My Heart's Lavender Eyes
"Normal speech"
'Thought'
Kyuubi
Other enormous beings
"Disclaimer"
I do not own Naruto or any affiliation there being, I am doing this fanfic because I enjoy making this story, not for profit (which I do not get by the way)
Chapter 2:
An "S" class Mission?!
Tsunade stomped around the desk and rolled up her sleeves, ready to beat the living crap out of him for calling her a drunk old hag. But she stopped when she saw the small teen in his arms. She stopped and blinked for a second, then smiled at Naruto while rolling her sleeves back down, and putting her hands on her hips.
"Now Tsunade! Be reasonable!" said Shizune.
Naruto was surprised she hadn't hit him yet, and he wasn't about to let his guard down.
"So… Naruto…" said Tsunade with a smirk on her face.
'I can't hit him with a girl in his arms, but I can still torture him in other ways.' thought Tsunade with a smile.
Seeing her smile, Naruto took another step back, still expecting a beating.
"Who's your new girlfriend?" asked Tsunade.
"Oh, this is Hinata and we… HEY! She's not my girlfriend!" said Naruto while blushing a little.
"Oh really? Then why are you holding her like you two are married?" asked Tsunade.
"I'm not! She was, I was... I'm not!" stammered Naruto.
Tsunade chuckled at his flustering.
'He really is too easy...' thought Tsunade.
"Okay then, why are you holding her?" asked Tsunade.
"Well, we were down by Ichiraku's... I said hi to Hinata, and she fainted. So I picked her up and brought her here when you summoned us." explained Naruto.
"She just fainted? For no reason? That seems odd." said Tsunade suspiciously.
'Not really...' thought Shizune.
'Yeah not really...' thought Naruto.
"Actually you'd be surprised how common that is. Considering how things normally go with Hinata, this is quite normal." said Kakashi.
Tsunade's expression changed to surprised for only a moment.
'Hm... Interesting... could he actually be the one that she...' thought Tsunade.
'She does faint an awful lot...' thought Naruto.
Hinata's expression was painted with her blush. Something about the way she looked made Naruto feel good.
'She's actually quite cute when she blushes...' thought Naruto.
Tsunade caught Naruto looking down at Hinata. His cheeks were flushing slightly from his thoughts.
"Well then Naruto, if that IS what happened, and you ARE just holding her... Then why are you blushing?" asked Tsunade.
Naruto's blush deepened in embarrassment.
"I'm... I'm not!" stammered Naruto.
Tsunade walked to the other side of the room over to a large red curtain that hung from the wall.
She reached behind the curtain, and pulled on a rope. The curtains were pulled out of the way, revealing a body-size mirror.
"Naruto, this is the Hokage's vanity mirror. It is important to look your best when there are Dignitaries involved, so this full-size mirror is important. Take a look." said Tsunade.
He looked past Tsunade to see his reflection.
The first thing he noticed was Hinata, and how frail she looked in his arms.
'Hinata...' thought Naruto.
Then he noticed the expression on his own face. It was easy to notice the red tint among his whiskers.
'Why am I blushing? Is it because I'm embarrassed? Why would I be embarrassed unless... do I... like her like that? It just seems so sudden... I've known her so well for so long...' thought Naruto.
He looked down at her blushing face, her cuteness more evident to him than ever.
The way her hair was smooth and shiny. The way her bangs hung perfectly in front of her face. The innocence in her face and demeanor.
Naruto felt his blush getting worse.
'Why haven't I thought of her like this before... She's always been this way...' thought Naruto.
It was then that Naruto remembered all of the times they had spent together. Short flashes of times they had spent together, and how much they trusted each other.
'No! No! She's my friend! Hinata trusts me!' thought Naruto while hitting himself on the head over and over.
Tsunade saw his blushing and smiled even harder. She didn't know why he kept hitting himself in the head, but it was funny to watch.
'Hinata! Friend! Hinata! Friend!' thought Naruto as he hit himself.
Everyone watched in amusement as Naruto beat himself.
"It's like pay-per-View wrestling... only this is real." said Kakashi.
While Naruto was hitting himself, his slight movements shook Hinata from unconsciousness.
She heard talking while she regained her vision, but it was only slurred mumbles to her ears. She began focusing on the room, trying to recognize her surroundings. But her vision was murky at best.
She could feel that she was being held... but by whom?
Before she could register much else, the voices were starting to become understandable.
"Well, if she ISN'T your girlfriend, and you AREN'T blushing... Then why is it painfully obvious that you want her with a passion?" asked Tsunade with a smug smirk.
"Wha…What?!" exclaimed Naruto.
'What?!' thought Naruto.
"Hin… Hinata is my friend!" assured Naruto.
'N-Naruto?!' thought Hinata.
"Yeah? Well so is a hooker until she gives you a good time." said Tsunade with a smile.
Hinata blushed deeply.
'Now I've got him...' thought Tsunade.
"Sh-Shut up you old hag!" shouted Naruto defensively.
Tsunade scowled and a tic appeared on her forehead.
"Gah! Wait! Don't hurt me! I…" stammered Naruto.
Naruto wildly looked around for something to defend him, but couldn't think of anything.
"You have beautiful girl in your hands." suggested Kyuubi.
"I have a beautiful girl in my hands!" exclaimed Naruto.
"(gasp)"
'He… he thinks that I'm... beautiful?!' thought Hinata with a shock.
The combination of Naruto giving her such an extravagant compliment, and his hand under her butt, made her world go fuzzy.
She fainted from the excitement.
Everyone turned to see where the gasp came from and saw Hinata drooping down into unconsciousness again, but Naruto hadn't noticed. He was too conflicted with himself to pay attention to anything else but his thoughts.
"Ha! You admit it! You think she's hot stuff!" exclaimed Tsunade.
Tsunade's demeanor had returned to smug as she put her hands back on her hips.
'Look what you went and did now! You're practically helping Tsunade!' complained Naruto.
"I merely made a suggestion. You were the one who blurted it out." said Kyuubi.
"Grrrr... Look here Baa-chan, she's one of my best friend's and nothing more... Besides, she is the heir of the Hyuuga clan, so she is like a princess to this village. So she wouldn't be interested in an average guy like me anyways!" defended Naruto.
Kakashi sighed knowing how wrong he was, but decided to let things run their course.
Tsunade was surprised at his reaction, and couldn't think of much else to say.
Tsunade's fun was over, she could see that she had upset him in several ways. The look in his eyes took all of the fun out of teasing him.
'Ooh... Maybe I took it a bit too far...' thought Tsunade worriedly.
"Hmmm..." said Naruto to himself as he closed his eyes to think.
'Do... do I like her? Like that? This feeling, I... I can't explain it.' thought Naruto.
'Is it... good?' thought Naruto
Not knowing what a feeling was frustrated him. But this was new to him, it couldn't be helped.
'Well, I have been after Sakura, and Kakashi-Sensei said that I should only chase after a girl that I love... So that must be what love feels like if I chase Sakura. And if so... I must not feel that way about Hinata, because I don't feel the same way about her as I do about Sakura, so I should just ignore this feeling... I guess.' thought Naruto half confidently.
"I know nothing about this... emotion you are going through. But even so... I still feel as though I should be calling you an idiot." said Kyuubi.
Kakashi had seen this go on long enough and decided to speak up.
"Tsunade if you don't mind hurrying up, I have preparations to… uh… prepare for."
Tsunade gave him a look of confusion followed by a look of realization and then finally, sorrow.
"Oh Yeah, I almost forgot about... him." said Tsunade gravely.
Everyone except the newly unconscious Hinata looked down at the floor sadly knowing she was talking about Sasuke.
"I have a mission for you… An "S" class mission." said Tsunade dramatically.
Everyone but Kakashi looked surprised when she said "S" class, knowing it is the most dangerous, and most important class of missions in existence. She ignored everyone's gasps and continued.
"You are to go back to the Land of Rice Patties and retrieve Sasuke Uchiha… preferably alive." said Tsunade.
She paused to let this new information sink in.
'The Land of Rice Patties is where we'll find Sasuke!' thought Sakura.
'Sasuke...' thought Naruto with a frown.
'Tsunade is talking about something, but I'm too bored to pay attention... Did I turn off the washing machine?' thought Shizune.
"It is a two week trip if you want to avoid all of the posts and sentries." said Tsunade.
As she said this, she pulled down a map to the Land of Rice Patties, which showed a spiral line circling several times around the map, and ending near the middle at a building marked Village of the Sound.
"And this is the only way to get through without being detected." finished Tsunade as she turned to face everyone.
Everyone stared at this with with disbelief until Naruto broke the silence.
"WHAT!? That is totally unnecessary!"
"(Sigh) No it isn't Naruto. The posts are perfectly put in so that it will take more than a week to get in from any direction." said Tsunade, taking a big swig of Sa'ke.
"Alright. I suppose there are no other options." said Shino, nodding to Kiba and Akamaru as they both nodded in agreement.
"Wha-What!? When did you guys get here?" asked Naruto with a surprised look.
"Just in time to hear something about you wanting Hinata in your pants, you perv." said Shino.
Everyone stopped in shock as it was the usually silent Shino who said it.
"What? I was just kidding Naruto..." (Nudge Nudge) (Wink Wink)
Naruto just stood there in surprise along with everyone else.
"Sh-Shut up... Shino..." stammered Naruto.
He was completely caught off guard by Shino actually talking like that.
"I don't know Naruto, from what I heard it sounds like you want Hinata... And if you do anything to hurt her I will rip out your large intestine and choke you with it!" threatened Kiba with with a snarl.
"Hey! I would never hurt Hinata! She... she's..."
Naruto stopped to look down at Hinata, only to be enamored with her for a moment.
Naruto tried to shake himself out of it, but now Hinata seemed different, in a way he didn't understand. He had seen her just last week, and he hadn't reacted in such a way. But now that he had thought of her in this way, his heart was starting to beat a bit faster, just by looking at her. There was nothing different about her appearance, or her demeanor... but now...
Everyone saw the way he was looking at her and they all said in unison:
"Aaaaaawwwwwww!"
Naruto quickly snapped out of it.
"Shut up!" said Naruto in defense.
"What, so you don't like her?" asked Kakashi curiously.
"Wha... well... Not as... um..." said Naruto as he looked back down to Hinata.
"I don't know... I don't think so... So leave me alone about it alright!" shouted Naruto.
Everyone figured that they shouldn't meddle anymore, because they would just make it worse.
The silence made it awkward as Naruto cooled back down.
"..."
"Soooo... why is Team 8 here?" asked Sakura, breaking the silence.
"Team 8 is here for they are the best tracking team Konoha has to offer." said Tsunade.
"Really?" asked Sakura.
"I'm surprised that a chunnin team is the best." said Naruto.
"Sure... Kiba for his enhanced sense of smell and hearing, Shino for his bugs that can communicate throughout wide areas of terrain, and Hinata for her Byakugan that can see 360 degrees through objects in a wide area."
"Oh, that's pretty cool!" exclaimed Naruto in excitement.
"And I suppose that Team 7 is along because of their past experience with the Uchiha." guessed Kiba.
"That is correct." said Tsunade crossing her arms.
"So... How does that work with Team 7 being short a member?" asked Shino.
"Short a member?" asked Naruto.
"Yes. Sai is already on the current duty roster. He can't be here right now." said Tsunade.
Naruto and Sakura sulked a bit, before Tsunade continued.
"Well, normally I wouldn't allow it, but given the circumstances, I am willing to bend the rules a bit." said Tsunade calmly.
"You all have 24 hours to get back here with all of the supplies neccessary for a week trip, and you should pack assuming that you will be fighting people the entire way." warned Tsunade.
The mood got serious after she said that, and everyone tensed up significantly.
"I don't have to tell you how important this mission is. You all know the international and dangerous risks we will be taking here. You were all here for the first Sasuke retrieval squad. I don't have to tell you twice." said Tsunade.
She looked proudly among the Shinobi that stood before her.
'Such dedication... For such a personal cause.' thought Tsunade.
"You are dismissed." said Tsunade.
Everyone quickly jumped out of the windows behind her.
"..."
"(Sigh) Why doesn't anyone just use the door anymore?" asked Tsunade to no one in particular.
She looked around the room to be sure it was empty, before taking a huge chug from her bottle.
On the streets, Naruto was heading home, with plenty on his mind.
Hinata was still in his arms. He realized that he still had to get her to her own home.
'I really need to wake her up and brief her on the mission...' thought Naruto.
This feeling that was churning within him was making him uneasy and nervous. It almost made simply walking twice as hard as normal.
'Why is this happening? Why do I feel this way?' thought Naruto.
He felt nervous, he was slightly shaky, and he could tell he was sweating more than usual. All of this just because Hinata was near him.
'She's my friend! Sure she's sweet and kind and gentle... But she's my friend! And... and yet I have butterflies in my stomach, and other feelings that come with it that I just don't understand...' thought Naruto.
The more he thought about it, the more he seemed to stray further away from anything that could make sense.
Eventually he just gave up, and switched to a topic that was much more stressful.
"Sasuke..." muttered Naruto quietly.
When he thought of him, it brought back memories of the Sasuke retrieval squad, and how much they got hurt just trying to bring back his friend.
'He was my friend, my teammate... my brother.' thought Naruto sadly.
'What if we can't get him again? What if one of my Teammates dies and its all of my fault? ...Why am I asking myself all these questions? Why aren't I more confident... and WHY IS THERE A HAND DOWN MY PANTS!?'
Naruto looked down to see that while he was running down the street, Hinata's hand that was closest to him, had slipped out of her lap and went down his pants.
He skidded to a stop with a heavy blush on his face.
Naruto liked wearing the loose free-breathing orange pants, but now he could see how they were inconvenient.
Hinata's sleeve was caught on the waistband on his pants, but her bare hand was touching the outside of his boxers.
He blushed and looked around to see if anyone had noticed, and he then inadvertently stuck his hand down his pants to take out Hinata's hand.
But he suddenly froze, because he felt like he was in danger. His instincts kicked in, and he honed in on the source of his unease. But when he turned around and saw who was standing there, he froze in shock.
Standing before him was none other than Hiashi Hyuuga. He was essentially a king in Konoha, Lord of the Hyuugas, and father of Hinata Hyuuga.
Hiashi was in complete shock. He had dropped the bag of groceries he had in his hands to gape at what was before him.
It actually took the normally stoic Hyuuga a few seconds to process what he was looking at.
"Naruto... has my eldest daughter's hand... DOWN HIS PANTS!?" exclaimed Hiashi in a complete rage.
Naruto looked down to see that he was still holding Hinata's hand down his pants.
But that was the least of his worries. His feeling of unease increased tenfold when he felt the rage now coming from Hinata's Father.
The ground shook with Hiashi's chakra. His face was red with rage.
"Wha-wait!! It's not what it looks like!!!" assured Naruto in desperation.
Naruto had immediately taken his hand out of his pants, and had taken a few steps back.
Suddenly and unexpectedly to Naruto, Hiashi calmed down and stood there calmly, looking at Naruto with a hateful glare.
"Fine! I'm a patient man when it comes down to it, so I will give you a chance to explain yourself." said Hiashi.
He closed his eyes, folded his arms, and had a frown on his face.
"But be warned, if the answer I receive from you is any less than satisfactory in an extremely angry father's eyes, then I will see to it that you get what you deserve!"
Hiashi now had both of his eyes glaring wide open at Naruto.
'Byakugan!' thought Hiashi.
The Byakugan is an extremely useful Doujutsu, it has the ability to use wide range scanning capabilities that can monitor a person's Tenketsu (chakra points), Blood stream, organs, and chakra flow.
'If Naruto lies, his heart rate will speed up. If he tells the truth, then his heart rate will be normal.' thought Hiashi.
He pierced his Byakugan through Naruto's chest cavity, watching him more than intently.
Although Naruto did not appreciate the look he was getting from Hiashi, he knew he had better tell him what happened before he got hurt.
"Alright, Okay. See it uh... it happened like this..." began Naruto.
He kept his hold on Hinata, nervously readjusting her in his arms before explaining.
Naruto than began to tell Hiashi everything that had happened at the meeting (excluding the parts where they talked about him and Hinata.) , and then went into detail of how he had been running home and Hinata's hand slipped into his pants while he was running, so he had stopped to embarassingly pry it out.
Naruto stopped his explanation, and looked up at Hiashi, hoping that he had believed him.
'Hmmmmm, He was lying at the part where he was talking to the Hokage, but he was probably just trying to keep the details of the mission secret, as it is one of the duties of a ninja' thought Hiashi.
'The part about him running home was true also, and... that is acceptable enough to me.' thought Hiashi respectively.
He closed his eyes and deactivated his Byakugan.
"Okay, I believe you." said Hiashi.
"R-Really?!" asked Naruto.
It was almost as though he couldn't believe his ears.
"Yes, but I have a couple questions for you." said Hiashi, closing his eyes to think.
Now that Naruto didn't have to worry about Hiashi being angry, it was much easier to talk to him.
"Okay, shoot! I have nothing to hide." said Naruto with confidence.
'Nothing you need to know about...' thought Naruto.
He may have been confident, but he still watched the Hyuuga leader suspiciously.
"Okay then, how did my daughter become unconscious in the first place?" asked Hiashi.
It wasn't an accusing tone, but Naruto could sense that he clearly was not in a good mood.
So Naruto closed his eyes to recall the event.
"Well... Me, Sakura, and Kakashi were down at Ichiraku's. I felt an activation of chakra from somewhere. So I looked around to pinpoint the source. I found that it was Hinata's Byakugan that had caused my worry. I was happy to see her, so I turned and said hi." began Naruto.
Hiashi had an amazed look on his face that quickly disappeared, but was soon replaced by one that appeared to be deep in thought.
'He can sense a chakra level THAT small?! That is a trait that is Kage worthy! The Byakugan barely uses any chakra at all!' thought Hiashi incredulously as he studied the possibly perverted boy before him.
"Okay, stop there." said Hiashi,
He held a hand up to gesture him to be quiet.
"I again have a few questions if you don't mind."
Hiashi now had his eyes open looking upon the Jinchuuriki.
"And I again say, shoot." said Naruto, making himself appear that he enjoyed talking to this man... although he didn't.
"First of all, why were you happy to see my daughter?" asked Hiashi curiously, as though it were an odd thing.
Naruto gave him a quizzical look and than replied as though it was obvious.
"Cause! She's like, one of my best friends!"
Hiashi appeared to be in shock, and without meaning to he said aloud:
"My daughter has friends?"
"YEAH! Of course she has friends! How could she not!?"
"She's smart, kind, gentle, beautiful... Good in bed..."
"Wha...WHAT!!" exclaimed Hiashi in a rage again, but this time with his mouth agape.
"HA! I was just kidding!" said Naruto with his trade mark grin.
"Well, about the good in bed part anyways..." said Naruto with a blush.
He had to wonder to himself how that had randomly come out of his mouth, even if it was as a joke.
With Hinata in his arms, it was a bit awkward for him to have said that, even though she was still unconscious.
"Hinata is one of my best friends, nothing more, nothing less." said Naruto looking down at Hinata with a smile.
Hiashi was mostly on his knees, and was grabbing onto his chest with his left hand.
"Oh...uhck...phf... pl...please do not kid me like that... EVER AGAIN!!" shouted Hiashi, while looking like he had almost had a heart attack.
Naruto noticed Hiashi's condition, and realized that he really must have worried him.
"Oh! Sorry about that, I joke because it's the way I am!" said Naruto with his hands up in defense.
Naruto's words didn't seem to change Hiashi's expression much, so he continued.
"I didn't mean to give you a scare like that, I just thought you would know your daughter well enough to know that I was kidding!" said Naruto apolegetically and with some respect.
Hiashi took a moment to relax himself, and regain his composure.
Hiashi realized Naruto had shown him some manners, and smiled, seeing that he had just shown him some respect.
"I understand, Jus... Ahem... Just don't do it again" said Hiashi firmly.
"Rodger." said Naruto with a small salute.
"Who?" asked Hiashi.
"It's a... nevermind." said Naruto.
Hiashi sighed in exasperation and continued.
"My other question is, what were you doing at the ramen shop?" asked Hiashi with no shown emotion.
"I was just eating some ramen with Sakura." said Naruto.
"Okay then, please continue" said Hiashi as though he didn't care.
"Well, as I said before, I sensed the chakra from Hinata's Byakugan, and said hi." he paused to let Hiashi remember, although he clearly had not forgotten any of the conversation since the near heart-attack.
"..."
"(Nervous cough) But when she turned around, her face become completely red and blood shot out of her nose as she fell over unconscious." said Naruto, waiting for Hiashi to signal him to continue.
Hiashi then had a sweat drop on the back of his head as he knew what had actually happened.
'Hmmm, my little Hinata is becoming a young woman.' thought Hiashi, who was seemingly lost in his own little world of memories.
'I will have to give her THE TALK, along with teaching her to use her Byakugan... respectively.' thought Hiashi as he opened his eyes again to look at Naruto.
"You know, you really should teach Hinata not to over-use her Byakugan, otherwise she might get seriously hurt." said Naruto giving him a concerned look.
"What do you mean?" asked Hiashi.
'Did he figure it out himself?' thought Hiashi in horror.
"Well, after that happened, Kakashi Sensei told me that the cause for the nosebleed, was because Hinata over-used her Byakugan" said Naruto giving Hiashi a confused look.
"Uh... Oh! Yes of course, I'm sure that was the cause." said Hiashi assuringly.
'Phew... I owe you one Kakashi...' thought Hiashi as he relaxed a little more.
"Well if that's why she got the nosebleed, then why did she faint?" asked Naruto
"It was probably because of the blood-loss" said Hiashi, because it was what he truly thought.
"Oh... I guess that makes since, it did happen twice in a row" said Naruto.
"It happened twice?!" asked Hiashi incredulously.
"Yeah, after the first time I put her head on my lap to clean off the blood and check her for injuries..." said Naruto.
'Oh God, I can see where this is going...' thought Hiashi blushing a little at his thoughts.
"And then she suddenly got up, looked at me, turned red and shot blood out of her nose again... Hmmm... It was probably because she still had her Byakugan activated right?"
'Wow... I never thought I would have to talk to my daughter about her being a pervert...' thought Hiashi as he rubbed his temples.
"Yes, it was probably the same thing that happened last time" said Hiashi half-truthfully while still rubbing his temples.
As they continued to talk, Naruto did not notice a small stirring in his arms.
With a batting of her eyes, and a silent yawn, Hinata finally awoke alarmingly, to realize that her right hand felt like it was tied at the wrist.
Assuming she had been captured in some way, she activated her Byakugan, and jumped from her captor's arms, ready to defend herself.
When she tried to go into a defensive stance, she realized that her hand wouldn't move into the proper place, and she looked down and saw that her hand was down some guys... pants...
Her eyes widened and she immediately froze. She would recognized those pants anywhere.
She then looked up to see a very surprised and blushing Naruto.
Hinata then turned the darkest shade of red possible.
"Na... Na... Na... Na.. .ru... to..." stammered Hinata in shock.
Hiashi and Naruto then heard a Bleahck!! As blood came gushing out of her nose like never before.
She quickly took her hand out of his pants to put both of them over her nose as she barely stayed concious staring at the ground.
'I'm not here... I'm not here... that didn't just happen... with... Naruto...' thought Hinata weakly.
She couldn't help it. She looked up again to see Naruto's still suprised face, immediately reminding her of what she had just done.
(Bleeeahhcck!!)
Even more blood flew out of her nose as she spun around, and lost conciousness while falling towards the ground.
"Ah!" gasped Naruto as she jumped to catch her.
Hiashi beat him to her and quickly grabbed her underneath her arms.
"I will take it from here, thank you for trying to help my daughter." said Hiashi in a rush.
He left in quite a hurry so that no one would see her in this state, but it was still kind of rude.
"Weird..." said Naruto.
Now that Hinata was being taken care of, the only thing he had to worry about was to go home and pack.
"Hm hm hm hm hahahaahahahahahaaaaaaa!!" Four times! four times now!! gasped Kyuubi in between laughing fits.
'What's so funny?!' asked Naruto accusingly.
"Noth... Nothing.. .hmhmhm... heh heh..."
"Man she's so hot for you..." mumbled Kyuubi humurously.
'What?! Who?' asked Naruto as he searched as though expecting to see some girl looking at him.
"Oh nothing... Nobody... Nobody at all..." assured Kyuubi with a smile.
'Whatever' said Naruto.
He ignored the fox's laughter and started to make his way to his home.
His mood immediately dropped, he was quickly reminded of the mission ahead.
'Sasuke... What will happen now?' thought Naruto.
END OF CHAPTER