Naruto's Sleepless Nights

Laying in bed with his eyes closed Naruto started to drift off into a deep sleep. It had been a hard day of training with Sakura and Kakashi-sensai. It felt good to finally rest his head against the pillow. All his aches and pains drifted away as he drifted off to sleep.

"Naruto...Naru..to," a voice came from the darkness waking Naruto out of a sound sleep. "Naru..Naruto..." Sitting up in his bed Naruto started to rub his eyes, he started to look around his small apartment.

"Whose there?" he groaned, feeling like he needed atleast a few more hours sleep. "Damnit..I hate waking in the middle of the night like this..." Tossing the covers to the side, Naruto flipped his legs over the edge of the bed. giving a small stretch Naruto made his way towards the bathroom, "Well I might as well pee..."

Almost like a drunk Naruto started to make his way towards the bathroom. Deciding not to turn on the light Naruto pulled down his pants, to relieve himself...until, "Naru...to. Naruto.." the strange voice started again.

Pulling up his pants in a hurry, Naruto called out again, "Okay who ever is doing this to play a joke on me, I get it! Ha ha!" Naruto ran from his bathroom to flip on the light switch to see no one in the room. He was all alone with his house plant in the corner.

"My mind is playing tricks on me, maybe a small glass of milk first," giving a nod of agreement to himself Naruto went over to his tiny frig. Pulling the door open, Naruto looked around and found a small thing of milk. Opening the milk, Naruto leaned up giving it a good gulp. "Ahhh..Nothing tastes better then milk when you need to get back to..."

"Narutoo...Narutoooo," came a small voice. Naruto dropped the milk to the floor as he turned on his heels to see who was there. Still nothing, just him and milk spilled all over the floor.

"God Damnit! It just isn't my night..." picking up the milk carton, Naruto put it in the stink. Looking down at the mess Naruto grabbed a rag to clean the mess up. As he started to clean the mess up Naruto peered over at his alarm clock. 3 am! "Shit...and I have an early morning...Baa-chan is going to kill me if I am late again!" Giving the floor one last good wipe, Naruto ran towards the light switch, turning it off before heading back to bed.

"Now all I have to do is go right back to sleep and I wont have Baa-chan kill me in the morning," with that Naruto started to fall back into a deep slumber.

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"Naruto, you don't seem focused and honestly you are like a lump today," Sakura pointed out as she looked at her sleepy teammate.

"I am so sorry Sakura-chan. It was just a hard night last night," Naruto started to scratch the back of his head as apologized.

"Well tonight try and get some sleep. My master wasn't to happy with you this morning and we have alot of paper work to go over. I know you are a Genin but you have the responsibilities of a Chunnin. And if you slack off you will never truly become a Chunnin," Sakura lectured pointing her finger down at the desk. All the scrolls and paperwork seemed endless to Naruto who just stared at it blankly.

"I swear Sakura-chan tonight I will go home eat dinner and go right to bed! I wont be any trouble tomorrow," Naruto promised. He gave a big smile to Sakura, who could only shake her head and smile back.

"Alright then, I guess we can call it a day so you can get some rest," Sakura said, caving into her friend's hardship.

"You are the best Sakura-chan!"

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"Okay! I am going to worry about the dishes tomorrow, and get right to bed," Naruto said to no one. He had made a promise to Sakura that he would be fully awake tomorrow.

Changing into his pj's Naruto flicked the light switch off and headed to his cozy bed. Pulling the covers back and then over himself Naruto felt like all the weight of the day fall from him. "Now...yawn...all I need to do is just close my eyes.." Not a moment after Naruto shut his eyes he suddenly heard someone call his name.

"Naruto...Naruto..can you hear me..." the voice was soft like the previous night.

"No..I am going to sleep no one is going to wake me..." Naruto mumbled to himself closing his eyes tighter. Trying his best to ignore the voice, the voice started to become louder.

"Naruto..please....answer me..." the voice called, yearning for Naruto to answer it. Naruto tried tossing and turning, covering his head with the pillow to try and make the voice go away. But it was no use, the voice became perisitant and loud.

"ALRIGHT I HEAR YOU!" Giving in Naruto sat up in bed, looking around. "I am here, I am AWAKE! What the hell do you want!"

"Naruto...." The voice whispered again, becoming soft again.

"Yes I know you know my name! God...I am going crazy, I am answering a voice from no where..." Slapping his forehead Naruto groaned.

"But I am here Naruto...." the voice called from a distance. Naruto leaned towards the light to turn it on but was stopped by a scream. "NO! Don't turn on the light!" Pulling his hand back Naruto obeyed.

"Okay Okay! I wont turn on the light, just please tell me what the hell is going on..." he started to hit the bed with his fists. He was getting fustrated with the whole matter.

"Naruto...I come to see you..." the voice was starting to come closer. Naruto tried to focus his tired eyes to the position the voice was coming from. "Naruto...I have waited so long to tell you.." Suddenly Naruto realized...it was Hinata.

"Hinata, why have you come here? Wont your father get mad?" Naruto questioned as his eyes started to adjust to darkness. He could see her small figure at the edge of his bed.

"I no long have to worry about what father says or does..." Hinata started to come closer to Naruto. As she approched, her hand searched for his hand. Taking hold of his hand, Hinata started to speak once more, "My whole life I have looked at you from a far. Nothing could stop me from watching you."

Naruto took hold of her hand tight, she had always been a mystery to him, and this moment only made it harder to understand her. "Hinata..I." Giving a gentle squeeze Hinata silenced him.

"Please...let me finish...I want to tell you how much I care for you. I love you Naruto...I know I didn't tell you that, I know I always fainted but for once I wanted to stand up and tell you my true feelings," Hinata's words were soft and sweet to Naruto's ears. He truly didn't know how Hinata felt until this moment but it made a warm feeling come over his whole body. Naruto had never felt such a light hearted feeling before, it truly was as if he was floating on a cloud.

"Watching from a far for so long truly made my heart grow fonder. I truly wish that I could have told you sooner." Hinata whispered, as Naruto's heart started to beat faster.

"Hinata, I never knew my true feelings about you until you just spoke from you heart. I wish..." Hinata put her finger over Naruto's lips, stopping him in mid-sentence.

"Please Naruto....make me yours, if just for this one night..." Hinata whispered as she crept even closer to Naruto, who without words put his arms around her pulling her even nearer. Putting his lips to her's Naruto felt as if he was on a cloud, and unsure of what was truly happening.

Without any words the couple spent the night together becoming one and giving their true feelings for each other at last.

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Bang bang! "Naruto! HEY WAKE UP!" Naruto squeezed his eyes shut and started to open them. Turning on his side Naruto looked at his clock, the time was reading 10:00 am. 10:00am?!

"SHIT!" Naruto tossed the covers off, running to the door to open it.

"Naruto! YOU SAID YOU GO TO BED EARLY! AND HERE YOU ARE ASLEEP TILL 10!!" Sakura shouted, sending Naruto's head into a spin.

"Wait Sakura-chan, I can...well this is kind of embarrassing..Hinata came by last night and..." feeling his face turn red Naruto looked away.

"What the hell are you talking about now...God making up stuff is one thing but talking about someone who is dead...that's just low..."Sakura looked at Naruto with a cold stare.

"Wait what? She...wait..please Sakura-chan..." Naruto looked back towards his bed only to see his body impression left on the bed.

"Naruto...Hinata died...a few months ago..don't you remember? She was on a mission in the Hidden Mist Village when it happened." Sakura said in the kindest way she could. Suddenly it hit Naruto hard, he remembered...the cold memory hit him like a ton of bricks. He had been away on his own mission with Jiraya when he got wind of it. Pushing the memory back so far in his mind, he truly had forgotten.

"Sakura-chan...I am sorry I don't know what came over me. Please just give a few minutes and I will be right out," Naruto pleaded. Giving a nod Sakura agreed, stepping back from the door.

Closing the door behind him, Naruto went back to his bed. He looked down at the lonely bed, seeing no reminisce of Hinata.

"Could it have been a dream, no it had to be a dream..." Naruto thought, until he saw a blue hair on his single pillow. "She came back..." Taking the hair into his hand, Naruto put it to his chest. Feeling hot tears start to cover his eyes, Naruto collapsed on his bed. "Hinata...I am so sorry I never told you...I am sorry...I love you..."