Naruto and Hinata: The Master and the Princess

Chapter 2: New Abilities and a Dojutsu

"WHAT?!", Kiba's loud voice boomed through Hinata's ears.

"Yes, we went to the hotel Naruto-kun is talking about and we had a meal with a bunch of cannibals with one of their own eating a priest." Hinata explained, using Naruto's lie to deflect any concerns her teammates had with her.

"Are you sure you didn't eat any human flesh? Just meat from animals?" Shino asked.

Hinata nodded. "Anyway, Naruto-kun told me that I'll be leaving on a training trip later after lunch."

"Okay Hinata-Chan. Have fun!" Kiba called out as he and Shino left.

(At lunch in a restaurant)

Hinata was eating lunch with Sakura. The medic nin asked her what went with her meal with Naruto.

"So did Naruto take you on a date? Did he treat you well?"

"I wouldn't call it a date. Merely a business meeting. Naruto-kun looks the part of a businessman."

"So what did the idiot ask of you?"

Hinata felt anger at the pink kunoichi but did not show it, "He said that I would be going to an ancient land and train with a tutor."

"Oh! Where are you going Hinata-Chan?"

"I cannot say. I don't know where it is but Jiraiya might know."

"Man! Naruto shouldn't keep secrets from you Hinata! He should explain more to you and not send you like a servant." Sakura told the Templar kunoichi.

"Sakura, Naruto-kun knows what is best for me. I'm also curious on what this Caer Darrow is."

"But still! He should know how to treat a girl and respect her. Not send her off to a land nobody knows about." Sakura said with irritation which made Hinata's anger grow.

She decided to test the waters by asking Sakura, "Tell me Sakura, how much do you know Naruto-kun?"

Sakura didn't hesitate to answer Hinata, " He's a baka who doesn't know anything about love. He is always a loser. And also he's pretty dense that he doesn't know what a woman does. He always uses the same jutsu over and over again. He isn't anything like my Sasuke-kun who is handsome and very smart.

"What else do you know?", Hinata asked, her polite tone mixed with anger though Sakura didn't notice it.

"He never asks for the people to recognize him as the son of the Yondaime. He should have the people love him as the son of the Fourth Hokage, that way the people can accept him and he'll be Hokage faster. Isn't that his dream? But he didn't achieve it because he became a Templar Grand Master." Sakura said.

"Naruto-kun would rather earn the respect of the people than basically using his title. That is his way." Hinata explained.

"Either way, I doubt that he's changed. My mother asked me to marry him so that I could help him become more renown and to put those riches there to good use."

Something snapped inside Hinata as she shouted, "Whose side are you on Sakura?! You first praise Sasuke then you put down Naruto-kun. Then you want to marry Naruto-kun because he is the son of the Yondaime and not because of who he is. Do you truly know your teammate Haruno?" She was honestly getting tired of Sakura's constant berating of her Naruto-kun.

"Now,now Hinata," Sakura said trying to calm the angry Hyuuga down. "There's no need to get mad."

It did little to appease Hinata, "Mad? Mad!? Because you NEVER see his side of the problem. All you do is criticize, insult, and hit him! You never saw the true him. All you care about are his riches and his title. If Naruto-kun doesn't have those, you wouldn't want to have anything to do with him and accept Sasuke immediately if he asks you for a date!"

"I'm his teammate. I have every right to criticize him. The idiot does not have any parents to teach him manners." Sakura defended her actions.

"And you think hitting him on the head can teach him?! Insulting him can make him more smarter!? You're lucky to have parents Sakura. Mine often puts me down. But he doesn't have any parents to teach him things about life. Adding to the fact that the villagers would often ignore or hurt him, he never knew friendship or had someone to look up to until Iruka-sensei." Hinata angrily explained. Her shyness gone.

"Then what do you know about him Hinata if you keep defending him so much?" Sakura asked, barely getting over Hinata's outburst.

"Only enough to know that he has changed. Fifteen years or so in a hostile environment can do a lot Sakura. He has shared his personal experiences with me. And I must admit, I believe him. He has the hair and the eyes and the powers to prove it."

"I'm sorry Hinata." Sakura said with remorse. "I-I didn't know."

"You should be apologizing to Naruto-kun. Not me. I'm sorry for shouting at you Sakura but you need to change your attitude towards Naruto-kun. He is not the same knucklehead we all know." Hinata said and left the restaurant after finishing her meal. Leaving Sakura to think.

Sakura thought of what Hinata had said and realized that she had been treating Naruto horribly these years they've been together. She made up her mind that if she ever sees Naruto, she'll apologize to him and accept her as a friend.

(WindWhisper bridge, at the helm)

"Welcome Captain! Jiraiya greeted the young Templar kunoichi as she took the wheel. "I notice you looked glum, you look like you got into a fight with a cave bear." He joked. (Guess the reference)

"Just got angry at Sakura for insulting Naruto-kun. Don't worry, I'm fine." Hinata explained in a tone that told Jiraiya to not press further.

"Naruto gave me the coordinates to Caer Darrow. You'll love the place, I can assure you."

"Then let's move out."

The WindWhisper took off from the Namikaze estates and headed towards the ocean.

(Two days after takeoff later)

"What can you tell me about Caer Darrow Master Jiraiya?" Hinata asked while steering the wheel.

"If I can be honest with you Hinata and myself, I'd say that place makes Mt. Myoboku look like a jungle" Jiraiya said.

"Can you please elaborate?"

"That place is older even than all of the Shinobi villages. It is where we Templar Sages go to hone our natural chakras and energies. It is where students of various clans study without having to put up with the politics of the clans. It is also a place where you could dedicate yourself to a type of jutsu without being disturbed."

"What does it look like?"

"That place has tundras, forests, prairies and mountains and lots and lots of snow. The type of place that is incredibly harsh and beautiful." (Think of what Skyrim looks like. That's the description I intend to put for Caer Darrow. I don't own Skyrim.)

"Are there no villages there at all?"

"Only five, located at the ends and entrances of the Darrow. The Grand Master has limited the amount of villages to ensure the beauty of the place is left untouched."

"I can see why Naruto-kun limited the village amount. But why did you say that the Darrow is harsh?"

"There are still beasts roaming around the wild. Beasts that can hunt and kill you without mercy. They can ambush you anywhere, anytime, and anyplace outside of the villages."

"Why didn't Naruto-kun order his men to eliminate the beasts?"

"That's the best part. Not only did Naruto prevent the extermination, but he encouraged the beasts to live freely among the forests and the entire Darrow but he ordered them to stay away from inhabited areas."

"Why would he do that?"

"He said something that our senses must be in top shape, knowing that as ninja, danger can come anywhere, can come anytime, can be delivered by anything and anyone."

"That's rather harsh and brutal."

"Yeah, But it hones our senses, so we are no condition to complain."

On the third day, the WindWhisper arrived in Caer Darrow. It is exactly what Jiraiya said, it's very harsh and beautiful. The villages are simplistic, they are simply made out of wood but they have some modern technologies in them. There are no concrete or brick buildings. The forests are large, wide, and very lovely, you could stare at them for hours. Everyone who tends them are very serious and take their work seriously. Most of them are either studying or taking care of their villages. There are no walls but there are fences and rock golems guarding them.

Jiraiya told Hinata that he would go take a break along with the crew on the hot tundras of the Darrow. He put the schedule and time of meeting for her.

Hinata arrived at the meeting place. There she saw a man with black but graying hair and to her surprise, he also had the Byakugan.

"Welcome to Caer Darrow Miss Hinata. My name is Toushiro Hyuuga and I will be your mentor as you study and work under the Order. As you progress through your training, you can learn powerful jutsus that you can never find in any village."

The man named Toushiro pointed to a well which was glowing blue. "Drink from the holy waters of our ancient Moon Well. There you can gain something from it."

Hinata drank the waters like Toushiro said and it tasted like honey. She learned how to channel water and use it to mend wounds. She learned the Holy Water jutsu.

Toushiro told Hinata her first task: Take out three bandits raiding a small village east of their location.

Hinata did the task and went back to Toushiro.

"I knew I could count on you. By defending the village from the bandits, you have earned the next step of your training. Drink from the Moon Well and you will gain yet another jutsu from it."

Hinata drank from the Moon Well again and gained another jutsu called Guardian Shield. Toushiro tasked Hinata to get a tome in a forest filled with lightning towers. Hinata went to the place and used her new jutsu. She noticed that the towers hit her but they cannot hurt her until she reached the tome.

"So this is the tome of knowledge. I wonder what powers it possesses."

Hinata got the tome and opened it. It delivered her back to the castle where Toushiro resides.

"Excellent work. You're on your way to becoming a Master Templar. My final task for you before you drink from the Moon Well again is to eliminate a group of missing ninja outside of this village. Our scouts report that they established a base and are planning to attack our village."

"I will do as you ask Toushiro-sensei. But how am I suppose to take out an entire base all by myself?"

"This is a battle you will not win alone. In the Order, we can call the aid of our allies inside and outside of the Order. Travel to the outpost outside of our village and enlist their aid. Then eliminate the missing ninja."

"Okay."

Hinata walked outside the village and noticed three regulars walking to her.

"You're the new ninja right?"

"Why yes. How did you know?"

"I thought you should know that the forest filled with dangerous creatures." One of the regulars said. "You won't make it out of there alive."

Hinata became confused, "Then what would you have me do?"

The regular said proudly, "Why we are to escort you to the knight outpost ourselves! We're getting sick of seeing promising recruits march off to their deaths."

"You are welcome to join me. In fact, I insist."

Hinata and the three regulars ventured in the forests. Occasionally a bear or a Sabre cat or some wolves would attack them but there's nothing with one ninja and three regulars can't handle.

They eventually run into a place where some trolls are residing.

"There a lot of trolls. We should find another way around." Hinata said

But the regular said confidently, "We don't have to. We can force our way through them."

Hinata was unsure, "But how? They outnumber us."

"Yes, But we good fellow Templar, have the upper hand."

The three regulars immediately made a hand sign and transparent shields appeared on their left hand. They charged towards the trolls, albeit slowly, with Hinata healing them with her Holy Water. Like the regular said, they have the upper hand and dealt with the trolls swiftly.

They went to the knight outpost and enlisted the aid of the Templar knight ninjas stationed there. With their numbers and Hinata's healing sustaining them, the knight ninjas overwhelmed the missing nin and none of them died.

Hinata and three regulars returned to Toushiro and there he congratulated them. Hinata drank the Moon Well's waters once again and this time felt a strange sensation flowing through her eyes as she drank...

When she opened her eyes, Toushiro looked shocked and Hinata discovered why...

She now has the Tenseigan!

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