Kakashi and Sasuke had left immediately, not even bothering to cut Naruto from the stump. Sasuke, because he didn't care, and Kakashi...because he's Kakashi.
Hinata stayed behind and cut Naruto from the stump. It's not even that Naruto was the one who stuck to the stump. Even if Sasuke was tied to the stump, Hinata still would have helped him. Albeit, she wouldn't be as willing to help Sasuke than Naruto. Due to, 1. Her crush on Naruto, and 2. Sasuke intimidates the hell out of her.
"Thanks Hinata! It's good to know at least someone on this team cares about me!" Naruto thanked the indigo-haired Hyuga, who blushed as a result.
"N-No problem." Hinata croaked, her anxiety for when she was around Naruto kicking in. Thankfully, it wasn't to the point where she would faint, but it was still bad.
How did I think I was going to last through this? Hinata wondered to herself. To say that she was in a weird and dysfunctional team was an understatement. First, there was Naruto, who Hinata can barely even converse with. Sasuke, who, as stated before, intimidates Hinata to no end. And then Kakashi...is Kakashi.
"Hey Hinata! Want to go get some Ichiraku with me? We can use it as a time to get to know each other better!" Naruto proposed an offer.
Hinata's face became even more red. He just asked me out on a date! Well...it's close to a date at least. What do I do? What do I do? Think Hinata!
"I-I would l-love to, Naruto-kun." Hinata accepted with a small smile.
"Excellent!" The blonde exclaimed, "Well, what are we waiting for?! Let's go! I'm starving!" Naruto grabbed Hinata by the hand and practically dragged her.
There was two things Hinata noticed when Naruto grabbed her hand. 1. His hand was so big and strong. And it felt comforting as well. 2. Naruto was touching her hand! If she had died now, she would have no regrets...well, maybe some. Her face was so red that it looked like she had a fever.
There was one thing that Naruto noticed when his hand made contact with Hinata's. Two things actually. 1. Her hand was slightly smaller compared to his, and it was a little cold as well. 2. Hinata's skin was so soft! And that wasn't a bad thing.
In fact, Naruto actually kind of liked that her skin was so soft.
Later-At Ichiraku Ramen
"Hey, old man!" Naruto's voice rang through the ears of Teuchi, the owner of the shop.
"Hey there! What can I get you?" Teuchi asked his best customer.
"A bowl of miso!" Naruto responded with a grin.
"And who might you be?" Teuchi turned his head to Hinata, a new who he has never seen in the restaurant before.
"She is Hinata Hyuga." Naruto spoke for the girl. "She's one of my teammates!"
"P-Pleased to meet you." Hinata nodded her head forward slightly as if she was bowing.
"And what I can I get you?" Teuchi asked the same question he asked Naruto.
"T-The same Naruto-kun is having." Hinata responded. Teuchi nodded as he left to go make the ramen.
"Hey there!" Teuchi's daughter, Ayame greeted after overhearing the conversation. "So this is your teammate? Aren't you supposed to have another one?"
"Uh huh, but it's that bastard Sasuke!" Naruto crossed his arms and puffed his cheeks out of annoyance. "I don't know what the hell is with that guy! He's so antisocial and all in all just an ass!"
"Umm...well, Naruto-kun...S-Sasuke-kun might not be s-so bad if you get to know him." Hinata played with her fingers, deciding to speak what she had on her mind.
"Hmm…" Naruto grumbled as he scrunched his eyes up even more.
"Didn't you say you wanted to be on a team with that girl Sakura?" Ayame questioned Naruto.
"Yeah, I really wanted her on my team! But Hinata isn't bad either." Naruto admitted, making Hinata blush at the praise she was getting.
"Though this team would be so much better if Sasuke wasn't an ass!" Naruto yelled out loud, causing Hinata to flinch at the sudden change in volume of Naruto's voice.
"Haha." Ayame chuckled. "You must really not like Sasuke if you're talking abour him in that regard."
"Mmmhmm!" Naruto nodded as Ayame went to work.
The next couple of minutes were probably some of the most awkward in Hinata's life, they were just sitting there, not saying a word to each other. However, at some point, Naruto decided that he had enough of the silence and decided to say something.
"Hinata, I was just wondering." Naruto started, Hinata made a sound to let Naruto know that she was listening. Naruto took a deep breath. Hinata had noticed that Naruto's fingers were tapping the table in front of him, as if to show that he was anxious. "What is it like to have a mother and father?"
The question repeated inside of Hinata's head multiple times.
"What is it like to have a mother and father?"
"What is it like to have a mother and father?"
"What is it like to have a mother and father?"
Hinata's face visibly saddened, however, Naruto didn't notice this as Hinata was looking down at the table. Hinata took a look at Naruto's face and saw Naruto's eyes.
They were full of a desire. A want. Something that he wanted to know desperately. And she already knew why he asked the question. Because Naruto grew up with no parents. He didn't know the love of a mother or father.
Guilt filled her eyes, she belittled herself for being a burden yet again. The one time Naruto needed something, she couldn't do it for him.
"N-Naruto-kun...I don't think I can answer that for you...very well…" Hinata said in a barely audible whisper. But Naruto managed to pick up what she said.
"Huh? Why?!" Naruto enquired in an interested manner.
"M-My mother...died giving birth to my sister when I was 5 years old. And my father...my father...he barely pays attention to me anymore...he thinks of me as a burden…in fact, basically everyone from my clan thinks of me that way..." Hinata spoke with tears appearing in her eyes.
What was she doing crying? In front of Naruto no less. That she didn't know why. Naruto had it much worse than her, yet she was the one crying. Hinata at least felt love at some point in her life. Naruto on the other hand, barely has anyone to love him...
God damn it Naruto! Out of all the things you could have asked, it had to be the sensitive one! Naruto inwardly scolded himself.
"I'm sorry." Naruto apologized as he clapped his hands together, facing Hinata. "I was careless."
Hinata was surprised that Naruto was actually acting like this towards her of all people. She shook her head from side to side.
"I-It's ok. You didn't know." Hinata gave Naruto a small smile to reassure the boy, but it didn't do much to help.
If Hinata wasn't around, Naruto would have let out a small smile. He was kind of glad that there was someone who can relate to him in a way. Albeit, he did feel bad for the girl still.
I guess Hinata isn't as weird as I thought. She's really nice actually. Naruto thought to himself with a small smile.
"Here's your food!" Teuchi presented the bowls to Naruto and Hinata. "And tell you what, since you succeeded in officially becoming a ninja, this one is on the house!"
Naruto jolted out of his crummy mood, "Awesome! Thanks old man!"
The next couple of minutes was spent with Hinata sipping down one bowl, and deciding that she was finished. Naruto on the other hand...consumed about 9 more bowls before deciding that he was finished.
"I-I should be going now. Father must be expecting me home." Hinata told Naruto.
"Right. See ya later! And Hinata…"
"Y-Yes?"
"You're a cool person!" Naruto flashed her a thumbs up. "Don't listen to the people who try to discourage! You can be really strong if you just put your heart into it!"
Hinata's jaw opened as a blush rushed onto her face. Naruto had just complimented her! He has faith in her. He thinks that she can be strong!
"Umm...uhh...th-th-thank y-you!" Hinata stammered with a bright red face as she ran away, both happy and embarrassed at the same time.
Naruto looked at her figure as it got farther and farther away from him. Suddenly, the entire atmosphere around became lonely when she was out of sight. It was the same as it always has been in his childhood. However, this time around, it wasn't as bad. There was a little shimmer of light now in this dark atmosphere of solitude that he has been all to acquainted with for all of his life.
"Did I...just make a friend?"
Days Later
When Hiruzen Sarutobi took over the office after the death of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, he had never expected the job to become increasingly more irritating when a certain blonde-haired boy named Naruto Uzumaki became a Genin.
"COME ON! I WANT DO A MORE EXCITING MISSION! NOT THIS LITTLE KID STUFF, CHOOSE SOMETHING ELSE!" Naruto shouted at the Third.
I hate to admit it, but the dobe's got a point. Sasuke inwardly agreed with Naruto.
Naruto-kun...Hinata had completely wished that she wasn't in the room at that moment. Naruto's yelling was making a scene, and all the attention of the people in the room was on Team 7, which included her.
"You idiot!" Iruka stood up from his chair as he slammed the table. "You're still a newly appointed Genin! Everyone needs to start with easy missions to gain experience!"
"Are you kidding me?! What does getting raked in the face by a FREAKING cat while trying to catch said cat have to do with gaining experience! All of these missions are just baby-WHAA!" Naruto yelped as Kakashi gave him a bop on the head, making him fall face first into the wooden floor.
"Cut it out." Kakashi scolded the blonde.
"Naruto! It looks like I need to explain to you what missions are." The Third Hokage said as Naruto sat up, gripping the back of his head as he cried out of pain, freezing when he heard the Third. "Listen, a lot of clients come to this village every day. The request for missions go from babysitting to assassinations."
Hinata flinched at the last part.
"The requests are and analyzed and they are separated into ranks-"
Hinata tuned out of the Third's explanation, as she already knew how the missions worked. Although she respected that Naruto wanted to get higher ranked missions, she herself didn't really want to.
The possibility of getting a very difficult mission that could result in someone getting hurt when they were merely appointed Genin not long ago was frightening to say the least.
Plus, then there were the higher stakes and much more consequences for making mistakes and being a burden, something that Hinata berates herself for being, and something that she thinks she is.
And then there is the fact that they were having difficulty with D ranked missions, what makes Naruto think that they could handle a higher ranked mission?
The only thing that they have going for them is Kakashi, and the Genin don't even know just how strong he truly is. There could be even stronger ninja than Kakashi out in the world.
The very thought of it made Hinata tremble out of fear, gluing her to where she stood. She, Naruto, and Sasuke didn't even stand a chance against Kakashi, who was constantly holding back and handicapping himself throughout their test.
So the prospect of there being someone more powerful than him that could appear as an enemy on a mission was scary.
She tuned back in to hear Naruto's voice, "So I had this tonkotsu ramen yesterday, so I'm thinking miso ramen today…"
"Silence!" The Third snapped at the blonde.
Kakashi scratched the back of his head, "Oh, sorry."
Naruto turned around to face the Third Hokage.
"You always lecture like a little kid, pops!" Naruto exclaimed out of annoyance. "But I'm not the kid who used to pull pranks anymore! I'm a ninja now and I want a mission worthy of one!" Naruto turned around, crossed his arms and pouted.
Does he always talk to Lord Hokage like this? Hinata wondered as she took note of how Naruto called Hiruzen 'pops'. It was slightly amusing seeing the interaction between the two, she had to admit.
Kakashi began to scratch his head again. I'm going to hear about this later…
Both Iruka and Hiruzen chuckled to themselves at Naruto's attitude as their lips widened into a smirk.
Naruto has changed…Hiruzen noted, happy that Naruto was starting to take life as a Shinobi more seriously, even if it was just by a little bit.
"Okay, I understand." Hiruzen spoke, earning interested looks from all of a Team 7, except Kakashi who bore the same bored expression on his eye as usual. "Since you are so eager, I will allow you to take on a C ranked mission. You will be required to escort a certain person."
Naruto's ears perked up, "Really?!" He turned his body around to face the Third, revealing a grin on his face. "Who? Who? The feudal lord? Or a princess?"
"Don't get so impatient. I'll bring him in now. Send in our visitor." Hiruzen commanded, and not long after, the door to the room slid open.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata along with the others could immediately smell sake reeking off of the man who entered. Heck, if that wasn't enough, he was holding a bottle of it in his hand.
Naruto stood up like the rest of his team as a the man leaned on the doorway, with an irritated look on his face.
Hinata scanned the man's appearance. A bit of his drink was rolling down his mouth as if he was drooling. The man wore a dark green sleeveless v-neck shirt with an obit, pants, and of course a pair of sandals for his feet to wear. Finally, the man wore glasses.
"What's this? A bunch of little snot nose brats?!" The man retorted, before staring directly at Naruto. "And the little one with the idiotic look on his face, you really expect me to believe that he's a ninja."
"Alright you bastard! First of all, Hinata's a girl! Second of all, she's not the one with the idiotic look on their face!" Naruto yelled, defending Hinata, thinking that the man was getting Hinata's gender mixed up.
Hinata blushed at Naruto's sudden rush to her defense. Although...
"I know she's a girl you brat! I was referring to you!"
Naruto quickly shot his head at Sasuke, and to his horror, the last Uchiha was taller than the Uzumaki.
"I'll demolish you!" Naruto proclaimed as he attempted to bolt at the man, only to be held and restrained in the air by Kakashi, who was holding him with one hand by the jacket.
"You're not supposed to hurt the client. It doesn't work that way, idiot." Kakashi berated Naruto for his rashness and rudeness.
The client took a sip of his drink and cleared his throat after swallowing.
"I am Tazuna, a bridge building master and I must return to my country. There, I will have all of you protect my life with yours while I complete the bridge. We will leave shortly."
"This mission will take a couple of days to complete." The Third Hokage stepped in and informed the Genin team.
"K-Kakashi-sensei...may I go inform my father where I will be for the next couple of days?" Kakashi nodded his head, granting Hinata permission to leave the room.
At the Konoha Gates
The group was currently leaving Konoha. For all of them except Kakashi and Tazuna, this was the first time that they had to leave the village.
Naruto bursted out of the gates, turned around, raised his arms and let out a cry of joy due to leaving the village for the first time and excitement for the mission. And then there was also the aspect of going to a place he has never been to before.
"Hey, will a kid like this really be capable of this mission?" Tazuna asked Kakashi as he pointed at Naruto, who froze in his place with white eyes of annoyance at being underestimated. Naruto crossed his arms.
Damn, this geezer is annoying. I should say something. Naruto nodded his head as he thought of something. He turned his body around and pointed at Tazuna.
"Don't underestimate me you geezer! I'm a great ninja! And one day, I will receive the title of Hokage! The name is Naruto Uzumaki! Remember it!" The boy exclaimed with a foxlike grin on his face.
Hinata gushed over Naruto's declaration and thought about how cool he was.
Why can't I have the same level of determination as you, Naruto-kun. Hinata frowned, dropping her head so she could face the ground, the one thing that she has seen the most in all of her life.
And her father's words to her before coming here didn't help build her confidence at all.
Flashback-Hyuga Manor-Not so Long Ago
"You're going on a C ranked mission?" Hiashi repeated what his daughter reported. Although he didn't show any sign of emotion to Hinata, he was slightly surprised on the inside, as Hinata hasn't even been a Genin for a week and she already has a C ranked mission.
"Yes, and I will not be home for a couple of days." Hinata added to the description of the mission that she gave her father.
"I see. Well, you should not be late then. Get your things, and get going." Hiashi stated, prompting Hinata to turn around and leave.
"And one more thing." Hinata froze, listening to what her father had to say. "Try not to be a burden to the Uzumaki and Uchiha and jeopardize the mission. And bring honor to the Hyuga." Hinata brought her head down out of shame. Why couldn't he have more faith in her? Or at the very least wish her good luck? But then again...
She was a stain to the Hyuga Clan's reputation, that's what they all thought. Hinata still didn't know why she wasn't sealed and sent into the Branch Family already.
"Y-Yes Father."
Now
She couldn't back down now. She was on a C ranked mission now. She couldn't let Naruto or Sasuke down. And if she kept acting afraid of the mission, then she would only be a burden and the mission would potentially be in jeopardy.
"If I become Hokage, you'll have to acknowledge me!" Naruto's aggravated voice brought Hinata back to reality. She looked at the blonde to see that he was yelling at Tazuna.
"I won't kid. That is, even if you become a Hokage." Tazuna told Naruto flatly. This kid? Become Hokage? Now that's the best joke Tazuna has heard in quite a long time.
"Grr! I'm going to kill you!" Naruto yelled as he leaped forward, once again being stopped by Kakashi, who was grabbing him by his backpack.
"Stop it, Naruto!" Kakashi commanded as Tazuna shrugged the boy off and walked forwards away from the village.
"No! No! Let me hit him at least once!" Naruto pleaded with his sensei, but to no avail the Jonin didn't let him.
As the group continued along the path, they came across a puddle of water. Kakashi glanced at the puddle, before returning his attention to the puddle. The others shrugged off the puddle's existence, paying it no heed. But if they were really alert, they would know that it hadn't rained recently.
Suddenly, metal chains wrapped around Kakashi's body, restraining him. The immediate sound of the clattering chains alerted the Genin as they saw Kakashi stuck in place along with the two ninja who had him restrained.
"What?!" Kakashi gasped out of shock.
"First one!" One of the two Shinobi yelled as Kakashi died getting ripped to shreds. The sudden death of the Jonin shocked the three Genin and Tazuna.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto froze in his place, when out of nowhere, the two ninja who murdered Kakashi seemingly teleported behind him.
"Second one."
Naruto turned his head to see the ninja ready to kill him with their chains preparing to wrap around his body. His life flashed before his eyes.
Was it all going to end here? Kakashi was dead! If he was caught off guard so easily, then what chance does Naruto have?!
Hinata was also frozen in place out of fear due to being heavily impacted by the loss of Kakashi. Like the other two, this was her first time in a real fight. And she was terrified! She then saw the ninja behind Naruto, but she still couldn't find the strength to move! She wanted to cry on the spot as Naruto was seemingly going to die just like Kakashi.
Sasuke, however, took quick action and leaped into the air, pulling out a kunai and a single shuriken, swinging the shuriken at the chains, catching them on a tree.
The new ninja widened their eyes as they found that they couldn't move the chains to kill the blonde boy.
Sasuke then flicked a kunai knife in the same direction as the shuriken, pinning the chains to the tree even tighter. The ninja tried to move the chains out, but to no avail.
Sasuke landed on the big metal wrist parts of their weapons. He grabbed onto both of the ninjas arms.
"Hn." Was the sound that came from Sasuke as he kicked the two ninja in the face.
W-Wow…Naruto thought in amazement as Sasuke's actions.
The two ninja dodged Sasuke's kick and broke the chain their weapons were attached to, they split up, one running towards Naruto with his claws pointed out, and another one coming for Tazuna and Hinata.
Hinata gasped out of shock as she realized that the ninja was closing in. The will to move returned to her, however…
It returned too late.
Although Hinata had managed to slide in front of a Tazuna to defend him, there was no way that she could react in time to attempt to hit the ninja. She was going to have to take the hit for Tazuna.
But then, Sasuke with great speed, appeared in front of Hinata, ready to take the ninja head on no matter what happened.
However, he never got the chance to, as the dark clothed ninja was knocked out by Kakashi tightly strangling him with one arm. In his other arm was the other ninja who went after Naruto, he was unconscious as well.
"Yo." Kakashi greeted casually, as if nothing happened at all.
"K-Kakashi-sensei?!" Hinata gaped, surprised that Kakashi was alive and well and without a scratch.
Sasuke's lips formed a straight line while furrowing his eyebrows. It had looked like either Sasuke's way of pouting or his way of showing jealousy.
What a show-off. Sasuke's eye twitched.
Naruto and Hinata just kept staring at Kakashi, thinking that he was a ghost at first before looking over to where he had supposedly died. Where there should be a large puddle of Kakashi's blood was just a bunch of scattered wooden logs, showing that Kakashi had used the Kamawiri Jutsu (Substitution Jutsu).
"Naruto, I'm sorry I wasn't able to help in time." Kakashi said, "I didn't think that you wouldn't be able to move."
This was Kakashi's way of saying 'good job you did jackshit'.
Tazuna let out a sigh of relief, thankful that he was safe.
"Anyways, Sasuke, good job on reacting despite the surprise attack. Hinata, you were very late to react, you were frozen in place for almost the entire fight. Eventually, you did manage to snap yourself back into reality, but you were too late to actually do anything. Had Sasuke not appeared when he did, you might have taken a fatal blow." Kakashi criticizes Naruto's teammates. "Don't let it happen again."
"Y-Yes sensei, I'm sorry…" Hinata whispered to herself, disappointed with how she stayed still the entire time. She saw Sasuke look at her straight in the eyes. And she knew the look he was giving her all too well.
It was the look her father gave her when she failed.
It was the look of disappointment. The look that said, 'Why couldn't you do this better' or 'Why do you have to be such a failure'.
Why am I so weak? Why did I just freeze up and let Sasuke-kun do the work? Why am I so useless? I swore to myself that I wouldn't be a burden, but that is what I just was…Hinata dropped her head to face the ground out of shame.
The ground, her one source of comfort for when she felt down.
"Yo." Sasuke suddenly said, Hinata looked to see him facing Naruto. "Are you hurt...Scaredy Cat?"
Hinata heard Naruto growling out of anger as he yelled out Sasuke's name, only to be silenced by Kakashi calling out Naruto's name.
"There's poison on these guy's' nails. We need to take the poison out immediately."
Hinata looked over to Naruto, to see him holding up his left hand and gritting his teeth when he saw. Hinata then saw why he looked angry at the sight of it. The oozing blood running off the hand and dripping onto the ground. It all made it too clear…
Naruto-kun got hurt. Hinata deduced as she gave her crush a look of concern.
"We have to open that wound to get the poison out. Don't move much or else the poison will spread through your body." Kakashi warned. "By the way, Tazuna-san."
The client took a startled step back, not expecting his name to be called.
"W-What is it?" Tazuna asked.
"We need to talk." Kakashi replied cryptically.
After putting down the unconscious ninja next to a tree and restraining their movements by tying them to the tree, Kakashi began to speak to Tazuna.
"Those two are Shinobi from Kirigakure. They are ninjas known to keep fighting no matter the cost.
"How were you able to detect our movements?" One of the Kiri ninja, who was now awake, questioned Kakashi.
"It hasn't rained for the past few days, and it's sunny today. Therefore, not a single puddle of water should have been seen." Kakashi explained as if it was obvious.
"Then why did you let the kids fight when you knew that?" Tazuna asked Kakashi.
"If I wanted to, I could have killed these two in the blink of an eye. But...I needed to know who the target for these two was." Kakashi narrowed his eye at Tazuna, who wasn't catching on.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm saying, we're you being targeted or someone from our ninja group?" Kakashi rephrased. "We have not heard anything about you being targeted by ninja. Your request was to protect you from armed groups like gangs and robbers. You never said anything about being targeted by ninja. If we knew this, the mission would be a B Rank or higher."
Tazuna retained a neutral expression on his face, but one single drop of sweat could be seen rolling down his temple.
"Our Jon was to simply support and guard you while you completed the bridge. If ninja are our enemy, this mission would have been an expensive B rank." Another drop of sweat formed on Tazuna's face, and it didn't seem to be from the heat. "It looks like you have your reasons, but lying to us in the request details is unacceptable. Fighting other ninja wasn't part of the mission."
"S-So what are we going t-to sensei? Are we going to q-quit?" Hinata stuttered, secretly hoping that the mission would be cancelled. The prospect of handling a mission that could potentially be ranked higher than a B mission was just too much for the shy Hyuga to handle.
"Let's go back to the village to cure Naruto. The injury he had sure is a burden." Kakashi glanced at Naruto as he spoke, not bothering to hear what Naruto thought.
Naruto grit his teeth even harder that it looked like they would break if he clenched them any harder. Naruto pulled out a kunai and he stabbed his wound, causing blood to squirt out wildly.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata called out of shock and concern as Sasuke and Tazuna looked at Naruto out of surprise, even Kakashi widened his visible eye slightly at Naruto's sudden action. Naruto winced as he endured the pain of getting his hand stabbed by a kunai.
"Why am I so different...why am I always...damn it!" Naruto cursed out loud. "I should be stronger than this! I worked so hard just to get here! I've practiced for hours and hours until it hurt, and I've accomplished a ton of missions just to get closer to my dream! I will never back down, and always require someone to help me! I'm never going to run away! And I am not going to lose to Sasuke! I make this vow from the wound afflicted upon this hand! With this kunai, I'm going to protect the old man!"
Naruto turned around to face Tazuna and his comrades, his pained expression turned into a smirk. "The mission is still on!"
Naruto-kun is...so cool! Hinata suddenly found the strength to continue the mission as well. If Naruto was going to continue the mission, then she couldn't disappoint him by backing out. Plus, backing out now would mean bringing shame to her father and the Hyuga Clan.
"Naruto, it was uhh, really cool how you took out the poison out and all, but if you lose any more blood, you're going to die." Kakashi stated nonchalantly, and the meaning behind the words did not fit the tone of his voice at all.
Multiple little drops of sweat fell off of Naruto's face as his wounded hand quivered, before turning into rigid motions of trembling. Kakashi appeared right next to Naruto with an eye-smile.
"Good idea for you to stop the bleeding now, seriously." Naruto began to flail his arms around, screaming for his life.
"NONONONONONONONONO! I CAN'T DIE LIKE THIS!" Naruto cried out loud.
"Show me your hand." Kakashi said, Naruto did as he was told but he still was hyperactive at the news that he could die.
"NO! HELP ME!" Naruto pleaded Kakashi with his entire life.
"Umm, Kakashi-sensei, I have some ointment for Naruto-kun's wound." Hinata held out a small brown container. Kakashi wordlessly thanked Hinata as he took the ointment and applied it to Naruto's wound.
After applying it, the three found that the wound was already healing.
"Hey! This stuff is really good Hinata! My wound's already closing!" Naruto complimented Hinata.
However, Hinata didn't even blush, she merely said 'thank you'. She has used the ointment a lot of times, and never has it been that effective. It only healed small wounds quickly. Wounds like Naruto's took longer to fully heal.
Why is it healing so fast? Hinata wondered.
Hinata's ointment seems to be working, but I reckon that the power of the Kyuubi is doing most of the healing...Kakashi concluded as he wrapped a bandage around Naruto's hand.
"Thanks Hinata! I really appreciate it!" Naruto told the Hyuga. This time, Hinata blushed slightly, but not as much as usual.
"N-No problem, Naruto-kun." Hinata closed her eyes and smiled.
Kakashi stood up fully and looked at the path ahead.
"Alright everyone, let's go, before any more Shinobi are sent after us."
I've just noticed that for every Chapter so far, Kakashi has had the final line.
Anyways, soon, the gap between updates will get bigger as we will be covering more than just 1 episode. For example, next chapter we will probably go through the entirety of the Zabuza right. Which is...about 2½ episodes.
That will be all for now.
Take care, goodbye.