CHAPTER 10 Anbu Mission, Academy Days, and Hiashi's Wrath.
The trio walked into the academy and opened the door to their classroom. Everyone turned to see the newcomers and everyone's eyes landed on the red haired girl with brown glasses. She had on a lavender outfit that showed her flat belly with right, short black shorts. She wore thigh high stocking with black sandals and her right arm had a single bite mark.
"Ahh. It seems our new student has arrived. Can you come to the front and introduce yourself?" Iruka asked as Naruto and Hinata took their seats in the back. Karin sighed and walked to the front.
"My name is Karin, and that's all you kids need to know." Karin said as she walked to the back to sit next to her new team. Iruka sighed. He hoped that she wouldn't be as troublesome as Naruto and Hinata. The day went by the same as always, until it came time for the practical lesson of the day. The task was to henge into Iruka. Everyone did fine, with only 2 or 3 people not being able to complete it. Iruka and the the rest of the class were surprised again when Naruto and Hinata both did the transformation without hand seals. Karin just mumbled 'show offs' and pouted a bit. When the academy class was over Naruto and Hinata were about to walk home when Naruto got an idea.
"Hey Karin, wait up... Since we're going to be on the same team and everything, why don't we get to know each other better. How about lunch at Ichiraku's?" Naruto asked. Hinata looked over at him curiously, but shook off the jealous feeling she was getting and half smiled. Karin looked between the two and shrugged.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to get to know you guys better." She said as they walked off towards the ramen stand. Naruto could feel the jealously Hinata was feeling and cursed himself. He forgot to even ask if it was ok with her. He made a mental note to make it up to her later... As they walked to the shop, Karin could clearly see the looks that they were getting and decided to ask about it.
"Hey. Why does everyone glare at you guys with so much hate." Karin asked curiously. She was getting rather uncomfortable with all the glares. Naruto sighed. He might as well tell her the truth, if only half of it.
"I'm the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune." Naruto said sadly. Not because of his status, but because He didn't like being reminded that his surrogate father was gone. Karin looked at him in shock.
"Is that the second source of chakra that you have? If so, why does she have it too!?" Pointing over to Hinata. Naruto thought for a second before replying.
"I'm sorry, but I still don't trust you. How about you tell me a little about yourself." Naruto asked, trying to steer the subject away from them. Karin looked down sadly.
"Well umm... There isn't really much to say. I'm an orphan so I don't know anything about my parents. I trained myself to be strong since I was little before Danzo Shimura found me and tried to train me a couple weeks ago. But before I could go through some kind of 'special' training, the Hokage found out and put me in Anbu because of my skills instead." Karin explained. Naruto couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl that was an orphan like him. They nodded as they kept walking towards the ramen stand.
"What about your abilities. What can you do, and how strong are you?" Naruto asked. Karin thought for a moment.
"Hmm, I don't have much physical skill, but I have really good chakra control. I'm a great sensor; I can sense a chakra signature from a mile away if I concentrated hard enough. I can also heal people." She blushed a bit when she said that, but hid it well. "That's pretty much it... Oh, and I heal really fast too, I'm more suited for support" Karin finished. Naruto and Hinata both smiled. She was a perfect support for the two.
"We will definitely make a great team. Hinata-chan and I specialize in close and medium range combat." Naruto said happily as they approached the ramen stand. Naruto greeted the two ramen workers for the first time in years. Ayame was happy to see Naruto again and talked for a bit while she took their orders. The three ate as they exchanged stories about each other until they were all finished with their meal. The trio stood up and got ready to go their separate ways.
"It was nice getting to know you Karin, we'll see you tomorrow. I need to start training." Naruto said as He and Hinata shadow walked back to their home. Karin looked down sadly when they left. She hadn't really had friends growing up in an orphanage, they all made fun of her hair color; she really liked having those two keep her company. She sighed as she walked towards her small broken down apartment. It was all she could afford at the time, but never really complained.
Naruto and Hinata appeared inside of the basement of their home to start their training, but before they started Naruto grabbed Hinata and pulled her back close to his chest.
"You know, there is no reason to be jealous hime. You are my one and only true love." Naruto whispered into her ear as he rubbed her belly soothingly. Hinata sighed contently as she leaned her head back onto his chest.
"I know Naru-koi, I couldn't help it though. You promise you will never leave me?" Hinata asked. Naruto answered by slowly licking the mate mark that was on her neck. She moaned at the very pleasurable feeling she got whenever Naruto did that.
"You feel that hime? That's a symbol of my love for you. I will never leave your side. You are mine, and I am Yours... Forever." Naruto said as he spun Hinata around and passionately kissed his mate, trying to show her how much he loved her through the kiss. Hinata happily returned the kiss, but parted a few minutes later. They had training to do.
"Alright Hinata, I saw two S rank water jutsu that looked really powerful in the water jutsu section. I'm going to start practicing the 'Rasengan' jutsu my father left me." Naruto said. Hinata smiled and went to go train as Naruto picked up his father's scroll and unsealed what was inside. In a poof of smoke, 3 large crates appeared. One was full of ballons, the other held ballons filled with water, and the last crate was full of rubber balls. Naruto picked up the piece of paper that was also unsealed and read the instructions on how to create the jutsu. He got excited when he learned of the abilities of the jutsu, and went out to the training ground where Hinata was to train.
Two days passed and Naruto was just about finished with the second stage of the Rasengan. Hinata had gotten the first S rank jutsu down because of her godly affinity to water, but it still took 75 hand seals to complete. The jutsu was called 'Wrath of The Sea' and it made a Tsunami of water that crushed the enemy. It was nearly impossible to escape because of it's wide ranged affect and the speed of the tsunami, once the hand signs were complete. The two Hanyou were on their way to the academy again when they were intercepted by their teammate Karin.
"Hey guys. The Hokage wanted me to come get you both. I think we are getting our first mission." Karin said with a smile. She was also excited about having her first Anbu mission. The pair grinned and were just about to shadow walk to the Hokage's office, when Karin shouted.
"Hey wait! I can't get there as fast as you two can." Karin said. Naruto thought for a second before grinning. He quickly put his hand on Karin's shoulder and the three dissolved into their shadows.
The team appeared in front of the Hokage's office door with a disoriented Karin. She looked around and adjusted herself properly.
"You guys can teleport people with you and you never said!?" Karin said with a tic mark on her head. Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly while Hinata giggled.
"Uhh, we don't wanna keep the Old man waiting, do we?" Naruto said hastily as he quickly went into the room. Hinata followed as Karin glared at the two, but entered the room as well. As the team walked in, they were greeted by the Hokage and their Anbu Captain.
"Hey old man, hello Yamato-sensei." Naruto said as Hinata and Karin greeted them as well. The Hokage pulled out a scroll and handed it to Yamato.
"This mission is a B ranked mission. Your job is to eliminate a group of bandits that have stationed themselves on the border of Fire country. They terrorize anyone who crosses the border and steal their valuables. This mission comes from a small village not to far from where the bandits have set up camp. This mission shouldn't be to hard for this team though.." The Hokage explained with a smirk. He knew they could finish the mission with ease, but he wanted them to get a feel for each other before sending them off on dangerous missions. All three nodded as Naruto and Hinata dispelled their henge, leaving the two in their all black Anbu uniform and Kitsune masks covering their face.
"This mission should not take you more than a week, so pack accordingly. You are dismissed." The Hokage said. Yamato turned to his newly formed team.
"Alright guys, gather up a weeks worth of supplies and meet me at the northern gate in an hour." Yamato said. His team all nodded and dissapeared. Hinata and Naruto went into their shadows, while Karin left in a swirl of leaves. One hour later the four Anbu members met at the north gate with Karin wearing a mask resembling a tiger.
"Ok, are you guys ready? This will be our first Anbu mission together so I'm going to be mostly watching how you 3 work together." Yamato said. The three rookie Anbu nodded and started tree hopping to their destination.
Back inside Konoha, Hiashi was sitting inside of his private dojo meditating, when the doors crashed open and a branch member came in panting. Hiashi's eyes opened slowly.
"You better hope for your sake, what you have to say is VERY important Hoheto." Hiashi said in a calm voice. The branch member gulped and shakily replied.
"S-sir, we found your daughter!" Hoheto proclaimed. Hiashi eyes widened ever so slightly. 'So the black sheep of the Hyuuga clan returns' Hiashi thought.
"Thank you for the information, you may go now." He said. Hoheto stayed where he was and looked down at the floor.
"Umm sir... There is something else. It seems that she has somehow r-removed the seal." Hoheto said meekly. Hiashi's eyes widened in shock.
"WHAT? That's impossible, there is no way to remove our seal!" Hiashi said rather loudly. He cursed himself for loosing his cool and tried to calm himself down to think. 'I have to get her to tell me how she did it. I can offer to bring her back into the clan, she would never refuse that.' He thought as another idea came to him; he put on a sinister smirk.
"Hoheto, bring me Hanabi and Neji." Hiashi said. 'Her sister and cousin, should be able to bring her back. If not, I'm sure Neji could eliminate her...' He thought. Oh how wrong he was...
It was night time when the Anbu team came to a stop to prepare camp. Naruto and Hinata were starting to like Karin's company; she was a very entertaining person to be around once you got to know her.
"Alright, we can set-up camp here." Yamato said as they began to unpack. 20 minutes later, their camp was set and they were sitting around a campfire.
"So, you guys never told me about your skills. How strong are you guys?" Karin asked curiously. Naruto thought a moment before answering.
"Well... We don't really know." Naruto said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. Karin sweat dropped while Yamato raised an eyebrow.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW?!" Karin yelled as she shook her fist at them. Hinata giggled at her reaction.
"Its because we have never really faced anyone other than ourselves that were higher than chunnin rank. I could tell you our abilities, and you decide how strong we are though. We have Kage level reserves, perfect chakra control, our own style of taijutsu, Kage level speed, and I have complete mastery over water and Naruto has complete control over fire. The last thing we can do is shadow manipulate." Hinata said, using her fingers to count off their skills. She left a few things out, but that gave them a general idea of their strength. Karin's mouth hung wide open, and Yamato was staring wide-eyed.
"WOW! We're gonna be the most awesome team ever!" Karin exclaimed happily. Naruto and Hinata chuckled at her reaction, it reminded them of Naruto in his younger days, while Yamato shook his head.
"Yea, it sounds like you guys don't even need me here." Yamato said.
"That's not true Yamato-taichou, (Captain) you have years of experience. You could help us not make the mistakes rookies would usually make because of their lack of experience." Naruto explained as Hinata nodded in agreement. Yamato smiled at the pair.
"Alright, sounds good to me. Now how about we get some rest. We should make it to town by midday." Yamato said. They all said goodnight and went into their tents.
It was a little after midday before the team found the small village that was right before the border of fire country. They were in front of a inn near the entrance of the village.
"Alright guys, we will scout out the local bars to see if there is any information on the exact location of the bandit camp and meet back here in 2 hours." Yamato said, but before he could send them on their way, Karin scoffed.
"I'm a sensor you know... I could already feel the 100 or so chakra signatures on the outskirts of the village to the east." Karin said with a smirk. Naruto and Hinata smiled brightly at her. She was definitely a good teammate to have. Yamato shook his head, 'this team really doesn't need me.' He thought.
"Alright. We can either go there now and eliminate the bandits, or we could wait till tomorrow to be fully rested." The Anbu captain explained. Naruto and Hinata looked at each other and shrugged.
"Me and Tsune are more than ready, what about you Karin?" Naruto asked. Karin closed her eyes in concentration for 10 seconds before slowly opening them.
"We can go now. No one in the bandit camp has anything higher than chunnin level reserves." Karin informed the group. Everyone smiled at how useful having such a skilled sensor on the team was.
"Alright lets go." Yamato said as he gestured for Karin to lead the way. It took them 10 minutes to get to the bandit camp. They surveyed the area before coming up with a plan.
"Alright guys, how do you wanna do this." The captain asked. Naruto and Hinata looked thoughtful for a minute before Naruto grinned.
"I got an idea, but it will waste quite a bit of our chakra." Naruto said. He was planning on using his youki for this, but he didn't have to tell them that. "And before we do it, I trust that none of you will speak of our abilities? Unless it is with the Hokage of course." Naruto asked. He really wanted to try his jutsu in a real combat situation, but he didn't want everyone knowing he could do it. Karin nodded quickly, she was totally stoked to see the jutsu. Yamato nodded. As long as he could speak freely to the Hokage, he didn't mind.
"I won't tell anyone! You two are basically the only friends I got! So hurry up and show me." Karin said excitedly. Naruto and Hinata smiled.
"Alright guys... Sit back and watch." Naruto said with a huge grin. He looked over to Hinata.
"You ready my love?" Naruto asked. Hinata smiled at him and gave him a quick but passionate kiss.
"Always." Hinata said, before Naruto disappeared in a flash of yellow and red. Hinata also disappeared, but in her own lavender flash. For the next few seconds, the entire bandit camp seemed to be covered in a flashes of yellow, red, and lavender light. 7 seconds passed and Naruto and Hinata appeared right where they had left, but drenched in blood. Hinata was panting pretty heavily, while Naruto looked to be just out of breath. The bandit camp was nothing more than bloody torn bodies and empty tents now.
"That took a bit more than I expected." Hinata said while panting pretty heavily.
"It's because I have more 'chakra' than you do." Naruto said while sticking his tongue out at her. "But yea. I know what you mean. We still have a lot of work to do." Hinata gave him a mock glare but knew he was right. Naruto had five tails and he usually worked on his reserves and control over his youki everyday. They both did not even try to hide the smiles on their face and the excitement in their voice over the carnage that they had wrought. Karin and Yamato were currently frozen with their mouths unhinged; they couldn't believe what they just saw.
"W-wa-was that t-the 'Hiraishin'" Yamato stuttered out. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle.
"Nope, it's called 'Flash Step'. It's similar to the fourths jutsu, but instead of teleporting, we move really really fast." Naruto said after catching his breath. Karin was speechless for an entire 10 seconds until...
"CAN YOU TEACH ME THAT!?" Karin shouted with stars in her eyes. 'I have the two most awesome friends!' She thought. Hinata giggled at her new friend.
"Im sorry Karin, we can't teach that jutsu to you. It requires... Our secondary chakra." Hinata said. Karin pouted at hearing that she couldn't learn it, but still looked at the two with admiration. Just then, flames of fire started to envelop Naruto for a few seconds before he was completely clean of blood. Hinata was encircled by a twister of water before the water fell and sizzled away. Karin once again was impressed.
"You guys HAVE to teach me some jutsu. You two are awesome." Karin exclaimed happily. She couldn't have asked for a better team. Naruto and Hinata blushed at the compliment and smiled.
"Thanks Karin... So I guess our missions over right taichou?" Naruto asked innocently. Yamato still were looking at the two with surprise until he heard the question.
"Umm, yea sure." Yamato said dumbly. They were done 5 days ahead of schedule. "We can leave tomorrow, after we have gotten some rest. You two look pretty tired." He said. Naruto and Hinata nodded. Hinata used almost 60% of their youki, and Naruto had used about 45%. 'I need to train to control my youki more.' Hinata and Naruto thought simultaneously.
"Alright lets head back to the inn" Karin said before they made their way to the inn to get some much needed rest.
Inside of the Hyuuga complex, Hanabi Hyuuga was thinking about what her father had told her just a few minutes ago. To be honest with herself, she didn't believe a word of it... Hiashi told her that Hinata had done something really terrible and that she needed to be brought back to the clan. Hanabi was totally against the idea, but Neji had this sinister smirk on his face. Neji had always held a grudge towards Hinata; He blamed her and the main house for his fathers death. However, Hiashi said that if she did not come willingly, they were to eliminate her. Hanabi had a shocked look on her face while tears flowed down her face. She pleaded with her father to reconsider, before he slapped her across the face hard and told Hanabi to learn her place. She laid on her bed and touched her slightly stinging face. 'What should i do?' she thought.
Neji was vigorously training himself in one of the Hyuuga training grounds, only having one thought on his mind. 'Hinata will die by my hands...Fate has decreed it.' He thought.
AUTHORS NOTE: hey guys! hope you like the addition of Karin on their team. Thank you guys for all the reviews, They really keep me going! Till next time!