A/N: Well as I said, here is the 5th chapter faster than usual. Anywho, (Yes, I said Anywho, it was intentional) since I have a week of no school thanks to the life saver we like to call, Spring Break, chapters should be flying out faster. But let's quit with my rambling and get on with the story, shall we?
I don't own Naruto; all its characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto and TV Tokyo.
Hiashi Hyugga's day was not going well.
To start the day, he had been only inches away from being fired out of the committee of elders for the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Not that he would have cared (he would rather be anywhere else than with those old farts) but being part of the elders let him have insight on the whole of Konoha's actions, not to mention it increased his and the Hyugga clan's reputation tremendously.
However his reputation had already been damaged thanks to Hinata's act two days ago. Neji had barged into her room after a while of her not answering Neji's calls to eat dinner, only to find it vacant. Hiashi had tried to keep it a secret but somehow it leaked out and people were now aware of the Hyugga's little mishap. Not only did it make Hiashi look like a horrible father, he was also forced to buy the services of different Shinobi in order to bring his daughter back. However, this was purely reputation-based. As far as he cared, he could live with Hanabi, who was stronger, faster, and didn't give up before a fight even started. Anyone could have told who Hiashi's favorite was.
Which linked with his current situation. Here he was, staring at a black haired boy in his teens. He wore a loose shirt with somewhat puffy pants and a rope around his waist that was bundled in the back with a knot. On his rear hip was a blue-hilted Katana.
"So, Sasuke Uchiha is your name, am I correct?" Hiashi said, sitting down behind his wooden desk.
"Correct." The boy said, looking indifferent.
"Alright, let's get to the point." Hiashi sighed, intertwining his fingers and laying them on the desk. "You agree to the terms, conditions, and the rest?"
"Yes."
"Alright, then, all I can say is start as soon as you can." Hiashi said, handing him a paper that had a full description of her, from head to toes.
Sasuke nodded and took it before opening the door.
"I understand that when I say this I am throwing caution to the wind." Sasuke said, not even looking at Hiashi. "But for a father, you don't seem very worried about your own daughter."
Hiashi's eyes opened in surprise.
"Well how would you know, Mr. Uchiha?" Hiashi retorted. This kid was a bother, he could tell.
A moment of silence filled the room.
"Nothing can be hid from an Uchiha's eyes." He coldly stated, now looking back at him, his eyes red with three black markings on them.
"The Sharingan." Hiashi thought. "It surprised me enough that an Uchiha besides Itachi was still alive after that fateful day. I didn't expect this boy to have the Sharingan at such a young age."
Hiashi kept silent, just as Sasuke did and after what seemed like an eternity the Uchiha walked away, chuckling.
The terms included no harm being done to the heiress. It also included that if anyone came to intervene while the rescue took place, the rescuer had the authority to kill or wound. The reward of rescuing Hinata was none other than her hand in marriage. However, it wasn't this fact alone that had made people run towards Hiashi. No, it was the fact that Hinata was the daughter of a rich man therefore that meant that the husband received a great portion of those riches.
However, neither of those reasons pushed Sasuke to take up the rescue offer. No, it was the fact that those eyes were very powerful. Once Sasuke became pledged as the Hyugga's husband he would be able to know the Hyugga's secrets, and to him that was very important. Each weapon in his arsenal would count when he finally fought that man who had caused him so much grief and pain.
"Itachi…" Sasuke repeated the name in his head.
Sasuke was the only one who had passed the "test" to rescue Hiashi's daughter. The test was none other than beating the most talented Hyugga in a fight, Neji, to prove their worth.
Every single "contestant" had failed miserably in accomplishing that, and all left with bruises or a bloody body part. However, Sasuke had beaten the genius as if nothing, finishing the fight in less then 5 minutes.
"Too bad he wasn't enough of a challenge to use that technique." Sasuke chuckled to himself.
This was going to be a piece of cake.
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"Man this stuff is great!" Naruto exclaimed, loudly slurping up the broth of his third bowl.
Hinata and Temari only looked at him amazed. How was it possible that someone was still hungry after three bowls of ramen?
"You're a pig…" Temari muttered.
"You're a freak." Naruto retorted.
"Wow where did that come from?"
"Excuse me?" Temari asked, although she had heard perfectly well.
"Nothing, Nothing."
"Keep 'em coming!" Naruto declared as the old man handed him the fourth bowl.
Everyone had already finished, with Gaara eating two bowls, Kankuro eating three and both Hinata and Temari eating one.
Naruto sighed in satisfaction as he stacked the fourth bowl on top of the other three.
"And for the grand finale!" Naruto said, the fifth and final bowl being set down.
"You really are a pig…" Kankuro said.
"Don't you think you're overdoing it, Naruto?" Gaara asked.
"Hey, if you hadn't put a limit I could eat three more."
"You aren't a pig; you're much more than that." Temari said.
Naruto only stuck his tongue out at her.
"At least Hinata is a nice person." Naruto said, looking at the silent Hinata who was startled that her name had even infiltrated the conversation.
"Nice job Hinata, we were on an insulting streak!" Kankuro sulked.
"I-I'm sorry." Hinata softly apologized.
Kankuro only looked at her. "You do know I'm just messing with you, right?"
"Oh…" Hinata's face flushed red in embarrassment.
It was no longer daytime, and the full moon reflected brightly as people bustled through the streets, most of the parents with their children while the kids asked their parents for toys and the liking.
"Alright!" Naruto licked his lips, setting down the final bowl. "I'm finished!"
"Yes, we can see that captain genius." Temari said, already standing up.
Naruto stuck his tongue out once more before picking himself up along with the rest. Well, everyone but Gaara who was paying the expense of 12 ramen bowls.
"Thank you Kazekage-sama." The old man bowed a bit as Gaara nodded and departed.
It wasn't until Gaara started walking away that the old man realized the Kazekage had paid him more than he was supposed to. It was a hefty amount too.
"Eh, Kaze-" He started.
"Keep it." Gaara said before joining Naruto and the others.
"Man, I'm tired now." Naruto said, putting his arms behind his head. "I should probably get to sleep; I have to get supplies tomorrow."
"I'll lead you to the hotel. I already made a reservation for you." Gaara said.
"A reservation?" Naruto tilted his head. "That's so cool! If there is a reserving system then that means that it's probably like a five star hotel, and if it's a five star hotel that must mean that there is room service with food!" Naruto pumped his fist in the air.
"Not exactly." Kankuro said, finding the fact that the only thing that rested on his mind was food annoying. "They have food service, but in the dining room; they won't deliver to your room."
"Aw." Naruto sulked, now dragging his arms.
"Oh no, we don't want the great Naruto to go down a few stairs! What will we do?" Temari sarcastically said.
"Since we didn't expect you to have company, you and Hinata will have to sleep in the same room." Gaara said. "But don't worry, there's two beds."
"Um, can't you just tell them 'Hey, give this guy a second room.' you are Kazekage!" Naruto said.
"God you're annoying." Kankuro face-palmed himself.
"Naruto, have you ever heard of power abuse?" Gaara asked.
"What's that?"
"Forget it." Kankuro sighed.
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The five walked inside the lighted hotel's lobby. There was much furniture and paintings, one of them especially captivating Naruto's attention. It showed two lions frozen in a fight, one of them having a gash on their rib and the other's eye bloody. The walls were painted white and some gray statues outlined corners of the room.
"Ah, Kazekage-sama." A man with a uniform said. "I'll lead this young man to his room."
"The girl is with him." Gaara said and the man nodded. "And its fine, we'll walk him there."
"Yeah, he might get lost and end up in the bathroom." Temari snickered.
Gaara and the rest climbed two stories before actually making it to the right floor. They walked ahead of a few rooms before getting to Naruto and Hinata's respective one.
"Well, this is it, 3-10." Kankuro said, looking at the note in his hand.
Naruto nodded and unlocked the door with a click before opening it. As soon as the door had flung open he felt the sudden cold air from the air conditioner hitting his face like a blizzard. It felt incredible.
"Well, we'll see you tomorrow Naruto." Temari said, waving her hand and having a small smile. The three siblings were already walking away.
"Hey! That's the first time today you were nice to me!"
"I never said I want to see you tomorrow." Temari snickered.
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"She is now a mega-jerk in my book." He thought.
"Whatever, 'Pine-tops'!" Naruto retorted.
"What did you say?" Temari yelled.
"Oh crap, crap, crap!" Naruto exclaimed. "Hurry Hinata, get inside!"
Naruto almost pushed Hinata inside as he quickly did the same and slammed the door shut behind him, quickly locking it. He put his ear to the door and could hear Gaara and Kankuro trying to hold Temari back.
"Let me at him!" Temari yelled.
"Just let it go this time!" Kankuro tried to reason.
After a long while all there was only silence out in the hall, coming as a huge breather to Naruto. At least for the moment.
Naruto took his cheek off the door and turned around.
"I screwed up." Naruto said aloud, gulping. "She is going to kill me tomorrow."
Hinata only smiled, looking around the room just like Naruto.
There were two beds a few feet apart from each other, a bed-couch, a desk, a closet, and one bathroom. The whole floor of the room was carpeted, and the walls were a milky peach. A lamp rested on either side of the beds.
"It looks pretty comfortable, don't you think?" Naruto asked.
"Y-Yeah, I guess so." Hinata replied now sitting on the side of a bed.
"Well, there's only one way to find out!" Naruto said, running towards the latter bad and jumping on it.
He landed and bounced back into the air once before landing back again.
"Aw yeah." Naruto said lying on the bed.
After a while of deep relaxation, Naruto groggily got up and walked to the bathroom.
"I'm going to take a bath before going to bed." Naruto informed.
He closed the door behind him and stripped off his clothes, slowly walking inside the shower and turning on the hot water.
"I love you heat." Naruto muttered, washing his hair with some shampoo.
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A young man flew over treetops and through the sky on a giant, clay-made bird. His hair was long and bundled in the back with a ponytail, while a large survivor of said ponytail hung over his left eye, hiding his Anti-Genjutsu apparatus. He wore a black coat with red cloud markings on them, and both of his hands had mouths on them.
His name was Deidara, and he was on a journey to find a certain person.
"If I keep this rate I should be there before noon." He thought. "I asked Pein-sama to give me something that would be more of a challenge. The Ichibi, pshh."
But nevertheless he put a grin on and relaxed as he enjoyed the ride that his clay bird provided.
"Sunagakure, here I come."
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Naruto sighed in relief as he came out of the bathroom, wet and with a towel covering him, to which Hinata blushed furiously, mostly because of him only using a towel.
"Alright, your turn." Naruto said, plopping back unto the bed. He had been waiting for this too long. Unfortunately he was forced to wait a bit longer.
Hinata nodded and walked towards the bathroom, shutting the door behind her.
"Alright then, where are those pajamas Gaara said he had sent me?" Naruto muttered, standing up and looking for it.
He switched the room upside down looking for the pajamas, and he finally found them after what seemed like and eternity. It was an orange bag with swirly signs on them. Naruto only blinked and took the clothes outside of the bag before groaning.
There before him was a full set of pajamas, but not the kind that he had expected. Nope, not at all. The set was composed of a T-Shirt and some loose comfortable pants, accompanied by a nigh-cap that featured a hippo with two teeth. But the designs on the T-shirt were, well, not so manly. It featured a bunch of cute, little foxes etched on the T-shirt and pants.
It was certainly Gaara's doing.
But he put them on anyways, sighing as he did so. Although he couldn't complain about the hat; for some reason he had a sort of liking to it. Suddenly someone knocked on the room's door, and Naruto swiftly go to it, looking through the peep-hole to make sure it wasn't Temari.
But thanks to Kami, it wasn't. In fact it was the man in the uniform they had met in the lobby. In his hands he held some neatly folded clothes.
Naruto sighed, prepared for humiliation, and opened the door.
"These clothes are for the lady." The man said before looking at Naruto. His cheeks puffed in suppressed laughter. "Um, t-there from K-Kazekage-sama." He said before handing him the clothes and walking away.
Naruto peeked his head out and looked at the man walking away, whose shoulders were trembling in laughter. Naruto's eyebrows only furrowed.
He sighed and walked back inside, locking the door once more and putting Hinata's pajamas on the floor right in front of the bathroom door.
"Hey, Hinata, you're pajamas are right in front of the door." Naruto said, his eyes heavy.
"O-Ok!"
Naruto groaned once more before groggily walking towards the bed and throwing himself on it. He wanted nothing more than falling asleep. After a while he heard the clicking of the door as it opened with a pajama-clothed Hinata. Her pajamas on the other hand, featured bunnies and no night-cap. Hinata only looked at Naruto for a few seconds to which Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Don't say a word." Naruto said before pulling the covers over him.
Hinata walked towards her bed and did the same, her shoulders trembling and her hand covering her mouth as she suppressed laughter. Who would have thought that the most wanted thief in all the land of fire was using fox pajamas? That sheer question made Hinata squeak. She couldn't hold it much longer.
"Hey are you alright?" Naruto asked, turning his lamp back on. "You don't sound very well."
"I-I'm fine." Hinata managed to say. But alas, it was a futile attempt as she burst into a fit of laughter.
Naruto only banged his head into the soft bed, cursing himself over and over again.
"I am so getting you back tomorrow Gaara…" Naruto muttered before turning off his lamp once more.
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Sasuke Uchiha walked inside a tall, old, cracked building. Its pillars were gray and had cracks, and it had a bell at the very top, although no one had used it for years. The floors were purple and rock lied around. The whole building was hollow.
"Welcome." A tall man said. His beard was long, pointy and he was almost bald. By the sight you could tell he was old. "How may we help you?"
"We?" Sasuke replied.
"Ah yes, the guardians and I." He gestured. "We protect the sacred temple of the god of wind."
"Sacred temple huh? Seems like an old rack house to me." Sasuke thought looking around.
"Right." He finally said. "Have you seen this girl pass by?" He held up a picture of Hinata.
"No, I am afraid not." The old man said, rubbing his beard
"Alright, that is all." Sasuke said, starting to walk away. He was a bit disappointed that the old fart didn't know a thing.
"Wait, would you like to stay for the night?" The old man asked. "Our beds are very comfortable."
"No thank you, I have no intention of spending any more time here; I have things to do." Sasuke replied.
"Oh…" The old man said. "Oh my…It seems we will have to take you in by force then."
And out of what seemed nowhere, armored men peeked out, each carrying a katana.
"These men are very experienced in wind type chakra. If you resist they will kill you." The old man smiled, retreating a bit. "However, give yourself in, and we'll hold you for a ransom to Hiashi Hyugga. He should provide us a hefty amount for your life."
"So that was your measly plan all along?" Sasuke found it hard to believe. They were taking him way too lightly! "Capture me and hold me ransom to Hiashi?"
"Well, we'll see if you still talk big after you're tied up with a sword to your neck. Didn't your mother ever tell you not to speak with strangers?" The old man snickered. "Get him!"
The armed men roared as they charged at Sasuke, while he only stood his ground. He had already taken out his own katana, and had already infused Chidori to it, making the blade scream and show blue light. One man came at him and slashed vertically, to which Sasuke only moved out of the way and stabbed his back, quickly taking his blade out as fast as it had gone in. The man groaned in pain and fell while the other came at him, to which Sasuke only dodged and countered.
It came to the point where Sasuke was surrounded by the men. They all yelled as they charged at him, while Sasuke only ducked, moved, and jumped to avoid their blades. He slashed and stabbed through metal and flesh, some blood staining his face and arms. He didn't even have to use his Sharingan.
The last one hesitated and stood his ground, seeing that all his partners were now lying on the floor, dead.
"What, are you scared?" Sasuke chuckled.
Meanwhile, seeing that all his men had been killed, the old man had made a run for it, but somehow Sasuke noticed.
"Run as much as you want, I will still find you!" Sasuke yelled before focusing his attention on the young warrior once more. "If you run away I won't kill you." He told the armed man.
He only nodded, trembling. He sheathed his katana and ran towards the door. He ran and ran until he was only a few feet away from the handle, but just before he could reach for it Sasuke appeared in front of him.
"I can't believe you actually tried to run away." Sasuke said. "You aren't worthy of that sword you are carrying. People who run away from the heat of battle are scum and don't deserve to live."
He growled as he slashed through the man's flesh, kicking him away.
The old man only stood frozen in the shadows, hoping he wouldn't be found. But alas, it was too late. Sasuke was already walking towards him, blade in hand.
"D-Don't kill me!" He pleaded.
"Hey, you tried to kill me, am I right?" Sasuke retorted. "An eye for an eye…"
The old man quivered in fear.
"Now, now, tell me, have you or have you not seen this girl pass by?" Sasuke held his blade up to the old man's neck.
"I swear, I don't know a thing about her, I'm not involved in whatever-"
"Oh well." Sasuke said before running his blade across the neck. His body fell limp and slumped to the ground.
Sasuke walked away from the grueling and bloody scene, taking a rag and wiping off the blood from his blade.
A/N: Sky here! Well, as we have all seen, two antagonists have appeared in this chapter, so you can bet the rest of the story will have a plot rather than just letting Naruto be a roaming nomad. Anyways, I just wanted to include a little fight in this chapter since some people noted (Through reviews) out how last chapter was a bit dull. Talking about reviews, I will be reading some questions and/or reviews that people have asked.
Here's from Lovestroyman140- "If he's the biggest thief y does he wear kill me orange still?"
Well, I didn't really think that the clothes factor would be big to his popularity. I mean, everyone knows about him, it's not like it's going to be reversed if he suddenly wears blue or something. Also, I kind of changed his personality a tad-bit to accommodate this story, so I really didn't want to change anything else.
From Deadlysmile- "This is a really great story. Hurry up and write more."
Will do, good sir!
From Christopher Scott- "Interesting story. I like it and I'm curious as to what's to follow. Please update at your convenience. Truly, Christopher Scott: A gentleman thief.
Mr. Scott, first of all I would like to say I LOVE your signature. I really do. And no, I will not update at MY convenience, I will update at the convenience of the readers, because you guys are so awesome. Thank you so much for your review Mr. Scott.
From Uzumaki Ricky- "HMM…I GUESS IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW. BY THE WAY… I LIKED THE INTERACTION BETWEEN NARUTO AND THE KYUUBI (FYI, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE WAY IT'S SPELLED) AT THE BEGINNING."
Why thank you! And yes, I didn't remember how Kyuubi was spelled, so thank you so, so much, I'm sorry to whomever might have noticed that mistake.
From Oceanmoon- "When I read this chapter, I felt as though you had developed your characters vey well. I look forward to your next chapter, this is very exciting!"
Thank you friendo! It means a lot to me!
From XxookamassxXx- "I LOVE IT!"
Thank you!
Alright, so that's it for today and thank you to everyone who's reviewed; you're automatically on my "awesome" list. Nah you're on my "Awesomely awesome, incredibly awesome" list. Yeah, that's more like it.
Oh, I almost forgot, I'm doing this new thing that I call "The Fanfiction poll" I have been thinking about it, and decided, well, why not let the readers have a say? So, what's going to happen is you can tell me what you should think should happen in the story. You can send it via message or review, it doesn't matter. Tell me how you think the characters develop, how the plot will go, things like that. Also, please take note that I won't be using EVERY single "Fanfiction poll" suggestion. I am going to use the ones I think that would have a good impact on the story and would fit in well, so it's advised you include plot details.
Thank you so much, and hopefully the next chapter will be out sooner than you can say,
"Super-calli-fraga-listic-espi-yala-docious"
P.S. As some of you might know, there is this glitch roaming the Naruhina stories, preventing us from uploading or editing our stories. I was not able to upload this chapter because of that, so, in hopes that someone would know the solution, I sent a Private Message to some of the reviewers. And thanks to Solvdrage I found the solution, and it's quite simple:
When the error page comes up, go to the URL, look for the word property. Right, now, erase the word "property" and put "content" in its place. Then press enter. And that's it! So a big thanks to Solvdrage!
-Sky