Chapter 13: Gaining the speed and learning new techniques
The Hyuga girl was running through the forest grounds still trying to catch Kazuya. At least now she was running a little faster than from before. As she was running branch to branch she stopped when she saw Gaara below.
"There is Gaara-kun…" She looked at him. It looked like he was training. She jumped down and spoke.
"H-Hello Gaara-kun" She said in a whisper. He stopped and turned around. He nodded as he looked at her new attire.
"What are you doing out here?" He asked as he looked back at her face.
"I was training"
"Ah I see, doing what?" He asked. He knew that she was up in the trees looking at him and wondered if she was really training or simply just watching him.
"I'm being trained by my cousin's teammate, he's improving me in my speed"
"I don't see anyone out here but you and me" He stated as he looked at her.
She blushed as she looked at him. "No really, his name is Kazuya. I'm not sure where he is…but he is out here" Gaara nodded not really sure if he really believes what she was saying that is until a older teen jumped down and was now standing behind Hinata.
"Hinata-chan what are you doing? You are supposed to be trying to catch me" He said but he tore his gaze from her as he looked at Gaara.
"I'm sorry, Gaara-kun but I have to go now" He nodded as he looked at Kazuya. The older red head smirked as he looked at Gaara.
"Is Hinata-chan your girlfriend?" He asked only to receive a glare by Gaara. Hinata looked at Kazuya and blushed.
"Kazuya-kun…let's go" She pulled his arm and jumped up into the trees. Gaara watched them for awhile before he went back to his training.
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Kazuya smirked as he looked at Hinata. "Hinata-chan do you realize that your speed is becoming much faster now?" He asked as he looked at her. Hinata looked at Kazuya and realized that she was running right beside him. She smiled.
"See I knew that I could improve your speed a little bit…" He grinned as he looked at her. She smiled. "Now all I want you to do is wear that vest this whole month…who knows maybe like me you might end up wearing it all the time" He said as looked straight ahead of her.
"Yeah…I do like the vest" She said as she smiled.
"So I'm guessing Kiyoshi is teaching you how to use weapons, ne?"
"Yes…he is"
"Ah I see…I'm what you call empty hand" Hinata gave him a confuse look.
"What is that?"
"The Empty Hand refers to martial arts styles that do not use weapons and rely on the body; hands, feet, and etc for self-defense"
"So you never use weapons?" Kazuya shook his head. "No I have but I prefer not to use them…weapons are a hassle to me and I prefer to use my hands and feet as my weapons" He looked over at the female Hyuuga and smirked. She smiled back as she looked at him.
"Now like I told you earlier I'm going to tell you a few things to go by when you are fighting Neji. Things that you should keep in mind while fighting him" He said as he stopped running as did Hinata.
"Now first thing…having focus is the main key. The ability to concentrate only on one's goal, whether to perfect a technique or to win in a tournament, is fundamental to success as a ninja. When one loses one's focus, even for a moment, one can be defeated" He explained as he looked at her. She nodded.
"And believe me I don't think you want to lose your focus when fighting Neji. I know he can be really intimidating but just don't let him get to you" She nodded.
"Next you have to be calm and detached at all times. This is called Fudoshin; meaning Unchangeable or strong at heart; that is one who has the ability to be calm and detached at all times. When one is calm and detached, the difficulties in life are unthreatening. Small problems as well as large ones can be approached with this attitude"
"So what you're saying is that when I'm fighting Neji-niisan I should be more calm and detached and when I'm stuck in a rut act as if there were no problem at all?" She asked.
"Yeah" He responded. Hinata is really comfortable around Kiyoshi and his teammates. She rarely stutters around as much as she does when around other people. Maybe because Kana and Kazuya were always so kind to her and they have both known her ever since she was younger and they both are always willing to help her out.
"Heijo-Shin; which is a calm but focused state of mental awareness that a ninja or any other type of fighter must have during a battle. It is characterized by a relaxed and confident attitude. Anger or fear may cause the ninja to lose concentration, or may cause him to be blinded to the opponent's strategy, so it is necessary to be sharply focused, but equally calm. It is necessary to have cultivated fudoshin, for this mental state to be possible" Kazuya paused before he continued talking.
"This is something you or neither Neji have. Neji let's his anger get to him when fighting while you could become fearful in a middle of a battle. You have to cultivate this mental state so you won't have fear in you while fighting Neji…I'm sure you are frightened by him are you not?" The red head asked. Hinata looked away and nodded.
"Kana and Kiyoshi both have Hontai something that I'm not very good in. Hontai is being alert and prepared for any event. Thus, nothing will come as a surprise and the ninja will not be confuse and uncertain as to his or her course of action. But for this awareness to work you have to dulled in drinks such as caffeine…and I'm sure you don't drink coffee or anything like that, ne?"
"I-Iie…"
"Yeah me either…so moving on. What I'm teaching you now is how to gain speed but I'm also teaching you Muscle control. This is the ability to execute a technique with such skill that even at full speed, the technique can be stopped a fraction of an inch before the target. This makes it possible to have no contact matches between martial arts practitioners, yet still helps the practitioner develop excellent physical skills. Control also refers to ability to maintain little or medium contact while sparring, as opposed to always operating at full contact or full speed. Certain exercises are performed to build muscle control, bur practice, of course is essential" He explained as he looked at her.
"Kazuya-kun I'm really impressed. You are so smart and to be taught be you and Kiyoshi-niisan is really helpful" Kazuya blushed in embarrassment.
"Aw it's nothing…you are like a relative of mine and I'll always be there to help you in anyway I could" He smirked as he ruffled with her hair. She smiled as she blushed also.
"Look it's getting late…and I just remembered that I have to go visit my little sister in the hospital before they close" Hinata nodded. Kazuya was the older brother of a young girl name Rin. Rin was eleven years old, with red hair just like her brother and she had green eyes instead. Kazuya and Rin parent's died due to a fatal illness and now it's just him and his little sister Rin. Rin is in currently going to the ninja academy and was badly injured when she was fighting one of the male students in her class and he was also; in result they both were taken to the hospital. Rin is all Kazuya has so he is very protective of her.
Kazuya started walking away but then he stopped and turned around. "Oh and Hinata-chan I'm still going to be training you tomorrow…and remember don't take off that jacket" Kazuya then started walking off.
Hinata smiled to herself as she started walking home.
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Kiyoshi was just not coming home, he would have been home much earlier but he ran into Kana and she started dragging him from place to place. He sighed as before he started to yawn.
As he was walking down the hallway of the Hyuuga manor he looked up to see Neji walking his way. They both walked passed each other but then they both stopped.
"So I hear that you are training Hinata-sama" The Hyuuga asked. Kiyoshi glared at Neji.
"Yeah what of it?" He frowned. "You are wasting your time training her. She's weak, you and I both know whose going to win at the third exam" Neji smirked. Kiyoshi looked at Neji and frowned but then he smiled.
"Yeah I do…Hinata-sama is" Neji looked at him frowning.
"Hinata-sama is stronger than you think just you wait a see" Kiyoshi smirked.
"Tch…like I believe that" Neji frowned before walking off.
"Oh you will when you get you butt kick out there in front of all those people" Neji stopped walking and turned around looking at Kiyoshi who had a smirk on his face.
"Shut-up and stop talking like you know everything" Kiyoshi snorted.
"You're one to talk. You're always talking like you know everything and you don't…you're not the only one suffering Hinata-sama is too" And with that Kiyoshi walked off. Neji frowned as he looked at Kiyoshi's retreating form.
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The young Hyuuga girl had just got out the tub and was now in her room lying down. "I should be tired I mean i just training all day today and I can't sleep at all. Just thinking about what I'm going to learn tomorrow. Kiyoshi-niisan and Kazuya-kun are very good teachers…they'll make good Jounin's. Maybe I will become fast just like Kana and Kazuya at the end of this training…I just can't wait until tomorrow" Hinata smiled. She looked over at her team picture that Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke and she were on. She smiled as she looked at her teammates.
"I wonder how Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun are doing on they're training. I hope that they are doing okay…" She sighed as she sat the picture back down. She was just about to close her eyes she heard the door open. She knew that it was Kakashi probably just coming from training Sasuke.
She sighed to herself. "Well…I just I better go to sleep I have a long month ahead of me" She whispered to herself as she closed her eyes.
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BANG BANG CLANK CLACK
Hinata sat up in an alarmed way as she looked up to see both Kiyoshi and Kazuya in her room with grins on they're face with pots and pans in their hands. "Time to wake up sleepy head" Kiyoshi grinned.
"Yeah so get up and get ready…" Kazuya stated as he looked at her watch. "I'm giving you ten minutes to get ready now go"
"W-What? Ten minutes…I-but I can't ready in that short amount of time"
"You're wasting your minutes" The two teens said as they both pointed to their watch. Hinata got out of bed and went straight to the bathroom.
"You better hurry Hinata-chan"
"Yeah if you don't we have something in store for you" Kiyoshi grinned as he looked at his best friend. Kazuya smirked.
Hinata cut on the shower as she stepped inside. "How did they even get inside?" She thought as she started taking her shower.
"Times a wasting and she's been in there for five minutes already" Kiyoshi stated. The red head nodded.
Twenty minutes passed and Hinata finally came out fully clothed and everything. Both Kiyoshi and Kazuya smirked as they looked at her.
"Well…ten minutes have been passed-"Kiyoshi started as Kazuya finished his started sentence.
"And well since you didn't make it out on time…I want you to wear this vest that has more weight added onto it and I want you to run around this whole village until I say stop" Kazuya smirked. Hinata looked at him like he had just grown another head on his shoulders.
"Y-You want me to what?"
"You heard me…now put this on and let's go" He handed her the weighted vest. Hinata looked at the vest and concentrated all her chakra to her legs and feet before putting on the vest. She looked at the two teens and nodded telling them that she was ready.
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"Come on Hinata-sama pick up that pace…you can do it" Kiyoshi yelled causing people to stare in their direction. Hinata blushed since everyone was looking at them.
"Kiyoshi-niisan…please" She begged. It was already embarrassing enough since Kazuya was yelling out all sorts of things. Kiyoshi smirked as he looked at her.
"Come on Hinata-sama don't get embarrassed ignore them" Kiyoshi stated as he ran beside his running cousin. Hinata started to sweat as she was running. This vest that she was wearing now seemed way heavier than the one from before.
"I'm proud of you Hinata-chan" Hinata looked up at Kazuya in shock.
"W-Why is that?"
"That vest weighs much more than the one I gave you four weeks ago and you acted as if you were only wearing a 100 pound vest…that one is close to ten ton" He smirked. Hinata did a double look at Kazuya.
"R-Really?"
"Yeah…I didn't know if I should have did it at first but Kiyoshi here told me that you could handle it and he was right" He stated. Hinata looked at her cousin who was smiling at her.
"Your speed is improving…that's really something because your speed is probably close to Lee's and you learned your speed in only one day…impressive" Kiyoshi stated.
"H-Hai…but Lee-kun is much faster than I" Hinata said. Kiyoshi nodded. "Yeah…but you're getting close…I bet you by the end of this month you'll be as fast as Kazuya here" He looked at his best friend who was running in front of them.
Hinata smiled. She hoped that she could be as fast as him someday.
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The blonde haired ninja was still trying to learn how to summon a frog when he spotted Hinata along two other guys from afar.
"Is that Hinata?" Naruto stopped to stand up to look at see if it was her but before he could get a good look Jiraiya hit him on the head.
"Come on kid pay more attention" He said as he frowned at Naruto. Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he frowned. "Ero-Sennin I am paying attention"
"What did I tell you stop calling me that" He yelled as he looked at the grinning blonde.
"Well you are a pervert" Naruto said with a smirk.
"That's enough!" He yelled.
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"Okay Sasuke I'm going to teach you how to Chidori" Sasuke nodded as he looked at his sensei. Sasuke started to think about Hinata as he started listening to Kakashi explain to him what Chidori was.
"I wonder how Hinata is doing in her training. How strong has she gotten? I guess I won't find out until next month" He thought as he looked at Kakashi while nodded.
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"Okay we have run around this whole village three times so far…" Kiyoshi said while looking at his little cousin who looked like she was about to faint any moment now.
"Here Hinata-chan…drink this you'll feel better" He handed her this water. She took it and drank the whole thing in less than twenty seconds. They both looked at her in shock.
"Well how about we rest for a while and then I'll start training you in some new techniques okay Hinata-sama?" Hinata nodded her head.
"H-Hai…" They all sat down at Ichiraku's. Kazuya ordered some miso while Kiyoshi ordered ramen. Hinata didn't eat or so she said she wasn't hungry.
"Eat Hinata-sama…if you eat you'll have more energy and you need that energy when training with me…so you can be focused' Hinata nodded.
"I'll have one more miso for her" Kiyoshi said the Ayame. She nodded as she started cooking the miso for Hinata.
"You are a really quick learner Hinata-chan" He said as he looked at her. She smiled.
"Here is you miso Hinata-sama" Ayame said as she smiled at Hinata. Hinata smiled back and thanked her for the meal. Ayame smiled and retreated back into the kitchen.
Hinata started eating her meal when Kiba appeared from behind her. "Hi Hinata I haven't seen you in awhile" He grinned as she looked at her.
Hinata turned around and looked at Kiba. "H-Hello Kiba-kun…" She smiled. Kiba looked at the two boys sitting next to her. Hinata noticed this and introduced them to Kiba.
"Ano Kiba-kun this is Kiyoshi-niisan my cousin and this is his teammate Kazuya-kun" She said. They all nodded at each other.
"They are helping me with my training for the third exam" She stated as she turned back around and started eating more of her miso. Kiba nodded.
"I see…well I hope you win Hinata"
"Oh she's defiantly going to win. Hinata-sama has become so strong"
"Yeah really strong…it's crazy just you wait you're going to be shock and so is her team" The red head said while looking at Hinata smirking. Kiba smiled. "Well…I'll see you around Hinata" He then waved and left them.
Kiyoshi looked at Hinata and smirked. "Kiba…that's the same guy that likes you isn't it" Hinata blushed.
"H-Hai…but his just a friend" Kazuya listened in the conversation and also started talking
"Well what about that guy from that night I first started training you with your speed…what was that all about?" He raised his eyebrows up and down while smiling.
"Ah t-that was n-nothing just talking" She said turning back to her miso. Kiyoshi looked at Hinata. "There was a guy? What guy? How did he look?"
"Oh he had red head just like me, and he was wearing a gourd of some sort and he had really dark eyes like he doesn't sleep or something" Kiyoshi looked at Hinata.
"That must one of the guys that Hinata-sama likes" He smirked. "Well let's change the topic seeing that Hinata-sama is getting embarrassed" he smirked. Hinata sighed in relief.
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Weeks have passed and the three were now in the training grounds as they all looked at each. "Okay now I'm going to teach you new forms and techniques" Hinata nodded as she looked at her cousin.
"Kiyoshi-niisan…I noticed that you don't use the Hyuuga stance when you are fighting" Kiyoshi nodded.
"Yeah…I do sometimes but I like to have my own style instead of fighting like a Hyuuga. I am proud to be in one of the most powerful clans in Konoha but just because I am a Hyuuga does not mean that I have to fight like Hyuuga. That's what I want to teach you…Neji is sure enough to use Hyuuga fighting techniques while he is fighting you and I want you to shock not only him but Haishi-sama and show them what you can be…a strong female Hyuuga of the Hyuuga clan" He smiled. Hinata smiled at his compliment.
"Okay now let's get down to business" Kiyoshi said. "We have been training for four weeks now and you basically have everything down packed but I want to teach you a little more" Hinata nodded while Kazuya sat down on the ground looking at the two.
"The Block, Knife Hand" Kiyoshi said as he showed Hinata the stance for it. "These blocks are performed with the open hand in the knife hand position. The fingers are held tightly together and the elbow in best. This technique is used to block a blow to the middle section" Kiyoshi changed his position.
"This is how the Knife hand block looks to the low section" Hinata nodded as she mimics his movements so she could understand them more.
"This is the Pressing Block A block that can be performed with hand or leg. It simply indicates that instead of pushing or striking to block, blocking limb is limb is used to press the attacking hand or foot away" Hinata nodded.
"X Block, also called a cross block, performed with crossed forearms; usually right over left, with strong thrusting movement. Upwards to guard the high section, downward to guard the low section. The wrists used to trap the attacking limb" He moved his arms to form an X as he watched Hinata do the same.
"That's right…Kazuya get over here and let me show Hinata-sama something" The red head sighed as he stood up.
"Try attacking me" He nodded as he started trying to throw punches at Kiyoshi. When the red head tried to hit Kiyoshi in the face Kiyoshi blocked him with X block and trapped his foot with his wrists as he thrusted his forearms forwards making Kazuya fall back.
"See easy and simple" Kiyoshi smirked. Kazuya got up from the ground.
"Yeah…easy…your wrist feel like steel or something…my ankle hurts now" He said as he rubbed his ankle. Kiyoshi smiled as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Sorry…" He said.
"Hai I know" The red head said while sitting back down.
"Okay come on…I want to spar with you to see your improvements" Hinata nodded.
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One week has passed and the next day was the big day for: Sasuke, Gaara, Hinata, Neji, Naruto, TenTen, Temari, Shikamaru, Shino, and Kankurou. The day of the Third Exam the day each one of them has been waiting for.
Naruto couldn't even sleep while at his apartment, while Sasuke was still training with Kakashi. Hinata on the other hand was sound sleep waiting for her big moment to show everyone who she could be.
Okay that was the chapter 13. Up next is chapter 14. I'm going to tell you this right now. I'm only writing Sasuke and Gaara's fight and Hinata and Neji's fight and there might be a small possibility that I might write Naruto's and TenTen fight scene but as far as the others…sorry I'm not writing them. Please leave reviews.
9/5/10: Okay, just to let everyone know, sorry I didn't really edit this chapter. Lately, I haven't been adding any Japanese words to my stories and as you may notice this story has the suffix's as well as the words 'ano' 'arigatou' and maybe 'gomen' and 'hai' and the "…." So I'm sorry if that bothers you and due to my laziness I didn't take them out Dx sorry about that. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well as the next.
Next chapter: Finally the big day has come
"Okay first fight Hyuga Hinata vs. Hyuuga Neji, everyone else go leave until it's your turn. Both Neji and Hinata looked at each other.
"What's with that look? I've never seen Hinata-sama look so determine before" He looked at the girl before him in shock.