Hi there! I'm back with the second part of the chapter!
Thank as usual Hikari no Okami for checking it
The voting goes as follow:
Midori: 1
Kakashi: 3
Kurenai: 3
Anko: 7
Ibiki: 1
(Hope I have the numbers correctly, is somewhat late and I'm a little tired :P)
Each line means a flashback, starting or finishing hope it isn't that messy.
Memories on a Dark Night. Part 2
A chill ran though my spine, but it was suddenly replaced by a melting sensation, my knees trembled lightly with the sound of his voice, and I could feel my cheeks getting hotter
"As settled: you are going to treat me to Ichiraku's tomorrow night" he said removing his Ninja To of its threatening position and sheathing it. I turned around as soon as it was safe. Right in front of my happy form, there he was: smiling at me. "I've returned home Hina-chan"
I smiled at him blushing a little "Welcome home, Naruto-kun"
-Seven years before-
I ran upstairs as fast as I could, wanting so bad that what she told me…
'Please god! Please!' I prayed in my head, and opened the sliding door. I took a step in to the room, just to feel fear crawl up my mind when I found it empty. He wasn't in the bed
"Midori-senpai!" I cried at someone at the back, since Midori-sempai was running closely behind "Naruto-kun isn't here!"
"See? I told you he was alright!" she said
"What's with the ruckus?" asked Naruto-kun from the corridor; I peeked into the corridor to see him, he was in a Hyuuga robe returning to the room, apparently from the bathroom.
"Naruto-kun you are alright!" I said happily
"Well, I think so…I still feel an itchy sensation below my skin and no matter how hard I try I can't remove it" he said scratching himself on several parts of his body
"Hinata-san here thought you were going to die, Naruto-kun" said Midori-senpai with a smile
"Nah, little stuff like this won't stop the future Hokage. Right Hinata-chan?" he asked showing his toothy fox-like grin. I nodded happily "hey Midori-senpai, what are you doing here?" and suddenly I noticed that Midori-senpai was INSIDE the Hyuuga haven
"H-how did you, managed to get into the house? I didn't hear anyone calling at the door"
"Well I sneaked in, obviously" she replied calmly "Hiashi-sama wouldn't let me enter that easily"
"But why are you here?" Naruto-kun asked her again
"I came to check how you were doing; actually, I came as fast as I heard that you broke my rules"
"Wh-" Naruto-kun tried to argue back but Midori-senpai talked again
"You did, or did not try that Kage Bunshin on your own even if I said not to do it alone?" Midori-senpai's voice was firm but showed no anger. Naruto-kun nodded "then why you tried it? We still have a lot of time; you only got Hinata-san and her family to worry about you"
Naruto-kun turned to see me and shame appeared in his face "I'm sorry I made you worry, Hinata-chan"
"It seems I overestimated your exceptional capacity this time Naruto-kun" Midori-senpai walked to him and put a hand on his head
"Maybe…but in the end I managed to perform the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
"How did you manage to sneak on me?" I asked Naruto-kun as we walked down to the living room
"Well placing a little genjutsu on some water drops on the edge of the window and showing my presence for a second I made you think that I had entered using your room's window, but actually I used the next room's.So when you were there focusing on looking for me in your room with your Byakugan I managed to sneak behind you, if you had been using the wide range of your blood line limit you would had found me without problem! I guess I simply got lucky this time, I had never managed to surprise you like this before"
As I listened impressed by his growth I could only recall how close he was of having to give up on the Shinobi life because of the incident on that night.
"What's the matter Naruto-kun?" asked Midori-senpai worried "Are you alright?" Naruto-kun had suddenly felt to his knees in pain as he tried to perform a Henge jutsu later on that day
"Na-naruto-kun what happened?" I asked to him
"I…Arg…I don't know…suddenly something burned me inside…as I tried to use some chakra" he said recovering his breath
"Uh-oh" said Midori-senpai kneeling in front of him "Naruto-kun come here please, let me check something" performing a long combination of hand seals the veins around her eyes marked in a similar way to the Byakugan and her eyes glowed slightly with chakra "this is worst than I expected" she said grimly
"I don't really like what you said" answered Naruto-kun
"What happened to Naruto-kun?" I asked worried
"The Kage Bunshin is a B-level forbidden technique for two reasons: Since the chakra of the ninja that performs the technique is distributed evenly among the created copies, shinobi must be very careful because he or she could leave the body with such a little amount of chakra, that the lack of it could even kill that person. And even worst, when a clone is destroyed, which only takes a single blow, the original person perceives the worst feeling in this world" Naruto-kun lowered his sight and his face was covered by a grim shadow
"W-what is the feeling?" I asked worried
"…You feel the dead of your clone" it was Naruto-kun who answered my question
"You mean…?" could it be? With 'the dead of your clone' was Naruto-kun talking feeling how it is to…die?
"when the clone is destroyed you perceive what it is to die, a horrible experience indeed. A lot of shinobi that get to perform this technique become so scared of death that they leave the ninja job and live the rest of their lives in terror" explained Midori-senpai
"Those shinobi were weak" said Naruto-kun "the feeling of dead…is not a burden…" said Naruto-kun
"…but a reason to keep leaving" completed Midori-senpai "I knew you'd say that"
"When I first created the shadow clone" began Naruto-kun "I thought that it was the best option for a spar, to fight you. However when it was destroyed by one of my hits the feeling that reached me wasn't one of pain…and yet it was very painful, I don't know how to describe it. I had to warn Hinata-chan about the jutsu…" I was hearing worried in silence "and this morning when I woke up I spent a good amount of time thinking about it, and finally made up my mind: I wouldn't be afraid of dead, I'd embrace that knowledge and use it to protect everyone, Hinata-chan, to protect Kiba, Shikamaru, Chouji. I won't let them feel it, not in that way. They will die calmly, when they're old"
We were reaching the living room; surely she would be waiting there with her and Naruto-kun's luggage from their trip. After all Naruto-kun and I weren't even genin yet, it was logical to send a jounin along a in-training academy student if it was a training trip.
It was when we were turning on a corridor that he almost crashed into him, but luckily both him and Naruto-kun reacted swiftly, avoiding any problem with a little sidestep
"Naruto? When did you return?" asked my cousin, Neji-nii-san
"Sup Neji! I have just returned" said Naruto with one of his toothy grins "you just wait to see my techniques! I'm going to wipe the floor with you next time!"
"In the same way you did last time?" asked sarcastic Neji-nii-san, but with a light hearted tone
"You had to mention it right? Well doesn't matter! I Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage won't be defeated by you, Hyuuga Neji!"
If someone had told me that Naruto-kun and Neji-nii-san would befriend each other and have a good relationship like this one when they first met, I wouldn't havenbelieved a word
We were sitting in the council room; however it had no reunion this time. Except for Midori-senpai, Naruto-kun, my father and I the room was empty; Midori-senpai was explaining the situation to my father.
"Because of the use of that technique a large rush of powerful chakra rushed through his system and damaged it. If it had been in a more controlled situation or if he had been older and more experienced, this wouldn't have happened, but with the current situation…well, to put it simply, he is currently unable to use chakra"
"If he can't use chakra then his career as a ninja is over" said my father rather coldly
"There is still one possibility, Hiashi-sama" said Midori-senpai "The legendary Slug-Sanin, Tsunade"
"But no one has seen her in years" said my father
"I'm aware of that, Hiashi-sama" said Midori-senpai "While I'm away looking for her…" she leaned forward placing her hands in front and placing her head between them looking down, in a pleading position "I ask you to please look after Naruto-kun, I'll pay you his expenses if necessary"
"Wha-? I…Midori-senpai!" Naruto-kun stood up to argue but Midori-senpai told him to stay back
"Remain sited Naruto-kun" she said it in a firm voice, that demanded obedience, as if someone much older was talking and not just a girl a few years older than us. Apparently even my father was surprised by her voice
"I'll fulfill your request, and accept him under my roof, taking in consideration his…special condition and actual restrictions he shouldn't be a problem. You'll be charged with his expenses after you have returned, whatever you are successful or not"
"Thank you, Hiashi-sama. I'll take my leave now" she said raising her face and standing up
"Midori-senpai!" argued Naruto-kun I don't need to stay in Hinata-chan's house. My father raised an eyebrow at the '-chan' suffix "I can take care of myself"
"Now, now, Naruto-kun, don't be stubborn. You will be much safer in her and I'll return with someone that can heal you; just please wait for me…" with a small bow to my father and to us she left the room. Naruto-kun ran after her a second later. I did a bow to my father, which he returned and I followed Naruto-kun. He was right outside the room
"She's gone! How can she disappear just like that?" almost yelled Naruto-kun
"You are being too noisy" a voice came from the other side of the open corridor, both Naruto-kun and I turned around.
"Neji-nii-san" I greeted recognizing the voice
"-nii-san?" asked Naruto-kun "is he your brother?"
I negated with my head "He is my c-cousin, Neji"
"I see…" Naruto-kun analyzed Neji-nii-san as he walked the corridor toward us "Uzumaki Naru-" but he just passed away ignoring him, Naruto-kun followed him with his eye as he kept walking and hit my shoulder with his, pushing me out of his way
"Hey, teme!" Naruto-kun grabbed him by the wrist as he walked "Why did you do that to Hinata-chan?"
"Let go" said coldly Neji-nii-san
"Apologize to her" ordered Naruto-kun. In a swift movement Neji-nii-san turned around and slapped Naruto-kun's hand, freeing him. In an angry response Naruto-kun threw a punch against him, but he stopped it with his hand, without changing his serious expression. This only got Naruto-kun angrier. He threw a kick at his face, but Neji-nii-san stooped the leg and with two fingers hit Naruto-kun's knee; Naruto-kun cried in pain as he received the Jyuuken's hit, but Neji-nii-san continued with an opened palm strike against his belly, which forced Naruto-kun to gasp for air. With a twist my cousin landed a kick on Naruto-kun's face and send him flying towards the garden, finally crashing into a small pond.
"Naruto-kun!" I cried and ran to his side "are you alright?"
"I guess it's logical to think that the failure of the clan would befriend such weaklings" said Neji-nii-san, adding as much poison to the words as he possibly could. The door to the council room opened and my father stepped out
"That's enough, Neji" he said. Neji-nii-san looked at him coldly, and continued his way
We walked to the living room, to pick up Naruto-kun's luggage and take it to his room.
"I can't wait until tomorrow's test!" was cheering happily Naruto-kun "That Sasuke will have no other choice but to acknowledge that I'm a strong ninja!"
"I'm sure he will, you have trained very hard for this day" I said smiling, I was happy to have Naruto-kun back in the house. As we opened the sliding door to the living room a large bag crashed into Naruto-kun
"Hey, don't go leaving your stuff anywhere like that! Hiashi-san could get angry at me 'cause of that!" she said placing her hands on her waist, she was as strong and beautiful as ever "hey, hi Hinata! You look great!"
"Welcome home, Sora-nee-san" I greeted with a smile as Naruto-kun picked himself up from the floor. It was nice to have the whole family back in home
Two months after Midori-senpai had left the village to look for the legendary Tsunade Hime she returned, we all got very surprised to see a young beautiful lady walking into the Hyuuga mansion, her bright brown eyes, long blond hair tied in a pair of pigtails, and her very developed chest demanded respect and acknowledgement. Along with her came a younger girl of dark brown hair and eyes carrying a cute pig, which I later knew were named Shizune and Tonton
"Hello Naruto-kun, Hinata-san" said Midori-senpai smiling while walking into the house, her arm was broken, her head had bandages around it, and her body was full of bruises "I'm sorry it took so long, but I finally brought her here, let me introduce you the one and only Tsunade Hime-sama"
"That's enough of it" she said looking at me and Naruto-kun, yet suddenly her cold expression changed when he saw at Naruto-kun "I-impossible, what you said…it's true…he is really…?"
"Yes, TsunadeHime" said Midori-senpai "and I'm afraid you lose yet again" she said smiling. Tsunade Hime-sama smirked
"I guess you are right and I should feel bad for loosing at gambling again…but for this little one, I'm happy to lose" she said "Come here boy, let me check you up"
After Tsunade Hime-sama checked up Naruto-kun, she asked my father if she and her companion could stay in the house in order to treat Naruto-kun properly. My father said that it was an honor to accept her in the house and as such gave her the best spare room we had. It took her another two weeks to finally perform the operation on Naruto-kun, which was a success of course; as she said it herself she was Tsunade of the Sannin.
Right after the operation was finished she picked up her stuff and left the village saying she had no business with Konoha.
"Have a safe travel, and thank you so much again" said Midori-senpai to Tsunade Hime-sama as she was walking outside the village gates. Naruto-kun, my father, Midori-senpai and even the Hokage himself was there to say good bye to her!
"Hey! Why doesn't she heal Midori-senpai too?!" asked Naruto-kun
"The bargain was only to heal you, not her" explained Shizune "Besides, her wounds are only superficial, and they will heal with time"
"Bye bye, Tonton" I said waving good bye to the pink pig "Thank you for looking after Naruto-kun, Tsunade Hime-sama, Shizune-san"
"You make sure to keep an eye on that boy" told me Tsunade Hime-sama
"I can take care of myself!" argued Naruto-kun
"We were honored to have you staying with us, Tsunade-sama" Even after two weeks it was shocking to hear my father talking so respectfully to someone so young
"It was refreshing to see you, Tsunade" said Hokage-sama
"It was good to see you too, sensei. Although don't get used to it, I'm not planning on coming back…for a very long time at least" said Tsunade Hime-sama turning around to leave
"I remind you of the gamble we made, Tsunade-sama" said Midori-senpai
"Don't worry, don't worry. I'll send word to her, but let me warn you, she will be harder to talk into this than I was…even for you, she's far from docile" she said Tsunade Hime-sama taking her first steps away
At first I hadn't understood what she was talking about. But a few weeks later I experienced my second 'vision'. Again, as in the first time, Midori-senpai was in it, but this time instead of a man in red clothes there was a young woman, probably. Her hair was red with black lines in it, she was wearing a red mini-skirt, long black leather clothes, a white sleeveless shirt that shown her bellybutton, which had a piercing in it; she was wearing black suspenders and over her shoulder was hanging a black leather jacket, which she was holding with one hand.
"So, you asked me to come all the way down here, what do you want?" asked the girl in a mean voice
"Sorry take you out of your mountain, Sora-san" apologized Midori-senpai "but it is a matter that we cannot talk about using letters sent by your hawks, I hope you understand"
"Down to the point already, what so important that you even when to the trouble of asking Obaa-chan to call me?" I wondered who this 'Obaa-chan' was
"You see, a few months ago I was careless and because of that a little boy was injured when practicing a Jutsu I taught him" explained Midori-senpai
"It's your responsibility to teach Jutsu only to those with the control and amount of chakra necessary to perform the technique correctly" scolded the woman called Sora-san
"I'm…aware of that" said Midori-senpai not mentioning she had said not to try the Jutsu on our own "however this incident showed me that the boy needed someone to look after him"
"Wait, wait, wait, you want ME to come down to the village of Konoha and babysit a boy?" asked Sora-san as if her ears would had deceived her "I think you're talking to the wrong girl, sister"
"Sora-san, I can't think of anyone else fitter for the job" defended Midori-senpai
"And just what makes you think I'll take the job, uh?" asked Sora-san
"Because I'm sure that's what your teacher would've wanted" explained Midori-senpai smiling
"You mean Obaa-chan?" questioned Sora-san raising an eyebrow
"Nope"
"You can't possibly mean…" Sora-san's eye widen in surprise.
At that moment the 'vision' had finished and I was leaning on my bed
"It's impolite to listen to other people's conversations, Hina-chan" scolded me Habataku, using again that nickname only my mother used
"I assure you I had no intention to peek, it just happened, I can't control it!" I explained
Noticing I was saying the truth Habataku explained to me that those 'visions' were her special ability, it was an ability called 'Farsight' which allowed to see and hear things that happened far away as long as the person using it knew the place or person she wanted to look at. From that moment on, I added practice to control the 'Farsight' ability, borrowed from Habataku, to my regular training.
The day after Midori-senpai, had talked with Sora-san both of them came to us and Sora-san introduced herself, and asked to talk with Naruto-kun
"Come on, Hinata-san" said Midori-senpai taking me away from Sora-san and Naruto-kun "let's give them some room to talk"
"Midori-senpai, who is that woman?" I asked curious
"Curiosity killed the cat Hinata-san, but I'll tell you she is the closer thing to a relative Naruto-kun has" she said smiling and before I could ask another question she put me to train
Naruto-kun and Sora-san had talked for hours and when they finally arrived at the house, it was late already
"Hinata-chan! Hinata-chan!" Naruto-kun was calling for me happily from the door. I ran to his encounter "Hinata-chan!" he was extremely happy, I had never seen him like that "Hinata-chan I have awesome news!!"
"What is it Naruto-kun?" I asked
"Sora-nee-san here!" Sora-san grinned at me showing a 'v' with her fingers
"I see her, what's the matter?" I asked confused
"You see Hinata-chan, I've adopted Naruto-kun here…well more like we adopted each other actually" explained Sora-san
"So that means…" I asked surprised
"I have an older sister! Hinata-chan! I have a sister! I have a family!" explained Naruto-kun happily
"What is this ruckus?" my father came striding to the door "Hinata, I'm sure you know that you should not run inside the house, and Uzumaki-kun how many times have I told you not to yell when you are in the house?"
"Hiashi-san, is it?" asked Sora-san
"Yes?" my father examined her with his eyes and by his face I knew he didn't found her appealing in the least
"I'd like to have a word with you" and without another word Sora-san took away father
Somehow Sora-san managed to 'rent' from my father a pair of rooms for her and Naruto-kun. So, since that day Naruto-kun and Sora-nee-san have lived with us.
"How was the training trip?" I asked Sora-nee-san
"Well it was ok" she answered
"Ok?! Nee-san it was awesome!" argued Naruto-kun "Hina-chan just you wait 'till you see my new sword skills, they kick ass!"
"Hee, hee, you are always so energetic Naruto-kun. I'd be tired if I had just return from a training trip like you guys did" I said
"Nee, Hina-chan, did you receive any news from Midori-senpai?"
That was another surprise, three years ago Midori-senpai just said good bye to us and left the village…we haven't heard of her ever since…
Well that's it for tonight/today
Sorry if a lot of things seems weird…that's what Hinata know up to this point, but everything will be solved up later (as the why this or that thing happened)
Please remember the voting!
Who should be their jounin sensei?
1.- Kakashi
2.- Anko
3.- Midori
4.-Kurenai
5.-Ebisu
6.-OC
7.- Other (tell me who)
Tell me your answer in a review, if you can add a reason of why it would be better, but the number or the name alone is also ok.
Disclaimer: Sora isn't my character, I don't own her. She is intellectual property of "DameWren"
Read and Review please, so I can know if you like this twists or not: Naruto being healed by tsunade, living with hinata, and having a sister! R&R