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Of Chests and other Surprises!

"Oww ow ow," moaned Naruto from the floor. Sitting up he began to rub the rapidly forming bump on his head.

"Naruto-kun," Hinata said in a sympathetic voice "a…ar…are you alright?"

Turning on his trade mark smile Naruto beamed at Hinata. "Sure thing Hinata-chan. It is just a little bump that's all! That's not important," Naruto continued as he jumped up to his feet, "we've got to go find the chest or we will be sent back to the Academy!"

Hinata and Kiba shot horrified looks at each other. In all the chaos they had completely forgotten about their mission.

"What should we do?" asked Hinata.

"That's easy you and I will go look for it!" Naruto said.

"Why do you go get to look for it?" asked Kiba.

"Well, with Hinata's eyes and my clones we can cover a lot of ground and I can get us out of any trouble."

Kiba looked at Naruto for a moment and then nodded his head. "Wow, when did Naruto start to get smart?"

"Come on Hinata!" Naruto shouted. In a rush, he grabbed Hinata's hand, something which didn't go unnoticed by her. A slight blush found its way to her face, but she held back the stuttering and the other negative effects of her shyness. "Now is not the time," she told her self firmly they had to focus on their objective.

"Hey how do we get out of this thing!" Naruto shouted at Rodney.

"Are you crazy? It is crawling with Wraith outside!" Rodney shouted.

"Who you calling crazy!" Naruto shouted back.

Hinata knew that she needed to calm Naruto down and reassure their new friend. "Naruto please," Hinata urged as she gently laid a hand on his arm. Amazingly Naruto calmed down without a word, he was giving her the strangest look. Hinata felt herself being drawn deeper into his brilliant blue eyes.

"AHEM!, Earth to star crossed lovers."

Hinata snapped back to reality at the sound of Rodney's voice. Blushing deeply she fought to stay conscious, looking at the floor and rapidly pushing her fingers together seemed to help her gather her thoughts.

"Are they always like this?" Rodney asked Kiba. "Never mind," interrupting Kiba before he could do more than open his mouth, "we don't have time for you guys to go wandering around looking for some chest!"

Kiba stepped forward and gave Rodney his best killing stare, everyone in the Puddle Jumper could feel the waves of killer intent rolling off of Kiba. "First off who do you think you are telling us what we can and can't do?" not pausing to give Rodney a chance to answer Kiba continued. "Secondly, in case you haven't noticed we are Shinobi of the Hidden Village of the Leaf. I think we can handle a few Wraith!"

"Right! Have fun looking around then." Rodney said with as much dignity as he could muster. "Just don't blame me when we all get killed." Without a further word he hit the control panel and opened the rear hatch.

"Let's go Hinata." Naruto again grabbed her hand and rushed down the ramp and into the hanger bay. Half way across the cavernous room he suddenly stopped. Looking at Hinata rather sheepishly he asked, "Do you have any idea which way to go?"

Hinata knew this was her chance to show Naruto that she wasn't useless like her Father always told her. Hinata began to scan the ship with her Byakugan. The treasure box however, was nowhere in sight. Hinata's Kekkei Genkai had limits, and the Wraith mothership was simply to huge for her to scan all at once. One important thing that she did learn was that they were near the bottom of the ship. "Naruto we need to go up."

"Right, let's go that way," Naruto answered pointing to a shadowy walkway near the ceiling on the far side of the room.

"Ok," Hinata answered. Without any further discussion they leapt up to the walkway to continue their search.

Watching from the top of the ramp Rodney stared in utter astonishment as the two young teens seemed to blur before his very eyes and suddenly re appear on the upper walkway. In seconds they were out of sight. Moving back into the Jumper he closed the hatch. The strange boy Kiba was kneeling next to the three girls deep in conversation. Picking up the cloaking device he began the time consuming task of reattaching all the wires.

Naruto and Hinata sped through the dimly light passageway Hinata constantly looking for Wraith soldiers. In the distance they could hear the sounds of fighting echoing down the hallways.

"Neh! Looks like my clones are keeping those Wraith guys busy! Right Hinata-chan!"

"Yes they are Naruto-kun." Hinata replied in a firm voice. She did much but talking to Naruto when they had a job to do. This was the perfect chance to work on being strong around Naruto. She would show him that she could be a good team member. Turning her head toward Naruto decided to suggest how they should begin their search.

"Naruto-kun why don't you keep watch so no one sneaks up on us while I use my Byakugan to search the rooms."

Naruto looked at her blankly for a few moments before speaking. "I never thought about that. Wow Hinata-chan your smart! That's a great idea."

Hinata blushed at Naruto's words of praise. She sucked up his words like a sponge sucks up water. She only ever really got any encouragement from her team-mates and Sensei, never from her family so it was doubly nice to hear it coming from her crush.

"That sounds good to me Naruto-kun." Hinata quickly activated her Byakugan. She looked for the fastes route to the top of the ship.

"We should go this way," Hinata said after a few moments.

"Right!" Naruto answered.

Naruto and Hinata after several minutes reached a gloomy hallway at what Hinata assured him was the top of the ship. The pair began to systematically began to search room after room. Many were empty or filled with things that they didn't understand. They soon approached the last room.

"Naruto-kun there it is!" Hinata whispered in an excited voice.

Without waiting for her Naruto burst through the door. Naruto spotted the chest sitting on a small raised platform along the wall to his right. Not seeing any obvious traps Naruto rushed over and picked it up. Turning around he spotted Hinata by the doorway. She was just standing there with her mouth slightly open and a stunned expression on her face.

"Neh! Hinata-chan whats wrong?" he asked very concerned. Hinata didn't answer, instead she slowly raised her arm and pointed. Naruto slowly turned around and finally noticed his surroundings.

"Hinata-chan."

"Y..YE..YES Naruto-kun."

"Is this what their talking about when they say Outer Space?"

"I think so."

"Big isn't it."

"You could say that." Hinata answered as she and Naruto stood at the edge of the narrow walkway. Hinata wasn't sure what was holding the air in place but whatever it was it wasn't a window. In front of them stretching out farther than she had ever thought possible were stars. She looked at Naruto, Naruto looked at her, in an unspoken agreement they stepped up to the edge and looked down, and down, and down. After a few seconds they both stepped back.

"So wanna go back inside?" Naruto asked in a subdued voice.

"Yes, I think that's a great idea." Hinata answered.

Clutching the chest in his arms Naruto and Hinata hurried back through the door and off the observation deck.

Author's Note. Sorry for the long wait for the update. Had some rather bad writer's block and some other things came up. I will try and keep this updated on a more regular basis. I plan on finishing this story and turning it into a series.

Hey shkamaru15 buddy drop me a line if you still want to work on this story. I lost your email. Thanks.