Naruto woke up, ready to get out of his bed and go to the hokage tower again.
that was, until he realized something.
this wasn't his room.
this room looked...fancy, it looked so...clean and comfortable.
The bed was soft and bouncy, unlike his actual bed, the light shone gently on him from the lightbulb on the ceiling.
orange and black bed sheets, and a large closet.
was he in a dream?
"where the hell am I?" he said out loud, before a familiar blue metal eyeball appeared in front of him.
"Uzumaki-san, you are awake" Yumi said as she floated in front of Naruto.
"Yumi, what is this place?" Naruto asked.
"I have transported every single person I deemed important into this theater, do not worry, for the author had taken the liberty of freezing time in your home-world" Yumi said.
"freezing time in my home-world?"
"yes, as in, no matter how much time you spend in here, you will be sent back to the moment you woke up back in your home-world, make sense?"
"I guess?" Naruto said, before he got up and walked towards the large closet, noticing the severe lack of orange jumpsuits.
"Hey! where are my jumpsuits!" Naruto exclaimed as he looked back at Yumi.
"I took the liberty of disposing of them" She replied.
"You can't just destroy my stuff like that!"
"Do not worry, we have brought replacements, just pick something"
"But I liked my jumpsuit" Naruto whined.
"Naruto-san, trust me, if you wear something other than that jumpsuit, you'll find yourself having a certain princess' eyes locked on you" Yumi stated.
"princess? who?"
"not saying" The floating eyeball replied.
"huh? why?" Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"because you'll see it for yourself" Yumi said, before she promptly left the room the same way she entered, by teleporting out of it, Naruto groaned, before sighing, and begrudgingly chose something from the closet.
"oh, one last thing, all of you have been aged by three years" Yumi replied as she teleported back, then Naruto looked down, noticing that his body appeared far more muscular, and taller.
"holy shit, you're right" Naruto exclaimed as he traced a hand over his triceps. "I'm attractive now!" Naruto was giddy as all hell, he was handsome now, maybe he'd actually attract someone now "you are awesome! Yu- oh" Naruto looked around as he realized Yumi had already left the room.
Later, after Naruto got dressed.
Naruto walked out of the room, looking around to see the other people around him, Sakura was the first one he noticed, looking a bit older, but he had lost his attraction to her, for some reason, if what Yumi said about the author being a god was true, then the author had simply written out Naruto's crush on Sakura, at first, he was angry, but now?, he was pretty thankful, Sakura, while not a bitch, was very much abusive, and hit him quite often, so any relationship between them would be kept platonic.
on the other hand, he noticed a distinct lack of Hyuga presence in the room, which he just called the common room for now.
he walked up to Kiba, who nodded his head up a bit as greeting.
"hey man" Kiba greeted, raising his fist for a bump "what's with the outfit?"
"Yumi got rid of my jumpsuit" Naruto stated calmly, though a bit annoyed, he now wore a black button-up shirt with orange flames on the bottom, and red highlights around the flames, that he left open, revealing a black tanktop underneath, with black pants that had red highlights.
"Thank god, those jumpsuits were horrible" Kisa replied.
"not you too"
"to be fair, bro, everyone thought they were an eyesore, even Hinata said that you would better in black.
"speaking of Hinata, where is she?" Naruto asked, and Kiba swiftly replied "she refuses to leave her room, for some reason, she won't say why, hell, she won't let anyone in"
"really?"
"yes, she isn't letting one even speaking to anyone, we know she's fine, but she seems embarrassed"
"You think I can try and talk to her?" Naruto asked.
"you're welcome to try" Kiba replied, and Naruto rolled his eyes "where's Hinata's room?"
"it's the one with the owl sitting in front of a moon on the door"
"thanks"
"no problem"
Naruto walked up to the door Kiba talked about, the door was white in color, and had a drawing of an owl on a branch in front of a moon, it was quite the adorable drawing, and it seemed oddly fitting to Hinata, since she was just as silent and quite as an owl.
he knocked on the door, and got a meek response.
"I'm not coming out" was Hinata's reply.
"Hinata, it's me, everyone is worried about you" Naruto stated "why won't you come out?" he asked.
"I don't like how I look" came Hinata's reply from behind the door.
"it can't be that bad, what? does your aged-up body have some scars or something?"
"not scars"
"then what is it?"
"I-I don't want to say it out loud" Hinata sounded more shy than usual.
"then let me in, and I'll see" Naruto said in a soft, and comforting tone.
"do...do you promise not to make fun of me?" She asked from behind the door.
"I promise"
Hinata opened the door softly, and allowed Naruto in, not letting him see her as she hid behind it.
Naruto took a deep breath, and went in, the first thing he noticed was how...cute...the room was, from the owls plushies, to the purple theme, this was a cuteness den if anything, and the room looked fancier than his own, with the large bed and white closet.
He knew Hinata was behind him, and he took a deep breath, not looking back as he waited for her permission.
"you can look now" came Hinata's permission, and Naruto turned around, the second he spotted her, his heart stopped, she looked so...so...perfect...
Her hair was longer, still the same shade of dark blue as usual, which in and of itself was already beautiful, Hinata's face was far more defined now, yet a blush was on her face from him looking at her, he let his eyes travel down, even if it felt wrong, which allowed him to spot the reason she was anxious.
he had to stop his eyes from widening when he saw her chest, dear Kami, how big were those?
Hinata's breasts were almost bursting out of her purple jacket, which was already a few sizes bigger than her body, Naruto shook the dirty thoughts, and wandered down, the rest of Hinata's body was hidden by the hoodie, so he couldn't tell much.
they both stayed silent, not saying anything as Hinata blushed.
"so...what exactly do you dislike about your body?" Naruto asked bluntly, and got a quiet whisper from Hinata as a response.
"huh? I can't hear you" Naruto stated in as calm and nice tone as he could.
"my chest" came Hinata's reply. her voice almost a whisper.
"What about it?"
"it's so big, I look like a cow"
"don't say that, they're..."
'fuck! how can I compliment her without sounding like a pervert?'
"...beautiful?"
'oh, fucking perfect, greatest compliment of all time over here! now she'll think you're a pervert'
Hinata blushed even more at that, and lowered her head.
'great, you blew it, you damn idiot'
Naruto felt horrible, he probably made her uncomfortable, and he wanted the earth to swallow him, he wasn't used to this, sure, he was a supportive guy, but he knew next to nothing when it came to comforting someone, much less a girl who's insecure about her huge cup-size, dear lord they were huge-
'no,no, you can't think that, this is Hinata you're talking about, she's too nice and innocent for us to perv on her!' came the voice of his thoughts, and Naruto couldn't say no to it.
he may have been a pervert, but perving over Hinata just felt...wrong...she was a genuinely nice and kind person, even he would feel wrong about it.
"really? you think they're beautiful?" Hinata shyly asked as she kept her head down, snapping Naruto out of his thoughts.
"oh, huh?" He took a minute to process what she said, before he replied while looking away "I mean, yeah...they are, b-but, It's- if you don't-I mean-" Naruto trailed off, his head spinning as he tried to form a sentence, while simultaneously keeping his eyes off of Hinata's chest. "Yeah, they are, don't let anyone tell you otherwise" Naruto stated calmly.
Dammit, why was he suddenly feeling flustered around Hinata?
Hinata then slowly took his hand, and held onto it, her flesh feeling soft and gentle.
"I-I-I don't feel secure enough, can-can I hold your hand for a while?" she asked, not having the courage to look up at him.
'you better not say no, or else I'll make you have gay thoughts about Sasuke' Naruto mentally shuddered at his own thoughts.
"Su-sure, I guess" Naruto replied while rubbing the back of his head, Hinata firmly holding onto his right hand for comfort.
they stayed like that for a few moments, just taking in each other's warmth, before Hinata broke the silence.
"I'm ready to leave the room now" she said, her voice quiet, yet still tried her best to sound confident.
"you sure? if you want, I can wait" Naruto said calml, though there was an obvious tinge of worry in his eyes.
"I'm sure" Came Hinata's swiftly replied, her hand still holding onto Naruto's, who squeezed her hand a few times, and then walked out of the room with Hinata in tow.
the moment they walked out of the room, all eyes were on them, and Hinata hid behind Naruto out of fear, while Naruto himself just squeezed her hand comfortingly, though Kurenai immediately came up to him.
"Hinata, are you okay?" Kurenai asked, and Hinata nodded, before the raven haired woman turned to glare at Naruto "release her, right now" she said with a hint of a threat behind her voice.
"excuse me, do I look like I'm holding her hostage?" Naruto replied, a bit offended at Kurenai's immediate antagonizing.
"I don't care, let go of her" Kurenai replied.
"I'm not letting her go until she feels safe"
"she won't feel safe as long as you are holding her"
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but Hinata didn't let you enter her room, yet allowed me, so how am I the one who is making her uncomfortable, when you are the one who's raising her voice?" Kurenai was gritting her teeth at that, and wanted to skin Naruto alive so bad, but was quickly stopped by Shino placing a hand on her shoulder "calm down, Sensei, Hinata chose this, which means she trusts Naruto, why?, because she doesn't see him as a threat, now please, move back, or I will have my bugs do it for you" Shino said, his older brother instincts kicking in, his voice slightly threatening.
Kurenai huffed, and relented, before backing away to go back to the other teachers, though her eyes still glared at Naruto.
"thanks man" Naruto replied to Shino.
"y-yes, Thank you, Shino-kun" Hinata said from behind Naruto, still holding onto his arm.
"do not mention it, but if you hurt her, I'll make sure you lose your manhood" Shino stated, before leaving, Naruto subconsciously cringed at the thought of losing his male privileges, before he walked forward to the door labeled 'theater' Hinata still holding onto his hand.
when the group entered, they found that themselves in a large theater, with a large screen on the wall, and couches where they would all sit, Shikamaru walked up to one of the couches, saw a button with a pillow drawing on it, and when he pressed it, the couch turned into a bed, and Shikamaru smiled a little, before he laid down.
"really?" Ino asked, slightly smiling at her friend.
"yes, really" Shikamaru replied as he laid his head down, before the rest of team ten laid on the bed together, when Choji sat down, he noticed a button with a fork and a knife sign on it, and when he pressed it, a device with a bowl-like end appeared, landed on Choji's head, and miraculously, a plate of beef appeared in front of him, which he consumed immediately.
When Naruto went to sit, he realized that Hinata was still holding onto him, and Yumi conveniently appeared.
"Uzumaki-san, Hyuga-san, if you will, your seating is over there" A hand made of hard light appeared, and pointed to an empty couch, which Hinata and Naruto immediately sat in, Hinata still holding onto him, but seemed more comfortable now that she saw where she was sitting.
the couch was at the back, where she could see everyone, but no one could see her, and best of all, she was holding onto Naruto, things couldn't get much better.
"Is everyone comfortable?" Yumi asked, and was met with a resounding yes, before nodding "Good" the metal ball said, before the screen came back to life, and the next part of Sakura's alternate universe began.