Feeling the movement in his arms, he lowered his head and gazed deeply into those white eyes filled with tears.
"That's great, Naruto-kun, you're finally back! I thought... I thought I'd never see you again."
Hinata's voice trembled slightly as she spoke.
When she learned that Naruto was missing, she went crazy and searched for Naruto's whereabouts all over the Shinobi World.
They searched for a long time but couldn't find any trace of Naruto.
For a long time after that, Hinata spent her days in tears, depressed and never smiled.
It wasn't until Itachi told me that Naruto was still alive, but trapped somewhere.
Hinata then rallied and waited for Naruto's return.
Naruto patted Hinata's head.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long."
Hinata didn't say anything more, she just hugged Naruto even tighter.
With a smile, Naruto gently embraced Hinata's waist, inhaling the fragrance of Hinata hair, and his exhausted body and mind finally relaxed.
They hugged for a long time, and just as Naruto was about to let go of Hinata suddenly attacked Naruto.
Hinata punched Naruto directly, and Naruto had no idea that Hinata would hit him.
Looking down, I saw two lines of clear tears on Hinata's face, and Hinata's stubborn expression. She was clearly very sad and angry, but she tried to hold back her tears, which still flowed uncontrollably.
Naruto felt terrible upon seeing this, and he blamed himself for leaving without saying goodbye, causing Hinata to worry so much about him.
Just as Naruto was about to say something, Hinata rushed over.
Those slender hands cupped Naruto's cheeks, and a pair of warm lips pressed against his.
Completely unprepared for this to happen, Naruto's mind went completely blank.
Is this still the same little girl who used to blush and faint at the sight of me?
Hinata's bright red face and ears were a clear indication that she was incredibly nervous and shy.
Naruto could sense Hinata's clumsiness; the girl had practically run right into him.
There was nothing Naruto could do but patiently teach her and respond to her...
After the kiss ended, Hinata lowered her head shyly, pursed her lips, and dared not look Naruto in the eye.
Seeing Hinata become so shy again, Naruto smiled.
"Weren't you quite daring just now?"
Naruto's words made Hinata lower her head even further, her face turning bright red, almost as if steam was rising from her head.
At that moment, Naruto reached out and lifted Hinata's chin, and kissed her in front of Hinata's shocked gaze.
Hinata's brain completely shut down, and she could only give Naruto a hasty response. However, Naruto was no longer the idiot he used to be, and Hinata was soon defeated.
She leaned weakly against Naruto's chest.
"Naruto-kun, next time, please don't leave me behind, okay?"
"Okay, I promise."
Naruto gently patted Hinata's head and answered solemnly.
Just as Naruto was about to say something, a voice suddenly interrupted them.
"Hey, Naruto, it's time to go home."
Not far away, on a large tree, Sasuke and Jiraiya were watching Hinata and her Hinata with wide-eyed amusement, especially Jiraiya, who had a look of immense satisfaction on his face.
Sasuke then proceeded to wink and make faces at Naruto.
When did these two arrive? I didn't even notice! This is a disaster!
Upon discovering that there were other people around, Hinata's face turned completely red. Without giving them a chance to tease her, she ran away as if fleeing.
"See you Naruto-kun, Naruto-kun."
Hinata ran quite a distance before suddenly turning back, shouting at Naruto, and then continuing to run towards her home.
Naruto smiled upon hearing this and waved to Hinata.
"Alright, stop looking, they've already disappeared."
Naruto coughed awkwardly after hearing Sasuke's teasing.
When did you arrive?
Before Sasuke speak, Jiraiya preemptively answered.
"We were there when Hinata jumped into your arms, but seeing how engrossed you were, we didn't want to disturb you."
Naruto hadn't expected these two to arrive so early, and instead of making a sound, they just watched the show.
Seeing Naruto's darkening face, Jiraiya continued speaking.
"Haha, you've got my style back in the day, not bad, not bad."
Naruto was unfazed by Jiraiya's mockery, and even felt the urge to stab him in the heart.
"Heh, so have you managed to win over Granny Tsunade yet? You single old dog!"
The smile didn't disappear; it simply moved from Jiraiya's face to Naruto's.
When Sasuke noticed Naruto glancing over, Sasuke immediately raised his hands to show that he meant no harm.
Let's make this clear: after you've insulted Jiraiya, you can't insult me, okay?
Seeing Sasuke's expression, Naruto curled his lip in disdain.
"I'm leaving, going home for dinner."
At the Uchiha Fugaku, Naruto watched Jiraiya drinking and boasting with Fugaku Jiraiya felt utterly speechless.
Jiraiya really had the nerve to come to the Uchiha to freeload a meal. I don't know where he got the nerve.
"Lord Jiraiya, I'm entrusting Naruto and my son to your care."
Fugaku picked up his sake cup, clinked it against Jiraiya's, and downed it in one gulp.
Jiraiya smiled and casually downed the drink in his cup.
"Oh, no problem, no problem. Don't worry, I'm here."
After quickly shoveling down a few bites, Naruto went straight outside. Sasuke, seeing Naruto leave, also quickly shoveled a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth and followed him.
"Naruto, do you want to sense Kakashi-sensei's location?"
"Yes, I gave him a Flying Thunder God Kunai before."
Naruto closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had already entered Sage Mode.
He began to carefully sense the location of the Flying Thunder God Mark on Kakashi's body.
But a long time passed, and Naruto's Sage Mode ended, yet Naruto still didn't open his eyes.
Sasuke, who had originally wanted to ask something, wisely kept quiet when he saw Naruto enter Sage Mode once again.
Quietly awaiting Naruto's outcome.
Even after Sage Mode ended again, Naruto still couldn't find Kakashi's location.
Seeing Naruto's furrowed brows, Sasuke's heart skipped a beat. Had he not found him?
"That's strange, I can't sense the Flying Thunder God Mark on Kakashi."
Naruto's expression turned grim. There were only two possibilities for what had happened: the first was that the kunai bearing the Flying Thunder God Mark Kunai been discovered and destroyed.
The second possibility is that Kakashi, like Naruto and Sasuke before him, accidentally wandered into another world.
But how could that be? What other world could Kakashi go to? It can't be Hidden Heroes Jianghu, can it?
Little did anyone know that at that very moment, Kakashi was being held captive in a small, dark room by some madman...