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Chapter 6: The Biggest Dare of her Life

Mina sat by her window. He shoulder was bandaged and she was aloud to rest for the day. She felt a pang of sadness on her chest. She had hurt Hinata badly and without need. She did not understand what took over her to attack her so cruelly. To change emotions was only for enemies, that was their philosophy. Why did she attack her friend? She watched her little sister leave for another day at the Academy. The day before their mother had met with Maiya’s teacher. She had done something but Mina was not interested on knowing. It was her sister’s problems and she even as the heir of the clan had no right prying into her business. However, maybe in a few years her little sister would challenge her for the title. Well it was better than placing a freaking cage seal on her like the Hyuuga did with the lower members of their clan.

She remembered the history lessons from her aunt. How the Tsukyuga became a new blood among the Hyuuga and later separated to become a clan. Then generations later from the Tsukyuga the Uchiha were born.

Hinata buried her face in her hands stopping her scream. She had gone to get more scrolls from her father and those scrolls only told so very basics about the Tsukyuga clan. They pretty much could read any technique as feelings if one was not careful. They could not copy them like the Uchiha and could not see 360 through things like the Hyuuga but their kekkei genkai was… Like the Hyuuga and Uchiha, they guarded well their secrets. She at least was glad to see the kind of Tai-jutsu they used. It was difficult to say it could be compared to the Gentle fist but truly could make as much damage if the user was good at it.

She got ready for her training session. She saw that she would have to wear only a shirt as top since her jacket was ruined. She had loved that jacket. She packed her things and ran to the training field seeing that she was a little behind time.

Naruto rested on team’s eight training field. Everyone got there earlier than accorded for exception of Hinata. He wondered if she had forgotten with all those things happening in her clan.

“Hey Naruto” called Sai from besides him as he drew the panorama.

“Hm?” he wondered what he wanted.

“What do you think of Hinata?” he asked.

Sakura and Kiba shot glares at Sai. Sasuke and Shino seemed barely interested to hear.

“Hinata” Naruto smiled brightly “she is nice”

“How do you mean nice?” asked Sai

“Well, she doesn’t hit me, or scream at me, or call me names, or...” he felt a shiver run through him.

“Naruto” Sakura growled.

“Hehe” Naruto laughed nervously “and she is pretty strong too”

“So you like her?” Sai asked.

“I guess,” Said Naruto with a confused look “but I think everyone likes her, there is no reason not to”

‘Such a thick skull’ thought Kiba and the others.

“So...Sorry!” Hinata arrived not wearing her jacket, which let a better view of her body.

“Its fine, we should get starting,” said Sakura taking one blue and one red flag out of her bag “I read this strategy on a book. I think its perfect for our training” she handed Shino the blue flag and gave Sasuke the red flag “we are going to make our training field of base and this one should be your base. The objective is to get both flags on your base, pretty easy”

“It sounds good to me. So it’s us against you guys,” said Kiba with an excited smile. Akamaru barked happy next to him.

Team 7 went to their old training field and placed the flag inside a hallow tree.

“So what’s the plan?” asked Sai to Sakura since this was her idea.

“Naruto you stay here and wait for them to come, use any means to restrict them” said Sakura before Naruto nodded “Sai, Sasuke and I will move forwards. You two will fight them and open way for me to get their flag” then she looked at Naruto “make some clones and make them look like us. That should confuse them since this is a basic strategy.

“Hai” said Naruto creating the clones with no trouble.

They took of and Naruto hid after creating more clones to help him guard the flag. He did not mind staying. He believed team 8 would find a way to get there and then we would get a good fight.

The rest of team 7 advanced before stopping on a clearing. Akamaru was there growling at them.

Sai was fast releasing a beast about the same size from his paintings. It only lasted a few seconds against Akamaru’s claws and fangs.

“They will break us apart,” said Sai creating more creatures.

“We are enough to confront one on one,” said Sasuke

“That was Hinata who just passed,” said Sakura sensing the girl hurrying towards their base and Naruto.

Sai had a smile on his face “I wonder how that will go” then Sakura and Sasuke continued their way to capture the other flag.

“You did this for them, right?” asked Sasuke to Sakura

“Hinata is the best on finding things, so this exercise was perfect for them,” said Sakura with a smile.

Kiba cursed as the fake Naruto exploded in smoke. He lifted his head and sniffed. Sakura and Sasuke were on their way to Shino who was guarding the flag. He ran to catch up with them before evading a rain of kunais. He was careful when he sniffed the air. It was another clone, a show clone. Kiba was fast trying to dispatch it; it was Naruto, which was more encouraging. His claws ripped through the fake skin. He hurried spotting them from afar. He smiled when Sasuke turned to confront him.

Sakura went ahead before focusing chakra on her fist. She hit a tree from which a hive came out. She took a shaky breath before forming seals and blowing a gust of sand to the insects confusing them. She hoped that it all went well with Naruto and Hinata.

Naruto was spotted easily with her Byakugan. Hinata swallowed before being careful and destroying his clones first.

Naruto wondered who his attacker was. None of his clones had chance to see him or her.

“Probably Hinata” he thought, he had wanted to test her strength since he saw her fight the year before. He sensed her behind him. He created a dozen more clones that surrounded her. Hinata accumulated chakra on her hands and shot the clones down. One got under the tree she was standing on and got hold of her feet. She fell to the forest floor, turned and stood up ready to fight.

Naruto had trained with Neji for a short time when getting ready for the Chunnin exams. He recognized the pose so he stood far from her reach. Something took hold of his feet

“Decapitation!” Hinata had learned the shadow clone technique. Naruto’s head stuck out the ground and glared “sorry” she said as she passed with the red flag on hand.

“It’s not over yet” he shouted before a clone fell from a tree and pinned her to the ground. Naruto got himself out of the hole and retrieved the flag from her. With a rope, he tied her up.

“Ugh” He looked at her hurt expression. For a moment, he thought she was playing a trick but he saw her hand holding to her stomach.

“Hinata” he said worriedly before lifting it barely. She became silent when he saw the marks from Mina’s attack “Hinata!” he untied her fast and rested her against a tree “what happened to you?”

Hinata looked to the side “training” she said. She had tried healing and had been successful on taking most of the pain away but only when she bent or sat did it hurt.

Naruto frowned at that. He knew she was trying to hide something. Still, from his small pouch he brought out a small flask, which she immediately recognized.

“Hehe, I keep it only for emergencies. It worked really well back in out first Chunnin exam,” he said though the small flask had a crack.

“I...I thought it was because of the Kyuubi” she said.

“Hm” Naruto took a thoughtful look “I guess you are right” he looked at the flask “but I guess it should come helpful for now, Sakura can help you once she gets here” he said before placing some on her injury. He heard her eep and he tried to smile “I am not going to try anything. I promise,” he said looking at her fainted red-faced form. He smiled before laying her down. He placed her head on his lap so it would not touch the forest floor. He hoped the others came back soon.

Time passed and they were not back yet. he started to get sleepy before resting his head back. Without noticing, he passed his hand over Hinata’s hair. She fell into a deeper sleep and soon enough he joined her...

“What a...” was all Kiba could say when they found them. They had decided to give them some alone time but did not expect this to happen.

“Look” Sakura hurried to Hinata once she spotted the deep purple mark on her stomach. At once, she started healing it.

“Um?” Hinata opened her eyes slowly to see a smiling Sakura.

“It’s alright now” said Sakura before Hinata felt the pain gone completely

“Thank you” then she saw Shino and Kiba seating opposite from her ‘oh no’ “how...how did the training go?” then she saw Kiba smile.

“I burned our flag which meant they couldn’t get it but we could get their” said Shino.

“Cheater” said Sasuke not too happy.

Hinata looked into the darkening sky before spotting blond spikes. She turned her head to see a smiling Naruto.

“Feeling better?” he asked after just waking up.

Hinata turned redder seeing where her head was lying.

“Here we go,” said Kiba before she fainted again.

“Hi...Hinata!” said Naruto worried.

“I guess you should take her home,” said Sakura with a smile.

Kumi was looking for a test subject and of course, every member of her clan was hiding because of it. She was tired of looking but then she spotted her niece Mina. She was always ready to help her. Once she was close, enough she sensed her niece's dark mood.

“Picking something?” she asked to which Mina only nodded. Kumi sighed knowing she would not cooperate this time.

Someone coughed behind her. Kumi turned to find some kind of dog with a message for her. She read it before smiling wide.

“Tell Kakashi I will be there and that I have a deal for him” Kumi said before Pakun left.

Kumi went to meet Kakashi to the memorial stone. He looked at her with a serious expression.

“What is your deal?”

“Be my friend,” she said again placing a hand on his shoulder before using a grim voice and face “Or you won’t see your book ever again” Kakashi sighed before nodding “Great friend, now let’s go somewhere to eat, you buy”

“What about…” she handed him a few small pages ‘She didn’t’

“They are only copies, the original I keep until I see that you are really my friend” and then she walked and he followed

‘I hate you, I hate you, I hate you’ then he looked down at the pages she had given him and sighed again

“I am sorry,’’ said Hinata as Naruto walked her home “we didn’t get much training because of me and now you have to walk me home”

“I don’t mind,” said Naruto “and we both got a good nap, tomorrow we can train” Naruto said before hearing a small grumbling. He looked at a red-faced Hinata. His stomach grumbled as well “what if we go for something to eat before taking you home”

Hinata nodded already knowing where they were headed.

“I thought you were suppose to be resting today,” said Naruto spotting Kakashi on the Ichiraku sitting next to a lady

“I was” said Kakashi with not a very happy mod.

“Now what kind of attitude is that!” said Kumi capturing his head on a lock. Kakashi felt something soft against his cheek before seeing what it actually was.

“Ehm...okay?” said Naruto getting to a sit, Hinata sat next to him but kept alert of the lady with Kakashi since she had red eyes. Both got their orders before Naruto asked, “Is she your girlfriend, Kakashi-sensei?”

“No” said Kakashi simply “she is just a friend”

“now that’s the attitude” Kumi said slapping him on the back, then she said to Naruto “I am Kumi Tsukyuga and Kakashi here offered to help me get settle on my new home”

‘She must have tricked him into it’ he thought correctly, “you are Tsukyuga, right”

“Hai” she said with a smile.

“Are all the Tsukyuga so...” Kakashi covered Naruto’s mouth.

“Weird?” Kumi completed with a bored tone, Naruto nodded. Kakashi looked at Kumi with fear “some of us” she sounded tired “mainly me” then her eyes landed on Hinata “you are the Hyuuga heir, right?” Hinata nodded “thank you for showing my niece around yesterday and then training with her”

Hinata suppressed her gasp when she saw Naruto stiff at the revelation.

“Hinata and Mina trained together?” he asked.

“My sister told me it was a tradition between the Hyuuga and Tsukyuga” said Kumi “though Mina has not mentioned it, I know she enjoyed it”

“It was nothing,” said Hinata

“And she told you our ability, right?” Kumi could see how she was hiding her feelings

Naruto and Kakashi listened

“Yes”

“How fun!” said Kumi “here we have one Byakugan, Sharingan and a…”

“Chuushingan” finished Hinata for her

Kumi smiled before going back to eat

“Now I see what you meant by problem,” said Naruto to Kakashi a

Once Kakashi and Kumi were done, they stood up

“See you later,” he said to Kakashi and Kumi, Hinata only waved

“Bye” she said with a smile “What a nice boy, what’s his name?” asked Kumi to Kakashi who felt abandoned at Kumi’s mercy

“Naruto” he said

“That’s a nice name” said Kumi “and such pure feelings I am amazed”

“…” Kakashi gave her a look that said ‘what are you saying’

“I can’t believe he used to be your student,” she said

After eating, they were on their way to Hinata’s home. It was getting dark and Naruto felt her father would not like it if she got anymore late.

“That lady is creepy just like Mina,” said Naruto

“Mina…”

“Oh sorry, she is your friend, right?”

“…” Hinata could feel her heart again; it was dancing with such happiness she did not know she could feel.

“Are you okay Hinata?” he asked and she nodded “You have been acting estrange recently”

“It’s nothing, just…,” she said looking down

“Yeah?” he asked

“Well…” ‘It’s now or never Hinata’

“What is it?” he asked

“Well I was wondering if…” she turned her hands into fists “I was wondering if you would like to...to go out tomorrow”

“Hinata! That’s a great idea,” he said taking her hands “now that you are better we can train”

Hinata hung her head

“You okay Hinata?” he asked.

“What...what I mean was, if you would go out with me,” she said blushing.

“Like, in a date” he still held to her hands as she nodded. Naruto saw the great difficulty she had saying this “Of course” his voice held certain kindness. She looked at him and she saw a sincere expression. Hinata could not hold back and hugged him. Naruto was taken by surprise. Her body was against his and he could feel just a little bit too much since she was no wearing her jacket. Besides that, there was warmth about her that relaxed him eventually. Of course, he liked Hinata; she was always nice with him and supporting him. He could try it.

From the shadows of a tree, Mina watched. She had wanted to apologize to Hinata for hurting her like that. However, this is what she finds. Didn’t Hinata see she wanted Naruto? Now she was taking him before she even tried. She wouldn’t hold back next time.

““You could have told her you liked him,” said Sai by her side “she and Naruto had known each other for much longer, since the Academy, do you really think you got a chance?”

“I can take someone like her. I have been in situations like this before,” said Mina

“Well, I wish you failure,” said Sai

“Don’t you mean luck?”

“No, I want you to fail”


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