Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Hello all. Because of midterms, I didn't get to write anything at all last week.
Sorry!
Oh and to the suggestion in my reviews, as interesting it might be, I don't plan on giving Hinata that ability this early. Yes she will have it but she will gain them
in order where I feel it is reasonable. I wish I could tell you when but I can't, or it'll spoil the surprise.
Considering that Naruto didn't help in getting the bells, he was assigned in assisting Kakashi to the hospital by himself.
"What I have to!"
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched. He took a breath.
"Dobe. You did not help get the bells. So you will."
"No,Sasuke.", Kakashi interrupted, his body still paralyzed "You and Naruto will"
Least to say, Sasuke was not happy.
This meant less training time.
"What?"Naruto yelled,looking down to a temporary quadriplegic Kakashi lying on the ground,
"Why only me and Teme! Why not Hinata?"
Kakashi inwardly sighed. Maybe passing this team was not a good idea.
Still, the abilities of these genin were far beyond the norm of what he's seen. Failing them would mean a loss for them to hone such abilities. After all, this same situation had happened to him. He had resented his teammate, and his other had held them all together, causing them all to pass when he was young.
"Hinata showed the best teamwork out of you two. She worked with you, Sasuke and sacrificed her bell for you, Naruto."
A pause.
Kakashi praised her!
A small shy smile made its way to her face.
The two boys looked at her.
Hinata's face grew an increasingly shade of red and she found the dirt especially interesting.
"But you two failed to work and refused to acknowledge each other. If it wasn't for Hinata and this team's unusual talents, I would of sent you all back to the Academy."
An uneasy silence settled on the genin.
"So we freeloaded on her" Sasuke finally said.
Naruto scratched his head.
"I still don't get it"
"Hinata did all the work for us Naruto."
Kakashi noted the more pleasant disposition Sasuke held toward Naruto now.
Good, he was willing work with Naruto. If Sasuke was willing to work then Naruto should follow along naturally.
"Consider this an exercise in teamwork, Naruto, Sasuke. Hinata you are dismissed"
"H-hai K-kakashi-sensei!"
Hinata bowed to the lying Kakashi and turned on her foot to leave.
Only to feel a hand on her left shoulder.
"S-sasuke-san?"
His voice came in a whisper. Hinata strained her ears.
"Go to the usual spot. I'll head over when I'm done"
Hinata nodded till her head felt like it was going to fall off and left promptly.
"Teme what was that about?"
"I'm going to spar with Hinata after we're done."
"Can I come?"
Sasuke debated this. On one hand, Naruto would get in his way. On the other hand, it would be good training for Hinata.
Kakashi was also listening and to refuse Naruto was to refuse a teammate.
As much as Sasuke hated it, he agreed.
"Just don't fall behind"
Trees and bushes encircled the empty area she was in. It was quiet and peaceful.
No wonder Sasuke liked this place.
Said person won't be back in a while, so Hinata took this opportunity to train her chakra control.
She had been doing nothing but training taijutsu with Sasuke these past times and hadn't touched upon her chakra abilities.
Hinata streamed chakra to her feet and walked up a tree.
Ok, so far so good.
She then walked under a thick tree branch, her short blueish-black hair lifting down as if someone had rubbed a balloon on her head.
Walking upside down required more chakra and concentration then usual.
Not wanting to feel the blood rush to her brain, Hinata fell and landed on her feet.
It felt as if she made no progress despite training with Sasuke.
She still didn't know anything about the Rinnegan besides that it could copy jutsu. Even then Hinata still had questions.
To what extent could it copy jutsu?
Was it only fire jutsu?
Does it conform to only one type of elemental chakra?
Hinata's eyes rippled and she moved through handsigns that just won't leave her mind.
Horse.
Tiger.
Ram.
Monkey.
Boar.
Horse.
Tiger.
A rush of chakra poured through her body.
Doing only what she knew, Hinata, with the help of the hand signs, kneaded that chakra until it was heated and hot. Hinata spat once, and a good sized fireball shot from her mouth.
It charred the ground where she shot it and created a tiny crater.
Small wisps of smoke rose from the spot.
Hinata fanned her hand in front of her nose from the smell.
That was a bad idea-
and she still didn't know how to train her Rinnegan.
Hinata sighed and poured chakra to her hands.
Might as well go through her clan's taijutsu stances.
Rinnegan still activated, Hinata focused and moved to the starting stance.
A breeze began blowing and leaves started blowing toward Hinata.
To Hinata those leaves were blowing at her in slow motion.
Maybe she could try cutting them for practice.
Hinata brought her arms up and swiped at a small leaf.
Since the leaves were small, Hinata had to compress her chakra to a cutting edge.
The leaf split in two.
With a gleeful smile of satisfaction, Hinata went and cut every leaf she could.
Her chest heaved after the exercise.
She missed 10 out of 20.
Not to mention some of the leaves flew away when she successfully cut one.
Even though Hinata could see them all, she was too slow to cut all of them.
Just as Sasuke said, She was too slow.
Hinata fired more chakra into her hands, if she could only master this...
"Sasuke do you know where the hospital is?"
Said person in front stopped walking and turned back.
A multitude of Naruto's greeted Sasuke's sight. Kakashi was lying stiff on the upraised hands of the clones.
The sight was comparable to a funeral. Kakashi being the coffin and all.
"Why do you think I'm walking in front of you?"
The owner of the clones stepped forward.
"I don't know, because I'm carrying Kakashi?"
Oh the stupidity. It was killing him.
Not amused at all Sasuke refrained from saying anything negative,
"I know where I am going Naruto" He finally said,"The hospital isn't too far from here"
A shrill like scream then filled the air.
Sasuke froze.
Oh God. Fan-girls.
Naruto looked at him strangely.
"Don't tell me you don't k-"
"KKYYYAAAA!, THERE HE IS!"
Naruto shut his eyes at the noise and made a face. It was so loud.
"MARRY ME!"
"NO! MAKE ME YOURS!"
"I LOVE YOU SASUKE!"
Cracking an eye open Naruto's jaw dropped at the size of the crowd.
Girls of every shape,size, and occupation amassed in this crowd that was about street-wide.
Of all of the things that Naruto didn't understand, this one takes the kunai.
"Teme! I never thought-"
He wasn't here! Where did he go?
Naruto found himself looking up on the roof.
Sasuke yelled from the roof.
"The Hospital is five blocks from here, got it?"
Sasuke then hightailed out of there.
Unfortunately, the unbelievable sight of the fan-girls stacking on top of each other to get to the roof took Naruto's attention.
Wait did Sasuke say something?
Naruto Panicked.
Ah! Where was the Hospital?
"Kakashi, where's the hospital?"
No response.
"Kakashi?"
Soft snoring erupted from the Jonin.
Goddammit!
Hinata slumped against a tree.
How long did she have to wait?
She already went through every type of training she could think of, including trying to master her new technique.
Weaponry, chakra control, meditation, even basic pushups and situps.
Maybe a nap would make time go faster.
Just as Hinata settled on a patch of grass, she picked up the sound of conversation.
Hinata got up and looked toward the source of the sound.
It was Sasuke-
and Naruto.
Wha? Why was Naruto here?
"How do live with that..." Naruto tried to think of the right word "blob following you everywhere"
Naruto visibly shivered.
Just the thought of it made him nervous.
Sasuke ignored Naruto's ramblings.
The screaming fan girls gave him a headache. A headache that Naruto was slowly adding to.
Hinata was at first confused, what were they talking about?
Upon seeing Sasuke's displeased face, Hinata dropped that thought and approached her teammates.
"N-Naruto-kun,w-what a-are you d-doing here?"
Naruto gave his cheeky signature grin.
"I just wanted to spar with you and Sasuke."
Hinata had been wishing to spar with the blonde ninja for a long time. Now she had a chance!
A red blush dusted her cheeks and Hinata looked at Naruto longingly-
before he was keeling over from a kick to his gut, lovingly delivered by Sasuke, who now stood beside her.
Hinata blinked and looked over at Sasuke. What just happened?
"Teme! What was that?"
"You said you wanted to spar, Dobe"
"Spars aren't like that!"
"How would you know. Ninja spar differently from person to person"
Naruto had it. Whatever stick Sasuke had up his butt must have been further up than before.
"Shadow clone jutsu!"
Judging from the intensity of the match, Hinata didn't think she would have a chance to spar with either of them.
So instead of sitting out, she jumped in.
At the end of the day, Team 7 laid on the ground, tired and exhausted.
Naruto raised a fist into the air.
"Believe it, Teme! I'm not useless"
Sasuke's eyes were closed.
"You wish, Dobe"
Hinata smiled contently. They were all tired. The sun was setting and the sky turned into a nice shade of red.
"Hinata," Sasuke spoke "Kakashi told us to meet at the Hokage tower at 8:00am tomorrow for our first mission"
"Oh right," Naruto said "I almost forgot about that"
Sasuke inwardly shook his head.
Hinata smiled.
Well it's a bit short because I'm closing up the day of the bell test.
Oh god its 3:52 am. I should be in bed.
Criticism is welcome.
Next chapter should be uploaded in a week again.