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Author Note: Hello this is Gaara0Pawn, wait of course it is. Anyway I'm sorry to those viewers who have been waiting for me to replace the old Story. I original started a story that was basically the same as this but it sucked. It contained way to many errors and not enough information, I also had allot of changes I wanted to make, there was also the fact that the chapters weren't that long, that is why I chose to re-make it.
The name is a little different, but the story is still the same. I have added more info into the story, instead of almost every line being what he or she just said. Also to inform you before hand, I'll be placing Author Notes in some places to help you out, I hope that doesn't bug you. And now for the story, I hope you enjoy it. P.S. I had over 1,000 hits on the old one, I hope to double it this time.
Your friend, Gaara0Pawn :P

Hinata's Plan: Chapter 1: Pain

"Lady Tsunade, Lady Tsunade, you called for me," yelled Shizune as she rushed through the door of the Fifth Hokages office.

"Get Naruto here this instant, I've forgotten all about the mission to Natsuki Village," said Tsunade as she searched through her desk.

A/N: I made Natsuki Village up; I have no idea if it's a real village in Fire Country.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade, I will get Naruto at once," said Shizune, who rushed out of the Fifth office.

It's a beautiful sunny afternoon, and all of the ninja were out on a mission, that is all but one hyperactive spiky haired ninja. Naruto was in a bit of a foul mood today, because Tsunade informed him the previous day that she had planned a mission for him. He was stuck training almost the entire day. Naruto stopped his training and started walking around. "Well it isn't a complete loss," said Naruto as he yawned. "I still have the rest of the day to sit around and watch the clouds go by". He walked into Konoha Park and jumped up into a tree were he sat on a branch. As he watched the clouds go by thinking of how they somehow reminded him of the pork from his favorite Ramen, Shizune into the park.

"Naruto, get down here now!" yelled Shizune.

"What is it?" asked Naruto, angry that his peaceful day was being disturbed.

"Naruto, the Fifth would like to speak to you," said Shizune.

"What for?" asked Naruto wondering why he had to give up his care free day.

"Just come with me," Shizune told Naruto.

Naruto jumped down off the tree branch and followed Shizune to the Fifth Hokage's office.

"I've gotten Naruto for you, Lady Tsunade" said Shizune as she opened the door without warning.

"Thank you Shizune. I have to speak with Naruto in private, please leave us," said Tsunade.

"Yes ma'am," replied Shizune, who left Naruto in the Fifth Office.

"Naruto, it's time for that mission I promised you!" shouted Tsunade, as she eyed Naruto.

"Well it took long enough, I almost thought you had forgot it, granny," said Naruto, with a bit of joy in his voice.

"You little brat," thought Tsunade as she continued her rant. "It isn't a ranked mission, but it is very important," said Tsunade as she took out a piece of paper and placed it on her desk. "You're going to Natsuki Village to gather a couple of items I need," said Tsunade.

"So what exactly do I need to get?" asked the curious Naruto.

Tsunade handed Naruto a piece of paper she had laid on her desk earlier. "Here is a list of what you'll need from Natsuki Village, the trip will take almost a day," said Tsunade.

Naruto took a quick glance at the paper, "What the, what is this?!" shouted Naruto. "Is this a grocery list?"

"Be more grateful, you asked for a mission and here is one!" yelled Tsunade, "Besides, I need those items for ingredients in the medicines I am creating."

"But you listed sake on here!" shouted Naruto as he began to get angry.

"If you refuse this mission, the only one left is-" said Tsunade as she looked through her desk. "Ah here it is, the only mission left is to escort an elderly women to her cottage in the forest, I believe she wanted help because she heard there were ghost roaming the land," said Tsunade.

"Ghosts!" shouted Naruto, "No thanks, I'll take the first mission," said Naruto as he ran out of the room.

Shinzune walked into the room with a bit of a grin on her face, "An Elderly lady, a cottage, and a ghost, what an interesting lie Lady Tsunade," said Shizune as she began to giggle.

"She didn't give me much to work with, all she told me was to send Naruto to Natsuki Village, what else was I supposed to tell him?" replied Tsunade.

"Do you think her plan will work, I mean do you think she is ready to tell him," said Shizune with a much more serious face.

Tsunade got up off her seat and walked to the window, "It's hard to say, I guess we will have to wait."

Naruto ran through Konoha, happy that he didn't have to partake in that ghost mission. He got to gates of Konoha and ran though them. The guards at the gate gave Naruto a friendly wave goodbye, "See you later Naruto," said one of them. Naruto looked back and returned a wave, and then he took off to Natsuki Village.

Naruto jumped from branch to branch as he headed for Natsuki Village. He stopped and took out a map from his pouch to check to make sure he was still going in the right direction, "Let's see, I think I'm here and Natsuki Village is there," said Naruto as he pointed at spots on the map. He placed the map back in his pouch and was about to take off when he heard a branch break from behind him, he reached for his kunai and turned around quickly. His expression changed when he saw it was a small bunny that had tripped over a tree branch. Naruto placed the kunai away and walked over to help it up, after Naruto helped the bunny to his feet he noticed a small piece of torn clothing on a nearby bush. It was a light color and was most likely from a jacket; Naruto quickly forgot about it and continued on his way.

Two hours passed since Naruto looked at his map; he thought he should have reached Natsuki Village by now.

Naruto jumped up to the top of a tree to see if he could spot Natsuki Village. He saw he had reached the end of the forest and could see Natsuki Village from where he was, and he jumped down and exited the forest.

Naruto walked across the field until he saw a path leading to Natsuki Village, he decided to use it and continued on his way. He walked past a few more fields and then decided to take a bit of a break, "Man, what an interesting day, at least I can still relax for a couple of seconds," said Naruto as he laid down on some nearby grass. He dozed off for about a minute before waking up to a loud explosion from inside the forest. Naruto noticed that the people of the village didn't hear the explosion, so he decided to check it out.

He ran to where he heard the explosion, and he ran through think brushes until he reached a mine shaft that was closed off by rocks. He then looked around for anyone that might be hurt. He saw an old man lying on the ground near the closed off mine shaft.

"Old man, are alright?" asked Naruto, trying to wake him.

The old man slowly looked up at Naruto in a daze.

"My son- my son is still trapped inside," said the old man as he tried to move but couldn't.

Naruto carried the old man to rest against a nearby tree.

"Okay, stay here. I'll get your son for you," said Naruto.

Naruto charged at the closed off mine shaft, as he ran he summoned a shadow clone. The clone then began charging up the Rasengan in Naruto's right hand. When the Rasengan was fully charged, the shadow clone disappeared into a cloud of smoke. Naruto slammed the Rasengan into the wall of rocks and yelled, "Rasengan!"

Naruto broke through the wall of rocks, he fell on his back and started coughing do to the dust of the rubble. Naruto got up and wiped off the dust from his cloths, "Now to find the old man's son."

Naruto began looking deep in the mine and soon came across a fallen pillar with a young man caught under it.

Suddenly, the mine started shaking. "Oh man, the mine is coming down!" yelled Naruto.

Naruto pulled the young man out from under the pillar; he placed the young man onto his back, and ran toward the exit. Naruto finally got to the exit, but before he could escape, the walls and ceiling began to move closer together. Naruto threw the young man outside the mine before the walls and ceilings crashed down, saving the young man but letting himself get crushed in the process.

"Naruto- Naruto-" said a faint voice.

Naruto didn't know who it was and didn't have time to see who was calling him. Naruto then passed out.

It had been some time since the incident at the mine shaft.

"Naruto... Naruto..." cried someone close to him.

Naruto woke up to find that he was almost fully covered in bandages, and was lying in a hospital bed. Naruto saw that Hinata was sitting at the end of the bed with her head in her hands and crying. He was still badly wounded and is unable to move or speak.

"Naruto... Naruto... please wake up... " cried Hinata.

Naruto was confused. He did not know why she was here or why she was crying so much.

"Naruto, please... I have to tell you..." cried Hinata.

Naruto was even more confused but hadn't gained the strength to move or speak yet.

"Please Naruto... please" cried Hinata once again.

"What is it? What do you want to say?" thought Naruto.

"Naruto... I have to tell you," said Hinata softly, "Naruto, I have to tell you how I feel."

Naruto started to regain some of his strength, "What do you mean how you feel? Is Hinata in love with me!" thought Naruto.

Naruto's stubbornness allowed his strength to returned and he quickly sat up. "Hinata, what do you mean you have to tell me how you feel?" said Naruto not really asking a question.

Hinata's head rose quickly as she noticed that Naruto heard what she had said. She quickly got to her feet, "Naruto..." whimpered Hinata softly before she quickly ran for the door, crying.

"Wait!" yelled Naruto.

However, Hinata was already out the door.

"Oh man, is Hinata in love with me," said Naruto as he tried to gather his thoughts together.

Before Naruto could gather a single thought, Chouji, Shikamaru, and Kiba burst into the room. "Is Naruto okay?!" asked the three of them. They then noticed that Naruto was sitting up in the bed.

"Oh man, what happened? We thought something happened to you," said Kiba.

"How troublesome," said Shikamaru.

"That's Naruto for you," said Chouji as he took out a bag of potato chips.

Naruto looked up at the three of them and tried to speak but couldn't find the right words. He moved to the left side of the bed to get up.

The three of them noticed a sad look in Naruto's eyes.

"Kiba, Shikamaru, come help Naruto out of bed," said Chouji.

As Naruto got out of bed, he noticed a small amount of bandages, lying on the floor, covered in what looked like blood.

"What is that?" asked Naruto as he pointed towards the small bandage on the floor.

"You were badly injured by the cave-in, luckily Hinata was following you and- " said Shikamaru as he was cut off by Naruto, "What?! Hinata was following me?! So the voice I heard was hers."

"Is that all you can remember?" asked Kiba.

"Yeah, I think so. I don't remember much," replied Naruto.

The room went silent.

"What?" asked Naruto.

"Those bandage lying on the floor there are the ones Hinata used to stop you're bleeding after she retrieved you from the cave-in," said Shikamaru.

"What?" asked Naruto.

"Naruto, Hinata saved your life," said Kiba.

Naruto paused briefly.

"I- I have to go after her," said Naruto as he began to search for his things.

"Naruto, what happened?" asked Kiba.

"Did you say something when Hinata was here?" asked Chouji.

"It's not what I said, it's what she said," replied Naruto.

"Well, what did she say?" asked Kiba.

Naruto took a longer pause.

"I think she said- I think she said she loves me," said Naruto.

"What? Naruto you idiot, you!" said Kiba and Chouji as they were cut off by Shikamaru who put his arm out in front of them.

"Naruto, what are you going to do now?" asked Shikamaru.

"I'm going after her!" exclaimed Naruto. He saw his jacket which was hung up on a rack, and quickly grabbed it then left the room.

"Shikamaru, why did you interrupt us?" asked Kiba.

"Because Naruto has never felt love from a woman. He doesn't know how to react," said Shikamaru.

"Then this must be a great ordeal for Naruto," said Chouji while finishing up his potato chips.

"Yes, but it's just what he needs," answered Shikamaru with a smirk on his face.

Naruto ran down the hallway, looking for Hinata. He had no luck so he headed to the receptionist at the front desk of the hospital. He soon got to the front desk where the receptionist was, and she was reading a magazine. "Hey, have you seen a young woman leave the building recently?" asked Naruto.

"Huh? Oh, yes there was someone who just left," said the receptionist, still reading her magazine.

"Thanks!" yelled Naruto as he headed for the exit of the hospital.

The receptionist looked away from her magazine to see it was Naruto who asked those words. "Wait, Naruto, you're not supposed to leave yet!" yelled the receptionist.

Naruto ignored what the receptionist had said and bolted out of the building in hope to find Hinata.

"I have to inform Lady Tsunade!" said the receptionist to herself as she got up and headed down the hallway.

Outside the hospital, Naruto began looking around the village. He looked in all the spots he could think of to find Hinata.

He searched the training grounds, but no luck. He went to her house but her younger sister informed him that she was not there.

While still searching for Hinata, Naruto bumped into Ino and Sakura.

"Oh Naruto, come here!" yelled Ino.

"What is it, I'm in a bit of a hurry," asked Naruto.

"What for?" asked Sakura.

"I'm looking for Hinata, have you seen her?" asked Naruto.

"No but I think Ino has," said Sakura.

"Yeah, I saw Hinata run by my family's flower shop, it looked like she was heading in the direction of her favourite café," said Ino.

"Oh, where is the café?" asked Naruto.

"It's just across from the Ramen Shop that you always go to," said Sakura.

"Thanks Ino, thanks Sakura!" said Naruto as he began heading towards the Ichiraku Ramen Shop.

"If I may ask, why are you looking for her?" asked Sakura.

"Because I think Hinata's in love with me!" yelled Naruto as he began heading towards the Ichiraku Ramen Shop.

"Took you long enough!" shouted Sakura.

But Naruto was too preoccupied with finding Hinata to hear what either Ino or Sakura said.

Naruto got to the Ichiraku Ramen Shop and sure enough, across from it was the café that Ino told him about. Unfortunately on the window there was a sign that read "Closed for the night."

"Naruto I've got a new meal! You have to try it!" yelled a voice from behind him.

It was Teuchi, the old man who owned the Ichiraku Ramen Shop and sold Naruto his famous Ramen so many countless times before.

"Sorry, but I'm looking for Hinata," said Naruto as he walked up to the old man.

Ayame, the old man's daughter came out from behind Teuchi, "Oh, Hinata, I saw her heading towards the academy."

Naruto rushed off to the academy, "Thanks! I'll come back later!"

"To bad I really wanted him to taste the new Ramen I've created," said the old man to his daughter.

Naruto ran as quickly as he could to the academy, as he ran he felt a slit chest pain but ignored it. Naruto stopped as he got to the academy, he rushed in, went down the halls, and headed to his old classroom thinking Hinata might be there, but he was wrong.

He was worried that he may not be able to find Hinata to find out if she really does love him. He walked around the classroom thinking to himself, "If Hinata's love me, do I love Hinata?" Naruto felt another chest pain but forgot about when he reached a window in the classroom.

Naruto stared outside the window and saw Hinata who was stitting on the very same swing he used to sit on during his years in the academy. He ran out of the classroom and down the hallways until he was outside, he slowed down as he walked up to Hinata so not to startle her.

When Naruto got close enough to Hinata he stopped and paused for a moment. "Hinata," whispered Naruto.

Hearing this Hinata got up and turned around quickly facing Naruto with tears in her eyes.

"Naruto! I- um," stammered Hinata.

"I always thought of you as a dark, timid, and weird person," said Naruto.

Hinata looked down at the ground and almost started crying.

Naruto moved closer to Hinata. "But you know, I like people like you," said Naruto in a very calm voice.

Hinata looked up at Naruto with joy because she had remembered the last time he'd said those words to her.

Naruto moved closer to Hinata. He wrapped his arms around her and then hugged her. "Thank you, Hinata," said Naruto.

"What for?" asked Hinata.

"For saving my life, you ran off so quickly I couldn't say it," said Naruto as he let go of her.

"What? Of course I would have," said Hinata.

"The reason I'm saying is, what I mean is- Not only did you save my life, but you've been there for me from the start, and I've just recently figured it out," said Naruto.

Hinata blushed and looked away from Naruto.

Naruto leaned in close to Hinata, close enough for both of them to touch each other. Hinata noticed how close Naruto was and blushed even more. Naruto then gave Hinata a kiss on the cheek. After Naruto pulled away, Hinata turned her head back towards Naruto.

"Naruto... I-" said Hinata but was cut off, "No, it's my turn," said Naruto.

There was a slight pause.

"Hinata," said Naruto as his heart began to race.

"Yes, Naruto," replied Hinata.

"Hinata, I love-" said Naruto but was cut off, "Naruto, you have to come back to the hospital!" yelled Tsunade who appeared from around the academy.

"Why? I feel- I feel-" was all that Naruto said as he fell to the ground.

Hinata screamed, "Naruto!"

Okay for the ones that don't know this already, this chapter was originally Chapter 1, 2, and 3 of the old version of Hinata's Plan. I combined it into one long ass Chapter because I've got allot more to come. And yes it's been a while and once again I'm sorry. Please forgive me.