Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but thank god because I wouldn't want to ride the Sasuke dick that Kishimoto will be doing after this thing with Pain. =P
I hope you enjoy this chapter that has given me nothing but writers block... over and over and over and over again...
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[In the hallways of the ninja academy]
Hinata's eyes went wide and she squeaked but it was muffled by Naruto's hand. She resisted slightly before she realized who was dragging her in the hallway. "N-Naruto-kun is touching me; my skin is touching his skin!" Hinata thought before a dreamy look appeared in her eyes as she took in the scent and feel of his hand causing her body to go lax in his hold. "Mhmm, Naruto-kun..."
When the door to the nurse's office closed, Naruto noticed that the girl in his arms wasn't resisting anymore, and now his own eyes went wide in fear. "Oh crap, I think I just choked her to death!" Naruto thought in a panic as he removed his hands to grab Hinata by the shoulders, turn her around to face him, and start shaking her. "Neh Hinata!? Wake up! Don't pass out on me now!"
Said girl was just about to faint before she heard Naruto's voice and her eyes fluttered opened. "Eep!" She cried out before backing away out of Naruto's grasp with a blush on as she looked to the ground while pressing her index fingers together. "G-g-gomen, I d-didn't mean to f-faint a-again."
"Hey I'm the one who should be sorry, my hand covered your mouth and nose, you couldn't breathe right? Oh and for also dragging you like that... sorry." Naruto apologized as he scratched the back of his head, and then looked down slightly regretting what he had done.
"I-It's o-ok N-Naruto-kun, b-but..." The girl had thought about it for a little bit before continuing as she lifted her head back up to look at the blond. "W-why did you d-do it?"
"Cause I don't want her to know what happened, she'd just worry. Better not to bother people right?" Naruto offhandedly said with a big fox grin as if it were no big deal.
"B-but you c-could have d-died there, s-someone tried t-to k-kill you." Hinata argued with concern evident on her face.
A stabbing pain quickly passed through Naruto's heart when he saw the girls face. "Shit, it happened again." Naruto turned his head to the side to try and hide the strange emotion he was feeling. "Neh Hinata can you just drop this already, it's no big deal."
"I-It is a b-big deal. Wh-what if the s-same p-person tries a-again?" Hinata posed as she felt tears building up but resisted letting them loose.
"What do you want me to do, tell Hokage-sama and get the person thrown in jail?" Naruto retorted still not facing Hinata. "Stop looking at me like that..."
"Th-that's what a n-normal p-person would d-do." Hinata replied in a quieter voice after hearing Naruto's sharp tone.
At that Naruto placed both his hands behind his head as if resting it and gave a smirk. "Well you see that's what's wrong right there... I'm not a normal person." He then turned his head back to Hinata and gave his trade mark smile that he gives to the whole village. "If I get the person thrown in jail then his buddies will take his place for revenge. I say it's easier to look out for one person trying to kill me, than it is for an entire group."
Before Hinata could say anything, he turned away from the girl towards the empty halls and shouted. "Did you hear that!? If you got the balls come and get me! The great Naruto-sama will never back down, because I will be the future Hokage even if I'm dead!"
"Naruto-kun..." Hinata whispered as she stared in amazement at the back of the man who inspired her so much.
The Kage to be then turned his head over his shoulder with a big grin plastered on his face as he looked back to the girl behind him. "Right Hinata?"
"H-hai." Hinata answered with a smile as she wiped away the single tear that left her eye.
"Good, than let's get to class." The girl nodded to that, and the two began their trek back to the classroom with Hinata lagging behind a bit with a blush on her face. It was the best she could do without fainting now that Naruto was fine, and her anxiety had died down.
"I-I'm walking with Naruto-kun!"
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[Inside the roof of the academy]
"Almost died?..." Jiraiya wondered as he replayed what Hinata said. "That kick between the legs was hard but it wouldn't hav-... no wait, she said someone... that means they don't know who did it, or at least the girl doesn't... but when did this happen?"
Piece by piece the sannin began to pick over the little things the two children had said. "Wait... didn't that Hyuuga ask if there was someone there earlier? That means something happened to the boy somewhere between the Akimichi dropping him off and Hinata coming in..." The sannin deduced and then began to think of possible culprits.
"... There's too many people who want to see the boy gone... I'll just have to stick to who had possible access to that room, starting with the nurse and then on to the teachers."
A seal with the divination of Fire and the kanji 'deviate' written under it, was removed by Jiraiya from the floor under his feet. "Heh, I'm lucky that girl was distracted by the kid, or she would have noticed that warp in light if she paid attention to this spot... then again I hear it's hard enough to be able to see the tenketsu on a person's body at such a young age, so she was probably concentrating as much as possible on that boy." Jiraiya reasoned as he pocketed the hurriedly prepared tag that he wrote on the spot when he noticed Hinata activating her doujutsu.
"Better get to class before those two... I'll have to check on the nurse's alibi after school."
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[Back in the classroom]
Jiraiya was already inside, and the bell had rung half a minute ago. Some children were already behind a desk but the majority were still coming in through the doors.
"Sweet, we're not late." Naruto said with relief as he walked into class with Hinata close behind. He scanned the room for any open seats and could see many since not everyone was back yet. However his head stopped moving when he saw an empty seat next to his pink haired crush.
The sannin had been watching the boy from his peripherals ever since he had entered the room. "Don't worry Naruto; I'll make sure to catch whoever is trying to kill you." Jiraiya mentally promised but then saw where the boy's gaze stopped and then started rubbing his temple. "... but the biggest threat to your life right now is yourself it seems."
Sakura for her part was triumphantly sitting next to her long time crush Uchiha Sasuke after the usual stampede / all out brawl to grab the seat next to the boy. The happy feeling she felt was soon dulled by a chill that went up her spine. "... Naruto."
"Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed as he ran to the other side of the room where the girl was.
"N-Naru-..." Hinata tried calling out, but it ended up being a whisper that died in her throat as the blond departed to the opposite end of the class. "Th-that's right... he likes Haruno-san, why did I think we would be sitting together..."
As a depressed Hinata slowly went to go sit on an empty bench, Naruto arrived at the target point he had designated with his famous smile that masked his emotions as usual. "I got to be a genius for thinking this up, the easiest way to think of Sakura-chan is by sitting next to her."
"... What do you want Naruto?" Sakura asked through clenched teeth in an irritated voice.
"Ano I was wondering, can I sit next to you?" Naruto requested as he nervously scratched the back of his head.
If the girl had a pencil in her hand like before, it would have snapped when her hand tightened into a fist. "I didn't want you to sit next to me before, so what makes you think I'd let you sit next to me now?"
"Um... doctor's orders, something about getting more sunlight?" Naruto jokingly replied as he pointed to the windows close by.
Sakura's left eye twitched as she tried to keep her emotions in check to show she was a proper lady. "Well my doctor prescribed that I stay at a 20 feet radius away from anything orange, and that I stay next to something hot as much as possible." Sakura retorted at first but then had a blush on her face as she glanced at Sasuke when she said 'hot'.
"Prescribed? Radius? What do you mean Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked as he grab his head in confusion from thinking to hard about the words.
"Urgh, what I mean is NO! So get away from me Naruto." Sakura clarified and then looked away from him as if he were nothing.
"B-but Sakura-chan really, the docto-"
"No means NO Naruto!" Sakura repeated as she slid to the end of the bench with her arms crossed glaring at Naruto so he couldn't sit down.
Taking this sudden opportunity though, a girl dressed in purple clothing and bandages jumped down from her desk above to the bench below right between Sakura and the Uchiha. "Thanks a lot forehead girl for moving." Ino pleasantly mocked and then slid right next to the raven haired boy so that their shoulders were touching. "Neh Sasuke-kuuun, did you miss me? Why don't we go somewhere alone, and have some fun together."
"Hey Ino-pig, get out of my spot!" Sakura shouted to her blond ex-friend. "I'm the only one allowed to touch Sasuke-kun, Shannaro!"
"Heh, all's fair in love and war billboard brow." Ino taunted as she looked back at the pink haired girl and stuck out her tongue.
"Oh yeah, well then I'm very sorry Ino, cause pigs can't play in either." Sakura shot back as she grabbed Ino's arm and tried to pull her off Sasuke.
"Neh Sakura-chan, since Ino is sitting there, why don't you just find another seat?" Naruto suggested in a happy tone.
Sakura turned her head around over her shoulder to glare at Naruto while not letting Ino go. "Naruto, get it through that knucklehead of yours. There is no way in HELL I'm sitting next to you!"
Naruto slouched over in defeat when he heard his crush say that to him so forcefully, and started making his way back to find a place to sit.
"Oh now that's a little harsh forehead girl, the only guy who actually likes you and you turn him down." Ino snickered from her spot next to Sasuke.
"Shut it Ino-pig!" Sakura retorted as she once more tried to get Ino off of Sasuke.
"Cheh." Was the only sound the Uchiha made as he crossed his arms which shrugged his shoulder away from Ino's. He then got up, and walked up towards the seat Ino had left empty earlier between Shikamaru and an Inuzuka boy.
"Wait, where are you going Sasuke-kun!?" The two girls questioned in unison
"Look what you did now forehead girl!" Ino blamed as she glared at Sakura.
"Me, you're the one who was making Sasuke-kun uncomfortable Ino-pig!"
"Argh, forget this, Shikamaru go sit somewhere else!" Ino ordered as she walked around to where Shikamaru was taking a nap.
"... troublesome woman." Shikamaru mumbled as he lazy got up and left his seat to go sit somewhere in peace.
"Kiba get out of your seat!" Sakura demanded the Inuzuka.
"Why? I was here first, go sit somewhere else." Kiba shot back as if she was just being a nuisance.
Sakura's left eye twitched, and in an amazing feet of strength that Sakura never showed before, she yanked Kiba by the arm out of his seat, and sat in his place.
Akamaru had jumped down from his spot on the desk to lick his master's face which was now on the floor. Kiba soon got up and was about to complain when Shikamaru spoke. "Don't even bother Kiba, women are too troublesome to even put effort towards."
During the small squabble however, Naruto had tried to find a new place to sit within the other two columns of desks. His searching stopped though when he saw Shino sitting by himself once more. If he would have looked a little bit longer he would have noticed Hinata just a seat above the Aburame all by herself.
Once he made his way over, he was about to take a seat when he saw a bug on the bench. He gently placed his hand down in front of it, pushed it from behind with his other hand, and once it had crawled onto his hand, he placed it on the desk so that he could sit down.
Turning his head to look at Shino, he gave his usual grin. "Yo, looks like I'll be sitting here again, if that's alright with you of course?" Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head.
Shino was silent for a while before he replied. "I have no objections to your request of seating arrangements; however may I enquire about your treatment to the insect from before?" Shino asked as he looked towards the blond.
"Huh?" Naruto intelligently responded.
The Aburame merely pointed towards the bug still on the desk in front of Naruto. Looking at the six-legged animal, and piecing together what he could understand from Shino's question, Naruto somehow figure out what the boy had originally asked. "Oh, well it would be kind of gross to get bug guts on my pants don't you think?" Naruto jokingly answered.
"Yes..." Shino stated as the bug in front of Naruto flew inside the Aburame's arm sleeve. "I concur fully."
"... I don't know if he's better when he's talking or when he's quiet." Naruto tried to weigh after he heard Shino speak more than just a couple of words.
Ino's demand for Shikamaru to vacate his place of rest was then heard throughout the class, and Naruto couldn't help but look over in the direction to see an annoyed Sakura pull Kiba to the ground. "... why does Sakura-chan like that teme so much? What's so great about him?... Wait a minute!"
After being so preoccupied with thoughts of Sakura, Naruto finally noticed something was different as he lifted up his 'apron'. "Heh, that onee-san's advice actually worked! It's back to normal because I was thinking of Sakura-chan."
Sighing in relief, Naruto turned back to the front of the class before he jumped in his seat from hearing the bell ring indicating the beginning of class. Looking over his right shoulder the boy glared in the direction of the bell until he noticed a familiar head of indigo hair in his line of sight.
A small smile graced the boys face before it was soon masked by his regular grin. "Hey Hinata, almost didn't see you there. You sitting by yourself?"
Hinata had jumped slightly when she heard Naruto call out her name. She had been looking down at her lap ever since the boy had gone off to sit next to his crush, but now he was and talking to her! "H-h-hai."
"Well there's some space down here if you want to come." Naruto offered as he slid closer to Shino, and patted the empty spot next to him.
"N-N-Naruto-kun w-wants ME to sit next to h-him!" Hinata mentally told herself as a blush appeared on her face. "O-o-o-ok."
Hesitantly she got up and began to make her way over to the empty spot. Each step caused her blush to increase like red dye going in water drip by drip. She eventually made it, and sat next to Naruto. Her index fingers were poking together until she caught herself, grasped her hands together, and then squeezed them between her thighs to stop the nervous habit. "I'm sitting next to Naruto-kun; I'm really sitting next to Naruto-kun!"
"Neh Hinata you want to hear some good news?" Naruto asked as he waited for Hinata to look in his direction. "Otoha-nee-san's cure worked, I'm back to normal."
Hinata almost fainted as she remembered the area Naruto was troubled with. "Th-th-th-th-th-that's w-w-won-wonderful N-N-N-N-Naruto-kun."
"Now that's a little bit better gaki." Jiraiya thought as he saw Hinata sitting next to the blonde. Clearing his throat to get the attention of the class, 'Tsuzumi' began to start his lesson. "Alright everyone, class has started so sit down and pay attent-"
The sound of the classroom door was heard opening up interrupting Jiraiya, and in came in the man Hinata had bumped into earlier. "Gomen Tsuzumi-kun for interrupting your class, but I came to pick up the attendance sheet." Mizuki politely said in a friendly voice.
"Oh um yeah... attendance sheet, let me just find that for you." Jiraiya nervously said before frantically trying to find said sheet. "Where the hell did I put it!?"
As Mizuki was walking towards the desk, he looked towards the class and when his eyes ran over Naruto he stiffened in place. "W-wasn't he... What the hell is going on... I saw him dieing myse-"
"Here it is!" Jiraiya triumphantly said as he pulled out the sheet of paper.
"A perfect, well then I'll leave you to your class then." Mizuki said as he put on a friendly expression that hid his true emotions.
The sannin handed the sheet over, but he had a strange feeling about how this man was looking at him. "Something feels off."
Mizuki left the room while Jiraiya silently watched him before the doors closed behind the man. "... Alright everyone, without any further distractions..." Jiraiya stated and then glared at the class so that they would understand how serious he was. "Let's all sit still and listen to today's lesson."
Everyone remembering the outburst from first period complied and gave the man their full attention. "That's more like it." A smirking Jiraiya thought as he looked at the class. "Now then, your teacher has written down that today's class will be on theory, so just to get a feel of how far you guys are, I'll ask a couple of questions."
Bodies went stiff in fear as they expected to be called on. Naruto however just looked depressed when he heard Jiraiya mention the absent teacher.
Glancing over the class, Jiraiya stopped at Naruto with a grin. "Let's see how good you are at basic knowledge."
"Naruto, can you tell me the name of the energy shinobi use to perform ninjutsu?"
"What? That's easy, isn't it catra?" Naruto seriously answered causing Jiraiya to face vault.
"Kami what do they teach these kids?" Jiraiya mentally questioned.
"Haha, catra that's a good one! No wonder you failed the final exams twice Naruto." Kiba said and then tried to muffle his laughter like some of the other students in class.
"Shut up Kiba! You failed that test before too." Naruto tried to counter but was drowned out by the laughter and just crossed his arms in a grumble.
"Sensei, don't listen to Naruto. He's just a baka." Sakura stated in an irritated tone to the teacher.
"Well then, can you tell me the answer and then give an explanation as to what it is?" Jiraiya posed as he righted himself.
"Of course sensei." Sakura confidently answered as she stood up. "The energy shinobi use to perform ninjutsu is called chakra. It is composed of the physical energy within every cell, and spiritual energy gained from exercise and experience. By mixing these two energies we can mold chakra."
"Very good, now using that explanation, tell me who do you think has the most chakra in the class?"
"Um... I don't know sensei." Sakura said as she was caught dumbfounded.
"That's just it, you can't really tell. Some people's cells will naturally have more physical energy than others, and some people have more spiritual energy than others. Everyone's chakra levels vary from person to person, and unless you have a special skill or you get a special sample from the person you won't be able to tell exactly how much chakra they have." Jiraiya affirmed.
"Wait so are you saying that we're born with a certain amount of chakra?" Ino asked surprised like the rest of the class.
"I thought I just said that." Jiraiya answered as he scratched the top of his head while thinking.
"That's not fair, the more chakra you have the stronger you'll be. Why the hell do we even train our chakra then?" One child questioned in frustration.
"Hey now, if you want to be a strong shinobi get that thought out of your head now before I beat it out of you!" Jiraiya said as he slammed his palm on his desk. "Just because someone has a lot of chakra doesn't mean they're naturally stronger. The reason why you train your chakra is so you can have better control over the chakra you do have to use it effectively."
"That's a load of bull; it's obvious that if you have more chakra you can use more jutsu. People with more chakra are always going to be stronger." Kiba said confidently as he leaned back with both arms behind his head as if resting it.
"So then are you calling our Hokage weak?" Jiraiya questioned with a corked eyebrow.
"No way! The Hokage is the strongest ninja in the village! He probably has mountains of chakra." Kiba argued back.
"Hahaha, Really now... pft... mountains of chakra you say!?" Jiraiya repeated as he tried to contain his laughter. "I believe his chakra levels were documented at a level 3. That's the average chakra level most men have at a fully adult age."
Many within the class looked surprised at that knowledge before Jiraiya continued. "It's true that you're all born with a certain amount of chakra, but whether you have a large amount, a normal amount, or a small amount, it in no way hinders you from being a strong ninja. There are even ninja with below average chakra reserves that have taken out an entire clan singlehandedly in one night."
At that Sasuke's eyes concentrated on his 'sensei' as he listened in full attention. "Was he just talking about Itachi?"
"Ano sensei... If it doesn't matter how much chakra a person has, why does everyone have different amounts?" One of the girls in the class asked.
"That's actually quite simple, it's because each person's chakra contains a certain property that best fits them... usually." Jiraiya answered and soon there were mumbles of confusion around the class.
"What do you mean by properties sensei?" Chouji asked, he had lowered his bag of chips near the middle of this lesson as he himself was getting interested in it.
"Well for example let's look at someone with a high, normal, and low chakra level."
"Someone with a high chakra reserve generally perform large scale jutsu because they can't control small amounts of chakra. This does a lot of damage to a large area, but it's a waste of chakra if used on a single target. They generally have a hard time doing things that require precise chakra control unless they train diligently."
"Someone with a low reserve would usually have good chakra control like most of the girls in the class. It also makes them good with genjutsu or body enhancing techniques to increase their taijutsu. Ninjutsu is generally for a single target and are usually assassination techniques, so people with low chakra are great for a 1 on 1 fight. The down side is that they run low fast and could be in danger if they have to go one fight after another."
"Lastly someone with a normal reserve has properties of both high and low reserves, but randomly so. For instance they might be good at ninjutsu with good chakra control, but have no skill with genjutsu."
"However, these are the types of properties that normally show up within those kinds of reserves, it's not definite and there are even some I haven't even mentioned. Technically you can have a low chakra reserve and a piss poor control over your chakra as well, these properties are not absolute." Jiraiya announced trying to make sure everyone understood.
"So then how are we supposed to know how much chakra we have, and what it's good with?" Naruto curiously asked as he was becoming more and more confused from what his 'teacher' was saying."
"I wouldn't worry about that so much. Your chakra reserves don't reach their full potential until a couple more years from now, so you won't really know all the things it might specialize in yet. All you have to worry about right now is training your control. Through that training you'll realize what you're good at."
Naruto leaned back in defeat as he gave a sigh and murmured to himself. "Ah man, and I wanted to know how much chakra I have."
Even with children continuing to ask 'Tsuzumi' questions, Hinata was still able to hear Naruto's mumblings. "A-ano N-Naruto-kun, y-y-you have a l-lot of ch-chakra."
"Huh, did you say something Hinata?" Naruto asked the blushing girl who was sitting next to him. She was still looking down at her lap but she was doing it now to hide the blush that was on her face.
"I-I said y-you h-have a lot o-of ch-chakra N-Naruto-kun." Hinata repeated herself in a slightly louder whisper so that he could hear.
"Really, how much do I have?" Naruto excitedly asked.
"U-um I d-don't know h-how to a-answer th-that... b-but I kn-know you h-have a lot."
"What do you mean? Then how do you know I have a lot?" Naruto asked even more confused than when Jiraiya was speaking.
"I-I could s-see it. I-I can't s-see a-all of it cl-clearly b-but if I h-had to g-guess... um y-you have a-at l-least 5 t-times more ch-chakra than m-me... it-it's al-almost as m-much as m-my father's." Hinata answered as she remembered seeing his chakra coils from earlier with her Byakugan.
"5 times! That's like..." Naruto said wide eyed in surprise and began to count his fingers before noticing Hinata said 'I could see it.' His attention soon fell upon her as he got up close. "Wait, what did you mean by you could see it? You can see chakra?"
"Ah, um... I-I..." Hinata's blush was at full alert now as she began to fidget under his stare. "N-Naruto-kun is staring at me, he's close to me, if I just..."
Her head then turned to look at Naruto, and when it did their noses just barely grazed each others'. "Hey Hinata are you sick or something? Your face is all red." Naruto ask, concern evident in his voice, and then placed a hand against her forehead. "Wow, you're burning up."
The poor girl couldn't keep it together anymore and her entire body went limp causing her to slouch down towards the ground until Naruto caught her. "Crap she went like this again, what should I do?" Naruto asked no one in particular in a low voice.
"The recommended procedure would be to allow her to rest comfortably, while keeping her lower half warm to increase blood flow." Shino advised in a monotone voice.
"Uh... ok." Naruto responded after thinking about what the boy had said for a couple of seconds. "Couldn't he just say keep her warm, and let her sleep?"
With one hand still holding onto Hinata, Naruto untied his jacket from around his waist and placed it on the desk as he adjusted Hinata so that she would be sleeping on his lap. However once Naruto reached for the jacket again, Hinata, in her unconscious state, had turned around so that her face was now facing towards Naruto.
The boy blushed a bit when he felt Hinata move, but shrugged the feeling off before placing the jacket over her waist. "But is this really going to help her? She's been passing out a lot; maybe she really is sick..."
Class was continuing but Naruto couldn't help but look down at the girl in concern. The strands of hair that usually framed her face were now dangling in front of it. The blonde softly brushed his hand against her cheek causing the hair to go back up, but before he pulled back, he felt the girl's cheek press up against his hand.
The boy seemed to be in a daze now as he was mesmerized by the feel of her silky skin. His thought process had almost nearly stopped. "... soft..."
A look of calm and a small subtle smile was on the unconscious girl's face from the warm feeling the gentle hand had brought. Unfortunately this moment would have lasted a little bit longer if Naruto didn't hear a small moan escape from her small lips. "Mhmm... Naruto-kun..."
The village outcast was knocked back into reality from the sound of Hinata's voice as a blush appeared on his face. "W-what the... why am I..."
Shino had glanced at Naruto when he heard Hinata's voice, but just pushed up his glasses and looked away, deciding not to interrupt.
His hand pulled back away from Hinata as he tried to figure out what the hell he was doing. However because of the sudden loose in comfort, the heiress's smile turned to a frown as she tried to search for the same feeling once more in her sleep. This caused her to unknowingly snuggle closer to Naruto's lap for the same feeling, but that's when Naruto's eyes went wide as he noticed something.
"What the hell!? How's it back? Oh crap what do I do? Ah um, think of Sakura-chan, just think of Sakura-chan!" Naruto coached himself as realized that his member was getting hard once again. The stiffening rod seemed to have been caught in his left pant leg, and was pressing up against the inside of his thigh and Hinata's cheek.
"... Naruto-kun..." Hinata whispered in a needy voice as she once again tried to snuggle deeper into Naruto's lap.
Said blond was now clenching his teeth trying to muffle a groan. "Ok this is bad, I have to move it away from Hinata, I-I can't let her touch it anymore." Naruto concluded as he tried reaching down to adjust himself, but Hinata's face was too close it seemed, as the side of the boy's hand brushed against her soft lips causing electricity to go up his arm and down his spine to make little Naru twitch against her cheek. "O-ok bad idea, I'll just move her then."
He was about to place his hand on her head, but decided against that as he grabbed her shoulder. Gently he pushed her further down his lap so that she wouldn't be against the sensitive area, but Hinata seemed to dislike the sudden adjustments.
"No..." She groaned in disagreement, and her hand came up on reflex to grab her 'pillow' to stop the movement.
Naruto did exactly what she ordered, but not because Hinata said so, but because the girl's hand had come up and grasped the shaft along the thigh. Once more the pressure down bellow caused Naruto to flinch.
"O-oh crap, my dick is gonna blow up! Ok no more moving, no more touching... just sit back and wait for her to wake up. Everything will be fine, just think of Sakura-chan!" Naruto decided in a panic as he tried to resolve the problem, and grasped his desk with both hands not really knowing where to put them at the moment.
Hinata on the other hand was sleeping peacefully with a smile once again as she whispered something that Naruto didn't hear. "...mhmm... my Naruto-kun..."
Seconds felt like minutes and minutes felt like hours, as Naruto tried to control his senses to ignore the feeling from down below. "Just think of Sakura-chan, just think of how pretty her... her... just think of Sakura-chan!"
While this went on though, the class was continuing with their lesson.
"So then, can anyone tell me why we use hand-seals?" Jiraiya questioned as he looked around the class.
"Oh that's an easy one; it's to mold our chakra when we use jutsu." Kiba answered nonchalantly with a smirk.
"That's true, but you can already mold your chakra without hand-seals, so why do you use them?" Jiraiya countered
"Ano sensei... isn't that because it's hard to mold chakra correctly without the hand-seals? If we were to try it without them, we'd most likely mess up." Sakura said in a confused tone as she tried to figure out where 'Tsuzumi' was going with this.
"That's partially correct. It is true that if I were to ask any of you to try and perform a jutsu without hand-seals, most likely you'll waste a lot of chakra, and the jutsu wouldn't even work. However it is possible to actually mold your chakra correctly and perform the jutsu without hand-seals."
"What!? There's no way we can use jutsu without hand-seals." Kiba argued as he looked at his 'sensei' in disbelief.
"No he's right Kiba. I've seen my dad use a jutsu I know without using hand-seals before... I tried doing it like him though and I got tired fast." Chouji interjected with a slightly depressed voice.
"Hey now don't get down just because you can't do something your dad can. The only reason why you can't do it is because you lack experience. In order to perform a jutsu without hand-seals you have to continuously practice the jutsu with the seals and get a feel for how your chakra is melded when you're performing that jutsu. Your father probably practiced that jutsu hundreds of times before he could do it without seals." Jiraiya explained.
"Cool, so that means if I just train with the basic hand-seals over and over again I can use any of my jutsu without hand-seals? Kiba asked in wonder.
"Not necessarily. The sequence you perform the seals also varies how you mold your chakra. So just training with the seals doesn't work, you actually have to perform the jutsu. Also most jutsu are too complicated that it's almost impossible to do them without hand-seals for even people with some of the best chakra control." Jiraiya clarified.
"Oh come on, first you say we can do it without hand-seals, and then you say we can't do it without hand-seals... which is it!? What's the point of even trying to learn it without hand-seals then?" Kiba questioned irritated.
"Where you even listening, or was someone blowing on a dog whistle distracting you? I said most jutsu are too complicated, not all." Jiraiya shot back getting a little annoyed at the boy's tone.
"Well if most jutsu are impossible to do without hand-seals, then why even bother learning how to do them without hand-seals if they won't work?"
"He's just a kid; don't get mad, he's just a dumb kid." Jiraiya thought as he rubbed his temple. "Alright, I'll explain the advantages and disadvantages so even you can understand."
"Ok, there are three basic levels of performing the same jutsu. The first level is the way you're all learning now, with hand-seals. It allows you to mold chakra easily and waste as little chakra as possible for the jutsu. Problems are that it gives a warning to whoever can see your hands, and a bit of a delay since you have to run through the seals."
"The second level is by using your own chakra control to stand in for a couple of the seals so you can skip them. It requires a lot of practice with the jutsu, but it lowers the delay while wasting a little bit of chakra. A lot of jutsu can't go past this stage because they're too complicated, or they require the user to hold a specific seal, so it's one that many reach up to."
"The last level is by using your chakra control by itself to perform the jutsu. This gets rid of the delay of going through a set of seals, and also gives little to no warning that you're doing the jutsu. However... you will generally waste a lot of chakra, and it can be draining which is not something you want in a life and death situation. Ninja usually resort to this method when they want to make a surprise or defend quickly."
"Going through these levels is just an exercise of control. By reaching the last level it shows that you have mastered the jutsu so well that if you were to perform it with hand-seals, you could use the jutsu at maximum effectiveness and use the minimum amount of chakra required to make the jutsu work."
"Aw man, another chakra control exercise. That's what this is all about?" Kiba whined as he slouched in disappointment.
The sannin just rolled his eyes at that and continued on with the lesson. "He's just a little kid... just a little dumb mutt of a kid."
However while this important lesson was going on, Naruto was too busy keeping himself distracted to pay attention. The poor thing was still caught in Hinata's grasp, and no matter how much he tried thinking of Sakura, the feeling from down below would remind him what was going on every now and then with a twitch.
His body was coated in a thin sweat, his nails had dug into the desk he was holding on to, and the boy was now trying to control his breathing to calm himself down. "Just think of Sakura-chan; just think of Sakura-chan."
He had tried closing his eyes and thinking of the pink haired girl, but that only enhanced his sense of touch to feel what was going on fully. He tried overloading his sense of sight, but it still didn't help to distract him, and was starting to get other people's attention his way. He tried listening to the teacher, but he could only hear a couple of words before a twitch broke his concentration.
"So far the best I can do is control my breathing, and cause myself some pain. I hope I can last until lunch to see that onee-san." Naruto prayed as he looked towards the clock. "10 minutes!? Argh... just think of Sakura-chan... just think of Hinata grabbing your di-... I'm mean, just think of Sakura-chan!"
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[9 minutes later]
Excruciating minutes went by for the blond as he continued his mental chant. "Just think of Sakura-chan, and only Sakura-chan. You'll be ok if you just think of Sakura-chan."
Jiraiya was near the end of the lesson, and was now quizzing the children on stuff that he had said earlier. He looked around the class for the next target, and pointed at the whisker marked child. "Naruto!"
"H-ha-hai!" Naruto managed to respond as he tried to control himself. "Just think of Sakura-chan!"
"From the list of dangers we learned, what is the last thing you would ever want to touch?"
Without even thinking Naruto replied, "SAKURA-CHAN!" The class fell to the floor laughing at the outburst.
"Hahaha, he's got that right don't you think forehead girl?" Ino mocked between her laughs.
Sakura had a vein pop up on her forehead, and her left eye began to twitch. "Naruto!!!"
"You are so dead when I get my hands on you, Shannaro!"
Jiraiya held back his laugh, but continued to play the part of the teacher. "Uh no, the answer wa-"
'Tsuzumi' didn't get to finish as the bell for lunch rang and interrupted him.
People began to leave from their seats still laughing, but Naruto stayed in place the whole time.
"Oh crap what did I do, what did I say, now Sakura-ch-" He didn't get to finish his train of thought as he felt the hand down below begin to tighten, and it's owner's head begin to move.
"Hmm? Oh I knew it was too good to be true... Naruto would only want me to sit beside him in my dreams." Hinata thought as she started to wake up. Her eyes started slowly opening, but when they were hit by the light, they retreated back into the confines of her eyelids. She then buried her head in her 'pillow' and grasped it tightly on reflex when she noticed something. "What's this hard thing..."
"H-H-Hinata, a-are you a-a-awake?" Naruto stuttered when he felt the increase in pressure. They were now the last two in the class.
"Th-that was Naruto-kun! How is he in my room?" Hinata thought as she jolted her torso up with her arms, and opened her eyes to see Naruto's head beside hers. A blush appeared on her face when she noticed how close she was to him. "N-N-N-N-Naruto-kun!?"
"Uh, h-hi... if y-you wouldn't mind, could you maybe get off me?" Naruto nervously asked the girl who had been holding a very important part of him for some time now.
Hinata was confused until she looked down below to see where her hands were. She saw the hard thing she was grabbing onto, and recognized what the bulge in Naruto's pants meant. "I-I-I-I-I-I-I'm..." She instantly sat up off of Naruto, but her tomato coloured face couldn't take it anymore as she began to pass out. "Gomen."
"No Hinata, don't-..." It was too late, the Hyuuga heiress was once more passed out. "Crap now I got to take her to Otoha-nee-san... I just hope I don't blow up before I get there."
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Next Chapter: Relief!
A/N: Wow... I rewrote so much of this it annoyed me. Can't wait to start the next chapter though, that should be a little more interesting, and easier to right (I hope).
Also thanks a lot for the reviews. Much appreciated, they helped getting me out of a couple of those times I got stumped. Oh and I'd just like to remind you guys that it's this will not be a Harem where Naruto just fucks a bunch of chicks, it's more like the classical Harems where they try to get him and he has to chose... like Ichigo 100% =P
So yeah... if any of you read this and are still thinking this "What the hell? Ninja don't have fixed amounts of chakra. There's no way Itachi has low chakra, or Sarutobi just has average amounts of chakra." Go read the data book and suck Orochimaru's balls. They even say in the manga that people have fixed amounts when Naruto was learning senjutsu.
Data book 3 stats (after the time skip) on Stamina (in other words chakra):
Itachi: 2.5
SAKURA: 2.5
Naruto: 5
Sandaime: 3
Orochimaru: 3.5
Neji: 3.5
Rock Lee: 3.5 (if it was actual stamina though, he'd probably get a 5)
^that's right... Itachi has the same damn amount of chakra as Sakura, and he's still a strong clan killing machine. (with th help of Madara)
... Sorry for the little outburst above. Got a little tired of seeing fanfics thinking certain characters have a shit load of chakra.
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