Thanks for the reviews, I enjoyed reading them this chapter is pretty dull so I'm going to post the next chapter later today.
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Chapter Five: A Day Out
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Naruto slowly peeped through his eye lids, which were creeping open, to see that he was lying down in Konoha hospital. He tried to sit up but found it quite difficult, then he heard a familiar soft voice, "Take it easy Naruto-kun."
He turned to see Hinata standing next to the bed, "Oh... Hinata-chan..." he responded weakly, "...what are you doing here?"
"Well... I came to make sure that you were okay." Hinata responded quietly. "Also, I'm not the only one here." She then pointed over to a group of Naruto's friends.
He looked over to see Kiba, Sakura, Shikamaru, Kurenai, Kakashi, Lee and Tenten standing by the door of the room. "It's about time Naruto." Kiba said.
"Yeah you've been asleep for three days." Shikamaru added. Then everyone gave off a small smile.
"We wanted to see if you were okay." Sakura said happily.
"You all... came to see..., me?" Naruto questioned softly as he turned to face Hinata again.
She then nodded and gave a soft but excited, "Yup!"
"Okay everyone I think that we should get out of here and leave Naruto to his rest." Kakashi said.
Three Days Later
"What happened?" Naruto thought as he sat up in the hospital's bed. "I remember fighting that Yamcha guy, when he charged at me... but then after that... nothing." Then as though being plagued by something, Naruto closed his eyes and held the sides of his head and began growling as a vision came to him even though he was awake.
Naruto's Vision
He opened his eyes to an overview of the streets of Konoha. The view flew down to a side view of him running through the streets of Konoha. He wore the same orange outfit, but his nails had grown, his teeth sharpened and his eyes blood red, though it was hard to see he could make out, three black lines swirling around his pupils. He was doing something Naruto knew he would never do; he was slashing, gutting and de-heading the people.
Suddenly, he stopped and was unpleasently greeted by his friends Shikamaru, Kiba, Hinata, Kakashi, Kurenai, Rock Lee and Tenten, who were in their fighting stances as though waiting to attack. "Naruto, we can't let you do this!" Shikamaru shouted.
Naruto saw himself strike a smug smirk before looking at Hinata, "Are you going to help them stop me, Hinata-chan?"
'...,' she didn't answer but did activate her byakugan and prepared to attack.
"Alright then,I will kill you all and destroy this village!" He shouted and then charged.
Shortly after, Naruto was standing with his back facing his friends, who had just been brutally murdered by his own hands. He saw himself look at his blood covered hand, he then began to cry with a smile on his face as red and black chakra swirled around him. The chakra cleared but his appearance changed. He had the crimson-colored hair; his eyes remained the same; he wore an opened, black long-sleeve trench coat with, 'Fox Demon Lord' written on the arms, a black shirt under it; black loose pants and black ankle high boots.
Naruto's view suddenly flashed back to an overview of Konoha burning down to the ground, he could see his friends' corpses scattered around; he saw the other villagers either dead or dying. He then saw himself feeling a tug on his pants; he turned to see a dying Hinata lying on the ground, holding onto his pant-leg. "N... Naruto-k...kun... (coughs)... why... why did you do this?" She questioned very weakly.
He turned around and brought his face close to hers. "Because... these people, this place..., got in my way." He responded but not in his voice, the voice was similar to the Kyuubi's voice.
He then grabbed Hinata by her neck and lifted her off of the ground. He prepared to strike her, "Hinata-chan..., I will miss you the most..." he said as he began to strike.
Real World
He opened his eyes, still in the hospital room, sweating and panting. "What was that vision about?" He panted, "Will that really happen to me... to Hinata-chan?"
Then his door opened, "Can I come in?"
"Ah... yeah..." Naruto replied and in came the dark blue-haired girl, Hinata.
She walked up to his bed with her hands clasped behind her back, "How are you feeling, Naruto-kun?"
"Well..., I'm just fine."
"That's good to hear." She said as she took a seat in the chair next to his bed. "Umm... Naruto-kun, how did you get so strong, when you were fighting, Yamcha?"
"Huh..., what do you mean Hinata-chan?"
"You mean you don't remember?"
"Remember what?"
Hinata then explained how he was stabbed, but then came back to life with incredible power and strength; and then defeated Yamcha. She also explained how his chakra became red and black; and his appearance changed a little. "Wow! Me? Are sure Hinata-chan?
"Yes, but something really strange happened."
"Really...? What was it Hinata-chan?"
"You're eyes became evil and I sensed a killer intent coming off of you, that I never sensed ever before." This then made Naruto ponder about his dream and what Hinata just explained.
"Naruto-kun..., there's something I want to... to tell you."
"Oh... what is it Hinata-chan?"
"Well, umm..., I... I..." she stuttered but couldn't get the words out.
"Come on Hinata-chan. You can tell me anything."
She built up her nerve and the words came out of her mouth, "Naruto-kun, I had a dream about you turning into a demon." Naruto's eyes widened at this news, "I had a dream about you slaughtering the villagers and turning into a demon before destroying it completely." Naruto's eyes then returned to normal, "Naruto-kun please don't turn into what I saw!" She shouted before building up more nerves and pouncing at his chest and hugging him.
Naruto was shocked to see the shy girl hugging him like this but then calmed down and hugged her gently. "Hinata-chan, I promise I won't change."
She then gave off a soft hum of relief before blushing greatly. "I'm hugging Naruto-kun... Naruto-kun's hugging me!" She thought while gasping.
"Hinata-chan... Hinata-chan…? Hinata-chan…?" He began calling loudly, "Hinata-chan...?"
Suddenly the door flew open and Sakura came in, "Naruto I have..." She stopped to see Naruto sitting on the bed with an unconscious Hinata lying on his lap. Sakura's jaw dropped at this sight "NARUTO...! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NARUTO... YOU PERVERT!" She yelled.
"Sakura-chan..., this isn't what it looks like!" Naruto pleaded.
Sakura stomped over to Naruto, placed Hinata into the chair and then gave Naruto an uppercut, which sent him into the ceiling. "Ah...! Ouch…! Sakura-chan…, that really hurt!" His muffled words were loud.
Hinata then woke up to see Naruto dangling from the roof with his head stuck through it, "Naruto-kun... what happened?"
"No need to worry about him, Hinata." Sakura said.
"What do you mean?"
"Naruto had you unconscious in his lap and by the looks of it..." she paused as she took a look at Hinata's bleeding nose, "he hit you too." She finished.
Before Hinata could correct Sakura; she had already pulled Naruto out of the ceiling and was about to punch him again. "Wait...!" Hinata shouted with a soft voice but she was too late, Naruto was punched in the face and sent flying through a window onto the dirt ground outside of the hospital.
Sakura turned to Hinata, "Why did you tell me to 'wait'?"
"Naruto-kun wasn't doing what you think he was doing." She claimed as she ran to the window.
"Oh... then that means you were letting him... do that."
Hinata put on a confused face as she looked at Sakura; a second later, she began to blush. She placed her hand on her chest, "No it wasn't like that. We were just... hugging."
"But you were unconscious."
"Umm..., I well, umm... fainted." She explained as she blushed even harder.
With that Sakura ran to the window to look down at Naruto, "Soorrry...! Naruto…!" She yelled as he slowly stood to his feet.
"Whoa! If that training with Tsunade baa-chan continues..., I don't know how much more of those punches I'll be able to take from Sakura-chan." He thought while waving at Hinata and Sakura.
Kyuubi's Prison
"Continue to have fun with your little friends because it won't last." Kyuubi spoke aloud to himself, "They cause me too much trouble. I'll have you destroy what you love so much and then my reign will begin again." Kyuubi then began laughing amongst him self in the dark room.
Kakashi's House
"Well onto another day of my life." Kakashi thought as he left his house reading his little erotica book.
The Streets of Konoha
Kakashi was just walking around the streets reading his book. He would have been on a mission but there just weren't any today.
As he walked, he felt like he was being followed, so he cut off the road into an alley, before pausing at an intersection. "Well... which way am I going...? Kurenai…?" He questioned loudly but nobody came out.
He stood there as though waiting for someone to come out; suddenly Kurenai appeared out of no where, "How did you know it was me?"
"Well I didn't, I just called out a name and hoped for the best results."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah..." Kakashi replied, "But the real question Kurenai... is, 'what are you doing here?'" He questioned as he approached her.
"Well... I have a question for you."
"Which is...?"
"Why do you read those books instead of getting you own love life?" Her voiced tensed a little.
"Well... tell you what. I'll tell you if and only if..." He didn't finish.
"If what Kakashi-kun?" Her voice became desperate but loving.
"If..." he brought his face close to her face, which made her blush, "...if you spend the day with me."
Kurenai's eyes opened wide at this offer, "Is that it?"
"Yup… What? Did you think I was that much of a pervert?" He began to chuckle as he turned his side to her and stared up at the sky.
"Wow! I was expecting him to ask for something else; which I wasn't going to give him, but this... this is far different from what I was expecting." She thought as she blushed starring at Kakashi's covered face.
"Well if you don't want to then I'll just be on my way." He said with a depressed voice. "I really wanted to go out with her." He thought.
But he was re-assured when he felt two arms wrap around his arm; he looked down to see Kurenai hugging his right arm. "You're on Kakashi-kun, but don't forget to tell me why you read those books all the time."
"Okay... I won't forget." He assured her, "Wow this is my first date ever and it's with Yuuhi Kurenai. I have to be one lucky guy." Kakashi rejoiced in his mind.
Konoha Hospital
Naruto, Hinata and Sakura were sitting on the ground next to the bed.
"Sakura-chan, why did you do that?" Naruto whined.
"Well, what can I say? I saw something that didn't look right and I acted to correct it." She responded with a stuck-up attitude.
"Whatever." He turned to see Hinata spaced out, "Hey Hinata-chan, are you alright?"
She snapped out of her daze to see Naruto right up in her face. She turned away quickly and blushed, "I'm just fine, Naruto-kun, you should be worried about your wounds healing." She responded.
"They're just fine. I want to know what you were thinking about."
"Hey, Naruto maybe she doesn't want you in her business." Sakura explained with the same attitude before leaving the room.
"Oh..." Naruto stood up holding his rib cage then climbed in the bed and stared at the hole in the ceiling.
Hinata watched as her beloved stared at the ceiling with sadness in his eyes. "Naruto-kun, I was thinking about going out for lunch today...," she paused to tap her fingers, "...together. That's... if you want to?"
"Really…!" Naruto shouted as he sat up, "Yeah, let's get going Hinata-chan."
Training Grounds
"1,995..., 1,996..., 1,997..., 1,998..." Lee counted as he did push-ups on his thumbs.
"Wow! Lee really pushes himself." Tenten thought practicing her close-combat martial arts.
"2,005..." Lee finished counting as he hopped to his feet.
Tenten also stopped as she walked over to Lee. "Hey Lee, I was wondering if you would like to go get something to eat?"
"Umm... okay. Where would you like to go?"
"We'll think of something as we walk." Tenten and Lee then left the training ground to; go out for the rest of the day.
Elsewhere In Konoha
Kakashi and Kurenai were walking through the streets, "Hey Kakashi-kun." Kurenai whispered.
"Yes?"
"Where are we going?"
"Nowhere…"
"W...what do you mean?" she questioned.
"We're just walking up and down and getting to know each other."
"Okay."
"Good. So then..., I have a question for you."
"What's that?"
"Why are you single?" Kakashi asked with great curiosity, "I mean…, I'm sure that a lot of guys ask you out, or even to marry them. So, why are you?"
"... Well I don't really know exactly; but I think it's because they just weren't the type I wanted and so I never bothered."
"Okay..., so then why did you agree to go out with me?"
"Because... well...," she felt really awkward after he asked her this.
"Is it that I'm your type?" He finished her but asked a question.
She then blushed and stared at the ground while they continued to walk. A small smile then grew on her face; Kakashi glanced at her to see her give a slight nod, signaling a 'yes'. "But Kakashi-kun, don't think that just because I like you, I'll just jump in the bed with you!" She said before raising her head and looking in the other direction, away from him.
"I don't expect you to."
"Good!"
"Kakashi-kun, I have a question. Why do you always where that mask?"
"Because..." he paused to stare at her as she simply stared back, "...I like to be mysterious."
This response caused her head to drop her head and sigh. "Well can you let me see your face?"
They stopped walking when she asked this, "I'm sorry but I can't." His voice became serious but then brightened when he had an idea. "I have another offer for you though."
"What's that?"
"If we have a real connection, then I'll show you my face. How's that sound?"
"What do you mean by connection?"
"Hmm... How can I put this?" He whispered while thinking, "Like if we have a moment where we almost kiss or something."
Kurenai's began to blush, "Okay you're on."
Ichiraku Ramen Shop
"Yum..., this ramen always tastes great! Don't you think, Hinata-chan?" Naruto yelled.
"Yes…, Naruto-kun." Hinata whispered.
"Hinata-chan, tell me..., why is it that when you're with me you start tapping your fingers?"
"W... What do you mean...? Naruto-k...kun…?" She asked after placing her hands on her lap and begging to tap them together softly.
Naruto ceased turned his vaccum off and turned to her, and looked down at her hands, "That." Naruto pointed out, "You're doing it right now."
"W-well... it's because I-I get nervous around you."
"Why's that, Hinata-chan?"
She then blushed and span around in the stool she was seating in. She stared at her lap before placing her hands their and began to blush. "Naruto-kun... I get nervous around because... because...,"
Hinata was cut off by Kiba rushing in, "Naruto, Hinata-chan we have to go to the Hokage's office!"
"Hinata-chan, I guess you have to tell me after whatever this is about." Naruto whispered.
Hinata simply nodded as her flushed face returned to normal. Then Lee and Tenten came into the ramen shop, "Good Lee, Tenten, now I don't have to look for you two!" Lee and Tenten looked confused.
Streets of Konoha's
"Hatake Kakashi, Yuuhi Kurenai, you're needed at the Hokage's office." An ANBU guard reported to them.
They nodded as all of them disappeared.
Hokage's office
"Nice to that you're doing well, Naruto." Tsunade commented, with a small smile. Kiba, Akamaru, Tenten, Kakashi, Kurenai, Naruto, Shikamaru, Hinata and Lee looked at her.
"Yup…! I'm feeling all good baa-chan." Naruto responded.
"Okay but now it's time to get serious." Tsunade's facial expression dropped to a sad one. "This is an A-rank mission." The Hokage paused for a second, "You are to travel to the Hidden Village of Snow, and while on the way; intercept a group."
"Okay... what's so special about this group?" Naruto questioned wondering why the mission ranked this high.
"The group consist of missing ninjas that recently escaped the village. There are only three of them but there's a chance that the Hidden Village of Snow has the best of their elite ninja escorting them..., you are to intercept and eliminate them." The Hokage voice tensed.
All of the genins' and one chuunin's eyes peeled wide open after that; except the jounins'. "Okay stop gawking you're dismissed." Tsunade answered to the stares.
The Gates of Konoha
The two jounin stood in front of the chuunin and five genins. "Now remember to stay on your toes." Kakashi explained, "They may have set traps, in case someone decided to come after them." He added to his statement.
Everyone nodded and they were off in the blink of an eye.
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