What if Hinata Found Naruto After He Was Beaten By The Villagers | Part 1

hey guys welcome back to the channel this is story about what if anata found nuto after he was beaten by The Village part one before I start please do support for more amazing content and comments for part two do consider to subscribe my channel and Share my video to your friends and check out the description as well let's start the video nuto laughed as he ran down a side alley that smelled like drunks had used it the night before mixing Tabasco sauce into their sake had worked out better than he had planned the bars patrons had been ready to rip into the bartender before one had seen him watching from across the street he stopped and waited for the merchants to catch up it looked like he had lost a couple dozen on his stroll over the years he had come to enjoy the chase as much as the prank and sometimes they made it to easy the merchants blocked the alley glaring at him he leaned against a brick wall with faded graffiti they were waiting for more of their friends to catch up before they made a move but that didn't stop them yelling at him damn it you know how much high quality sake you ruined I know there was nothing high quality about that toad slim you were drinking besides I did you a favor don't you know it's shameful to be drinking this early Naruto said thumbing his nose at them several looked ready to explode the only shameful thing here is you but we know how to fix that don't we boys the remainder of his drinking buddies roared and charged down the alley nuto jumped onto a trash can and grabbed a fire escape climbing towards the roof the merchants tried to follow the first few to reach the trash can knocked it over the garbage stained their clothes they didn't seem to mind the smell of rotten fruit and fish more of them pushed against their friends shoving them onto the ground with the trash a few had the idea of standing under the fire escape and jump towards the ladder none of them managed more than a few inches one particularly inebriated man glared at nuto and took a swing of sake the same sake they had been chassing nuto for he spit out the tainted liquid on another Merchant's back who spun around and punched him soon everyone who could stand was throwing their fist Naruto watched until he heard a whistle on the street someone had noticed the drunkards finally and sounded the alarm Nudo ran across the roofs heading for a small park near the academy to lay low for a few hours someone was bound to come looking for him for starting that mess that was if any of them remembered why they were there in the first place he settled into the Croc between some branches to take a nap while he waited he dozed as the afternoon passed quietly he had decided it was safe to leave his hiding spot when a hand shot between the branches grabbing his ankle and pulled him from the tree they landed hard rolled and sprung up ready to fight a person in all black and a cheap Festival mask watched him nuto talked while he planned his Escape what's the big idea pulling me out of the tree like that the figure cocked its head then pointed behind nuto the blonde Shinobi Drew kunai you think I'm going to fall for that something struck his shoulder he sprawled on the ground his arm went numb struggling he got back to his feet facing the mob of drunken men they seemed to have picked up quite a few sober people along the way most were armed with broken boards and branches Naruto watched as they spread out so he couldn't run he figured it was time to try a bluff quickly Naro went through a series of hand signs they didn't mean anything but he was betting the mob wouldn't know that you guys want to fight fine I can spare some time to kick your butts Hut the crap we all know you can't use ninja stuff for the crap of a ninja's worth of [ __ ] a drunk said swaying as he shouted in nut's general direction another one hit the first drunk head knock it off daui you're making us look bad hey why don't we knock the demon off instead someone shouted the mob cheered and closed in around nuto he ducked the first swing of a board but another caught his leg feeling was returned turning to his arm but all he had was a pins and needle sensation which was for the best as he used his arm to block a thick branch he rolled and kicked sending two attackers to the ground behind them was a break in the crowd and he ran forward a large drunken man stumbled into his path and brought a rotten stick down towards his head Naruto grabbed the branch and yanked it from the surprised man wire wrapped around his wrist and pulled him back it bit deep into his skin slicing through muscle it felt like his bones were being cut droplets of blood flew from his wrists as he was haling towards the tree at an incredible speed he slammed into the bark hard enough to bruise a rib The Mask Shinobi drove a three-pronged kunai into Naruto's hands trapping him against the tree then stepped back as the mob descended Naruto couldn't hold back a scream as his hands were shredded theado walked out of the academy she had spent the past few hours studying in the school's library it wasn't as comprehensive as her Clans but she was less likely to meet anyone from her family there and the slight chance she might run into her fellow student nuto didn't hurt either though the only time she had ever seen him in the library was to hide after a prank had backfired she smiled at the memory of him ducking under the table she was sitting at several shouting people following moments later their screams of anger died when they saw Hinata they quickly bowed and apologized before leaving almost as quickly nuto had popped up flashed her a grin and thanked her then ran in the opposite direction it was the only time she could remember having been glad to have been born into the hyuga clan her smile faded as she once again thought about how even the small amounts of time she was with Naruto was about to end they were almost ready for the Jen and exam there was no doubt about her passing the exam was more of a formality the academy wouldn't dare hold a hyuga back no matter how poorly they might preform Nudo on the other hand had already taken the test and failed multiple times which if anata was honest with herself about she wasn't too upset with because it gave them the chance to be on the same team if he passed this time not that she deserved to be on the same team as him not when she had just admitted to herself she was glad for his failure as much as she wished they could be on the same team she'd never wish for Naruto to be saddled with a useless backstabbing hyuga like herself she shook those thoughts from her mind she was going to be on someone's team and she had to try and pull her weight Naruto never let his failures get to him he just kept pushing through and she had to as well a slight detour letter her to a park where her cousin niji sometimes trained as Byakugan distance markers had been set up in the park in surrounding neighborhoods anata activated her own Bakugan and began looking for all the markers her father demanded that she not only be able to find people but objects as well the bakan natural tendency to focus on chakra made this exceedingly difficult but one chakra Network in particular caught her eye when she was eight and had first began to train with her Byakugan her father had taken her to the hospital and made her watch the patients in the ICU as their chakra networks had flickered dimmed and Faded as they died she had been forced to watch for hours again and again until she had finally collapsed from exhaustion the chakra she saw now looked like theirs pulsing and dimming the person was close in the park she hesitated if she went for help they might die before someone came if she went to help she'd lose time but she might be able to do something she knew the Academy's basic medical techniques nuto would help them she ran towards the chakra signature but she found caused her to stop short and simultaneously want to vomit and faint Naruto was leaning against a tree a three-pronged kunai had been driven through his hand so he couldn't fall over his arms face shirt and lap were covered in blood from Deep cuts on his wrist he moaned weakly and tried to shift his position the wire wrapped around his wrists bit deeper bringing fresh blood the goggles he always wore were caked with blood one lens cracked a broken sake bottle lay next to him its Jagged end covered in blood leading back to a deep Twisted gash on his side his face what she could see of him under the blood was swollen and discolored one eye completely forced closed the metallic scent of blood stung her throat arudo she rushed forward and pulled the kunai out of his hands the wire cut deeper as he sagged forward she quickly cut the wire with the kunai once he was free he toppled over hanata pulled the bandage off her leg that most Shinobi wore under their kunai pouch and used it to stop the worst of his bleeding from his wrists she scooped him up in the position taught at the Academy for transporting a severely injured teammate she ran from the park jumping onto a nearby roof and moving towards the hospital hold on Naruto K I will get you help just hold on please hold on I know you can do it please please please don't leave me alone again she moved at a speed that would have put any other student to shame anata burst through the doors into the hospital please help Naruto Kung was attacked several nurses and doctors turned to look at her but no one moved to help a few looked away ashamed more pretended to not have heard her the worse though were the ones that actually looked glad to see Naro in such a state please he needs help or he'll die serves that thing right said a patient sitting in a chair near hanata because her hands were busy with nuto she kicked his chair and sent him sprawling on the ground he gave a startled cry and was prepared to shout his outrage until he saw he eyes as quick as he could he crawled backward out of the room a few nurses joined him starting to question which of the children before them had the demon you heard the girl shouted another doctor striding into the room no one moved that's an order anyone who doesn't want to follow it is dismissed here and now suddenly everyone was rushing to get a gurnie and Equipment the doctor and the nurse e Naruto off of Hinata she collapsed from exhaustion before they had him secured on the gurnie Sarat toi the third h sat attempting to paint a panoramic view of the village in one of his rare free moments between the tedious paperwork that seemed to be breeding in his office he should really have someone look into it anko tended to enjoy strange and dangerous creatures zerat toi removed his pipe from his mouth and side he was having difficulties capturing the wonder he once saw just another sign he had been at the job for too long a mask amboo agent appeared next to him Hokage sir there is an issue with Naruto what is it this time did he slip more red into the woman's showers at the Academy serat toi said he had actually found that prank enjoyable I am afraid not he was brought to the hospital earlier in critical condition we are the ambo agent never finished serat toi was already moving with a speed that should have been all but impossible for anyone let alone a man of his Advanced age even his personal bodyguards were unable to keep up much to their dismay and embarrassment it would take barrels of sake to keep anyone who saw their failure quiet the doctor was writing a few last notes on Narito papers when serat toi appeared in the hospital room what is nutk condition stable but it was close this time massive blood loss deep lacerations on his wrists luckily somehow his allner artery wasn't severed stabbed through both hands with a kunai stomach cute with a bottle three bruised ribs dislocated shoulder and in general having the crap beat out of him by All rights he should be dead it's the third time in 2 years he's been in this situation he paused to make sure they were alone there is one other thing it appears that Beyond his natural healing a mild healing Jutsu was applied to keep him alive before he was found zobi sank into a chair he hadn't imagine things were that bad not after he had assigned an amboo to guard the boy he would have to look into why they hadn't intervened who brought him in a young girl she can't be older than nuto she brought him in through the front doors covered in his blood it was interesting I've treated a few hyuga in my time but the look she gave another patient when they said that nuto had gotten what he deserved would have put any of her clan to shame the doctor said is she still here I would like to thank her and hear how she came to find him Cobi said the doctor gestured to a small couch partially hidden behind a curtain hanata lay on it unconscious physically she's fine but she passed out as soon as we had nuto we really weren't sure what to do with her so we decided to let her sleep for now Sarat toi looked at the sleeping girl she lacked the scowl most hauga seemed to have and their Clan was not known for generosity within the village that along with a fact most people would simply ignored Naruto had stirred his curiosity he set a hand on hanin's forehead no Mark a member of the main branch as her eyes fluttered open he recalled who she was anada the eldest daughter of the Clan's head it was also then he realized he had been actively avoiding the hyuga clan over recent years rarely seeing them outside of the council meetings he could hardly believe how much hanata he grown anat's eyes fluttered open stared at the Hokage for a moment before she recognized him she nearly fell off the couch as she tried to sit up and bow at the same time time H honorable Hokage Sama CM yourself there is no need to be so formal he reassured her seeing a flustered hyuga was quite a sight yes sir hinatas said at least he hasn't called me out for my mistake and disrespectful greeting I understand you are the one who brought nuto here please tell me how you came to find him Sarat toi said kneeling down so Their Eyes Were level yes sir hokama she said starting with walking to the park practicing noticing the dying chakra finding Nudo and bringing him to the hospital she was tempted not to mention how she acted but was sure he had already been informed of her dishonorable behavior and withholding any information was a grave crime she watched a third's face as she spoke but it was an almost perfect mask she barely caught the flicker of emotion when she mentioned the kunai are you positive the kunai had three prongs Cobi said only his years of Council meetings allowed him to keep his face calm his injury support the claim the doctor said Cobi nodded and turned back to Han carefully watching her reaction thankfully she did not seem to realize the significance of the weapon thank you I have one last question why did you help him I I am afraid I do not understand the question honorable hokaj Sama hinat said it is no secret that many of your peers dislike nuto as shameful as it may be I feel many would have ignored nuto in his distress so why didn't you sirat toi said in truth he thought several might have assisted in some way but for his purposes it was better that Hinata did not know that I couldn I I am sorry if I have done something wrong but I would do the same again Naruto has done nothing to deserve his treatment he has pulled a few pranks but he is always working hard training into the night to try and become a Shinobi anyone who would willingly leave someone especially Naruto in that situation has no business being a Shinobi she hadn't realized she had raised her voice until she finished oh Kami I yelled in front of the Hokage I yelled at the Hokage what will my father do when he finds out about this will he even get the chance the Hokage could simply arrange for me to disappear after my actions to her surprise though the old man was smiling it's not often that I have heard it put in such terms but you are correct thank you for helping him when he needed you it it was nothing honorable Hokage Sama Naruto Khan would have done the same for me Hinata said thanking her ancestors that he had not taken offense given her treatment by the elders though she suspected that her ancestors would be as disappointed as they were the Hokage looked at nuto his face wrapped in bandages yes I think that he would honorable hokama who who would do something like this to Naruto K hinat said I have a few ideas but that is a matter for me to deal with for now you should return to your clan he rested a hand on Hinata's shoulder you have done a great service to the Village today D thank you honorable hokaj Sama is Will Naruto come be all right hanada said looking at her Crush covered in bandages at least he seemed to be sleeping peacefully yes you saved his life today not many can say they have done as such he he said hanata bowed again and paused to look at nuto wrapped in thick bandages one last time she didn't linger knowing the Hokage was observing her the Hokage waited until hanada had left and signaled one of his guards and U called Cobra the oversized hood on his jacket bagged around his neck mimicking a cobra's Hood serat toi used him for sensitive errance retrieve the kunai used against Naruto and locate Sparrow Cobra bowed and disappeared the Hokage retired to an office he kept at the hospital for such incidents it was only a few minutes before cobra returned followed by Sparrow Cobra presented the bloody kunai to the Hokage I found Sparrow near the kunai under a powerful jinjutsu Sparrow report serat toi said examining the kunai I followed nuto as he fled from the victims of his latest prank he was able to escape them with relative ease the last sighting I had of him was in the late afternoon while he concealed himself in a tree I have no memory after that until Cobra discovered me Sparrow said he was embarrassed that he had been caught in a jinjutsu even such a powerful one he had always considered himself fairly adapted them himself Cobi frowned and dismissed Sparrow he began a series of minor jutes designed to gather information about an item including the people who had handled it recently the military police had designed them decades ago sadly most were lost with the AA Clan when he finished he leaned back there were no traces of whoever had used it against Naruto what do you make of this Cobra over the years Cobi had come to use Cobra as a sounding board for complex problems I believe we have two separate problems there have been guards who simply refus to help nuto or even positioned him for ambushes this problem has decreased since he began the academy and his skills at avoiding capture have increased Eve and I have had difficulties following him because of his unorthodox movements the larger problem is the systematic attack against him and those guarding him considering the methods and severity of the attacks it appears that the goal is torture rather than death the culprits are skilled waiting until he has a new guard and a group of civilians after him before using non-lethal Jin juts to incapacitate his guards Cobra said pulling out his pipe Cobi placed it in his mouth without lighting it post a new guard while he is here yes sir sir is that really one of the fourths Cobra said no it is the same design however it lacks the seal he placed on all of his kunai not many people would know that however nearly everyone would recognize the design sirat toi said fate had a cruel humor to use it against nuto if a civilian had found it things could have become even more difficult as it St he was dealing with someone or a group that was acting directly against his laws the hyuga compound because really it was its own Fortress within the village was only a few blocks from the hospital in fact the whole hyuga compound was surrounded by businesses and public buildings few people wanted to live near an entire clan that could see through walls whenever they wanted though as a rule the hyugas rarely looked beyond their own ramp Parts the n's jacket was covered in nutk blood so she stopped off at a laundry mat one of the branch members had told her about her father demanded Perfection which included remaining clean while achieving it he thought to get dirty was beneath the hyuga as a result several members of the clan her included stashed spare clothes there the owners of the laundry mat an elderly couple didn't mind because they received a good deal of business in exchange for their silence Thea quickly changed into clean clothes and left her old ones to be washed the elderly woman gave her an odd look when she handed over the blood stain jacket but didn't ask questions the arrangement was business and nothing more the branch guards at the gate gave Hinata a slight nod as she passed them she had hoped to avoid her father and sneak to her room but as soon as she opened the front door she found him waiting you very late the accademy let out several hours ago explain I am sorry I was training and lost track of time hanata knew her father would scold her for sinking so low as to help someone outside of the clan despite what the Hokage may have said to her do you have anything to show for your training he said not bothering to keep the contempt from his voice the not a thought of nuto in the hospital still alive the hokages smile he would see those things as weakness no father I do not I expect nothing from you and yet you continue to disappoint me you will receive no meal tonight I would like to have an elder spar with you since you clearly wish to improve feudal as it may be but the elders will be joining your sister and I for an important dinner he said Hinata nodded she remembered when she had accompanied him and her clan to such events but it had been years since she was instructed to come now she was an embarrassment to be hidden away in her room Hinata sat with her legs drawn up hugging a pillow she tried to focus on nuto ignoring the voice in the back of her mind that told her she was a failure a disappointment even the distance she could see was frowned upon by her clan but on the whim she turned her gaze towards the hospital in nutk room surprisingly she could just see him not as clearly as if she were there but enough to watch the slow rise and fall of his chest someone else entered the hospital room hanada watched them even though she couldn't tell what they were doing I'm sure it's just a nurse or someone checking on him her instincts told her to investigate it was ridicules but Hinata climbed out her window and made her way along the roofs towards Naruto's hospital room the second figure had left when Hinata crouched on his window and pushed it open if only I could do this well when my family was watching as soon as she entered the room something tingled in her nose a smell she recognized from one of her family's numerous lessons on poison if there was any doubt nuto lay on the bed wide and gasping for breath blue veins stood out along his throat the N ran down the hall towards the nearest nearest chakra signature that wasn't a patient she rounded a corner and found the Doctor Who had treated nuto he blinked in Surprise visiting hours ended several hours ago Theo cun been poisoned Hinata said the doctor ran past her into his room checking nut's pulse and his strangled breathing he hit a button on the wall somewhere else a buzzer went off and feet ran towards them the doctor gave the nurses instructions well one went to get an antidote the other got a ventilation bag and compressed nito's chest well the doctor used the bag to force air into nutk lungs the NAT watched she didn't want to see this but she couldn't bring herself to leave these could be his final moments all the possibilities of them together began to fade her eyes blurred with tears and her throat tightened her front was burning her back freezing stupid you're not crying for nuto you're crying for yourself and all the chances you will be losing what kind of person are you if you'd come sooner he'd be all right the second nurse returned and jabbed a needle into nar's arm for several minutes nothing happened then he began to breathe on his own again the doctor sighed with relief then noticed Tata was still standing in the corner that's twice you've saved his life what were you doing here though anata explained blushing when she admitted she had more or less been spying on Naruto but I suppose it was good that you were watching him heun be fine but without you and his resistance who knows the doctor said our resistance hanad said the time it took to build up a resistance to poison even with constant exposure was long not to mention the vast differences in poisons this isn't the first time something like this has happened I don't want to impose it being so late but would you stay and watch him for a few more minutes I need to see who was on duty tonight and clearly nut's guards aren't going to help the doctor said o of see course hanata said sitting in a chair by the bed she watched the slow even breathing of her Crush staring hard to reassure herself that he was alive every so often she checked the halls and surrounding floors with her Byakugan but everything seemed calm the longer the doctor was away the more daring Hinata became scooting close to nuto resting her hands on the bed moving some hair out of his face the swelling from the attack had already disappeared absently she traced the whisker marks on his cheeks her mind stared to wonder she imagined leaning over him lowering her head until her lips touched his the NADA jumped back her face burning at the thought it took several minutes for her to calm down Naruto cun I don't deserve to be with you but just for now just for a few minutes let me pretend she gently lifted hand and rested it against her cheek the Hokage was woken in the middle of the night by news that there had been another attempt on nut's life he had hurried to the hospital where the nurse responsible for poisoning nuto had been caught and detained by other members of the staff zobi looked over her sadly she was young in her early 20s her mother had died on the night the caoi attacked she glared at the Hokage it's a monster a godamn monster after everyone a killed after everyone who has suffered because of it how can you keep it alive is it some sick pet to you it should be disemboweled it's guts feed to the crows and the crows burned you're not a leader none of you have ever been leaders grow a pair of balls and end it or let someone else do it sirat toi motioned for ambo agents to remove the ranting girl the doctor watched her as they lead her away I am sorry I knew her parents it never occurred to me she might actually try something like this it isn't your fault the Hokage said sinking into a chair if you suspect the worst from everyone that is all you will ever find if there is any blame at land depends on me and how I have dealt with this matter before I go I would like to check on nuto myself yes sir the doctor said they were both surprised when they discovered hanada asleep resting her head on nut's arm with a light blush and a smile the Hokage couldn't remember having seen on her or any hyuga's face before he motioned that they should leave the two alone as there been any sign of the ambo guard serat toi said two attacks in one day things were quickly becoming worse not to mention he was down another Ambu not that I am aware of the doctor said Cobra sirat toi said while there was no noticeable movement the Hokage felt Cobra moved to locate the missing guard he returned quickly the U left to guard narudo left his post to investigate a nearby alarm he felt the boy was safe within the hospital I believe he was honest Cobra said I doubt the timing was coincidence serat toi said it was too neat the nurse did not appear to be working with anyone but he would make sure she spoke to someone from the interrogation and torture Department it would be a good idea to send the amboo as well they were trained to resist torture but it would send a message place the amboo on a leave of absence and make arrangements for him to question also I am placing you on duty as nark guard for the next few days we cannot afford another attempt on his life yes sir Hokage Cobra said nunk whole body throbbed especially his hands and wrists every heartbeat felt like someone was hitting him with a hammer the smells of bleach and cheap disinfectant stung his nose and there was a strange pressure on his left arm he cracked open an eye wincing at the Bright Morning Light why did they paint hospital rooms white did they think people liked how bright it made the room he was suddenly aware that his head was pounding along with the rest of his body those drunks must have really done a number on me this time I haven't felt this bad since they caught me messing with those Festival fireworks he looked over and found a sleeping girl sitting next to his bed her head on his arm her face was flushed but she had a small smile he pulled his arm free the girl stirred Naruto K nuto frowned wondering how she knew his name he shook her lightly she looked at him with sleepy eyes good morning nuto K uh good morning who are you he asked his pain pushed aside for the moment his voice seemed to snap her out of her grogginess in a second her face went tomato red she jumped back and dashed out the door she poked her head around the corner while you're awake that's good nuto starred at the girl she looked familiar then it hit himou the weird quiet girl from the academy and not heart sank H he thinks I'm weird now nuto that's no way to talk to the person who has saved your life twice the doctor said AK Naruto said the doctor walked into the room ushering hanata in this young lady found you in the park and brought you here then informed me when a nurse poisoned you that explains why I feel so crappy wonder what kind they use this time he smiled at hanata thank you anat's blush doubled and She fainted when she came around she was still in Naruto's hospital room lying on his bed bed the one he had just been in himself she fought to keep from passing out again once was embarrassing enough instead she looked around Naruto was sitting by the window looking out when he saw her moving he gave her a giant grin most of his bandages had been removed and the ones on his hands were thinner allowing him to move his fingers you scared me just fainting like that doc says it's cause you spent most of the night keep an eye on me his grin faded and he looked slightly confused how come because I I didn't want to see you hurt again hinatas said unable to look at him I get a few words with nuto and this is all I can say father is right I am useless nuto watched Tata confused I wonder why she doesn't want to see me hurt seems like everyone else enjoys it he thought bitterly his mind turned to his freedom from the hospital when the doctor walked in well nuto it looks like you're well enough to leave the doctor said looking over his chart B but he was half dead yesterday hanata protested he might look better but no one could heal that fast well yes but Naro is a quick healer we gave up trying to explain it years ago he'll still need a few days of rest but if we kept him here he'd just caused trouble he gave a knowing look at nuto nuto looked away those bed pans had holes in them already the doctor snorted to cover up a laugh since I know you want to get out of here may I suggest you treat this young lady to lunch as thanks for all the help sounds like a plan you're hanat right Naro said she nodded to surprise to speak he did know her name and he was inviting her her to luck just like a date she struggled to remain calm at the thought bra letun go eat he grabbed her hand and pulled her from the bed as they moved down the hall everyone seemed to ignore them or rather Naruto most turned her looked away the worst looked through him they were almost at the front entrance when Naruto caught sight of a flash of pink hair sakuran hey sakuran what are you doing here she glared at him if you must know I came to see sassu Chan he's here having his eyes examined as the most important person in the V we have to make sure he's in Peak physical condition but then again it's asuk so how could it be anything less than perfect so you want to come to lunch with us Naruto offered oblivious to her condescending tone zakura laughed why would anyone want to be seen with you you probably scared the little weirdo into coming why can't you figure out no one wants you here she raised her fist and swung it at Naruto's head thead stepped forward and brushed the punch aside Sakura stumbled and started her payi classmate I wouldn't mind being as seen with n in fact IW would enjoy it and I am happy to have him here what the hell normally she would have written it off as an annoyance but Sask was further down the hall watching with mild interest she refused to back down in front of him Hinata had started to shake the moment of Courage gone Sakura cringed she wasn't a bully by nature but she had to look strong in front of Sask she threw another punch this one aimed squarely at Han's face with a silent apology Theo caught the punch sakuro blinked in surprise he had never done that before she hadn't even thought he could stop her do not hurt hanadan zakura pulled her hand back giving Nudo a fearful look before dashing away as soon as she was out of sight nuto clutched his hand ow ow ow ow damn I thought she was going to break my arm are are you all right Naruto K hinat said without thinking she grabbed his arm examining it for further injury I'll be fine he assured her D thank you hinat said I can't believe he did that he protected me of course he did that's just the kind of person he is if I was worthy of my clan he wouldn't have had to suddenly she realized she was manhandling his arm and Let It Go with a choked noise I was just returning the favor for helping me he took her hand again and led her out of the hospital zakura walked down the hall rubbing her hand she wasn't really hurt just surprised Sask finished talking to a nurse and turned to leave she walked faster Sask come how did it go he gave her an icy glare but it only sent shivers down her spine he didn't see to notice fine how else that's great so would you like to go out to lunch with me Sakura said trying to match his quick Pace no he said walking out the sliding doors oh all right then how about lunch or dinner we could go see a movie Sakura said I have to train Sask said oh right want me to help you we could spare or something she blushed imagining where a sparring session could lead if she tripped at the right time and they ended up on the ground no Sask said all right then let me know if you change your mind she called after him clutching her fists this was nutk fault she had been hitting him since they started the academy why did he have to grow a backbone now wait that wasn't right she could barely remember her first few days at the Academy when she was teased and he had offered to share his lunch with her before her mother had worn her away from him and begun asking questions about Sask but that didn't matter amam it if he hadn't embarrassed me in front of sasu Chan we would be training together then lunch he would invite me back to his place and we could sakuro blushed as red as Hinata at the possibilities and hurried home to write down her fantasy for later enjoyment anata didn't know where nuto was leading her nor did she care just being able to walk like this so close to him was more than she had hoped for he laughed and talked the whole time nothing important just random things it was so different from her clan where talking was serious and formal she smiled and nodded politely amazed at how Lively he was just yesterday he'd been all but dead it seemed that nothing could keep him down or get rid of his Good Humor but she did notice how people glared at him shop owners moved to block their doors and parents pulled their children away as if they feared he would eat them arudo pretended not to notice but Hinata saw him falter just for a second he stopped in front of a small rayment stand he went in and took a sat at an empty stool hanada hesitated a moment before following a young woman behind the counter smiled at them good morning nuto I am am nuto greeted her so who's this don't tell me you've already gotten a girlfriend am said teasing her favorite costumer anata made a squeaking noise as she forgot how to breathe Naruto just laughed no this is hanat San from the academy she helped me out yesterday so I'm treating her to lunch anat's mind was in chaos she had imagined nuto as her boyfriend many times but to hear someone else say it it was almost too much was that what they looked like there was a chance of it now small as it might be at least she was talking to him and evening eating with him suddenly there was a bowl of raymen in front of her she couldn't even remember what she had ordered she took an experimental taste Mao and it was delicious as she ate she watched Naruto he was already on his third Bowl laughing with the woman and the older man in the kitchen it was so different than when they were in class there everyone either ignored him or badm him dear though they listened and laughed they talked to Naruto like he was just anyone else and it showed as he opened up more she realized that in class even though he was just as goofy he was also more guarded she wanted to be able to see the sight of Nudo more often maybe he'd open up to her like this soon if she worked at it then maybe they could become more thenan hanatan Naruto said ah I'm sorry what what did you say hinat said I asked if the Ron was too spicy you got all R again Naruto said pressing his hand to her forehead checking for a fever no it was very good thank you for the meal hanada said choking out the words and trying not to faint this day was quickly becoming too much no problem Naruto said pulling out a frog-shaped wallet Hinata couldn't help but smile at it thanks again Hinata S no P problem Naruto K so what are you planning to do for the rest of the day hanat said go home and rest doc might not look it but he's scary when a patient doesn't follow his orders guess I'll see you at the Academy Naruto said yes G good day Naruto K hanada said while she watched him stroll down the street then walked towards her Clan's compound she could only imagine how angry her father was with her if anyone had noticed she was missing at all but after a few hours with nuto whatever they might decide to do was worth it now she just needed to find a way to keep from being closed off from nuto again nuto woke to a sound that was very rare in his apartment someone knocking at the door he grabbed the kunai he kept under his pillow and rolled to the floor the few people who were welcome there never bothered to knock but by the same standard those who came to try and kill him didn't knock either at least not the serious ones still it could be an amateur or someone trying to throw him off he opened the door a crack ready to fight or flee and found a very red Hinata standing in the hall hanadan hello Naruto k i I wanted to to thank you for breakfast yesterday so I made you this she said holding out a Bento Box he opened the door and let her in as he closed it again he realized just how messy his apartment was and wished he'd bothered to clean up the day before something that he never thought about before hanada sat the Bento Box on the kitchen table then took in her surroundings I can't believe I'm actually in nuto KK's apartment everything was a mess it was in such stark contrast to her house where everything was kept spotless that she didn't really know what to think but there was a feel to everything it all felt like home not like some model you had to keep spotless and take care not to do anything that could cause a mess she wondered if there was anything she could do to make her room feel like this she turned her attention to nuto himself he was wearing sky blue pajamas and a cartoonish leaping cap she also took not of the kunai he was holding he sat down and opened the Bento inside was rice pickles boiled fish and rolled omelets wow hinat sand this looks great I hope its taste is acceptable she watched him take a bite of the rolled omelette this is really good maybe even better than a chus ah please don't tell him I said that he might stop feeding me he said I won't I promise I'm glad you like it I was afraid it would taste awful she said are you kidding this is great here try some he used his chops sticks and picked up part of a rolled omelet holding it out for Hinata she opened her mouth to decline but he popped it in Naruto come just feed me like we a couple her face started to turn red Naruto watched her worried hanadan are you all right you're not joking are you no no I'm fine thank you she said oh good man you keep scaring me he said I'm sorry she said Naruto finished the Bento in silence thank you for the meal guess I better get to training he said are you you sure you you were still pretty banged up yesterday hanata said oh yeah a good day's rest and I'm completely recovered Naruto scratched his cheek if you want we could train together for a bit yes I mean yes if it wouldn't be an inconvenience hanat said nope just let me get ready Naruto said disappearing into his room hanada sat in his apartment she was tempted to use her bacugan to watch nuto blushing deeply at the possibilities when he came back out nuto noticed hared hin was but rode it off as more or less normal for her they walked towards the training grounds anata tried to strike up a conversation but she couldn't seem to get any words out Naruto grabbed her arm and pulled her back as something sailed past her head and HIIT his pay watch where you're throwing things Naruto shouted after some kids he wiped a rotten fruit from the side of his head sorry about that hinatas San their heart tightened he sounded so sad like ey was his fault but she couldn't believe it was Naruto K do you why do the villagers treat you like that he Shrugged I don't know it's just always been that way I tried to ignore it they arrived at a secluded training ground since he actually had someone to spar with Naruto suggested they go through some of the basic moves from the academy hanada hesitated but then nodded okay Naruto come he paused wondering why she seemed so nervous maybe she's afraid I don't have the skills for even these basic formations well I'll just go all out and show her they started nuto struck his kunai against tadas then ducked under her next swing after a few more strikes though he jumped back confused is something wrong hinan I I'm sorry I'll try to do better she said bowing deeply hey it's okay there's no reason to get all nervous I was just wondering cause you were a lot faster when you stopped Sakura's punch yesterday Naruto said I was Hinata asked surprised yay just relax he said they started again this time going through the motion slower as they kept going though Naruto speed up slightly and again until they were moving at full speed their kunai a blur flashing in the sun they finished the set both were panting exhausted see you did fine you could even keep up with me thank you Naruto come hanada said blushing at the compliment so want to try some real sparing Naruto said they all right Hinata said they started off slow again Hinata fell into her Clan's fighting style and Naruto was hardpressed to hold his ground against the onslaught then Hinata overextended herself and he grabbed the upper part of her arm to throw her off Bal what he didn't expect was the scream of pain she gave he immediately let go hanadan she winced but tried to smile sorry I'm I'm all right let me see your arm Naruto said I am fine really she said Tata he said slowly she removed her oversized jacket Naruto looked at her arm where he had grabbed her she had a deep painful looking bruise the edges yellow hanata wished he'd stopped staring at her like that what happened hanata he asked his voice was so Gent and kind filled with concern that she didn't answer for a minute does he generally care about me no he's probably just worried about losing a sparing partner is he regretting offering to train with me I was was sparing with an an elder hinat said this is kind of fart to take things for just sparing Naruto said not really I I am just not very good at it damn it why can't I stop stuttering I must sound like a fool to Naruto K what are you talking about you were great he said I I disappoint my family when when I Spar at home she said I can't believe that maybe you just need a little more practice he said and noded she didn't want to admit to narut that she had been training for years her own family had given up hope on her improving she pushed a focus from herself maybe maybe we should practice for the exam nuto didn't look too thrilled with the idea but nodded hanada watched for half an hour as nuto produced one dead looking Shadow clone after another she couldn't figure out what he was doing wrong Naruto K wait a minute I I think I might be able to help how he said Byakugan hinat saidah Hinata your eyes are bulging are you all right Naruto said yes this is my my clan K Jen Kai she said pick guy he said theat tried to hide her smile K Jen Kai it's a blood trait something that can't be learned by anyone who isn't born with it oh so what's it do he said I I I can see chakra networks in the body she said gou like x-ray vision he said exactly she said wow imagine what kind of pranks I could pull with those so you ever pull anything with them Naruto said no but I did use them when I was little to find the best prize in my cereal she said way to go but how will they help me with this stupid Jutsu he said I can watch your chakra and maybe see the problem she said if you say so Naruto pre the Jutsu again anata watched carefully Naruto K I think I see the problem you're putting too much chakra into your right hand Naruto looked at his bandaged hand well yay the academy instructors told me all about how it was my dominate hand and I had to put as much chakra as I could into it to do the Jutsu anata shook her head you have to balance your chakra to do it what really I guess those instructors weren't trying to help me at all damn it guess it was too much to help a teacher would actually try and help me it's it's all right Naruto K you have the rest of it down so you should be able to do it easy I know you can she said he looked skeptical well if you say so Naruto focused his chakra as best he could and concentrated cage bunch and no Jutsu two perfect copies of Naruto stood next to him the looked at each other then oh yeah I am awesome a tackle hugged Hinata thank you we never would have gotten that you're an awesome teacher Naruto three of him hugging me Hinata passed out ah you killed her wouldn't it be us since we're all me uh okay how does that work exactly forget this the two clones dispelled themselves leaving the original Naruto hugging an unconscious anata anata wondered where she was it was comfy but it wasn't her bed she could feel grass under her a light Breeze touched her cheek and warm sun caressed her legs it occurred to her she could just open her eyes and see but that would mean moving and right then lying completely still was her desire her pillow shifted slightly reluctantly Hinata opened her eyes to see what was disturbing her peace and found nuto staring down at her it only took Kata a second to realize she was lying with her head on nut's lap finally you've got to stop doing that you scared me nuto was worried about me and I'm in his lap Hinata shot up and rolled out of his lap as sorry not a problem come on now that I've got this clone Jutsu thing down let's bar some more all right um Naruto K those clones you made were solid how did you do that they never taught us at the Academy my clan hasn't mentioned it she said Oh yay one of the instructors said I should learn to do solid clones that it' impress everyone and they'd have to let me pass the exam Naruto said it is very impressive there's no way an instructor would actually expect a student to learn that were they trying to make Naruto C fail like with the hand signs she simply couldn't comprehend why so many people seemed to be working against Naruto thanks you should try it too I bet you could do it with no problem nuto said I I don't think I could manage it I'm sorry Naruto K but it's beyond me Hinata said come on if I can do it then you'd have no problem Naruto said the NAT found she couldn't say no to Naruto's support even if it meant disappointing him after several failed attempts she sank to the ground she knew that nuto was simply going to walk away and that would be the end of it sure enough when she looked up Naruto was gone stupid what made me think he might actually stick around when he found out how incompetent I am he was just being nice but he hasn't enough to do without being pulled down by me she was so caught up in her own downward spiral that she didn't notice a figure approaching until they were right next to her hinat San she jumped up to see nutk confused face sorry didn't mean to wake you here I got us some lunch he said holding out a bag what he didn't mention was that he more or less had to steal them from a nearby story he'd left the money for them but he knew they'd refuse to sell anything to him thenada took one of the box lunches I'm surprised you're still here Naruto K why he said because I can't do the Jutsu she said you'd have to be a worldclass jerk to abandon someone just cause they don't get something right away I was working at it for months he said thank you Naruto K Hinata said ducking her head so he couldn't see her face not sure for what but any time he said anad started trying the Jutsu again Naruto made several more clones demonstrating it to hanata embarrassment the Clone seemed content to stick around until she got it though she overheard a few plotting the pranks they could pull off now just before the sunet she did it producing a single solid clone the Clone and origin looked at each other in shock of course all the Naruto clones came over to congratulate her they surrounded her petting her and her clone on the back Hinata's clone disappeared and She fainted again despite Hinata's desire when she arrived at the Academy the next day her old habits took over and she took a seat in the back of the room Naruto was already sitting across the room by the window trying to balance a pen on his nose aruka called the class to order the morning seemed to drag on the basic material being covered had been drilled into her brain at the age of six Hinata's attention wandered to Naruto again and again it was during one of these periods that she noticed a change his bored expression suddenly came alive and he had to struggle not to laugh five minutes later the classroom door blew in a red-faced jonan stood outside demon brat you're in for it this time aruka stepped in front of him what's going on here that thing filled the hot springs with bubble bath we lost a whole block on the Village Under the suds I couldn't have been Nudo heun's been here all day heruka said it must have tricked you I chazzed it from the hot springs myself until he disappeared in an alley he has been here all morning aruka corrected forcefully hold on Sensei let me get this straight I pulled this prank and then outran a jonan lost him and made it back here before he did all while no one noticed I was gone maybe you should pass me right now if I can do that the jonan looked embarrassed he hadn't thought how it would sound laid out like that I know it was him then file a complaint with the hokage's office because so long as we are on Academy grounds I have full jurisdiction over the students heruka said a jonan gave nuto a disgusted look before he left hanata wished she could sneak over to Naruto's desk and ask him how he had managed to pull it off but she knew she wouldn't that afternoon they had a special to Jutsu lesson a final review of the Academy's basic style everyone ran to the schoolyard and formed up in row taking the basic stance as instructor walked between them the lesion was going fairly well until one of the instructors reached Naruto come on kid can't you even stand right hey I was doing it just like you showed us Naruto shot back oh so it's my fault you're stupid fine feet further apart arms lower hold them out a little more no no that foot points and the other goes out the instructor spent another minute yelling at Naruto when he moved on nuto was slouched over grumbling anata had watched silently she knew nutk stance had been correct the corrections the instructor had made left him wide open from every angle she knew she should tell him just walk over and tell him but suddenly she could barely stand a lifetime of trying to hide and make herself unnoticeable competed with her feelings for narut and her knowledge of what was right stupid what kind of friend would even hesitate the instructor broke her thoughts all right everyone pair up and spread out try a few practice matches nice and slow the students began to take up positions across the yard a few of the lazier ones simple walked back towards the academy and Le leaned against the wall Naruto looked around eagerly but a space had opened around him hanata took a deep breath and walked towards him no one appeared to be paying attention to her but she felt like everyone was watching Naruto K oh he hanadan th the instructor he lied to you she said uh you your stance was right the first time if you fought with the one he told you to it would be almost impossible to win she said really thanks Naruto said walking towards where the instructor was reviewing a sheet of paper bami heun's going to attack the instructor hey teach since you helped me with my stance want to spar Naruto said and let out a sigh of relief of course he wouldn't do that but I thought he would I'm no better than the other villagers that lost kid he said I'm not afraid I'll beat you Naruto said you couldn't hit me once brat he said you sure Naruto said all right let's go I can teach you a bit more today the instructor said he drew a large Circle in the dirt first one out to Jutsu only nuto took the flawed stance the instructor had shown him the instructor smiled the other students had stopped and gathered around Hinata saw bets being passed around lunches and small amounts of money the instructor made the first move charging Naruto shifted from the flawed stance to the acmy and blocked the instructor with the back of his hand then moved in under his guard and lightly slapped his chest just enough to show he could not one H the instructor brought his fist to nutk stomach hard enough to to lift him off the ground nuto vomited and collapsed you want to play kid fine he kicked nuto then again laughing none of the students knew what to do even the ones that dislike Naruto didn't think things should go this far hanata made a move to intervene but stopped if her father found out she had acted against an instructor stopping another student from hitting nuto was one thing but the shame she would bring her clan to act against an authority figure but she couldn't leave nuto heruka would stop this but he was probably still in the classroom before she could chicken out and grabbed a rock and threw it as hard as she could at the classroom window which luckily looked out over the yard The Rock went straight through the window shattering it the instructor stopped kicking Nudo and looked up a second later aruka appeared at the broken window what's going on out here he looked down and saw nuto he jumped through the broken window Landing in the circle what the hell happened here just some instruction kid wouldn't learn so I he was cut off as aruka slammed a fist into his head he crumbled to the ground aruka picked up Naruto and carried him to the infirmary hanat silently followed after a quick check by the less than thrilled nurse Naruto was declared fine he was laying in one of the beds recovering aruka Sensei Hinata said oh Hinata what can I do for you heruka said I it was me who threw the rock I will pay for the window but it was the only thing I could think of to help him hanat said I see well I think we can take it out of that ex- instructor's final pay thank you now I need to send someone to get him some clothes clo heruka said I will hanata volunteered are you sure heruka said yes hanata said all right hang on I'll get you his address heruka said that's all right I know where it is hanata said leaving the room hanata moved across the village roofs towards nut's apartment I couldn't stop nuto from being hurt but at least I can do this nut's apartment was in the closet thing koha had to slums the buildings were old and run down broken windows rusted pipes she had been so nervous that last time she had been there she hadn't paid much attention to the surroundings there was no Greenery whatsoever a few window boxes contained dry Dead Flowers brown with age the roof of his building had been patched with scrap metal and the walls were filled with cracks between warped wood his apartment wasn't as messy as Hinata remembered but it still felt lived in more like a home than her Clan's Mansion had in years but in as bad of shape as the rest of the building the walls were cracked and there were spots of the ceiling from water damage a thin rug on the floor had several discolored spots and partially covered a piece of exposed plywood she took her time walking to his bedroom it was in the same condition as everything else an old bed chipped glass in the window but sitting on the window sill was a small potted plant a tag on the pot red ucky cun the only thing inside his closet was a box of Scrolls and two identical orange jumpsuits she took one and returned to the academy Nudo had completely recovered by the time she returned and thanked her for the clothes he pulled a thin curtain around his bed for privacy while he changed aroan she said yeah he said how how did you pull a prank at the hot springs without anyone here noticing she said oh that well I had the idea a while ago but wasn't sure how I'd managed to get away always seemed to be a lot of jonin hanging around after you helped me with the cage bunch and no Jutsu though I figured they'd be the perfect way have one of them do it then dispel themselves it worked great too but it was weird when my shadow clone disappeared I suddenly remembered everything it had scene almost fell out of my seat laughing at the look on the people's faces as they ran from the bath he said pulling the curtain back his other clothes were stashed in a trash bag he had found you remember what your clones do she said yeah you should give it a try he said I I don't know if I can last time used up almost all my chakra she said really he said yes don't you feel tired after using it she said not really he said that must mean you have an incredible amount of chakra she said thanks come on if I don't get back to class soon aruka will have my head he said the next few days continued on like normal during lessons hanata couldn't work up a nerve to talk to Naruto but after class they would meet at a secluded training ground and Spar hanata was amazed at Naruto's Improvement now that he was balancing his chakra and nuto for his part was pleased with Hinata's fighting style by the third day she could outfight two of his clones at once nutk own t Jutsu was also improving now that h had pointed out the subtle changes the instructors had made to the academy style she quickly realized the only reason he was able to fight it all with his old style was because of his natural stamina and unique attack methods after an interesting sparing season where Naruto ended up stuck in a tree they sat down to eat a late lunch Hinata had made Naruto insisted that afterwards they would practice cage bunch and no Jutsu even though Hinata could only make and hold one for a Min or so afterward she felt as drained as if she had sparred with her father for an hour the smile Narito gave her afterwards was worth it she looked out over the training ground and saw a square Rock moving along the edge of the clearing Naruto K yeah the NADA pointed towards the rock she could see two large eye holes in its side now Naruto turned and looked oh him don't worry he leaned and close hey I've got an idea pretend you're talking to me what do you want me to say hanada asked but Naruto had already walked behind the tree then around the other side whoever was in the Box couldn't see that he had made a shadow clone that disappeared into the trees Naruto waved across the clearing hey old man Naruto said the third Hokage strolled towards them Hinata jumped up to B but he waved her gesture off hanada Naruto I have been looking for you I have decided to make it official Naruto I will name you as my successor what said a muffled voice from the square rock it was tossed aside and the young boy stood glaring at the Hokage how could you make him the next Hokage and not me the Hokage looked at his grandson then fell to the ground laughing so did nuto the Hokage disappeared in a puff of smoke that was you the young boy ran at nuto nuto caught him by the back of his shirt as he ran past kohu when you're Undercover on a mission you can't give yourself away just cause something unexpected happened that could get your whole team killed how was I supposed to know that was you last time you could only make a dead clone you weren't supposed to know it was me and hanata helped me with a shadow clones they're even solid check it out he let go of kohu and summoned two Shadow clones they each patted him on the back before disappearing wow boss that was great how' you do it kohu said like I said hanada helped me figure it out Naruto said who's hanata boss he said oh right kohu this is hanata hanata this is kohu the hokage's grandson Naruto said Theus started to Bow but Naruto stopped her and pulled her away he doesn't really like people to make a fuss about being related to the Hokage people always call him honorable grandson and stuff hardly any one even knows his name but how should I act around him if I do something disrespectful she said she could only imagine what her father would do to her relax he doesn't care about all that proper stuff just treat him like any other kid Naruto said all right how do you treat a normal child hinat said I don't know just be nice and knock him over the head if he does something stupid Naruto said hanata looked horrified at the thought of hitting someone as important as the hokage's grandson hey boss and not is kind of cute you and her kohu said holding up his little finger no hanad is just a friend Naruto said oh really then maybe I'll take her he said grabbing Hinata's hand cut that out Naruto said pulling kohu away from hinat a come on boss I was just kidding so you still going to play Ninja with me he said I don't know me and Hinata were supposed to work on our shadow clones Naruto said it's all right nuto K it might be fun to play how about kohu hides and we who can find him first me or your clones hanada suggested all right sounds good you up for it kohu narut said of course I can show you my awesome ninja camouflage skills he said running out of the training ground so how long should we give him Naruto said 10 minutes hinat said sounds good hey let's make this a little more fun loser has to do one thing the winner asks sounds sounds good Hinata said her mind filling with ideas none of which she would ever dare say on the 10 minutes were up Naruto made 20 clones and took off towards the village hanata moved much slower but she already knew where she was going hameru smiled to himself behind the playground was a dry drainage ditch filled with Cattail taller than he was hidden by the overgrowth was a small pipe just big enough for him to crawl through that lead to a concrete box the only source of light was a drain in the ceiling it was the perfect place to hide he could imagine nuto running all over the village trying to find him a hand fell on his shoulder got you ah kohu jumped away he turned to find hanata crouched behind him this is a very good hiding place she said old on lady how did you find me so fast he said I just watched you Hinata said activating her Byakugan ah your eyes oh man boss is going to kill me if that's my fault he said thenada couldn't help but laugh at koharu's exaggerated Antics it's all right it's my clan Ki Jen Kai I can see through some objects and a very long way that's pretty cool he said the Ada blushed it was only the second time someone had called her Byakugan cool thank you they can you teach me that shadow clone thing boss was doing I can't let my eternal rival get ahead of me he said Eternal rival she said yeah we're both aiming for the title of Lord Hokage of course I will get it first he said if if nuto is your rival then why do you call him boss she said cause as much as I hate to admit it he's stronger than me right now so until I can beat him I said I'd work for him in exchange for him showing me some super secret techniques besides he's like me he said the rudos like you she said yeah the village pretty much hates him even my tutor four I says I should stay away from him just means they don't know him we both want the title Lord Hokage so people will recognize us for who we are he said seeing you for who you are Hinata said imagining what that would be like hey I know that look you want to become our rival for the title of Lord Hokage no no I mean I wouldn't have what it took to become Hokage hinat said what are you talking about you found me before boss hey I got it from now on nuto is my eternal rival and you're my new boss he said what but I can't be I mean Naruto she said come on let's go find my eternal rival and tell him I'll be sure to win now that I have you kohu said crawling out of the drainage ditch the followed oh no what if nuto thinks I stole kohu he'll hate me for sure I can't believe this the first nuto they found was a clone that quickly dispersed itself within minutes the really nuto showed up oh man how' you find him so fast Naruto said that's a tra secret kohu said and hanata is my new boss cause she found me first I guess I won't show you any of my new secret super awesome techniques then Naruto said I'm on boss I was just kidding can't you take a joke kohu said nope nuto said h on you're not serious are you what if I gave you some valuable intelligence kohu said like what Naruto said I saw four eyes reading an orange book when I asked him what it was he said nothing and wouldn't let me see it I think it's full of high level Justice koham said tell you what you get the book and we'll check it out Naruto said you got it boss he said they continued to play with koho until it began to get dark after he left them for some kind of surprise attack they went back to the training area to recover their gear Naruto come I I am sorry about today I didn't know koher would want to make me his boss don't worry about it that's just how he is he'll call anyone boss if he thinks they can teach him a new Jutsu Naruto said that's that's not true when he calls you boss his eyes light up with you he means it hinat said Theo scratched his cheek you think he guess I'll have to teach him a new Jutsu then the day before the exam they lay panting on the grass covered in mud with shallow cuts each exhausted from going all out so Hinata sand want to go get some raymen with me yes I'd like that very much great he got to his feet and helped Hinata up over the last few days she had also managed to keep from passing out every time they touched not that that helped with her blushing it was good for her nuto had already decided that blushing was just something hanad attended to do for no apparent reason on their way to Aus they heard a commotion from the side of a building out of sight of the street three boys had cornered a younger one and had him on the ground nuto ran down the alley hey leave him alone the three boys stopped and looked at nuto the kid on the ground and back hanata smiled leave it to Naruto but then the three boys helped up the younger one and all four attacked nuto hanata froze she couldn't believe they would just set aside the beating they were giving to hurt Naruto or that the younger boy would join them then she moved Naruto hadn't raised a finger against them hanata was less forgiving knocking the first two back with an open Palm slap the other two turned tail and ran she knelt next to Naruto why didn't to fight back they were just kids not like they could do much to me and I was kind of taken by surprise he said it with a smile but she heard the hurt behind his words right then she wanted to wrap her arms around him to try and take his pain away complete strangers fighting each other would set aside their differences to hurt him but then he stood up and her chance was gone the Raymond was good but they were both quiet afterwards they said their goodbyes Naruto K in case I don't get to see you tomorrow before the exam good luck I I know you can do it of course I can thanks to all your help he said she blushed and watched him walk away before returning to her own house over dinner she had made the decision to ask her father why nuto was so hated surely he would know if he found it disrespectful for her to ask well his disappointment would be nothing new as expected her father was not pleased with her being out so late even if it was for training he was waiting for her at the entrance to the main house it was never a good sign when he was waiting before she could ask about nuto he spoke you have spent so much time practicing recently surely you must have something to show for it you will spar with hugin and we shall see the fruits of your labor theed but began to shake off all the Elders of her family hugin was the most violent delighting in reminding her that she was worthless in their eyes she quietly followed her father to one of the smaller training rooms and took her spot Eugen was old and overweight but still a master of her clan style his eyes looked dead as he smiled at her at her father's signal the match began fugen drove his hits against her pressing her back she could barely keep up with him remembering all of the Past Times he had heard her then nuto flashed in her mind he said she was fast strong and she trusted him I can do this I can do this I can do this Eugen struck her arm swiped her feet off the floor and slammed her down he followed his victory by hitting several chakra points on her stomach she doubled over tasting blood her body racked with pain back spaming he casually picked her up by her ankle and tossed her into the training rooms wall the thin screen split under the force of the hit as she lay on the floor and began to shiver as the rest of her clan left eventually she managed to get up and stagger down the hall normally after a session like that she would go to her room and try to sleep off the worst of it but she had made up her mind earlier that she would find out why the village treated nuto like they did and she found a new strength to move if it was for him she walked to her father's study and was about to knock when she heard a noise that she hadn't heard in years her father's laugh she cracked the door and looked in Hanabi was sitting on their father's lap reading a scroll with him they were laughing anger boiled inside of her they had never had moments like that he barely acknowledged her she walked in standing as straight as she could her father and sister stopped and watched her I apologize for interrupting but I have a question there is a boy in my class who is treated very poorly by The Village I was hoping you could tell me why his name is Naruto yuzaki their father's face darkened he is a monster beneath even you do not have any contact with him he is a murder that thought to escape his crimes but we saw through his treachery do you understand a a murderer but he wouldn't harm any dot enough the subject is closed he said Hinata flinched yes yes father hanata said she bowed quickly and left her father's killing intent had almost caused her to pass out nunk a murderer it can't be not Naruto K he's so gentle but if the village thinks he's a murderer for some reason that would explain why they treat him like that but still Nudo there were footsteps behind her she turned and found hugen she tried to look strong but knew she flinched he just chuckled it sent chills up her arms calm down I have already reminded you of your worthlessness today I am here to answer your question about your classmate really she asked understandably mistrusting of him yes believe my words if you wish or do not but that boy is a mistake left behind by the fourth he is the human form of the demon Fox the caoi no Yoko W what hinat said the fourth was not as strong as the stories lead us to believe he could not kill the demon instead he sealed it in a baby Naruto the third for some foolish reason has kept the creature alive I suppose so he can be used as a weapon should the need arise the older members of The Village know this and treat him like the monster he is but younger ones have picked up on this and done accordingly fugan said rokan is the caoi Hinata said that is what I just said it is the popular belief that he is bidding his time until he is strong enough to assume his true form again fugan said said is his true form hinat said yes a giant Fox with nine tails it uses to create tidal waves and landslides the very Earth revolts against its presence a creature of nothing but hate it feels nothing else but by all means associate with it perhaps when it reveals its true form it will have the decency to kill you so that you no longer embarrass us hugan said thank you for for the warning respected Elder hinat said bowing then hurrying to her room Naruto is the caoi Naruto didn't see Hinata before the exam one by one the students names were called and they left to be tested when his name was called nuto walked into the testing room with his normal confidence the instructors cringed when they saw him to their surprise though he did well a few were impressed more though wondered how and looked forward to the last two tests they knew he couldn't pass them they'd made sure of it all right next make three Shadow clones they expected to see another half dead monstrosity standing next to him instead they saw a pack of perfect duplicates even they weren't sure which one was real two instructors walked around the Clones examining them from every angle for Flaws they were all surprised and a few sickened to discover they were solid Naruto released them the instructors frowned all except one it didn't matter the last part would put him in his place okay final test the art of transformation you'll need to reproduce a perfect replica but not of an instructor since you are clearly so good you should have no trouble imitating hanad hauga he had picked the student that stood out the least even some of the instructors couldn't really remember what she looked like Nudo just grinned and transformed into her I I hope this is acceptable he said trying to copy Her speech and manners the instructors were dumbfounded they had her student picture brought in to check it against his transformation not that he minded he felt great having passed the exam he was sure he had gotten her just right for some reason her features stood out in his mind Nudo walked out the doors on Cloud9 holding his new headband the instructors had spent forever making sure he hadn't somehow cheated one was even convinced that he was really hanata trying to cheat for nuto it didn't matter though he was finally a ninja and aruka had even said that he'd gotten one of the highest scores of the day and you believe they let that thing become a ninja I know who would want that thing running around just a monster should be locked up locked up left for dead can't cut it have an accident the whispered voices followed him as he went over to a tree to watch the families Embrace their children after the exam Naruto K anada I did it he held up his headband but the enthusiasm was gone from his voice congratulations I did too she said showing him her identical headband do would you want to go get some raymen my my treat wonk your family miss you though he said no I'm sure they want she said the offer for free Raymond perked nuto up a little and he was almost back to his normal self after showing Tucci and am his headband afterwards they walked around the village they didn't pay attention to where they were going but eventually they ended up on a small small Bridge Naruto stopped and looked at the water thanks hanatan I was pretty bummed earlier I overheard some of the villagers talking sometimes it seems like I can never prove myself to them I just wish I knew why they hated me the was torn she knew but she didn't know if she should tell him nuto KH if someone knew why no no matter what would you want to know of course I would he said last night I asked the Elders of my clan they they said she took a deep breath and pushed it all out at once it's because the village sees you as the caoi the fourth sealed it within you and they see you as its human form luto laughed but it was filled with such a crushing depression that it hit Han like a physical blow that's why no wonder they all hate me after everything I did I killed all those people how could they even let me live no that that wasn't you that was the caoi you're Naruto K not the caoi hanat said I I thought if I worked hard enough put everything I had into it that I could earn their respect expect become the Hokage but they'd never let me not with what I am nuto said then he did the last thing she expected he hugged her and she didn't pass out his Embrace was tight like he was trying to use her as an anchor for his very existence against everything he had just found out thank you for telling me I I'm going home for a while to think about it I'll see you tomorrow when we find out our team's okay okay Naruto come hinat said nuto stood in the hokage's office the old man looked up and smiled Naro I heard the good news finally an ninja a what's wrong I haven't seen you this depressed since auraku ran out of rammen I'm never going to be Hokage I'll never earn the villagers respect Naruto said that's a horrible thing to say no one can see the future the Hokage said I know about the caoi Naruto said the third paed who told you it doesn't matter the villagers would never let me become Hokage I thought I could push past them with determination but now that I know what I am don't worry I'm not angry with you Naruto said the Hokage set his pipe on his desk the fourth wanted you to be seen as a hero the Jailer of the Beats protecting us every day The Village though this idiot filled Village of fools chose to see you as the very thing you protect us from if you keep working hard though there is no reason you can't still win them over yes it will be hard but I know you can do it I'm sorry but I'm leaving the village nuto said a third jumped up and caught him by the arm think about what you are doing nuto I have and I already have nuto said already have the third said left nutk Shadow clone disappeared in a puff of smoke the third called an ambo team gather all the trackers you can spread out Along The Village's borders I will take a team to nutk apartment and pick up the trail there do not under any circumstance harm him Nudo stuffed a jacket in his bag he didn't even know what he would need for the 20th time he was tempted to stay but there was nothing left in the village for him he was just a monster that should disappear there was a knock at his door he opened it to find hanat standing in the hall hanat San what are you doing here you're going to leave aren't you she said how' you figure that out he said anata activated her Byakugan oh right guess I would use them for the same thing he said please don't go she said there's no reason for me to stay the villagers will just keep attack me the instructors will do whatever they can to keep me from advancing Naruto said prove them wrong keep protecting them it doesn't matter if they're all against you I I'll help I'll protect you from the villagers I I can't do much but I'll do everything I can to make you happy hinat said thank you but they just come after you too hinat San they might even try to kill you too he turned back to his bag hanada wrapped her arms around his chest from behind resting her head against his back he couldn't move for a second he wondered if she had pressed a chakra point but he knew she had my my family thinks I'm worthless they gave up on me years ago but you keep trying to help me the way they treat me is nothing compared to how the villagers treat you but you keep smiling all I do is hide but since we've been training together I have been able to at least lift my head again just being near you makes me feel stronger without you without you I'd have already fallen I I I love you Hinata said nuto was frozen she loves me hanata Chan for several long minutes they didn't move hanata was sure she had just broken things between them and waited for him to laugh at her to tell her she was just a creepy weo but that wouldn't matter she had said it she had finally done it and she had no regrets finally Naruto spoke I really don't know what to say I don't know a lot about love or anything like that but I guess if I help you out then everything's been worth it so far but I don't know I don't know what I should do if you leave then I'm coming with you hanada said with as much conviction as she could muster but your family Naruto said they are blood relatives not a family to me they are only a family when I'm not around she let go of him and stepped back pulling up her [ __ ] nut's eyes widened in disbelief Hinata's stomach was covered in deep circular bruises and a long one that ran from her hip up her side making it hurt to move they know that I've been training and wanted to see what I had learned this is what he did to me after he won anger Rose in him all his life he wanted a family and here was one with a daughter as wonderful as hanata and this is what they did to her hanata touched nutk arm if it wasn't for you they gave up hope on me and so did I but when I'm with you I get a little stronger and even if it's just a little bit it's because of you you've already done the impossible making me stronger so becoming hoked should be a piece of cake nuto was torn he wanted to leave but a stronger part needed to stay to find out what would happen with hanata and help protect her from her so-called family anata was trembling she had used up everything she had laid her heart before Naruto it was too much and she collapsed Naruto caught her and laid her gently on his couch then sat on the floor leaning against it thinking the Hokage and his team rushed into nut's apartment and were surprised to find hanata asleep on his couch along with Naruto leaning against it one of her arms draped over his shoulder the Hokage motioned for the others to leave the room then knelt by Naruto Naruto reached up and gently brushed anat's hand with his I've changed my mind nuto the paths the two have you have chosen will not be easy but you can walk them and I promise that before my time comes this Village will see you as the hero you are believe it he rested his head in his hands oh Kami you've even got me doing that now the Ada woke up early in the morning there was a moment of panic about what her family would do to her she hadn't been home since before the exam but seeing nut's sleeping face and him actually holding her hand dispelled her fears looking around his apartment she saw the same familiar mess she was tempted to start cleaning it for him but didn't know if that would seem pushy he hadn't really said how he felt about her Nito stirred good morning good good morning Naruto cun you you stayed hanat said yaay I still don't know about any of that stuff but I guess I can stick it out a while longer and see what happens hungry he said she nodded her head surprisingly he did have more than Raymond in his kitchen though his milk had expired and she refused to let him use it though come on what cereal without milk Naruto said I could go buy some hanado offered Naruto agreed and gave her some money insisting since it was for his apartment while she was gone he made several Shadow clones to clean his apartment the mess had never bothered him before but with Hinata around he suddenly wanted it to look clean after all he didn't want to scar her away and that thought lead him to another he really did hope she came over a lot when Hinata got back she handed over the milk and change Naruto stared at it for a moment before laughing right right I forgot forgot what hanat said the shop owners always charge me double Naruto said they do hanat said y well the ones that will sell to me at all I'm so used to it I don't even notice anymore Naro said they ate quietly hanada not sure what to do Naruto lost in thought so much had happened I am a ninja I am the caui I am the Cy's Jailer it was all so much to take in not to mention H's confession to him he wondered if he should ask the third about it after breakfast Naruto told Hinata to go ahead to the academy and that he'd catch up he needed to unpack his things she hesitated but agreed in truth it was only half of it he also didn't want to show up with hanada at the Academy he was worried that if she was seen with him too and the villagers might start to bother her too aruto paused why didn't I ever think of that all those times I asked sakur out of course this led him to think about how he felt about Sakura now she was cute but so was Hinata he had seen that during their training when she took off her oversized jacket being cute was about where the pluses ended for Sakura though hanata was nice and smart she talked to him and never hit him outside of sparing he shook his head this was just too confusing he defiantly needed to talk to the third about it soon the third Hokage sat in the Council room to say he was unhappy would be an understatement first thing that morning the civilian side of the council called an emergency meeting well it was within their powers it was only to be done in the most urgent of situations and he already had a good idea what this meeting was about one of the representatives from the banking Guild stood thank you all for joining us so early I wish this meeting had never had to be called but devastating events have occurred there was mumbling from most of the council as they tried to figure out what these devastating events were the Third took note of several who remained quiet clearly they already knew with a sigh the Hokage stepped into his role and what devastating events are you speaking about surely if they were really that serious we would all already know of them not everyone has my connections honorable Hokage the event I am speaking of was the attempted defection of the of Naruto uzamaki last night he said the council burst into a rage ungrateful brat how dare he after all we have done for him should have known better he has betrayed us enough the Hokage slammed the table hard enough to lift the far end piles of paper filled the air and several council members made grabs for their reports Naro did not defect or even attempt to do so but honorable Hokage didn't you personally lead attacking team to his apartment and dispatch several others to our borders the representative said yes I received information that nuto was planning to leave however when we arrived at his home he was there with no intention of leaving the Hokage said if the source was not credible then why were such measures taken he asked I Was meanly preparing for a worst case scenario I can assure you that nuto is as loyal to this Village as anyone here the Hokage said I am glad to hear that then the second matter in the team assignments for the graduating class he said that is a matter for me alone to decide the Hokage said I beg to disagree among those graduating this year is the last AA that makes this a matter for everyone he said you are overstepping your Authority the Hokage said but I am not said he Hinata's father I have received a copy of the team assignments well I would normally trust you in such matters I must disagree with the assignment of my daughter placing her on the same team with the demon and the AA the rest of the council was outraged the third had hopped his team choice would slip by unnoticed all of them had issues but he felt together they could overcome their problems and become the strongest team in over a decade perhaps even since his own plus they all needed a family it was a shame that the council didn't see that how dare you play Sassy with two children who lack the basic skills needed for a mission are you trying to get him killed you will not speak of my daughter that way hiashi said the civilian side of the council cringed but most of the Shinobi noticed there was no real threat behind it I request that my daughter be moved to a different team there is no love between the hyuga and AA but even I would not wish her onto him the council shifted uneasily they weren't sure what to make of that and most had been in politics long enough to know how dangerous not knowing where to stand was the third was not happy if it had been anyone else he could have refused but the hyuga were one of the most influential Clans in the village and several council members were under hyuga thumb very well I will move your daughter to a different team Naruto however will remain a students fell silent as Naruto entered the classroom there were surprised mumbles from some outright glares from others he ignored them and took a seat in back next to Hinata she blushed as more eyes turned towards them thankfully both of them were saved by a cat fight at the other side of the room zakura and Eno had each other by the hair trying to pull their rival away from the empty seat next to Sask IID up billboard brow Eno said shut up Eno Pig me and skanska Chan are meant to be Sakura said sasu Chan Eno said Ops didn't you know that's how our relationship is Sakura said Eno grabbed her other hand and they started to spin around until they crashed into the wall Sakura pinning Eno between herself and the hard surface give it up aruka coughed for attention I won't speculate on what you two doing but take your seats now they both turned to grab the empty seat next to Sask only to find it already filled by another student grumbling they moved further alone to other empty seats heruka surveyed the class to make sure he had their attention congratulations as of today you are all Shinobi of kakir the students cheered hanada smiled when Naruto jumped onto the desk yelling as loudly as anyone heruka let it go on for several minutes before motioning for their attention listen carefully I'll skip the speech because I am sure your new Sensei will give all of you their own version but remember I am very proud to have taught each and every one of you he looked at nuto as he finished listen closely for your squad assignments with each passing Team Naruto became a little more hopeful that he and hanata would be on the same one there was no one else in the academy he'd rather work with Squad 7 Sask Naruto and hindot the puff of smoke cut him off as an ambo appeared next to him and handed him a paper heruka looked it over you can't be serious borders from the Hokage himself the ambo said Hine aruka scowled Squad seven Sask Naruto Sakura Squad 8 hey hold on a second you change the squad Naruto shouted borders from the Hokage Naruto there's nothing I can do heruka said then get the old man down here and have him explain it himself Naruto said Naruto show respect for The Honorable Hokage heruka said oh I'll show him something I'll show him I he was cut off as Hinata slapped her hand over his mouth and pulled him back into his seat sorry aruka Sensei hanata said thank you as I was saying squat 8 hanada kba Sho the class room was empty except for Squad 7 they had been told to wait for their new Sensei but that was over an hour ago Naro spent most of the time fuming he was sure aruka was about to say hanata before the Ambu appeared he had already decided to go see the Hokage soon and find out what that change had been about sasu remained a static fixer by the window even Sakura's constant attempts at conversation and offer for dates couldn't get him to speak the door opened and an eraser nuto had left on top of it earlier hit a man with gray hair he blinked his mouth and nose were hidden by a pull-up mask his headband came down to cover his left eye he looked at the three young ninjas someone must hate me he could take the AA in fact he'd practically demanded Sask he could handle his little fan girl too but the caoi this was something he just wasn't going to do how should I put this my first impression of you three I hate you but since I have two at least give you a chance meet me on the roof everyone that is besides the demon on the roof they sat facing their Sensei all right so tell me a little about yourself Hobbies hope dreams that whole bucket I leave and get you started I Kakashi I have a lot of hobbies likes and dislikes and dreams all right your turn as our only female you can go first all right my name is Sakura my likes are well more of a who she blushed looking at Sask my hobbies I can't really tell you her blush was almost Neon I hate Nudo Bashi smiled good there might be hope for you yet he looked expectantly at Sask my name sasua I will restore my Clan's honor I don't like much and I am determined there is someone I have to kill Bashi nodded as expected I'm nuto I like Raymond and hanata whoa where did that come from nuto hello is that it Kakashi said sorry spaced out for a second I don't like the 3 minutes it takes to make Raymond at home home I will become the Hokage and earn The Village's respect thehi frowned no you won't none of us would ever follow you still I suppose it is best to have you where I can watch you and if I lose you on a mission all right tomorrow you have your first mission survival training with me this will be a little different than what you're used to no I won't tell you you just chicken out and I should warn you this is also a test if you can't cut it you go back to the academy out of your whole class only nine will actually advance so get some sleep and don't eat breakfast I hate when kids throw up during training he said in a swirl of leaves he was gone leaving the newly formed team alone of the roof Sakura pounced on sasuko you want to go get something to eat no I'm going to go train Sask said oh great I'll come too Sakura said sasu only grunted as she followed him like a lost puppy nuto still felt his old jealousy but watching them he also felt a strange relief he shook his head and walked back to his apartment wondering how Hinata and her new team were doing he didn't have to wonderer long because she was waiting for him outside his apartment hinat San what are you doing here I was wondering how you liked your new team she said it's okay our Sensei was really late I wish we'd ended up on the same team he said you do oh my God he wants us to be on the same team too ba you're a lot cooler than Sask and all Sakura did today was glare at me so how's your team he said he thinks I'm cooler than sass they they nice and Kuran I Sensei is very knowledgeable so you want to come in and celebrate our teams Naro asked okay she said and followed him in all he had besides serial though was instant Raymond so he set up two cups when it was done he raised his cup in a mocked toast to our teams in our first mission to our teams hinat said so hinatas San did your Sensei mention anything about a test Naruto said yes tomorrow we have to pass something or we have to go back to the academy I'm nervous what if I ruin it for my team she said Youk do fine after all we've practiced a lot and you're definantly strong enough to handle anything The Village can throw at you beside you're the smartest girl I know Naruto said Naruto K I'm really the only girl you know she said oh yeah well I'm sure you're still the smartest he said thank you Naruto K I need to be going my family will be wondering where I've been hinat said you know if you wanted you could stay here while longer Naro said I I would like that but I have to go home sometime hanada said trying not to pass out from the offer oh karite do you want me to walk you home narudo asked all right hinatas said Whispers and dirty looks followed them as they walked down the street hanata could barely believe some of the things she heard it seemed everyone thought that Naruto had only been made a jenin so that he could accidentally die on a mission don't listen to them Naruto K of course I W I'm going to become Hokage after all all so I can't go dying on a little deer SE ranked Mission anata mimicked his excitement right so hinat San what's your dream he said my dream she said yay guess you don't have to tell me if you don't want to he said no I never really thought about it but I want to become stronger like like you she said like me well no worries there you're already as strong as me when we Spar he said thank you Hinata said stopping in front of a large gate well this is where I live she said wow this place is huge you actually live here he said most of my clan does good luck tomorrow Naruto K she said thanks you too he said Thea had the urge to throw her arms around Naruto and hug him goodbye but she knew several member of her clan were probably watching so she resisted much to Naruto's disappointment nuto crouched on a training post his stomach growled a complaint at having skipped breakfast they had been waiting 3 hours for their Sensei hey Sakura can I ask you something like I could stop you she said angry that her time staring at Sask had been interrupted okay say someone you like offers to walk you home he said stop I don't want you to walk me home she said I wasn't AG okay say sasu offered to Walk You Home what would you do when you got there he said well I'd offered to let him come in and we'd kiss sand she looked away blushing is that how it's supposed to go Naruto mumbled what are you blathering about she said nothing he said already ignoring the rest of the conversation Bashi appeared in a puff of smoke good morning I'm glad to see well one of you saso gave him a boor look letun just get this over with all right the test is simple I have two small bells you have until noon to get them more than enough time each of you needs a bell or you fail and to top it off you won't get lunch but Kakashi Sensei there are three of us Sakura said right so one of you will automatically fail I suggest you come at me with the intent to kill he said nuto charged him in the blink of an eye Naruto was on the ground Kakashi's knee pressing on his Spin and a kunai at his throat guess I should have expected that from the demon I didn't say go he released Naruto and took out a small book go sasu and Sakura disappeared into the surrounding Woods Naruto stood up and grinned all right time to show you what I can do they charged Kakashi again the Joon inside and bored him maybe can just break a leg or something and be done with him he grabbed nutk arm and slammed him to the ground caught him on the bounds and threw him into the forest with any luck he'll be gone until this is over aruto climbed out of the tree rubbing his leg there's no way any of us can get those bells unless he quickly made several Shadow clones to find sasu and Sakura it didn't take long for him to find her she was trampling through the forest making more noise than a marching band Sakura what I'm busy trying to find Sask she said listen the only way we can get those bells if the three of us work together he said you're just too weak to get one yourself I'm sure sassu can handle this you just want to tag along and grab one at the last minute it's the only way you can pass this after all besides if we work together there will still only be two Bells she said we can figure that out after we get them he said you're right Sakura said punching him she blinked in surprise when he disappeared in a puff of smoke cool wish that had happen more often hope he doesn't come back soon nuto cringed when his clone was destroyed it took half an hour for one of the others to find Sask along the edge of the woods watching Kakashi who was still standing in the middle of the clearing reading his book no Sask said I haven't said anything yet Naruto said I know what you're going to say but I don't need your help I've been watching him and I know his blind spot so just get out of here he said and stabbed the Clone the cashi shook his head why was the demon the only one who seemed to have picked up on the real goal of the test it was so frustrating he had his own clones watching them reporting in by radio but it was getting boring he ordered his clones to start pushing them letun see how far you can really go I release rolling Flames sassu charged into the clearing a wave of fire rolled over the ground burning the nearby trees he looked around for Kakashi where is he that shouldn't have incinerated him a hand shot out from the ground and pulled him in until only his head was above ground damn it let me out and fight me saso shouted as Kakashi disappeared Kakashi watched from a nearby tree one of the ones that wasn't currently on fire and frowned sasu hadn't even noticed he dropped one of the Bells by him then he smiled Sakura was stumbling towards Sask one of his clones had shown her in Jutsu of sasu impaled by kunai and throwing stars this should be good zakura was covered in cuts from running aimlessly through the forest when she stepped into the clearing she saw sasukes head sitting on the ground watching her he gave her a board look yo She fainted hey wake up and dig me out he shouted at her Bashi smiled this was fun he should have gotten student sooner in the moment he relaxed a kunai sailed towards his head he spun just in time to avoid it and twisted around to see a flash of orange Naruto a second kunai came at him from behind again and sliced into his mask clever you were disguised as the first one he recovered and landed on the edge of the clearing he was greeted by a grinning nuto got you the lucky shot hardly counts as getting me Kakashi said he rushed forward and punched nuto in the stomach then grabbed his jacket and tossed him into a pond now that's getting someone I wonder what would happen if you drowned nuto jumped out of the water and charged him Kakashi sighed he'd actually expected something guess you can't count on a demon to use anything but brute strength he stuck out of foot and tripped him watching nuto roll there was a series of splashes Kakashi turned and saw several more Narutos leaping from the water and throwing Kunes at him he dodged and threw several of his own all but one nuto disappeared the real nuto cried out and a kunai pierced his shoulder he fell to the ground panting and pulled it out Kakashi had another kunai in his hand guess that was his last herah Fire release Phoenix Age fire the Kashi turned to see Sask freed from the earth he was just distracting me so he could free Sask Sask was making numerous smaller Fireballs this time Kakashi dodged the attack easily the injured nuto wasn't as fast and one Fireball struck him and his uninjured shoulder he spun into the water I suppose I should get on his case about injuring a teammate but considering who it was I think I let it slide Kakashi pulled out a roll of ninja wire and quickly strung up Sask from a tree why would you fight me the ignored the Jenine and turned back to the pond where a soaked and panting nuto was climbing out of the water i'ms almost up going to try another surprise attack Kakashi said N I can't beat you in a head on fight but I still have one option Naruto said this should be good what's he going to do threaten my family nuto bowed please give me one of the Bells Bashi nearly fell over if any other student had pulled that he might have actually given them one but this was the cyob so instead he tied nuto to a training poll just as the timer went off time's up looks like no one got a bell let's see the only one I want to pass is Sask Sakura should go back to the academy and nuto you'll need to be kicked out altogether but at this stage teams passer failed together so all of you pass riding on Sasuke's coattails someone should tell Sakura when she wakes up with Addie disappeared hey wait someone untime me Naruto shouted Sask hey Sask let me go I dug you up that out on your own Sask said the nas stood with Kiba and Shino akamaru kiba's faithful dog sat on his head sniffing the light Breeze the training ground they were at was a mix of Open Fields and patches of trees their Sensei looked over them approvingly this test is fairly simple I've adapted it from a Jon and training exercise because you will primarily be a tracking team your goal today is to locate a tag identical to this one she held up a slip of paper with pass written on it I have hidden the tag somewhere within this training ground and set up a few traps and trick along the way well your ultimate goal will be to pass for now just get as far in as you can it should take you 3 months to retrieve the tag oh and you only have an hour begin their image wavered and disappeared kibba looked at the now empty space with wide eyes that was so cool she's got to teach us that it was only a simple jinjutsu Sho said his insects had already confirmed she had never truly been there we should go Bridal find that tag in under an hour Kiba and akamaru charged into the nearest patch of trees Sho turned to Hinata I suppose we will have to explain that running into an unknown situation in a hostile territory is not a viable course of action yes yes we should find him Hinata said ducking her head down she found the silent insect user intimidating I believe your bacugan would be the quickest way to locate him Sho said oh right of course by akan she found Kiba pinned To The Ground by a net with aamu trying to dig him out she knows insects had him cut out in seconds that was a rash and careless move hey we only have an hour Kiba said yes which is why we should function as the team we were designed to be Sho said so what should we do bug brain Kiba said sheo ignored the insult hanada please check the area for the tag all right thankfully their Sensei had had them meet near the middle of the training ground and she could see the whole area I see three of them I I can't tell which one is real Which is closest sheo asked North Northeast 315 M under a bush Hinata said traps Sho said I can see several trip wires and two small explosive tags I don't see any way around them Hinata said we can set the traps off from a safe distance Sho said hey you better not be planning to use aamu said my allies can take care of them with minimal risk you should both be alert for hidden traps considering our Sensei appears to favor jinjutsu she may have hidden traps from even Hinata's sight your ability to pick up on minute sense will be crucial Sho said right letun get moving team Kiba said they moved towards the first tag with him and aimaro on point both Sho and Hinata were happy to let him play leader they broke from the trees and crossed a large clearing Kiba stopped sniffing the air fresh turned Earth hanas see anything the pit roll 5 m head another one to the left 6 M and two more ahead and to the left hanat said how did I miss those if it wasn't for kibba we'd have already lost I'm just dragging them down I have to do better my allies do not sense anything out of the ordinary hanata lead the way Shino said they moved cautiously across the field there were more pitfalls the closer they got to the first tag she knows insects were able to safely trigger the traps by chewing through the trip wires several Nets covered the ground and surrounding trees when Hinata gave the all clear kiber reached for the tag but it dissolved in his hand the second tag was directly south there were fewer traps around the tag which was located on a tree Shino was becoming very uneasy as they drew closer to it there had been only two trip wires so far a clear path lead to the tag Sho held up a hand to stop them as His insects moved across the trees and ground checking for hidden traps one reported back a weak amount of chakra on one of the trees soon others were reporting the same explosive tags under a jinjutsu hanata can you determine their exact locations yes I mean I'll try she looked closely now that she was looking for it she could see a thin layer of chakra covering several spots on the trees ahead of them I should have seen them stupid what good are all seeeing eyes if you can't spot simple traps if sheo and Kiba figure out how worthless I am will they want me removed from the team no do what I can and push forward just like Naruto second tree to the right 3 m up below the lowest branch third and fourth on the right both at the base fourth on the left two together a matter and a half up in the center six Tree on the right near the fifth Branch just above the broken One They Ride akimaru time to show them your precise targeting akimaru jumped off of kiba's shoulder spinning in the air he released a stream of urine the path before them exploded When the Smoke cleared akamaru barked happily on the other side hanata confirmed that all the tags had been hit Cho touched the tag and it dissolved the last tag was to the northwest they moved as quickly as they dared avoiding the traps fairly well except Kiba who found himself in another net as they approached the third tag which was stuck to a rock in the middle of a clearing they slowed down checking for hidden traps but there was nothing noticeable anywhere a red flag for any ninja a crouched on the edge of the clearing there were only 5 minutes left Sho was not happy about the lack of obstacles clearly this tag was being guarded by something on an entirely different level from the others Kiba do you smell anything no nothing literally the whole area has been covered in some kind of scent neutralizer it's creepy Kiba said thenada Sho said thenada activated her Byakugan and couldn't see anything the entire clearing seemed to be covered in fog but when she deactivated them it was gone there's some kind of fog blocking my view I I'm sorry I can't see through it without my Bakugan I nothing what would Naruto do a jinjutsu that is only visible to the bakan and can block it that must be extremely high level my Ally I sense chakra covering the clearing but can't pinpoint its location we are effectively blind Sho said so what are we supposed to do we've only got four minutes left kibba said even if this tag is another fake we won't have time to find the real one I suggest we hold nothing in reserve charge the stone in three separate paths excuse me for touch the ground as little as possible and do not stop for anything Sho said they nodded and broke from their cover Kiba and aimer were first then Sho and second later Hinata kba ran to the right and curved towards the rock aamer did the same but skirted the edge of the clearing kba was several meters out when Roots burst from the ground tangling his feet and tripping him he tried to cut them but more grew to replace the ones he got akamaru saw him go down and rushed to help becoming trapped in the jinjutsu himself Cho took the direct path heading straight for the rock he was almost halfway there moving in a series of jumps fire encircled him the heat was intense but just within his tolerance despite no it was a jinjutsu he was unable to pass it and his insects would not approach the fire no matter how much he assured them it wasn't real out of options he simply sat in the middle of the Flaming ring the nas saw Kiba fall and seemed to struggle with something Sho simply stopped and sat down but somehow she was able to keep going skirting the left edge of the clearing until the wall of Earth shot up in front of her she tried to jump it but it grew to match her progress and when she backtracked it followed her effectively trapping her in an earn ring slowly it closed in around her until she was pressed and tight not uncomfortably so but enough she was unable to move finally it lowered to her shoulder so she could see the clearing gurai appeared between them not bad I hadn't expected you to get this far for two and a half weeks I am very pleased ganai sense say how could we have gotten past the jinjutsu hanada asked well you could have dispelled them but well work on that later there is also a single clear path straight from the rock to that rock outcropping if you had been extremely lucky one of you might have run along it thank you Kur andai Sensei hanada said before disappearing in a puff of smoke her teammates and Sensei stared at the stop where she had been a moment before G andai knew it was impossible but still she had seen it turning a moment to late she found Hinata at the Rock panting but holding the tag by pure luck she had hidden by The Rock outcropping to watch her Shadow clone giba was cheering like a mad man and Shino stood as static as ever anata where did you learn that Kur and I said what do you mean where did she learn it they taught us at the academy Kiba said no that is an illusion what hanata just used was a solid clone most certainly not taught at the Academy Kur and I said nuto San taught me Kur and I Sensei hanat said that thing taught her where did it learn and why teach her what Twisted plan is it up to but the fact she was actually able to use it incredible I wonder what her clan would think of that all right I am impressed with all of you there's a lot of work to be done but you're well ahead of what I was expecting clearly I will need to rework some training you have the rest of the day off she said before disappearing a few days nuto sat under a tree a sleepy breeze rustled the leaves and he was beginning to drift off to sleep thinking about Hinata they hadn't had a chance to speak with each other since the day of Team assignments skipping training already someone said nuto opened his eyes kibba was leaning over him with aimir riding on his head the rest of his team was behind him including Hinata Naruto K would not do that would you Naruto K the Kakashi Sensei told me there was nothing I could learn from today's training and to leave so I thought I'd just relax he said getting up Theo what happened hinat said he looked around confused until he remembered he hadn't had a chance to fix up his jacket yet one shoulder had a charred hole in it the other a bloody slash oh nothing I that's not nothing let me see hanata said trying to wrestle his jacket off the rest of teammate watched in shock she had barely been able to say two sentences to them and here she was practically stripping nuto in the middle of the training grounds kurai shook her head I can't blame Kakashi for not wanting to train the demon but how' my squad get sucked into this and what's got hanata acting like this towards him hanata finally got nutk jacket and shirt off there were no traces left of his injuries see hanatan just got a little roughed up during our test I'm fine uh can I have my cloves back Biz clothes hanata looked down at her hands she was clutching his jacket and shirt she threw threw them at him and ran behind a tree turning red with embarrassment oh God I just ripped his clothes off I can't believe I did that he's going to hate me now anadan are you all right Naruto said poking around in the trees looking for her I I'm sorry Naruto k i I didn't Hinata said no problem it wasn't too bad actually Naruto said not too bad does that mean he her thoughts were interrupted by Kiba hey hanada come on we've got training Naruto why don't you come too then you can see a real ninja skill that oite Kur and I Sensei wonderful the demon Brat's the last thing I want to deal with today still it'll be a good chance to see just what he's like and if my squad can show off a bit all the better all right for today nuto will be training with us so since we have a guest let's have a little competition she pulled a white tag from her pocket and two watches she tossed one to Hinata and the other to Kiba hanad Naruto it's you two against Kiba and Shino each team will start from a different training ground I'm going to hide the tag at the waterfall 3 km north of here in 20 minutes head there and find it hanad narudo you'll start from the fifth training ground go get in position all right Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and pulled her towards their starting point Viba growled are you sure this is a good idea don't worry I'll be keep an eye on them and if you're concerned you just need to finish this as quickly as possible K and I said jumping into the woods arudo stared impatiently at the watch there were still 5 minutes until they started but but he couldn't wait can't this thing count any faster Thea gave a light laugh but he didn't miss the nervous glance as she kept throwing towards the forest something wrong he asked I don't know if I can do this what if I mess up let you down she said she hated admitting to him that she was so nervous after the confidence he seemed to have in her but she felt that not voicing her doubt would be a far worse insult to him you'll done fine I know it with your ex x-ray eyes we'll find that tag in no time Naruto said right hanata said trying to believe it when the watches went off the two teams made a Mad Dash towards the waterfall hanata and nuto arrived first spired on by his excitement all right letun get looking I'll help Naruto said making a dozen Shadow clones that started looking under nearby rocks and plants aigan Hinata began scanning the surrounding area kba and Shino arrived a moment later Kiba dropped to the ground and started sniffing sheo watched anything everything smells like Raymond what about your bugs Kiba said they're having a hard enough time just keeping from being stepped on he's like an elephant Stampede sheo said Pine will do things old school Kiba said and started looking by hand she no sigh but joined in Kiba was just climbing a tree to get a better look around when hanata called out Naruto K behind the waterfall all the Clones disappeared as nuto ran towards the waterfall oh no you don't Kiba jumped from the tree and ran flat out akamaru stuck close Naruto reached its space and started climbing Kiba jumped onto the Cliff face above him and swung into the water there was a small cave behind the water okay where is it hey that tags ours Naruto said climbing in behind him not until you get it Kiba said like you could find it Naruto said deba grabbed nuto by the jacket watch what you say I can beat you in anything sure you can Naruto said then lost his footing and pulled both of them into the water they splashed into the pond at the base of the cliff daba pulled himself out first aamu shook himself to dry off that won't stop me I'll still beat you G and I appeared next to him it's a little late for that she pointed to the tree Kiba had been climbing hanata was sitting on the top Branch holding the tag smiling sorry kibba San it was Naruto KK's idea to lie about finding the tag to buy time giba walked over to where Naruto was still trying to climb out of the water he reached down and pulled him out fine you one one but next time I'm taking you down anywhere anytime Naruto said her and I watched with interest maybe there's more to the demon than I thought at least he can use his mind for more than pranks and trouble all right that was a good tracking exercise letun move onto some sparing hanata kibar up first they took their positions I won't hold back hanata right she said giba charged her hanata blocked his first attack and even managed to counter he was impressed she actually had the upper hand for the first few strikes then she missed a block and began to retreat in just a few more exchanges he hadit her pressed against a tree he swept her feet out from under her and held the kunite to her throat you're really improving he h Chan why were you taking it easy on him Naruto said diba glared at him what are you yelling about I'll show you he said taking position to spar with Hinata just like always okay she said sliding into her stance Nudo attacked holding back until she fell into her normal Rhythm their movements beat up until their Kunes were blur narut made a shadow clone and they charged her hanata didn't Retreat this time she ran forwards sliding between them she threw her kunai through the Clone and hit the real nutk leg sending him into a tumble he jumped back to his feet and found a kunai in front of his face I win Naruto come whoop way to go hinat Chan Naruto shouted giash no and kurai stared in astonishment Hinata had just FR on an entirely different level than any of them had ever seen before from her I don't know why she responds that way with the demon but I should keep any eye on him from now on if this keeps up she may actually prove her stuck up clan wrong the not's teammates ran toward her that was amazing why didn't you fight like that with me just now I didn't I mean she said searching for an answer giba threw his arm around her shoulder whatever who knew you had it in you all right everyone to celebrate our little Hinata kicking nuro's butt I'm treating everyone to dinner Kur and I said as they were making their way back towards the village nuto talked with Hinata about what he was going to get get if they went to this restaurant or that one Shino fell into step with Kiba I thought you did not trust him I don't but that was a good plan he had and well have you ever seen hanata smile like that or fight like that Kiba said no it was surprising Sho said yay if he can bring that out of Hinata I'll tolerate him for now Kiba said he does seem to have a way of bringing out people's best not just anata Sho said H what are you talking about Kiba said you seem to be trying harder than normal today Sho said what are you talking about I think those bugs of yours finally ate your brain Kiba said did you notice he was calling her hanatan I did Sho said should we be worried about that he doesn't have the best reputation Kiba said I do not believe it is any of our business right now we should not get involved unless it becomes an issue for the team also I believe it is due in greater part to Hinata herself my allies have been picking up several fans Sho said FBA blushed yay I noticed them too G and I lead them to a restaurant the owner greeted them at the door ah welcome right this way we have an open he stopped when he saw nuto hey you get out of here you're not welcome he shoved nuto back out the door but Naruto K Hinata reached for him but Sho held her back interested in observing their sensei's reaction ganai frowned what will you do now demon Aro looked at the ground then gave them a big cheesy grin it's all right enjoy your dinner guys he turned to leave but kurai grabbed his jacket Naruto is a Shinobi of this Village and will be treated with the respect of such like hell I will that demon has no place here and I ain't going to let some [ __ ] that never should have become a ninja tell me otherwise what did you say Kur and I asked debating if it would be inappropriate to deal with him in front of her students I said I ain't going to let some [ __ ] that slept her way to her position tell me what to D was cut off as nuto struck him in the gut he doubled over shut the hell up Naruto said bam you brat die the owner drew a butcher knife and swung at Naruto's throat Naruto stepped backward and grabbed his own kunai to defend himself with but never got the chance akimaru jumped from kiba's head and bit the hand holding the weapon the owner cried out in pain and dropped the knife Kiba grabbed his other hand hanata grabbed the knife the air filled with an angry buzz and dozens of small insects swarmed over the owner's legs enough kurai said making sure hanat still had the knife Kiba and aamu let go of the man aamu waited until the insects had left before peeing on the owner's shoes the man glared at them you brats and [ __ ] made a big mistake Kur andai had a kunai knife at his throat no you did you attacked a Shinobi of this Village you'll be lucky if you're left with a few coins after I informed the third about this they scrambled back into the restaurant and slammed the door Kur and I turned towards her students all of you what was that what he started it Kiba said I don't want to hear from you yet Kiba nuto why did you attack him why didn't you hear what he said about you Naruto said he was angry over what the owner said about me that's why you attacked him not because he called you a demon she said no I'm used to that Naruto said he was so casual about it Kur and I had little doubt it was the truth I see and the rest of you she asked cause of what he said about you Naruto just got to him first kba said he pulled a weapon on Naruto K Hinata said he threaded my team mates Sensei and a fellow Shinobi Sho said all right I should really lecture all of you about what you did but I'll let it slide this time come on I still owe you a dinner she said leading the way to a BBQ restaurant a few blocks away this time nuto was allowed in without a word but the cook didn't look very happy he led them to the table furthest away from the others it didn't take long for nuto and kibba to get into an eating contest Kur and I smiled as she watched them she didn't know why she had acted the way she did when the owner tried to throw nuto out she supposed it was because she knew what it was like to be treated poorly because of something you had no control over treated like a demon but he doesn't act like one maybe we've been wrong about him go go Naruto K hanata cheered but hanada we teammates you should be cheering for me kba said wof akamaru chimed in ah not you too akamaru Kiba said aruto snatched the last piece of meat I win again no fair rematch Kiba said gur and I silenced them another time you too could eat a small fortune good job today teammate dismissed oh and Naruto I hope you'll join us again sure he said Team seven crouched in the forest watching their target Kakashi's voice came over their small radios how far is the target 15 Meers and closing Sakura said I'm in position Sask said apprehend don't injury the target Kakashi said sasu and Sakura jumped out from behind the trest their target blotted though the bushes and in arms he caught the cat and four of his Clon slipped socks onto its claws so it couldn't scratch him again Naruto sasu totally had that until you got in the way why do you always have to try and steal his glory you'll never be as good as him Sakura said Nudo carried the now dosel cat ignoring Sakura how many times is it now that we've had to catch this stupid thing Bashi appeared before them good work Sakura sasukenaruto was it necessary to play dress up with that monster but Kakashi he'll rip me to ribbons without those nuto said can't even handle a cat Kakashi said shaking his head hey even you called him a monster Naruto said they one to talk all right everyone letun head back Kakashi said despite Kakashi's objections Naruto kept the socks on the cat until they reached the village where its owner the deno's wife thought it was the cutest thing she had seen Naruto felt sorry for it but he swore he heard it muttering kill the ninjas as she carried it away the Hokage nodded looking over their mission log and just over a month they had completed a decent number of De ranked missions let's see what else a farmer need a field weeded a politician need someone to watch his children some dogs need walking Nudo was about to complain about another lame Mission but sasu beat him to it come on give us a real Mission I'm not going to improve with these stupid dranked ones not that those two aren't being challenged enough with them he said nodding toward Sakura and Naruto what the hell are you talking about I could handle any Mission you couldn't do it better Naruto said Sask scoffed at him right that's why you had to put socks on a cat that's it hey old fart give us a good Mission so I can show this jerk what I can do Naruto said Naruto Kakashi covered his mouth to prevent him from saying anything else I am sorry Lord Hokage what's wrong Naruto why don't you show us some of your amazing ninja skills Sask mocked enough the Hokage shouted why did I ever approve putting them on the same team since you are both so sure of yourselves then I will make an exception and allow you to attempt to see ranked Mission nuto wiggled away from Kakashi whoop what will we be doing tracking down a gang of Outlaws saving a country from an evil King what does that kid watch nothing that extreme you will be assigned to escort a certain individual to his home country and guard him while he completes his work send him in please the Hokage said the doors opened and an old man in ragged clothes walked in he looked at Team seven then took a long Swig from a bottle is this a joke you're sending a [ __ ] to guard me and the rest a bunch of wet-nosed brats nuto chuckled [ __ ] is he talking about sasuka Sakura when he checked though he was the shortest I'll kill him Bashi grabbed him no nuto you can't kill the client I apologize for him I can also assure you that sassu can handle anything we are likely to encounter but I will also be accompanying you and I am an elite ninja whatever I ain't paying extra if one of those brats does something stupid and gets themselves killed he said Al right team we leave than an hour go get ready Kakashi said nuto ran towards his apartment eager to grab his gear he stopped when he caught sight of Hinata down a side street hanata nuto KH you seem excited hanata said y we just got our first C ranked Mission Naruto said really congratulations uh when when you get back would you like to go to go out with me on a date to celebrate hanat said a date sure Naruto said really hanat said yeah nuto said hanata fainted he just managed to catch her oh man would she have to pass out now he picked her up and carried her back to his apartment then laid her on his couch while he grabbed all of his gear just as he was ready to leave she came around what happened you fainted again so I brought you back here Naruto said sorry Hinata said it's not a big deal glad you woke up though I need to meet the rest of my team at the gates Naruto said all right hanada hesitated then leaned over and kissed nutk cheek four for luck she barely managed to run from his apartment without fainting Naruto touched his cheek he felt a lingering warmth for one of the only times in his life he felt a deep calming happiness Naruto was the last to arrive at the gates sakuru glared at him finally can't you be on time for once even Kakashi Sensei made it here before you sorry sorry something came up I had to take care of Naruto said well now that we are all here let's get going sasu point Naruto Sakura guard to Zuna I'll take the rear they fell into formation several hours of walking later and Naruto was getting bored he had expected a c ranked mission to be more exciting even chazzing that Darn Cat was better than this not that he would have been able to focus on even that his mind kept returning to hanada and the kiss she had given him hey Sakura what would you want to do on a date Nudo she reached around to Zuna and hit his face sending him into a tree I told you I would never go on a date with you the Zuna was nearly doubled over laughing Naruto pulled himself out of the tree I didn't ask you on a date I just wanted to know what you do on one like it it matter to you youd never managed to get a date with anyone unless you kidnapped them Sakura said forget it Naruto said the Zuna leaned over Hey kid what you want to do is go to a nice bar and have some good booze but we're both underage and why would we want to do that Naruto said he just laughed trust me auna took another Swig from his body bottle Naruto nearly gagged on the smell hey Sask if anything happens make sure you don't use any fire Jutsu near this guy he'll probably just explode whatever Sask said no one saw the smirk he wor they walked on in relative peace for another hour Kakashi was considering having them stop for the night when a chain loop appeared around him the other turned and saw it pull tight slicing Kakashi to Pieces two Ninjas charged the group Naruto rushed forward to late seeing he was going to be caught in the chain and torn heart the kunai sailed past him and struck the chain pinning it to a tree Sask appeared above them and kicked their heads the first recovered Dodge as sasukes next attack and ran toward tuna and Sakura Naruto moved between them the Ninja's claws pierced Naruto's side but he had stopped the attack he grabbed the Ninja's arm and tossed him toward the other Sask moved just in time to avoid the flying ninja Bashi appeared behind the two ninja and subdued them he looked over his Squad there were no injuries aside from the deep gashes on Nudo he knew the claws were probably poisoned but decided the fox would probably take care of it Nar bandage yourself you're bleeding everywhere nuto pulled off his jacket and shirt Sakura came over and helped him wrap the bandages bks well if you kept bleeding like that it' give the village a bad name Sakura said Bashi stared at tuna all right old man I think you had better tell us what's really going on these are missing men and their target was clearly you Hine I may have a Crime Boss after me tuna said you should have told us this would have been classified as at least a B- ranked Mission probably an a my country's poor without the bridge I'm building it'll die that Crime Boss owns the local shipping trade he's bleeding us dry and so since you couldn't afford the proper protection you lied about the mission that is terms for cancellation of the contract but I have to get home and finish the bridge tuna said well team what do you think Kakashi said looking them over he and sassu could probably handle the mission if these two were the worst they had to deal with but he doubted they would be Sakura had Frozen so she wouldn't be much help and nuto had been surprisingly useful even if it was only as a shield if the mission continued he might actually be rid of the demon nuto jumped up and winced what are you talking about we can do this blindfolded besides he needs our help well yes but you're missing the point we aren't prepared for this Mission because he lied to us about what it would be like speak for yourself I'm always as prepared as I can be besides a mission can turn around at any time that's no excuse for abandoning it I suppose Kakashi said so the demon actually remembered something from the academy will wonders never end Bashi Sensei I think we should continue as well Sakura said there's no point in dropping such an easy Mission Sask said all right we will continue on then but I'm sending word back to the Village so they can send support standard procedure in cases like these Kakashi said the Hokage looked at the Village it was so peaceful one of his AIDS ran towards him sir we have news about Squad 7 oh they shouldn't be back yet he said they aren't but Kakashi sent use a request for support the aid said support for a c ranked Mission he took the letter and read it over this is not good who do we have available the Hokage said I am afraid not many at the moment the only ones who are not current occupied are squad8 the aid said send them give Kur and I instruction that they are to be pulled back if the situation become dire the Hokage said she won't be happy about that sir the aid said no but she will do it the Hokage said Team seven looked at the Mist that had closed in around them they were passing under the shadow of the bridge the small boat they were and glided silently the engine had been cut to avoid unnecessary noise when they reached a small dock to Zuna thank the boat operator and they walked towards his home nuto had a kunai in his hand trying to look in every direction Kashi sigh Naruto stop being so Twitchy but I think I heard something in those bushes nuto said it was nothing nuto Kakashi said then charged the bushes he held up a rabbit I stand corrected you have just saved us from a monster worse than the caoi he released the animal and they continued on down Kakashi said they dropped to the ground as a giant sword flew over their head embedding itself in a tree a man stood on its Hilt Kakashi watched him if it isn't mamachi abusa the little traitor from the Mist Theo got ready to attack but Kakashi held him back hold on this one is on a different level from anything you've seen it's about the get Ruff Kakashi of the Sharingan if you wouldn't mind giving the old man to me Zabuza said everyone guard to Zuna Kakashi said raising his headband Naruto stared at his eye it was red with three small marks in it what's up with his eye Naruto said that's the Sharingan Sask said it can see through and copy any Ninjutsu indeed it is said Kakashi has copied over th000 Ninjutsu Zabuza said don't let down your guard Zabuza is as bad as they come Kakashi said ah you heard about my little fun then Zabuza said who hasn't in the village hidden in the Mist also called The Village of the bloody Mist they had a unique graduation exam for new Ninjas they were paired up and forced to kill their friends those they'd shared dreams and food with until one year a child who wasn't even old enough to enter the academy killed 100 members of the graduating class but times good times abusa said then he and the sword disappeared and reappeared standing on a nearby River Mist closed in around them there are eight targets throat spinal column lungs liver the jugler vein the subclavian artery kidney heart where to strike be careful he is a master of the silent killing technique Kakashi said they moved closer to Guna Zabuza appeared between them Kakashi caught him and they tumbled onto the water the water wrapped around Kakashi forming a ball Zabuza grinned art of the water prison I can hardly believe you fell into my trap so easily now I can kill you at my leisure after I finish off the old man and those ninja wanbs he made a water clone it charged nuto hitting him with the broad side of its sword narudo bounced across the field he climbed back to his feet the Clone had hit him so hard his headband had come off it used its foot to press the headband into the ground Nudo rushed the Clone getting swatted again he shook on the ground and staggered to his feet coughed up blood and grinned he had his headband in his hand and he put it back on I am a ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village breas in Shadow clone surrounded the water clone and attacked as one Zabuza was covered in nuto Sask now I don't need your help he said the pile exploded as Zabuza spun his sword around Naruto was sent skidding fine then at least use something better than a kunai he tossed sasu a giant shuriken sasu caught it and Whirled around finally making yourself useful sasu threw it at the water clone but it sailed wide went straight towards the real one the real Zabuza just smirked and leaned towards the side it just missed him as he turned his attention back to his water clone the shuriken disappeared and was replaced by Naruto he threw kunai at abusa the Miss ninja was forced to move out of its way and break his Hold On The Water prison Kakashi Broke Free in that same instant Sask realized what had happened damn it the dead last tricked me he moved to the water clone Grand Fireball Jutsu that disappeared in a cloud of hissing steam Kakashi mimicked Abus as Jutsu finishing a moment sooner the Miss ninja was struck by the full force of a water dragon tsunami and hurled against a tree Naruto had gotten caught in the surge of water and nearly downed being washed up on the side of the field sasu grabbed him jacket and pulled him up don't ever use me like that again hey it worked Naruto said saso shoved him aside and turned his attention back to where Kakashi and Zabuza were facing off they began to make hand signs and two needles sprouted from zabuza's neck he collapsed Kakashi leaned over and checked him dead they all looked up and saw a masked ninja standing in the tree I hope you do not mind my interference but I wanted the satisfaction of ending this traitor's life myself you're a Shinobi hunter from the Mist correct Kakashi asked yes the ninja jumped down and picked up the body if you will excuse me I must destroy the body so none of my Village's Secrets can be revealed they disappeared in a swirl of leaves Kakashi collapsed Kashi Sensei Sakura said they rushed to him it's all right just overuse the Sharingan eye he said They Carried him the rest of the way to tuna's house the next morning he was well enough to move around with the help of crutches he led them into the forest stopping by several large trees all right today we're going to start a new training exercise tree climbing tree climbing Kakashi Sensei Sakura asked yes but you can't use your hands watch he walked towards one of the trees and up its trunk as if it was laying on the ground then onto a branch upside down this will help you control your chakra you have to focus your chakra at the bottom of your feet too little and you fall too much and it's like a spring be threw three Kunes to the ground the best way to learn is to do score the bark at the highest point you can climb to the goal is to get a little higher each time once you have the basic principle of chakra control down no Jutsu should ever be Beyond you all right Naruto grabbed a kunai and ran at a tree his foot hit the trunk and he fell on his backside Sask ran up the side of his own tree making it 4 M before springboarding off Kakashi smiled at nark struggle and sas's progress he glanced at Sakura to see how she was coming along but she was gone that was easier than I thought Sakura said the three of them looked up to see Sakura sitting at the top of a tree looks like even our fan girl has a few surprises Boop way to go Sakura Naruto said their shoulders sagged I wanted SAS to notice me but as usual only Naruto cares several hours later they all lay panting on the ground Kakashi had told Sakura to continue to do the exercise for as long as she could sasu had made noticeable progress gaining another 2 meters Naruto on the other hand had made no progress Beyond a meter and a half damn it she grinned now he'll get frustrated and Qui like always she was surprised when he came over to her instead hey Sakura could you help me Naruto said no way figure it out on your own Sakura said near Sunset sasu quacked over to where Naruto was taking a break his legs wobbling show me how to do that clone technique of yours they weren't the Phantoms we learned in the academy nuto was shocked he never thought sasu would ask him for anything but this was a golden chance all right if you show me how to do one of those fire jets as you have Sakura had been watching them from behind a tree more or less spying on Sask Naruto that's rude we're all on the same team and should help each other what we'd each learn a new useful Jutsu so what do you say sasuko said Sask laughed me teach you you don't deserve any of my Clan's techniques and you should be begging to teach me why cause your Naruto said exactly now show me Sask said no way Naruto said Hine I learn it another way he stumped off to find Kakashi arudo climbed to his feet and gave the tree another try this time he actually managed to make it past his last Mark and kept going until lunai flew between his foot and the trunk when he stepped on it he fell not even managing to Mar the height he winced when he hit the ground then looked over to see a smirking Sask sorry must have slipped I'll get you for that Naruto said sure you will dead last Sask said Sakura frowned Sask wasn't that taking things a little too far sasu found Kakashi reading under a tree their Sensei glanced up at him teach me some useful Jutsu like that clone one of Narutos Sask said oddly enough of all the jutsus I've copied that was never one of them not too many people know how to use it Kakashi said then make that dead last show me I a CH and should know such powerful techniques Sask said the cashi got up I suppose it would be useful for you to know it does have certain advantages though it requires a huge amount of chakra and chakra control to be used properly if dead last knows itun have no problem Sask said absolutely not Naruto said to Kakashi request come now nuto you're being unreasonable we all at team and need to help each other Kakashi She Said So I offered to show him if he'd show me one of those fire jutes he's always using heck I leave and settle for you teaching me one nuto said right now with your chakra control you wouldn't be able to do most of my justice so why don't you show saso now and when you improve I'll show you something all right why does this demon have to make things so difficult for me of course I can't teach him any of my jsis anyways there's no way I'd give him that kind of power H then he can wait until you think I'm good enough Naruto said Amad dead last you should be honored I've even taken an interest in one of your jutes Sask said not going to happen Sask Naruto said thehi was surprised at the blood lust he felt from sasu before he left heading back towards tuna's house well done Naruto I want you to stay here until you have mastered the tree climbing exercise understood without waiting for a reply he followed sasuko lay on the ground he wasn't making any progress dusk was closing in around the woods Naruto k he looked up and saw hanata must have hit my head harder than I thought Naruto said she crouched next to him are are you all right a fine what are you doing here Naruto said the cashi Sensei sent a request for for a support team in my squad was we were the only ones available what are you doing out here alone hanata asked trying to climb this tree without using my hands Naruto said maybe I can help it's not not that hard when you get the hang of it hanata said you can do it Naro said yes we learned a few weeks ago hanata said a man Naro said it's really not that difficult hanata said okay letun get going so what's first Naruto said Byakugan all right start but stand still and focus on your feet Hinata said okay Naruto said you need more chakra Hinata said like this Naro said more a little less good hold that for 5 minutes anata said this is hard why do I have to do it Naruto said so you learn the proper amount without fing so much and it easier to focus when just standing Hinata said beh held his chakra with Hinata calling out minor adjustments at first he had to focus and change every few seconds but by the fifth minute he could actually feel the difference between too much and not enough all right Naruto come try it now Hinata said okay he ran up the tree and made it 7 m before he fell off oh yay check it out good work Naruto cun Hinata said thanks all right letun try this again Naruto said he focused the chakra To His Feet Again spent 5 minutes trying to maintain the proper level and tried again with Hinata's help he managed to get almost a meter higher each time until he found himself standing sideways at the top of the tree he was so excited he accidentally jumped off the tree the ran to where he had landed nuto K fine fine I can't believe how easy it was like that Naruto said you're really amazing it took us 3 day to get it hanata said that's cause I had an awesome teacher Naruto said Thank You Hinata said they said offer to zuna's house as they passed to River narudo saw a fish jumping out of the water hey Hinata hold on a sec he pulled out a kunai and tied some Ninja wire to it aiming he threw it at the fish the kunai missed by an inch what are you doing hinat said well this town is pretty hard off I went to the market this morning and there was hardly anything there I feel kind of bad about just eating all their food so I figured I could at least catch a fish or something to help out he threw the kunai at another fish and only scrapped its tail it's harder than it looks maybe I can help hanada said waiting into the river up to her waist she waited several minutes for the fish to ignore her then she slapped the water sending out a chakra pulse several stunned fish floated to the surface Naruto jumped in and caught them all they had more than enough fish for dinner and it took both of them to carry it back to tuna's house there they found all their teammates sitting around the table Kakashi frowned when he saw nuto I thought I told you to keep training until you got it instead you went fishing arudo smirked and walked to the wall up it and stood grinning on the ceiling I finished early SOI and Hinata thought we'd help catch dinner auna and his daughter looked wide-eyed at the fish Naruto and Hinata handed them thank you very much I'll have these cooked up in no time thehi looked a little confused and disappointed how did he manage that just a few hours ago he was barely off the ground it should have taken at least 3 weeks for him to advance this far even with all the extra mouths and an eating contest between Kiba and nuto there was still plenty of fish left over after dinner Kakashi looked at his three students Sask looked ready to kill Nudo having spent the whole meal glaring at him Sakura kept scolding Naruto for his manners but he had caught her smiling at his Antics a few times and Naruto was riding high after getting the hang of the tree walking exercise well Naro since you seem to still seem to be so full of energy why don't you take First Watch all right Naruto said getting up to go outside and Patrol anata would you mind helping nuto out Kur and I asked of course Kur andai Sensei hanat said Kur andai ignored Kakashi's startled look after their students had settled in until their watch Kakashi found kurai in the kitchen to voice his concerns are you sure it's wise to leave her alone with that demon the Ada will be fine I'm starting to think we've all been wrong about nuto she said what have you forgotten everything the Caillou has done to our village Kakashi said he couldn't believe a comrade was saying anything like this I haven't but I'm not convinced the caoi and nuto are the same she said how would you know he said because every time you brush him off from your training he comes and trains with us she said he Wass and you've actually been training him he said yes at first it was just to see what he was like but every time my squad works with him they push themselves further somehow he seems to bring out their best she said have you lost your mind it's the demon Fox you were there you've seen what it can do Kakashi said I remember and that's why I'm not convinced he's like we all thought she said when he decides to prove me right I hope you remember this Kakashi said leaving the room Kuran I SED she had been planning to speak with Kakashi about nuto but not like that she decided to go check up on narudo and Hinata the two were sitting on top of tuna's house every few minutes Hinata used her Bak to check the surrounding area nuto was trying just to stay awake nuto K if you if you are tired you can sleep hanat said no I can't go falling asleep on guard Duty Naruto said I would hope not said Kur andai behind them Kur and I Sensei hanata jumped up and bowed she smiled at her student anything to report no nothing to report hanata said after the way we beat the sword Freak no one would dare mess with us Naruto said actually I've been meaning to speak with you you about that nuto I'm not convinced abuza is dead what but Kakashi said he was there were needles in his neck and everything Naruto said yes but those needles are a strange weapon aren't they true they can be used to kill but also to put someone in a deathlike state I am not convinced Kakashi could tell the difference in the condition he was in also Shinobi Hunters are supposed to destroy a body on the spot yours seems to have left with it Kur and I said so if he's stupid enough to come back we'll take care of him again we've got you guys here now nuto said you seem to have a lot of faith in my squad nuto Kuran I said of course I do you're all Leaf Shinobi too and you've got hanata chan Naruto said anata turned away to hide her blush she was sure she was bright enough to be seen from the sea Kur and I just laughed and left them to the rest of their shift just after midnight Naruto and Hinata went inside while Sakura and Shino took their watch as they passed each other nuto grabbed sho's arm and pulled him aside hey Sho do you have a bug that can react to blood incus one of us is separated and injured an interesting idea I'll think about it he said before leaving the house the next morning the leaf Shinobi sat around the table Kakashi looked at each of them we have talked it over and decided that the best way to proed will be to split into three two-man teams one team will train one will guard and one will rest we'll alternate the teams as we go for today it will be sasu Kino Sakura and Kiba and Hinata and Naruto before you all go Kur and I and interrupted there is reason to believe the Zabuza may still be alive if he is it's doubtful heun attack for several days but be on your toes thead and Naruto were assigned first guard Duty they escorted tazuna to the bridge he looked at them apprehensively great a Brad and a girl who looks like she'll faint at the first sign of trouble hey you take that back hanada Chan is a better fighter than me Naruto said though getting defensive she your little girlfriend he said yeah as a matter of fact she is got a problem with that Naruto said said well first she's too good for you and second that little announcement of yours seems to have killed her tuna said pointing at a fainted hanata hanata oh man this is so not good Naruto said running around trying to figure out what to do auna caught him by his jacket collar calm down just pick her up and carry to the bridge I'm sure she'll come around soon oh right good thinking guess the booze hasn't rotted all of your brain after all Naruto said picking up inata and shifting her to his pack hey watch it Brad I'm smart than you'll ever be tuna said when they got to the bridge tuna frowned only half the workers from the day before were there where the hell is everyone Sorry boss people been getting scared one of them said scared this is the last chance for our country and the only paying job around how are we ever going to finish if everyone gets scared and runs away have some pride tazuna said most of the workers hung their head a few more took off their hard hats and left Naruto growled at them come on have a backbone what the hell would you know kid tuna said nuto made a dozen Shadow clones I know I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty theado woke laying against a stack of metal support beams tuna sat on top of them looking over plans and drinking deeply from a bottle oh finally come around anata blushed and bowed deeply I am very sorry relax the look on the Brat's face was worth it plus you looked pretty cute when he carried you here tuna said morito he carried me hanata said of course did you think you walked here while you were out tuna said where is he now hanada asked tuna jerked his thumb toward the end of the bridge several Narutos were carrying supplies to the workers handy trick he has would have been in trouble otherwise so many Works Qui cause they were afraid he spit on the ground spineless bustards I am sure they had a reason hinat said yeah cause they lost their nerve without this bridge this country is as good as dead he took a long drink guess well heun's working on stuck with you as a guard think you can stay awake long enough to do that I will do my best tuna Sama hanata said tazuna looked her over and took another long drink zakura and Kiba came to take over guard Duty in the late morning nuto and Hinata had training next and made their way to the part of the forest where they had practiced the tree walking exercise Kakashi had given nuto instruction to continue practicing by holding his position on the underside of a branch for 10 minutes then repeat until he could do it 20 times in a row without falling G I told Hinata to work on her Byakugan by helping Naruto though she suspected it was more because she felt bad for nutk treatment by his Sensei Naruto didn't waste any time as soon as he thought he had his chakra right he walked up the trunk and onto the branch hanata smiled that was clearly something Kakashi didn't count on his determination Bata shook herself she couldn't let nuto get ahead of her focusing her own chakra she joined him on the branch practicing maintaining her bacugan and footing compared to some of her clan training methods it wasn't particularly Difficult by the end of 10 minutes Naruto was sweating by 20 his legs were shacking on the branch and he practically fell to the ground when he let go Naruto C maybe we should break for lunch hanata said we can do that Naruto said of of course no one said we couldn't take a break and wek finish faster if we don't wear ourselves out right away hanata said the right sounds good nuto said the jumped down and pulled a Bento Box from her bag inside were several slices of grilled fish Naruto bit into one this is good I'm glad they they didn't have much to work with so I was worried about the taste hanat said you always cook amazing stuff Naruto assured her hey dead last saso said leaning against a tree Sho was standing nearby my apologizes he insisted on coming and I felt it was best I accompany him Sho said Sask what are you doing here Naruto said I want you to show me your Jutsu Sask said I already told you I'll teach you if you teach me one of yours Naruto said and I said no way in hell I am in AA the elite of the village you should be begging on your hands and knees to teach me he looked at Hinata instead of having a picnic with one of those pale-eyed freaks don't talk about hanata that way nuto said B did I upset the No Name loser fine show me how angry you are well duel right now when I win you show me your Jutsu Sask said H if you win I'll show you my ultimate Jutsu but if I win you'll teach me one of your fire ones nuto said like that'll ever happen but fine Sask said Naruto C what about your training hanat said no problem sparing is part of training besides you said it was all right to take a break Naruto said this this isn't what I meant hinat said Cho rested a hand on her shoulder this has been a long time in coming it would be unwise to interfere I am also curious about the outcome but what if Naruto Kung gets hurt hinat said I believe there is little risk of that come we had better move out of their way he L her to the side of the trees arudo faced sasu canand drew a kunai knife so what are the rules none Sask said and leapt forward making hand signs Fire release giant Fireball technique nuto rolled to the side throwing his kunai the ground behind him exploded chunks of burned Earth rained down on them Naruto rolled out of the smoke saso spun in midair deflecting Naruto's kunai and launching several of his own Naruto forc chakra to his feet and jumped out of the way grabbing a branch and barely managing to adjust his chakra and stick to it Sask slid to a stop ey release Phoenix Age fire technique dozens of small Fireballs tore through the trees ripping branches from the trunks Naruto dropped down just in time got you now Sask said he pulled several wires and throwing stars were yanked out of the Firebolts with a flick of his wrists the spun around nuto wrapping him in the wire fire release dragon fire technique Flames raced along the wire just as it bit into nutk skin the fire reached him and engulfed the blonde ninja Naruto hanata cried she tried to race to him but Shino held her back and pointed to a tree behind Sask man I'd have been in trouble if that was me Naruto said standing upside down on a branch what how the hell how did you get up there Sask said looking back at the wire there was no trace of Naruto in the burning wire it was a shadow clone you know that fireball Jutsu is powerful but it gives your opponent to much cover Naruto said Pine then I won't give you any more openings saso said pulling another kunai and racing up the tree Naruto jumped away but saso grabbed him by the ankle and slammed him into the tree breaking the bark he fell to the ground and rolled away a second before sasu buried his kunai into the ground where nutk head had been nuto stabbed his kunai at sasukes head he blocked with a second kunai using the first for leverage he spun swinging his foot at nuto the blonde ninja bent backward avoiding the attack sasu brought his other foot around and grabbed the first kunai with his chakra then used the momentum of another kick to send it straight at nutk head you know name loser stay down you're no better than that bug brained idiot nuto let it cut his cheek to get inside sasukes guard then drove his fist into the aa's stomach Sask punched nuto in his shoulder off balance Naruto tried to kick at Sask but Sask was ahead of him and brought his knee to Naruto's gut he grabbed sas's leg and threw him before collapsing to his knees Sask recovered and landed on his feet damn it how can this clanless loser hold his own against me I am a think his stamina is inhuman I can't let this drag out I need to hit him now he glanced towards Hinata and Shino sho's insects were buzzing and swirling around him sasu smirked at least he could reel up the other losers or make him take a hit they turned towards Hinata and Shino Fire release great Fireball technique the fireball was several times the size of his first Naruto sprinted towards Hinata and Shino Shadow clone juts to thead saw a wall of orange just before the fireball hid her next thought was that she was on the ground she staggered to her feet the forest was covered in a smoky Haze nuto she called out between coughs anada Naruto coked she turned in relief and nearly became sick Naruto was sprawled on the ground most of his shirt was signed off angry red skin and blood covered his arms and chest his forehead band had fallen over his eyes but his face wasn't any better his blonde hair was dulled with smoke and shoot oh God Naruto hanat said looks like I one loser Sask said walking through the smoke anat slammed her hands into sasso's stomach hitting every Point she could remember to cause pain then an open Palm strike that threw him through the smoke can into a tree shattering it under him she went in for another strike but Sho stopped her hanatan Naruto needs help sasu won't be causing any more trouble for now Naruto her legs nearly went out you're faster go get Kuran I Sensei hurry she said as he finished Tata moved faster than he had ever seen her he turned towards Naruto and examined his injuries Sho Naruto coked yes remain still you have suffered severe injury to your torso arms and head Sho said bar you and hanadan all right Naruto said we are uninjured thanks to your actions but I have a question if you had used all of your clones to absorb the portion of the blast that would have hit hanada you would most likely have remained uninjured however you spread them out to also block the portion heading towards me I could have easily dodged the worst of it but your insects were out they're like aamu not humans but still comrades didn't want them hurt in my fight nuto said comrades a view of my clan insects that few chose he went to Han's pack and pulled out a jar of healing cream she had made he quickly calculated it wouldn't be enough he walked back and held out his hands insects began to swarm over Naruto hold still my insects can dull the pain until hinat returns with help well was sasu Kurt Naruto said not by the blast though I believe Hinata may have broken several of his ribs Sho said knew she was Stronger than Me Naruto said right before he passed out she know supervised his insects work I believe you are wrong in your assessment Naruto she is stronger Because Of You the trees blurred as hanata leapt from Branch to Branch forcing chakra out her feet the path back to tuna's house seemed impossibly long she kept picturing Naruto in her mind and each time the scene became worse when she finally arrived at tuna's house and burst through the door Naruto's image was just a gasping burned skeleton G and I was sitting at the table with Kakashi they both stared and the panting Hinata Naruto's been hurt badly Hinata turned to run back but Kakashi grabbed her arm what about Sask please Naruto needs help hinat said Sask is he all right Kakashi said is hand was yanked off of Hinata kurai held his wrist tightly he felt the bone threatening to break letun go Ada G andai followed hanada through the forest she was impressed with her student beat even kibba would have trouble keeping up hanada what happened sasu challenged nuto to a duel to try and force nuto to teach him his clone Jutsu they were pretty even sasu skills were better but Naruto was wearing him out so he decided to attack me and Shino hanata said the what screw the counsil if this is true I'll rip out his eyes myself he he used a fireball Jutsu but Naruto jumped in front of us and used his clones to block it but he was burned badly hinat said what about Sask what happened to him kurai said I I think I threw him through a tree I can't I can't really remember when I saw nuto I was so mad hanat said don't worry anything you did was justified kurai said she saw the lingering smoke well away from the actually side of the sparing Sask were you really trying to kill them thenada and Kur and I landed near Sho and Naruto Sho stood and reported Naruto has second degree Burns over most of his chest and upper arms fist degree on his face with the exception of his eyes that were protected by his headband his left shoulder was also dislocated but I have already said it I also used Tad as healing cream on the worst of the burns and my insects are reducing the pain that work sheo Kur and I said kneeling down to examine nuto herself he was in rough shape his clothes were complete loose but none of it seemed life-threatening for the moment and she had heard about his recuperative abilities still hanada check his chakra networ for damage yes kurur and I sense say Byakugan hanada watched nunk chakra flowing easily through him and let out a sigh of relief then she saw red chakra warming its way through the blue moving towards the burns it was slight but where the chakra excided the burns seemed to lessen slightly hanata is there something wrong Kur and I asked his chakra system is fine there seems to be no damage Hinata said impressive normally there would be some damage after something like this Kur and I gave her reassuring smile Naruto will be fine with some rest but but look at him hanata said he looks worse because of the clothes besides you really think something like this would be enough to take out a future Hokage Kuran I said why am I calling him a future Hokage theat sank to her knees thank God she know what is Sask condition Kuran I said I haven't confirmed it but my insects report that he miraculously has no broken bones sever bruising on several ribs though and after the once over hanada gave him he will be in severe pain for a few hours after he regained Consciousness Sho said theur and I said gently lifting Nudo careful to give sho's bugs time to move out of the way sheo please bring Sask and don't worry if he gets a few more bruises along the way yes kurai sheo said it would appear she is a sadistic streak where those who harm her charges are concerned arudo lay comfortably on a pile of pillows his head chest and arms were wrapped in fresh bandages only his eyes nose and mouth remained uncovered Cur and I packed away the rest of the medical supplies she had sparred hanad seeing him half naked and badly burned by sending her to inform Kiba and Sakura what had happened sheo was waiting outside he had handed sasuka to Kakashi as soon as they had arrived she went into the living room to speak with Kakashi as she passed Shino she motioned for him to go keep an eye on narudo Kakashi was sitting at the table Kur and I took the seat across from him Naruto will be fine how is Sask he should make a full recovery luckily nothing was broken Kakashi said good then HEK be able to face the council when we get back Kur and I said the council what are you talking about Kakashi said the attack two of my students I will do everything in my power to see him sent back to the academy well see how his AA Pride handles that Kur and I said that's insane neither of your students were hurt Kakashi said but Naruto was far worse than Sask but you haven't shown any concern for him Kuran I said this is a matter with in my team and I will deal with it myself Kakashi said g and I leaned in close Kakashi I know what we all thought about nuto but we were wrong the Shinobi lying in that bed is no more a demon than I am well some of your ex-boyfriends have told stories Kakashi said with a fake smiled gurai grabbed his arm and twisted him out of his chair but before she could finish her attempt to separate it from his body the front door burst in where's Sask Sakura said Sakura he's fine but sleeping you can see him in a few hours Kakashi said I'll beat nuto into the ground for what he did to Sask he's gone too far this time where is that Baka Sakura said Bashi pointed towards Naruto's room before kurai could stop him Sakura turned ready to beat down the door but hanada was standing in front of it in her Clan's fighting stance you you will not hurt Naruto K move it after what he did to my dear sasu K Sakura said he he didn't hurt Sask I did hinat said you Sakura said the and Naruto K were sparing his his skills were better but Naruto K was wearing him down so instead instead he attacked me and Shino to force Naruto to take a hit hinat said that that can't be right Naruto was using you too as a shield right Sakura said no he wasn't near us it was a coward's move so I shoved him through a tree hanat said be what take that back SAS is an amazing ninja Sakura said pulling back to punch hanata a white blur slammed into Sakura leg and knocked her off balance aimu bounced off her and landed next to hinat Kiba stood panting at the door man when did you girls get so fast Kiba said the door to nark room opened and Shino stepped out all of you are being far too noisy why the hell should we be quiet Sakura said sheo stepped to the side of the door letting them see in Sakura gasped at seeing Naruto covered in bandages what happened I believe Hinata has already told you Sask attacked us Naruto intercepted the attack at great personal cost severe burns to his chest and arms mild Burns to his face he was lucky he was not blinded Sho said zakura took a step back this is a joke right you guys just wrapped him up to mess with me we did not Shino said though I am impressed the lengths you will go to to see things in such a way as not to damage your inflated idea of Sask what are you talking about Sakura said nothing Sho went back into the room and closed the door G and I looked between hinat Sakura and Kiba where is tazuna kba jerked a thumb over his shoulder old guy insisted we come back to check on nuto after Sakura went off screaming guess I went a little fast heun's still vomiting in the bushes at least you didn't abandon the client Kur and I said glancing at an embarrassed Sakura but nearly half their number laid up the guard rotations had to be rearranged Kur and I was now tuna's full-time bodyguard with her three jenin and Sakura trading off watches with her Kur andai had given Hinata permission to watch Naruto until her patrol started provided she continued to use her Bakugan to check the surrounding area now well after midnight K and I checked on them Naruto had been sleeping comfortably for most of the day Hinata seemed to have dozed off Kur and I decided to let her sleep until her patrol started in an hour Asuna was sitting at the kitchen table when K and I walked in he took a Sig from his bottle doesn't it disturb you to see how that kid is treated or is that just some Ninja thing no this was something unexpected but sadly understandable SAS is a have you heard of them kurai said be one of your Village's big Clans till they got themselves killed off somehow tuna said not quite they were all killed by Sask older brother he is the only Survivor Kuran I said you mean his own brother killed his parents cousins tuna said yes everyone from what I understand Sask single goal is to kill his brother and restore his clan he has had an entire Village telling him how special he for years now and Catering to his wishes he has become a prince to to most of the civilians Kur andai said and something like that happened to the other kid TOA princely rivalry tuna said no the opposite you've heard of the caoi kurai said that ninetail dog thing tuna said Fox and yes when it attacked well both of nito's parents died that night in total he spent maybe 10 minutes with them Kur and I said lots of kids grow up without parents tuna said Drew if that was it I lost my own father that night but because nuto was born on the day the caoi attacked the village began to use him as a scapegoat for their anger he has been hated and mistreated wherever he has gone people have even gone as far as to try and kill him Kuran I said seriously how the hell can he still be so goofy then tuna said to be honest I'm not sure not only does he still smile but he plans to become Hokage Kuran I said that's a laugh a little thing like him tuna said it's true he wants to protect the entire Village even the ones who have tried to kill him everything he has he fought for sassu thinks everything should be handed to him Kuran I said the ninjas are messed up tazuna emptied his bottle and stumbled upstairs outside the kitchen window stood Shino Kiba crouched under the window with an ear cocked so that's why people treat nuto like that maybe but there are several flaws in her story in a village the size of kah Hager there will be at least several children born every day why was Naruto singled out because he lost his parents others lost as much as him and they were treated well Sho said they overthinking things kba said kba have you or akimaru sensed anything odd about nuto Sho said once akamu smelled something he couldn't explain it well though said it smelled like hate Kiba said interesting sheo said my own insects have a primal fear of something not nuto but something affecting him hey you got an idea or something kibba said no I will need to speak with Hinata before I speculate sheo said bada why Kiba said when she was examining nutk chakra Network earlier she saw something I detected an unnatural hesitation Sho said so after you talk with her will you tell me what you're thinking Kiba said if I think there is reason to Sho said Sakura Sat by sas's bed she had been delighted when she'd seen Kakashi had removed sas's shirt not that she hadn't seen him shirtless before in pictures nearly every female at the Academy had a set of shirtless ass pictures taken by an unknown photographer seeing his bare chest in the flesh though was so much better if she ignored the deep red dots on his stomach where Hinata had attacked him or the purple and yellow bruises on his back she put a cool washcloth on his head he wasn't running a fever but Sakura had decided to indulge the fantasy of nursing him back to health a little sasu tried to roll over and grimaced before he fell back on his back Kakashi had told her that there wasn't anything she could do for him still she brushed her fingers along his arm hoping to bring him some comfort the light was weak and red Sask stood in a hallway somewhere he knew better than his own home or to be correct it was his home how it had been that night deep Cuts in the wood screens torn on the doors a trail of blood dotted the grain of the wood still seeping along the indentations the coppery smells of it and the wax used on the floor mingled around him he had had this dream so many times that it had long since stopped scaring him he knew it like the back of his hand and sometimes wondered if it wasn't a lingering torture from his brother standing around won't get the done any faster he walked into the last room in the hall his mother's body lay on the floor his father's pinned by a kunai threw his hands against the wall mother father it had become habit for him to address them before the rest of the nightmare played out a moment passed and another door slid open Itachi stood outlined by the red light still too weak to do anything fire burned in Sask his hate rushing through his veins but he knew how things would go this was a nightmare with a script half-heartedly he charged his brother Itachi knocked him down twice more he attacked and twice more he was sent sprawling that was how it always went there was a time whenever new Jutsu he learned he'd try in the nightmare but things never changed he was knocked down three times then woke up only this time as he lay on the floor after the third hit he didn't instead hands wrapped around his arm and pulled him up standing next to him was Naruto come on that can't be the best you have knock this bastard out what the hell are you doing here Sask said come on if this is your best then I guess that whole being a prodigy was nothing but stroking your ego Naruto said a dead last no Clan bastard knows nothing about fighting sasu said oh really then how did I beat you Naruto said he didn't Sask said he was so busy yelling at Naruto he didn't see Itachi move and hit him a fourth time he collapsed gasping his last sight in the dream was his mother's lifeless face a blurry figure stood over Sask for a moment his mind thought and wished it was his mother then the figure became clear it was Sakura she reached towards him but he shoved her hands away and clutched his stomach what happened you beat nuto but then Hinata attacked you Sakura said that loser took me out Sask said she had surprise on her side Sakura said her clan says she's a failure and nuto was dead last but they can both beat me damn it and I really that weak Sask said no there's got to be some reason Sakura said there are two possibilities I am that weak or they are both strong enough to have told everyone where is he Sask said who Sakura said Naruto Sask said down downstairs Sakura said sasu staggered out of bed and down the stairs on the fifth step his foot slipped luckily Sakura was behind him and caught him he struggled against her and jumped the rest of the stairs he opened the door to Naruto's room and stood in the doorway Naruto was still asleep wrapped in bandages hanata resting her head next to him zakura watched Sask not sure what to do she breathed a sigh of relief when he left the room and closed the door then he laughed what was I thinking I won they're both just weaklings he staggered pass Sakura back up the stairs to the room he had been sleeping in Theo's first thought was that he had been burned again he remembered the feeling from years ago when someone hit him with a burning Branch this was worse though his whole body felt hot and itchy he opened his eyes expecting to see another hospital room instead he was in a poorly lit room hanata was sleeping in a chair next to the bed with her head resting on his hand he moved his hand and brushed her bangs aside she stirred and sat up Naruto K she jumped on the bed and wrapped Naruto in a bone crushing hug don't you ever scare me like that again there please Naruto said sorry hanata let him go but continued to straddle his waist promise me you'll never do something like that again jump in front of a fireball to protect you sorry but I'll do at every chance I get besides every time I get hurt I wake up with a beautiful girl next to my bed Naruto said next time I won't be here then Hinata said turning her head so he wouldn't see her blushing Nudo wrapped his arms around her waist a come on that it be torture before Hinata could answer there was a flash in the room they both turned to the door to see Sho with a camera my mother suggested I take up a hobby he calmly walked away hanata and nuto realized what position they had been caught in and jumped apart you you should get some rest Youk be fine in a few days she stood to leave but Naruto caught her hand if you wanted you could uh stay a while long I I would really like to but I I have to go on patrol soon maybe maybe I would be back afterwards hanata said okay Naruto said with a big cheesy grin hanata found Shino sitting on the roof that picture it could cause problems with my family if they ever saw it no one will see it I only used it as an excuse to separate you from nuto I doubt you would have left his side otherwise Sho said why did you want me away from n hanada said so that we could talk both kibba and I have noticed something peculiar about nuto my observation suggested has something to do with his chakra well observing Naruto's chakra earlier you flattered I would like to know what you saw Sho said and nothing hinat said if you do not wish to tell me you do not have to but I will ask you know what is the cause of this odity Sho said hanata hesitated I do is it a risk to our mission Sho said no said all right by the way you and Naro make very good subjects I already have several pictures of you two together Sho said before jumping from the roof he already has pictures of us together I wonder if heun make me copies come on I'm fit for Duty Naruto said for the last time no you would only be a liability Kakashi said but I can't stay in bed all day I'll die of boredom Naruto said if only we were that lucky Kakashi said what was that Kakashi Naruto said nothing nothing listen if you have so much energy why don't you go train Kakashi said but Sask is back in Action Naruto said Sask wasn't burned Kakashi said no he just had a tree fall on him Naruto said Sho put a hand on Naruto's shoulder come we will train together Sho said but Naruto said the good ninja would not risk the mission instead they would use this time to train and become a better asset sheo said you're right Naro said they walked to the clearing that Hinata and he had used before to one side was a ring of chart Earth across from it was a Fallen Tree its trunk splintered the lingering scent of burnt wood and Earth tickled nutk nose before it slips my mind I have something for you sho said holding out his hand a single red shell bug jumped around in his palm what is it Naruto said leaning in to examine it its common name is the blood Beetle it will alert my hive if you are injured Sho said all right so uh where does it go Naruto said Chino moved his hand next to nuto and the blood Beetle jumped to Naruto's shoulder attaching itself to his jacket hanada and kibba both have won as well Sask refused to allow one to be with him and Sakura ran I guess we'll just have to make sure one of us is always with him then so what kind of training did you have in mind Naruto said after observing your spar with sasu and speaking with Kuran Sensei I believe your greatest falling as a ninja is your lack of chakra control Sho said yakashi said the same thing saw more tree climbing Naruto said not quiet well it is true that tree climbing will help you with control you have another issue that will hold you back Sho said like what Naruto said you have such a large reserve of chakra that it is impeding your control Sho said so it's not like I can do much about it Nudo said but I can my insects will eat a majority of your chakra with L you may be able to better control it Sho said will this really work Naro said I read of a similar technique in my Clan's library because our insects eat chakra we have developed large chakra reserves of our own because the majority of our chakra is set aside for our insects we have learned to be very select in our use of the remainder Sho said most of that went over my head but all right so what do I need to do Naro said just stand there Sho raised both his arms and insects swarmed out they circled nuto a few landed on his hands then more until the entire swarm was crawling along his skin WI under his clothes it took most of his self-control not to try and brush them off so how long should this take Naruto said fidgeting he was beginning to tingle all over a few more moments Shino said slowly insects began to fly back to Shino first only a few but soon clumps were falling off Naruto and returning to their home Naruto swayed on his feet Sho bent down as the last of his insects crawled up his shelves interesting there was no sign of any anomaly within his chakra this time so now what Naruto said three climbing Sho said How's this different then Naruto said we will see Sho said all right Naruto walked to a tree and focused his chakra at his feet he did notice a difference it was much harder to force enough chakra to his feet to stay on the trunk three times he fell off before he managed to get to a branch and stay there for a minute and a half man this is a lot harder than before exactly this is how most people experience the tree climbing exercise Sho said sir ly man that sucks Naruto said she know justed as glasses I would not put it that way however now you should have a better understanding of exactly how much chakra you possess Chino and Kiba sat on the roof it was well after Sunset and they were about to start their patrol so learn anything about nuto little hanata is aware of what the cause is she has assured me though it is not a liability to our current Mission while training today with nuto I used my insects to siphon his chakra there was nothing odd about it nor his reaction sheo said so we know nothing Kiba said no Hinata had admitted there is something abnormal about nk's chakra now we are sure what we noticed before was real sheo said so you didn't ask him about it Kiba said no judging from Hinata's reaction it appears to be a personal matter unless we are given cause for concern it would be best to leave him to his Secrets I am sure Han would inform us if we needed to know Sho saides you're right oh hey I got your pictures back Kiba said handing over a small envelope you're surprisingly artistic the contents of this package will remain between US unless you would like to have to take a fleet bath every day for a year Sho said a it Kiba said two days after his duel with Sask Naruto was completely recovered to the amazement of almost everyone Kakashi was also almost healed and had taken Sask away for the day for training he insisted nuto and Sakura would not learn anything and should remain behind to guard tuna the bridge was almost completely deserted when Naruto and Sakura showed up for their shift Kur and I was standing with tuna looking over a pile of blueprints the bridge builder took a deep Swig from his bottle inside so you're already back in Action shrimp who are you calling a shrimp Naruto said you shrimp want to prove me wrong get off your ass and do a man's work he said motioning towards a pile of supplies I'll show you kaga bunch and no Jutsu dozens of Narutos swarmed the supplies auna turned to kurai and Sakura how come you two can't do that pause Naruto's a freak Sakura said auna leaned in close a freak better a freak than a stuck up [ __ ] he's guarding me and doing the job of 20 men I haven't seen you do anything except abandon me when you heard that other brat was hurt zukan is not a brat heun's an amazing ninja Sakura said ganai rested a hand on her shoulder Sakura maybe you should make a round to check on things yes Kur and I Sensei she said stomping off Kur and I glared at the bridge builder I think you went a bit far all I did was tell the truth she's been pretty useless didn't do anything when we were attacked heck hasn't even helped with a bridge least the shrimp and your brats are pulling their weight that girl with the crazy eyes can check the inner supports faster than any of my men bug boy checked the whole thing for rust and stress and that dog kid is almost as useful for heavy labor as Naruto we are bodyguards not your personal labor force Kuran I said Pay just finding a practical use for their skills tazuna said Kur I kept a static face but was secretly proud of the incentive her students had taken when Sakura came back from her patrol she proved as useless as tuna had said sitting on the ground mumbling about her precious asuk finally the kurai sent her on another Patrol just to be rid of her when hanada and Kiba came to relieve them Sakura immediately headed back to tuna's home nuto on the other hand continued working with his clones being joined by several more that had wandered off into the tree line and taken Lookout positions Kur and I had to admit she was impressed though she supposed all his pranking had taught him the importance of keeping a lookout as the afternoon wore on she began to wonder if the academy shouldn't somehow incorporate pranking into the curriculum it seemed to have taught nuto well auna called an end to the work day the few workers who remained stopped and stretched their tired muscles the Naruto clone sat down whatever they were carrying and disappeared the real Naruto walked towards them but Kur and I noticed him sway slightly and Saw The Light bags under his eyes Nar I understand you have unreasonable stamina but don't you think you you've overdone it a bit sorry Kur and I Sensei but there was a lot to do Naruto said tomorrow scale it back a bit all right you won't be any use in a fight if you're too tired to lift a finger Kur andai said I can still fight Naruto said before stumbling hanata reached out and caught him thanks hinat Chan no problem Hinata said they escorted tuna back to his home Kakashi and Sask were waiting outside for their return you seem to be fully recovered narut now I believe there is the matter of the bet you make with Sask Kakashi said you can't expect to hold that bet after what Sask did to nuto Kur and I said it's all right Kur and I Sensei technically sasu did win so I have to show him I can't go back on little bets like this if I want to become Hokage Naruto said they moved to a small clearing Sho and Sakura came and joined them kib leaned and close to his teammates you guys think Naruto's a little too willing to show this jerk his Jutsu knowing nuto there is most likely some aspect that we are missing Sho said all right pay attention because I don't want to have to repeat this being a chih elite you should pick it up pretty quick Naruto said stop stalling and show me Sask said fine Naruto said he quickly went through the hand signs a burst of smoke obscured the clearing as it faded they saw a tall blond-haired woman only a few wisps of smoke clung to her body what the hell is that Sask said My ultimate Jutsu the ninja centerfold Naruto said diba fell to the ground laughing hanada and Sakura looked away each blushing at the display nuto had put on the only movement from Shino was one of his eyebrow twitching Kuran I was torn between wanting to punish him for such a display and recommending him for an accommodation for his planning the bad was you teached me that clone technique not some perverted Jutsu Sask said no the BET was I'd show you my ultimate Jutsu this is it I admit making solid clones can come in handy but I've used this to escape from all sorts of jonen even the Hokage just look at cacash Naruto said Bashi had taken several steps back and was dapping at a spot of blood on his mask just under his nose nuto you know that is not what Sasuke may not have been what he meant but it's what he agreed to Kur and I said forget it I'll find someone back at the Village to teach me Sask said the next day nuto was practicing his tree walking with hanata when their blood beetles began to buzz frantically Naruto plucked it from his jacket the insect jumped around his hand buzzing where's Sho Naruto said daring to Zuna with Sasuke the most likely Target hinat said Naruto made a single clone to check on kibba and Sakura then he and hanata went towards the bridge before they had reached the bridge they were sure something was wrong the bridge was covered in a thick Mist the workers were lying near The Mists Edge I akan hinat said she checked their surroundings and the workers they're fine just out cold I can see six chakra signatures on the bridge Kakashi Sho Sask tazuna and two I don't recognize eyes deuza and the mask guy Naro said he charged forward as soon as he was in the midst everything became muted he could barely hear his own feet on the cement to his right was a flash probably one of sasukes fire jutsus a shadow in the midst he hesitated zabuza's sword slashed the Mist just an inch in front of him halfway through the swing Zabuza changed the sword's motion it swung to the side Naruto was hit with its broadside and swatted to the ground guess that's what a fly feels like the Mist condensed around his wrists and ankles freezing him to the ground Nudo tried to pull free he could barely move an inch he couldn't reach any of his weapons or use a Jutsu the shadow was in front of him the sword came down ready to cut him in half the end of zabuza's Sword buried itself several inches into the cement next to nutk head he blinked Hinata was standing next to him her arm outstretched the after image of chakra swirling around her hand Zabuza looked at his sword the last foot and a half had been cut clean off then he started to laugh amazing how long has it been since someone was able to damage kubaki robacho the fabled by akan they do not disappoint damaging this blade is no easy feet Hinata Zabuza said how how do you know my name Hinata said I have had a subordinate watching all of you for some time thanks to him I even know how to defeat Kakashi Sharingan and your Bakugan but one treat at a time as a reward for managing to damage My Sword I will spare nuto for the moment Sask has his hands full with Haku the three of you together might be able to beat him if you live I will kill you Zabuza said the mist shimmered and he disappeared hanada dropped to her knees and used a kunai to free Naruto thanks come on we better go save sassu

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