My Darling Naruto, My Sweet Kyuubi

Hinata awoke to the steady pounding of Naruto's heart echoing in her ears, his smell being inhaled through her nose,
and the warmth of his body flowing into her where her body was pressed close to his. All of this brought a smile to
her lips and a blush to her cheeks as the pain she could still feel from the assault by the Kyuubi had almost all but
gone during the nights sleep. She moved her head away from where it had been cradled against his neck to look at his
peaceful sleeping face, and reached up a hand to lovingly stroke the three scars on his cheek that resembled whiskers.

She hadn't meant to disturb him, but she drew back her hand as she heard him mutter 'Hinata-chan' in his sleep, unsure
whether it was from the contact she had made with him or if he'd already been dreaming about her. Either way her
blush deepened and she pressed her body tighter against him.

Naruto's eyelids flickered as he opened his eyes slowly, starting off at little more than a squint and taking a while
before he opened them fully. He could feel something warm and soft pressed tightly against his side and turned his
head to the left to see a crimson cheeked Hinata hugging his arm tightly and staring straight at him.

"Good morning Hinata-chan" Naruto spoke to Hinata in little more than a whisper as he reached his free hand over to
stroke against her cheek and run his thumb along her lips, which Hinata happily kissed as he did.

It was the first night they had woken up in a bed since the mission started, although she hadn't slept as well as she
would have liked Hinata still felt like butterflies were fluttering around in her stomach having woken up with Naruto.

"Good morning Naruto-kun" Hinata smiled when she spoke the words before turning her head and kissing the palm of his hand
that had been pressed against her cheek.

Naruto pulled away from her a little, missing the warmth and contact of her body the moment she released her hold on his
arm and smiled at Hinata as he picked up the towels that had been thrown on the floor from the previous evening. Placing
the dry one on the bed for Hinata he took the slightly damp one into the bathroom with him as he went to take a shower.

Hinata heard the water from the shower as she sat up and turned so that her legs were of the edge of the bed, wincing a
little from the pain she still felt in her arse. Placing her feet on the floor she sat there thinking for a moment before
her mind started to wander, her ears starting to only hear the sound of the shower, the noise the water made hitting
Naruto's body. She knew from her bath that there was room in there for both of them, but with her legs as shaky as they
were, and with the pain that she still felt from the previous night she let out a sigh and realised that she wouldn't
be joining him in there, or he with her when they switched places.

Naruto didn't take long to shower, and came out with a towel wrapped his waist and a smaller towel in his hand that he
was furiously brushing his wild hair with in an attempt to speed up it's drying. He had dried his body off in the
bathroom before coming out, it was more out of habit than to put distance between him and Hinata, even so he still felt
guilty for the things the Kyuubi had done to her. He smiled as he called over to her "Your turn!", trying his best to
sound cheerful before getting his clothes and starting to get dressed.

Naruto noticed the way she still took small steps, and was sure he saw her wince once or twice when she was walking, and
when she had turned quickly to close the bathroom door. He dressed as quickly as he could and gathered up Hinata's
clothes, placing them on the bed he sat down beside the pile and waited for her to come out of the bathroom. He wasn't
sure whether she'd take longer than normal because of the pain she must still be feeling or if she'd rush to get it over
with, either way he had already made up his mind to do everything he could for her by the time Hinata emerged from the
bathroom.

Hinata smiled at Naruto as she walked over to him, noticing that he'd already gathered up her clothes and dressed himself
she felt her heart sink a little at the sorrowful look in his eyes as he stood up and helped lead her to the bed.

"Naruto-kun, I'm..." She had started to tell him that she felt fine but he had put a finger on her lips to silence her,
she felt herself tremble as his hand drifted down to her chest and removed the towel.

"Let me..." His reply was short, and spoken almost as softly as Hinata would speak around him.

After spending time with Naruto as his lover she knew what tenderness he was capable of so the softness of his words
came as no surprise to her, she knew he still felt guilty for the things that his body had done to her when it wasn't
under his control, so she lifted her arms a little and let him continue.

Naruto helped Hinata to dress, it wasn't because he thought she would take forever or that he thought the task would be
painful for her after what the Kyuubi had done to her, he did it because he felt he had to make amends for the Kyuubi's
actions. He carefully lifted the T-shirt over her arms and head, making sure while he pulled it down onto her that her
arms went into the sleeves.

Hinata enjoyed being pampered by Naruto, and even found her longing for his hands to brush over her skin in place of
the material her top was made of. When he knelt down to put her knickers on so that she didn't have to bend, stretch or
lift her feet too high off of the ground whilst he slipped them on one foot at a time she found herself longing for more
than just his breath to be making contact with her skin down there. When he slid them up her legs, and when he did the
same with her trousers she found herself wishing it was his tongue. Hinata didn't know when she had started to think
such dirty thoughts all the time, maybe it was being with Naruto and no longer fearing rejection, all the dreams she'd
had about them, all her pent up desires finally being free and her not having to hide them from the man she'd loved and
longed for since the days at the ninja academy.

This had been the third night since the had been separated from the rest of the group, and although the Kyuubi had
prevented her from getting much sleep on the second and third night, and had now also left her with a major problem
that any big movement would cause pain to shoot up her spine from her violated arse Hinata knew that the budget would
not allow another night in the hotel to recover and that they would have to continue their journey south west as soon
as possible.

"Naruto-Kun.." Hinata turned to face him and was about to say something but a knock at the door interrupted her.