Beta by
Kumar
The next day, Naruto smiled as he woke up and he was finally released from his bed by both Hinata and the elder toads who came by earlier. He walked outside and began to stretch as Hinata walked out behind him and he said "You know, by the time we fell asleep last night your stutter was nearly gone. I never knew you were a closet prankster."
Hinata giggled and said softly after taking a calming breath "Yes, I learned it from watching you put a red shirt in with all the whites of my clan's laundry and it dyed them all shades of red and pink. Father nearly had a heart attack.
"Why?", asked Naruto.
"Because he had to wear pink underwear to a council meeting."
Naruto laughed at that thought and Hinata saw Ma and Pa heading toward them. Naruto turned and saw them and asked "What's up?"
Pa said as he hopped in front of Naruto "As a toad summoner you have responsibilities that you must live up to. One of them is learning the Sage Arts, which you are not ready for yet. But another is learning our fighting styles. For the rest of the time you are here, I will begin to teach you our Taijutsu style, while Ma here will take Hinata elsewhere because she has some things that she must learn."
Naruto blinked and looked at Hinata who seemed confused and he asked "What things?"
Ma said "Hinata, by birthright you and us have a history together with another summons. Her mother had a contract with the Falcons and when they learned that she was here their leader has asked that she be brought before them to be tested to be their ally as we are yours."
Naruto frowns a little and said "It's alright, Hinata, just be yourself and don't get scared. It may sound scary but I am sure someone as strong as you can do it. Just believe in yourself. I do."
Faster then you could say SNAP Hinata head bounced up and looked at Naruto with shock and she asked in a stutter "Do you mean it?"
Naruto said "Yes, and don't stutter, its cute and all, but when you talk normal it makes you look lovelier."
Hinata blushed red and said "Hai!." as she turned and started to walk away and Ma said "Um...this way." walking another way and Hinata turned red with embarrassment and began to follow her and after they were gone Pa said "You have a way with words, kid."
Naruto said "And you need to explain to me why I was never told my father was the Yondaime." as he looked down at the elder toad.
Pa said "Gambunta was your father's summon partner like Gamakichi is yours. He honored your fathers request for you not to know until you were old enough to defend yourself from his enemies and asked all his children to follow the same rule but Ma and I don't have such belief. We feel you should know and that's why we told you. Now follow me." as he hoped away with Naruto following him.
They soon came to a clearing with many peaks and Pa said "Now, I have seen and heard of your use of Kage Bunshin and I ask you truthfully, did you know that whatever they learned goes back to the original when they are destroyed?"
Naruto blinked and shook his head no and Pa said "Well they do. So, here is what we are going to do. I have 3 scrolls here with our Taijutsu written in them. I want you to create 50 clones and have them each perform one Kata each but different ones. While they are doing that you will use chakra to run up and down those spikes over there while I correct the clones on their Kata until they do it right at which time I will destroy them and the memory will go back to you. When they do I want you to come back and demonstrate the Kata. If you do it right I will let you return to working on your chakra control. If you don't I will beat you in the head with my cane until you get it right. Once you have all 50 Kata memorized we will then begin to spar. Now get to work."
Naruto put his hands together and said "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." and 100 clones appeared and Pa said "Your control is off but it was expected. Very well, 50 of you work on chakra control with the original while 50 of you do as you been told. Now get to work before I beat you all."
Each of them looked around and Pa jumped up and smacked the real Naruto in the head with his cane and he screamed "OWWW!" as he rubbed his face and Pa said "YOU WANT SOME, COME GET SOME!"
Each of the clones began to get to work along with the original quickly and Pa smirks and thought "works every time!"
With Hinata and Ma
Hinata was following Ma and asked "Why did you tell him I liked him?"
Ma glanced back at her and said "You were distracting not only yourself but him. If you and him are to endure what is to come then you must both be focused. It is better to tell him now and get it out of the way instead of later."
Hinata after a few minutes asked "How did the falcons know I was here?"
Ma said nothing as she stopped and looked up and said "Hello Talon."
Hinata looked up and saw a 6 ft tall falcon who was looking at her and Talon said "I see you have brought her as I requested. Good. Now leave us before I eat you."
Ma turned and left and Hinata looked scared a moment and Talon looked at her and said "You have nothing to fear of me, lady Hinata. I am Talon, I was your mother's summon partner before her death."
Hinata calmed her nerves and remembered what Naruto said and she said "It is an honor to meet you."
Talon said "It is good to see that you have lost your stutter mostly. I guess the toads are good for something after all."
Hinata blinked and bit her lip and asked "Why do you talk about the toads as if they were...."
Talon said "Dinner? Naturally that is what they are to me and my kind. However, over the years they have earned my people's respect enough where we will only eat them if they are our enemies in battle or they disrespect us. We both have a common enemy in the snake who eats our eggs before our young can be born. Now you asked how we knew you were here. The Falcons are the Wing Lords of the skies. All other birds are our subjects. They follow our orders and we help to protect them from our natural enemies. We have had them watch you since your birth and they have reported back to me"
Hinata thought "Must mean snakes and others like them."and she said "I see. So what is it you wish of me?"
Talon said "I wish to offer you my family summoning. Not my people but my family."
Hinata blinked and said "I do not understand."
Talon said "I am not the lord of all Falcon summons. I am but one of many falcons. I wish to make myself and my children a personal summon to you where you can summon us but the strongest Falcon you will be able to summon will be me."
Hinata thought and asked "Why me?"
Talon said "It was a request from your mother that you receive the honor. Not your sister or anyone else, but you."
Hinata thought a moment and said "I would like that."
Talon said "Not yet. You must prove yourself to me with a test. You must show me that you can achieve a task set before you with your own hands. I will take you to a river nearby not tainted by the toads where there are many fish. You must use your bare hands, not the Gentle Fist of the Hyuuga clan or weapons of a ninja but your bare hands and catch me 50 fish and keep them all alive and fresh and bring them before me. If you can provide for me and my family then you will earn our respect and our contract. Do you agree?"
Hinata thought a moment and asked "Does this mean I will never sign another contract should I be honored to receive it?"
Talon eyed her and said "Very wise of you to ask. No, this will be a personal summons to you however you may not sign the contract with our enemies such as the snake. Doing so will result in the lose of our contract. If you wish should you ever be offered another contract summon me and I will tell you if we honor them or not. Now are you ready for the challenge?"
Hinata nodded and Talon turned and said "Climb on my back and use chakra to hold on."
Hinata slowly climbed on to his back and when Talon felt her chakra holding on to him he took flight.
When they landed in a clearing with a stream in it Hinata got off and was a little dizzy. Talon said "At least you didn't puke. Now there's the stream and remember, 50 fish, alive with your bare hands."
Hinata nods and slowly walks toward the river and looked at the water and saw a few fish and thought "How am I going to do this?...Hmm.......maybe."as she walked around the clearing and saw a few vines. She ran up the tree and grabbed the vines and did this over and over until she had about 20 vines and she quickly began to tie them together making a huge net.
After she finished making a net she looked at it and thought "Even if I use this net then the fish might still get out. I guess I have no choice but to use my fish netting that's under my shirt."as she took her shirt off and took the netting off and got back dressed but cut the netting and tied it to the net she made.
After she was done she walked to the river and slowly stepped inside and she waited until a fish came close by and she tried to quickly snatch it but the fish was to fast and swam away. She frowned and stood still and waited about 10 minutes for another fish to come by and this time she went slow and was able to slip both her hands under its belly before she grabbed it and slipped it into her net that was tied to her side. Over the next 3 hours she did this over and over again until she climbed out of the water and said "There....50 of them."
Talon looked at them and quickly ate them and said "Very good. Remember to have a fish with you as our payment, when you summon any of us. Now take the scroll there on my foot and sign your name with blood and place your hand print on it."
Hinata did as she was told and after being told the hand signs Talon said "Good, now lets take you back to those toads and continue whatever it is that big breasted woman has you doing."
Hinata giggled as she heard this and climbed on before they flew back. When she got there Talon flew away.
Ma came and said "Follow me. The idiot needs your help again."
When Hinata followed her back to the little hut she was sharing with Naruto she screamed "Naruto-kun." as she saw all the whelps on his body but mostly on his head.
He smiled and said "Oooohhhh pretty. I see an angel." as he passed out after spinning around his feet.
Hinata blushed and Ma sighed and said "Pa too rough on his training." as she hoped away.
In Konoha
Danzo frowned as he stood outside of the Hokage office and thought "What are you up to, Tsunade? You have sealed the Hokage office as well as the hospital room to the nine tails child. Why?"
He looked around as he saw several people look at the door before leaving and thought "What are you playing at, Tsunade? Shutting down the village like this makes no sense.... unless...."as his eyes got wide. He walked over to Shizune's desk and pulled out a drawer and thought "You're trying to hide the boy. Or have you already had him leave the village and stalling us by distracting us away giving him a head start?"as he closed the empty drawer and left.
A little later he was in his office and he said "ROOT." and 4 Root members appeared. He said "I want all ROOT operatives to search the village for Tsunade Senju and Naruto Uzumaki. I know they say he is still in the hospital room, but I believe he is no longer there. Go." and the 4 said "Hai!" and left.
Danzo got up and opened his filing cabinet and pulled out a folder and sat down to read it. Thinking, "Hmm, it appears that the boy has allies in Wave, Snow, Tea, and Suna. Wave and Suna won't be a problem for my men but Snow and Tea country will be, because they will have to take a ship, and as it stands right now, I can't spend any money or risk compromising my operations. Hmm."
Jiraiya was giggling at the hot springs when he tensed a moment and saw a Shinobi land on the roof of the hot spring and look around and thought "Hmm, that's a Root ninja. I recognize the way he dresses. Its to strict. Have you started to catch on Danzo?"as he looked back into the hole and wrote down what he saw on a notepad.
With Tsunade and Shizune
Tsunade smiled as she stretched in the VIP room of the ship they were on, leaving Spring country and said "Well I have to say, the kids got a way with women, huh?"
Shizune shook her head and said "I can't believe it. How can someone become the hero of 2 countries that he's never seen before and yet he's hated in his own? It makes no sense."
Tsunade said "I know, but that's the way it is. So are you ready for our next destination?" as she shifted her eyes toward the closet on the other side of the room.
Shizune saw this and said "Yes, but before we talk about this any more, I need to use the restroom." as she got up and walked toward the restroom that was beside the closet. When she went inside she closed the door and pulled out a paper tag and put it on the shower wall that was the back of the closet and then on the side with another tag.
She then flushed the toilet taking off her shirt and walked out and walked toward the dresser on the other side of the closet and said "I need another shirt. My other one stinks." as she opens a dresser drawer and slipped on a new shirt and moving at Jounin speed she slapped a third tag on the outside of the closet by the dresser and a cry of pain was heard inside the closet and Tsunade got up and walked over and opened the closet and said "Hello, Haku." as she looked at the girl who was passed out on the floor of the closet.
When Haku woke up, she found herself tied to a chair and her body felt numb.
She looked around and saw Shizune and Tsunade both sitting across from her.
Tsunade asked "So why have you been following us every since we left Tazuna house?"
Haku didn't say anything and Shizune sighed and said "Please tell us, we don't want to hurt you."
Haku remained silent and Tsunade said "Very well. I can only assume you're an assassin waiting to kill Naruto, so I will just throw you over board and let you drown." as she got up and moved toward the chair.
Haku said "Wait. I..."
Tsunade stopped and said "Yes?"
Haku swallowed and said "I wish to help Naruto-kun. He saved me and I wish to return the favor."
Tsunade said "Then whats with the sneaking around and spying on us?"
Haku looked down and said "I wanted to talk to him privately without anyone else listening."
Shizune blinked and asked "Why?"
Haku said "Look, I have my reasons why. Just let it go. Since you know I am here can I just tag along with you until we meet him? If you want you can bind my chakra or whatever the hell you want as long as you let me speak to him for 10 minutes privately when we meet. That's all I ask." as she looked at both woman.
Tsunade asked "Why is it you don't seem scared of what we could do to you?"
Haku blinked and said "It takes more then what you got to scare me. When I started my period my master Zabuza-sama made me watch 3 woman give birth. After that he took me to a bar wearing nothing but a bra and panties, a string of condom packets for a necklace and a single senbon needle in my hair. Lets just say I walked out a virgin and never wanted to see another man ever again while every person in the bar lost what makes them different from me. Being in your presence is nothing compared to that."
Both Tsunade and Shizune blinked and Tsunade said "Fine, you get your 10 minutes but betray us or hurt him....."
For added effect, she zoomed in onto Haku's face, and said "I'll kill you."
Haku said "I wouldn't have it any other way."
