A/N: I'm glad what few readers I have, have stuck with me this far, but be warned that being a writer of random thoughts many things can suddenly appear or not make sense at first. This will be proven near the end of this chapter, I think. Hope y'all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 5: Mission to the Land of Waves
A couple of days have passed since Squad 7 passed the test and have done a few simple D rank missions. At this moment they are chasing down a cat.
"Sasuke, I'm at point B" Sasuke says into a communication device
"Hinata, I'm at point C" Hinata says into a communication device
A little bit later Naruto says into a communication device "Naruto, I'm at point A believe it"
"You're slow Naruto" Kakashi says into a communication device "Okay Squad 7, huh. The target has moved, follow it"
Squad 7 follows the cat and slowly starts to move in.
"You can come out" Hurley says suddenly "I've got Taro here"
Everyone steps out and see Hurley holding Taro and slowly petting him.
"How'd you catch him?" Naruto asks
"You don't catch a cat" Hurley says "You let them come to you. If you chase a cat they will run away, but if you get in front of them and show them that you won't harm them, they will usually come to you"
"I didn't understand any of that" Naruto says "but that doesn't matter. All that matters is that we've got Taro and head back to the Hokage"
"Whatever" Sasuke says "Let's just get going" and heads off towards the Hokage's tower.
When they get back to the tower and returns Taro to the owner she starts tightly squeezing Taro showing that she really cares for Taro.
"You know" Hurley says "The reason Taro is probably running away is because you give him too much attention. Even animals want some time to themselves"
The owner turns to Hurley and says in a slightly angered tone "I think I know more about my own cat than you do"
"Sorry about that" Hurley says apologetically "I wasn't trying to be rude or insult you. I was merely trying to give some friendly advice"
"Now" Third Hokage says "For Squad 7's next assignment there are many tasks available including: babysitting the chief counselor's 3 year old, helping his wife to do the shopping, digging up potatoes, and …"
"No" Naruto says crossing his arms in a giant x "I want to go on a real mission. Something challenging and exciting, not this kid stuff, come on old man"
"He's got a point" Sasuke thinks
"I knew this was coming" Kakashi thinks.
"How dare you" Iruka yells "You're a brand new Genin with no experience. Like everyone else you'll do simple skills missions to develop your skills and prove yourself"
"Are you serious?" Naruto says "Babysitting isn't a mission it's just …" and Kakashi hits Naruto on the head and says "Will you put a lid on it"
"Naruto does have a point" Hurley says "Babysitting isn't really a mission that will develop your skills. Although I can see helping shopping and digging up potatoes helping to increase a person's strength and endurance depending on how long it takes"
"Naruto, Hurley" Third Hokage says "It seems you don't understand the tasks you are given"
With all due respect Sarutobi" Hurley says "I do understand. Many request come to the office where you look at them and group them based upon difficulty and then when the job is complete you receive payment for the services which goes to help out the village. The ninja level ranking determines what ranked missions we receive. We Genin can only receive D or C ranked missions. The only thing that I'm requesting is that we actually receive missions which can actually increase our skills"
Naruto not listening just talks about ramen and Hurley says "Naruto you might actually want to pay attention to this information"
Naruto turns to Hurley and says "I don't need any lectures from you I already get enough from the old man, acting like he's my grandfather. I'm not the brat that pulled tricks. I'm a ninja now and I want a ninja mission" then turns around facing away from the Hokage and sits down pouting.
"I'm going to hear about this later" Kakashi thinks rubbing his head.
Iruka and the Third Hokage start chuckling and Third Hokage thinks "Naruto wants us to know that he's not a brat, he's a former brat and he wants a mission" and say "So be it. Since you're so determined I'm going to give to a C ranked mission. You'll be bodyguards on a journey"
Naruto turns back around with a grin on his face and says "Who? Who? Are we guarding a princess? A bigwig counselor?"
"Don't be so impatient" Third Hokage says "I'll bring him in now. Send in our visitor"
Everyone in Squad 7 turns and faces the door and the door opens to reveal a man with a bottle of alcohol in his hand.
"What is this?" he says "A bunch of snot nosed kids" then takes a drinks from the bottle and says "and the little one with the idiotic look on his face, you expect me to believe that you're a ninja"
Naruto laughs and says "Who's the little one with the idiotic look on his face" and comparing heights Naruto is just shorter than Hinata. Naruto gets mad at this and starts trying to run at the client saying "I'm going to demolish you" but Kakashi holds onto him saying "You can't demolish the client. It doesn't work that way"
"I am Tazuna the master bridge builder and I must return to my country" Tazuna says "I am building a bridge there that will change our world and I expect you to get me there safely, even if it means giving up your life"
"That's fine" Hurley "but considering the trip is going to take some I'm going to return to Hinata"
"Fine" Kakashi says "But Hinata make sure you let Hurley know when we need him"
"Yes Kakashi sensei" Hinata says
Hurley then steps out of the puppet, causing it to drop to the floor and enters Hinata and his personal area and turns on the TV.
"Little does Kakashi know that by hooking into Hinata's soul I can hook into her sight in hearing" Hurley thinks "but since I don't really want to spy on Hinata when she's doing something private I've set a filter on it"
"Wow this is sure a strange team" Tazuna thinks
Squad 7 leaves with Tazuna for the front gate, only stopping to get supplies, and just before arriving at the gate Naruto grabs Hinata's and says "Hinata let's go"
Hinata suddenly blushes bright red thinking "N…Naruto is holding my hand and passes out"
Naruto catches Hinata and says "Come on Hinata wake up" meanwhile inside Hinata Hurley saw Hinata pass out and ran to her spiritual form also trying to wake her up saying "Come on Hinata you can't pass out every time Naruto touches you" and after a couple of minutes of this says "Darn it she's out cold. I don't really like doing this but I guess I don't have a choice" and expands his soul in order to take control of Hinata's body.
Outside a few minutes have passed without any luck and then Hinata appears to be slowly awakening and when fully awake Naruto asks "Hinata what happened?"
Hurley/Hinata looks down and says "I'm sorry about worrying you. I was slightly tired from chasing the cat and I also haven't been drinking much water suggesting that I passed out from a combination of exhaustion and dehydration. I should be fine as long as I drink plenty of water"
Kakashi looks at Hinata with a stare that says "I know what's going on"
"I didn't understand some of what you said" Naruto says "but it's good to hear that you're fine. Now let's get going, this is my first time out of the village. I'm a traveler now" and starts looking around in anticipation
"Am I supposed to trust my life to this runt?" Tazuna says "He's a joke"
"He's with me and I'm a Jounin" Kakashi says "You have nothing to worry about"
Naruto looks angry as Tazuna's words repeat through his head and crosses him arms over his chest thinking "Why'd we get this old geezer to guard? I'm going to cut him down to size right now" and turns and faces Tazuna and says "Never insult a ninja it's a big mistake, and I'm one of the best ninjas ever. Someday I'm going to become Hokage and you'll look up to me. My name is Naruto Uzumaki, remember it"
Tazuna takes a drink from the bottle and says "Hokage are powerful and wise. You are puny and brainless. The day you become Hokage is the day I sprout wings and fly"
"Shut up" Naruto yells "I'm willing to do anything to become Hokage, no matter what it takes and when I do everyone will have to admit that I'm the top ninja, even you"
"You can become Hokage 10 times over and to me you'll still be nobody, a loser"
"I'll make you pay for that right now" Naruto yells and tries to go after Tazuna but Kakashi holds onto his backpack "Hey let me go"
"I told you that you're supposed to protect the client, not attack him" Kakashi says
Squad 7 walks for a bit just talking in order to keep the time passing quicker and then they come to a puddle in the road and when passing it suddenly changes into two ninja from the Hidden Mist Village and trap Kakashi within their chain and appear to shred him to pieces. Then they run at Naruto scratching his hand. Sasuke then throws a shuriken at a link in the chain causing it to stick to the bark of a nearby tree and then pins it to the tree using a kunai and kicks the two them in the head. The two of them release the locks on the chain, releasing them from it and go running at Tazuna. Hurley/Hinata just stands there completely frozen and Naruto just stares. Sasuke runs in front of Tazuna to protect him and at that time Kakashi comes in and knocks out the two Mist ninja.
"Show off" Sasuke thinks
"Sorry I didn't help you right away Naruto" Kakashi says "I didn't think you would freeze up like that"
"They saved me after all" Tazuna thinks relieved
"Good job Sasuke, very smooth" Kakashi says "Hurley next time don't just stand there frozen" to Hurley/Hinata
"What gave me away?" Hurley/Hinata asks with his/her face showing something is bothering him/her and the voice reveals that he/she is upset
"No matter how much you try to act like Hinata your vocabulary will give you away" Kakashi says
"Ok" Hurley as Hinata says not really paying attention
"I was completely useless" Naruto thinks "and Sasuke was so cool, as if he'd done this a thousand times. Didn't he feel scared at all? He looks so calm, not a scratch on him, and I was so lame, he had to come up and save me. Why can't I keep up with him?"
"Hey" Sasuke says to Naruto
"Yeah" Naruto says
"You're not hurt, are you, scaredy-cat?" Sasuke say mockingly
Naruto gets mad at this and yells "Sasuke" and is about to run at Sasuke except Kakashi interrupts saying intensely "Naruto, don't move. These ninjas have poison in their claws. We need to take it out of you quickly. You need to open up the wound and remove the poison. It's in your blood so don't move around much. The more you move the more the poison spreads. By the way Mr. Tazuna"
"Yeah what" Tazuna says
Kakashi slightly turns to Tazuna and says "We need to talk"
Kakashi ties the ninja to a tree and says "These ninja are Chuunin from the Hidden Village of Mist, their specialty is relentless attack, and they keep attacking no matter what"
"How did you know about our ambush?" the Chuunin ask
"A puddle on the road when it hasn't rained in days, it was fairly obvious" Kakashi says
"If that was the case, then why did you leave it for the Genin to handle?" Tazuna asks
"I could have easily taken them out but then I wouldn't learn anything" Kakashi says "I had to know who their target was and what they were after"
"What are you getting at?" Tazuna asks
"This" Kakashi says "I needed to know if they were after us, ninja attacking ninja, or if they were after you, the master bridge builder. When you put in your request you asked for basic protection from robbers and highwaymen. You mentioned nothing about ninja being after you. If we knew this it would be at least a B ranked mission, our task was merely to get you to your destination safely and protect you while you finished building the bridge. If we knew we were fielding a task from enemy ninja we would have staffed differently and charged for the cost of a B mission. Apparently you have your reasons, but lying to us is not acceptable. We are now beyond the scope of this mission. We might as well head back to the village to take care of Naruto's hand"
Naruto looks annoyed at this and takes a kunai and pierces his hand with it, opening up the wound and releasing the poison and says "Why am I so different? Why am I always urgh? I worked so hard to get here, pushing myself until it hurt, training alone for hours, anything to get stronger, to reach my dream. I will never back down again and let someone else rescue me. I will never run away and I will not lose to Sasuke. Upon this wound I make this pledge. Believe it. Bridge builder, I will complete this mission and protect you with this kunai knife. Don't worry I'll be fine"
"Naruto" Kakashi says "That was cool how you took the poison out and all, but if you lose any more blood you are going to die"
Naruto takes the kunai out of his hand and starts sweating a lot.
"It would be a good idea to stop the bleeding now" Kakashi says
Naruto start frantically moving around saying "No, No, I'm too young for it to end like this, no"
"Show me your hand" Kakashi says
Naruto, still panicking, holds his hand out to Kakashi and Kakashi looks at it and his eyes open wide and thinks "The wound is already starting to heal itself"
"Um" Naruto says
"Hmm" Kakashi says
"You have a really serious look on your face and it's scaring me" Naruto says "Am I ok?"
"You should be just fine" Kakashi says and wraps Naruto's hand with bandage while thinking "This healing power is it from the Nine-Tailed Fox?"
Somewhere in a forest a man meets with a Mist ninja saying angrily "You failed. Is this amateur night? I paid big money for you. I thought you were supposed to be big shot assassins"
"Stop whining" the mist ninja says and swings his giant sword at the man stopping just short of his throat "This time I'll go personally and this sword will be the last thing he ever sees"
"You sure about that" the man says "Apparently Tazuna has a high ranked ninja with him. Since you failed the first time they'll be expecting you to try again. They'll be waiting, watching. It will take someone of great skill"
"Who do you think you're dealing with" the Mist ninja says "I am Zabuza Momochi, the demon of the hidden mist"
Back with Squad 7 they are reaching the dock and Hinata starts to awaken and sees Hurley covering for her and asks "What happened while I was out?"
Hurley turns around and glares at Hinata saying "You have no right to know since you were passed out. You need to get over being scared of Naruto and not pass out around him. I'm heading back now" and storms off to his area.
Hinata takes over and steps into the boat and says "There's something I need to take care of. I'm going to be out of it for a little bit" and then appears to be daydreaming.
"What's going on?" Kakashi thinks
Hinata heads to the door to Hurley's area and opens it slowly seeing Hurley destroying the room and thinking "What's he doing?"
"Arg" Hurley yells "I can't believe I was so stupid. I should have known when changing the known future that it would change small details about stuff that would happen" and then puts the room back in order with a snap of his fingers and starts destroying it all over again "and because I completely froze I not only put Hinata in danger, but the rest of the team as well" and then goes to a corner and sits down, the colors in the room fading and mumbles "No matter what I do I'm completely useless. I can't seem to do anything right"
Hinata comes in the room and asks "Hurley what's going on? Please talk to me"
Hurley turns and sees Hinata almost about to cry and turns back and says "There is no point in talking to you. There's no point in talking to anyone. No one ever listens to me, not even my parents who are supposed to listen and pay attention to their children" and punches the wall saying "Why is it that no one ever pays attention to me. It's almost as if I don't even exist. Sure I may joke about being able to appear and disappear without anyone noticing, but that just hides what I truly think. It's a real nuisance not to be noticed by anyone without forcing them to notice you. That is the real reason why I became so intelligent. I acted like a know-it-all to flaunt my knowledge so that at least people would see me in one way. That also explains many of my hobbies of playing sport, acting in plays, and becoming experienced in strategy games. It was all to try and get my parents to notice me and even then it failed. Many times of being in the van they would ask if I was even there and one time they failed to notice that I wasn't watching them and just walked off without me. Sure I was smart enough to know what to do in that situation and everything worked out, but it still proves that they don't pay attention to me. Sure it doesn't help that out of the four kids they had I was the good kid who appeared like there wasn't any need to worry about and pay very little attention to, and the other kids were a troublemaker, a kid that needed tons of help studying, and the youngest of them being the only girl child. It also didn't help that I chose to be selfless, noticing the others needed more attention from the parents, but at the very least they could have paid some attention to me, and even worse when I would try to talk to them they only take what I say at face value. They would never try and see what my true feelings were or even try to understand the true meaning of what I would say" Finally realizing what he's doing he says "I try not to burden anyone with my feelings. Why am I telling you all the problems I grew up with? Why am I trusting you with everything? There's no reason to trust anyone when you can't even trust the ones who you are supposed to trust. Especially when those you are supposed to trust know nearly nothing about you"
"If I were to take a guess" Hinata says "You are telling me this because you've been looking to tell somebody for the longest of times and you know somewhere deep inside that you can trust me. I can tell that you've been hurt for a long time and don't really trust anyone until they have proven themselves to you, but I am one of your friends. At least let me try to comfort you" and walks up to Hurley and puts her hand on his shoulder.
At this action Hurley turns around and grabs onto Hinata, wrapping his arms around her and outs his head on her shoulder and starts crying massively.
"It's ok" Hinata says "Just let it all out. I don't need to go anywhere for a while. I'll stay here until you're ready" and not knowing what else to do starts to rub Hurley's back.
(End Chapter 5)
How will these scenes change the story? You know the drill. Keep reading to find out. If you wish to let me know what you think of the chapter then just review. You can say anything and I won't care. Hope y'all decide to stay with me for the rest of the story.