Ok here's chapter twenty five, please read, enjoy and review. This chapter is one of my personal favorites and trust me, if you read this story for NaruHina, then this will be one of your favorite chapters. So all of you NaruHina fans, please give me your feedback on this chapter. I really want to know how good, or bad, I did. But of course no flames.
It took Itachi and Sasori about a week and a half to get to the Akatsuki base, well one of them. They contacted the rest of the Akatsuki there, "The Jinchuriki?"
"We have failed."
"Why?"
"The Jinchuriki has a companion of great strength, and then at least two more allies with him, one is a Jinchuriki as well. Myself and Sasori may have failed if we took on the two Jinchuriki's and their two companions. Because the one who protected them had great skill, he was able to destroy Kisame and Samehada on his own. Combine that with two Jinchuriki and another companion, our odds were not very good."
"I see. Well then, you will need more backup. I'll be sending two more Akatsuki. If you four work together, then you should be able to take these Jinchuriki and their defender out."
"Of course."
"Ok then, they should be there within a month or so."
The Leaf Village carried on like usual, the only ones really affected by Naruto's exile, were Rock Lee, Sakura Haruno, Neji Hyuga, Shikamaru Nara, Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Kiba, Konohamaru, Teuchi Ichiraku, Ayame Ichiraku, Tsunade, Shizune, Might Guy, Choji, Iruka, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai, Shino, Tenten, Hiashi Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga. Whether the affects be directly or indirectly. Shikamaru told the rest of Naruto's friends that The Fire Daimyo insisted that Danzo stay in office, Naruto's friends were confused and angered, but unfortunately they had to get over it, something not all of them could do.
But they needed to move on, so they did, or at least tried to.
Two years later, Sakura sat up in her bed and yawned. She got out of bed, got showered and dressed and headed out. (Just so you guys know, everyone in the Leaf Village is now wearing their Naruto Shippuden outfits.) She made her way to Ichiraku ramen, where she and a lot of Naruto's other companions would go from time to time to remember him. But for Sakura and Kakashi, they came here every time they had a mission. When she arrived, she saw Neji, Lee and Kakashi sitting there. When she sat down by them, Teuchi served them all a bowl of Miso ramen.
After they all ate their bowls, Sakura turned to Kakashi and spoke, "Kakashi sensei what are you doing here with Lee and Neji?"
"Team seven has been assigned a mission. And this mission should be carried out as a three man squad, not one. So Neji and Lee will becoming along as temporary squad members."
"What's the mission?"
"You already know about the rumors of some rogue ANBU that have been popping up all over the place, right?"
"Of course. They have been spotted in several different villages, two of them looking like Hidden Leaf ANBU and one of them looking like Hidden Shadow ANBU."
"Yes. They have also been committing good deeds left and right, they've also been stealing missions away from the Hidden Leaf. They also charge less, but besides that they have committed several gruesome murders. So we've been assigned to locate and capture them."
Sakura nodded her head, "Ok Sensei. But where are we going? Where have they been spotted?"
"Their most recent spotting was in the Hidden Sand Village. But we sent tracker ninja to confirm this, they found that the three were making their way to the...great Naruto bridge."
Sakura, Lee and Neji all winced at his name. "So we have reason to believe that they are in the Land of Waves. And while we're there, maybe we can stop in on Tazuna."
Sakura nodded, Neji and Lee just stayed silent. The four left immediately after that, the would be in the Land of Waves by sunrise tomorrow.
Naruto sat beneath a tree, his eyes closed. He was wearing a porcelain animal mask in order to conceal his identity. He was also wearing the standard ANBU uniform, consisting of black and grey armor, metal arm guards and gloves, ninja sandals with spikes for travelling into mountainous regions and three ninja pouches on the back of his waist. He was also wearing his old headband around his neck, but a red line was drawn through it starting from the left going all the way through the Leaf symbol to the right.
Hinata was right beside Naruto, her eyes closed as well and her head was lying on Naruto's shoulder. She was also wearing an animal mask to hide her true identity, along with the standard ANBU uniform, just like Naruto. She also wore her headband around her neck, but with the red line through it like Naruto's. (Just so you know, Hinata's hair is still as short as it was when she was twelve. She knew that long hair was a weakness, so she kept it the way it was.)
Naruto and Hinata's sensei was out getting food. They didn't like seafood, so he had to look for a bit. Because most food on the Land of Waves was some kind of seafood. He was getting some stuff for stew, he would cook it over a fire. He had found most of what he needed, now he just needed a pot to use over the fire. It didn't take long to find it though, as Brandon got all the things needed for stew, people watched him, stared at him.
Because he too was wearing an ANBU outfit. But he was wearing the Hidden Shadow ANBU outfit, which was an animal mask, and the standard Shadow ANBU uniform consisting of black and white armor, metal arm guards and gloves. He also had ninja sandals with spikes for travelling into mountainous regions and three ninja pouches on the back of his waist. He also had his own Hidden Shadow headband, but just like Naruto and Hinata, he wore it around his neck with a red line through it.
He was heading back into the forest, back to his and his pupils camp sight. When he arrived, he saw Naruto staring at Hinata's sleeping form. Her head was lying on his shoulder, and her body was leaning into his, pretty much she was resting on Naruto. Naruto just stared at her, his eyes mesmerized by her beauty, he truly couldn't believe how lucky he was. He could never repay her for what she had done, she loved him for him, for all he was. He gave her his heart, and to him that wasn't enough. He could never truly show how grateful he was, or show how much he loved her.
He would never understand why, but she loved him. She gave him her heart, soul and purity. He could vividly remember the first time they made love. It was the most sacred thing in the world, he would never trade that memory for anything, ever. Through his whole life, his happiest memories were those of Hinata. And truly, he wouldn't want it any other way.
So a long time ago, he made an oath to her, just as she did, but he told her his oath strait to her face. What he exactly said was, "Hinata, I, Naruto Uzumaki, will love and cherish you forever. Your the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. Your the most amazing girl in the world, your brilliant, your the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, your loyal and even with all of that going for you, your still humble. I don't deserve someone like you, but no one truly deserves someone as good as you. So Hinata, I swear I will protect you with my life, no matter what. I love you Hinata."
What Hinata had said to him was, "Naruto...I don't know what to say. But I think I'll start with, you deserve the best Naruto. If I'm truly as amazing as you say, than you more than deserve me. You are the greatest guy ever, I swear. Your handsome, your funny, your fun, you have the kindest of hearts, your the most generous person I know, your courage is the greatest I've ever seen and your just as loyal as I am. You have a shining smile, and I could get lost in your blue piercing eyes. If one of us doesn't deserve each other, then it's me, because you deserve the greatest Naruto, and even that's not good enough, I love you Naruto."
In fact, that was the night that Hinata had given Naruto her purity. That was the night that they had made love, that was the night of her thirteenth birthday. Naruto smiled as he remembered this. Brandon, having been standing in front of Naruto and saying his name for the past several minutes, waved his hand in the fourteen year old boy's face. Which finally snapped him out of his trance. Naruto then looked up at Brandon, "Huh?"
"I said that if she doesn't wake up by the time the stew is done, wake her up ok?"
"Yeah, right."
"Ok then, I'll go start it. So you can just ogle Hinata in peace. Naruto gritted his teeth, "Shut up Sensei."
Brandon laughed at this, over the past two years, he made it a habit of his to mess with Naruto and Hinata about their relationship. Although, the night the two had made love, he didn't ever mention it. Even though Naruto and Hinata were positive that their Sensei had heard them, Brandon did indeed hear them. How couldn't you? With Hinata's screams of pain and ecstasy and all of Naruto's grunts, all five of the great nations probably heard them. But Brandon believed that the two young love birds could make it in the world of romance, why? Because if two people have truly ever loved each other, then it was Naruto and Hinata.