Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto characters used in this fanfiction. All Naruto characters are property of Masashi Kishimoto. I am not using this fanfiction for my own profit.
Warning: This story is rated M for language, violence/gore, and in later chapters, lemons. Lemons or any other citrus fruit is used to indicate that there will be graphic sexual content at some point in a fanfiction. There is no yoai or yuri in this story. This story is strictly NaruHina, with possible hints of SasuSaku.
Summary: "Hinata…" he tried to continue. "Y-Yes…" she tried to egg him on a little more. The dreaded silence finally got to him and he spat out, "The other chakra system you saw was the nine-tailed fox!"
Chapter 1: Honestly? Another lousy mission?
"How can this be A-ranked, grandma, honestly?" Naruto rambled, "This is barely C-ranked! Do I really have to do another retrieval mission?" he whined. "Don't start it with me!" Tsunade retaliated, "We already have all of the other missions covered! And this is an A-ranked mission, because what you are retrieving has VERY important information! I also thought that you would want a mission instead of just sitting around." Naruto did agree, but still wanted a different mission.
Hinata, who was standing right next to the knuckleheaded sage, had a why-does-he-always-do-this look on her face. "W-We'll do our best Hokage-sama," she whispered. "Good. Now. Your mission is to go to the hidden snow village and get the scroll of Massive Healing and come back! This mission should only last you a week, tops." Tsunade said. "Yeah, yeah… Hey! Where's everyone else?" he insisted. Hinata lowered her head slightly in a mournful way. Tsunade saw this and thought it was better not to cause heavy drama right before a mission. She hated having to explain things further, especially to someone as exuberant as Naruto. "He'll find out later anyway," she thought. She frowned, "Everyone else is on missions, and Sakura is under a special mission with the ANBU medical team. Besides, Hinata is the best navigator out of all the teams, and next to Sakura, she is also an equally excellent medical shinobi." Hinata sported a healthy blush. She wasn't so used to having such praise implemented toward her.
Tsunade had some of her normal authoritive bark when she spoke again, "And since she has the most brains in this group, she will be the leader of this mission. Naruto, you protect her and make sure that Hinata and the scroll come back safely. If this scroll is lost or if the mission fails, heads will be ROLLING and I'll send your sorry asses back to the academy! Do I make myself clear?" "Y-yes ma'am!" stuttered Hinata. There was a long pause. "Do I make myself clear, Naruto? HEY!"
Just to piss her off, Naruto was sitting on the floor contemplating what kind of ramen he should pack for the trip. "There's barbeque pork, chicken, beef, oriental flavor…" "Naruto! You pile of shit!" Tsunade barked and threw a random book at him making Hinata gasp with worry. "After all of these years, you would think that you would be just a little bit mature! But no! You are still a little miscreant brat! Why can't you act your own age for once!" she barked.
Naruto groaned and rubbed his head while he slowly stood up. "Jesus, grandma! I was just kidding! You don't have to throw shit at me!" he pouted. Tsunade's growl was lethal, and Hinata stepped in before things escalated even further. "W-we should probably get g-going now. We d-don't want to be late picking up the s-scroll…" she said rushed. Naruto flashed his usual determined, foxy grin in agreement, "Yeah, grandma! Don't worry!" He threw Hinata over his shoulder, making her yelp and blush profusely. "Hinata-chan and I will get your stupid ol' scroll and come back!" He then put up two fingers to his lips and the two of them vanished into thin air. Tsunade shuddered with anger while sitting back in her chair, but then smirked, "The kid already knows the apparition jutsu now, huh? Heh… punk kid. I'm getting too old for this bullshit… Where's my sake?"
Naruto and Hinata were now outside of the Hokage's mansion. Naruto landed softly on his feet and set Hinata down. He said, "Okay, I'll go pack up and meet you at the village gates in an hour, okay?" Hinata was still crimson from Naruto hoisting her up. "O-okay," she politely smiled, waved, and went dashing toward her family's mansion.
Notes: This is my first real ongoing fanfiction. I made the main characters at least 18 years old in case anyone needed clarification on that. For those of you who are on deviantart and recognize this, this story was on my old account. But I am not posting up there anymore because I canceled my account. I will try and update weekly or sooner so there is not much gap in between the chapters and hopefully they won't all be small like this one. Comments, suggestions, or flames are welcome. I would just prefer suggestions to help better my writing. Thank you for reading. :D