Chapter 2: Karma
Episode: In between 175 and 179
Naruto and Hinata stayed clutching each other for about 30 seconds. But before long, Hanabi, shaking with glee that her older sister had been so bold, brazenly yelled out, "GET A ROOM YOU TWO!", prompting the pair to let go of each other, blushing.
After everyone had begun to disperse, Naruto and Hinata went to get their remaining injuries looked at. Sakura had set up a small aid station in a clearing in the forest, and decided to keep them close to each other, seeing as neither would stop catching glances of the other, or stop 'accidentally' rubbing up against the other.
The aid station was just an emergency tent, with a large red cross on it that was about 8 feet tall, with a 20x20 interior. Four emergency cots were laid out as examination beds, with small make-shift tables next to them. One such table was a crate, another a slightly damaged nightstand. Some medical equipment was strewn about, but it was mostly limited to basic first aid supplies like bandages. Luckily, some lanterns had been found and provided plenty of light.
Hinata insisted that Naruto be examined first, and as such, Sakura told Naruto to take off his jacket and shirt. Hinata slightly gasped and blushed when she saw his very fit and muscular form. While she had obviously seen shirtless men, seeing Naruto without a shirt for the first time was exciting in a way that she had not expected.
It was clear that Naruto had sustained some heavy injuries from the battle. While the scars from Pain's rods were healing quite quickly, bruises presented over his chest, abdomen, and back. A whole plethora of colors and characteristics could be seen, making Naruto look like a messy palette of blues, blacks, and reds.
As Sakura began examining Naruto's injuries, Hinata decided that she wanted to help in some capacity. In the corner of the tent, some water had been boiled in a few large, black pots. She took a basin and filled it part of the way. The water cooled fairly quickly, so she grabbed some liquid soap and mixed it in.
Sakura began healing Naruto's major remaining wounds, and Hinata moved in to assist her by washing some dried blood and dirt from Naruto's head, arms, and torso with a spare cloth. Naruto, being as exhausted as he was, was in heaven and started to get drowsy from the warm water. He unconsciously hummed his approval at the girls' care, as warm soapy water cleaned out wounds and took off the layers of grime.
As Hinata washed his toned body, noticing the different thick muscles of his chest and abs, she began to dreamily enjoy the fact that she was becoming at all intimate with Naruto. She washed slowly, and applied just a little bit of pressure in order to clean him deeply, yet held back enough to avoid causing his bruises or injuries to hurt. In her mind, if Naruto was in heaven, she would gladly become his angel.
Soon after, Sakura asked, "Hinata, I need to finish my exam on Naruto, could we have a few minutes of privacy?"
Hinata nodded and walked outside, where she was joined by Hanabi. Her little sister had been acting extremely bubbly and sweet since her run in with death, and was hovering by either her side or her father's side constantly.
Hanabi smirked and asked, "So Sakura wanted some alone time with your man?"
Hinata sighed and put her hands on her hips, "Hanabi, what exactly are you insinuating?".
Hanabi shrugged, walking away and turning her head towards her sister.
"Maybe she wants a piece of that cake?", Hanabi said innocently.
"Hanabi, Sakura doesn't think about Naruto like that- I trust her!"
"Well then maybe you should check."
"Check?"
Hanabi rolled her eyes, "Look through the tent and see if she's manhandling your man."
Hinata slightly growled at that remark started to get a slight rosy color in her cheeks.
Hanabi's voice became innocent and light once more. "I mean hey, you would also be able to… check him out a little bit", she suggested, punctuating her statement by raising her eyebrows and crossing her arms. A mischievous smile appeared on her face, clearly amused at how she was able to push her sister's buttons.
"Hanabi! You should be spanked for even thinking of using our clan's gift for something so… So… perverted!", Hinata said forcefully, throwing her arms down and shaking her head.
"I can see it in your face that you've already considered doing just that", Hanabi said, crossing her arms and raising one eyebrow.
Hinata's entire face turned bright red at the comment, while Hanabi walked behind her.
"Who did you say needed a spanking?", Hanabi questioned. She gave Hinata's backside a solid slap, causing Hinata to emit a small, high pitched "eep" of surprise.
As she walked away, Hanabi added one final sly comment to push her sister over the edge, "I mean hey, I already got a little looksee- I think you'll just want him more."
Hanabi then stopped, turned around, and smiled genuinely. "You know, you almost died out there, and I actually did die. Seeing as I am the more experienced sister here in the department of death, I can say for sure that you should take your chances and really go gunning for him."
She then winked and made a fist in front of her face, adding, "Grasp the moment. Or his ass."
As Hanabi smugly walked away, confident that her older sister would take her advice, Hinata caved and silently activated her Byakugan.
Naruto was faced away from her, while Sakura was just to the right of the now battered hero, facing him. She could see that Naruto's pants had been taken off, but he seemed to be arguing with Sakura about something.
Reading their lips the best that she could, she saw Naruto say, "No Sakura! If this needs to be done why can't a guy do it?"
"Oh shut up you big crybaby!", Sakura said incredulously. "You just fought Pain and won and now you're afraid of a woman seeing your manhood?"
"HEY I'M NOT AFRIAD OF ANYTHING!", Naruto shouted, pointing at her.
Sakura laughed and crossed her arms. "Naruto, get those boxers down. You have a cut running up your thigh to your abdomen that I need to clean and stitch, and it's part of my job to make sure there are no other injuries covered up. I promise I'll be quick."
Hinata tensed up. Her poor Naruto still had some injuries that weren't quiet healed.
Naruto crossed his arms, which was the wrong move as Sakura swiftly pulled down his boxers and exposed him. Naruto tried to cover up until his hand was smacked. The fact that Sakura had now seen Naruto naked before she did made Hinata slightly flustered and jealous.
"Well, Naruto, good news- that cut healed a lot better than I thought it would from all of the chakra you have- All I'll do is give you this gauze to clean it out with."
Naruto grumbled, and began cleaning his cut out with some peroxide and gauze. Sakura walked around his body to exam him posteriorly.
Sakura took a gloved hand and hovered it over Naruto's left buttock where a nasty looking bruise had formed. Many bruises all over his body were still present.
Hinata then replayed in her mind what she had just seen. She was looking at Naruto's naked butt- round and firm from all of the training he did. Hinata wracked her brain for a word to describe it, and settled on 'delightful' and 'cute'.
Realizing what she was doing, Hinata let out a small squeak, but couldn't help but continue to look.
Sakura looked at Naruto's bruises and asked him, "Hey Naruto, you heal fast normally, but these bruises are still here?"
Naruto looked at her and explained. "Well, my chakra prioritizes injuries, y'know? Stops stuff like bleeding first, repairs important stuff like bones and organs next, and then goes onto superficial things. Sometimes, bruises even take a little while to heal if my body is busy using chakra for other stuff, or like now when I've practically run out of it. I know I broke a few ribs in that fight, so my body will shift to focus on that."
Upon Sakura palpating the bruise on Naruto's backside, the boy reacted and immediately clutched his rear, before turning around 180 degrees.
Hinata blushed as she saw everything she ever could have ever wanted to, and immediately felt some kind of inexplicable heated excitement rising within her.
She quickly stopped using her Byakugan, having seen Naruto completely naked, and felt like the biggest pervert in the world for doing so.
I'm impressed though, Hinata thought to herself, Sakura was extremely professional about the whole thing.
Ashamed, but also excited, she paced back and forth for a few minutes more before Naruto walked out fully clothed. He smiled at her and lightly rubbed his delightful backside. He then told her to walk in to be looked at next, and that he would wait for her. Blushing wildly because of her peeping session, Hinata walked into the tent.
Sakura smiled when Hinata walked in and sat down on an exam bed, throwing her tattered jacket to a table next to the bed in the process.
"I'm so glad to see that you're alright!", Sakura said gleefully. "And I am SO proud of how brave you were, on and off the battlefield!".
Hinata's face lit up, and Sakura smirked. "I wasn't sure you would ever tell Naruto how you felt about him, but I'll be damned if kissing him wasn't one hell of a way to do it!", she said enthusiastically as she washed her hands in a nearby basin.
Hinata's eyes opened wide. "You… Knew how I feel about him?". Hinata had repressed all her feelings as a child, but she felt that her love for Naruto was a well-kept secret.
Sakura chuckled, and dried her hands.
"The only person who it wasn't obvious to was Naruto himself. He's a hero, but not really a people person", she said firmly. "I think you should make it official. You clearly love him enough to die for him- and I can tell he's eternally grateful to you for stepping in against Pain."
"Do you think he actually likes me like that?"
"Hinata, I don't know- but if you never try eventually someone else will. And I guarantee that no one loves him as much as you do. Just try going out with him and spending time with him and see what comes of it. I honestly think it'll work- you complement each other well."
"You… You're not interested in him?", Hinata inquired, raising her eyebrows.
Sakura walked over to the exam bed, and downcast her gaze.
"I… I love him as a friend- like a brother, really. But there's… Someone else who I can't give up on", Sakura said softly.
Then, Sakura looked at her and smiled, helping her out of her mesh armor shirt. One physical examination/wound care session later, and Hinata was almost cleared to leave.
"Now Hinata, I know this sucks, but there is one more thing I want to do. I am going to give you this tetanus shot since you were stabbed with a metal rod. Don't worry though, it's just a precaution."
Hinata, standing in a bra and underwear, nodded while she pulled up her pants and faced her deltoid toward Sakura.
Sakura apologetically shook her head, "your arms are too bruised up for me to give you an injection- I'm sorry but I will have to go in the gluteus."
Hinata sighed, but pulled her pants and boy short underwear below her plump and firm bottom. She bent over the exam bed and took her mesh armor shirt in her hands to put on.
Before Hinata knew it, however, Sakura had stuck her with the needle, catching her off guard.
"OWWWW FUCK!", Hinata screamed, quickly clasping her hand over her mouth. Sakura retracted the needle, and Hinata stood up.
Before either woman could realize what was happening, the tent flap was thrown open by a certain yellow-haired ninja overreacting to Hinata's scream.
"HINATA! ARE YOU OKAY?", Naruto yelled as he frantically stumbled into the tent with a kunai knife ready. He began scanning for danger until his nose began to bleed when the exam bed came into view.
Hinata's back was toned, and her curves slid down, getting thinner and thinner until they reached her hips and widened out again into a wonderfully round and plump backside, with her more intimate areas covered by her ninja pants and purple panties. Her shoulder blades were pulled back, making a valley between them on her back. Her pearly white skin was covered with some bruises and a few scars, all of which showed just how much of a beating Pain had given her. The most prominent scar was a circle from Pain's rod, and despite being healed well, it still looked large and discolored.
She immediately turned around, confused, but then turned pale as she frantically tried to cover up her large, round, and perky breasts. Sakura immediately stepped in front of her to block Naruto's view of her perfect body as she put on her shirt and pulled up her pants.
Hinata began hyperventilating and blushing in embarrassment, while Sakura began taking off her gloves and walking towards Naruto, ready to pound him into oblivion.
Naruto saw the look of death in her eyes and immediately shrank away, frantically stuttering, "Sa-sa-sa-Sakura! I swear! I-I heard Hinata scream so I got worried, y'know? So I ran in here to see what was going on, y'know? I mean, uhh I thought there was danger, y'know!"
Hinata's train of thought was frantic and out of control. My god… He saw me half naked! Did he see my pussy? He HAD to have seen my boobs! There is never any hiding those, dammit! He saw my entire ass… Oh no this is so embarrassing! He saw my big fat butt!
Hinata then remembered her brief discussion with Hanabi, followed by her 'looksee'. Her face reddened when she realized this was some sort of Karma.
Then, in an instant, an idea hit her mind, and a wicked smile widened across her face.
I almost freaking died today… I kissed the man of my dreams… I just flashed him by accident, but his nose is bleeding and he couldn't stop staring… Maybe Sakura was right! I should go after him… If he looks at me like that, I bet I have a chance! And maybe I should do what Hanabi said and grab this moment!
"NARUTO YOU PERVERT!", Sakura yelled, her brow furrowed. "SOME HERO YOU ARE! YOU GOT A LOT OF NERVE! I AM GONNA POUND YOU INTO NEXT WEEK!"
Naruto slowly retreated as Sakura approached him, cracking her knuckles. Sakura took Naruto's head under her arm so his face was looking at the dirt, and raised her fist high. She was poised to beat the poor boy damn near to death.
That is, until Hinata confidently spoke up, her face slightly less red.
"Sakura. Stop.", Hinata asserted, a look of determination in her eyes, and that same cruel smile on her face. Thinking of what Hanabi had said, her confidence momentarily soared and she decided to go through with her crazy plan.
"But Hinata… He", Sakura started to say.
Naruto looked up at Hinata and their eyes met. Naruto thought to himself that perhaps he would be saved a beating, that is until Hinata held up her hand.
"H-He needs to be punished… So… I'll do it myself!", she stammered, slightly less confidently than intended. Hinata started to feel herself get red again, but fought the feeling off as best she could.
Naruto's eyes bulged, and his heart dropped. Sakura could beat him and he could take it. Hinata's Gentle Fist was on a whole other level. Would a girl who saved his life not even 8 hours ago try to kill him?
Sakura roughly grabbed the terrified ninja's hair and forced him to look down again.
"If I am correct his backside is fairly well bruised?", Hinata quietly inquired to Sakura.
The kunoichi stopped for a moment, and quizzically stated, "Yes, it is…" Sakura turned to Hinata with one eyebrow raised. "How exactly did you know that?"
With Naruto's face still facing downwards, Hinata sighed, realizing that she had been caught, and flashed her Byakugan to Sakura.
Sakura made an 'O' shape with her mouth, and then smirked.
"Sakura, can you give me a few minutes alone with him?"
"I will stand outside, take all the time you need", Sakura said happily, releasing Naruto.
Hinata walked towards Naruto while Sakura walked outside.
Naruto began pleading, "Hinata! I SWEAR it was a mistake, y'know! Please don't kill me!".
"Naruto, go bend over that exam bed for me, please", She whispered, not quite meeting his gaze.
Naruto could tell he was in for something, but couldn't tell quite what. He walked over to the bed, compliant and accepting of whatever Hinata decided to dish out. He took a pillow and placed it at the edge before bending over.
At least Hinata will be fair and won't tenderize me, Naruto thought to himself.
Hinata smiled and blushed slightly as she stepped behind him. She gripped his pants and underwear, bringing them down in a single stroke to bare his backside, revealing a few bruises on his round and firm ass.
Naruto turned extremely red and was completely taken aback by the turn of events. He began to think about horrible scenarios and thoughts. Shit! She's gonna stab my ass full of needles! Or maybe she'll put her foot so far up my ass that it'll quench my thirst! What if she shoves her lion's fist up there? What if she shoves BOTH of her lion's fists up there?
He was quite surprised when she began to speak softly, in a slightly admonishing tone.
"N-Naruto, what could you have done to avoid this situation?", Hinata asked, attempting to keep the confidence she had somehow discovered upon this idea popping into her head.
"Uhhhh I could have called in and asked if everything was okay first?", Naruto guessed.
"Good. Now stay still", Hinata answered, her still nervous voice giving off a slightly cheery and almost playful inflection. She knew it was too late to back down now.
She raised her hand slightly, then brought it down upon Naruto's left buttock with a surprising amount of force. A light-red hand outline was left in her wake.
Naruto made a yelping sound, having not really expected the strike. Another slap fell on the opposite side. This time, her hand lingered and she gave his smooth bottom a squeeze.
Naruto again yelped at this, and continued to blush. He had never been spanked, nor had his ass grabbed, nor been kissed by a girl.
Then again, prior to his fight with Pain, he had never been impaled or met his father. Today was a day of many firsts.
Hinata began to blush, and ordered Naruto to keep his head on the bed. She looked to the corner at her tattered jacket, and thought of the day she had just been through. Nearly dying to save someone she loved, finding out her sister had perished- just to see her revived before her very eyes, being kissed by the man of her dreams- it all gave her a surge of confidence to finish with the wild plan she had concocted in less than an instant.
She gave him another smack across his entire backside, eliciting one more yelp of surprise from Naruto. While she hadn't struck him particularly hard, the bruising on his ass did make her little 'punishment' uncomfortable.
Her hand raised and fell a few more times, striking at random. With his backside barely pink, Naruto was more in shock from his punishment than in pain.
Hinata really did change! Just yesterday she would have never done any of this! He thought.
"Naruto, that was for barging in on me naked." Hinata said, rather playfully. With a slightly more serious tone, she asked, "Will you be more careful next time?"
"Yes Hinata! I'm sorry!", Pleaded Naruto, still partially expecting a blue lion to enter his intestines.
"Good." Hinata said as she leaned over and got closer to his face to kiss him.
"Wait… You're done hitting me?", Naruto said with surprise.
"Well, I mean I think the kiss I'm about to give you is worth…" She paused as she put her hand to her cheek and hummed, "At least 100 more spanks, so choose wisely.", Hinata said, with a cute little grin on her face.
Naruto grinned, stood up, pulled up his pants, and moved towards her. Their lips met and they shared a kiss for a moment before they both separated and smiled at each other.
"I hope I didn't hurt you too much. I-I wanted to get you out of trouble with Sakura", Hinata said, her gaze slightly lowered. She looked back up at him, her eyes slightly narrowed. "Though I will demand that you be more careful in the future, Naruto. That was embarrassing", she remarked.
"Once Sakura is done with me, I think it's time to get some sleep?", Hinata asked, looking back into his eyes.
"Honestly? You probably gave me less than I deserved for walking in on you- but that was way fairer than the Almighty beat-down Sakura was gonna give me", Naruto said nervously. "I promise I'll be more careful. Also, I know a nice quiet spot we can rest!", Naruto said, smiling.
"Sounds great! And, hey?"
"Yeah?"
"Rub your butt and look ashamed when Sakura comes back in. I don't want her to think I let you off easy", Hinata said jokingly, putting her hands on her hips.