Hey all. Guess what, this is my "movie" chapter. That's right; this chapter is going to contain a lot of fights, training and drama. Also the chuunin exams are here. Hope you all enjoy it!
Hyuuga Mansion (front door)
Naruto watched as Hinata turned around to walk inside. Once she was, he stopped holding his breath and was gasping for air. He was breathing deeply and for a few seconds he just stood there, unable to move. He had no idea that he felt this strongly for her. *I will be careful, for her.*
He turned around and started walking towards the village gate. Once he got there he noticed that the two guards from earlier were still there, and more than likely were not going to let him pass. But he tried anyway. "Hey, Naruto. You heard me last time." One guard said to him. "You are not allowed to leave the village." Naruto groaned and turned around to go the other way.
It was already late and he had nowhere to sleep. He wandered aimlessly for about half an hour. By now he was so tired that e could hardly stand. "Well, I guess I can sleep outside tonight." Right as he was about to sit down, he saw Shino heading his way. He looked up and caught Shino's eye.
"Oh, hey Shino. What are you up to?" Shino turned to look at Naruto. "I'm just taking a midnight stroll like I always do." Naruto looked confused. "It's midnight already?" Shino nodded and looked Naruto over. "What are you doing out so late?" Naruto sighed. "Well, I was living with Itachi-sensei. So now that the guards won't let me leave, I can't go home."
Shino thought for a minute before deciding what he was going to say. "Naruto," Naruto looked at him curiously, "why don't you come with me?" Naruto was still confused, but he shrugged his shoulders and followed Shino. They walked around for another half hour and Naruto was about to collapse when Shino stopped.
"This is it." Naruto looked up past Shino and noticed that they were standing in front of a house. "What do you mean Shino?" Shino sighed. "This is my house Naruto. You can stay here for the night." Naruto's eyes widened with disbelief. "Really Shino? You are the coolest!" Shino laughed and turned to face Naruto.
"There is one condition though." Naruto smiled and said, "Yeah, what is it?" Shino replied, "You have to train with me in the morning. I've wanted to test my abilities against you for some time. Even though I'm out of the finals, I still want to test my strength and to see how well my teammate will do."
Naruto now looked at Shino from a different point of view. *He wants to test his strength, even though he can't compete.* Naruto admired that about Shino. "Alright, I'll train with you in the morning." Shino nodded and led Naruto into his house. Naruto followed him to a spare room and as soon as he fell on the bed, he fell asleep.
Shino's House (next day)
Apparently most of the people in Shino's family were morning people because by the time Naruto awoke, they were all gone. Naruto yawned and got out of bed. As he was heading for the door, it opened and he saw Shino. "Ah, you're finally awake Naruto." Naruto yawned again. "What time is it?" Shino shrugged. "Time for us to train."
Naruto groaned and followed Shino to his backyard which unsurprisingly was full of trees. Naruto looked around and then saw Shino ready himself. Naruto was not yet fully awake but he was ready to train. Shino charged at Naruto. Naruto braced himself for the impact, but just before he was hit, he saw Shino disappear into a cloud of bugs. Naruto tried swatting them away but he was quickly getting tired.
Naruto just then remembered that Shino's bugs consumed chakra and immediately, Naruto was wide awake and jumped back a couple feet, out of the swarm. The swarm of insects transformed into Shino. "Are you awake now?" Naruto nodded and then formed a handsign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Five clones appeared next to Naruto.
Naruto stood back while his cloned charged at Shino. One by one Shino easily dispatched the clones. He then ran at the real Naruto. Naruto ran at Shino, but at the last moment he jumped high in the air. Shino thought, *That's not going to work on me.* Naruto formed a couple handsigns and touched his own forehead with two fingers. "Two Pronged Seal: Release!"
Shino ignored him and his body transformed into another swarm of insects. Naruto was still in the air and formed another handsign. "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" This time, thirty Naruto clones were made and were all in the air. Each Naruto fell at a different speed and collided with the swarm of insects.
The swarm flew up, destroying every clone it touched. It then turned back into Shino and he punched the real Naruto. Naruto fell and hit the ground hard. "Geez Shino, how did Sasuke beat you? I can't even touch you." Shino shrugged. "Truthfully, my bugs don't take lightning chakra very well."
Naruto looked confused. "Lightning chakra? I thought Sasuke used fire." They both stopped and looked at each other. Shino nodded. "He does, but somewhere along the way he learned to use lightning. If you fight him Naruto, you must be careful." Naruto nodded and then charged at Shino.
Shino shook his head and transformed into a swarm of bugs again. Naruto smirked and threw a kunai at the swarm. When it was in the middle of it, Naruto formed a handsign and the kunai exploded. When the smoke cleared he saw half of the insects dead on the ground.
Naruto sighed in relief. "Alright Shino, I think I'm done for now." Shino transformed back into himself and nodded. "Thank you for helping me Naruto." Naruto nodded and left Shino's house.
Uchiha Hideout
Itachi was pacing back and forth in the main hall. *They must be keeping Naruto in the village. In that case I will go to him.* Itachi grabbed Naruto's weapon scroll and headed for the entrance of his hideout. When he jumped out, he made sure that the boulder was securely on top of the entrance and then headed for the Hidden Leaf Village.
He walked through the forest as was careful as always to stay off the main path. Since his disguise was already seen through, he decided to make a new one. "Transformation Jutsu." Itachi transformed into an old man and continued walking while faking a limp. When he got to the gate, the guards let him pass without any concern. *They must be more lenient now. Something must be going on*
Itachi walked on and found himself in the park. There he waited for about an hour before he saw Naruto. Slowly, he walked up to Naruto and smiled. "Good to see you Naruto." Naruto looked confused. "Ummm, do I know you?" Itachi laughed like an old man. "Of course you do Naruto." Itachi leaned in and whispered, "It's Itachi."
Naruto looked at him carefully. "Itachi-sensei?" The old man nodded. "I brought something for you." Itachi held out the blood scroll with Naruto's weapons. "Thank you Itachi-sensei. Nice disguise." The old man shrugged. "I had to give you your weapons somehow since they are keeping you in the village." Naruto frowned.
"Naruto, we need to meet up to train soon. You only have about a month to get ready for the chuunin exams and you need to learn the scroll teleportation jutsu." Naruto nodded. "I know, I trained with Shino this morning and he said that Sasuke has lightning jutsu." The old man looked shocked. "Hmmm, so he finally discovered his secondary nature."
Itachi looked up at Naruto. "Don't worry Naruto. We will find your nature as soon as the chuunin exams are over. But for now you need to focus on your weapons." Naruto nodded. "I can see if Kurenai-sensei can teach me how to use them." Itachi nodded in agreement. "Go now Naruto. I will see you again before the exams." Naruto thanked Itachi once more and then Itachi left and headed out of the village.
Hyuuga Mansion (a few days later)
Hinata woke up around 10am. She stretched her arms and rubber her eyes. * I wonder what Naruto is up to. I hope I get to see him today.* Before her mind wandered to far, her cousin Neji knocked on the door. "Come on Hinata. It's time to train." Hinata sighed and hopped out of bed. She quickly changed her clothes and left her room.
When she finally descended the steps she found Neji standing there, impatient as ever. "It's about time. Let's go." Neji turned around and opened the sliding door that led to the backyard. Hinata became irritated and thought, *I hope Naruto beats you Neji. You deserve to be beaten.* Hinata just realized what she thought and almost slapped herself. *Where the hell did that come from?*
When Hinata walked into the backyard, Neji was waiting as patiently as he could. "Ready Hinata?" She nodded and they both lowered into their clan's signature stance. "Byakugan." They ran at each other and exchanged ten blows before they both backed off. Neji was disappointed that she was matching him on strength. He decided to raise his Byakugan to a higher level.
Hinata grew angry again. "Do you really need to raise your Byakugan to that level to beat me?" "Of course not!" Neji spat back as his Byakugan returned to normal. He ran at her with anger and they exchanged more blows. They repeated this process that they called training until they were both worn out.
"I'm going out." Hinata said while trying to steady her breathing. "Going out where?" Neji asked. "Just out." Hinata replied impatiently. Neji grew frustrated. "I said where." Hinata crossed her arms. "Wherever I want, I don't have to tell you." Neji clenched his fists but didn't move as he saw her walk away. *Damn her. I'll smack that disobedient attitude out of her once I win the chuunin exams.*
Hidden Leaf Village (park)
Naruto leaned against a tree as he thought about the next month. *I need to train with Kurenai-sensei. The training with Shino helped some, but I need to learn to use these swords.* He looked around the park at the unfamiliar people. He then turned his attention to the Hyuuga Mansion. *I would really like to hang out with Hinata too.*
By some stroke of luck, he saw Hinata open the front door and close it behind her. *It must be my lucky day.* He kept his head turned that way hoping she would see him. She brought her eyes up and was immediately drawn to him. *Yes, she sees me.* She started walking towards him.
As he stopped leaning on the tree, he felt that his legs were asleep. But instead of waiting a minute for them to wake up, he started walking toward her. As he took the first step, he leg buckled under him and he fell face first into the ground. "Ow…"
Hinata gasped and rushed over to him. "Are you ok Naruto?" Naruto rolled onto his back and looked at her. "Hehehe, yah I'm fine. My leg was asleep." Hinata giggled. "Well then why didn't you let it wake up before walking?" Naruto blushed. "Well, uh, I saw you walking this way and uh, um…" He trailed off and switched subjects. "How are you?" She looked down at him confused. "I'm fine…are you going to get up?"
Naruto blushed again and then quickly got up. "What is that scroll over there?" Hinata said as she pointed at the blood scroll on the ground. "Oh, that's my secret weapon for the chuunin exams." Hinata raised an eyebrow with curiosity. "Oh really? What is it?" Naruto turned around to pick it up while explaining. "It holds my weapons. I plan on using them as my main means of attack."
Hinata looked worried. "Weapons, are you allowed to use them?" Naruto nodded. "Of course, I checked to make sure. They are considered ninja tools." Naruto looked at her eyes and frowned. He remembered what he had done a few days before.
'"Hinata started to cry, but then her eyes grew wide as Naruto hugged her. "You mean a lot to me Hinata." Naruto pulled away but still held her shoulders. "Itachi-sensei will probably leave after the chuunin exams. He hasn't said if I'm going with him or not." Hinata's eyes were still filled with tears.
Naruto smiled. "Don't worry. I'm still your teammate and friend. You will see me on missions. Heck, there might be sometimes that we—" Naruto stopped as Hinata slapped him. "Why did you drag me out here to tell me all of that?" Naruto frowned. "Because you deserve to know." Hinata couldn't take it anymore. She burst into tears and hugged him as tight as she could.'"
"Hinata…I'm sorry about what I said a few days ago. But I thought that it was the best time to tell you." Hinata frowned and looked at him. "It's ok Naruto. I'm glad that you told me when you did." They both stood there for awhile just looking at each other. In an attempt to get past this awkward moment, Naruto smiled.
"Hey Hinata, I still need to train to become stronger for the exams. Can you help me?" Hinata smiled back and nodded. "Of course I will Naruto." Naruto smiled back. "Cool, want to meet up with Kurenai-sensei and Shino?" Hinata thought for a moment. "No, how about just you and me train?" Naruto saw Hinata make an evil smile and blushed.
"Alright, let's go." He turned around and started walking towards the training grounds. He had only taken two steps when he felt something grab his hand. When he looked back he saw Hinata holding his hand. She blushed when he looked at her but she didn't let go. Naruto smiled and they headed for the village gate holding hands.
Hidden Leaf Village (gate)
When they got to the gate Naruto saw the same guards that were there a few days ago. He knew that they might not let him pass, but he wanted to try anyways. And sure enough, the second he tried to go through the gate they stopped him. "I don't care who you are with Naruto. You are still not allowed to leave the village." Naruto groaned and looked at Hinata.
"What do we do now Hinata?" She thought for a second and came up with an idea. "Follow me." He raised an eyebrow wondering what she had in mind, and followed her. She led him down a few streets he didn't recognize. They did a few twists and turns and he swore that he passed the ramen shop five times. After twenty minutes he could see Hinata's house, or rather mansion in the distance.
He didn't really think that she was taking him there, but he kept his hopes up. After another ten minutes of walking, they were at the front of the Hyuuga Mansion. "Umm, Hinata are you sure about this?" Hinata shook her head. "No, but it's worth a try." She let go of his hand and walked inside.
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Naruto sat there for a long time. After about half an hour, the door opened and Hinata came outside with a smile on her face. "Ok, follow me." Naruto was dumbfounded. He thought for sure her father would not approve of this. She led him around the mansion and into the backyard. "I should warn you, my father will be watching us the entire time."
That made Naruto uneasy but he was still very grateful. "Alright, what do you want to do?" Hinata blushed. "Do you want the truth?" Naruto nodded cautiously and eyed her suspiciously. "I want to k—"She stopped herself before she said what she wanted. "Never mind, let's try something." Naruto looked confused as Hinata lowered into the Hyuuga stance.
"What are you doing Hinata?" She smiled. "If you fight Neji in the chuunin exams, I want you to be ready for his attacks." Naruto understood. "So you want me to fight you so I am familiar with what Neji will throw at me?" Hinata nodded and activated her Byakugan. Naruto smiled and ran at her.
Hinata was surprised at how fast Naruto could run. She thought about the first time they fought and wondered if he fought the same way. *He is going to focus on using his clones and fight up close. Luckily that's my style too.* She concentrated back on the fight just in time to dodge Naruto's punch. She lowered herself further and tried to strike his thighs. Naruto jumped backwards out of the way.
*I can't let her hit me in my legs or I'm done for.* He watched her cautiously as she charged at him. She tried to stab him with her fingers but Naruto did his best to dodge. Her hands were moving very fast and she was so precise that it looked like Naruto was being attacked by needles. Naruto knew that he would get nowhere fighting like this so he did a back flip and caught her jaw with his foot.
Hinata stumbled back and looked at Naruto. *That's new. I should've known he could do that from the preliminaries.* She took a moment to gather her thoughts and came up with a plan. Naruto took this time to plan something as well. "Shadow Clone Jutsu." A cloud of smoke appeared and when it was gone there were five Narutos.
Just like their last fight, each clone tried to fight her individually. Hinata disposed of them easily and pusher herself towards the real Naruto. *I've got you now!* When she struck Naruto he disappeared into a puff of smoke. *What? Where did he go?* She looked up and saw Naruto making a couple handsigns. His first finger was surrounded by chakra.
Hinata was terrified as she remembered what happened when Sakura was hit with that jutsu. "Here I come Hinata!" Naruto said as he sped down towards her. She had to act fast. She reached into her belt and threw a kunai at him. As Naruto blocked it with his other hand, he saw the paper bomb as it exploded.
Hinata smiled as she saw Naruto fall to the ground. Then she became worried and called to him. "Naruto! Are you ok?" Naruto slowly got up on his hands and knees. "That was nice thinking Hinata. I should be more careful." Hinata smiled and braced herself as Naruto charged at her again.
Hyuuga Mansion (same time)
Neji and Hiashi Hyuuga were watching Naruto and Hinata fight. "Hiashi," Neji said, "I still don't think that it was a good idea to let him train here." Hiashi nodded. "No, it was a bad idea. However we cannot refuse training to someone who is still participating in the chuunin exams, no matter who it is."
Neji became irritated. "Uncle Hiashi, as far as I'm concerned, Naruto should have been disqualified the moment that it was revealed that Itachi Uchiha had been training him. He could have been taught very dangerous jutsu which could give him an unfair advantage. He might even kill to win." Hiashi just kept watching Naruto fight his daughter.
"Neji, what will you do if you fight Naruto?" Neji looked at him with a confused look. "What do you mean 'what will I do'? I'll beat him as easily as I beat Hinata." Hiashi became irritated. "As I recall you didn't beat her, she forfeit." Neji ignored his anger. "It's all the same, I won and she lost." Just then the ground shook and they both looked outside to see what had happened.
Hyuuga Mansion (outside)
Naruto jumped in the air again and this time prepared a better seal. "This is it Hinata, Two Pronged Seal!" He launched himself down at her with incredible speed. Hinata mustered up all of her remaining strength and started to spin. "Rotation!" A blue sphere formed around her just in time to collide with Naruto's jutsu. The ground shook violently as the charkas clashed.
Naruto could feel his fingers burning as he hit the sphere of chakra. He was thrown back and hit a nearby tree. Hinata slowed down and the sphere dissipated. She fell to her knees and was panting hard. She looked up to see Naruto grunting in pain. She crawled over to him to make sure he was ok.
"Naruto, are you alright?" He nodded and they helped each other stand up. "Hinata, I had no idea you could put so much force behind the rotation." She ignored the comment and checked Naruto's body to make sure he was unharmed. When she was done she looked up and noticed that she was closer to his face than she intended. Naruto took her by surprise and kissed her gently on the lips.
They stood kissing and it seemed as though time stopped. Naruto thought that they had been kissing for hours. "Get your filthy hands off her!" Naruto and Hinata stopped kissing and looked over to see Neji who was so outraged that his head looked like it was going to explode. "Leave now Naruto, and don't you ever show your face here again!"
Naruto stared at him dumbfounded and then looked back at Hinata. She looked terrified by Neji's rage. He heard her whisper something. "Go Naruto, I will be fine." Naruto looked at her in disbelief. "But Hinata what about you?" She frowned. "Don't worry, I'll see you later." They were interrupted by Neji screaming at the top of his lungs. "LEAVE!" Naruto gave Neji one last angry glance and then jumped into the trees and away from the Hyuuga Mansion.
Sorry guys but I had to split this into two parts just so I can stay organized. Take a potty break and come back for part two!