Okay, the writer's block is gone finally!! Now I can update!! This chapter will not have any shinobi to shinobi fights but it'll be funny. This chapter is possible in part thanks to long time loyal reader Kuma in Pink. Kuma in Pink helped me translate a jutsu name. Again I thank you for what you did. Now that the writer's block is gone, I can update!!Yay!! --does victory dance--

Chapter 8

"Tsunade-sama, here are the documents your requested. We didn't find much." Shizune placed a rather small pile of papers onto her superiors desk. She had been asked to find out something about this prophet that had made the prophecy Kana had tried to prevent from happening. Kana was currently under the guard of two ANBU. "We also finished the investigation Kushina Uzumaki requested. No other traitors were found within the family or their servants."

Tsunade nodded. "Thank you Shizune." Shizune bowed and left the room. Tsunade looked through the papers she had been given. Indeed little had been found. The original words of the prophecy were there, along with the information that the original prophet was named Tanako and that this Tanako was a ninja monk of the Ma-Ken Monastery. She called Shizune back in. "I want Naruto and Hinata in here later. Tell them it's for a special mission." Shizune bowed again and left.

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"I'm glad you two came. How would you like some special training?" Hiashi Hyuga offered his daughter and future son-in-law some tea. "If you two accept, Hinata will be doing some beneficial training with Neji. As for you Naruto-sama, I'll be doing yours. I found an interesting jutsu you might want to learn. It's a wind jutsu, but also a summoning jutsu." Naruto looked excited at this prospect. "I take it that's a yes."

"That would be awesome Hiashi-sama. Thank you." Hiashi led Naruto to the one of the training courtyards while Neji led Hinata to another one. Naruto was barely keeping himself calm. Not only was he learning a new jutsu, he was going to learn a new jutsu, it was a summoning another summoning jutsu and a wind-natured jutsu. He felt like throwing his fist in the air along with a battle cry. But he didn't do that in front of Hiashi.

"But before I bring out the scroll, I'd like to spare with you. The only thing I don't want you using is weapons. Everything else you can use." Naruto nodded, taking his knuckle blades off his legs and setting them on the porch nearby along with his other weapons. "This is a friendly match. But by all means use the jutsus you already know." Hiashi was expecting a lot from him. This was one of the few who had ever beat Neji in a match. Hiashi started the match by activating his Byakugan. He charged Naruto meaning to hit him with the gentle fist fighting style. Naruto dodged every fist and made his chakra wrap around his fists.

Naruto wasn't sure what counted as a weapon in the case of his Shuniji. Hiashi had failed to mention that. But Naruto did know that a Shuniji enhanced rasengan wasn't a weapon in the sense Hiashi had been talking about. Not that he was planning on using that neccesarily. "Don't hold back Naruto! I won't be holding back." Hiashi yelled as kept the fist flying. Naruto was very good defending against this style. He probably spared against Hinata a lot, who used the same fighting style as him.

They continued their spar for another twenty minutes, Naruto working off all of his extra energy. Naruto managed to not not take very many hits while managing to get one or two in on Hiashi, including one that was gotten by his suddenly getting into Hiashi's blind spot. "Enough." Hiashi went inside and got the scroll with the jutsu on it. It was a big one, just like the one Jiraiya had Naruto sign with his own blood.

"This scroll contains a special summoning jutsu. Ninpou: meshi kaze animaru. It summons wind animals." He unrolled it and Naruto saw only two people had learned the technique from this scroll. "Only people with wind natured chakra can learn this technique. There are other versions of this technique as well, for the other chakra types."

Naruto knew what to do. He cut his pointer finger and signed the scroll with his own blood. Reading the instructions on the scroll, he made the necessary hand signs, while saying the three animals he wanted to be able to summon. "Kitsune (fox), gama (toad), taka (hawk)." Wind swirled around him and three animals appeared around him. One fox, one toad, and one hawk.

"Who summons us?" The fox said, his voice having a echoey quality. The toad and hawk repeated this. Only the hawk sounded female, if they had a gender.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki." The hawk flew around Naruto, sizing him up.

"This one has potential." The hawk settled onto Naruto's shoulder. The fox walked up casually and sniffed him.

"I see you have my ancestor in your body. Long ago, the nine tailed fox was a peaceful creature. All the wind foxes are his descendants." The fox was silent for a moment. "I approve of you as well." Next was the toad's turn.

"You have a pact with one of my kin. Gamabunta and I share the same ancestor. If he approves of you, so do I."

"So do you have names?" The three animals were silent for a moment as they considered Naruto's question.

The fox spoke again. "I am Niiro (red). My friend on your shoulder is Furi-damo (freedom). And the toad is Joutou (jump). Whenever you summon us again, you may choose who you want to summon. Because of our wind nature, we can become invisible and all may travel through the air in one way or another. Now we must go." The animals turned back into wind, leaving two mystified people in the court yard.

"That was interesting." Hiashi Hyuga observed dryly. Hiashi looked at the sun. "It's almost noon. Would you like some lunch with us?"

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In the middle of lunch, Shizune stopped by the Hyuga mansion. "Sorry to interrupt the meal Hiashi-sama, but Tsunade-sama needs to see Hinata and Naruto. It's a mission." The two mentioned got up. Naruto bowed to Hiashi.

"Thank you for the meal Hiashi-sama. And the training." Hinata and Naruto left with Shizune and went with her to Tsunade's office. Shizune left. Tsunade looked up as they entered.

"Good. You're here. You two are to go to a mission. The reason Kana tried to kill Hinata is a prophecy made by a ninja monk named Tanako. We have located his original temple. His prophecies are still there. This is a research mission. Though still, watch out. You never know what to expect. His temple is in the large village of Shenshuu. It's still standing and serves as the head temple. They're expecting people from Konoha soon." Naruto and Hinata looked at each other, unwillingly to believe that they were being allowed to go on a mission together.

"Is someone else going with us Tsunade-sama? It's unusual." Hinata especially felt confused. Her father would never allow this.

"No. You two are to go alone. We trust you two to be alone and to come back in the same condition you left. Naruto, I was told to warn you to not do anything improper to Hinata." Naruto gulped.

"Tsunade-baa-chan, Hinata is not a prize to be won. We will conduct ourselves as shinobi of Konoha on this mission, not two love struck young adults. Her honor will remain with her." Tsunade nodded in approval of his response. "When do you want us to leave?"

"Tomorrow. You're dismissed."

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Hinata and Naruto were about to leave the next morning when Jiraiya stopped them. He handed a bag to Naruto. "I heard you were going on a boring research mission. If you get bored, read these. It'll give you pointers for your honeymoon." Naruto looked in the bag and turned a vivid shade of red.

"Jiraiya-sensei!! How could you? I'm engaged now. If I was still single, I would love these. But I'm not." Naruto moved to hand the bag back. Jiraiya pushed it back at the blonde chuunin.

"Drop the sensei. When you got promoted to chuunin, we became equals, no longer student and teacher, not that you could ever become as awesome as me. But you are an adult now. You can handle these. Right, lover boy?" Jiraiya walked away laughing like a maniac. Naruto shoved the books in his bag and took Hinata's hand.

"Hinata, I promise you I will never read the books he gave me. I promise." Hinata looked very confused at his reaction.

"What kind of books are they Naruto?" Naruto fidgeted.

"Jiraiya is, as you know, a member of the Sannin. He's also a pervert who writes dirty adult novels. That's what he gave me. A full set of the books he's written so far. I will never read them though. I know you won't approve of them." Hinata laughed and kissed him on his cheek.

"Come on Naruto. Let's go." Jiraiya heard Hinata say. He was wayching from the roof. The girl pulled Naruto to the gate, Naruto grinning like an idiot. He had done this on purpose. Their romance had inspired him. He was in the midst of writing a book. A book about a lowly orphan not knowing his heritage and falling in love with the princess of his country. The two main characters were modeled after these two. He was planning on ending the book suddenly finding out he was a prince, after defeating a roguish character intent on stealing the princess away. And this was an excellent chance for research.

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"Naruto, admit it. We're lost." She held the piece of paper with the directions to the monastery. "According to them, we never should have left the road. We're in the forest area now." Naruto had to admit that she had a point. But there was no where to go for directions. But maybe..

"Wait. I may have a solution." He cut himself and made the proper hand signs, praying that a certain friend would answer the call. His prayers were answered. The wind swirled around him and Furi-damo materialized before him.

"You summon me because you're lost? Very well. I will find the way to your destination." Furi-damo took to the sky. Hinata looked at her fiance, clearly wanting an explanition.

"That's Furi-damo. I can summon wind foxes, toads, or hawks thanks to the jutsu your father taught me. He probably knew we were lost because the wind is everywhere." Naruto grinned. Furi-damo returned, a great whoosh of wind announcing his return. Naruto held out his arm for Furi-damo to land on but Furi-damo instead landed in the trees.

"Get a hawking bracer first. It took great restraint not to cut off the arm last time. My talons are razor sharp and can cut limbs off in an instant. I have found the monastery you seek. Follow me." Furi-damo rose and began to lead the way. Hinata and Naruto barely kept up.

"Friendly. Quite a character we have here." Naruto grinned at Hinata's comment. Furi-damo left them when they reached the temple. A worried monk waited near the door. As they approached, he walked up to them relieved.

"My name is Taruho. I'm glad to see you arrive safely. Quarters have been prepared for you. We will help you find what you seek tomorrow." The monk didn't see Naruto's momentarily sad face. He was thinking of someone else named Taruho. A dear friend who he had thought of a brother. But that Taruho was dead. He had died protecting his friend Shion, priestess of the Demon Country.

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Yay!! Successful update!! All my writers block is gone!! There's only one thing that could make my mood better. Reviews. I would like to make one thing clear. I don't know japanese. I went to Kuma in Pink for translation issues. I only know the words because my step dad has a japanese-english dictionary on his computer. But I don't how to write it or read it or anything like that.