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CHAPTER FIVE: Welcome To Boot Camp

(1 week later)

Naruto woke up to a sound of metal banging against each other but it was still very quiet so that no one else would notice. He also noticed a nice warm spot and the feeling of weight on his left side. He opened his eyes slightly to see what it was but all he saw was midnight blue hair, which meant only one thing. Three year old Hinata was lying next to him and hugging him like a teddy bear. Naruto's eyes shot wide open. 'What's she doing here?' he screamed inside his head while blushing a deep crimson red.

"Baka, you don't remember what happened last night?" Kyuubi said while banging his head on his cage's bars because of the dream Naruto had been having. "I swear you will turn into Ramen if you ate that much."

FLASHBACK

(Time - 11:01pm

Location- Nauto's Room in Hyuuga Estate)

Naruto was wide awake and thinking about so much that had happened in the last week – getting kicked out of the orphanage, running from the mob, meeting Robert and Tyler, finding out about Kyuubi being inside of him, staying in the Hyuuga compound, and getting chakra control training with Robert and Tyler – kind of a busy week.

Tap. Tap. "Um. . .may I please come in, Naruto-kun?" came a sad squeak of the voice of Hinata.

Naruto sat up in his bed and faced the sliding paper door and thought 'Why is she up at this time of night?' "Sure Hinata-chan, you can come in," he said concerned.

Hinata opened the paper door and closed it quietly behind her. Naruto noticed she was crying. "What's wrong Hinata-chan?" he asked.

"I (sniff, sniff) had a bad dream," she replied suddenly. (A/N: Remember she's 3 years old, nightmares can really spook them at this age.)

"How come you didn't go to your parents?" he asked.

"Otouo-san and Kaa-san a-are with the E-E-Elders and wouldn't be out for a f-few more hours," she replied sobbing.

Naruto sighed. 'I hope I don't get into trouble for this.' He scooted over in his bed and said, "Would you like to sleep here for a while Hinata-chan?"

Hinata blushed, "O-o-okay," she replied as she made her way to Naruto's bed and got under the covers still blushing.

"Good night Naruto-kun," Hinata said sleepily.

"Good night Hinata-chan," Naruto replied.

END FLASHBACK

'Oh yeah now I remember,' thought Naruto.

"Just do me one favor will you Kit," said Kyuubi.

'What is it?'

"Don't ever dream about ramen again. You ate so many bowls of those damn noodles I thought I was going to puke!" Kyuubi said sickly.

'What are you talking about?' Naruto asked. 'You don't have a stomach,' he said sarcastically.

"I would if I did. Honestly after your 256th bowl I thought I was going to be seriously sick," Kyuubi said moaning.

'It was a great dream!' Naruto yelled back in his mind.

"To you maybe!" Kyuubi yelled in response with his eye twitching.

Hinata then hugged Naruto tighter and her head snuggled deep into his shoulder causing him to blush deep dark red.

Naruto heard Kyuubi snicker as he said, "Not as good as her dream."

'Shut it Fox!' he thought embarrassed.

Just then Naruto's door slid open to reveal Robert and Tyler in full armor. Tyler chuckled softly and quietly said, "So Naruto how does it feel being a live teddy bear?"

A vein popped on Naruto's forehead. "Shut up!" he whispered while blushing.

Tyler started to laugh a little louder. "Ha, ha, ha, ha. . .he like it, he really lik-." WHAM "Oooowwww!" he yelled. Robert had hit Tyler on top of his helmet causing Tyler's head to bang around inside it. Even with all the cushions in the armor's helmet it still hurt like hell.

"What was that for?" he asked hurtfully.

"Stop teasing them. We are already behind schedule," he added looking at his helmet's inner clock.

Naruto turned to his right and looked at his alarm clock. It was 4:17am. He started blinking in disbelief and said very irritated, "How come I have to wake up at this time in the morning?"

"For two very good reasons," Robert stated. "One, to start your combat training that lasts four hours, and two, to get you into the habit of waking up at an earlier time," he explained. "Wake up Hinata too, she can benefit from this training as well. Now let's go, our breakfast is waiting," and with that said he turned and left the room heading for the kitchen.

Tyler sighed and said, "Well at least he is not grumpy," while rubbing his helmet. He then followed Robert out of the room leaving Naruto irritated but excited at the thought of combat training.

Naruto sighed and tried to get out of Hinata's grip but every time he tried to get up she tightened her hold on him. Finally after 5 minutes of trying gently he gave up and shook her shoulder. "Hinata, it is time to get up," he whispered.

Hinata slowly opened her eyes to see Naruto's blue eyes staring closely at her. She blushed slightly and then noticed she was bear hugging him. "Eeeepppp!" she squealed and jumped quickly to the floor while turning beet red. "S-sorry Naruto-kun. I though I was holding my t-teddy bear," she quietly said.

Naruto got quickly up, placed his hand on Hinata's shoulder, and said, "It's okay Hinata, I understand." She blushed again and he continued, "We need to hurry. Tyler and Robert are waiting for us with breakfast."

She nodded, turned and opened the door wider. It was still dark outside and a few stars were still shining in the night sky. She turned around to face Naruto and said, "Um N-Naruto-kun?"

He looked at her and questioned, "Yes?"

"Um- - - what time is it?" she questioned.

Naruto glanced at his nightstand clock and sighed. "It is 4:17 in the morning," he said sleepily.

"Why are w-w-we up so early?" she asked.

"Something about starting combat training with Robert and Tyler which is going to last about four hours," he explained.

"Oh . . . I hope your training goes well," she replied sounding depressed.

"What are you talking about?" he asked. "You are joining me with the training. Why else would I wake you up?" he said teasingly.

Hinata was happy she would be spending time with her new friends. "Okay, I'll meet you in the kitchen Naruto-kun," she said smiling as she left his room.

Naruto saw her sly smile and blushed a little. 'She's cute when she smiles like that' he thought for only a sec. A bit worried he added 'wait, where did that come from?' Putting these thoughts at the back of his mind he got dressed in some training clothes the Hyuugas were kind enough to give him. They were pretty basic – a black long-sleeve V-shirt with long black sweatpants. He pouted a little about the lack of color but he wore them none the less. After getting dressed Naruto made his way to the kitchen. Robert and Tyler were helping the maid clean up. Hinata soon came in the kitchen dressed in the same outfit as Naruto, except slightly smaller of course.

"What took you guys so long?" Robert asked curiously. Naruto and Hinata blushed slightly pink. "Never mind, I don't think I want to know," Robert continued. "Just meet us at training ground number 8 here at the estate after you have breakfast. You will need the energy," he said seriously.

Hinata and Naruto both nodded.

(10 minutes later)

Training area #8 was very basic in terms that there was an arena about 15 feet in diameter with a large rock that weighed about 200 pounds. Outside the arena was a grassy area with a large tree on the other side of the entrance in the right hand corner of the training area. Tyler and Robert were waiting for them to show up.

"Wonder what's taking them?" Tyler finally asked.

As soon as those words left his mouth their motion sensors blinked two yellow dots indicating Naruto and Hinata were approaching.

"Speak of the devil," Robert said.

A crying Naruto came into the arena with Hinata trying to comfort him. Tyler looked at Hinata and asked, "What's eaten him?" he asked pointing at Naruto.

"T-the cook said he can only have 2 bowls of ramen a week," she replied, still trying to comfort Naruto.

Robert chuckled slightly. "That was my doing," he said smiling.

Naruto's eyes opened wide in horror and started yelling, "WHAT! Wh-."

SMACK. Before he could finish his yell Robert duck tapped his mouth shut. "Calm down! I was just about to explain why."

Muffled screams of protest came through the tape. Robert could have sworn Naruto was trying to say 'why did you take my ramen away.'

"For several good reasons," he started saying. "Number 1 – it is bad for you to eat lots of ramen every day. 2 – I was going to use it in a reward system for you. Every time you succeed in something you will gain from 1 to 5 bowls of ramen for either lunch or dinner, but never, ever breakfast. And 3 – It stunts your growth. I doubt you want to be the shortest in the academy, trust me I know," he finished.

More muffled screams of protest. This time Robert thought it sounded like 'but you had pizza this morning for breakfast. Robert raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "I had cold pizza, not hot, but cold. It is good for you in the morning having the needed nutrients to start the day," he said. "You understand I didn't take it completely away I just limited it for a good reason."

Naruto nodded but was still pouting about the ramen restriction. During Robert and Naruto's conversation Tyler had made his way next to Hinata.

"I don't know what is scarier, Robert understands Naruto with duck tape over his mouth or Naruto agreeing to the ramen restriction," he whispered to her.

"We should start the warm-up now," Robert said making his way back to the center of the arena. Naruto made some muffled noises while pointing at his mouth.

"I'll get it Naruto," Tyler stated while making his way over to Naruto.

Tyler reached over to one of the ends of the tape. Rrrriiiiipppp! Naruto winced in enormous pain and put both hands over his mouth. The tape had left a large red mark over his mouth.

"He, he, he. . . .Sorry forgot to tell you to brace yourself," Tyler laughed nervously.

"Son of a . . . . ," Naruto said under his breath while rubbing his face with his hands.

"Hey you three, let's get started with the warm-up," Robert said loudly from the training arena.

Tyler, Naruto and Hinata made their way to the arena. Naruto was still pissed off about the duck tape. Once in the arena they stood in a straight line side by side near the boulder in the center ring.

"Um. . . Robert-kun?" Hinata said in a low whisper.

"Please Hinata, just call me 'Robert'. Robert-kun sounds funny to me," Robert said sincerely.

"Okay, but I don't remember a rock here in the training place," Hinata said nervously.

"I'll get to that after the warm-up, okay?" Robert replied. She nodded. "Ok," he continued, "let's get started with the light warm-up."

"How light are we talking about?" Tyler asked raising an eyebrow.

"Only 100 push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks along with a 2 mile jog," Robert calmly stated.

Tyler and Naruto's jaw dropped wide open and Hinata paled a bit.

"Oh and if you quit in the warm-up you will have to jog around Konoha twice and do 200 instead of 100," Robert said seriously.

(2 hours later

Time - 6:27 am

Location – Hyuuga training ground #8)

"I'm impressed that you two didn't quit," Robert said calmly as usual.

Both Naruto and Hinata were panting heavily from their so-called 'warm-up.' Naruto was on one knee while Hinata was sitting trying hard to catch her breath.

"Now for the real training," Robert stated causing Naruto and Hinata to look at each other in fear. Robert glanced over to Tyler who was stretching out his muscles and said, "Tyler."

Tyler stopped his stretching, turned around to look back at Robert standing in front of Naruto and Hinata, and said, "Yeah?"

"I need you to work on your new ability; the sooner you master it the better," Robert told him.

Tyler smiled and saluted. "You got it Boss!" he replied and then made his way out of the arena.

Robert raised an eyebrow while thinking to himself 'what is he so happy about?' Robert looked back at Naruto. He was helping Hinata back to her feet. "Okay you two, time for hand-to-hand combat training," he said to them.

Naruto looked slightly puzzled and replied, "You mean taijutsu?"

"Yeah," Robert said while nodding.

"B-but Robert, I'm s-suppose to learn the Jyuuken style," Hinata whispered quietly trying not to upset Robert.

"I know Hinata," he replied, "and don't get me wrong because the Jyuuken style is very good but there are some problems. If you are low on chakra or you have the chakra hole closed then it is good to know more than one combat style to switch to if one is not working against an enemy," he explained.

'That makes sense, I guess,' thought Hinata in agreement. "What is the style's name?" she asked.

'Good question, they never said what the SPARTANs Hand-to-hand combat style's name was,' thought Robert. 'So what can we call it' he pondered for a moment when a name suddenly came to him. "It's called Hagane Genkotsu (Steel Fist)," he said to them.

"Why Hagane Genkotsu?" asked Naruto.

Robert smiled and turned toward the rock in the middle of the arena. He assumed a fighting stance (A/N: use your own imagination on what you would like to the stance to look like) and said, "This is why." He tightened the muscles in his right hand and arm and swung at the rock. BAAAMMMM! Robert had punched the rock with only about ½ of his full strength but it still caused the rock to explode into pebbles from the impact.

Naruto and Hinata were dumb-struck; their eyes were wide as saucers. Both of them silently whispered, "Daaaamn!"

Robert was also slightly shocked at his strength. 'Damn,' he thought, 'didn't mean to hit that hard. I don't know my own strength.' He returned from the Hagane Genkotsu stance and turned back toward Naruto and Hinata. "Well, with that out of the way, let's get started with the first tiers," he told them.

(2 hours 30 minutes later

Time 8:57am

Location – still the HyuugaTraining area)

Robert was resting in the shade of the tree with his hands behind his head. Next to him Naruto and Hinata had fallen asleep 20 minutes ago. They were using each others heads as pillows. Tyler had returned and was still practicing his new ability in the center of the training circle. He managed to become invisible easily enough – it was becoming visible again he was struggling with. At the moment he was transparent and slowly becoming a solid object. As Robert watched Tyler become solid again he thought of Naruto and Hinata. When they had finally collapsed from exhaustion, from repeating the tiers over and over, and fallen asleep Robert thought it was a true 'Kodak' moment – one any mom wouldn't resist taking their pictures as they slept. 'Man, it would make a good blackmail picture when they get older,' he thought to himself.

Suddenly Robert and Tyler's motion sensors went off. They indicated a 'friendly' approaching from the entrance to the training area. Robert turned his head to see who it was Hinata's mother, Hyuuga Tenshi. Like Hinata she had midnight blue hair but had dark green eyes which meant she was not Hyuugan blood. (A/N: use your imagination again for an exact description – Power to the Readers!) She looked very worried by the expression on her face. Robert had met Tenshi infrequently while staying there and only when she was looking for her daughter Hinata.

Robert got up and walked over to her. "Good morning Tenshi-san," he said while waving his hand slightly.

She looked at Robert and only slightly relaxed. She couldn't see past him so she worriedly asked, "Where are the others?"

Robert sighed and said, "Well, Tyler is in the center ring still practicing his bloodline."

Tenshi blinked hard twice and said "He is?" She then looked toward the ring to see nothing there.

Robert turned his head to look over his shoulder to see Tyler missing again. "Tyler," he said bored, "you're gone again man."

"Damn," came a voice from the emptiness. "I thought I had it that time," he stated pissed off. He slowly again became visible.

Tenshi's eyes widen in surprise. She looked back at Robert and asked, "How does he do that?"

"I said he was practicing his bloodline," Robert repeated looking at her again.

"Oh. But, where are Hinata-chan and Naruto-kun?" she asked him still sounding a little worried.

Robert slightly raised an eyebrow and thought 'I thought only the Hokage-oij-san and Hinata called Naruto with the –kun suffix.' "They are under the tree taking a nap," he answered while pointing his thumb towards the tree.

Tenshi glanced over to Naruto and Hinata and smiled warmly at the sight of them napping. "Can you please make sure that those two don't wake up in the next five minutes?" she asked him sweetly.

Robert blinked in surprised and said, "Ummm - - okay."

Tenshi smiled again, turned and walked back toward the estate. 'Wonder where she is going,' Robert thought curiously.

Hinata let out a small moan which caused both Robert and Tyler to look at her and Naruto. Hinata was snuggling closer to Naruto putting her arms around him, hugging him tight like a teddy bear again.

Tenshi returned quickly through the entrance with a clicking noise causing Robert to turn around. Robert chuckled quietly when he realized what was in her hands. 'It figures,' he thought to himself. 'Why do parent always get a camera when they see their kids in these types of situations?'

Sorry that this chapter took awhile. I'm going to jump ahead two years in the next. Chapter 6: Welcome to the Academy will be available shortly. plz R&R This is SPARTAN-251, sighning off...(click)