Chapter 3- A New Mission

Hinata was knocking on Naruto's door. "Naruto, are you there?" she asked softly.

"I'll be there in a sec." Naruto got up from his relaxing spot on the couch and opened the door.

"Oh. H-Hi Hinata. Come in."

Hinata came in and took a seat on the couch. "Naruto, a-are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, I was just wondering about Yumi."

"You mean Yumi… Ishiyama?"

"Yeah, her. It's the only Yumi we know."

"Why are you thinking about her? She's been gone for ages!"

"I have a feeling that she's still alive, somewhere."

"Really? Something is wrong with you!"

Naruto took a seat next to Hinata. "But, knowing Yumi, she doesn't give up a battle without putting up a fight."

"You heard the elders. She's d-dead." Hinata said, tears welling up in her eyes. Yumi had been her closest friend in her childhood, sort of like Naruto and Sasuke, but without the rivalry.

"Hinata, don't cry…please." Naruto said.

Hinata had started to cry on his shoulder. Naruto softly pushed her face in front of him. "Look, Hinata, I know that Yumi was your best friend and all, but…please…. don't…cry." He, without realizing, wiped her tears away.

"Th-thanks."

"Want to get some ramen or something?"

"Sure." Hinata wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "Actually, I came for a reason." She sniffled.

"Why then?"

"Well, me and my sister, Hanabi, aren't getting along too well…"

"And?"

"She sort of kicked me out of the house…"

"So?"

"Can I live with you?"

Naruto blushed bright red. "WHAT?!"

"Is there… a problem?"

"No, no! It's just that…did you even ask the other girls?"

"Well, I sort of thought about it, and, well, …"

"What?"

"If I went to Sakura's, her parents would be all weird about me, I can't stay anywhere near Ino's dad,"

"Ha!"

"I don't really know where Tenten lives…"

"She's in a one-room apartment down the road."

"Well, then it would be cramped."

"True. We can get some ramen, then I'll take you to your house to get your stuff."

"So…yes?"

"Well, I guess. I'm pretty lonely here anyway."

She hugged Naruto. "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" When she stopped hugging him, she blushed like a tomato.

The two went to eat at Ichiraku Ramen. Naruto treated Hinata to a bowl, and they ate.

Then, they went to Hinata's (Or now Hanabi's house) home to get her things. Hinata knocked on the door. "Hanabi, are you there?"

"No." Hanabi said.

"Hanabi, open the door. Hinata needs to get her things." Naruto said.

Hanabi reluctantly opened the door. Then she attempted to punch both Naruto and Hinata, but Naruto successfully blocked both of her fists. Hinata ran into the house, going to gather her things. Hanabi was about to run after her and start a fight, when Naruto grabbed her wrist.

"Oh no you don't." he said.

"Oh yes I will!" Hanabi tried to punch him with her free arm, but Naruto grabbed her other wrist. Now she was trying to kick herself free.

"See. I told you."

Sasuke, now head chief of the police force (now for ALL clans), had come by on his rounds.

"Why are you here?" Sasuke asked.

"Hanabi and Hinata aren't getting along, so Hinata's moving into my apartment."

"Why your place?"

"The girl's houses all had cons that were terrible."

"That's still pretty weird though. I mean…"

"Hey, aren't you and Sakura living together now too?"

Sasuke blushed. "Well, yeah. I'll take care of this troublemaker, you go help Hinata."

"Thanks!"

"No problem." Sasuke grabbed Hanabi and smirked while Naruto went to Hinata's room to help her pack.

Naruto found Hinata in her room, crying, with her face buried in her hands.

"What's wrong?" He asked her.

"Why are you here? What about Hanabi?"

"Sasuke came around, so I left her with him. What's wrong with you?"

"I feel like burdening you if I have to stay at your place. The payments…"

"Don't worry Hinata. I got plenty of mission funds to pay off the apartment, if I had to."

"If you had to?"

"Lord Kakashi (or whatever you want to call him) excused me from the payments. He said that I should use the funds to get a house. I'm still sort of looking for one. Now come on, let's get your stuff packed so we won't have to deal with Hanabi."

"Okay then."

The pair had Hinata's items packed in about two minutes. They came out, seeing Sasuke having a hard time controlling Hanabi.

"Naruto, should I send her to the cell?"

"Don't do it, please Sasuke!" Hinata said.

"Well, Hinata is her sister, so she knows what's best, I guess." Naruto said.

"Hinata, you do know that the minute I let her go, she'll attack you, Naruto, and me?" Sasuke said.

"Yes, I know." Hinata said.

"Should we close the door on her really fast?" Naruto suggested.

"We can give it a try. It's only the least harmful." Sasuke said.

"Do it, then." Hinata put her hands over eyes.

So, Sasuke let Hanabi go, then Naruto closed the door swiftly on her. The door smacked her nose.

"OWWWWWW!" she said.

"Sorry Hanabi, but if you don't calm down, you'll be arrested. So you better make up soon." Sasuke warned.

"See you later then, Sasuke! Thanks for the help!" Naruto said.

"See you later!" Sasuke said, and Naruto and Hinata headed back to Naruto's apartment.

When they arrived, Hinata put her bags down.

"You know Naruto, if you're getting a new home, we could live together in it." Hinata said.

"Yeah. I have enough funds for a three-bed two-story house with two bathrooms, which is perfect."

"Why three bedrooms?"

"Two, one for you, one for me, and then one for guests. It works."

"Oh yeah! That'll be perfect!"

"I'm going to see a house tomorrow. If you want, you can come check it out."

"Okay." After Hinata made her suggestion, Sakura knocked on Naruto's door.

"Naruto, you BETTER be awake! We have an S-rank!"

"Well, Hinata, get settled here. We might not be able to see that house. Unless you want to go alone." Naruto said.

"No, it's fine, we can go after your mission." Hinata said.

"NARUTOO!" Sakura yelled outside the door.

"Chill, Sakura!" Naruto said as he opened his apartment door. He saw Sasuke and Sakura standing next to each other. "Let's go then!" Naruto said. The three left to Kakashi's office to find out about the S-rank mission.

"Hi, Lord Kakashi-Sensei!" the three said as they stepped into the Hokage's office.

"Now, as Sakura told you, I have issued you with an S-rank mission." Kakashi said.

"What is this mission?" Sasuke asked.

"You will be searching for a monster called X.A.N.A. 2.0." Kakashi explained.

"Sooo… why is this an S-rank?" Naruto asked.

"Well, on this mission, you might find an age-old Rouge-Nin." Kakashi said.

"Who's the Nin?" Sakura asked.

"Yumi Ishiyama."

"YUMI?!" Team 7 asked frantically.

"Yes, Yumi."

"H-how is Yumi a Rouge-Nin?" Sakura asked.

"Well, I know that she wasn't intending to, but she meets all of the qualifications to be a Rouge. Don't worry, I'll prevent her from being arrested. I hope that Sasuke will too." Kakashi said in a serious tone.

"I'll try as much as I can if she comes." Sasuke said.

"Sooo… what do we have to do to complete this mission?" Naruto asked.

"You have 3 days of preparation. Afterwards, you'll go to these coordinates. [Kakashi hands Sasuke a slip of paper with the coordinates.] You'll find 5 portals. Go through them, and find what's on the other side." Kakashi explained.

"Okay then." Squad 7 said, and they left.

Naruto was heading back to his apartment, and Sakura asked, "Did I see Hinata when I asked you to come?"

Naruto blushed. "Yeah."

"Is she… living with you?"

"Y-yeah."

"WHY DIDN'T SHE COME TO MY PLACE?!"

"Calm down Sakura! There were reasons…"

"LIKE WHAT?!" Sakura was fuming.

"If she came to your place, your parents would go crazy, who would want to be anywhere near Ino's dad, and Tenten's place is too small. There was one other reason though."

Sakura had calmed down when she found out why Hinata hadn't come to her place. "She's totally right. What was that last reason?"

"Hanabi raged."

"About what?"

"I don't know; I still need to ask her."

"Well, Naruto, if that's the case, you're doing the right thing. I'll go see Hanabi to see if I can get her together."

"Thanks, Sakura." Naruto said. "Hinata… well, she would really appreciate it."

"No problem! I'm going back to Sasuke's house. See you later!"

"See you later, Sakura!" Naruto went back to his apartment.

"Hinata, are you there?" Naruto asked.

"Yes." Hinata said as she let Naruto in.

"I have three days until the mission. And…"

"And what?"

"We… we might find Yumi."

"What?!" Hinata said, and she feel to her knees.

"Hinata!" Naruto took a knee. "Are you okay?"

"I don't feel good…" Hinata fainted, and Naruto caught her.

"HINATA! I need to see Sakura. Now." And he latched Hinata onto his back, her arms around his shoulders. Naruto took off to Sasuke's house.

{*Hinata had seen the future of Squad 7 finding Yumi and some others before she fainted.}

Naruto knocked on Sasuke's door.

Sasuke opened the door. "What do you want?"

"Is Sakura here?"

"No. Why?"

"Hinata."

"Was it from Hanabi?"

"No."

"Then what happened?"

"I told her about the chance of finding Yumi, and she collapsed.'

"I think Sakura went to Hanabi's. You can go check."

"If Hanabi…"

"You know Sakura! She'll take care of that."

"Okay then. I'll check."

"See you later!" Sasuke closed the door.

"Later!" Naruto left for Hanabi's house.

Naruto saw Sakura. "Thank goodness!"

"Is that Hinata? You're lucky that I haven't knocked. What happened to her?"

"I told her about finding Yumi, and this happened."

"Lay her down. I'll check on her."

Naruto laid Hinata down on her old front yard. Unfortunately, Hanabi had heard everything from inside of the house. She slammed open the door, and saw Hinata.

"What the heck happened?" She asked.

"Your older sister fainted." Naruto and Sakura replied in bitter voices. "Like you'd care."

"Naruto!" Sakura panicked. "Hinata has a heart shock! Get her to the hospital! NOW!"

Naruto picked up Hinata and he, her, and Sakura went to the hospital. Hanabi followed. "Wait!"