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Legend:
"Blah," – Talking
"Blah," – Thinking/mental conversation.
"Blah," – Kyuubi talking
"Blah," – Kyuubi thinking
Xxx – Time/scene change
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It's story time:
The two weeks passed by quickly and Hinata's development was going exactly according to Naruto's plans. Making her have to survive by relying on her instincts she came to realise that living in the forest and life as a shinobi were very similar. Kill or be killed. She shed her shyness and in serious situations, she no longer felt afraid and wanting to run, she became cold and down to business. When times were more relaxed, she was friendly and open. As promised while she lived with Naruto, she taught him the basics of chakra attacks, where the most important tenketsus lay, and the basic idea behind several other Hyuuga attacks she had come across. Aside from that Kyuubi taught Naruto how to integrate such attacks into his own taijutsu.
Xxx
The day of Hinata's departure was a sad day in the forest. Neither of the kids wanted it to happen, but both understood it had to happen. The Hyuuga's had already sent out five search parties. Luckily Kyuubi had covered their campsite with a special chakra layer that the byakugan couldn't penetrate. Naruto had told Hinata about the dormant fox in his belly, and Hinata only saw it as another thing to respect Naruto for. In her view, it was the same thing as she having the byakugan or any other bloodline; an unfair advantage, but if you have it then make use of it. Naruto had also told her about the way the adults acted towards him before he came to the forest. Why the adults saw only the fox instead of its keeper, she couldn't comprehend.
Sadly, the end of the day came, and Hinata had to leave.
Xxx
As
she arrived back at the mansion, the sun had set.
She yanked the
door handle, and pushed the door open. Starting to walk towards the
location of her room, she was stopped by a patrolling guard, who by
chance had spotted her.
"Hinata-sama! Where have you been? Hiashi-sama and Keiko-sama have been worried sick,"
"That's none of your business," she said, whilst giving the guard the bird. "Please tell my mother to come see me in the morning, that is all, now piss of," Hinata resumed her walking.
Xxx
Naruto was currently working on his taijutsu and how to counter the Hyuuga abilities. Kyuubi had decided to punish the boy for even remotely suggesting that the fox was female, so he decided to keep him awake for the next seven days straight, no matter how much the blonde's body opposed.
Xxx
The morning came soon for both Hinata and Naruto, but both were unhappy that the other wasn't there to keep them company; Naruto, because he was being hounded by an overgrown sack of fur, Hinata, because she had to face her parents.
Xxx
As the sun crept in the window in a certain Hyuuga girl's window, the girl began to stir. She looked around he room. It took about 10 seconds before recognising her 'new' environment. She groaned audibly as she recalled what she told the guard. She hadn't intended to sound that rude. Compared to the old Hinata, he probably thought she was an intruder, but if that were the case, she probably would have been killed during the night. As she lay in bed waiting for the inevitable, she went back to sleep, dreaming of the next time she could be with her only friend. Had it not been for her bastard father, she probably would have liked living at the mansion more. Her mother was a kind person and a good mother, but even so she hated living there. Had it been up to Hinata, she'd move out permanently a long time ago.
There was a knock on the door, making her wake up.
"Come in,"
The door opened. In came, as expected, her parents, followed by a long silence.
"Hello mother, Hiashi," Hinata broke the silence.
"Where have you been?" Hiashi asked in an emotionless voice, indicating he could careless, had it not been for the byakugan in his 'sad excuse for a daughter's' skull.
"Training," She said in a voice matching her fathers.
"Do you have any idea what you've put us through?" It was now her mother's time to speak up.
"I can imagine, and I'm sorry for making you worry mother,"
"You say you have been training, where?"
"That is not for you to know, 'dad'," she spit the last word.
"How dare you speak to me in that voice!" Hiashi was enraged by his daughter, and it showed as he raced towards her bed, hand held high, ready to slap her. By the time her reached the foot of her bed, she had interfered by blocking his arm and striking a tenketsu in his shoulder, rendering his arm useless. Clear shock was written all over the Hyuuga head's face. Hinata smirked at the sight, and her mother was inwardly happy that she could finally defend herself from her father, at least to a certain degree, seeing as she probably only succeeded 'cause Hiashi was underestimating her.
Hiashi was left speechless, but inwardly he was jumping for joy; his oldest daughter was finally fit to be called a Hyuuga heiress. What he didn't know was that Hinata had something entirely different in mind, and it did not involve being the Hyuuga head. What she planned was to become the head of another clan -well, one of two heads- the other person being her future husband. Who that was gonna be, was not someone she'd meet through the traditional arranged marriage that normally happened in powerful clans such as the Hyuuga, but the person she loved and admired the most. The one named Uzumaki Naruto.
Xxx
About a month later, Naruto had visitors in the woods; the participants of the chuunin exam. The few that stumbled upon him, died miserably. As the fox put it, 'they were to weak to deserve the title of chuunin, and were gonna die sometime during the exam anyway,' surprisingly enough, Naruto got remarkably fast over his first human kill. After the exam, rumours about something referred to as the 'unknown' killing several genin during the exam spread throughout the village. It was called the unknown, because the people who investigated it, had found the scrolls still on the bodies, and that fact alone ruled out the chance of them dying by confrontation of another team.
Xxx
Two years passed, and both Hinata and Naruto received rigorous training from the fox. Both grew in strength, knowledge and size. Now aged seven, and spending as much time with each other's. Hinata had been attending the academy for a year before graduating at the top of her class. Sarutobi had agreed to not put her on a team for reasons only known to the two. The previous year a little boy named Idate had been tricked into stealing a precious treasure to Konoha: The Raijin; a sword which blade was made of lighting. It had belonged to the second Hokage. Aoi, Idate's sensei, had told him that he could become a chuunin if he did it, so since Idate wanted to be recognised, he sucked up his teachers words like a sponge. Hinata and Naruto's fabulous teamwork had delayed Aoi enough for the Konoha ANBU to stop the traitor. Idate was found innocent because he was fooled and didn't know better, but he was still reprimanded. For these actions, Hinata had both been promoted to official chuunins. Naruto had denied his being given the rank like that because he wanted to earn it, and he didn't want to face the public yet. Even though Naruto had been followed after he had denied his promotion, nobody got any closer to discover the location of his hideout. The third was once again short an opportunity to find his lost crystal ball. Sarutobi had run out of places to look along time ago, and had wanted to bribe it out of Naruto, but now he had lost his chance, once more.
Xxx
Yet another year went by. Around the time of Naruto's 8th birthday, the boy had one day been intrigued by a voice chanting 'Must kill the clan, Must kill the clan' from outside the forest. Upon investigation, Naruto found a boy no older than 13 wearing ANBU clothing walking with slump shoulders and not stopping his chant. Kyuubi said that the boy was a under really strong genjutsu. Thanks to the fox, Naruto was able to release it. The guy who had performed the illusion saw this, and he didn't like it. Itachi, as the boy was called, had thanked Naruto, but said he had to get to his house fast, because his entire family was in trouble. The blonde followed him, and the sight that greeted them was not a pretty one. Bodies lay strayed all over the streets. One man with black hair reaching his middle back and pale skin, wielding a sword was mauling the fear struck members of the Uchiha clan. Itachi ran after the man and engaged him in combat. Naruto joined as well, when he saw his new friend in trouble. They were holding him off, but were on the losing side. His name was Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin, and an S-class criminal. He drove the younger boys into the house that held Itachi's parents. The Uchiha head tried to fight, but a summoned snake overwhelmed him. It was a double K.O. Itachi's mother followed Itachi's order and ran to a safe place to hide. A little moment later the youngest member of the family, Uchiha Sasuke entered the scene, after having returned late from shuriken practise. Orochimaru took notice of the little boy, and that gave Naruto and Itachi the chance to land a solid hit, sending the snake charmer through a wall.
Orochimaru grabbed Naruto with his tongue, and recognising his as the Kyuubi carrier, he placed another seal over his previous one, cutting off all connections with the fox, before disappearing. As he sunk into the ground he said:
"I will be back, and I will obtain the Sharingan," A boy named Uchiha Shisui came barging in, and attacked Itachi, as he saw the boy covered in blood and assuming he was the wrong doer. Even though they were best friends, Itachi had to defend himself, and in one swift move, Shisui's life ended there by the Uchiha heir's hands, resulting in the awakening of the feared Mangekyou Sharingan.
As the ANBU arrived at the scene, Naruto was long gone, and Itachi was on the floor unconscious due to chakra depletion. Sasuke and his mother were attending the Uchiha head's wounds. The ANBU brought Itachi to the hospital, awaiting his return to the conscious and his testimony and explanation of what had happened.
Xxx
Naruto lay in his cave trying to get contact with the fox, but all attempts were in vain. Where there before had been an entrance to Kyuubi's cage, there was now only a brick wall. Seeing as the sun was still up, Naruto decided to train while trying to find a solution. The first thing he noticed was that his Chakra control was literally screwed. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't even charge up a rasengan level 1. He decided to do some tree walking, but even that wasn't working. The night came, and as Naruto fell asleep, he thought to himself:
"I'll have to ask O-ji-san about this tomorrow,"
A/N: I feel this was rushed, and if you do as well then let me know. I did this because I want to progress, and actually get Naruto out of the forest at some point. So… Until next time, this is Jiraiya saying: Jaa nee, and REVIEW!