Summary:
After the war, Naruto is not the only one to be approached by admirers - Hinata is oblivious, Kiba, Shino & Akamaru are protective and Naruto is just so confused. Team 8 love & NaruHina.
About:
The story follows manga cannon, with inspiration from The Last & a pinch from anime (including Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden).
Every chapter represents "Oblivious"-canon, meaning Bonus- and Thank You-chapters are also part of the canon timeline in the story. (Yes, even Naruto-nii's Weakness - which might be a fun thing to remember when reading The Hero's Discovery btw)
Author's Note: Oblivious has a tumblr account, by the name 'oblivious-ninjas'. Please feel free to check it out for headcanons, to ask me questions and for long stretches of silence.
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The Name of the Princess
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After the war, the name Uzumaki Naruto had become well known throughout the shinobi nations. Only very few people could honestly say they had not heard of the great hero of the war and they would quickly be lectured on the facts about the man behind the name.
While many of Naruto's friends had also become well known in the shinobi community, none had become as famous or admired as the hero himself, though one person in particular, came very close. That person was Hyuuga Hinata, the Princess of the Hyuuga clan.
It was well known that the Hyuuga family had played a large part in the protection of the hero during the war, but the Princess had gained much greater recognition than the rest of her family.
Upon returning to the villages after the war, many had brought with them tales of her incredible strength and grace on the battlefield, even more had tales of her kindness towards her comrades, friends and strangers alike, and there were those who could tell of her tender care in the healing tents. One thing all the tales had in common was the extent of her ethereal beauty, and it was this knowledge in particular, which made Hinata's name so well known, especially amongst men.
"A woman like her would make a great wife," a man told his friends, "that gentle spirit would know how to take care of her man and treat him as a king!"
"Her kindness and warmth, would soothe a man's aching heart and bones after a day of hard work" one of his friends joined in, the others nodding in agreement.
The first man continued, with a lewd smile, "And those curves! She would surely leave a man thoroughly satisfied every night-"
This was where the conversation ended as the man had received a fist to his stomach, a strong punch which had thrown him several meters through the air. A shaggy looking young man with red markings on his cheeks and an enormous growling dog by his side looked at the man with wild eyes.
"You'd better watch your mouth when you speak of her," Kiba growled, eyes flashing "Or I'll make sure you'll never be able to disrespect another woman for the rest of your life"
Occurrences like these happened another 4 times, men talking amongst themselves about the wondrous body of the Hyuuga Princess only to end up in the hospital, before it became common knowledge that one should be careful when speaking of the woman in public.
Speaking of the woman and speaking to the woman, were two completely different matters though and while one matter had been handled by the dog nin, the other was a bit more difficult to deal with.
Now, the men of team 8 had no doubt that Hinata was a strong shinobi and an even stronger woman, whom they would happily trust with their lives, had done on several occasions, and they knew she was more than capable of protecting herself if she was in danger.
The problem was that Hinata was also very kind hearted, always believing the best of others, and worse, she was still very innocent and oblivious, especially when it came to her own looks and the effect she had on the opposite sex. This meant that Hinata was often oblivious of men's intentions towards her, naively taking their flirtatious behaviour for common friendliness.
The first time Kiba and Shino had witnessed Hinata being heavily flirted with by a stranger, the boys had agreed to wait for the girl to reject the man on her own. After 10 minutes of waiting, the boys could no longer hold back and moved forwards as one. Kiba rushed towards Hinata, making sure to 'accidently' crash into the man, hard enough to make him fall down, while Shino instructed a couple of wasps to stay ready in the spot where the man would land.
This had earned them both a slap to the arm and a stern look from the dark haired girl. Apparently Hinata did not appreciate her teammates performing random acts of violence towards 'perfectly innocent' strangers.
After that, Shino and Kiba had spent many days and hours trying to figure out the best way to get men away from their precious team member, until they had finally found the one method that worked perfectly, without the use of violence. At first Hinata had been confused by her teammates' actions, but soon she came to accept it as just another of their silly games and since they weren't hurting anyone, she saw no reason to make them stop.
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