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Chapter 4: Crown of mist.

Around a month and a half of trainings with the Hokage, daily walks with Naruto, and occasional visits to the post of Ichiraku's, our princess was sure the happiest period of her life had begun. Although she often wondered why everything had suddenly snaped into place: Naruto, her role as a ninja, her purpose on life...it was enough see him arrive on time, at the door, to stop thinking…

Naruto had learned to enjoy the silence with her.

Tsunade was deeply shocked by the natural talent of her apprentice, her huge intelligence, and above all, by the color of her chakra. A few days ago, the first time the young practitioner attempt to repair the wounds of a sparrow, she made the manuals signs precisely, and suddenly, a halo of vibrant lavender chakra flowed from her thin fingers towards the sparrow, suddenly static. True, her Byakugan made med-jutsu so much easier... but she simply was born to practice medicine.

"Hinata, turn off your Byakugan" Tsunade told her that day.

"Hai..." her obedience was almost religious. ... It's purple ...the young woman was shocked. "Hokage-sensei… is… is that color, normal?"

"There are some med-ninjas who have a different color of chakra, although I confess that I've seen it only once." The color of purity and spiritual harmony... meditated the Hokage. They soon started to practice at the hospital; Hinata´s accelerated progress and her remarkable management with patients made her very useful in emergencies areas. The moment she arrived, the room was full with a sweet air of relief. Always smiling and looking directly into her patient´s eyes, she was intimately touched by pain, and more than once she ran out of chakra trying to ease the wounded that returned from dangerous missions.

Although she had a new routine, wich she loved, she was beginning to wonder why she haven´t been assigned to missions; in fact, the only reason that she realized it was beacuse Naruto was in a bad mood lately, and for what she knew about him, it was due to the lack of action. Hinata was too busy, she didn´t slept much, reading the books Tsunade gave her, and between her two trainings the only free time she had, she spent it with Naruto, when they returned to the Hyuuga compound. Kiba, and Shino had come and go a couple of times without her, and they were really starting to miss her and vice versa. Tsunade suspected that she couldn´t hold them much longer, and decided to choose an easy task under the pretext of testing her skills gradually.

The mission was to find a child that had been lost for three days in the village of fog; the family was traveling in a caravan and his parenths didn´t realize his absence until it was very late. The mission, obviesly, was a success. Shino was the leader, and on the report, he overlooked an interesting detail, which Tsunade heard until the following day, when Hinata told her.

"We found the child behind a rock; his legs and feet had scratches all over, probably by running between the branches. When I leaned closer to see his wounds, the boy whisper to me `water likes you`. I was really surprised to hear him talk, because we were told he was mute. He was pointing toward my head and then I notice a halo of mist around me. I searched for someone that could be manipulating water, but, I coudln´t find anyone, and I didn´t even sense any danger. Then I heard him again `it´s a crown`. And then he left jumping back, sat around the fire as serious as before, and talking with hand signs. I thought I was hallucinating ... because ... well, it wouldn´t be the first time that somethinhg like that..."

"I see Hinata, let's continue, today we will repair some fractures, you´ll learn how to regenerate bone"

"Hai Tsunade-sensei."

Hinata genuinely enjoyed the art of medicine; it made her feel useful, valued and appreciated by her patients who smiled at her and gave her their thanks. She trained thoroughly every afternoon with Neji, or Kiba and Shino. They all noticed her confidence was growing lately. Except, of course, for Naruto. He keep seen her just as shy and odd as before, and held some sort of grudge to her for being the reason why he hadn´t been send to more exciting missions, however, now he could see her intelligence,softness, kindness and the acceptance she showed towards all sort of people. Day by day... very slowly, Naruto began to anxiously wait the time to escorting her home. She still stuttered a bit, and almost never saw him on the eyes, but they talked. She was the only one who he had spoken with that much.

"Tsunade-sensei, I was thinking…"

"What is it Hinata-chan?"

"A few weeks ago..." She will think I´m crazy "a few weeks ago I've been having strange sensations."

"Like what?"

"Mmmm ... like when I walk by the trees of the training camp in a day without wind, sometimes I feel like the flowers ... turned ... turned to me. When I look back, there´s nothing, but ... the feeling is so real."

"It sounds like you haven´t been sleeping well" the Hokage teased her.

"It's more than that… Sometimes I swear I can hear the trees rustle ... Am I hallucinating?"

The gifts of sea and earth uh? "Hahaha… and if you were, Hinata, would it be such a terrible thing? I think those are nice things." She is getting suspicious, maybe its time to give her a more interesting mission…

"Hi there, Tsunade no Baa-chan, Hinata."

"Naruto? You arrive early today, and the name is Ho-ka-ge-sa-ma" she said with her index up, like an instructive and obvius way of things.

"Oh hai ... Baa-chan, is just that ..." he smiled nervously, and showed a bandage hand soaked in blood as he scratched his neck with the good one.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata got pale, a refreshing reaction for the careles ninja.

"I'm fine, it was only an accident."

"Mmmm... no doubt that happended to you because you were on the moon, Baka" smirked the Hokage.

"Tsunade no baa-chan! You don´t have to worry so much!" sarcasm was mixed with embarrassment in his voice. The hard-headed ninja was actually surprised by a lost kunai, while he was walking and thinking about "some things".

I better let them alone… "Hinata, we´re done for today. Tomorrow we will keep learning about bone mineralization. Take care of Naruto for me."

"Hai, sensei." Suffocating her shyness, she told to the tall, sky-eye ninja who smelled like ramen and soap, to sit on the edge of the bed. "Na… Naruto-kun. Is not going to hurt, just…" she was feeling the familiar heat in her cheeks oh… my god… I have to touch him! I… Hinata… just concentrate on his wounds, just focus…don´t faint… don´t stutter "just stay still, please."

It was a deep cut, she began to proyect chakra on the wound, and a soft lavander light captured his attention. "Oii… Hinata… I never knew there was purple chakra."

She nodded, making a colossal effort to not stare in his brigth eyes; these meanwhile gazed at her withe face framed by her blue, long, smooth hair, her usual red cheeks that now (perhaps because she was concentrated on healing him) had a pink color that looked like the sunset, he saw the seriousness of her gesture and thought …She looks nice today... Much sooner than he expected, Hinata left his hands and sighed. She was relieved, a bit beacuse she completely closed his wound, and a bit because she hadn´t faint in the attempt.

"Suuggoooiiii Hinata!!… you´re so fast. Surely you´re one of the top med-ninja in Konoha, like Sakura-chan!"

"Don´t… not… Naruto-kun, don´t move your hands like that, it´s too soon, the wound could…" she got close trying to calm him down… but…¡Puff! A strange move made the two of them fell over the bed, she on the chest of her dream world´s protagonist. On the firts instant, before processing decorum, Hinata felt his warmth, his tact, the firmness of his body; in the second moment, she vanished. He, on the other hand, blushed a bit, his first instinct was pulled her away, but it was pushed away by her smell, the scent of an unknown flower, her hair floating, her small hands over his chest... her…Oh? She fainted again! What´s the matter with her? I better lie her down…

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When she awoke, the top of a blonde head was leaned at one side of the bed. He was finishing reading the book. Without lifting his gaze he asked "Ramen, Hinata?"

"Oh... hai." Although I offer again to pay the bill, Naruto won´t let me, but when I reject his offer he gets weird... On the way to Ichikaru's, Naruto recalled the days he had spied on Hinata during her rounds at the hospital, he had convinced himself that his mission was to protect her at all times, and that way he explained his secrets rounds. He has seen her with many wounded ninjas, but it was the first time he had been her patient and now could understand why hers patients were discharge so quickly. Mmm ... she has been very quiet. I know!! Something had been bothering him since he finished the book ... "Oii… Hinata".

"Naruto-kun?"

"Why the Three Little Pigs just ran from house to house and didn´t face the wolf? Why they didn´t requested reinforcements if they couldn´t work it out? Why the wolf didn´t use a Jutsu of air or water if it would have been much easier to destroy the house of bricks? And how is it that the wolf can blow so hard, is that possible?"

"Hahahahahahah" she laughed really loud for the first time openly in front of him.

What a beautiful laugh… The young man reprimand himself for thinking things like that, growled, and felt ashamed for having done such a stupid question. "What are you laughing at?" His voice was somewhere near hurt.

"Go ... gomenasai Naruto-kun. I... I dind´t wanted to offend you." Apparently he requires a serious response, and then she said solemnly "I think it's because they´re not ninjas."

They´re not ninjas, of course... Why didn't I think of that? He nodded and murmured to himself.

Before arriving to Ichiraku's they were called to Hokage´s office. Shino and Kiba were already there, and waiting for instructions.