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Hinata's Story
Chapter 2 Hot Springs
A/N: I promise I'll try to do better fight scenes later. I'm not that great at choreographing action.
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"My name is Daichi," He announced, stepping toward the trio.
Naruto created two shadow clones, sending them forward. Daichi simply knocked the clones away, spinning around to attack the two behind him. "Earth Style: Rockslide Jutsu!" A mountain rose from the ground, sending boulders tumbling down toward the group.
"Take this! Shannaro!"" Sakura shattered the boulders easily with her fist. With her immense strength it was a simple task for the Kunoichi to pull off.
"Not bad," Daichi admitted. "But take this! Earth Style: Flying Stalactites!" A small pillar rose from the Earth and fired several rounds of Stalactites at the group, who easily dodged them all.
"This is the guy we were worried about? He's nothing at all! I bet he's still just a Genin!"
"I'm a Chunin!" Shouted Daichi angrily. Apparently he was sensitive about his lack of talent.
"I'll handle this in one move!" Naruto announced proudly. "Taju Kagebunshin Jutsu!" He created an army of Shadow Clones. "You're going down!"
Daichi created a pillar to stand on, "Just try reaching me now!" He challenged, not realizing that Naruto was already forming a human pyramid.
"Rasengan!"
Hinata watched in amazement as Naruto won the fight. This was the boy once known as the worst in the academy, now he was a powerful ninja, worthy of respect.
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'After all that buildup,' thought the ninja. 'Daichi was beaten in a matter of seconds. 'These ninja are tougher than Ithought. 'No wonder they were hired to move the Stone of Geis. I'm just lucky this idiot attacked first.
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Hinata remembered how intimidating the mission was. "You three will guard the Stone of Geis as it is moved from the Leaf Village to the Sand Village."
"What are you saying?" Asked Sakura in disbelief. "That should be a mission for top ranked Jonin. That stone is too much of a target for two Chunin and a Genin to handle."
"The Sand Village is in dire need of the stone right now, and we have no Jonin available. Besides, I have my faith you three will do just fine. I trained you myself Sakura, Hinata is of the Hyuga bloodline and possesses the Byakugan, and Naruto has demonstrated on several occasions that he is one of the toughest ninja in our village. He's survived battles against the Akatsuki."
"But the Stone of Geis will be a target for ninja around the world! Everyone will want it. We'll have to fend off attacks from ninja of all nations!" Sakura was wooried.
"SAKURA!" Shouted Tsunade angrily. "Are you refusing an order from the Hokage?"
"No mam," Sakura bowed politely.
Hinata was a little intimidated by the danger this mission would bring, but she accepted it. She was a ninja, refusing a difficult task was not an option. Besides, Naruto would be there, so everything would be okay.
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"We'll spend the night here," said Sakura. She was the squad leader, and she had determined that spending the night outside in a tent was far too dangerous, so they had marched forward until they came to a Hot Springs inn.
They were all still too pumped up from their fight, so they decided to relax. And what's a better way to relax then to take a hot springs bath.
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Hinata sank into the water. Sakura was busy putting things away in her room so Hinata was all alone. The warmth was soothing. She relaxed, pondering what would have happened had she been able to say just one more word, 'you.'
In the peaceful water, she couldn't help but fondly remember the things she loved about Naruto.
'He always stands when he falls, the way I wanted to stand. In the darkest of nights his heart still burns bright, refusing to give in to sorrow.'
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"You're not doing it right Naruto," Iruka-sensei scolded him. Why don't you sit down for now and try again later?"
"I can do it, I swear," he said, "Transform!" He took the form of an ugly deformed Iruka, just as he had the last time. The other students were busy laughing, but that didn't stop him. Other students who had failed were allowed multiple tries, so Hinata wasn't sure why Iruka didn't want to let Naruto go again, but she had an idea. Iruka didn't want the other students to laugh at Naruto. But that was precisely why Naruto wanted to go again. He wanted to prove that he could do it. He didn't want them to think he was incapable of a simple transformation technique.
So he kept trying, despite all the laughs.
Hinata had been one of the students who failed at properly demonstrating the technique, but she had given up. She had been nervous and afraid of messing up, so she failed. She was too afraid to try again, too afraid of failing.
But Naruto wasn't.
She wished she could be like that.
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Sakura climbed into the hot springs alongside Hinata.
She was followed by Naruto.
Hinata started to blush brightly, "Naruto what are you doing here?"
"Didn't you see the sign?" Sakura asked. "It's mixed bathing in this hot spring."
To be continued
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DtecnoKira: Okay, Hinata's Story is proving a tougher challenge then I thought, so I need advice!
Namahagetecno: I would also like to note that the next chapter will return to the format of multiple stories, expect to see Orochimaru's new story, titled: Orochimaru's Threesome.