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i got a review saying they wish for more of Naruto and Hinata moments, so I tried to make this chapter more about them.

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Chapter 15

Naruto was pacing as he waited on training ground 7 for Hinata. He had come an hour early to organize his thoughts, but for some reason he was also feeling a little nervous; it was 6:43 pm now.

'Why do I feel nervous of asking her? Hinata is nice, and unless there's a good reason, she won't say no' it was frustrating why he should feel nervous.

Naruto decided that he couldn't wait for anyone to help him with his problem, and although he didn't know if Hinata could help, it didn't hurt to try asking.

'Plus I want to see it again' the move that Hinata had used against the bee opponents was so cool; he thought about asking her for a quick spar.

"N-Naruto-k-kun, I'm here" Naruto jumped; he hadn't heard her come at all.

"G-Gomen. I-I didn't m-mean t-to s-startle you" Hinata apologized.

"N-No, I was too busy pacing that I didn't notice my surroundings. Don't worry about it" Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head.

The two said quiet for a few minutes, before Hinata gathered her courage to break it, "S-so, ano, what d-did you w-wish to t-talk about?"

"Oh!" Naruto snapped his fingers as if remembering himself, "Well, I decided not to wait for anyone since there all out of the village. You can see chakra with your eyes so I thought maybe you could help me. But first, could you do me a favor?"

"I'm confused" Hinata said, forgetting her nerves for a second.

"I mean, I want to know if you could teach me the method to break a genjustu; it's okay if you don't know, but everyone is either away on a mission, or busy, and since you can see chakra I thought perhaps you can help me for a bit" Naruto explained, rubbing his head again, this time in embarrassment.

Hinata nodded at this as a bit of blush colored her cheeks; since Hyuga's eyes can see through the charka system, they can tell when one is in a genjutsu, and how to break them. Something else that Naruto said caught her attention.

"What's the favour?"

"Well….could you use your new technique again? I want to see it; it looked so cool last time. I'll make a bunch of clones, and they'll charge whenever you're ready" Naruto explained.

The blush that was coloring her cheeks grew with color; Naruto has now complimented her new technique more than three times already, and it seemed he really wanted to see it again.

"A-Ano, I-I don't w-want you t-to get hurt N-Naruto-kun" Hinata said, poking her fingers together.

"Don't worry, I won't go in myself, just my clones, promise" Naruto held the good guy pose and smiled at her.

"Okay then" Hinata finally agreed.

As his smile grew, he brought his familiar hand sign towards himself, "Multi-shadow clone justu" and about 50 Naruto's popped into existence.

"Alright, let's do this" one clone said.

"You idiot, wait until she says she's ready" another clone answered.

"Haha, you called yourself an idiot" a third answered.

"Thank includes you in that insult, baka, since were the same person" a fourth responded.

"Oi" and suddenly the clones were arguing with themselves.

Hinata didn't know what to think; it was both funny and strange to see. She decided it would be best to wait until they stopped arguing with each other.

As Sakura made her way towards the flower shop, she looked around to see some of the shops closing for the day. Although it was getting late, the sun was only just starting to set.

'I hope Ino can get out of the flower shop; it was nice the last time we spoke, and it would be nice to have a friend to talk to during the trip to the hot springs' Sakura thought.

"Sakura-nee-chan" Sakura turned he head to see that it was Konohamaru. The last time she had a conversation with him was when he called her ugly with a forehead before the chunin exams.

"Hello Konohamaru-kun, how was your day today?" She asked.

"It was alright, I mean, it has been awhile since I've gotten to hang out with Naruto-ni-san, so it was fun. I saw Hanabi-chan's sister earlier, and boss was acting a little weird around her. Do you know why that could be?" Konohamaru asked.

"Hanabi-chan? Who's that Konohamaru-kun?" Sakura asked, looking confused by his statement about Naruto.

"You know, from the Hyuga clan. The ones with white eyes" Konohamaru explained.

Realization appeared on her face, "oh, you mean Hinata. I didn't know she had a sister. Wait, you said Naruto was acting weird around her, how so?" Sakura was curious; when did Naruto act strange around Hinata, it was usually the other way around.

"Well, when Naruto-ni-san saw her, he seemed to smile bigger than usual, and when I said she was a bit weird, he defended her right away. Then, when I asked if she was his girlfriend, he just turned red and said they were really good friends. I remember when I said the same thing about you, months ago, he said no with no hesitation. Then, when I insulted you, instead of defending you, he just told me to run. Maybe I'm thinking too hard on this? Konohamaru asked himself.

"I'm sure they are good friends so don't worry about it. Anyways, I'm heading to meet up with Ino right now, so I'll see you some other time" and with a wave, she continued to head towards the flower shop.

What Konohamaru said, though, started her to think about her said blonde; has Naruto really changed that much?

She figured that tomorrow, after her daily routine is done for the day, she should seek him out, and catch-up. She might as well apologize for chasing him around last week too.

"Alright, alright, let's break it up" the original Naruto said, looking annoyed, "let's not forget why were all here."

The clones stopped, and turned towards Hinata.

Blushing, she got into her Hyuga stance, "w-whenever you're r-ready"

The clones let out a yell of 'attack' and charged towards her.

She began to make the hand signal for the justu, with her eyes closed, and began to move her hands. "Byakugan" her eyes activated.

"Shugo hake rokujuu yon shou!" She announced. The clones started to be pushed back, and thrown far away from Hinata as her hands moved at an alarmingly fast pace.

'Wow' Naruto was in even more awe than he was back when he saw the technique back then. No one was interfering with the fight, so he got to see it in full force.

Without realizing it, all the clones had vanished by that point, and he was seeing her use the technique in full view.

'So fast' he thought as she slowed the move to a stop. He saw her panting softly.

"So cool, I bet that takes a great deal of concentration eh?" He walked up to her.

Gathering her breath, she looked up, and her eyes locked with his. Her face began to blush as she turned her head.

"Arigato Naruto-kun. So you wanted me to help you with Genjustu?" It seemed that the adrenaline from using her technique had made her forget the stuttering all together.

"Hai, could you explain it to me, and in a way that I can understand it; I want to first know how to break from it" his thoughts of the mission before, along with thinking about Sasuke's brother, came to mind.

"I'll try. Genjutsu is something that works on your opponent's five senses. To control the chakra flowing through and liking their cranial nerves; it is a jutsu requiring quite a high level of intellect."

"…I'm not getting it at all" Naruto said.

"Five senses: sight, smell, scent, touch, and sound; it makes illusions, so your mind thinks it's there when it's not. What did you see when you were in the genjustu during the mission?" Hinata asked.

"It was dark; I couldn't see anything" Naruto pouted.

"Hai, then that one worked with your eye senses" Hinata said.

"Oh, okay I think I get it now" Naruto nodded.

"If you're caught in a genjutsu, you must try your best to stop your chakra flow. While in genjutsu, the chakra in your head is controlled by your opponent. If you use more power to disrupt your chakra flow, you can cancel the genjustu."

"What if that doesn't work?"

"Then, someone must be touching your body, and placing their chakra into yours to disrupt the flow"

"You mean like how you did at that mission?"

Turning red, she nodded, "Okay, thanks that makes a lot of sense. So what should I do to practice?"

"Ano, usually practicing chakra disruptions would be most noticeable on water" Hinata said.

"Hmmm, okay I think I know a place, come with me Hinata" Naruto grabbed her arm, and was pulling her with him to a destination.

'N-Naruto-kun i-is h-holding m-my a-arm' her shyness returning, she fainted.

When Naruto felt dragging, he looked down and panicked, "Ah, Hinata! What is it that makes you faint" He didn't really know what to do, so he turned her on her back, and he just laid down, waiting for her to wake up.

'I really need to find out why she faints so much; Neji and Shino say's nothing is wrong, but that can't be healthy.'

Neji was currently sparing with his uncle; the head of the clan. He originally had wanted to spar with Hinata, but she had stated that she would be visiting her sensei in the hospital, and then meeting Naruto afterwards. Although he was disappointed (not that he would ever admit it) that he wouldn't get to work with Hinata, he understood why it was important for her. He had done his physical workout, some stance training, worked with his byakugan, and then had gone into meditation. Since Hanabi was currently doing her own training, he wasn't bothered by her this time around, and managed to get a full hour of meditation before his uncle found him, and offered to train with him.

"Let's take a quick break Neji, there's a new technique I wish to show you" Hiashi said.

Nodding, he sat down on the stairs near the training ground, and dank some water.

"I'm pleased to see that your movements are fast but controlled. You don't waver much when taking action anymore either during a spar. I'm pleased by you" his uncle compliments him.

"Thank you Hiashi-sama" he said with a bow.

"Sigh, Neji, please just call me uncle. I don't care if the elders get annoyed by this, you are my nephew. And since you've been willingly training Hinata, you should know that both my daughters see you like an older brother"

Neji widened his eyes slightly at this, before nodding, "very well uncle."

"That's better. Speaking of my daughter, how is her training coming along? Meeting your expectations I hope?" His uncle asked him.

Neji smiled, feeling it was a great chance to discuss Hinata's improvement positively, "I think you'd be quite surprised uncle; we've mostly been doing stamina and strength training, but when we spar, she has quite impressive chakra control with her movements. I found out that although she moves differently than we do during our training, her flexibility supports her. Her style suits her more than our style of the Hyuga, and because I've decided to let her work her own way of training the gentle fist, she's keeping up with ease"

Neji was surprised to see a smile on his uncle's face, "I think I know what you're talking about; to be honest, and I think your father would have been the better teacher for Hinata than me. The way you described her sounds like the way your father's gentle fist was."

This was the first time they talked about his father since the chunin exams, "Father's gentle fist was different than our own?"

"Hai, if I was firm, he was flexible, if I was controlled, he was fluid. I can't dance without feeling stiff, but he moved like it was the easiest thing to do. Your father actually made a technique of his own that he only showed me. It's actually the technique I wish to show you"

"Hinata-sama has also made a technique of her own" Neji mumbled, but Hiashi heard it.

"Has she?" This made Neji realize that he had spoken out loud, but knew it was too late to take it back.

"She has, but she had wanted to first perfect it before showing it to anyone. I don't know how far along she had gotten through it, but I promised not to mention anything about it; she wanted to show it to you on the next training session you do with her"

His uncle had closed his eyes for a few moments, before opening his eyes, "I'll wait until she returns to teach you the technique; if what you say are true, then there's a good chance she may pick this up quicker than you. Is that alright?"

Neji raised an eyebrow at that, but nodded. He wondered what the technique was, but it didn't bother him that much like it did in the past that Hinata might be able to beat him at something when it comes to the clan's techniques. What Neji found more Ironic was that while he seemed to be more like his uncle in fighting, his uncle states that Hinata was more like his father.

Stirring, she opened her eyes to see that it had grown dark. Remembering what happened; she sat up, and looked around. Naruto appeared to be sleeping.

They were perhaps only a few inches away from making any physical contact.

"Eeeep" Hinata jumped up, causing Naruto to spring awake with a kunai in his hands.

"Oi, what, where's the enemy" Naruto yelled out.

"N-Naruto-kun, it's just me; I was startled" Hinata said, bowing her head in embarrassment.

Looking confused, then realising what she was saying, he put the Kunai away.

"It's okay Hinata. You had fainted so I lied down to wait for you to wake up. I guess I fell asleep in the process" Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head.

"I s-should be g-getting home; it's dark" Hinata said, poking her fingers together.

"Yeah, I suppose so. How about I walk with you to your house while we talk about when to meet next? I'm sure you must be busy, as me, but if we could meet up for more genjustu training I would really appreciate it" Naruto said, looking away as if nervous.

Hinata turned a good shade of red, but smiled a little, "I-I'd like t-that Naruto-kun."

Looking back at her, he smiled and got up, "Yosh, now let's head towards your home" and he began walking.

"Naruto-kun, that's the wrong way" Hinata said as she followed after him.

Naruto didn't know why, but he felt really happy right now that he didn't notice until it was too late that he walked into a tree.

"Ouch, god dammit" giggles could be heard.

And there we go

I thought a bit of Humor could be added without making Naruto look like an idiot.

I wonder if anyone can guess what Neji is going to learn once Hinata comes back to the house.

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