Heya guys
Hows it going?
Hope its fine for you all, I've been happy since finally gotten off exams (ARGH!!!)
Nothing much is going on here on my end, but I'm a bit sad about Magic loosing to Lakers.
Anyways, responses to reviewersss:
IceDemonRanger: Yeah, I'm definately far from perfect haha. Thanks for the review =]
Shadow65: Hope this was...soon enough...please don't hurt me
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Dragon Man 180: That would certainly make an interesting scene, amusing too
diff-r-ent-1: You're name certainly is different. Yeah, thanks for the review too.
Silver Warrior: Shame you don't like my fanfiction, however please write whats wrong with it instead of just saying 'what a mess' since writers improve via feedback...and experience
FenixFireStrome: I think I have PM'ed you my response...yeah I'm pretty sure I have. Anyway, since the official 'canon' stuff is out I'll go back and change it to Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina
DoctorYami: Wrong? Or Right? Find out
the DragonBard: I'll try to make my fanfiction less boney and more meaty ^^
A big thanks to all that reviewed. This is dedicated to everyone.
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It was Sasuke verse Yoroi that Naruto noticed weaknesses in the Sharingan. It seemed Sasuke was so reliant on his Sharingan that he would struggle to fight without it. Naruto made a note to keep make sure he didn't rely on his Sharingan, as it would continue to make his reactions slower by relying on his kekkei genkai to keep track of the enemy. You're eyes may be able to see them, but you're body is unable to react fast enough. It also showed that Sasuke wasn't creative at all in his moves, Lee gasping as Sasuke had basically copied Lee's lotus, but with a different finishing move. Later on, Sasuke was shushined away by Kakashi, something about the mark on his neck.
Ninjas came and went, Shino beating Zaku resoundly through the use of his destruction bugs, Zaku blowing his arms into smithereens. It would be unlikely that he would ever be a ninja again due to his stubbornness. Next it was Kankuro, brutally snapping Misumi's neck. Almost everyone was dumb shocked by his reckless regard for his opponent. When the sound of Misumi's neck broke, Hinata clung onto Naruto by the arm, and she looked somewhat pale. Naruto had held her back, his arms around her waist as they watched Misumi be stretchered off. Next it was between Sakura and Ino, which started with a large insulting contest, much to the chargrin of everyone. In the end, it had been a double knock-out, with both girls falling unconscious at the same time. Kakashi had caught Sakura as she fell to the ground, and when Sakura awoke both Naruto and Hinata congratulated her on fighting hard and well and she smiled.
Next it was Tenten, Hyuuga Neji and Rock Lee's teammate against Temari, in which she had no chance of winning, being a long ranged specialist, and Temari utilizing a massive fan. When she had uncovered her full fan, Temari had blown Tenten away and she had landed on a harsh angle on Temari's fan. Lee had to be restrained from Temari by Gai, and Neji clenched his fists angrily. Shikamaru and Kin were next, and was quickly over after Shikamaru, utilising his Kage Mane, knocked Kin's head into the wall, rendering her unconscious, with a nasty concussion to go with it.
Finally, two other names came onto the board, Inuzuka Kiba and Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto glanced at Kiba who gave him a smirk, bumping him as he walked along the way. Naruto glanced at him angrily as Kiba strolled down the steps, but Hinata pulled him to her, grabbing onto him tightly.
"Do your best Naruto-kun" she said softly.
Naruto had only eyes for her, her pale lavender pupiless eyes full of concern, care and love. Naruto smiled, pressing his head against her forehead.
"I'll do my best" replied Naruto, pecking Hinata on the forehead and casually strolling down the steps.
Kiba stood with Akamaru by his side, grinning confidently.
"Hey Naruto. Just give it up, I won't hurt you too much" said Kiba with a sneer.
"Stop jumping to conclusions Kiba, I'll definitely beat you" said Naruto back, seemingly bored.
"You're a man aren't you. Why don't we bet on whoever wins" said Kiba.
Naruto's eyebrows raised.
"What are you on about Kiba? What does this have to do with the fight?" asked Naruto.
Kiba looked even more confident, his chest puffed out.
"The winner, gets to keep Hyuuga Hinata!"
Hinata looked surprised, and when everyone's attention turned to her, she blushed red. Naruto had also turned red, but in anger.
"Hinata is a strong capable shinobi in her own right, not some prized trophy to be won" spat Naruto angrily, ready to seemingly castrate Kiba.
Kiba had slightly lost confidence, but then regained it as he looked up at Hinata.
'She will be mine' he thought wildly.
"Accept the bet Naruto...or are you a coward?" asked Kiba mocklingly.
Naruto simply glared at him.
"Mock me all you want, but don't you mock my Hinata-chan. And you have, and I will make you pay!" yelled Naruto.
Naruto glared at the proctor, who looked dumbfounded.
"Well, let the fight begin" he said, amazingly without a cough.
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They stood facing each other. A smirk grew on Kiba's face.
"I bet I can beat you without needing Akamaru" said Kiba confidently.
Naruto looked at him.
"You make alot of bets. So much talk, so little action" replied Naruto sarcastically.
Kiba was never one to let his ego get hurt, dashed forward, Akamaru staying back. He punched hard at Naruto's face, which Naruto easily dodged by tilting his head. He followed with a leg sweep, in which Naruto jumped backwards, skidding across the ground. Naruto reared his head up, only to see Kiba next to him, swinging with a massive right hand. Naruto ducked under it before kicking Kiba in his butt, hard. Almost everyone found the scene amusing, Naruto toying with Kiba.
Kiba was furious, before he attempted to attack again, swinging wildly left and right. Naruto calmly dodged, backpedalling. Kiba couldn't stand it, and with a primal roar swung hard with an uppercut to Naruto's chin. Naruto simply tilted back slightly, and the uppercut hit nothing but air. Kiba then flipped back as Naruto kicked out lazily, which would have made any Nara proud.
Kiba was frowning, knowing that Naruto was capable of beating Sasuke in a spar at the academy, but he had thought that it was a fluke.
'Naruto isn't fighting properly...maybe I need Akamaru to help me' thought Kiba.
Kiba was sweating. Combined with the fact of heavy fighting in the Forest of Death, he was low on chakra from fighting, and decided to call Akamaru to him. Drawing out a bag, he fed Akamaru and himself, before eating another pill.
'Soldier pills' thought Naruto.
"Jūjin Bunshin" yelled Kiba, and Akamaru turned into an exact replica of Kiba, both turning into an animalistic version of Kiba.
They ran forward, before Kiba cried out another jutsu.
"Gatsūga!"
The two clones spun quickly, creating a sort of whirlwind-like effect as they charged which made Naruto frowned. As Kiba and Akamaru were almost upon them, Naruto jumped. However, they were able to quickly change direction after missing him, slamming into him. Naruto gave a cry of pain and blood came out of his mouth, and he fell to the ground, motionless. Kiba stopped, grinning wildly before running a hand through his hair in triumph. Akamaru barked, but Kiba ignored him. He wanted to savour the moment of beating Naruto.
"Call the match proctor" he declared.
Sakura was so shocked all she could see was how quickly Naruto had gone down, with one move he had gone down like a sack of potatoes.
'But...Naruto is the strongest of Team 7. How could he lose to Kiba?' thought Sakura.
Hayate was raising his hand to call the match, when Naruto's body poofed into smoke.
"What the hell?" spat Kiba, his eyes wide.
Kakashi had noticed all along, and was glancing at Naruto and Hinata, who were talking happily, her arms around Naruto's neck and his around her back. Both were smiling and joking together; completely oblivious to the fight going on below.
"What the hell is this?" screamed Kiba.
Naruto glanced at Kiba.
"Yeah, I'm coming I'm coming. So Hinata-chan, want to go get some zenzai some time?" asked Naruto.
Hinata smiled happily and nodded in response. Naruto knew the cute girl loved many things in life, but three things in life that made her especially happy. One was Cinammon rolls, the second was him, and the third was zenzai. And Hinata hadn't eaten zenzai in a long time, and she was readily willing to go eat zenzai, especially since Naruto was involved. Neji grimaced at the scene.
'Hinata is a failure. I don't know why she would even get involved with Naruto, who is leagues above her in skill and techniques' thought Neji.
Gai glanced at him oddly, and Neji turned the other way.
Naruto continued to chat up Hinata, before Kiba grew extremely pissed at the small blush on Hinata's cheeks and both of their smiles.
"Naruto!" yelled Kiba.
Naruto glanced up in surprise, looking at him in surprise.
"Oh, gomen gomen. When you have a girlfriend like Hinata-chan, it's easy to lose track of where you are" said Naruto with a grin, winking at Hinata and landing onto the ground.
"Fight...umm...continue" muttered Hayate.
Kiba drew no hesitation in charging up his Gatsuga again and approached Naruto. Naruto seemingly brought his hand from behind his back, fuuma shuriken in each hand. He opened them both with a flick of the wrist, and pumping chakra into his hands and legs slammed the shuriken against Kiba's Gatsuga. Amazingly, the Gatsuga slowly slowed down, and Kiba and Akamaru were stopped, and both clones jumped back. Naruto smirked.
"What the hell?" muttered Kiba.
Then, the shurikens in Naruto's hand disintegrated, bits of metal falling like dust from his hands. Then as quickly as they disappeared, Naruto reached behind and pulled out more fuuma shuriken, this time five in each hand. Kiba was utterly surprised as he threw two, one from each hand. Kiba dodged them both, but were amazed as both then veered around, charging for the other man beast clone. Akamaru barely dodged, but then a third, fouth and then fifth shuriken were added into the mix. Akamaru was cut on the arm, and he poofed back into a dog, on the ground whimpering with a scratch.
"Akamaru!" yelled Kiba.
By now, there was ten fuuma shuriken flying around, cutting Kiba in various places, however Naruto was making sure Kiba wasn't getting anything fatal. Sure he was an asshole at times, but he was also a Konoha genin. Naruto was in deep concentration, ninja wire attached to each finger and to the respective fuuma shuriken. He was using the ninja wire to control the flight pattern of the fuuma shuriken. Kiba only gulped, eyes only for the shuriken as they continued to rotate and come in. Slowly, one by one they came in at him. Kiba dodged, left and right, dodging and jumping. Then, as Kiba landed from a jump, he noticed a presence behind him. He was already bleeding from several cuts in various places, and was in deep pain, knowing he could have died if Naruto wished it.
'I can't win...this technique...it's...so strong' thought Kiba.
"Game over, give up" came Naruto's voice.
Kiba nodded, holding up his hand as the deadly shuriken circled him and Naruto.
"Amazing!" said Kankuro.
"That kid's got talent" mused Temari.
"Naruto! Your flames of youth are burning brightly!" yelled Lee.
The Sandaime Hokage leaned forward.
'What a masterful technique. Minato and Kushina...if you saw your son you would be so proud of him' thought Hiruzen.
Naruto looked at Kiba.
"Just walk straight, I promise you that my shuriken won't hit you" said Naruto.
Kiba nodded dumbfounded and walked straight, and out of the dome of shuriken. Then, a shadow clone appeared in front of Naruto, where Kiba was previously.
"Just to show you this technique isn't just fancy" said Naruto, and pulled his hands towards to the opposite side of each other, crisscrossing his body. He then bent down with his head low as the shuriken flew, ten fuuma shuriken entering Naruto's shadow clone on either side of his neck going at an insane speed. Instant decapitation which was brutal yet effective.
With that, Naruto halted his Shuriken, and taking off the ninja wire around his fingers, packing them away. Hinata had watched Naruto do that move, knowing she had been the one to help him achieve it.
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Flashback
"Hinata-chan. I've got it. Do you trust me?" asked Naruto.
Hinata looked at him, and nodded. She stepped close to Naruto, one hand on his shoulder, the other on his chest. She snuggled into him, breathing in his scent. To an outside observer it would seem like they were going to kiss. However, around them a dome of fuuma shuriken flew, dancing around them as they stared into each other's eyes. Hinata smiled at him, eyes shining with pride and love.
"You did it" she whispered softly.
Naruto stared into his girlfriend's pale eyes.
"Yes, with your help I was able to turn this into an offensive jutsu, not just a defensive one" said Naruto with a smile.
Hinata smiled back broadly back at him, cupping his cheek fondly.
"I knew you could do it" she said softly.
"I could only do it because you believed in me" came Naruto's soft reply.
They did nothing but stare into each other's eyes as the shuriken flew harmlessly around them, Naruto's fingers working tirelessly.
End of Flashback.
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"Winner, Uzumaki Naruto" came Hayate's reply.
Naruto walked up onto the balcony, grinning. Kakashi nodded at him, Sakura high-fived him and he simply walked into Hinata's waiting arms.
"You did awesome Naruto-kun. I know how hard it is to maintain that technique" she whispered.
"You inspired me to show off that technique" came Naruto's whispered reply.
"Have you decided on what to call it?"
"I'm sure we'll find a name to call it" said Naruto.
"We?"
"Of course, I'm going to teach you it!" said Naruto.
Hinata looked at him, before looking nervously.
"Are you sure I can do it though? I might hurt you and I don't want that to happen" she said softly.
"Don't worry; we'll do it...together. You...we'll be fine" said Naruto.
Hinata nodded firmly.
"Hai" she said.
Hinata had grown in confidence and strength as she spent more and more time with Naruto, however at the back of her mind was the fear that her failure will rise up, and possibly hurt her Naruto-kun. They glanced back to the board. Hyuuga Neji verse Hyuuga Hinata. Instantly, Hinata eyes widened, completely full of fear. She seemed so fragile, that if Naruto reached out she could shatter in his hand. She continued to stare helplessly at the board, wishing it was someone else. Two warm hands wrapped around her waist, and Hinata jumped slightly, before turning to face Naruto.
"Hinata-chan. Just do your best, I know you have the ability to beat him" said Naruto.
Hinata looked at him, slightly more confident, fear slowly ebbing from her eyes.
"I remember what you said when you were fighting Kiba. That I was a strong capable shinobi, and now I will prove it!" she said, with a quiet determination.
Naruto smiled at her, before pecking her on the forehead.
"Do your best Hinata-chan, it's all anyone can ask of you. And even if you lose against Neji, I will be proud of you" said Naruto.
Hinata looked at Naruto, before smiling and kissing him on the cheek.
"Wish me luck" she said, walking off.
Naruto smiled at her retreating back.
'You'll do fine Hinata-chan' thought Naruto.
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The two Hyuuga's face each other, one clearly much more arrogant and cocky than the other. Neji was a genius, cold and calculative. He knew that although his cousin had grown bounds in skill and confidence, she still was weak to verbal taunting, trying to fight away her deepest fears. Naruto was frowning at a distance, knowing of the Branch Family's hatred of the Main family.
Hayate looked at both the Hyuuga's before speaking.
"Alright, you may begin when ready" said Hayate.
Neji glared at Hinata, and her confidence started to ebb slightly. She closed her eyes for one moment, and breathing slowly stood up straighter, and shifted her left leg out. Neji stood still.
"Hinata, before we start, a word of advice. Listen to me. You were NEVER meant to be a ninja. You are far too kind, you prefer harmony over conflict" verbally taunted Neji.
Hinata's eyes slightly widened and she twitched slightly. Neji smirked, knowing he had hit a verbal nerve.
"You are weak. You're the head of the main branch family, and you're a failure. You're nothing compared to the rest of us, especially to Hanabi. You get beaten by Hanabi in spars, who is touted a genius while you linger in the shadows. You are a failure Hinata, not only to yourself, but to you're team as well. You feel inferior to everyone else, which is why you are so quiet and shy. You are worthless Hinata" spat Neji angrily.
Hinata had completely frozen up until that point, her minds trying to bat away Neji's voice.
"I can tell you're only here because of your team. The Chuunin exams require three people to enter, the only reason why you entered is not to let down your team" continued Neji.
"No, it's not like that!" cried out Hinata in desperation.
"What is it then? You thought they could carry you through two stages of the exams and then you would hopefully get a shot at becoming a Chuunin? I'll say this one Hinata, you are nothing but trash" spat Neji.
Hinata was almost in tears, before she was enveloped in a flash of light. She covered her eyes, but slowly opened them to see a grassy hill, with a light breeze. She was at the base of the hill, and there was a Sakura tree at the top of the hill, bathing it in a nice shade. She noticed someone there, reading a book. She activated her Byakugan to get a better look, and was completely surprised to see an older version of herself, wearing a purple jacket and pants, and her hair considerably longer. She was reading a scroll, humming softly before an ANBU member landed next to her, wearing a Fox's mask. She watched to see the figure pull up the mask to reveal her Naruto-kun, several years older. Her older self stood up and wrapped her arms around Naruto in a hug, and Naruto span her around.
"Hinata-chan! Congratulations on making Jounin!" he said happily.
The younger Hinata could only stare at her older self, full of confidence and strength. Then, as Hinata blinked, the younger version of Naruto-kun appeared.
"Hinata-chan. I'm watching you from the balcony. Don't give in to Neji's taunting....plus I'll give you incentive to win. And yes, this is...what I call a soul escape, something used by a clan to...help them escape from the past or to strengthen each other, although somehow only able to be used once in a life. So Hinata-chan, this is my gift to you. Do your best and I will cheer you on, and know that I do not find you a failure" said Naruto with a smile.
(AN: The clan is reference to the Uchiha Clan, however Hinata doesn't know that Naruto has the Sharingan).
Hinata grew in confidence and hugged the ethereal Naruto.
"Arigatou Naruto-kun" she said softly.
"Hey, if you win...I'll kiss you on the lips" said Naruto with a grin and the image disappeared.
Hinata looked to see the proctor staring at her.
"Are you....okay Hinata? Are you...able....to continue?" asked Hayate.
"Yes, I am ready" said Hinata, making her stance.
"You will be defeated" said Neji.
Hinata smiled.
"Someone close to me told me that they are watching me. That they are cheering me on. That they BELIEVE IN ME. AND I BELIEVE IN THEM" screamed Hinata, activating her Byakugan and charging.
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Naruto smiled on the balcony, watching Hinata. She charged forward, Neji readying himself, also activating his Byakugan and charging forward. They met in a flurry of palms, Hinata blocking Neji's shot to the shoulder, Neji blocking her shot to his gut. Hinata then started to branch away from Jyuuken. Hinata was one of the smaller kuniochi in Konoha. Although she would grow, still she was small and petite. She then, with the help of Naruto developed a hybrid style of Jyuuken, in which she used her natural speed, agility and flexibility to full effect.
Hinata's palm slammed against Neji's, before to his surprise she spun and kicked out with her foot which Neji barely dodged. She pivoted on her grounded leg before pushing forward and pressing her two hands forward. Neji managed to dodge the left palm, but the right one slammed into his shoulder, numbing it. He stumbled back, glaring daggers at Hinata.
"You hit me...amusing. You will never land a hit on me again in this fight!" exclaimed Neji, moving forward.
Hinata backpedalled furiously, blocking and dodging. She had no room to counter-attack, Neji was aiming for fatal areas of her body, her lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain. Finally, there was an opening which Hinata took, shifting her body weight forward and striking with everything she had. To her dismay, Neji barely managed to block it with his arm and he pulled back clutching it. Hinata gave him no respite, she continued to press on the attack and Neji was on the back foot again. Hinata managed to land another hit on the same arm and on the shoulder. Neji jumped back, putting some distance between him and Hinata.
'Dammit, she's using a different mix of Jyuuken. I can't read it' thought Neji.
Hinata slowed down her breathing, letting oxygen flow into her body, before she charged once more. Neji tapped his tenketsu to unblock them, before raising his hands in a defensive position. He then swiped high, which Hinata managed to dodge, while her palm glided past his arms and onto his chest. She looked into his eyes, he into hers.
"I win" she said.
Neji noticed that she didn't put chakra into her palm, which would have made it fatal. He reacted swiftly, slamming his own palm into her chest. Hinata coughed as she stumbled back, clutching at her chest.
"Hinata!" yelled Naruto.
Neji sneered, looking as Hinata fell to her hands and knees, panting and coughing blood.
"You are weak" he sneered.
The proctor was amazed. Here she had potentially saved his life, and he had done nothing but the opposite, landing a fatal blow on her. He watched the older Hyuuga's eyes switch to him.
"I win. She didn't incapacitate me or make me call the match. She didn't finish me off, therefore I win" said Neji with a sneer.
People were amazed at the Hyuuga's brutality, and Naruto was livid. Only Kakashi's hand holding his shoulder was stopping him from leaping over the balcony.
"Call the match" repeated Neji.
"The wi...." began Hayate before he was interrupted.
"I'm...I'm not done yet" gasped Hinata, rising shakily to her feet.
Neji looked at her.
"Die!" he screamed and charged.
Hinata was barely conscious and was wheezing with every breath. She had no energy to raise her hands in defence and block. Instantly, Kurenai, Kakashi and Gai all stood nearby Neji to stop as Hinata collapsed to the ground. Naruto appeared behind Neji with a kunai and would have slit his throat, if Kakashi hadn't grabbed his elbow. Naruto then dropped the kunai as Neji was utterly shocked. Hinata was barely holding onto consciousness when she saw her Naruto-kun rush to her side.
"I...lost" she mumbled as stretcher bearers neared.
"No Hinata-chan. You won. I'm so proud of you" said Naruto softly, resting his forehead on hers."
Naruto then watched the stretcher bearers take Hinata away and said a soft prayer for her. Then, he turned back to Neji. He walked forward, to where a pool of Hinata's blood was. He reached down, scooping it with his hand and raised it towards Neji, blood dripping from his fist.
"I will defeat you. I swear on it" said Naruto, pulling up his sleeve with his bloody hand and running the blood along his arm.
Kakashi was surprised.
'The salute in which people use when swearing revenge...an eye for an eye' thought Kakashi.
Naruto was absolutely and utterly angry. His normally bright cerulean eyes had turned ice cold. Neji was afraid. His gaze seemed to pierce his very soul. Then, Naruto was led away by Kakashi, however Naruto glanced over his shoulder at Neji, who shivered slightly. He then walked back up the stairs and to his team. There, Gai, Lee and Tenten all looked disappointed in him. Neji snorted.
'Who cares what they think' thought Neji.
The next two matches went by fast. Lee lost to Gaara, with half of his bone structure in his left leg and arm crushed, and Chouji lost to Dosu. This ended the preliminary exams, in which the proctor gave slips of paper to each person. Naruto was paired with Neji, Sasuke verse Gaara, Shino verse Kankuro, Shikamaru verse Temari. They were all dismissed, with the exams to start a month from tomorrow.
Naruto walked away from the stadium, with Neji in front of him. Neji sneered at Naruto and Naruto purposely bumped into him before continuing to walk.
"Hinata is nothing but a weakling" said Neji as Naruto walked away and immediately a kunai was a centimetre from his eye.
Naruto held it, and for a second Neji thought he saw his eyes flash red.
"Say that again, and in those finals I will rip out your eyes" said Naruto coldly, and walked off.
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Yes, I decided not to elaborate, as that would just be boring and a cheap way to write chapters. Instead, I decided to get to the juicy stuff that people want to read. I hope you liked the shuriken technique I created for Naruto as I thought it would be awesome.
I decided to make Hinata loose, no not because I'm prejudice againts women but since I believe that it would help with the development of Neji as a complete douchebag. Also, I think this chapter might be a tad sappy for the macho male readers I have, so I apologise for that.
Anyway I hope to update this again some time soon. Please feel free to give back feedback and comments, as I am striving to be a better writer.
Also, I'm disappointed Kishi hasn't added on to NaruHina goodness, rather talking about Danzou and him becoming Hokage, but such is life.
See you guys later
Until next time
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P.S: And keep smiling =D