"Wow Hinata looks so beautiful" thought Naruto.

Naruto could feel that both Hinata and he were drenched.

"We should move, if anyone walks by they might get the wrong impression" said Naruto, as she stood up and extended a hand to Hinata.

"Yes you are right" she said, as she took Naruto's hand, and leveled herself.

When they were finally out of the water, Naruto noticed for the first time, what Hinata's body really looked like. He saw that she was very well built, for some odd reason he couldn't stop staring.

"Damn Ero-senning, it's his fault, stop thinking perverted thoughts Naruto, no matter how beautiful Hinata looks" he thought.

"Um Naruto?" said Hinata quietly.

"Yes Hinata?" he asked.

"I think we should go home, it looks like it might start raining soon" she said quietly.

Naruto looked at her questioningly, and then he looked up at the sky. He was sure that earlier it had looked like a perfectly sunny day, but now it was really cloudy and gray.

"Your right" he said, as he turned his attention back to Hinata.

As he said those words, as if having been called, the down pour began, it wasn't soft rain, it was loud hard rain.

"Damn" he said.

"At least its only raining" said Hinata, optimism filling her voice.

As if fate was tempting them, as soon as Hinata uttered those words a big round of thunder sounded. Hinata's eyes froze, she disliked thunder immensely.

"Well this is great, if we keep on walking, we are going to get friend" muttered Naruto.

He waited for Hinata to say something, but after a few seconds, the only sound that could be heard was that of the rain hitting surfaces, and of the thunder booming menacingly. Naruto turned to look at Hinata, who was standing there frozen.

"Hinata?" he asked tentatively as he looked at her.

Still no response, Naruto frowned slightly; if they remained in one place for too long they would surely get hit my lightning at a point. They needed to get to safety, without hesitating, Naruto reached over to take Hinata's small hand into his, and began to pull her to safety. They needed to find an open tree, or a cave, something that would provide them with shelter. After about five minutes, Naruto found a tree, 

that had a huge opening, and it looked stable enough to hide in until the storm passed. There was still no sound emitting from Hinata, he wondered what was wrong with her, was it because of the thunder and lightning, could she possibly be afraid?

"Hinata are you all right?" he asked once again.

Hinata only whimpered, she looked like she was about to cry, as she collapsed onto the floor.

"Hinata are you scared?" he asked, his tone soft, as he took a seat next to her.

Hinata still said nothing; she just covered her face with her hands. Naruto sensed that Hinata wasn't just scared, she was absolutely terrified, and he had no idea how to help her. To make matters worse, after a few seconds Hinata finally broke down and started to cry. A knot formed in his stomach, he certainly didn't know what to do now. An idea flashed though his head, he closed the space between them, and he put both arms around her, attempting to give her a comforting hug.

"What?" thought Hinata, as she felt Naruto's arms wrap around her.

"Hinata its all right, I will protect you" he said soothingly, as he held Hinata tight against his own body.

Due to their height differences when Naruto pulled her into the comforting hug, he had pulled her into his chest. She had now stopped crying a little, and she looked up at Naruto.

"Thank you Naruto, I feel safe with you here" she said quietly, shyly.

"I'm glad you feel safe"

Hinata smiled at Naruto, as she was beginning to get comfortable once again, there was a noise outside. A sudden rustle of the bushes outside, was there someone watching them? As he heard the noise Naruto's grip on Hinata tightened, he would be ready to strike if it was an enemy. Waiting to see if he heard the noise again, he had relaxed when there it was again. He released Hinata, quickly grabbing a Kunai, in attempts to attack the visitor. Slowly, but stealthily he made his way out of the tree trunk, Hinata slowly walking behind him, scanning all of his surroundings, there was another rustle, and he threw the Kunai in the direction of the noise. The kunai made a sound of impact, meaning that it had either hit its target, or it was now stuck in a tree.

"What was the noise?" asked Hinata, her tone frightened.

"I don't know, go back inside, I don't want you to get drenched again" ordered Naruto.

Hinata hesitated slightly, but firmly stood her ground.

"No I wan to stay here with you"

Naruto looked at Hinata, and he saw that she wore a very determined look on her face. Meaning that she was going to stay with him, whether he liked it or not.

"Fine, but stay behind me" he said as he turned back to the direction of where he threw the kunai.

Suddenly there was a rustle once again, but this time it sounded closer, and it sounded like it was approaching them. Quickly Naruto grabbed another Kunai, and prepared himself.

"What was?" started Hinata.

Naruto quickly cut her off, scanning all of the sides, trying to determine from where the sound was coming from this time.

"Shh, get your weapons ready" he said quietly.

Hinata nodded, and she pulled out a kunai of her own, and she put her back to Naruto, so they were now back to back. As the sound came closer, she activated her Byakugan, trying to see if she could determine where the attacker was coming from. Sure enough, she saw it, and Naruto was about to attack it, when she grabbed his arm.

"Naruto stop" she said.