ANOTHER WORLD

CHAPTER 12

By Blackmamuth

Hinata and Naruto entered through the giant metal door, into the gardens of the Hyuuga manor. The Hyuuga clan was occupying a section of konoha as big as the Uchiha district, but where the Uchiha district was composed with unifamiliar houses, The Hyuuga's lived all under one roof, divided by wings. In the North wing were the main family living quarters, taking more space than they really needed, in the south wing resided the branch family. And in the central building, where all the official rooms, the dinning room, the kitchens, the reception room, the library...

She still had fresh in her mind being banned from entering those areas, after she had lost her status as the clan heir and member of the main family.

But it wasn't the building which held her interest, it was the training grounds, especially the traditional main house training grounds, that could traditionally only be used by the main Family. (It was one of the few Hyuuga tradition's that her father broke, he trained Neji personally in those training grounds, transmitting the ancestral secrets and techniques to the branch house genius).

And why the training grounds held her interest? because they were occupied, occupied with six people, five of them being part of the branch house. Not that it really surprised her. It always struck her kind of stupid having separate training grounds for each house, It only made sense that she would abolish those bigoted traditions.

So what was really the surprising part? It was that there was an sparring match between two Hyuuga's against the other four.

Iruka and a smaller girl were holding their ground from the other four Hyuuga's, and they were even getting more hits out that they got in. The fact that their four opponents were doubling the age of the outnumbered children made the feat even more amazing.

Naruto waved his hand(the one that wasn't holding with Hinata), and shouted, "Iruka-kun, I kept my promise! I snatched your mom from the terrible clutches of paperwork, and I managed to persuade her to help in your training!". He then made the nice guy pose that he learned from Lee years ago.

Iruka lost the concentration thanks to his father childish antics, he missed an step, and was immediately followed with a powerful strike from one of his opponents. The chakra entered his right leg, and he fell to the ground.

The match was over moments after that. In the ground, Iruka lost his mobility, and therefore, making him easy prey. His partner, was overwhelmed by the four older Hyuuga's in a matter of seconds, founding herself in the ground next to Iruka after a few well placed gentle fist strikes.

The oldest of the four opponents, a genin teenager said: "You lose your concentration too easily, Iruka-san, I suggest that you meditate about it"

With that, the older genin, and his three companions bowed to Hinata.

"Hinata-sama, we leave the training ground under your supervision" And then, after picking a few scattered Kunai in the training grounds, they quickly left. Hinata, happily noted that the four Genins were bruised, and one of them was rubbing insistently his left arm, he was obviously in pain.

Iruka, entered the famous Uzumaki hyper mode, the little boy made a foxy grin (Which with his white eyes was kind of creepy) and said "GREAT! I'll show you my new move mom! You'll see, It's great! I'll be a chuunin soon!"

Hinata smiled at him softly, his energy and cheerfulness was something that reminded her of Naruto, A Naruto that was now smiling. She knew him, and she knew the meaning of that soft smile. Fatherly pride.

Naruto, interrupted the little boy's cheerful speech "Ne,Ne, Iruka-kun, Let's se your new awesome move, perhaps today is the day you finally land a blow to your mother" he added, with a smile.

Hinata saw herself in the gentle fist stance, in front of a four years old Iruka, a Iruka covered with dirt battered and bruised, He was panting heavily, but she could see his byakugan activated, and full of determination, the serious expression his eyes wore, were overshadowed with the smile in his lips, a smile than she herself mirrored. They were having fun together while training.

The little boy, without a word, attacked, using the traditional gentle fist style, but every move the little boy was doing, Hinata would counter with only one hand easily.

Naruto was standing in the background, smiling peacefully in the sunlight of the training grounds, watching the mother-son exchange. He would shot suggestions at Iruka randomly, and would encourage either of the two combatants.

there was progress in the training too, Near the end of the training, Hinata was forced to use her right hand to prevent a rather clever strike from her son. Upon seeing that, Naruto shouted a "WELL DONE IRUKA-KUN!", and Little Iruka smile was replaced with a full foxy grin. A grin Hinata mirrored. It was always pleasant seeing her little boy improve under her eyes. However Iruka did not force her mother to use both hands again that night.

the training continued for a while, until she decided that it was enough. Ignoring the upset protests of her little boy, who wanted even more training. The vision disappeared in a image of Naruto embracing her while carrying a sound sleep Iruka Inside under the sunset. A image that was now forever burned in her mind.

Iruka adopted the gentle fist stance, facing Hinata, and activated his byakugan. Hinata did the same, adopting a relaxed stance. But after activating her byakugan, Hinata noted differences. The world was more detailed than usual, and she could see further. her field of vision was 363º, instead of her Usual 347º. Her body was more balanced and graceful, and the parries against Little Iruka seemed to flow more easier than usual.

there was only one answer for that. She'd somehow improved.

Hinata was panting heavily, but still in the gentle fist stance, against a blonde chuunin that she recognized instantly, It was a teenaged Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto was going to punch her, but then she parried with her left hand, and countered with a kick in his face, that Naruto avoided easily.

They were training together and Alone. And she was doing very well, indeed. Naruto was receiving more hits than her, but he was still fresh, Not that it was that stranger his endurance was legendary.

Naruto smirked at her, and made a Handseal. He yelled "KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU", and around five hundred of clones filled the forest clearing.

Hinata smirked at Naruto, and changed her position, lowering her gravity center "128 POINTS OF HAKKE!" she yelled, and she felt herself speed up, and strike faster than she even believed herself capable, exploding the bunshins so fast that in a few seconds that insane number was reduced to amore manageable twenty. Although, those twenty had other plans, they reached for their Kunai pouches at the same time, and started throwing ninja stars as fast as they could, filling the air in the clearing with them.

After that, the one the byakugan told her was the real Naruto, performed five Handseals. "KAGE SHURIKEN NO JUTSU", Hinata countered his move yelling "KAITEN", and she started spinning, and releasing chakra, in her clan ultimate defense style. No kunai or ninja star reached her, and a huge crater in the clearing was formed.

After that Kaiten, Hinata seated in the ground, trying to regain her breath. Her body ached all over. Naruto, in his cheerful personality, approached her. "HINATA, THAT WAS SOO GREAT, YOU'RE AWESOME! ". Hinata couldn't control herself, her blush could rival the redness of a tomato.

Naruto approached her, and offered his hand to help her stand up. Hinata, took shyly his hand, and she found herself looking directly in Naruto's beautiful orbs of sky.

She forgot about her aching body in their passionate kiss.

Hinata snapped from that pleasant memory, briefly noting that Iruka wasn't attacking anymore. To see Iruka moving his two hands together hastily, a violet spiraling ball of chakra between his hands. Hinata recognized it instantly. It was one of Naruto's favorite technique, One that he obviously taught Iruka. Hinata started Making Hand seals, much faster than she was capable in the old timeline, and slammed her hands in the ground "EARTH ELEMENT, EARTH WALL" The ground changed himself, and a huge wall grow instantly between the two participants in the combat.

Iruka yelled "RASENGAN", and tried to use it against her mother, only that he found that there was a wall between them. He used the Rasengan into the ball, and managed to create a hole through it, destroying the wall in the process. Sadly enough, it only did that, destroy the wall, he didn't get her mother like he hoped. It was such a shame, he hoped that would be finally able to land a hit at her!. Mother was too strong, Well, she was supposed to be strong, after all, the Hokage was the strongest shinobi in the village! but he tried for years to get a hit, but he always failed. Talk about frustrating.

Well, in truth. He once defeated her a long time ago with a "Sexy-daddy No jutsu" that uncle Konohamaru taught him. (although it worked, he wasn't going to repeat the experience. Using it was gross)That jutsu was basically using a Henge to look like daddy while whispering to mom a carefully selected passage that uncle Konohamaru underlined from grandpa Jiraya novel. The face that mom had after waking from the blood loss was not pleasant. The consequences of that were many. First, Grandpa Jiraya congratulated him. (and asked about a performance of a "Sexy-mommy no jutsu, Gross). Dad Laughed really hard, congratulated him (he made him promise not to tell mom about that) and he adopted the jutsu for himself. (Iruka saw him use it on mom when he believed nobody could see him, Obviously, dad didn't think about the byakugan). The worst reaction was from mom, Iruka never saw mom so angry, Especially against uncle Konohamaru. Mom even told aunt Hanabi, who was even more angry (if that was possible) against uncle Konohamaru. Iruka shuddered at the memory, the glares that mom and aunt Hanabi gave him were really terrifying... poor Uncle Konohamaru... Aunt Hanabi was upset for a long time with him. Something about perverting children, and sleeping in couches.

The next afternoon Uncle Konohamaru pleaded him to not use that Jutsu again, And he reluctantly agreed. Uncle Konohamaru looked really sad... Wonder why sleeping in a couch was that bad.

Hinata was amazed at her son's skill. he did an A class Jutsu at that young Age? Incredible! he was truly a genius!

A kind smile appeared at Hinata's face. "Well done, Iruka-kun, You almost got me with that one.".

Hinata was enjoying the sparring, he felt the warm feeling of the family, a feeling she never felt before, she felt the love that was shared by everyone. she was almost crying in happiness. She hoped those wonderful moments would last forever.

But that was not possible. an hour after the training started, Hiashi appeared at the training grounds. He was wearing a traditional kimono of the Hyuuga's, A heavy and bothersome kimono only fit for ceremonial or special occasions. Hinata briefly remembered his father wearing the same kimono for when he nominated Hanabi as the heir of the Hyuuga clan in the other timeline.

"Hokage-sama, You should get ready for the wedding, you, unlike everyone else, couldn't be late. " And he bowed respectfully, and amazingly, he exchanged a playful smile with his Grandson. "Iruka-kun, we need to dress up for that boring wedding, want to come with grandpa?", He winked at the young Iruka, who rapidly forgot that he was supposed to be training with his mom.

"YEAH, Let's go Grandpa!" he said while running towards the Hyuuga manor. Hiashi smiled at her, (her mouth was hanging open by then) after that, Hiashi proceeded to follow his grandson.

Hinata's mind was in an Overload. Her father, not only being kind with her, also hanging willingly with kids? This new timeline was full of surprises indeed.