A/N Ok I am late with my update and I humbly apologize for that, I had a funeral, a very unexpected audit at work and exams.

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Chapter 4 (Ok I gave up on the personal POV's, back to narrative ladies!)

Anko had a sadistic smile on her face as she summoned her snakes. Hinata was sitting a few feet from her under a tree, unsure if she should be entranced at the sight before her or terrified and issue a flee on sight instinct with Anko-sensei and her snakes.

They had stopped to camp the moment the sun rose and Hinata was thankful for that as they had travelled at a constant high-speed. They were somewhere close to the border of Suna. Hinata was unsure of where Anko wanted to drag her to but now she was instructed to watch how to summon.

Anko bit into her thumb and ran the blood across her tattoo on her wrist that marked her as a Snake Summoner, she then proceeded to form the Ram Seal and she slammed it into the ground and yelled "Summoning Jutsu.". Hinata was sure that is this was a hostile territory then hundreds of shinobi would have descended upon them.

Suddenly a loud puff emanated from where Anko was and a medium sized snake appeared, it's tongue flicking out at the air surrounding it. "Anko you do realise that you are a disturbance most days." Anko visibly groaned at the snake's comment. "Well hello to you too Sera. I just wanted you to meet my apprentice, excuse me for being kind, but you can taddle along if you want and go back."

The female snake turned her head in the direction that held Hinata's scent. "Intriguing that your sadistic self should choose such a meek little specimen to hand the reigns over too, don't you think?" Hinata almost hissed at the snake as she fought the urge to defend herself. Anko noticed the girl's natural instincts finally making an appearance and decided to toy with her a bit. "Nah I thought that maybe she would be a snack if I ever have to deal with Manda."

Sera let out a hiss like laughter and Hinata flew up from her position under the tree and yelled rather uncharacteristic fashion and stomped over to the snake. "I am not your boss's snack food, I will earn the right to summon you and then I will make you eat your words!" Hinata's yelling surprised Sera and also ignited a curiosity regarding the meek appearing human. "Hah! I knew you could do it." Anko's applause reverberated in Hinata's ears as she was panting from her unexpected tantrum.

"I see. Well then I shall be watching you little snack." Sera hissed then disappeared in a puff. Hinata was panting and Anko was beside herself with laughter. "Oh you're good Hime. No one gets under Sera's skin and you just might have made a friend." Hinata's responding glare only contributed to Anko's fits and giggles.

The rest of their day was spent honing Hinata's aim without her Byakugan and Anko randomly bursting into giggles every time Hinata glared at her. Anko wanted to help Hinata climb out of that shell of shyness and she was pushing all Hinata's buttons to try and aggravate the girl again but the results were only hardened lavender glares that sent Anko into giggles. Maybe she'd need Sera again.

Naruto and Jiraya were walking towards some temple town according to the Pervy Sage. Naruto was getting annoyed, he wanted to start looking for Sasuke again but he knew that he wasn't strong enough to fight the curse mark and under Orochimaru's tutelage he knew that Sasuke would just become a much more powerful opponent.

If only Sasuke wasn't so driven by revenge then maybe things wouldn't have ended up like this. Sakura was a mess, Naruto himself was starting to doubt if he'd ever be able to fulfil that lifetime promise he made to Sakura. He just hoped that this training with Pervy Sage and the toads would help him.

He knew that one day when he came home he would search out those always watching lavender eyes that always seemed to follow him. He still wondered why Hina-Hime was always following him, he just hoped that when he returned that she would still be his friend even if he forgot to say goodbye to the shy princess.

Naruto took a deep breath and stared at the back his now mentor and wondered what he had in store for him. Would this training trip really help him achieve his dreams of Hokage and allow him to keep his promise to Sakura-chan.

He could only hope so, it was his ninja way to keep his word and to never give up.

Hinata was sweating as she and Anko were running through the trees. Anko had said that she had three places in mind as to where they would start their training but she needed to check the borders before they could even think of starting her training.

Apparently Anko wanted her to perfect her Protective 64-palms and she wanted Hinata to sign the summoning contract and then find a way to incorporate the snakes into her technique. Hinata paled at the idea of having to control snakes and her chakra wisps at the same time. She immediately shook the thought from her head as she remember that Naruto-Kun would never back down from something like this and she would ensure that this time spent training she would always keep that at the forefront of her mind.

Anko came to a sudden halt while Hinata was blissfully stuck in her thoughts about Naruto, causing the Kunoichi to almost bump into the other, if Anko had not side stepped Hinata then they would be barrelling down to the ground below.

"Oi Hime, not the time for orange fantasies." Hinata composed herself and then joined Anko on the previous branch. "So Hime, do you want to test your skills against some lowly bandits?"

Hinata nodded, she knew any protest would be ignored by her blood crazy sensei. They carefully climbed out of the tree and hid behind a bush closer to the encampment the bandits had.

"You know what we need now?" The one overweight bandit said to what seemed to appear a toned one. "A piece of meat would do. It's been a while since we had a woman around her, maybe we can go into town and snatch one up ey boss?" The overweight man smiled and nodded to his companion. Hinata's blood boiled and she activated her Byakugan. "They barely have developed chakra coils so they must have been genin at some point or just plain unlucky." Anko nodded then jumped out of her hiding spot, Hinata just stayed back to see how this would play out.

"Tsk tsk boys. Don't you think it's rude to take a woman against her will?" Anko mocked them. Both men leered at her, their lust was evident. Anko was playing with a kunai as usual and faked boredom. "Well miss, I think you just made our day, now we don't need to travel to the city." Hinata knew that Anko was a brutal one and that these two men had just signed their own death certificates. "Oh I think I am just going to sit here and see what you two are planning." Anko then dropped herself onto a small tree stump.

The men approached her, still licking their lips, the overweight man was clearly staring at her chest and the other one was snickering rather menacingly. Hinata wasn't sure what Anko was planning but she was ready to attack at a moment's notice.

Anko continued to play with the kunai and the smaller man took that as an opportunity to move closer at a much faster rate.

Before Anko even had time to attack, Hinata had sprung out and hit the man square on the chest with a chakra emblazed palm, stopping his heart immediately.

The overweight man took this as his sign to flee and he ran as fast as his unhealthy body allowed him too. Hinata sped up then used a chakra palm to strike the back of his head, shattering his skull and almost crushing his brain.

Anko was surprised, she did not think she would see this much ferocity in the Hime's eyes but she chalked it up to the threat of rape to her sensei. Anko stood up and gave Hinata a one man round of applause.