Chapter 8
AN: So super short fillerish chapter! I am working on the main story and was planning on just using these as flashbacks/omakes but I am trying to update daily while I can. I don't own Naruto because if I did then Akamaru would actually talk. On a side note I just started the bleach abridged series and it makes me wish I could add comedic raps to my story!
Konoha Academy, two weeks after Naruto left…
Hinata was bored. Ever since her obsession went away she didn't have anyone to project her stalker fantasies on (AN: Sorry for Hinata lovers but I honestly don't like her that much. And honestly, why do people like her stalkerish tendencies?). She could no longer blush at Naruto's antics during his pranks or watch him train in his apartment through the walls from her hiding spot across the street. Yes, Hinata's one and only hobby had left her to dry.
And she hated him for it. Oh she tried to tell herself he would come back one day, as Iruka Sensei kept telling them, but it didn't matter. Looking in the mirror in the bathroom Hinata slings her orange (in Naruto's honor) backpack onto the floor. Dumping it out she throws away all of her memorbillia: The hair locks from his comb, his extra jacket she took from his closet after he left. She even threw away her portable shrine and photo album. Oh yes, Hinata was finished with Naruto Uzumaki and vowed to instead become stronger on her own. She didn't need a man! She was a strong independent woman, or whatever she heard the maid say after she dumped her boyfriend and threw him over the clan walls.
After class Hinata walked around Konoha, intent on seeing what exactly a "strong, independent woman" was. Perhaps in another universe Hinata would have met Kuranai Yuhi, but the genjutsu mistress was away on a search team for Naruto. Instead the young Hyuga ran into the definition of strong, independent, and a woman: Anko Mitarashi on her daily dango binge.
Ibiki, same time…
"I feel a disturbance in Konoha's crazy meter. Eh, as long as someone doesn't ask to be Anko's apprentice it should be fine…"
Back with Hinata…
"E-excuse m-m-me miss," Hinata calls. "I would like to be your apprentice on how to be independent."
Anko looks up from her dango and smirks. Finally someone saw her greatness. People quickly gave a wide berth as the snake mistress's manic chuckle rung out.
Konohamaru, six months after Naruto leaves, first day of the academy.
Five-year-old Konohamaru was walking into the Academy extremely nervous. He was starting early and couldn't help but feel he wasn't good enough. All the other kids were bigger, stronger, and meaner. Konohamaru almost backed away. His grandpa didn't want him to start early, anyway he reasoned. What's another year or two? Sticking his hand over his neckless he starts inching back.
But then a voice whispers seemingly in the wind his Nii-san's words "Protect Konoha. Become a Hokage I would be proud to follow into battle." How could he be a Hokage his nii-san would be proud to follow if he was a coward? No, Hokages are strong, fearless, and never back down! With new determination Konohamaru marches into the school with a battle face that would make Uchiha Madara proud.
Up in the tree two Uchiha's high-five.
"Was the voice in the wind really necessary, Shisui," Itachi asks as he pops another stick of pocky. Shisui sniggers.
"Of course. Now he's so confident that he'll walk in, make a fool of himself, get knocked down a peg after gaining a huge ego from working with us, and then learn to appreciate the values of losing! It's fool proof," he says, laughing. Famous last words from the Uchiha.
That day even Itachi's blank stare broke a little. Konohamaru, a five-year-old beat the seven-year olds in everything, be it sparing, accuracy, traps, history, or obstacle courses. He dominated it all and at the end of the day his head was held high in pride. Looking up at the sky he smiled.
Thank you, Nii-san, for your words.
With Naruto…
A sneeze rings among all the Naruto clones and the origional.
"Huh, I feel I just got thanked or blamed for something Shisui did. He better not be causing pranks and blaming it on my ghost like Itachi caught him doing."
End!
So, this was super-duper short, I know. These are a couple of flashbacks I had planned for later in the story but it kind of fits better here and I am busy working on the main story! Have a great day guys!
