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This is the sequel of my previous story, The Ultimate Shinobi. This primary chapter is a complete recap of the first story condensed in under 7000 words. Each paragraph represents the next one, two, or three chapters.
The first real chapter will be out in two weeks and will start this story off with a bang.
11-7-10
Chapters 1-7; Hinata's Memories.
An old man being chased by Iwa jonin encountered the Yellow Flash, who killed the pursuers. The elderly man convinced the famous shinobi to take a scroll that would aide in saving many lives. Elsewhere over a decade later, a single man leaves Amegakure making a vengeful pledge. In present time, Naruto woke from the failed attempt to retrieve Sasuke. Tsunade entered Naruto's room and told him he will be going on a three year training trip, which Shikamaru overheard. At the same time, Hinata began recalling the last three days she experienced. 2
The first of the three days Hinata found out from Kurenai about the mission Naruto went on to rescue Sasuke that started the day before. She headed home where Hiashi decided to take over her training. After three hours of this, she returned to her room exhausted. She took a walk through and ended up in the western gate. As she looked on, Hinata saw each of the genin who took part on the Sasuke Retrieval Mission being brought back one by one. After Lee passed by, Gaara joined Hinata in waiting for Naruto. She was scared for a moment but Gaara managed to earn her trust. After Naruto arrived, Hinata followed as Gaara and Kakashi took him to the hospital. Unable to visit yet, Hinata fell asleep from the mental exhaustion. 4
After she woke, she went to visit Kiba after being told she couldn't visit Neji and Naruto didn't need visitors. Gaara secretly obtained his room number and followed her for a short while before heading for the blond shinobi's room, which he told her the location of. After meeting again, Gaara decided against revealing the Kyubi to Hinata despite having permission to. Hinata examined Naruto with her Byakugan and saw his condition to be worse than it appeared. As she cried, Tsunade appeared and comforted Hinata. To get Hinata to eat something, Tsunade sent her out on an errand to get Naruto's clothes repaired. On this errand, she meets an unusual tailor. 5
Hinata returned the jumpsuit to Tsunade but was denied the chance to see Naruto until later. As she returned to her home, Hinata stopped by the tailor's place. He worked to cheer her up as they spoke. When she asked him his name, the tailor flashily introduced himself as Arashi Ayama. After this, Hinata went to the Hyuga garden and found herself falling into an unexpected nap. The resulting dream was of Naruto flat-lining. After a meal with her family, Hinata made her way to the hospital once again. She was allowed by Tsunade to visit Neji this time around and then went to Naruto's room afterwards. After being left alone, Hinata fell asleep onto Naruto. After she curled up onto the bed unconsciously, Tsunade immortalized the event. 6
The next morning, Hinata woke and backed away from the sleeping Naruto in surprise. She then remembered the damage he had and examined him to discover that his condition had greatly improved. She then broke into tears and professed her love to the unconscious blond. Just moments after she finished, Naruto started to wake. In fear of complete embarrassment, she ran out the room and fainted. After waking up, Hinata found herself in a room which Shizune put her in. After explaining this, Shizune was called out by Tsunade to show off the recently taken photo. Deciding upon a bet at Hinata's expense, they showed the Hyuga the picture. Shizune won the bet due to her fainting. With Naruto, he completed a set of fifty pushups before being visited by Sakura. He took this opportunity to tell her about his three year training trip. As she thought about how Naruto would be training under a Sanin, Sakura asked Tsunade for training. 7
Chapters 8-22: Preparation for Departure
After a continuation of his workout session, Naruto was visited by Kakashi. Kakashi learned of the training trip and then left the bored Naruto alone. Back with Hinata, she woke up and then sprinted to the Hokage's office after remembering the reason for her fainting before. Upon arrival, she finds that Shino and Kurenai have seen the photo and that Kurenai has her own copy. Feeling defeated, Hinata leaves the room at which time Tsunade decides to take a photo to Sakura and Ichiraku. 8
Hinata once again stops at Ichiraku Ramen for a bite to eat. After she ate, she was asked to take a bowl of ramen to Naruto who happened to be sleeping again. After she left the room, Naruto woke and loudly exclaimed his joy to have ramen. Shino and Kurenai visited shortly, allowing Naruto to tell them of his trip. That night, Hinata leaves her room to go out on a mid-night training excursion and runs into her sister who was already aware of the late night training. She finds a secluded area she's been using for a while and practices the jutsu upon the water's surface. A man hidden in the trees watched her and commented on some form of potential. 9
The next morning, Hinata heads off to train with Shino and Kurenai. After some light exercises, Hinata shows them her Protective Eight Trigrams: Sixty Four Palms, impressing both considerably. After a few moments, Kurenai noticed a nearby presence and checked on it secretly. The man she found had any identifying features completely covered. She learned that he has some form of intent towards Hinata and attacked him. He quickly pinned her down. 10
The man explained just what he had in mind and told Kurenai to keep it secret. Even so, she wasted no time in telling Shino and Hinata. After dismissing them, Kurenai encounters the man again. He tells her that he used a highly undetectable genjutsu to change what she truly told Hinata and Shino and that any further attempts to tell anyone would be unlikely to work. She meets up with Team 8 at Kiba's room, discovering that the conversation truly was changed. During this visit, Kiba became frustrated over a self-destructive moment of Hinata's but only made it worse. Kurenai comforted Hinata and walked her home. 11
As Kurenai lead Hinata to the Hyuga compound, they ran into the tailor Arashi. He introduced himself then asked Kurenai's name in a highly flattering way. The next day was spent training as Hinata promised herself to visit Naruto again the day after. Around noon this day, Naruto decided to try meditating just as Tsunade recommended he should. Hinata showed up and saw Naruto meditating deeply. She couldn't stay long as another team meeting would soon start. In his mind, Naruto met with the Kyubi. They argued fiercely before Naruto left. The Kyubi turned around at a darker voice behind him. All that was visible were a pair of very dark blue eyes. The two argued lightly as Naruto awoke. Tsunade showed up before Naruto and set him free. He woke the next day and went out to eat. 13
After his meal, Naruto ran into Konohamaru's group and got dragged into a game of tag. The blond caught Moegi, Udon, and Konohamaru in that order and later comments on their performance. At his turn, Naruto left behind a clone to trick them. Thanks to this, he managed to learn that the memories of his clones are transferred to him. After the game of tag, he takes them to eat ramen and tells them about his three year training period. After paying for the meal, Naruto went off to train. For his training, Naruto created 100 clones and learned that information from a dispersed clone is also transferred to all other clones. The next day, he returned to train again. 15
Later in that day, Hinata goes to visit Kiba as planned. During this visit, Hinata is asked to take Akamaru out for a walk, during which she runs into Arashi again. As she demonstrates her insecurities, Arashi goes into as speech on how what makes her different makes her strong. With Naruto, he runs into Kakashi who tells him more about how clones transfer information to the user. Naruto goes off to train in chakra control but faints from the mental backlash. He runs into Kakashi the next day, who explains why he fainted. While running off again, Naruto crashes into Arashi around a corner. The tailor recognizes him and tells Naruto of how Hinata brought it to him to be repaired. Arashi then heads off to the Hokage's tower to set up a meeting. After completely another round of training, Naruto ran into Sakura who tells him to go to the hospital at noon next day. 17
Barely arriving on time, Naruto arrives at the hospital on time and meets with Kiba and Chouji and tells them about his training period. As they head to Neji's room, they find the area in a hectic state due to Lee and Guy. Naruto uses this chance to tell Neji, Lee, and Tenten about the trip. After learning that the only people Naruto hasn't told were Hinata and Iruka, Neji has a flashback on how he learned of Hinata's feeling for Naruto. Naruto leaves to spar with Lee. 19
At the Hokage's tower, Arashi arrives to find his appointment canceled. He forces his way up and abruptly wakes the sleeping Hokage. Just as they began negotiations, Kurenai barges in thanks to Arashi inviting her through a shadow clone. Arashi asks Tsunade to allow him to hire Hinata to be his apprentice under the pretense of a guarding mission. They try to refuse, but he makes an offer with a high monetary benefit for Konoha and also promising to add his own Kekkei Genkai, the Keikigan, to the village. After convincing them by saying that Hinata could send reports at any time, he leans up to Tsunade and says she could send a man flying by turning around using just her breast. The Hokage punches him, but he is unaffected. 20
After explaining the jutsu that made Tsunade's punch do no damage, Arashi prepared to go to the Hyuga compound as Hiashi and the clan elders were thinking about what to do with Hinata. He barged in on them, using the same jutsu to render Juken near useless. He explained the training mission Hinata will be on, revealing Hanzou as his previous shishou. He leaves them with one final warning. Back with Naruto and Lee, Naruto fouled up and lost. At Ichiraku, Jiraiya tells Naruto they leave noon the next day. 21
Hinata woke on the morning of the last day and immediately began her search for Naruto. On the way, she ran into Arashi, who gave her the outfit that he promised her all those days ago. Naruto woke late and raced to find Iruka. After talking, he runs off and starts using his clones to search for Hinata. When one of these clones finds her by crashing into her. The real Naruto showed up shortly. After an embarrassing series of fainting and unintentional injuries, both head towards the west gate. Both were surprised when they saw all their fellow genin and their jonin there. After some last words, Naruto leaves with Jiraiya and his new present. Arashi shows up at this time to the surprise of everyone. After hearing his name, Neji shows great trust towards Arashi and reveals to everyone how he saved Hinata's life from a stray kunai during the chunin exam invasion. Hanabi also shows up in time to say goodbye to her sister. Each individual there said something to Hinata and/or Arashi. Hinata leaves the village with him, wondering what the next three years of her mission will be like. 22
Chapters 23-36: Initial Training
In the first part of her training, Hinata had to build up chakra reserves. Arashi had Hinata use her chakra to keep from falling off a oversized seesaw. In the next morning, Hinata asked why Arashi chose her. He responded by saying he had her in mind from the start then said that anytime she felt unsure, she should train. He ups the ante the next day, preparing to catch her when her chakra faded. It took twelve days before moving on. The next training was for her to stand on a large stone bowl of water as Arashi carried her around. He demonstrates his taijutsu abilities later that day and explains Sei and Dou type fighters. Arashi also tells her about a group of close combat specialist who also trained him. 24
To further increase the difficulty of the water standing exercise, Hinata had to glue leaves to her fingers with chakra. They then trained her in improving her Protective Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms jutsu. Because of the difficulty, Hinata discovered the jutsu could be used through her fingertips rather than her palms; which reminded her of gluing leaves to her fingers. After arriving in a village, they stay at a inn where Hinata runs into a Kumo shinobi. Arashi showed up and is instantly recognized by the Kumo shinobi. Hinata then learns that Arashi played a big role in Kumo and his highly respected there. As Arashi tells her about Kumo, Hinata also learns what a Jinchuriki is but remains unaware of the connection to Naruto. 26
A few months of training passed as Hinata started to learn more and more about her shishou, including the fact that he loves pulling embarrassing pranks and can think up really good birthday presents. Now in a new outfit Arashi created, the man tells Hinata that she has to reduce a pebble to fragments with her chakra alone. After she masters this, they head into a village that Arashi notices Jiraiya in a brothel while walking around alone. After Naruto appears, Arashi gives them a tip on strength training that could be had at Kumo. 28
Arashi started the next day with another prank against Hinata. After leaving the village, Arashi directs them to a Kiri jonin and chunin returning from a mission. Through Arashi's demand, Hinata has a spar with the chunin and nearly wins if it weren't for the jonin's interruption. Later, Hinata manages the second level of the pebble training thanks to inspiration from the fight. 29
As Hinata continued the pebble training through the months, Arashi also had her learn how to read the rhythm of others by dancing with him. He later told her that the pebble training was for Hinata to learn Earth Nature chakra. More months passed and Arashi reminisced on a jutsu Hinata developed scared him enough to make him tell Hinata it was useless so she wouldn't use it again. As they walked down that dirt path, they run into a pair wearing black cloaks with red cloud designs. 30
The two passed by Arashi and Hinata nonchalantly. Without warning, Arashi blocked an attack from a three-bladed scythe. After the attacker obtains some of Arashi's blood, they are addressed by each other as Hidan and Kakuzu. After seeing Hidan injure himself, Arashi realized the jutsu's ability and disrupts the symbol below Hidan's feet. After showing Hinata Hidan's rhythm, Arashi leaves her to distract him as he fights Kakuzu, demonstrating use of the five chakra elements. Hearing an unsettling sound, Arashi uses clones to combine the five elements into one devastating attack. 31
Hinata ran from Hidan, avoiding his attacks effectively. She did her best to hold out and avoid getting hit, but a twist of fate gave Hidan what he needed. After inflicting three grave wounds remotely, he prepared to do the unthinkable to her. Fortunately, Arashi showed up and obliterated the immortal. He then created a Shadow Clone to take care of Hinata as he carted her and the clone to a nearby village. After a chilly reception, Arashi had to trust a single teenage boy with Hinata's life. 32
They spend their time in the village waiting for Hinata to heal. During this time, Arashi occupied himself by training the doctor, Hoshi. Just after Hinata healed, shinobi bandits attacked and overwhelmed Hoshi and the traumatized Hyuga. Arashi saved them and used the chance to put the group down and free the captives. With the good deed finished, the pair left. 34
Arashi explained to Hinata the truth behind the jutsu that scared him. He then started teaching two new jutsu that took her a month to learn. Once that was done, they stopped at a small village that had a hot spring. Unaware that it was coed, Hinata was easily tricked into entering though got away with wearing a bathing suit Arashi made. Soon after Arashi left her alone, Hinata decided to leave. On her way, she ran into three perverted men. Still traumatized from her encounter against Hidan, Hinata had to be saved by Arashi. He then led her to a more dangerous place. As Arashi dealt with nine men, she had to deal with a tenth. Due to her terror, she ran away. In a moment of grief she let her fear take control of her body. As a result, Hinata gained the ability to know where an enemy will strike by their killer intent. Once she finished with one more man, she saw Arashi staring seriously at the last man standing. 35
Arashi and the other man clashed fiercely. A volt of lightning sparked off of their attacks each time they connected. Minutes later, the events of the whole day were revealed to be a set up, including the men at the hot springs. After some conversation with the, Hinata and Arashi headed for Kumo, where they ran into a woman named Yugito showing strong affections for Arashi. While meeting with the Raikage, he and Arashi get into a random test of strength. They then revealed that Hinata will be left alone in Kumo for taijutsu training. Yugito walked in and was asked to take Hinata to a spa; which was both eventful and relaxing. As she remained unaware of the days to come, Arashi readied himself for his version of revenge. 36
Chapters 37-47: Hidden Forces
As he walked to Ame, Arashi began recalling his past. It started with him making a pillow with his mother as an innocent child. After that, he meet Hanzou outside for the first time. Hanzou killed tried to take Arashi and killed his father in the process. The Ame leader forced Arashi to follow the trail leading to Amegakure. Hanzou found him at the gates and led the angry child to his tower. The vengeful Arashi exercised while thinking of avenging his father. He spends many years there while being forced to train by his father's murderer while also becoming close with a girl named Kyouko who was made Arashi's personal servant. She both comforted and cared for Arashi through the years. After they reached the highest point of intimacy, Hanzou decided to test out Arashi's abilities. Because he was unimpressed, he punished Arashi by removing Kyouko's arm. In the next battle, Arashi managed to injure Hanzou. In response, Hanzou ordered Arashi to leave the village, his curiosity on how love could make someone stronger satisfied. As he knew what would happen if he didn't, Arashi left with his anger towards Hanzou stronger than ever. When he finally returned to his clan, Arashi found that Hanzou beat him there. After burring the dead members of his clan, Arashi swore complete revenge upon Hanzou. Done reminiscing, Arashi laughs at how his goal had changed over the years from Hanzou's obliteration to his humiliation. 39
Prancing into Ame with a smile on his face, Arashi shortly encountered Konan and ran from her. Once his destination was reached, Arashi fought her off with relative ease. Pain appeared at this time. After learning that Pain killed both Kyouko and his child, Arashi freezes … enticing Pain to attack. After this, the battle between Arashi and Pein began. Arashi fought fiercely, but was caught off guard by Pain's strange abilities. In the end, he was forced to run. After six days, he finds himself inside a village. He sulks his way to a brothel, where Jiraiya happens to be. After Arashi revealed his past to the Sannin, Naruto appears. The blond immediately called Arashi a pervert. On the next day, Arashi performed his first prank on Naruto. After a few weeks, Arashi recovered completely. 41
Before training Naruto Arashi managed to switch his nickname from Ero-Arashi to Oni-Arashi. Once that was over with, he began teaching Naruto the basics of four styles. As Naruto learned the combo and how to put the basics of these four styles together thanks to the use of numerous clones, Arashi decided to tease Naruto about Hinata. During a sparing exercise, Arashi managed to stop a potential Kyubi takeover before it went too far. As Naruto put together what he learned, Arashi was impressed by his talent. 43
Arashi and Naruto wake up and prank Jiraiya. This led to Arashi being able to coax Jiraiya into a fight. They started out with a few normal taijutsu and ninjutsu before Arashi stepped it up. This was able to convince Jiraiya to go into a temporary sage mode. They fought until they hit each other at the same time. After that, Naruto tried to talk to each about the abilities they used. Jiraiya refused to teach him Sage Mode, leaving Arashi to teach Naruto his technique. 44
Arashi wakes from his nap and sets up Naruto's training as promised. Naruto used clones to make the training easier as Arashi thought on how he could make it harder. After a few days, an elderly man began sensing their presence. The next day, Jiraiya noticed that man approaching them and goes to check him out. Even with the man's frail appearance, Jiraiya felt unusually suspicious about the man. This was made a mute point after the man reveals his name, Udekazari, and walks through the sage and to Arashi. Udekazari asks Arashi some questions, being most surprised by the names Ayama and Uzumaki. His curiosities satisfied, Udekazari left them. The days passed by and Naruto learned the Seikuken. With that, Arashi left. 47
Chapters 48-57: Return to Konoha
Arashi entered Kumo and headed for where Hinata should right away. As he expected, Yugito appeared and flirted with him. Arashi gave her a chaste kiss on the cheek, causing her to faint from surprise. Once Hinata showed up, she yelled at Arashi in frustration. Arashi responded jestingly and admired Hinata's change in personality. After they spared, Arashi took Hinata and escaped from Kumo. 48
After some travel, Hinata tries to guess that they are heading for Konoha. Arashi cancels that by telling her that he took her across the water as she slept and are near Kusagakure. In the middle of a forest, they run into a number of powerful missing-nin; Sasori, Deidara, Orochimaru, and Kabuto. Hinata and two Arashi clones stay behind to deal with two Akatsuki members as Arashi chases after Orochimaru. A clone summoned a salamander named Dokuyoke and Hinata summoned an owl named Tsukura. Arashi worked with Tsukura against Deidara as Hinata held off Sasori with Dokuyoke. As he fought Deidara, Arashi showed his skill in analyzing jutsu, infuriating Deidara. As the clone fought Deidara, Hinata and Dokuyoke easily held Sasori off. As Sasori ran from the salamander's charge, the other clone told Hinata to use Eight Trigrams: Infinite Palm. Deidara was destroyed along with a large section of forest. 50
Arashi tried to chase after Orochimaru, but the snake proved very slippery. After catching up he managed to get Orochimaru to watch Hinata's jutsu, which impressed the Sannin. Orochimaru attacked, followed by Kabuto, giving the snake user another chance to escape. Arashi easily disabled Kabuto with the Shockwave of Forgetfulness. He quickly caught up with Orochimaru and prevented an attack upon Tsukura, who was carrying an unconscious Hinata. After Arashi knocked Orochimaru away, he escaped again. With things peaceful, Arashi spoke with the amnesiac. Not sure of Kabuto's mental status, Arashi left a clone behind to watch him. Tsukura dropped Hinata into Arashi's arms, who chose to transform into Naruto as a prank. Hinata didn't take it well when she woke. The moment they reach the middle of Orochimaru's lair, Arashi tears the ground apart, revealing Orochimaru and Sasuke. As they conversed, Sasuke decided that Arashi was worth testing his strength on. Arashi's skill easily overwhelms Sasuke so he sends the Uchiha up to face off against Hinata. 52
Hinata watched Arashi deal with Sasuke up until the Uchiha was sent up for her to fight. Through the fight, nearly all the training she went under came into place. The fight goes back and forth. During a time where he had an advantage, Sasuke made a deal with Arashi to learn from him with the details being that the winner can demand anything of the loser. As Hinata started to unlock the second stage of the Seikuken she recently learned, Orochimaru interfered with one of his poisonous snakes. Hinata counters the poison with one she's immune to and the pair leave for Konoha. 53
With Kabuto added to their group, the trio made their way to Konoha's gates. Kabuto stated that he was regaining his memories, comparing his life before and current. He decided he liked his new life. Arriving, Arashi decided to use Kabuto for his amusement and dragged Hinata along. As this happened, Hiashi attempted to plead with the Hokage to have hunter-nin sent after his daughter. Arashi barged right in, causing yet another disturbance. Frustrated heavily, Hiashi left them. In just a short time, Hinata's old team entered and received a first hand look at her new strength. They caught up and Tsunade checked Hinata's body for any irregularities. What she found was that Hinata's muscle chemistry was completely changed. Later that night, she returned home and encountered Hanabi for the first time in a while. She met with Neji the next day and started her next training. As she did so, Arashi decided to send some clones to train Hinata's peers. 56
After the three years, Naruto returned to Konoha. He had no hesitation in announcing his arrival in the village. This shocked Hinata and put Arashi plotting mode. As Naruto made his way to the Hokage's Tower, Hinata stationed herself there to get a look at him. She berated herself for stalking him as the blond made his way to the Hokage's office. After the meeting was over for him, Naruto climbed the mountains and used the Sage Mode he learned at some time to locate Hinata. He found her and spied for a bit, only to berate his actions much like the way she did. In the next day, Naruto headed for the Hokage's tower for his first mission. Much to his surprise, he found Arashi there. He was quickly told how he was still a genin and that he will be attending the next Chunin Exams in Kumo. His first teammate was introduced to be Hinata, much to both of their surprise. As Arashi restrained Naruto, the third member walked through the door.57
Chapters 58-66: Chunin Exams
As soon as that door opened, Naruto had himself a fit, not wanting to have Kabuto as a teammate. During his rant, he reveled something that Hinata reacted angrily to. This gave Arashi a chance to forcefully make them kiss, which was enough for both the faint from. They later woke up and remembered the very embarrassing event. Hinata ran away and Arashi gave chase. Even with the major pep-talk he gave her, Hinata could barely speak to Naruto; a problem he shared. After learning when to be ready, they left. 58
As the group made they way to Kumo, Hinata concerned herself with her saying that Arashi was a better father to Hiashi's face. When they arrived, Arashi was attacked by Killer-Bee. Once the attack was over, they got into a rhyming contest, with Arashi winning. Killer-Bee turned his attention towards Hinata, which led to her fainting and Naruto getting knocked out. They took this chance to pull the worst prank yet. After this one, Hinata was pissed off enough so that She hardly paid attention to Naruto. When they arrived at their abode, Naruto was able to get her to calm down. Just before they would kiss, Arashi unintentionally interrupted them. He let Hinata hit him for that before running off. 59
They had no trouble getting through the first part of the Kumo exam, a psychological genjutsu. On their way to the second part, Kabuto went into a description of what he knew about the exams. Soon after, they reached the ravine that the test would take place. Just before beginning, Yugito made sure to give the jonin level team a limitation. As they prepared to enter the Rainbow Ravine, genin from other teams were starting to make their way through. The ones who passed were Nagigenki from Suna, Ikari from Kiri, Kakougan from Iwa, Gatami of Kumo, and of course the three from Konoha. Arashi decided to show up and explain the test's third part. 60
After Arashi finished explaining the exams, which would be genin choosing a jonin to match their skills up against; he left the genin to talk among themselves. Ikari left as Hinata talked to Gatami about Yugito and Naruto talked to Nagigenki about Gaara. As this happened, Arashi went to talk to the other jonin. The first one to greet him was of course Yugito. Next was Kyokugen who is jonin for Kakougan. He then met with Choujurou who was one of the seven swordsmen and Ikari's jonin. He then went to meet with the Suna jonin, who surprised him greatly after revealing her name to be Kyouko. Arashi hid away up until the beginning of the Chunin exams third part. The first genin up was Ikari, who chose Arashi. Due to the Kiri genin's foolish behavior, Arashi ended the fight quickly. 61
After Ikari was taken away, Arashi went up to where the jonin were. He wasted no time telling them about his exhaustion and taking a nap. This didn't last long as he was up for the next fight too. He fought Nagigenki for a bit longer and gave out advice. After he called the match on his own, Nagigenki's sensei went to talk to him. She didn't get the chance since he was passed out on the stairs. The next fight was Hinata against Yugito. This fight proved completely different as Hinata was able to fight Yugito evenly. Hinata was able to push her even farther when she began imitating her teammates and then her cousin. It was far enough for Yugito to decide to use the power of the Nibi inside her. 62
To deal with Yugito's demonic power, Hinata put the Streaming Seikuken to use and the Raikage had a set of seals that protect the spectators activated. The fight was called off due to the fact that it was a complete stalemate. The next fight was Gatami against Kyokugen. She demonstrated high intelligence by hiding underground the entire fight. Kakougan, the genin, was next against Choujurou. Kakougan started by changing the terrain. The genin's plan worked by using his kekkei genkai to easily control the rocks and attack in single moment. Choujurou eventually used a liquefying jutsu to get behind Kakougan and end the fight. Naruto was next and asked for Arashi. 63
Arashi appeared before Naruto and pointed out how he created a clone. The match began, but they did nothing as a second clone sat on the ground. Arashi quickly realized what Naruto was doing and yelled out for the protective seals to activate. To compliment the battle to come, a lightning storm brewed. The fight between them continued in a way that would be impossible to explain with just a few words. Nearing the last legs of the battle, Arashi combined the Streaming Seikuken with Lightning armor while Naruto pulled on the nature chakra inside of the clone he created before the match. As the fight continued, Naruto drew upon some of the Kyubi's chakra and left the beast alone to speak with the darker figure deeper within the seal. With one final attack, Arashi was knocked unconscious. Even so, Arashi continued fighting. Hinata stops him in the knick of time, receiving a bone fracture as a result. As the three went to the hospital, Kabuto began his fight against Kyouko of Suna. She demonstrates a unique use of kunai, but Kabuto was able to easily cut her tendons and stun her nervous system. In the hospital room, Hinata visited Arashi and Naruto. As she realizes how much influence both have had on her life, Naruto wakes momentarily. When he goes back down, she decides to get him alone as soon as possible. 65
As Hinata visited Arashi and Naruto again, she found that Naruto was missing. She quickly put her Byakugan to use to find him. As the talked, Naruto told her about his Nature Chakra. They continued to talk for a while before moving in for their first voluntary kiss. During this kiss, Naruto touches a sensitive spot on her ear, causing Hinata to lose control and faint. Arashi woke her up later using that same spot on her ear. The man runs away after Hinata realized that Arashi told Naruto about her sensitive spot on purpose. Arashi arrives at the Chunin Selection meeting. He takes notice of the arriving Mizukage and her guard Ao. They decided that the failing genin were Ikari and Nagigenki. 66
Chapters 67-72: Connection
As Naruto, Hinata, and Kabuto made their way to Konoha, Akatsuki started to finally take action. They immediately prepared to take action to capture the Sanbi, the Nanabi, and then the Rokubi. Back in Konoha, Tsunade had a conversation with one of Arashi's clones, who said he would be at Kirigakure. As she dealt with the headache she developed after he disapeared, a loud sound from a mysterious scroll worsened that condition. The next day, Akatsuki managed to capture the Sanbi and began to draw out it's power. As this happened, Naruto and Hinata picked up their camp to continue their way home. Their friendly conversation quickly turned into a race. To keep up with Naruto's speed, Hinata was forced to use chakra to enhance her movement and keep even with Naruto. It took a few hours, but this completely exhausted her chakra reserves. They set up camp for the night. 67
Returning early, Naruto and Hinata take the day off. They first went to Ichiraku, where they were teased by Teuchi and Ayame. After an encountering Ino, Naruto then decided for them to go somewhere private. The place that he chose was the top of the Yondaime face's head. He then began talking to Hinata about jinchuriki, and about the demon's sealed inside of them. After he mentioned Akatsuki, she was able to realize that Naruto had the Kyubi sealed inside of him. Her greatest concern was over how she could never be at Naruto's level. At Naruto's suggestion they went to see Tsunade. They briefly talked about receiving their promotions. Tsunade dismissed them and took a look at the scroll she found not long ago. 68
Moments after leaving the Hokage's tower, Naruto caught up with Hinata. He tried talking to her, but she asked him to leave her alone so she could think things over. She made her way to Arashi's home and went into the basement. There she trained with one of the dummies for an undetermined amount of time. Neji then interrupted the training to speak with Hinata. Their conversation centered on Hinata needing to relax and not think about the Kyubi too much. After she finally agreed with him, Neji left Hinata alone. She continued training until night. In the night, she had a strange dream of an unknown symbol splitting into two parts, with one part appearing on her. The next morning, she and Naruto were summoned to the Hokage's office where they received a mysterious mission with unusual directions and an unknown reward. Despite the mystery, both accepted the mission with little hesitation. 69
Hinata quickly collects her things and gets to the village gate. When she arrives, they enter a short argument on how Naruto had been ignored the fact that he recently told Hinata about the Kyubi. After coming to an understanding, they begin leaving the village, only to run into Kabuto. He wastes no time in trying to embarrass Hinata and annoy Naruto all at once. After exiting the village, they prepare the scroll to lead them to their destination. Over the next few days, they find their way to an area that Naruto recognizes as being near Takigakure. As he talks about the mission he had there with team seven, Hinata takes a strong notice of his emotional state. They are then interrupted by the elderly Udekazari, who reveals himself to the mission's client and the bracelets on his arms at the reward. When they put on the bracelets, Udekazari recalls the names of Uzumaki, Senju, Hyuga, and Konsetsu. Meanwhile, Akatsuki finishes draining the Sanbi's chakra and Kisame is sent after the Nanabi. 70
Udekazari first explains that he is the last of the Sage of Six Paths creations. He also lets them know that he was familiar with the ancient ancestors of their clans, including Hinata's mother, a Konsetsu. Before he could explain further, Udekazari is interrupted by the appearance by an unknown girl wearing mostly white. Revealing a jutsu he calls Izanagi, Udekazari creates a kunai an ability that he calls Izanagi. He then reveals her to be the Nanabi jinchuriki. Udekazari later senses a new, more malevolent presence nearby. He turns to Naruto and Hinata to tell them the bracelets allow the pair to transfer thoughts, health, and chakra to the other. Hinata scans ahead, discovering that the malevolent presence was a member of Akatsuki. As the pair test their new telepathic communication, the other jinchuriki recklessly charges after Akatsuki member. Hinata is first to make a serious move as she recognizes him as Kisame Hoshigaki. As she fights against him, Naruto seizes a chance to hit Kisame in the back with his Rasengan. 71
Hurt by the Rasengan Naruto managed to hit him with, Kisame released the bandages surrounding Samehada. Kisame once again started fighting against the pair, taking whatever chance he could to attack the Nanabi jinchuriki. After some time of admiring Naruto and Hinata's level of skill, Kisame unleashed a massive amount of water through one of his jutsu. He then took Samehada into his hands and underwent a fusion with the weapon that made Kisame more shark-like than ever. Hinata could no longer push him back an Naruto's Rasengan was absorbed. Kisame used this chance to use Naruto's chakra to help him form a massive water dome. In this environment, Kisame easily dominated them and delivered a fatal injury to Hinata. Seeing this, Naruto was pulled into his mind by the Kyubi. The demon tried to force his chakra onto Naruto, but Udekazari appeared and formed a barrier. When they left, the Kyubi had a conversation with his Yin half, sealed deeper within Naruto. After talking with Udekazari, Naruto woke again. He used the power of the bracelets they received to take Hinata's injuries onto himself. She woke from her near death state and realized what was happening and tried to take back her injuries. In the fight to heal the other, both their bodies broke apart and combined into a new entity who chose the name of Yondou. 72
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Readers of The Ultimate Shinobi may have noticed some changes. For starters, I stopped using that line over the letter o; (Example: shishō). Instead, I put down the 'u' it represents. Any time a word has two 'u' in a row; (Example: Hyuuga); I ignore it and just put down one 'u.' A more major change was that I changed the maiden family name of Hinata's mother from Kyoukan to Konsetsu. For what I want the name to represent, Konsetsu has a much better ring to it. Also, any character who has a name that mimics the sound of an English word will have their name spelled like the English word; (Example: Killer Bee.)
I look forward to any new readers I attract and hope to hear plenty from them.
Next Chapter: Split Seal.
