Day Two – Training

Two days ago, out of the blue, Hyuuga Hinata's boyfriend, Uzumaki Naruto, had asked her to go with him on a training journey. The trip would last two days; it was essentially a weekend trip dedicated to training with one another. While Hinata had gone on a mission with Naruto in the past, that was before they had started dating. What if people thought they were going to do something?!

With a face as bright as a tomato, Hinata agreed.

Now, early in the morning two days after initially agreeing, Hinata was running at full speed, her feet coming down every once in a while to make contact with a sturdy branch. Naruto was ahead of her, enjoying the feel of the cool air on his face as well as the wind in his short hair.

He looks so free, she thought as her lips were brought up in a smile.

"We're almost to the spot, Hinata," Naruto called as he turned to look at her from over his shoulder. She nodded her head to let him know she understood.

When the finally reached the spot that Naruto had mentioned, the place looked oddly familiar to Hinata. They were on the bank of a river, near a waterfall. Forests surrounded either side of the river, in think green expanses that seemed to go on for eternity. Hinata stared at her surroundings quizzically, trying to connect the dots between her nostalgia and actual memory, if there even was one.

The kunoichi had been so entrenched in her own thoughts that she did not register Naruto walking over to her and placing his hands on her shoulder.

"Do you remember this place?" he asked with a big grin. "When we went to go look for that beetle and we had to fight that weird bug clan from Iwa, this is where we searched!"

Dawning spread across Hinata's face, followed by a light pink blush across her cheeks.

"I picked this place because I really like this waterfall and it was our first mission together 'ttebayo!"

"I remember this place," she said breathily. During that mission Hinata had put herself under a grueling training regime to increase her flexibity and chakra control. She had achieved the desired results by the end of the mission and was able to protect her team and Naruto in the process. It was a proud moment for the Hyuuga.

"Cool. Now let's get to training Hinata! What do you wanna start with? I'm really good at taijutsu but I suck at genjutsu, so I can't help with that!" the blonde bubbled. He was so excited to have his first training session with his girlfriend.

Naruto had seen Hinata train with Hanabi at the Hyuuga compound but had never trained with her himself. He was eager to see Hinata's full force unleashed upon him.

Shaking her head as if to rid herself of the déjà vu, Hinata put her hands on her hips and looked at her blonde boyfriend, his smile as bright and wide.

"Hmm," she said. Suddenly an idea came to her, and a small smile tugged at Hinata's lips. Her opal eyes locked onto Naruto's azure ones. "I have an idea."

Naruto's eyebrows crinkled in curiosity, his eyes begging her to go on and say what was on her mind because the Uzumaki couldn't take surprises.

"I would like to see your shadow clones up against my rotation technique," Hinata quipped shyly. She unconsciously started to poke her index fingers together, feeling nervous because her boyfriend was obviously incredibly powerful.

"That's a great idea 'ttebayo!" announced Naruto in a loud and booming voice that it actually startled the kunoichi standing five feet in front of him.

The blonde widened the distance between himself and Hinata, where they were now standing about twenty feet from one another. Naruto made the customary seal for the shadow clone jutsu, all the while telling Hinata how many clones he was going to make and asking if it was alright if he used the rasengan.

"Yes, Naruto-kun! It wouldn't be fair if you didn't use your favorite technique!" she yelled. Taking in a deep breath, Hinata activated her Byakugan and stood in the typical stance for the Gentle Fist in which she was expertly trained in.

Suddenly fifty Naruto's appeared in the clearing between forest and river. They were surrounding her and charging at Hinata, and a few of them had entered the tiny blind spot in her Byakugan vision. Hinata began the rotation, chakra flowing out of all of her tenketsu points. The first charge of clones had vanished in a puff of smoke.

"Good job, Hinata! You got rid of a good chunk of clones!" cheered one of the Naruto's. Hinata couldn't tell if it was her actual boyfriend or not because the chakra in all the clones were distributed evenly.

"You haven't seen anything yet!" she cried, a hint of arrogance in her voice. Naruto looked at his girlfriend with excited eyes, wanting to see what she'd unleash on his clones, and on himself eventually.

The second charge of clones were coming at the Hyuuga with a newfound determination that had been absent from the first round. However, what these clones hadn't suspected was that Hinata would use the Gentle Fist: 64 Palms techniques. All of the clones were decimated with the shutting down of all their tenketsu points. Hinata stood in the middle of the clearing, panting heavily as a sheet of sweat made her skin glimmer in the sunlight.

The Naruto clones—the five that were left—were eyeing Hinata skeptically. Is this really Hinata, their faces seemed to be saying. Hinata smiled, taking in a deep breath. She only had enough chakra to fend off these few clones and the real Naruto with her special technique.

"If you won't come to me," she breathed as her chakra swirled violently and powerfully around her hands, taking on the shape of two lion heads, "then I'll come to you!"

Hinata charged, her Gentle Fist: Twin Lion Fist activated and destroying the clones with a single touch. Soon all that was left was the real Naruto, who was cornered by the waterfall. Their fight had taken them to the water, where the two ninja were currently fighting.

Naruto-kun was right, his taijutsu was amazing, the Hyuuga thought. She was chewing her lip in determination, swinging her fists strategically as she tried landing a hit on Naruto. The Uzumaki was expertly dodging her hits, however, making it much more difficult for Hinata to win the match.

In a blindingly fast motion, Hinata's fist connected with Naruto's shoulder. As the victorious smile was slowly spreading across her face, a puff of smoke appeared in the place of where Naruto was. Her smile faltered as Hinata felt a presence behind her.

He…he tricked me! Hinata's eyes widened as she saw Naruto behind her, a cheeky smile on his face.

Naruto's large hand delivered a punch to Hinata's side, causing her to lose her chakra control on her feet and splash into the water. She looked up at him, the sopping mess of her hair draping and sticking to her face making Hinata all the more adorable. She was looking at the Uzumaki with big puppy dog eyes.

"Aw, Hinata, I'm sorry you got all wet!" he said, extending a hand towards his drenched girlfriend.

A smirk on her face was the last thing Naruto saw before the clone disappeared and a gentle touch to the back of his neck was placed.

This time it was Naruto that was soaking wet and Hinata offering him a hand.

"You used my own trick on me!" he accused, giving Hinata the puppy dog eyes as they were on the shore. She was helping Naruto dry himself off.

"I l-learned from the best, Naruto-kun!" Hinata said as she smiled. Naruto smiled back at her.

What a fun training day, the Hyuuga thought serenely.