ME NO OWN NARUTO!!!!!!!
Both Naruto and Kiba arrived before Hinata the next day, that fact within itself being odd. They had both expected Hinata to be the first (or at least the second) one to arrive, but she was later than Naruto had been. When she finally had arrived, it was with a large purplish bruise on her face.
"Holy hell Hinata, what happened to you." asked Kiba, taking a closer look at the bruise under Hinata's eye.
"N-Nothing, Kiba-kun." she replied, dropping her head so her bangs hid her face.
"It can't have been nothing, Hinata, not when you have a bruise like that." said Naruto, coming up to the two with Akamaru in his arms.
"Please don-don't worry about i-it." she said, trying to escape the questioning stares of her teammates.
She was spared (or so she thought) with the arrival of their sensei.
"Hello my little genin, how ar-." She stopped suddenly, having spotted the bruise on Hinata's face.
Dropping to her knees, she inspected the purple area, channeling chakra into her hand to heal it.
"Hinata." Kurenai spoke, "I want you to tell me who hit you." the way she said it leaving no room for arguments.
"I-it wa-was Fa-fa-father." Hinata stuttered, a few tears slipping from her eyes.
"YOUR FATHER DID THAT TO YOU." shouted Kiba, his arms flailing as he continued his rant until Naruto put a hand on his shoulder.
"Kiba, your not making it better by shouting." Naruto said calmly, before going over to Hinata and hugging her (after giving Akamaru to Kiba, of course).
"Never be afraid to tell us something, Hinata, alright." spoke Naruto, giving Hinata one of his patented fox grins.
Kurenai smiled, before standing up and clearing her throat.
"Alright you guys, now that that's over with, we can begin our missions."
With an excited cheer, they ran off.
By the time afternoon arrived those cheers had changed into groans of despair. Having walked dogs (Kiba having no problem, unlike Naruto and Hinata), babysitting twins (who liked to throw their food instead of eating it) and picking weeds (to which Naruto complained the whole way), they finally collapsed at Training ground 8.
"Never…*pant*…again." Naruto got out, from where he lay next to Kiba.
"I a-agree…*pant pant*…with you N-Naruto-Kun." gasped Hinata, sitting in the grass and leaning back on her hands.
"D-Rank missions…*gasp pant*…are the devil incarnate." Kiba said, in similar conditions as the other two.
Naruto and Hinata nodded in agreement, before the three looked up at the smoke that cleared to show their sensei.
"Congratulations, you have successfully made it through your first morning of D-Rank missions. Now, however, is the time for training." Kurenai said, pulling out a box and opening it.
She pulled out wrist and ankle bands, tossing two of each to each of the genin. The three looked at the bands, before turning to their sensei with quizzical looks.
"These, my dear genin, are weights. You will begin wearing them everywhere we go. All you have to do is add weights, and every time you get used to the current weight, you add more."
By the time she was done explaining, the three genin had put on the bands and were going through the box for weights. They each grabbed a ten-pound for each ankle and a five-pound for each wrist.
"I feel so heavy." whined Naruto, jumping experimentally and ending up on his butt.
"Nice going, klutz." Kiba snickered, struggling his way over to Naruto and helping him (with great effort, mind you) up.
When all three of them were standing straight, Hinata having little to no trouble, they looked to Kurenai for instructions.
"Alright, for the next month and a half we will be completing D-Rank missions in the morning and training until 7 at night. Now, we will be together on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On those days, we will be training in speed, combat and stealth. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday we will be in different places. Hinata, on the days were not together you will be at the hospital, training to become a medic Nin. Naruto and Kiba, you two will be at the library, searching for jutsus to go with the styles of fighting that you three are going to learn. However, before we do any of that, take these cards and channel chakra through them."
She handed each of them blank white cards and they channeled chakra into them, waiting for results. Naruto's card cut in half, Kiba's card crumbled into dust, while Hinata's card became wet and soggy.
"Alright guys, here's how this works. Naruto, your card cut in half, meaning your affinity is Wind. Kiba, your card crumbled away, meaning your affinity is Earth. Hinata, your card became wet, meaning your affinity is (do I need to say it) water."
The three looked amazed, before looking back at their sensei and waiting for more instructions.
"Ok. We will now go to the weapon store so you can pick out a weapon to use." Kurenai stated and the three got up and followed her into town.
They arrived at the weapon store (though it took them close to half an hour to get there) and went in. They looked around in awe at first (who wouldn't in a store of shiny pointy things), before going and looking around the store.
Naruto came upon a pair of trench blades and he took them down from the wall to try them on. Giving a few test swings, he smiled with delight when he realized they felt perfect.
"I see you found a weapon, Naruto-Kun." Kurenai said, startling Naruto and causing him to almost fall over.
"Kurenai-sensei, don't do that." Naruto whined, before following his sensei up to the front of the store.
When they got to the front, Naruto noticed that Kiba and Hinata had already acquired their weapons, for in Kiba's hand was a Bo-staff that was at least 8 inches tall and was a brown color with a gold orb placed upon each end. Hinata had a Katana, though it was several inches shorter than most, probably for easier movement or something.
"Well, my lovelies, guess you've all chosen your weapon of choice, to the cashier." and with a dramatized leap, she was gone.
With a sigh and a sweat drop the genin of Team 8 wondered if there was ever a Sensei stranger than theirs.
Elsewhere, a man in a face-mask and one in green spandex sneezed.
Back in the clearing, having tried to get out of the weapon shop as fast as possible due to their sensei acting strange…r, the three genin stood around Kurenai waiting for instruction.
"Alright you guys. Seeing as it is almost sundown, were not going to be working on anything else today. So I want each of you to go home and get a good nights rest, because tomorrow is going to be a long day for you." and with her last instructions of the day, she poofed away.
"I-I'll see y-you guys tom-morrow." stuttered Hinata, turning from her male teammates and heading home.
"Hinata." Naruto's voice called out to her, and she turned to see a warm smile dancing on his lips. "Remember that you can tell us anything." He reminded, and she smiled back, knowing that she now had friends she could depend on.
"Alright, N-Naruto-Kun." she replied, turning and walking out of their sight.
"As for you." Naruto turned, planting his lips on Kiba's before the other boy had a chance to think. "I think I shall most probably be cold tonight with out something more than a blanket to hold onto." Naruto breathed, causing a red flush to cover Kiba's neck and face. (Naruto is rather forward for a 12 year old, huh).
"Well, uh, I could, I mean, it wouldn't be a problem for me and Akamaru to help you out, uh, right Akamaru." Kiba mumbled, causing Naruto to laugh when he got an affirmative bark from his puppy.
"Well, I'm glad that I'll have you two to protect me while I sleep." Naruto stated in mock awe, picking up Akamaru in on hand and grabbing Kiba's hand with his other. "Now let's go sleep, ok."
And with a grinning Kiba and a tail wagging Akamaru, Naruto lead them to his home where they fell asleep in each others arms. (AWWWWWW!!!!!!!!).
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I am soooo srry that I haven't been able to get on lately its just that my family has been moving and getting out of school and the fact that the house were living in is infested with…LADY BUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate Lady Bugs!!! There so creepy, but that's not the point, neways…FORGIVE ME!!!!! AND ALSO R&R!!!!!