Grip the Sun

Chapter 1 – What is going on?

Hello everyone your friendly neighborhood Broken Mirror coming at you with an experimental first story just to test the waters. Tell me if you like it. By the way if Naruto seems a little OC that's because he is, its part of the story. Hell, Ino is a little OC in this one. Enjoy.

Rookie 9 -11 years old

Iruka smiled and let out a happy sigh as he watched his students walk into the classroom, some with their friends talking about the latest events in the village joyously, others alone quiet and moody. They were all different personalities that either complemented each other perfectly or reacted in the most violent of ways and sometimes dealing with them was a lot of trouble, but he loved his kids and had missed them over their summer break. Only four years of taking care of them and he had already become attached to his new batch of ninja trainees.

He watched as Ino and Sakura fought like cats and dogs over the seat next to Sasuke, standing in the middle of the stairs shouting out their classic insults. Offhandedly Kiba made a remark about the two which put a smirk on the the face of the Nara next to him, who was slumped over his desk resting his head on his arms, but unfortunately for the Inuzuka he had made his remark just loud enough to where the two bickering girls had overheard it which immediately turned their ire towards him. Next to Shikamaru, who was laughing quietly at Kiba's misfortune, Choji and Shino watched the events quietly, the Akimichi offering a chip to the quiet Aburame every once in a while who accepted it with a small nod. Looking up at the clock the school teacher noticed that they only had a few minutes until class started.

Eventually it came time to read the roll out and see who had shown when he noticed two faces missing from the crowd of innocent faces. Hyuuga Hinata and Naruto Uzumaki. The love sick, shy heiress to the noble Hyuuga clan; and the orphan, trouble maker, oblivious village pariah. He quirked an eyebrow, while Naruto was known for skipping he had made a promise to him that he would be in class today. And Hinata had never even been a second late in her entire attendance to the academy. Shrugging he looked down at the list of names in his hand and took in a breath to begin calling out names. When suddenly there were footsteps outside the door.

Everyone watched as the door slid open and the missing blonde stepped in, but not in his usual attire. Gone were the goggles that used to adorn his head and the dirty, raggedy clothing from before. Now he wore a simple long sleeve black shirt with an orange swirl on the shoulder, and a pair of dark blue pants which were taped off at the ankle into his blue sandals. He had a grin on his face as he walked through the door way, but what caught everyone's attention was that his arm was still outside the room and he was looking back. Everyone's eyes widened as into the room, hand firmly clasped into Naruto's, was Hinata. Her former clothing was a thing of the past, she now donned a lavender colored jacket with a yin yang symbol on the back and black pants that went down to mid calf as well as black sandals. Her hair had grown just past her shoulders and around her neck were Naruto's old goggles.

The entire class couldn't help but stare as Naruto walked hand in hand with Hinata up the stairs in between the desks, and talked enthusiastically to the young girl who was smiling and nodding every once in a while. Even the normally emotionless Sasuke watched with confused eyes. When class had let out just two months ago Naruto had been smitten over Sakura and had been ignorant to his number one fan Hinata. But now here they were, smiling and laughing and holding hands like they were a couple! What is going on?

Naruto smiled down at the slightly shorter girl next to him, squeezing her hand lightly as they walked up the stairs towards her seat in the back of the room. His smile grew a bit more when he noticed the light pink blush on her cheeks from all the attention they were getting from their peers. Hinata looked up at him and noticed the smile on his face, her blush got a shade darker before she looked away. Naruto started laughing lightly and squeezed her hand a little tighter.

"What are you laughing for?" She asked as she felt her own smile tug at her lips, his laughter was infectious to her.

"You're just so adorable when you get all embarrassed like this. It's so cute when you blush." He said which got him an even deeper blush in return and her shrinking into her jacket a bit.

"Naruto?" Looking over he saw Kiba staring at the two of them like he had seen a ghost. Cocking his head to the side slightly Naruto and Hinata stopped at Kiba's desk.

"What is there something on my face?" Naruto asked curiously as gave his cheeks a pat with his free hand. Hinata giggled softly into her own free hand at his antics. Kiba's eye twitched at Naruto's reaction and pointed at him.

"No, no. What a meant to ask is if you and Hinata are, you know." The Inuzuka gave a glance at their joined hands and looked back up at the blonde, "Together." Naruto looked over at Hinata who met his eyes and smiled prettily at him. Grinning back he turned his gaze on Kiba, noticing that everyone in the room was waiting for his answer.

"Well of course we are, I wouldn't be holding her hand if we weren't together. And here I thought we made it obvious, right Hinata-chan?" He stated also questioning the blue haired girl next to him who nodded.

"I thought so, I had guessed everybody would put it together themselves." Naruto laughed as Kiba sputtered out a incomprehensible response. He leaned over and kissed Hinata's cheek. Her blushed returned, and the Hyuga girl wrapped her other arm around the arm Naruto was holding her hand with and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"Anyway if that's all you wanted Kiba we should probably sit down now, right Iruka-sensei?" Iruka blinked before shaking off his initial shock and gave his little brother figure a smile.

"Yes, we should be starting class now so everyone take your seats." Naruto nodded at his the teacher and continued his walk up the stairs, Hinata still clinging to his arm. Unknowingly he brushed by a gaping Sakura who had been staring at the two incredulously since they had walked in the room. Ino noticing her friend/rivals state of mind dragged her over to the seats closest to them and sat her down completely forgetting about Sasuke.

Iruka smiled one more time. 'Seems like something good happened over the break for you, huh Naruto.' Clearing his throat Iruka started calling out names of his students, skipping over Sakura and Ino; the blonde girl was still trying to snap the pink haired girl out of her stupor.

When lunch had come around the entire class watched as the new couple walked off and sat under a tree. The two of them talking cheerily while Hinata unwrapped their lunches. Somehow all of the future rookie 9, minus Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke, had come together to one spot where they watched the two. Kiba scratched his head as Akamaru situated himself in his owners lap.

"What the hell is going on? Just before break Naruto didn't even know Hinata existed! Hell he didn't even notice you today Sakura and he's been your fanboy since day one." The group turned their head toward Sakura who huffed and turned away from him. Noticing her friends discomfort Ino cut in.

"I know right. Hinata didn't even stutter earlier. And Naruto kissed her!" Ino clenched her fist and started shaking. Quickly she jumped to her feet and turned to the Naruto and Hinata's direction "Oh the story behind this is gonna be so good! I can't stand it, I have to know what happened!" She started off towards them until she got stopped by Choji grabbing her arm. Looking over at her childhood friend she glared at him. "What?"

Shrugging Choji motioned toward Shikamaru who sighed and pointed at her previous spot on the ground. Grumpily she sat down and nodded at Choji who smiled and let her go. She turned her attention on the Nara. "Well I'm waiting." Giving another sigh the lazy boy rested his chin in his palm.

"Troublesome. Look Ino, troublesome as it is I want to know as bad as you do. But don't you think the first day back from break, and the first day we even found out that they're a couple is a bit too early to be putting them on the fire?" Frowning, Ino nodded.

"I guess so." It was then that they heard Hinata's laugh. Looking over they could see that Naruto had gotten a bit of rice on his face who was now looking at his girlfriend confused. After saying something, Naruto blushed when Hinata leaned forward and wiped it off with a napkin, she noticed his blush and fell into a fit of giggles. Laughing along with her Naruto sheepishly scratched the back of his head. Ino bit her lip to keep herself from letting out a squeal of just how cute the scene was. 'They are so ADORABLE!' It was when Naruto pulled Hinata into a hug and started tickling her making her laugh loudly that she snapped.

Glancing at Ino, Shikamaru cursed to himself when he saw the look in her eye 'Damn, so close.' Before he could tell Choji to grab her, Ino jumped to her feet again and stormed off to them.

"That's IT! I can't wait another second!" The group jumped to their feet and hurriedly followed after her as she ran at them.

After calming down her giggling, Hinata couldn't help the small smile that appeared on her face.

"Naruto-kun, you look so cute when you blush." She said and squeaked in surprise as Naruto grabbed her and pulled her into a hug.

"Oh, you pretty little devil! You totally planned that didn't you?" Hinata averted her eyes and let the blush on her cheeks do the talking.

"I have no idea what you're talking about Naruto-kun." Smirking Naruto suddenly pushed his fingers into her sides and started tickling her relentlessly, causing the girl to burst into laughter.

"Okay! Okay! I *laugh* planned it." Grinning Naruto let her go and pumped his fist victoriously. She scooted across from him taking deep breaths.

"Knew it." Just as Hinata was about to say something back she noticed Ino running at her and squeaked loudly when the blonde girl tackled her to the ground with a loud cry of, "Hinata-chan!" Ino grinned and pulled Hinata up, and started throwing rapid fire questions at her. (1)

"Ah, Hinata-chan you two are the cutest thing I've ever seen! How did you guys get together? Have you guys gone out on a date yet? Oh gosh you look really pretty with longer hair Hinata! Did you grow it out for Naruto? Oh and you're wearing his goggles, a special gift I wonder? Come on please I need to know the story!" Hinata blushed again but this time it was a dark red that heavily covered a large portion of her face. Pushing her fingers together Hinata looked a little lost and seemed about to faint. Just as her eye sight started going dark Naruto pulled her out of the fire by gently grabbing her hand. Moving her eyes away from the embarrassed girl Ino looked over at her fellow blonde who flashed her a grin.

"Geez Ino if you want to know that badly you could just ask instead of going crazy and interrogating Hinata-chan." With a blush of her own Ino gave the cherry faced girl an apologetic smile and let go of her, then watched with a grin as Naruto pulled his girlfriend into his lap and started running his fingers through her hair, and the girl quickly calmed down her dark blush receding into her usual light pink one.

"I'm sorry Naruto." Wow that felt weird to say, it was usually him who apologized to others for getting overly excited. "I'm just a sucker for some good gossip and you two look so cute together I couldn't resist." Leaning back against Naruto's chest, Hinata got comfortable in his lap just as the rest of the group arrived. Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist and smiled at them.

"It's cool, right Hinata-chan? After all we kind of figured one of you guys would ask us what happened." Hinata nodded at that and smiled at them as well.

"But we only have a few minutes until lunch ends Ino-chan and it is a long story so maybe this could wait until after school?" The pale eyed girl asked with a sweet smile. Naruto nodded.

"Yeah you guys could swing by the Hyuga Estate. We were gonna head there after the academy let out, Hiashi wouldn't mind. The only thing you'd have to watch out for is if Neji's is in a bitchy mood again."

Hinata playfully slapped Naruto's arm.

"Naruto-kun, Neji-nii is just a little misguided." Naruto scoffed and kissed the top of her head.

"Yeah well I'm going to misguide my foot up his ass if he says one more bad thing about you Hinata-chan. I swear if I have to listen to one more of his damn 'destiny controls all and there is nothing you can do' speeches, your cousin or not I'll beat his ass! No one talks about you like that, got it." Hinata giggled and nodded burying her face into his chest. Ino let out a squeal of joy.

"Of course I'm going. Like I would miss out on hearing the story. Not to mention that every time you guys talk to each other is just so damn cute. And Naruto! I didn't know you were so protective and romantic." Naruto blushed a little but then smirked and looked down at the girl in his lap.

"Only for Hina-hime." Hinata squeaked in embarrassment at the name and pushed her head further into his shirt as Ino got hearts in her eyes. Naruto looked over everyone else with a raised eyebrow.

"How about you guys, its a big place you know."

"Well I'm going, I want to know what you did to get rid of Hinata's little stutter." Kiba said with a toothy grin as Akamaru barked in agreement. Shikamaru sighed and looked over at them.

"Troublesome, the Hyuga Estate is all the way across town from me, but I guess I'll go. As troublesome as it is I'm interested too." Choji nodded in agreement with his friend who looked over at Shino who's head moved slightly downward. Choji grinned.

"That's a yes for Shino and I'm going too." Everyone's eyes turned to Sakura who frowned and looked away.

"Fine I'll be there too." Hinata, who had finally worked up the nerve to pull her head away from Naruto's chest, smiled politely at her.

"Great, I'll let father know we'll be having company. Speaking of father, he wanted to know if Hokage-sama and Konohamaru-kun are going to show up tonight as well Naruto-kun?" Naruto scratched his cheek in thought ignoring the bewildered looks the group was giving them.

"Hmm I'll bring Kono around either way, he's been complaining about Moegi and Udon being busy so he and Hanabi-chan can play around. Today is Jiji's day off, but he is the Hokage he might still be busy but tell your dad I'll let him know alright." Hinata nodded and looked over to their company who were staring creepily making her slightly uneasy.

"Um...is something...wrong?" She questioned startling the them out of their shock.

"Naruto the Hokage is your grandfather?" Choji asked eyes wide. Naruto laughed and shook his head.

"No Choji, at least not by blood, but Jiji has been like my grandfather since before I can remember. He'd always visit me and stuff in the orphanage." Everyone blinked at that. Kiba let out a laugh.

"You think you know a guy, huh." Naruto shrugged as the bell that signaled the end of lunch went off, Hinata stood up and he quickly followed. He stretched his legs while everybody climbed to their feet as well. Hinata bit her lip and glanced at him.

"Are you okay Naruto-kun?" Naruto flashed her a smile.

"Of course Hinata-chan, my legs are just still a little sore." Hinata glanced down shyly.

"Sorry Naruto-kun." Naruto closed the short distance between them and hugged her.

"Its no problem Hinata-chan its not your fault I just over did my training a little the other day with Asuma, besides Hinata-chan I already told you. Even if something as simple as holding your hand broke every bone in my body I would still do it everyday with no hesitation." Hinata smiled softly and leaned up giving him a kiss on the cheek as Ino 'aww'ed in the background and Kiba snorted.

"Man Naruto when did you get so sappy. That was a really corny line." The dog boy flinched when Ino glared at him like she was trying to kill him with her eyes. Naruto just smiled and took Hinata's hand in his again and started walking towards the building.

"Hey Kiba, I'm the one with the girlfriend here so I must be doing something right. Besides is it just a corny line if it's true?" Kiba's eye twitched when Ino nodded in agreement.

"Yeah Kiba, Hinata likes him for a reason. And over the summer it seems Naruto got a lot cooler than you. Guess that means you're at the bottom of the barrel." The blonde girl said and stuck out her tongue at him before rushing after the couple leaving Kiba hanging his head. Shikamaru sighed and muttered his famous 'troublesome' line and followed after them along with the rest of the small group. Kiba grumbled under his breath and picked up Akamaru before stalking after them angrily.

"Bottom of the barrel. Ino doesn't know what she's talking about right buddy?" Akamaru let out a bark which made Kiba's slap his hand on his forehead. "Not you too buddy."

"Bye Iruka-sensei. I'll see you tomorrow." Naruto shouted as he and Hinata, along with the rest of the rookies walked out the door. Iruka smiled at his surrogate little brother and nodded.

"See you Naruto, how about we go out for some ramen sometime this week. You should bring Hinata too, if that's alright Hinata." Hinata blushed but nodded at the scarred man none the less.

"Of course sensei, I wouldn't mind." She answered happily before they slipped out of the room and lost sight of the teacher after he gave a final nod of agreement. Walking down the hallway Ino strode up next to Hinata who was walking next to Naruto. Hinata looked at the Yamanaka with a questioning look and Ino just smiled.

"So Hinata, I get the that you guys getting together is a long story and it should wait, but can you at least tell me where you got this?" Ino reached down and pulled up Hinata's hand moving the sleeve of her jacket back to reveal a bracelet around her wrist. Hinata's face lit up like a christmas tree and Naruto let a happy smile slip onto his face. The bracelet was a silver chain that fit perfectly on her wrist with just a little bit of slack. It had a red swirl charm hanging off of it that looked expertly crafted, as well as a beautiful miniature gold tri-pronged kunai.

"It was a gift from me." Ino looked over at Naruto with a sly smile, and he smiled back. "Jiji told me it was the only thing from my mother he could give me. So I wanted Hinata to wear it." Ino clasped her hands in front of her face as tears welled up in her eyes. She suddenly grabbed Hinata up in a hug and squeezed her tightly.

"Oh, Hinata every time I think you guys are such a perfect couple one of you does something to make it even better. So he gave you his mother's bracelet did he." Ino grabbed Hinata's hands in hers and whispered something in her ear which made her go crimson and pull her hands from Ino's to cover her face. Naruto laughed loudly and reached over to stroke her hair again.

"Hinata-chan I swear if there is anything I love seeing more than seeing you get all flustered by someone its when I'm the one who caused it." He said as she leaned into his hand as he continually petted her like a puppy. Just like last time her blush receded rather quickly. As they reached the gates Ino noticed an adult Hyuga man and a young girl waiting there. She jerked her head towards them.

"Who are they?" She asked and Naruto looked over to the gates and smiled and waved at the man who nodded back. The little girl waved back excitedly.

"That's Ko, he's been Hinata's escort since she was a kid. The girl is Hinata-chan's little sister Hanabi." Ino made an 'o' with her mouth and bowed to the man when they got to him.

"Hello Ko-san, I'm Ino, a friend of Hinata and Naruto's." Ko nodded at her. Hanabi lunged forward and wrapped her arms around Hinata's waist.

"Hi Hinata-neechan!" Hinata giggled and returned her sisters hug.

"Hi Hanabi-chan."

"It's nice to meet a friend of Hinata-sama's Ino-san. As well as the rest of you." He glanced over them all. He focused his eyes on Hinata who gave him a smile which he returned. "Hinata-sama," he then turned to Naruto and smiled to him as well. "Naruto." Naruto grinned and nodded back before he let out a 'oof' as Hanabi jumped up and hugged him around his chest. Laughing he swung her around and started carrying her piggy back. She wasted no time in wrapping her arms around his neck greeting him cheerfully which he returned.

"So Ko, our little Firecracker give you hell today?" He asked with a fox like grin. Ko's smile was replaced by a blank emotionless look.

"Naruto one of these days I will get you back for giving Hanabi-sama your trouble making habits." The man sighed and looked at the ground like an abused dog. "But should you really wish to know today Hanabi-sama decided it would be fun to go up to the Hokage monument. When we arrived she had her young friend Udon distract me with a paint bomb and proceeded to hang a banner with Moegi that said 'Future Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki's loyal ninja squad was here.' It took half an hour for me to convince the ANBU not to tell the Hokage who did it."

Naruto grinned proudly and puffed out his chest. "Atta girl Hanabi-chan, you made me so proud today." He shouted and pumped a fist into the air.

"I thought you'd like it Naruto-kun." She shouted just as loud and pumped her fist into the air as well. The rest of the group sighed, a young girl version of Naruto. How lovely. Hinata looked away from her boyfriend and little sister talking excitedly about how great of a prank she had pulled off. Turning toward Ko she gestured to the other 7 people.

"By the way Ko-san, I'm going to have company over today can you please ask Miyami-chan to cook a little extra and give her my condolences." Ko nodded and gestured for Hinata to follow him. Hinata turned and bowed to her friends. "If you could show up around 5:30 it would be appreciated." Naruto walked forward and pulled her in for a hug and Hinata wrapped her arms around his neck. Naruto then leaned down to press their lips together and she blushed when she heard Kiba wolf whistle. Pulling away at Ko's cough of discomfort she stepped back next to the older man.

"I'll see you later tonight Hinata-chan, I'm gonna take Hanabi-chan with me to pick up Kono and see if Jiji can come to dinner." Naruto then started jogging off towards the Hokage tower.

"Yes! We're going to see Kono-chan!" Hanabi cheered in a sing-song voice. Even Shikamaru couldn't stop himself from smiling. (2)

After separating from Hinata the seven others decided to get together head to the Hyuga mansion as a group. Arriving they let their jaws hang a little bit, the Hyuga really were the richest clan and it showed in their compound that was less a compound and more a mansion. They got a hold of themselves when the gates opened and standing there to greet them was Ko. He walked forward and bowed to them and they bowed back. Straightening he motioned them to follow them which they did in relative silence. That is until Ino caught sight of Hinata who was talking to another Hyuga, this time a woman. Ino ran forward and called out to the girl who turned and smiled at her. Grabbing up Hinata in a hug Ino smiled brightly at her.

"Hinata-chan your house is awesome! It's definitely way bigger than any place I've been to before, you have a garden the twice the size of mine, and we own a flower shop. I'm a little jealous." Hinata blushed at Ino's praise of her home and nodded happily.

"Well if it makes you feel any better Ino-chan, most of the flowers in there were bought from your store." She said and giggled when Ino got a really proud look on her face. She looked over to see the rest of their group standing off to the side. She then waved them over and started guiding Ino into the main home by her hand. "Come on, you showed up just in time for Miyami-chan to start cooking if you'd like to stay and eat later." Looking over they saw Hinata had gestured to the woman she had been talking to before.

"Of course we want some, I never turn down free food! Thank you for your hospitality." Choji said. Miyami laughed and nodded.

"It's my pleasure, cooking is what I love to do so its no problem." She explained cheerfully and moved away from them to enter a different door than them. Hinata guided them in until they came across the dining room, where Hiashi was seated at the large table looking through some papers.

"Tou-san." Raising his eyes from the papers in his hand Hiashi felt a small tug at the corner of his mouth at the sight of his oldest daughter. Keeping his face as a calm facade he acknowledged his daughter with a nod. "These are the people I've invited over. I'd like to introduce you to Yamanaka Ino, Inuzuka Kiba, Akimichi Choji, Aburame Shino, Haruno Sakura and Nara Shikamaru. They are some of my classmates from the academy." All of them bowed to the leader of the Hyuga clan giving words of thanks for allowing them in his home. Nodding toward them as well Hiashi turned his attention to back to his daughter.

"Hinata have you seen your sister around?" Hinata nodded.

"Yes Hanabi-chan went with Naruto-kun to inform Hokage-sama of your invitation to tonight's dinner." Hiashi gave his daughter the smallest of smiles before going back to his work.

"Thank you Hinata, you may take your friends upstairs now, you will be informed when Uzumaki and Hokage-sama have arrived." Giving her father a sweet smile and a bow she started walking to the stairs her classmates following closely behind her.

"Not to sound rude Hinata-chan but your dad is scary." Ino admitted quietly as they walked up.

"I must concur his presence was most unnerving." Shino agreed shocking everyone with his sudden talking. Hinata giggled and nodded.

"Yes, father is very strict for the most part but he has to be strong to be the leader of a clan. He really is a kind man." The rest of the journey was quiet until they reached a door which Hinata stopped in front of. She slid it open and looked back.

"This is it." She said and stepped into the room. Ino smiled when she saw the lavender colored walls and pink drapes on the windows. Looking over at the far left side of the room they could see a large bed and next to this was a bedside table with things like her clock and some pictures. Rushing over she looked over all of them despite Hinata's embarrassed protest. One was a family picture of when Hinata was what looked to be around 6 standing with her mother and father, her mother was holding a baby Hanabi. The next was one of a smiling Hanabi who had her cheek pressed against her elder sister's who was also giving a small smile and a blush to the camera. The next was what caught her attention though it was of Hinata and Naruto and they were holding hands with smiles on their face only it was in front of a hospital and Naruto had several bandages on his face and a cast on his leg still though he stood next to Hinata and smiled at the camera.

"Hinata why is-" Hinata shook her head at Ino and pulled her away from the pictures lightly. Confused Ino raised an eyebrow at the girl.

"It's an important part of the story Ino-chan, which will have to wait until Naruto-kun shows up. No one can really tell it better than him." Ino gave the bluenette a pout but accepted the answer and moved on. They all sat in a large circle on the comfortable mat on the floor and Hinata flashed them all a cute smile.

"So until Naruto-kun gets here, what else would you all like to know?" Ino opened her mouth but was cut off by Sakura.

"Have you and Naruto been out on a date yet Hinata?" Sakura asked. Genuinely curious they turned to Hinata for her answer, even though Ino grumbled a bit at being cut off. Her cheeks now a rosy pink Hinata twirled a lock of hair between her fingers.

"Yes." Ino face faulted at the simple answer and quickly climbed back into a sitting position and pointed at Hinata.

"Come on girl, details! I need details!" Shy Hinata felt her heart beat faster as she thought of their first date.

"Well..."

Flashback

Hinata fiddled nervously with the hem of her skirt as she watched Naruto smiling gently at her. They were atop the Hokage monument looking over the village. And watching an absolutely beautiful sunset, which was why Naruto took her here by what he said. They had enjoyed a nice picnic that Hinata had made the food for with some helpful advice from Miyami. She looked into his eyes and felt herself at peace, knowing that his promise to her wasn't just empty words like Neji had tried to convince her. Up here away from the world she knew that he would always be with her. She was pulled from her thoughts when Naruto called her name.

"Hinata-chan." Blinking a few times she blushed and pushed her fingers together in her nervous habit.

"Y-yes N-naruto-kun what is i-it?" Cursing her stutter in her mind she blushed when he grinned at her stumbling over her words.

"Let me see your hand." Curious as to what he wanted she raised her hand. He reached forward and grabbed her wrist, pulling her lightly and she complied stepping closer to him her blush growing darker.

He surprised her by guiding her hand out in front of them, now facing out towards the village and the sun. "Hinata look at your hand, what do you see?" She frowned a bit and looked closely at her hand not noticing anything different.

"Um...I only see my hand." He smiled and brushed his fingers through her hair.

"Look closer Hinata-chan." Focusing intently she noticed what he meant. From their perspective from on top of the Monument the sun looked to be resting in her hand.

"The sun, it's..you made it look like its in my hand." He grinned.

"Hinata when I was little I used to look out at the sunset every night. I wondered about it. What is the sun? Where did it come from? So on Jiji's next visit I asked him. He told me that the sun was a gift of Kami that allowed us to see and gave us warmth." Looking at the sun she could see where the Sandaime was coming from, it certainly seemed like a work of a god. "I don't know why but I couldn't really accept that answer." Glancing back to her boyfriend he flashed her foxy grin. "To me when I looked at the sun all I could see was a big ball of fire. I sat there and thought about it for another few days and I came to a conclusion. If the sun really is a work of Kami why would it need to go down, and have night come and bring darkness, which in turn brings out the worst in people." She watched in awe as the wind blew through Naruto's hair and the sun reflected in his eyes. "The sun isn't a work of a god because I believe Kami wouldn't curse us with darkness. So the Sun really is just a big ball of fire. The day I realized this I set a goal in my mind. One day I'm the one who will grip the sun, no matter how hot it is!" He reached out and 'gripped' the sun along with her his hand seemingly resting on its top, hers on its bottom. "And I want you there when I do!"

It was that day on their first date that she knew without a doubt that Naruto was the on she wanted to be with for the rest of her life. And no matter what she would be there by his side when he became Hokage and she would help him grip the sun, or whatever other goal he set. Because Naruto was a man who was going to change the world.

"Right!"

Flashback end

"Naruto really said that?" Ino asked with stars in her eyes. "That was really inspiring! And he said something romantic like that on a first date? I would say yes to marrying a guy if he said that!" They heard a chuckle and saw Naruto and Ko standing in the doorway of the now open room.

"Glad to hear that Ino, but sorry if you couldn't tell. I'm taken." He grinned as Ino blushed and started sputtering out nonsense while Kiba and Sakura snickered at her misfortune. Walking over Naruto plopped himself down next to Hinata and leaned in to kiss her only for Ko to clear his throat. Naruto's eye twitched, looking back he grinned maliciously.

"Ko you don't suppose leaving Hanabi and Konohamaru alone in the Hyuga mansion is a bad idea do you?" Ko suddenly burst into a cold sweat when Naruto's grin turned downright evil looking. "Especially since I spent the entire way here giving them...ideas." Ko suddenly slammed the door shut and took off with a cry.

"Damn you Naruto!"

Turning back to Hinata he grinned at her and leaned in to where there lips where barely separated. "Did you miss me Hinata-chan?" He whispered. Hinata felt a shiver go down her spine, and her pulse skyrocket as his breath tingled against her lips.

"Yes." She whispered back and pushed her lips against his. The kiss went on for several seconds until Ino tapped Naruto's shoulder, who cracked an eye open to glance at her. He reluctantly pulled his lips away from his girlfriend's and Hinata's eyes fluttered open to look at him in confusion. He sighed and motioned to Ino by tilting his head at her. Pouting Hinata glared over at Ino. "What?" She asked with a slight edge to her voice.

Kiba couldn't help but burst out into laughter as Ino looked at Hinata in shock. Hinata realized how her response sounded and turned cherry red again.

"I-ino-chan, I'm sorry I didn't mean it to sound like that." She exclaimed worriedly and started nervously shifting from side to side. Immediately everyone started laughing even Shino, though it was more of a shaking of his shoulders than actual laughter. Naruto reached over and pulled Hinata into his lap again, once more stroking her hair.

"I swear, ever since we started dating, Hinata-chan hasn't gotten embarrassed this much in one day." He said laughing as he finally got her calmed down. Ino gave the couple a grin.

"Speaking of when you started dating her, I think we've been waiting long enough! It's story time." She said. Looking over the rest of the group he saw them nodding in agreement. He sighed and wrapped his hands around Hinata's waist again.

"Okay but it's a long story. See it all started the night we got out of the academy for break."

(1) My slightly OC Ino, she is a lot friendlier and will be Hinata's best friend throughout the story.

(2) My really OC Hanabi, with three months of Naruto exposure and a cheerier disposition, poof, Grip the Sun Hanabi has been born!

And that's the first chapter. After this were going on a magical journey to see into the past! Also I reveal what is going to separate my Naruto from most stories out there, other than his amazingly inspirational speeches. (I've been watching Gurren Lagann too much, which inspired me to write this.)

Next Chapter – Do the impossible!