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Note, like I said in the last chapter; I am working on this right after I posted the last chapter and I hope you enjoyed it
Chapter 9: Pass the exam
"Naruto, i'm sorry... I know how much she mean't to you" Sakura said as she walked over to him
"She never got the chance to pass the exam, and now she never will... I just wish that there was something that could be done to help her" He said as he was still crying and holding her body close as she was dying rather fast
"I know Naruto, I know you wish there was something to do. But I just don't think there is anything anyone here can do and by time we were to pass and get here back it would be too late. I am sorry but she is gone Naruto" She said as she was crying along with him
"No, there is no way she is dying. Not yet!" He yelled as a red aura surrounded him and Hinata
Everyone was taken by surprise as this happened and saw Naruto's eyes begin to turn red and his pupil thin out and stretch more up and down. The aura became more focused getting more dense as it then surrounded just Hinata. Naruto didn't know what was happening since his eyes were too blurred from the tears to see anything.
"N-Naruto?" Hinata asked as she slowly opened her eyes to see the red aura surrounding her
"Hinata, I am sorry I couldn't save you... just please don't leave" He said once again as the red flared up getting more dense than ever
Naruto then collapsed with Hinata laying on top of him
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled as she saw this happen
"What happened?" Sakura asked to see if anyone would know
"He used too much chakra at once, he is now on the verge of death and might now make it" Kabuto said as he walked over to them both
"He did very well, he even manged to save Hinata's life" He said to Sakura
"How?" She asked
"Simple, because of Naruto putting some much of the chakra he had he managed to not only keep Hinata alive but also heal her wound a little. Here look at her wound" He said as he pointed at it
"It healed up a little and stopped some bleeing" Kabuto said as he knelled down to her
"But she is still dying, how did he save her life?" Sakura asked still worried about Hinata and Naruto
"Just watch this" He said as green started to emanate from his hand and onto Hinata's wound
Hinata's wound then healed slowly and the bleeding stopped almost instantly
"But why didn't you do that earlier?" Sakura asked now furious
"The wound was a little too bad that I had to prepare from it so I could heal faster than normal or she would die anyways" Kabuto said as he finished up healing her
"N-Naruto?" Hinata asked as she opened her eyes
"Hinata!" Sakura yelled as she jumped to her and helped her sit up
"Were is Naruto?" She asked looking around
"He is behind you you were on top of him, but be careful you're still weak" Sakura said as she was still holding Hinata to help her
"Naruto!" Hinata yelled as she jumped to his side
"I don't think he is going to make it" Kabuto said as he sat down completely drained himself
"Can you heal him" Sakura asked as she started crying more
"No, I am too drained that I can't do anything for him. If I were to try I would either die myself or it would fail as I start healing him and both of us would be drained. I am sorry but there is no way I can heal him" Kabuto said as he was breathing heavy
"Naruto no" Hinata said as she grabbed him tightly and a tear landed on his face
"Hinata? what?" He asked confused
"Hinata, is that really you?" He asked again as he slowly opened his eyes
"N-Naruto!" Hinata said as she smiled and cried as she grabbed him really rightly holding him so close to her
Hinata didn't care about how close they were and that it was in front of everyone, she was just happy he was okay
This kid is unbelievable, first he killed the 3 ninjas in just a split second when all of us combined couldn't. Even though we were drained of our strength, so was her. And then he still had enough to push that much chakra into Hinata and save her long enough for me to heal her. And now he got right back up after that... This kid has the Nine Tails inside him according to my information, however it is hard to access it and keep in control... This kid can do all of this and control the Nina Tails that much so it doesn't get out too much and all just for this girl. He really cares about her and he really is something
"Naruto I am glad you're okay" Hinata said still crying and holding him tight
"I am glad you're okay too Hinata" He said as he hugged her back really tight
"So who saved you Hinata?" Naruto asked as he pulled away a little
"I-I don't know. Who saved me?" She asked as she turned to Sakura
"It was Naruto that saved you and I healed you the rest of the way" Kabuto said as he explained how Naruto saved her
"So he pushed his own chakra into me? And it was enough to save me long enough for you to heal me the rest the way?" She asked with tears starting to swell in her eyes
"Yes that is correct, and Naruto nearly killed himself doing it too... The only reason why he survived was because you Hinata. When your tear hit his face, it sent some type of shock and he remembered it while he was on the verge of death. And when that happened he thought of losing you and pulled himself back to life when he was so close to death... Hinata, what you two share is amazing, for Naruto to push himself so far to save you and for your one tear to bring back memories to him and pull him back into reality like that and save him from death... You two are truly an amazing pair of people" Kabuto said as he stood there surprised himself
"Thank you Hinata" Naruto said as he hugged her
"No, thank you Naruto" She said as she cried once again and pulled him in tightly as well
The hugged with such meaning behind it, they truly cared for one another and were really once in a life time best friends. Time passed as they all sat there recovering from the battle. Naruto and Hinata were still right next to each other with Hinata resting her head on his shoulder and Naruto resting his head upon hers.
"Oh yeah, we should see if they had a scroll" Sakura said as she began checking the bodies
"Yes!" She yelled as she pulled out the scroll they needed
"Wait, there is something over here too" She yelled as she pulled out the other scroll that Hinata's team needed
Naruto looked at Hinata and Hinata looked at him.
"Looks like you will get to go finish the exam after all" He said as he hugged her still heart broken that she almost died and he almost lost her
Both Naruto's heart were broken from the problem they faced today, everyone was drained but knew they needed to get to the tower and only had a few hours to do so
"So Shino the tower is only about 10 minutes from here, and with our condition it would be 30 minutes or more. But either way we can't go now since we are too weak and if we get attacked again we will be done" Sasuke said as he looked at Shino
"Correct, if we rest for about 2 hours we will have 1 and a half hours left or so to get there which then we would have the energy we need to continue and even fight. Therefore, I say that we rest for 2 hours and continue then and mean while I will send out some bugs to find some food and then we can get some food in us which will help the recovering process" Shino explained as he released some bugs in different directions
"True, but with all the battling that has been going on here and the sound I think everything will be gone by now. So those bugs will have to go some distance in order to find food" Sasuke said as he was thinking
"Yes you are correct again, which means it will be a little hard but we need to try" Shino said as he began to relax
"Naruto?" Hinata asked Naruto as he looked down at her
"Yes?" He asked
"Thank you" She said as she rested her head on his shoulder again
"Well you saved me too, so thank you Hinata" He said as he looked at her soft and beautiful lavender eyes
"I am thankful for you saving me but I am more thankful for something else N-Naruto" She said as she was now blushing as she gently pushed on his ribs playing with him
"Well for what Hinata?" He asked now confused
"I-I am well thankful for um... For you" She said as she began to pull away from him a blushing more
"I am thankful for you too Hinata" Naruto said as he pulled her into him not letting her pull away
Hinata then blushed really deeply, she didn't want to leave him but knew that Kiba would tease her about it later so she tried to separate
"I am going to try to get some fish, Shino do you know where the river is?" Naruto asked as he stood up
"Yes, it is that way" He said as he pointed behind Naruto and Hinata
"Okay, I'll be back" Naruto said as he began to run
"That boy... TO have that much energy and keep going" Sakura said as she teased but still happy that he was alive
Hinata giggled at her comment and was thankful for him saving her
"N-Naruto wait" Hinata yelled as she stood up and began to run
"N-Naruto can I come with you?" She asked as she was still tired from the battle and began to fall
Naruto then caught her and picked her up into his arms
"Of course you can come with me, and I can see you're still tired" He said as he set her back down
"Yes I am, so it would be better if I was to stay back so I-I, well so I don't slow you down" Hinata said as she started to push her index fingers together
"Don't be silly Hinata" He said as he picked her up and began to walk
"I'll just carry you hahaha" He said as with a big smile on his face
Hinata was now really blushing from it and tried to hide her face but failed. Naruto walked for about 10 minutes when he then came across the river and saw no fish there.
"You can put me down now N-Naruto, I-I can walk now" Hinata said as she was still blushing really bad from it
"Okay" He said as he put her down
Naruto took his shirt off and began to take his pants off again when Hinata looked away and spoke
"N-Naruto, what are you doing?" She asked now blushing and looking away with her eyes closed
"Well there are no fish yet so I figured I would sit in the river and cool off and when a fish comes I can grab it" Naruto said as he took his pants off and stepped into the water
"Come join me Hinata" He said as he looked at her
"N-Naruto, I-I just can't because I... Well you know" She said now blushing really deep
"Don't worry Hinata, I won't look again and no one else is here to see" Naruto said as he closed his eyes, covered them and looked away
"Okay, don't look I am undressing" She said as she was really nervous now and blushing deep red
"I won't look" He said
"Actually Naruto, I can't because if my, well if my bra gets wet and we need to leave really quickly... I will um get a rash from how wet it is. I already started getting a small one from it but it went away" She said as she explained that it would be too tight and would make a small rash
"Then don't wear it Hinata" Naruto said as he was still looking away
"What N-Naruto I-I can't do that" She said now blushing really deep thinking about what Naruto just said
"Why not?" He asked not knowing why
"I am a girl and I can't take it off when I am around boys" She said now blushing uncontrollably
"Besides, that is going to make me almost fully naked in a river with you" She explained still nervous
"I promise I won't look Hinata, you need this water to refresh your body Hinata" He said still looking away
"W-Well okay" She said as she slowly took the bra off and stepped into the water
"You can look now" She said while in the water
"See Hinata, not that bad" He said as he looked at her and smiled
"Y-Yes you're right" She said as she started to relax
After a few minutes something in the woods jumped then and Naruto jumped up showing his chest and so did Hinata not thinking about it
"AHHHH!" Hinata yelled as she realized she was showing part of breast
"Ummm Hinata" Naruto said now with a really weird face being really surprised of it
Hinata was then blushing the most red she had ever blushed and began to cry
"I'm sorry Naruto, just please don't hate me" She said worried that Naruto would leave her for showing Naruto part of her breast
"Hey Hinata, don't cry. I will never leave you, besides... I didn't see much at all I only saw the top part of them, not the whole thing" He said as he walked over to her
Hinata was now back in the water to just her head as Naruto walked over and dried her tears and looked at her with a smile on his face
"N-Naruto, what are you doing? Why do you have that smile on your face?" She asked worried he was going to do something bad to her like pull her out of the water to see
"This" Naruto said as he stepped closer to her and placed his hands on her arms
There is no way, is he really going to pull me out of the water to see? Or is he going to something even worst than that?
Naruto moved one hand to her chin and tilted her head up as he kissed her forehead
"I hope that helps make you happy" He said as he backed up from her
Hinata then fainted and went into the water and Naruto Panicked because he could pull her out of the water. Naruto then grabbed her and put her on the shore as he was closing his eyes and turned to look for his jacket. He found it and quickly grabbed it and turned back around closing his eyes again. Naruto took cation to where he was walking and felt around a little as he looked up so he wouldn't see her but where he placed here using the trees as a marker. He then placed his jacket down and looked down hoping he didn't miss.
"Bingo" He said as he let out a sigh of relief as he saw he place the jacket on her chest and covering up her underwear as well
"Hinata wake up" He said as he shook her shoulders and he was still in the water covering his bottom half
"N-Naruto?" He asked as she remembered that she was in the water and half naked she then panicked and sat up quickly not knowing the jacket was on her
She sat up quickly now showing her top half fully. Hinata then blushed so deep as she noticed the jacket was already on top so he didn't see anything and she turned slowly to see if Naruto saw
"N-N-Naruto... D-Did you see anything?" She asked now blushing so deep and worried
"No Hinata I didn't no cover back up" He said as he had his eyes close and turned away
"Okay" She said as she covered her top part
"How did you not see anything though?" She asked still worried
Naruto then explained everything that happened and how he managed to not see anything, Hinata let out a sigh of relief and then said something to Naruto
"I am going to get my bra on no, look away" She said as she took the jacket away from her top half and walked over to her stuff and put it on
"Okay you can look now" She said as she was still blushing as deep as ever
"I am going to get out now Naruto said as Hinata turned away and he stepped out
Naruto then dried off as best as he could and then put his pants on and left his shirt off
"Hey Hinata, we can't go back empty handed and no fish came at all, well need to get some food" He said as he remembered the noise he heard in the woods
"Yes, let's go find some" She said as she jumped across the river to him and his stuff
They walked a little and found some apples and grabbed many of the good ones and headed back to the group, they walked as they were still slightly wet but mostly dry. They got back after the walk and there was still 1 hours left of rest when they got back. They got there and the fire was already going and there was some meat cooking and Naruto was holding some apples with Hinata holding some as well
"Looks like you had some fun yet again" Kiba said as he saw they were wet
"Don't even start Kiba" Naruto said
"Alright alright alright, but why is Hinata blushing so much?" Kiba asked while still teasing
"Did something happen?" Kiba asked
"None of your business" Naruto snapped back at him
"So something did happen. What did you kiss her? Did you touch her? Did you see her naked?" he asked still teasing him but still kinda curious to what happened
"N-Naruto, you can tell them" Hinata said as she looked at Naruto
"Are you sure Hinata? They don't need to know, it is fully up to you" Naruto said as Hinata agreed
"Okay" Naruto said as he explained the whole thing with Hinata blushing deep red the whole time
"So you didn't see anything at all? Kiba asked getting ready to punch him along with Sakura
"No, nothing I promise. I have never touched Hinata in a bad way, never seen here naked either" Naruto said while Hinata was blushing deeper and deeper everytime Naruto mentioned her naked or Naruto touching her
"But you said you slept with her!" Sakura yelled as she Punched Naruto in the head and Kiba punching him in the face sending him flying into a tree
"Naruto!" Hinata yelled as she ran over to him and grabbed him close to her
"Hey, don't hit him!" Hinata yelled at Sakura and Kiba
"Wow Hinata, you really do care about him" they both said as they stopped and apologized
"Are you okay Naruto?" Hinata asked as he shock his head shaking off the pain
"yeah hahaha" He said as he smiled at her and she smiled back
"The food is ready" Shino said as he began to get some
"Here Hinata" Naruto said as he passed her food
"Thank you N-Naruto" She said as she smiled at him
"Don't burn yourself this time" She said as she giggled at the thought of it happening the last time
"I won't hahaha" Naruto said as he got his food
The ate and time passed their 2 hours have been up and they needed to run to the tower. They were nearly fully recovered but still worn out a little. They began running when Naruto turned to Kabuto
"Hey what about your scrolls?" He asked Kabuto who was right behind him
"I already have mine" I have them some time ago, I just saw you guys needed help so I figured I would help you" He said as he smiled at them
"Well thanks, if it wasn't for you, Hinata and I wouldn't be here anymore" He said as he turned to Hinata who was smiling at Naruto but still blushing
"Okay, well the tower should be right ahead right?" Naruto asked as Shino replied
"Yes, it is right here" Shino said as he stopped
"We need to be careful of any people waiting to take a scroll" Shino said as everyone agreed
"Were clear, lets go" Shino said as they stepped into the tower
"Wow, we did it... We really did it" Naruto said with a quiet voice and his head down
"What is wrong N-Naruto?" Hinata asked as she saw Naruto with a sad face
"I just wish that it never happened. I was so close to losing you and I am still hurting from it" Naruto said as he felt a hand grab his
"The important thing is that we are both alive N-Naruto" Hinata said as she put both arms around him
Naruto then stood there with everyone looking as Naruto brought his hands up and hugged her tightly
"Maybe this will help mend both of out hearts" Hinata said with a big smile but blushing deeply
Hinata then stepped back a little and slowly leaned in as Naruto was taken by surprise thinking she was going to kiss him. She then tilted a little to the right and kissed his cheek as Naruto did the same to her. They stood there after gripping each other tightly with their heads on each others shoulder and Naruto's arm on her loser back and her upper back and Hinata's hand both in his mid back
Everyone was Thankful for passing but most importantly
"I am thankful for you" Hinata and Naruto both said at the same time then everyone let out a laugh showing that they shared their feelings being Thankful that everyone made it alive
They opened the scroll as the placed it down and out came 2 Ninjas and they congratulated them as they passed the exam, the all began to exit and Naruto and Hinata were left behind inside with a light shining on their side blinding anyone from seeing what they were doing besides seeing one simple thing... Them hugging and the affection of such great friends they shared
"Congrats" Naruto said as he hugged her tighter and she did that same
"I am thankful" They said as they seperated and began to walk out
-The end of chapter 9-
I hope you enjoyed and just like I said, I posted both chapters 8 and 9 today for you. I hope you are enjoying the story and please leave any reviews you can. They really help me out a lot with the story