Italics thoughts (Talking in there head or Naruto talking to Kyuubi)
Side note: yes I have read the most recent manga chapter and I know that Sasuke has basically trapped/destroyed Orochimaru and that Orochimaru's body was failing him.
Also, I am aging them a bit for a few reasons.
1. It fits my story better.
2. If I owned the series they would be older anyways.
3. This provides enough time for certain events to make sense, which I will explain in later chapters.
4. Gives time for naruto and company to advance in rank.
The sun slowly rose up from the horizon, bathing Konohagakure in its bright glow. As the sunlight crept up the Hokage monument a single figure stood on the top overlooking the village. The person's fists were on his planted on his hips and his face displayed his inner sense of peace and contentment. As he stood there, another set of arms threaded through his arms and wrapped around his waist pulling him into a hug.
"Good morning Naruto-kun."
Naruto turned around, draping his arms around his lover, "Morning Hinata-chan." Both of them turned towards the rising sun with one of Naruto's arms around Hinata's waist and her head resting on his shoulder. They stood there, silently enjoying the moment and each others company.
"Naruto-kun, what are you thinking about?" asked Hinata breaking the silence.
"...nothing."
Hinata caught the hesitation in his voice. She lifted her head up and looked at Naruto, "Are you sure? Is there anything bothering you Naruto-kun?"
Naruto quickly put his mask on and turned his head to look down at Hinata, "No Hinata, life is pretty much perfect." Naruto said. To emphasize his point he flashed his trade mark smile at her, then leaned down, took her chin in his hand and kissed her on the lips. After they broke the kiss Hinata dropped her gaze to the ground, her face flushed red. Naruto just laughed at this thinking 'some things never change'.
While Hinata's blushing habits hadn't changed the couple had physically changed a lot over the past one and a half years. Naruto had grown much taller; he now stood at 6 foot even. His hair had grown out a little so it ended at the bottom of his ears. Naruto's whisker marks had faded a little bit with time but where still visible. Above them were his bright blue eyes, that still held the same glow of warmth and happiness that they always had. Also, he wasn't the scrawny kid he used to be either. His chest had widened and overall he was more muscular. His clothing had changed too, mainly because of prodding by his team mates and Hinata.
Naruto wore a black Chunin vest that had the Konoha symbol in red on the back while on the shoulders he had his trade mark swirl in orange. Underneath was a thin green long sleeve shirt. He also had on some loose fitting black paints. His headband's cloth had once again been replaced but this time, instead of black, the color was orange
A/N: think the symbol he had on his back when he wore the orange jump suit.
Hinata had her fair number of changes too. Through the years Hinata had transformed from a little girl to a lithe young women. Her figure over all had become more feminine, adding curves and all. Her chest had also expanded plus she had grown to about 5'8''. Hinata had let her hair grow so that it fell down to the small of her back. Her most distinguishing feature was still her eyes. Her eyes were full of compassion and their color was pale lavender. But they did not have a pupil, which showed her Hyuuga heritage.
Hinata's clothes had changed along with her figure as well. Sakura and Naruto, well mainly Sakura, had convinced Hinata to abandon her sweater and wear something that showed off her figure. Even though she had agreed, Hinata still dressed modestly with a loose fitting navy-blue jacket that she wore open with a plain, white t-shirt underneath. Lastly, she had on light blue pants on.
Bring his thoughts back to the present; Naruto continued to stare out over the village dropping his mask and showing a big, genuine smile. How could he not? In truth just about everything was perfect. He was well on his way to being the Hokage after all he had achieved the rank of Jounin. Next, he had fulfilled his promise to Sakura and brought Sasuke back freed from his cursed seal. Lastly, and most importantly, he had someone who loved him with all her heart and Naruto loved Hinata just as much if not more.
"Hinata-chan" Hinata's head snapped up at the mentioning of her name, "What are you thinking about?"
Hinata's blush became even more pronounced but instead of looking at the ground she put her head back on Naruto's shoulder answering, "Us Naruto-kun and ..." Hinata's voice faded.
"Us and what Hinata-chan?" asked Naruto
"The mission" replied Hinata sadly
Naruto"s back tensed, "Which one?"
Noticing his tension Hinata looked up at Naruto, "The first one, why?"
Naruto turned his head towards Hinata's confused face, "Just asking."
Hinata had watched naruto ever since their days in the academy because she had always secretly liked him. However, she was too shy to say anything to Naruto about it and it didn't help that Naruto was completely ignorant of it.
Eventually he did recognize the feelings that Hinata had for him but not until he had gone through a dramatic event.
Naruto and company had intercepted Sasuke and his team Hebi. Sasuke was still recovering from injuries and was on his way to fight his brother Itachi. The Konoha nins caught up to team Hebi and Naruto saw this as a prime opportunity to bring back Sasuke and fulfill his promise to Sakura. Kakashi ordered the nin-dogs to surround the area to alert him if any members of Akatsuki showed up and to intervene on his say so. Naruto and Sakura took on Sasuke, Hinata and Shino took on Karin, Kakashi and Yamoto faced off against Suigetsu and Sai and Kiba tried to handle Jugo. However not everything went as planned. Kisame, who was looking for Itachi, stumbled upon the fight between the two groups. Kakashi's Nin dogs weren't nearly enough to hold him back. This resulted in Kakashi and Yamato having to duel Kisame while, Kiba took over for the two against Suigetsu. After the mix up of targets it went down hill from there. "So is this all Konoha could send? A little girl and a sunglass wearing freak?!" taunted Karin. Great the girl is a member of the Hyuuga clan. I have to stay away from her. That boy...something is wrong about him. His chakra is constantly moving around. That shouldn't be possible!
"Hinata, distract her." whispered Shino
"Hai" answered Hinata
Hinata slid into the classic Hyuuga fighting stance and charged Karin. Karin responded by throwing a kunai with an explosive tag attached to it in front of Hinata. She jumped back to avoid the explosion while Karin used the smoke and debris to jump into a near by tree to hide.
Karin knew that the Hyuuga could see through the tree but she need time to think up a strategy. She wasn't given the time however as Shino appeared next to her and through a punch aimed at her head. She dodged the punch and retaliated with an uppercut of her nailing Shino in the gut. While Shino sank to one knee holding his stomach, Karin raised both of her hands to do a two-handed hammer strike to the back of his head. Hinata crashed through the tree's branches, catching Karin off guard and hit her with an open palm thrust to the chest. Karin sailed through the air but managed to flip herself before she hit the ground and landed on her feet. Hinata, along with the recovered Shino, hopped down to the forest floor.
"Ha! Is that all the power you have? I thought the Hyuuga clan was strong. Perhaps your nothing but a black sheep of the family!" yelled out Karin. Shit! That Hyuuga is strong. Mmm...the boy seems weak at close range combat, perhaps that's why he is paired with her. Wait, what's this?! I have some of the boy's chakra on me and it's moving all over the forest!
"Hinata deactivate your Byakugan."
"OK...if you say so."
"Don't under estimate me kiddies. You have no idea what I am capable of!" with that Karin once again dashed into the trees for cover.
"Do not worry about finding her Hinata. I planted a female bug on her. Now, my bugs should be more then enough to take care of her." Shino spoke
"Oh really, you wouldn't happen to mean this bug would you?" Karin sarcastically replied as she dropped out of the trees about three meters away from the pair. In between her thumb and her index finger was a small black bug. "I see now. You planted a bug on me when you faked your 'missed' punch. That means you must be one of the bug users from Konoha, the Aburame clan if I am not mistaken."
"So you know of use then" replied Shino
"I know of your clan's specialty" retorted Karin, "That explains why I can sense your chakra moving around. It's not your chakra but your bugs that are slowly circling around me to try and capture me. But it appears that they need this female bug to track." Karin smashed the bug in-between her fingers, "Problem solved"
The trio stared at each other, Hinata and Shino on one side and Karin on the other side.
A shriek pierced through air, "KIBA!"
Hinata activated her Byakugan and gasped, "S-Shino, Kiba is hurt, badly!"
Shino lifter his left arm and pointed in Kiba's direction. Even though you couldn't see it, he never took his eyes off his opponent, "Go help him Hinata. I will take care of her."
"Hai"
"Hahaha, you fool! I know about you and your bugs. Do you truly think you can win now?!" laughed Karin.
"Yes, I will win against you." Shino calmly replied as he charged Karin.
I didn't like writing this chapter because I know almost nothing about Karin's abilities. So I had to adlib a lot.
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