Van: All right, now here's the thing that's going to happen. I am still very much upset, but after a while, I decided to make this a bit of every pairing. The main one will be shown in the end. I thank everyone that voted, since it helped my decision on the main pairing. So pretty much, I have to get rid of the polls. Sorry, but I just can't risk another voting abuse. I stated the rules. No reviewing twice on a chapter, but apparently someone decided to just screw the rules... But they don't have money. Lol. (YGO abridged) Also, I hope that everyone would come to respect this decision.

Van: Further more, Needlehead and Moron are both made up. They're not anyone familiar, although it's a very good guess on who they could be, but they're not.

Van: And thank you for all that supported me and this fic! I'm happy to say that I will not end it just because of a mishap! XD

Hinata's age: 13

Yoh's age:14

Anna's age: 14

Hao's age: 14

Manta's age: 13

Ren's age: 14

Naruto's age: 14

HH's age: 14

Disclaim: HECK NO!

Ch. 8 Rescue

Manta groaned from behind his gag. How did he manage to end up in a stupid situation such as this? Tied up in a chair right on top of the Funbari inn.

The one called Moron called to the other called Needlehead, "Are they here yet?"

A celestial slash was the answer as both the shamans dodged.

"Whoa there!" Needlehead said. "Is that really how you want to negotiate?"

"Well, actually yeah." Yoh said grinning.

"It's Yoh!" Moron said.

"Well it's about time you came here!" Needlehead complained.

"Wha? From what it said right here in your note, it said you would come to meet us!" Yoh argued holding up the sheet.

"What really?" Needlehead questioned.

"Well enough of this!" Moron yelled, not being moronic for once. "Hand over the oracle bell!"

"Why?" Yoh asked.

"Ah!" The two fell back.

"What do you mean why?! Your friend's in danger!" Needlehead yelled.

"Well if you two are the kidnappers, then I don't think Manta's in any danger." Yoh replied.

"MARGH!!!! THAT'S IT!" Moron and Needlehead roared.

"SPIRIT FORM INTEGRATION! UNITY!"

The two grinned threateningly. Their eyes shined with demonic power.

"We'll teach you for making innocent girls do your bidding!" Moron smirked. He held out his weapon. A lasso.

"Heck yeah!" Needlehead agreed. He held out his weapon. A ball and long chain.

"Wow, you guys into Dungeons & Dragons?"

"Well I always liked the lasso guy..." Moron started.

"There IS no lasso guy!" Needlehead argued.

"Hm... Then you guys are into Harry Potter westernized?" Yoh asked.

"There's such thing?" Moron began.

"MORON! There are NO Harry potter westernized!" Needlehead yelled.

Yoh then turned around. "Hinata, do you have him?"

"Y-yes! Manta is safe now!" Hinata said. Manta stood beside her, untied.

"Huh? But you're that nice girl!" Moron said.

"Don't tell me... You're being controlled?!" Needlehead said.

"Yoh! You are such a horrible guy! How could you sell off these girls for your own pleasure?!" Moron cried.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Yoh asked, very much confused.

"Shut up! We know that this inn is a whorehouse and you're a pimp, and if you don't give us your oracle bell, we're going to call authorities!" Needlehead shouted.

"What did you just call my fiancee?!"

At the scary voice, the two turned their heads.

"Who?" Moron squeaked.

"You... The two of you are going to pay... Dearly." Anna stretched her beads out threateningly.

Yoh then immediately attacked the two with another celestial slash and in seconds the two were severly injured. Although it wasn't really from Yoh's attack.

"Anna... You shouldn't really overdo it... " Manta sweated.

"Anna-sempai really is scary when she's mad..." Hinata whispered.

Moron and Needlehead somehow magically revived themselves, shouted like evil villains that they will be back and would have made a pretty darn good exit too, had it not been for the fact that they've been limping. And so it was very doubtful that they'll ever come back for the oracle bell.

Yoh then turned to his friend. "Manta, are you okay?"

"Yeah, Yoh. I'm fine thanks to Hinata-chan! She freed me using her shiriken! It's so awesome Yoh! She's just like a real ninja!" Manta said.

Yoh then grinned. "Ha! Maybe she is! Are you a ninja, Hinata?"

Hinata then looked down blushing. "H-hai..."

Yoh's grin grew wider. "Sugoi! That's so cool Hinata! Maybe you could teach me how to go fast!"

Hinata smiled. "Okay!"

Anna then pulled Manta. "Come on, no children allowed on the roof."

Manta sputtered. "W-what?!"

"What? You did say 'go ahead and treat you as a kid'." Anna pointed out.

"What?! You saw that, Anna?!" Manta gasped flustered.

"Actually..." She looked at Hinata. "I saw everything." With that, Anna led Manta into the inn.

'What does she mean by that?' Hinata wondered. Her thoughts were interrupted by Yoh's light laughter.

Yoh held out his hand to her. "Come on. It's time to go back inside."

Hinata slowly placed her hand in his.

Strange... It felt almost as how she imagined Naruto would hold hers...


The next day was one that Yoh had been training for. Or rather 2 am the next day after that, but still all the same.

Hinata had volunteered to do the honors of the basement. It was indeed better to try to get to know the area she was about to live in, after all, if this was going to be the stronghold, memorizing the area by heart would make it an advantage in many ways. In addition, it's not always dependable to use the Byakugan. Sure it may be useful, but if you're going to do that just to get around being lost, then it's a waste of chakra. The only time you should use it is if the area is the enemy's territory, or if there are indeed intruders in your field.

This was valid reasoning, but the kunoichi was almost ready to change her mind at the sight of the creepy basement. For one thing, there was too many cluttered objects that are really scary.

Like poison with the skull cross.

Or a neatly perserved body.

What about the neatly stacked books about original ways of torture?

Or that inconceivable slime on the corner over there?

Hinata shook with fear squishing against the wall. Her eyes grew wide with every object.

"E-eh?!"

She couldn't take it after seeing the scary blood-stained axes. She ran right on out of there. Fortunately, Anna was understanding and sent her off to get new training gear for Yoh.

"Don't hesitate to buy any extras." Anna said.

"O-okay." Hinata said still shaking from the sight. 'My eyes are never going to heal, are they?'

Upon leaving the house, she suddenly had the feeling that someone was there. Someone that was physically there. The Hyuuga heir closed her eyes and concentrated. Her eyes snapped open at the sound of rustling leaves.

'There!'

SHINK!

The kunai struck the intruder's vest.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" The intruder, who was a guy, yelled.

Before Hinata could interrogate, the guy quickly said "Icomeinpeace!Icomeinpeace!Icomeinpeace!"

Hinata removed the kunai, apologized, and asked who he was.

"W-well, I'm a friend of Yoh's. You know Yoh? Guy with orange headphones?"

"Yes." Hinata nodded.

"Well, Yoh and I are both really great friends! Truth is... His match in the shaman tournament is coming up soon and I wanted to wish him luck." He then looked embarassed. "Wait a minute. Here I didn't even say my name and you might not even know what the shaman tournament is!"

"D-don't worry! I know what it is!" Hinata said smiling.

"Really?! That's great! My name's Horohoro." Horo said winking.

Hinata then said, "It's really nice to meet you, Horohoro. My name is Hinata." She smiled brightly.

"Nice to meet you, Hinata!" Horohoro said grinning. But then the gears in his mind began working.

'Hold on... She's cute, strong, and has a great personality... Well, the shades kind of ruin it, but that could be fixed... Yeah! I really think so!'

"Hinata..." Horohoro began while placing the girl's hands in his.

"Y-yes?" Hinata asked confused. 'Why is he so serious all of the sudden?'

"Will you become my Shaman Queen and help me rebuild the nation of Koro Pokkuru?!"

"Sh-shaman Queen?!" Hinata stammered.

"We have snow cones! You'll love 'em!"

Hinata's mind went on overload and she fainted.

"AH! Kororo! What should I do?!" Horohoro panicked.

The little minutian squeaked, "Ko, koro ko koro!" (Kororo translator: Well, carry her inside!)

"What?! B-b-but Anna's inside, and-and-and..." He sighed and carried the girl bridal style inside.


Yoh grinned even wider. "And then?"

"She fainted." Horohoro answered.

If possible, the smile on Yoh's face had covered it. "And theeen?"

"Darn it! I carried her inside and you were there, Yoh!" Horohoro waved his arms angrily. "Now stop asking 'and then' or I'll have Kororo turn Amidamaru into an icecube!"

Manta then said, "But Horohoro-kun, you were being kind of rash. She hardly knew you and you practically proposed to her... Now I don't blame her if she hates you."

Horohoro cried out loud as the words seem to stab him. "Noooo! Please tell me what I should do! I don't want her to hate me!"

"Hm, well she does like a clean atmosphere." Anna said.

"I'll get started on her room!" Horohoro quickly said. He folded the futon and placed it inside the closet and washed the floor til it was shiny.

"Hm, I do recall she does enjoy good reading." Anna commented.

"I'll get some!" Horohoro quickly ran to the store and back the right way. "Here! I didn't know which one she liked." He held out copies of 'A prayer for Owen Meany' and 'Harry Potter' and 'Fruits Basket'.

"Let's see... She said she likes a good snack." Anna 'recalled'.

"I'll get i- Hey! These are all the things YOU like Anna!" Horohoro pointed accusingly.

"So she has the same interests." Anna pointed out.

"What?! No way!" Horohoro said.

"You obviously have no experience on girls." Anna said dryly.

"Hey! I have my sister! That counts!" Horohoro said pathetically.

"Well Hinata does like onigiri." Anna stressed.

"Fine." Horohoro gave Anna the rice balls.

"My my, how gentlemanly of you. You bought TWO packs!" Anna smiled at Horohoro. "She obviously can't finish them both, so I'll take this."

"I hate you." Horohoro muttered.

"The feeling's mutual, sweetie." Anna said munching.

Yoh and Manta laughed at their friend and his ability to be easily tricked.

"Shut up you two." He groaned.

Hinata finally woke up. "E-eh? What happened?"

Yoh leaned in really close. "Wanna be my Shaman Queen?"

Hinata eeped and fainted.

Yoh bursted out laughing again at that, then yelped in pain at Anna's fist of fury.


Chouji looked at where Shikamaru was still sitting. 'He hasn't gone out of that position in days.'

Naruto looked at another scroll and showed it to his new roommate, Menma. (THAT'S RIGHT PEOPLE! MENMA'S ALIVE IN THIS! Episodes 213-215) "Ne, ne, Menma, do you think this will work?"

"A spiritual love spell?" Menma asked.

"If it works, I could get any girl at my feet!" Naruto said grinning really wide. His whisker cheeks puffed out in excitement.

"Naruto-kun, I don't think it would work... It says you need the hide of a T-rex..." Menma said.

"So?" Naruto asked.

"So what Menma's trying to say is that the T-rex had been extinct for some time. There's no hide, but bones!" Kiba said annoyed.

"What?! No way!" Naruto said.

"Peh! Tell me, have you ever seen a dinosaur?" Kiba questioned.

Naruto looked down ashamed. "No..."

"Oy, enough of that and get over here." Tenten said. "We need help you know."

"Okay, okay." Kiba muttered.

Menma then took the time to ask Naruto why they were researching so hard.

"It's to find a lost shinobi among us..."

Menma noticed the strange look on Naruto's face. 'So this shinobi's really important to you, Naruto-kun?' He then proceeded to smile.

"Naruto-kun, what's this shinobi like?"

Naruto looked surprised for a minute at Menma's sudden interest. "Oh! Uh, she was always shy, so I never really get that much time talking to her. But she's really sweet. She always helped me out the best she can..." Naruto laughed. "I remember when I was on a mission, three guys that have taken over a village had decided to take down a princess that was disguised withing a group of travelers. The princess escaped, we took down one, and then I tried to find her, the princess I mean. But another one blocked my way. I tried to take him... But I couldn't... And she could! She was really amazing, I didn't see it, but I knew that she did her best, so much that I was jealous of her!" Naruto laughed really really hard.

"Naruto-kun..." Menma murmured.

"But there's another reason I want her back..." Naruto's voice trailed off.

"What is it?" His roommate questioned. It was then that he noticed that Naruto fell asleep. He smiled seeing how the orange-wearing shinobi was using the scrolls as a blanket.

"Oy, Menma, what's Naruto doing?" Kiba asked.

"He fell asleep." Menma answered.

"Typical." Shino said.

"Oh Naruto..." Sakura groaned.

"Jeez, that guy can't do anything right!" Kiba complained.

Akamaru arfed in agreement.

"And he was so eager too." Tenten sighed.

"Well, it goes to show you can't trust him." Neji nodded.

"Don't say that! Naruto-kun has been studying so much that fatigue has come to him! Oh, his dedication to the matter is so moving!" Lee said crying the tears of YOUTH!

"Oh geez, there he goes again..." Ino muttered.

"Well, in situations such as these, it's best to ignore it and move on." Chouji said eating rice cakes.

"There's nothing here! Why are we even researching Geology anyway?" Ino complained.

"Well, it was a rock that sent Hinata to another world, right?" Sakura asked.

"Maybe so, but it was a special rock!" Tenten said.

Naruto began snoring.

"Why are we arguing? We should be focused on finding the answer withing these scrolls." Kiba scoffed.

"THERE ARE NO ANSWERS WITHIN THESE SCROLLS!" The three kunoichi's ganged up on Kiba.

Kiba backed away from them. "Okay okay just don't hurt me!"

Akamaru abandoned all pride and whimpered.

Naruto snored on.

Neji sighed and Shino looked away mumbling that he was not in the same team as the dog master.

Menma tried to ease the situation by saying, "Don't worry, we'll find something!"

"WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING FOR DAYS AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW, MENMA?!" The three girls yelled.

Menma flinched and crawled toward Neji and Shino.

Naruto was still snoring.

"It's best not to go between them." Neji said a little too late.

Forgotten, the shadow master suddenly opened his eyes yelling, "Quiet!"

All became silent, surprised that Shikamaru finally got out of his thinking stance.

Naruto then woke up. "What's with the racket, dattebayo?"


"Okay, so let me get this straight. You can't see ghosts? Reasonable, but still..." Horohoro said.

"S-sorry, but I can't..." Hinata murmured.

Yoh then sat back on the floor. "Hm. Ne, Hinata, can you tell us how you became a ninja?"

Hinata looked surprised. "Y-you really want to know?"

"Well, Horohoro just told you about his village and him becoming a shaman, aren't you going to return the favor?" Yoh smiled.

"A-ano sa..."

"Oni-chaaaan!"

At the voice, Horohoro shrieked and bolted out of the room, only to be caught in a fish net. "WAH! Pirika!"

"Oni-chan, I've told you a hundred times! You can't stay with the enemy! It's too dangerous!" Pirika scolded while dragging her big brother out the door.

Hinata stared. "E-eh?"

Pirika, noticing the new face, asked, "Who's she?"

"Pirika-chan, this is Hinata. She's the one that saved my life!" Yoh announced.

Manta's eyes widened. "Ah!"

Maybe saying it wasn't such a good idea.

"AHA! So you're one of them, are you?! Well, it doesn't matter how big your number, Horohoro will not be beat, understand?" Pirika said with a confident, competitive look.

Hinata chibi-crying shook her head. "N-no! I don't understand! What's all this about?!"

Pirika looked over to Yoh.

Yoh gave her a big smile.

Pirika pressed down one of her bottom eyelids and stuck out her tongue. Then she dragged her complaining brother away.

"Ow! Pirika! You promised not to drag me in such a rocky road!"

"You deserve it, neechan!"

Hinata stared. What?

Yoh laughed a little.

"Horohoro is Yoh's opponent in the shaman tournament. He used to stay with us, but then Pirika came and decided to help him train. Nowadays, if he tries to come here to hang out, Pirika would throw a fit or Anna would push him back, but maybe Anna felt like giving him a break today." Manta explained.

"As if! She doesn't give breaks, she does them!" Yoh laughed.

Hinata furrowed her brows in worry. "But if you're going to be fighting your friend... Wouldn't that mean that if one of you become victor, the other will lose and leave the tournament?"

"Um..." Manta mumbled. He turned to his friend for help, but Yoh was already laying down, staring at the sky.