Chapter 3 – Chance meeting…
Naruto and Hinata got a hotel room that evening, as they were tired, and Hinata didn't want to be near the apartment that night. Naruto sadly agreed with her and he asked Kurenai and Iruka to do something about the bugs in their apartment. Kurenai agreed, but also ordered Iruka to teach Naruto about 'the birds and the bees', or there would be consequences. Iruka reluctantly agreed to do it the next evening.
Naruto and Hinata went shopping for some clothes, so that they could go and spend a few nights in the hotel before they left the village for several months. Iruka accompanied them to make sure that the merchants didn't either refuse service or overcharge the two. Naruto and Hinata agreed to sleep in the same bed, as they were to be married. Naruto quickly fell asleep and began to gently snore and Hinata just watched him sleep, a smile crossing her lips as she lay down beside him and fell into blissful sleep herself.
The next day was spent shopping for essential clothes, which caused Naruto to blush, as Kurenai walked Naruto and Hinata into the lingerie section of a clothing store. Naruto had yet to see Hinata in less than a light nightgown. While he was sure that Hinata was pretty underneath, he was surprised that she was so developed for a twelve-year-old girl. Hinata had seemed to have broken out of her shell over the past few days, and while she still blushed profusely when close to Naruto, her stuttering and near fainting spells no longer affected her. Naruto did wonder why she was blushing the night before when he came out of the bathroom, and why she had her Byakugan active. Naruto also was dreading the talk he and Iruka were going to have after lunch.
Naruto and Hinata entered the hotel room to find Iruka in the living room with a stack of books. Naruto swallowed hard as he saw how many books he had to cover. Iruka moved the books into the bedroom to give them some privacy, while Hinata and Kurenai moved to the small kitchen and prepared some food for dinner, as they figured this would take a while. After an hour, Hinata became worried, and she heard Naruto scream "What?" and later Iruka yell "Naruto are you all right?" Kurenai put a hand on her shoulder to reassure her that it would be all right.
Iruka left the bedroom an hour later with a sheepish grin on his face. "Well… that is done. He now knows what sex is. I have to say that he had a really naive idea of where babies came from and how they were made. I'm not sure how this information will affect him, but he should be okay in a day or so. My only warning is that he will either become a pervert, or he'll hurt them very badly, if he meets any," Iruka explained.
Naruto spent the rest of the day locked in their bedroom after Iruka had explained 'the birds and the bees' to him. Naruto was so embarrassed that he actually avoided contact with Hinata if he could. After one night sleeping in the same bed he could no longer stand being there, as he was afraid of what might happen. Iruka and Kurenai finally came over, at the behest of Hinata, to try to fix any misunderstandings that Naruto had, and there were quite a few. Naruto was afraid of becoming a pervert, and ruining himself, as many adult males had done. He was afraid that since he knew his sexy jutsu, he was actually a pervert. Kurenai laughed at this, as she thought he was the 'anti-pervert' for exposing them and using their own weakness against them.
Naruto and Hinata left the village a couple days later. Kurenai reported that the bank manager was now having a visit with Ibiki, and that the funds were mostly accounted for. There was still some investigation into how several of the accounts were closed all at once, but this was an on-going investigation, with the Hokage pushing for an actual answer. This made Naruto a little happier, seeing as Sarutobi was actually doing something to help them instead of hinder them.
Kurenai accompanied them as a C-ranked mission. The Hokage authorized it to be on the village's tab for guard duty for one month. They left on their vacation to a nice coastal village and enjoy some time away from the Konoha.
The first day outside the village, she gave Naruto and Hinata an assessment test, and found that they were competent and would have made good genin team. Hinata had changed her outfit to a light lavender kimono that was easily removed to reveal a lavender shirt and pants that were dark purple, so dark they were almost black. Naruto wore a white hakama and a black uwagi with an orange Uzumaki symbol on the front and the back.
The three had made it a couple days out only to run into a group of bandits. Much to the bandit's surprise, these targets could actually fight back. That day, Naruto and Hinata actually made their first kills. One of the bandits was just about to hit Hinata with a sword, only to have Naruto push a kunai into his chest, opening a hole in the man's heart. Hinata was next to kill, when Naruto went into shock over his first kill, another man was going to take off Naruto's head, but missed, as Hinata pushed a gentle fist attack in to the man's brain. The man died instantly, Naruto's man lingered for a few moments, and Kurenai was able to dispatch the other ten bandits with little trouble.
Kurenai noticed that Hinata was only slightly disturbed by her first kill, but Naruto had collapsed to his knees as he looked at body of the dead bandit. Hinata was finally affected, and moved to the side of the road, only to lose her lunch there. Kurenai walked over to Naruto and placed her hand on his back, only to have him jump at the touch. "Are you okay Naruto?" Kurenai asked in a kind and gentle voice.
Naruto looked blankly into Kurenai's eyes. "What have I done?" he asked, thoroughly frightened.
Kurenai smiled and gently hugged the boy. "You defended your wife-to-be from death. That is what you have done," she answered warmly.
Naruto finally dropped the kunai. "But… but… I was told it would be easy to kill someone," Naruto spat out in disgust. He quickly exclaimed, "I feel horrible!"
Her then bolted up and ran to the side of the road next to Hinata, only to join her in the regurgitating of their lunches.
Kurenai moved behind the two and rubbed their backs. "It's never easy to kill, nor should it be. I would worry if it were, as you would have lost your humanity. I am proud of both of you. Take what you have learned, and remember this. Had you not killed them, they would have killed you. It will become easier, now that you have had your first kills, but if you ever lose the feeling that it's wrong to kill, please come see me, and we will discuss it. There are times where you can feel justified in taking another's life. Those are few and far between, but sometimes in our line of work it is necessary. Those times are to protect the ones you love and to protect the village. You will also do so when you're ordered to. I'm not saying you shouldn't question about who you're supposed to kill, but you should do what is needed," Kurenai said, as she continued to minister to the two for about ten minutes before she began to dispose of the bodies. She stripped the men of all valuables and checked her books to see if any had bounties on them. Those that had bounties were beheaded, and the bodies were put in a pile that she quickly burned.
That evening, the three stayed at an inn. Kurenai and Hinata had invited Naruto into the Hot Springs. Naruto made sure that he kept his towel and blindfold on when he entered the area for the bath. Both Kurenai and Hinata giggled, as Naruto fell directly into the water because he misjudged the distance to the bath. Hinata fished Naruto out of the water.
"Are you okay, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked worriedly.
Naruto nodded his head. "Is it safe to take off my blindfold?" he asked.
Kurenai was impressed by his not taking off the blindfold until he was informed that all was clear. "Yes Naruto, you may take it off. I would also like to ask you to show me this jutsu you are so famous for, the one that took out the Hokage," Kurenai politely asked.
Naruto pulled off the blindfold, only to show worry in his eyes. "Are you sure? I don't mind using it on perverted guys, but to show it to you might get me killed," he explained worriedly.
"I promise you that I will not kill you Naruto. After all I'm asking you to show me," Kurenai reassured him.
Naruto made a ram seal and then called out his jutsu's name. "Sexy jutsu," Naruto said, as he was replaced by a well-endowed blonde woman of about eighteen years old.
"Are you going to kill me now?" Naruto asked in a voice that was definitely female.
Kurenai shook her head as she inspected Naruto. "You did miss out on that class didn't you?" she said with a sigh of disappointment.
Naruto wore a confused look on his/her face. "What do you mean?" he/she asked.
Kurenai chuckled at the boy's/girl's confusion. "You used magazines to make this, didn't you? Wait, is it real?" She asked as if in shock.
Naruto looked at her like she was insane. "What do you mean, 'is it real'? Of course it's real! See? Feel?" Naruto grabbed one of his/her breasts and pointed it towards Kurenai.
Kurenai looked at him and gently touched the breast. "This is unusual, Naruto. You can do what few others can. Most transformations aren't real. They are just minor genjutsu. If you were given a close inspection of a female and a better understanding of female anatomy, you could pass yourself off as female, and use that skill to infiltrate other places. As it is now, you are just a poor copy of a female with breasts. I understand why guys fall for it, though. You give them enough to look at that their minds will fill in the rest, and then they become over excited, thus the blood loss. You can release it now, unless your wife wants to fill you in on what you're missing, and help you perfect it. I would also lose the whisker marks, as they would be a dead giveaway to your identity. Blonde is a nice touch, but can you do other hair colors and different ages?" Kurenai suggested, as Hinata blushed at the idea of revealing herself to Naruto, seeing as they were just getting to really know each other.
"No thanks, Kurenai-sensei. I won't press Hinata-chan to do anything she isn't ready to do," Naruto responded with a kind smile towards Hinata. Naruto had yet to release the transformation.
"You also know we still haven't had 'the talk' yet," Kurenai said in an authoritative tone.
Naruto nodded his head in defeat. "When do we start?"
"First we need to discuss human anatomy. You know the basics, as you have shown with your unique transformation," Kurenai explained. The next hour made both the children blush profusely. Naruto, after the talk with Iruka, now understood what was going on and truly could say he did not like Sakura in that way. Kurenai explained both the mechanics and the concepts of what involved in both procreation and birthing. Even with all that he and Iruka talked about, this talk was more in depth than his discussion before. Naruto seemed an able student, and agreed that he would never take advantage of a woman. Kurenai also discussed the mechanics on the male side, as she knew some of it, but not all and advised Naruto to seek out Iruka when he returned so that he could get the more personal questions answered. Naruto finally released his transformation.
"Do I need put my blindfold back on?" Naruto asked.
Kurenai smirked, and then got a devious grin. "Naruto look at me closely," she said.
Kurenai stood and opened her towel as Naruto looked directly at her. His eyes traveled down to her chest, and then hovered there for a second then traveled down to her crotch.
He then pointed at her crotch. "You explained it but I never thought… oh no," Naruto said, then turned red and immediately turned around. Hinata turned red, but appeared quite angry. "I'm sorry Kurenai-sensei. I didn't mean to be a pervert," Naruto apologized.
"Naruto-kun you have nothing to apologize for, Kurenai-sensei, on the other hand does. She is corrupting my future husband," Hinata said, huffing at Kurenai.
Kurenai covered herself back up. "I'm sorry, I must be hanging out with Anko too much. Please accept my apology. I didn't mean to insult either of you," Kurenai said, asking for forgiveness.
Hinata grabbed a towel from the side of the bath and held it up to Naruto's nose. "Are you okay Naruto-kun?" she asked worriedly as she scowled at Kurenai.
Kurenai put a hand on Naruto's back, and he flinched at her touch, "That was your first view of a real naked woman wasn't it?" Kurenai asked, as Naruto nodded. Kurenai continued, "I won't do it again, but I wanted to make sure you knew what you missed in your transformation. Now use this knowledge and use the jutsu properly. This way we can fit you for some female clothes and use this as a good disguise. If you can pass yourself off as a girl your own age then you can hide better."
Naruto nodded and made a ram seal and called out, "Sexy jutsu" Naruto turned into a female version of himself around the age of thirteen. Hinata and Kurenai examined Naruto, then looked at each other and nodded.
"Much better Naruto, your powers of observation are very good. You appear to have also used what you learned from our lesson and applied it to your change. Tomorrow, we will have you fitted for a female outfit," Kurenai commented, as Naruto frowned. Kurenai, seeing Naruto's frown, explained, "It will help in keeping you both safe. If you figure out how to act like a girl, you will also be able to hide in a crowd. The Hokage told me that you could come under attack from shinobi from Iwa because of your father. He wants you to make sure that, in his words, 'that damn annoying jutsu' does something beneficial for you."
Naruto nodded. "What do I need to learn other than figuring out how to use the bathroom?" he asked.
Hinata giggled, as she looked Naruto over with a weird look in her eyes. "Naruto-kun, I will work with you on that one later tonight, and no, Kurenai-sensei, we will not do anything, as we aren't married yet," Hinata explained as she blushed.
Naruto returned to his normal self and left with the females, not sure what he was in for the rest of the evening. Naruto found that Hinata made the explanation he wanted easier than he thought, as she had an anatomy book. He was able to figure out his problem, and the book explained the female anatomy enough for him to be able to fool Hinata that he was an actual girl. Naruto went to bed in boxers and a shirt while Hinata slept next to him in a nice nightgown.
The pair woke up more rested than they had ever been before. Kurenai asked how his transformation went at breakfast, and he explained that Hinata had a book with pictures that had helped. Kurenai asked to see the book, and laughed. They later headed into the garment district, much to Naruto's chagrin. According to the Kurenai and Hinata, Naruto made a very cute girl. They found several kimonos, a shinobi outfit and even a bikini that would fit him in his female form. They debated names for a couple hours and could not decide on one, so they went and found Naruto some clothes for his male self. The final names they came up with were Haruko, meaning sunlight, Hina, meaning sun, and finally Youko, meaning sunlight or ocean.
Naruto even splurged and bought Kurenai a few nice outfits. Over the next few days they decided on using Haruko as Naruto's female name, and Hinata would use Hina as her name while incognito. She would also use a genjutsu to hide her eyes and seal mark. Hinata took to wearing a leather headband that was light tan to cover her curse seal mark.
Naruto wondered what kissing a girl would be like. "Hinata-chan… can I kiss you, since we're going to be married someday?" Naruto asked, as Hinata blushed and nodded. Naruto felt awkward as his face approached hers and they bumped heads. Kurenai laughed at the antics of Naruto and Hinata.
Kurenai, not wanting to miss an opportunity to help them, gave some advice. "Naruto hold still. Now make a face like this," Kurenai stated as she positioned his head, and then looked to Hinata, "Now Hinata, do the same thing but turn your head this way. Now gently press your lips together and see what happens."
The first kiss was light and dainty, and their lips brushed each other, they felt electricity run through their bodies. Hinata wanted to feel it again, so Naruto and Hinata shared their first deep passionate kiss. Hinata fought for control, as the kiss lasted for what felt like an eternity. The kiss slowly broke as they separated and slowly opened their eyes. They each saw happiness and satisfaction in the other's eyes.
"I know that having a relationship is new to the both of you, so please try to keep your emotions under control, as that could lead to children, which you are both too young for. I will give you two months on your own, but I want you to take these scrolls and keep up on your training schedule," Kurenai told the two, as she handed them several scrolls. Kurenai smiled, and said, "You're strong enough to protect yourselves from most trouble, but I would warn you to keep a low profile and keep to populated areas so that you will not be ambushed by missing nin. Tomorrow I'll head back so, let's go over the training scrolls, so that if you have any questions, you can ask them now before I leave."
The rest of the day was spent discussing what order the scrolls should be used in, and how each of the exercises was to be performed. Naruto needed more instruction, as he knew less about chakra control than Hinata did. Hinata agreed to help him with chakra control, but Kurenai grilled them on their knowledge of the three forbidden jutsu. Several key rules were: Hinata was not to use the Shadow clone jutsu until her chakra capacity was at least double it was now. They were never to use the Eagle sight jutsu both at the same time, for obvious reasons. Naruto was to get his shadow clones to work in tandem with Hinata, so that she could deliver the finishing blow to a strong opponent. "Never forget to mourn the deaths of adversaries after you've finished with a battle, but during the battle do not think of those you have killed otherwise you might soon join them," Kurenai said, as she left them for their first night alone together outside of Konoha.
Hinata found that Naruto became bored easily, and had to figure ways to keep him occupied while she took care of the mundane things. She purchased sleeping equipment and a tent for them, along with a book of seals for beginners. She also purchased a couple weeks' worth of food and put it in a sealing scroll. Hinata found that while Naruto could read, he was not taught to read well. Hinata found several books and purchased them for their trip. The one thing Hinata didn't have to do is tell Naruto not to train. They would train until she was ready to pass out and then he would train some more. It proved good that Naruto had taken the scrolls his mother had left him as his taijutsu was horrible to say the least. Hinata helped him work on the kata in the family scrolls, he wanted to move straight to jutsu, but she told him that if he could defend himself, then the jutsu would be more effective.
Two days later, Naruto and Hinata checked out of the inn and headed east towards the ocean. Instead of wearing kimonos, they wore modest travel gear that was not as flexible as their shinobi outfits, but it was better than being caught in kimonos. Just after lunch, Naruto was looking over the bingo books that Kurenai had given him, one on shinobi and one that had the local list of wanted thugs.
A couple hours later, a group of ten bandits surrounded the couple and demanded their money. Naruto looked at the book and back at two of the men, back and forth between the book and the men.
"Hey kid, we want your money so hand it over and we will just let you go, since the girl's too young for us. Did you hear me? What's that book you're looking at?" One of the bandits asked.
Naruto finally looked up, closed the book and smirked. He began to count them and nodded.
"What is with that kid? Is he touched in the head, boss?" Another bandit asked.
"About three thousand Ryo here, and we can either bring them in dead or alive, Hina-chan," Naruto explained.
Several of the bandits drew their swords and moved to attack only to hear. "I would just give up if I were you. We don't want to kill you," Hinata softly explained.
All ten bandits began to laugh so hard they fell on the ground. Naruto quietly created twenty shadow clones, disarmed the bandits, and began to tie them up before they were able to regain their wits about themselves. "Hey, how did you do that? You beat us without even getting a scratch!" One of the bandits shouted, as Naruto finished binding them.
"You were over confident, and thus we were able to easily defeat you," Naruto explained, as the bandits just shook their heads. The clones quickly took all valuables away from the bandits. They then dragged them off to the local constable. They were able to get four thousand Ryo of bounty for the bandits. Naruto refused to give his name, and the constable thought he was too young to be a bounty hunter. When Naruto and Hinata explained that they were shinobi in training and were on break from the academy, the man took the prisoners and gave them the bounty without any more questions.
Naruto and Hinata found the walk to the next coastal village refreshing, as there were no bandits. Two days later they saw a couple of figures on the horizon. One was carrying a massive sword on this back, and the other appeared feminine or was female. Naruto shifted the sword he had to a harder-to-reach position so that he would not cause the man with the 'really big sword' to feel threatened. As the two groups approached each other the stances became more pronounce as shinobi. Both pairs stopped about twenty feet from each other to size each other up. Naruto decided that being quiet was better than trying to annoy a man who wore a Mist headband. He was tall with short cropped black hair. He wore white camouflage pants and a gray shirt. The man looked at both of the children and saw the sword. He began to laugh, "How are you supposed to defend yourself if you do not wear the sword properly?" He asked pointedly.
Naruto looked up at the man with a slight grin. "Well I knew there was no way I could even try to fight someone like you with this hunk of steel, so why show it in a way that might cause you to attack?" Naruto asked, as the man put his hand to his chin and chuckled.
"You have a point, kid. Why are you out here? I can tell you have shinobi training by your stances, though they're weak. Haku, here, could teach you both, a thing or two about skills. I'm Zabuza Momochi…" Zabuza began to explain, as Naruto flipped through his book.
"Demon of the Bloody Mist, items of interest are that he is a master of the silent killing technique, one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist, and had made a failed assassination attempt on the Mizukage," Naruto rattled off from his bingo book Kurenai had given them. "No offense Zabuza-sama, but we are on vacation and want no problems with you," Naruto pleaded.
"I like you kid, you have some guts for what, a genin at best? You are brave to read off my description from a bingo book and not either piss yourself or run away," Zabuza commented with mirth in his voice.
Naruto sighed. "First, I would have to protect Hinata-chan here, even if it cost me my life and second, running would only get us killed quicker," Naruto stated bluntly, as Haku and Hinata both giggled at Naruto's chivalry.
"True, so are you genin on break or what? You seem too young for anything else unless you're protégés," Zabuza stated, as he looked at them.
"We failed out of the academy so we are not even genin. We're currently just skilled civilians until next time the academy starts," Naruto admitted to the missing nin.
Zabuza looked at the kid awe struck at how easily the boy gave up information. "Look kid, you talk too much. I like you, so here's some advice. Ask more questions than you answer. A shinobi learns as much as he can about those he meets. You gave me enough information that you know about being a ninja but do not know enough to be one. Do you even think you can take a life? Do you know that it is required for shinobi to end lives?" he asked.
Naruto nodded his head, as he knew that was a fact of being a shinobi. "Zabuza-sama let us take them with us so that you can show them how to be shinobi, like you did for me." Haku stated with a blush.
Hinata spoke up finally. "You're a girl?"
Haku shook her head quickly. "No, I… I'm a boy," she whispered. Hinata shook her head. "Yes! Yes, I'm a boy!" Haku exclaimed emphatically.
Naruto sniffed the air and smirked. "Nope definitely a girl, light perfume scent," Naruto and Hinata froze. Hinata fell to a knee as they felt waves of killing intent, not from Haku but from Zabuza. Naruto was still able to stand and actually look Zabuza in the eyes.
Zabuza intensified the killing intent until Hinata began to breathe hard and Naruto's knees began to shake. Then, as suddenly as it started, it was gone. "I'm impressed gaki, you're still awake after that! I will teach you to use a sword, boy, and Haku-chan…" Zabuza said, then saw Haku glaring at him, and asked, "What? They both figured it out. The boy has good senses and the girl has good observation skills. So you two have a choices: either come with us or we kill you now. I promise I will drop you off in your village after you learn what it truly means to be a shinobi. So will you become my tools?"
Naruto put a smile on his face and scratched the back of his head. Hinata bowed and spoke for both of them. "We will do as you say Zabuza-sensei," She answered meekly.
"I like her too, kid. You keep both the girls alive, and I might let you marry them both." Zabuza exclaimed, as Haku and Hinata both blushed.
Naruto opened his mouth but shut it quickly, as he thought it better not to tell the man too much so that he couldn't use it against him later. "If that is your wish, Zabuza-sensei," Naruto said, as he dropped his head in resignation, hoping that Hinata wouldn't kill him if he had to fulfill that particular promise.
Zabuza nodded, as he stepped forward and pulled Naruto's sword out of its scabbard. "What the hell is this? A pig poker, it has nicks and a dulled blade. Did you hope to kill someone by bludgeoning them to death?" Zabuza asked, as he grabbed the sword and bent it, then said, "See what it did to me, not even a scratch. Where did you get this piece of junk from?"
Naruto spoke up quickly, not wanting to receive the wrath of his new sensei. "It's the best we have from the bandits we have captured," Naruto admitted.
"Is that the best you have? If so, then we will have to get you a new one," Zabuza said, then noticed a gleam in Naruto's eyes. "Okay, out with it gaki, you have another one don't you?"
Naruto nodded as he pulled out the scroll from his mother and applied both blood and chakra to the seal inside of the scroll. A beautiful handle and sheath appeared in his hand. The handle and sheath were red with several decorative swirl patterns on it along it with a fox with nine tails wrapped around the sheath. The sword sheath ended at the hilt of the sword as if you were pulling the sword out of the fox's mouth. Everyone's mouth dropped at the beautiful red lacquer finish of the sheath, and the golden fox and swirls. The handle was wrapped in black cloth and had a golden hilt with nine of what could only be described as tails coming from the hilt to make a swirl. Naruto slowly drew the sword and looked at the blade. It looked nearly new, blue steel. All Naruto could do was whistle.
Zabuza smirked below the bandages on his face. "That is an exquisite sword, kid. That is to be used for real fighting and not for learning. We will get you one for learning and you can use that one for actual combat, but first take this," Zabuza said, as he threw Naruto what looked like a large stick.
Naruto quickly sheathed the sword and put his hand up and caught the stick. He looked more closely at the stick to see, that it looked like a wooden sword with seals on it. Naruto looked quizzically at Zabuza. "What is with the stick?" he asked.
Zabuza chuckled. "It's a training sword, so that you don't cut yourself," he asked.
Naruto scowled at the sword but put it in his belt. Naruto then sealed his mother's sword back in the scroll, and asked, "Okay, what do I do now?"
Zabuza smirked at the question, and answered, "Push some chakra into the training sword and see what happens."
Naruto pushed a little chakra into the sword, only to find it weighed a ton and it pulled his hands to the ground. "What the hell?" he shouted, as he became very annoyed.
"Not too good with chakra control, eh gaki?" Zabuza teased.
Naruto shook his head as he stopped the flow of chakra to the sword and it lightened slowly. "So it's used to build up my strength?" he asked.
"Good call gaki, now I need names for my new tools and if anybody asks, Haku is a boy. This way we can keep her safe when I'm not around. I would also tell your girlfriend that she should hide herself from being a girl, as it will attract less attention. We are heading to Wave Country to get some work from the shipping magnate Gato. He has hired us to do a job," Zabuza explained. "We are also going to meet up with a couple of guys that will be there soon. I don't trust them, but they are also missing nin. They are the demon brothers, and I really advise we hide the fact that your girlfriend is a girl or you may have to fight a couple of chuunin over her virtue."
Naruto nodded, as he sort of understood. "Then we should get some new clothes in the next town."
Zabuza nodded as he looked at his two new tools. "I need to know what to call you so give me your 'real' names, and, just so you know, I can tell when you're lying," Zabuza threatened.
Naruto stood in front of Hinata. "Fine sensei, my name is Naruto Uzumaki, and this is Hinata soon-to-be Uzumaki," he answered.
Zabuza put his hand on his chin and thought. "Naruto is a rare name, but we can live with it unless we run into people from your home village. As for Hinata-chan, we should give her a boy's name, for when we aren't alone, so that she can try to pull the same act as Haku-chan here. Now what do you have as capabilities?" Zabuza asked.
Naruto looked down as if he didn't want to answer. "Come on Naruto-kun, we need to know a baseline so that he can begin your training. What skills and jutsu do you know? We will find out eventually, so it would be easier in the end, Naruto-kun. Release," Haku said, as Hinata's eyes reverted to their natural lavender color.
"Look what we have here… a Hyuuga, are you a main or a branch member? She has a bloodline like you Haku-chan, though yours deals with ice and hers is a doujutsu," Zabuza explained to Haku as Hinata removed her headband revealing her seal. Zabuza sighed in pity, and said, "A branch member, that's fine, but we should also work with you on ninjutsu so you can hide the fact that you're a Hyuuga."
Naruto sighed, "I don't want to betray the Iruka-sensei or Kurenai-sensei."
"I'm not asking you to give me your jutsu. Just tell me what you know, so that I can see what you lack and we can work on it," Zabuza proclaimed.
Naruto sighed. "I know Transformation, Substitution, Eagle Eye, Shadow Clone Shuriken, and Shadow Clone jutsu," he replied.
Zabuza and Haku were shocked that this boy knew several forbidden jutsu from Konoha. Zabuza turned to Hinata and raised an eyebrow. Well he would have if he had one. Hinata sighed, as she didn't want to see Naruto hurt and was happy that Naruto was willing to defend her. "I know the basics for Jyuuken, Transformation, Switch, Eagle Eye, Shadow Clone Shuriken, Standard and Shadow Clone jutsus," she explained.
Zabuza sighed. "Okay how many effective shadow clones can each of you pull off?"
"Naruto-kun can make hundreds, as he has nearly jounin chakra capacity, if not higher, but I, on the other hand, can't make any and still be effective. Naruto-kun has a high chakra capacity thus he has very low chakra control," Hinata admitted sadly as she hugged Naruto.
"Well you're in luck gaki. Haku-chan here will work you to the bone on chakra control. I'm sure the girls have great chakra control, so we should get you up to speed and get you leaning chakra control. First, push some chakra into these pieces of paper and don't ask questions until you do as I say," Zabuza ordered, as he pulled two sheets of paper from his pouch from behind his back. Naruto and Hinata both took one piece and did as they were told. Naruto's split in half while Hinata's became wet and soaked with water.
"Good. Naruto you have wind element in prominence, while Hinata here has water. Haku-chan here had both of those in even amounts, so she can use ice. Now we need to teach you both how to harness jutsu of your element, and others. We will teach both of you water jutsu. Naruto, you will have to push more chakra into a water jutsu for it to work correctly, you're just lucky you aren't a fire element, or it would take around four times as much chakra to do a water jutsu. I think Haku-chan might have a wind jutsu or two," Zabuza stated as Haku nodded.
"First we put weights in your packs so that we increase your strength. And this is where the fun starts," Zabuza stated with a diabolical laugh.
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A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next chapter on to Wave…
I will answer some of the questions.
Goku90504: No, he is just naïve about human nature.
I'MnotCrazy1: No this was supposed to be a surprise for Naruto to find out later. Hinata and Hana were supposed to try to get Naruto to notice her instead of him knowing. Thus a surprise when he falls for her and then finds out she is to be his bride.
DeathMVP: Sarutobi isn't bad, but he is stuck in a tough political situation. He is human and wanted to deal with it with the least amount of friction in the village, and Naruto paid for it. Only now is realizing what he sewed, now Naruto is reaping it and isn't very happy about it. While the situation is salvageable, Naruto shouldn't have had it so bad.
Bill: There are some things that I will reveal over time. Yes, the seal is the Hyuuga clan going back on its word. Hiashi is angry at the council, but they took a very big risk and put him in a corner. They could take Hanabi and force her to become what they want, instead of what Hiashi wants. Naruto and Hinata will get even later with the clan council. Also there is something you might have missed, Naruto is studying seals, at Hinata's insistence. You figure it out.