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.
