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Hinata woke up to find herself in a hospital bed. As a kunoichi, this wasn't incredibly rare. She closed her eyes and tried her best to remember how she ended up there. She shivered as she remembered and she felt her side sting a little since it was still recovering from the wound. She and her peers had arrived at the sight of battle against Tobi. For the most part she stayed out of the way, providing assistance only with her byakugan. But she found herself spurred into action in order to defend Naruto. She remembered being certain that she would die, but happy that she was able to help Naruto to defeat Tobi.
She was in Konoha's hospital. She had to be. It looked so familiar. That meant that the war was likely over. She had no idea how long she'd been out. She turned her head to the size and let out a soft noise as she saw Naruto asleep in a chair next to her. On the other side of the bed was a table filled with cards, candy, balloons, and other gifts. She almost started crying because of how much she appreciated everything. But before she could the door to her room opened and a small group of her friends, with coffee and other drinks in their hand were ecstatic to see Hinata awake.
The noise startled Naruto and he fell out of the seat. Hinata was overwhelmed by the group and they could tell. So most of them left, leaving her with Neji, Shino, Kiba, Akamaru, and Naruto. She looked up to Shino for an explanation. She didn't have to say anything. They were close enough that he understood what her expression meant.
"The war's over. You've been out for almost a month." Hinata was shocked at how long she'd been in the hospital. Shino took a break in his explanation so that she could take in everything that he was saying.
"A lot has happened. The shinobi world is weak and many of the villages are still fighting amongst themselves. There've been a rise in rogue shinobi and they've been taking advantage of weak clans." Shino paused once again. It took Hinata some time to put together why he would mention rogue ninjas taking advantage of weak clans. It must mean that her clan was weak. She looked up at Neji and could see the sadness in his eye. His eye. Neji had lost one of his eyes. She stared wide-eyed at him and he sighed sadly, reaching one hand up to touch the space now covered by an eye patch.
"Only five members of the Hyuga clan remain." Neji whispered. Hinata's mouth hung open and emotions quickly took over. Two of the remaining Hyugas were in this room. She sobbed openly as she spoke for the first time since awakening.
"W-who's left?"
"You, me, Hanabi, Hitomi, and the Hyuga Elder." Neji answered. He didn't allow a pause like Shino. "You're the head of the Hyuga Clan. And you and Hanabi are in danger. Three kidnapping attempts have already happened. Sai and Sakura are on duty to watch over Hanabi. Naruto here is supposed to watch you." he said, nodding in his direction. Somehow Naruto had fallen back asleep, now on the floor.
"Though sleeping on the job isn't good." Kiba noted.
Hinata could barely hear what Neji was saying, everything was happening so quickly. She remembered her clanmates, Ko, her father. It was a familiar pain, loss. She'd lost her uncle and her mother during her childhood. But nothing like this had ever happened. Hinata cried quite loudly, awakening a very concerned Naruto who rushed to her side. Hinata was so upset that she didn't even seem to notice who's shoulder she was crying into. She didn't even care.
The rest of the group became incredibly uncomfortable. They decided to leave and come back later to answer more questions. Before Kiba left he got the box of tissues from a table on the other side of the room and placed it on the bed next to Hinata.
The kunoichi cried until she feel asleep. Naruto's comforting arms were around her, but she felt as if she couldn't even feel them. Nothing in the world could've prepared her for this.
As Naruto felt the girl in his arms relax and drift to sleep he began to cry softly.
"I'm so sorry." he whispered.

Naruto found himself running for his life, trying to reach her. He was terrified of what he might find. In the middle of battle Hinata had recklessly thrown herself in the way to protect Naruto. He could still remember the way her hair moved in the wind and the horrible scream of pain that followed her decision. He found himself with some of her blood on his jacket. Anger took over, he knew that he couldn't lose this fight. And that he wouldn't lose Hinata.
Sakura took her away from the battlefield and to one of the areas were the med-nins were gathered. She was in critical condition, almost dead when she arrived. They thought there was no hope, but Sakura refused to give up. She was still hard at work when the battle, and therefore the war, ended. Naruto tried to make his way into the tent the girls were in, but Shino stopped him. Naruto tried to fight back.
"You'll just get in Sakura's way." he said. Naruto blinked. For once he was certain that he heard a great deal of emotion in Shino's voice. That terrified him. Hinata was Shino's teammate. He rarely showed emotion so this was alarming. Something was wrong.
Naruto was exhausted in every sense of the word. He heard sudden silence inside the tent and a very sad looking Sakura opened the flap to come outside.
"It's all up to her now." she whispered before sitting down next to Naruto.
"I don't know if she'll live or not. She lost a lot of blood. Her lung was punctured. Her heart was failing her. I did my best. But there's nothing more I can do now…" Sakura reported. Naruto got to his feet and immediately ran into the tent, followed by Shino, Kiba, and Akamaru.
The girl that was laying on a small cot in the middle of the well lit tent was a saddening sight to the shinobi. Her skin was paler than they'd ever seen before. Her lips were almost blue. She was wrapped in several bandages and nothing else, except for shorts because so much of her body had to be bandaged. Naruto tried to hold back a sob.
Twice.
Hinata had risked her life for him twice. And for the third time that he'd seen, she was on the brink of death.
He felt guilt. This had to be his fault. If he'd trained more he wouldn't have needed her to protect him. She deserved better. She had done everything for him. She'd loved him. But he didn't find the words in time. He couldn't find the emotions in time. Several times he'd playing out in his mind how he'd finally ask her on a date. But he'd never found the right combination of time and confidence.
Guilt. Regret. Remorse. Anger. Hurt.
All the feelings were overwhelming. Naruto felt his knees go weak and he wouldn't fallen if Akamaru hadn't caught him in time. Kiba and Shino were obviously affected by the situation as well. Their team was closer than they appeared. Both of them wanted to protect Hinata because of how much she meant to them.
But it was nightfall and the shinobi were needed elsewhere. Kiba and Shino eventually gave in and left Hinata's side. But no matter how much Sakura begged, Naruto refused to leave Hinata. He promised himself that he would stay with her. Sometime during the first night, when it was quiet and the remaining troops were asleep. Naruto moved his chair right next to Hinata.
He hesitantly reached out and touched her hand. He was shocked by how cold it felt. He wrapped his fingers around it and held on. He listened to her shallow breaths and a few times was terrified that she'd died.
"Hinata. I'm so sorry. I promise I'll protect you. You don't have to protect me anymore. Never again, okay?" he whispered.
While Naruto was certain he was alone. Sakura was still sitting outside. She heard his words and nodded before getting up and leaving.
A week later, after they'd returned to Konoha, Hinata's health had gotten stronger. But the weight of the war had become evident in Konoha. Hanabi was able to escape the first kidnapping attempt with the help of her teammates. But after that, the plight of the Hyuga clan became evident. So Tsunade decided to move to protect the remaining members of the clan.
The Hyuga elder was against having body guards, and she wouldn't force it on the elderly man who'd just seen his last child buried. Hitomi was the younger sister of Ko. She had the caged bird seal, but still she was likely in danger of being held for ransom. The girl agreed to be accompanied by one of her teammates at all times. Neji had originally been against it. But after defending Hanabi against a second kidnapping he found himself overwhelmed by how dangerous it could be. So he agreed to have Lee and Tenten stay with him most of the time.
Sakura told Tsunade about Naruto's promise to protect her. So the duty to protect Hinata, most likely the most targeted Shinobi in Konoha at least, fell to Naruto. He took his duty seriously, rarely leaving HInata's side. When he did leave either Neji, Shino, or Kiba had to be with her. They were the only people he knew cared about Hinata as much as he did, or would try their best to protect her.
Naruto made his promise to Hinata. To protect her.

Hinata awakened a few hours later. She felt warm arms wrapped around her and it shocked her a little. But when she looked to see that she was in Naruto's arms she blushed and let out a small squeak that woke him up. She smiled at Hinata. Both of their hearts were beating wildly as they made eye contact that only lasted for a moment before both of them blushed looking away.

Naruto felt like he'd invaded her privacy by sleeping with her like that. He began pulling away, but Hinata's hand stopped him. She felt safer with his arms around her. Still, she blushed and wasn't able to come up with words.

"H-hinata..." Naruto whispered gently. He moved back into a comfortable position and laid Hinata's head on his shoulder. Without really thinking about it he leaned down and kissed the top of her head. It shocked both of them. Naruto was flustered.

"Uh, um...sorry..." he responded quickly. He sighed.

"I really am sorry. About everything Hinata." he continued. Hinata shook her head.

"Y-you couldn't have done anything. You can't protect a whole clan at once during a war like that..." she answered.

For a moment Naruto didn't understand, they were talking about two different things. Finally it clicked that she was talking about her clan.

"O-oh. I'm sorry about that too..." he didn't want that to seem like nothing. This war would shape the remainder of Hinata's life.

"B-but I'm also sorry that you got hurt because of me. Twice" he paused and let his hand gently traced over her shoulder, where the first scar was. Where she was stabbed. He immediately felt a little anger over it, but he was still just glad that she was alive and awake. Hinata flinched, not out of pain, but out of remorse. She didn't want Naruto to feel bad.

"Sorry." he responded quickly as Hinata flinched. It just made her feel even worse.

"N-no. Don't be. P-please don't be Naruto-kun. I wanted t-to protect you...b-because..." Hinata closed her eyes and leaned back against Naruto. She was surprised at how all of this made her not even care anymore. She was close to Naruto. But she didn't deserve him. She didn't deserve to be head of the clan either. She would give it to Neji. He was more suited.

"Hinata. I'm also sorry that I haven't given you a response." he said warmly. Hinata's eyes snapped open and looked up at him.

"What?" she whispered. He brushed his fingers through her hair before leaning forward and whispering into her ear. It all felt so wrong after what'd happened. But at the same time it was appropriate because he didn't want to wait any longer.

"Will you be my girl?" he whispered.

Two Weeks Later

It was Hinata's first day out of the hospital. She wasn't ready to walk yet, her legs like almost every part of her body had been injured and were also weak. Naruto carried her home. She gave him directions to her room. He opened the door with his feet and blushed as he realized that he was going into his new girlfriend's bedroom for the first time.

The walls of the room were cream on the top two thirds of the walls and a light lavender on the bottom thirds of the wall. She had a Queen sized bed with dark purple bedding and black pillows. She had a desk on the other side of the room and above the desk were hundreds of photos of her friends, family, and an overwhelming amount of pictures of Naruto. He blushed, but managed to lay Hinata down on her bed.

"Are you doing alright?" he asked as he brushed his fingers across her forehead. Hinata blushed as well.

"Y-yes. Thank you." she whispered. She was still weak, and it broke Naruto's heart to see her this way. But he knew that she would recover and that eventually they'd get to do all the stuff that normal couples get to do. They'd go get ramen and watch the stars together. That sounded like a perfect date to him.

Slowly Naruto laid down next to Hinata and wrapped his arms around her. It seemed like this was they only way they were now, and both of them loved it. Hinata loved being protected and Naruto loved protecting her. It was perfect that way.

"Naruto..." she whispered in a sad voice.

"Hm? What's wrong?" he asked.

"The house is so quiet..." she responded. Compared to the hustle of the large Hyuga clan, the place was now silent. Somewhere in the house might be one of the other four Hyugas. But odds were that they were on the opposite side of the house.

Naruto was saddened, knowing that Hinata was going through a tough time both physically and mentally.

Then all of a sudden, there was a crash. Naruto got to his feet, ready to defend Hinata when the door slowly creaked open.

Three ninjas entered the room.

But they weren't a threat.

"S-sorry. Hitomi just wanted to visit Hinata." one of the shinobi, who looked like a genin said. A girl with remarkable resemblance to Hinata poked her head out from behind the boy. She smiled sweetly and bowed politely.

"Good morning Naruto-sama." she greeted. She looked over to Hinata and slowly approached her.

Hitomi was around thirteen years old, too young to go to war since she was still a genin. But she was Ko's younger sister and Hinata, who missed Ko, was glad that she was doing well at least. Hitomi presented Hinata with some flowers before leaving with her teammates, who were watching over her.

"She seemed nice..." Naruto noted before climbing back into the bed with Hinata.

Hinata nodded in agreement.

"So, I have this list of orders to take care of while I'm watching over you." he said, pulling out an unopened scroll. He opened it and began reading off the list.

"I need to feed you. Okay, I can do that. Protect you, no duh. Uh...uh..." Naruto blushed and looked back and forth between the scroll and Hinata, making her incredibly nervous.

"W-what is it?" she asked.

Naruto was flustered for a second. He sighed, he might as well get it over with.

"Never mind. We'll deal with it later." he answered. "Sorry." he said, obviously embarrassed.

'I'll just get Hanabi to help bathe her. Did they really expect me to do that?' he wondered.

"It's okay." she whispered.

Naruto looked back into her eyes and smiled. His confidence grew within him as well. He suddenly lunged forward and kissed Hinata for the first time.
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