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Also Thank you pinkusagi for editing my short little chapter!
"Yes you are right Shikamaru." Chouji looked out the window imagining he could see her off in the distance "Don't worry Hinata-chan we will get stronger and we will never stop looking for you. Like Shikamaru said it is our Nindo!"
"I agree. We will see Hinata-sama again" Shino said staring out at the horizon.
Chapter
6
Comforting Warmth
Back with Hinata Three days later ….
"Okay Hinata we have made it to the outskirts of Suna. I suggest you Henge yourself into the form of an old woman and find a room at an inn. You need your rest and no one will be looking for an old woman. Just walk calmly through the main gate and there should be no problem." Hinata took a quick scan of the city and located the gate Kyuubi had spoken of.
(yawn) "Okay sounds like a good plan. Henge!" After the smoke cloud dispersed in Hinata's place stood a white haired old lady leaning on a cane. Hinata had basically envisioned her grandmother minus the white eyes when she performed the Henge.
Hinata, in an attempt to stay in character and not raise suspicion in the guards, took her time walking to the main gate. She did her best to mimic her grandmother's stride and mannerisms from memory. The guards paid little attention to her presence and let her pass without sparing her a second glance. Shortly after entering the city Hinata found a small inn with vacancy and booked a room. As soon as Hinata walked into her room she locked the door then headed straight for the bed and collapsed. With a small poof and smoke cloud Hinata released the Henge and struggled to sit back up. Slowly she began to peal of her shoes and socks as well as the rest of her clothing. Finally she was left in her underwear and a t-shirt and was trying to muster up the energy to walk across the room to the bathroom to take a much needed shower.
"Keh, Keh, Don't bother wasting what remaining energy you have on your silly hygiene rituals. You can take care of those things tomorrow. Go ahead and sleep; you need to regain your strength. I will keep watch tonight."
(Yawn)"Mmkay bath first thing tomorrow morning (yawn) night Kyuubi-sama." Hinata murmured sleepily.
The rest of the night Hinata slept soundly while the Kyuubi kept both eyes open for any signs of danger. He spent most of the night sitting on their window looking for any suspicious people. If though, someone had looked up at that very window they would not have seen anything because even though the Kyuubi could have an effect on his surroundings he still did not have a solid form yet. As they say, all things come to those who wait. He laughed internally at his own thoughts. He was so absorbed in spying that he was startled by a sound coming form behind him. He turned ready to attack whatever the threat that had caught him off guard only to see his vessel shivering and chattering her teeth. Kyuubi cursed his own stupidity realizing that the temperature had dropped drastically from earlier that evening and the room was now quite an uncomfortable temperature for his vessel. He quickly closed the window and covered her with more of the blankets but this still did not appear to be enough because Hinata was still curled up in a tight ball and the room was not warming quite as fast as he thought it should. He quickly began racking his brain for ways to warm his vessel because the last thing he needed was for her to die especially after all the trouble he went through getting her out of that horrid village. Kyuubi tried thinking back to a time when he was cold. He remembered when he was a young kit getting separated from his mother in a winter storm. By the time she had found him he was soaked through and as cold as ice. She quickly hurried with him back to a cave she had found and pulled him close to her body enveloping him with her many tails. He could never remember feeling as warm as he did then.'Well it is worth a shot although I have a feeling this may result in her being knocked out for a few hours longer than she expected, but oh well, it is better than getting sick.'
The Kyuubi quickly chanted a few demonic words and slowly Hinata's seal began to glow. A bright red light filled the room for an instant and after that beside Hinata's sleeping form sat a nine tailed fox about the size of a Labrador. The fox quickly dug its way under the covers and wrapped its tails around Hinata pulling her flush to its body. Hinata quickly began clinging to the warmth and soon ceased shivering.
(Sigh) "Well, at least that is one less worry," Kyuubi said while absently stroking her hair with one of his tails. "Keh Troublesome vessel. What am I going to do with you?" Shortly after that the Kyuubi himself was lulled off to sleep due to the comforting warmth.
