#minds-interlinked

"This is a historic moment : Team seven, unified as one. Yall can come, pack your stuff."

cc-sasuke “Sakura, if you want to accompany me. I want you to see, what I wish to do with my freedom.”

@minds-interlinked answered

//Unprompted Asks~

"Huh?"

Sakura had just about finished jotting down notes for her last page of paperwork. In her surprise, she ended up dropping her pen with a rather loud clatter.

She hadn't expected Sasuke to come around to the hospital and visit her this soon. Or at all, really.

She'd been so used to being a nuisance to him that actually having him invite her to join him on anything was surprising and unexpected to say the least.

"Really? You want me to join you?"

Her question came out a little shaky, but she needed the reassurance just to make sure she wasn't dreaming. After all, for her, traveling with him anywhere felt more like a dream than anything.

“Yeah, if you are not too busy to, Sakura,” Sasuke replied. He didn’t want to put any pressure on her, Sakura had better things to do, like at the hospital after all.

cc-naruto-s-rank-shinobi

Naruto: “Hinata, why did you try to save me from Pein? You could have died, I thought you did...”

@minds-interlinked answered:

//Unprompted Asks~

Hinata figured he'd have questions sooner or later. She'd been well aware that her actions would've warranted such. Especially considering they'd barely even had many one on one interactions.

"I... I wanted to try and save you because..." She took a deep breath, allowing her a moment to gather enough courage to actually put herself out there and admit to the feelings that she'd long tried to hide to no avail. "I love you, Naruto... a-and I couldn't bare to imagine a world without you in it."

She wasn't even sure if he'd take her seriously. She'd seen how obvious he'd been with his crush on Sakura. Another reason why she'd barely even done a thing to reveal her feelings earlier. That fear of rejection. Which probably didn't matter much now either, as it was still very much present.

A lot of things happened since the Pein Invasion, Konoha was reconstructing within the aftermath, and Naruto’s feelings were all over the place. As direct as it was, he wanted to know the truth once he managed to find Hinata. Somehow, she was never too far away for him to reach.

“I gotta be honest, I don’t think I really know, what love is,” Naruto admitted sheepishly. As much as he tried to impress Sakura, he knew she only had eyes for Sasuke. Beyond his own wishes, he wanted to bring Sasuke back to impress Sakura that way, too.

“But if it is when you can’t live without that special someone, and your heart hurts just thinking about it,” he tried to explain as he wrapped his head around the concept, hand clutching near his heart.

“Then I guess, I love you too, Hinata,” he spoke with mostly sincerity as he looked at Hinata directly. Yes, it was naïve for him to confess back to her like that, but he intended to show her beyond just words, show that he was genuine. Naruto had always stuck up for Hinata when others put her down, especially Neji. She worked so hard, maybe even harder than he did. So they both deserved to be happy, with each other.

“So, if it’s okay with you…” Unsure what to do next, Naruto approached Hinata to pull her into a hug. He could have snapped after finding out about Kakashi-sensei, but it was after seeing Hinata bleeding out in front of him. So, he wanted to become even stronger, to not experience that pain ever again. Maybe the hug was also him promising not to let her risk her life for him again.

Hinata, despite how shy she was, was always his cheerleader. Maybe that was what love was, and to have a girlfriend, to have someone always be in his corner in support.

@minds-interlinked

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"You certainly know how to make a guy feel loved. Good, I'm with you, now and forever." Desmond cupped her cheek, of his loving wife, tail lightly wagging just enjoying being in her presence.

"Hinata?" Itachi looked surprised to see the young woman out and about at this hour, as Itachi was returning from the hokage tower.

(For Ibara)

Naruto AU!

"Awaaaaaaah! This is hopeless!" Mitsuri cried.

Despite being a Tokubetsu Jonin from Hoshigakure, Mitsuri was not great when it came to traveling. In fact, it was a miracle that she even made it to Konohagakure on her own! Now that she actually was in her destination, she was so confused.