Hey guys, here's chapter thirty eight, please read, enjoy and review.

After several seconds of silence, Kurenai spoke once again, "What do you mean by that? Just tell me, where is Hinata?"

Naruto's mischievous grin grew a bit more as he spoke, "Ok, I'll tell you where Hinata is...on one condition."

Kurenai gave a sigh of slight relief, "Fine, name it."

"Heh heh. If you can defeat me in battle, then I'll tell you where she is."

"That's it?"

"That's it...well, actually there is one more thing, if you lose...then you don't get to see Hinata and you have to give up on this mission and go back to the Leaf Village, peacefully."

Kurenai scowled at Naruto, she nodded her head and just as she was going to charge forward, Asuma put out his arm in front of her, preventing her from running at Naruto. "Huh? Asuma what are you doing?"

"Don't worry Kurenai, I got this one. I'll take your deal Naruto, and I'll show you the full power of a Leaf Jonin."

Naruto brought his right hand up and beckoned Asuma to attack him, Asuma looked over at his three students, they understood the message. The three Chunin backed away and regrouped with Kurenai, Asuma looked at Naruto and after several seconds he charged forward toward him. The five Chunin level Shinobi, the Jonin level Shinobi and the female masked Shinobi watched as Naruto and Asuma engaged in battle with each other. Asuma threw a right hook Naruto's way, he just caught it with ease. Asuma then threw a left hook, which Naruto caught as well. Asuma smirked and then shot his knee up, but instead of it being slammed into Naruto's gut, it was slammed into Naruto's own knee.

Naruto had brought up his own knee in defense, then before Asuma could make his next move, Naruto brought his head back a bit and shot it forward, slamming into Asuma's head. Giving him a strong headbutt, Asuma stumbled back from the force, and before he could regain his composure, Naruto advanced. Naruto threw a right hook, it connected nicely with Asuma's face, causing him to take a step back. Naruto took a step forward, then he brought his left arm back and shot it forward, slamming his left fist into Asuma's gut, giving him a hard left jab to the abdomen.

Asuma involuntarily took a step back and hunched over in pain, Naruto took a step forward, and brought his right knee up with dangerous speed, and with incredible force behind it, it slammed strait up into Asuma's jaw. Causing Asuma to jerk up and take a step back, Naruto took a step forward, brought back his right arm and shot it forward with great force. Naruto then hit Asuma with a heavy right handed haymaker, the impact was so great that it knocked Asuma down onto the ground and made him slide several feet away on his back. Naruto stood up strait, looked down at Asuma and spoke, "Now what was that about showing me the full power of a Leaf Jonin?"

Asuma spit out some blood from his mouth before he responded, "You've become quite arrogant."

"It's not arrogance, if it's true, besides I think a can handle you pretty well. So I deserve to gloat."

Naruto wasn't an idiot, he knew that if Asuma came at him with his full strength, that it wouldn't be an easy battle. But he would win either way, but he really needed to wrap things up, so he was going to beat him into unconsciousness before he can use his full potential. Asuma slowly got up, but before he could stand up all the way, Naruto already had a plan to beat him in ten hits or less. Asuma stood fully erect, but he quickly hunched his back a little, Naruto had hit him pretty hard, it hurt him to stand up strait.

As the female masked Shinobi watched Naruto and Asuma, Shino watched her, after several seconds, Shino noticed her drop her guard. This was his chance, he already had his bugs in place, he then whispered beneath his breath, "Now."

The bugs near the masked female Shinobi''s foot, that had been making their way there for a while, all crawled onto each other and formed a fist, it quickly swung at her. Hinata had dropped her guard, she was barely able to notice this threat, she quickly dodged, but the fist made of bugs managed to knock off her mask. Shino's plan worked, he had unmasked the female Shinobi, and everyone except for Shino was surprised by who they saw underneath the mask. Shino had guessed that the masked Shinobi female was Hinata, she had given several subtle hints, and then once the other masked Shinobi was revealed to be Naruto, Shino knew it was a ninety percent chance that Hinata was under the second mask.

Kurenai was shocked into disbelief, while Asuma, Kiba, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino and Akamaru were just shocked. Everyone diverted their attention from Naruto to Hinata, Kurenai began to tear up as she saw Hinata. She couldn't believe it was her, she looked almost exactly like she did two years ago. Kurenai forgot about everything else around her and just focused on Hinata. She quickly ran over to Hinata, before Hinata could react, she was trapped in a motherly hug by Kurenai. Kurenai cried as she hugged Hinata to her, Asuma had never seen Kurenai like this before, but he knew that something like this was bound to happen eventually.

When Hinata ran away from the village, Kurenai bottled up her emotion over it, she kept it bottled for two years and seeing Hinata has made that bottle pop it's lid. Hinata was truly stunned by this outburst from her former sensei, Kurenai gripped Hinata tighter and spoke, "I'm so glad you ok. I was so worried, Hinata."

Hinata hadn't been very affectionate to anyone besides Naruto over the last two years, so she had forgotten how she thought of Kurenai as a mother of sorts. She glanced at Naruto, and he smiled, he knew how much Hinata would have missed her teammates. And inside he felt guilty about her leaving the whole village behind for him, after several moments Hinata and Naruto glanced at a tree, and they saw Itachi, the way he was staring at them, told them that they needed to get these people out of here quick. So Hinata pushed Kurenai away from her, Kurenai was startled by this, she stared at Hinata, "Hinata?"

"Go, leave now. Head back to the Leaf Village, otherwise I'll have no choice but to make you leave by force."

Shino, Kiba and Akamaru quickly stepped up beside their sensei, Kurenai took a step forward and Hinata activated her Byakugan, now Kurenai knew she was serious. "Hinata?"

Kiba was confused and angry, "Hinata what do you think your doing? We're your teammates!"

"Leave, now. I don't want to hurt you four, but if I have to, then I will."

Kiba was becoming more impatient and angry, he didn't understand why Hinata was doing this, "Hinata listen to yourself! Your going to hurt your teammates and sensei, your comrades, your friends?"

Hinata was severely angered by Kiba, she quickly let out her emotions, "Comrades? Friends? You four are no friends of mine. All four of you doubted Naruto, you put him down, and you treated him like he was a freak and a loser, especially you Kiba."

This remark shocked the hell out of Hinata's teammates, she quickly continued, "Everyone always put him down, told him he was a loser, treated him worse than dirt! And you four were apart of it, directly or indirectly, it doesn't matter, people like you, and especially people like you Kiba, make me sick!"

Hinata's teammates stared at her in disbelief and shock, "I'm the only one who ever truly believed in Naruto, he taught me what was important, he taught me to never give up. And he barely knew me, yet he stuck up for me when I was bullied. He took the physical punishment that was meant for me, he always tried to help everyone. All he wanted was to be acknowledged, but no one would give him that. He was always alone, me and him are more alike then you four will ever know. And I can't ever forgive you for what you've done to my Naruto! I will never forgive any of you!"

Kiba, with anger and hurt apparent in his voice, spoke, "Hinata you can't be serious...I know we treated Naruto bad, but still, your choosing him over your family and your friends?"

"Friends? Family? I didn't know I had any, I was always isolated just as Naruto was. No one ever really cared for me, and the few that did, despised the person I love the most, Naruto. I can't even be around you, because if I even look at you, I feel sick to my stomach! Naruto is better than any Shinobi to ever come from Konoha, he's the kindest, strongest, most caring, most dedicated Shinobi anyone has ever seen! And that's selling him short, he's a better Shinobi and person than any of the Hokage's! And especially any of the villagers! Naruto is the person I love the most, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have a purpose in life, if he was gone, then I might as well be dead! I will gladly choose him over the village and everyone in it without a seconds hesitation!"

"That I swear! And I never go back on my word, because that too is my nindo, my ninja way!"