Yo! This is my first fanfic, so I hope you all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: Naruto is the property of Kishimoto Masashi.

Konohagakure no Sato, the Village Hidden in The Leaves, was silent except for the people running home to get out of the rain. Few shops were open because of the time. Of the few shops that stayed open, most will be closing soon because of the rain pouring down over the city. Even with the rain pouring down, the shadows of the shinobi doing their patrols around the city could be seen briefly, and then they were gone again.

Two figures could be seen jumping from roof top to roof top. Their black cloaks fluttering around them; hiding all distinguishable features on their bodies. The only thing that could be seen through the darkness is their matted down hair. One of them has a silver – almost white – head of hair and the other with a distinctly blond one. The thuds from landing onto the roof tops, being drowned out by the rain. The two figures moving in a swift pace to get to their destination; which could be seen from their position on the roof tops.

Upon landing on the ground in front of the building, they proceeded to enter through the door. When inside of the building, the head of blond hair turned to his partner, "Why are we here again?"

An almost inaudible sigh escaped the silver haired man's masked mouth, "Because Naruto, even when you're an Anbu, you must to report to the Hokage."

The blond – now known as Naruto – sneered at the older looking man, although he can't see it through the porcelain mask over his face, "I know that sensei, I mean why do Ineed to be here. I'm not even ANBU yet. That's why you're here, remember?"

"Yes Naruto, I remember why I'm here. Just follow me." The silver haired man replied, in a bored tone.

They continued walking in silence, until reaching the reception desk. Behind the desk was a woman with shoulder length black hair, scribbling furiously at a few papers. When the silver haired man reached the front of the desk, he coughed lightly to get the woman's attention. Upon hearing the sound, the woman looked up from her papers to the two, "Yes?"

"Could we see the Hokage?" He said in an official sounding voice.

"Go right on in. She was expecting the two of you later, since you still have..." the woman glances down to a few papers, then looks back up to the two men, "…roughly two weeks to finish your mission." She finishes with a slightly impressed tone.

"Yeah well-", the man began – reverting back to his normal bored tone – but was interrupted by the blond, "Me and Kakashi-sensai taught those guys whose boss!" The smile Naruto had could practically be felt throughout the room.

"Is that so?" The black haired woman replied, with humor dancing in her eyes.

"Yeah! You should have seen us nee-chan, we were-", Kakashi then proceeded to drag Naruto toward the door, thus interrupting the blond, saying over his shoulder, "We'll be going right on in then. Thank you Shizune." Grinning at the duos antics, Shizune proceeds to continue her paperwork.

When Kakashi nears the door, he lets go of Naruto allowing the blond to right himself. He lifts up his right arm, knocking on the door softly. The sleeve of his cloak moving down, revealing his fingerless gloves, and his ANBU arm bracers. When he hears a muffled enter, he turns the doorknob, walking into the room, with Naruto walking silently behind him.

When the door closes behind them, they see a blond woman reading over a few official looking documents behind her desk. Noticing their stare, the blond woman looks up from the document towards the two men. Upon realizing who they were, and why they were there, she placed the document onto the desk leaning her elbows onto the surface of the desk, locking her hands together.

"Report." That was the lone word that escaped her mouth. Kakashi, noticing the serious demeanor on the Hokage's face, steps forward.

"Mission success, Hokage-sama. We were able to infiltrate the Sound base and extract the information." Kakashi stated with his words being muffled by the white, ANBU mask covering his face. He glances back at Naruto, who noticing the glance, reaches into his cloak and pulls out a manila folder. Handing the folder to the Hokage, Naruto steps back next to Kakashi.

The Hokage nods her head at that; shuffling through the papers in the folder, placing it on her desk, "Any casualties?"

"No Hokage-sama."

"Good, good…" she glances up toward Kakashi, "…how did he do?"

Kakashi takes a quick glance at Naruto's blank mask, seeing it facing toward the Hokage; he replies in a proud voice, while nodding, "He's ready."

Tsunade – The Hokage – resisted the urge to smirk at Kakashi. Nodding her head slightly, she reaches her hand under her desk, getting a hold of something. When she grabs it fully, she places it on the desk, sliding it toward Naruto, with a small smile gracing her lips.

"Congratulations brat, welcome to Anbu."

Upon looking down at what was on the desk, Naruto resisted the urge to leap for joy. There, sitting on the desk, was a white porcelain mask – resembling the one he currently has – but this mask having an intricate fox design, that seems to be smiling at the blond. The mask being painted in a blood red, it was a truly a marvelous site.

Slowly, Naruto reached his right hand up toward his current mask, sliding it off his face in a smooth motion. From a distance Naruto could have been mistaken for the Yondaime. With his still semi-wet unruly, blond hair and his sparkling cerulean blue eyes. When looking into them, one could truly get lost in his gaze. Three thin whisker like marks on each cheek marking him as the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. His jaw line – having lost its baby fat from his younger years – adding on to his features making him appear more mature. Naruto quickly got a hold of the fox mask on the desk, bringing it up onto face. When a 'click' sound was heard, Naruto allowed his hand to fall down to his side.

Looking to his left, he saw his reflection in a window. With his reflection looking back at him with the smiling fox mask in place. Naruto couldn't stop himself from jumping up with joy. He was finally an ANBU! Him! The dead-last of the academy was an ANBU!

Naruto whipped his head back toward Tsunade, his excitement getting the best of him, as he shouts, "Thanks baa-chan!" Immediately after saying that, he had to duck under a book flying at his head.

"Damn it brat! I told you not to call me that!" Seeing Naruto jumping around in joy like a little kid again, Tsunade couldn't stop the full blown smile that appeared on her face. 'I guess I could let him have his fun… for now.'Naruto felt a shiver run up his spine, but he ignored it.

Next to him, Kakashi allows a smile to form on his face from the two blondes' antics; the smile going unseen by the both of them. He reaches up toward his blue dog mask, unclipping it from his face; his arm sliding down, showing the blue facemask covering the lower half of his face. His headband slanted over his left eye, the only thing that could be seen is his right eye in its upside down 'U' shape. His hair – which was still wet a moment ago – somehow back in its usual gravity defying way.

After a moment, they all calmed down and were looking back at the Hokage. "Naruto," she began, "you know now that you're an ANBU, you will have more responsibility then before." After a short nod from Naruto, she continued, "You may be called upon at any time, no matter what you are doing." Another nod, "Good. It's important that you know that." Tsunade shuffles a few papers on her desk. "Since you two were able to finish your missions so early, I'll give you a few days off. " Ignoring the shout of 'yatta' from Naruto, she continued, "Naruto, as you know, you are required to take on kenjutsu. If you can't find a teacher, we will acquire one for you." She was simply making sure that Naruto understood the basics for new ANBU recruits.

Naruto – already knowing these things – waves a dismissive hand. Now, no one would be able to get away with that. You can't just dismiss the Hokage; but this is Naruto we're talking about, since when does he listen to reason? Even with all that he has matured, he still can't get over his dislike for rules. "Yeah, yeah, I already know this baa-chan. You told me this when I first told you I wanted to get into ANBU." He says with an bored drawl.

Tsunade gets a small tick mark on her forehead and a twitch in her eye. Noticing the twitch, Naruto rubs the back of his sheepishly and stands straighter. "I know Naruto I just wanted to make sure you knew what you were getting yourself into." She ground out.

"Ha… so is there anything else?" Naruto replies with a nervous chuckle.

"Actually yes, there is." Calming down a little, she continues. "I need you here tomorrow so that you could get your official ANBU tattoo, and so you could meet your commanding officer."

Naruto didn't even wait until she finished speaking to begin his walk to the door. "Okay, I'll make sure to be here early then." Opening the door, he turns around, giving Tsunade a small wave and with a shout of, 'bye baa-chan!' he quickly shuts the door behind him, narrowly missing the book that was thrown at him.

Tsunade – who was still in her throwing position – sits back down in a small huff a grumble of 'brat' under her breath. Kakashi – who Tsunade forgot was still in the room – closed his book, having an amused look in his eye. Seeing the look, Tsunade gives him a hard glare, raising a book toward him in a threatening manner. Calming down again, she lets to book fall back onto her desk, "Make sure you're here tomorrow, and don't be late. You wouldn't want one of your precious books to have a… accident, would you?" Shaking his head with a frightened facial expression, Kakashi bolts out the door.

With a small laugh to herself, Tsunade finds herself alone again with nothing but her paperwork. Glaring down at said paperwork, she picks up a pen and begins look them over at a furious pace.

Kakashi followed the sound of laughter, coming from the secretary desk. Upon reaching the desk, he saw Shizune doubled-over laughing at something that Naruto said. Taking a quick glance at Naruto – who had taken off his fox mask and has clipped it to his belt – Kakashi sees him with a devious smile on his face. Shaking his head, he pulled out his tiny orange book and began reading.

Seeing Kakashi in front of her desk, Shizune's laughing increases even more than it already it. Also noticing Kakashi next to him, Naruto quickly changes his expression to an innocent one. Not noticing a change in Kakashi, Naruto turned around in a huff.

Calming down her laughter, Shizune turned her teary-eyes to Naruto and says, "Okay Naruto giggle we'll see you tomorrow for the giggle ANBU giggle initiation." Then she broke out into more laughter.

Naruto nodded his head, sticking his tongue out at Shizune and motioning for Kakashi to follow him out. With a short 'see-ya' from Kakashi and a 'bye nee-chan' from Naruto, both men walked outside the building.

When outside of the Hokage tower, both men noticed that it wasn't raining anymore. They walked in silence until Kakashi decided to break it. "So Naruto… you never did tell me why you wanted get this mission done so early, today in particular."

Naruto seemed confused for a moment before realization flashed in his eyes. "Oh yeah, well, I promised myself that I would be there with Hinata-chan for our two-year anniversary, since I wasn't there the first time." He said with soft smile, thinking about his Hinata. That's right, his Hinata. A couple months after coming back from his trip with Jiraiya – or ero-sennin to him – he finally realized that 'Sakura-chan' didn't really care for him the same way he thought he cared for her. He thought that he loved her, but after a date with her, he noticed that his feelings for her were like a sister, not a lover. After he told Sakura of this development, she told him that he was like an older brother to her. A few weeks later, Hinata and Naruto could be seen walking together, and spending more time with each other. They've been together ever since.

A great ear-to-ear smile forms on Naruto's lip, seemingly out of the blue. Kakashi, noticing the smile, looks at confusedly. After a while of Naruto not explaining his sudden joy, Kakashi shrugs his shoulders going back to his book.

Naruto sobers a little thinking about whyhe wasn't there with her. Jiraiya had just found a lead on the Sound base that was said to have Sasuke in it. Tsunade sent a small team to go bring Sasuke back – ironically, the same team that was sent when Sasuke first left the village with the addition of Jiraiya himself as squad leader – and to possibly even kill Orochimaru. Both objectives were succeeded with Jiraiya almost having lost his arm when he went up against Orochimaru, but thanks to Naruto coming to help him at the last second, he was able to avoid that fate.

Everyone was hurt on that mission, having sported several new scars thanks to Orochimaru's old lackeys. Even with his abnormal healing from the fox, Naruto was still bedridden in the hospital for a few days, and wasn't at 100% until almost a week after being discharged from the hospital.

Shaking his head to get rid of such thoughts, Naruto turned forward seeing a dim light. Recognizing it as the light from Ichiraku's Ramen shop, Naruto decides a small snack wouldn't hurt anyone. As if on cue, his stomach growled something fierce.

Kakashi, upon hearing the growling, lowered his book from where he had put it so he could read. Taking a glance at Naruto, he follows his eyes to the ramen shop. Deciding that now was a time for celebration, he walked ahead of Naruto, urging him to follow after him. Naruto didn't need any other tempting after he noticed to where Kakashi was taking him. Naruto walks faster so that he could be side-by-side with him.

"How is the moving coming along?" Kakashi asks out of the blue, still reading his book.

Naruto being surprised by the question takes a moment to respond, "It's going good. It didn't take as long as it would have though, because of the Kage bushin I made to help with the packing."

Nodding his head, Kakashi asked, "Do you and Hinata already have all of your things?"

"Yeah, but everything is still in the storage scrolls. I might be able to make extra spacious sealing scrolls thanks to the training with ero-sennin, but that doesn't mean I don't have to put the items stored away like everyone else. And Hinata being adamant about us putting the things away ourselves doesn't help much." grumbled an irate Naruto.

Kakashi had to chuckle at that, as both he and Naruto ducked their heads under the awnings of Ichiraku's Ramen Shop. With a semi-loud shout from Naruto – as a normal shout from Naruto would have waken half the village – the staff of Ichiraku ramen was alerted to their presence. The sound of two voices simultaneously yelling 'Naruto-kun!' backed up that thought.

Looking behind the counter, Naruto saw both Teuchi and Ayame Ichiraku. Teuchi hadn't changed much in the last few years, save the extra grey hairs on his head. Ayame seemed to have stayed the same also, except for a few differences in her appearance. Her brown hair having grown out, this could be seen now because she doesn't have it in a bun at the moment. She has grown taller herself, her eyes reaching Naruto's nose. The light blush, and happy smile she got from seeing Naruto only adding on to her natural beauty. She would be a great catch for any guy, but for some reason she seems to still be single.

Naruto stalks toward his favorite stool, plopping down on it with a soft thud. A shift in the air alerts him of Kakashi sitting down next to him. While grinning his Foxy Smile up at Ayame – who when seeing the smile, blushed lightly – Naruto gave his order of miso pork ramen, with Kakashi ordering a beef ramen. Seeing that Ayame was blushing under his gaze, he turned toward Kakashi so that she wouldn't need to be embarrassed any longer.

Naruto knew why she was blushing. He wasn't the same little kid he was before, but he didn't want to lead her on. It's no secret that he and Hinata are together – and have been together for two years now – but some people still have trouble accepting the thought of him and Hinata being together. He cared for Ayame, and subconsciously he knew that she was the type of person that he could love, but he loved Hinata. With her soft smile, caring personality, her quiet laugh, the way she blushes when he looks at her like that… in many ways she was just like Hinata, but he just couldn't return the feelings she had for him.

When Naruto saw Kakashi was preoccupied with his book, he had to let out of low groan; Kakashi and his damned book. 'Don't even know why he likes that book so much. It's not that good.' Shaking his head slightly from that thought, he looks down to his cloak pocket slowly, seeing the outline of a small box in it.

Naruto let his mind wander once more. Thinking back on the mission that he was just on, Naruto let his thoughts roam toward what he did just before he and Kakashi reached Konoha.

Flashback

Naruto and Kakashi have been running for about two days now, with Naruto running ahead of Kakashi. They finished their mission in record time, having finished an S-class infiltration mission in little less than two weeks, when it would normally take three to four weeks for a mission of that magnitude to be done.

They were still roughly a day or so from Konoha at their current pace; both having decided not to wear their masks' (Kakashi still had his facemask on though.). Naruto had told Kakashi before they were even a mile away from Konoha how important it was for them to return to from this mission quickly. Naruto didn't tell why it was so important, but that's neither here nor there.

Kakashi quickly noticed that Naruto stopped on one of the tree branches and he did the same, narrowly managing to avoid bumping into Naruto in his haste. Naruto noticing that he stopped so abruptly had to give a sheepish laugh while rubbing the back of head. Shaking his head from his ex-student's mannerisms, he asked why they had stopped.

Naruto stopped his laughing for a moment, in lieu of looking at the ground. "Well… the things… I sort of need to make a quick stop at Tanzaku Gai, hehe… "Feeling more than seeing Kakashi's blank look, he continued. "You see… before we left I sent a clone to go there and make an order for something… and since its been about two weeks now… it should be ready by now, so…" Seeing where this was going, Kakashi gave a small sigh and gave Naruto an exaggerated look. "And here I was thinking you wanted to get back to Konoha right away… sigh" Kakashi muttered to himself.

Naruto looked up from the ground toward Kakashi, a smile working up to his face. "Alright! Let's get going then sensei." With that, Naruto began running toward Tanzaku Gai with Kakashi running beside him.

After a few minutes of running in silence Kakashi stated, "You know Naruto, I'm not your sensei anymore; you don't have to call me that." Naruto shot him a confused look for a moment then grinned widely. "I know, but old habits die hard, sensei." Kakashi let out an exaggerated sigh, with Naruto chuckling at his sigh. They continued the rest of the way there in silence.

Upon landing in the outskirts of Tanzaku Gai, Naruto took the lead once more, with Kakashi moving swiftly behind him. Naruto was moving with a purpose toward the northern section of the large city.

Landing outside of a small building Naruto continued through the door without stopping, with Kakashi still right behind him. What Kakashi saw made him take a brief glance around the building. Everywhere he looked, he was surrounded by jewelry. All types of jewelry too, from necklaces, to bracelets, and everything in between.

The light shining down on the jewelry seeming to make them shine with an almost unearthly glow, making the room almost seem to be radiating from all the light being reflected from the jewelry; the tan, almost white, walls adding on to the other-worldly glow.

Kakashi quickly located Naruto by the counter, and walked over to stand next to him – as he had stopped walking while he was subtly gawking – looking to see what it is that Naruto was doing. What he saw made him let out an inaudible gasp.

In a small black box, in front of Naruto was a ring. Not just any ring, but an engagement ring. The fact that it was a wedding ring wasn't what made Kakashi gasp, but what it looked like. It was a silver band ring, with small intricate marks running along the outside of the ring. There was a circle of diamonds, which sparkled happily in the light. In the center of circle of diamonds was a pale lavender gemstone, which seemed to have been made from the moon itself. From what he could see, the inside of the ring had engraved 'N & H', which could only mean 'Naruto and Hinata'.

When the box was abruptly closed, Kakashi looked up to see Naruto looking at him with a wide smile on his face that blinded him for a second; he gave his own smile. They were gone in a blur, leaving the shop owner to jump from their sudden disappearance.

End flashback

They had put on their masks' once they got near the village walls. Kakashi said it was something about protocol. Even though they took that detour, they hadn't stopped running after they left the shop; save for the breaks they took while running. This is why Naruto was so upset when they went to the Hokage Tower to report in. Naruto was shaken out of his thoughts when a bowl of ramen was placed in front of him. Giving a quick glance to Kakashi, only to gain a sweat drop seeing him already done, placing his chopsticks over his bowl, bowing his head in thanks toward the two ramen chefs'.

With a soft mutter of 'itadakimasu', Naruto broke his chopsticks apart and began to eat his ramen. Being with Hinata had really taught him manners, since he never wanted to act like a pig in front of her. He ate slowly, as to not let any of the noodles or broth from the ramen to spill over the bowl.

Finishing his ramen, Naruto let out a happy sigh. He would usually eat much more than this, but with his stomach being bull of butterflies – from his recent thoughts about the ring – and being full off of ramen didn't really help him much. Placing his chopsticks beside his bowl, he grinned up at Ayame and her father.

Seeing their shocked looks, he chuckled slightly knowing why he was receiving such looks. "Don't have much of an appetite today guys, hehe." He still got shocked looks – as even when he 'didn't have much of an appetite' he would still eat a minimum of ten bowls – but decided to ignore them for the time being.

Looking toward Kakashi, he saw him already standing from his stool with book unsurprisingly in hand. Glancing back at the counter, he saw that both his and Kakashi's bowls' were paid for. Naruto followed his example, waving toward the two ramen chefs. Receiving waves from both of them – and an enthusiastic 'come back soon' from Ayame – Naruto followed Kakashi out of the ramen bar.

Walking side-by-side with Kakashi, Naruto was lost in thought once more. Hearing his name being called, Naruto looked up toward Kakashi, who was saying something to him. He had enough time to catch the end of what Kakashi was saying, "...u'll ask?"

Seeing Naruto's confused look through his peripheral vision, Kakashi repeated, "I asked, when do you think you'll ask?" while nodding his head toward where Naruto was unconsciously clutching the small box through the fabric of his cloak.

Seeing the realization running through Naruto's eyes, he had to let out a small sigh.

"Well, I would have liked to have asked her during dinner at some restaurant, but I think there would be more meaning to it if I ask on our anniversary. I know doing it at a dinner would have been more romantic, but it would have been too cliché for my taste. Besides, I don't think it matters how I ask, as long as I do ask, right?" Getting a shrug from Kakashi, Naruto let out a troubled sigh.

"I wouldn't worry about it too much, Hinata is sure to be happy either way." Kakashi stated.

"Yeah… I know, but I just- I don't know, I just don't want to mess this up. " Naruto replied, running a hand through his hair.

Placing a hand on Naruto's shoulder, Kakashi gave it a gentle squeeze. "Don't worry about it too much. Like I said, I'm sure Hinata would be jumping over joy even if you horribly mess this up." Kakashi said giving Naruto his infamous eye smile. Face-faulting onto the ground, Naruto said in a sarcastic voice, "Yeah, thanks Kakashi. I really appreciate it."

"Anytime!" That was the cheeky reply from Kakashi. Naruto shook his head at the man, the smile on his face betraying him.

Looking around, he noticed that he was in front of Kakashi's apartment building. Kakashi too realizing where they were gave Naruto a serious look. "Really Naruto, don't worry too much about it. You'll do great." The smile being shown through his facemask, Kakashi enters his apartment building.

Naruto places his hands inside of his pockets, and began his trek home.

Naruto continued his silent walk toward his home. He and Hinata had decided not too long ago, to buy their own home. Well, buy is the wrong term, they had it made. Being friends with a shinobi who could make wood with a few hand seals had its perks. They both wanted to be away from the village, so they got the okay from the Hokage to build their home on the training ground Naruto used to learn the Rasenshuriken. They had Yamato – since it was still weird calling him Tenzo – remake a waterfall, since the original was cut in half by Naruto during his elemental manipulation training with Kakashi and Yamato.

They didn't want a huge home, but they wanted a moderate sized home. Since he and Hinata hadn't really talked about having kids yet, he didn't know how many rooms they would need so they started with four; they designed the home so that it would be a simple task to add on more rooms. They just knew they wanted their own family. On the thought about family, he once again clenched on the box in his pocket.

Feeling the box in his hand, he let a smile slip on his face. He was going to propose to the woman he loved. He stopped at that thought. 'I'm going to propose…' His eyes widened once more, the smile on his face stretching across his face. 'I'm going to propose to Hinata-chan!' The wide smile on his face was almost blinding.

Naruto walked toward his home with renewed determination. He always knew that he wanted to marry Hinata, and now he was going to do just that. Okay, so he wasn't going to marry her yet, but they'll be engaged and that's pretty damn close.

He noticed then that he had begun to run at some point. In his rush to see Hinata, he had begun to run. 'Why am I still going so slowly? I have to go see my future-wife!' With that thought, Naruto's body blurred moving at high speeds toward his home.

He was renowned in the village for his speed. It was one of the reasons he decided to enter the Anbu. Well, the Stealth and Assassination squad anyways. He might have been a ninjutsu powerhouse, but his true calling was in assassination.

Learning to move stealthily with a 'kill-me' orange jumpsuit wasn't one of his favorite memories, but it was well worth it. On his training trip with Jiraiya, it was almost mandatory to be able to make yourself unseen from all the things Jiraiya made him do.

Naruto was practically made for being fast. He took to the shunshin like a fish to water. Since he had learned it on his training trip, he's since then made four variants, and he's been able to master them to the point of not needing any hand seals to boot. Now, even though he's considered a master at the shunshin, he rarely has to use it. His normal speed it enough to make people think it's a shunshin. Hell, he was even able to beat Rock Lee without his weights! Okay, so it's not exactly fair that he's been using a Forbidden training method since he started his trip with Jiraiya to get that speed, but details, who needs 'em?

He slowed his running to a walk when he reached the door of his house. Not skipping a beat, he bite his finger making blood flow down from it. Swiping the bloody digit over a seal concealed by a strong genjutsu – he had to remember to thank Kurenia for that – the blood going over the genjutsu didn't even disrupt it.

The door clicked open, and he walked inside of his house; having shut the door when he of a clan house, it was a very quaint four-bedroom home, just big enough for a couple wanting to start a family. It was a very homey place with leather furniture and wood floors, a fireplace, and a larger-than-average kitchen.

Taking the small box into his right hand, Naruto shrugged off his cloak, letting it slide down his shoulders. Hanging the cloak in a on a small hanger by the entryway, he shuffles past the kitchen; not noticing the sake bottles lying around on the table.

Still bubbling with excitement, Naruto walks past the downstairs guest room, then the downstairs bathroom and up the stairs toward the second floor. Seeing the door to his bedroom in view, he walks towards it quicker. Although he was moving faster, he still made no sound at all when he walked. Walking past the two other guest bedrooms, and the upstairs bathroom, he notices an oddly familiar smell wafting through the air.

Nearing the door, he begins hearing oddly muffled sounds. He also notices that the smell seems to be coming from his room. Tilting his head to the side in confusion, he gets a hold of the doorknob, turning it and opening the door.

"Hey Hin…" Naruto stops his sentence, getting a knot in his throat from what he sees before him.

There, lying on their bed was Hinata. That isn't what made him stop though. The problem is that she isn't in the bed alone. Behind her – with their arm around her waist – was a brown-haired man that looks vaguely like Kiba. Naruto could see the sweat glazing over their body, and he dully notes what the smell from before was.

Hinata opens her sleep filled eyes upon hearing the door creaking open and the sound of someone by the doorway. She couldn't see who it was, but she knew that they had blond hair. In fact, she thought it looked a lot like Naruto, 'But Naruto is right here…' feeling the arm around her waist. She still couldn't think straight in her current state.

She decided she would show this imposter for whom he was, and had turned her head to look over her shoulder when she noticed something. 'Naruto doesn't have brown hair…' She looks down at his face, expecting to see the three whisker marks of her love, but she was confused to see two red triangles instead, which definitely weren't Naruto's. With her sake-induced haze slowly but surely leaving her mind, she was able to piece things together. 'If Naruto doesn't have brown hair… and those red marks… then who is…?' The answer came to her like a ton of bricks. 'Kiba! But if this is Kiba… who is…' Her eyes widened at her realization, and her head turned so fast she thought she might have cracked her neck.

Naruto didn't know how long he was standing there for with his hand on the doorknob, staring at what was in front of him, but he knew that he had to get out of there. Letting his hand slip off of the doorknob, he turned his back on the room, making his way to the stairs. He felt a sting in his eyes, but he decided to ignore it.

Hinata saw Naruto turning and walking away from the room, and tried to get up to go after him, but the arm around her waist wouldn't let her. Getting out of the grasp, she noticed her current state of dress, and let out a gasp. She was naked, and a quick glance at Kiba confirmed that he was too. Quickly getting off the bed, stumbling for a moment because of the headache said had, and locating her bathrobe handing by the corner, she raced out of the room running after Naruto.

She kept repeating the same mantra over and over in her head, 'Oh god, oh god, oh god,' not wanting to wrap her mind around what she thinks she's done. She couldn't have done what she thinks she did, right? She wouldn't- no, couldn't have done that. It was all a big mistake. Yeah, that's what it was; a mistake. There was definitely a reason for Kiba being in her bed naked, which had nothing to do with having sex, right? Her heart dropped with the thought, and she redoubled her speed to catch up to Naruto.

When she saw him, he was putting his cloak back on with his back toward her. She heard herself yell his name, but he didn't seem to hear her. Hinata quickly threw herself on his back, but he didn't stop putting on his cloak. "Naruto! Naruto! Please Kami, Naruto listen to me!" Her frantic voice was becoming shaky.

Naruto walked to the door – with Hinata still on his back – and opened it. Pausing at the door frame for a moment, he roughly pushed Hinata off of his back; with her stumbling back away from him. He turned his eyes toward her, staring at her for the moment, the box in his hand having dropped, forgotten on the ground.

What Hinata saw made her gasp. The normally happy, loving cerulean blue eyes of her Naruto's eyes were now a freighting cold blue. A blue so cold it made the arctic seem like a warm summer day in Suna. His cold eyes staring at her, she couldn't stop herself from shivering at the look. The tears streaming down his cheeks made her heart break. She turned her tear-filled eyes to the small box black box he let drop from his hand. When she looked back up to him, he was gone.

After standing there in the entrance of her home for Kami knows how long, staring at the place where Naruto had just recently been. Hinata dropped to her knees and let her tears stream down from her eyes. Her eyes picked out the small black box Naruto let drop, and crawled to it.

With shaky hands, she reached toward the box. Holding the small box in her hand, she opened it slowly. What she saw made her bawl on the floor louder. In the small black box was the most beautiful ring she had ever seen; from the intricate design running along the outside of the ring, to the diamonds circling the pale lavender gem in the middle. What really made her cry though, were the words printed on the inside of the top half of the box. In big bold letters, were the words 'Marry Me', with a picture of a chibi-her and a chibi-Naruto holding hands while kissing.

She held the small box tightly in her hands; hugging it closely to her heart. That night, the sound of her cries echoed down the halls of the house.

There. I know some people are going to be mad at me for writing this, but whatever. This isn't meant to be a Bash!Fic, just something that I've been thinking about. Let me know if you think I should continue you this or not. Until then, peace!