Chapter 1: Arrival of a new ninja; friend or foe?
It was the late afternoon in Konoha, and our favorite ramen loving ninja was in the Hokage's office waitting for a mission.
"Come on Tsunade-sama just give us the mission so we can get started. I still need to train to fulfill a certain promise I made years agos," said an annoyed, but slightly red Naruto, who glanced at Sakura rigt after finishing, who was also blushing a little.
"Oh," thought Sakura, " Naruto, just trying all this time is enough for me."
"That's enough Naruto," yelled a hangover ridden Tsunade. "Now I want you, Neji, Sakura, Hinata, and a transferred ninja named Shinrai, to travel to the land of Time and help them build the new village they're going to use as the captial."
"Na-naruto and I" thought Hinata, "together on a mission?" She started to turn bright red just at the thought.
"Tsunade-sam, I hate to burst your bubble, but its just me, Sakura, Hinata, and Neji here. Where's this Shinrai character," Naruto pointed out.
"Yes, you're right Naruto, but Shinrai has already been briefed on the mission," Tsunade told him. "You're dismissed. You leave yomorrow at 11:00am."
As they left Naruto turned to see if Hinata was coming, only to find her standing where she had been. He went to get her, but the very second he grabbed her hand, Hinata fainted and some how ended up floating in mid air. Then a ninja they hadn't met before walked in with his left hand forming half of the tiger seal and his tattoo (the hiragana for hikari) glowing slightly. He walked over and said " Well I heard you were stupid but I never believed it." He thenwalked over to Hinata, placed his right hand on the center of her back, and the tattoo on that hand (the hiragana for yami) started to glow and he gently laid her down on the floor. "Hey, I'm Shinrai, you three go get ready for the mission, I'll stay here and wait for Hinata to wake up. I've already been briefed and gotten packed," said the ninja, and while Naruto and Sakura were heading for the door, Neji glared at Shinrai then followed the others but stopped when the Shinrai said, "oh and Neji don't worry, nothing is going t ohappen, I promise... Well, unless she's the one who does it." With that said Neji walked out with a bit of a smile.
"Hmm, first Naruto states a promise he hadn't brought up in over a year, which sparked something in Sakura, and then Hinata faints, because of Naruto, and is being cared for by Shinrai. This could get interesting." Tsunade thought.
A couple hours passed since Hinata fainted, and Shinrai had moved her to a sofa and took her shoes off so she'd be more comfortable until she woke up. Shinrai was killing sitting on the edge of the same sofa killing time by practicing the jutsu he used to hold Hinata in mid-air, on a coin, then Tsunade interrupted his practice, "Shinrai, I've noticed that everytime start that just the tattoo on your left hand glows, and when you release it, the tattoo on your right hand glows. Why is that?" she asked.
"I thought you had noticed, you see my clan puts tattoo of two opposite energies on the hands of children. Mine are light and darkness, my father's were fire and water, and my grandmother's were earth and wind. They're put on with chakra infused ink which is why they glow when I use a jutsu, now if you were asking why they only one at a time glows, its because I only use one to start the justsu and the other to release. To answer your next question, my clan has a kekkei genkai which allows us to read people's minds by looking into their eyes. I know its not as useful as the Sharigan or Byakugan of the Uchiha and Hyuga, but that's why i created that jutsu I was practicing, to hold objects in place so I can use what they're trying to do," explained Shinrai.
A couple mintues later Hinata finally woke up, no longer blushing because of Naruto. "Oh, good evening sleepy head. You've been out for a couple hours, I'm Shinrai Hateshinai, the fifth member of your team for the upcoming mission," said Shinrai introducing himself.
"I'm Hinata Hyuga," whispered Hinata, introducing herself. "Ah, S-shinrai do you know were the others are." Hoping to find out were Naruto was.
"Well they're at home packing for the mission and resting up," he told Hinata "as for Naruto I believe he's training right now," telling her exactly what she wanted, "but its getting late, why don't you let me walk you home, and if we run into Neji or your father I'll explain what happened okay?" he suggested?
"S-sure, that would be nice, thanks for the offer," Hinata stuttered, blushing with a smile she didn't notice.
While Shinrai walked Hinata back to the Hyuga mansion she saw his hikari tattoo and asked about it, his clan, and his past.
After half an hour they reached the mansion and Hinata was about to grab the knob, when she was stopped by Shinrai, "I almost forgot to tell you something, Hinata."
"What was it," she asked with a confused look, hoping he wasn't going to degrat her.
"That you have the most beautiful smile I have ever seen," he told her, "and what would make you think i'd degrat you?" he followed, not expecting an answer.
"Thanks Shinrai," replied a blushing Hinata and then she gave him a light kiss on the cheek.
"You're welcome, Hinata," he said, blushing a little from her unexpected kiss, "good night."
After Hinata went inside Shinrai went over to the training grounds to find Naruto, who was about to pass out. "Naruto!" yelled Shinrai, " i justwanted to remind you you to be on time tomorrow, because we're not waiting for you to show up, so head home, pack, set your alarm, and sleep, got it?"
"Sure, but who made..." Naruto started.
"... Me leader Lady Tsunade did, and that if you disobey a direct order that I have the ability to demote you to gennin without the possiblity to become a chunin again, so... GET MOVING!" Shinrai shouted.
With that said Naruto went home, and Shinrai did the same.