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Last time:
He wrapped his arms around her, securing her into a warm hug where all her troubles disappeared.
"As a ninja, I'll do my best to help everyone. I don't want to fail again."
"And you," He tightened the grip around her and quickly took in the wonderful smell of her hair. "Because I'll be by your side."
Kurogashi, a Boy like Me
Before returning to teaching the academy students, Naruto informed his mother to get ninja ready for the upcoming war. Kushina did this without hesitation and called up experienced ninja. Naruto was asked to leave before the meeting with the Uzumaki ninja.
Teaching the students was something Naruto just loved. There were many students who looked up to him because of his amazing skills, especially Kurogashi. Tsuki however became best friends with Hinata. Kurogashi's skills at throwing weapons were improving. Naruto's words had helped him greatky. The next step was hand signs, ninjutsu and chakra control. Hinata took over at this point. She taught them the hand signs that they would use for almost every technique.
"The first technique you'll be learning is the simple Bunshin no Jutsu. The Bunshin no Jutsu is an illusionary technique where you create a clone of yourself. Of course, it wouldn't be real but an illusion. It requires a correct amount of chakra in order to be used." She slowly went through the hand signs. "Bunshin no Jutsu!" With a small puff of smoke, a second and third Hinata appeared. "Without enough or too much chakra, your Bunshin will end up like…"
"Bunshin no Jutsu." Even as a Jounin, Naruto still hadn't perfected the Bunshin technique. His Bunshin lay on the ground, looking pale and dead.
"This," Hinata finished.
The kids gasped as they saw their teacher preform the simple jutsu poorly. Kurogashi's hand went up. "Why can't Naruto-sensei make a good Bunshin like you Hinata-sensei?"
"Naruto-sensei has too much chakra to control. Instead, he uses techniques which use a higher amount of chakra. For example, instead of using the Bunshin no Jutsu, he uses Kage Bunshin no Jutsu which creates an actual body and not an illusion." She signalled Naruto to do the technique.
He grinned. 'My favourite.' "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" With a cloud of smoke, ten Naruto clones appeared.
"You can touch them to feel the difference, "Hinata said.
The children stood from their seats and went to touch a Bunshin. Kurogashi touched the hand of Naruto's clone and smiled. "Wow Naruto-sensei! How much chakra does this use?"
"Quite a bit," Naruto replied.
Tsuki went off to touch one of Hinata's clones. Her hand went straight through the clone. "Now go touch one of Naruto-sensei's clones," Hinata instructed. She went to touch it and she could feel it. Her hand did not go through the clone. Her eyes widened slightly from surprise. "Let's go outside to try the Bunshin technique," Hinata said.
Everyone did so. They followed the hand signs that Hinata had done earlier. Using almost the correct amount of chakra, they called out "Bunshin no Jutsu!" Everyone made a Bunshin, even Kurogashi, probably because he had no demon sealed inside of him, however, it wasn't completely successful. Hinata leaned against Naruto.
"You tired?" Naruto asked.
"A bit from the chakra usage."
"Hinata, we need to get ourselves ready for that war. If we don't then we may not be able to defeat Sasuke."
"Yes but we do have the sword and the brooch."
Naruto had almost forgotten about the brooch. It was pinned to her clothes on her chest. He gently touched it. He leaned in for a kiss but was interrupted by the students.
"Naruto-sensei, Hinata-sensei!"
Hinata turned to them and checked their Bunshins. "They came out yes but not correctly. Some look like they have been beaten up. You need to make them look like something at its best shape."
The students returned to making correct Bunshins. "I think I can only help as a medic-nin. I won't have enough energy to fight."
"That's fine. As long as you're doing the best you can." She kissed the top of her head.
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Hinata was in her eighth month. She was getting worried about the war that Sasuke had announced months ago. What if it started too late when she couldn't help at all? She started to sleep at the desk in front of the class. She was too tired to work on chakra. Naruto was the class's main teacher. He taught them about clans, history, more basic jutsu, levels of ninja and everything in a ninja's life. Well, almost everything.
The couple started to think up names for their child. So many names and so little time. But it was fun. A couple of times they thought of what Lee would call the child. Midori was one since Lee seemed to adore the colour green. Maybe Gai or Lee after, well, you should know by now.
Their small class started to learn emergency escape routes where the students would hide safely. Every day, Naruto would go through it at least twice. He didn't want his class to be harmed. Hinata would use her Byakugan to search for Sasuke whenever she had the energy to do it.
She sat, waiting for a small army to come and attack them. It was hard to see beyond the outskirts of the town. It was a slight disadvantage since Sasuke may attack the buildings while their ninja were getting there. She then saw them, she saw a man with quite a bit of chakra. She stood up. "Naruto, Sasuke's here!"
The students saw her eyes, they were all wrinkly. Then they remembered the lesson of clans with bloodline limits. 'The Hyuga clan,' Tsuki thought.
"Hinata, go tell mother about it." She ran out of the room and into Kushina's office. "Everyone, this is no drill, it's the real thing!" A scared girl began to cry. "Don't worry, you'll be safe. Mika-chan will be with you." Naruto led the students through an escape route which led them underground. Mika was already there with a frown on her face. She held his sword in her hands. "Mika, are you okay?"
A single tear slid down her cheek. "I'm sure; this is the clan that killed my mother." She handed him his sword. "Use it well."
He nodded before quickly walking away to the exit. He stopped when someone tugged on his shirt. "Naruto-sensei, may I come with you?"
"You can't. If you do, you'll die."
"Maybe," he said. He pulled the left sleeve of his shirt down to reveal a strange black marking. "Creep Orochimaru put this on me. I don't know why though. Lately I heard that someone called Sasuke had joined him. If Orochimaru isn't here, I'll get Sasuke to send the message." He quickly pulled the shirt back up. "Please Naruto-sensei."
"I'm not sure if that seal is enough though."
"It has given me too much power it's a bit hard to control. I'm still getting used to the high amount of chakra though."
Naruto looked away in thought. "Okay but if I say to leave the area than leave the area."
"Hai!" Kurogashi said excitedly.
They left together and son met up with Hinata. She wore three-quarter pants with a loose top. Sitting at the belt (not sure if that's what it's called) of the pants, was a kunai pouch with several kunai and shuriken and medical items.
"Why is Kurogashi with you?" she asked.
"He's a boy like me," Naruto replied.
Chapter 14 is done! I hope you enjoyed it cause it will be my last update before I leave for a small vacation. I'll be having lots of fun…I guess. Anyway, I want to wish you all a Happy New Year's Day! Don't forget about those resolutions! Please review!