Story : The Same Pain
Author : Hinata and Kiba 4ever
Genere : Romance/General
Rating : K+ (I think...)
Disclaimer : If the makers of Naruto would just let me own cell 8, I'd be happy. But NOOOO! They can't even give me them. ...cheapskates...
Summary : Umm...this is kind of a pointless chapter. I hope you enjoy anyways. Ahh! Kiba's coming back!
Chapter : 2, Mastering a Technique
Anyways...as usual, I'd like to thank my reviewers!
AngelHinata : ...Kind of scary how many times you told me to update. Lol! Jk. Glad it's a cool story. Lol!
kenshinlover2002: Yeah...we wish it was that simple. Nothing ever is though, huh?
rinoakes : I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me...I bet your teaming up with Kiba now, huh? Lol! Hehehe! Glad you liked the name. (Or you could just be mocking it. Who knows?)
oztan : Why does everyone tell me to update 3 times? Lol! Is that going to become a new tradition when reviewing my stories? Oh well...you reviewed, so that's cool. Keep up the new tradition! Lol!
metalremix89 : I know. Those two words describe them perfectly.
Sanji and Katsume: Glad I caught your interest!
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Kichou : Thank you!
Oh yes. I'd just like to tell everyone that I'm sorry! I know this took forever to update. I just recently bought GNT4, and have not been able to stop playing it. I finally finished with this chapter today!
Chapter 2 : Mastering a Technique
"Yahoo!" Kiba shouted in mid air, just coming out of a Double Piercing Fang move. Akamaru changed back into his original form, spinning happily in the air, and landing in Kiba's arms back on ground. Hinata stood a little ways away from them, focusing her chakra to the palm of her hands. Shino was closely watching her, preparing to send some of his destruction bugs at her. Shino took the soft blue glow coming from both of her hands as his signal, and attacked. Hinata began to swing her arms around, extended chakra beams now shooting out of her open palms. Only around ten bugs fell however, before Hinata's accuracy failed her, allowing many of Shino's insects to enter her barrier. A soft scream escaped her mouth before Shino called his bugs off, her chakra lasers now gone.
It had been decided that Hinata would continue training with her team for the time being. Hinata had been overjoyed when she opened the gates of the Hyuga compound in the early morning to find both her sensei and Tsunade standing there. It only took a while for Tsunade to convince Hiashi to allow Hinata to continue her training under the previously assigned jounin instructor, though it had been a while since Kurenai had actually been there to train them, seeming to be constantly busy as of late. Hiashi merely acted like it didn't bother him, and quickly agreed. After that short meeting, Hinata had run out of the compound, and over to Kiba's and Shino's houses. They both wore looks of utter surprise, an emotion even Shino had not been able to hide, when they realized that the shy, little Hinata they knew was taking the initiative of getting them up for training at 7:00 a.m.. On a day off too! Right after each of her two teammates had opened their doors, Hinata had hugged them before asking them to train with her. Shino had merely patted her on the head during her embrace, while Kiba wore an expression of pure joy, Akamaru wearing a smug grin close by, knowing his master had been waiting for that kind of affection from Hinata for some time now.
"Hinata! Are you all right!" Kiba asked in worry, running over to her, Akamaru close behind. Hinata lay breathing heavily on the ground, so Kiba lifted her up into a sitting position. Hinata pushed herself up the rest of the way, clutching her jacket.
"Y…Yes. I'm fine. Okay Shino…I'm going to try again." Hinata said, getting into her stance once again. Shino merely gave her a quizzical look.
"You have already attempted to perform it seven times today, and if I am not mistaken, it takes quite a portion of your chakra to use it just once. I'm surprised your even standing. We will call it a day here…" Shino told her, before heading away from the training grounds.
"Shino! Please wait…" Hinata cried desperately, holding her hand out. Shino turned around to show his attention was hers. "Please help me Shino. I…I can't do this alone. I need to get better at my technique, or father will be upset."
"Than let him be upset. If he tries to do anything to you, tell us and Kurenai. I'd like to see him successfully use the Guardian Eight Divination Seals technique after one day of practice…" Shino calmly replied, before turning once again.
"Shino's right Hinata. No one can master a move in one day. It's dangerous to consume too much chakra, so give it a chance to recover." Kiba encouraged, grinning in hopes of cheering her up.
"B…But I…" Hinata said, her face now looking down. She quickly brought it back up giggling, as Akamaru jumped up in her arms and attempted to lick her cheek.
Kiba just laughed at the two of them, and tousled Hinata's hair a bit. "Hey Hinata…wanna go to Ichiraku's ramen shop to hang out? My treat!" Kiba offered, being very self-confident in his chances with Hinata after her embrace earlier that day. When they had been walking to the training grounds in the morning, Kiba showed no hesitation in draping one of his arms around her shoulders, a first for both of them. Hinata gained a deep blush from this sudden contact, and threw a few quizzical stares at him, but they went unnoticed by the care-free boy walking next to her.
"Oh…I can't Kiba. I…I have to attend a meeting with father and a few other Hyuga members," Hinata informed him with a bit of hesitation in her voice. She was thrown into a fit of giggles when Akamaru made another attempt for her cheek. "Heehee…Akamaru. You're a playful little pup, aren't you?"
"Ah…okay…" Kiba said, a small look of disappointment etched on his face. He watched his best friend and Hinata a minute longer, before calling for Akamaru. "Hey! Akamaru! Get off her, we need to go!" He said with a hint of jealousy.
Hinata gave a small wave to the two of them, and watched until they could no longer be seen. Her face than changed into one of determination, as she turned back around, and began to think of a way to practice her technique herself.
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Kiba's aching feet dragged themselves across the hard concrete surface of the sidewalk. It had been a long day of training, the sun already setting, and he was admittedly quite tired. He of course had hidden this until he was out of Hinata's sight, in which he than began to slump, and could barely walk the distance to his house. He literally did fall down on his backside when a sudden flash of red and white appeared before him.
"K…Kurenai! Can't you just walk up like a normal person!" Kiba shouted angrily, his heart practically leaping out of his chest.
"Well you know Kiba…a true ninja should always be prepared for a surprise attack. You know…like not falling on your butt when someone jumps in front of you," Kurenai mocked with one eyebrow raised.
"Hey! I just got out of practically a whole day of training! Cut me some slack!" Kiba growled, slowly standing back up.
Kurenai's other eye brow now rose, her face showing a look of surprise. "There's kind of a reason I give you guys days off. For resting!"
"It wasn't my idea! Hinata got us up at 7:00 a.m. to train!" Kiba shouted back, fist raised. This fighting was a common occurrence between the two of them. It's not that they dislike each other. This was merely their way of showing their student/teacher affection…or so that's how Hinata described it.
Kurenai was once again thrown into surprise. "Hinata! Oh no…what has her father said this time?"
"I don't think he did anything, but he's definitely the reason for today's burst of desire to train." Kiba answered, lowering his fist.
"Well where is she now?"
"She told me she had a meeting with some fellow Hyugas."
"And you didn't offer to walk her home?"
Kiba thought about this awkward question for a moment, before realizing his mistake. "Aww shit…" he muttered, nothing compared to what was going on in his mind.
Inner Kiba : WTF! Was I not thinking back there! I could've walked her back home! This beautiful sunset…it would have been the perfect opportunity to kiss her!
Kiba stormed off the rest of the way to his house, ignoring Kurenai's puzzled stare. After he was out of view, Kurenai turned her attention towards the direction of the training grounds. 'Hmm…it may work on Kiba, Hinata…but I know your probably still training.' she thought to herself, before making her way there.
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"Shugohakke Rokujuyon Sho!" Hinata shouted, kicking the string close by her feet, causing her trap to spring. Pieces of hard dog food, which Hinata had sneaked out of Kiba's backpack before he had left, came flying at her. However, she was only able to maintain her chakra beams for a short moment, before she fell down in exhaustion, having attempted the attack for the eight time that day. Her breathing heavy, Hinata barely kept herself up with her arms for ten seconds, before falling all the way to the ground. Her eyes slowly closed, finally fainting from the all the strain she had been placing on her body that day.
A figure dropped down beside her soon after. The newly appeared ninja didn't make a sound while checking over Hinata for any grave injuries, picking her up, and running towards her house.
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The oddly dressed jounin finally made her way to the chakra control area of the training grounds, where Hinata most likely was. Her sharp red eyes scanned the grounds, before accepting the fact that she wasn't here. She than jumped off to the other areas, checking each thoroughly for a certain blue haired, and probably by now knocked out kunoichi. She eventually came back to the chakra control area.
"Hmm…I could have sworn she was merely fooling Kiba in order to earn more time training. Perhaps she truly did have a meeting…" Kurenai told herself uncertainly, before leaving.
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"Hinata…Hinata…wake up," a soft voice called to her. Hinata's mind was completely blank, having no recollection of where she was, or why she was there. She slowly opened her eyes, though nothing came to view immediately, and instead only saw blurs. She did see a black flash go past her view though, causing her to sit up in surprise. When her eyes focused clearly, she saw no one around.
"Byakugan!" Hinata activated her power. It was pointless…she spotted at least 8 people, any of which could have been the mysterious shadow. She returned her eyes to normal, before standing up, turning around, and finding out she had been placed in front of the Hyuga compound. Still pondering who could have brought her there, she slowly dragged herself into her household.
It wasn't long before she ran into her father in one of their many hallways. He was wearing his usual stern look, something that had always caused Hinata to be slightly frightened of him, regardless of being her father.
"Hinata…where have you been?" Hiashi asked her.
"I…I was out training sir…" Hinata stuttered out an answer.
"Training…but isn't this one of those days off Kurenai gives you?" Hiashi interrogated. Hinata gave a small nod of her head. She could have sworn an expression of pride flew past Hiashi's face, but it was quickly replaced once again by his harsh stare. "So have you mastered the move yet?" Her answer was another simple head movement, though this time it was shaken. She than recoiled a bit, expecting her father to be upset by this news. "Do not worry Hinata. I'm not mad. I am simply trying to help you grow stronger, which is why I wish Tsunade would let me train you. Kurenai can not be doing a sufficient job. Anyways, train again tomorrow, and tell Kurenai that I demand all her teaching to be directed towards your progress on that move. When you come back tomorrow, I expect you to have mastered it."
"Yes sir…" Hinata whispered, than bowing, and walking to her room.
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Shino, Kiba, and Hinata could be found once again in the training grounds, practicing in almost the exact same way as last time; Kiba his Piercing Fang Technique, and Shino helping Hinata with hers. Kurenai was once again gone, explaining that she needed to rescue someone from a burning building in a neighboring village. This puzzled her three pupils to no end until Sakura revealed to them that Kakashi could also not be there, as he had to go rescue some old lady from a pack of vicious dogs. All three of the members in team 8 decided Kurenai had inherited Kakahi's horrible lying skills, but didn't dive too deeply into what they were really doing. Not one of them could imagine their sensei seeing Kakashi.
"Shugohakke Rokujuyon Sho!" Hinata shouted for about the fourth time that day as Shino's bugs came at her once again. Chakra beams began to spin around, her hands going at amazing speeds. Bugs began to fall by the dozens, littering the ground around her with their lifeless bodies. Shino's eyebrows rose as he noticed the considerable number of bugs that were dropping. Kiba soon also stopped clawing at a tree to look around at her, noting how long it had been since she first started the attack, and the soft scream that usually came from her when Shino's bugs got through. The only difference is…they were not getting through! They continuously dropped, and soon were creating piles of tiny insects on the ground. After a while, Shino terminated to flow of bugs, any remaining ones coming back to him.
"Hi…Hinata! You…you did it!" Kiba shouted, throwing his fists up into the air in celebration, Akamaru running around her, barking happily. Hinata giggled at the white pup, and surprisingly did not fall down like usual, especially after her first successful attempt.
"Shino…Kiba…Akamaru. Thank you guys…it's only because of you that I was able to do it…" Hinata said gratefully.
"No. You did this of your own free will. All I did was attack you. Ultimately, it was you who pushed yourself to improve that caused you to learn such a high level jutsu…" Shino told her.
Hinata looked down in shyly, embarrassed by the rare flattery from Shino. Kiba walked up to her and gently patted her back. "Wait till you show your father! I'd like to see what he has to say about this!"
"Kiba…I still don't think father will allow you into the compound after what happened last time…" Hinata reminded him. She spoke of the time Kiba had come inside the compound, where Kiba and Akamaru had spotted a Hyuga who looked a lot like Neji. Both still had yet to forgive Neji of his rude actions towards Hinata during their battle, though Kiba held in his anger. Akamaru however could not, and surprisingly bit the Hyuga in the leg, who turned out to be some other branch family member. Hiashi had not been pleased by this event to say the least…
"That's okay. I gotta take a couple of our dogs out to run a few laps today anyways. I don't want to be late for that if I don't want to suffer through another one of mom's punishments." Kiba told her.
"I must move on as well…" Shino stated, for what reasons he did not say.
So the three of them gave their goodbyes to each other, and walked towards their houses, Kiba once again forgetting to offer to walk Hinata back to her home.
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"Are you sure you can effectively use the move Hinata?"
"Y…yes father. I'm ready."
"Very well…than begin the demonstration."
Hinata and Hiashi stood in one of the many courtyards of the Hyuga compound, Neji sitting a little way away from them, observing. Hinata had already informed her father of her successful attempt at her new technique, and was now being tested to see if she was really ready to use it in battle.
She got into her stance, closed her eyes, as she once again began to concentrate her chakra into the palms of her hands. It was not long however, before she heard the distinct sound of a few kunai whizzing right past her, just a nick away from hitting her. Hinata gasped and nearly fell down in surprise from this unexpected attack. She looked in front of her to see her father shaking his head in disappointment.
"Hinata…I have to say, I am not the least bit pleased. I sincerely hope that was not what you've been training all this time." Hiashi said in a stern voice. Hinata's eyes filled with surprise.
'But…I…I thought…' she mumbled in her mind.
"Do you honestly believe that technique will ever help you in actual combat? It was taking far to long for anything to happen! If I were actually trying to harm you, I could have struck you with hundreds of kunai before anything would have happened. This is not good enough! Learn techniques you can actually use before being killed. Stick with the custom Hyuga techniques, rather than trying to come up with your own. Do you understand Hinata?"
"Yes father…" Hinata whispered, before walking away, towards her room. She didn't even bow before she left, a tradition of respect in the Hyuga clan.
Hiashi looked sadly at the retreating form of his daughter. A pain of guilt shot through him, "Perhaps…I was a bit harsher than necessary…"
'Gee…you think?' Neji though to himself, looking at Hiashi with a slight glare.
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A few days later, two jounin could be found eating together at Ichiraku's. The messy haired kunoichi politely ate her noodles at a slow pace, her mind seemingly somewhere else. This was only supported by the sad look held on her face. The other silver haired jounin sat close by, eating his noodles at the same pace, due to his curiosity on what his dining mate was thinking of.
"Kurenai…is something wrong? You seem very disturbed today." Kakashi asked.
Kurenai was brought out of her thoughts to look up at him. She thought about what he had asked for a moment, before replying. "Oh…it's…Hinata. She's in one of her depression stages again."
"Depression stages?" Kakashi urged her to go on.
"Yes. Every now and than, Hinata will go through a time period, some longer than others, where she'll be totally depressed, which of course can be seen by her mood and lack of will to train. It's one of the reasons she's such a slow grower when it comes to her ninja skills. These stages are usually caused by something her father does." Kurenai explained, looking down at the bowl in front of her. "Hinata finally used her Shugohakke Rokujuyon Sho technique successfully, but for some reason of which I do not know of, it was not good enough for him. Making him proud of her was the main reason Hinata's been training so hard to master that move, yet that jerk still can't say one good thing!"
Kakashi could tell Kurenai's anger was slowly rising as she continued to speak of Hiashi. He mind began to race towards a solution to how he could help out. A sudden thought sprang to mind.
"Well Kurenai, I'm sure if Hinata would socialize with some people her age, she could discuss her problems with them. That would be a good way of getting some weight of her shoulders."
"Yes, I've though about that too Kakashi. But you seem to be forgetting who we're talking about. Hinata's not going to have an easy time making friends with anyone due to her timid nature. She has a hard enough time usually speaking to Kiba or Shino." Kurenai explained.
"Well…I believe one of the members of my squad would be perfect for helping Hinata with this little family problem of hers." Kakashi informed her, most likely wearing a grin now, though this was of course uncertain due to the mask. (Damn mask!)
Kurenai looked at him with a clueless expression, and began to think of whom he was talking about. Bells suddenly started ringing as she hit a certain face. "Oh! I see. That would be perfect Kakashi. If you could get your student to talk to her, she'd be over her depression in no time!"
"Yes. I'll require some assistance from Asuma though. If he helped too, it'd be a perfect plan." Kakashi said before returning to his noodles. Kurenai once again looked puzzled at this last comment, wondering what on earth Asuma could do to help.
4ever : I'm currently hiding from Kiba, so I'm afraid you won't be hearing from Hinata, Shino, Akamaru, or Kurenai this chapter. Anyways, what on earth is Kakashi talking about? Everyone wonders Who's he planning to send to Hinata to help her out of her depression. Actually, it's quite obvious. Not much of a suprise, is it? '
