Hey, I am back at long last.
So, last time, Naruto and Gaara trolled the crowd to complete silence, and Gaara is revealed to be a Red Spiral operative…and I think that most of you if not all of you already know just what his operative name is.
!PLEASE DO NOT MAKE GUESSES ON THE REVIEW PAGE!
Let it be a surprise to those who don't know yet.
Anyway, this chapter will probably be a bit faster at the beginning so that I can finally get the arc over with. And besides, I never had planned on having Naruto participate in any of the events concerning the No Head Dragon group in the first place.
So, without further ado…
Responses to Reviews:
Silvdra-zero: Still, thanks for the help.
dlowe265: Thanks.
Empyrean Asura: I wasn't really thinking of adding the other Hidden Villages except for a few characters here and there.
It was basically just a huge hologram between Gaara and Naruto at first, no illusion magic in there.
And Hinata…haven't got to that point yet, but I am open to suggestions.
Anko4Life: Hope you didn't die laughing there mate.
On with the story…
Chapter 10, End of the Games, First Date and Truth
Following 1st High's victory during the Junior Monolith Code finals, which had reached unprecedented levels of views from around the world, the Nine Schools Tournament continued with he Mirage Bat qualifiers, where during the very first qualifying match the representative of 1st High, Kobayakawa Keiko, experienced a critical malfunction with her CAD, reversing the gravitational direction and sending her plummeting towards the water at terminal velocity.
One of Tatsuya's friends, Mizuki, saw a flash of spirits when the CAD malfunctioned and immediately notified Tatsuya about her discovery, who sent an encrypted text to Naruto, telling him to stay out of this issue.
Naruto's response was "Dude, even I know better than to get in your way when you go all Sis-con Protection Detail."
One thing led to another and Tatsuya, whilst handing in Miyuki's CAD for pre-event analysis, went all Sis-con Protection Detail on the person who, according to the ancient being known as Kukou Retsu, injected a delayed action Magical sequence known as an 'Golden Electron Silkworm' into Miyuki's CAD. Since Tatsuya designed the programming behind the thing, he instantly knew that something was wrong.
During Miyuki's first Qualifying match she still used the gravitational sequences to aid her reaching the glowing orbs, but during the second match, she used her Trump Card: Tatsuya's…Uhm, Taurus Silver's flight magic.
With it, she nearly scored full points by the end of the match, clocking in 91 points.
Seeing the smile on her face, Tatsuya went into Sis-con Protective Detail Overdrive…more of that later though.
Next day, during the actual Mirage Bat tournament for the junior Section, it was revealed that the Nine Schools Competition Committee allowed the sequence for the flight magic to be leaked to the other schools…without letting them know that the spell chows magic like Chouji chows BBQ…
Good thing that a certain genius programmed a failsafe into the core sequence.
Thus, Miyuki won the tournament with a 99 out of 100 points, not quite reaching the record but still an impressive feat, before giving the cameras an innocent 10k volt cute smile that instantly shot up her fanbase in Japan…that same night a certain someone hacked the entire damn network and deleted several hundred terabytes of photo's of Miyuki smiling like that all over the country.
Meanwhile, the same night when 1st High was hosting their celebration party, a little bit of house cleaning was going on in downtown Tokyo.
In short, in one night, the East Japan branch of the No Head Dragon syndicate was completely wiped out.
The 101st independent magical equipped battalion at least got some nice Data from a certain someone using their long range spells though…
The next day, the senior Section held their Monolith Code tournament, with Juumonji using his Phalanx magic to basically tank his way to their teams victory, taking out their opponents in the finals by himself.
And during the End of Competition Ball, well, Miyuki began the source of envy for many females as a number of prominent (aka Hot) males surrounded her, asking her for a dance. Until a dangerous watchdog came by that is.
Masaki was the only one to remain once Tatsuya showed up, then was shocked to learn that the Miyuki and Tatsuya were siblings.
He then became one of the two sources of envy for the male population in the room when Tatsuya suggested to Miyuki that she allow Masaki to dance with her.
He was then approached by Honoka who was looking as though she wanted to say something but couldn't spit it out…as usual.
Thanks to Erica though Tatsuya got the message and the two of them joined the other pairs on the Dance Floor. Miyuki went slightly bro-con, but smiled seeing the happiness on Honoka's face.
Speaking of the other source of envy for the males…in order to escape the ever growing crowd of fangirls asking him for a dance, Naruto resorted to using the best defence against fangirls at his disposal: asking Hinata for a dance.
Naruto and Hinata were completely in their own zone as they danced in the centre of the Dance Floor. They were so deep in their own world that they didn't notice that the music changed at least 3 times, whilst the fangirls began fighting amongst themselves as to who would dance with him next.
Oh, and Naruto and Hinata only snapped out of they dazes when someone shot a prank level water ball in their faces…the poor dude from 6th High later discovered all of his underwear had been swapped with pink fundoshi.
The next day, on the journey home, Naruto received a message from his mother, asking for him to come in for briefing on an upcoming assignment.
Grumbling, he replied that he's got a date the next day, which was a Saturday thankfully, and would be able to come in on Sunday.
The response was immediate and loud…everyone in the bus turned to look at him as his Phone blared out extremely loudly, his mother's voice shouting at him to explain why he hasn't told her about him dating anyone.
Seeing Naruto cowering in fear from a cell phone of all things made basically everyone laugh at him, though they did wonder who it was on the other end of the call.
"Dude. You okay there?" Kiba asked.
"That was my mother. What do you expect?" Naruto asked with a deadpan expression.
"Enough said, I know. Mothers are scary." Kiba answered, with Shikamaru nodding in complete agreement.
"HEY! YOU STILL HAVN'T ANSWERED…" At this point Naruto disconnected the call and switched of his phone.
Naruto's sigh in relief was short lived, as Kiba then received a phone call…from Kushina.
This would be a long ride home for Naruto indeed…
Next day
Naruto was waiting at the entrance of the academy wearing a orange shirt, black trousers and a brown leather jacket. People have told him that he didn't have the best sense in clothing, but he ignored them…he liked this shade of orange damnit.
They planned to meet up at the academy since the place Naruto had planned on taking her to was on the other side of the academy compared to where they lived and it also served as an effective landmark.
"Are you waiting for someone?" he turned his head and then rolled his eyes as he saw that one of his fangirls had spoken.
"Yeah. I am waiting for Hinata." He answered.
"You know that she isn't coming, right?" the fangirl asked.
"Oh, don't worry about that, I was early and it is still 4 minutes before we were to meet up." Naruto said, smirking at the pouting girl.
"Sorry that I am late, Naruto-kun." The girl's next words were interrupted by Hinata's arrival. She was wearing a lavender sundress and a wide brimmed sunhat, also lavender in colour.
The fangirl immediately became jealous as Hinata's dress did little to hide her large bust and hips.
"Oh, you aren't late, Hime." Naruto answered, giving her a warm smile. "You are actually 3 minutes and 23 seconds early."
"Hmm?" Hinata asked, looking at the other girl, who was glaring at her. "Sorry miss, but this one's mine." She said, grabbing Naruto by the arm and hugging said arm.
Naruto blushed a bit as he felt his arm being pushed in between Hinata's breasts.
The fangirl growled before relenting with a huff, stalking off.
Hinata giggled. "So…Hime is it?" Hinata asked as she and Naruto walked off towards the first stop, an amusement park.
"Well, you are a clan heiress, aren't you?" Naruto asked. "As I myself am a clan heir as well, you will continue being my 'Hime' for a long time."
"What a cheesy explanation." Hinata giggled. "Still, Hime…I like it."
Naruto hugged her to his side. "All the more reason to call you that."
Meanwhile, following behind them came two groups of people: the 'Uzumaki Fangirl Club' who teamed up with he others from the Konoha Group, because both of them wanted to shadow this date and them being antagonistic would blow their cover big time. The other group was a bunch of paparazzi, who had been denied an interview by Naruto himself during the Nine Schools Competition.
And far above them there was also a UAV drone equipped with a ultra-high resolution camera, locked on Hinata and Naruto…and controlled by none other than Kushina Uzumaki herself.
Even her being locked in Red Spiral HQ wouldn't stop her keeping an eye on her son's Date. To be honest, Red Spiral just gave her this one because they didn't want her to go all 'Red Hot Habanero' on them.
And unknown to the two ground-side groups, Naruto had a team of Shadow Blade operatives shadowing them as well, mainly to keep the Fangirls from ruining their date and to hack and delete the photos and news material of the Paparazzi.
Hinata meanwhile didn't know of the Paparazzi, only the fangirls and the Konoha group.
Being the nice guy that he was, Naruto didn't bother telling her about the Paparazzi…until later that is…
Anyway, the first place they went to was a Café near the entrance of the Park, where they sat and talked about each other in more depth, with Hinata chastising Naruto for his habit of pulling pranks, such as his use of illusions during the Monolith Code.
And all the time, Naruto was prompted to activate the prank he had set up for the two groups of eavesdroppers…those Paint bombs are old school, but he'd be damned if they weren't perfect for pranks.
After paying for the coffee and tea, Naruto led Hinata around a small lake where young children played and giggled. Here Hinata stopped walking and looked on at the sight with a smile.
"Happy Memories?" Naruto asked.
"Mhm." Hinata said, thinking back to the days when she, her Sister and their Parents played like this, before her mother passed away and her father became more subjected to the Clan's Paperwork.
She snapped out of her thoughts when Naruto waved his hand before her face.
"Earth to Hinata, come in please." He said, smirking at the blush that formed on her face.
Pouting, she slapped his arm.
Chuckling, Naruto and Hinata continued their walking towards their next destination, which was the nearest Ice-cream stand. However, before they arrived, Hinata remembered something and dragged Naruto off to the side, towards the Ferris Wheel.
Naruto groaned as she was throwing the plan he had out of order.
Once onboard, after having paid for two circuits, Hinata waited for the Ferris Wheel to start turning before putting on a serious face.
"Naruto-kun, I want the truth." She said. Naruto quirked an eyebrow at that. "Who are you really?"
Naruto looked her in the eye, before sighing as he didn't see any malicious intent in her eyes, but also saw that she wouldn't accept anything but a direct answer at this time.
"To start, Uzumaki Naruto isn't my full name." he said, leaning back. "My full name is Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto." He saw her eyes widen and mouth open in surprise.
"Namikaze…?" she asked. "Isn't that…"
"Yes." Naruto confirmed. "The former 'Kage' of Konoha PMC, Minato Namikaze is my father."
Hinata's mind was working a thousand miles a second, trying to make sense of this.
"My mother is the current Matriarch of the Uzumaki Clan, Uzumaki Kushina." Naruto went on. "A clan I know that you know is the main contributor of Red Spiral PMC."
It took Hinata a while to take everything in. as they were right now, none of the puzzle pieces were fitting wholly but there was still one thing she needed confirmed.
"Naruto-kun. You are Shadow Fox, aren't you?" she asked, though it was more of a statement than a question.
Naruto sighed. "I am not going to lie to you, Hime. But I need to know. For how long have you known?"
"I have had my suspicions ever since the day we met, the way you carried yourself showed that you were a merc and later when you were supposedly in Africa, Shadow Fox arrived in the school, a convenient time for him to be there." she stated. "But during the finals of the Monolith Code, when you not only battled on equal footing but also defeated a known Red Spiral operative, together with your arsenal of spells that aren't taught by any branch of Konoha…let's not forget your marksmanship being on par with Konoha's ANBU Team 6 (A/N: shout out to Seal Team 6 ;P), and lastly, I had my Father look into your file. It's perfect."
"Why thank you." Naruto joked, but Hinata shook her head. "No, it is way too perfect. Not a single mission failed, not a single civilian casualty during missions…sure there have been such people, Sasuke's brother being one of them, but each and every one of these people came to HQ for training. You were never even mentioned before the beginning of the school year."
Naruto sighed. "I am surprised that you were the one to find out and not Shikamaru." He said. By now their first circuit on the Ferris Wheel was almost over, so he decided to wait until they were once more on their way up before continuing. "Yes." He looked her in the eye. "I am Shadow Fox. And your face is still the same as it was all those years ago."
Hinata couldn't help but pout. "I was looking for you all these years, and that is the first thing you tell me?" she asked, slapping his shoulder. "And are you dating me because of a mission or because you feel that I am indebted to you?"
"Neither." Naruto's immediate answer took her by surprise. "My mission was to Shadow Guard Sakura." He revealed to her. "Though, ever since the open day, my services weren't needed, but since I was recruited to shadow guard for the entire year, I decided to stick around and see what could be done still." He looked at her lovingly. "Also, me dating you is minorly due to a few reasons, least amongst them because it meant that the damn fangirls were off my case…" he chuckled at the glare Hinata sent him. "Another minor reason is because you asked me to."
Hinata blinked. "And the other reasons?" she asked.
"Because I like you." He answered.
"That sounds way to simple." Hinata answered with a deadpan expression.
Naruto couldn't help but laugh. "To be honest, I have about as much experience with this whole love thing as you do."
"You mean you have never been asked out before?" Hinata asked.
"Oh, I have had plenty of people asking me out alright, but I turned each and every one of them down." Naruto told her. "I meant that you are the first person I have ever taken out on a proper date. And judging by your demeanour, this is the first date you have been on, isn't it?"
Hinata nodded, before smiling. And crossing the cabin to sit next to him.
"And now, what do you plan to do about the people waiting for us on the ground?" she asked.
Naruto gave her a evil smirk that sent shivers down her spine. Naruto puled out his cell phone and dialled a number. Moments later several 'bangs' and 'puffs' erupted below them, making Hinata look out of the cabin, where she saw to her amusement her friends, Naruto's fangirls, and to her surprise a bunch of adults with Camera's running around covered in green, blue and pink paint of the New Kama shades.
"Did you just…?" she asked, only for Naruto to nod, and wave her over.
"What can I say, I want my Hime-time to be just between the two of us." He told her. Unknown to her, he'd also taken care of the third set of eavesdroppers as well…
Hinata giggled, before both of them realized that they were out of time on the Ferris Wheel.
Meanwhile in Red Spiral HQ
"Why that little…" Kushina began, seeing the message on her screen saying, 'Your Drone has been hacked. Will now move to record New Kama Society members for your viewing.'
She was so going to beat Naruto up later for this…but first, she needed to hack into her own computer to get rid of the virus that was keeping her screen locked to the Drone camera.
Later
Naruto and Hinata walked hand in hand towards Hinata's home after a day's long date. Following their Ferris Wheel ride, Naruto had taken her to a restaurant where he spoiled her to all her favourite foods, much to her enjoyment. Then they had gone and watched a movie, a Romantic Drama that left Hinata sitting there with tears in her eyes whilst Naruto was regretting letting her chose the movie…he hated Drama's…
Following the Movie, they went on a few of the rides offered in the Amusement Park, including the Roller coaster, where they sat next to another couple who went about screaming their lungs out whilst Hinata and Naruto were looking at each other, daring the other to see who would blink first.
And they did this for several of the other rides before Naruto decided to play a little bit dirty and leaned in close, only for Hinata to outthink him and kiss his cheek whilst still keeping eye contact, making Naruto blink in surprise and Hinata smile in satisfaction and victory.
Now, arriving at Hinata's home, Naruto decided to get a little bit of payback…by suddenly kissing Hinata and leaving her in Lala-land whilst he rang the doorbell.
Mission accomplished.
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AND DONE!
For those of you who found a lot of spelling errors in this chapter…well, suck it up because I am using the South African English Spell-Check at the moment. Got a Problem with that?
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