Disclaimer: I don t own Naruto .. yet.
The Thirteen
Chapter Two
Author s note: This is the second chapter of my story. And yes I will explain most of what Naruto s kekkei genkai and dojutsu are. And there will be no Yoai or Yuri.
-Chapter 2 -
(Previous chapter) The only thing she remembered of the flight down was that she felt safe and secure in his arms. When they touched down she held onto him for little while longer. Hoping that he would let her stay like that forever, safe and secure in his arms. This was the morning that they would start the rest of their lives, and Hinata wanted it to be with Naruto even though he didn t know how she felt. She was working up the courage to say something to him, but they started to hear a low rumbling sound. And knowing that one of their sensei s sleeping forms weren t on the ground they knew that it couldn t be snoring. They looked up and saw a big dust cloud moving their way.
(On with the story) Naruto prepared to gather Hinata back into his arms and jump to the trees, when he saw a head of pink hair in the group running towards them. Naruto started to relax at the sight of pink hair; it was one of the people they had met during one of their dinner journeys , Haruno Sakura. It also suggested that Yamanaka Ino and Uchiha Sasuke were there as well. Knowing the number one fan girls of the Uchiha, Sasuke would be running for his life. Naruto was pondering what to do when Sasuke ran full tilt into him and they both fell down, with Sasuke on top and Naruto on bottom, all tangled up. They laid there stunned, while Ino and Sakura ran into the area. Ino and Sakura stood in shock as they saw Naruto in the position with the Uchiha boy that they wanted to be in. They fainted. Naruto and Sasuke got up as quickly as possible, hoping to get away from the sure to be pissed off fan girls. As they turned to run away they heard a peculiar noise, one that they had never heard before. It sounded like a cross between a two-year old playing with the strings on a guitar, nails on a chalkboard, and a cat screeching. Needless to say they were terrified, they wanted to move, but found they couldn t. Ino and Sakura stalked up to the boys from behind. Naruto and Sasuke were sweating oceans. They wanted to faint, but they were scared beyond thoughts. Hinata was in the background watching with amusement, not helping either side at all. The boys started to slowly turn towards the girls, wondering if this was the end of their lives. Sasuke glanced into Sakura s eyes for a brief second; to him it felt like an eternity. He quickly looked down at the ground after that. Naruto was slowly turning towards the girls as well and looking for Hinata. He saw her leaning back against a tree not doing anything to help. He wanted to yell at her to help, but then he saw the looks on Ino s and Sakura s faces, his yell was quickly turned into nothing. Both Naruto and Sasuke glanced at each other for the briefest of nano-seconds. They then got on their knees and begged the girls to tell them what they did wrong and how they could make it up to them.
"What did we do, and how can we make it up to you?" Naruto and Sasuke asked at the same time.
Ino and Sakura looked at the boys on their knees and then at each other. The look on their faces would make rocks grow legs and run away in fear of the punishment for an unknowingly committed crime. They started to say something, but Hinata interrupted them.
"Shouldn't we be getting to the academy?" Hinata asked somewhat shyly. Ino and Sakura looked at Hinata, and sighed.
"I guess your, right. Come on Ino-pig. Let s go." Sakura said to Ino. Ino looked at her and said, "Let s go then forehead. I ll beat you there." With that Ino and Sakura ran to the academy leaving Hinata, Sasuke and Naruto to fend for them selves.
"I guess we should get going too." Naruto said.
"Are you guys going to join us for the rest of the year?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes we are." Naruto answered.
"You do know that you two will be at the bottom of the class, right?" Sasuke inquired.
"So what? All we need to do is pass the final exam to become gennin, and then we re ninjas. Then we get put on three man teams, with a jounin instructor. And we do boring D-ranked and some C-ranked missions." Naruto complained.
"True, but we need to build teamwork to become effective ninjas." Hinata patiently explained.
"I guess .. Oh shit! We re late, we need to hurry." Naruto exclaimed.
"How are we gonna get there now, we would have to fly, or something." Sasuke thought out loud.
"We could fly." Hinata said, looking at Naruto. Naruto saw Hinata looking at him.
"But you two are heavy." Naruto whined.
"You carried all of the teachers for a longer distance a few times." Hinata reminded him.
"Would someone care to explain to me what is going on?" Sasuke asked.
Oh . Well, my bloodline is a three parter. The first part is the wings that emerge from my back, for my clan they are unique to each clan member. Mine are like angel wings with blue scale like feathers. (A/N: think of dragon scales for the feathers .) The wings are about six feet long each. My sensei said that how long one of my wings is, is how tall I ll be, but I m still shortstuff .." Naruto explained.
"Ok, but what about the second part?" Sasuke asked with interest.
"The second part is my body, my bones act as Chakra reservoirs. They store Chakra and are strengthened by the amount of Chakra they have. The third part is a dojutsu, and for now let s leave it at that. Well let s get going Hinata hold onto my right arm, Sasuke hold my left arm." As Naruto said those words, a ripping sound could be heard. As his wings emerged from his back they were silver and golden, as they got farther from his body they took on the blue scale like qualities that Naruto described. Sasuke was staring in awe and wonder. Hinata had seen this before, but was still just as awed as Sasuke. They walked over to him carefully and grabbed his arms. When he took off Hinata clutched Naruto s arm tighter. Sasuke was staring in awe at how fast they were moving. They made it to the academy in three seconds flat. They set down in front of the academy, Naruto told Hinata and Sasuke to go in ahead of him, because his wings needed some time to be pulled back in. As Sasuke and Hinata entered the classroom ahead of Naruto everyone stared at them. All the fan girls of the Uchiha stared daggers at the Hyuga girl. Hinata went up to the front of the classroom to wait for Naruto and the instructor.
After a few minutes Naruto entered the classroom and stood next to Hinata. They waited a few more minutes, and a chunin came in backwards with a lot of paperwork that he needed to do. He dropped his paperwork on top of his desk and turned around. He then noticed that there were two kids standing by his desk, which he had never seen before. Then he noticed there was a note on his desk from the Hokage.
He opened up the note, read it, and then turned to the class, "Class we have two new students, Hyuga Hinata, and Uzumaki Naruto, they will be joining us for the rest of the year. Hinata, take a seat next to Shino, and Naruto take a seat next to Sasuke."
As Naruto sat down next to Sasuke, Ino and Sakura stared at them with daggers in thier eyes. The boys noticablly flinched under the dagger like gaze that the girls were giving them, the did thier best to ignore the gaze. This happened every time they went to class.
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(In another dimension and time) "His Training Is Done?" asked a big person.
"Not yet, but there are somethings more important than training." said a man in blue.
"Like what?" asked a gravely voice.
"like friends." said a shy femine voice.
"What Do You Mean Friends?"
"She means that the bonds formed from becoming friends with others gives them an 'extra' will to fight if you will."
"you mean that he will fight for longer and harder?" asked a set of twins.
"Yes, he will."
"even more so if he realizes that she likes him." she said while giving a significant look at the man in blue, who in turn just happened to look away.
"He isn t as stupid as he appears. He knows that she likes him, but..." he patiently explained.
"but what?" she asked while moving closer to him.
"But he doesn t know how to react to those feelings."
"Reminds me of someone else I know."
"Except The Blond Hair And The Height."
"oh, very much so." Said the twins.
"Who do you mean?" asked the man in blue, with curiosity.
"you honey." Said the shy woman in red, as she hugged the man in blue.
"i love you." She whispered.
"I love you too." He whispered back.
"I wonder when Naruto and Hinata will figure out they love each other." He mused.
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Black watch the three kids with interest every day while they were at school. He followed Hinata home a few times to see how Hiashi was treating her. What he saw at first was infuriating, he decided that the next day when Hinata was at school he would have a talk with Hiashi. After Black left Hiashi's office, after no one saw him enter in the first place, 'some use the Byukugan is', Hiashi was visably paler than a sheet of paper, and he started treating Hinata a little better. Black also took the time to watch Sasuke and Naruto as they both made their way through the village. Whenever they were walking alone, Sasuke was treated like royalty, Naruto was treated like a mangy wild animal that no one wanted near, but no one wanted to touch either, and Hinata was treated like every other member of the Hyuga clan. However, when either Sasuke or Hinata were walking with Naruto, the glares were still there, but not as noticable and a few people even looked thoughtful at them.
(Day of the final exam)
"Today is the final exam. This final exam is a four-part exam. The first part is a shuriken accuracy test. The second part is a bunshin no jutsu test, the third part is a henge no jutsu test. The fourth part is kawarmi no jutsu test and the last part is a taijutsu match. Since there is an odd number of students there will be a three-way match. Iruka explained to the gathered students. Any questions?"
"Who will be in the three-way match?" Hinata asked.
"That will be decided after the first three tests are done."
"First test, you have 9 shurriken and three targets. the goal is to hit the bull's eye of each of the three targets. hitting the ring right outside the bull's eye will pass you. in order to pass you must have three points. the bull's eye is worth two points, the ring right outside the bull's eye is worth one point, and the rest of the rings are worth zero points."
"First up: Aburame Shino." Shino throws his first set, one hits the bull's eye and the other two hit the ring right outside the bull's eye. "Pass. Inuzuka Kiba." Kiba throws his first set, one hits the ring right next to the bull's eye and the other two miss completely. He throws his second set, two hit the outer most target ring and one hits the one point ring. he throws his last set and one hits the bull's eye, the other two hit the zero point rings.
" Hinata." Hinata throws her first set and all three hit the bull's eye.
"Pass. Yamanaka Ino." Ino throws all three of her sets to spend as little time away from Sasuke as possible. 6 miss completely, and the remaining three hit the one point rings.
"Pass. Nara Shikamaru." Shikamaru throws two shurriken, one hits the bull's eye and the other hits the one point ring.
"Pass. Haruno Sakura." Sakura throws all of hers as fast as she can. only three hit the targets, and on the one point rings.
"Pass. Akimichi Chouji." Chouji throws his first set, one hits the bull's eye and the other two miss. He throws his second set, two hit the zero point rings and one hits the one point ring.
"Pass. Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke throws all three of his sets. All 9 shurriken hit the bull's eyes.
"Pass. Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto lazily throws all 9 shurriken, and all hit the bull's eye, right next to each other.
"Pass. Next test, Bunshin No Jutsu." Everyone Passes, some just barely some with three perfect bunshin, one show off with five bunshin, and another show off with one sickly bunshin and four Kage Bunshin.
"Next test, Henge no jutsu." Everyone passes with flying colours.
"The final test, a taijutsu match. The match-ups will be as follows: Haruno Sakrua vs. Yamanaka Ino; Aburame Shino vs. Inuzuka Kiba; Ackimichi Chouji vs. Nara Shikamaru; and Uchiha Sasuke vs. Hyuga Hinata vs. Uzumaki Naruto. Find your partners." Right after their names are called Ino and Sakura start fighting. Trading blow for blow, and after fighting for about three minutes they both throw a punch to the others head and knock each other out cold. Shino, Kiba, Chouji, and Shikamaru all play the best two out of three, rock-paper-scissors for their matches and sit down to watch the last match, between Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke.
"I guess we start." Sasuke said.
"Alright!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Hai." Hinata said.
Sasuke took an offensive stance, Hinata took a defensive stance and Naruto just stood there. "Hey dobe. Are you just going to stand there?" Sasuke asked.
"I'm ready when you are." Naruto replied.
"Ok, here goes." Sasuke said as he rushed towards Naruto. Naruto watched Sasuke get closer and closer. When Sasuke was about a foot away, Naruto turned around and did a backflip to a handstand on Sasuke's shoulders. Naruto was ready to push off, when he was kicked in the stomach by Hinata, making him fall back the way he came, right into a punch by Sasuke. Naruto took the full blow and skidded backwards a few feet. Hinata twisted to land facing Sasuke while throwing a kick towards him. Sasuke moved to intercept the kick, when Naruto unexpectedly kicked Hinata in the back, pushing her towards Sasuke. Hinata quickly put her hands in front of her and hit Sasuke in his chest knocking him back a few feet. She then turned to face Naruto and throw a punch at him, when she realized too late that he was too close to her. Naruto didn't realize how close he was to Hinata. Their lips meet for a few seconds. Hinata broke the contact by moving her head to his shoulder and her arms around his waist. Naruto did the natural thing and put his arms around her. They both were blushing. Sasuke watched all of this happen, and said, "I forfeit."
"Nani?" Naruto said as him and Hinata broke contact.
"As much as i hate to admit it, you two are a formidable team and i can't beat you, yet..." Sasuke grudgeingly replied.
"You all pass." Iruka said. "Now come over and pick up a headband. Report to the classroom tomorrow at 9:00am sharp, to meet your instructors. Class is dismissed."
"Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun. would you like to come over for dinner?" Hinata asked.
"Yes!" Naruto shouted.
"Sure." Sasuke replied.
"Wait, shouldn't we invite sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Hai. He should be at the training ground." Hinata said.
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(3 minutes later at the training ground)
"Hey, Namakemono-sensei, where are you?" Naruto yelled. Hinata tapped him on the shoulder and pointed to a familiar hammock. "He's probably up there." she said. "Alright, then let's wake him up." Naruto said as he picked up a few rocks. He threw a small one directly at the hammock. A soft grunt was heard and an arm clothed in red flopped out of the hammock. Naruto threw another rock, but "misjudged" where to throw it and it sailed into the hammock hitting someone on the forehead. "Dammit Gaki, can't you leave us alone?" shouted a familar voice. "Not until you come down here."
"Fine, we're coming down." As those words were said the weight in the hammock was lifted out of it. Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke stared at the two figures coming down. Their sensei was wearing his cloak, as usual, a dark blue pair of pants, and a royal blue longsleeve shirt. They noticed that their sensei was holding a woman bridal style, while standing on a descending platform of air. As his feet touched the ground, he lowered her legs let her stand. She kept her arms around his neck. She was about 5'8", with a great body. Her eyes surpassed roses in beauty, and her irises made crimson look pale. Her hair was down to her waist, and it's colour was the shade of a beautiful sunset. Sasuke broke the silence with the question that was on all of their minds, "Who is she?"
"She is my wife, Red." Blue said. "Now, what do you want, Gaki?"
"Would you like to come to dinner at my house?" Hinata asked shyly.
"i think we will." Red replied for the both of them.
"Am I invited too?" Black asked after appearing right behind Blue and Red.
Red elbowed him in the stomach and said, "what have i told you about doing that?"
"To stop doing it, yada yada yada..." Black replied glibly.
Hinata stared for a bit at the display, then remembered the question Black asked, "I don't belive my father will object."
"Then let's go, I'm hungry." Naruto whined.
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(5 minutes later at the Hyuga Mansion)
"Hiashi-sama, i brought guests for dinner." Hinata said shyly. "Welcome. Dinner will be served shortly. Hinata will show you where to wash up and then show you to the dinning room." Hiashi said stiffly.
As Hinata led them to wash-up, Blue said, "Me and Black need to speak with Hiashi about, certain items of business. Go on ahead, we'll only be a few minutes."
Hinata led the rest of the group to wash up before dinner, as Blue and Black went to Hiashi's study. Blue opened the door to Hiashi's study. He saw Hiashi looking at a picture of his now deceased wife, speaking to it. "Hinata is so much like you, you would be proud, but it is too hard for me to look at her and not see you. Hanabi is like me and her cousin Neji. i'm training her to take my spot after i resign." As Hiashi finished, he became aware of another presence behind him. "How much did you two hear?" He asked softly.
"Enough." Black said softly.
"You should not blame Hinata for coming back alive. Instead you should be thankful." Blue said with understanding.
"What do you know? Have you ever had a constant reminder of what you lost? Do you know how much it hurts to look at my daughter and see my dead wife?" Hiashi questioned with a fierce sadness, as he turned to face the intruder of his privacy.
"I do." Blue said as he lifted the sleeve of his shirt to show his forearm. On his forearm were three names, engraved deep into the flesh, muscle and bone. "These are the ones i loved, two were my best friends, and the other was my younger sister. We did missions together. We slept in the same room, we were closer than most families... I had to stay behind from a mission... only one survived to come home, but he was badly wounded and exausted from carrying his dead family back that he was literally a dead man walking. As i rushed towards him his body finnally gave out and collasped. He... I gave them the funeral that they said they wanted. I... I wanted to blame myself for what happened to them. A few years later on a mission that would be suicide for one person to do alone, i met my wife. at first i thought that she was my sister come back to haunt me. i learned that this wasn't so. she helped me through the times that i wanted to kill myself, she gave me a new reason to live. I have never forgot my families names. Their names are forever engraved in my heart, my memories and on my body. Their personalities are seared into my soul." Blue explained calmly at first, but towards the end he became sad. "It's not Hinata's fault that your wife died. Treat Hinata like you did before your wife died. Treat her like your daughter. and start tonight, at dinner, for her sake." Blue said regaining his composure.
"We have known more reminders of those we care for that have fallen, than there are grains of sand in the world. Yet it does not go away with time, you only learn how to deal with it, or go insane..." Black stated with a far away look on his face. They then turned to leave, but Hiashi called out to them.
"Wait." Hiashi put down the picture, and turned towards then. Hiashi did something that he normally only does to the Hokage, he bowed respectfully. "Arigato, Blue-sama, Black-sama. I will go with you to the dinning room, and eat dinner with my daughter and her friends."
"Let's go then, I'm starving." Blue said, to which Black just rolled his eyes.
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(the next day at the academy. 8:59am)
"Everyone's here already?" Iruka asked with some surprise. "Hai." said a bored Shikamaru.
"Ok, the teams will be as follows: team 10 Inuzuka Kiba, Ackimichi Chouji, and Nara Shikamaru, your jounin instructor is Sarutobi Asuma. Team 8: Haruno Sakura, Aburame Shino and Yamanaka Ino, your Jounin instructor is Yuuhi Kurenai. Team 7: Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata and Uchiha Sasuke. Wait here for your instructors." At the annoucement of Team 8 Ino and Sakura began to fight.
"Team 10, come with me." Asuma said. "Team 8 follow me." Kurenai said. Team 7 was left to wait for their instructor to arrive as everyone else left. They waited, and waited, and waited. For three hours, they waited. Finally their instructor showed up. He said "Meet me at the top of the Hokage tower." and then he disappeared in a poof of smoke.
"I guess we go to the Hokage tower."
A/N: I know probably bad spot to stop, but I didn't know where else to really stop that wouldn't leave it short...