Chapter 12: Training Begins!
After multiple exhaustingly long days of walking Jiraiya, Hinata, and Naruto all reached their new training ground. The Genin all had looks of amazement on their faces once they saw the vastness of the field.
"Pervy-Sage, this training field is freaking HUGE!" Naruto shouted, making his voice echo across the grassy plains of the training field. Jiraiya smiled at the excited blonde haired boy.
"Yep, Hinata why don't you activate your Byakugan and see if you can see the whole field?" Jiraiya asked.
Hinata was curious as to why Jiraiya wanted her to do this, but she did as she was told and of course she couldn't see very much of the field at all. Hinata got kind of sad as she thought that her Byakugan skills were better than this, but she was clearly wrong.
"N-No, I can't." Hinata said with a sad voice.
"Wow! This field must be REALLY HUGE if Hinata-chan can't even see all of it! Her eyes can see everything!" Naruto blurted out making Hinata blush after hearing Naruto say such a nice thing about her. Jiraiya smiled at the two Genin.
"Yeah well, when I'm done training you Hinata, you'll be able to see this entire field and more." Jiraiya said reassuringly. Hinata's eyes widened.
"I-Is that r-really possible Jiraiya-S-Sensei?" Hinata nervously asked.
Jiraiya shook his head up and down. "Hinata, your bloodline trait is one of the best anyone could wield. You might not think of your Byakugan as being very strong when compared to someone like your father but, with the right training I'm confident that your eyes will surpass even his." Jiraiya said with a very sincere voice.
While these words made Hinata feel really good, there was still a lot of doubt clouding her mind when it came to her surpassing, or even being equal to her father in anyway. For some reason that just didn't seem like possible thing to her. Her father was known far and wide for his awesome abilities with the Byakugan. It has even been said that Hiashi is the first of the Hyuga to have perfect 360 degree vision with his Byakugan, making him one of the most feared and respected fighters of his time.
Hinata, no matter how much she may want it. Will never rank as high as her father. Ever. Or, so she thinks…
"OH! OH! Can we start our training now? Huh? Please, Pervy-Sage?" Naruto started pleading with Jiraiya to start their training. This slightly impressed the old man as he was glad to see that Naruto still had his Natural spunk about him. Despite everything that has happened to him up until this point. To this day Jiraiya will never understand how Naruto acts how he does, especially after being tortured. The mental stress that the boy must be under on a daily basis is unimaginable.
"Well, if you're up for it Naruto, then I guess you can start with your training." Jiraiya said.
"YES! What are you going to teach us?" Naruto shouted as he jumped up into the air with his fist pointed towards the sun. Jiraiya smiled.
"It's not us. It's just you." Jiraiya said, confusing both Naruto and Hinata.
"What do you mean Pervy-Sage?" Naruto asked curiously.
"I mean, today we are only going to train you." Jiraiya said with a sly smile on his face.
"So, you're not going to train Hinata then?" Naruto asked.
"Not today. Today we focus on your ability to control the Nine-Tails." Jiraiya said with the same sly smile on his face from before.
Naruto felt his heart stop beating. "B-But, what if I hurt someone?" Naruto asked with a shaky voice that literally broke Hinata's heart.
Jiraiya shrugged his shoulders. "Well that's why we are two days away from any civilization whatsoever. Which means the only people you could possible hurt would be me or Hinata, and Hinata is here to calm you down if you get too out of control. So I don't think you have to worry too much about hurting anyone." Jiraiya explained, which successfully made Naruto feel a little better.
"Now, get rid of all your Chakra so you can tap into the Nine-Tails reserves." Jiraiya explained, even though that was easier said than done for Naruto. He had massive Chakra reserves and it took him about an hour of spawning Shadow-Clones before he finally ran out of Chakra.
"O-Okay… I think… I'm out…" Naruto said as he gasped for air due to him being really exhausted.
"It's about time." Jiraiya said as he stood back up after having a seat from how long it was taking Naruto to actually run out of Chakra.
"Now think about how the Nine-Tails Chakra feels and try to find that within yourself, once you find it, grab a hold of it and pull as much of the Chakra to the surface as you can." Jiraiya explained. Naruto did exactly as how he was instructed and very easily found the Nine-Tails Chakra inside himself. He then willed the Chakra to take the place of his own. Hinata and Jiraiya watched as red Chakra started to swirl around Naruto and pick up rocks and dirt in the process. After a moment of intense winds, Naruto finally opened his eyes to reveal that his Irises were now glowing red. Naruto smiled a little, which revealed his elongated, sharpened teeth. The whiskers on his face were thicker and his fingernails were now much longer and pointier.
"Good job Naruto!" Jiraiya shouted enthusiastically.
"Good job Naruto-kun! I knew you could it!" Hinata said to herself as she was too embarrassed to say that out loud, but the look on her face was enough to tell Naruto that she was proud of him, and that alone made him feel amazing.
Naruto then smirked and quickly dashed behind Hinata. It took Hinata a moment to realize what had happened, but when she did her heart dropped. Hinata felt Naruto's arms wrap themselves around her and pick her up off the ground. Naruto then gently started swinging the red faced girl back and forth.
"I love you! I love you! I love you!" Naruto repeated the words 'I love you' every time he swung Hinata's body in a different direction. This made the girls face turn a darker shade of red every time he did this. By the time Naruto actually put Hinata down, she very much resembled a Tomato.
After Naruto put Hinata down, he leaned over her shoulder and poked her on her cheek. This made Hinata slowly turn her head over to look at Naruto and when she did Naruto firmly planted his lips against hers. Jiraiya stood their in shock as he couldn't believe what Naruto was doing.
"Wow Naruto, you're in a really good mood all of the sudden." Jiraiya said, hoping to get some intel on why he's acting like that.
"That's because this Chakra feels so good!" Naruto said as he picked Hinata back up with his arms wrapped around her again. This time Hinata started to laugh as she was starting to like this new playful Naruto. Naruto heard Hinata's laughter and that made him feel even better, so he continued to make her laugh by tickling her. Naruto had to say that Hinata's laugh was the cutest thing he had ever heard in his life. Which in the midst of all his excitement, he legitimately said that to her.
"Hinata your laugh is the cutest thing I've ever heard!" Naruto screamed out as he continued to tickle Hinata until tears started to fall from her face due to her laughing so hard. Then Naruto's Chakra just seemed to cut off and he fainted almost instantly after he said Hinata's laugh was cute. Hinata noticed that Naruto suddenly stopped tickling her and she wiped the tears from her eyes so she could see what happened to him.
She was stunned to see that Naruto was lying on the ground, snoring like he'd been asleep for hours now.
"I-Is he okay?" Hinata asked in a worried voice as she was sad that the 'tickle monster' had to leave so soon. Plus, she was genuinely worried about Naruto's well being as well.
Jiraiya shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not sure, but maybe we need to approach his training in a different way? We can't have him fight people by tickling them to death..." Jiraiya said as he walked off towards a cabin that was placed just few feet away from where they had been training. Hinata looked down at Naruto's unconscious body for a few more moments. She watched as he snored loudly and heavily.
"Using the Nine-Tails Chakra must have really taken a lot out of him. Especially since he was already drained of his normal Chakra." Hinata thought that Naruto's sleeping body looked quite peaceful and she was getting kind of sleepy herself. She wanted to go lay down inside the cabin and sleep, but she couldn't just leave Naruto outside all by himself, and she was too tired to drag him into the cabin with her so she just laid down on the ground next to him and nuzzled up to him with her back against his chest. She then put Naruto's arm over herself like a blanket.
Naruto instinctively pulled Hinata closer to him and started hugging her in his sleep. Hinata blushed as this was exactly what she wanted. She could feel the warmth of Naruto's body heating her up as the sun started to go down. Hinata yawned and remembered that she never did tell Naruto that she loved him back when he was swinging her around. Hinata turned her head around until she could just barely see Naruto out of her peripheral vision.
"I love you too Naruto-kun, good night." Hinata said without even a single stutter or even the slightest bit of hesitation in her voice.
Naruto groaned and pulled Hinata even closer to him. He then started rubbing his head against her back like a cat for a few seconds. Hinata knew that Naruto would never fail to say that he loved her back, even if he was dead asleep, he would still find a way to say it to her. Hinata smiled and laid her head down on her arm. It took a matter of moments before Hinata fell asleep.
Chapter 12: End.
So I'm pretty happy with this chapter, sorry it's so short I just don't have the time to do things anymore. If you didn't know I started school back and I'm really trying to focus on that a little more than this story. If it were up to me I would be pumping out chapters like normal but I can't just do that any more. :'( But hey at least now you're a little closer to the sex scene with Hinata and Naruto. ;)
Also this chapter had like 3 different endings, and I decided to go with this one for now. Maybe one day I will post the *deleted scenes* as chapters of their own, but for now they will just have to rot in my folders.
I'm probably going to post like two chapters a week now, Maybe on the weekends I'll be able to squeeze an extra chapter in but for now we will just have to see how things go.
Sorry for the short chapter again.