Am I A Demon? Or Am I A God?

It had been two days since Naruto had discovered the problem in the mission Team 7 was doing, but, today he let his mind wander from it. Today was a special day after all, and he knew he had to do this perfectly, because today, was Valentines Day. He woke up early, around 5 am and went to work with a kunai in giving himself a quick haircut, as he no barber in Konoha would agree to cut his hair and would just throw him out. The result of his cuts got rid of the spikes on the side of his head but left the front, top and back as is, he also used some gel to keep it down and in the end, it appeared as if he had normal hair for once. Once done with his 'grooming' he donned a pair of black pants and a green shirt that he had borrowed from Lee as they were of similar size, and his pair of open-toed sandals and his forehead protector tied around his left bicep.

Once all this was done he grabbed his wallet and began his treck over to Yamanaka flower shop. He walked past a blushing Asuma-sensei, he wished him good luck in his heart as he put his hand on the door handle. The bell over the door jingled as he walked inside and he heard Ino's voice sound out "Welcome to Yamanaka flower shop, take your time. Oh, good morning Naruto, you're up early."

"Yeah, I wanted to get a head start on the day, say do you guys do flower deliveries?" Naruto asked with a slight blush, after all even in his past life when he was in his teens he had never dated anyone, so this actually took a good bit of courage on his part.

A glint of mischief seemed to flash over Ino's jade eyes as she asked "Oh, it depends, who are they being delivered to?" Naruto hesitated for a second before looking her in the eyes as he said "Hinata-chan." Ino's eyes widened at this, it was easy to tell that Hinata had had a crush on Naruto for a long time, since the first day of the academy no less. "I'll do it, but let me warn you Naruto, if you ever do anything to hurt Hinata-chan, I will beat you black and blue myself... Now what kind of flowers do you want sent?" The switch between deathly serious and bubbly threw him for a loop for a second but he quickly rebounded and began picking out different bouquets of roses and violets. "Alright, your total comes out to... Six thousand Ryo." Ino said simply, but Naruto cringed inside, that's half of his current savings... but it's worth it. He was brought out of his money crisis when Ino asked him a question. "Do you want to have a letter to go with it? I think I have one around here." Naruto quickly nodded and Ino went into the back of the store and came back with a letter that was covered in pictures of hearts, he wasn't going to be picky though. He took a pen that Ino offered him and began writing in neat handwriting that surprised the blond kunoichi, and she couldn't help but read it as he wrote.

'Hinata-chan, I thought a long time about how to say this when I told you but now that I'm writing it down I can't really find any eloquent words to say, so instead, I'll just say the words that come naturally. I love you. I love the way you blush when I'm around you. I love the way you always cheered for me when no one else did. I love the way you treated me normally when no one else did. I'll be waiting at the spot where we first met, I hope I can see you, I want to tell you this in person as well.'

Ino was absolutely stunned by the contents of the letter and started to think in her own mind if someone would ever show that much love to her if Sasuke would ever say those kinds of words to her. Why couldn't he say something like Naruto just wrote. Why couldn't he act more like Naruto? She came back from her thoughts in a start as she was thinking to herself 'Did I really just compare Naruto to Sasuke... I mean from what Sakura told me, he isn't all that we thought and he is actually pretty m.a.t.u.r.e and smart and even has a unique jutsu. What am I thinking? I'm dedicated to Sasuke-kun' she told herself but inside, the seed of doubt had already begun taking root.

With Ino asking her mother to watch the shop for a minute she took the money from Naruto and began her walk to the Hyuuga compound but on the way there she realized something, the Hyuuga are a renowned clan and are very proud and would take well to having their heiress courted by an orphan. She left the roses and letter a little bit from the compound before walking up to the sealed gate and knocking. A guard opened a slit in the door and she asked to see Hinata, a few minutes later the short haired girl appeared and Ino motioned for her to follow as they walked to where she had the flowers stashed.

When they arrived at the spot, Ino motioned to the flowers before saying to Hinata "A little bit ago Naruto came into my shop and asked for me to deliver these to you, there is a letter in the bouquet as well. My job here is done, so I will take my leave." she said before walking off, but she stayed close enough to watch her reaction, she didn't know why she did it though.

Hinata was rooted in her place for a little bit before she reached out and picked up the flowers and fished inside the stems until she found the letter. She opened the seal carefully as to not tear the let letter or card inside at all. Once she had got it out and opened it while holding her breath she slowly began reading the short message, at first she was shocked then came a fierce blush then, she started crying. She carefully put the card back in the letter and placed it in her pocket and began running towards the academy, flowers in hand.

Ino was surprised but followed after her, all the while asking herself why she was doing this.

A short minute run later a huffing red-eyed Hinata stood in line of sakura trees, she saw Naruto leaning against a tree with his back turned to her, she stood there rooted in her spot, she tried to call out to him but it seemed like her voice was gone and her mouth dry, she stared at his back as she fought every shy cell in her body as she took the first step forward that seemed to way 10 tons, then the second and then the third. Eventually, she was just a few steps from his position and she managed to squeeze out a barely audible "Naruto-kun.."

Naruto turned around with a start as he looked into the blushing face of Hinata, he noticed her red, puffy eyes and her clammy face, it seems she was scared and shy, it probably took every ounce of courage in her body to come here. Her mouth seemed to open and close like a fish out of the water as she tried to voice the feeling that she had held in her heart since the day they met here but she couldn't make anything other than 'Nar- I uh- Me a I mean'.

Naruto smiled at her fumbling over her words and he started blushing since he was happy that someone loved him like this, he wasn't sure if this was the original Naruto's thoughts or his, but he didn't care right now, he started walking toward her and pulled the talking statue into a hug.

She nearly passed out when he did it but she managed to hold on as he whispered into her ear "Take your time, I can wait, calm down." She took some deep breaths before she started talking with her face smushed into his shoulder, she started out barely audible "I also.. since that day you stood up for me against those three bullies. I've been watching you since then, at first it was curiosity then I kept liking you more and more, every day I watched everyone else bully and ignore you for no reason when your such a sweet and nice person, I watch the a.d.u.l.ts hit and shove you out of stores and you had to rummage for clothes from the trash outside of stores. I wanted to help you, I asked my father to help you, but he just told me to avoid you, that you were dangerous." Her voice got stronger as she lifted her head off his shoulder and stared into his blue eyes and she sounded as if she was calling out the cries of her soul. "But I know your not dangerous! I know your not a bad person! I know you deserve better than you are treated! I know this because I love you! At her last words they were basically yelled in his face, but he didn't mind. He wasn't sure if it was his own feelings or the original Naruto, but right now, he was so happy, so..happy he was crying, just like the girl in front of him, they weren't sad though, they were just so happy. Two people that were never treated like real people, one treated as a demon the other forced into competing against her sibling and never being loved by her parents. Naruto couldn't control himself as he pulled the crying girl into a kiss and she just wrapped her arms around his neck as they cried together for a few minutes until Naruto pulled away. She started talking to him in a soft voice as tears kept coming down her face "I love you, Naruto-kun, I love you so much that I want to spend the rest of my life with you if I could, but my clan would never let us.."

He said to her, "I love you. I love you more than you can imagine, I want to be with you as well, and I won't let them keep you away from me, all you have to do is say one word to me, and I will prove to them, prove that I'm worthy of you. Hinata, will you marry me? If you say yes I WILL convince them, I WILL prove to them, I WILL make them agree. All you have to do is say yes.

Hinata's eyes seemed to shine as she pulled herself into his c.h.e.s.t, and he heard a small voice come from her "Yes... Yes, I will." With these, he hugged her even tighter than before as the two held each other in their own little world. But unknown to them there was another person in the background slowly walking away.

Ino was confused, was that really a valentines day confession between two 12-year-old Genin? That seemed more like something from a movie, but even still, she could tell they were serious and she silently prayed for their success in her heart as she returned to her shop.