"Hello." Someone else speaking

"Hello." Kyuubi speaking.

"Hello." Thoughts

"Hello." Kyuubi thoughts

Chapter 6

Naruto and Hinata were happily making their way towards the Hokage tower holding each others hand while Naruto had 2 bags, one strapped onto his back and the other in his left hand. Naruto quietly knocked on the door and went inside to see Tsunade waiting for him along with Jiraya and Iruka.

"Naruto, Hinata please come in we just wanted to talk to you before you both left." Said Tsunade. "Now these are for you Hinata." With that Tsunade got up and handed a bag full of scrolls to Hinata. "Don't be mistaken those scrolls are actually summoning scrolls. I need you to put a little bit of your blood on each of them so that only you can summon the scrolls. Each scroll in there actually contains 5 scrolls. When you open them 5 scrolls will appear instead. I see that you can be an excellent medial ninja plus there are some things in here from Kurenai such as genjutsu and other attack ninjutsu. And for some mysterious reason Neji dropped this off." Tsunade once again gave Hinata a smaller bag with 2 scrolls in it. "These are summoning scrolls too but its more complex only Hyuga blood can open it. He said that you should thank Naruto and he wishes you luck." Hinata then saw that there was a note inside that addressed her from Neji. "As for you Naruto… Jiraya I think you have something for your student?"

Jiraya stepped up and handed his student a medium sized bag full of summoning scrolls as well.

"There are all types of jutsu's in there and how to use them. I also gave you some pieces of advice on how to make your journey easier and such. There are some scrolls in there that contain some of the most powerful jutsu's that I know." Naruto looked at Jiraya and smiled.

"Thanks Ero-sennin." Said Naruto. "This means a lot to me…" At the same time Hinata was thanking Tsunade but the Hokage gave her a hug.

"Please take care of Naruto for me… He's like my little brother." Began Tsunade. "He just can't take care of himself with that thick skull of his… Always getting hurt…"

"I will Hokage-sama." Said the Hyuga. It was then Irkua's turn who walked forward and gave Naruto a single scroll.

"I'm not exactly the best fighter so it isn't a scroll of jutsu's or advice on the world." Began Iruka who was looking sad. "It's actually all of my memories of us. If you are ever feeling lonely or wondering if you have family look inside to find your answer. Because I'll always be on your side Naruto and I'll be waiting for you to return stronger and a better person then you already are." Naruto looked into Iruka's eyes and hugged him tight.

"Thank you Irkua-sensei." Said Naruto beginning to tear up. "You're the best parent anyone could ask for… I could never repay you for what you have done for me."

"If you come back safe…" said Iruka. "Then we'll call it even huh?"

"Sure… I expect you to treat me to ramen when I come back."

"You going to make me go broke one of these days if I keep treating you." Laughed Iruka. He then stepped back as Tsunade stood in front of the blond ninja.

"These are both of your travel papers. It should get you into any village without questions saying that you are just traveling." Said Tsunade. She then bent down and kissed Naruto's forehead. "I'm going to miss your annoying ass you brat."

"I'll miss you too Oba-chan." Said Naruto getting smacked by the folder holding the travel papers. "Well thank you everyone… I'll miss you all and I promise that I will come back stronger and better then ever! I won't let you down!'

"We know you won't." said Tsunade. "But remember if you ever need to come back the gates will open. Oh and by the way Hinata." The blue haired girl looked at the Hokage. "I managed to get your personal stuff and cloths for you from the mansion." She then handed Hinata 2 back packs. One which was full with clothing while the other was only half full of food and such.

"Here some money for both of you, it should last a while considering how Naruto likes to eat cheap ramen."
"Hey! Don't call ramen cheap!" said Naruto. "We should get going. Thank you all once again." Naruto and Hinata soon left the Hokage office and within half an hour were out of the village heading for the thunder country.

"Hinata?" asked Naruto after they had been travel till night time.

"Hmmm?"

"Should we stop here for camp?" asked Naruto looking around the clearing in the forest.

"Sure I'm starting to get hungry." Whispered Hinata. Both ninja's began to cook some ramen and then rolled up their sleeping bags to sleep for the night.

Hinata woke up the next morning to find Naruto's sleeping back open and heard grunting. She quickly put on her shoes and weapons and headed into the forest where Naruto was currently working on a jutsu where he was trying to gather charka into a blue ball with one hand. It seemed that he was concentrating very hard to get the task done so she just decided to open one of the scrolls that the hokage gave her. Hinata pulled out a scroll with a green seal on it and bit her thumb then placed it on the scroll. Once she opened it up 5 scrolls appeared before her. She picked one up that had a number on it indicating which ones she should read first. Looking into the first scroll and began to read about the body and its functions. Soon enough she got to the basic healing jutsu that healed cuts and other superficial wounds. Naruto soon came into the clearing where they had made camp drying his hair from washing off at a stream he had found.

"Morning Hinata-chan! Sleep well?" he asked smiling.

"Morning. Yeah I slept very well thanks." She said smiling. Spending only a day with Naruto she had stopped blushing and stuttering. She soon felt pressure on her right shoulder. She looked to her right to see Naruto's chin resting there smiling. Hinata giggled and then kissed him softly on the lips while getting up.

"Shall we get going?" said Hinata. Naruto nodded and packed up. They continued the same routine for the next week. They knew each other better while at the same time training to strengthen their abilities and learning new ones at the same time from the scrolls they received.

"Hey Hinata how far are we from the mist village?" asked Naruto. They were now crossing a wooden bridge that was covered in the morning fog.

"The map says that were maybe a few hours away." Said Hinata. "We should-" But she was suddenly cut off where there was an explosion at one end of the bridge making it shake enormously but both Naruto and Hinata stuck onto the strong bridge by acquiring chakra to their feet. "What was that?!"

"I don't know! Stay close to me Hinata-chan!" said Naruto standing in front of Hinata. They soon heard faint noises and within a few moments the noises got louder. The next thing that Naruto saw made his eyes widen. Right in front of them were at least 20 mist ninja's charging furiously towards them. "Hinata-chan ninja's!"

"Not only there Naruto-kun." Screamed Hinata. Naruto turned around to see about 30 stone ninja's heading right for them!

"Not good…" said Naruto. They both began to move around furiously as kunai's zipped past them. "Hinata we have to jump!"

"What?!" she shouted. But Naruto quickly picked her up and flew off the bridge just as the forces collided. Naruto had jumped diagonally so that he was near one of the cliffs and quickly grabbed onto it with his hand that was full of chakra to slowly slid down.

"Doton doryuu dango! (mud cannonball) shouted a soldier.

The ground right in front of Naruto began to shake until it suddenly just burst out sending both of them crashing into the freezing waters that carried them away at amazing speed. Naruto soon felt Hinata's hand begin to slip away until all her could feel was the freezing water surrounding his hand…

A few minutes later Hinata was crawling up the shore shivering. Once she was completely out of the water she collapsed onto the sand to take a breath from the constant swimming. She soon heard footsteps right in front of her. She slowly looked up to find a pair of shoes about a foot away from her face. She tried to see who was right in front of her but passed out from her numerous wounds before she could do so.

Naruto was leaning his back against a tree trying to hold back his tears. Not really caring about the pain from his hurt left arm after striking a hard rock he slowly got up, picked up his things and began to walk around in search for the girl he loved.

Hinata slowly sat up from a soft bed while holding her aching head. Wondering where she was she began to look around and saw that she was completely healed from most of her wounds. She then began to hear footsteps from the next room then the sound of a door gently shutting. She quietly went to her things that were packed and dried neatly in a corner. She put on a new change of cloths and was about to leave the house when she saw a note that she somehow missed earlier.

Dear whoever you are,

If you haven't seen me yet then I probably left to get some food in a nearby town so please don't leave because even though I healed your injuries you still too weak to move around for very long. Please make yourself comfortable… I will return very soon.

Hinata didn't see anyone sign the letter so she just sat back down on the bed.

"Naruto-kun!" she cried. She hoped that the person who saved her had saved her boyfriend as well. She looked around the house but saw no one. She then fell onto her bed crying for someone that she might have lost forever.

In a dark cavern a lone figure sat along in a corner just listening to all of the noises around him. His teacher had once told him bars and such was a great source of information. Unfortunately this bar was also half a market that sold all sorts of groceries.

"Hahahaha We killed those mist ninja's as if they were nothing!" Said one man with a stone headband. "I thought I also saw 2 kids on the bridge. But too bad orders are orders. I think I heard one of the scouts see a blue haired girl on the shore and-"

Before the man could finish he got up immediately and threw some of his water on a child who was reaching for his bread. The little boy quickly crawled away but returned right when the ninja wasn't looking. Thinking that he got away with it he tried once again but the ninja who was now infuriated quickly took out his kunai and began to bring it down upon the boy. But it never came when a hand suddenly grabbed his wrist and twisted it making him drop the kunai. The stone ninja saw that a boy with blond hair had grabbed him. Naruto soon let the man go and gave the boy some of his own bread.

"Now what do you know about the blue haired girl." Said Naruto.

"Why should I tell you shorty." The man suddenly shut up when the boys blue eyes turned into red ones. Naruto soon pinned the man down onto the table. 5 other stone ninja's were about to help their comrade but they soon felt sharp object's at their throats and saw that there were 5 more blond ninja's looking exactly like the one holding their friend down.

"Where is she?!" he threatened. He pressed her kunai harder on the mans neck beginning to cut him.

"Tell me your name and I'll tell you what you want to know." Said the man looking into the blonde's blue eyes.

"Uzumaki Naruto." Said the boy. Before the man could speak another word a hand was placed on Naruto's shoulder.

"I think I know who you are looking for." Said a boy about the same age as Naruto. He wore black pants along with a red shirt. His black hair was also down that barely came to his eyes which were covered by sunglasses.

"Take me to her." Said Naruto following the boy outside. The boy then turned around and gave Naruto one of the two bags of groceries he was holding. Naruto was about to say something when the boy pressed a dagger up against his back.

"I don't know who you are. You could be the girls friend or enemy but I'm not taking any chances." Said the boy. "After you…"

Naruto knew he had no choice but to follow the boy's commands but at least his chances of seeing Hinata were higher. They were walking for a bout 20 minutes when Naruto saw a little house in a small clearing in the forest. The door soon opened and Hinata stepped outside. Seeing Naruto she broke into a run and flew into his arms hugging him tight.

"Oh my god I'm so glad you're safe…" said Naruto kissing her cheek. The boy put back his dagger and picked up the bag that Naruto had dropped then made his way into the house leaving them alone. "Who is he?"

"I don't know." Said Hinata with her head still buried in his chest. "I just woke up and he had left to the market. But I found most of my wounds all healed and bandaged I guess he's the one I saw who helped me."

"We should go inside its getting dark." Said Naruto kissing Hinata softly on the lips. Holding each others hand they went into the house where the boy , Naruto had met previously, was cooking.

"Hello." Said the boy with a smile. "Hope your hungry cause I'm starving."

"Umm thank you for saving me earlier." Said Hinata bowing to the boy. The boy smiled while bowing back.

"Your welcome. Oh and I'm sorry that I threatened you earlier but I didn't know who you were." Said the boy.

"It's fine. I would have probably done the same thing." Said Naruto. He suddenly got a whiff of what the boy was cooking and his mouth began to water immediately. "R…R…Ramen!"

"You can both sit down it will be done soon." Said the boy. "Oh where are my manners my name is Akira.

"I'm Hyuga Hinata and this is Naruto." Said Hinata bowing once more.

"Please you don't have to always bow." Said the boy laughing.

"Do you live here alone? No parents?" asked Naruto. Akira's eyes soon had a sad look in them, something that Naruto saw in the mirror everyday when he was in the village. "I'm sorry Akira you don't have to answer that."

"I'm sorry." He said. His features soon brightened up again when he looked at his pot. "Foods ready."

While their were eating the three got to know each other better and by the end of the meal it seemed as if they were friends from the beginning of their lives as they began to laugh at the pranks that Naruto had pulled in Konoha.

"Akira-kun please tell us something about yourself." Said Hinata kindly. But before the boy could say anything there was a voice that boomed outside.

"Uzumaki Naruto come out and face me!"

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