The Uzumaki Brigade
Naruto sat up and inhaled sharply, "OH MY FUCKING GOD!"
Gimmy walked over to him carrying a wet rag. "Naruto, are you okay? That claw was literally inches from your face. If we'd pulled you out even a single second later, you'd probably be dead."
Naruto stood up and grabbed the rag from Gimmy. As he washed his face, now beaded in sweat, Hinata walked over to him with a blush on her face.
"Naruto-kun…Thank you for saving me…"
"No problem Hinata! I'd never let anything happen to you!" Naruto scratched the back of his head and blushed lightly.
At this comment, Hinata blushed a super deep red and stared at her feet. Naruto was curious why she always did that when he said something nice to her. Well, she IS a timid person. Maybe just being shy or something?
Darry looked at the two ninjas with jealousy in her eyes.
Those two make the perfect pair…Just like me and Gimmy would…Why the FUCK can't he see that I like him so much? I make it plain as day, going to great lengths just to embarrass myself. Are guys just naturally blind to a woman's love?
Darry smacked Gimmy upside the head out of anger and Naruto out of jealousy and how blind he was.
"OW!" they said in unison.
"C'mon Hinata, let's go for a walk. There are a few things I'd like to discuss with you…in private."
She said the last part like it was a warning. Naruto had a feeling that he shouldn't follow them or Darry might… What the hell could she do to him, a ninja? But his conscious told him to not follow them. Damn conscious! Yet as they walked away, he watched as Hinata walked down the stairs and out of sight, wishing he could go with her. He had no clue why, but he just wanted to be in her presence. He'd think about this feeling of loneliness later. He wanted to talk with Gimmy about his mentor.
"Hey Gimmy, now that I've explored my mind, can I find out who my mentor is? Have you even decided?"
"Don't worry Naruto, we're working on Hinata's mentor right now. We already decided on yours…but we're not going to tell you yet until they arrive in Konoha…Don't look so depressed man. We can tell you how to summon your spirit animal though. It's kind of a test to see how much control you have over your Spiral Power, or chakra as you call it on this world."
"…I don't think I will EVER summon that…THING! It tried to kill me and Hinata! I want nothing to do with it!"
"…Naruto, it won't be full sized. It'll be about the size of your hand and can't cause any damage. The only thing it can do is give advice and provide you with Spir-…chakra."
"…FINE! But I won't be happy about it…"
"Just hold an image of your spirit animal in your head and call it by name. The name can be whatever you want it to be, and your guide will adapt that name and heed your call. Let me show you mine."
Gimmy took three steps back and made a hand-sign Naruto had never seen. His right hand was cupped on his left fore-arm, and his left hand was flat with the palm facing up.
"Boundless soul in immaculate harmony, answer my prayers and reveal your-self! Ikeza-Nara!"
A small ball of blue light faded into view over Gimmy's open hand. It grew a few inches in size and began to take form. When it finished growing, the ball of light uncurled and the glow faded from it's body. Now standing in Gimmy's hand was a blue mouse. It stood on it's back legs and waved to Naruto, who stared back, completely dumb-founded. The thing that REALLY got Naruto was when it talked to him.
"…Hey dawg, it's rude to stare. Put your eyes back in your head and close your mouth before flies nest in it. Now my name is Ikeza-Nara, but you can call me Ike…Please, I hate Ikeza. Now let me give both of you some advice. You two…are complete, ignorant, DUMB-ASSES!"
This caught the boys off guard and they cringed for a second. When they recovered, Ike continued.
"You boy," he pointed at Naruto," are a complete loser, cause you have no skill whatsoever! Get some training done and then you and I will talk…Gimms, (his nickname for Gimmy) you don't realize this, but you have an admirer. She has liked you forever and made it plain as day that she likes you. ARE YOU DAFT MAN?"
"Really Ike? But I haven't seen any signs…Who is it?"
"…I'm not even gonna bother telling you. Figure it out yourself dawg! Until you do, I ain't a helpin ya!"
Ike curled into a ball again and jumped in the air. With a puff of smoke, he vanished leaving the boys to think about what he said. Three minutes went by before Naruto broke the ice.
"…You called him Ikeza-Nara? Why?"
"That was his real name when I found him on my trip into my mind with Darry."
"Oh… Let's go get some ramen. I'm hungry!"
"R-Ramen?"
"You'll see. It's really good. Tastes even better after you've worked really hard."
They started down the stairs, and outside the hospital, standing in front of them, was Iruka
"NARUTOOOOO!" cried Iruka. Naruto cringed at this and wished he could run away. Before he got the chance though, Iruka grabbed him by the collar and lifted him into the air.
"Where the HELL have you been? Just because the town is more screwed up than the inside of Anko's head, doesn't mean you get to skip out on your detention chores! Now instead of two chores, you have four! You will clean the toilets, sweep the classroom, file my taxes, and feed Dung, the retarded chimpanzee his oats!"
"…How the hell do I file taxes? I'm only 13!" cried Naruto.
"Fine then, I'll teach you how. But only one and then you're on your own! Also, I expect Dung to be well-fed. He doesn't want to eat nowadays, so put some candy in the middle, but let him see it so he knows it is there. He'll eat all of it for the candy…damn monkey."
Gimmy looked at this guy Naruto called "sensei". Naruto said he was close to him, but Gimmy didn't see it at all. In fact, all Gimmy saw was an ass-hole of a man. He looked on as Iruka set Naruto down, who scratched the back of his head and looked like he would kill someone who set him off. Gimmy decided to sneak away before he got involved in this. He turned around and tip-toed a few steps before…
"Hey Gimmy, will you help me with my work? I'll clean the toilets if you sweep the classroom!"
…SHIT!
"Uhhh, sure Naruto! I'll sweep the classroom," Gimmy said. Then he whispered under his breath,"Bastard."
They started off towards the school, Naruto in lead with his hands behind his head as he walked, like it was just an easy, care-free day. They walked for about ten minutes, taking a numerous amount of turns that got Gimmy so confused, he had no idea which way was North, South, East, or West at all. When they finally arrived at the school, they got an unexpected surprise…Both Darry and Hinata were talking under a tree with a swing tied to a branch!
"Okay Hinata, don't say I didn't warn you. But when he breaks your heart, don't come crying to me. He is almost as dumb as-" That was when she noticed Naruto and Gimmy. "What the hell are you two doing here? I thought I said we wanted to talk in PRIVATE!"
"Um…Darry. Naruto actually has chores here to do now and he was on his way to do them. Iruka, our teacher, said he had detention and must do chores. Naruto snuck out to watch a meteor shower and found Gimmy by accident when he landed. Iruka must have found Naruto and sent him over here to work in the dark."
Gimmy stared at Naruto, completely dumb-founded. "…She's good."
"…FINE! I was done talking to you anyway Hinata. Now can you tell me where I can find a hotel for me and Gimmy? We need to sleep and contact HQ so your mentors and gunmen can be sent out."
Hinata gave her directions and she stomped out of there. She was upset about something, Naruto gathered, but he had no idea what for, and why it was directed towards Hinata. She was always so kind, so it made no sense why Darry snapped at her. Hinata walked up to Naruto, a slight blush in her cheeks, he noticed, and she offered to help with the chores.
"Nah Hinata, you don't have to help me. But I 'preciate the offer. You go ahead and rest up for exams tomorrow. Me and Gimmy will take care of the chores, and then we'll get some sleep."
She walked away with her head down, like she was disappointed not to help Naruto. They began the chores and divided up the tasks evenly. Naruto got the disgusting chores; Gimmy got the hard ones…Simple. When they finished, they said good-bye for the night, and parted ways.
Damn I'm tired. Why the hell did I put that cherry bomb in the toilet?…Oh, right. Blue Bastard uses that same toilet at that same time very day. Hehehe…I love my life. But shit, I need to get some soldier pills to recover my chakra, or I'll never pass that exam. Now I just need to find a store that is still open at 3:00 am in the morning.
Naruto walked around for thirty minutes looking for a twenty-four hour pharmacy. He might have found one sooner, had he not forgotten he spray painted every neon sign with "pharmacy" on it. If the cashier sold him meds at a ridiculous price, Naruto took tar from his landowner's basement, wood shavings from the woodworker's shed, and one crushed up soldier pill, and mix it all together. He called it doushe-glue. Then Naruto broke into his house, and poured it all over the cashier's body in his sleep. He'd have many useful hate objects with him, and visibly destroy the man. The guy would wake up covered in feathers, piss, orange stripes across his body, a "I'm a pussy" sing on his chest, and a "kick me" sign on his back. If he made contact with anything, it would stick to him like a fly to shit. He'd get so pissed, the guy would quit his job and the owner would close shop for a few weeks. Naruto would then spray black paint over the sign as a way of leaving his mark.
After Naruto finally found one that was still open, he paid the money (also priced too high, so Naruto made a mental note to doushe-fuck with this store too) and went home. He forced himself to sleep for the next two hours, so when his alarm went off, Naruto nearly crushed the thing with anger-ridden strength. He forced his sore legs out of bed and proceeded to his ramen cabinet. He opened it to find the shelf was empty, to his heart's despair. He went to his secret cabinet behind the wall of his fridge, and pulled out a mini ramen cup. He made a mental note to fill up the secret cabinet with more ramen cups. He looked at his clock and nearly lost his ramen all over the floor.
4:21 am? I have 9 minutes to get to class or I'll be locked out again and fail the test!
Naruto dashed out the door with his ramen still cold and slurped the cold, sort-of delicious juice from the cup. He gulped down the noodles in a instant and tossed the cup into a trash bin along the path to the academy. He suddenly realized that he was at the Hyuuga district, and decided to see if Hinata was home. Wait, Hinata was never late, so why would she be on the most important day of school? He decided to continue on before another Hyuuga got pissed at him for staring at "the most unique district in all of Konoha " and get his head "fucked up the 'Down Under'" said some strange Hyuuga with a strange accent. The guy was always talking about she-las and mar-soup-eels. Made no f-ing sense to Naruto, but his accent made him sound funny as hell. And for the appeal, sometimes Naruto imagined the guy with red skin, long white hair, and a bit shorter. (In another dimension, Jeice felt his ears burning like hell while getting punched in the face repeatedly by a guy in orange pajamas.)
'Naruto-kun?"
Naruto stopped at the sound of the voice so familiar to him. Suddenly, all of last night's events flashed back into his mind. He turned and stared into the beautiful eyes of Hinata. Her purple hair was practically shining in the morning sunlight. Her face was very slightly blushed, so slightly that you had to look for it to notice it. He thought he smelled a perfume in the air around her, but with his increased senses it could be anyone nearby.
He felt a deep connection to this girl, and he wanted nothing more to be with her for the rest of his life. At this thought, he blushed a bit, and scratched the back of his head. Yet, he couldn't look away from Hinata no matter how much his body tried to force the action. She stared at her feet when he started blushing, and pressed her two index fingers together. In a building nearby, Kurenai stared at the pair in envy.
If there was any couple more perfect in all of Konoha, I don't care to know about it. These two are so interconnected, not even the GODS could separate them! If they aren't put in the same cell, I'll strike down the Third and Iruka. Maybe I should help them along the track to a good relationship. A little genjutsu never hurt any-…Oh SHIT! I have to get Hinata to class in 2 minutes or the Main Branch will have mine and my child's heads!..IF I ever have a child…
Suddenly out of nowhere, a woman showing half her stuff appeared next to Hinata, freaking out the hopefully-soon couple.
"Let's go Hinata, we have like, no time left to talk to your boyfriend."
At this comment, Hinata and Naruto blushed a deep shade of red, to Kurenai's amusement. She decided to be a Good Samaritan for once and take Naruto with them to class. But she wanted to have some fun with this first…
"Okay you two, grab my hands and hold each other's hands…Don't be shy boy, I don't bite. Not unless you bite first…Stop blushing boy, that was a non-sexual comment! Hinata, get that pissed look off your face, it'll stick if you don't."
Hinata wanted to smack this woman she called a friend. Naruto was to be hers and hers alone, and she would not let some…big-boobed bimbo take her husband-to-be away from her. Hinata silently vowed to rip out this bitch's soul, and shove it so far up her ass, Kurenai would die of rebirth, if she EVER tried to steal Naruto from her. Hinata would die for this boy,
Naruto couldn't help but blush at the comment this hot woman said to him. She even winked when she said it! But Naruto wasn't in to cougars, only women like Hinata or Sakura.[ Again at her side by the Blue Bastard, Sakura sneezed into his hair. Sasuke just sighed and got up. He walked away from this annoying bitch, who refused to leave him alone. She followed him everywhere he went, even to the bathroom…in a town two hours away from Konoha…that refused to let any women into the city walls. The creepy part was that she even stole the seat he shat on. He wished she would only leave him alone to mourn the loss of his entire clan. If he could get that, he might be able to put up with her. Of course, the sneezing in the hair didn't help his emotions towards her. Not even the blonde bitch (his name for Ino) was this much of a pain in the ass.]
He decided to stay silent and hope she could get them to the academy in time. He looked at his watch, and noticed he had ONE MINUTE to get to class…on the other side of town…which normally took him seven minutes to run it at his best….Oh GOD did he LOATHE Gimmy and Darry right now. His only solace was that not only was he holding Hinata's hand, but they'd both get to spend more time together as they would fail the test and be held back.
Naruto looked up to see he was in the classroom with all of his classmates staring at him, Hinata, and…where the hell was that cougar? He had no idea how the hell he got to class in a single minute, but he was relieved to be able to have a chance at graduating. This was his time to shine and show everyone that the dead-last still had skill. All he had to do was pop the soldier pill in his mouth before his test and…where was the pill? Naruto had it last night, he was sure of it. He put it next to his clock before he went to bed so he wouldn't…forget it…in the morning…had he not been rushed…..He hated Gimmy so much right now. Darry not so much because she was kinda hot. But back to the important things in life. How the hell was he going to pass the test with no chakra and no time? Even if he was last to take the test, he would only be able to produce enough chakra to do mildly bad, instead of HORRIBLY bad. Maybe Hinata has a pill by chance?
Naruto whispered to Hinata, "Hey Hinata, got a soldier pill on you? After last night, I'm out of chakra and I left my pill at home."
"W-Well Naruto-kun, I don't have one. I'm sorry…But Darry taught me to summon my spirit animal, who was able to give me chakra. Did Gimmy teach you how?"
"…Yeah, but I can't think of a name for the thing. I was thinking Ryujimaru, Fawx, Paws, or even Fluffles, but I can't find one that feels comfortable. But you say that it can GIVE me chakra, right? I'll try to come up with one soon. Is there anything that I should know about before I try this?"
"…You do have to make a contract with you animal. But overall, that's it and it only takes a minute or two. At least, that was how it went with me and Minato."
"…You named your spirit animal after my father?…Yeah…that's not creepy at all." Naruto was kind of depressed at this news. This girl he kinda liked was into his father, that little fucker. If he ever saw his old man again, he would pummel him to a bloody mess, regardless of what his conscious said. He was going to fix that damn thing sooner or later…and he was going for sooner.
"Well Naruto-kun, if I may suggest, go with the name Ryujimaru. It has a nice ring to it. Fawx is just messing with his name… Paws is too simple and Fluffles just sounds to adorable for the Fox Demon."
"Okay then, thanks Hinata. I feel good knowing I'm about to make a contract with the legendary animal that killed so many villagers and ninjas from Konoha."
While they were talking, they held onto each other's hand, not realizing it.. To top it off, the ENTIRE class, including Iruka, was staring at the two students that were going to be absent, but somehow managed to TELEPORT into class. How had the dead-last and the Hyuuga let-down managed to teleport into class? If it was a jutsu, it would probably take too much chakra, even for a Hyuuga. Maybe a genjutsu? No, the boy has no talent, and Hyuuga's rely on ninjutsu primarily. Maybe… aww who cares HOW they did it! What the hell were they doing together, HOLDING HANDS, and talking like they were good friends, possibly even more? What was this about foxes, spirits, and contracts? The class was paying close attention to this…until Iruka-sensei broke their concentration.
"AHEM!… Thank you for being able to come and take the graduation exam, Naruto, Hinata. Allow me a few words before we begin the tests…Each of you will be taken into a room where you will demonstrate your abilities to two teachers. Each student will receive a different task, so none of the students can help another cheat. What task you receive will be determined by the progress you've made throughout the year. Some of you will do recon around town, others will steal from certain people, and others will try to show off their talents with a jutsu. You who fail will be held back a year."
Everyone looked at Naruto…Those bastards, have they no shame?
"If you succeed, you will receive a Leaf Ninja headband," Iruka raised his hand to his headband, "and you will become a genin. At which point, you will be divided into teams of three based upon the skills of every student to pass. Each team will be balanced, so if you don't get on a team with your friends…or girlfriends, deal with it.."
When Iruka said 'girlfriends', everyone turned to Naruto and Hinata. What the hell? Was it that obvious that Naruto had a thing for the girl? Yeah they were together, holding hands…wait…they were still holding hands? Naruto blushed a VERY deep red.
Hinata was completely embarrassed at this. Everyone was staring at her and Naruto. Some of them glared at Naruto with what looked like envy. Some glared at Hinata like she could do better. Either way, she wanted to kill some of these students.
"…As I was saying, if you don't get with who you wanted, put up with it. Five people will be tested at the same time, so will Sasuke, Sakura, Shino, Tenten, and Kiba please leave the room and find a teacher?"
The five students left the room as well as Iruka. Strangely enough, Naruto felt no loss when Sakura left the room, like he usually does. Has he fallen out of love with her? What was the world coming to where you lose your first love?…Oh well. He had Hinata, so there was no loss. In fact, there was only gain. At least she listened to him and didn't fawn over the Blue Bastard. Hell, she was hanging on his every word almost. At the same time, he was hanging on HER every word. He felt he could get lost in her eyes, and her words forever. He just might, if he didn't feel like something was nagging him…What the hell was itching at the back of his mind? He knew it was important, but for the life of him he couldn't think of it. It had to do with contracts, he remembered. Maybe Hinata could help him remember. She was, naturally, standing right beside him pressing her fingers together.
"Hey Hinata, thanks to that little distraction earlier, I can't remember that important thing I had to do. Can you tell me what it was?"
"…Make the contract with Ryu you spirit animal…my love." She said the last part so quietly, Naruto didn't even hear it.
"Oh, right. Thanks."
"Naruto readied himself for a massive attack, and began the process of releasing his spirit animal. He thought for a moment what his catchy line for summoning Ryujimaru would be…He got nothing. Maybe if he thought a bit more…..Nope…This was going to be hell. He had to have a line or else he'd look like an ass. He most certainly was NOT one and so he needed a line…Finally he got one.
Naruto placed his right hand in his pocket, and extended his left hand straight out, palm facing down.
"Release unto the world your might, and let your roar reign supreme! Ryujimaru!" cried Naruto.
From his left shoulder erupted red chakra, visible to all. It curbed upward and molded together into a ball, continuing to grow while more chakra was released. When it finished growing, a red, pulsing ball of chakra hovered over Naruto's shoulder. It shaked for a second, then burst and out from the ball came…A CHIBI NINE-TAILED FOX! The chibi fox looked similar to Kilala from the Inuyasha series, but it had more tails, and was red. It landed on Naruto's shoulder, and stretched like it just woke up from a long nap.
"Oh god! Finally I'm free of that cursed cell! Now I can destroy every human in exis-..Why the fuck is everyone so big?..HOLY SHIT! Oh...I thought Minato got huge and was about to rasengan my face again. I see it's just that damn brat and his mate staring at me like I'm retarded. I almost want to go back into the cell. So why the fuck is everything so big? EXPLAIN IT TO ME BOY!"
His voice was high-pitched, and hilarious. It was all they could do to not laugh their asses off. When he finally got full control of his lungs, Naruto took the time to explain it. The contract, the name, summoning, and how Ryu (Naruto's nickname for Ryujimaru) has to assist Naruto if needed, such as advice, or providing chakra.
"…I…fucking…hate you! If you expect me to help you, then you got another thing coming! You want me…to give you…my chakra?"
"Yeah pretty much. If you don't, I'll get my dad to rasengan your face again."
Ryu looked like a truck hit him and cringed in fear and remembered pain.
"…Fine, but I better get something in return for my services…I'm staying with her!"
Ryu pointed towards Hinata, and a few things happened, all involving Naruto yelling at Ryu. First, Naruto punched Ryu directly in the muzzle, sending the chibi to the floor near Hinata. The fox groaned in pain, and stood up. Naruto walked over to it, and picked it up. THAT is when the yelling began.
"NEVER, EVER, EVER…say that again! If you so much as touch her…let's just say that you'll get MY version of rasengan, and you will NOT recover."
As he said this, Naruto shook Ryu violently, to which Hinata begged Naruto to stop. She loved that he cared a lot for her, but didn't like that he would attack an animal for wanting to be with her.
"Please Naruto-kun, don't harm the little fox-ling anymore! PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM!"
At this he looked at Hinata, and saw tears in her eyes. He felt truly disappointed. He didn't know what came over him, and started pounding on Ryu like a senseless animal. Had he no control, no shame, or compassion? This was not the guy he wanted to be. He simply wanted to graduate, get to chunin, and get married. Retire when his son got to jonin, and live a happy life in luxury…Wait…WTF!
What happened to his dream of being Hokage?…Okay it was still there as an ideal, but Naruto apparently grew up over night. Yet, he still saw Hinata crying, and wanted to stab himself with a kunai. What ass-hole would let the girl he loves cry like that? Naruto had no idea, except that he was not that ass-hole. He put Ryu back on his shoulders, and calmly, attempted to regain his civility.
"*sigh*…Okay Ryu, I'm sorry. You caught me off-guard, and so I got angry and lost control. Please forgive me, and promise me never to try that again."
"…Sure I guess I forgive you…prick! Just don't punch me or I'll sue you for animal abuse."
Ryu sneered and pulled out a paper from nowhere. He handed it to Naruto, and then did the same with a pen.
"Just sign here, here, here, here, and here on the dotted line and you'll get access to my chakra reserves. But don't always expect me to loan it to you. This is my chakra, and if I feel you've been using too much, then I'll cut off the supply for a time." said Ryu
"…There Ryu, so now I have access?"
The chibi nodded and jumped down onto a desk.
"Don't take too much now hehehe…You might regret it. Also, I have free talk to you when I'm not summoned but she won't hear me. Oh…I also forgot. Here's a little gift from me to you for that little outburst earlier."
Ryujimaru jumped up onto Naruto's shoulder, unsheathed his claws, and proceeded to rapidly attack Naruto's face.
"Take this, and that, and that, and this, and that, oh and some of these! Can't forget one of those! HAHAHA! "
Ryu jumped into the air performing three front flips, and smashed down onto Naruto's left cheek with all of his tails.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, OW, OW!" cried Naruto in pain.
Hinata watched, not sure who to help, the love of her life, or the cute little fox-thing that was kicking Naruto's ass only because she didn't want him to hit animals. She ran up to them, and grabbed the fox by his tails. She practically ripped half of Naruto's face off with the amount of skin stuck in the chibi's claws.
The fox dissolved into smoke, and just like that, the whole room was quiet. It was that awkward kind of quiet that no one liked. The duo observed the room to find it nearly empty. Besides them, there was Shikamaru, one boy whose name no one remembered, and Sylvia Denso. Sylvia was a bitch who had a thing for Naruto as well, but she had a talking problem: she couldn't talk. No one could read sign language, so she was ignored.
When Naruto didn't notice her, she attacked a random student in the room, just to vent. One time she attacked Sasuke, and it was like getting into a fight with Zabuza and Orochimaru. So much KI in one room nearly crushed the girl. If Iruka hadn't walked in, Sylvia would probably be dead. Not that she matters to this series.
Iruka walked back into the room and called all the students remaining to the hall. The each parted ways, Naruto and Shikamaru down the same end of the hall, Hinata and the unimportant people down the other way. There was plenty of KI in both ends of the hall. Hinata and Sylvia at each other's throats practically. Naruto ready to kill his teachers and the fox for separating him from Hinata. But he was also excited because he KNEW he would pass the test with the Fox's chakra.
Hinata entered a room with the Hokage and Kurenai behind a desk, the only thing in the room. She was ready for anything they could throw at her. She would pass with flying colors, and be paired with Naruto. But first she had to find out what her task was.
"H-Hinata Hyuuga reporting for examination assignment!"
"This is the one that has a thing for Naruto right?" the Hokage whispered to Kurenai, who only nodded.
"Hinata, your assignment, is to locate ten scrolls around the academy…blindfolded."
…That bitch! She planned on making Hinata fail so she could have Naruto all to herself. Well with the Byakugan, she would find the scrolls with ease. She learned a new trick over night (conveniently) that allowed her to see trails of chakra, and she could pinpoint whose chakra she wanted and only see that trail. Good for recon and tests like these. She would show Boobs (Kurenai) that no one messes with a Hyuuga.
Hinata grabbed the blindfold, and walked out the room. She donned the cloth over her eyes, and activated the Byakugan, making sure the veins were covered so she could maintain this ability as hidden still. She had activated it back in the room for a split second when she walked in to help identify who was who. She memorized Kurenai's trail, and started off down the halls. She also noticed areas where Kurenai was in a corner or on th4 floor. Must have rigged traps was the initial theory. That was partially true, but not entirely. This was also to help observe her other abilities. Kurenai purposely made trails herself so she could see if Hinata had her Kekkei Genkai yet. She stalked Hinata like a true ninja down the halls, watching her disarm traps in random pattern, (just in case she was followed, Hinata set a weak one off every now and then) she slowly found every scroll in the building but one, she couldn't find any area she hadn't already visited, so she went back to the room, still blindfolded. She opened the door, and found Kurenai was gone, then suddenly there…Hinata thought she felt eyes on her. She also assumed that Kurenai or the Third had a scroll on them. She carefully strained her eyes to identify an object on either of them. And assumed that the scroll Kurenai was carrying was the scroll she needed. She walked up to the table, being careful not to reveal her ability. She looked between them, and said she found nine, but not the last, and asked if they each had one.
The Hokage had nothing but clothing on him, so Hinata frisked Kurenai (with her permission of course). She pulled out the scroll after missing it on purpose twice, and said she was done. She removed the blindfold, to find that only seven of the scrolls she found were the ones she needed. Looks like the Hokage hid a few as well. DAMMIT! Now Naruto would pass and they would never be able to work together..Hinata walked out of the room, head low, feet dragging. How could she fail to see that Kurenai can't ALWAYS do the work? Now she just had to root Naruto on and hope for the best…
Naruto walked into a room with only one desk. Behind it was Iruka and Mizuki, on the desk was a large set of headbands. He walked over to the desk and introduced himself.
"Naruto Uzumaki, ready to undergo an assignment!"
Iruka looked kind of proud at Naruto, Mizuki looked bored. Iruka told him that his assignment was to make as many successful clones as possible, and find 15 scrolls in the academy. Easy. Naruto pulled hard on the Fox's chakra, and made the hand signs for the clone jutsu. He forced the chakra outward, and made about seven successful clones, and thirty half-dead clones…The chakra was new to him, he just needed to work out the kinks. He sent off the clones and waited here for a report.
The room was eerily quiet, neither Naruto, Iruka, nor Mizuki were good at breaking the ice, so they stood there, in silence, waiting for something to happen. They waited for many a minute, when finally a clone came back with the location of six scrolls. It reported that each clone was holding a spot near the scroll, waiting in case another student attempted to take them for their test. Naruto sent the clone back out and the silence continued for a few more seconds until…
"…Well I better go get those scrolls and make sure they are the right ones… Bye!"
Naruto dashed off without looking at the scroll in the room that was a replica of the ones he needed to obtain. In all reality, he knew they would be heaven scrolls, don't ask how he knew that, but he did. He walked up to the first scroll and claimed it for his cause. He figured that many other scrolls were located throughout the academy, and other students would be taking the same test, except for earth scrolls maybe. Naruto planted a flag in the spot where the scroll was, and walked off. It was a flag with his mark, a spiral, showing that he claimed the scroll in that spot. He also decided that the less competition, the better in the long run, and proceeded to take earth scrolls along the way. After ten minutes of wandering around the academy, Naruto had in his possession, nine heaven scrolls and fifteen earth scrolls. He kept finding them, almost like he knew the location of each and every one of them. And when Naruto came across a heaven scroll, he would plant another flag in that spot.
He finally found fifteen heaven scrolls, and returned to Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei. He let the stack of white scrolls fall on the table and watched as they both counted the scrolls out, some were placed to the right, others to the left of the desk. The stack to the left had the most and he feared that those were the wrong scrolls. He knew he should have paid more attention, but that damn rash side of his just does whatever it wants. He didn't even get a chance to think about the replica on the table. Finally the scrolls were divided, and Iruka talked.
"…Naruto, the scrolls beside me are the one that were required for your assignment. The ones beside Mizuki are the ones you got wrong. As you can tell, you grabbed twelve of the fifteen right, giving you a pass in this graduation exam. I'm proud to inform you that you are now a genin. Please take this headband in recognition of what you've accomplished."
Naruto held his excitement in for as long as he could, and he grabbed a headband and walked out of the room like a respectful adult. When he entered the hallway, Naruto couldn't contain it anymore, and he jumped for joy, he shouted loud and proud, and he dashed down the hall towards Hinata. He couldn't wait to give her the news. It was thanks to her that he was able to succeed. He waited outside her assignment room (he decided to memorize this point just for the heck of it) and when she opened the door, he gave her a big hug.
Hinata had no idea what happened when she exited the assignment room. She opened the door, ready to try and fool Naruto into thinking that she failed with a slow weak walk, and her head down. What she didn't expect was for him to finish before her, and wait outside her door. As she opened the door, a big orange blur cam down upon her, and gave her a hug that caught her off-guard. After regaining control of herself, she realized that it was Naruto holding her, and she blushed with enough red in her face, others might think ALL of her blood rushed to her head. She moved her arms and placed them around Naruto, feeling the softness of his jacket. Minato called out from the inside.
Good job Missy! You passed and you got my son! This makes me so happy… He said the last sentence in between sobs. This was all ignored by Hinata, as she just wanted to live in this moment forever, embraced by the one person she TRULY cared about.
Naruto was having the best day ever in his opinion. There was no way this could get better. But for Ryu, this shit was about to get real fun-like. He decided now was the time to speak up.
…Hey, Naruto! Are you gonna tap that? You should totally go for it! She's practically all over you now!
Naruto blushed ever deeper that Hinata did, and he made another mental note, punch the fox when he gets home, then doushe-glue his ass to the stove.
Kurenai just stared at the pair, and decided now was the time to decide on her pupils.
"Lord Hokage, I've decided who I want for my team. I would like to take Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto Uzumaki, and Shikamaru Nara."
The old man ran his fingers through his little soul patch, considering this course of action. He figured Hinata and Naruto would make a great team, if they ever stopped playing in front of everybody. Shikamaru seemed like a good choice as he was lazy and would leave the pair alone to…what the hell was wrong with him? Did he really just think that? Oh well, his ass hurt from that damn wooden chair, and he just wanted to go home.
"Very well Kurenai, fill out the forms, and you can have them. But if they fall out of it, that shit is on your head, got it?"
"Yes, my lord, thank you." Kurenai shadow stepped out of the room.
The two looked at each other, getting lost in their eyes. Hinata had one though running through her head, a perverse one at that. Naruto had five thoughts running through his head, all perverse thanks to Ryu. Their faces were an inch apart, and they could feel the other's breath. All they needed was some incentive, and they'd… Naruto realized he was NOT ready to go that far…yet. He broke the hug, and stepped back. Hinata nearly fell over, and she looked at Naruto like she'd cry. Naruto PRAYED she wouldn't, not over this. He extended his hand, blushing and scratching his right cheek with a single finger. She took the memo and grabbed it, the blush gone from her face, and a bright, beautiful smile in its place. They walked down the hall, hand in hand, enjoying the others company. Until Naruto broke the silence…
"…I guess this make us boyfriend and girlfriend huh?"
Hinata couldn't believe what she was hearing. Boyfriend and girlfriend? This was the…happiest…moment of her…life. And with that, Hinata fainted into Naruto's arms…
Naruto wasn't sure what to do in this situation. Should he take the girl home, or back to her home? He REALLY didn't feel like getting attacked for holding an unconscious Hyuuga in his arms. They'd murder him if given the chance. He decided to take her to his home, regardless of what his conscious told him not to do. It wasn't like he was gonna rape her.
Or will you?… Said Ryu.
…Naruto was going to invent a new type of doushe-glue for this bastard. Maybe one involving steak…