Hinata, then there's Kiba, Naruto, Kakashi, and Kiyoshi.

"Well I know you have other people to protect you Hinata…but I also want to protect you too" He said as he smile a very small smile.

She blushes as she looks at him nodding her head. "And I'll protect you too Gaara" His eyes widened as he looks at her.

"P-Protect me?" She nods her head while smiling brightly at him.

"Yes protect you silly" She giggles as she pokes him on his cheeks causing him to blush. "I'll always protect you because you're a precious person to me" She smiles at she then blushes as she shyly looks at him as she wraps her arms around him. His eyes widened as the blush on his face deepens. "You mean a lot to me Gaara and you always will…you know…there's a tiny part of me that…that loves you" He could feel his heart racing as she said that last part. He didn't know what to do or say, he just stood there with a red face almost matching the color of his hair.

"H-Hinata…"

She blushed as she removes her arms from around him. "I-I'm sorry, Gaara-kun I didn't mean to-"

He quickly grabs her as he holds her close to him. "Don't be sorry Hinata…it's okay" He whispers in her ear as he holds her close to him. "You mean a lot to me too Hinata" He smiled as he kissed her cheek.

The two of the stood there like they were the only ones there like time just froze for the two of them as they both were hugging each other.

-x-x-x-

Not much happened in this chapter, sorry about that. But the next chapter will be out soon. And yes Sasuke will be making an appearance in the next chapter.