Authors Notes: I'm going to upload 2 chapters this week because I will not be here next week.
For Love
"So where are we going, anyway?" implored the hyperactive ninja while holding both of his hands on the back of his head. The Icha Icha author instantly stopped. The lavender, the pink, and the blond-haired ninja stopped and stared at the pervert quizzically.
"Ok guys, take your last look at the world, you wont see it for another 3 months!" shouted Ero-Sennin in a loud, booming voice.
"Huh?" the others said in chorus.
"We are going to be training in the use of chakra fields," stated the Sennin while holding his index finger up in the air like he was going to give a lecture. "If you let out a small amount of chakra, and hold it in a large, invisible barrier around you. You can detect any object's location inside that barrier. This means if you are in a deep fog, mist or any sight altering genjutsu, you to be able to 'see' the scenery and enemy in the area surrounding you."
"Ahhh... I get it!" said the blond shinobi.
"Naruto, youget it!?!" yelled Sakura, completely shocked.
"Sakura, that's pretty mean..." the Hyuuga whimpered not wanting to feel the pink-haired konoichi's wrath, yet wanting to stand up for Naruto.
"Yeah, is that so amazing, bitch?" the Kyuubi container retorted shaking his fist in front of his face threating. His words completely threw the konoichi over the edge.
"You're going to die, Whiskers!" shouted Sakura whose remark pertained to the jinchuriki's whisker-shaped birthmarks. Sakura drew a kunai and charged him.
"Not on your life!" yelled Naruto who threw a shuriken aimed at the mostly useless ninja. Sakura dodged
The Hyuuga and the Toad hermit were standing about 25 yards from the fight. They weren't really watching, but that was because they didn't care.
"So we're going to wear blindfolds around everywhere?" questioned the heiress while ignoring the fight that was taking place, "in order to be able to rely on our other senses and/or any skills we may possess or develop.
"That's half-right Hinata," the Icha Icha author answered, "instead of a blindfolds, I'm going to place a high-level genjutsu all of you. This will help you learn how to function without sight. Also, it's too bad that Naruto and Sakura were to busy fighting to hear any of my speech." The blond and the pink-haired ninja froze and turned their heads when they heard their names being mentioned. "Kuroi Seken no jutsu!" Jiraiya announced as he flipped through 10 or so seals in high speed.
"Ahhh!!! What the hell? I'm blind!" 'Whiskers' screamed while he waved his arms in the air and ran in circles. The lavender-eyed girl giggled at his excessive reaction, although, because of the genjutsu, she could not see what he was doing.
"Damn it!" he said as he ran square into the trunk of a tree. This made the green-eyed konoichi and the Hyuuga buckle over in laughter as the blond ninja repeatedly ran into stuff.
"Naruto, it isn't that big of a deal!" the konoichis chimed in a chorus while wiping a tear from their eyes.
"Naruto that is exactly why you need to learn this skill." muttered the toad sage. "Wouldn't it suck if you ran into a tree while fighting one of the Akatsuki?"
"Yeah…" Naruto murmured as he stopped running in circles.
"Alright then! For the next three months you must capture your own food, find your own water, and build your own shelter!" started the perverted Sennin. "This is a survival exercise so, even in the direst of conditions, I will not come and help you. However, because winter is upon us, I hid some sleeping bags somewhere near this location."
"Word of advice: Be creative when using the sleeping bags," he continued. "Say it's really cold; the sleeping bags are not enough to keep you all warm. You could use two sleeping bags as liners by putting the sleeping bags inside another one till you only have one left. Then you all get in that one and you combined body temperature and the extra layers will keep you warm..." Jiraiya then let out a perverted giggle. It was almost like he wanted this to happen. This made all of the gennin flush. "See yeah!" were the two last words the Sennin said before he dashed away.
"So what should we do first? Search for water? Collect food? Build our shelter?" questioned the pink-haired apprentice.
"I think we should split up," stated the Hyuuga, "Naruto can cover more ground to look for the sleeping bags because of his massive stamina. While you guys were fighting, I was able to spot a creek with my Byakugan. Sakura can build our shelter because of her ability to adapt quickly to different environments which will make it easy to locate the supplies for the structure.
"Wow you've really thought this out, Hinata!" Naruto complimented unable to see the blush that creeped over her face.
"He's right Hinata, for once..." Sakura murmured slyly for she wanted to see his reaction.
"What's that supposed to mean, bitch?" The wanna-be Hokage retorted.
"You know what I meant, Whiskers! Or are you too stupid to know?" the easily-enraged konoichi replied.
"I bet that I'll be done with my job before you two are done fighting!" declared the heiress knowing that this would get them to stop.
"Nah, I'll kick his ass before you get back," Sakura replied.
This was not the response Hinata wanted, "Come on, it's going to get dark soon. You should both work on your jobs."
"Just a second, Hinata!" the jinchuriki said as he charged the pink-haired ninja.
"Yeah Hinata, I'll finish him off quickly!" Sakura laughed as she dodged the blond's attack.
Hinata tried to ask nicely, "Could you please go do your jobs,"
"No!" they both yelled over the sound of kunai clashing.
Then Hinata snapped. "Go do your jobs or I'll Juuken both of your asses!" Hinata shouted. Her eye was twitching out of rage and annoyance. Naruto and Sakura instantly turned around and stared in the general direction of the Hyuuga.
"Uhh...ok! I'll go find the sleeping bags now!" Said the jinchuriki out of fear for his life.
"Yeah, I'll go make the shelter, Bye!" said the pink-haired ninja.
Both of the ninja were gone right after they finished their sentences.
"Well, that was easy!" thought Hinata. The heiress packed a day or so of water in some canteens that she brought with her.
After the Hyuuga filled the canteens, a memory pushed itself into her mind. She knelt by the water. She slowly placed her palm on the water, so it was just touching on the surface. The water rippled away in small, circular rings, one after another. She sighed as she remembered what she said to her friends a while ago.
Flashback
"Go do your jobs or I'll Juuken both of your asses!" Hinata shouted. Her eye was twitching out of rage and annoyance. Naruto and Sakura instantly turned around and stared in the general direction of the Hyuuga.
"Uhh...ok! I'll go find the sleeping bags now! Said the jinchuriki out of fear for his life.
"Yeah, I'll go make the shelter, Bye!" said the pink-haired ninja.
Both of the ninja were gone right after they finished their sentences
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"Now they'll probably fear me now," thought the lavender-eyed girl as a tear rolled down her fragile face and splashed into the water, "and Naruto, I don't think he'll look at me the same way again...I was so mean to them..." Her thoughts were interrupted by a warm, caring hand on her back. The Hyuuga could sense that a person had sat down next to her. She couldn't tell who it was due to the genjutsu that was imposed on her until the figure spoke...
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"Ahh! Why couldn't I have gotten Naruto's job?" whined Sakura. "There's poison ivy everywhere. I can't even find any suitable trees for a shelter, cause they're covered in poison ivy or some other poisonous plant!"
The easily enraged konoichi jumped through the ivy-encrusted forest desperately searching for the exit of this hell. After 25 minutes of jumping, and complete exposure to poison ivy, Sakura ran into a large rock wall. "Ah crap! Now I have to turn around, and go all the way back through the poison ivy to get back to the others," whimpered the pink-haired konoichi, "unless there's a cave here. Then I can just set the poison ivy forest on fire to make a path from our shelter to the river."
The apprentice used her hands to feel the wall for an opening. Alas, she found an opening. The cave's entrance was at least 15 feet long "I think I've found our home for the next three months," Sakura said with a smirk.
The future Hokage searched everywhere for the sleeping bags. It was like they didn't exist. The blond even resorted to the Kyuubi's chakra in order to increase the sensitivity of his ears and nose. "If Ero-Sennin put the sleeping bags anywhere in this forest," he thought, "I should be able to track his scent to the sleeping bags. Maybe he concealed his scent? Damn him, I guess I just have to hope I find them."
The hyperactive ninja was searching through a thicket of thick brush when, with the Kyuubi's heightened senses, he was able to pick up a sound. Not the sound of a foot step, not the sound of leaves falling, but the sound of sorrow. The blond walked over to the source of the noise. He heard it getting closer and closer until it sounded like it was right next to him. He sat next to the person, hoping that he would be able to comfort them.
The blond placed a warm, caring hand on their back. "Please don't cry, I don't like it when people cry," the jinchuriki spoke in a voice that was soft, but clear and his words seemed to comfort the person.
"Naruto?" The voice wondered.
"Hinata?" Naruto replied, "Why are you crying?"
"I'm not crying," lied the heiress.
The blue-eyed shinobi moved his hand from her back to her shoulder. "It's ok if you don't want to tell me, but I'll always be there for you," he said in a comforting voice. Naruto used the hand on her shoulder to pull her into a hug. Naruto tried to stand up but a hand grabbed on to his shirt.
"Don't leave, I don't like to be alone!" the Hyuuga sobbed.
"Hinata, your never alone!" the orange-wearing shinobi hinted as he grabbed Hinata's hand and hoisted her body up off the ground. The shy konoichi tilted her face till it was facing the general direction of his face and imagined staring into his azure-blue eyes. She unknowingly broadcasted a deep red blush which was covered up by the genjutsu. Naruto being as oblivious as he is, broke the moment in the worst way possible.
"We better go find Sakura and see if she's done," stated the jinchuriki.
"Oh, he's thinking about Sakura…" Hinata subconsciously cried at this thought.
"Hai," the lavender-haired konoichi muttered in heartbreaking tone.
They both walked in silence until they came upon the general location of where they left.
"Sakura!" they both yelled.
"I've found our shelter! Follow the sound of my voice! I would also recommend watching out for the poison ivy!" the Hokage's apprentice shouted.
"Hai!" the blond and the lavender-haired ninja responded.
The Hyuuga and the jinchuriki followed Sakura's scattered phrases to a rock wall.
"I wonder if she found the path that was ivy-free?" thought the heiress.
Small footsteps could be heard from a hole inside the rock wall.
"Welcome to your home for the next three months!" the figure said...
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I hated this chapter! I don't know why but I do.