The scene opens up with a guy who has orange hair and is clad in a black robe with red clouds on it.

Jiraiya's breath hitches as a close up of the guy's face is shown, and his eyes narrow as he sees the face, thinking the guy looks kind of familiar.

Naruto is shown to have been on the ground with Chakra rods restricting his movement.

This makes most occupants in the room gasp in worry and concern for the young boy.

Suddenly, footsteps are heard and a purple breeze passes by to show a grown up Hinata Hyuga trying to protect Naruto.

"HINATA!" Shouts were heard as they recognized the young girl.

"I won't let your hurt Naruto anymore." announces Hinata as she takes a protective stance near him.

"This might be a bad time to say this but," Ayako turns to look at the girl next to her, "Protective much?"

It might not seem to mean anything of importance to others but it brought a blush to the little girl's face.

Hinata knew she liked Naruto, but she didn't know if it went passed the boundaries of 'I like you because you are wonderful, that's it."

She quickly tried to change her thinking, she was for too young to be concerned with trying to win Naruto over. Especially given how her father seemed to be looking at Naruto, it made her feel happy kind of. Her father cared for her still. But she felt worried for the poor boy. Not because she liked him or anything though.

"Why'd you come out here? Get away quickly! You're no match." reprimands the boy who was still bound to the ground.

"Rude."

"I know.
I'm just being selfish."

"No, you're not."

"What are you talking about? Don't put yourself in danger like this!" he shouts at her feeling worried for the girl.

"Well, this is a side of Naruto I never thought I'd see. You grew up"

"I'm here because I want to
This time....
I'm going to show you, Naruto.
I was always crying and giving up before even trying."

"Hinata....."

"I made the wrong turns so many times... But you helped me find my way and take the correct path, Naruto."

"Hinata" started Yamanaka Misato. "You are brave, if this is who you turn out to be. Then your mother must be proud. Remember to blossom into a beautiful Clematis."

"Thank you! I will try to." The timid girl answered a little quicker than she wanted, she didn't know she was gonna be the center of attention.

A smile graced the lady's mouth and she recalled her friendship with the beautiful Clematis blossom of her time.

"I always chased after you.
I wanted to catch up to you.
I wanted to walk beside you all the time."

"This is sweet."

"I want to be at your side, always.

"Slow down a little!"

"You changed me, Naruto!
Your smile is what changed me.
That's why I'm not afraid to die... if it means I can protect you!
Because,
I love you, Naruto!"

No one had to guess what the state of the younger Hinata would be like after that bold confession.

And the younger Naruto was a little bit dumbfounded but he guessed it was a nice feeling, his older self must be a great person to have someone say that.

He would strive to grow up like his older self too, so he could hear the approval from at least one person in his life.

As Hinata changes forward, she gets blown off with one move of Pain's hand.

"Ouchh" "Ah" a few people reacted to the blow from their spot.

Fierce determination can be felt from her. The people in the room could all feel her love despite them not even being there.

Hinata tried to hit Pain with fast movements and manages it once.

A lot of the people cheered for her, the enemy looked strong.

Hiashi watched the whole thing with keen eyes. Hinata was surely going to be good one day but he still couldn't find anything out of the ordinarily good about her skills.

A voice of concern was heard then, the voice called out in concern, "Nagato!"

That voice managed to straighten Jiraiya's back.

Hinata manages to fool the occupants in the room except for one by making it look like she was trying to defect Pain. She went at Pain's weak moment to try and break Naruto free, only to get blown away again after just a little exchange.

"Ouch"

The screen goes black again after which a bloodied Hinata is shown and Naruto's voice calling her name is heard.

"Hinata? What happened to her?!" Voices of concern were heard.

She shakingly gets back up in a daze as Pain watches on with no expression on his face.

She manages to reach Naruto and break a few of his chairs rods that had him nailed to the ground.

"You're strong. Much more than you think you are. Maybe you're not the strongest but you're the weakest either."

"I stand by what I say, because that's my ninja way!" Hinata managed to announce after which she got blown off again.

"This is stupid."commented Hiashi, he hadn't spoken up in a while."You should have known you would not match up, giving yourself up just for a silly boy. This is not what a Hyuga is. Have some decency and respect for yourself."

Now, don't misundetstand... a few of the people in the room could see what he meant. He was of course worried about his daughter but it didn't make his words any less harsher for the younger girl.

Ayako wanted to hit the guy with a pillow, it would be funny, she thought.

This time, she suffers the same fate as Naruto and is nailed to the ground with a Chakra rod.

Shouts of concerns and worries were heard.

Even the seemingly cold Hyuga and Uchiha clan heads flinched a little, but not enough to be noticeable unless you were intently searching.

"It was just like this.
My parents were killed by ninjas from the Hidden leaf."

Jiraiya started coughing, water was passed to him.

He got an itchy through after hearing that. It can't be what he thinks it is, he concluded.

The Leaf were at war, they've probably killed a lot of people. It can't be him.

"Out of love,
sacrifice is born and we are able to know pain."

"Isn't that kind of right though?" Wondered Itachi.

"I guess it is,"continued Shisui,"but I don't think he means it in a good way. I do not think revenge is the answer. Hurting someone just because they hurt someone you love doesn't make sense. Aren't you just doing the same thing that someone did to your loved one? Another person would be in pain, and being one through pain doesn't seem ideal."

The screen goes dark once again with one last close up of Naruto's face that looked dead like he would never be the same again.

"He... he looks like..."

"He doesn't look like he's himself anymore." summed up Jiraiya.

"We're starting get a good look at important things to our future."

"It seems like it. Hopefully, we won't miss out on anything or it will be our downfall."

Ayako's notes:

-Pain and Hinata fight.