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Chapter 10: Don't rest yet, it had just begun!
They exited the forest with pride knowing they passed yet another step of the exam, as they began to step closer to the building that was holding the other ninjas. They were close and everyone was inside besides Naruto and Hinata, Naruto began to walk in when he noticed Hinata stopped; he walked over to here looking at her
"Hinata, what is wrong?" He asked as she was starting to cry a little
"N-Nothing Naruto" She said as she covered her side that was hurt
"Let me see Hinata" He said as he walked over and lifted her shirt and jacket a little to see it
"N-Naruto, this isn't right" Hinata said now blushing but still crying
"I won't go any farther than I need to Hinata, you can trust me" He said as he knelled down and lifted it slightly as he stuck his head closer so no one can see
"Is it still hurting Hinata?" He asked as he looked back up at her
"N-No, it is just that it... Well that it makes me look ugly" She said as she didn't want to look bad when around Naruto
"Hey, don't be silly... You look great no matter what Hinata. I think you're still pretty" He said as he looked back at it with a smile on his face
"What do you think you're doing?!" A man yelled as he picked Naruto up by his jacket
"Huh?" Naruto said as he turned his head to see Hiashi
"Nothing, I was just looking at Hinata's side" He said as he was confused about what he did wrong
"Then why were you smiling like that? And why would you be looking at her side anyways? You should not even be able to think of Hinata, you're nothing but t-" He was cut off again by Hinata
"He wasn't doing anything father and stop it. He was looking at this" Hinata said as she lifted her shirt a little showing the scar
"How did this happen?!" Hiashi asked furious thinking that Naruto did it to her
"Was it him?" He asked as he pointed at Naruto
"No father, he is the reason why I am still hear though. I am thankful for it and so should you. He risked his own life and nearly died saving me" She said as she began to cry more
"Wait, he saved you?" He asked surprised to hear it
"Yes, I got impaled from ninjas in the forest and because Naruto pouring so much of his chakra inside me it managed to stop the bleeding, heal me a little and keep me alive long enough for someone else on the team to prepare a healing jutsu that saved me. He was laying on the ground after he did it, nearly dead and he did it all just for me, so please be thankful" She said as she looked at her father then Naruto as she smiled on the inside
"I see, well I suppose I thank you for that, but don't think this changes anything" He said as he quickly looked at Hinata then walked away
"Phew" both of them said and after Naruto let out a laugh and Hinata giggled as they both smiled at each other
"Let's get going N-Naruto" Hinata said as she began to walk past him
"Yeah we should get going before we don't get t make it further in the exam" Naruto said as he walked beside Hinata with his usual smile that then faded and reduced to a slight frown
"N-Naruto, what is wrong?" Hinata asked as she looked at him
"Well, I just don't want to lose you Hinata" He said as he continued to look at the ground
"Hehe thank you Naruto" She said as she leaned onto his shoulder
"For what?" He asked now confused and back to his cheerful way
"Nothing" She said as she grabbed his hand a little but then receded back hesitating
"Hey, it is okay Hinata. Were friends and friends hold hands too" He said as he grabbed her hand
"Y-Yeah you're right" She said as she smiled
They entered the building to everyone standing and the Hokage spoke to them about what was happening
"So no rest huh?" Naruto said thinking
"This will be interesting then" Sasuke said as he receded out of the crowd
"So if you will please step back and up top up there" The man said that was holding the preliminary rounds
The first round was here calling out Sasuke and Yoroi, as they stepped down and onto the now cleared floor and begun the match on the mark. They exchanged blows and Yoroi was now winning since Sasuke had a harder fight in the forest and was still drained from the mark on his neck. Sasuke fell but knew what he had to do, Sasuke had gave it all he had left in one last blow to finish it. Yoroi had fallen and was now unable to fight anymore naming Sasuke the winner of the round. Next up was Shino and Zaku, they stood ready waiting for the signal to begin. The match began and Zaku fought hard and was winning but then Shino placed some bugs on him causing him to slowly lose his chakra til' he collapsed and the victor was Shino. The next match began with Misumi and Kankuro and it was yet another fierce battle but in the end only one was left standing and that was Kankuro. All of the battles were great so far and the next ones to go up were Sakura and Ino, as they stood there in shock that they had to fight they knew that they needed to get the round going and went on the mark. They both fought really well and were always at the same level and in the end one good punch from Sakura to Ino and from Ino to Sakura knocking them both out and unable to fight any further, they both lost the round but one thing they did win was more friendship. The next match was between Temari and TenTen, TenTen fought as hard as she could but proved that she was no match for Temari as she proved it by finishing the match with TenTen laying on her fan then to the ground as Temari tossed her off and walked off back to the top.
"Wow, all of these fight have been brutal so far I hope everything goes well for me and Hinata when our battles start" Naruto said as he stood staring at the monitor to see who was next
Nest up was Shikamaru and Kin, they both fought and Kin was about to win but Shikamaru out smarted her and got a hold of her with his shadow and managed to get her to bash her head off the wall causing her to knock herself out and unable to win the match. Shikamaru was named the winner as he walked off into the top floor saying his usual words of 'man what a drag'. The next fight that was chosen took quite a few people by surprise and knew that it was not good. Naruto stood and stared at the monitor as he walked down and over to the proctor.
"I wish to make a request of not fighting this opponent and fight someone different" Naruto said as he looked at the man
"I am sorry, that can not be done unless the Hokage approves of it" The Proctor said while looking at Naruto then over to the Hokage
"Well is it okay if I speak with him?" Naruto asked as he was a little upset
"Yes, come with me" He said before he jumped up to the Hokage with Naruto following him
"Lord Hokage, Naruto has a request to ask of you" He said as he knelled down showing his manners
"Yes, so Naruto. Speak this request of yours" The Hokage said as he looked at him
"I wish to not fight this match and ask for a different fight"
"That is not possible" The Hokage said as he closed his eyes thinking
"Please sir, there is just no way I can go through with this fight" Naruto said as he was showing manners for the first time and meaning it
"Huh? I have never seen you being so polite... I can see that you really don't want to then, I guess if you really don't want to fight this person then you will just have to forfeit the match" The Hokage said trying not to break the rules
"Sir, please just this once. When we were in the forest and we fought together against 3 other ninjas that were killing us I manage to defeat them from the anger I had when I saw Hinata impaled... I then held her close and began to flare up in rage yet again with her nearly dead, my chakra got forced out and into her... I used the Nine Tails and nearly killed myself from using that much chakra at once just to save her. You see, there is just no way I will be able to fight Hinata. She just means too much to me" Naruto said as a tear fell from his face
"What? Are you saying that you used the Nina Tails at your own free will and kept him in control and saved her life? At your age you shouldn't be able to use any of the chakra without it taking over your body... I see now, for that I respect you Naruto and I respect your request. To see that you went through hell and back just to save her and nearly kill yourself, I can tell there is a special bond between you two. Therefore I accept and will have a different competitor fight you and neither you or Hinata will be disqualified either. Just promise me 2 things Naruto" He said as he was in shock
"Yes? Anything" Naruto said as he was happy that he didn't have to fight Hinata
"Number one, be careful with the Nine Tails, it is a very dangerous thing and you can be taken over by it causing it to make you do things you would never want to do. Such as hurt Hinata, be careful with it." He said as he looked at Naruto with a serious face
"I will, and number two?" Naruto asked looking at the Hokage
The hokage's face then turned a little red and went from serious to a huge joking face as he burst out laughing after he spoke
"Make sure you use safety with Hinata, you two are too young!" He said as he lost control
"What did you say old man?!" Naruto shouted followed by the Hokage rubbing his head
"Sir are you okay?" The men asked as they walked over to him
"Yes I am fine" He said as he rubbed his head
"Naruto, you took it too far. I am afraid we will need to punish you for this action" The men said as they stepped towards Naruto
"No, he is fine. It was my fault for saying it... But I was dying to say it!" the old man Hokage said as he laughed again
"Well anyways, thank you sir for choosing a different opponent" Naruto said before jumping down and across to the other side to where Hinata was
Hinata stood there still in shock not waning to fight Naruto as she began to cry. Kurinai sensai took notice and asked Hinata what was wrong
"Well I just don't want to fight him" She said as she started crying
"Don't worry Hinata, you don't have to" Naruto said as he appeared beside her
"W-What, are you quieting? N-Naruto" She asked confused
"Nope, I asked the old man Hokage if I could fight someone else, at first he said no but then I told him what happened in the forest and he was taken by surprise and agreed that I would fight someone else and then he said to use safety together... So I hit him" Naruto said as he let out a laugh and a huge smile
Hinata then blushed deep from it and stopped crying and giggled with her amazing smile
"Thank you Naruto" Hinata said before running into his arms and hugging him tight
"Huh? I see so Hinata that means that you-" She was interrupted by kiba covering her mouth
"Shhh" Kiba said quietly and Naruto didn't hear anything but Hinata did as she blushed deeper
"So does this mean that you are dating?" Kurunai asked not revealing that Hinata liked Naruto
"N-No were just friends" Hinata said as she pulled away from Naruto
"Yeah friends that slept together already" Kiba said with a slightly disgusted look on his face
"YOU WHAT HINATA?!" Kurunai screamed as she heard Kiba say that
"We slept together, what is the big deal about it? Everyone keeps making such a huge fuss over it" Naruto said as he was confused
"You don't get it do you?!" She yelled as she stopped as she smacked Naruto and went to smack Hinata as well but Naruto then took that hit too
"Huh? wow... you really took that hit even knowing it would hurt but not too bad. Which means that you would take any and all pain for Hinata" She said quietly too herself as no one heard her
"N-Naruto" Hinata said as she caught Naruto
"hahaha looks like it isn'tme catching you this time Hinata" Naruto said as he smiled and got up
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot, my match" Naruto said as he shouted to the proctor telling him to redo the monitor showing his new opponent
Next up was Naruto and Kiba as they looked at each other and jumped down ready to fight. The fight begun and it was going well but with Naruto losing slightly showing Kiba as a better fighter
"So Hinata, who are you rooting for?" Kurinai asked as she looked at Hinata
"Well Kiba is my friend but I would have to say Naruto since, well ummm" Hinata said while hesitating
"Since you love him" Kurinai said as Hinata instantly blushed and snapped her head up
"Please don't tell him!" She said as she felt a tear begin to well up in her eyes
"I won't tell him, I know the feeling too Hinata" She said as she smiled at Hinata
"Okay, thank you" She said as she instantly relaxed
The fight was now over with Naruto and Kiba both laying on the ground, but right before the match was fully over Naruto managed to stand up proving that he had won the match. Hinata filled with sadness that Kiba lost but hen quickly filled with more happiness when she knew that Naruto had won the fight
Naruto then went back up when he saw who were next to fight he was worried. He then quickly ran over to Hinata and asked her
"Hey will you be okay? Who is this Neji guy? I have heard quite a bit about him and how good he is" Naruto said as Hinata was worried
"He is my cousin and he is really strong N-Naruto" Hinata said as she began to walk away to the matches floor
"Hinata wait" Naruto said as he ran up to her and hugged her
"Good luck, I know you will do great" Naruto said as he let her go and she walked to the floor ready for battle but really nervous
The match begun as Neji kept prying at her to have her quit now before she gets hurt, she refused to quit but knew she wouldn't win. Neji then rushed at her and began to attack as Hinata reacted and tried her best
"Why don't you just give up already?" Neji asked trying to get her to give up
"I-I can't win this match" She said as she looked at the ground
"Hinata! You can do it! Don't give up!" Naruto shouted as Hinata snapped up as if Naruto gave her strength to fight
Hinata then activate byakugan and began to fight proving that she was not too much worst then Neji. Neji then struck her once making it hard for her to use chakra more and more with each blow, he then struck her stomach causing her to cough up blood and another to the lung knocking the wind out of her. Another blow to the chest right on the heart causing her to fall in pain, she then got back up with blood coming out of her mouth and swung just barely missing as Neji struck her heart again making her fall down nearly dead
"What? No, no way" Naruto whispered to himself
Neji then got ready for another blow to strike her heart once more to make sure she was down when suddenly in a blink of a eye he was laying on the ground face down with Naruto standing beside Hinata with orange surrounding him. Naruto's strong punch knocked Neji out and everyone stood in shock as they were staring at Naruto covered in a orange cloak with his once cooling ocean blue eyes now a terrifying red. Kakashi yelled to Guy telling him to get ready to stop Naruto when the jumped down and rushed to Naruto to take him down. The reached him expecting him to go after Neji but they quickly stopped as they saw Naruto walk over to Hinata and a tear fall from his eyes, he knelled down and grabbed her close. Ninjas got ready to attack thinking Naruto has turned on them and was going to attack people when suddenly medical ninjas came over and grabbed Hinata and put her on the stretcher
"This isn't good at all. Her heart beat is gone, she is dying" The ninja said to the other
"Then quick, inject the emergency shot" The other one said
"Yes"
"Um, I did it but that wasn't enough to get her going again. Her heart had taken too much damage that she won't make it and there is... Nothing we can do" The ninja said to the other
Naruto then dashed over and in a split second he was beside them, Kakashi and Guy got ready thinking that Naruto might attack the Ninjas for not saving her when suddenly Naruto picked her up and sat down with her in his arms. The orange aura became more dense and formed around Hinata
"Come on... it worked once, it has to work again... just please Hinata, stay with me just a little longer. I promise I won't let you go... Just hang in there, please" He said as tears fell from his face and upon hers, then were now orange tears that splashed on her face and seeped into her skin as if they were focused int her.
The aura continued to flow around Hinata as she began to get colder and colder. Everyone stood in shock what he was doing
"Naruto, she is just getting colder and colder. That won't help her, this time the damage was to a vital organ, not even your chakra will heal her fast enough" Kakashi said as he knelled down and placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder showing he was there for him
Naruto's tears kept flowing as he kept trying to save her
"What is he doing to Hinata?! Why aren't the medical ninjas doing it?!" Hiashi yelled as he went to grabbed Naruto
Hiashi then reached Naruto and grabbed him when suddenly Hiashi was now sitting on the ground filled with fear as Naruto began to glow deeper red
"Kakashi, maybe you're right... But as long as I live, I will not stop trying. Hinata means way too much to me to just leave her like this" Naruto shouted as patches began to go from orange to a deep fire red and the chakra formed into a ball of what seemed to be a red fire ball that would destroy anything
The ball then placed into Naruto's hand as he unzipped her jacket and looked at Hiashi
"I am sorry to have to do this, but there is no other way" Naruto said as he placed him hand under her shirt and place the orb right above her heart
A red aura shined through the shirt showing that Naruto had placed him hand upon the top of her left breast
"Stop that!" Hiashi yelled as he stood up to attack when kakashi stopped him
"Leave him be, I know Naruto enough to know that he isn't doing this for pleasure. He is doing this to save your daughter" He said as he stared at Naruto who was still as red as ever
"I promised that I wouldn't lose you Hinata... And I mean it" He said now having the red aura disappear from his hand
Naruto's hand laid there on her chest still as it faded away
"See, he is resting his hand there for pleasure now, the ball of chakra is gone. He is now just taking advantage of her!" Hiashi yelled as began to talk towards Naruto
"You're wrong!" Kakashi yelled as he dashed by Naruto and caught him as he began to fall on his back
"Huh? Where am I? What happened?"
"What?!" Hiashi yelled as he looked at Naruto who was now laying in Kakashi's arms and Hinata now slowly opening her eyes
"N-Naruto?" Hinata asked as she opened her eyes and felt something touching her chest that was warm
She followed the warmth and looked over to see Naruto laying in Kakashi's arm. Hinata took notice that Naruto's hand was in her shirt and touching her breast but she didn't care as she fell back beside Naruto and grabbing him from Kakashi. With Naruto's hand still in her shirt she held him tight not caring as not even Hiashi cared at that moment. He was happy that Hinata was better and that he was finally thankful for Naruto now that he saw it firs hand happening in front him
"Is he going to make it?" Hinata asked as she was crying uncontrollably now
"Since he just got done doing it not too long ago, and the fight plus healing your heart... I am sorry but I was surprised he would even manage to heal you even a little" Kakashi said as a tear started to fall from his eye
"No, not possible. Naruto is not dying!" Hinata screamed as she held him tight and let a tear hit his face
Hinata then snapped back and remembered the effect her tears had on him as she continued to cry on his face hoping it would snap him back
"Hinata, that won't work this time. He is to close to death that nothing could save him" Kakashi said as he let another tear fall
Everyone stood with tears beginning to fall from their eyes seeing Naruto's nearly lifeless body in Hinata's arms. Sakura was already by his side and lost all control of emotions, Sakura was now crying and could not stop it at all when suddenly Sasuke walked over and grabbed Sakura to comfort her
"I know, even I regret this moment ever happening" Sasuke said as a tear fell that was full with all of the memories of them together
Hinata sat there still holding him wishing with all of her heart that Naruto would make it
Hiashi stood there surprised that not only once but twice her nearly gave his life to save Hinata, but only this time Naruto wasn't going to make it back
Naruto was laying there on the verge of death with each tear landing upon his face making him pull back into reality a little but his loss of chakra so fast and no rest for so long. By time each tear hit his face he had already slipped a little further to death when suddenly he was pulled back instantly, he opened his eyes slowly as he saw Hinata's face right next to his and her eyes closed with tears falling. Everyone stood there in shock at what they just saw, Hinata was hovering about him with her lips locked to his with nothing but silence in the room, Hinata continued it not caring that her father saw and that she was now kissing Naruto, the person she had loved for so long now and all of it right in front of many people. Hinata then pulled away and gasped as she felt arms wrap around Hinata's back pulling her close to him
"Thank you Hinata" Naruto said before blacking out now resting in her arms
"No, thank you Naruto... I owe all of my happiness to you, for always being with me, always showing me what it is like to care about someone so dearly and to never give up" Hinata said before blacking out herself
Naruto and Hinata were now laying there on the floor unconscious Hinata on top in Naruto and Naruto's arms wrapped around Hinata as if Naruto was still protecting her even when he was drained and unconscious
"Please, we need to get them to the hospital quickly now. Hiashi, grab Hinata and I will grab Naruto" Kakashi said as he grabbed Naruto and began to run to the hospital with Hiashi just one second behind
They then reached the hospital in just seconds with them running as fast as ever knowing they needed to have the medical attention of a hospital not just a medical ninja, the rushed to a empty room as they yelled for doctors who rushed right behind them seeing how bad it seemed by Kakashi and Hiashi. They settled down with Naruto and Hinata now laying in their beds and having medical attention right away
"Well they will both be fine, it is amazing that Naruto is alive. We got results right off and knew that he drained literally every little bit of his chakra away as if he was trying to save a life, and Hinata has a few wounds on her heart not major and we noticed some healing marks on her heart already. So if I combine the information together I get that Naruto drained himself til' the verge of death to save Hinata, but how did Naruto get brought back? Anyone else would have died a while ago" The doctor said surprised
"That is correct, and you're right about him being dead. He was nearly dead when he snapped back into reality and lived just barely" Kakashi said to the doctor
"And how was that?" The doctor asked as he was confused
"It seems that these two have some sort of special bond together and no matter how much Hiashi doesn't like it... What these two is special and how Naruto got back to reality was from Hinata... She was holding him in her arms after Naruto saved her from the verge of death and nearly killed himself in the process. In order for Hinata to save Naruto... Well like I said, there is a special bond, Hinata kissed Naruto and he was awake just for a second and wrapped his arms around her showing her cared. And well, Naruto then blacked out and Hinata was taken by surprise that he was back and wrapped his arms around her, and when he was even unconscious Naruto still held his arms there as if he refused to give up on protecting her. And Hiashi, that mean that I think you will have to except Naruto now" Kakashi said as he looked at the doctor and Hiashi
Hiashi was staring at Naruto and smiled
"Anyone that would nearly kill himself not only once but twice to save my daughter has my word that I will now except him as long as he doesn't do anything bad" Hiashi said with a smile on his face that he could not get rid of
"I understand, but anyways. We should get going so they can rest" Kakashi said as she got ready to leave
"Not so fast, we need to bring them into separate roo- never mind, they can stay together, after all. I am sure they will want to see each other after they wake up" hiashi said as he exited the room with Kakashi and the doctor who shut the door
The matches were still going as everyone was worried about Naruto and Hinata, in the time of them getting attention and Kakashi gone they got out of the hospital to see Rock Lee getting rushed into the hospital as he laid there blacked out.
"Guy, what happened?" kakashi asked as he was running with the medical ninjas carrying Lee on a stretcher
"Gara won, Lee fought him and the battle was amazing but Lee opened the gates" Guy said as he was worried
"How many?!" Kakashi asked as he was now worried as well
"Only 4 however that is hard on him and he even used the lotus and his left arm and left leg are now shattered and they said that he might never manage to fight again since the injuries were too bad" Guy said now crying of the thought of Lee never fighting again
"I see, don't worry Guy, I am sure that Lee will be fine and that he will still be able to fight. Knowing that knuckle head he will try no matter what and will make it back on his feet" Kakashi said trying to cheer Guy up
"You're right, thank you Kakashi, but now I should get to Lee. How is Naruto and Hinata?" He said as he stopped crying
"They will be fine, they are both in very bad condition and Naruto was said to not have been able to pull through it at all but Hinata managed to get him back and he will be fine as well as Hinata" He said as he told guy to go see Lee now since he is worried
"Right, thank you Kakashi, and the next match should be starting pretty soon after the sand in cleared up off the stage" Guy said as he ran off into the hospital and into Lee's room
Kakashi and Hiashi were now standing there as Hiashi spoke
"When Naruto and Hinata wake up, please do tell me I would like to talk to them" Hiashi said before walking off
"Will do" kakashi said before walking back to the preliminary rounds
Kakashi had gotten there and a fight was just about over when Choji was now in the wall and the ninja sending a sound wave through his body and knocking him out. That was the last match and Everyone surrounded Kakashi as he stepped in
"Calm down everyone, what you saw today was defiantly something interesting and Naruto and Hinata both made it back to the hospital and will be fine however they said that Naruto should not have made it and neither should Hinata but since what Naruto did it healed Hinata and Naruto was in critical condition but when Hinata Kissed Naruto, it was as if they shared something really special that snapped Naruto back into reality" Kakashi said as everyone was now relaxed to know they were okay
"And everyone please, don't say anything to them about the kiss. Hinata did it when she was right on the verge on blacking out and Naruto too so I don't think they will remember it when they wake up. Which we don't need Hinata getting any closer to Naruto since he does have the Nine Tails in him, and I believe that even though Naruto would never hurt her. There is still that possibility, so please no one say it because we do need to try to not have them get together or then they will be with each other a lot more often than they already are" Kakashi said as everyone agreed to not speak of it
"Kakashi, come here" The Hokage said
"Yes sir?" Kakashi responded showing his manners
"It really was something else, even though Naruto didn't turn into the Nine Tails all the way to save her, that was because Naruto controlled him. If Naruto didn't control him the Nine Tails would have harmed her, and he knew that and held it back with all of his might... He really is something else and I just ask of you to make sure that you are careful about him being alone with people you don't trust. Those two really carry something special and I would like to see it develop, but like you said. It might not be good, so don't let him turn into the Nine Tails too much so he can't control it" The hokage said as Kakashi agreed and the separated
The day was now over and the sun falling through the window of the room of which Naruto and Hinata rested their bodies from what happened all so soon. They rested sound asleep and no one bugged them. The day was over for good, they both thought as they woke up for a slip second but then fell back asleep from being so tired
"Thank you" They both whispered before falling into a deep sleep that rested them well
-The end of chapter 10-
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