The Joint Connection

I do not own Naruto Or Halo Reach.

I own the story and that's it.

Well I own two characters. Noble Seven. Also called Jack. And Lilac.

Chapter: 8


5 years later...

5 years collapsed as time went on. Seasons came and went 5 separate times. Time seemed to be flowing at a faster rate as it went on. Lilac remembered everything, Naruto graduated from school and is officially a Genin. Lilac taught Sapphire how to use Chakra and how to heal with it. Jack, was still a mercenary; the MJLONR armor was his only reference from Reach. All of his brothers and sisters, dead.

Today, Jack was off on another mission, an assassination attempt; killing rogue ninjas that attack supply caravans that try to get into Kohona. Sapphire and Lilac were out again, Lilac was teaching her daughter more on her Chakra use.

An added fact, Naruto's 'parents' still kept the lie up that he was their child. How much longer would this charade go on?

Naruto had nothing to do; so he decided to go get some ramen, hopefully meeting Kiba or Choji. As he walked along, people were giving him looks, but, Naruto had gotten used to that by now. He just thought that they didn't like his orange outfit, so, he didn't mind.

He was happy, and nothing could take that fact out of him, not even Sakura rejecting one of his dates. Yes. Today was a fine day for Naruto, the sun was shining, he had nothing to do, and had all the time in the world; for the next few days at least.

He finally reached Yoshimaru's Ramen Bar and sat at the counter. The owner of the bar, knew Naruto, for he had been a regular for his ramen. "Ah! Hello there Naruto! What do you want?" he asked. "Hey! Can I get two bowls of Pork Ramen now?" Naruto enthusiastically asked. "Sure thing Naruto. Hold on a few minutes." he informed him. Naruto nodded, as he looked around for any of his friends.

He spotted Hinata, sitting at a table by herself, slowly eating her ramen. Naruto put a smile on his face and decided to sit with Hinata. As he got up from his barstool, she looked at him and quickly looked back down, attempting to hide a pink tint in her cheeks.

Naruto smiled and sat down at the same table, saying, "Hey there Hinata! How's it going?" Hinata looked back up at him and replied, "H-H-Hello N-Naruto. I-I'm fine. W-What a-about you?" he threw a big smile on his face. "Not much. My dad is out to work and my mom is with my sister. I'm just walking around." he said.

The manager of the ramen shop walked over to the table and handed him the two bowls of Pork Ramen. "Here you go Naruto!" he happily exclaimed. "Thanks!" Naruto replied as he smiled and begun gulping down on his ramen. Then, a small silence filled the air, with just the noise of the people chattering and the pots and pans clattering in the kitchen were the only noise as the two ate.

He decided to cut the silence; "So Hinata! Anything interesting happen?" asked Naruto. Hinata looked at him, staring into his blue eyes, which she seemed to be lost in. Then, Naruto snapped his fingers in front of his face, asking, "You ok Hina?" She snapped out of her trance and jumped a bit. "S-Sorry. I mean, n-not much has b-been happening around the H-Hyuuga compound. W-What about y-you?" she asked.

"Well, i'm doing fine. Just bored, like I said earlier. Honestly, nothing much has been happening, its become a bit boring, you know what I mean?" Naruto asked. "Y-Yes." Hinata replied. She actually didn't know what he was talking about, but she was too lost in his blue eyes, to care about anything else in the world.

Naruto slurped down the last bit of his second bowl, and stood up to put the bowls up on the counter. After which, he paid for his food, then sat back down next to Hinata, much to her surprise. "So Hinata. Do you want to train with me?" he asked. "S-Sure." she replied as she finished the last bit of her only bowl and paid for it.

"Alright. You ready for a race Hinata?" Naruto asked. "O-Ok. To which Training Ground?" she asked. "Seven." he replied. "O-Ok." she stated. "Ready? Set? Go!" Naruto yelled as Hinata and him took off, for training ground number seven.