Danny yelped and bent over backwards to avoid the chakra-infused palm that was rushing towards him. He stood back upright, sent even more chakra to his hands, and quickly retaliated.
Hinata had been teaching Danny jyuuken, or the Soft Fist technique that the Hyuuga Clan used in conjunction with their byakugan. The idea was to land blows on the enemy's very chakra network. Since this network was very close to the body's internal organs, when the network takes damage, the organs do as well. Therefore, one can use jyuuken to hurt the enemy from the inside out.
"Okay," Hinata panted, then stopped. Danny did the same. "I w-want to sh-show you one m-more thing before w-we break f-for lunch."
"Sure! What is it?" Hinata slowly walked up to Danny, her finger outstretched.
"Hinata? W-what are you doing?" Danny slowly backed away as the girl moved closer and closer. She held her index finger ahead of her like a sword as she closed the distance between them and moved in for the kill.
She poked him.
"OW! That HURT!" Danny yelped as he massaged his chest where she'd poked him. "what was that for?"
"L-look at your chakra network again." Danny closed his eyes and activated his byakugan. He re-opened them and looked at the lines of green chakra that crisscrossed all through his body.
"What about it?" He asked, confused.
"Do you s-see any dots or nodes?" Danny looked closer and for the first time noticed that the network did indeed have several junctions that the chakra passed through. "Those are called tenketsu, and every person has exactly 361 of them. A jyuuken user is able to close them off by hitting them with chakra. If they do that, the person won't be able to use any type of jutsu." She poked another several of Danny's tenketsu. "Now try to perform a technique." Danny concentrated on making a henge, but it didn't work.
"You're right…it's not working."
"See? Let's go get some lunch now." The two of them left the training fields and silently made their way over to the main part of Konoha. They were passing Ichiraku's Ramen when Danny noticed an orange trouser leg sticking out from beneath the red curtains. He grinned mischievously as an idea came to him.
"Oi, Hinata, let's go here!" He said, and pointed to the ramen shop.
"Okay, Danny. I r-really like ram-" she froze in mid-sentence once she passed through the curtain and saw the owner of the orange trouser leg sitting at the bar.
"N-naruto…" she stuttered, and turned beet-red.
"Oh, hey, Hinata, hey, Danny!" Naruto greeted them.
"Hey, Naruto. We were just breaking for lunch and decided to have some delicious ramen."
"Well, you've come to the right place," the waitress, Ayame, laughed as they sat down. Danny specifically made it so that Hinata was sitting in-between the two of them. He ordered a Miso Ramen while Naruto and Hinata both ordered Shrimp Ramen. Suddenly, Danny stood up.
"I just have to go to the bathroom quickly; I'll be back in a second." He walked outside, leaving a blushing Hinata sitting next to Naruto. Danny hid behind the restaurant, and went invisible. He chuckled to himself as he went back into the store to spy on the two remaining patrons.
"It's cool that we both got the same thing, eh, Hinata?" Naruto began loudly.
"Y-yes, N-naruto…w-we have s-so much in c-common…" Hinata replied, her voice barely audible.
"Hinata, can I ask you something?"
"S-sure, go ah-head, N-naruto."
"Why are you always stammering and blushing?"
"I…uh…j-just like, uh…eating w-with you!" Suddenly, Ayame placed two bowls of Shrimp Ramen on the table in front of them.
"Naruto!" the cook exclaimed, "two Ramen for you and your girlfriend!" Hinata suddenly sat up straight and her eyes widened.
"G-girlfriend…" She whispered as her face turned dark red. She suddenly swayed and fainted, and Naruto barely caught her in time before her face landed in the steaming-hot ramen. Danny ran out of the restaurant, regained visibility, and came back in.
"Hey, guys!" He exclaimed, then looked around and feigned shock and surprise. "What the heck happened to Hinata?"
"I don't know, she just passed out all of a sudden!" Naruto shouted.
"Well, what should we do?"
"Uh…let's take her back to my place; it's closest." Danny paid for the ramen while Naruto picked Hinata up bridal style, and the two of them quickly left the shop.
"Put her down on your bed…gently, now…" Danny muttered as they entered the apartment and Naruto placed Hinata on his bed. He stood erect and the two of them watched her sleep for a minute.
"Now what?" Naruto asked.
"We should probably wait here for her to wake up," Danny advised.
"Yeah…but which one of us?" Danny grinned wolfishly as his eyes began glowing green.
"Hey, wh-what are you-" but before Naruto could finish his sentence, Danny had flown into him and overshadowed him. Danny had Naruto lay down in the bed and place Hinata on top of him so that she was using his chest as a pillow.
"There, that should do it…" he mused to himself. He was about to leave when all of a sudden, he felt a powerful tremor go through Naruto's mind. Out of nowhere, he heard a deep, demonic voice addressing him.
Who the heck are you? The voice asked.
I could be asking you the same question, Danny replied.Fool! How dare you speak to me in such a tone? I am Kyuubi, the feared Nine Tailed Fox!
Wait, the Kyuubi? Naruto told me that a monster named Kyuubi nearly destroyed Konoha around twelve years ago. Is that…was that you?
Of course it was me!
Then why are you inside of Naruto?Because of that accursed seal that the Yondaime placed on me, and trapped me inside of this knuckleheaded excuse for a vessel.
Seal…you mean…the Fourth Hokage?Of course! He performed a technique that's kept me trapped here for what feels like an eternity. But…hey! Why am I explaining all of this to a brat like you? Who are you and why are you inside of my vessel's mind? I demand that you answer me!
Alright, alright, sheesh…my name is Danny, and I have the ability to possess people and make them say or do things. I overshadowed Naruto because I wanted to set him up with someone. Wait a second…so Naruto's been carrying around a demon inside of him for his whole life?
Yes. And there's only room for one of us in this mind, so get out! Danny felt an overwhelming presence surround him, and yelped as he was booted out of Naruto's mind and body. The force of being thrown out of Naruto caused Danny to slam against the opposite wall of the room and sink down to the floor. He put a hand to his throbbing head.
"Ow…" he muttered as he nursed the bump that was forming. Although his head was hurting, his mind was active. What the heck was that? He wondered. If that thing was telling the truth, then the Kyuubi that the Fourth Hokage died to seal away was sealed inside of Naruto, and he's been carrying it around this whole time…that's gotta be tough, living with a demon inside of you…Just then, Naruto's eyes began to flutter open.
"Huh…what just…HINATA!" He shouted as he realized the presence of the sleeping girl on top of him. He tried to get up, but she subconsciously wrapped her arms around his torso and clung tightly to him.
"Naruto…" she murmured. Naruto fell back down onto the bed, defeated. "What did you do?" He asked as he glared at Danny.
"Nothing much," the halfa said as he put his hands up palms-out. "I sort-of possessed you and made you lie down. And when I was hanging out in your mind, I had an interesting chat."
"What? What are you talking about?" Naruto asked nervously.
"I spoke with the Kyuubi," Danny said flatly.
"Oh."
"Naruto, why didn't you just tell me that he was inside of you?"
"Why, are you going to abandon me now?" Naruto asked with a sudden venom. Danny was taken aback.
"Why would I do something like that?" Naruto sighed.
"Ever since I was a kid, people either shunned me or outright insulted me just for having this fox sealed inside of me. They hated me…nobody would ever let me play with them, and nobody ever acknowledged me…I was alone. So alone…" As Naruto's voice faded away, Danny was struck by an enormous amount of pity. Since the Ghost King had attacked, the majority of people had switched from hating him to thinking that he was a hero. And those who still hated him only hated his ghost half. Danny couldn't imagine what it would be like if everyone hated him, and as both a ghost and a human. He looked down at Hinata.
"She really loves you, you know." Naruto glanced down at her.
"I know. And….I really like her too…she doesn't hate me for being a vessel, like everyone else; in fact, she's really nice to me…and her hair smells nice…and she's really pretty…but I can't ever be with her."
"What? Why not?"
"The Hyuuga Clan is one of Konoha's oldest, and she's the clan's heiress. She has to become the leader of the clan when she grows up. The head of the Hyuuga Clan can't marry some nobody without a clan."
"So? Sam's parents are really rich, too!"
"Do you want to marry her?" Naruto shot back, and Danny began fidgeting.
"Er…well, you see…" but Naruto cut him off.
"Forget it." He said with a tone of finality. He wrapped his arms around Hinata and hugged her protectively, and slowly fell asleep with his head buried in her hair.
Danny watched the two of them for a minute, then turned tail and left the apartment.