Author's Note: Hello everyone, I hope you all liked chapter one. Well here it is, chapter 2, please enjoy and please review.

Hinata awoke the next morning to find Sakura's bed empty. A note was left on her pillow: Morning Hinata, Tsunade called me into the hospital for surgery. Feel free to take a shower and make yourself some breakfast. Have a good day. Hinata dropped the note back on the bed and checked the time, 11:00 a.m. She looked outside at the sunny weather and decided to go for a walk. She changed into some clothes that she always kept at Sakura's house and walked down the street towards the edge of the village. She passed the ninja academy and began to think about what had happened last night. She would give anything to have Naruto hold her close like that again. Just the thought of it made her smile and feel warm inside.

She walked out of the village gates and turned into the forest. She walked along a path that she commonly walked on until she heard someone in the distance. She decided to keep walking down the path to find out who else was in the forest. She finally came into a clearing and stopped in her tracks when she saw that Naruto was there. She quickly turned to leave but then stopped and hid behind a bush. Hinata pushed aside some of the leaves and began watching Naruto.

He was in the middle of the clearing practicing his jutsu against some clones that he had made. Hinata watched in amazement as the clones disappeared in clouds of smoke. She had never seen a ninja move so fast, not even Lee. Finally, the last few clones exploded into nothing and Naruto put his hands on his knees and started breathing heavily. Then Hinata turned a very deep shade of red as Naruto took off his shirt and threw it to the side. She couldn't help but stare at his chest and abs. Naruto sat down next to a large tree, closed his eyes, and began to meditate. Then Naruto's eyes shot open and turned right towards Hinata. "Who's there?!" Naruto got up and started walking over to the bush that Hinata was hiding behind. He reached inside of his kunai pouch and threw a kunai at the bush.

Hinata dived out of the way and came out of the bushes. "Stop Naruto! I-It's just me." Hinata looked scared as she stepped out in front of him.

Naruto stopped, "oh, hi Hinata. What are you doing here?"

Hinata blushed and tried to think of an excuse for watching Naruto. "Oh, I was just watching you train, you're really good N-Naruto-kun."

Naruto smiled, "thanks Hinata, I gotta be the best if I'm gonna be the hokage. Hey Hinata, I bet you've improved a lot too! How about we have a quick practice fight so you can show me all of the awesome stuff you've learned!"

Hinata looked down at her feet, "I don't know Naruto, there's no way I'll be able to last against you."

Naruto laughed, "I'm sure you'll do just fine. Come on, let's go!" Naruto took Hinata's hand and pulled her into the middle of the clearing. He took a few steps back and crouched into a battle stance. He made two clones and they nodded at him and ran off into the trees. Naruto smiled, "ok Hinata, are you ready?" Hinata looked scared but she nodded and got into a weak looking battle stance. Naruto smiled again and ran at Hinata. He aimed a punch at her but she easily caught his hand and pulled him towards and brought her fist into his stomach. "Naruto" exploded in a puff of smoke.

Hinata looked around and yelled, "Byakugan!" Hinata looked around, he wasn't left, or right, or in front, or behind. Hinata then looked up and saw Naruto coming down with a rasengan in each hand. Hinata yelled, "Rotation!" She spun and repelled Naruto who disappeared in a puff of smoke again. Then Hinata looked down as two hands came out of the ground and pulled her down until she was buried from the waist down. She started giggling when Naruto came out of the ground laughing. Hinata laughed with him, but she was really thinking about what to do next. She had been working on a new jutsu, but she had never tried it on anyone before, let alone someone as strong as Naruto. Oh well, it was now or never. Naruto turned towards Hinata and she looked right into his eyes and yelled, "Point Manipulation!"

Naruto stopped laughing and stopped moving. He looked down at his feet as they started to go numb. Then he tried to make a rasengan, but he couldn't. He looked back at Hinata, her Byakugan was glowing and she looked very focused. The he understood what she was doing, she was shutting down his chakra points with her eyes. He smiled, she really had improved. He fell to his knees as the last of his chakra points were closed.

Hinata smiled, it had worked, she had beaten Naruto. She deactivated her Byakugan and unburied herself. She walked over to him and said, "I win Naruto-kun." But Naruto looked up at her, and he had those dark rings around his eyes again. She activated her Byakugan and she was shocked, not only was his chakra points opened, but they were swelling with chakra! And this chakra wasn't blue, but a dark earthy green. She took a step back, and another, and another. Naruto slapped the ground in front of him and the ground began to shake. Hinata was scared now how was this happening? So much chakra! Then hundreds of Naruto clones jumped out of the trees and threw kunai. Hinata tried doing rotation but she couldn't due to the shaking ground. She tried dodging them all but there was no way she could've. One stuck in her shoulder, two cut her legs, and another cut her side. She screamed and fell to the ground.

The ground immediately stopped shaking and the clones disappeared. She heard Naruto running over to her; he knelt down beside her and cradled her. "Hinata I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you!"

Hinata pressed a finger to Naruto's lips, "shh, it's ok N-Naruto-kun. I know it was an accident and I'll be fine." Naruto didn't look convinced. "I forgive you; can you reach into my bag and get my medical supplies?" Naruto grabbed Hinata's bag and pulled out a small white box, and a small picture fell out of the bag. Hinata's face turned very, very red. Naruto picked up the picture and flipped it over. It was a picture of Naruto and her dancing that Sakura had taken last night. It was embarrassing enough that he found that she carried it around with her. But it was even worse that Sakura had drawn little red hearts all over it.

Naruto looked at the picture and then at Hinata. She blushed and turned away to hide her face. He was probably mad at her for having that picture. Naruto put his hand on Hinata's shoulder, "Hinata, why are you hiding your face?"

Hinata didn't answer; she just kept her back turned to him. Naruto finally knew about her love for him, and she didn't know what to say. Naruto grabbed her shoulders and turned her around towards him. Her heart began to race as Naruto's face slowly moved closer, "N-Naruto…" And Naruto kissed her gently and put a hand on her cheek. Hinata felt like her entire body was melting away. Was this really happening? Or was this just another one of her dreams?

Naruto pulled away and looked at her, "we should start bandaging your wounds now."

Hinata's legs felt weak, "Naruto, why did you do that just now?"

Naruto prepared bandages, "isn't it obvious? I like you; I have for a long time now. But I can't be with you. I have too many enemies. They'll use you, they'll kill you."

Hinata thought she saw Naruto wipe a tear away, but she wasn't sure. She moved in front of him and put a hand gently on his cheek, "Naruto-kun, please don't let your enemies make you give up happiness, that's exactly what they want. I am not weak, I can protect myself. And you can protect me and everyone else…hokage-sama." Naruto smiled, "everyone in the village believes in you. I believe in you. I…I love you." This time it was Hinata who slowly moved forward and gently kissed Naruto. Naruto put a hand on the back of her head. He lightly grabbed a handful of her hair, it was smooth and soft.

Their lips separated and they looked at each other. Naruto whispered, "Hinata, will you be my girlfriend?"

Hinata blushed; she had been waiting for him to ask that for so long, "of course Naruto-kun."

Naruto smiled, "good, but Hinata, we really should bandage those wounds now." Hinata looked down and gasped, the entire right side of her jacket was soaked with blood and so were her shorts. She removed her jacket and laid down. Naruto pushed up her soaked shirt and bandaged the cut on her stomach, then the one on her shoulder. The cuts burned when Naruto touched them. After a while Naruto closed the medical box, "I've done all I can do, you'll be fine now. You should probably get home and get cleaned up now.

Hinata nodded, her body now felt weak from the large amount of blood loss. Hinata got to her feet, but her legs failed her and Naruto put a hand on her back and caught her. He laid her on the ground and took out a radio transmitter. He turned it to channel seven and talked into it, "hey, I need your help."

Sakura's voice came from the speaker, "Naruto, I told you to only call me in an emergency, I was sleeping."

Naruto spoke, "well I'm sorry, but me and Hinata were having a practice fight and she got a few cuts. I've already bandaged them but she's just about to faint. I know she's not in serious trouble but I just thought you should come make sure."

"Ok, I'll be there in a few minutes." The line disconnected and Naruto slipped the radio back into his pocket.

Naruto knelt down next to Hinata and put his hand on hers. "Stay awake Hinata, Sakura will be here soon."

Hinata opened her eyes and saw that Naruto looked very concerned. She smiled, "I'm ok Naruto, and I've had a lot worse injuries than these. I'm really just tired is all." She moved around and laid her head on Naruto's lap. Naruto brushed some hair out of her eyes and bent down to kiss her forehead. After a few minutes, Sakura came out of the trees and a large bag. She set the bag next to Hinata and opened it.

"Alright Naruto, I should be able to fix her up in a minute or two." Sakura lifted up Hinata's shirt and ran a finger over the cut, it disappeared. Sakura repeated this process with all of Hinata's injuries until they were all gone. She reached back into the bag and took out a pill bottle and handed Hinata two pills which she swallowed. "Ok Naruto, don't let her move around much, I handled most of the damage and a long rest should handle the rest. And the pills I gave her will restore the lost blood. She'll be fine by tomorrow morning."

Naruto smiled, "thanks Sakura." Sakura packed up her things and disappeared. Naruto crouched in front of Hinata, "come on Hinata, get on my back, I'll take you home." Hinata mumbled something and wrapped her arms around Naruto's neck. He wrapped her legs around him and he began to run. She tightened her grip around him and smiled. He's my Naruto-kun now, she thought. And she laid her head on his shoulder and fell asleep.

Author's Note: Well what do you guys think? Please review; leave your thoughts, comments, and suggestions. Chapter 3 should be up soon, thanks for reading.