Naruto couldn't believe it, "What?" Tsunade closed her eyes, and listened to his objections. "That's bullshit! Why would that even matter? What has dating got to do with running a goddamn hidden village?" He stood up and paced the room, knowing that if he didn't find something else to do he would focus his rampage upon the one person who was fighting it with him.
"Naruto." Tsunade said calmly, after a few seconds, " the elders enacted that law after what happened to your father and mother. If the Hokage is the strongest shinobi in the village, then their husband or wife would be weaker and therefore a liability. The Hokage cannot afford to have a weakness, because the Hokage's weakness is the village's weakness. When the Third took the position back he had no intention of keeping it for long but had no choice. On top of that he didn't get much trouble from the elders because they were close friends with his wife. Either way, once I came in I was informed about this and now so have you." She trailed off and went into deep thought.
"What about you, Granny?" Naruto asked as one of the dim candles burned out, "Were you ever interested in someone?"
Tsunade huffed, amused, "Well, Jiraiya and I had our own way of… relieving stress." Naruto made a gagging noise from his dark spot in the room. Is that why whenever he came to the village he went to see her first? Naruto wondered.
"Well," Tsunade sighed loudly, "I guess that's all I really wanted to talk to you about."
Naruto was unsatisfied with this, "So, what? Am I supposed to just deal with this? I think you know me better than that, I will find a way to make this work." Naruto thought for a moment, the darkness being unable to cover his cheer. "With your permission, Tsunade. If you went through this much devastation then you must feel that it's time for a change as well?" Naruto stood and started out the door.
She smirked across the black room, "You seem to really want to fight this, Naruto, who is she?" she inquired.
The next morning Hinata woke up with a wide smile across her face. Clearly she had, in her sleep, come up with some expectations of how the day would go. She heard kunai clashing in the training quarters of the compound, and decided to check it out. She changed into her sweats and hooded jacket and walked out on the balcony. What she saw she almost couldn't believe: Neji and Tenten were squared off against Naruto and one of his clones.
Hinata activated her byakugan to take a closer look at them. She first inspected Naruto out of concern but saw that he had taken no damage. She then looked at Tenten's chakra network and saw that, although exhausted, she too was unharmed. Hinata was not the least concerned about her cousin, he was more than able to take care of himself, even if Naruto aimed to kill.
However, Neji too seemed completely exhausted, near his limit even. She didn't need the byakugan to see that. Naruto is the only one not even remotely tired! Hinata noted in surprise.
"Good morning Hinata." The voice came from so close to her it gave her a jump. Naruto stood behind her smirking, pleased that he had surprised her.
Hinata bowed, "Good morning! N-Naruto-kun!" She said, blushing thoroughly. Her hair was a wild mess, the jacket she put on had wrinkles all over it, and the sweats she wore were not flattering at all, just comfortable. "N-Naruto-kun, please excuse me for one moment!" She then ran back into her room, and without even stopping she grabbed the clothes that she had laid out the night before and zipped down the corridor outside her bedroom.
EEEEK! Naruto-kun saw me like this! I've got to hurry, before the image in burned into his memory! She frantically changed in the bathroom and once done was zipping into her room, and then back at the man's side.
"Ex-excuse me for that, Naruto-kun it's just improper for a man to see a woman in her pajamas." She bowed a more gracious greeting than the one she had just pulled off.
Confusion spread across Naruto's face, "Huh? Aren't those your pajamas over there?" Naruto looked and pointed at the skimpy boy-shorts on the floor next to her bed.
Hinata slowly turned her head to where Naruto was pointing. Oh, God… She saw that she had, indeed, left them lying on the floor, available for Naruto to see. She quickly shut the sliding door behind them. Oh, God… She held onto the handle desperately, trying to silently catch her breath.
Naruto had very quickly forgotten all about the sexy panties he tried to imagine on Hinata, and was now dumbfounded by the kimono she wore. Oh, God… He thought. Although far more proper than the one she had worn the night before, hanging all the way down to her ankles. Her feet were bare, and looked like the most graceful things he had ever seen. The kimono was blue and had lotus blossoms all over it, and this kimono hugged her almost as tightly as the last had. He could see the curvaceous body underneath it, Oh, God… Her hips were gentle and looked so soft, and with the slight lean that she had at the moment, he had a very good view of her ass. His eyes climbed up her waist, to one of Hinata's trademarks, her massive bust line. The dress revealed a good deal of cleavage, something that must be inevitable for her. For a moment, he was lost in that cleavage, even when she calmed down, stood up, and nervously looked back at him.
The expression on his face was enough to give her confidence back "Another shadow clone?" Hinata asked, trying to keep the Jinchuuriki's attention away from her.
He woke from the hypnosis and nervously replied. "N-no. I'm… uh… I'm the original," he managed to slow down his brain and think before speaking, "I've made a habit of using the kage bunshin jutsu for much more than battle, as you saw last night…" Naruto was again filled with embarrassment as he recalled all of the stuttering he committed the night before.
Hinata, shocked, turned back around and leaned over the rail to watch the training session. If that's true, then only two of Naruto-kun's shadow clones can take on both Tenten and Neji? Hinata couldn't believe it. The original Naruto joined her and pretended to watch the match, but was really looking at and shocked by how beautiful Hinata looked even after just having woken up.
Hinata looked down as a breathless Neji took his gentle fist stance, and Tenten rolled up her sleeves to reveal her summoning tattoos along her forearms. She then sat down, closed her eyes, and started chanting and using hand signals too fast for Naruto to read them. The clone closest to Tenten then started charging to prevent her from using whatever jutsu she had planned. Neji then jumped in front of his path and then used quick, stinging jabs with his fingertips to try to strike Naruto's pressure points. The clone managed to dodge them and before long the second grabbed the other's hand and pulled him out of Neji's range while simultaneously pulling himself forward to strike Neji with a kick.
Neji had to use a rotation to block it off, but right before they made contact, another clone was summoned above the other, and used the kicking clone's stomach as a base to jump from and flew over Neji's perfect rotation defense. Neji destroyed the one attacking him, but there were still two, and one had gotten past him, he was amazed.
Hinata just stared fixedly on the training grounds, Naruto's clones can summon more clones in a situation like that? Naruto just watched her hair blowing in the breeze.
"Have you figured it out yet, Hinata?" Naruto asked, amused. She turned to him, still shocked, and her heart skipped a beat when she noticed how close Naruto stood to her. The newest clone landed behind Neji and began to charge for Tenten again. By now Hinata forgot altogether about the training going on below them and searched Naruto's face for a clue as to what he meant.
The first shadow clone, standing in front of Neji, then finished a jutsu that Neji had missed while watching the other. The ground opened up a few yards to reveal a toad's mouth. The final words the clone used to finish the jutsu Neji heard, "partial fly burial…" Three tongues flew out of the mouth and wrapped around Neji's arms and legs. Neji attempted another rotation but by then he was already pulled into the mouth and it closed up, only leaving his neck and head outside the vice grip.
"I enjoyed our time together last night Hinata," Naruto said, once again bringing her attention back from the match, "I don't think I've ever seen you wear clothes like the dress you wore last night…" There was more that he wanted to say, but couldn't.
Hinata noticed his flustering and matched it with her own, "Kurenai-sensei insisted that I wear it. I felt very uncomfortable in it." The second clone was only feet away from Tenten when she finished her summoning.
Out of her swinging arms came a barrage of shuriken, and when the clone managed to dodge this and continue to descend on her, a ball and chain emerged, swinging right for him.
"I thought you looked beautiful…" Naruto managed to get out, before his voice shrank to a level that only dogs could hear.
"Really? Thank you, Naruto-kun." Hinata's composure was renewed again.
Naruto took a deep breath, "Actually, Hinata, I wanted to talk to you about the day Pain invaded Konoha."
A mass hysteria took place in Hinata's heart, and nervousness struck her mind, "I… do too." She managed to get out.
Meanwhile, on the training grounds, Tenten had destroyed the clone that was coming for her and set her sights on the one that had summoned the fly burial toad. She threw a massive shuriken with a shadow shuriken hidden beneath it, and simultaneously released several kunai with exploding tags burning right behind them, to eliminate his dodging options.
"Behind you!" Neji shouted to her. The clone that the shuriken were headed for didn't even move and was destroyed by them. But a kunai was put at her throat from behind and it was over.
"Yoshi! I think that's enough training for today!" said the kage bunshin behind Tenten, pleased with the outcome.
Tenten was shocked, "How did you get behind me without me even seeing you?"
"That… I'll have to explain another day." The copy of Naruto then 'poofed' away, Neji and Tenten had no idea that they weren't even fighting the original. Neji pulled himself out of the hole in the ground and looked up to Naruto, standing next to Hinata, with a very serious expression on his face. He calmed down, smiled just a little bit and laughed.
Hinata felt her insides squirm at the thought of how strong Naruto had become, a wide smile had grown across her face.
"I guess you haven't figured it out either, Hinata. " Naruto said in a soft tone, then leaned in close to her, cupped her ear, and whispered something to her. The close vibrations of his voice in her ear made a tingle start at the top of her neck, which turned into a shockwave that passed down through her whole body, especially a very particular part of her body. The warmth of his breath glided across her cheek, her hair tangled in between his fingers, and the hard, strong body so near to hers made her go numb. Her face was washed with ecstasy as her eyes rolled back just a little bit, but she still focused enough to listen to the secret.
"So that's how you've been doing all this." She said softly, her cheeks a rosy red with happiness, not nervousness.
Naruto leaned back up, having touched the softest hair in the world. Her smell still followed him, as though guided by his wishes. He, too, felt the numbing sensation, the wave of pleasure. Their secret joy was shared and understood between them as their eyes locked. Forgetting all about his two training partners, Naruto placed his hand on Hinata's lower back, and they went back inside.
Tenten watched as the two shared that moment and her heart filled with romance. "Neji, what would you like to do now?" She looked over to her husband, eyes full of love and lust.
"Actually, I'm on assignment. I need to get back into uniform."
Neji was discovered there an hour later, not sure what had happened.
