Chapter 13 Secret Training and Ramen

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'thoughts'

'Kyuubi talking'

'Kirikorosu talking' - zanbatou

'Tetsuda speaking' - katana

Naruto was peacefully sleeping after his experiences with Hinata until his sleep was interupted by his new tennants.

"Hey kid we need to do some training, we can accomplish years worth of training in a single night if I combine efforts with Kirikorosu, and hopefully the unhelpful one behind the bars."

"What the hell guys, I was just enjoying the most pleasant sleep of my life."

"Actually it looks like you were enjoying the events before sleep better; besides, that white eyed girl is a 'fox'" (pun very much intended)

'Ero-kitsune! Leave her out of it!'

'Hey you two, cut it out, we need to get training, the less you two complain the more we can get accomplished'

'Hey wait, how can you guys be talking to me? I thought I had to be touching the weapons to talk.

'Actually you only need to be close to the swords, and since they are by your bed right now they are close enough. Now less talk, let's train.'

'Right, now then what will we be training with?'

'You're going to train to unlock your hidden potential. You don't have the chakra reserves you did when you were 14; you actually have much more, but you can only access less than a third of it which is about what you had then. You subconsciously locked up your reserves in your travels. The more of your chakra you have access to, the more kyubi chakra you can pull without loosing control. Plus we need to unlock your elemental potential, let's go we'll have roughly a years worth of training in a single night. You'll need it since I'm sure once you declare your eligibility for Hokage, that they will immediately test your skills, and a gauntlet match isn't a good match to have without stamina… Now don't question us and begin."

Each of the three took turns training Naruto in that night. Surprisingly kyubi actually contributed quite a bit to the training seeing as how facing high level shinobi could easily end in death and he wants to at least live as long as possible. They trained using the completed forms of the swords and with his element, wind, with each exercise designed to release the locked chakra. Still locked away in sleep the sun rose upon the village waking the residents with its golden rays. (Haha, no matter what the circumstances, he always finds time for that elemental training, I think I like that jutsu too much)

Hinata, still holding a smile from the night before, stirred from her pleasant slumber and looked to her partner when her smile faltered. Before her eyes her fiancé was generating more chakra that she has ever felt in her life in a blue sphere around him. Reaching out she touched the aura and found that it was completely harmless to her as she basked in its comforting warmth. She sat up at his side staring at his aura.

"This chakra is so exhilarating… This power makes me feel as though I could do anything with it. It's so soothing…"

'Hey kit, your vixen is awake and enjoying your flaring chakra. I believe your training is over. For some reason I fell like I should be proud, but you are a moron. Hahaha now get… you can have my chakra if you need it.'

Naruto was pushed back out of his mindscape to his waking body. Slightly disappointed, Hinata looked on as the chakra subsided and retreated back into his body as her regained consciousness.

"Hey Hinata-chan, what's wrong? You seem disappointed." Jumping at the surprise of him actually being awake, she shied away a bit before getting a hold of herself.

"N-nothing's wrong. I was just admiring the chakra that was flowing around you, it felt so amazing." She noticed he wasn't really paying too much attention to what she was saying. "Naruto-kun, what is your problem?" she asked with a hint of annoyance.

"Um… sorry Hinata-chan, I was just hypnotized by the image of a stunningly beautiful naked woman."

"Where did you see…?" seeing his pointed look, she looked down at her body and back at his body and managed to blush, smile and squeal in embarrassment at the same time as she looked for something to cover herself with. She tensed when Naruto wrapped his arms around her bringing her back to his chest and held her tightly causing her to melt into his touch.

"Hinata," he whispered, "You don't need to be embarrassed, you are more beautiful than anything." he planted a couple of kisses on her pale neck getting fits of giggles from her. "Alright, as much as I want to stay with you and reenact last night, we need to get ready for the action bound to happen today." He explained as he released her and got off the bed. "I'm heading to the shower… um… it would be more efficient if you joined me." His playful grin doubled in size when he saw his naked lover follow him into the bathroom.

"Alright Hinata-chan, we're clean and dressed, but I can't hold myself away anymore, I haven't had any ramen in 8 years; so can we go to Ichiraku's?" Hinata burst out in laughter hearing his request.

"Naruto-kun, you are still the same," she said still laughing, "without your quirks, I wouldn't believe I was actually with you. Yes, we can go for ramen, I still can't believe you've managed to stay away from it for a whole 2 days."

"Hey you're mean, laughing at me like that, Hinata-chan."

"Shhh, my love," she whispers as she cups his cheek until she couldn't contain her laughter any more and burst out in laughter.

"Hey, you be nice to me, or I might not let you have some of those cinnamon buns today." This time it was Naruto laughing at her suddenly quiet tone. "Ha, we both have a weakness… let's go ok?" Naruto saw her smile but couldn't concentrate since his hair kept getting in the way. "Hey Hinata-chan, remind me to get this hair chopped off after the match. It just doesn't feel right."

Hinata giggled at his fighting with his own hair until he gave up and threw his cloak on to keep it out of his face. Now with his hair controlled, they took off towards the ramen shop at an unreal speed. Luckily no one was currently in the restaurant as they entered or they might overhear the conversation bound to take place. The two sat at a table; in his absence the ramen shop expanded to the stand next to it allowing for tables, when the young hostess approached them

"Hi, welcome to Ichiraku's. My name is Ayame, I'll be…" she just then notices the faces of the two customers, actually just one because of the cloak. "Oh, Hinata, welcome back, the usual; Oh, and what would your mysterious friend want?" she asked curiously. Before Naruto could answer Hinata held a hand to his mouth silencing him.

"Before I let him order, I need you and your father to promise me, nothing of what you see or hear can be told to anyone for a while." Ayame didn't question the request and left with a strange look as she went to retrieve her father.

"What was that for Hinata-chan?" the irritated blonde asked

"We don't need too many people to know you're alive yet, and I know you can't eat ramen like a normal person and that could tip some people off that you've returned." Moments later Ayame returned with her father.

"So Hinata-sama, what did you need of me?" asked the old man.

"I need both of you to promise you won't speak of our order to anyone. It may seem strange now, but you'll understand." She answered.

"Very well, for our favorite customer, we'll keep it a secret." Replied the ramen owner

"Thank you, you have no idea how true that statement is," she smiled broadly at them and turned to face the opposite side of the table. "Now you can give your order." Naruto smiled brightly although no one really saw, and started his order.

"Alright old man, I'll take only 10 miso, 10 beef, and I try 5 of your chicken ramen for today" they just looked at him strangely, "What? I can't eat too much, I've got to become Hokage today." This of course put them over the edge as they simultaneously passed out. "Now why did they do that? I'm not getting any less hungry here."

"Quiet love; let's wake them up so we can get going."

The couple woke up the unconscious restaurant owners; after a few minutes of lightly explaining the situation their orders started to come as they began eating. 20 minutes and 25 bowls later they paid their bill, half price of course, and took off towards the Hokage tower to request ascension to the status of Hokage. Upon entering the Hokage's office Naruto had to hold back the laugh he had coming when he saw Kakashi doing loads of paperwork.

…..Later