Me: Well here's an update, I actually worked really hard to make sure this got out this quickly; if you want them somewhat like this review, though I won't be able to get on for as long as I have because it's summer and I don't actually own this computer.
Maya: But we will try if you just do, good or bad.
Me: On that note I would like to thank everyone who did review, you made the hours I spent in front of the screen each day worth it. There is one reviewer though who took the cake on awesomeness. In fact I had to take my jaw off the floor; thank you Culebra del Sol! And one more thank you to Striker - Master Of Hearts who actually offered to help me when I get stuck. So for everyone who reviewed, favorited, alerted, or just plain this story; I have something special to show you I discovered recently. We all know of the disclaimer no jutsu that authors use right?
Maya: Of course quickest disclaimer out there.
Me: Well I discovered that we've all been using it wrong, it's an actual jutsu; I'll show you.
(Does some hand signs and points at Maya)
Me: Disclaimer no jutsu!
Maya: *monotone voice* Zorua doesn't own Naruto or me; insert witty/funny remark here, and enjoy the chapter.
(Roughly four years later)
A lot had changed for Naruto and Hinata since that fateful night, he and Hinata had become inseparable; it went so far as Hinata had joined his pranks, even if she was just a look out. On Naruto's part the attempts on his life had actually increased in frequency, not that any of the would be assassins actually survived the encounters; the fact that he always pumped out demonic chakra may have helped things greatly. As a result many stories were passed around of screams of terror coming from the blonde's apartment; almost all of the academy students were scared shitless of the two, well not the Uchiha but he sat by the two because it kept the fangirls away. The three had an ongoing silent agreement, that if Sasuke didn't talk to them, and they wouldn't move thus keeping his stal… I mean adoring fans, bother him. He had convinced himself because of how close he and Hinata were they would be placed on the same team; this dream however had been shattered only a few days before when she had pointed out that she would more than likely be placed, with a team full of people who could track. Naruto was devastated by this fact but pushed it aside, knowing it was something he couldn't control; unlike his failure today at his third attempt at the genin exam, he still couldn't make a single usable bushin.
'Thank Kami Mizuki-sensi told me about the extra way to graduate,' the boy muttered in his mind. Taking the sacred scroll from his back, he unrolled it and looked at the first jutsu on the list; his eyes widened at the name of the technique he would have to learn. Snarling at the paper in front of him, as if it had just made fun of the fact that he didn't have parents, "Is this some kind of fucking joke; I can't even do a regular bushin, how am I supposed to learn a more advanced form?"
Rolling his eyes, he let out an exaggerated sigh; he couldn't get left behind by Hinata, sitting down he stared at the scroll getting ready to attempt the jutsu.
Hinata sat on a tree branch just out of view, watching her crush; she wasn't worried about his safety, but she knew something was going to happen tonight and wanted to see what. She had overheard the conversation between Naruto and Mizuki.
(Flashback)
Everyone else was outside; either being congratulated, or in the case of her crush getting angsty on a swing. Though Hinata couldn't really blame him; when one felt like their life was going to shit, a swing seemed to be the most amazing place to have a seat and let it all out. She was actually still in the classroom looking over the written portion of Naruto's exam; she had seen Mizuki do something when he had picked it up, but she wasn't sure what. Flipping the page over she caught a glimpse of something tiny; looking closer she recognized it as a seal, but had no clue as to what it did. The door opening pulled her attention away; Iruka had returned for some reason, she cursed her luck. He quickly spotted the trespassing girl.
"Hinata, what are you doing here?" He asked; he had seen Naruto out on the swing, and wondered why she hadn't been out there comforting him. The girl held up a piece of paper; the scarred teacher walked over, taking a closer look. She held a test paper in her hands; he looked closer realizing exactly who the test belonged to. "Hinata, what are you doing with Naruto's test paper?"
"I-I saw M-Mizuki-sensi, do something to N-Naruto-kun's test," she managed to get out, her eyes shooting strait to the floor. The room grew into a stunned silence at the girl's admition, Hinata chewed on her lip to hide a smile; this may not have been the way she planned to reveal her teachers treachery but it would work out.
"Did you find anything Hinata?" He asked his voice just above a chocked hopeful whisper; she said nothing, but nodded pointing at a mark on the right corner of the paper. The chunin teacher took the page looking closer; he actually recognized the seal that had been used to scramble his answers. He didn't want to believe his friend would do something like this, but here was the evidence right in front of his face. Sighing he broke the seal, finding that with it gone Naruto had passed. Turning to the pale eyed girl he asked a single question, "Hinata, could you go get Naruto for me?"
Skipping outside Hinata quickly spotted her blonde, talking to the very man who had just caused him to fail. Her blood began to boil; her mind demanded answers it had no hope of answering at the moment. 'What the hell is he doing; rubbing it into poor Naru-kun's face? No he wouldn't do that, it would make it too obvious what he did… then what is he doing?'
Sneaking over to the two of them, only getting close enough to catch the end of their conversation; Mizuki was explaining to Naruto what he had to do, "Steal the forbidden scroll of sealing, and learn the jutsu first on the list; then you'll become a genin."
Hinata had to hold back a snort at this; Naruto may have worn a mask of stupidity, but even his mask wasn't that dumb. Still he had something planned, and if she could get Naruto to agree to it they could trap the bastard. She scrambled quickly behind a tree to wait for Mizuki to leave; when the coast was clear she rushed over to Naruto. She didn't even pretend to be not listening; asking a hurried, "Do you believe him?"
"You of all people should know that I'm not that stupid; he's obviously trying to get me to steal the scroll so he can kill me," Naruto stated venom dripping from each of his words. The bluenette lifted an eyebrow, as if to ask 'and what do we do with others who do the same.' "Even if I did kill him it still wouldn't do anything about me not being a Genin."
"Trust me everything should work out," Hinata said meeting his gaze; Naruto nodded and rushed off towards their home. The former Hyugga instead heading off to explain the situation to the Hokage; after getting his ok to go ahead and take down the chunin, she rushed off to find Naruto.
(End flashback)
Hinata had since been following the demon container from the shadows, waiting to see how this would all turn out. Her Byakugan fully active watching Naruto attempt to learn a jutsu; it was just as she caught a glimpse of Mizuki on the edge of her sight, that he actually succeeded in making an acceptable shadow clone. A small smirk came to her lips, 'show time.'
Naruto dispelled the clone as he heard a twig snap, looking up he saw the silver haired traitor enter the clearing. His mask slid into place, plastering a big goofy grin of accomplishment into place. The carefree attitude pulled Mizuki in, thinking of how easy he would kill the Kyuubi and escape with the scroll. This all changed, when the smile turned into a smirk; jumping back he searched for something, anything that would give him an edge. It came to him in the form of Iruka arriving on the scene; without a moment of hesitation Mizuki greeted, "There you are Iruka; I was beginning to wonder if you chickened out of helping me kill the demon brat."
That did it, the nine tails chakra enveloped the boy giving him three tails; the brown haired teacher had no time to react, before a fist punched strait through his chest. Naruto heard a scream of shock from somewhere; he ignored it focusing on the dying man in front of him. Looking up into the red slitted eyes of his student; he was asked one question, "Why Iruka-sensei?"
"Naruto, I wasn't here to kill you, I think of you as a brother; I wouldn't ever hurt you," the shocked teen went to apologize, his eyes filling with tears; but Iruka put his hand up coughing up blood. "I know how you've been treated; if I had been in your situation I probably would have done the same thing. Take my hiatate, and know that no matter what I'll always be proud of you."
Iruka, not breaking eye contact, took his last shaky breath; tears ran down Naruto's cheeks, guilt racking his every thought. It wasn't until Mizuki spoke again though, that Naruto was hurled over the edge; sneering the monster in human skin decided to, poke the already waking bear. "Look at that you killed one of only three people who care about you; the other two won't miss you after they hear about this."
Naruto's mind shut down, past the point of human instincts; his body instead relied on the foxes, dropping to all fours he charged forward letting out an inhuman howl. Iruka's body rolled across the floor, stopping unceremoniously under one of the many trees. Mizuki threw Kunai trying to at the very least slow the boy down, it was to no avail; the metal plunged into the boy's body but they didn't affect him in the slightest, the cuts pushing the weapons out as they sealed themselves shut. Two of the red tails snapped out, wrapping around the silver haired Ninja's legs, burning them; effectively stopping him from running.
Acting on muscle memory, Mizuki began doing hand signs; he would never finish them, the chakra tails struck once again rendering his arms useless. Naruto stalked over to his prey, at a painfully slow pace. The last thing Mizuki would feel, were the red coated claws ripping open his stomach; his blood flowing smoothly down the chakra coated boy's fingers. A lite breeze blew through the forest clearing, carrying a scent into the nostrils of the foxlike Naruto; it was weird to him, he wanted to find the source of the smell and mark it as his.
Hinata had dashed forward when Naruto attacked their teacher, to see if there was something she could do; she may not have cared about the man, but her boyfriend did and that was enough. She had actually heard Iruka's request to Naruto, and when he had lost his mind she slipped in to take the headband for the blonde. Untying it from the body, she slipped into one of her pockets. She spun around at a quiet growl, right behind her.
Naruto was sniffing the ground around her, his head jerking up unexpectedly; the red eyes were filled with an emotion, the girl had never seen before. His hand flew out, grabbing her pant leg, knocking her to the ground; for the first time in the four years she had been with Naruto, she was scared of him and what he was going to do. Before she could react he was on her; his mouth biting down on her neck with enough force to draw blood. Hinata opened her mouth to scream, only to be muffled by the blonde's lips pressing against hers; the pain in her neck faded fast being replaced with a warm tingling sensation. His lips remained; long after the feeling in her neck was gone, kissing her almost desperately. It was at this time that what had happened finally clicked for Hinata, she had actually talked to the Kyuubi about this.
(Flashback)
It was late, and Naruto had just fallen asleep; and Hinata was almost there herself, when a rather deep voice right next to her ruined that, "Hey kit."
"Can't this wait Kyuubi I have to go to the academy tomorrow?"
"I'm not sure kit; because this could actually happen tomorrow," the fox responded; sitting up to look at her. Hinata groaned following his lead; she glared at the fox, motioning for him to say whatever it was he had to say. "This probably should have been mentioned when you first brought me out, but I had forgotten about it until just a few seconds ago. If something ever happens to the gaki; and emotional trauma is too much for him to handle, he'll become feral acting on fox instincts. If this happens and you're nearby he'll try to mark you."
"Mark me, what does that even mean?" The irritated girl asked raising an eyebrow; she was tired and if this didn't start to hold some importance soon, she would Jyuken Kyuubi back into Naruto and not let the blonde lose control for a month.
"He'll give you the mate mark; and it's not so much the mark that'll be the problem, rather what he'll try to do after." Hinata's eyes widened in realization; the Kyuubi let out a chuckle, "Exactly and at this age I don't think either of you are ready for that kind of activity."
"Well is there anything I can do, to stop him?" It wasn't that Hinata didn't think they would eventually; she just didn't want to be pregnant at twelve, or any time before she and Naruto had found a new village and dealt with this one.
"Release me; I know how that sounds, but he'll need to calm down and the easiest way to do that is give him some time to himself," Hinata nodded laying back down; Kyuubi placed his arm around the girl, calming the girl down from worrying about something that might not even happen.
(End flashback)
"Naruto, please forgive me for this," Hinata whispered drawing a kunai; she drove it in to the seal; said blonde howled out in pain, slumping over quickly before rolling off of her. Pulling himself up the Kyuubi looked over at the lavender eyed girl.
"He'll be fine; his mind is still trying to come to grips with what he did, give him a few hours and he might be able to take control. Come on we have to go talk to the old monkey," the demon fox muttered; walking back towards the Hokage tower.
"So what exactly does that mark do," Hinata asked trailing close behind him; she knew what the mark meant, but she had never found out what it did. The blood covered blonde glanced over his shoulder, a small smirk played across his lips.
"For now not much, it'll probably increase your chakra levels by a lot; but seeing as you two haven't made the mark official yet, it isn't fully active." Kyuubi explained his attention once more ahead of him; with that the two of them lapsed into a comfortable silence the rest of the walk.
(In the Hokage's office)
Hiruzen sat at his desk; he had been waiting for Naruto and Iruka to report in with a captured Mizuki. When the door opened he was surprised to see a red eyed Naruto, Hinata just a few steps behind him. The dark voice coming from the boy, worried him; but the words said sent a cold shiver down his back, "There are going to be some changes in this village tonight; or I will finish what I started."
'Shit, the fox has taken over; please Kami give me the strength to do what must be done,' the third mentally prayed; getting ready to push himself up. Hinata whirled into action, with a speed that would make most chunin proud; pushing the aged leader back into his seat. Her pale eyes devoid of emotion looked down at the man, that much like Naruto she had come to see as a grandfather.
"No, jiji you need to listen; what happened tonight will not be allowed to happen again. This damn village is at fault, and they need to be put in their place; or Naruto-kun and I will be leaving the village," Hinata's words shocked any thought from the Hokage's mind; he had never heard her cuss before, and she hadn't even stuttered.
"Where's Iruka, Hinata?" Hiruzen asked, fearing that the Chunin had actually been working with Mizuki. Hinata looked away; allowing the elderly man to get a good look at her neck, and the bright red paw print surrounded by fading tooth marks. He had seen the same Mark on Kushina, at her and Minato's wedding; he had asked her what it meant, and after pulling rank on her, she explained it was her mate mark and Minato had one too.
"He's dead, killed by Naruto after Mizuki tricked him into believing Iruka was there to help kill him; the rat bastard was killed soon after, when he pushed the kit into a feral state of mind," the Kyuubi stated; taking one of the seats in front of the third, who had yet to look away from the mark on Hinata's neck, "He also marked Hinata as his mate, they didn't do anything though; she pulled me from the seal before he could even try. But that's not what is important right now, I need to know what you're going to do about the villagers.
"And why should I tell you, it's not like you actually care; you're a demon all you know and care about is destroying," Hiruzen roared slamming his hands down on the desk, Hinata walking around to the front of the desk snorted.
"Well that maybe partially true; but even we don't treat any kits, especially our greatest hero's own blood, like your village does…" The Kyuubi was ready to continue his rant; but stopped when the room seemed to drop in a few degrees; the killer intent would only stop civilians, maybe genins, but even demons knew there were things far less scary then a pissed off woman.
"What," the tone of voice Hinata had was miles to far, for someone who was told the son of a hero was treated worse than trash. Her eyes narrowed dangerously, hands beginning to twitch; the god of Shinobi understood, if he didn't start explaining people would die in the village tonight.
"W-Well Hinata, we were trying to protect him from his father's enemies; both inside and outside the village. We would tell him when he was strong enough to protect himself, though I guess since the cats out of the bag we'll just have…"
"No, you can't tell him, at least not now; the last thing he needs now is to be told his own father, condemned him to live the life he has. Just do something about the villagers, or else we will be going through with Hinata's idea; maybe Iwa will treat us better." The kitsune warned getting to his feet; reaching out he took Hinata's hand in his, and left.
(Next morning academy classroom)
Kids were starting to pool into the room; Naruto and Hinata sat in their normal places in the back of the classroom, though Naruto had yet to stop using the Kyuubi's chakra. Hinata had asked why he continued to tap into it; his reply was simply 'so he wasted no time tapping into it when the time to spill blood arose once more.' She wasn't too sure on how to respond to this; though she actually found him more attractive this way, more dangerous and bad boy air was given off. She also noticed she had been getting more protective of him, something she attributed to the mark; even though it wasn't mentioned when she had asked about it the night before.
Sasuke had just shown up and taken his seat; when Sakura and Ino barged their way through the door; fighting over the idiotic fact of who got there first, needless to say not many people actually paid attention to them; though Sakura instantly noticed a Naruto sitting quietly in the corner holding Hinata's hand, emitting a dark vibe. Ignoring the feeling she was getting to stay away, trying to make herself the center of attention, and bigger then someone else, she approached the brooding blonde, "Baka, only those who passed are supposed to be here; or did you forget that you failed yesterday?"
"Ano, H-He d-did pass S-Sakura, someone s-sabotaged his written e-exam," Hinata defended, her head snapping back to glare at the pink haired fangirl.
"Why would someone sabotage a dobi like Naruto?" Sasuke asked arrogance thick in his voice, Naruto had made no retort to the comment; angering the avenger thinking he had been ignored, if his twitching eyebrow was any indication.
"If he graduated then where is his headband," Sakura demanded in a triumphant voice, much like a four year old that dressed themselves. Hinata blushed reaching, into her jacket extracting the one she had taken off of Iruka's body the night before; sliding it over to Naruto she began to explain.
"I knew th-there was something I forgot t-to give h-him this morning." Naruto reached down taking the leaf hiatate, and looked at the scratched sides; pulling his hand away from Hinata he tied it around his head. The pupilless girl stood up, tugging Naruto up with her before pointing out a spot on the other side of the room, "There's an open spot over there Naruto-kun, they won't bother us there."
Sasuke's eyes widened realization now dawning on him; he had just insulted the two people who not only kept his fangirls away, but also didn't give a rat's ass about who he was. The two girls beside him began fighting for the seat, Ino winning when someone none of the students entered the classroom. She was rather lanky; her brown hair fell to her shoulders; her eyes were a dark green, a scar running just under one of them. Kiba without thinking blurted out, "Who are you?"
"I'm Iruka's replacement; he tried to stop your other sensei from eliminating the demon…" She would have continued her rant had it not been for a kunai flying past her head, embedding itself into the board just behind her.
"Don't you dare even try saying that or the next one is going in your head," Hinata warned in what was the loudest voice anybody had heard her use; her Byakugan blazing, another kunai in hand.
"I can say whatever I want about the little monster, seeing as he killed two Chunin last night in cold blood; and you'll be lucky if I don't report you to the Hokage after this is over," something struck her in the leg, but it wasn't a kunai; she hadn't actually seen what it was but now there were burn marks on the impact site.
"Threaten her again and you'll find out what exactly happened to Mizuki," Naruto growled speaking for the first time since he had woken up; the bitch in front of them looked more triumphant then scared, wearing a cold smirk.
"You just attacked me you little shit; when the council gets wind of this not even the Hokage will be able to protect you," she laughed; searching his face for any sign of the fear she expected from the fresh genin, instead he started laughing.
"You think I'm scared of the council; I've had assassins after me since I could remember, I was kicked out of the orphanage at five and lived on my own until I was nine. Tell me what are they going to do to me, send more civilians to attack me? Now get reading that list, before I get bored and decide to kill you myself." The woman began reading and Naruto and Hinata zoned out listening for their names to be called.
"Team seven: Uzamaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke…" She opened her mouth to announce the next team, when a low growl erupted from the back of the room originating not from Naruto but instead Hinata. The woman was now smiling a slimy vicious smile, she had in some way at caused the demon brat and his girlfriend some problems; she then announced the rest of the teams and left to go complain. Later that day a new replacement was found for the woman; when the third found out she had broken his law.
Me: I don't think Hinata was as cold this chapter; sorry about that, but this chapter was focused more on Naruto being pushed to far. I promise all of you Hinata will be back to how she was in the first chapter very soon.
Maya: Zorua doesn't own Naruto nor…
Me: Whoops I forget to dispel the jutsu; just let me… kai!
Maya: …Zorua I hate you.
Me: For the jutsu? I'm sorry I thought it was a onetime use thing.
Maya: No I'm talking about what happened this chapter; Iruka is one of my favorite characters and you just killed him.
Me: It had to happen, I feel terrible that it did, but it did. Anyway next chapter we have team introductions and the bell test at the very least, maybe I'll even get some of the wave arc in, and remember to review; reviews make me get my ass into gear.