Back with another chapter!
This one is one the lighter and more humorous side of the Naruto universe.
Although this chapter will have more liveliness to it than the usual serious side and action than the last few chapter.
This is the beginning of the "Yang Path" of the story where I begin to delve into the mysteries of Yang chakra and what life means for others.
With that said, here you go!
Chapter 6: The Teachings of Yang
After asking Hinata what she needed to do in Iwa. She simply responded with, "Something you opened my eyes to."
Naruto tilted his head, but smiled at her regardless as she had a clear mindset for whatever it is she had to do. Even better, that he was the one that inspired her yet again.
Naruto told her, "I don't know what I did, or even if it was really me, but I'm glad to be of help to you! Dattebayo!" he said.
Hinata giggled before asking, "Kuku! But Naruto, isn't it inconvenient for you to be with me all the time? I don't want to always depend on others… especially you..." she ended sadly.
Naruto smiled genuinely, "Why do you make it sound like I have to be with you? I like helping you! More than that, I like you!" he exclaimed, Hinata had a red tint at the end of his statement.
Naruto then said, "Besides, you don't depend on others at all! No, they help you because they want to, like they did for me and me with Sasuke and Sakura-chan. What you do however, is find inspiration, a role model to use to guide you to find your own strength! Like, when you saved me from Pain and during the War when you finally mastered the 64 palms and lead the Hyuga to greatness! Those accomplishments aren't things you get from people doing it for you, but rather they encourage you to achieve. So that's why, don't be afraid to look to others if you've lost your way, we'll help you find your strength again, like you did for me when Neji died…" he ended seriously with an intense sincerity in his eyes and voice that could not be matched by even a Hyuga.
Hinata at these words, her heart felt like it stopped beating due to it being too fast to the point the heat generated made it melt. Also, she had never thought of it that way, for years she believed that having other help her meant she was weak, when really, they were only encouraging her to find her strength because they all believed in her!
Hinata thanked Naruto so much, but not with words, but instead with a sudden burst of strength, she tossed her arms over Naruto's neck and ate out his lips.
Naruto was surprised, but not necessarily disappointed, he easily gave into the sensation of her lips on his and battled her for dominance which he was losing.
He then pushed he back onto her bed hoping to gain an advantage, however, their little game couldn't last as a loud slam of the door made them shoot up.
Hiashi was at the door with his arms crossed, Byakugan active and purple monster apparition appearing behind him. Hiashi activated a mode even stronger than the Six Paths Sage mode that Naruto recently acquired.
The Overprotective Dad Mode!
"UZUMAKI! UNHAND MY DAUGHTER AT ONCE YOU IMBECILE!" Hiashi warned and launched himself at Naruto who body flickered towards the window.
Hinata tried to calm him down, "F-Father! It's not as it seems!"
Hiashi heard none of it and told her, "Hinata! I'll make sure this boy pays dearly for violating your innocence!" Hinata was mortified at the term.
Naruto was frantic, a protective father was even worse than Kaguya, and even Ashura when he fought him! Desperate for an escape, he opened the window and jumped out activating his Six Paths Sage mode without the Chakra Cloak to fly away.
Hiashi was fuming! "Get back here Uzumaki! Fight like a man!"
Naruto with wide white eyes reasoned, "When you're mad! Fighting like a man isn't enough to beat you! Tebayo!"
Hiashi responded, "Exactly! I have nothing that can stop me!"
He then shot an Air Palm towards Naruto who easily but comically dodged it.
He reached for a Kunai, but discovered he left his kunai pouch and cape with Hinata.
'Crap! I don't have anything I can use against him… wait! I can use the experimental seal I've been working on since I finished the scrolls I got from Kakashi-sensei and Baa-chan.' Naruto inwardly strategized.
He focused on the seal he left on the Kunai he modified whilst Hinata was sleeping and he had clones to keep watch during their journey to Uzushiogakure.
Hiashi shot a barrage of Air Palms at Naruto in a way that even Naruto would be able to dodge easily without one hitting him at least.
Then the biggest shock happened… an orange spark of colour appeared where Naruto once was.
"Hiraishin!? When did he learn that!?" Hiashi yelled. Hinata was shocked also as she saw Naruto do the Fourth Hokage's prized technique. Just orange and with a spark sound instead of a flash.
Then, Naruto reappeared where his stuff was; on the desk next to Hinata's bed and he landed directly on the seat where he was sitting watching Hinata.
"I can't believe that worked! Dattebayo! Did you see that Hina-chan!? That was awesome! Tebayo!" Naruto asked her.
Hinata was in awe and asked, "How did you do that? When did you learn your father's jutsu?" Naruto grinned sheepishly.
Hiashi, however, was still mad and bargained with Naruto.
"When did you learn about Minato's technique!? Tell me and then I'll spare you!" he negotiated.
Naruto gulped and told them how he already finished all the scrolls from his mother's side and his Dad's personal studies. He recounted that's when he already knew the mechanics behind the Hiraishin seal, so he ventured out trying to find the formula that is meant for him.
Hinata asked, "But Naru-kun. Don't you already have the whole formula for the Hiraishin from your father? So, couldn't you use the technique by applying it straight from the scroll?" Naruto shook his head.
"No. I thought that would be the case, but the Hiraishin is more like the Summoning contracts that Sasuke, Sakura-chan and I use. It only summons what it is meant to summon, my dad's formula was a warping technique that allows only him and others he allows to warp with him. Therefore, there is no set method for creating the Hiraishin. Which is why Iwa seal masters could never reverse engineer the technique as their seals are set in stone and not very flexible, not taking anything from them, but they look for straight forward solutions that are good enough, not anything complex for bigger problems." Naruto explained.
Hiashi and Hinata nodded in understanding.
"That's why the Second Hokage's and my Dad's Hiraishin symbols are very different. The Second was kind of a traditional guy, so his looked just like the summoning markings, whereas my Dad was more about speed and better ways to do things that his one ended up being more on the compact side. And seeing as my one finally worked, I guess I got my formula down!" Naruto exclaimed.
Hinata was amazed by Naruto's accomplishments as usual and Hiashi nodded impressed and spared Naruto's life.
"I see, then I forgive you for what has happened between you and my Daughter" Hiashi said. Naruto and Hinata groaned and told him that it wasn't like that.
Hiashi then told them, "I'll be seeing you at the gates Wednesday morning Naruto, and Hinata, please do get well" Hinata nodded and Naruto grinned widely.
Hiashi then took his leave.
Naruto turned back to Hinata and asked her.
"How long until you can get out of hospital?" He asked her with pleading eyes.
Hinata answered "About couple more hours, just to get my chakra back." Naruto heard something about the chakra deprivation and smiled.
Hinata was getting nervous, "Naru-kun?" she said worrying.
Naruto told her to stay still, he then placed his right hand on her left shoulder and used Ninshu to replenish her chakra.
Hinata felt energised and wanted to hop out of bed, but opted for slowly getting out.
Naruto was smiling but underneath he was telling himself.
'So that's what she needs to do in Iwa… I shouldn't be worried about those guys as she technically has the choice to decline and the effects of Ninshu is stronger through physical contact.' He thought.
Hinata said, "Thank you Naru-kun! I thought I was going to die out of boredom" in a carefree manner. Naruto grinned.
"So, what do we do? We have about less than two days before we have to get to Iwa." Hinata reminded him.
Naruto took a more serious face and told her, "Well… I thought now that your better, we could start you training in using your new 'Six Paths' Power you got from Hanako"
Hinata nodded and was excited.
"So, what do we start off with?" Hinata asked.
Naruto replied, "Well, like with new technique, we are gonna start off mastering the elements that your new form uses."
Hinata understood and asked, "Which element are you going to train me in?"
Naruto told her, "We'll do what I know by heart… Yang Release!"
Hinata was confused and asked, "Yang on its own? Don't you need to use Yin and Yang to mold chakra?"
Naruto nodded, "That's right, but Yang techniques are almost 100 percent Yang, with miniscule amounts of Yin in it. For example, the Shadow Clone jutsu is a mostly Yang as it's not an illusion, but rather a form given a soul via spliting chakra."
Hinata understood.
Naruto then told her, "Yang is physical energy. I have lots of it as I can run around forever if I had too. It can also give a huge boost in physical strength if mastered to such an extent, give others a chakra boost like I did with you and maybe, like I did with Kurama, we used so much lifeforce that it gave him a physical being that can touch things"
Hinata's eyes widened at the applications of Yang Release.
Hinata in awe said, "Amazing! Yang release can do things like that?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah! But its better if I show you what it can do at the training grounds." He insisted and Hinata followed.
Naruto's personal Training ground
Hinata was at first confused as to why Naruto said they had to run as fast they could in the direction of the Land of Rivers. His training grounds which he made was far away! Hinata questioned the logic and he simply told her that it was his insurance from getting raped by fans. She laughed at his wording.
Once they got there, Naruto still looked fresh showing that his endurance had increased despite having to run faster than normal due to Hinata's surprising speed. However, she was huffing and puffing so the presense of Hamura's Chakra she received from Hanako didn't exactly boost her stamina a great deal.
Naruto used Ninshu to transfer some Yang chakra into her to revitalise her Chakra levels back to full capacity.
Hinata then asked, "That chakra restoration technique of yours… is that like Medical ninjutsu in a way?"
Naruto scratched his head thinking about how to break it down to her.
"Well, it's similar, but you already know that Medical Ninjutsu falls under Yin and Yang, right?" Naruto said.
Hinata nodded but admitted, "I know medical ninjutsu, but I never learnt that it was a Yin and yang skill"
Naruto then went on to explain Yin and Yang release.
"Yeah, Yin release is spiritual chakra and yada yada yada, you already know that its chakra you receive from experience and knowledge chakra wise." Naruto said. Hinata nodded thankful that Naruto at least knew to skip the Academy stuff.
"Well, what many don't know about Yin release, is that it allows users to create forms out of nothing. A body out of purely chakra." Naruto said. Hinata was amazed at what Yin release could do.
"Though, meeting a Yin user that powerful is rare, only Sasuke I know has the strongest Yin element in the Nations. But back to the lesson, most cases, Yin users are genjutsu specialist as it's easy for them to create an illusion that looks real, some people can create a physical body, but is just that… an empty bowl of Ramen!" Naruto described in a way making Hinata laugh.
"I'm sure you get it by now, but the Academy clone jutsu is the best example of Yin Release I can think of." Naruto said.
Hinata understood what Yin-release was now and that it was simpler than she thought; the creation of a form from nothing using purely chakra.
Naruto then added something else for the dramatic effect, "This isn't necessary, but, knowing this can help, Yin release isn't for making genjutsu, but rather making things a reality if your affinity is strong enough for it. Sasuke, using his Yin-release can open portals to other dimensions, pretty much allowing him to choose which reality he wants to go!" Hinata was in awe at the potential of Yin-release.
Naruto then got back of track, "But for medical ninjutsu, I guess it has something to do with making all those chakra scalpels and mending one's wounds, so I guess, it's really reversing the reality of one's injuries." He concluded.
Hinata however, had wide-eyes; it made sense now. All those medical studies about speeding up recovery was in fact reversing the damage through Yin-release!
Naruto then moved on to Yang, his time to shine.
"Then we got the more fun Yang-release! Just look at me! Dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed with his chest out making Hinata roll on the ground with laughter.
Once she stopped, Naruto continued, "Yang-release is the physical energy one has within their body. Pretty much things like endurance, strength and life spans." Hinata nodded.
"Um… what exactly does Yang release do?" she asked.
Naruto then answered her, "Well… it breathes life into a soulless form if there is one, else if there was just pure Yang chakra, then it be like making a ghost." Naruto shivered at that word, Hinata found it cute that he feared ghost.
"Anyway! I used Yang-release to stabilise people's lifeforces as I did with Gai-sensei to save his life. I used Yang chakra to greatly enhance my physical abilities, it's like using Sage mode, without gathering Natural energy and it can be used to a greater extent reviving the lifeforce of certain organs, like eyeballs!" he exclaimed.
Hinata was mesmerised at the applications of Yang-release.
Naruto didn't know how to explain Yang release properly so he decided to show her instead.
He suddenly makes a few hand gestures and made an Earth pillar and a pond of water. Hinata was shocked at his affinities for them but remained silent.
"They say that to use Wood Release, you have to have equally strong affinities for Earth and Water release." Naruto told her. Hinata nodded.
"While that's true, the combination of the two elements just results in making mud and not Wood like the First Hokage." Naruto reasoned and Hinata was thinking about what this had to do with Yang-release.
"What the First Hokage had was a very powerful lifeforce, in other words Yang which made it nigh impossible for others to control." Naruto said and Hinata finally knew where this was going.
"So, the wood release is actually using Yang-release as well!" Hinata concluded. Naruto grinned.
"Exactly! If Kurama's chakra turned the White Zetsus into trees, then I thought maybe Yang chakra was needed to turn Earth with Water into Wood as they needed life!" Naruto exclaimed and made hand seal.
"Yang release: Beginning of Life!" he shouted and directed his golden chakra to the earth and water mixture he made earlier and it became a huge tree that dwarfed even the ones in the forest of death.
To add his personality to it, it had oranges!
Hinata's eyes twinkled at what had happened.
"Amazing…" she said quietly. Naruto smiled.
"Hehehe! This is how get my plants to grow at home! Dattebayo!" Naruto claimed. Hinata went wide-eyed.
"You mean Yang-release can be used for gardening!?" Hinata questioned and Naruto nodded.
"Wow… I really want to learn how to use Yang release now." She said and Naruto sweat dropped.
"So… are you ready to get started?" Naruto asked.
Hinata nodded and said, "More than ready!"
Naruto smiled and had a fire in his eyes; he was excited.
"Alright, the first exercise we're going to do is…" he paused and summoned two seedlings in pots.
"… making these two plants grow to full bloom!" Naruto shouted and Hinata was excited.
Naruto demonstrated how to do it whilst doing his best to explain how to utilise Yang release.
"Yang chakra is the essence of life. Try to imagine the growth of a flower and give it the energy to grow to full bloom!" he described as his pot quickly grew a sunflower with nothing but Yang chakra.
Hinata stared amazed by this feat and tried to do the same.
However, all she managed was a small sprout of the seed. Naruto chuckled at Hinata's pouting face.
"You did well Hina-chan!" Naruto congratulated her.
Hinata just pouted even more, "But I didn't even make mine grow completely…" she whined. Naruto was trying his best not to succumb to Hinata's cuteness. But decided to comment about it instead.
"Don't be like that! You did even better than I did back then! Dattebayo! Although that face you're making is cute…" he ended.
Hinata was blushing.
"Na-Naru-kun!" Hinata sputtered.
Naruto laughed wholeheartedly and Hinata was now listening to his new laugh; it was manlier, yet retained its childish charm.
"Oh! I'm glad that you're you!" Naruto exclaimed. Hinata tilted her head and asked, "How so?"
Naruto just mischievously grinned and admitted, "Only you can be adorable whilst being, pretty, sexy and drop-dead gorgeous at the same time!"
Hinata turned away forgetting the Yang training to hide her blush from her Naruto. Even if they were technically dating, it was still embarrassing for her to blush so much in front of Naruto. She could handle blushing in front of strangers to show that she isn't comfortable, or flattered, but with Naruto, she didn't want to be so embarrassed around him as she wanted to be by his side, not overwhelmed!
Naruto chuckling slowly stopped and he said, "Sorry about that! I didn't mean to embarrass you Hina-chan! I just wanted to say the truth, dattebayo!"
Hinata's blushing wasn't as strong, but it did intensify when he said it was truth with his catch phrase; it meant he said it from the heart, not to sway her.
"It's okay Naru-kun. Just a little bit overwhelming for me, but I don't mind because you really mean it." She reassured him with a smile. Naruto grinned widely with a hint of pink on his face.
After about an hour, the sun was setting and told them they needed to get back to the village.
"Oi! Hina-chan, let's get back to the village, we can practice growing plants with our chakra tomorrow" he told her.
Hinata agreed, "Okay, let's head back…" she said but almost fell forward due to the amount of chakra she expended trying to grow a flower.
Naruto caught her gently and informed her, "Yang chakra is different from the other types of chakra most Shinobi use. It's physical, meaning it takes more out of the body. Heck! I'm amazed you lasted that long for your first time using Yang chakra! Dattebayo!"
Hinata nodded weakly and replied.
"Really? Thanks, Naru-kun, I guess I have to keep practicing… Wow, I'm really tired… sorry Naru-kun, looks like you'll have to carry me all the way back to the Village…" she told him. Naruto smiled a genuine one.
"Don't apologise! I like holding you! Besides, who says we have to walk back…" Naruto ended with a gleam in his sparkling blue eyes.
Hinata wanted to ask what it was, but suddenly felt herself getting lighter.
Konoha, Naruto's Apartment
When Hinata felt herself feeling normal again, she looked around and saw a very sparse and clean apartment unit. She saw well-polished wooden floors, she saw a wooden table with four chairs with a vase of sunflowers in it telling her she was most likely in a dining room and the kitchen seeing it behind the table.
She turned her head and saw a door opened revealing the corridor leading to a bathroom, storage room and a bedroom most likely.
Hinata wondered where she was until Naruto answered her question.
"Welcome to my apartment Hina-chan! How is it?" Naruto asked eagerly.
Hinata replied, "It feels so homey and lively…" she described.
She was so tired that she only realised that she was in Naruto's apartment, with him alone.
She began blushing, "Na-Na-Na-Naru-kun! Why are we in your apartment!? How did we get here!? What are we going to do!?" she rapidly questioned with her mind coming up with some 'High-quality Icha Icha material'.
Naruto laughed and told her, "Well, you remember the Hiraishin technique I used earlier today? I actually had a clone come here to apply the seal and tend my garden so I could just flash back home no problem!"
Hinata was amazed and accepted his answer.
"Also, since we're back early, I can show you my garden like you asked me too! Or, we can get something to eat first, I know your hungry! Dattebayo!" Naruto said the last part knowingly as he used Ninshu to read her mind and feelings; she was hungry and didn't realise it yet! He also knew about the dirty thoughts she was having, but decided not to question that.
"It's fine Naru-kun… I'm not hungry…" she tried say until her stomach growled loudly like Chouji when he wants BBQ. Her face turned red out of embarrassment. Naruto grinned and laughed at her expense.
"You're really silly Hina-chan! I got some ramen waiting for us! You want some?" Naruto offered, Hinata agreed and helped herself to some ramen which Naruto was eager to share with her.
"Alright! And just for you! We're having some of my Premium Limited-Edition Ramen Bowls that I only have on special occasions! Dattebayo!" Naruto excitedly exclaimed and the tired Hinata smiled in amusement at his enthusiasm.
He prepared the two bowls of special ramen and set down in front of them with two glasses of water and two cans of soda just in case.
Naruto as usual, slurped it like it was nothing, however, he was shocked that Hinata already finished hers and was politely drinking her water.
Naruto got her attention when he whined, "Damn it! I lost a ramen contest with you again! Next time I'll win!"
Hinata heard this, she blushed and giggled at his eagerness to compete and went back to drinking her water whilst watch Naruto stuff his cheeks making him look like a cute little fox.
10 minutes later
Naruto eventually finished his ramen on time to get to his can of fizzy orange soda. He was glad Hinata waited for him so she could start as well.
When their post-workout meal was done, Naruto asked her if she still wanted to see his garden which she agreed to easily. Therefore, the two got up and Naruto lead the way to the apartment building's rooftop and boy, was Hinata in for a surprise.
On the apartment rooftop
Once they were outside, Naruto lead her past the door and she was in awe at the sight he presented to her.
It was out-of-this world.
This was Naruto's personal garden! What she saw put even the Shinobi Nations' most beautiful botanical gardens, which she has seen them all, to shame.
The pottery was done in a personalised style courtesy of Naruto, the flowers didn't just stay on the ground of in pots, but some of them even grew along the vines on the metal wire grid walls Naruto had set up created a wall that seemed like it was made from flowers of various colours.
There were even some small trees arcing towards one another creating what seemed to be a gateway to other sections of his garden, a detail Hinata wanted to know how to do so badly.
She also loved the attention to detail that was put into the little spiralling rows of flowers of different kinds diverging from the little bonsai, she also found the little bridges that gapped the distance from the bonsai's pot to the spiralling row's.
Hinata found herself loving how some of the metal wire grids were bent into concave walls that made a unique casing for some of the flowers that didn't have room in their pots and rows.
The best part of this garden was, that every single one of them were not flowers she had read about. They were brand new! Some she could say were similar, but they weren't flowers that you could buy from Yamanaka's. Not even the Hyuga clan had flowers such as these!
Hinata looked towards a proudly grinning Naruto.
"Naru-kun! This is your garden!? It's amazing!" Hinata complimented.
Naruto scratched the back of his head.
"Really? I was just doing the best I could with what I learnt on the go." He admitted modestly.
Hinata had stars in her eyes. Naruto had made this beautiful sight to behold with skills he learnt on his own!
Hinata told him, "Yes Naru-kun, in fact, your garden is the greatest I've ever seen, not even the world-renowned gardens I have visited compare to what you've made…"
Naruto scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled.
"Well, I'm glad you like it so far! You want to see the rest?" Naruto asked with barely hidden excitement.
Hinata of course agreed, if the first part of his rooftop garden was this amazing, then the rest was only getting better.
The more Naruto showed her, the more enamoured she became with his garden… it was so creative, unique and beautiful that she couldn't believe that Naruto wasn't an employee at Yamanaka's, if not, a florist who makes gardens for various clans.
"This is all so breath-taking Naru-kun… Do you think you could help out with the gardening back at the Hyuga Compound?" Hinata asked.
Naruto smiled and replied, "I'd love to! I can't wait to see a garden bigger than my apartment! Dattebayo!" Hinata giggled at his excitement and implied joke.
Naruto then looked up making Hinata look where he was looking; the tallest part of his apartment building.
Naruto looked at her and said, "Come on! My pride and joy is up there!" whilst he wall-walked slowly and Hinata followed.
'His garden is already so mesmerising… yet his best plant is up there?' Hinata thought.
When the two reached the top of the tower, they saw Naruto's best plant in a planter row directly in front of the setting sun.
A lavender grass plant with blossoming white pedals with hints of yellow that was glowing from the sun.
"Wow… This was the plant that you told me about." Hinata recalled.
Naruto replied, "Yeah! I like this plant the most, it reminds of you, the grass is like your hair, the white pedals are like your eyes and the yellow makes me remember the meaning of your name… it reminds me of how kind and caring you are, yet how strong and determined you can be. It never stops growing, it keeps going, albeit slowly, it just keeps growing and glowing brighter each day." Naruto described.
Hinata's heart had melted away at what this plant meant to Naruto. It was so sincere and so endearing.
She discovered that whilst she knew the language of flowers.
Naruto, gave his plants their own meaning, their own purpose based on how they grew and made him feel. She knew the flower language, whereas Naruto understood the heart of flowers.
Then the most amazing thing happened, the sun finally set and the moonlight shone upon the plant and the two. Revealing its hidden beauty.
The lavender grass blades contrasted with the now illuminated pedals of white along with the shining gold hue in the middle of each pedal.
Naruto and Hinata looked at the sight a bit longer before both turning to each other staring lovingly into each other's eyes.
Naruto saw Hinata's complexion glow highlighting her flawless creamy skin, the feint shade of midnight blue that resembled the night sky and her twinkling lavender-shaded eyes where he could see her care and love for him and him only.
For Hinata, she saw Naruto's Sunkist skin contrast his spikey blonde hair that was now reflecting a new golden hue, his whisker marks stood out more and his blue eyes sparkling with an even higher refractive index enticing to her.
They slowly inched their faces closer and as they pressed their lips together. The moon was now high in the night sky and the plant finally reached its full bloom as its pods opened to reveal many white dragon lilies.
Their love had blossomed into something more.
Tuesday morning, Naruto's bedroom
Okay! You may be thinking 'Whoa! They took it to third base!' No, they didn't do anything sexual, if the sloppy kisses and groping is excluded. After that kiss, they knew nothing could come between them and destroy what they had, for it was something much greater than love.
We find our favourite pair snoozing in Naruto's bed both wearing matching clothing that Naruto picked out; black T-shirts and orange pants. Naruto was laying on his back with his head on the pillows, whereas Hinata was laying on top of him with her head resting on his sculpted chest.
This would have lasted a bit longer if someone didn't have to come looking for them.
"UZUMAKI!" A familiar stoic voice screamed. They both woke up and were sweating bullets. Mostly Naruto.
Naruto reluctantly got up quickly leaving a pouting Hinata, once he opened his bedroom door, he saw Hiashi with his Byakugan activated emitting the aura of the Shinigami.
Naruto immediately figured out why he was angry; he had seen Hinata and him sleeping together in an intimate way that he thought something might have happened.
"W-W-Wait! I can explain!" Naruto exclaimed. However, Hiashi dismissed him.
"There's no need to explain! I can clearly see what has taken place!" Hiashi replied darkly whilst getting into his juken stance.
Naruto gulped and was hard pressed to dodge Hiashi's 128 palms strike, like, the guy just woke up, what can you expect?
Naruto was wide-eyed at the predicament, he knew he could strike back, but this was Hinata's father she dearly loved so he couldn't do anything but squirm.
Fortunately, Hinata came out and tried to reason with her father.
"Father! Please stop! It's not what you think!" Hinata told him. Hiashi didn't listen to the exact words.
"Stay out of this Hinata! I'm making him pay for taking advantage of you!" Hiashi told her. Hinata knew there was no reasoning with her father like this so she took matters into her own hands.
She activated her Tenseigan without the cloak, then raised her palms before shouting her super-powered attack.
"Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm!" Hinata shouted.
Though it wasn't as strong as the one she used on Naruto yesterday, it was enough to blow Hiashi out of the apartment door and slam right into the building across the courtyard rendering him immobile.
Naruto let out a breath of relief and Hinata apologised for the inconvenience which he waved off. Then they went to go see Hiashi.
Hiashi was still glaring at Naruto as the two walked towards him.
Naruto tried to speak first.
"Listen Hiashi-jiji, nothing hap-" but was cut off.
"Don't lie to me! You dirty little rat! And don't call me old man!" Hiashi yelled.
Naruto just said, "Listen! Sorry, it's early give me a fuckin' break!" in his morning induced state, he had less inhibitions of what he said.
Hinata would have berated Naruto for his language, but given that her father had accused them both of such an 'act' and that she was a little grumpy in the mornings too, she let it slide.
Hinata raised a hand in front of Naruto to let him know she'll do the talking.
"Father… If you won't listen to Naru-kun, then will you listen to me?" she questioned Hiashi who remained silent.
Hinata took this as her que.
"Nothing happened between us, okay? He introduced me to his garden last night and- " Hiashi cut her off with "Garden?" with a surprised look.
Hinata sighed, "Yes Father. His garden, which is the most beautiful one I've ever seen. But back to the topic, he showed me around until we reach a special plant of his and we kissed under the moon. Then we headed inside ate some dinner, played some games and went to sleep wearing matching clothes, that's it!" she ended firmly.
Hiashi narrowed his eyes, "That's all?"
Hinata glared at him with her new darker lavender coloured lotus eyes making Hiashi almost wet himself. Naruto on the other hand, found this intimidating side of Hinata… hot.
"Yes, I don't need to say it again." She said quietly yet firmly and deactivated her Tenseigan.
Hiashi sighed in relief and apologised to Naruto for doubting his control of his hormones. Naruto surprising said.
"It's fine, really! I'm glad that she has a father who's willing to go that far for her safety! Dattebayo!" Naruto reassured.
Hiashi nodded and cleared his throat before saying.
"Well… Now that is out of the way, I don't need to worry about Hinata's whereabouts. But I must remind you to inform someone that you are staying out Hinata." Hiashi said, Hinata nodded and looked down in embarrassment for forgetting something so simple.
Hiashi told her it was fine and Naruto just exclaimed.
"Hey! Don't worry, it's Hinata! No one would dare mess with her!" Making Hiashi struggle to hide a smile and Hinata blush at how Naruto believes she is strong.
Hiashi spoke up, "I see… But I must ask Hinata to return with me to the Compound as she must get ready for tomorrow's journey." Hinata complied and Naruto understood whilst they all said farewell.
With Naruto, walking down the main street
After parting ways with Hinata and Hiashi, Naruto decided to stop by Ichiraku's for a quick meal of breakfast ramen and inside he saw Sakura, Ino and Chouji all eating inside.
Naruto became excited.
"Yo! What have you guys been up to!?" he cheered.
Sakura greeted back first, "Hey Naruto! Good to see you! We've just been working at the Hospital and the usual rounding up rogues' missions we receive."
Ino went next, "Hello! And yeah, same with me, just selling flowers as usual and trying out new stuff. Nothing much!" she said almost bored.
Chouji looked up from his ramen, "Oh! Naruto! Just eating, what about you? I haven't seen you around that much, I just heard from Ino that you've been with Hinata a lot. Is that true" he asked.
Naruto blushed a bit which made the two girls smirk in excitement.
"Well… you can say that! We just got back yesterday, you can ask Sakura-chan and Ino about that. About me and Hina-chan…" Naruto drew on, Chouji raised their eyebrows at the address of Hinata.
"Hina-chan?" Chouji asked. Naruto scratched his head and said.
"Yeah! Hina-chan! We're pretty much dating now!" Naruto exclaimed with a small blush.
All the occupants of the Ramen stand were shocked at this revelation… Naruto, the most brash and dense guy was in a relationship with Hyuga Hinata, the nicest and most caring girl in all the Nations.
Chouji even stopped eating and congratulated, "Oh! That's great Naruto! We've been waiting for you two to get together!
Ino was squealing about what she can gossip about for the whole week.
Sakura was happy for him and Hinata, they were just meant for each other. For that she offered to pay for his Ramen which he quickly accepted. Teuchi decided to put all his skills into making his ramen and Ayame was happily teasing him about his new relationship.
She pointed out something that they didn't notice before.
"Naruto-otouto~ Why are your clothes so messy? Like you just woke up?" Ayame asked. Naruto looked at himself and paled. How did he forget to change!?
Sakura asked, "Yeah! What happened? You look like you've been in a battle?"
Ino had a smirk and slyly said, "Or a lucky, rough night~" Making Naruto glow red and choke confirming this detail.
Ino and Sakura quickly asked, "Wait! You did!? What did you do? Is it something to do with Hinata?" Chouji slowed down his consumption of his ramen.
Naruto was sputtering and came out with, "Me and and ah, H-Hina-chan wore m-matching clothes and… slept together…" he drew on a bit too long for their taste.
"EHH!" They all shouted.
Ino was saying stuff about already going to third case and Chouji asked how was it, whilst Sakura threatened Naruto if he took advantage of Hinata, he be killed and the ramen owners just stared in shock.
However, Naruto waved their concerns off.
"No, we just slept in the same bed, nothing further other than hugging." Naruto reassured them.
But Sakura and Ino pestered him. "Then why are your clothes so messed up?"
Naruto recapped the events with Hiashi making them all laugh at his predicament.
Sakura finished her laughing fit, "Oh my God! What would Konoha be like without you Naruto?" she randomly asked. Naruto smiled and everyone silently agreed; things would be boring without Naruto.
Whilst they all went on about random topics they could come up with, eventually Naruto had his fill and said his goodbyes.
With Naruto, his apartment
Once Naruto had stuffed himself, he decided to go back to change into his regular clothes and study the sealing scrolls he got from Uzushiogakure. Usually, he'd have a clone do it, but every now and then, he liked to sit back and just let his imagination run wild with Fuinjutsu.
When Naruto got inside, he went to a certain boring part of his apartment behind his fridge revealing a huge sealing matrix. Naruto touched it and his body was warped into it.
This seal was one of the very few Naruto managed to create from Trial and Error after he finished the fuinjutsu notes he had before his trip to Uzushiogakure. It was a pocket-dimension seal, that was basically a room he created since his apartment wasn't very big and he couldn't be bothered making extensions to his home. This way, he managed to snag many extra hours of studying and invented many new seals without anyone knowing.
Right now, he wanted to finish his current project, the 'Death Realm Communications Seal', after Kakashi banned Naruto's first seal that opened a portal to the world of the dead, he resolved to find a way to make a communications seal like a projection seal in a way you could speak to and if possible touch the person you want to speak to most.
His reason for starting this project was to speak to his parents in the Shinigami's world, but that was half the reason, the other half was for Sasuke's sake as he probably wanted to speak to Itachi and his parents as well.
Yep! Sasuke would brighten up if he got to see his parents too.
Though, Naruto also thought maybe Shikamaru and Ino would love to see their fathers again. And after seeing Hinata burst into tears at seeing Hanako for the first time, maybe he could let Hinata try it out.
So far, Naruto managed to create the realm link function that connected the world of the living and the death by creating a seemly unorganised array of symbols and characters, but the whole thing meant 'Life and Death'. Though at that point, Naruto's progress stopped, however, once Ashura passed on his chakra to Naruto, Naruto universal understanding of chakra exponentially improved to the point it applied to the art of moulding chakra before the concept of Ninja were thought of.
Once he racked his brain, he schemed new possibilities about how the connection between people are now really lost, just transferred to a new form, such as even if his parents are dead, that doesn't mean they aren't watching over him. So, he ended creating a new array with no base that instead of making souls transfer over to the other world, it linked it to the special body that they will speak through not unlike a puppet. The body that will be made was actually a simple solution, once the chakra of the dead person you want to see is found, the seal will cultivate their chakra and make a shadow clone of them rather than a projection like a genjutsu.
After a whole 2 and a half hours, much quicker than Naruto anticipated, he finally finished a working prototype of the 'Dead Realm Communicator Seal'. Now he just needed to use it. He poured his chakra into it and thought, 'Mom and Dad'.
The seal ended glowing a blinding white colour the him cover his eyes. The light ended up fading away. Naruto was blinking his eyes very first and suddenly he heard two 'poofs' in the pocket-dimension.
"What the! Where are we?" a male voice said.
"I don't know, but our son's right in front of us, tebane!" a familiar female voice yelled.
Naruto opened his eyes and was both ecstatic and overwhelmed at the success of his seal and seeing both of his parents.
"Mom! Dad!" Naruto shouted and tackled them into a huge hug.
Minato and Kushina held on and hugged each other in a big group hug.
"Hello Naruto! You've grown much taller! Did you start eating vegetables like your mother said?" Minato inquired.
Naruto embarrassingly scratched the back of his head.
"Ahhh! A little bit…" he admitted. Only to be bobbed on the head by Kushina.
"Son! I told you to eat lots of vegetables and not be picky! Dattebane!" she scolded him. Naruto winced but was happy for being scolded for some reason.
Minato laughed a little and sweat dropped.
"Now now Kushina, he probably ate well, just look at him, he's taller than we ever were, almost as tall as that Kumo nin I fought during the war." Minato saved. Naruto smiled in pride.
Kushina looked at him and grinned much like Naruto.
"Wow! You grew! Must be them Uzumaki genes! So, how's everything going? How's your studies for Hokage going? Your friends? Oh yeah! How's little Sasuke-chan and Hikari's daughter Hinata? Dattebane!" Kushina quickly asked him questions in excitement making Minato smile at his wife's antics; she never made things boring.
Naruto grinned and told her that he is going fine, he found out that he will finish his Jounin studies really quickly to the point even Iruka-sensei needed more time to prepare new lessons for things meant to be taught in the next two years, not crammed into a year making Kushina and Minato proud of Naruto's learning ability.
Naruto got to his friends, "My friends are all doing well! Though Sasuke he feels guilty for what he's done and went on a literal guilt trip! Tebayo!" he exclaimed making Minato and Kushina laugh to their hearts content.
Then Kushina asked what did Sasuke do. Naruto recapped Sasuke's time as a missing nin before being reinstated as a Konoha ninja again making Kushina smile sadly and Minato put a hand on both their shoulders to tell them everything is all good.
Then Kushina grinned mischievously.
"So… what about Hinata? How's things going on with Hiashi's little girl?" she asked. Both parents were amused when they saw Naruto blush.
"W-Well… Hina-chan and I are officially dating! Dattebayo! Can't believe someone like her would actually love me more than a friend…" Naruto told them. Kushina and Minato had stars in their eyes.
Minato asked, "So can we meet her?" Kushina was pumping her fist in the air chanting "Let me measure her!" with wiggling fingers.
Naruto waved that request off.
"Not yet! I want to show you, dattebayo! She so beautiful to the point you can't call her a girl! She an angel! Dattebayo! And I'm haven't even gotten to her looks yet! She's like the night sky with full moons for eyes and her hair is like the night! Yet her smiles warm my heart more than the sun's ray will ever warm skin! Dattebayo!" Naruto described her.
Minato and Kushina were happy for him that Naruto found a girl he wants to be with for the rest of his life.
"She sounds lovely Naruto, I really do hope we can meet her." Minato said. Naruto gave him a thumps-up to promise he'll introduce her to them.
Kushina then asked, "Son… how are we here?" making Minato remember that their son was alive.
"Yeah, what did you do Naruto? You didn't you one of the Uzumaki temple's masks, did you?" Minato gave Naruto a scrutinising look.
Naruto waved their concerns off.
"No, I haven't visited the temple yet! I just created a new seal called the 'Dead Realm Communcator Seal', which links the dead's souls to the Shadow clone body in the world of the living allowing people to speak to the dead." Naruto explained.
Minato and Kushina were so proud of their son for surpassing them both in the family's art of Fuinjutsu and congratulated him.
Though Minato and Kushina then asked, "So, how long does this last?"
Naruto thought a bit and said, "Not sure, it may depend of the amount of chakra I pumped into the seal, it's already been an hour. Man, I can't wait to show my friends this seal! Tebayo!"
Minato stopped him in his tracks, "Son! I know you have good intentions, but this seal you made shouldn't be used by just anyone. Who knows if someone wants to summon someone who has a vengeance against someone and then goes on a killing spree." He warned and Kushina agreed.
Naruto saw what they meant and told them, "Yeah, that's why I made sure that only someone with bijuu level reserves can activate this seal. Not only that, you can't combine chakras to bypass that, it must be only one chakra signal using Bijuu level amounts and for good measure, only people I allow can activate it. So even if someone with that must chakra exist, if he wasn't allowed in the seal in the first place, then they'd just be wasting chakra"
Minato and Kushina sighed in relief.
"That's great Son! You make the Uzumaki name proud! Tebane! But maybe you should add a bit more security features to your seal so no one reverse engineers it." Kushina advised.
Naruto nodded.
They talked about everything that's been going on and some comedic family talk and what not. Eventually, Minato and Kushina felt their chakra wavering.
"3 hours, looks like you used enough chakra to bring us here for that long Naruto." Minato told him.
Naruto nodded.
Kushina smiled at him, "Don't worry son. With your seal, you can probably summon us whenever you want to! Just not constantly okay!" she said.
Naruto laughed and said, "Oi! I'm anything but bothersome, I know when to give other personal space!"
Making the family laugh once more before saying goodbye.
"Goodbye Naruto" Minato said before poofing out of existence.
"Seeya later Naruto!" Kushina said before her clone body went disappeared out of existence.
Naruto stood there in the middle of his pocket dimension for a while letting it all sink in before breathing in and heading out.
Back in the real apartment
Once Naruto exited his pocket-dimension seal, he saw that only an hour passed whilst he was in there and moved the fridge back in place.
He thought about making the seal slow down time even more when he was in there.
He looked out his apartment window and saw that the sun was setting, meaning maybe he could visit Ichiraku's or hang out with Shikamaru and Chouji at the BBQ place.
Whilst he subconsciously opened his door, he saw Tenten about to knock on his door.
"Yo Tenten! What are you doing here!?" Naruto asked cheerfully.
"Hiya Naruto! Well, I'm here to ask if you wanted to hang out with the group at the BBQ place?" Tenten asked.
Naruto nodded excitedly, "I was just thinking about going there! Dattebayo!" he exclaimed.
Tenten laughed at his enthusiasm.
"Well that's that! Anyway, I'm also here for something else…" she slowed down.
Naruto looked at her blankly.
"Where the hell is my shipment of seals!? Didn't you remember that that I ordered a batch of homing seals that I wanted to put on my weapons!?" Tenten scolded. Naruto sweat dropped, he honestly forgot, and he didn't tell her about his mission to Uzushiogakure.
"Well… Hina-chan and I got appointed a mission that took 4 days and I wanted to put those homing seals on a bunch of Kunai first, so I can see if it actually works! Dattebayo!" Naruto half lied. Tenten bought this.
"Oh, I see… That's thoughtful, testing it out before giving them to me." She beamed. Naruto let out a breath until…
"So… Hina-chan! Ay!" Tenten teased slyly. Naruto went red.
"Ah! Me and Hinata are dating now! Dattebayo!" he exclaimed slightly embarrassed.
Tenten was happily asking questions about how it happened, but Naruto told her he'd say more at the group meet up. In reality, he wasn't going to mention how he saw Hinata naked again and her kissing her ancestor.
Meanwhile with Hinata
In her bedroom bath, she decided to sleep in her bathtub due to the heat and fatigue of getting ready for tomorrow. She was getting cleaned up for the group meet up at the BBQ place.
However as soon as she went to sleep, she ended up in her mindscape with her ancestor Hanako just as naked and wet as she was awaiting her for her 'lessons' in pleasing her Naruto.
Hanako purred, "Hinata! It's time to show you this trick I used on Ashura one time after we died. It sent him into overdrive…"
Hinata paled in fear, "No! Please not today! I need to get ready for the meet up Mother!"
Hanako chuckled, "Don't worry, time is faster in your mind than it is outside." She reasoned.
Hinata thought to herself, 'Please don't let this be as bad as last time!" Remembering all the other events where Hanako taught her how to use her chest and thighs to please a shadow clone copy of Naruto.
Okay, she was enjoying this a bit, but still…
With Naruto at the BBQ place
Naruto arrived at the place with Tenten telling him to hurry. As they were walking, he remembered Hinata telling him that Tenten had a crush on Neji which made him wonder if he should let Tenten use his recently completed 'Dead Realm Communicator' Seal.
As they arrived, they saw Sakura, Ino, Chouji, Kiba and Shino awaiting them all seated.
Sakura and Ino were of course next to each other with Chouji next to Ino. Of course, Kiba was next to Shino trying to get him to talk.
Naruto cheered "Yo! Everybody how's it going!?" immediately making everyone lighten up at his bright and warm aura.
Sakura went first, "Hello again Naruto!" patting a seat in front of her which he took with Tenten on her own for now.
"Huh!? Lee isn't here yet?" Tenten asked.
Ino's eyes twinkled, "Yeah he isn't… What? Do you want to see him and his spandex clad body that badly Tenten?" she tittered making Tenten grow a tick mark.
"No! I want to see him since he's my best friend, but he's been so busy training that work gets boring!" Tenten argued. They all understood.
"Heck! Naruto's visiting my store is the only thing exciting that's happened all week!" Tenten put out making everyone look at her.
Sakura asked, "For what exactly?" Kiba and Shino were giving Naruto weird looks which Naruto waved off goofily making them relax.
Tenten beamed, "Naruto's seals are amazing! Ever since he started doing business with my family's store, sales have been going up like crazy! Heck people from all over the Five Nations come to visit my store just to get one of his storage seals!" making them go wide-eyed at Naruto who had the decency to sheepishly grin.
Kiba went first, "Oi! Oi! Your telling me the dead-last of our class makes world renowned seals now!?" he jokingly said.
However, Tenten nodded, "Exactly! Sealing clans and business, famous ones like the Suna school even, from around the Five Nations even visit me asking me for the sealing methods and formulas to add to their libraries, but I disappoint them saying they I didn't make them and that the seal master made it clear to keep it private!" she laughed out. Oblivious to the jaws on the table, including Naruto.
Shino spoke up, "So what you're saying is, that even the best sealing specialists in the world are eager to know how his seals are made because they are brand new." He said.
Tenten then went on to continue about it, "Not just new, Naruto's seals are so good to the point that even the most promising sealing practitioners couldn't even reverse engineer it let alone make a seal that could even get close to Naruto's level of Fuinjutsu skills."
Everyone looked at Naruto with a newfound level of respect and admiration.
Sakura said, "Wow Naruto! I didn't think out of all studies you'd be good at, it'd be Fuinjutsu! You must be smarter than everyone gave you credit for!" making Naruto blush at the compliments, a rare thins for the usually confident blonde.
Naruto then just modestly said, "Well… maybe it's one of those things that I can actually be good it! Dattebayo! Just needs a little imagination!" making everyone feel dumber, since the former dead-last of their class finds the world's hardest study in Shinobi education easy.
Then as soon as the food came Lee popped in.
"Hello everyone! Sorry I'm late! I just ran here from fanning my flames of youth and I didn't get here fast enough, for that I'll do 50 000 Alternating pushing on each side!" he exclaimed. Everyone sweat dropped at his suggestion, however Tenten sighed but happily.
Tenten then told him, "If you're going to do that Lee, you gotta eat to get the energy first." Lee understood and sat right next to Tenten whilst going on about making his flames burn hotter.
He then asked Naruto, "Oh! Naruto-kun! I want to spar you tomorrow, this time I believe my youth flames will burn hotter than yours!" he exclaimed.
Naruto grinned and told him, "Sorry I can't, I got a mission that starts tomorrow." Lee understood and asked next time. Though Sakura had to ask.
"You have a mission tomorrow? What for? When is it going to finish?"
Naruto replied, "Yeah! I'm going to Iwa! Dattebayo! Not only that… but for about 8 months!" getting looks of shock from everyone.
Naruto then remembered something, "Oh yeah! Shikamaru is going to be there! I'll say 'Hi' to him for you guys alright?" he gestured to Ino and Chouji who thanked him.
Then the last person came dressed up in a bulky pink shirt over a white long-sleeve shirt and a long golden dress. The person wearing this had long indigo hair done in twirls at the end down her back and her bangs framing her face as usual. This was Hyuga Hinata, wearing bulkier clothes as her figure became more curvaceous and harder to hide with her usual baggy purple jacket and blue pants.
Naruto's face lit up like a Christmas tree. He shot up like he Hiraishin'd his way in front of her making her jump. But Naruto hugged her by the waist.
"You're here Hina-chan!" Naruto said in glee. Kiba and Shino who didn't hear about his raised their eyebrows, whereas Lee's eyes had fire in them and Tenten was curious at the address.
It became even more interesting when Hinata replied.
"Yes, I am Naru-kun! Did you miss me that much?" she teased shocking even her teammates. They all thought when did she tease people?
Naruto made a false sad face making her giggle. Then Naruto lead her to their table, but there wasn't any space except for the spot Naruto sat on. He quickly found the solution by making Hinata sit on his lap sporting a small blush due to the position, to everyone's amusement.
Kiba asked, "Alright! When did you two get together?" with Shino paying attention.
Naruto told them just before their mission to Uzushiogakure leaving out the naked incident.
They accepted it and dug in.
Everyone was having fun, especially Naruto and Hinata playfully feeding each other which made Ino and Sakura jealous since Hinata was the youngest girl in their generation, so it was unfair that she got her man first.
As all the food soon ran out and everyone still hasn't had their fill of entertainment. Lee burst out and shouted.
"Yosh! Let's all go Karaoke!" Everyone agreed.
That night, was a night everyone wouldn't forget.
The next day
Naruto can be seen up at 6:00AM next to 4 crates full of Tenten's order and he was now currently making finishing touches to his 'Dead Realm Communicator Seal'. Once he was done, he saved the entire formula into symbol for 'Connection' and put it into the storage seal on his right palm.
The way this storage seal worked was similar to how a smartphone works. Except, all he needed to do was tilt his hand in a direction then it'd go back to the previous seal he stored or the next. This wasn't just limited to his right arm, it could also be moved to his left by simply willing it to appear on his other arm. Not only that, this 'Smart Storage' Seal only activated and reacted to him, sought of like a blood seal.
Once that was done, he decided to walk out and enjoy the morning sun without anyone walking around. He still had a good 2 hours before he had to be at the gates with Hiashi and Hinata.
Along the way as he walked, he dropped off Tenten's order of homing seals and continued for a while.
Naruto was pondering about his skills and prowess, it was much greater than before, he had enough strength to protect the Village 100 times over, but it still wasn't enough! He needed to get stronger, so he could protect the entire world 100 times over! He had friends all over the world, even if he didn't know all of them, he loved the entire world more than anything, so he considered them his family which he would protect no matter what.
He was glad he had his precious people; his senseis, important figures, his classmates and most of all, Hinata, the one who subconsciously makes him feel like nothing is impossible by just being there with him and in turn, makes him a better him, much like he does for her.
They didn't just give each other strength, they gave each other a reason to find their strength and improve upon it.
But back to his abilities, he understood how chakra worked inside and out due to the Six Paths Chakra. He knew how to use all elements, how chakra worked and all that. However, was still fixated on Yang release; he finally figured out how to train in just Yang solely and that was through growing plants!
He hypothesised that if he gathered Yang chakra before moulding it into Earth and Water, he could potentially pull off the wood release. As he thought this, he arrived at Team 7's old training ground and looked around in nostalgia before getting himself back on track.
He did exactly what Yamato-taichou did when he demonstrated his wood release. Though, this time, Naruto first built up Yang chakra beforehand. Once that was done he began mumbling.
"Earth with my left and water in my right" before slamming his hands together.
He then shouted, "Yang art: Birth of the Spring Season!" Slowly, the ground was cracking shaking the ground making Konoha shake.
Then something miraculous happened… a giant tree rose out of the ground which bloomed enormous flowers which spread its pollen everywhere making lilies, sunflowers and wildflowers grow out of the ground at an accelerated rate.
Naruto looked around with a proud smirk.
He figured out how the Wood Release works!
Naruto then thought, 'So that's why no one could replicate the Wood release naturally even if you did have both natural affinities for Earth and Water. Yang chakra, or release is needed to be used as well so they have a lifeforce to grow from. Without it… you just get mud.'
Naruto looked at the Sun and noted that he needed to head back to the Village gates where Hiashi and his family were waiting.
At the Village gates
When Naruto arrived, he saw Hiashi and his usual escort including Ko there with him. He saw Hanabi by his side most likely because Hiashi was going to teach her. However, what he saw next bedazzled him.
Hinata was there with her long her done in a messy bun with a floral hair piece; one Naruto got for her at one point during their mission to Uzushiogakure. Her face still didn't have any make-up, but she looked beautiful none the less. She was wearing a larger than normal Kimono which was sky-blue and wore a lavender sash to bind it at the waist and simple traditional Japanese sandals.
Their eyes met, and Naruto woke himself up to him kissing her much to Hiashi's displeasure.
"Naruto… I would ask you not to do that so early in the morning." Hiashi warned him. Naruto and Hinata quickly separated and blushed.
Hanabi was trying not to puke and said, "Ew! Why do you guys even like doing that!?"
Hinata giggled and replied "Don't worry, you'll be doing this pretty soon when you get older…" she joked. Hanabi's eyes widened in horror and exclaimed "No way!"
Naruto was cracking up and Hiashi was amused with the scene, but managed not to smile and maintain his mask.
Hiashi then said, "Come along now! We must get going." They all nodded and followed.
Naruto then asked, "Oi Hinata! Whilst we're at it, do you want to grow some plants?" he asked cheerfully.
Hanabi and Hiashi looked at him like he was crazy. Hinata agreed to it making them think 'How?'
Naruto summoned two pots holding yet-to-be-grown flowers and handed one to Hinata.
Naruto said in his usual voice, "Yang art: Nurturing Care" and his flower fully bloomed eliciting a huge gasp from everyone except he and Hinata who just looked in awe.
Hinata went next, but her one just grew when it started to bud. She pouted but Naruto reassured her that she is doing well, that she is amazing for getting this really quickly. Hinata felt warm inside due to Naruto's genuine belief in her.
Naruto asked her, "Do you need me to explain Yang release again?"
Hinata looked at Naruto examining him even. She just replied "No, that's fine, you already made me remember." Making Naruto tilt his head in confusion.
They both went back to making their flowers bloom with only their chakra.
Hiashi observed them and allowed himself a smile.
'I see… Naruto, you don't need to explain what Yang is… because that is what you are! You are Hinata's light, her inspiration, her source of encouragement. Hinata once had been driven into darkness, but when you came into her life, you gave her light. If Yang breathes life into a soulless form, then you Naruto give Hinata her happiness.' Hiashi thought.
The Path of Yang begins now…
My theories are used quite a lot in this one. Let's list them off.
Wood Release: Wood release is kind of an odd one, if Earth and Water release were really all you needed to be born with naturally, then a lot of people would have been able to use it, especially Iwa ninja. Instead on Hashirama had it naturally. I concluded it was due to Hashirama's naturally high lifeforce that was mixed with his chakra causing the growth of nature. This lifeforce is only surpassed by Naruto, or an Otsutsuki, so I figured with naruto nearing his intelligence he has during the Last and his universal understanding of chakra, he'd figure it out eventually and replicate it naturally.
Yang Release: This was never touched on too much in the canon, so I believed that Yang chakra was mostly used for vitality; endurance and physical energy. So training your body increases your Yang chakra, even it it's not much, Yang chakra is more potent and results in larger gains in chakra reserves as Naruto, Hashirama and Kushina have shown. If I had to think of a training method for using Yang release, it'd definitely be growing plants using only chakra with the image of a seedling growing to full bloom. Other ways I believe Yang could be used is near instantaneous self-regeneration and enhancing the quality of an object (Naruto's old swords which you'll never see again due to getting Ashura's swords).
Fuinjutsu: Fuinjutsu is of course the hardest one to learn, I know it takes brains, but I never actually see the super smart people use it. I've noticed it's the dumber guys who are often Seal Masters; Jiraiya and Kushina. Sure Minato was an exception, but he had a lot of ideas to experiment with. Fuinjutsu is said to be older that even Ninshu, so it's the original way of molding chakra. I made Naruto OP in Fuinjutsu due to him being able to soak up information like a sponge and being even more creative as his pranks have shown.
Omake: Karaoke Time
When Lee mae everyone go to the Karaoke bar, everyone had a shot at singing. Ino was surprisingly a decent singer, Sakura was plain horrible, Kiba and Shino made everyone laugh Tenten was okay and Lee was just loud. The only ones who didn't sing yet were Naruto and Hinata.
Naruto and Hinata were still snickering at Kiba and Shino's singing performance, that Kiba yelled in frustration.
"Oh yeah! You get up and sing Naruto if you're so good!" Kiba yelled. Everyone cheered Naruto to get up and he made his way sheepishly scratching his head.
Sakura leaned towards Hinata, "Hey Hinata! Even if Naruto doesn't have a good voice, he's still a good guy!" she whispered and Kiba was hoping that Naruto was a bad singer and listened as well.
Lee shouted, "Oi! Naruto-kun! Sing your heart to Hinata-san and sing about how much you love her!" making everyone cheer and Hinata blush.
She then replied to Sakura and Kiba, "You guys have nothing to worry about! He's surprising good at singing!" making Sakura and Kiba look at Naruto in disbelief, they though, 'No way!'
Song name: 'You and I' written by SoulsVeteran
Ooh! Woah! Oh Oooh! Oh woohoohoo~
I can... not believe that you and me~
Are meant to be~ Creating unity~
Friends to a Fa-mil-ly~ Hehe~
This is our love story of 'You and I'
Chorus
'You and I' x 2
Stand by my side~
Together even when we die~
Our hearts are where we reside~
This is our story of 'You and I'~
Chorus end
*Breathes*
Whenever I'm around you,
I always get so happy,
My life shoots up through the roof!
Especially...
When you smile~
It makes my heart leap a thousand miles!
I'll always love you even when I become senile!
This is our love story! OF! 'You and I'~
Chorus
'You and I' x 2
Stand by my side~
Together even when we die~
Our hearts are where we reside~
This is our story of 'You and I'~
Chorus end
Song end
Naruto finishes singing and kisses Hinata wholeheartedly and Hinata melted in easily.
Everyone gave a huge round of applause for them. Both for their kiss and Naruto.
Sakura and Ino were talking to each other, "When could Naruto sing?" Ino asked. Sakura just responded, "I don't know..."
Kiba was no longer salty about Naruto being a good singer as the song her sang was pretty damn good. (Shameless)
Shino was surprised as well and actually showed it when he moved his sunglasses.
Tenten and Lee were just dancing around.
They all remembered that night well.