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Author's Note: this chapter is still boring, I think. The action will start in chapter 5, but I don't think it was good at all.

Chapter Three

Another Newfound Ability

Naruto laid down the book he has just finished on the floor and picked another one. While he was reading he unconsciously formed a thin ice needle and shot it toward the target circle right on its center point without looking at it.

He was right now learning about human anatomy. This information would be help for him to fight against an opponent such as a Hyuuga. With this he could guess where the Hyuuga boy will strike.

Just as he slipped a page he was alerted by a presence heading to his door. According to its chakra it wasn't Iruka, but he still felt that it was familiar. Naruto put the book and stood from his bed. He took a kunai and carefully stepped to the door. The person knocked, almost startling him.

"Who is it?" he asked clearly.

"Open your goddamn door, damnit, Naruto!" The voice of his pink haired friend answered.

So that's why the chakra is familiar. It was Sakura's. What does she want now? He mused.

"What's up?" the door creaked revealing her scowling.

"I want to know where's that unpunctual sensei of us? He maybe knows Sasuke's whereabouts."

Ah…so she wants to know where that stubborn prick. Figures…

"How in the hell should I know? What I know is that he was training Sasuke for the final."

She blinked. "Then what're you doing here and not with them?"

"Probably thought that I'm not worth of his time," he sneered. "Oh well who cares!"

"He ditched you?" she asked in a flat tone.

Ouch that one hurts. "Depend on your view" she raised an eyebrow clearly urging for him to start talking or there would be something shoved to his ass. "Actually he planned for Ebisu, that closet pervert, who taught Konohamaru to train me, but I refused and trained on my own."

"Oh," she couldn't say anything else.

"Anyway since you're here, I could use some of your help," he clamped his hand and grinned.

"Why should I do that?" she glared hotly.

"You have time and you won't meet Sasuke before the final anyway. And I'm one of your partners," She sighed knowing that he was speaking true.

"Fine, but you owe me!" He nodded.

Sakura gaped at the books spread on the floor of Naruto's bedroom. "What's up?" he noticed her weird expression.

"You're actually reading all of the books I borrowed for you?" she stared at him incredulously. This was not the Naruto she knew.

"I still have 3 more books to read, but yeah, I've finished the others although I don't remember all of them. Something wrong?"

"Yeah…I can't seem to picture you and the books in one frame."

"Hey! I'm not THAT stupid you know," he looked indignant. "And I'll do everything just to strangle that blockhead Hyuuga."

"He's your next round's opponent, isn't he?" he nodded. "Fine. I too don't like him for what he had done to his own cousin. What do you want to ask?" Naruto proceeded with his questions.

"It's just my theory, but it seemed that Hyuuga use chakra induced taijutsu to damage inner organ. It's one of the few hypothesis on why they didn't need to touch the victim's body to do some damage."

"Let's say if what you're saying is true…do you know how to counter it," he was disappointed when she shook her head negatively. "What about chakra shield? You know…mold chakra around your body to make a barrier just like that red haired Suna nin's sand cocoon.

The pink haired girl stared hard and long at the blonde boy in front of her. Is this boy in front of her really that Naruto? The dobe? Dead last? "I agree that's a great idea. But it isn't as easy as you thought. It needs great stamina to maintain chakra shield even for a short time not to mention you need great chakra control. I admit your stamina is marvelous but your chakra control is absolutely sucked," she told him bluntly.

Naruto groaned. "Don't remind me." He sighed heavily. "After that snake freak do something to me my control has gone from bad to worse."

Sakura narrowed her green eyes. "He…did something to you?" she asked slowly. She didn't really remember that time when Orochimaru attacked, as she was too afraid, but she remembered about the weird thing he put on Sasuke's neck that interfered with chakra system.

"Yeah. Don't know what, but it kinda messed my chakra system. When I did a tree climb 3 days ago I can't seem to grasp it. I need hours just to get in half of the height I was in my first day at Wave country. But after some vigorous training I can do it as easy as before."

"You can go for treatment in hospital by medic-nins," Naruto kept himself from screaming that the medic-nins would be very happy to make him their guinea pigs. Afterall he was the fox demon—at least according to the people of Konoha.

"There's absolutely no way I go there," he sniffed.

"Another victim of your pranks?" she sighed exasperatedly.

Well… if she wanted to put it that way… Naruto only crossed his arm and grumbled muttering incoherent things. "I'll just have to ask it to old man," he referred to Sandaime.

"Naruto, have some respect to the Hokage!"

"Can we just talk about other things?" he begged her.

"Fine." After that they talked for 2 hours about what exactly the Hyuuga's ability and what better ways to fight the Hyuuga technique. When she was gone, Naruto went back to his reading while thinking about Byakugan abilities and possible weaknesses.

"Damn it! Hinata is in hospital and I can't visit her, so does with Lee! How in the hell I'm suppose to know that freaky eyes' weakness? If only I have someone else to ask," Naruto groaned and suddenly winced and clenched his teeth not to scream and shut his eyes in pain when his eyes felt like burning up.

After what felt like hours though in fact only a few minutes the feeling of burning up subsided and he let out a ragged breathe, panting. He rolled to the side of his bed and stood up weakly as a massive headache hit him. He has to support him body using the wall.

"What," he panted, eyes still closing, "The fuck is that?" he reopened his eyes. At first it was bleary but after he stood there not moving for a few minutes the sight became clearer. It was then a sudden feeling of something has gone off plagued him. Even though his usual sight was better than normal shinobi, this time it was much clearer. He could actually see everything till its detail and damn if he knew why, but he could also see his back, which was absurd, which was strange, which should have been impossible because he only has 2 eyes and both of them still in their places not wandering around to his back. When he concentrated harder he almost gasp in shock when he has flashes of images of buildings and other things far away that he lose his focus, and as soon as the images started it disappeared. He walked step by step to his bathroom. He sunk his face in basin and let water running against his face trying to clear his mind. He dried his face with a nearby towel afterwards.

When he looked up, Naruto gasped loudly and let the towel fell from his hands in shock. There in the mirror was his usual face with a not so tiny difference. His eyes changed to those freaky white pupilless eyes. How in the fuck that happened? He knew that he wasn't a Hyuuga since he was born with blue eyes. All Hyuuga kids have white eyes ever since they were born. But how come he has that pair of Hyuuga eyes stuck on his sockets? The same freaky eyes that freak Hyuuga had—well Hinata wasn't included of course.

TBC… …

Thanks to: battle fox, imageisnothing, Katt, Yum2

Reply:

lilybunnyfufu: there is improvement in my grammar? Oh, my…I don't realize it. Probably because I edit it many times, I guess (or was that because it is a short chapter? I don't know…). Unfortunately for the next chapters I don't think I'll have the time to spare for something like that. So I guess I have to find a possible beta now. I'll ask him/her/they to fix the previous chapters too and then I'll repost it. About your questions I'll answer them along my chapters. Just one thing though, Naruto's ability is twisted from the normal bloodline he got from his parents, because of 2 things. Kyuubi's presence and his father's bloodline that merged with her mother's, instead of becoming individual bloodlines. About summoning…that would be for chapter 5. And for my computer problem…I've never gone to my university's library before (blush) so I don't really know.

Sunamee: I take your ideas for consideration (which most likely I would use)

The Gandhara: No, I don't think so. Bloodline is practically related with DNA, while jutsu is not. But maybe you're right…Ok, I'll limit the number Naruto could use bloodlines at one time. 2 for unrelated bloodlines and 3 for related bloodlines. Ex: Naruto has 4 bloodlines incorporated to his DNA. B (bloodline) 1 is fire type, B 2 and 3, is from water type, and B 4 is air type. He could use B1 and B4 together, but when he used hem he couldn't use B2 and B3. He could use B1, B2, and B3 together because B2 and B3 are the same type, but when they do that they couldn't use B4. Am I making a sense? (sweatdropped)