Aha! It's another chapter by me! I want to thank all of my reviewers, I am glad that you all like my fic. There will be a bit of humor in this, though probably not as much as the last chapter. Now to deal with a few things.
Hikariko: Naruto will start to check out Hinata in this chapter.
TimeSifter16: Naruto only heard her crying, not when she said his name. I know it seems lame, but it's my story, so what I write, goes.
DragonMan180: I completely forgot about Tsunade and how she would take the death of Orochimaru plus the arrival of Naruto! Thank you for reminding me. Kudos for you. (I'm serious.)
A/N: Also, I have read somewhere (I don't remember if it was from a review or not) that dobe doesn't mean idiot. In fact, the real spelling is tobe, which means dead last. I'm not sure who told me this or whether it's true or not, but from here on out, until i get confirmation, i will be using tobe, unless i forget.
I do not own Naruto or King of Fighters.
Chapter Eight: Catching Up On Old Times
"WHAT!?!" the voice screamed. Later, it would be the known as the day when everybody in the Hidden Village of Konoha heard a roaring Tsunade. Or it could also have been the day that there was proof that the wretched Orochimaru died. The guard took out Orochimaru's severed head to prove it.
"It's true, Hokage-sama. Orochimaru is dead."
"... I can't believe it." Slowly, a smile formed on her face. "We must have a celebration. And lucky for us..." She looked at a calendar hanging from her door. It had a picture of palm trees on it. "The Jounin Exams are tomorrow. We can announce it then and celebrate after the exams. We haven't been able to hold one in the last two years because of Orochimaru running the Sound village. It was a bit brave to have one right now, but we needed to boost morale." There was a knocking on the door.
"Hokage-sama, Uchiha Sasuke wants to see you."
"Send him in! I'm in a good mood today, though it is quite odd to see the same person twice on the same day..." Sasuke walked in. "If it's about your cursed seal, then it's confirmed. Orochimaru is dead." He walked in and saw the severed head lying on Tsunade's desk. He couldn't help but smile a little. However, it vanished when he remembered why he came.
"Hokage-sama, you know who Kawasaki Hatori is, right?"
"The guy who lead all of those Ninja Revolutions in those villages, right? Yeah, you told me about him." She was fumbling around, looking for some keys to a safe she had. "Aha! Found you!" She took out a key. Slowly, she lifted a tile off of the ground. There was a safe underneath. "Today calls for a celebration!" She inserted and turned the key, opening it to reveal a hidden stash of sake.
"Well, Hatori is in town." Tsunade suddenly stopped moving.
"WHAT!?!" She got up and turned to face Sasuke. Perhaps today would be known as the day where Tsunade's loud voice was heard twice in the hidden village of Konoha.
"He's in town"
"He's in town?"
"Yes, Hokage-sama, he is in town." Sasuke rolled his eyes. They were wasting his valuable time asking stupid questions.
"Is there anything I should know? What he'll be doing tomorrow? Where he's staying at?" There was worry in her eyes. She could, no, would not let this village crumble from a revolution.
"Well, Hatori will be joining us in the mourning for Naruto, Hokage-sama. He asked Hyuuga Hinata if he could come." Tsunade was now sitting in her chair.
"We will have to keep a close eye on him, though that may be difficult, as we have no idea where he is right now. He might even be using Henge to hide himself. Is there anything else?"
"Yes, I want you to tell everybody who will be coming with us to the monument tomorrow. That should include Jiraiya-sama, Iruka, Kakashi-sensei, the Rookie Nine, and Neji's old genin team." Sasuke answered.
"What about Konohamaru and his friends?" Tsunade inquired.
"They won't be back until evening tomorrow. They don't need to know. Besides, they're only chuunin and don't stand a chance against him if he is as powerful as fabled to be."
There was a bit of silence. "Alright. You two are dismissed." Tsunade closed the safe. Sasuke and the guard left the Hokage office. She was no longer in the mood for drinking. 'Damn it, there just seems to be more crap piling up every day. What does it take to keep a village like this safe? I hope he's just visiting.'
Later That Day
'Wow... that Hatori is hot.' 'I wonder if he's single.' 'I wonder what his eyes look like underneath those sunglasses.' 'He sure has a nice butt too...' 'What am I thinking?!?' These were the thoughts that were running through the head of a certain blushing blue-haired shinobi, who had pale lavender eyes. Hyuuga Hinata was slowly walking home towards her apartment after dismissing her genin students. Since she was no longer the heir to the Hyuuga clan, she had been kicked out, much to the discontent of her father, Hyuuga Hiashi. It was heard that he threw a fit on the day they disowned her by a vote of nine to zero.
Hiashi was a good man. After seeing how much Hinata had improved within the next three years after Naruto's death, he had realized how bad a father he had been to her. He managed to salvage the broken relationship with his eldest daughter while keeping the relationship with Hanabi going strong. In the end, he had been able to turn himself around and walk the good and narrow path.
However, the clan council saw the refusal to take up the position of heiress as a sign of weakness, and, even though she was very strong, they disowned her. On the day before her release, Hiashi had snuck into her room and left a note. On it said the directions to her new apartment and how he had managed to slip a hefty sum of money into her bank account, which he made for her. It also told her to leave as soon as possible and over the wall instead of the front gates and suggesting to take only the clothes that would be on her back when she left, if she did not want the cursed seal to be put on her. Besides, the money that he put into her account would be more than enough to buy back three times as much than what she left behind. In fact, the interest on the money in the bank was more than enough to allow her to live without working, though she took up a job anyway.
As she approached her apartment, her mind began to wander. 'I wonder if Hatori likes me back... STOP IT HINATA!!! YOU LOVE NARUTO-KUN TO DEATH!!! LITERALLY!!!' She shook her head and stepped inside. After making a small dinner, she sat down on the couch and began to think about the day's events. 'Meeting Hatori. Running away from fan girls... with Hatori. Eating lunch... with Hatori. Talking about things... with Hatori. Just plain ol' thinking about... Hatori's butt... Darn it!' Hinata quickly grabbed her blushing head and shook it vigorously. She took a deep breath.
'Since when have I been unable to think about anything but Hatori or his butt? His sexy, firm, wonderful butt... GAAAHHHH!!!! Quit being a hentai, girl! You're not Kakashi!' Hinata couldn't take it anymore. She concluded that she needed to take a shower and go to sleep to clear things up within her head.
After doing so, she felt strangely tired. Perhaps it was the day's events, like staring at Hatori's butt. She was about to flop down on her queen-sized mattress when she saw two scrolls on it. Her father's name was spelled out in kanji on one of them. She quickly opened it up to read it.
Hello Hinata,
Enclosed here is the Hyuuga's greatest jutsu. It is the sole reason as to why many outsiders try to steal our secrets. Only we can use it. It is called the Revive Jutsu. No one in our clan has mastered it for over three hundred years. However, in order to be able to use this jutsu, it is said that the user must have a pure heart. I believe that this is the sole reason as to why we haven't been able to master this jutsu. But if anyone can do this, it's you. The instructions are on the second scroll. If you can learn this, than there is no way that the Hyuuga council can keep you out of this family.
Be warned however. Even though it revives people who have died, it will only work if used within five minutes of their death. Even then, you need to have physical contact with their body. So don't bother trying to revive Naruto with it.
Speaking of Naruto, say hello to him for me tomorrow. He was the son of a good friend of mine. When I think about it, I would have been glad to have him as my son-in-law. Neji says that he'll be there tomorrow too.
Hyuuga Hiashi
She put away the letter and opened up the other scroll. It had the hand seals written on it and how to do the jutsu. Feeling tired, she decided that she would just glance over and vaguely remember the instructions. She would figure out the rest tomorrow. No, she would not figure it out tomorrow, for that day was reserved for her Naruto-kun. She would figure it out on the day after. Finally putting the scroll down, she lied in bed and put on the covers and fell into a troubled sleep.
Hinata's Dream
'Wow. Hatori sure looks so hot. I really would like to see his butt again...' Hinata thought. 'He looks even hotter in just his boxer shorts, now only if they weren't ther-YAMETE!!! You love Naruto-kun! ... But Hatori looks so sexy right now... AARRGGHH!!!' Right in front of her stood Kawasaki Hatori, the new guy in town.
In his boxer shorts, but still with his sunglasses on.
'Aw man... not another nightmare!' Hinata tried to turn away, but she could not. Her face was burning red. Hatori took a step closer. He was now five feet away from her. Hinata began to sweat bullets. 'I hope he doesn't come any closer... CRAP!!!' Much to her dismay, Hatori took a few steps closer.
He was now right in front of her. He was now a little less than a foot away from her face. Hinata got a good look at him. From the looks of it, Hatori was about five feet and ten inches tall. He was a head taller than her and a little taller than Sasuke. Slowly, he began to lean in. Hinata, against her own will, began to lean in and blush deeper. They were six inches away from touching lips. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. 'NNNNOOOOOOOOO! I CAN'T DO THIS!!!'
End Dream
"NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!" Hinata sat up in her bed. Her bed was drenched in a cold sweat and she was panting. It was already morning. She buried her face in her cream-colored hands. It was another nightmare. Even though the many fan girls of Konoha would have loved, probably even killed, to have had this dream, it was a nightmare to Hinata.
Hinata had been having strange dreams ever since her Naruto-kun died. Most of the good dreams were being kissed by Naruto, being married to Naruto, and having her first child with Naruto and naming them. Sometimes, the dreams she had were quite... arousing and caused her to question her own innocence more than once.
But there were also the nightmares.
The nightmares usually involved seeing her life if she had married someone else. Sometimes it would have her getting married to Sasuke, Chouji, or, and Hinata always shuddered at the thought of this, Jiraiya. These dreams would always end up with Hinata waking up with her bed drenched in sweat and her gasping for the life-giving air.
But this was the first time Hinata had a nightmare with Hatori in it. She was freaked out and had run to the bathroom and splashed ice-cold water onto her face. She needed to get as far away as possible from Kawasaki Hatori. And that had to happen fast. No, forget fast, it had to happen now.
Hinata quickly showered, dressed in mourning clothes, and ate breakfast. When she put the dishes into the sink, she heard a knock at the door. Had she remembered what she had said yesterday, she would have gone out the window without a second thought. Sadly, life seemed to have granted her short-term memory loss for that minute.
"Ohayo, Hinata! Ready to go?" Hatori, who was really Naruto, was wearing the same black clothing he wore yesterday, in the same fashion. His jacket was half zipped, and, since he no longer wore shirts, it left a bit of his well-toned chest for a blushing Hinata to stare at. "Umm... I never knew I would say this to a girl... but Hinata," He pointed a finger toward his head, "my face is up here."
"Oh!" She reluctantly tore her eyes off of his chest and, blushingly, began to stare into his sunglasses. 'Shoot! I forgot that Hatori was picking me up!' "Yeah, I'm ready. But before we go to the monument, let's pick up the rest of my friends." They went and stopped by the houses of their friends, picking up each of them to travel to the monument. At each stop, Hinata introduced Hatori to her friends. But each of them already knew who he was since Tsunade had already told them.
'Wow. Things have really changed since the past five years. Hinata looks more beautiful than ever, the girls are married to the ones they love, Hinata's single, Kakashi is later than ever and is married to Kurenai, Hinata's hair is looks really soft and smooth, Iruka's married to Anko, I really feel like kissing Hinata on her luscious lips, Tsunade seems to look younger if possible, Hinata has a VERY nice pair of brea-... WAIT A MINUTE!!! Since when did I start to think of Hinata like this?' Naruto quickly shook his head to rid himself of his rather... interesting thoughts about Hinata. 'DAMN YOU ERO-SENNIN!'
Hinata, seeing Hatori shake his head, asked, "Is something wrong, Hatori?"
"I'm fine! I'm fine! I'm thinking perfectly clean thoughts! I'm not a hentai!" Hinata just blushed and gave a nervous giggle. Eventually, Hinata had picked up all of her friends. They consisted of Lee, Neji and Tenten, the Rookie Nine, Kakashi, Iruka, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, each of them dressed in black. 'I'm seeing a lot of old faces today. Who is this guy we are mourning for anyway? I need to check up on Sasuke...I don't think I can do that yet though. I have to look inconspicuous.'
Hinata then led the group to the monument. Naruto, but Hatori to everyone else, stayed in the back. There was silence for a few minutes until Sasuke decided that he should be the first to speak.
"Well, tobe," Naruto's head jerked up. He distinctly remembered Sasuke calling him and only him tobe.
"It's been five years." Sakura continued. Naruto did some quick counting with his shiny internal calculator, compliments to the Kyuubi fusing with him. In other words, he actually started to use his brain in a more educational, less life-threatening manner. One, two, three, four, five. It had been five years...
"Since you left us." Neji said. It had been five years since Naruto fell off of the bridge.
"Naruto-kun." Hinata finished and started to cry.
Snap.
What is the sound of one's shiny internal calculator breaking into many shiny pieces? Well, that was the sound of one's shiny internal calculator breaking into many shiny pieces. At least it that was the sound for Naruto's shiny internal calculator breaking into many shiny pieces.
Everything was beginning to make a lot of sense now. Why Hinata was sent to comfort him that day five years ago. She had literally opened her heart up to him that day, and yet he still had no idea. Why she was always so timid and nice to him. Why she always blushed and looked away from him when she looked back. Why she had given him the medicinal cream after his match with Kiba during the chuunin exams. 'How could I have been so stupid and blind? I left a girl here in Konoha and she's become a wreck! I think it's time to set a few things straight.' But before he could, Naruto felt something else.
Naruto was confused. He suddenly had a strange feeling towards Hinata. Was it love? Perhaps it was. Perhaps it was the reason as to why he was thinking so much about Hinata. Perhaps it was the kind of love for someone else that went deeper than just friendship. He was not sure on what to do, but decided that it would be a wise decision to trust his feelings. 'How could I have been so stupid to not realize this? And to think, that all this time I was chasing after Sakura, there was someone waiting for me to acknowledge her! The irony in it all, it's all just so damn funny!'
Neji's head cocked up from looking at the monument. Behind him, coming from Kawasaki Hatori, the Demon Shinobi, was a small chuckle.
Uh oh, Neji doesn't seem very happy. And did Naruto lose it all after realizing how stupid he was? Things don't look too bright. A brawl is coming out! Next Chapter: Mock Not Konoha's Greatest Clans!