Chapter 2: The Missing Pieces
Uzumaki Naruto, now taller, and strong in his built still on his orange clothes. His blonde hair was set up messy with the Konoha head protector and his whiskers are invisible. His blue eyes got a bit narrower, and his face went a bit angular from circular back when he was twelve. He looked like Yondaime, the fourth Hokage.
He stood up weakly from his bed, opened the door and saw Jiraiya using his telescope to watch the sunbathing girls down the huge ship.
"Come here Naruto, look at that girl in red bikini!" Jiraiya called him excitedly as he sensed him. Naruto poked his face on the old silver- haired man with spinning spiral eyes indicating seasickness.
"I can't stand it anymore." He grumbled and felt an unpleasant sensation in his stomach and vomited without warning at Jiraiya's feet.
"Damn it, Naruto! You're already 18 to be acting like this!" He shouted with monster face.
"Sorry...Ero-sennin, I've told you already that I'm not used to riding a ship." He vomited again and Jiraiya jerked off from him with a very irritated look. He reached for his telescope inside his pocket and raise it to his eyes again and said,
"You better fix yourself now, we are about to reach Konoha in less than an hour. I'm sure you don't wanna face your friends with your stinking odor."
Hinata was standing near the ticket office. It would be easy to spot him because there were only a few people around. Her hair went sticky due to sweating from the humid weather.
She was pondering on Naruto. It has been five years since he decided to go with Jiraiya-sama for training. Naruto had not informed her about it and just learned the news when he was gone. She cried for him, anticipated for his return that was unknown to her that time. Fortunately, it was not long enough. She has tried to forget about him and divert his attention to other boys. It was as if they would come to their house and court her knowing that his father was overprotective. It was totally useless. Kiba used to send her hints that he likes her, but he was never more than a dear teammate to her. She was very sure of that. Shino tried to court her once, two years ago but he was also a mere teammate to her. He was now the fiancé of her younger sister Hanabi.
A ship finally arrived and she hoped Naruto was there. She walked out of her place and searched for him from the people going down the ship. Finally, she seemed to spot Naruto among them, the one in the orange suit, the one who was laughing with an aged man.
When Naruto approached her direction, her knees trembled, and her hands clenched the bouquet tightly between them. She felt happy and at the same time nervous, and not a word seemed to escape her throat.
She took a step forward, Naruto and Jiraiya's conversation were getting more audible to her ears. She felt like an idiot to be glued in her place as they passed by her. They were rather too fast that they almost vanished from the increasing crowd. She shoved like a snake, and opened her mouth at last. "Naruto-kun..!" Naruto and Jiraiya stopped and turned their heads to where the voice came from. Naruto frowned, stared at her face and thought deeply for a moment.
"Hinata-chan, is that you?"
"Yes, Naruto-kun!" She exclaimed with teary-eyes. He suddenly lunged at her and hugged her tightly. For her, it was like heaven. She was sure that it was real.
"Hinata-chan, I'm glad to see you again. I missed you so much!"
"N-Naruto-kun, I can't breathe." She muttered under him blushing deeply. Then Naruto unwrapped his arms immediately. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" And upon pulling out from her, a bouquet was raised to him, the sweet scent reached his nose instantly. He never felt so flattered like this before. He was totally speechless as he held the bouquet. "Welcome back, Naruto..." "Thanks, Hinata-chan." He picked her wrist, and jumped. "Go with me, I'll treat you to Ichiraku Ramen!" He glanced and found no sight of Jiraiya. "Ero-sennin?" He spun his head over the place but he was invisible. "Never mind, let's go."
Uzumaki Naruto, now taller, and strong in his built still on his orange clothes. His blonde hair was set up messy with the Konoha head protector and his whiskers are invisible. His blue eyes got a bit narrower, and his face went a bit angular from circular back when he was twelve. He looked like Yondaime, the fourth Hokage.
He stood up weakly from his bed, opened the door and saw Jiraiya using his telescope to watch the sunbathing girls down the huge ship.
"Come here Naruto, look at that girl in red bikini!" Jiraiya called him excitedly as he sensed him. Naruto poked his face on the old silver- haired man with spinning spiral eyes indicating seasickness.
"I can't stand it anymore." He grumbled and felt an unpleasant sensation in his stomach and vomited without warning at Jiraiya's feet.
"Damn it, Naruto! You're already 18 to be acting like this!" He shouted with monster face.
"Sorry...Ero-sennin, I've told you already that I'm not used to riding a ship." He vomited again and Jiraiya jerked off from him with a very irritated look. He reached for his telescope inside his pocket and raise it to his eyes again and said,
"You better fix yourself now, we are about to reach Konoha in less than an hour. I'm sure you don't wanna face your friends with your stinking odor."
Hinata was standing near the ticket office. It would be easy to spot him because there were only a few people around. Her hair went sticky due to sweating from the humid weather.
She was pondering on Naruto. It has been five years since he decided to go with Jiraiya-sama for training. Naruto had not informed her about it and just learned the news when he was gone. She cried for him, anticipated for his return that was unknown to her that time. Fortunately, it was not long enough. She has tried to forget about him and divert his attention to other boys. It was as if they would come to their house and court her knowing that his father was overprotective. It was totally useless. Kiba used to send her hints that he likes her, but he was never more than a dear teammate to her. She was very sure of that. Shino tried to court her once, two years ago but he was also a mere teammate to her. He was now the fiancé of her younger sister Hanabi.
A ship finally arrived and she hoped Naruto was there. She walked out of her place and searched for him from the people going down the ship. Finally, she seemed to spot Naruto among them, the one in the orange suit, the one who was laughing with an aged man.
When Naruto approached her direction, her knees trembled, and her hands clenched the bouquet tightly between them. She felt happy and at the same time nervous, and not a word seemed to escape her throat.
She took a step forward, Naruto and Jiraiya's conversation were getting more audible to her ears. She felt like an idiot to be glued in her place as they passed by her. They were rather too fast that they almost vanished from the increasing crowd. She shoved like a snake, and opened her mouth at last. "Naruto-kun..!" Naruto and Jiraiya stopped and turned their heads to where the voice came from. Naruto frowned, stared at her face and thought deeply for a moment.
"Hinata-chan, is that you?"
"Yes, Naruto-kun!" She exclaimed with teary-eyes. He suddenly lunged at her and hugged her tightly. For her, it was like heaven. She was sure that it was real.
"Hinata-chan, I'm glad to see you again. I missed you so much!"
"N-Naruto-kun, I can't breathe." She muttered under him blushing deeply. Then Naruto unwrapped his arms immediately. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" And upon pulling out from her, a bouquet was raised to him, the sweet scent reached his nose instantly. He never felt so flattered like this before. He was totally speechless as he held the bouquet. "Welcome back, Naruto..." "Thanks, Hinata-chan." He picked her wrist, and jumped. "Go with me, I'll treat you to Ichiraku Ramen!" He glanced and found no sight of Jiraiya. "Ero-sennin?" He spun his head over the place but he was invisible. "Never mind, let's go."