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Naruto, Hinata and Chojuro all were walking and Naruto kept asking Chojuro questions about the village, the Mizukage and all sorts of things. Chojuro answered the best he could while being short on his answers being as shy as he was. Hinata felt bad knowing he was the same as her, but Naruto was also just being himself. Soon they reached the village the map showed them. They opened the file the Mizukage gave them and saw the picture of the man they were after. He was 6'5 and 275 lbs, with long brown hair, and what looked like a dark shade of green for eyes. Naruto then said" Well I guess we better look around for this guy." Chojuro nodded and Hinata said" We should take off our head bands or he's gonna know who we are right away." The other two nodded and all three took off their headbands. They walked around and Chojuro said" We should also wait for him to be at a distance to the village, so nobody gets hurt." Hinata said" good idea." Naruto glared at Chojuro which made him cringe.
Hinata saw and said" Naruto, be nice, he's just trying to help." Naruto was about to argue, but nodded his head knowing Hinata was right. They walked around with Hinata holding the photo and soon found the man they were looking for. He was walking out of a bar and had a very cold look in his eyes. They looked on as he started walking, and they followed him all the way to the edge of the village. He then started walking east into a forest, and Hinata said" Okay, now we can attack him with nobody getting hurt. Naruto and Chojuro nodded as they started running after him. Hinata activated her byakugan and she noticed that he stopped and she signaled for them to stop. The rouge ninja smiled and yelled out" I thought I was being followed, I will give you ninjas a chance to leave without getting hurt."
Hinata then whispered" Remember to not look in his eyes." The group nodded and surrounded the hidden mist ninja. He smiled and said" I guess you three are determined to die. You will know the fear that I, Makate will inflict upon you." Chojuro unwrapped his sword and charged him careful not looking into his eyes. Makate was dodging until Naruto came from behind and yelled" Rasengan!" Makate jumped out from the side and Naruto almost hit Chojuro. The man jumped to a tree and said" It seems you kids have some skill, but I am far beyond what you guys are capable of." Naruto shifted and said" Chojuro, hold him off for a minute so I can change forms." Chojuro was confused but nodded and charged the man again with his sword.
As Chojuro was swinging at Makate, he noticed he seem to being using wind to help him dodge. Chojuro yelled out" He's a wind user as well!" Hinata knew she needed to keep her distance and help Naruto and Chojuro from a distance. This enemy had to many things to counter her byakugan, so she just guided from a far. Soon Naruto came back and was able to kick the mist ninja in his side and he went flying through a few trees. Naruto made sure not to look into his eyes, but focus on his mid body. The man slowly got up and smiled" I wasn't expecting that, but don't get cocky you little shits." He then put his hands together and made some signs and yelled" Wind of a million cuts!" Soon air was whipping around Naruto and Chojuro and starting cutting them. They weren't big cuts, but still enough to leave marks, then the wind picked up and the cuts were becoming deeper. Hinata began to panic and she saw so much chakra surrounding Naruto and Chojuro.
Chojuro smiled knowing he actually could help in this matter. His sword glowed and he swung it and the wind was gone. Makate was surprised and said" Damn you!" Naruto made two shadow clones and made his rasengan shuriken and threw it at Makate. The man smiled and made a quick hand sign and said" Wind absorber!" His hand then sucked in Naruto's attack. Naruto was shocked and knew his sage mode was almost gone, and his shuriken didn't do much so he charged Makate and starting fighting him. Naruto heard Chojuro say he was a wind user and he saw the man was using chakra when he dodged but Naruto knew he was faster then what he could dodge. Naruto kept swinging and finally saw an opening and was able to kick him in the head. When he kicked the man went flying a good three hundred yards away and wasn't moving.
Naruto felt his sage mode leave him and he walked over to the man thinking he was at least knocked out. As he got closer he rolled the man over and that's when Makate open his eyes and looked right at Naruto. Naruto jumped back and the man got to his feet and smiled. Naruto looked over at Chojuro who seemed ready to fight and then he looked at Hinata who walked over to Naruto. She then said" I have you right where I want you Naruto." She then hit Naruto with her gentle fist and he fell coughing up blood. She smiled and said" How does that feel demon? I hate you, I always have, I just tricked you into thinking I loved you." Naruto looked up and saw that look he saw all his life, and that was hate. She continued" You will always be a monster and will always be alone." Naruto couldn't think straight and felt lost and couldn't even bring himself to cry as much as he wanted toHinata looked over and saw Naruto stood still next the rouge ninja and soon the man stood up next to Naruto. Chojuro got there in time to stop the man from stabbing Naruto but in doing so, he got hit with a wind jutsu which caused Chojuro to get knock back and out cold. Soon the man started back for Naruto and Hinata was about to panic. She then thought about the move she knew would drain her of all her chakra. She knew it wouldn't work on Pein, but this guy might not being able to dodge it. She then yelled out " black byakugan!" Her pupils went black and she saw the man turn around and from about two hundred feet away she started thrusting her palms. The man knew what the byakugan was and that it needed to be close range for it to work. He smiled and stopped as he felt pressure to his body and coughed blood.
Hinata kept thrusting her palms and the rouge ninja kept feeling every hit from far away and one strike hit his heart which caused him to fall over. Hinata saw he was down and ran over and started attacking him up close to make sure he couldn't get back up. When she saw his chakra at barley a living level she ran over to Naruto and released him from his trance. As she did she looked at Naruto's face, and it scared her. He had a look of shock and his eyes were wide and full of sadness. She said" Naruto, are you okay, talk to me." He muttered" Hinata, hates me, she hates me." She became panicked and said" No Naruto, I don't hate you, we love each other, remember." She saw the same look on his face and he kept muttering the same thing on how much she hated him. Hinata didn't know what to do and she saw Chojuro walk over and she said" I can't get him out of this genjutsu." The man who was laying on his fave laughed and said" He's no longer in it, he's just feeling the effects. I make sure my justsu makes them feel their fear even after it's been broken.
Naruto was still looking into nothing and Hinata thought of what to do. She then lifted Naruto's shirt and put her hand on his stomach and closed her eyes. After about a minute she said" Please let me in, I need to help Naruto." The seal soon appeared on Naruto's stomach and Hinata found herself where the nine tails was sealed. She heard a loud voice" It's good to see you again my child." Hinata opened her eyes to see a big cage and said" Please, we have to help Naruto." The nine tails sighed and said" I've been trying, the genjustsu that was put on him has seem to push him over the edge. His worse fear is that you would come to hate him and that's all he can think about." Hinata then said" Is there no way to help him?" The kyubi looked at Hinata and said" there might be, but you must be sure that your feelings for Naruto are true." Hinata said" I love Naruto, I always have and I always will!"
The nine tails got closer and said" I need you to touch my nose and let all your love for him to flow through me, if you do this, he should feel it and come back." She nodded and put her hand on the nine tails nose and closed her eyes. She thought of everything she loved about Naruto. He saved her when they were young, he never gave up and took on everything that came his way. His smile that assured that everything was going to be okay. After a few minutes nothing happened and Hinata felt herself start to cry and said" I don't hate you Naruto, I could never hate you. I love you, I always have and I would give anything for you to know that. Even if you never loved me back, know I would still love you." The nine tails felt something, something he hasn't felt in a very long time and that was sadness. He felt her sadness in trying to bring back something lost.
As Hinata was crying she felt arms around her and someone say" Please don't cry Hinata, it makes me sad." She turned around and saw Naruto smiling at her and she wrapped her arms around him and said" Naruto, I don't hate you!" He hugged her back and said" I know, I felt your love in the dark. I'm sorry I ever doubted your feelings for me. I guess I lost myself." Hinata felt her eyes open and Naruto was hugging her in the forest where they had the battle. Chojuro yelled out" Naruto, you're okay!" Naruto let go of his hug and said" Yeah, thanks to Hinata." She smiled and wiped away her tears and they walked to where the man was. Hinata was surprised to see him smile and he said" It looks like you broke his biggest fear. I always had this deep hatred for people who only wanted power and would make sure their fear of losing power would overtake them."
The man closed his eyes and continued" I never met someone who's worst fear was for someone he loves to hate him. The reason I became who I am, was because the one I loved hated how I had no desire to want power and left me. I guess you can say I let my rage for that take over and became the person you see before you. But I'm happy to see this final act before I die, I can see now she cares for you boy, more than the one I loved ever cared more for me. I hope you two carry on what I had dreamed for the one I loved." With that he used his wind chakra and made his heart move faster then what it was supposed to and died. The three ninja looked at the fallen man and all three felt sad for what he had to deal with. Chojuro grabbed the man's body and said" Guess we should head back." The other two nodded and they all started back to the hidden mist village. As they walked Hinata collapsed and Naruto got beside her and asked" Hinata, what's wrong?" Her breathing was hard and she said" My last attack just took a lot out of me." Naruto turned and put his arms around his back and said" Here climb on, the least I can do is carry you." She didn't want to be a burden, but his look was so inviting that she couldn't say no. She climbed on and they all started walking until Chojuro dropped the man he was carrying and said" I need a break, this guy is huge." They stopped and Naruto gently put Hinata down and said" I have an easier way to get him back to the village." Naruto then waved some hand signs and summoned a frog. The frog wasn't very big and Naruto said" Please take this body and hold onto it for us please, I'll summon you later when we need it." The frog nodded and opened it's mouth and swallowed the man whole.
Chojuro then yelled" What did you do that for? We need to bring the body back, not have it eaten by a frog." Naruto shot back" He's just holding on to it until we reach the village, he didn't eat it you idiot!" Chojuro then said" sorry, I saw that and was worried that the Mizukage would be mad. I just don't want her to be disappointed in me." Naruto walked over to him and smiled" why is that? Do you have a crush on her." Chojuro turned red and shot back" I don't! I just, um want for her to be um proud of me." Naruto wanted to poke more fun at him but he saw Hinata get up and she said" Naruto, leave Chojuro alone." Naruto rubbed the back of his head and said" I guess I got carried away." Naruto offered his back again and Hinata said" I'm okay now Naruto." He then offered his hand and she gladly took it and they headed back to village.
When they got back to the village, it was dark out and most everyone was asleep. Chojuro then said" I'm sure the Mizukage is asleep by now, so we can report to her tomorrow morning. We can debrief her tomorrow, I'll meet you guys here around nine in the morning. Naruto and Hinata nodded and started off to their apartment. When they got there, Naruto ran to the kitchen and sighed as they didn't go shopping yet and he was hungry. He then walk up to Hinata and said" I need to make quick stop at the store, wanna come?" She yawned and said" I think I'll pass, I'm really tired." He smiled and said" Okay, I won't be long and he ran out the door. She smiled at how much energy he always had. She changed and got into bed and was so tired she didn't even care about taking a shower and went to sleep.
Naruto looked around, all the main shops were closed but he finally found one that was open and he walked in and the clerk smiled and said" Out late tonight I see, something I can help you find?" Naruto smiled and said" I'm just looking for some food for now." The clerk smiled and nodded Naruto looked around, and found some instant ramen and decided to grab stuff for breakfast and found some cinnamon rolls and thought that might be good. He then walked passed some popsicles and he felt sad, because Jiraiya came to mind. He still missed him, he was the closest thing he had to dad besides Iruka. He grabbed a box and checked out of the store and started home. As he walked he decided to eat a popsicle and as he walked, he thought what Jiraiya would think about Hinata. He would tell Naruto how lucky he was and he should do this and that to her. Naruto smiled and thought" Man that pervy sage would be telling to do all sorts of things to her." Naruto felt a tear slide down his cheek and realized he would always miss him, no matter how much of a perv he was.
Naruto got home and put the stuff he bought away and made him some ramen, he ate and decided to head to bed. He was feeling a little down thinking about Jiraiya, but then he saw Hinata sleeping. His heart warmed, feeling the love she shared with him while he was lost in his mind. He got undressed and was in his boxers and crawled next to her . He grabbed the clock on the night stand and set it for eight am and put the clock back. He looked at Hinata as she breathed and when he was next to her, she put her arms around him and started to cry. She was saying" I don't hate you Naruto." Naruto wrapped his arms around her and whispered" I know Hinata, we love each other." She stopped crying and smiled and Naruto closed his eyes and went to sleep.
Naruto shot his eyes opened and saw the clock, it read a little after seven. He noticed Hinata was clinging onto him and he smiled. He slowly unwrapped her and got up. He went to the kitchen and got out the cinnamon rolls and put them in the oven. Hinata heard the alarm go off and she shot up and noticed Naruto wasn't by her. She was worried because Naruto usually slept longer then her and she then smelt something sweet and she walked to the kitchen and saw Naruto in his boxers with some oven mitts on. She walked over to him and hugged him and said" You're not supposed to be up before me." He hugged back and said" Yeah I usually hate mornings, but I woke up fully awake and decided to make breakfast." She smiled and saw the cinnamon rolls on the counter and said" They smell wonderful." They both sat down and started to eat, excited to see what the day had in store for each of them.
