CHAPTER 2 Hinata sensei

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Story begins.

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Naruto stood on top of the Hokage monument and look down the village with a found smile on his face. He has just finish cleaning the monument after defacing the face of the Hokages on the mountain. He felt so proud of his himself. Who wouldn't? It isn't everyone who can paint the Hokage monument in a broad daylight without anyone noticing. Heck he could have gone away right after painting the mountain but that will be a huge blow to his reputation.

So, he announced himself to the village after the prank, inviting the chunin in the village at that moment to come and pursuit him. It was fun wasn't it? He is Naruto Uzumaki the prankster god and future Hokage of Konoha. Has it not been for Iruka sensei, he could have gone away successfully with his big prank.

The graduation test is going to start from tomorrow so he better goes and train. Kurama told him on the previous day that tomorrow is going to mark the start of the graduation exams but he doubted him only for the even to be confirmed today by Iruka sensei.

It seems the Kyubi cannot talk to him mentally so whenever the fox wants something to tell him he will draw him into the mindscape to converse with him. It has been three days since he had the nightmare that Kyubi insist was rather a revelation about the future. Even Naruto found that to be absurd. But the fox didn't bother convincing him. Time will tell. When he starts getting feelings of Deja Vu as time goes on, he will start taking things seriously.

But that doesn't mean that the brat should be left alone terrorising the village with his pranks. That's why in one of the less used training grounds of Konoha, Naruto is struggling to climb a tree with only his legs. The idea is stupid at its best but after a long-heated argument with Kyubi, Naruto has no choice but to try the tree walking exercise. He was doing everything possible on earth to get the exercise down.

Heck he has no idea how the thing is even done except a vague explanation by Kurama. "You are so hopeless. I took all my time to explain the damn exercise to you yet you have no real motivation to do it. " Naruto turned around as he found himself in the mindscape once again. "this is the most annoying exercise ever. You are not helping either. If anything, you should at least encourage me. " Naruto complained.

"Actually, I want to inform you that there's a vixen observing you from behind the big tree at the edge of the training ground. I think she can help you with this exercise but don't go and scare her away" Kurama informed his host whose expression can only be interpreted as 'are you serious?' So far as Naruto is concerned, no one has time for him let alone watch him train. His curiosity picked up when once out of his mindscape, he sensed the location and the presence of whoever Kyubi was talking about. He felt it before but he thought it was an animal. He needs to work on how to differentiate between a human and an animal's presence.

'Where from that feeling though. He is so certain that he wasn't sensing living things around him and it seems it has started after the dream no the nightmare or revelation whatever' he wondered.

"Who are you? I know you are there. Show yourself " Naruto shouted after taking out a kunai unconsciously. A young girl around the same age as Naruto flinched as she realized that she has been caught. "What should I do... I ...what should I do?" she started panicking mentally "should I... I... run away? No Naruto-kun will hate me for doing that he will think I hate ..." she didn't have time to finish her thought as a kunai impaled on the tree she was hiding behind. Without thinking twice, she stepped out into the clearing of the training ground causing Naruto's eyes to go wide. "Hinata Chan?... I am so sorry I didn't know you were the one" Naruto apologized as he walked briskly to her. "Aaaah he is coming towards me what should I do? What should I tell him? Oh, Kami help me ... Oh don't faint. ... Don't faint... aaaah… don't faint..." she kept saying to herself. "Hum? Hinata Chan are you OK? Your face is red are you having a fever?" Naruto said and laid his palm on the girl's forehead, something he shouldn't have done.

Hinata squealed and fainted with a smile on her face. Naruto caught her before she could hit the ground and carried her to the base of a tree in the middle of the training ground where his staffs are. He laid her down gently and put his hand on her forehead again. There is total confusion written on the blonde boy's face as he stared at the sleeping girl.

Inside his head, Kurama is banging his head against the metallic bars of the cage muttering

"idiot! Idiot! Idiot!" Of course, the idiot has to go and spoil everything. He wishes so much that he could communicate with his host without drawing him into the mindscape. he really felt like giving the blond idiot a piece of his mind at that very instant. "Heck how can someone be so dense?" Even the great Kyubi no Yoko finds his host's denseness irritating. The fox sighed and laid his huge head on his fore paws/arms and observe the scene play before him.

Naruto released a breath he didn't know he was holding when Hinata woke up and sat up. "Good you are awake. I'm sorry for causing you to faint" Naruto apologized innocently. Hinata blushed and found the grass she was sitting on very interesting. Kurama banged his head against the metallic bars of the cage again. "The boy is hopeless." He concluded.

"Kyu... Can you help me with this exercise? I read it in a book that you can control your chakra better if you master this exercise. I mean tree walking. You climb up the tree with only your legs like this" Naruto grinned and ran to the tree. First second third step up the tree and the bark of the tree explode under his feet causing him to be propelled back a little before falling on his back. He quickly gets back to his feet and grinned at the girl who was looking at him in amazement.

Without thinking twice, she got to her feet walked to a different tree. "I was taught this when I_ I was very young" she said stuttering a little "So I ... I can help you" she finished as Naruto's eyes went wide in amazement and he started jumping around then kneeled before the girl. "Thank you very much Hinata Chan" he said then bowed until his forehead hit the floor in a dramatic fashion. Poor Hinata was looking everywhere but at him. She can't afford to ruin this perfect moment by fainting again which is prone to happen if she starts looking at him and...

She shook her head clear of the not so descent train of thought and focus on helping her Naruto kun. Maybe he will start noticing her if she helps him master this chakra control exercise. All doubt vanished from her mind as she demonstrated the exercise to her object of affection. "Focus your chakra to your feet and walk up the tree" she said and walked on the tree up to the branches and back down. She glanced at Naruto and grinned internally due to the expression on his face. Naruto's jaw was nearly on the floor. "wawoo you are so amazing Hinata Chan" he praised then looked confused when the girl blushed tomato red. "Naruto kun thinks I'm amazing. Don't faint... don't faint..." she muttered to herself pressing her fingers together and staring at her feet.

"How did you do it? What am I doing wrong?" Naruto asked saving her from her embarrassment. She felt very grateful for the sudden change of topic "Do it again. I will observe your chakra flow with my byakugan and tell you what isn't right" she said as Naruto beamed at her. " Byakugan. that sounds familiar" He thought. "Byakugan" she muttered after forming a hand seal as Naruto run towards the three and gasped soon after. Naruto's chakra is like a sea to her. No not just a sea. A sea struck by a storm. There is an immense concentration of chakra around his belly and the only words she can use to describe it is infinite raging and powerful. His chakra coils are even wider than his father's. No wonder he is having so much trouble with chakra control.

She was taken out of her stupor when Naruto crushed on the ground not too far away from her and soon later the tree could not take it anymore abuse so it fell with a loud groan. Naruto literally blasted the tree this time around. "You are putting too much chakra into your feet. Not enough and you will fall off the tree but too much and you will blast the tree. I used just enough" Hinata lectured as Naruto grinned to her in appreciation.

He run to another tree and this time around he was able to manage up to eight steps before falling. He grinned at her and she blushed. With renewed vigor he run back to the tree... Again, and again and again he will try it, fall, get up and go back to it again, Hinata giving him some helpful tips here and there. She felt so happy for helping her crush and she is determined to help him more. She smiled genuinely, all her troubles at home forgotten.

Kurama smiled in his cage as the scene played on before him. Hopefully this time around the blond idiot will remark the vixen effort at showing him that she loves him. "Lucky idiot." He grunted

Several hours passed and Naruto managed to climb the tree up to five meters. He was very happy for his progress and kept on thanking Hinata for her help. The poor girl will blush every time Naruto praises her. Now though as the sun is sinking towards the West both genins decided to call it a day. Soon the pair are walking towards the village Naruto looking like he went through hell.

"Say Hinata Chan would you mind accompanying me to Ichiraku ramen stand? I can buy you ramen as a thank you for helping me" Naruto asked as the girl tripped. He was quick to catch her before she left but looked alarmed as the girl was unconscious. After contemplating for a while he carried her on his back and walked towards the Hyuga compound, the girl unconsciously tightened her hold on him.

He wondered if she is really fainted or did it as an excuse to not go to Ichiraku ramen stand with him. He understands that. She is a Princess and it is likely she doesn't like cheap foods like ramen. Then again why was she watching him train? Is she interested in him? That's unlikely because no one at least not one from a prestigious clan like the Hyuga clan will be interested in a prankster and loser like him. Does she even know that he is hosting the Kyubi?

The biju is not at all what people say he is but that doesn't change the fact that he once terrorized this village and killed many innocent people. People will still relate him to the Kyubi and hate him. He cares less about them though. If people can't see the difference between him and the Kyubi, then he rather pities them. Kyubi had really open his eyes to the reality of the world and he felt quite grateful for it.

He soon found himself at the gate of the Hyuga compound and tensed up when two people by the gate stopped him. "What is your busyness here?" one young man asked him and he showed him Hinata on his back. "OK I will take her to her room" the man said with no room for argument and moved on to carry her only for Hinata to wake up miraculously. "OK thank you Naruto kun I will see you tomorrow at the academy" Hinata said and quickly run away leaving three confused people behind.

A third man came from the compound. "What is wrong with Hinata sama" he demanded "She was brought here by this brat" he replied pointing at Naruto. "Who?" the man demanded because he could see no one around. The gate man turned only to find nothing. "What? Where did he do?" activating his byakugan, he saw the boy already leaving at a quick pace. He then deactivated his eyes and sighed. "He is gone" he said as the man grunted and returned back to wherever he came from.

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