Sleepless D: Really sorry about the extreme delay, I hopefully update faster than normal and not have a large pause on this, please review and keep liking this story. Peace out.
Naruto shifted slightly, holding onto Hinata closely as the sun rose, Naruto opened his eyes and saw that Hinata was still unconscious and gave a sad look. He sat up and looked down at Hinata and remained staring down at her and feeling depressed, Naruto looked back at the two other guys sleeping. Sasuke was sleeping soundly and Jiraiya had a sock shoved in his mouth, stopping him from snoring.
Naruto looked back at Hinata and sighed slightly, he felt a sudden urge when looking at Hinata and leaned down and pressed his lips on her forehead. He got up and smiled a little before holding onto her hand, Sasuke snorted and opened his eyes and looked around and saw Jiraiya still had the sock shoved in his mouth. He looked over and saw Naruto looking over Hinata, he caught a glimpse of something in his eyes but wasn't sure what, but it seemed familiar from his childhood.
He sat up and stretched before leaving the room to go to the bathroom, Naruto looked at Sasuke as he left and looked back at Hinata and kept staring at her. 'Please wake up...' Naruto prayed, squeezing her hand, loving the softness of her skin.
Jiraiya shifted and the sock in his mouth shot out of his mouth, he rose from his bed and looked around tiredly, he yawned and looked around. "Don't you hate it when you get the taste of foot in your mouth?" Jiraiya asks to no one, finding the taste most nights whenever he has people with him whenever he sleeps.
Naruto couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at the soggy sock on the other side of the room; he looked back at Hinata and smiled a little as he squeezed her hand again. 'Please wake up...' He prayed again, hoping that someone out there would listen and answer his wish.
Jiraiya walked towards the toilet and opened it, after a couple of seconds; Jiraiya was smashed in the face by an angry teen that was holding his trousers up. "Learn to knock you dumbass!" Sasuke yelled in anger, punching the older man's chest.
"Sorry! I didn't expect you!" Jiraiya yelled, holding his face in slight pain, worrying about his looks and coughed at Sasuke's punch, Naruto looked at Hinata but she didn't wake up, he sighed as he let go of her hand to get ready.
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The group were heading out the small village, heading towards a nice town that the first Hokage was supposed to have been born in, they were making good timing since they were carrying a heavy load and Hinata. Naruto didn't mind carrying her, he enjoyed it in fact because it made him feel like he's helping her recover, and he couldn't help but enjoy the scent he was getting from her.
"So what are we going to do when we get there?" Sasuke asked, getting bored of the long journey.
"Gather information and I'll give you some training tips." Jiraiya says, getting bored with the trip as well.
"So why don't you tell me the tips before we get there?" Sasuke asked, not noticing the railing that's near them.
"Alright, the tips are...we're here, you best remember the tips I gave you." Jiraiya laughed and placed a hand on the railing and looked down it, seeing a large, busy town, knowing that information on Tsunade will be here.
Sasuke glared at him and looked down with him, gaining a slight surprise since this is an interesting area to keep a town of this size. Naruto looked down as well and smirked, enjoying the new sight and trying to resist the urge to jump off the cliff, but then grew sad that Hinata can't enjoy the sight as well. He looked down at Hinata, carrying her bridal style, and he couldn't help but think that Hinata looked pretty, even if she was unconscious.
"Okay...What now?" Naruto asked, shifting Hinata a little so he'd be a little more comfortable and Hinata as well hopefully.
"Well get a nice hotel, keep Hinata there while we go have fun-investigate where Tsunade could be..." Jiraiya said the last part quickly, trying to recover from what he said.
Sasuke glared at Jiraiya, wanting to get stronger so he can kill Itachi quicker, Naruto looked confused by this, but he just ignored it and tried to hold Hinata closer to his body. "We'll put you in a nice place, a place where you can rest and get up soon." Naruto smiles and starts walking towards a staircase that led down to the town, having Sasuke and Jiraiya follow him.
Xxxxx
Naruto and Sasuke were sitting in their hotel room, Naruto sat near Hinata who laid on the bed, never leaving her side like a loyal companion. Sasuke just sat on the other side of the room, not caring one way or the other about his two companions, but he felt envy and anger by wondering how they're powerful. Sasuke sighed and looked outside and saw everyone in town celebrating; he grew annoyed by everyone's laughing, happiness and enjoyment of the festival.
"Where the hell do you think Jiraiya is? He said he'd be back in an hour, and it's already been four..." Sasuke says in annoyance, looking outside but saw no Jiraiya.
Naruto sniffed the air; he continued to smell the air and gave a final sniff before looking at Hinata. "He's in a place filled with females covered in perfume..." Naruto informs.
Sasuke looked at Naruto, surprised by this and if Naruto could actually smell Jiraiya from here. "And how do you know?" Sasuke asked him.
"Because I know, his scent is that of alcohol, hormones and sweat, not forgetting a large amount of smells that reminds me of when animals mate." Naruto tells him.
"...Perverted bastard, I can't believe that I want to train with him." Sasuke huffs in annoyance, actually amusing Naruto by his attitude.
"If that's so, then why did you want Kakashi Sensei to train you? He reads those books..." Naruto says, remembering the time he read his book, still not sure what it was describing, but he learnt a lot of new words.
Sasuke's eyes widened, cursing as he wondered if all powerful ninja were perverts, Sasuke sighs and take looks back outside, hardly finding any comfort.
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Another hour has passed and Jiraiya stumbled through the door, a large smirk on his face and smelled greatly of alcohol, having a sake bottle tucked under his arm and holding a large bag. Naruto tried to ignore the scent, his nose being more sensitive, he could feel Sasuke's anger rise, Jiraiya seemed to have failed to notice this and belched.
Naruto gave up and looked at Sasuke, knowing that he'd want to kick Jiraiya's arse. "Good news kids, I've thought of a training program for you both...but I'll have to train you separately so you can grow in your own..." Jiraiya smiled at the two.
The two boys looked at each other, confused but excited on getting to learn something new, two things came to their mind. "Umm...Jiraiya, what about Hinata?" Naruto asked.
"And are you even capable on teaching...or even think?" Sasuke asked, standing up.
"She'll be fine by herself for awhile and sure I can...I drank twice as much as I did today awhile ago, and I won against three Jounin..." Jiraiya tells them, walking out the door.
Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other again and stood up, Sasuke quickly hurried out of the room, Naruto was about to leave, but quickly turned around and leaned over Hinata, kissing her forehead before leaving.
Xxxxx
Naruto and Sasuke were on opposite sides of the town; Jiraiya was using Shadow clones and made sure the two were listening.
(Sasuke and Jiraiya)
Jiraiya stood before Sasuke, holding a few small scrolls in his hand and smirked, he was spinning them around his hand, keeping Sasuke's attention. "Why are me and Naruto being trained separately?" Sasuke asked, very focused on the scrolls, but did wonder what was inside the scrolls.
"Umm...You and Naruto are on different levels of skill...wouldn't you rather learn at the right pace then at Naruto's?" Jiraiya asked, thinking that he's got Sasuke's personality sorted.
Sasuke smirked and crossed his arms, feeling his ego being stroked as Jiraiya chuckled and spun the scrolls around, making him wonder how drunk he actually is since he's able to do that. "So I take it those are Jutsu scrolls..." Sasuke notes, looking at the scrolls and wanting to learn now.
"Yes, we have a Ninjutsu scroll, chakra control, Taijutsu and increasing your stamina. Which would you like to improve?" Jiraiya asks, now juggling the scrolls.
"All of them." Sasuke demanded.
"Can't have them all, you'll probably only focus on a little attention on each of them, not gaining the max of skills gained from reading just one and focusing it to the fullest."
Sasuke sighed in annoyance, rubbing his neck and looked at the scrolls. "Ninjutsu." Sasuke says, making Jiraiya throw a scroll at his and caught it, he looked at it and saw 'Ninjutsu' written on it.
Jiraiya kept juggling the scrolls as he began walking towards the town. "Keep it, read it, learn it, I'm going to keep finding information about Tsunade." Jiraiya informs him. "Once you've learnt all I give, come for another."
Sasuke smirked and opened the scroll, feeling excited on learning Ninjutsu and being left alone to do it. 'One more step to being able to kill my brother.' Sasuke says to himself.
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(Naruto and Jiraiya)
Naruto kept hopping from one foot to the other, worried about Hinata and eager to keep busy, Naruto kept looking at Jiraiya who held a bag full of water balloons. Jiraiya gently placed the bag down and threw Naruto a water balloon; Naruto quickly dived and caught the balloon with his mouth.
Jiraiya laughed as Naruto stood there, confused and dropped the water balloon into his hands. "Nothing like a game attach with an animal boy." Jiraiya chuckled, picking up a water balloon himself.
"...So what the hell am I supposed to learn? Some Water Jutsu?" Naruto asked.
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. "Well the Jutsu I'm teaching you isn't a Water base Jutsu...but you could mix it into one...but not now." Jiraiya says and the balloon is moving in his palm, almost as if something was trying to escape, the balloon quickly explodes, sending the water in it everywhere. Jiraiya explained the two chakra control of tree walking and water walking, then telling Naruto that the principle is the same, but spinning it around.
Naruto tilted his head, processing what he'd seen. "Can you do that again?" Naruto asked.
Jiraiya chuckled and grabbed the water balloon, doing it again and wetting his hand again. "Satisfied?" Jiraiya asked his student.
Naruto nodded, his mind playing it through his head again and again, looking at the balloon and sending chakra into it. "Yeah..." Naruto says.
"Great, now I'll leave this bag here, keep working and focus on fighting, I'll be working." Jiraiya says and explodes in a cloud of smoke.
"...I can picture it...how does it work?" Naruto wonders, continuing to work on the balloon.
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Naruto was standing near the cliff ledge, getting exhausted as he hasn't returned to the inn since yesterday; he breathed hard and looked around, seeing people having fun in town. Naruto's hand did violent spasms, he tried to ignore it, but it was painful for him, he clenched his fist, but that made him grit his teeth in pain.
He looked across the town and his eyes focused on the other side, spotting Sasuke doing the same thing he is, taking a break and looking at people living their lives. Naruto chuckles and looks back at the bag full of water balloons, he walks over and picks one up, looking back at Sasuke and smirked, playing with the balloon. Naruto's eyes sharpened and he threw the water balloon, making it fly far and fast, Naruto kept his eyes on Sasuke and saw the balloon hit Sasuke's head.
Naruto laughed hard as Sasuke collapsed and looked around in surprise, not sure who or what threw a water balloon. Naruto's eyes seemed to readjust to his own surroundings, getting a headache and looked around, he looked back at Sasuke and realised that he got a headshot on Sasuke over several hundred yards away with a water balloon. "...Not bad..." Naruto says and heads back to train some more, going into his mind and replaying what he saw Jiraiya do.
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Another day has passed and the sun had just risen, Naruto was standing in the middle of the forest, held tilted to his right and balloon hanging in his limp hands. From afar, it looked as though Naruto was day dreaming or thinking deeply, Naruto made a snorting sound and drool escaped his mouth, close up, you'd realise that he was asleep, somehow remained standing.
Naruto's eyelids moved, showing signs of dreaming and the occasional muscle twitch, from both the cause of the dream and body exhaustion. His hand with the balloon twitched and he dropped, hitting the ground and exploding, making his feet wet and jolting him awake and look around. 'Damn...already morning.' Naruto thought as he yawned.
Naruto walked towards the bag of water balloons and picked one up, body not fully awake yet for Naruto to realise his hand spasm every minute or so. Naruto held the balloon with his right hand and forced the chakra to start spinning it, making it shorter and wider then it was, he was confused to how Jiraiya managed it. Suddenly, Naruto's hand made another spasm, making Naruto shoot chakra all around his hand and squeeze the balloon slightly, but noticed that the balloon went weird.
Naruto raised an eyebrow, seeing that it just did what Jiraiya's balloon did on becoming bumpy before becoming smooth. Naruto's mind quickly started going as fast as he was, going through all possibilities on how or why it did that, slowly coming to a few possibilities and smirking a toothy grin.
Xxxxx
Jiraiya snored as he leaned against his hotel room's door, he coughed a little and scratched himself inappropriately and shifted a little, trying to get comfortable. Naruto stood there, bemused as he saw the pervert sleeping there, feeling a sense of accomplishment and can't wait for the next bit of training.
Naruto pulled out a water balloon and held it above Jiraiya, his hand did some movements and it explodes and lands on Jiraiya's face, waking him up. Jiraiya looked up and saw Naruto standing there, smirking and held a wet hand above him. "Finished." Naruto says.
Jiraiya looked confused and then remembered that he was training Naruto; he sat up and looked at him. "Alright...show me." Jiraiya says and rests his head against the door.
Naruto took out another water balloon, smirking his he held the balloon in his right hand, his chakra flowed through his entire hand, escaping through the centre of his hand and spinning the balloon. The balloon kept spinning with the water inside it; Naruto began tapping his finger tips against it and sending chakra through them, making the balloon starts becoming bumpy. Naruto kept it spinning and becoming bumpier, shaking out of control and quickly exploding and sending the water everywhere.
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, finding it interesting that Naruto managed to do it with one hand, only sending chakra to spin the water through his finger tips. Jiraiya laughed and congratulated him; he stood up and informed him that it was the first step of achieving one of the most powerful Jutsus ever made.
"...Cool..." Naruto says, looking at his clothing and noticed it was very dirty. "I need to change my clothes first." Naruto says and opens the door.
"Wait! I have some good news!" Jiraiya yells and Naruto walks into the room, seeing that there are only a few differences then when he last came here. Sake bottles and a few plates scattered around the place, Naruto looked to where Hinata was laying last and stopped in slight shock, seeing her sitting up. Naruto felt happiness and excited that she was awake at long last, he hurried over to her and held onto her quickly, feeling the happiness overflowing him and a slight tear in his eye as he held onto her tightly.
After a couple of minutes, Naruto let go of Hinata and smiled at her, but was soon shocked that Hinata didn't react, he looked at her face and there was nothing but a blank look on her face. "Hinata? Hinata!" Naruto yelled, shaking her lightly in the hopes of getting her attention.
"That's what I was going to tell you, Hinata has woken up, but she's just been sitting there, I've left her food and she seems to eat it when I'm not here." Jiraiya informs him.
Naruto looked at Jiraiya and looked back at Hinata, feeling upset about this and took her hand, feeling sad because of this. "Hinata..." Naruto whispered, looking at her with worry.
Jiraiya sighed and tapped Naruto on the shoulder. "Come on, you can look after her after we've done training..." Jiraiya says.
Naruto nodded and looked back at him as he began walking out the door; Naruto quickly turned around and kissed her forehead before leaving. When Naruto closed the door behind him, Hinata sat there for several seconds, emotionless eyes staring at nothing as a single tear left her eyes.
Xxxxx
Naruto and Jiraiya stood at the field that Naruto's been training at, Naruto sighed and kept thinking about Hinata and wanting to be there for her. Jiraiya threw a ball at Naruto, having him catch it with his mouth and taking it out of his mouth, looking at it and back at Jiraiya with a questioning look.
"Now this is similar to the water balloon, but this will be tougher." Jiraiya says and takes out a ball, sending chakra into the ball and causing it to explode.
Naruto tilted his head and started doing what he did before with the water balloon, causing some bumps to form, but it stopped when Naruto took a breath from exhaustion. 'This is on another level...' Naruto says to himself.
Naruto became irritated and kept it going while Jiraiya chuckled. "You keep it going while I go get more information." Jiraiya says and waved back at Naruto who just waved back, focusing as much chakra as he can into it, but failing to pop it.
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Sasuke sat by a tree, looking at the scroll that Jiraiya had given him, nearly mastering whet was in the scroll, he grew annoyed because he thought he knew all this, but he learnt that he hasn't perfected it. His chakra coils were aching, feeling as though he's been through hell, but Sasuke smirked as he knew most of it now, even though all he's learnt was a couple of Jutsus and Jutsu control.
Sasuke stretched a little and got up, he soon heard footsteps heading towards him, looking and saw Jiraiya walking towards him. "Hey there kid, I've decided to give you a new scroll." Jiraiya smirked and showed a scroll.
Sasuke was a little confused. "Didn't you say that I had to learn this all?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah, But Naruto's learning a lot faster than you are." Jiraiya chuckled, chucking him a scroll.
Sasuke caught it and looked at it. 'Taijutsu...' Sasuke thought, cursing at the thought of Naruto training faster than he was. "How much faster is he training?" Sasuke asked.
"Compared to you? Five times faster, he's already passed a stage that I found difficult." Jiraiya says.
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly. "And aren't you supposed to be the most skilful ninja from our village?" Sasuke asked.
"...I was dead last compared to my teammates, but I passed and can go head to head with most people, even your brother Itachi would think twice on fighting me." Jiraiya chuckled.
Sasuke felt anger go through him; his chakra grew more angry and violent. 'I've got to train harder!' Sasuke yells to himself and opens the scroll to learn as quickly as he can.
Jiraiya chuckled and wondered away. 'Easy to get that kid to train, even Naruto is easy to train, but that kid is predictable.' Jiraiya chuckled and looked down at the city and knew he'd find the information soon.
Xxxxx
It was late at night and Sasuke was still outside, training hard so he doesn't fall behind. Jiraiya was snoring on one of the beds in the hotel room he's rented, drooling like no tomorrow and smelling of sake. Naruto was resting against a headboard of the bed next to Jiraiya's bed, he leaned against it with Hinata between his legs, holding onto her and resting his head on her shoulders. 'Please come back...' Naruto prayed.
The lights were already off and Naruto was slowly drifting off into his sleep, loving the sensation of holding Hinata, even if she wasn't fully awake. Naruto was asleep, feeling the warmth of Hinata made it easy for him, Hinata just stayed leaning on Naruto, no emotions seemed to show on her face. Another tear seemed to leave her open eyes, but still no emotion showed, her lips moved slightly. "Mother..." Hinata whispered, only saying that one word and nothing else as another tear left her eye.
Sleepless D: I know it's been awhile, please, oh please, review, I have forgotten most of the story and keep liking it. Peace out.