I don't own Naruto, never will, don't even want to. What I do want however is my friend's cats… they are so cute! This is a chapter mostly focused on Naruko's friend Stutter, this is important for the future story. I hope you like it, sorry for the delay… I kind of suck with deadlines… Have fun and thanks for the reviews, follows and favourites!
As the meeting was done I went on my way to find two favourite humans, I knew where they were as I felt a link with Naruko. Soon after I arrived at one of the training grounds we often used, Baldy was standing there together with Naruko and Stutter. Damn I'm great at making up nicknames!
I heard them talking and what I heard certainly pleased me if I must say. "Naruko-san you want Hinata-san to join us in our training sessions?"
"I do DattebaNya!"
"And what is your opinion on this Hinata-san?" please say yes Stutter, it's more time with us!
"S-sure…"
Baldy sighed and relented "Then I will agree, but first you must participate in three of our sessions in order to find out if you can handle them. I will not lower the level of training to suit your needs."
"That's fine! I'm sure Hinata-chan is awesome DattebaNya!" Stutter just looked down and pressed her fingers together cutely, now that I think about it, she's really cute! Not as cute as Naruko of course but still up there definitely…
The training commenced and Stutter was struggling to keep up with the level, that was to be expected though as Naruko is at least high Chuunin level already.
"You okay Hinata-chan?"
"Yeah I-I'm f-fine…" Stuttering and gasping for breath, not a great combination…
Baldy stopped the warming up "You did decently Hinata-san, I will accept your level so far. It's time for training our techniques, these are either Ninjutsu or in your case Taijutsu."
"Naruko-san, let's show her what we mean by that so she can follow our example"
"Hn! Buddha's Protection!" the shield popped up around her and she rushed at Baldy.
The two exchanged a multitude of blows, Naruko was on the offence initially but was soon forced to switch to the defence as Baldy was a step above her in skill.
Three clones appeared next to Naruko "Buddha's Protection!" all of them now had the beautiful shield, they attacked Baldy and the fight became intense!
"Paw paw paw paw…." She still hadn't learned to stop doing this but it didn't matter, she used it to surprise the opponent. It's just that Baldy had gotten used to it and didn't pay attention to what she said, but I'm sure others would fall for it.
She began incorporating wind and lightning chakra into her attacks, the training ground was slowly but surely getting destroyed… "Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder"
Oh damn Baldy was getting serious! Blow after blow hit Naruko and her clones and soon all of the clones were destroyed… Naruko tried to hold off against the onslaught but was getting pushed back. A final hit and she fell to the ground in exhaustion.
"I lost… but that was fun Dattebanya!"
"Indeed it was Naruko-san, and you managed to hold out against 644 of my strikes, that is a new record."
"A…amazing…" I saw Stutter's mouth wide open as she had seen the fight, to see somebody your age do something like that… I'm not surprised she felt like this.
"Naruko-chan… Wha-what is that chakra?" she timidly asked but you could see the curiosity on her face.
"Oh I forgot to tell you! I'm the host of the Nine Tailed Cat! You could see it that clearly?!"
No Naruko, no normal person could see it that clearly, you don't leak the chakra anymore. In fact, you incorporate into your body and strengthen yourself with it. But Stutter has those eyes, it's no wonder she found out this quickly, let's hope she doesn't mind...
"WHAT?!" apparently she does? She didn't even stutter and holy kami can she shout!
"You…don't mind, do you Hinata-chan?" Naruko's face fell and fear was apparent on it, the chance of losing her first and best friend to something out of her control…
"No… it's just that…"
"Don't worry Hinata-san, Naruko is in perfect control. She and the Kyuubi are in perfect harmony and the story is different than people make it out to be. The Kyuubi is not a being of evil, you can trust me on that."
Thanks Baldy, way to save the moment! You can always rely on him to reason with such things. Stutter was already starting to smile again and she even hugged Naruko!
"Don't worry N-Naruko-chan.. I'm y-your friend!"
Damn right you are!
Baldy cut in "Hinata-san, how about you show us what you're capable of? You must have trained in the Gentle Fist, show me what you can do."
She looked down "I'-I'm a f-failure…" what?! No you aren't! How can you even say that!?
"…How so Hinata-san?"
"F-Father says I…that I'm a shame to the family… I'm bad at the gentle fist…"
How dare he say that, what a terrible father!
"Don't worry Hinata-chan, you're awesome Dattebanya!"
"Let me be the judge of that, I may be able to find what you lack"
"H-Hai…"
"Attack me with all that you've got, try to destroy my Buddha's Protection"
Stutter charged him and used the Gentle Fist to attack, at first Baldy just dodged the strikes. Eventually he decided to see what effect it would have on his shield… but nobody expected what would happen!
The palm went straight through as if it wasn't even there! Baldy looked at the palm that hit him in utter shock "You…"
"I'm sorry!" Stutter retreated and bowed "I didn't mean to!"
"How did you hit him Hinata-chan? The shield should've stopped you!"
Indeed it should've…it's like the shield let her pass through, but that could only mean!
"Hinata-san don't apologize, you've done nothing wrong. In fact…I have something to ask of you." Baldy took out a small piece of paper that I could only recognize as chakra paper, I think he has the same idea as me.
"Put your chakra into this paper, there's something I have to find out."
"That…won't work.. Father made me do that once b-but…it didn't react…"
"I thought so…" I've never seen Baldy with such an expression, but if she is what I believe she is, then it's to be expected! If it really is the case then it's something I've only ever seen four times in my whole life…
"Hinata-san I am going to teach you a Jutsu, it's the same Buddha's Protection that I just used"
"You are?! But it took me months to learn that one!"
And it's a wonder you were able to do so Naruko-chan, monks spend their whole lives to learn that particular chakra type. You are only able to do so because of the Nine Tails.
"Don't worry Naruko-san, Hinata-san. I have utmost faith that you can learn this Jutsu"
"I'll try…"
"I will guide you by adding my own chakra as you perform the technique" he began explaining how to use the shield and only ten minutes later did she try to perform it for the first time, it went as expected…
Golden chakra was released from Baldy's hands and flowed around Stutter "Buddha's Protection!" the shield appeared in a bright golden glow. Baldy could only look at it in shock and had a rare smile on his face "Amazing…"
"I-I did it!" excitement lit up Stutter's face as she performed the technique on her very first try!
"She did it…she really did it dattebanya…Hinata-chan you're the best!" You have no idea Naruko, she is special, extremely special…
Baldy began to explain the root of the issue "I have something to explain to the both of you, sit down"
The two did as were told and I sat down on Naruko's lap "First I'll start with a simple question, which types of chakra are there?"
Naruko couldn't contain herself and Stutter wouldn't even try to answer with her lack of confidence "Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water and Fire!"
Baldy nodded "Indeed, those are the five most known types. But what if I were to tell you that there are in fact eight chakra types"
"Eight?!"
"Next to the five more known types there are three more, they are: Sage Chakra, Dark Chakra and finally…Light Chakra"
"Sage Chakra comes in many forms, it is basically becoming one with a type of chakra. Let's say you are extremely adapt with wind chakra, if you become one with it then you would be able to become a wind Sage. This type of chakra has a few flaws, training in it has a high mortality rate and gathering it when you've mastered it is extremely difficult."
"Dark Chakra is rare but still seen sometimes. Many don't realise that what they are seeing or using is Dark Chakra. This type of chakra is often used in jutsu that make you close to immortal as well as it having a great decaying effect. This chakra is present more often than the final chakra because the shinobi world is filled with darkness."
"The final type is Light Chakra, this one is naturally seen once in every few centuries or even less and by far the rarest type! Monks train their entire lives to be able to use this in the slightest and most fail to do so. All of our techniques use Light Chakra and one such example is Buddha's Protection"
It's just as he explained, but there is more to it than that. But that's for another time.
"Then why am I able to use your techniques?! I don't have Light Chakra!" that's where the issue lies Naruko.
"Because of the Nine Tailed Cat, tailed cats are a force of nature and therefore contain all types of chakra. As for Hinata-san"
Here it is…
"You are born with it. You are one of those that have it naturally. Hinata-san, please become my apprentice." Baldy bowed before her! This stoic man that never shows emotion is bowing before Stutter!
"I-I can't…Father would never agree…"
"I believe he will, let me speak with him. Naruko-san I will meet the two of you after school tomorrow, we will then proceed to the Hyuga estate. Hinata-san, don't speak of this to your father just yet, wait for me to tell him."
He wants us to come with them? But why?
"Miauw"
"Tora-chan's right, why do you need us sensei?"
"Because I believe it will help convince him, he wants you and Hinata-san to bond and this will help him in his goal. Let's end the training here, I will meet the two of you tomorrow after school." He walked away just like that and I could understand his reason, Baldy had much to think about, as did I.
The presence of one with Light Chakra is not to be taken lightly, even at my full power one with mastery of Light Chakra could pose a threat!
"…Troublesome"
Did we just totally forget about him being here?! I get that he's easily overseen with his sleepy attitude but still…
"Oh Shikamaru-kun, you woke up from your nap?"
"With all the ruckus you were creating it would be a miracle even for me to stay asleep…"
"You aren't going to ask about what just happened? Not even going to say something?"
"That's so troublesome… nah I'm fine with it. Can we go home now? I don't want to incur mother's wrath…"
"She's that terrifying?"
"…You have no idea" don't worry Sleepy I'm sure it'll be fine, you were with us after all!
Smoky appeared right on cue "Hinata I'll take you home, Shikamaru… I'm not going further than your gate…" that bad huh? Even Smoky is afraid of her.
( The next day )
We entered the room of boredom, went to our seats and fell asleep. It had become a routine of sorts in such a quick time, we always came a bit early to enjoy the limited peace and quiet of the mornings.
The bell rang and brats began entering the room, I forgot who most of them were as I simply had no interest in ones below my standard. Sadly there were a few that I did remember but not for their good qualities… think of the pink banshee and the prince of emo's, the latter which had sadly returned to class…
He glared at us with a scowl but didn't dare say anything as he seemed to have learned we were far above him, the same went for the banshee as she didn't screech anything in our direction. Sadly that didn't mean she didn't screech into the emo's direction, she was like a lost puppy that found its owner, he had no faults in her eyes…
"SASUKE-KUN YOU'RE BACK! I MISSED YOU SOOOO MUCH!"
Even the emo ignored her to the best of his abilities, how could she not see her faults?!
"…Troublesome"
"Miauw" you can say that again!
"Good morning Hinata-chan!" damn I missed her sitting down next to us all because of that damn banshee! "Miauw!"
"G-good morning Naruko-chan, Tora-chan!"
"Miauw" I pointed my paw to Sleepy and she seemed to have noticed he was there as well
"And Shikamaru-kun"
Naruko looked at her with pleading eyes, waiting for the morning snack to appear… yet it took a bit too long "Hinata-chan…fish cookie?"
Stutter reached into her bag and held out her hand CHOMP and made the same mistake yet again… "My hand!" it's been so many times and she still hasn't learned not to keep them on her hand! That or she secretly likes having her hand chewed, maybe Stutter isn't as innocent as she seems?
She scratched Naruko behind her ear which made her open her mouth from the excess bliss, it was one of the tactics she had learned and I have to admit it's effective. Taking a tissue from her bag she proceeded to clean her hand.
"Are you alright Hinata? You seem a bit on edge" Sleepy spoke on rare occasions but he always struck home, only now did I notice that she seemed off somehow.
"I-I'm scared for…you know…"
"Miauw" telling your father, Naruko snapped out of her bliss "Don't worry Hinata-chan it'll be alright! Tora-chan is going to be there, nothing can go wrong with her presence dattebanya!" Damn right!
In order to cheer her up I went to her desk and offered myself for a petting session, I'm such a kind-hearted cat, aren't I?
"T-Thank you Tora-chan…"
Class began and I went to sleep even though I kept feeling some gazes towards our location, I just thought they were from emo and banshee but didn't think more about it… how wrong I was…
A few sleepy hours later and we went outside for physical education which basically entailed butchering brats and enjoying their suffering.
Only now did I notice the other terrifying source of stares I felt. It was the brat from yesterday, the one who's crotch I almost cut! Why is he looking at us, does he want revenge? I'd gladly show him his position again!
But no he said nothing and I couldn't see any hatred in his eyes, what I saw was much much worse! It was affection, oh kami this brat was looking at Naruko with hearts in his eyes!
"Miauw!"
"WHAT?!" you heard me! "Miauw!"
"You've got to be kidding me Tora-chan, no way, he doesn't!" I pointed towards Dogbreath and Naruko shivered at the sight "You're right…"
The brat seems to have fallen in love with Naruko! "Miauw"
"Beating him will only make it worse! Tora-chan what do we do?!" we?! Oh kami no you're on your own! Although…
"Miauw"
"You're blackmailing me?! Ramen for crotch shots… I'll have to think about that…" do you really have an option?
"Creep" who said that?!
Naruko stormed off to the banshee "You still didn't learn your lesson pinky?!"
"You're a creep! You keep talking to your cat!" So? You keep talking to your imaginary friend…
"Sensei, match, now!"
Ponytail sadly didn't comply "I'm sorry Naruko but there's been a change of plans for today per the Hokage's orders."
The whole class quickly payed attention at the mention of the Hokage… really it's just an oldy with a weird hat, what's so special about that?
"Instead of Taijutsu training we're going to do a physical test, anybody that doesn't pass has to follow remedial lessons in order to catch up to the standard." A few brats went pale and I could only grin
"The Hokage has deemed the educational system flawed, at the moment you can pass to become a Genin with only theoretical knowledge. That however, ends now."
"BUT SENSEI! I DON'T WANT TO BECOME BULKY AND UGLY LIKE FOREHEAD!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY INO-PIG?!"
"QUIET! You have no choice in the matter! Either you perform to our standards or you repeat the year until you're strong enough!"
I was beginning to like this test already, no way that the banshee can pass! That and seeing her suffer, both are great.
"The first test is running around the track twenty times in twenty minutes!" that sounds fair?
"..But…sensei…" the banshee was suddenly a lot quieter "No but's, time starts now!"
Naruko stormed off and left all the other brats biting dust until she suddenly stopped "You coming Hinata-chan?"
"H-Hai!" Stutter ran along with her and I decided to join them on this occasion, we adjusted our pace so Stutter could keep up. After the first lap we already passed over half of the class as we watched them struggle to keep up with our pace, some already gasping for breath. Pathetic… if these are going to be Shinobi then they're going to die in the very first fight!
We continued running for ten laps and looked behind to see the emo keeping up with a smirk on his face "You're not going to beat me, I'm an elite!" he tried to gain on us to show his supposed superiority… oh how wrong he was!
"I'm sorry Hinata-chan, I'm going on ahead okay?"
"Hai!"
I was not going to join her, no way I would be able to keep up, not without getting my fur dirty!
Emo was almost passing us… Naruko suddenly went into overdrive and used her real speed! She just disappeared and lapped us not even half a minute later… Emo looked at her with rage "How dare you!" and was obviously humiliated.
Only a few minutes later she stopped "Sensei I'm done!", I went up to them and decided enough was enough. Ponytail looked at her in shock, not believing the speed at which Naruko had just ran.
"I see…"
We sat down and watched in glee as the brats were struggling. Most of them were girls obviously on ridiculous diets all in order to please their prince of emo's.
"Miauw"
"I was thinking the same Tora-chan… if only we don't end up in a team with one of them!" kami that would be horrendous! Not that the brat would survive for long, but still!
Said emo was finally done with running and continued glaring at us as if we committed murder right before his eyes. Actually, I don't think that would even matter to him, he probably takes personal insults worse than a murder appearing before his eyes.
"Hinata-chan you're done!" after a couple more minutes Stutter sat down in exhaustion, she was the fourth to arrive and couldn't even utter a word. Sleepy was done at exactly twenty minutes and didn't seem all too tired "You're not tired Shikamaru?"
"That would be troublesome… I just did what was asked, no more or less…" Typical Sleepy
Half of the class was too late, it took another fifteen minutes before everybody was done! Kami they were awful, big words but no bark!
"You all fail, starting tomorrow you will be following remedial lessons in order to catch up for this part. You have ten minutes of rest before we begin with the second test!"
"There's more?!" was the collective response of half the class, pathetic…
A short break later and we began with the second part "Next up are sit-ups and push-ups. You have to do two-hundred each, every time you take a break you will have to do ten more!"
"WHAT?!"
Not going to join in on this one "Miauw"
"No worries Tora-chan. Ready Hinata-chan?"
"Hai!"
Groans of pain could be heard right off the bat, Naruko was done in a couple of minutes and Stutter took a while longer. The rest however took almost an hour to finish… seriously half of the brats took way too many breaks and had to do up to four-hundred of each exercise!
"Because some of you took so much time we will leave it at this for today. I expect those that failed to follow the remedial lessons from now on, failure to do so means you aren't allowed to take the final exam!"
"Go home and rest, we will continue tomorrow. Dismissed" Ponytail left
We're done, that means we're going to Stutter's home, right? "Miauw"
"Hinata-chan, we're going to your place now, right?" Stutter look down and was obviously extremely nervous judging by her face.
"H-Hai…"
"Don't worry it's going to be alright Dattebanya!"
"It's just as Naruko-san says, you're going to be fine Hinata-san" Oh crap that scared the hell out of me! Don't suddenly show up behind someone!
Naruko's reaction was mostly the same except for one small thing, well the word small depends but that depends on the guy's interpretation… they would say it's at least above average…men… her fright reaction was to kick at the thing that caused it!
Baldy fell to the ground with his hands covering the now even less than average parts "..W-Why..!"
"Don't scare me Dattebanya! Who in kami shows up like that?!"
"Y-You do…" Stutter is kind of right, this is right up your alley Naruko…
"…That…That's different" No it isn't… You even use your camouflage Jutsu to maximize the scare…
"Let's be on our way, the sooner we reach the Hyuga estate the sooner we can resume your training" needless to say the pitch in his voice was a bit off though.
He's talking as if he already knows what's going to happen, interesting… Only minutes of casually running through the streets and we arrived at a massive estate with a large wall around it. I could already feel the arrogance and sense of superiority in the air, if a dog were to run into this estate it would go mental with all the sticks it could find stuck up someone's butt.
"Halt! Who are you and why are you with Hinata-sama?!" Same as the one before, they really don't seem to know anything or anyone outside of their little world.
"I am Chiriku of the Twelve Guardian Ninja serving the Daimyo. I am here to speak on his behalf on a matter regarding Hinata-san. I wish to speak with Hiashi-san."
The white eyed prick paled and quickly stepped aside "Please proceed!"
"Hinata-san, please show us where your father is." Stutter replied with a nod and we went on our way. Along the way we could see stares of contempt from the few people that walked through the estate. It seemed that this part, which was apparently for the Head family, had very few people except for the occasional servant.
We stopped at a large door which had two guards with an equally stuck up attitude "Halt!" oh come on not this again!
"Let them in"
"Hai Hiashi-sama!"
The doors opened and we saw the same familiar no emotion white eyed prick. Said prick arched a brow "Chiriku-san, what brings you here? I must say that this is unexpected."
"Hiashi-san I have something of utmost importance to tell you which is followed by a request."
"Very well, sit" he pointed his arm in front of him and we sat down "Let's get straight to business, what is it that you have to tell me"
Time to drop the bomb, if he doesn't show emotion after hearing what's about to be said then he's just a statue!
"I'm saying this knowing that you have knowledge of all of the chakra types, not just the five basic ones." You could already see the curiosity starting to form.
"Hinata-san has the Light Chakra type" There it was! The utter shock on his face, priceless!
"…How certain are you of this?"
"Absolutely certain"
"I see…" he turned towards Stutter "Hinata, I am sorry for my actions thus far" it was now time for Stutter to become absolutely shocked "F-Father?"
"I tried to train you in our art not knowing that it is absolutely incompatible with you, this is a failure on my part. Chiriku-san, thank you for notifying me of this."
"No problem Hiashi-san. You must understand the request I have then?"
He nodded "You wish to train her, only monks know how to train in light chakra. Before I agree I have to know how proficient you expect her to become."
"I will explain with how I found out. During a training session yesterday with Naruko-san I tried to test your daughter, she was to strike me when I had my Buddha's Protection up."
"She did as told…only for her palm to go straight through my protection as if it didn't exist. I tried teaching her the technique and the results were more than I could ever expect. Hinata-san, show your father the technique"
Stutter nodded "Buddha's Protection", the golden glowing shield formed around her and the white eyed prick gasped "That!"
"It's as you see Hiashi-san, it's perfect. It took her one hour to learn this, a prodigy monk will take two years to do so."
"SUMMON THE ELDERS, NOW!" sounds could be heard from around the room.
"Hinata you are hereby no longer the future clan head. However, you will not get the caged bird seal. You will become the Hyuga representative to the Daimyo and train with Chiriku-san in his art."
"One small suggestion Hiashi-san, I wish to incorporate the gentle fist with her light chakra. I will need your help with this."
"But Light Chakra shouldn't work together with our Gentle Fist, you know as well as I do that those should be incompatible"
"That is true but only if you want her to physically attack. But you know one of my techniques, imagine…" Baldy couldn't finish his sentence as white eyed prick opened his mouth in a gasp and interrupted.
"The Thousand-Armed Murder… you want to add the Gentle Fist to that!"
"I do"
"Very well! I will assist in the training of Hinata. I will go to the palace in two days' time to discuss how we will proceed, is that to your agreement?"
"It is. Can I take Hinata-san to the palace for training or do you need her here?"
"I will need her for the next hour, afterwards you are free to take her with you. You may spend the time here or in my guest area. Come Hinata, we have much to arrange with the Elders."
Stutter looked at me and Naruko "Don't worry Hinata-chan it'll be fine Dattebanya! We'll be right here for when you're done!"
"Miauw"
"Tora-chan would be willing to come with you though, if your father agrees!" as if he would dare not to!
"You can take her Hinata, we can't delay this any further. Come." I jumped from Naruko's lap and followed Stutter, this was going to be interesting!
We went through a couple of doors in utter silence before stopping at a final one "Hinata I will discuss the issue with the elders, you will not say anything unless asked. This has to be handled carefully."
Yep you can already tell she's going to be strong! But! There's a big but… you know Hinata, she's far too gentle, so this could get interesting. I hope you liked it, I have a few grand ideas for Naruko and her skillset, she's going to be awesome. It's going to a bit tricky to describe her fights though so that's going to be tough… as you've already guessed they're going to end up in the same team, but who else is going to end up in the team?! You can guess but I'm quite sure you will fail hehe, good luck!