Hey guys and gals! I'm back with the last part of the chapter! This one is a GARGANTUAN 6K WORDS LONG!! That's right; this chapter is 4 times the usual length
As usual the beta for this chapter was Hikari no Okami
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Beast and Senseis Part 2
Azumi and I ran into the woods as fast as we could. We covered the distance between those three figures and us in a few seconds.
We couldn't believe our eyes when we got there: Iruka-sensei was protecting Naruto-kun from a huge shuriken that was being wielded as a large blade by no other but Mizuki-sensei!
"Mizuki" said Iruka-sensei "Why are you doing this?"
"Hahahaha" laughed the other man "I'm tired of being nothing but a lowly Chunnin; however, with the secret scroll of forbidden techniques I'll be invincible!" that's when I noticed that Naruto-kun had a large scroll with him
"But! Mizuki-sensei!" demanded Naruto-kun "You told me that if I were to show Iruka-sensei a technique from this scroll, he would let me graduate!"
"Hahaha you are such an idiot Demon!" laughed the white haired man. "I just said so to make you steal the scroll for me!"
"Mizuki!" anger was evident in Iruka-sensei's voice "For you to misguide a student! Do you even consider yourself a professor?"
"A professor?! For that monster?!" asked Mizuki-sensei "Don't make me laugh!" and pushed his shuriken into Iruka-sensei's skin
"Naruto!" ordered Iruka-sensei "Run away! No matter what happens do not let Mizuki get that scroll!"
"But Iruka-sen-" tried to argue Naruto-kun
"JUST DO AS YOU'RE TOLD FOR ONCE, NARUTO!" Iruka-sensei's voice resounded in the whole forest
I was wondering what in the world was happening. Why was Mizuki-sensei fighting Iruka-sensei? What was Naruto-kun here? And why was Mizuki-sensei calling those terrible names? Were those directed at Naruto-kun?
Naruto-kun hesitated for a second before jumping into the woods taking the scroll with him
"Hinata" Azumi's voice brought me back to the bushes in where we were hidden "We have to attack"
"W-what?!" attack Mizuki-sensei?! "But why? What's going on?!"
"It's clear isn't it? Mizuki-sensei turned his loyalties and is planning on betraying Konoha!"
"That's not possible!" I said "Mizuki-sensei taught us how to fight!"
"Yes! But we are Konoha ninja now! Not merely students!" she said with determination in her glance "We have to stop him! I'm sure the two of us can do it!"
Iruka-sensei's scream of pain reaped the air of night. I dared peek and saw the large shuriken stabbed in his chest and nailing him to a tree behind him, rendering unable to move
"Now stay there while I look for that monster" said Mizuki-sensei
"Now!" whispered Azumi. Everything happened very fast. Azumi charged at Mizuki-sensei, who replied by throwing another of his giant shuriken at us, missing Azumi by less than an inch but going directly towards me, forcing me to dodge instead of charging with my classmate. Azumi attacked Mizuki-sensei with a kick, but the man was stronger, and more experienced; thus he blocked the kick easily. I rushed forward trying to make it up for my late attack
"Heh! Nakamura-san was it?" questioned Mizuki-sensei looking at Azumi "You have always been pretty good at fighting" he praised "but, do you really think an inexperienced gennin can defeat a mature chunnin like me?" With a swift movement the white haired kicked Azumi's support foot and tossed her away from him with the hand that had stopped her kick.
"Mizuki! Don't hurt them!" pleaded Iruka-sensei
I charged at Mixuki-sensei trying to land a couple of Jyuuken blows to immobilize him, but he had pushed Azumi away when he saw me coming at him to have both his hands free and now he had his attention totally on me. With ease he deflected all of my attacks and grappled me by the neck, rising me almost two feet over the ground
"And Hyuuga too!" an evil smirk formed in his lips
"Let her go!" Azumi charged again this time with her sword in her hands, but Mizuki didn't seem to care. As soon as Azumi was within his range he used me as a club to attack Azumi, who, not wanting to hurt me with her sword lowered it and thus eliminated her own defense. Not able to protect herself I slammed against her and the hit forced her to the ground, Mizuki locked her movements by placing a feet on her neck
"So…a couple of kids thought that they could defeat me?" questioned our ex-teacher "I've always been interested in you Nakamura, you have always been a great fighter, and you speed is as good as mine, not to mention that you are nicely developed for a 12 years old…" Mizuki got silent for a
second "…But talking about developed girls" he turned to see me, choking by his grasp to my neck "I've always enjoyed being your teacher…maybe I should teach you some other things?" he said taking a kunai blade and prepared to rip open my dress
"Leave Hina-chan alone!" a barrage of shuriken came flying at Mizuki-sensei however he stopped them with the kunai blade
"Ah! Naruto-kun, so you are still here? And here I was thinking I had no choice but to use these girls as hostages and exchange them for the scroll, of course after playing with them a little"
Using Naruto-kun's distraction I focused a little chakra into my fingers and tapped a couple tenketsu on Mizuki-sensei's arm that made it numb, allowing me to break free. Landing on my feet I gasped for air and charged at the knee's tenketsu that were pinning Azumi, his footing failed him and Azumi was able to break free as well, also gasping for air; still, she wasn't able to stand up. With a grunt Mizuki-sensei charged at us with his kunai. I had to do something quick, Azumi wasn't able to defend, I had left all my ninja tools in my house since I was about to go to sleep and I was actually glad that I didn't put my pajama on! I just needed to buy a few seconds to take us out of there. I might have been out of my mind, but the only technique I could think of, was one of Naruto-kun's original techniques, channeling my chakra I performed the technique
"Oiroke no Jutsu!" I performed the specialized transformation; it was a little simpler for me than it was for Naruto-kun, I just focused on creating the image of an older me, enlarging my female features, removing my clothes from the illusion, I assumed a suggesting pose. The effect was instaneous, Mizuki-sensei got a nose bleed and stopped his attack. I grabbed Azumi and yelled "MOON JUMP" disappearing from there and appearing a few yards away, but completely hidden and out of sight, I wasn't able to teleport us further without concentrating more
"BITCH!" cried Mizuki-sensei "I'll find you and when I finish with you you'll beg me to kill you!"
"Naruto!" Iruka-sensei called "You should be away! Ru-" but Mizuki-sensei slapped him forcing him to be silent
"Shut up Iruka, or I'll push this shuriken deeper and torn some vital organs inside you!" He turned to the woods and took a couple of steps
I whispered to Azumi to stay there as I crawled slowly away, trying to flank Mizuki-sensei
"HEY! Demon!" Mizuki-sensei yelled out to the woods "I offer you an exchange for that scroll you have!"
"Don't accept Naruto! My life is not wort-" Mizuki-sensei pushed the shuriken further into Iruka sensei making him cough blood and shutting him
"It's mean to interrupt…No Demon, I'm not going to use a life for the exchange! That scroll poses information, so I offer information too! But rather than giving you information I'm doing this: If you give me that scroll I won't tell everybody your little secret!"
Secret? What secret could Naruto-kun have? Was Naruto-kun keeping a secret even from…me?
"Oh yes!" continued Mizuki-sensei "As I'm sure you know we adults all know your little secret! However I'm sure your sister told you that none of the kids your generation knows anything about it!"
A secret kept by adults? What could be so important that it was kept a secret for the whole village? What does Naruto-kun had to do with it? Was it the reason why everyone treated Naruto-kun badly?
"What do you say Demon? We make the deal? Or should I tell your classmates about you?"
Why does Mizuki-sensei kept calling Naruto-kun a demon? And what could this secret be that could even be considered a good enough trade for that scroll? Was it something so important for Naruto-kun? Several seconds passed and Naruto-kun didn't made a move
"Very well!" said Mizuki-sensei "So you're playing the brave one aren't you? HEY girls! Have you ever wondered why is Naruto hated so much?"
I activated my Byakugan and started to look for Naruto-kun
"Truth is" continued Mizuki-sensei "That everyone adores the 4th as the saver of the village: the man that killed the Kyuubi. But he never defeated the Fox, it was too strong and he was too weak to do so…as such he only managed to seal the beast"
I found Naruto-kun with my byakugan, he was hiding in a tree on the other side of Mizuki-sensei, he was holding to the scroll with his very soul, I read his lips…he was saying 'please', he looked very troubled.
"That's right!" continued Mizuki-sensei "Truth is, your Naruto isn't even human! He is the sealed Nine-Tailed Demon! He's the Kyuubi!"
What?! Naruto-kun…the Nine-Tailed Fox? It…fitted, he was hated by everyone, including my own father at the beginning…maybe even to this day he didn't liked him, that's why my father didn't want me near him to begin with. Why hasn't he told me?! I would have understood! I would…right?! We were friends! Why was he keeping that secret from me?! Something that important! Does this mean that he had no trust in me?
Tears rolled from Naruto-kun's eyes, he scratched the cover of the scroll with his nails, a silent scream formed in his lips: No
I didn't know what to do…it was clear by Naruto-kun's reaction that it was true, but what was the meaning of this? I didn't know what to think…
"I don't believe you!" Azumi's voice suddenly broke the silence created by Mizuki-sensei's declaration "Naruto-kun can't be a demon! He's a loving person that cares for those around him! He's hard working, never gives up and always gets his goals no matter how tired he is or how hard is the task! Naruto-kun is not what you think! You don't know Naruto-kun" Azumi charged at Mizuki-sensei one more time.
The fury in her blows was represented in more speed; she was also shocked by the news, troubled. But I could know if she believed it or not.
I had to do something, move, I couldn't stay there doing nothing. I advanced towards Iruka-sensei, I had to free him from that tree now that Azumi was distracting Mizuki-sensei.
"Hinata!" both relief and worry sounded in his voice "You shouldn't be here!" he whispered not to bring Mizuki-sensei's attention
With great care I pulled the shuriken from the tree and his body, luckily the blow wasn't deadly, but we had to treat it soon or the bleeding would surely kill him, he wasn't even able to walk on his own, let alone fighting.
Azumi was quickly losing ground at Mizuki-sensei "Stay here" I whispered to iruka-sensei and went to help Azumi.
Her quick sword strokes were easily deflected by his kunai, she was simply attacking straight forward, mostly by instinct than by thought. I had no water with me; my fan was in home with my other ninja tools, restricting my possibilities for water, air and fire style jutsus, but I still had one last resource.
I marked several seals "Sparking Grasp no Jutsu!" it was a small lightning type jutsu, not really used for damaging but for paralyzing the enemy, I longed to reach Mizuki-sensei in a fast and surprising attack, however apparently he was expecting that. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me in front of him, placing my hand on my back forcefully
"You girls will never defeat me, I taught you how to fight remember?" laughed Mizuki-sensei "Now Nakamura, drop that sword of yours, or I'll break her arm" Azumi made as commanded
I was furious I had come to help Naruto-kun but I simply kept getting in the way, I was being useless.
"That demon..Heh! I'm sure he ran away, let you here to die for him, so he could save his skin" said Mizuki-sensei with acid in his tone
"Yeah" Iruka-sensei said supporting himself with a tree "That's what demons do…however, Naruto is not a demon; he's a good student, a good friend, and a great ninja"
At that moment a large ball of water came from the woods in the direction that Naruto-kun was hiding. I recognized the technique as Naruto-kun's Water Cannon no Jutsu. Reacting quickly I channeled chakra to my feet and released it in a stomp on Mizuki-sensei's foot, pain forcing him to let me go, allowing me to dodge the attack that pushed him to the ground
"I won't let you hurt my precious people!" anger, pain, and shame could be seen in Naruto-kun's eyes at the same time as he stood out of the shadows
"Really? Let's see how you manage to protect them from this!" The white haired threw a large amount of shuriken at us, some aimed at Azumi, some at me and others at Iruka-sensei. With Azumi sword in the ground, Iruka-sensei hurt and I being completely unarmed, we couldn't protect against the attack, and Naruto-kun sure wouldn't be able defend us all, I prepared to endure the stabbing of the shuriken.
But the pain never came.
An orange flash of light shone for a second and the shuriken disappeared in the air
"I told you that you wouldn't hurt them!" Naruto-kun opened his hands and all the shuriken that Mixuki-sensei had thrown at us fell harmlessly to the ground
"What?! Impossible!" cursed our attacker
"Is that the best you can do?!" anger was clear in Naruto-kun's tone "Hit with your best shot loser! I'll pay it back a thousand times! KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" All the forest was suddenly covered with Naruto-kuns
"NO! You weren't able to produce a single clone earlier today!" Mizuki-sensei tried to defend against a raging army of Naruto-kuns but he was direly outnumbered, within seconds he was plummeted so terribly that he couldn't even move
"Hina-chan, Iruka-sensei, Azumi-chan!" Naruto-kun turned towards us disappearing his clones "Are you alright?!"
"Yes, thanks to you" said Iruka-sensei
"I'm glad" sadness could be perceived in his eyes "I guess I should go now, I mean you already know about me…surely you don't want to be around me anymore" he dropped the scroll and turned around to leave, but I caught his jacket
"Why didn't you tell me?" I reproached "Didn't you trust me?" He turned back to see me, new tears started to form in his eyes
"I'm sorry…I was scared! Scared that you would see me like everybody else does. Scared to lose you, of going back to being alone" he said with his voice breaking. Then I understood, I had been selfish, thinking that it was his fault for not telling me, when it had really been my fault all along for not giving enough confidence to tell me. It had never been about my feelings, but about his. Pulling him to me I hugged him
"No, I'm sorry!" I said feeling warm tears rolling down my cheeks "But never worry, for you will never lose me. I know who and what you are, and I know you are neither a demon nor a monster" He tightened our hug; I could feel his tears on my own skin "Didn't you said to me once that you were tired of crying?" I half joked
"It's ok to cry when you are happy, it's ok to cry when you are happy" he repeated
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"Mother god what happened to you two?!" asked Sora-nee-san when we arrived at home later that night "You both are totally covered in dirt! And hadn't you already gone to sleep Hinata?"
"Well…" I tried to come up with an excuse but she continued
"OH MY GOD!" she screamed, for a second I thought she had noticed something and would scold us "YOU BOTH HAVE YOUR KONOHA HEADBANDS!" it had been a very touching moment when Iruka-sensei had called Naruto-kun to go closer and close his eyes, and how he removed Naruto-kun goggles and the man tied his own Headband around the blue eyed forehead, claiming that he had graduated from the Academy.
Sora-nee-san hugged both of us each with one arm "CONGRATULATIONS! I guess that as a prize you won't get scolded this time, although I'll found out what you two were doing anyway" she said first winking and then rising a finger to point us in a somewhat incriminatory way "Now, go wash your faces and go to sleep before Hiashi-san appears" We started to walk upstairs when Sora-nee-san added "And each one in a different room!" she had always liked jokes, but even if I knew she didn't mean it I couldn't help feel the blood rushing to my face
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Next day passed mostly peacefully. Besides our normal morning training with Sora-nee-san I had a nice and relaxed day, but apparently Naruto-kun wasn't that lucky. It all began when we were walking back from delivering our applications as ninjas to the Hokage, Sarutobi-sama. Naruto-kun had taken a picture of himself painted like a Kabuki actor, naturally he was asked to take the picture again; however, he used his infamous special Henge, the Oiroke no Jutsu, to convince the Hokage of accepting his application.
"You shouldn't have done that" I told him when we were walking back
"He's nothing but another perverted old man! That's exactly why I created that technique, to defeat pervs, you saw how well it worked out for you last night!" he said happily and proud
"Naruto-kun, do not said that out loud!" I said blushing; I was ashamed of using such a technique even in a desperate situation, if my father were to know about it...I didn't even wanted to imagine (Okami's note: I didn't say it in the moment… but Tohru's a perv. We all know he just wanted to see Hinata-chan do the jutsu ¬¬. Tohru's reply: Hey it is a deception technique that could have a lot more uses that the few showed in the series/manga)
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"Ok, ok! But you were fantastic!" he continued cheering when we noticed something like a rock following us…just that this rock was completely square, like a wooden box, and had small peeping holes in it "Is that supposed to be a rock?" asked Naruto-kun
"Is anyone there?" I asked trying to sound friendly 'knocking' at the rock (cute)
"I'm surprised that you were able to find me!" the voice of a kid came out of the rock. He removed his disguise of sorts and appeared before us. He was somewhat short, very young, used a long scarf and a cloth hat of sorts "No doubt you are the girlfriend of the man who defeated my grandpa!"
"G-g-g-g-g-girlfriend?!" I could feel the blood rushing to my face
"You are that boy that tried to attack the Old man earlier today" said Naturo-kun recognizing him
"My name is Konohamaru!" he said vigorously, but Naruto-kun hit him in the head
"Don't go around town stalking people!" scolded him Naruto-kun
"What do you think you are doing? Do you have any idea of who am I? I'm the Grandson of the Sandaime!"
"Y-you are the venerable Grandson?!" Goodness Naruto-kun had hit the most important kid in the hidden village! I was about to apologize when…
"Like hell I'd care who you are!" said Naruto-kun "You can't spy on other people like that"
"Naruto-kun…" I said trying to calm him down
"I wouldn't mind being your subordinate" Konohamaru said "But you'll teach me the Oiroke no Jutsu to defeat my Grandpa!" determination shone in his eyes, he kind of remembered me of a much younger Naruto-kun
"Why don't you tutor him for a while?" I proposed giggling
"Are you sure Hina-chan?" he turned to face me surprised
"Please boss! Listen to your girlfriend!" pleaded the young boy making the blood that had just left my face rush to it again, warming my cheeks, I couldn't allow Naruto-kun to see me blushing this deeply, so I turned around giving him my back and said
"Yeah, Naruto-kun, listen to what I say" I couldn't believe I was acting like if I were his girlfriend, surely Mizuki-sensei, knocked a few screws out of my head
"Wha-? You-? G-girlfriend?" Naruto-kun half stuttered
"I'll see you at home. MOON JUMP!" I added and disappeared from the alley we were walking
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Naruto-kun entered the Hyuuga compound around dusk that night
"Hina-chan! That was mean!" he said taking a seat at the living room where I was preparing a medical ointment
"What was mean?" I asked acting as if I knew nothing
"Leaving me with Konohamaru there like that!" he said dropping indecorously on the sofa
"Be honest Naruto-kun, you had fun, didn't you?" I asked leaving my work for later and going to sit beside him, but still leaving enough distance between us
"Well, yeah, at least most of the time, we ran into a few problems…" he said rubbing his cheek a little as if by easing some pain
"Problems?" I questioned
"Yeah, his sensei appeared, he tried to fight me, claiming to be an 'Elite Jounin' or something" explained Naruto-kun
"Goodness! A jounin?! What happened?" if I had leaded Naruto-kun to a beating…
"Well he was nothing but a pervert, I defeated him quite easily" he said pretty calmed
"Defeated?! A jounin?!" how could this be?!
"Well he claimed that my Kage Bunshin wouldn't be enough to defeat him, and that he was stronger than Mizuki…But I am clever!" he said smiling "Actually you could say that you were my inspiration Hina-chan"
"M-m-me?" I could feel another blushing coming; I straighten up in my sit
"Yeah! After all you were the first to actually test that technique in battle!" I had an idea of where it was going "So I summoned an army of clones and made them do the Oiroke no Jutsu!" I had guessed as much "As such I created a new technique! Harem no jutsu!" he said proudly "The closet pervert got such a nose bleed that he passed out instantly!" he said smiling. It was until then that I noticed Sora-nee-san behind Naruto-kun. It was too late to warn him
"Sooooo" her voice showed controlled anger "you kept doing that nasty jutsu uh?" she cracked her knuckles. Color left Naruto-kun's face "GO RUN 10 LAPS AROUND THE HOUSE! AND YOU ARE LUCKY I LET YOU OFF THE HOOK YESTERDAY! IRUKA TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED!"
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"Well" Habataku said to me later that night in my room "Naruto-kun had his glance of action today and we can't be left behind, so, we'll train extra hard tonight"
"What's the point? I've never been able to use Farsight so far" I said
"Well, it's not like it's a technique of your own, you are borrowing it from me, that bounds it to be harder to master" she explained calmed
"But..."
"No buts Hyuuga Hinata" she said seriously "think positive and positive things will happen. Now concentrate"
With a sigh I did as I was told
"First synchronize with me as I taught you" I channeled some chakra and made it join with Habataku's "Good! Now, concentrate on one person or place, think on nothing else, visualize the image" I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate. For a second I only saw blackness, and then several shapes appeared on my sight, the normal ones for when someone closes his or her eyes after staring at something brilliant. The shapes became clearer. I had only one thing in mind: Midori-sempai. What had been of her? Where was she? Was she alright? Why had she left without explaining something to us? Suddenly I could make out an object: a desk. Why was I seeing that desk? What made it visible? Suddenly a candle appeared. Good, what was on the desk? A long parchment of scroll appeared on top of it. Was there something written on it? Letters slowly appeared on the scroll as if someone was writing, but who? Suddenly a male figure appeared, this lightly depressed me, I wasn't looking at Midori-sempai as I was trying to, but still I tried to keep my focus. Who was this man? Green vest, bandages, a scar on his nose, a headband of Konoha on his forehead…It was Iruka-sensei. What was he doing there all by himself?
"Long time no see, Iruka-sensei" there was a voice, but I couldn't hear it clearly; still, it was good enough to be understood
"Who's there?" asked Iruka-sensei, his voice wasn't clear either
"Don't worry sensei; it is me, I have returned to join the ranks of the Konoha ninja"
"What are you doing here? After so many years?!" Iruka-sensei stood up from the desk
"I'm here because it's time. I heard that you were able to caught the traitor"
"You knew about-?"
"Mizuki? Yes, I was the one that frustrated Naruto-kun's attempts at creating a Bunshin to lure Mizuki into telling him about the Forbidden Scroll. Also, I was the one that send Hinata-san to your aid"
"You manipulated us?"
"More like machinated the scenario so that it would come out as expected; doesn't matter, I'm here to join Konoha's rooster. I'll take the exam if you want"
"That won't be necessary, nor possible, you'd need approbation from the Hokage himself to-"
"That's already taken care of already" suddenly a scroll flew towards the desk and Iruka-sensei caught it "that's an order to take any measures necessary to add me in the rank of the Shinobi, signed by Sarutobi-sama himself"
"Very well then I'll enlist yo-" the Chunnin took out a long list
"I have a request; otherwise I won't join the ranks of the Leaf Shinobi"
"What?! But you were the one tha-"
"The scroll says that no matter what measures are necessary you'll add me to the ranks of the Hidden Leaf. Don't worry it's something simple…" suddenly everything went black
I couldn't breathe, see, smell, feel, hear or taste anything; it was as if suddenly I had ceased to exist. Painfully a small light shone in front of me, in the middle of the light there was a woman, young, and probably beautiful. The shine impeded me to focus on her features
"That was a great advancement Hina-chan. You actually managed to use Farsight!" Again that voice I loved and hated so much at the same time. The voice my mother and Habataku share
"Still it wasn't as clear as the first time I accidentally used it" I said trying to grow accustomed to the shinning to see her features clearly: She had long dark hair
"But still you did well, you make me proud" she said, I guessed a blurred smile "It's already late for you to be awake" She was about to send me to bed, I could feel it, this was the first time I were to see Habataku I had to make her stay a little more so I could at least she her face…I…Had to knew if she was actually my mother, I had to think on something to make her stay a little longer, just enough for my eyes to get used to the shinning
"Can I ask you something, Habataku?"
"Sure Hina-chan anything you want as long as its quick, you have to go to bed"
"I know, it will be quick" I could mildly see her eyebrows and lips now, but still they weren't clear "Could you tell me…what happened to you? What brought you to the amulet?"
"Well…" her smile disappeared, I saw her eyes, they were pearl white: Byakugan eyes, she was a Hyuuga! "Let's say I sacrificed everything I had so that my husband could live" So that her husband could live?! NO HINATA! Focus! Her face! Nothing is more important than her face! "And thanks to you Hina-chan, I've been able to see him every day; I'm able to see that what I sacrificed gave him another chance, that it was not in vain…" See him every day? Was she really talking about my father?! FOCUS HINATA! HER FACE! She was young, beautiful…"Time to go to sleep now Hina-chan, sweet dreams" I blinked and suddenly I was at my room, lying on my bed. Sadly I never got to see her face completely clear but I was able to somewhat see her features. Swiftly I open the
drawer of my desk and pulled out an old photograph of my mom. I had no doubts at seeing her smiling face, long dark hair that matched my color and her grey-white eyes. It had to be her
"Mom"
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We were at the academy the next morning just reaching the classroom when we saw a huge commotion at the entrance. Naruto-kun and I walked closer to see what was happening
"Who is she? A girl asked
"I've never seen her before, but she is sitting inside our classroom" a boy, we managed to squeeze almost to the front now
"She's not part of our class she should leave" Ino
"Look! Sasuke-kun" Sakura. We finally got to the front
"Who are you?" asked Sasuke-san coldly walking closer to an older girl that was sitting on the front row of the classroom
"My! My! Sasuke-tan!" 'tan'? Who was so daring to use a 'small' suffix at Sasuke-san's name? Wait, I recognized that voice!
"Tan?!" asked Sasuke-san clearly angry "You have no idea of who you are talking to!" He attacked angered by the provocation with a keen Kunai; however, the girl grabbed his wrist almost too easily, and twisted it, forcing him to drop the weapon, again she made him twist, locking his hand to his back totally twisted "You move and I break it" I could hear her whispering to him "No Sasuke-tan, it is you who have no idea of who's in front of you. I thought you'd be stronger…You're by no means in his league" she made him turn to see her in the eyes, and suddenly her eyes turned red for a second, and the iris seemed like a three-pointed shuriken, but as fast as it had appeared it was gone "Now be a good boy and don't get in trouble" she finished releasing him
"Midori-sempai!" Naruto-kun went to greet the girl as soon as she let Sasuke-san go "What are you doing here?!"
"Naruto-kun! Hinata-san!" she said smiling at us and weaving "Long time no see guys!" She was wearing a short white tank top that showed her bellybutton, a dark green miniskirt with a horizontal red stripe on the lower part of it, pink warmers on her arms, black shorts under her skirt like the ones Sakura used and red wooden clog shoes. On her waist was a headband of Konoha Ninja and on the other side of her waist was a wakizashi in its scabbard "I'm glad to see that you both graduated as expected!"
"Of course!" said Naruto-kun
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"I'm glad to hear that!" she said with a nice smile on her beautiful face. Her white hair, tied in two half-ponytails that faded into the rest of her shoulder-long hair, her large aqua eyes shone brightly and the little make up she was wearing was applied perfectly, she was a perfect lady.
"Where have you been Midori-sempai and why did you do that to Sasuke-san?" I asked her curious about both topics
"Well that boy came at me very impolitely, and when I called him by the name I used to call him he attacked me"
"You know Sasuke-teme?! Asked Naruto-kun almost dropping his jaw to the floor
"Yeah I do, he was very young by that age, and we only saw each other twice or thrice so I'm not that surprised he doesn't remembers me" she said making a silly gesture
"But that doesn't answers where have you been" I pressed the question
"Sadly, that'll have to wait, Iruka-sensei is already here" she said making us notice the tall scarred man that entered the classroom
"Sit down, sit down and be quiet" he said entering the room "Very well" he continued once we were all in our seats and silent "First of all, congratulations all of you for graduating from the ninja academy. To be here you had to pass several tests and some hardships, but the path before you is just starting. Right now you are Gennin, rookie ninja. From now on you will take on missions and polish your own skills and abilities. For this matter you will be separated in three-man units"
This was it…the moment of truth that would mark our lives forever; I had prayed every night since the day we knew about the teams that Naruto-kun and I would end up together. If were to be separated…I had no idea of what I would do, beg to the Hokage maybe. What if some girl like Azumi was in the same team as Naruto-kun while I was with some mean, bully teammate Like Ino or Sasuke-san?
"Don't worry" said Naruto-kun who was on the chair next to mine "they won't break a team as good as our!" he said placing his open hand on the desk, offering it to me, hesitating and blushing I took it
"Please as I name you raise your hands" said Iruka-sensei and started with the team formations Teams 1 and 2 were formed by people I had barely talked to, Team 3 included a girl I had work with when we were younger, team four was formed by three boys that made fun of me the first day of class because of my eyes. Finally it came "Team 5: Uzumaki Naruto" there it was! Naruto-kun's team! "Kawamura Midori" Midori-sempai was his teammate! He was so lucky! Only one slot free! Please let it be me!! Kami-sama! I squeezed Naruto-kun's hand and he squeezed mine "And Hyuuga Hinata"
"YES!!" Both Naruto-kun and I yelled happily raising our hands in the air, just to notice that we were still squeezing each other's hand. Blushing deeply both of us let go at the same time
"Please be quiet!" scolded us Iruka-sensei "Team 6…"
"We are together! We are together!" I whispered excited to Naruto-kun
"Told you so" he whispering back smirking
"Team 7: Haruno Sakura, Magoro Oshikuru, and Uchiha Sasuke" Sakura also stood up in her place happy when she heard Sasuke-san's name while Ino was slightly depressed. The pink haired actually turned around to stick her tongue out at the blond
"You are not in Sakura's team" I said to Naruto-kun "will you be ok?"
"Yeah, don't worry" he said calmed "maybe nee-san is right, she could not be the girl for me"
"Team 8: Aburame Shino, Nakamura Azumi, and Inuzuka Kiba"
"There goes Azumi-chan" said Naruto-kun
"I wish she enjoys her team" at least half as much as I enjoyed mine already
"Team 10: Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji"
The following teams were formed by people I didn't know
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One hour later only Team seven and us were waiting for our Jounin Sensei, Azumi and her team were under the tutelage of Kurenai-sensei, I had wished she would be our teacher since I like her a lot; she's like an older sister to me.
"The next teacher entering the room will be our teacher" said Midori-sempai "I'm almost sure of it"
"Why do you think so Sempai?" asked Naruto-kun before I could formulate the question myself
"Well, it's a feeling nothing more, I'm sure they will put Sasuke-tan under his authority. And he always comes late, so I'm confident in saying that we won't have to wait more than Sasuke-tan will. And don't call me Sempai anymore; we are all in the same rank now"
At that moment the door slammed open
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And that's it! A lot of things happened in this chapter!! As such I'd like to know what you think about it, so please Read and Review! n.n