Naruto is not mine :(
Chapter 6: Confessions
Naruto stood behind the waterfall watching for any sign of an attack. He had sent his clones out with one mission: Take down Naruto. He was still fuming about the day earlier when the two spies had escaped, seemingly without a trace.
A pair of shurikens came at him out of the water. Naruto dodged the spinning discs and came from behind the falls. "Damn, need to be paying attention." he thought to himself. One clone came down with a kick, which Naruo barely blocked, as another clone reached up from under the water and grabbed his ankles. A third clone threw some kunai at the captured Naruto. A thud was heard as the kunai hit a log. Natuto drove a kunai into the first clone, and a puffy boom was heard as it disappeared. He then back flipped and dove into the water. He kicked the clone out of the water, and punched right through him. The third clone threw some shurikens at Naruto who caught them and threw them back at him.
"Three down, two to go" Naruto thought. A kick connected with his side and Naruto fell into the water, where another clone held his arms and legs. Gathering his chakera as if he were preparing to walk up a tree or walk on water, Naruto pushed at the clone making him disappear. Coming up for air Naruto searched for the last clone. This clone had hid himself well. As Naruto waited, it watched him, waiting for an opening. Naruto heard the soft footsteps of someone approaching, thinking it was the last clone Naruto hid in the nearest tree. When a figure was sighted, he readied a pair of shurikens.
Jiraiya was coming to have a little talk with Naruto about the day before. He was curious as to what Naruto had meant when he talked of the Kyuubi and his dad. As far a Jiraiya knew Naruto was still in the dark about his father. Guessing he was wrong, He decided to confront the young genin on what he really did know, and what he had not told Jiraiya. As he approached the pool of water where he knew Nartuo would most likely be training himself, a pair of shurikens came flying at him. Quickly dodging the two flying discs he disappeared and reappeared in the tree they had flown from.
"What kind of welcome is that brat?"
"Gomen, I thought you were one of my clones."
"Do I look like a small blonde baka to you?"
"Take that back ero-sennin."
"Make me you brat."
"If you don't, I'll tell Tsunade-ba-chan about your peeking in on her bath."
"And how would you know about that? At least I don't go directly in to the women's baths, unlike a certain young man."
"That's training, ero-baka."
"Sure training. I heard you even got Konohamaru to go with you once."
"I was teaching him a jutsu."
Just then a kunai came whistling past Naruto's head. Naruto disappeared and a few seconds later a poof was heard as the last clone was taken care of.
"You should really pay attention when you have your clones out to get you."
"Shut up Ero-Sennin."
"How many times have I told you not to call me that?"
"Kage-Bushin no Jitsu" was performed by Naruto, followed by "Sexy-No-Jutsu."
Naruto had performed the one technique that will always be the down fall of his perverted sensei. "Harem No Jitsu."
"Jiraiya-sama!" dozens of naked female Naruto's exclaimed, as they surrounded the sennin.
Jiraiya promptly passed out.
Sighing Naruto dragged him back to the campsite where the two girls were waiting.
"What happened to Jiraiya?" Hana asked Naruto when he came into view.
"We got into an argument." Naruto answered. "So I hit him with the only attack guaranteed to knock him out for a while."
"Oh." Hana replied "Must have been that sexy-no-jutsu I've heard about." "Well Hinata, I guess this is our chance to get a bath without being disturbed by the old pervert."
"Ano... Why does everyone call him that?" Hinata asked.
"THAT'S BECAUSE HE IS THE MOST PERVERTED MALE IN ALL OF EXISTANCE!" Hana and Naruto exclaimed rather loudly. With a cringe they checked to make sure Jiraiya had not awakened to their yelling.
"Hinata, you'll find out what we mean in time, for now let's take this chance to bathe before he wakes up."
Hana and Hinata walked off with their bathing supplies to the waterfall area that Naruto and Jiraiya had just been at.
At the waterfall Hana was trying to have a conversation with Hinata, girl to girl.
"Hinata, why don't you try telling Naruto how you feel?" Hana asked
"What do you mean Hana-sensei?"
"Come on, it's obvious you love the boy, the way you follow him with your eyes all the time. Everyone knows it, except for the clueless baka. You're never going to get him if you don't tell him how you feel."
"I could never do something like that. What if he hates me for it? I couldn't take it if that happened." Hinata said as she fidgeted and sunk deeper into the water.
"Girl you need more courage than that." Hana said. "Now look who's talking." "Have more faith in yourself. All this shyness and fidgeting are holding you back from who you truly are. You're not weak, and Naruto will not hate you if you tell him how you feel. Trust me, if you let this opportunity go than you'll never forgive yourself." "You should take your own advice." Hana's innerself said. "Shut up you." She thought to herself.
They sat in silence. After a few minutes Hinata spoke up ever so softly. "I want to tell him, one day."
"What was that Hinata?"
"Ano... I said that one day, that is, I would one day like to tell him how I feel." Hinata answered.
"Well that's a start." Hana replied. "Alright, I've made up my mind. I'm going to help you build up your courage and self confidence. We'll start with getting you to simply talk to people without stuttering."
"Ano...Thank you Hana-Sensei." Hinata shyly said.
"First things first, stop it with the Ano...and call me Hana. Being called Hana-Sensei all the time makes me feel old. Okay?"
"Okay...Hana."
Back at camp
"Naruto." Jin called out.
"Naruto we need to talk."
"Yeah, what do we need to talk about? Are you going to teach me a new jutsu or something?"
"Actually, first you need to build your stamina some more, so you need to wear more weights around your legs and arms."
"But I'm already wearing some weights."
"Not enough, you need three times as many weights so as to increase your speed. Now we are getting off track. With the Akatsuki after you, and Orochimaru still out there, you will be in constant danger. This is probably why Tsunade sent you out with Jiraiya and Hana. As to why Hinata is along I don't know, but I do know it is not fair to her for her to be in danger and not know why. You need to tell her the truth."
Naruto now had a sad look on his face, one of deep pain. "I can't tell her. She'll hate me for sure."
"That's right you'll always be alone little kit."
"Shut your mouth you stupid, conniving fox. Don't listen to him Naruto, you are not alone. What about the friends you have? The ones who know about fox breath here. You may not realize it, but you have a lot of people who know the truth and are fine with it."
"But what of those who hate me. They outnumber those who don't."
"Is this the same Naruto who boasted about becoming the next Hokage and showing those ignorant fools that they were wrong about you. What happened to all your courage? Are you just going to give up now? How disappointing, you've become a coward."
"What was that? Take it back you, you jerk. I WILL BECOME THE NEXT HOKAGE! I WILL SHOW THEM MY TRUE STRENGH! I WILL PROVE THEM AND YOU WRONG!"
"Is that so, prove it. Tell Hinata the truth."
"Fine! I will."
"This ought to prove quite interesting." Kyuubi thought out loud.
"Shut up fox breath!" Naruto and Jin yelled back.
Meanwhile Jiraiya has begun to stir. He looked over at Naruto and wondered what the little fool was up to now. "Damn his Harem No Jutsu, knocks me out every time, although, it was quite nice to be surrounded by all those sexy bodies." He begins to grin and giggle. This catches the attention of a distracted Naruto.
"What's got you in such a good mood?" Naruto snaps.
"Oh nothing, why are you in such a mood, hmm. Did you do something you should not have?" Jiraiya asks his student
"I'm not like you E-R-O-S-E-N-N-I-N!"
"Why you, wait I don't feel like fighting right now." "Even though, the thought of you performing a sexy no jutsu right now is tempting." "What I do feel like is getting some answers. What did you mean by you were talking to the Kyuubi? And what is this about your father?"
"I'll explian everything when the girls get back." Naruto replied
"No, I want answers now. Wait, girls? Does that mean you have told Hinata about the fox? And where did they go?"
"No, but I will."
"Do you think it wise?"
"Do you think it wise to drag her around with us when she's the only one who doesn't know about Kyuubi? I don't like it, but she needs to know."
"It's your choice; I hope you know what you're doing."
They sat in silence for a minute or two.
"Where did the girls go?"
Naruto pondered on if should or shouldn't tell him when in the distance he heard the sounds of wet footsteps approaching the campsite. Deciding their bath was over, and it was safe, he answered the sennin. "They went to take a bath at the waterfall."
"WHAT!" Jiraiya exclaimed. "Then what am I still doing here?"
As he began to get up he heard the girls approaching, and to his dismay they came into the camp, clean and fully clothed.
"Hello Jiraiya. Finally up I see."
"Hello Jiraiya-sama. Did you have a good nap?" Hinata asked.
Jiraiya, who felt like he had just missed something of great value, began to turn on Naruto.
"YOU! This is your fault. I missed everything because of your stupid Harem-No-Jutsu. You will pay for this!" Jiraiya says as he charges at the youth.
"Now Jiraiya, please calm down. It's not Naruto's fault that you're a pervert." Hana interjected.
Jiraiya on the other hand was not listening as he was busy trying to catch Naruto, who had seen what was coming and decided it was best to form as many clones as possible to escape the wrath of the very angry sennin. After a couple of hours, Naruto had several large lumps on his head.
When everyone had calmed down, and was gathered around the fire, Naruto began what he thought was the most difficult task he ever had to do.
"Hinata?" He started softly.
Hinata, who was not used to a shy Naruto replied, "Yes, Naruto-kun."
"Did you ever wonder why the adults in the village always seemed to hate me?"
Hinata had noticed, and though she did not know the reason she had silently resented the adults who turned cold eyes at him. "Ano...no, but maybe it's all the pranks you pull." she said, desperately thinking of a way to rid her Naruto-kun of the sad expression now on his face.
Naruto looked at Jiraiya and Hana, who silently encouraged him to take this step. He then looked back at Hinata, and then at the ground.
"Do you remember about what happened when the village was attacked thirteen years ago?" When she nodded he continued, "Because it was an immortal demon, it could not be killed, unless it became mortal. So um… the fourth sealed it up, in a new born baby. That's why most of the grown ups in the village hate me. I was that baby."
A/N: Arg... Cliffhanger, I know, but it felt like such a good way to end the chapter. Because it ended as such, I'll come out with the next chapter sometime before the end of Friday, promise. Thanks for all the reviews, and yes Hisoka316 is my husband. See you next chapter for Hinata's reaction.