I'm sorry I haven't been updating everyday like I usually do, it's just I have this killer cold and play rehearsals are everyday now, including Saturday's, but the show is in less than 2 weeks so after it's over my other stories should be updated much quicker! Anyway I hope you're all enjoying the story so far! Please review and thank you for reading! :)
-At Ichiraku's Ramen-
"Hey! Naruto my best customer! What'll it be?" Greeted Teuchi warmly.
Naruto smiled fakely "The usual" He dragged his feet to the stool and sat down, Hinata following him.
Ayame came from the kitchen with a glass of water.
"Here ya go, Naruto-kun!" She said happily as she turned her head to the companion next to him.
"Oh! Hinata-chan!" Ayame greeted surprised "Whats up you here for the usual as well?"
This statement shocked Naruto.
'Usual? You mean...'
"Hinata-chan, I didn't know you ate here too!" Naruto said excitedly as he stared at her.
She blushed at the extra attention she was getting.
"Oh yeah! Hinata is our second best costumer after you. She loves our ramen just as much as you, only she has more... restraint and self control" Ayame sweat dropped as she remembered how much the fit blonde could actually eat.
"Ayame, Naruto's ramen is ready!" Teuchi called from the back.
Ayame excused herself as she went to get his ramen.
With Ayame gone Naruto used this time to question Hinata.
"So, how come you never told me you were a ramen lover?" He teased.
Hinata blushed "Well, um, you see, i-it never really c-came up in c-conversation" She weakly defended.
Naruto chuckled "Lighten up Hinata-chan, I'm only teasing. No need to stutter so much." He smiled.
Hinata tried to relax herself and laughed shakily.
"hehehe"
Naruto paused.
He stopped moving, blinking, breathing, everything a human being could stop doing for a moment without dying.
That laugh.
The laugh that Hinata laughed.
It was the most wonderful sound he had ever heard.
He had never heard a laugh like that. It was so...just beautiful.
You could hardly ever catch Hinata laughing when you weren't on her team so to Naruto this was something he'd savor and remember for a long time.
Ayame came back with another glass of water breaking Naruto out of his daze as she placed it in front of Hinata.
"There ya go" she said then she walked to the back to help Teuchi.
Hinata and Naruto sat there in awkward silence.
They didn't have anything to talk about.
When Naruto thinks of why he asked her here he remembers the confession and the confession memory makes him want to leave Ichiraku's, but he knew he couldn't nor did he want to leave Ichiraku ramen.
But...he'd do anything to break it. ANYTHING!
Even ask a stupid question like
"So, have you been assigned any mission lately?"
Naruto face palmed.
'Did I really just ask that!' He thought shamefully to himself.
Yep this was going to be a long night.
The look on Hinata's face told him so.
A very long night.
Minato sat at his desk looking at old documents and such.
He looked through at the names of rouge ninja from the leaf. Each rouge ninja had a folder that stated:
How old they were when they became a rouge or left the village.
Why they became rouge or left the village.
Whether they were assisted or not
Whether they were caught or not
Their death (If they died)
Where they were last seen.
He saw many names.
Folder 1 - Ryuu Shinn
Left the village at 19
Became master thief
Unassisted
Caught
Dead
Last seen in Konoha execution center
Folder 2 - Iwao Henshi
Left the village at 23
Secret Spy for the Village Hidden in the Clouds
Assisted
Uncaught
Dead
Last seen in the Hidden Sound Village
Folder 3 -
Itatchi Uchiha
Left the village at 13
Massacred the entire Uchiha clan
Unassisted
Not Caught
Alive
Unknown
Minato flinched at the last one.
'The kid was 13? He massacred an entire clan by himself? The Uchiha Clan!? And was never caught?! HE'S ALVIE!?'
Minato rubbed his temples in grief.
Of course the list didn't stop there but he knew for sure there couldn't be a anything worse than a 13 year old boy killing off his entire clan.
Then he remembered something.
'Wait... isn't that best friend of Naruto's, uh, eh, oh yeah, Sasuke, isn't he a Uchiha?'
He began shuffling through papers looking for any sign or evidence of something that gave him an answer.
He finally found the folder labeled Uchiha Clan Massacre Details.
He opened it and froze.
'What?!'
It was empty.
"Where the hell are the details!" He shouted to himself.
He looked around some more then decided he would have to check the Hokage Documents Library.
'But I can't stop the Hokage's duties for something like that right now' He concluded anxiously.
He was thinking about assigning this as an inside mission for a couple of ninja he thought capable.
But capability wasn't all there was to it, who could he trust?
Minutes later he had written on a piece of paper 4 names and the mission objective.
He stood up and went downstairs to the Hokage Secretary desk.
"Hokage-sama" greeted the secretary bowing her head "what can I help you with?"
Minato looked at her and forced a paper on the counter while strongly saying
"Summon these 4"
Then women looked at the paper and nodded.
"Hai!"