Welcome back once again. This chapter will once again be devoted mostly to training and some more buildup. Hope you all enjoy.
I still don't own Naruto. I doubt that it'll ever happen… unfortunately for my broke ass.
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"I see…" Naruto said as he pondered over what Hinata just said.
"What are you getting at Naruto-kun?" Hiruzen asked, still confused.
"Hinata-chan, this is very important; Did you tell the story in the exact order that it happened?" Naruto said
"Yes it is." Hinata replied.
"So just to be sure; he banished you from the clan and THEN said you will get the seal?"
"Yes…" Hinata said, not seeing where he was going with this. Hiruzen, however, finally picked up on it. His face lit up in surprise as he realized what Naruto was saying.
Naruto just smiled when he saw that Hiruzen now understood. "If you are now banished and therefore no longer a Hyuga, then it is no longer a clan issue, but an issue with one of our Hokage's future shinobi."
Both Hinata and Sasuke now realized what he was saying. Hinata's face lit up as she realized she was safe, while Sasuke let out a small chuckle. Naruto could be a dumbass at times but he was truly a genius when it mattered.
"Naruto-kun, you are right. If she is already disowned, then Hiashi-san has no right to touch her; doing so would amount to assaulting a citizen, which is illegal." Hiruzen said with a smile, partly because Hinata was now safe, and partly because Naruto had shown his brighter side with his comment.
"Thank you so much Naruto-kun!" Hinata shouted as she glomped him again.
"You're welcome Hinata-chan." Naruto said with a smile as he hugged her back.
"Sorry to interrupt, but there is still the issue of what will happen to Hinata; though she is free from the seal, she is still banished from the clan and has nowhere to go." Hiruzen said with a serious tone.
"Oh yea." Said Naruto in a more somber expression.
Hinata also sulked up once more after thinking about that.
The room stayed in silence for a moment before Naruto perked up and spoke again "Hey Jiji, I've got plenty of extra rooms in my house, she could stay with me?!"
"Naruto-kun wants me to live with him?!" Hinata thought as she got a little lightheaded.
"Hinata, what do you think of this?" Hiruzen asked with a small smirk at her expense.
Hinata just nodded her head 'yes', not trusting her voice to work right.
"Okay then, that sounds like a plan." Hiruzen said. "Hinata you can go on to the academy now. Report here once you leave please."
"Thank you Hokage-sama." She said with a deep bow before walking out the door.
It was then that Itachi chose to appear in the room with the trio. "Hokage-sama, Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun." He said with a small bow to the Hokage.
"Hello Itachi, how are you?" replied Hiruzen.
"Fine, thank you." Itachi said as he turned to Naruto and Sasuke. "Now then, Sasuke-kun, do you want to receive training from me instead of attending the academy."
"Of course Aniki!" Sasuke said happily. He respected his big brother more than anyone else in the world and loved training under him.
"Okay then, are you ready to begin?"
"Yea!"
"Naruto-kun?"
"Me too."
"Okay then, meet me at the Uchiha training field in 1 hour please."
"Okay!" chorused the boys as they ran home to get ready.
"So, Hokage-sama, how do you believe Hiashi-san will take the news?" Itachi said once the boys were gone.
"I doubt he will be very happy about it. I intend to personally escort Hinata-san to retrieve her personal belongings this afternoon."
"I see. Shall myself and my new 'team' come as well?"
"If you wish. Though I know it isn't right, I would like for you all to be there, so that it makes it worse when Hiashi learns that Naruto picked apart his plan." Hiruzen said with a chuckle. Surprisingly, the ever-stoic Itachi also laughed; and twice in one week at that.
"Okay then, if I may, I'll take my leave now to prepare for the boys' lesson."
"Dismissed." Hiruzen said as Itachi disappeared in a flock of ravens.
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45 minutes later, Uchiha training grounds
"Okay I want you two to know that this training will not be easy, I intend to have you both enrolled in ANBU by the time you turn 10. Do you understand?" Itachi said to the 2 boys standing in front of him.
"Yes Itachi-sensei." They both said at once.
"Good. Now for today's first lesson, I will be teaching you both the shunshin. Normally the technique is reserved for chunin level shinobi, but it is infinitely helpful, so you will learn it today. Both of you activate your Sharingan." Itachi said as both boys did so. Itachi then slowly gathered the chakra to perform a shunshin to the other side of the field and back.
"Did you see how I did that?" He asked as both of them nodded.
"Now you try."
Naruto and Sasuke then formed the ram sign to assist in the chakra gathering before both disappeared from their spots. 20 feet from their previous location, there was a hollow 'thunk' and both boys were seen lying on the ground holding their heads.
"You must concentrate on the destination to control the travel. Without good focus, this will happen again. Try again."
Both boys once more stood up and formed the ram sign before disappearing and reappearing about 20 feet away again.
"Okay good. Now, I want you both to stop here." Itachi said as he threw 2 kunai about 6 feet apart and 50 feet away from the boys.
They once again made the ram sign and disappeared. Naruto appeared about 30 feet in front of him, while Sasuke made it only 25 feet.
Both growled in frustration before Itachi spoke up. "Move back to 50 feet and try again until you can do it."
They proceeded for the next 2 hours, going back and forth, until finally they could both land on the target from 50 feet.
"Good job, now shall we break for lunch?" Itachi said as the 3 walked towards the house to eat.
Once they arrived inside, they saw Mikoto setting the table.
"Right on time." She said with a smile.
"Thanks Kaasan." Said both Itachi and Sasuke.
"Thank you Mikoto-san." Naruto said as they all took a spot at the table.
"You're all welcome." She said in her still happy voice. "And Naruto, just call me Mikoto or Basan, okay?"
"Umm okay, Basan." Naruto said with a small smile.
"Itadakimasu!" Mikoto said as they all began to eat.
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Half an hour later
"The next lesson will be to follow me while I shunshin. Ready?" Said Itachi as they once more stood in the training field.
Both boys nodded and Itachi disappeared in a flock of ravens. They both formed the ram sign and did the same, appearing a feet away from him.
"Too slow. You must learn to do it without the hand seal. Try again." Itachi said as he disappeared again. Neither boy was able to follow him this time though, as it took a while to get the chakra right without the seal.
"You have 1 hour to learn to shunshin without the seal." Itachi said again as the boys continued trying.
Much to Itachi's surprise, it only took them about 30 minutes to figure it out.
"Okay back to the lesson. Keep up with me." Itachi said and disappeared.
Both boys quickly followed his chakra signature and flickered away to land beside him. Itachi simply disappeared again, so they followed him once more.
This continued for about an hour until the boys could keep up with Itachi.
"Next is to make a distraction when you go. Most people in Konoha use leaves" he said as he disappeared in a swirl of leaves to reappear a few feet away. "I prefer to use genjutsu to show ravens flying away." He said as he demonstrated again.
"For now, just practice with leaves."
"Yes sensei." They both said as they began to kick up dust and leaves.
Once they had both accomplished a correct shunshin, Itachi stopped them for the day and said to meet back at the Hokage's office at 3.
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3 P.M. Hokage's office
At 3 on the dot, Naruto, Itachi, and Sasuke all appeared inside the Hokage's office via shunshin.
"So you taught them the shunshin today I see." Hiruzen said to Itachi as they entered.
"Yea, they learn quickly. I believe they will both be good shinobi in no time." Itachi said, making Naruto and Sasuke smile.
"So Jiji, what are we here for?" Naruto asked.
"Hinata has to go home and get her belongings, and I fear that Hiashi-san won't be happy about her not receiving the seal, so we are going to escort her."
"Oh okay then that makes sense." Naruto said.
A few minutes later, Hinata arrived and the group left to go get her belongings from the Hyuga compound. Hinata went in to try and get through the episode without problem, but as Murphy's Law states: It didn't happen that way.
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With Hinata
"Hello, Hiashi-san." Said Hinata as she walked into her former house.
"Hinata." Hiashi replied with a glare. "Please come with me to receive your seal now."
"Actually Hiashi-san, you cannot do that-by order of Hokage-sama."
"You can't fool me girl. That old fool has no say in any clan affairs; I can do anything I wish to you because you are a Hyuga."
It was at this moment that a large vortex of leaves surrounded Hinata, revealing Hiruzen, Itachi, Naruto, and Sasuke, the latter 3 having their Sharingan activated.
"You are right, Hyuga-san, this old fool doesn't have a say in any clan related matters; I do, however, control the fate of all other citizens and shinobi in this village." Hiruzen said with a cold stare towards Hiashi.
"Yes, and your point?" Hiashi said with an annoyed tone.
"Hinata, as of this morning, is no longer a Hyuga. That being said, I have authority over her, and she will not be given your cursed seal. For you to do so would be assault on a civilian of Konoha, which is a crime punishable by imprisonment." Hiruzen replied with a smirk.
"She is my daughter and as such I have the final say on what happens to her."
"Wrong. According to Hinata-san here, you officially disowned and banished her this morning; which makes her no longer a Hyuga, nor your daughter. You will not touch her." Itachi said as the 3 tomoe in his eyes began to spin rapidly while he glared at Hiashi.
"You have no right to speak her Uchiha! I will do as I please within my clan!" Hiashi said as he stepped towards Itachi and activated his Byakugan. The next second found a tanto at Hiashi's throat, courtesy of Itachi.
"You make one more step and I will paint these walls with your blood." Itachi said barely louder than a whisper. Hiashi wasted no time in deactivating his Byakugan and backing away from Itachi.
"Now Hyuga-san, Hinata-san is going to retrieve her personal belongings, and you will not speak again. Furthermore, after we leave here, she has a restraining order against you. If you break the restraining order, your life is forfeit." Hiruzen said as Hinata left to get her things. After only a few minutes, Hinata came back out with a backpack full of her things and the group left as Hiashi glared at them.
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Later that night
After they retrieved her few belongings from her old house, Naruto and Hinata went back to their house to get her settled in. The room she chose was already furnished, so she didn't have to buy furniture or anything; all she had to buy now (besides groceries, she refused to eat instant ramen for every meal) was new clothes, as she left all of her old ones save for the ones she wore at Hiashi's house.
Her outfit now, rather than the bulky coat and blue pants she used to wear, was now a lavender tank top shirt over a chainmail t-shirt, and a pair of blue short shorts, with chainmail leggings that stopped just above the knees. She had decided on the outfit after Naruto told her that she shouldn't try to hide herself because she was really pretty. Of course she fainted after hearing that, once again worrying Naruto about her health. Poor oblivious Naruto…
Hinata was actually quite nervous about living with her crush, as was to be expected. They were both too young for anything inappropriate, but it still made her feel weird about moving in with him at 8 years old.
Naruto, for his part, tried his best to help Hinata settle in and be comfortable, but had little luck in calming her down. He figured she would get better once the shock wore off, after all, it's not every day that you get kicked out of home at 8 and have to move in with a friend.
It didn't take long for Hinata for fall asleep after she was settled in, all of the day's happenings had worn her out.
The next day, Naruto and Hinata both got up and got ready for their day. Naruto wished Hinata luck before he left to meet with Itachi.
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With Team Itachi.
"Today, I will be working on your taijutsu, shurikenjutsu, and developing Sasuke's Sharingan to the 3 tomoe stage." Itachi said to Naruto and Sasuke. "Both of you will have your Sharingan active this whole day. Now I'd like to see you 2 spar, don't hold back."
Naruto and Sasuke then turned to face each other and gave a small bow.
"Begin." Said Itachi as the two boys charged at each other.
Sasuke quickly pulled out several shuriken and launched them at Naruto, who had no problem in dodging them due to his Sharingan. They continued to run towards each other until they met and Sasuke launched a series of punches and kicks at Naruto, who again dodged them all. Naruto finally saw an opening in Sasuke's stance and punched him in the chest, knocking him up into the air. Naruto followed through his punch and grabbed Sasuke's shins, spinning and planting him into the ground hard before flipping back into his ready-stance.
Sasuke didn't stay down long before standing back into his own stance before Itachi spoke. "Sasuke, calm down a bit and think about your actions rather than rushing in."
Sasuke nodded his head and the boys ran at each other again. Sasuke indeed slowed down his strikes and sent them with more precision, but it did little good as Naruto could see them coming and either block or dodge them. Naruto once more mounted a counter-attack and quickly subdued Sasuke once more. Sasuke managed to last a few minutes this time but with Naruto's superior Sharingan, he made quick work of picking apart Sasuke's guard.
"Okay that will be all for now. You have 10 minutes to rest before we move on to shurikenjutsu."
So the 2 boys spent the next 10 minutes sitting under a tree and drinking water while they chatted about their training.
Once the rest was over, Itachi had them lined up in front a large log, throwing kunai and shuriken at them. It only took a couple of hours for the boys to both hit nothing but the bullseye. After a short break for lunch, Itachi had the boys spar once more, this time allowing them to use ninjutsu as well.
They stood a few feet apart from each other staring each other down for a moment before Sasuke began doing hand seals. "Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu." He said as he fired off several volleyball sized fireballs at Naruto.
"Suiton: Suijinheki!" Naruto shouted as he spat out a wall of water to block the firedballs. They crashed into the wall of water, creating a shroud of steam around the area. Sasuke instantly went on guard, as he couldn't see through the steam. It proved to pay off as several shuriken flew out of the steam towards him. He quickly pulled out a kunai and knocked them down before spinning and blocking a strike from Naruto who also had a kunai in his hand. They locked into another taijutsu bout for a moment before Sasuke flew back and launched the kunai he had at Naruto. Naruto ducked under the kunai before throwing his own towards Sasuke. Sasuke easily sidestepped the kunai and was confused when he saw Naruto smirk. The next thing he knew he felt the cold point of a blade against his neck.
"How?" Sasuke asked in bewilderment.
"When the stream obscured your vision, I henged a clone into that kunai. After you dodged it, he changed back and here we are." Naruto said with a smile.
"Hmm. Good job, for a loser." Sasuke said as he let himself smile as well."
"Good job both of you. The final thing on today's agenda is to for you two to spar against me." Itachi stepped up and said with a rare smirk."
"SHIT!" Both boys thought at once as Itachi unleashed a wave of shuriken at them.
As intended, the shuriken split the boys apart. "Kagebunshin no Jutsu." Said Itachi as a single clone appeared beside him. The real Itachi leapt towards Naruto while the clone shot off towards Sasuke.
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With Naruto
"Damn, I have to get back to Sasuke if we are to last more than 1 minute against him!" Naruto screamed in his head as he was forced to jump in the air to dodge another several shuriken. Before he could make it back to the ground, Itachi was upon him, delivering a powerful kick into his chest. Naruto flew backwards into a tree and slumped over on to the ground trying to regain his breath. As soon as he started to stand back up he was forced to substitute himself with a log to avoid a massive fireball courtesy of Itachi. Once he was out of the way of the fireball he shunshinned himself across the field to Sasuke's position, hoping to defeat the clone and doubleteam the real Itachi. Unfortunately as he phased into existence beside Sasuke he was met with a vicious backhand to the face that rolled him across the field and left him unmoving.
"One down." Itachi said as he kicked Sasuke in the side and rocketed him through a tree several feet away.
"And there's two."
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Naruto's mindscape.
"What do you want Kit" The gigantic fox growled out to Naruto.
"I need some of your chakra, but without wanting to kill everything in sight." Replied Naruto.
"Absolutely not. You are in no danger of dying, therefore I am in no danger of dying."
"I don't care what I am! I need some chakra to see how I stack up with the boost."
"I refuse."
At this point, for some reason, Naruto's Sharingan shifted into the form of his Mangekyo, though he didn't even realize it. "You will give me your chakra, and leave me in control. You've been freeloading for far too long, so I demand rent." He said firmly.
"As you wish." Kurama said in a monotone voice.
"Strange… he was just arguing and then gave in so easy. Oh well, no reason to look a gifthorse in the mouth."
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Hope you all enjoyed it. Thanks for all the reviewers.