Naruto Pov...
"Focus your energy. In stance. Straight Naruto. Go!" The concrete had a straight crack unlike the first few times. It always broke but now was much better.
"Break stance!"
I did the hand movement. The monks were surprised by my progress. In their orange colored robes. I quite liked them but I knew they were probably itchy as Fuck. This morning I came Very Very early. Just like she told me to. Then We were suddenly driving to a mountain in the middle of nowhere. And On this mountain I train with monks. I ate with the younger ones for lunch. It wasn't that bad. They were awesome. They made me work for the food of course though. They gave me dishes at first. This was my first lesson on how to control my strength. From one of the elder monks. He said to think of a teacup. How you hold it like it's dwarfed: Small and delicate. Pressure is an important part of martial arts as well. How much pressure you put on it could determine if they even feel nothing or if their bone is dislodged. He explained it to me in a very simple way. Then he told me the complicated stuff. I gave him a thumbs up and suddenly there were no more broken dishes. Simply because they were all teacups. After that I went back to train. It was bound to end peacefully. Until that's same elder challenged me.
Hinata Pov...
"That was the best birthday cake I've Ever tasted."
I smiled as they talked about the cake.
"You mean 'Is'. You're still eating."
"Yeah. Not to forget 'Going To'"
I stood and left the room for a second. Just for a second. The cold was coming back. Whatever Naruto is doing, it must be freezing. I wrapped my arms around myself. The Jacket wasn't helping much. I shook. Suddenly Sakura was in front of me.
"Whacha doing?"
"Standing." I said simply.
"Are you still cold?"I nodded. "Sasuke Jacket isn't reall-" She started unzipping it. "What are you doing?!"
She hugged me. "Body heat. You really are cold. That isn't normal."
"A Lot of th-things about me aren't normal."
"True. True."
She squeezed me like I was a doll. "You're just like a doll!" The Irony. "Except you have breasts." I blushed. "P-Please D-don't Start talking about..that. I'll start s-stuttering and-"
"Well you've already got that part down."I breathed. Perhaps since the Connection is at the moment I could send this earth to Naruto. I hugged her back. "And you two are..." Sasuke trailed off the question.
"Sharing body heat."Sakura answered.
"Is that also why my jacket is on the floor?"
"Oh. That was my fault." Sakura said. "Was there something you wanted Sasuke?"
The tense atmosphere seemed to allow the pain in my head to bloom. I'm pretty sure someone just smacked the shit out of Naruto. I started to feel a little faint. Lightheaded. The lines were coming off and on. I blinked. Everything was a filmy white as Sasuke was talking to Sakura about what was happening where she needed to be. I felt the pain in my side. Gosh, Golly. I tightened my hold on Sakura.
"...Are you going to be nice to Hinata? I'm not leaving her with you if she's going to be upset when she comes back to me."
I didn't hear his answer. In fact I stopped hearing anything for a second.
I lifted my head again. The lines took no effort. The film on my eyes left me and I could hear Sasuke again. "Just go."
"Alright. Hinata. I'll be back in a few okay." I felt her warmth leave me. Sakura doesn't have the same heat Like Naruto but she is warm. Naturally and personally. Sakura has a warm heart.
"You're wobbling." Sasuke said simply. He held my waist. I let him out the around me. Sasuke is cold. A heart made of ice. Ice that Sakura had melted to the core. His best feature to me would be his support. I can depend on him if I ever passed out in the middle of nowhere. I could tell Sasuke the reality of things and he wouldn't be in doubt as long as he's seeing the reality. Which is why I had a problem with Sakura being mad at him for her thinking he doubter that.
"Scale of 1-10?"
"Seven." I answered. "You'll last another hour or two. Your eyes are..."
"I know. Are they bothering you. They're coming on by their own instinct. They Think I'm ready to go into a coma again."
"Why aren't you?"
"It's different. The Connection is messing up. Like static."
"Is standing too much for you?"
"I don't want to sit down."
I don't think I'll be able to get back up.
I was forced to anyway. "While you endure. What would you like to talk about? Something other than Naruto. You. Your condition. Sakura. The clique. Nothing like that."
"We can talk about Improper Integrals and Series."
"Why would I want to talk about Calculus?"
"I don't know. How about-"A blast of cold hit me. Water.
"Cooking. Why did you start cooking?"
"Sauvi. He found cooking one of the most interesting things in the world. The fact that you could throw flour, sugar, and milk in a pan and let it blow up then be edible was just amazing. So I tried it out for myself. I blew up the oven. Hiashi-sama was so heated he banned me from the kitchen for years. I was only like six. When I was twelve Sauvi introduced me again, knowing what he was talking about this time and I flourished. Of course Hiashi-sama refused my cooking and he still does to this day as long as he knows I made it but that's when I showed a major interest in cooking." I breathed at the pain in my head. "Then I went to Marilyns and got educated in it. I learned how to cook large amounts of things with equal taste. That's why I was acceptable to work at The Hyuuga restaurant."
"That gay guy majored including the baking part of the culinary art."
"Well yeah. That's why I know a lot about that part too. But I learned to do full meals at Marilyns. When I visited home I was trained to make Hyuuga dishes. Like Hiashis finest."
"Your father won't eat your food?"
"No. He's still remembering how bad the smell of burnt oven and unknown substance is."
The knuckles of my fingers felt like I had punched something hard enough to crack them.
"You Got me to eat your food. I love your food. Not the sweets all that much but you did get me to eat them too."
"I know but I get why he wouldn't."
"You should Cook for him. Then tell him. Or perhaps cook for dinner." Suddenly the idea sounded Great. "That sounds like a good Idea. I guess I'll do it Tuesday. That's the next dinner. There's another business trip."
"Wanna go out?"
"I dunno. Maybe. I w-want to work at the restaurant."
"I refuse."
I blinked. "E-excuse Me?"
"You won't be working up there until you're more stable. I'll tell Neji to help me out on that one. If you never get better you've served enough to retire."
I didn't say anything knowing he was doing it for the better. As it's not even safe for me to be at school, really. "So now. I would love to talk about Awanda."
"Awanda?" The pain spread from my insides out. The cold burned my chest again.
"She Umm..." I rubbed my temples. "We aren't close anymore."
"No shit Hinata."
"Yeah. Well, I kind of can't think of anything that serious right now."
"Seems to be the case. When are you planning on getting your license. You actually drive well."
"I don't know. Sometime. I'm scared to drive because I know I'm prone to going blind. And especially now. With me being in an unstable condition and sometimes When I go blind I really do go blind and the lines fail."
"Hn." His grunt brought on the reality of more presences.
"Ca-CHOW!"
"Thats your sound. The sound of whipped Sasuke."
"If you don't get away from us it's going to be that sound on your arse."
"Well, Excuse me Princess."
"Hime-Sama is rather appreciated. You should really speak to us with a different attitude. I know one of you is a Rowaka. The Uchihas are currently funding your company. You wouldn't want that to just lose significance. I'm pretty sure even now your family is hanging on the last thread. And the Tamigakis are farmers that are barely surviving the wilds. Of course you wouldn't want for-"
"I think they get it Hinata."
"Oh. Sorry." I looked at them. "You may be dismissed from my sight." They walked away, dumbfounded. Sasuke spoke.
"I could've taken care of that."
"Hn."I used his signature grunt. "I didn't know The Uchiha funded the Rowakas."
I nodded. "I didn't just make those up."
"Itachi or my father?"
"Neither. Your great uncle. On your mothers side."
"Hmm. Nice to know. So You must know a lot more about my clan than me."
"Yes. It's origins Definitely, Who's got what, Population, Leaders, Outcasts, How the Hyuuga were made-We are Very Distant cousins, The Uchiha-Senju feud, and so on."
"Mm. Seems you've been doing some real research."
"Yes actually. The library provides me with very good sources."
"The Library?"He looked confused.
"You thought I got from my little comas. No, I don't."
"You're so pale its scaring me."He said suddenly.
"I realize this as you're frequently glancing at My arm and then at your own. Hello Sakura. In no way am I upset. Can we go now?"
"God It scares me when she does that. How did you even know I was right here?"
"It's pink. Your aura. Easy to spot. Neji-niisans is the color of whiskey. I can't see them when I'm blind but I'm not quite there yet." I looked up. It seems like my senses have been intensified.
Bear with us Hime-sama. We seem to be holding out.
I nodded and stood. The noise was beckoning. I turned to the sound. I couldn't ignore it. Aimi's voice. Again? Why. I realized something. This was different. Girls? Not boys.
"Umm Hinata."
"Come here." And so the clique followed me. It was like instinct that made me go just a bit faster. And then I was looking at the unconscious girls on the floor. I proceeded to give her Sasukes jacket.
"You're a bully magnet aren't you?"
"It's just because recently I've made a popular transition. Apparently some girls didn't like that."
"I would have used the power God gave me."
"You don't understand what's on the line."
I looked at her. "Hon, I told you I know these things. Its because of the connection. Do you honestly think I would've heard you without it? It seems Naruto is fighting one of the elder men on the mountain he's on. Talk about stressful."
"You mean like, with my mother."
"What do you think Aimi?"
"Hinata. Are You-Oh My God."She came in. "Are you okay? Did you knock out these girls?"
"No. Hinata did."
Sakura stopped and looked dumbfounded. Very confused was she. I laughed. "Can you fix her up Sakura? She's a little shaken up ."
"Of course." While she worked on that I checked the girls pulse. Only to have a transaction. I haven't felt it in a while. That rush of memories then the peace that falls upon me afterwards. I finished and went to the others. For some reason they were all prone to it. I dragged them to the door. I know if it wasn't for the enhanced elements from Naruto I probably couldn't even drag one.
"All finished."
"They're all going down for Suspension."
"All for the improvement of campus!" I said simply.
"I'm Here." It was a boy. Tall. He wore green.
"You. What's your name?"
"Yutaka. Why?"
"He looks familiar. Sasuke. Who is he?"
"He went to the festival with Naruto." I snapped. "Yes! Karate Chop Guy. Okay. Sorry For stopping progress."
"Hinata. What did you do to these girls?"I smiled.
"Oh My God! My brain feels like its falling apart! Who the Hell are you?!"Some struggle was heard. I turned and hit her in a few select places. Something tells me this is how Naruto feels when he's saving someone. I didn't know what I was doing but it felt right. She slackened.
"I can't Feel my body. God, Can you stop moving me so much, my head is killing me. Hey, What did you do to me?!"
"Pressure points? I never knew Hyuuga studied martial arts."
"Hon, I've been in a Dojo three times in my life. That's it. Hey Neji The Lackeys are both unconscious, you might want to take them to the nurse. They aren't going to be useful."
"I know that."I smiled. Every other person was confused on how I was doing this stuff. Naruto Knows.
Naruto Pov...
I breathed. In a squat. My opponent was just as worn. His Robes had been discarded a while back. I went again. The sound of hand on hand on body echoed. Like a game. When you hear the noises as they fight. His hits were so hard they numbed immediately after. We both jumped back, hands on places hit. Then again, I must have the same affect. I didn't waste time. Agility. Grappling. Hand to Hand combat-martial art style. Series of kicks. Fast ones with no warning. Little ones that aren't really little. Gravity going against us. You couldn't see anything over the dust and clouds that had formed. Something entered and I thought of Sakura and Sasuke. Stopping to grin before going for the next hit I wondered what it was.
"You two! Call it a truce! It's almost dinner time." I blocked a kick only to turn and give another. Food?
"Perhaps we should Naruto Uzumaki."I turned to the old man. "I haven't had a fight like that in ages. You are more than welcome to join us again."
"I wouldn't mind that. Next time I won't even think of holding back."
"As will I."I bowed with my hand straight and my fist on the end of my palm. "You are a worthy opponent."
" I Appreciate it."
"Let us cool off by the waterfall. It also has healing properties."
"Hmm. That would be good right now."The water was cooling. I had gotten used to the sharpness of it on my skin. There was a slight electric pulse I felt but it quickly left.
Great Job Naruto. Watch the time. You know when work starts.
I nodded. I wondered what that electric feeling was and What caused it to snap.
Hinata Pov...
I breathed. I feel the light getting closer. Trying to take me. But something wasn't right. Water was somehow involved and it was having a hard time getting situated. I frowned.
"...And To put it simply, they placed us All here because of that."
"Are you sure it was because of that Sakura?"
"Well Yes. Presumably. Tenten was with Ino at the time and we just jumped in with them. I know it seems weird but that's what happened."
I just nodded. Interestingly enough the fact that they used kids to take this on still confused me.
"Where's Neji?"It was a simple question. My palms were moist and warm. "He took Aimi home." I blinked.
"Aimi?"I turned sharply. "Is she going to take us to another crime scene?"
"No." I don't think I'll be able to take them Anywhere.
Sasuke seemed to catch my drift. I suddenly saw a girl pass by. Then I realized it wasn't a girl. It was a man. Sasukes brother. I stood suddenly. "Hey!"
Suddenly the black of his robe began to fade into birds. And the birds came to me and took my vision. The Connection was Cut.
Third Person...
"I thought she would last a little longer but I guess not."Sasuke said. He placed her in the chair. "Who was she talking to?"Sakura was looking out.
"I don't even know."
"Are you riding with me?"Sasuke asked, collecting her things.
"If you're nice."
"I'll drop you off first then." Neji got back as soon as they were leaving. "Want to switch off?"
"I have to grab my stuff and lock up."
"You need to be there when I get there. You know they've got issues with letting me in."Sasuke said simply.
"Fine by me."Sasuke placed her in the front when they got to the car. Sakura was fine with the back. For some reason she felt like something was different about the situation. Something no one was telling her. She already thought it was funny that Hinata was taking up for Aimi knocking those girls unconscious. Especially since they had the headache like Sasuke did when Hinata took his memories of whatever. Sasuke seemed to know what was up. Neji knew more than the both of them but Hinata tells her she doesn't tell Neji anything. He's just meticulously mature about it. In truth that's what he is. Experiencing things first hand. Neji knew it had a lot to do with Naruto as well. Aimi had told him in the car that Naruto was training in the mountains and that Hinata knew that without her knowledge. Everyone Knows that Naruto has never met the chick. It confuses Aimi to an extent. She believes in the supernatural but has never experienced it firsthand. She simply thanks the God's that they've graced her with the protection. Sasuke is just suspicious of everything. He's ignorant of some things but not of others but he does know something wasn't right with how she fell unconscious. There was no one at that door and somehow he felt like it had something to do with him. Hinata's mind was far away from everything on this part of the world. She was much past the dawn of the sky. And The Dawn of The beginning.
That's it for this week. I apologize for not updating. I got stunted on the Beta reader thing. After a while I gave up looking. I really wanted to post so I spent time editing the best I could. Sorry to disappoint who requested it. Well How were they? Review! XD