Summary: Sequel/continuation of "Secret Admirer". Hinata and Naruto become friends at a young age. After a surprising discovery, Hiashi takes Naruto in and allows him to live with the Hyuuga clan. As a result, Naruto forms new bonds with his comrades, becomes smarter, and discovers new things about himself. How will this change Naruto's life? Naruhina, Sasusaku.
Authors Notes: This is my second fan fic. It's a continuation of my first one, the one shot "Secret Admirer". So, if you haven't read it, Pleeeease click on my profile and read Secret Admirer first, as it is important to the storyline and character development. The main pairing is naruhina, with some sasusaku later on, which will develop not to quick but not to slow. Hope you enjoy! Pleeeease R&R!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. He belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, the manga master of the universe. I am unworthy of his awesomeness.
Bonds of Youki
Chapter 1: Training and Origins
Three months had passed since Hinata and Naruto's rigorous training schedule had started. It would begin right after their academy classes, to 9:30pm, giving Hinata thirty minutes to get home and freshen up before seeing her father. The Training was divided into three parts: first was book studying, which consisted of strategy, science, math and other tools of the trade, second was chakra control/building exercises, and third was sparring.
After today's training was finished she said goodbye to Naruto and rushed home. She had to see her father every night before bed to ensure she met her curfew. Because this was almost the only thing Hiashi demanded of her, he was very angry when she was late. Hinata quickly rushed into the Hyuuga compound discarding her ninja sandals before entering. She ninja-dashed to her room and quickly put on a fresh pair of clothes, brushed her dark blue hair she was now growing long to impress Naruto, and dashed to her father's office. She knocked on the door and entered, maintaining her new-found air of quiet confidence. She saw her father sitting stoically behind his desk with his usual cold eyes gazing through her, looking for imperfections. But the fact was, no matter how hard Hinata tried, to her father she was one big imperfection. But that would soon change.
As Hinata sat down in front of her father, she glanced at the clock behind him. It read 10:05. 'Oh, No! I'm late! So much for trying to impress him.' She thought.
"You're late." Hiashi said harshly, still maintaining his stoic demeanor. Usually Hinata would look down in shame and stutter out a weak apology. But this time, she met his cold gaze head on with one of her own and remained silent waiting for him to continue. Noticing this, Hiashi narrowed his eyes.
"Care to explain the reason?" He asked.
"I'm sorry, father. I was training and didn't notice the time." She said firmly in her soft voice while looking Hiashi dead in the eye.
She hadn't broken the eye contact since she walked in the room. Hiashi didn't reply but instead continued to look into her eyes trying to stare Hinata down, waiting for her to break eye contact. But Hinata didn't break eye contact knowing what her father was trying to do. Hiashi then gave Hinata a cold stare that would leave ice-sickles forming on most jounin. But Hinata stood firm, and continued to stare intently into her father's eyes. It turned into a stare contest, neither moving an inch nor even blinking for five whole minutes.To an onlooker, this would seem almost comical. The leader of the Hyuuga clan was in a stare contest with a ten-year-old. But it was serious. The room suddenly became so cold; anyone who stepped in would be frozen solid like in "The Day After Tomorrow."
They were interrupted by a knock on the door. "Hiashi-sama, I am sorry for disturbing you but Hokage-sama has called an emergency council meeting." A branch member said through the door.
"Thank you for telling me." Hiashi responded. "He's calling a council meeting this late? It must be something serious." Hiashi thought. Hinata smiled inwardly as Hiashi was the fist one to break eye contact.
"Do not be late again Hinata, your dismissed."
"I won't. Goodnight father."
"Goodnight Hinata."
Hinata bowed to her father then went to bed dreaming of her 'Naruto-kun'.
At the Hokage Tower...
Sarutobi sat in the meeting room along with all the other clan heads. The previous 'InoShikaCho' trio, Shino's dad, Tsume Inuzuka, and Hiashi all attended.
"The reason I called a meeting this late is because there is something important I need to discuss with you concerning Naruto Uzumaki." At the mention of Naruto's name everyone fell dead silent. Surprisingly, Hiashi did not agree with how Naruto was treated and believed he should be allowed to live normally.
"Cruel treatment of this boy will not be tolerated! You are the noble clans of this village. Under me, you set the example that the rest of the village should follow. The Fourth would be ashamed of how you treat his only child." Sarutobi said accusingly.
To say that everyone was shocked would be the understatement of the year. They were flabbergasted, especially Hiashi. He was on the same genin cell with Minato Namikaze (The Fourth), and they had an all too common rival/best friend relationship.
"He's Minato-kun's son!? How come I wasn't told? I never knew he was married." Hiashi said.
"Since his wife was already pregnant before their marriage, it wasn't publicized. I married them right before Naruto was born. His mother, Kushina Uzumaki, died after giving birth. As you all know, Minato never used a last name claiming he didn't have one. That was because he was the last of the Namikaze clan that had many enemies and did not originate in this village. However, he gave Naruto his mother's clan name when he was born, knowing he wouldn't live to tell him of his clan."
Hiashi didn't even have to think. He knew what he had to do.
"Hokage-sama, I request that I become Naruto's guardian and care for him under the protection of the Hyuuga clan." This wasn't a surprise seeing as how Hiashi and Minato were best friends. The rest were still getting over the shock of Naruto being the son of the Fourth.
Sarutobi chuckled. "I expected as much. The arrangements have already been made."
"Thank-you, Hokage-sama."
The next day...
Hiashi was surprised to find that Hinata was already gone when he awoke the next day. He would have to find Naruto and introduce him to the clan. So he set out to look for him.
There were no academy classes today, as it was the weekend. So, Naruto and Hinata devoted the first half of the day to training. They would start at six and finish at three and have fun the rest of the day. Naruto was determined to be Hokage and do anything to get there, while Hinata was determined to impress her father and be a strong heiress and future leader of her clan. Both Naruto and Hinata's chakra control improved. They could already climb trees and walk on water using chakra even though they were still in the academy. They would take their graduation test in two years which was one reason they trained non-stop. Hinata's Jyuuken greatly improved, her speed increased and her kicks were stronger. Her Byakugan was now fully activated, enabling her to see tenketsu (chakra points). Naruto focused on taijutsu and his speed increased dramatically, thanks to some unique training weights Hinata snuck from her clan's dojo. These extremely expensive specialty weights were so small and convenient they looked like fashionable wrist bands. Though they were small and unnoticeable, their weight increased dramatically when infused with chakra. Hinata had more weight on her arms while Naruto had more on his legs.
Hiashi activated his Byakugan and searched the entire village without moving an inch. He spotted Hinata and Naruto training near a pond. Or rather, on a pond sparring together while Hinata showed some impressive moves. This surprised Hiashi, not only the fact she was standing on water but fighting on it. This meant she could walk up trees as well. He hadn't taught her that, thinking she couldn't handle it being the weakling of the clan. Little did he know, Hinata had perfect chakra control. He decided to continue watching their training while he traveled to their location.
At the pond, Naruto threw some practice shuriken at Hinata. Flipping to the side, she dodged them, and then dashed towards Naruto. They engaged in a rather impressive taijutsu bout for their age. Hinata went for a double palm-strike/roundhouse kick Jyuuken combo to Naruto's chest and head. Her double palm-strike connected with minor damage for practice. But when she went for the roundhouse kick to Naruto's head, he blocked it with his forearms, leaving Hinata exposed. Then Naruto launched a low spinning kick to Hinata's support leg to counter, but she dodged it by hopping off that foot, leaving her in a laying-down position suspended in the air over the water. From that position, she brought both her feet in and spun her body rapidly. Then, still suspended, she kicked out with both feet into Naruto's chest, sending him flying back. She used the force of the kick to push off of Naruto, sending her into a twisting back flip, landing her back onto the pond. Hinata didn't even use her Byakugan during this part of training.
"Wow! That was amazing, Hinata-chan!" Naruto said after getting back on his feet. "You've got to teach me that." He added.
"Thanks, Naruto-kun." Hinata said, her confidence boosted by Naruto's praise. "Are you alright?" She asked with concern. It was just a sparring session and she didn't want to hurt him. So she limited the amount of chakra in her strikes. Still, the Gentle Fist was a very lethal taijutsu. Even sparring with it could be dangerous. However, Naruto still insisted she use it when they sparred. Just in case, Hinata studied medical ninjutsu every night before bed so she could heal Naruto if anything went wrong. Also, Naruto seemed to be able to take a lot of damage and heal very quickly.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You know I heal fast. Go ahead and us your Byakugan now, Hinata-chan." Naruto responded.
"Are you sure, Naru-kun."
"Yeah. Go for it Hina-chan. Besides, I'm getting my training, with you teaching me everything. You need to train with gentle fist so you can get stronger." Naruto insisted.
"Yes, your right. Get ready, here I come. Byakugan!" Hinata yelled as chakra-filled veins bulged around her eyes.
"Man, she's strong. I know she's a natural born taijutsu specialist, but I've got to try and keep up with her." Naruto thought as he prepared himself for Hinata's attack.
When Hiashi arrived, he decided to continue watching there sparring session and hid himself 80 meters away behind some large bushes. He was shocked when he saw Hinata strike some chakra points on Naruto's body and do a spin kick to his stomach making him fall in the pond. Hiashi was suddenly brought out of his shock when he saw a kunai in the air aimed trait for his head. He ducked and it embedded itself strait into the tree behind him with a thud.
"She can see this far already and see chakra points?! She really has been training!" Hiashi thought but didn't let it show on his face. Hinata had noticed someone spying on them in the corner of her vision and thrown a kunai, focusing her Byakugan in their direction. (A/N A person yielding Byakugan has a limit to how far they can see in all directions at the same time. However, they can see farther if they focus in one direction.)
"Father?!" Hinata gasped as Hiashi entered the clearing.
"Hinata, I'm pleased to see your training. I came to talk to Naruto." Hiashi said calmly.
Hearing this, Hinata stood protectively in front of Naruto. Currently, she was the stronger of the two and could protect Naruto if anyone tried to kill him. Naruto looked at Hiashi in an untrusting way.
"Um, is he in trouble for anything, otou-san?" Hinata said, really asking if he came to hurt Naruto. Hiashi noticed all of this.
"Don't worry, Naruto isn't in any trouble. It seems you two have become friends. I have good news for both of you." He said with a small smile.
"Father is smiling? He hasn't smiled since before okaa-san died. It must be really good news." Hinata thought. She stepped aside and gave Naruto a small reassuring smile. This put Naruto at ease, Hiashi noticed.
"Hokage-sama has allowed me to become your guardian. Meaning you can live with Hinata and our family, the Hyuuga clan. This also means you will be protected from the villagers. I will care for you as if you were my own child." He said sincerely. Hinata was pleasantly surprised. The selling factor for both of them being they could live together.
"Really? I can be with Hina-chan?"
Hiashi nodded his head, smiling even more at the nickname Hitomi, Hinata's mother had used for her.
Hinata hugged Naruto then hugged Hiashi.
"Thank-you, otou-san!" Hinata said with her head on her father's stomach. Then she looked up at Hiashi with a huge smile.
"You've shown excellent progress with your training, Hinata. Since your Byakugan is fully activated, I will teach you some advanced techniques when we return to the compound." Hiashi said while putting his hand on top of Hinata's head. "Naruto, even thought you can't learn Jyuuken, the clan as plenty of equipment for extra training, including a large jutsu library." Needless to say, Hinata and Naruto were the happiest kids in the world.
Author's Notes: I know this chapter wasn't very interesting, but it was a necessary set-up for a really good second chapter. I promise to deliver next time. The action will come at the third chapter. By the way... I needreviews. They are my life force! I'm open for any suggestions and criticisms. So pleeeeeeeeeeeeease, R&R!
Next Time: Chapter 2: Genin Cells: Let the Rivalries Begin!