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talking: Ya' know

thinking: Ya' know

jutsu: Flying Raijin Jutsu!

Tailed Beast talking/slight possession: Damn you 4th Hokage

Tailed Beast thinking: Damn you 4th Hokage


Chapter 10: Encounter, Date, and Encounter

"So Sasuke. What do you think about Naruto, and him having that scroll?" Sakura asked. It was the next day, Sasuke and Sakura were waiting for Naruto and Kakashi on their training ground.

"Tst, who cares. Just because Naruto has that scroll, doesn't mean he can use anything in there the way its supposed to. Naruto's still a loser." Sasuke replied.

"Yea, I guess so. But wouldn't you want all those jutsu? I mean you could put them to use better that Naruto can, we could force him to give you the jutsu." Said Sakura. "If we could force Naruto to give Sasuke those jutsu, then Naruto would never be able to catch up to Sasuke."

"No, you heard what Lord Hokage said. Besides, I have the Uchiha clan's jutsu. All that jutsu does is make Naruto a little better, I'm still way ahead of him." Replied Sasuke, practically reading Sakura's mind.

"Oh, yea I guess you have a point."

"A point about what 'Billboard Brow'?" Asked Ino, suddenly showing up out of nowhere while throwing an insult at Sakura.

"'Ino-pig', what do you want?" Sakura replied, throwing an insult back at Ino.

"For one, why are you hanging around with my Sasuke? And two, what was up with Naruto? He never yells out in anger like that."

"One, none of your business 'Ino-pig'. And two, we have no idea. I asked Naruto, but he wouldn't tell us."

"Who're you calling 'pig', 'Billboard Brow'?! And what do you mean you don't know, he's your teammate."

"I told you, he...wouldn't...tell... us. You want me to spell it out for you?!" Said Sakura, getting annoyed with Ino interrupting he time with Sasuke. "Don't you have training to go to?"

"Nope, I just got back from a 'C' rank yesterday. Remember?"

"Oh yea, I forgot."

"Hey guys, what's up?" Asked Naruto, arriving on the training field. "Uh, what're you doing here Ino?"

"Wondering why you yelled at me yesterday for no reason." Ino replied.

Naruto scowled when he heard that, so he answered. "'No reason'? You insulted me yesterday, why do you think I yelled at you. Dumb blonde." Naruto replied, whispering that last part.

"Well it's not my fault if what I said is true."

"It is nOT TRUE, YOU DUMB BLONDE BITCH! And I'll prove it by kicking your ass all over the village, without breaking a sweat!" Naruto was really getting tired of being insulted, he didn't care at the moment if his secret jutsu came out.

"Oh yea, then bring it loser?" Ino replied, getting into a fighting stance.

"Alright you two, that's enough. Ino go home, this is team training." Said Kakashi, shunshining onto the field once he saw what was going on.

Coming out of her stance, Ino replied. "Yes sir, I would've beaten him anyway." With that Ino walked off the field.

Once Kakashi knew Ino was gone, he turned towards Naruto. "Naruto, I know you have your reasons for keeping your jutsu a secret. But don't you think you were about reveal that secret fighting Ino?" Kakashi asked.

"I wasn't really going to use that jutsu, I just wanted her to shut up. I'm getting tired of everyone insulting me thats all." Answered Naruto.

"I understand that it's frustrating Naruto, but that doesn't mean you should lose your cool like that. Anyway, let's get to training."

"Hey Kakashi sensei, can you teach me this jutsu?" Naruto asked, holding up an open scroll pointing to a jutsu labled: 'Fire Style: Pheonix Flower Jutsu'.

"Hm, lets see something first." Kakashi said, pulling out a small piece of paper.

"What's that Kakashi sensei?" Asked Sakura.

"This is a chakra paper. It's made from trees that're grown by chakra. It helps determine a person's chakra nature, simply by said person channeling their chakra into this paper." Kakashi replied.

"What's 'chakra nature'?" Asked Naruto.

Sakura decided to answer, she explained how certain elements are stronger than some but weaker against others. Along with Kakashi's input about how Haku could combine two elements, wind and water, to create his 'Ice Style' as a form of Kekkei genkai, Naruto was able to understand. "Do you understand now, Naruto?"

"Yea yea, I get it. So let me see what my chakra nature is?" Naruto replied, excited to find out his chakra nature.

"Alright, hold on." Kakashi then gave him one of the chakra papers.

Taking the chakra paper Naruto channeled his chakra, resulting in the paper slitting in half. "Interesting, seems you have the wind nature." Said Kakashi.

"Hmm, how is 'Wind Style' used Kakashi sensei?" Asked Naruto.

"It's meant for cuttng. But you need the proper training to master 'Wind Style' fist, but there is one jutsu I can think of that won't need it. Unfortunately, I can't use 'Wind Style' so you'll have to learn that on your own. I'll help you with the training, so you can use better jutsu." Kakashi replied.

"Cool!"

"Kakashi sensei, what's my chakra nature?" Sakura asked.

"Well, let's see." Kakashi replied, handing her a chakra paper as well.

Taking the paper Sakura applied her chakra as well, resulting in the paper crumbling. "Hmm, 'Lightning Style'? That happens to be mine as well. Should be interesting."

"'Lightning Style' is meant for piercing right Kakashi sensei?" Asked Sakura.

"That's right." Kakashi answered.

"Hey Kakashi sensei, what would happen if I combined my 'Wind Style' with Sasuke's 'Fire Style'?" Naruto asked.

"It would make it stronger, loser." Sasuke replied, earning a glare from Naruto.

"Exactly, now let's start training." Kakashi then starting teaching Naruto and Sakura how to to use their chakra nature, while teaching Sasuke a new 'Fire Style' jutsu.


Naruto was in disguise using the "Transformation Jutsu!", he was excited. Not only did he master his first 'Wind Style Jutsu' since starting training for it a few days ago, but was about to be on his first ever date with Hinata. They managed to meet and agree on their disguises, so they would recognize eachother. Naruto had decided on a look with black spiky hair, a light blue collared shirt, khaki pants and typical ninja sandels. He kept his whisker like marks hidden with the jutsu, but he kept his eyes the same.

Naruto made it to his destination. It was the best tea house in the village, luckily Naruto wouldn't have to worry about anything thanks to his and Hinata's disguises, nobody would be staring at them. Naruto knew he was early so he waited, and after about 10 minutes he saw her. "Hey Hina, wow you look great." Said Naruto. Hinata wore a pink sleeveless dress that went to her knees, it had a small leopard pattern on the front. She had on a black belt about 4-5 inches wide, and a black shirt underneath. Unlike Naruto, Hinata had to change the look of her eyes otherwise she would risk being them being caught. She decided to give her eyes a deep red color, like her sensei's. She also had long brown hair with her typical ninja sandels.

"Th...thank you, H..Hiro." Said Hinata, known as 'Hina' on dates, blushing.

"S..so are we gonna go in?" Naruto asked, nervously holding his arm out.

"Y...yes." Hinata replied, nervously hooking her arm in Naruto, resting her hand on Naruto's forearm.

"Good evening, just the two of you tonight?" Asked a young brown haired waitress.

"Yes." Replied Naruto/Hiro.

"Alright, follow me. By the way you two make a cute couple." Said the waitress.

"Th..thank you." Replied the bushing couple.

The waitress led them to a 'couples' booth by the window, she then handed them the menus. "What would you like to drink?"

"U..um I'll have a peppermint tea, please" Said Hina/Hinata.

"And I'll have the same, thank you." Said Naruto/Hiro.

"Alright, I'll be right back with your drinks." With that the waitress left to get their drinks.

"So, have you had a 'C' ranked misson yet Hina?" Asked Naruto/Hiro.

"Y..yes, we escorted a ca..caravan of m..merchants the border of the L..Land of Sea." Replied Hinata/Hina.

And so it continued all the way throughout dinner, with them both asking about eachother's missions.


Later that evening they were in thier true appearences, wearing the same clothes as mentioned earlier, on top of the Hokage Monument. "So, how'd you manage to show you for our date?" Naruto asked, holding Hinata's hand.

Hinata was blushing like crazy by holding Naruto's hand, that she almost missed Naruto's question. "Huh, oh s..sorry. Um K...Kurenai sensei asked my f...father i..if I could spend the n..night with h..her to...tonight. I..it was h..her idea to have m...me wear this dr...dress." Said Hinata, blushing even more now.

"Really? Wow, she's good. That dress re...really looks g..great on you." Complimented Naruto.

"R...really?" Asked Hinata. Upon seeing Naruto nod, she thanked him. "Th..thank you, Naruto."

"No problem." Naruto *sigh*ed after a while, thinking about what he found out just days before.

"I...is something wrong, N...Naruto?" Hinata asked, noticing Naruto's expression change when he sighed.

*Sigh* "Just something I found out a few days ago, that's all" Naruto answered.

"Does it h..have s...someth..thing to do w..with why y..you yelled at I...Ino?"

"No, I was angry before that happened. I only yelled at her because she insulted me when I was angry at the old man."

"Y..you mean Lord Ho...Hokage? Wh...why?"

"He told me that he didn't know who my parents were, but he lied. He knew the whole time. When I found out who they, and that he and Kakashi sensei knew, I...I just got so mad I...I just had to confront him."

*Gasp* "I...I can't believe th..they would k...keep that a s..secret f...from y..you."

*Sigh* "I know, but he didn't tell me because people would've been in denile and might've tried to kill me or cause a Civil War. Or my parent's enemies would go to war just because I'm their son if anyone found out."

"Wh..who were they?"

"The old man doesn't want me telling anyone, unless I absolutely trust them not to tell anyone. I didn't tell my teammates, because I don't trust them that much. But I do trust you, Hinata. So you can't tell Kurenai sensei either, I need to trust her first. Ok?"

"O...of course, N...Naruto. I..I understand."

"I know, Hinata. Well my mom's name is Kushina Uzumaki, and my dad, well he's Minato Namikaze. I'm sure you heard of him. Hee hee."

*GASP* "Yo...you mean the 4..4th Ho...Hokage is your f...father?!" Hinata just found it difficult to believe, but she had seen pictures of the 4th Hokage in their books in school, so she couldn't deny that Naruto had some resemblance with the 4th.

"Yea, kinda hard to believe huh? Hehe. But it's true." Naruto said, with his unoccupied hand behind his head.

"I...I never e...expected that Na..Naruto. But i..its great that y..you know wh...who your p..parents are. I..I'm happy for you, I..I r...really am." Hinata said, trully happy for Naruto.

"I know, Hinata." Naruto said.

About half an hour later, Naruto and Hinata were in front of Kurenai's room with their disguises on. "Well, I guess this is 'good night' huh? Hehe." Said Naruto.

"I...I guess so. G..good night, N...Naruto." Replied Hinata, happy that no one was out to hear or see them since she checked with her byakugan.

"Good night, Hinata" Said Naruto. Naruto leaned in and kissed Hinata on the cheek, and then he left blushing as he did so.

Hinata was blushing so bad, it made all previous blushes pale in comparison. "Well well, I didn't think he'd have the nerve to do that. He's more brave than I gave him credit for. Hehe." Said Kurenai, releasing her Genjutsu.

*Gasp* "K...Kurenai s...sens...sei, h...how did y..you g...get th..there?" Hinata asked.

"Oh, I waited until you deactivated your Byakugan to come out with a Genjutsu hiding my presence." Kurenai answered, with a smile on her face. "C'mon, let's go inside and you can tell me all about your date. Hmhm." The statement caused Hinata to blush even more, if that was possible.


It's been weeks since Naruto's first date with Hinata, they've gone on a few dates since then and they were happy. Although, Naruto was too nervous to kiss Hinata on the lips, but it didn't seem that Hinata cared. She was content with the way things were. Anyway, Squad 7 had split up after Kakashi saw a hawk flying over head. Sasuke had left telling Sakura to work on her jutsu.

Konohamaru showed up with his friends, Moegi and Udon. But with Konohamaru insulting Sakura's forehead, resulting in Naruto and Co. running. Which led to their current situation. A ninja with the Sand Village symbol, wearing a black cat-like outfit. He was accompanied by bonde girl, with her hair up in 4 small pig-tails. And she had a large battle fan on her back. He was holding up Konohamaru by his shirt. "Hey, I'd put him down if I were you." Said Naruto, trying to help Konohamaru without resorting to kicking his ass.

"Oh yea, why should I?" Replied the older boy.

"Just put him down, Kankuro. Before he shows up." Said the blonde girl.

"Pfft, don't worryTemari. We got time, besides this kid needs to learn respect." Replied the boy, now known as Kankuro.

"Whatever, I'm not having any part in this." Said the girl, now known as Temari.

"You're the one who needs to learn respect, that's the 3rd Hokage's grandson! You fucking retard!" Naruto yelled.

Kankuro and Temari flinched at hearing that bit of info. "You're kidding right?" Kankuro asked.

"Hn, what you think I said that just for shits and giggles? Wow you're dumber than you look, if you actually believe I'd lie about that 'make-up boy'. Hahahaha!" Naruto replied, laughing at Kankuro.

Dropping Konohamaru, Kankuro began charging Naruto. Naruto prepared himself for a fight, but before the could start, pebble hit Kankuro in his right cheek. "Aw, what the hell?!" Looking up, Kankuro found the culprit. He knew he was the culprit because he was throwing another pebble up and catching it in his hand.

"Sasuke, what the hell?! I would've had this asshole beat in 2 seconds flat, believe it!" Yelled Naruto.

"Well well, a local pretty boy. He's pretty cute." Thought Temari.

"Get down here you punk, so I ca..." Began Kankuro, before he was interrupted.

"Kankuro, you're an embarrasment to our village." Said a cold voice, coming from a red headed boy with a large gourd on his back.

"Hm, an Uzumaki? No, his red hair isn't bright like mom's. Damn, I was kinda hoping...ah oh well." Thought Naruto.

"I...I was just kidding Gaara. We were just playing." Kankuro said, trying to save his own ass.

"Shut up, or I'll kill you." Gaara looked over towards Sasuke. "He stopped Kankuro, with just a pebble. Interesting." Gaara thought. Gaara shunshined down between his teammates/siblings. "Let's go."

"Hold it, what business do you have in the Leaf Village? And what's your name, red head?" Sasuke asked, jumping down from the tree.

All 3 turned around, but only Gaara answered. "We're here for the 'Chunnin Exams'. As for my name, it's 'Gaara of the Desert'. I'm curious about you as well, what's your name?"

"It's Sasuke, Sasuke Uchiha."

"Hmm, I look forward to the day we prove our existences against eachother." With that Gaara and Co. turned and left.

"Hm, let that creep concentrate on Sasuke. Just gives me the chance to come up and 'Bam!' knock 'em all down a few pegs. Hee hee!" Thought Naruto.


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