Yondaime-kun: hi and thank you to those that reviewed. To answer questions on why Hinata doesn't stutter to her teammates is that she's been with them for years and they're helping her with her confidence building but she still stutters when she's near Naruto. This is the next chapter. Oh and Kyuubi will be out of character a little bit.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I never will.
"Talk"
"Inner Hinata and Kyuubi"
'Thoughts'
At Naruto's house, Naruto sat with Jiraya's book in his hand and on his bed. 'Ok,' thought Naruto, 'breathe in and out. This book can't be bad right?'
"It probably is," said Kyuubi.
'Oh. It's you.'
"What do you mean by 'oh it's me!' Of course it's me. Kyuubi and brat, you've got to read that book if you want to really train."
'Shut up you stupid fox. Of course I'll read it. I mean, it's only for training.'
"Your loss then."
When Naruto opened the book, he read the first page, which said:
Jason and Monica were on a date and Joe comes in…
'EW,' thought Naruto, 'that's so nasty!'
"This is awesome," said Kyuubi, "read more. This is good."
'NO. This draws the line. I wonder why ero-sennin wanted me to read this?'
"Who cares? This is good. Continue."
'No.'
"Fine. I just won't teach you a new cool jutsu."
'Ok. But only because you'll teach me the cool jutsu.'
"YES! Better yet, I'll teach you two new jutsus."
'Deal.'
Naruto and Kyuubi continued reading the book until Kyuubi said, "Kit. We need to talk."
'About what,' thought Naruto.
"When a man and woman…"
'EW! I don't want to hear that. That's so nasty.'
"Fine. Be that way. But, I know something you don't know."
'What?'
"I can get you a girlfriend."
'But, I already have girlfriends.'
"NO! Not the type that you're thinking about. I meant dating. Where the boyfriend is sort of like a mate to the female but the female is waiting for the right one to settle down with."
'Why would I want one? I already have Sakura-chan.'
"Kit. She doesn't even like you, only as a friend of course. However, the Hyuuga girl, she would make a good mate."
'You mean Hinata?'
"Yes. That Hyuuga. She's pretty good-looking from my point of view. But then again, you don't even listen to me. I mean, she blushes when she sees you."
'I don't know.'
"Think about it Kit. You'll agree once you get to know her."
'True.'
"You'll listen to me?"
'Maybe.'
At the Hyuuga estate, Hinata ran through the
halls so she could talk to her father about Ino's sleepover. As she
ran, she ran into Neji, her cousin. "Hinata-sama,"
said Neji, "Why are you running through the halls?"
"I'm so-rr-y," said Hinata
stuttering, "I ju-st wa-nt t-o g-oo se-e fa-th-er. "
"Hiashi-sama is busy at the moment."
"Oh. Ok then."
"Did you not stutter?"
"Um. Yea."
"Whatever. Anyways, I'll take you to see Hiashi-sama."
As Neji and Hinata were walking through the halls, a pair of eyes was following their movement from a bush.
When Hinata and Neji reached Hiashi, they saw Hanabi training with Hiashi. Neji interrupted their training by saying, "Hiashi-sama, Hinata-sama has something to say to you."
Hiashi turned around to Hinata and said, "Tell me what you need and then I'll see what I can do."
"W-e-ll Fa-th-er," said Hinata stuttering, "I. Um. Was wo-nd-er-ing if I can, um g-o to In-o's ho-us-e to sl-ee-p-o-ver?"
"Will you train?"
"Hai."
"Ok. You can go. But be back home by seven-tomorrow night. You'll be training hard today with Neji and if you pass his test, he'll let you go."
"Hai."
After Hinata and Hiashi talked Neji interrupted saying that if Hinata wanted to go to Ino's, she'll need to end her training fast. Hiashi then waved his hand telling Hinata that she can leave.
On the Hyuuga training grounds, Neji told Hinata that they'll work on Byakugan and that she'll need to find him. Basically a simple game of hide n' seek. However, Neji will be throwing weapons and Hinata will need to dodge them all.
In the bush by the training grounds, a voice said, "Soon. Soon, we'll get the greatest bloodlimit and all the riches."
"Hinata-sama," said Neji, "it's time for training."
"Hai," said Hinata.
After all was said, Neji disappeared in cloud of smoke and Hinata said, "Byakugan."
When her bloodlimit was activated, Hinata looked around to find Neji. As she was looking, she saw a figure's charka system. 'That's odd,' thought Hinata, 'I've never seen that charka before.'
"Me too," said Inner Hinata, "you better be careful."
'I will. But what are they here for anyways?'
"Who knows? Anyways, try to finish your training fast so that you can go hang out with the girls."
'Alright, time to find my cousin.'
Hinata then focused her charka into her eyes and found Neji in a tree where he was using genjutsu to cover himself. After Hinata saw this, she ran to the tree and Neji jumped out and they began to use their family taijutsu on each other. Neji began to get underneath Hinata's defenses but she dodged all of Neji's attacks at last minute.
As the two family members were fighting, the figure grabbed a walkie-talkie and said, "We've got her."
"Good," said the voice on the other side.
After Neji and Hinata's battle, Neji said, "Hinata-sama, you may go visit your friends. But you still need more training."
"Hai Ne-ji-ni-san," said Hinata.
"Don't stand there. Leave. You're free to go."
"Th-an-k yo-u."
"No need to stutter around me. Just go. Your stuttering gets on my nerves."
Hinata ran out of the training grounds and screamed thank you to Neji on the top of her lungs. As she reached her room, Hinata grabbed a bag and stuffed her clothes in them, and then took off going by her father, Hinata said, "th-an-k y-ou fa-th-er."
Hiashi just nodded to Hinata, which meant that she was welcome and that she could leave the estate right now. She then nodded her head, which meant that she was leaving because she was going to be late to Ino's slumber party.
The figure then saw that Hinata was on the move to Ino's house and the figure said, "She's on the move. When do I strike?"
"When the girl goes on the next mission that's when you shall strike," said the other voice.
"Thank you."
Fifteen minutes later, Hinata made it to Ino's house and when she rang the doorbell, she saw Sakura at the door. Hinata then said, "is Ino here?"
"Yea," said Sakura, "but right now, she's ordering pizza for us. Oh, and if you want to know where Tenten is, she's in the living room on the couch picking out a movie to watch."
"Alright. I'll go see Tenten then."
Hinata took her bag and walked into the living room where she saw Tenten with a movie in her hand that she picked out. When Hinata saw what type of movie it was, she began to freak out. Only a little bit. Hinata then said, "Um. Tenten, can we watch something that isn't a horror movie?"
Tenten turned to see Hinata standing there and said, "Why? Did Sakura put you up to this?"
"No. I just don't feel in the mood for a horror movie."
"Oh. This is actually payback for the makeover that we're getting tonight. But if you want to watch a different movie than we can."
"That would be nice. Thank you Tenten."
"No problem."
Outside of Ino's house and on the corner of the street, the figure saw Hinata in the house with a group of friends. The figure then said, "Should I capture her tonight or tomorrow?"
"Neither," said the other voice on the talkie, "wait until the mission. That's leader's orders."
"Yes. Then I'll wait."
"Be patient and wait."
"Yes sir."
Yondaime-kun: that's the end of the second chapter. In the third will be the sleepover part and Naruto will be in it a little bit. Not that much. The figure will be explained in the fourth chapter. I hope you review and please don't flame. Constructive criticism. Ja ne.
