Yin and Yang
Chapter 6
Tsunande sighed and stood after the recount of what had happened. Sai seemed to be quieter than usual, his brow furrowed in thought. Naruto was angry, and Sakura worried.
"Did you catch the hand seals?" She asked. Wordlessly, Sai handed her his sketch book.
"I was able to catch both sets. The way I drew them are in order of the performance."
"Both...sets?" Naruto asked.
"Of course!" Sakura exclaimed. "I did notice that one would stop, and the other would start up again."
"So this can only be done with two ninja?" Hinata asked.
"A transportation Jutsu, mostly scuicide for a single Ninja..." Kiba said. Akamaru sneezed. Shino didn't do anything, just stood there, but Hinata and Kiba could tell that the events that had taken place had unnerved him just as much as everyone else.
"Alright, your dissmised."Tsunande sighed, sitting. "May I borrow your book, Sai?"
"Of course." The ninja saluted and filed out of the room. Naruto grinned at Sai.
"Hey, no worries. I'm sure she's fine." Sai nodded. "Why don't we go train for the exam? It is in only a few weeks you know."
"Alright."
The three made their way down to the training grounds, trying to turn their thoughts from Yin-Chan's kidnapping.
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Naruto jumped as a knock sounded at his door. It waa the night before the exam, and he had been studying for hours, perfecting his teqhniques. He was exausted, as he, Sai, and Sakura had been training for the majority of the past few weeks. It was, however, a pleseant surprise when he opened the door to Hinata's blushing face.
"H-hello Naruto-Kun..." She stammered.
"Hey, Hinata-Chan." They Stood like that in silence for a few minutes. Then Naruto remembered himself. Blushing, he opened the door, glad the only mess in his appartment was the things he was using to study. "S-sorry." He stammered. Hinata lughed quietly.
"It's okay." She said.
"What brings you by, just out of curiosity?" Naruto asked, opening his fridge. As he surfaced, holding a couple sodas, He caught whiff of something that smelled better than even ramen.
"I-I brought you d-dinner..." HInata stammered, uncovering the bundle in her arms. "Sakura-san and I figured that you and Sai would be studying a lot tonight, and forget to eat. All of us did when we took our exams." Hinata blushed as Naruto leaned in to look at the food, blushing slightly himself.
"Smells great!" He said. "Hang on, leme clear a spot..." Naruto went off, leaving Hinata near the kitchen, a small blush on her cheeks. He was babling again, she loved it when he did that..."There!" Narto exclaimed, clearing the last of the papers from the table. Hinata went to put her load down, but Naruto removed it from her hands and scooted out a chair for her with his foot. Blushing worse than ever, Hinata sat as Naruto set the food out. She almost giggled when he said a short 'Itadakimas!' before cramming an alarming amount of the food into his mouth.
It was pure happiness on the young mans face from that moment on. Hinata got herself a little food, feeling a bit hungry herself.
"This is really good, Hinata-chan." Naruto said, smiling. Hinata blushed hard.
"T-thank you... it's my first time, i'm sure Sakura is much better..."
"Y-you made this??" Naruto almost dropped his bowl, his blue eyes wide. Hinata nodded, not trusting herself so speak. Naruto sat the bowl down and stared at it, then began to eat slowly. Hinata watched him in confusion, but almost giggled when he started to speed eat again.
"What are you doing, Naruto-kun?"
"I was trying to savor it, but it's too good." Naruto grinned, his old vigor back. "Back to the books!" He exclaimed happily, then plopped down on the couch, inviting Hianta over as well.
It turned out to be a rather rambuncious evening, as Hinata seemed to forget who she was talking to, and they were soon laughing like she did with her team mates. She lost her stutter, spoke out more, and the two dropped 'Chan' and 'Kun' suffexes when adressing eachother.
Hinata pointed out tips that Naruto had missed, and also gave him hints from her own experiences. Naruto listened patiently, throwing in a loud question or two.
Somewhere in their subconcous, Naruto and Hinata relized that they enjoyed eachothers company more than anyone elses. It was a subtle relization, but it was the kind that become obvious once dwelled upon, making you wonder why you didn't see it before.
These were Naruto's thoughts as he tried to listen to what Hinata was saying, while atempting to keep his eyes open. It eneded in him falling asleep on a startled Hinata's shoulder. Hinata smiled, lay him down, and grabbed a blanket from his room. She paused on her way out the door, looking back at Naruto on the couch, his sleeping form lluminated slightly by the moon and street lamps.
"Sleep well, Naruto..."
A loud buzzing brought Naruto out of sleep and off the couch the next morning. He landed in a tangle of sheets with a yelp, and it was about five minutes before he was able to get the alarm turned off. He then stood staring at it blearily, like it was an alien. The he remembered. Hinata had come over!!
Blushing madly, Naruto made for the fridge, and was surprised to see that the leftovers from the night before were in a tupperware dish.
Please eat a proper breakfast Naruto Kun!
Good luck today!
love, Hianta
Naruto's blush fadded quikly, then returned softly with his smile. He did as Hinata requested and ate the food, with a tall glass of orange juice.
And it was to Sakura and Sai's surprised eyes to see Naruto walking down the road to meet them.
"Okay, Naruto, are you okay?" Sakura asked, feeling his head.
"Yeah, i'm FINE. I've been asked that five times already!" Naruto snapped. "Hinata came over last night to bring me dinner, and she set my alarm. Scared the hell out of me this morning!"
"Really? she went though with it!?" Sakura squeeled. Sai blinked slowly.
"Home made food makes you -"
"SAI! NOT A WORD!" Naruto yelled. Sakura started laughing as they made their way down to the exam building.
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Everything was the same.
The room, several familear faces... the only unfamilear thing was the mood. The tension in the air could be cut with a kunai. The entire room of ninja was crowded in one corner, looking towards the corner to team sevens right. When the three looked, the othe rninja's actions were somewhat justified.
Laying in the corner was a large white bear, a white fox, and a large white wolf. Acompning the three strange animals, were three ninja about the same age as Team 7. The girl was sitting on the bears back, her arms folded on it's head, her head in her arms. her belts were visible, and dangling from one was her head protector.
Sitting with the fox beside him, was a lanky, black haired young man, wearing a downy gray coat with his forehead protector on his arm. Next to the wolf was the strangest one yet. He kept the hood to his gray coat up, not to mention he was wearing large goggles and had covered the bottom half of his face in bandages. He was wearing his forehead protector around his neck, and all three of their head protectors sported the symbol of the Cloud country.
"The animals have protectors as well..." Naruto muttered as they took a seat.
"I noticed." Sakura said. "Kinda strange, but not really. Kakashi's dogs have them."
"True." Naruto said. Sai kept silent, staring at the Cloud she-ninja. All three ended up giving him warning glares. Just before a conflict started, the examiner came in, and the first exam started.
skip to after second exam
