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Chapter 12… Enter Mizuki…
The next year was fairly quiet for the village. Missions were on the increase as were relations between Iwa, Uzu, and Konoha. Takashi constantly complained about the paperwork. Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Kurenai visited the village and met with the children on several occasions. Jiraiya again gave the children a bill of perfect health for the seal. Kurenai and Sarutobi were astounded and dismayed by the improvements of Naruto and Hinata. Sarutobi was saddened by the knowledge that his village had mistreated and miss judged the boy. Both Kurenai and Sarutobi were angered by how the academy had sabotaged Naruto's education from the start. They were happy that he was in a healthy environment where he could learn and not have prejudice, he thus prospered.
The Tsuchikage visited Uzu and met with Naruto and Hinata.
"He does look a lot like Minato Namikaze but only about twelve years old. But even if he were the child of our old enemy he will be safe. I do apologize for my man's attack on you and your fiancé Akemi-san." The Tsuchikage said apologetically with a bow.
"Thank you sir, I appreciate your apology and your assurances that we are now safe from being attacked by your men by mistake." Naruto said as he and Hinata bowed.
"You and your fiancé need no longer fear Iwa as we are allied with your village. We value your village's roll in improving our relations with Konoha. I look forward to meeting you again when you have become a shinobi. Please come visit us in Iwa as my guests after your graduation." The Tsuchikage said proudly.
"Thank you, we will sir. We look forward to seeing Iwa. I hope your negotiations with jiji go well. Good day sir, jiji, we must return to the academy. If you would please excuse us both, we have to get back to the academy." Naruto said as he and Hinata bowed to both men and then left the leader's office.
"You have a good grandson, Takashi, I like him. His fiancé is a nice fit for him I would say." The Tsuchikage commented.
"Thank you. Yes he is one special child and I am sure will become a strong shinobi. She does care for him deeply." Takashi said with a big grin.
Naruto and Hinata engaged their henge and returned to the academy. They returned to the academy at lunch time. Taree was waiting with the other fan girls for Naruto to show up and almost tackled him when he rounded the corner to the yard area for the academy. Naruto noticed her as she push chakra into her jump alerting him of the impending attack. He ducked just in time to watch her fly past giving him and give him a view up her skirt.
'Hey Hinata-chan. Would you wear lime green thong panties?' Naruto asked Hinata mentally as he shook his head while smiling a silly grin.
Hinata smirked at Naruto's question and shook her head. 'You should know by now I would never wear a thong. Let alone a lime green one. Why are you looking at her panties Naruto-kun?'
Naruto laughed out loud as Taree went skidding several feet past Naruto. 'Was wondering what she wore. Now I understand why she is so uptight.'
Hinata giggled at Naruto's comment. 'Okay Naruto-kun no more fun with looking at other girls. You are mine.'
Naruto smiled and kissed Hinata on the cheek. 'Of course you know I am my hime.'
The jutsu lesson at the academy that day was on elemental affinity. The teacher had all the students take a piece of paper and push some chakra into it. All were surprised at what happened. A couple of the people in the class had two or more reactions. One girl had three, her paper was divided evenly with one part was soaked, another part was burnt and the final part crumbled to dust. Keiko's paper was soaked and crumbled to dust. Naruto had taken two pieces and hid the second piece. His paper split but was wet on the fringes. Hinata's paper was soaked but was also split on the edges, the exact opposite of what Naruto's was.
The teacher examined each of the papers and told each student what each meant. The teacher told the students that had equal parts of each element more than likely had a Kekkei Genkai, meaning that Keiko and Ari fell into that category. Others like Naruto and Hinata had a major affinity and a secondary affinity. This would make the second element easier to learn but not as easy at the primary.
In Konoha the academy students were learning the clone, substitution and the transformation jutsu. Although one certain Uchiha had a couple problems, that being dealing with a boring class, and dealing with fan girls, much to the amusement of the other boys in the class. After his mother and the women of his clan survived the massacre he was left the figurative head of the Uchiha clan. Mikoto ran the clan in his stead as he was not old enough to run the clan yet. Sasuke's worst problem was that his brother was the one who had done the massacre and was still on the loose, he wanted, no had to avenge the clan.
Ino Yamanaka teased Sakura Haruno about not being able to get the notice of Sasuke, which caused him to just role his eyes in annoyance. He had found out after the massacre that he was betrothed but the girl that he was betrothed too was now missing and had been so for around five years. Thus any relief from the fan girls was far in coming. He wished he could find this Hinata Hyuuga girl so that he could use her to get rid of the fan girls and be done with them. He did not care that she was the heir to the Hyuuga just that she was not a fan girl. His mother had told him that Hiashi would not change the betrothal to his younger daughter Hanabi as she is designated heir until Hinata appeared, if she ever did.
Not that he disliked girls. He just had found no real use for them. Other than his mother and a couple of cousins they were mostly useless. He understood they had their place, to help him produce children but what else would they do for him? Thus his aversion to females was formed as he liked his brooding attitude but not the females that wanted to fawn all over him to try to help him through his trauma. Maybe if he hung out with Shino Aburame the girls might avoid him more.
Back in Uzu, the students learned how common the affinities were to each village. Wind was rare in Konoha as it was also in Kumo, where fire and Lightning were common. Water was rare in Iwa and in Suna. Uzu was a mix of affinities but water was the most prevalent. Naruto, Hinata and Ari found that they had rare affinities, wind and lightning thus it would be hard to find and learn jutsu with those elements as there were few trainers or scrolls with such jutsu.
Naruto at home had tried to push the Kyuubi's chakra into the second piece of paper but was not able to access the chakra. With six months left before graduation Ichiro started Naruto on his sword training. He was given a set of wooden swords to carry around so that he would at least have the training swords on hand and so he would be used to their weight. Normal training continued in earnest.
A few weeks before graduation Kakashi and Kurenai showed up at the school with several scrolls for Naruto and Hinata. They were to receive them upon graduation, if they graduated. Kurenai gave Hinata some genjutsu scrolls to her as a graduation present. Kakashi said he would have a present for Naruto if he graduated and to find him to get the present from him.
Two weeks before graduation a familiar chakra signature came into the academy and was headed towards the classroom. Naruto with terror on his face transformed into his female form, a red headed girl. Hinata saw this and changed into a long haired Hyuuga boy.
All Hinata heard from Naruto in her mind was. 'Mizuki, Mizuki.' He repeated over and over.
Hinata rubbed his back in an attempt to calm him/her down. 'It's okay Naruto, I am here. Whatever is wrong we will get through it together.'
Naruto looked at Hinata with utter terror in his eyes. She had not seen this for a long time and had hoped it would never return.
The door opened and a gray haired male chunin entered the class room. "Who are you and why are you disturbing my class." Nori asked angrily.
"I am Mizuki Touji of the leaf and was told to observe your teaching techniques by the Hokage." Mizuki said full of arrogance.
Nori smiled kindly but the killing intent was thick. "That is nice you have the permission of the Hokage. But he is not the recognized leader of THIS village. Now if you will please go to the leader's office and bring back the proper forms I may allow you back into the class."
"No need to get violent cute thing. So where is this leader's office? I also hear you have an Uzumaki in the class." Mizuki smiled evilly as he scanned the room.
"That is nice Touji-san but you will leave the class now!" Nori said as the children's laughter brought Mizuki's attention back to Nori. He ran screaming as he saw a white nine-tailed fox the size of a wolf standing before him. He seemed to not be able to get out of the room quick enough.
"Now children knowledge is power. Can any of you, except for Uzumaki-sama and Hyuuga-sama, tell me why the Leaf shinobi ran so quickly?" Nori asked as she returned to original form in quiet puff of smoke.
Ari raised her hand and was acknowledged. "Konoha was attacked by the Kyuubi, and you did a henge in to that form. This brought in him the fear that the Kyuubi was here and he thus ran."
"Very good Ari. Akemi and Takara you may keep your henge up as long as you need too. Now back to the lesson. Using an enemies fear against them." Nori continued her lecture.
In Takashi's office Takashi was not happy. "Why the hell were you in the academy?" Takashi asked Mizuki.
"I am an instructor from Konoha and was ordered by the Hokage to observe your teaching style." Mizuki answered as if bored.
Takashi's anger was increasing. "Your paperwork is in order. But why were you looking for an Uzumaki? And why at the Academy?"
"We had a child named Uzumaki and wanted to see if there was any family resemblance. Nothing more." Mizuki said.
"My grandchild is in the academy. Did the Hokage tell you that I am Takashi Uzumaki?" Takashi said with an evil grin.
Mizuki's face went white. He looked closely at Takashi and saw several features that were similar to Naruto. "No he didn't."
"You would not want to harm my grandchild now would you?" Takashi asked in a barely calm tone.
Mizuki just shook his head.
"Also why did you come to my office in wet pants? Did you spill something on them?" Takashi asked. "Never mind, you may go to the academy tomorrow." Takashi said as he waved Mizuki out of his office.
Takashi left his office just before the academy let the students out. He hurried to Hana and Kido's house. He waited and saw Naruto and Hinata in their henge forms accompanied by Keiko and Nori. "So I assume this is because of Mizuki appeared in town?" Takashi asked.
Naruto and Hinata both nodded with worried looks on their faces.
"Uzumaki-sama, the children are afraid of this Mizuki person. I also do not like him. I do not want him in my classroom. Please do not make me put him in there. I am trying to teach not harm them. None of the other children were bothered by him, not even Keiko here. I think there is some history that we do not know about. Well… I just wanted to make sure they got home okay and that Kido and Hana were informed about the occurrence. Good night Hana-sama, Kido-sama, Takashi-sama, Akemi-kun, and Takara-chan." Nori said as she bowed and left.
Kido ushered everyone into the building and closed the doors. Kido took a deep breath. "Everyone to the dojo." They all walked quietly to the dojo and sat down. "Okay what is going on with this Mizuki character? Naruto? Hinata?" Kido calmly asked.
Naruto sighed. "The day we left Konoha, I was waiting to meet with Kurenai-sensei and Hinata-chan. Mizuki showed up and attacked me. Having experience at running away from villagers and village ninja I was able to escape and return to my apartment. Mizuki attacked me he tried to kill me. Hinata-chan can vouch that I was injured when I arrived at my apartment." Naruto smiled weakly at Hinata.
"Yes jiji I can tell you that Naruto-kun was very hurt and also very agitated. We both wanted to leave the village that didn't want us. We went inside his apartment and he packed up. Just as we were ready to leave several branch members broke the door down and attacked us. We fled out the window and to the main gates. We asked for help but the guards ignored us. So we ran into the woods. I could run no further. A Kumo nin had apparently fought with the Konoha nin and won. He attacked Naruto-kun and he went down. I refused to go with the Kumo nin and received this scar to fighting him." Hinata pulled the collar of her shirt down to reveal the end of her scar at the collar bone. Naruto grabbed her and held her in strong embrace.
"I woke up to see Hinata-chan bleeding badly. My only thought was to save her. I touched her right here." He laid his hand on the center of her chest near her heart. This caused Hinata to blush at his touch. "The next thing I know I woke up next to her in a wagon on our way here. So there you have last time we saw Mizuki-baka." Naruto said very annoyed. "Also he spent extra time with me teaching me the wrong hand signs when I was at the academy. He would always pass out harder tests to me, but never the other students. I do not want to see him again."
"Naruto, Hinata, if you can stand to be around him for a week and not lose your cover, you are guaranteed to graduate. Being able to face and overcome your fears is a sign of a good shinobi. You also have your family here for support. And yes I mean you Hinata as you are his wife-to-be. Keiko you are his cousin, and thus also family. We are family and we are here for you Naruto and Hinata." Takashi said with a warm smile.
The next week was the hardest week for Naruto and Hinata, but Nori also helped out in keeping Mizuki on edge the whole time. She would henge with slight variance each day. The theme for the week was different Biiju. The first day she had fox ears and nine tails. The second day she had cat ears whiskers and two tails. Wednesday she had a dark rings around her eyes and a single tanuki tail. Thursday she had wolf ears, elongated canines, and five wolf tails. Friday had Mizuki wanting the day to end. Nori would shift her appearance between each of the Biiju every thirty minutes and would mix and match features like nine fox tails with wolf facial features. The children enjoyed this too no end and the lessons on the Biiju went well.
The preliminary tests on Friday showed that Naruto was an overall third in the class. Hinata was overall second. The big surprise was Ari was the overall leader for the whole class. Keiko was fourth overall in the class. Taree was overall fourteenth in the class and still bugging Naruto for a kiss. This slipped Mizuki's attention as Naruto was in female form all week long.
Five of the students proved that they had finally been able to manipulate part or all of their elemental affinity. Ari, Naruto, Hinata, Keiko and Shinji all were able to create a small water snake. Naruto, Hinata, and Ari all were able to cut a leaf nearly in half. Mizuki was impressed by the abilities of the students and wanted to meet with the families of those students. All of the families refused, Ichiro and the Hyuuga were more vocal as they did not want Mizuki to interfere with the family training.
Mizuki showed up on the Hyuuga doorstep after Friday at the academy. He pushed his way past Hana and towards the dojo. He saw three of the students he wanted to get a closer look at, Naruto, Hinata and Keiko. Naruto and Hinata had changed form as soon as they had felt his presence at the front door. Kido was watching the children meditate. "Sir you are trespassing and I would like to know why. You are also disturbing their concentration."
"Sorry Hyuuga-sama, but I just wanted to observe the family training so that I can report it back to the Hokage and the Hyuuga family." Mizuki lied.
Kido knew he lied but wanted more information. "Family training is just that. It is for the family not the general public. Also it is not for a foreign village. Had you come in on any secret training I would have killed you, and been within my rights to do so."
"I apologize for the intrusion. Why are an Uzumaki, a Senju, and a Hyuuga all training together as a family?" Mizuki asked.
"My grandson and Akemi-chan are betrothed, Keiko-chan is Akemi-chan's cousin. Thus we are all family. Now if you don't leave now I will be forced to remove you, and by lethal force if necessary. Do I make myself clear?" Kido said as he activated his Byakugan.
Mizuki seeing this backed away and walked towards the door. "Thank you for your time Hyuuga-sama."
Kido's shoulders slumped and he let out a sigh. "I should have killed him just then but the paperwork would have been horrible."
The children laughed at Kido's comment.
Naruto and Hinata kept their henge on when they went to bed. Naruto also kept his practice swords close to the bed that night. They awoke suddenly when Naruto was lifted out of bed suddenly. Naruto attempted to grab his swords but was only able to get one. Hinata stood and confronted the would-be abductor but was slammed into the wall and knocked unconscious. The last thing Naruto saw was Hinata in her henge form slump to the ground and then the world went black.
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A/N: Yes I know another cliff hanger… Guess who it was? More than likely you would be right.
Warning next chapter is very adult themed… It was hard to write and I am ironing out some of the hard parts. I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.