Disclaimer-I do not own Naruto but i do own this story and any OC's. This is a completely original story idea in the world of Naruto. Any similarity or relevance to another work is completely coincidental and i apologise.
Authors Note1-Okay here is chapter 2. I am sorry it took so long to pfut up but i had other things to do. I will try and get the third chapter up sooner. Thank you for the reviews fmanerd50 and MariLovesNaruto. For anyone who is reading this far then you know my about rant in the 1st chapter so please read and review. Any ideas on for the story or how i can improve are greatly appreciated.
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Hinata had just arrived at the estate and went to the training yard, hoping to see Neji there but he was gone. "He must have left for a mission or something. He is usually here this time of day. Hmm. I guess I'll just go to my room and take a nap. Not much else to do without a training partner and I hate to train alone." She started off to her room when Hanabi came out from a corner and they bumped into each other.
"Oh, sorry Hinata-chan," Hanabi said while bowing. "I should have been more careful. Are you okay?" Hinata looked at her for a moment. "She is being awfully nice. That's not like her at all."
"Yeah. I'm fine . . . don't worry about it." She said in her kind, soft voice. "Wait a minute. I wonder if Hanabi would train with me. I mean it's a long shot . . . but I guess it wont hurt to ask." Hanabi was already walking away from her figuring there was no reason to stay. "Hanabi-chan . . . hold on a moment please." She turned to look at Hinata.
"Yes. What is it? I said I was sorry." Hanabi didn't like to talk with her sister if she didn't have to.
"Well . . . that is . . . if you're not too busy. Would you mind training with me?" she asked shyly. Hanabi smiled at the question.
"What do you mean, like a practice battle?" she chuckled at the idea. "Come on Hinata. You know that I can't train with you. I mean, I am only a student at the academy and you are full-fledged Ninja. I don't think that would be very fair." She smiled an even wider smile. "For you that is." She said under her breath. She knew her sister could read lips. Hinata just looked at her well aware of what she said but acted like she didn't. "And besides, I train with father. There is no need for me to train with you."
"Well I see being the heiress has made you a lot more confident," Hinata said angrily at her last comment. She decided she would play her sister's game. "I think you are just afraid that you will lose." Hanabi's smile left with those remarks. It was her turn to be angry.
"I am not afraid to lose to a worthless failure of a ninja like you." She said putting emphasis on the word failure as her smile returned. She knew just how to push Hinata to get her depressed and indeed the words cut deep. Hinata just looked at the ground about ready to cry. She hated being called a failure and it was even worse, having been called it by her own family. She often thought of herself as one but it still hurt every time someone said it.
"We are sisters' Hanabi. How could you say something like that?" She said, holding back the tears. She wouldn't let herself cry in front of her.
"I am only speaking the truth of what you really are. You can train all you want and pretend to be a ninja but we both know that you are indeed a worthless fail. . . ."
"Hanabi! That is enough!" They both jumped at their father's harsh voice. He had snuck up behind them.
"Father! I'm so sorry. I didn't know you were there." Hanabi said getting on her knees and bowing. Hinata just stared at him not knowing what to think. She was happy that he was there to stop Hanabi's words but also unhappy of what he would say to her since she didn't stick up for herself. "So. . . . father. Umm . . . how long have you been here for?" Hanabi asked as innocently as she could, wanting to know how much trouble she would be in.
Hiashi looked down at his daughter with eyes that could kill. "Long enough," Hanabi looked back at the ground knowing that there was no hope for her. "Hanabi. I thought I had taught you better then this. To treat your own sister like that is unthinkable," he said in a commanding voice which made her cringe. He looked over at Hinata who also put her head down not wanting to here his words. "And Hinata, Why don't you stick up for yourself? That is what your doing all this extra training for isn't it. To better your own abilities so that people won't call you a failure. So that you won't consider yourself a failure. Hinata, I have to admit you have come along way since your childhood. A lot farther than I could have ever imagined. Don't let words discourage you and I want you to start sticking up for yourself from now on." Hinata took the words to heart. "He's right. I am doing all this extra training to make myself better but. . . ."
"Hinata," she looked at him again. "You said you wanted to train with Hanabi right? Well I think that it is a great idea. You can both test your current abilities on each other. Lets go to the training yard." He had a big grin on his face as he walked by the sisters. They stared at each other for a moment before rushing into the yard.
They took their stances as Hiashi sat on the floor with some hot tea. They glared at each other trying to intimidate the other. Neither was excited fight but they both had the same reasons too win. So that they could prove how strong they were not only to there father but to each other. "I want both of you to only use the Hyuga Gentle Fist style without Byakugan. The first with two successful hits wins" the sisters nodded and Hiashi raised his hand. They watched it carefully waiting for the signal to start.
"Begin." He said, lowering his hand. They darted at each other both wanting the first strike to try and impress their father. Hanabi managed to attack first with a quick palm thrust to the heart but Hinata easily knocked it away and countered with her own. Hanabi was completely off guard and the attack landed knocking her down.
"Oww." She said, grabbing her chest. She looked up at Hinata and chuckled. "I see you're pretty determined," she got back up to her feet. "But I won't let my guard down again." She readied her stance and waited for her sister to attack. Hinata only smiled at this.
"I am much stronger person now sister, then I was back then. Maybe not as strong as I want to be but . . . I'm strong enough where I am happy with who I am." Hanabi just glared at her, angry at her burst of confidence but she kept her stance. Hinata glared back "Prepare yourself, my sister. I wont hold back."
"Fine with me. It will just prove how much stronger I am when I beat you." Hinata was done talking and charged in determined more then ever too win. It was only a sparring match but to Hinata, if she could win it would prove that she has gotten stronger and that her training wasn't pointless. "Take This!" she yelled before sending a thrust directly at Hanabi's heart. This time however Hanabi was ready for it and she pushed it aside almost perfectly mimicking Hinata's block and then she countered in the same fashion but there was a flaw in her stance that Hinata couldn't pass up. She dodged and went for it with another thrust but before it connected she was struck by Hanabi.
"Ugh. What happened? Your stance . . . was off. My attack should have hit . . . before you had a chance to counter." Hinata said out of breath
"Hehehe. I did that purposely. We both use the same style and can determine what the other will do or at least should do. I used that to lure you into a trap and you fell for it. You saw the flaw in my stance and just had to attack. Never considering the possibility of a trap. And that my sister, is why I am better then you. I expect the unexpected. You just attack if you see an opening. Never thinking that your opponent has any kind of counter measure. Ninjas often leave themselves open so that they can lure out their attackers and strike them down. Those are two basic skills of being a ninja. Always have some kind of counter measure and don't take bait when it is obviously a trap."Hinata stared at her sister taking in the words.
"She's right. Those are basic rules and I broke both. I just attacked her never thinking it could have been a trap and I had no counter measure planned. I have to admit. She is better then me but . . . I won't give up."Hanabi had expected her speech to break her sister's confidence but she looked now, more confident then ever.
"I won't lose to use sister." Hinata said getting in her stance. Hanabi did the same.
"We will see." She threw another thrust that Hinata easily blocked. Hanabi had the same flaw as before and Hinata once again went for it. Hanabi smiled thinking the match was over. She did the same counter as before but this time Hinata blocked that one as well and proceeded with her own counter thrust. Hanabi was true to her word though and hadn't let her guard down. She blocked the attack and backed off. "That was too close. If I didn't have all the special counter training with father, I would have lost." She thought, glaring at her sister. "Close sister . . . but not close enough."
Hinata went in for the first attack this time which Hanabi blocked and countered with no problem. Hinata kept up with her though, not letting her guard down or falling for her sisters traps. After a few minutes of blocking and countering they were both reaching their physical limits.
"Listen sister. We are both running out of physical energy. So why don't we end it with one more attack?" Hanabi asked determined not to let her older sister show her up. Hinata nodded.
"That's fine with me." They each readied their stance's before going in with a palm thrust aimed at the others heart. Neither of them tried to block the other. It was all down to who could hit who first. "I won't lose!" they said in unison as only one of their attacks proceeded to hit its target. Hiashi smiled and gave a little chuckle at the outcome of the match. Hanabi fell to ground holding her chest in pain.
"I did it. I. . .beat her." Hinata smiled at the victory over her sister but also felt a little sad for her. She seemed like she was in a lot of pain. "I hope I didn't hit you too hard." She said worried. Hinata could never hold a grudge, especially against family. Hanabi stood up with her hand still clenched to her chest angry and ashamed that she lost but it didn't last too long.
"I'm sorry Hinata-chan. I shouldn't have called you those things. I was out of place. You're not a failure as a ninja and you have become strong. Beating me proves that since I am more skilled then you."
Hinata was awestruck. She had never seen her sister seriously apologize to her. "Um . . . well . . . don't worry about it." She said smiling
Hiashi stood up and walked over to the girls. "That was a great sparring match. You each showed off the Gentle fist style almost perfectly. I am proud of both of you." They looked at their approving father gladly excepting the praise that he didn't give out too often. "Thank You." The sisters said in unison.
After the sparring match Hinata went to her room, still happy with her victory. "I did it. I actually beat Hanabi. I mean she is only an academy student but she has a lot of talent for her age. A lot more then I ever had. Even now I have to admit she is more talented then me but . . . I did win so . . . I must be getting stronger right? Huh." Someone was knocking on her door. "I wonder who that is?"
"Come in," she said expecting her sister or father but instead it was Neji. "Oh . . . Neji. How are you?" He looked at her for a moment before closing the door. He had a very serious look on his face. "Is something wrong?" she asked concerned.
"Yes. Something is very wrong," Hinata turned a bit pale.
"What . . . is it? What's happened?" Neji looked at the floor not knowing how to answer. "Should I tell her? The Hokage forbid me from saying anything but . . . it's not fair if I don't say something." He thought. "Is everything okay Neji?" he looked back up at her still not knowing what to do.
"The Hokage has summoned you. It is very important. You better leave right now." He looked back at the floor deciding not to break the Hokages orders. Hinata stared for a moment.
"Okay . . . umm . . . I guess I will be off then." She headed to the door still concerned. "That's not like Neji at all. Something must have happened. I hope it's not too serious."
"Hinata . . . ," she turned to look at him. He was still staring at the floor. "Umm . . . well . . . ugh never mind." He looked at the window for a moment before jumping out of it. Hinata was now a bit terrified. "This definitely isn't good, to have Neji worried like that. I hope nothing has happened to anyone."
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Later, Outside the Hokage's Office
Knock Knock Knock. "Are you there Lady Hokage?" Hinata had been knocking on her door for the last two minutes. "She has to be here. I mean . . . she did summon me. She couldn't have just left."
"Hinata? Is that you?" she turned to see Shizune with an excited Tonton "If you're here to see Lady Hokage then you just missed her. She went to a meeting with some important outsiders."
"Oh. . . okay then. I guess I will just wait." Shizune looked at her questionably.
"Did something happen?" Hinata looked away.
"Well . . . I don't really know. I mean . . . Neji told me that Lady Hokage had summoned me and he looked really worried. He said it was important." Shizune closed her eyes thinking.
"Hmm. I wonder if that's why Tsunade was in such a bad mood about going to that meeting. She said she had more important business to deal with then to talk with some outsiders. She wouldn't say what it was about but your name came up." Hinata looked at the ground even more worried then before. "Oh but I am sure its not anything to be concerned about hehehe." She said quickly waving her hands, trying to cheer Hinata up. "I mean usually when she summons someone it's about something really important or dangerous but . . . I mean. Uhhhhh." She decided to just stop talking. Hinata looked like she was about to faint.
"Hey! Shizune!" they both looked up to see a pissed off Naruto. "Where the hell is Grandma Tsunade! I have a bone to pick with her!"
"Ugh. What is it Naruto?"
"Its about my training with Pervy Sage. He said that he couldn't do it right now because of a mission he got and then he went and disappeared on me. I can't find him anywhere and I know Grandma Tsunade gave him the mission so I'm going to barge into her office and make her tell me where he went off to." He said with and angry look that only he could make. "HEY GRANDMA. WHERE THE FUCK IS PERVY SAGE!" he yelled as he tried opening the door. "Fucking door. It won't open. Ughhhhh."
"Stop it Naruto. The door is locked and Tsunade is in a meeting. As for Jiraiya. He left on an important mission to gather intelligence about Orochimaru and the sound village. He could be just about anywhere right now."
"Ohhhhhhh. But whose going to help me with my training. Everyone has gone on missions. Pervy sage, Kakashi sensai, no ones here. Ugh. This bites." He said, crossing his arms and making a weird face.
"Hey wait a minute Naruto, aren't you supposed to be on a mission?" Shizune asked getting in his face.
"Huh, oh the mission. Yeah I finished that a while ago. Piece of cake." He said smiling
"Oh really. You weren't supposed to be back for a couple more days. What gives? Not even a Jonin could have finished it that quickly." She said crossing arms.
"Well . . . you see . . . the thing is. They kind of solved the problem on their own before I got there. Hehe. I suppose I should have reported in when I got back huh."
"You think. You just wanted to skip out on getting more missions that way you could train with Jiraiya."
"Yeah you got me, but I have to train with someone and both Kakashi sensai and Pervy Sage are gone."
"Well why don't you train with Hinata. She isn't doing anything." Hinata just froze unable to correspond what Shizune just said.
"Hinata?" he looked behind Shizune. "Whoa! Hinata! When did you get here? I didn't even notice you." He said confused.
"Umm . . . well . . . you see. . . ." She said before Naruto interrupted.
"Eh well I suppose it doesn't really matter. Well Hinata if you're up for we can train. It's better then training alone."
"Well . . . I would but . . . I'm waiting for Lady Hokage." She said putting her fingers together and looking away.
"Don't worry about Hinata. I will send someone for you whenever she gets back." Shizune said smiling.
"Great. We will be at the training grounds." He said grabbing Hinata and dragging her along with him.
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Later, at the Training Grounds.
"Okay. Lets have a sparring match." Naruto said to a barley conscious Hinata. He had been dragging her there the entire way. "Hey, are you okay?"
"Umm . . . yeah . . . I'm fine." Hinata said red as a tomato
"Okay Great. Then lets begin." Naruto didn't even give her a chance to fully take in what was happening. He ran right at her fist in the air.
"Wait Naruto. Hold on." But he didn't hear her and swung. She managed to dodge by pure instinct but he just kept coming back with more. "Nar . . . uto. Hold on. He still didn't hear her and the attacks kept coming. She could only block him not wanting to attack back. Naruto was getting sick of it so he decided to leave himself purposely open to get her to attack. His plan failed. She just backed off, taking the opportunity to try and tell Naruto to stop. "Nar. . . ." But he wouldn't let her say another word.
"Come on Hinata. Stop just blocking my attacks at attack back. This isn't much of a sparring match if I am the only one actually sparring."
"But. . . ." He rushed back in still not giving her a chance to talk. She just continued to block. "I know Naruto wants me to attack back but . . . I am not anywhere near as strong as he is. There is no way I could keep up with him. Oh Stop it Hinata. That's how the old you used to think. Never give up. That's what I told myself. Never give up no matter how strong an opponent may be. I have to fight back even though . . . it's Naruto.
Naruto was having just about enough of Hinata's not attacking back when he was thrown backwards by palm thrust. Hinata had gathered her strength and decided to fight back. "Oww. Hehe. Now that is what I am talking about. We can finally get are sparring match underway." Naruto was back on his feet much quicker then she expected. He smiled before putting his fingers together in the shape of a cross, yelling out "Shadow Clone Jutsu." Around fifty clones appeared surrounding her. Hinata was ready though. She watched Naruto most of his life and new all his tricks.
"Byakugan." She said preparing herself for the incoming attacks. "I can't tell which one is the real one but it doesn't matter. If I know Naruto he will send them all in at once so I should be able to dispatch them fairly quickly and find the real one."
"Okay. Here I come!" Hinata was right. He sent all of his clones in at once. She smiled as all of them were easily knocked away with her Gentle Fist Style of fighting. "Ugh. I see this is going to be just like fighting Neji." He smiled "in that case I know just what to do. Shadow Clone Jutsu." This time he sent all but two of his clones in to attack. Hinata easily dispatched them like the first group.
"All right. Lets see. Naruto has himself and another clone left. He must be planning something. He will probably use the clone as a distraction and attack me from somewhere else. I will have to be on my guard at all times." Both of the Narutos charged in at the same time, one jumping in the air and the other staying on the ground. She waited for just the perfect moment and hit the ground Naruto into the Air Naruto. They flew back hitting a tree and dispersing.
"What? But where is the real one then?" the ground began to crumble underneath her. "Underground!?" she barely had any time to react as Naruto sprang up from underneath her.
"I got you now." His attack connected but she had attacked him with a thrust as well. They each hit the ground both on one knee. "Wow Hinata. You're really good" he said out of breath.
"Thank you . . . Naruto-kun. That really means a lot to me. Why don't we call it a draw?" she asked also out of breath.
"Haha. Sounds good to me." He got up off his knee and smiled. "Thank you for training with me Hinata."
"Oh . . . umm . . . no problem." She said. "Wow. I can't believe I tied with Naruto. Wait, tied. I can't believe I even fought him. I normally always get so lightheaded around him but right now I feel fine. I'm not nervous at all."
"Hey Hinata. Can I talk to you for a moment? You know friend to friend" he walked over to a nearby log at sat down.
"Um . . . yeah. Sure." She walked over and sat next to him still not all that nervous. "What is it? Is something wrong?"
"Well nothings really wrong. I just wanted to talk." She looked at him. Something was definitely bothering him. "Do you think that . . . I'm strong Hinata?" She already knew the answer to that question before he asked it.
"Of course your strong Naruto. You're one of the strongest Ninja I know." Naruto smiled and gave a little chuckle.
"Thank you Hinata. But it's just. All my life I have been called a failure. I would pretend like it didn't bother me but deep down it hurt. I mean even now I think back to who I was and wonder if I am still the same. Just a fail . . . "
"Naruto!" he was taken aback by her sudden outburst. "You are everything but a failure and don't let anyone convince you otherwise. You always keep pushing forward never letting anything get in your way. If you start to think that you're a failure then . . . you will become one."She said "like I used to be." He smiled at her words.
"Thanks Hinata. You're the best. I think I know who to talk to if I am ever down in dumps." He said giving her a thumbs up. She looked at the ground and blushed.
"Well it seems like you two are having a good time." Someone said. They both looked up.
"Huh. Oh Neji. Hi. What are you doing here?" Naruto asked. Neji looked over at the still blushing Hinata ignoring his question.
"The Hokage has summoned you once again Hinata. She said that she will be there this time no matter what comes up." She nodded
"Okay. I will leave right now then." She moved about three feet before Naruto stopped her.
"Hold on Hinata. I'll go with you. I have to see Grandma Tsunade anyway. Lets go there together."
"I'm going to go as well. I have business at the Hokage's Mansion." Neji said
"Alrighty then, Lets go." And with Naruto's words they left to the mansion.
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Author's Note2-Okay that's the 2nd chapter. I know it was kind of boring and I didn't due justice to the fighting scenes but i tried my best. Thats all you can due right? Promise you will know the mission in the next chapter. so please read and review.