My Heart's Lavender Eyes
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Chapter 3:
Distracting Preparations:
"See ya!" yelled Naruto.
He was yelling after Hiashi and an unconscious Hinata, but they were going too fast and were already out of hearing range. But on top of the Konoha Library, someone was in hearing range. They only came in time to hear Naruto say goodbye to an unconcious Hinata. Kiba and Akamaru sat on the building's edge, waiting for Naruto to make a move.
"Yap!" said Akamaru to Kiba.
Akamaru sounded worried as was looking in the direction Hinata went.
"Look she'll be fine, I know her well enough to know that." said Kiba matter-of-factly.
Akamaru still looked worried.
"But I also know her well enough to know, that she would have been conscious by now. Something must have happened. Something having to do with Naruto." said Kiba.
Akamaru whined.
"Yeah, we should probably follow Naruto to see if we can get him to talk."
"Knowing him, he probably knocked her out, like the idiot he is." said Kiba while clenching his fists.
"Bark!"
"What do you mean he's already gone!" asked Kiba incredulously.
He turned to look and sure enough, Naruto had already left.
Kiba and Akamaru jumped down to where Naruto was, and searched the ground.
There wasn't anymore tracks past where he was standing just moments ago.
And from what he could tell, there wasn't a scent trail to follow either.
"Wow that's incredible! Naruto must have some serious speed, his apartment is on the other side of town!"
Akamaru nodded and growled lightly.
"Well we know where he is going so... let's go get em!" said Kiba.
"Roof." agreed Akamaru.
Back at Naruto's apartment, Naruto appeared with a flash of light at his doorway.
'I got to learn how to do that with other people, if I knew how to do that, Hinata would already have been home, and I would never have had that incident' thought Naruto with a blush.
He shook the thoughts out of his head, and headed into his room to start packing.
He walked in, everything just as he left it. His bed in the right corner was made. The kitchen through the doorway on the left was clean. The tiny room through the doorway to the right still had a hamper filled with clean clothes he had yet to sort and put away.
It wasn't a nuisance to see the clean clothes not put away. He felt lucky he had a washing machine at all.
He walked into the room at the right to grimace at his washing machine. It was old and rusted nearly everywhere on the outside.
'At least the inside is stainless steel...' thought Naruto.
He gathered his clothes that he would need from the hamper, and brought them into the main room to set them down on the bed.
He began sorting his shirts, jackets, pants, boxers, and miscellaneous weaponry into neat little piles on his bed.
'This is going to take a while...' thought Naruto.
Meanwhile Kiba was still heading to Naruto's apartment.
"Ok Akamaru, we're almost there." said Kiba.
He was nearly to Naruto's apartment, it was less than a block away
He was was walking at a normal pace as not to arouse suspicion, Akamaru was right at his side.
"Kiba? What are you doing here?" said a voice from behind him.
Kiba turned around to find who was talking, and saw his sensei, Kurenai Yuuhi.
She had her hands on her hips with a questioning look on her face.
"Oh hey Sensei! I was uh... just... uh..." He stopped for a moment to look confused.
"Uh... heh... I forgot..." said Kiba sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head.
Kurenai sighed, knowing that her student didn't exactly have the greatest memory.
"Well, it must not have been of much importantance if you don't remember it." said Kurenai with a sigh.
"Hmmm... well I'm gonna sit and ponder about it for a while." said Kiba as he plopped down on the ground next to Akamaru.
Akamaru mimicked him, and sat down as well.
"So, what are you doing here sensei?" asked Kiba.
"Oh. I just got a message from Tsunade. She called to tell me that Hinata was unconscious, and that I should seek out Naruto Uzumaki to find her." said Kurenai.
'Figures Tsuande would tell Kurenai.' thought Kiba.
"Have you heard anything about this?" asked Kurenai.
"Yeah. You got nothing to worry about. Hiashi picked her up already. She's probably already at home." said Kiba.
A look of relief swept over Kurenai's face, although she didn't show it for long.
"Oh good. Although surprising. Hiashi has never really taken any interest in Hinata before..." said Kurenai.
"I hate that guy. My mom says I should respect him, but it's hard to do when you know how badly he treats Hinata." said Kiba sadly.
Kurenai let a sad look sweep over her face for only a moment.
"There's nothing we can really do about it. We've been over this so many times before." said Kurenai.
"I know it's just... He acts like she doesn't even exist. The only time he recognizes her existence, is if he needs her to do something for him, or if it has something to do with the clan." said Kiba.
"(Sigh) I know. But the best thing we can do for her, is to simply show her that we care for her." said Kurenai.
"Heh. Right, just as we always have." agreed Kiba.
Kurenai nodded, and turned away from him.
"Well, I have to get going. I have something I need to do." said Kurenai.
"Oh all right. See ya later! " said Kiba as he waved to a leaving Kurenai.
He waited until Kurenai was out of sight before turning to Akamaru.
"Phew! That was close Akamaru! She almost found out what we were doing!" said Kiba as he got up from the ground.
Akamaru also got up.
"Roof."
"Right. Let's see what that jerk did to Hinata." said Kiba.
He turned back towards the apartment complex, and he ran into the entrance.
In Naruto's room, he was just finishing getting his stuff together.
"Okay I got Kunai, explosive tags, smoke bombs... Uh... extra clothes... Ramen, food kit, rationary water..." said Naruto.
"Condoms for Hinata"
"Condoms for Hin..." began Naruto.
He easily recognized the voice that came from behind him.
"That's not funny Baa-chan." said Naruto.
He suddenly heard laughing and turned over towards the window to see Tsunade with her hand over her mouth.
"I told you to shut up about that." said Naruto.
"Ha! You are too easy." teased Tsunade.
Outside Naruto's room, Kiba was walking down the hall towards Naruto's room.
When Kiba first entered the building, he noticed that there was only one hallway, and with only ten doors. It was a very small complex, and from the looks of it, the building was pretty old as well.
He looked down to Akamaru, who barely fit in the corridor with him.
"Hmph, alright Akamaru. It's time we do some hard-core interrogating to see what that jerk did to Hinata!" said Kiba.
"Rrrr..." growled Akamaru in agreement.
Kiba walked up to the last door on the right. The door itself had the number 9 on it. Room ten was adjacent to it, but Kiba didn't know who lived there.
In fact. the only reason he knew Naruto lived here, was because Hinata had brought him here almost three years ago.
(Flashback)
It was a hot day. Staggeringly hot. But they were ninja, they had to train under any conditions.
Hinata and Kiba were sparring back and forth.
Kiba's fighting style was up front and personal, using brute force and speed to injure his opponents.
But Hinata was different. Her fighting style was almost purely defensive. She alway waited for an opponent to move, or for a close opening to present itself.
Kiba always found it frustrating to fight Hinata. She always seemed to counter his attacks, no matter how much power and tactical complexity he put into it.
Hinata was always able to block his attacks.
But she found it difficult as well. Although her chakra control was far superior to Kiba's, and she was able to block every move he made, it always wore her down too quickly.
The advantage Kiba had was that his body contained a far higher concentration of chakra than her. She would always run out of chakra before he did. So in order to compensate for her lack of chakra, Hinata increased the control over her chakra, so she would get more out of her chakra than Kiba would.
In theory, if Kiba had ten times more chakra than her, she would be at a huge disadvantage. But, if she in turn had ten times the control that he did, she would be at an even level with him.
She knew that she completely had him beat at chakra control, but she still couldn't get in attacks. Kiba would simply use more chakra in each attack than her. Each time Kiba attacked, the chakra would push her back, and before she could get closer, he would attack again. All she could do was dodge and evade his attacks, and wait for an opening.
She had already struck him in his right arm, left leg, and in his abdomen.
He was close to being paralyzed, just one more hit would do it.
The fighting had been going on for almost three hours, Shino and Kurenai watching intently.
Kiba and Hinata stood in their fighting stances, panting heavily as they stared at each other.
'I'm so low on chakra... But so is he. And he uses more chakra per attack than I do. As long As he uses his chakra and attacks, I will be fine if I evade.' thought Hinata.
But Kiba had wizened up to her little game. He had finally realized that the fight was coming down to whoever had the most chakra. The more attacks he wasted on missing her, the less chance he had of winning against her.
'Damn it! We've been at this for hours! I haven't been able to land a single attack, and she is barely out of breathe! She puts nearly no effort into evading my attacks, while all put all of my effort into simply trying to hit her! The only way to win against her, is to get close enough for a guaranteed hit. Gatsuuga has a spin radius of 6 feet. If I can get within that range I will have a perfect hit. But if I get too close, I will simply be playing into her hands. She wants me to get in close to her, so she can end this. Alright, it looks like this will be all or nothing.' thought Kiba.
Kiba charged his remaining chakra, and focused on Hinata.
'Here it comes.' thought Hinata.
'Here I go!' thought Kiba.
Kiba dashed in, almost immediately getting within the 6 foot range.
"Gatsuuga!" shouted Kiba.
Kiba turned into a spinning chakra drill, and prepared to make contact.
But the contact never came.
He went a few feet past where Hinata was standing, and stopped his technique.
He spun around in mid-air to see that Hinata was nowhere to be found.
Kiba blinked in surprise, but when he went to land, he got an even bigger surprise.
When he tried to plant his foot on the ground, his leg gave out, and he tumbled across the floor.
His body was stopped by a gentle nudge, followed by several pokes.
He looked up to see that Hinata's legs had stopped him, and that she was smiling down at him.
"I win Kiba-kun." said Hinata.
Kiba growled and immediately went to attack her, but when he tried to move his body only his head could move.
"Alright! That's enough!" shouted Kurenai.
"I disabled your leg during your attack. And I disabled the rest of your body when I stopped you." said Hinata.
Kiba sighed and let his body relax.
"Damn." said Kiba.
Both of them were short of breathe, Kurenai could tell they were both exhausted.
"Alright you two, no need to overdo it. You both got in a lot of training today." said Kurenai.
"Yes, it was a shame I could not participate. My colony is in a very delicate state, and I cannot afford to fight until they complete their metamorphosis." said Shino.
"It was better that you didn't fight Shino. You would have only hurt yourself in your current state." said Hinata nicely.
"Yeah. Yeah. Now, could someone help me move again?" hinted Kiba.
"Oh! Of course Kiba-kun." said Hinata.
Hinata knelt down and tapped him in several seemingly random places on his torso.
"There. All better." said Hinata with a smile.
Kiba groaned in pain as he hefted himself off of the ground.
"Gah! Aw man! I always feel like I'm made of cement after we spare..." muttered Kiba.
"Alright you three. I have some things to take care of today, so I have to get going. Sorry." said Kurenai.
"We understand." said Shino.
She nodded, and faded away in a blur of pink petals.
They weren't surprised, Kurenai often had much to do, and she had always used her signature exit.
"Well. I say that we all go and get something cool to drink." said Kiba.
"Indeed." said Shino.
"Agreed." said Hinata happily.
Several hours later, Hinata, Shino, and Kiba were all up on top of the Hokage monument, looking down on the village while enjoying their drinks.
"Hey Kiba. Where did you say Akamaru was again?" asked Hinata.
"He's at home, resting after that last mission. He got hurt kind of bad. But he'll be perfectly alright." said Kiba.
"Missing partners seems to be a recurring theme." said Shino while sulking.
"(Sigh) Are you still sulking about that? We told you that it's fine. It's no big deal at all." said Hinata.
"Alright. If you say so." said Shino before taking a drink.
Hinata looked over to Shino.
"What flavor did you get?" asked Hinata curiously.
"Strawberry." said a voice from behind them.
They turned and all jumped in surprise when they saw who was standing there.
"H-Hokage-sama?" exclaimed Hinata.
"Hokage-sama." greeted Shino formally.
"Sandaime-sama." greeted Kiba.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was standing there with his own drink, sipping on it slowly.
"So. Have you three been training hard?" asked Hiruzen.
"Yeah! We're nearly exhausted!" said Kiba.
"Really? I'm glad to hear it." said Hiruzen.
He then turned and looked at Shino.
"But it doesn't really look like you've been training today Shino." commented Hiruzen with a raised eyebrow.
Shino sulked in despair.
"Oh. That's just because his colony is in a delicate metamorphic state." assured Hinata.
"Ah. I see. Well I'm glad to see, that at least you three have the common sense, to make the most of things while you have them, and to know when to stop when you should." said Hiruzen.
The Sandaime showed a hint of sadness when he said this, and Hinata caught it immediately.
"What's wrong Hokage-sama? You seem troubled." said Hinata in concern.
"Hehe... Ah Hinata. So kind-hearted and pure..." said Hiruzen with a smile.
Hinata blushed lightly from the Hokage's complement.
"Alright. I'll tell you what's been bothering me. I'm worried about Naruto." said Hiruzen.
"(Gasp!) Oh no! Is something wrong? Is he hurt? Does he need help?" exclaimed Hinata quickly.
"Heheh... Easy now Lady Hinata. Naruto is not in any immediate danger or harm... But he will be soon if someone doesn't stop him." said Hiruzen.
Kiba, Hinata, and Shino all tensed in surprise.
"Quickly! Where is he? What is he trying to do? We can't let him hurt himself!" exclaimed Hinata.
Hinata was distressed, but the Sandaime only smiled in return.
"I'm glad you feel so strongly about caring for Naruto. If I didn't know any better, I would say you really like him." said Hiruzen with a smile.
Hinata blushed deeply, but she didn't look away. Naruto was in trouble. She prioritized that ahead of everything else.
"Quickly! Just tell us what to do!" exclaimed Hinata.
Before the Sandaime could respond, Shino spoke up.
"If he is in such great trouble, why do you not take care of him yourself? We all know how close you and Naruto are." said Shino.
"Ah. I've already tried and failed. I could not get through to him. I could not convince him to stop." said Hiruzen.
"If the Hokage couldn't do it, then why are you asking us to try?" asked Kiba.
"Because. You are his friends. I trust that you three would have a much better chance of stopping him." said Hiruzen.
"What is he doing that is so dangerous?" asked Shino.
"That I'm afraid, is Naruto's business. I promised him that I would not tell anyone what he is doing. And yet he is out there right now, doing precisely what he shouldn't be doing." said Hiruzen.
"Then where is he?" asked Hinata quickly.
Hiruzen studied them all for a moment before continuing.
"He is deep in the forest behind me. Finding him shouldn't be too hard, just follow the loud noises." said Hiruzen.
The Sandaime then disappeared in a whirl of leaves, leaving Team 8 in shock for a moment.
"Quickly! We have to go! We have to find Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata.
She didn't wait for them. She ran off into the forest beyond the Hokage monument. She had to try and find Naruto as quickly as possible.
Shino and Kiba were close behind, both of them were worried of how this would turn out.
The forest itself was immense, but the Sandaime was right. They could hear a loud crashing noise coming from the south.
They rushed towards the noise, making sure they were as quick as possible.
"Can you see him Hinata?" asked Shino.
Hinata had her Byakugan activated. She had been searching with it ever since she took off into the forest.
"No. I haven't found him, but we are getting close!" said Hinata in between breathes.
The closer they got to the noise, the more they noticed that the ground seemed to be shaking in correspondence with the loud crashing sound.
"What the hell is he doing?" exclaimed Kiba.
Finally Hinata caught sight of him, but she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Hinata's expression changed to shock.
"What is it Hinata? Have you found him?" asked Shino.
"Yes! But we have to hurry! He's about to be crushed!" shouted Hinata.
Hinata dashed off ahead of them, catching them by surprise.
They both sprinted ahead to catch up, but by the time they matched Hinata's speed, she had already stopped in a clearing.
They all stared in surprise at what they saw.
There was a boulder about the size of a small home, and underneath it, was Naruto.
It looked like he had already been crushed.
"No." whispered Hinata in horror.
Tears came to her eyes almost immediately.
But her whole being stood still when she heard his voice.
"Gah! Come... ON! One... last... TIME!" grunted Naruto in pain.
To their amazement, the boulder started to move.
Only by a few inches, but it moved.
Naruto cried out silently in pain as the strain tore at his body.
Slowly but surely, the boulder moved up.
Naruto's arms shook, his body screaming at him to stop.
The boulder continued rising until finally, Naruto's arms were holding the boulder up at arm's length.
"GAAAAAAAAAH!" screamed Naruto in pain.
The boulder then dropped to the side, making the ground shake with tremendous force once again.
They couldn't believe what they had just seen, Naruto had moved an enormous boulder. It was something that should have been impossible.
The boulder was now at Naruto's side, and he wasn't moving.
Hinata was the first to snap out of shock and sprint over to Naruto's side.
She quickly skidded to a stop and knelt down to check for injuries.
For a moment, it looked like he wasn't breathing.
"Naruto? Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata.
Suddenly Naruto inhaled a painful breathe, and began breathing very fast.
Naruto was breathing very heavily, and it didn't look like he could move any part of his body.
Hinata's Byakugan could see that his muscles were almost torn to pieces from overuse. It was unbelievable he took so much pain without going into shock.
"Hin... Hinata..." rasped Naruto.
Hinata's heart jumped in joy at the sound of his voice.
For second or two, she thought he was going to die.
"Hinata... Why are... you crying... I'm just... training." rasped Naruto in between heavy breathes.
Kiba and Shino had already finally broken out of shock, and appeared at Hinata's side.
"Training? This is training! You almost killed yourself!" exclaimed Kiba.
"No pain... no gain..." rasped Naruto.
"Naruto this is ridiculous. You shouldn't even be alive after that." said Shino.
"What're you... (gasp) talking about... I've done this... hundreds... of times." rasped Naruto.
They all stood still in shock.
"Are you insane? You've done his before?" exclaimed Kiba.
"Y-Yeah... I'll be fine... Just... take me home... Trust me..." rasped Naruto.
Naruto slowly closed his eyes, and his body went limp.
Hinata panicked again until she heard his soft breathing.
"He's asleep. I think he's going to be fine." said Shino.
Hinata breathed a huge sigh of relief before falling over backwards.
"Kami... Thought he was dead when he stopped breathing..." muttered Kiba.
"W-what a relief..." said Hinata.
"..."
Hinata sat back up from the ground to look at Naruto.
Naruto laid there on the ground, his body sprawled out awkwardly.
Hinata blushed.
"Based on what he was just doing to his body, he should be taken to a hospital." said Shino.
"Hinata will be the judge of that." said Kiba.
"Are you kidding? She doesn't need to look. Every time he put that boulder back down on himself, the forest shook. He should be dead." said Shino.
Hinata was suddenly back to being scared to death.
"Byakugan!" exclaimed Hinata.
She look at his body again.
His muscles were the same, but now she looked at his bones.
His ribs were fractured. But, there was something wrong.
There was a strange red chakra coming from his coils. It was enveloping the bones of his ribs.
"Well Hinata?" asked Kiba.
Hinata watched in astonishment as the fractures in his ribcage disappeared, like they were never there.
"He... He had fractured ribs... But they're healed now..." said Hinata in astonishment.
"What do you mean they're healed now? That's impossible!" said Kiba.
"Maybe you were just seeing things, maybe his bones were never fractured in the first place. Which by all means is astonishing. His bones must be made of steel." said Shino.
What Shino suggested did make the most sense. But Hinata wasn't so sure.
"Yeah... I... I must have been... seeing things." muttered Hinata.
She watched now as the chakra made it's way to every part of Naruto's body, evenly coating itself throughout his entirety.
"So, what's the call Hinata? Will he be alright?" asked Kiba.
Hinata could barely see it, but Naruto's entire body was very slowly healing itself, using this strange red chakra.
"Incredible..." whispered Hinata.
"What? Hinata?" asked Kiba in confusion.
Hinata snapped out of it to see Kiba and Shino staring at her expectantly.
"Hm? Oh. Y-yes. Miraculously, he will be fine, only his muscles are harmed, and it is nothing serious." said Hinata.
"That's good." sighed Kiba in relief.
"If not impossible." said Shino.
Hinata was lying. His injuries, even if they were just his muscles, were very severe. But at the rate he was healing, they wouldn't be any problem at all.
"Are you sure Hinata?" asked Shino.
Shino watched Hinata carefully.
"Y-yes. He should be just fine... I may seem impossible, but his body is fine." said Hinata assuringly.
Shino nodded.
"Alright, let's move him to his home like he requested." said Shino.
"Right." said Kiba.
Kiba hefted him onto his shoulder, and they started heading back towards the village.
They arrived back to where they were first talked to the Hokage. Their drinks were spilled on the ground from the rush they were in.
"I knew I could count on you." said a voice.
The Hokage appeared in front of them.
"After what he did, is he going to be alright?" asked Hinata worriedly.
Hiruzen smiled, seeing the small Hyuuga's worry once again.
"Amazingly yes. Naruto has been doing this kind of training for many months now. But every time, he turns out fine." said Hiruzen.
"So he has been doing this before." said Shino.
"Yes. And I assume, Ms. Hyuuga, that you inspected his injuries, to find that all of his bones were in fine shape?" asked the Hokage.
"Y-yes! That's right! H-how did you know?" asked Hinata in surprise.
"Well... For Naruto's sake... Let's just say he has quite a powerful Kekkei Genkai." said Hiruzen.
"Naruto? A Kekkei Genkai?" exclaimed Kiba in disbelief.
The Hokage only smiled.
"Now. I can trust you to take him to his home. I'm sorry I can't tag along, I have much business to attend to." said Hiruzen.
He disappeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving them once again in shock.
"Naruto... Having a Kekkei Genkai this whole time..." muttered Kiba.
"Yes. It's quite a surprise. But we have to stay on task. We have to take him home." said Shino.
"I think a while ago, that he said he lived in the south apartments." said Kiba.
"Alright let's head in that direction." said Shino.
They walked down past the Hokage tower, past the Bars, past the Market place, and to the south.
While on the way, Kiba and Shino continued talking about Naruto.
"I'm just saying, it bothers me how nonchalant the Hokage was about all of this." said Kiba.
"Yes. That bothered me as well. Naruto is doing things to his body that should be considered suicide, and should therefore be considered illegal." said Shino.
"And yet the Hokage lets him do it." said Kiba.
"I think the Hokage just likes to let Naruto have a bit of freedom. Besides, I think it's amazing Naruto is able to do this kind of training at all." said Hinata.
"Hm. You have point..." muttered Kiba.
"But still. He shouldn't be allowed to do this. He should be supervised in his training." said Shino.
"I agree. But only because I don't want him to hurt himself anymore. I hate worrying about Naruto-kun." said Hinata.
"Why should you worry about him? It's not like he's your brother, or your boyfriend or anything." said Kiba.
Hinata blushed and said nothing.
"Kiba. It is always considerate for one to be worried about the people they care for, like friends and family." said Shino.
"Yeah yeah I know. I just wanted to get at the point that Hinata seems to pay particular attention to Naruto." said Kiba.
Hinata blushed even redder as the two continued talking.
They ended up finding the southern apartment complexes, but they were not happy about what was there.
"Aw Crud! There must be over a hundred different complexes! Which one is Naruto's?" exclaimed Kiba in frustration.
"Kiba is right. This will take a very long time, even if we asked around." said Shino.
"He lives in that one." said Hinata quietly.
"...What?" asked Kiba.
Hinata pointed to a very small apartment complex to their right.
Before Kiba could ask how she was so sure, Hinata walked past them and towards the complex she pointed out.
Kiba looked at Shino, and he shrugged.
They followed Hinata into a rather cramped hallway, and she walked to the very end.
She turned towards the second to last door with a "9" on it.
"This is Naruto-kun's apartment." said Hinata quietly.
Kiba and Shino looked at each other.
"Hinata... How do you know exactly where Naruto lives?" asked Kiba.
Hinata's face turned red in a deep blush.
"Oh-I-Uh-He-I... Naruto..." stammered Hinata in embarrassment.
Before they could question her further, Naruto's door abruptly opened.
They all looked at it in surprise, expecting someone to come out.
After a few seconds, Shino stepped forward.
Shino took a step in, and peeked into the apartment. He immediately noticed an open window above a small bed.
"It was just the wind." confirmed Shino.
Shino walked in and looked around, but he couldn't see anything other than what was in the light provided by the window.
Shino felt Kiba bump into him accidentally.
"Where is the light switch?" asked Kiba.
(click)
The light on the ceiling turned on, revealing the rest of the room.
There wasn't much. Basically, Naruto's bedroom, was also his living room.
There were two open doors. One led to what looked like a washroom to the right, and the other led to a small kitchen to the left.
In the kitchen stood Hinata.
"The light is in the kitchen, behind the blender, next to the microwave." said Hinata in a nonchalant fashion.
She didn't appear to be paying any attention, she seemed to be drinking in her surroundings. It was almost like she couldn't believe where she was.
"Hinata? How in the hell did you know where the lightswitch was?" asked Kiba incredulously.
Hinata blushed deeply, and turned away from them, stammering something they couldn't hear.
Before Kiba could say anything more, Shino tapped him twice on his shoulder.
"You should set Naruto down. You holding him up like that could be progressing his injuries." said Shino.
"Oh! Yeah." said Kiba.
Kiba walked over to the bed, and gently laid Naruto down on it.
"There. We've done what the Hokage asked of us. We can go now." said Kiba.
"D-don't you want to stay and look around? Y-you know... Learn more about Naruto?" asked Hinata quietly.
"Ha! She's right! Maybe I can dig something up about his Kekkei Genkai!" exclaimed Kiba excitedly.
Kiba jumped up from the bed and walked into the kitchen. He began searching the seems of the walls, looking for secret passages or compartments.
"I for one am curious about Naruto's clothing." said Shino.
Shino turned, and walked towards the washroom.
Kiba peeked in from the kitchen.
"Why would you want to know about his clothes?" asked Kiba with a raised eyebrow.
"Naruto wears that orange jumpsuit every day. I am wondering whether or not he has any other clothing." said Shino.
Kiba paused for a second to watch Shino disappeared into the washroom.
"Actually, I've always wondered about that." said Kiba.
Kiba walked out of the kitchen, and into the washroom, leaving Hinata alone with Naruto.
Hinata blushed and walked over to his bed, hesitating for a moment before sitting down next to him.
Hinata peeked around the corner to look in the washroom. She could hear Shino and Kiba talking back and forth.
Her hands were folding in her lap, fumbling around anxiously.
She checked one more time to be sure Kiba and Shino weren't looking.
She quickly bent over and stuffed her face into Naruto's jacket.
(SNORT)
She inhaled deeply, taking in his scent like it was the most precious thing in the world.
After she got her lungs full, she sat back up, her cheeks a most brilliant shade of red.
"Ahhhhhh..." breathed Hinata happily.
Just smelling Naruto's scent made her endorphins rush.
'There's something wrong with what I'm doing... But it feels so good!' thought Hinata with a blush.
She looked at Naruto, who was laying down peacefully on the bed.
The light from his window shone down on him, making his hair seem to glow brightly.
Hinata blushed even deeper, she felt completely enamored.
"Hinata? You ready to go?" asked Shino.
Hinata jumped up from the bed in surprise and rushed to the door.
"Yeah sure lets go!" said Hinata awkwardly as she disappeared out of Naruto's apartment.
"..."
"What's up with her?" asked Kiba.
"As usual, I don't really know." said Shino.
(End Flashback)
Kiba had reminisced more than he had intended to. He had been standing in front of Naruto's apartment, staring into nothing for over ten minutes. Even Akamaru was looking at him in worry.
"Sorry buddy. I guess I was daydreaming for a little bit there." said Kiba.
"Roof!" said Akamaru.
"Right. Let's see what happened with Naruto and Hinata." said Kiba.
He went to knock on Naruto's door, but he stopped when he heard voices from the inside.
"Tsunade! I told you before! Me and Hin..."
"I know, I know, I was just joking" said Tsunade.
Kiba could hear every word crystal clear with his enhanced hearing and was shocked to hear the voice of the Hokage.
"The Hokage! What's she doing at Naruto's of all places?" exclaimed Kiba as he leaned in to listen more.
"So what do you want?" said Naruto impatiently.
Seeing that Tsunade was in his home, he was expecting some kind of assignment or tedious task to be assigned to him.
"What? can't I visit my favorite little ninja without him expecting some kind of assignment?" said Tsunade as she pinched his cheek.
Tsunade thought of Naruto as a little brother of sorts, and was always secretly worried of his safety.
As Kiba heard this he changed positions to see if he could look through the lock.
"Man this is getting juicy!" said Kiba.
Kiba couldn't see through the lock, and was impatiently shifting around.
"I didn't know that Naruto was aquanted this closely to the Hokage! Man! I wanna see what's happening!" said Kiba as he frustratingly tried to look under the door, but he couldn't see through such a small crack.
(Slurp)
Kiba looked beside him to see Akamaru with his head against the door, drinking out of a bottle of pop through a straw.
"Hey where'd you get that? Give me some." said Kiba.
Kiba picked up the pop and took a drink, listening intently through the door.
"Come on now. Can't you just assume every once in a while that a visit from me is simply casual?" asked Tsunade.
"No." said Naruto with his arms crossed.
"Now, what do you want from me?" asked Naruto impatiently.
"Nothing!" said Tsunade looking offended.
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay." she said with her hands on her hips.
"Yeah sure..." said Naruto skeptically.
"No, really! I mean it! I wanted to make sure you weren't getting hurt by those hateful villagers, or threatened by people... or you know... GETTING AN HEIRESS'S HAND STUCK DOWN YOUR PANTS!" shouted Tsunade.
Tsunade had suddenly turned into an embodiment of rage.
"Phleugh...chka! dgh... (coughing fit) WHAT!" sputtered Kiba as pop dripped out his nose.
Kiba knew that the only clan that had an Heiress was the Hyuuga clan, so it had to be Hinata!
"Oh crap!" said Naruto as he backed up towards the door.
"Yeah, that's right oh crap!" said Tsunade as she stomped up to him.
"You sick pervert! How dare you take advantage of such a sweet girl like Hinata! I'm going to throttle you!" said Tsunade, getting even closer.
"I-I-Wait! I can... um... explain!" stuttered Naruto as he backed as close to the door as possible.
"Explain? Explain! You fucking had her hands DOWN YOUR PANTS!" shouted Tsunade as she reached a hysterical rage.
"But-But I... She... I was just running home... and..." began Naruto.
"And what! You accidently stuck her hand down your pants!" screamed Tsunade incredulously.
"I just had Hiashi Hyuuga come in with a personal request for a restaining order against you!" said Tsunade angrily.
"Wha-What!" exclaimed Naruto.
He may have nearly gave him a heart attack, but he didn't think Hiashi would go that far.
"As Hokage I'm leader to this village, and as I asked politely WHY he wanted a restraining order..."
Tsunade had Naruto cornered now, there was nowhere to go.
"You want to know what he told me?"she said threateningly.
She slammed her hand against the wall, right beside his head, trapping him even more.
"YOU. WANNA. KNOW. WHAT. HE. TOLD. ME!" shouted Tsunade.
Kiba was now drinking his pop down so fast from the suspense that it was giving him brain freeze, but he didn't care. He had found out what Naruto had done, but he still wanted to know how much trouble he was going to get into.
"He had the nerve to tell me, the Hokage, your official parental guardian... That he wanted a restraining order on you, because he wasn't SURE that he could keep YOU from STICKING HINATA'S HANDS, DOWN YOUR PANTS!" shouted Tsunade angrily.
Naruto was for sure that a homicide was about to occur so he inched his hand inconspicuously to the right, and placed his hand on the door knob.
"That... That Naruto is so dead..." said Kiba as he clenched his fists.
"I'll make sure he gets what's coming to him, but first I gotta let Shino know so he can help beat the crud out of him." said Kiba angrily.
He almost couldn't believe something like this had happened to a girl as sweet as Hinata.
"Let's go Akamaru! Shino will be the first to know." said Kiba.
Akamaru barked in agreement.
They both turned and ran out of the complex. They had a mission now.
Back in Naruto's apartment, it wasn't much better.
Tsunade was in such a rage that she put her hands over her eyes and screamed at nothing to keep herself from killing him.
When she covered her eyes, Naruto took the advantage.
"Uh... BYE!" exclaimed Naruto as he whipped out the door at break-neck speed.
Tsunade immediately reacted.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" shouted Tsunade.
She turned on her heel and ran after him, knocking over Kiba's pop, and breaking Naruto's door on the way out.
Naruto did everything he could to get away from her. He made simple genjutsus, clones to run off in different directions, and even threw random objects at her. But she always knew which Naruto was the real one, and busted through his tricks like nothing.
"Get the fuck back here so I can choke you to death!" shouted Tsunade.
She was slowly gaining ground on him. It was only a matter of time.
'I could use that technique... But it's always too risky.' thought Naruto as he ran up the Hokage monument.
'I need to find some place to hide!' thought Naruto as he reached the top.
As soon as he flew over the top, he saw someone whom he usually never saw when he needed him.
Jiraiya was looking over the village, using binoculars to, no doubt, spy on women.
'Jiraiya!' thought Naruto as he ran up to the Sannin.
"Jiraiya! Jiraiya! Help meeeeee!" screamed Naruto frantically has he ran up to him.
"What are you..." began Jiraiya.
He stopped talking when he noticed who was right on Naruto's tail.
Naruto came up to him and swiftly slid around him to hide behind the powerful frog hermit.
Jiraiya saw the look of fear on his face and could easily tell that whatever Naruto did, the Hokage was willing to almost kill him for it.
Jiraiya knew that strength-wise he was out-matched by Tsunade, but if the situation called for it, he could stop her.
"Tsunade. Stop." said Jiraiya.
He held out his hand to signal her to stop.
She slid to a stop and gave Jiraiya a murderous look.
"Out of the way Jiraiya! This kid's got what's coming to him!" warned Tsunade as she tried to get around him.
Jiraiya quickly reached out and flicked her on the forehead, sending her flying back a few feet.
She landed on her feet at was prepared to kill the Sannin for using her technique, but she looked up and saw the look on Jiraiya's face. It was that of a father protecting his son.
She stared upon the serious face and glared past it at Naruto who continued to hide behind the Toad Hermit.
"Settle down Tsunade." said Jiraiya with a uncharacteristicly serious face.
"YOU DONT KNOW WHAT HE DID!" screamed Tsunade while pointing an accusing finger at Naruto.
"Fine, tell me what he did, and if it is as bad as you say it is, I'll let you maul the kid as his punishment." said Jiraiya.
Naruto looked at his Sensei like he was on crack.
"Jiraiya! She could kill me!" said Naruto disbelievingly.
"It's only fair that you get punished for something you did wrong." said Jiraiya as he turned back to Tsunade.
"Well, (sigh) what did he do?" asked Jiraiya.
Tsunade then began to tell him what Hiashi had said to her, and that Naruto had not yet denied it.
"It's because you haven't given me the chance t..." began Naruto.
Jiraiya silenced Naruto with a hand to his face.
Jiraiya turned slowly to Naruto to look him in the eyes with a grim face.
Suddenly without warning, he jumped up into the air and clicked his heels with joy.
"Aaaaalriiiight Naruto! Wait to go! I knew I raised you right!" said Jariaya as he gave Naruto a huge bear hug.
Tsunade and Naruto both gave him looks of complete disbelief.
"Sensei! Are you really on crack, or what?"
"N-NO! I'm just proud of you! Finally makin a move on your first Laaadyyyyy! said Jiraiya with a thumbs up.
"..."
Tsunade didn't know what to think, but she knew that there was hell to pay for taking away the innocence of such a nice little teen.
Before she could interupt Jiraiya suddenly went completely serious.
"But..." began Jiraiya, putting Naruto in suspense.
"It sounds to me like you deserve getting your ass kicked. Hinata is the Heiress of the Hyuuga clan. Who knows what turmoil such an action could have caused." said Jiraiya, nodding his head as if agreeing with himself.
"But-But neither of you have heard my side of the story!" exclaimed Naruto in protest.
Jiraiya nodded.
"Okay, let's hear your side of the story." said Jiraiya.
Tsunade was about to open her mouth in protest, but Naruto cut her off.
"It wouldn't matter what I'd say anyway! When I tried to tell her before, she didn't believe me and chased me across town!" exclaimed Naruto with his arms crossed.
"Hmmm... Hiashi was the only eye-witness aside from Naruto..." began Jiraiya.
"Yeah, but he's trying to get a restraining order on me!" exclaimed Naruto.
"Hey! Hey! Hiashi may not like you, but he would never lie. It's a... um... it's Hyuuga thing." said Jiraiya, pointing towards the Hyuuga Mansion.
"So I say we pay him a visit." said Jiraiya with full confidence in his student.
"I'll do you one better, I'll call Hiashi and Hinata to my office to talk about it themselves." said Tsunade with a smirk.
"Okay, sounds good to me!" said Jiraiya as he grabbed Naruto by the arm.
'Oh no! Not Hinata! She was unconscious! I don't want her to know about it! I don't want such a nice girl to hate me!' thought Naruto as he blushed when he thought of the Hyuuga girl, but he didn't know why he blushed.
Later at the Hokage's office, everyone was in attendance... except Hinata.
"Hiashi..." said Tsunade angrily as she kept an eye on Naruto.
"I thought that I specifically requested that you bring Hinata here." said Tsunade in frustration.
She sat behind her desk, ready to strike at Naruto in case he tried to get away.
Hiashi was on the other side of the room by himself, while Jiraiya stood next to Tsunade with his hand confidently on Naruto's shoulder.
"I would have brought Hinata along, but if would have been useless since she is still unconscious." said Hiashi in a bored monotone voice.
"Unconscious! Aaaaalrriiiiiiight Naruto! You..." began Jiraiya before he was cut off by Tsunade hitting him on the head.
"(Sigh) Okay fine. Hiashi, tell me exactly what you saw when Naruto had your daughter." said Tsunade.
Hiashi sighed and revealed exactly what had happened from his point of view.
It was slightly differently than what Naruto thought had happened since it came from a father's perspective, but it leaned towards Naruto's side of it being an accident anyways.
"YES! HA! I told you I didn't do anything wrong... well... on purpose anyway" said Naruto as he went to leave.
Suddenly Tsunade swept across the room and blocked the doorway.
There was something about Tsunade's demeanor that told Naruto that he wasn't in trouble anymore. Tsunade seemed to be much nicer towards him since she heard the truth from Hiashi.
"Wait Naruto, there are still some things I need to know..." said Tsunade with her arms crossed.
"From you... Hiashi." said Tsunade.
Hiashi gave her a look as though he didn't care.
"Go on..." said Hiashi, waiting for her to respond.
"Why did you still want to have a restraining order on Naruto, if it was an accident?" asked Tsunade.
This caught everyone off guard except Jiraiya who smiled and shouted "Restraining order! Aaaaalriiiiight Na..."
"Jiraiya! I swear to god!" said Tsunade threateningly as Jiraiya held up his hands in defense.
"Go on Hiashi..." said Naruto.
Everyone looked at Naruto, who had a serious look on his face.
"Tell us all the real reason you wanted me away from Hinata" said Naruto as he gave Hiashi a glare.
Hiashi looked suprised at this reaction from Naruto, but ignored it.
"After that... incident... I realized that Naruto was getting too close to her, so I wanted you away. It is as simple as that." said Hiashi matter-of-factly.
"Too close? I'm just her friend! How is that too close?" asked Naruto incredulously.
"Hinata is to grow up to become Clan leader one day, and will not have time for friends." stated Hiashi coldly.
"I do not want to have her going through losing friends because of her role in our clan, so it would just be easier on her if she had no friends in the first place." said Hiashi stubbornly.
Tsunade could see the logic in this, and was going to say that she mostly agreed with him to end a fight she knew was coming between the two, but she was quickly cut off by Naruto.
"YOU LIAR!" said Naruto quite accusingly.
Hiashi looked suprised to say the least...
END OF CHAPTER
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