NaruHina Story: Chapter 2

Hinata woke up with a start. The sun was shining through her window. She looked at her clock and her eyes widened in shock. Wow, I guess I was more tired than I thought. She could hear Naruto yelling in frustration. Is it because I'm not up yet and he can't train without me? She hurried and got dressed and went outside to see that in fact, Naruto was training his taijutsu. Alone. Kinda alone. If you can count sparring against 50 copies of yourself as alone then he was definitely alone.

"Naruto-kun?"

Naruto looked up startled by the quiet voice behind him. Big mistake, one of his clones saw it as an opportunity to slug him. He realized this as soon as he looked away from his fight, but couldn't stop it from happening.

"Naruto-kun!" Why do I always mess him up? All I do is get in his way.

"Morning Hinata-chan. Finally woke up huh?"

"Sorry Naruto-kun. I umm… didn't mean to umm… interrupt."

"No no. it's alright. Now I have someone to train with!" he put on one of those "no worries" grins.

Hinata couldn't keep herself from blushing. He actually does want to train with me. Am I still dreaming? She realized she wasn't when Naruto grabbed her arm and started leading her towards the house Jiraiya had summoned the night before. Hinata just followed quietly, having trouble believing that Naruto was actually touching her and they weren't sparring. It wasn't quite what she was hoping for, but it was ok for her.

"Hey, hey! Ero-senin! Get up! Time to train!"

A sleepy Jiraiya opened the door and was confused to see Naruto and Hinata outside his door. "How do you know where I live?" he asked groggily.

Naruto and Hinata looked at each other with confused looks. "Uhhh…..Jiraiya-sensei. You umm… summoned your house right by the one Naruto summoned last night."

Jiraiya looked around and suddenly realized where they were. "Well what are you two waiting for? Let's start training!"

"Were waiting for you to get your lazy ass up long enough to train us Ero-senin!"

"Well. Ok. I'll be out in a bit. I need to get dressed you little twerps."

Naruto and Hinata went back to the open field and started up a friendly sparring match. Though Hinata couldn't even bring herself to hurt Naruto. And since Hinata wasn't really trying, it got boring for Naruto. But before he could do anything about it Jiraiya came out of his little house and started walking towards them.



"Ok you two. Now it time to actually start training. We have three years out here right?"

Both Naruto and Hinata nodded.

"OK first of all. Naruto, your taijutsu sucks. You need to improve it right away before I can teach you any ninjutsu techniques. Hinata, I know you use the jyuuken fighting style in your family, but I have an idea that , if you go along with it, you will be able to take out your own father in a fight."

Now this surprised Hinata a great deal. Beat my own father in a fight? But he's so strong, surely Jiraiya doesn't expect me to be stronger than him?

"Now then, this taijutsu, as far as I know, I am the only one who knows it. So once the two of you master it, you will be the only other two. Now this is going to be tougher for Hinata then you Naruto, so no yelling if I pay more attention to helping her out. Got it?"

"Why would it be tougher for Hinata? She's already skilled with taijutsu!"

"Because Hinata has to incorporate her jyuuken into the technique, so she has to modify it to work with her style that she already knows Naruto."

Silence. Jiraiya looked up to see Hinata scuffing the ground with one foot nervously. While Naruto seemed to actually understand what he had just said to him.

"Don't worry Hinata-chan! I'll make sure you learn this new style no problem. "

Hinata looked up. He was going to help me? "Arigato, Naruto-kun."

And so the training began. The form of taijutsu they were learning was actually called "" or "Never ending strikes." It was a never stopping chain of punches and kicks all coming together in one fluid motion. For three months they practiced the taijutsu and before he knew it, Jiraiya could barely hold his own against either one of them. He couldn't believe it, they were like sponges, learning everything he taught, Naruto may not understand all the technical explanations, but when it came to fighting he was an what you could call an expert. And he even helped Hinata out a lot by always having shadow clones for her to spar with (she was still too worried that she would hurt Naruto if she practiced her jyuuken style on the real thing). And even though they were very good at taijutsu, Jiraiya still knew more ninjutsu than both of them combined.

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"Now that you both have pretty much mastered the taijutsu, it's time for the ninjutsu training. By the time you are both done with this, you will know some ninjutsu from all five elements, though we will be mainly focusing on your elemental affinities."

"Elemental affinities?" Hinata had stopped stuttering around Naruto and was feeling pretty comfortable around him, she still hadn't even summoned her own house to stay in and Naruto had told her that he didn't mind, so they shared the same house while they were training.



"Yes elemental affinities, everyone has them, whether they are a ninja or not, ninja however use their elemental affinities in techniques that they can use. There are five different elements. Earth. Wind, fire, water, and lightning, also known as plasma. Hold your question Naruto I'm not done yet. You both had to concentrate pretty hard on your fire chakra when we first came here right? Well we now know that your elemental affinity is not fire. See ninja who use techniques based on their affinity find it easier than trying to learn other elements. You will both be focusing on your affinities, though you will also learn a few of the other elements jutsu."

Naruto was looking really confused, but it was Hinata who asked the question, "So how do we know what our elemental affinity is?"

Jiraiya help up a little slip of paper. "With this. And to save you the trouble of asking , Naruto, it is paper. Chakra paper. It is harvested from trees that are literally nourished with chakra. You hold it in your hands and pump a bit of chakra into it. The reaction of the paper will show what your elemental affinity is. For fire, it will burn. Water, it will get soggy. Earth, it will crumble. Wind, it will split in two. And for lightning it will crinkle."

"So, is it possible for someone to have more than one elemental affinity?"

The question caught him off guard. He had expected the question, though he was not expecting it to come from the blonde idiot in front of him. "Well yes Naruto. Though that is really rare, and usually results in a blood limit. Not the eyes like sharingan or byakugan, but another blood limit that requires elements to mix and give you a new element to use that cannot be mimicked."

He handed each of them a paper. Hinata went first just because she was able to get the chakra out of her hands faster. The paper split in two. But then it crumbled. Jiraiya was shocked. This girl had a byakugan and had two elemental affinities that could overall result in another blood limit?

"Your turn Naruto." He said trying to steady his voice from the shock.

Naruto pumped some chakra into the paper. It crinkled. After a few seconds Jiraiya said "Well Naruto looks like you are lightning." But no sooner had he finished saying that than the paper all of a sudden grew soggy after crinkling.

Naruto looked up at him. "You were saying?"

Jiraiya couldn't believe this. Here between the two of them, they had 4 out of the 5 elements. This was incredible. Well, time to get with the training then.

"Ok Hinata, earth and wind. Naruto, Water and lightning. Alright let's get started. First things first. You need the sings to convert your chakra into each element so u can use the element itself. So here they are. Earth and wind first." He showed Hinata a few hand signs which she imitated, but instead of leaving it at that, once he showed her the sins she covered her hand with the chakra to get the feel of it. Literally. "Ok Naruto. Water and lightning." He showed Naruto the signs and Naruto copied them, also making a layer of chakra around his hand to see what it was like.



"Now, the two of you just need to practice stuff you already know, only add your elements into your techniques, kind of like what Naruto has been doing with the rasengan. That way you can get used to using your elemental chakra and after a while it won't even be necessary for you to make the signs to convert it. When you reach the point where you no longer need hand signs to convert your chakra, then I will teach you both some new techniques. So start practicing!" He yelled as he walked back into his house, leaving Naruto and Hinata alone.

Naruto thought about the techniques he knew. It didn't take long because he really didn't know that many. He decided to use water chakra to make a shadow clone. "Kage bunshin no jutsu!" he yelled and a shadow clone appeared in front of him. Hmm… looks like a normal shadow clone. Disappointment showing on his face and making him frustrated. He decided to take out his anger on his clone, so he slugged it as hard as he could. But it didn't disappear into a cloud of smoke. Instead it slowly dripped onto the ground.

Water clone? Makes sense I guess, wonder what happens with lightning? He made the few signs to convert his chakra into lightning. "Kage bunshin no jutsu!" he yelled again. He expected a clone to be standing in front of him, but instead there was just a little lightning bolt. "What the hell? Where is the clone that as supposed to be there!?"

Suddenly the lightning bolt start growing and shifting in its shape, until it was in fact, a lightening clone. Naruto was shocked that it turned into a clone at all. So he decided to punch it and get rid of it. Naruto flew at it with a fist ready. But the instant he made contact with it, the lightning pulsed through him and sent him flying back and into the wall of his house. Good thing the summoned houses are sturdy!

Mean while on the other side of the field, Hinata was experimenting with her elements and just using the different chakra to plug up chakra holes and found that each chakra had a different effect on the plug. Her earth chakra caused a permanent plug that only she could remove, would be very useful in a fight with someone who would normally be able to bust her plugs open. She tried her wind element on the chakra holes of her clone there. The wind plug didn't stay where it was supposed to. Instead it went into the chakra stream and plugged up the chakra as it was flowing through the stream. Now this plug she couldn't even remove. She made a careful note to only use it in a life or death situation.

All of a sudden she heard "Hinata-chan! Get down!" She instantly threw herself to the ground to feel something go shooting right above her head. Immediately Naruto was right there helping her up. Though she was blushing the entire time from him touching her, she didn't say anything at first.

"You ok Hinata-chan?"

Hinata shook her head to clear it. "Umm…. I think so. What was that?"

Naruto looked where it had hit the tree behind her and was glad that it hadn't hit her. The tree was missing a section of its trunk now. "Heh, well Ero-senin told us to combine our elements with the techniques we know right?" he said reaching up to scratch the back of his head.

Hinata just looked at him. That thing that went above her head was a technique from Naruto? "Hai."



"Well, I decided to try mixing lightening with my rasengan. It got a little out of control and started spinning so fast from the lightning that it started to fly, before I knew what was happening it took of… in your direction, I'm just glad I got the warning out in time for you to get down. I don't know what I would do if that had happened to you." With that he pointed to the tree where his lightning rasengan had hit.

Hinata turned around and gasped in shock. That nearly hit me in the back of the head! I would be dead right now if that had made contact! She turned back to him and saw him forming another rasengan. "Naruto-kun?"

"Don't worry. I'm gonna learn to control where it goes. Awesome long range technique right?"

Hinata had to worry though. This "technique" that Naruto wanted to practice with was very dangerous. She would have to keep watch.

"Hinata-chan. I know what you're thinking. Dangerous technique you gotta keep watch right?"

Hinata blushed. How could he see that in her face but not know she liked him? "Hai"

"Well don't worry, I'll have a shadow clone stay by you and keep watch in case anything goes out of control, so you can concentrate on your elements ok?"

"Hai Naruto-kun."

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" poof! Hinata's bodyguard instantly appeared and went with her to the other side of the field where she had been practicing.

Naruto decided to really experiment with his new lightning rasengan. He made a lightning clone and told it to stand still. He formed a lightning rasengan and as soon as it started to move he pointed his hand toward his clone. The lightning rasengan began to shoot towards the lightning clone. It hit the clone directly but since it was a lightning clone, I just absorbed the hit.

Hinata gasped as the clone that was standing beside her vanished and a bolt of lightning appeared. She turned around to see Naruto grinning one of his "don't worry" grins and walking towards her.

"Hey Hinata-chan. Tell me what you think of my lightning clones abilities!"

With that he shot a lightning rasengan towards her knowing she would not expect it and wouldn't be fast enough to dodge it. But instead the clone that had formed moved in front of her and took the hit. But it didn't vanish.

"Haha! You shoulda seen the look on your face Hinata-chan!"

Hinata looked up and saw a clone standing in front of her. "What happened to that rasengan?"

Naruto stopped laughing long enough to explain. "Standing by you is a lightening clone. Since the "flying rasengan" is made of lightning, it just absorbs the attack. Watch."



Hinata came over to stand by him as he formed another lightening rasengan and hurled it towards the clone. Just like he said, the clone absorbed it.

"So Hinata-chan. This is your new clone body guard. Since it can stop an attack from even coming close to you. "

Hinata just stared at him. The clone was made of lightning? She thought back a few minutes to when she saw the clone that was with her vanish and a bolt of lightning appeared.

"Naruto-kun, can u show me a lightning clone getting formed?"

"Uhhh… sure I guess, it's nothing special."

Naruto made the signs for lightening chakra and yelled "Kage bunshin no jutsu!" zap! A bolt of lightning appeared and slowly started growing until it was a full sized Naruto. Hinata walked forward to touch it, only to be grabbed back by Naruto.

"Hinata-chan, trust me. You don't want to do that."

She couldn't do shadow clones on Naruto's level, but she could still make shadow clones. Poof! A Hinata clone appeared. Her clone walked forward to touch the lightning clone and was instantly sent flying back through the air as soon as it made contact.

"Naruto-kun? What if the clone tries to grab me to pull me out of the way of a wild rasengan?"

Now Naruto was confused. That was a good question. He had his clone come over and grab him. Nothing happened. When Naruto touched his clone though he found himself against the wall of his house, with Hinata running towards him.

"Naruto-kun? Are you alright?"

"Yeah yeah, I'm fine. Just a little shock. Apparently if the clone touches you then nothing happens, but if you touch the clone, you go flying."

Hinata wanted to be sure so she went back to the clone and made it grab her arm. Nothing happened. She didn't dare touch it though seeing Naruto fly back like that was lesson enough for her.

They practiced training with their elements for a couple weeks before Hinata was already able to use her elemental chakra without the hand signs. Naruto could use his lightning chakra without signs, but still needed sins for his water.

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It had been another hard day of training and trying to get his chakra to work without signs. Both Hinata and Naruto wondered where the hell Ero-senin was the whole time. But it didn't matter. Hinata had discovered that she had a natural talent for cooking, and had started making dinner for her and Naruto each night after training. At first he had complained that it wasn't ramen. But he grew to like her 

cooking. After their meal Hinata retreated to her room after telling Naruto good night. Naruto decided to sit on the couch in the living room for a while longer. When he realized Hinata had left her shoes there. He picked them up and went back to Hinata's room. Knock, knock! No answer. "Hinata!" he yelled. No answer. So he slowly opened the door, to find Hinata passed out on her bed. He had planned on just leaving her shoes and getting out of there as quick as possible, but something drew him towards her bed.

When he got closer he could see her face. She looked so peaceful, so…what was the word? Beautiful. That was it. For a second he almost wanted to sit there all night. But knew she would disapprove. So instead, he decided to go. But before he could get up to go, he leaned in and kissed her cheek. Suddenly realizing what he had done he quickly got up and left.

Hinata had heard Naruto come back to her room, she had heard him knock, even call out for her, but she didn't want to move, she pretended to be asleep when he came in, and didn't even move when he knelt down by her. But she had completely stopped breathing for a few seconds when he had kissed her. She lay there replaying it over and over in her mind. He does actually like me! It's no longer just a dream of mine! It could actually happen! Thoughts went racing though her mind making her get sleepier and sleepier until she fell into a deep slumber for the rest of the night.

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