Chapter 4: Chapter Four: Intimate Sealing and Bonding
(Eight Months Later)
Hinata was sitting on a couch in Naruto's apartment. She arrived at his front door not an hour ago after Naruto got through cleaning and making sure everything was spick and span, and putting everything away before her arrival. When she saw how dirty his place was the first time she came by, she helped him clean, sweep and mop his apartment and asked if he would keep it that way especially when she came by. She told him that it would make her feel more comfortable being in his apartment when it was kept clean and smelling fresh. And Naruto, wanting to please his only female friend, made sure to always keep his apartment clean despite the slums his home was located.
Hinata sat on the couch patiently after being invited by Naruto to come by for something he wanted to show her.
"So Naruto-kun," Hinata asked, "What was it you wanted to show me?"
"I'll show you," Naruto said, "But not here."
Before Hinata could reply, Naruto grabbed and scooted her into his arms, carrying her bridal style.
"Naruto-kun!," Hinata said with a heavy blush on her face. With a small whirl of wind Naruto teleported from his apartment with Hinata and into a more isolated section of the forest.
"Shuushin No Jutsu," Naruto grinned, "I finally got the hang of this jutsu. I can execute Shuushin perfectly now."
"That's great Naruto-kun," Hinata congratulated.
"But that's not what I wanted to show you," Naruto said as he set Hinata down on her barefeet since she left her sandals back at his apartment when she took them off at his front door. Naruto too was barefooted and standing on the cool grass and dirt.
"Then what was it," Hinata asked. Grinning, Naruto took a few steps back and removed his black T-shirt, leaving him bare chested in only his pants. This wasn't the first time Hinata seen Naruto without his shirt on since there were occasions Naruto sparred with Hinata secretly without wearing his shirt.
Putting his hands together, Naruto formed a complex hand seal and focused chakra into his body. A few short moments later, Hinata saw intricate glowing seal writings appear all over Naruto's body from the crown on his head to the sole of his feet. At the center of his forehead, shoulders, back, the top of his hands, the center of his chest and the top of his feet each had a spiral design with small complex writings around them.
"What are those seal writings all over your body Naruto-kun," Hinata asked with an amazed and curious expression.
"After three grueling months," Naruto said, "I finally perfected my Inryoku Fūjin and Chakra Sokubaku Fūjin."
"Inryoku Fūjin and Chakra Sokubaku Fūjin," Hinata repeated.
"That's right," Naruto confirmed, "They're special seals that increases the gravity force exerted on my body and restrain my chakra reserves as they grow bigger. They're far more advanced and more effective than wearing weights on your body and I can adjust the amount of gravity exerted on me. This also helps to strengthen and increase and control my speed and chakra output."
"That's wonderful Naruto-kun," Hinata cheered, "I'm so happy for you."
Hinata was very well aware of Naruto's awakening knowing seals and other complex jutsus. It was only a few of months ago when Naruto decided to let her in on his unexplainable changes and improvements and how he had been training himself alone to advance in whatever new information awakened inside his mind. Hinata had sworn to secrecy to never reveal what Naruto shared with her. She even went as far as to cut her palm and swear a blood oath in front of him as proof of her promise.
"These seals will require a great deal of getting used to as it restricts my movement with the added effort needed to even lift regular objects," Naruto said, "But in time, my body will adjust with each level difficulty increase."
"How were you able to write those seals on your body," Hinata asked.
"Actually," Naruto explained, "These seals activate and spread all around my body from a central point, in the center of my chest, right in the area where my heart is located. But only a seal master could write and apply the Inryoku Fūjin and Chakra Sokubaku Fūjin to either oneself or another person."
"I see," Hinata said.
"So," Naruto asked. Hinata looked at him with a confused look, "So what?"
"How about it," Naruto asked.
"How about what," Hinata asked.
"How about I give you these seals," Naruto offered, "It'll be a great asset for you."
"You want to give me the Inryoku Fūjin and Chakra Sokubaku Fūjin," Hinata asked.
"That's right," Naruto said as the reached into his pants pocket and retrieve an ink bottle and ink brush, "I don't want you slowly getting stronger and faster. With these two seals, your strength, speed and chakra control and reserves will great increase faster than it would have through regular training."
"Do you really believe I can handle such seals," Hinata asked.
"Without a doubt," Naruto smiled, "I want you to have what it takes to advance underneath everyone's nose."
"What do you mean," Hinata asked with a confused expression.
"No one can be aware of your true improvements," Naruto explained, "I want you to act as though you're still a weak disappointment in everyone's eyes."
"But why," Hinata asked with a bit of a saddened tone, "It's hard enough that father thinks more highly of Hanabi than of me as someone with promising potential. Why must I hide whatever improvements I make from him and everyone else?"
"We're training to become ninjas, right," Naruto asked.
"Y-Yes," Hinata nodded.
"And isn't deception one of the major arts ninjas used as one of their primary weapons," Naruto asked.
"It is," Hinata agreed.
"That's why I hide my true abilities from everyone else but you of course," Naruto explained, "I play the part of the goofy, troublemaking prankster and dead last of our class. In all this, Sasuke, having the top grades in everything in our class, is viewed by everyone as the one with the most promising potential to become the strongest of all of us. He draws all the attention away from me."
"But isn't that what we want to aspire to Naruto-kun," Hinata asked, "To become stronger and surpass our limitations? Didn't you say that your dream is to become Hokage?"
"It is," Naruto said, "Among other things. But to reveal our true power and abilities too earlier on in our development and demonstrating in front of everyone what we can truly do like how Sasuke does is dangerous. Keep in mind Hinata-chan that not everyone in Konoha is our friend. We can never know who's an ally or spy until it's too late and by then they might already gained a lot of information on us and our abilities. And through this, they can develop ways to counter us and relay this to whatever enemies we have."
"It almost sounds like you're using Sasuke as your personal decoy," Hinata remarked, "Not that I think you are."
"The fewer enemies we have that knows what our abilities are the better," Naruto replied, "Plus I don't use people, just their arrogance."
"If I were to follow this plan of yours," Hinata asked, "When would we be allowed to show our true power and abilities?"
"When it truly calls for it," Naruto answered, "But we would have to be careful when discerning how much we want to reveal about our true selves. Remember the fewer that's known about us the better we can catch our enemies off guard when or should they try to attack or ambush us."
Hinata took a moment to contemplate on Naruto's words. After giving his words careful consideration, she saw that he made a lot of sense.
"You really are sly fox," Hinata smiled.
"And you're the ever gentle spring rabbit that knows when to hide and show her sharp teeth," Naruto replied, "So how about it Hinata-chan? Are you willing to go along with my plan for us?"
Hinata nodded.
"Great," Naruto said before opening the ink bottle and putting the ink brush into the bottle, "Now Hinata-chan, I need for you lift and took off your shirt and-"
"Ta-Tak-Take off m-my shi-shirt," Hinata stuttered with shocked and a huge blush on her face, "Yo-You can't be ser-serious!"
"…I won't lie to you Hinata," Naruto sighed, "In order to give you these two seals, I must write them between your breasts and activate them."
"Co-Couldn't there be another way to do this," Hinata asked, feeling embarrassed that she would have to take off her shirt in front of Naruto.
"Unless we know of a master class seal mistress, then no," Naruto remarked, "And even if we did, it would raise too questions about how I acquired these seals and why we're employing her to place them on you."
"But why between my breasts," Hinata asked with the blush never leaving her face.
"Because that's where the source of the Inryoku Fūjin and Chakra Sokubaku Fūjin were designed to originate, near the heart. Your heart is what will be used to empower the two seals. So long your heart beats, the Inryoku Fūjin and Chakra Sokubaku Fūjin will always work and your increase of chakra will add to its strength, but you can control how much chakra you want to put into the seals or take out. That was where I place the two seals on my own body.
"But I won't force this on you if you feel too embarrassed to go through with this. It's ultimately up to you."
Hinata thought about what Naruto was saying. It wasn't like he was telling her to take off all of her clothes and stand naked in front of him.
"It's OK if you don't feel comfortable about what placing the seal on you entails," Naruto assured, "In fact, we can forget about-"
"N-No," Hinata interjected, "I'll…I'll do it!"
"Do you really want to," Naruto asked sincerely, "Like I said, you don't have to do this if you don't want to."
Gulping, Hinata nervously reached for the bottom of her shirt and slowly pulled it up off her leaving her barefooted in her pants. Hinata looked to see Naruto gawking at her and holding his bleeding nose with a napkin while fighting the perverted smile and giggles that were begging to come out.
Naruto-kun is staring at me with those eyes of his, Hinata thought, though part of her felt some measures of feminine satisfaction and excitement that she was developing into someone desirous.
Hinata-chan's father would seek my immediate execution if he were to see or learn of this, Naruto thought, Though seeing Hinata-chan like this will fuel my wet dreams and fantasies for weeks.
Pushing those thoughts deep behind his mind, Naruto returned his mind back to his objective.
"Now Hinata-chan," Naruto instructed, "I'll need you to lie on your back on your shirt like a mat so I can first write the seal outlines between your breasts."
"I do wonder why we can't do this back in your place Naruto-kun," Hinata said.
"Ever since that incident when I knocked out all of those would-be ninjas and all of the other ninjas and the Hokage simultaneously with my Oiroke No Jutsu during our Academy Field Day," Naruto explained, "I've been put under a magnifying glass with the Hokage and several others keeping an eye on me and watching my movements. I know that they're suspicious of me and my true potential. And if one of them were to see you undressed halfway in my apartment…(looked at himself) and with me still being shirtless, and while not fully knowing what we were discussing, we would have a most difficult time explaining to the Hokage and your father what we were doing and what we were NOT about to engage in."
Hinata's face burned a sanguine red when the implications of Naruto's words came at full force. She almost passed out from realization where Naruto was going with what he was saying and if she was honest with herself, the idea of getting caught in the forest as they were right now kind of excited her.
"I se-ee your point, Naruto-kun," Hinata agreed before she lied on her front on her shirt. Naruto went over to her and prepared to place the seals on her as he knelt down next to her at her right.
"Bear with me on this," Naruto requested, "This process will take a while, but not all day."
Taking the ink brush, Naruto started writing the outlying of the seals around the designated area on her body. Hinata giggled, "That tickles Naruto-kun."
"Glad to see no expression of discomfort on your face," Naruto grinned back at her. It took another thirty-three minutes until Naruto was done with the intricate outlining of the Inryoku Fūjin. When that was done, he carefully began filling in the outlining of the seal with ink and made sure not to miss a spot or drop ink in the wrong region of the seal. After another fifteen minutes, Naruto was done with that task.
"Alright Hinata-chan," Naruto said as he cleaned and put the ink brush and bottle away, "Now for the Chakra Sokubaku Fūjin."
It wasn't until forty-five minutes when Naruto was done writing and drawing the second seal around the first one.
"Now," Naruto said, "I'm going to finalize and activate the seals simultaneously."
Naruto gave the ink several minutes to dry first. After seals dried, he gathered the required amount of chakra before performing a set of complex hand signs and then placing his right hand on spot where the seals were. Hinata's face burned dark red upon seeing where Naruto's hand was.
Naruto-kun is touching my breasts!, Hinata screamed in both shock and excitement.
"Fūin Jutsu: Seigō Fūjin," Naruto said as he sent chakra from his hand and into the seals to activate them. Hinata cringed when she sudden felt pain traveling all around her body as seal writings start appearing and spreading all around her body and head.
"Wh-What i…is this," Hinata managed to say, "Why does thi-this hurts so much?"
"It's part of the integration process," Naruto said, "The two seals are spread all around your body and chakra coils as your body is being forced to adjust and adapt to the new seals."
"You never said it would hurt this much," Hinata retorted.
"I know," Naruto admitted, "Sorry for keeping that bit of information from you. But I figured that the idea of immense pain would shy you away from accepting having these seals placed on you."
"That's no-not fair," Hinata remarked as she winced and cringed from the pain.
"No, it wasn't," Naruto admitted, "But you'll thank me later for this."
Two minutes later, the seal disappeared from sight into Hinata's body. When that was done, the immense pain Hinata felt was completely gone, although she felt some heaviness and restraint with her body and chakra coils now.
"I feel better now," Hinata said, "But it's difficult to even move right."
"That's your body responding to the adaptation of the force now placed around your body," Naruto said, "The seals are now activated. You're currently on level 1 on both seals."
Naruto stood back up and helped Hinata stand back on her feet.
"What level are you currently on," Hinata asked.
"Level 2.5," Naruto replied, "Level 1 was too light for me. But it's still difficult moving in my current level but I try not to show it too much."
Naruto reached down and retrieved Hinata's shirt.
"I think you better put this back on Hinata-chan," Naruto said, "You flashed me enough for the day."
Hinata face turned red again at what Naruto was implying after giving her back her shirt.
"I'm not the kind of girl Naruto-kun," Hinata chided Naruto.
"But I'm sure you enjoyed it," Naruto teased, "I know I-"
"You're no-not planning on telling…are you," Hinata asked worriedly.
"Hell no!," Naruto replied, "No one else needs to know. This was our private and sacred bonding moment."
"Our private and sacred bonding moment," Hinata repeated.
"That's right," Naruto said, "I know I was only teasing you earlier, but I took what I did very seriously. Those seals were gifts I shared with you as my closest friend."
Naruto reached out and took Hinata's right hand and placed it on his chest as he placed his right hand between her exposed breasts. Both youths were feeling each other's heart beats.
"You feel that Hinata-chan," Naruto said, "That's the beats of our hearts dancing together harmoniously. We linked our hearts together through the use of these very seals."
Again Hinata was captivated by Naruto's metaphoric and poetic character.
"Yes," Hinata said with a bright smile, "Our hearts are linked together harmoniously."
Removing his hand off her, Naruto allowed her to put her shirt back on as he placed his own shirt back on. When they were done, Naruto scooped her off her feet and carried her in his arms bridal style.
"Hey we go," Naruto said as he shuushin'd back to his apartment and back in his living room.
"We're back," Naruto said stating the obvious, "I'm sure you're thirsty and hungry from that experience. How about some tea and frosted cinnamon rolls?"
Hinata nodded her head, "I'd love that very much."
Hinata and Naruto spent the rest of the day talking and relating stories to each other. The Hyuuga heiress laughed at some of the things Naruto told her with regards to the latest jokes and pranks he pulled on his unsuspecting victims, some of them Jounin and Anbu ninjas. Pretty much, Hinata had a great time with Naruto.
(A Week Later)
It was another typical day at the academy; almost typical since many students and teachers noticed that Hinata became rather clumsy and stumbling in her walking all of a suddenly for the couple of days. True to Naruto's words, she was having difficulty adjusting to the effects of the two seals and she felt more tired than normal as a result. When asked why by her teachers, Hinata said that she had been exerting herself harder in her training in order to improve.
While the teachers approved of her wanting to improve, they told her that she was only doing more harm to herself by overworking herself and not taking the required amount of rest needed. Regardless, Naruto was there to give her the needed support.
Meanwhile in class, Hinata was doing all she could to focus on Iruka's lecture. But frequently her mind would drift and replay the event that took place between her and Naruto a week ago. Whenever she recalled how she stood shirtless in front of Naruto, she giggled and blushed uncontrollably. That of course didn't go unnoticed by some in the class, especially Ino.
"That look," Ino said lowly to herself, "That giggle, and the way she's irregularly blushing."
Ino then grinned mischievously, "Hinata obviously did something…naughty."
(Later That Day)
Hinata was outside sitting at one of the tables she reserved for both herself and Naruto. It was now everyone's lunch break and Naruto was soon to arrive. As she was waiting, Ino approached her.
"Hey Hinata," Ino said as she came and sat next to the Hyuuga heiress, "You feeling alright?"
Hinata was surprised that Ino came to talk with her. The blond-haired girl took out her lunch and placed it on the table.
"I'm fine, thank you," Hinata replied. Smiling, Ino continued, "So spill it."
"Spill what," Hinata asked with a confused look.
"Why you were blushing and giggling in class while taking peaks at Naruto here and there," Ino replied with a smile, "Obviously, something happened…something naughty you did I'm sure it involves Naruto."
"Wh-Wha-What are y-you…tal-ki-kng about," Hinata stuttered and gulped, getting very nervous and fearful about the fact that Ino was on to her.
"You can tell me…," Ino persisted as she started eating her lunch, "…It's just talk between us girls. I want to hear what happened."
Ino was notorious for gossip and was always trying to find the latest on anyone and anything. And she was also notorious for spread the latest news and rumors about anyone.
"T-The-re's no…nothing-g to sa-say, Ino-san," Hinata stuttered, desperately hoping that would get Ino off her back, "Nothing…happened."
"C-mon…," Ino insisted between bites of her lunch, "…Don't be a spoiled sport! I know you did something…you don't want others to know."
"If you know that for a fact," a voice said, "Then you're best to leave Hinata alone."
Both girls turned to see Sasuke standing behind them with his own lunch in hand.
"Sasuke-kun," Ino greeted.
"Hinata evidently doesn't wish to discuss her business with you," Sasuke said, "So why do you just let her be?"
Ino felt disappointed that she would get the latest info from Hinata, but she placed her wanting to gain Sasuke's favor as a priority over her want for hearing the latest gossip,
"Alright Sasuke-kun," Ino chirped, "Whatever you say."
Sasuke was over and sat next to Hinata at her left while Ino was sitting by Hinata at her right. He set his own lunch down and started eating.
"It's OK to eat now Hinata," Sasuke said, "There's no need to wait for Naruto while I'm here."
From a distance not too far from where Hinata, Ino and Sasuke were, Shikamaru and Chouji were watching the scene from another table.
"That Sasuke is proving to be a real troublesome person," Shikamaru said, "More than usual."
"How does that come off as a surprise," Chouji remarked.
"Sasuke's been cold, harsh and callous since his clan's extermination by Itachi's hands," Shikamaru said, "His traumatizing experience turned him into a completely different person since that day. What made him suddenly want to be friendly with Hinata for these past couple of months is the troublesome part."
"Why is that," Chouji asked.
"Hinata obviously don't pay attention to Sasuke as heavily as all the other girls do," Shikamaru elaborated, "She doesn't pester him for dates nor does Hinata try to get his attention in any flirtatious or romantic way. She focuses more in her studying and training as a future ninja with no objective to prove anything to Sasuke."
"You suppose those factors could be the reason why Sasuke started to take an interest in Hinata," Chouji asked.
"Much to the other girls' dismay," Shikamaru said as his eyes caught sight of someone approaching the table Hinata was sitting at, "And to Naruto's irritation."
Naruto was making his way to the table Hinata was sitting at. He was annoyed enough that Iruka held him in class longer than he wanted because of some bothersome questions Iruka wanted to ask him concerning his study and training habits. And seeing Sasuke sitting with Hinata didn't help things either.
He's doing it again, Naruto grumbled in his mind as he saw Sasuke making conversation with Hinata. It wasn't like Naruto didn't want Hinata to eat or speak to anyone while he wasn't around since she was free to do what she felt comfortable doing. Nor did Naruto ever try to control when or with whom she could eat or talk to. But Sasuke's ulterior motives were what irritated Naruto. Collecting himself together and not letting emotions cloud his judgment, Naruto calmly approached the table and…
"Hinata-chan," Naruto called out. The trio at the table turned to see Naruto approaching them with a cheesy grin on his face.
"Naruto-kun," Hinata greeted, obviously happy and relieved to see him, "What took you?"
"Baka Iruka-sensei," Naruto replied, "As if his lectures weren't bad enough, he had me stay longer for more ridiculous questions I didn't feel like answering."
Naruto saw that both sides of Hinata were occupied by Ino and Sasuke, and he knew that neither would get up nor leave if asked them to. And he didn't want to give the wrong impression by asking Hinata to come with him to another table away from Ino and Sasuke.
"Dobe," Sasuke remarked, "Quit being a bother by not standing around us all day like a wooden statue."
Ignoring Sasuke, Naruto went over and sat at the other side of the table facing Hinata.
"I think sitting at this side of the table is better," Naruto said, "While you two are eating with nothing more but my greatness to look at, I get the privilege of looking straight at Hinata-chan's full moonlight eyes as much as I want."
"Naruto-kun," Hinata giggled and blushed with her hands on her cheeks. Ino snickered at the scene, loving the juicy gossip she could spread from what she was hearing and watching first hand. Sasuke wasn't at all amused as his conversation with Hinata was cut off by Naruto's presence.
"I was talking to Hinata before you interrupted dobe," Sasuke said.
"Really," Naruto replied as he started eating, "Well then, if she feels like whatever you have to say is of any importance, then I won't interfere."
Not giving Naruto any retort, Sasuke turned his attention back to Hinata.
"Like I was saying," Sasuke continued, "Your kunai and shuriken throwing techniques have been rather sluggish lately and your endurance in our practice sessions with the other senseis have been below your normal results. I'm curious to know what happened to cause your decrease in stamina and output."
Ino wasn't at all surprised by Sasuke's demeanor around Hinata as he showed more interest in the Hyuuga heiress than any other female. Naruto ate and stayed quiet, wanting to see how things were going to play out and where Sasuke was aiming the intentions of his questions.
"It's not that my stamina and output decreased Sasuke," Hinata said, "It's just that my new form of training started taking a toll on my body lately. It's realistically to be expected when we seek to adapt to new methods of training and improving to become stronger than before, yes?"
Sasuke nodding in agreement, "It is. I too push myself as hard as I can, trying to go beyond my own limitations and reach new plateaus. Clearly we have something in common. Perhaps we can practice and spar together from time to time."
"I accept the offer of sparring with you," Naruto interjected, "I've been meaning to put you in your place for some time now teme."
Oh this is getting good, Ino chuckled in her mind at the scene unfolding. Annoyed Sasuke remarked, "I wasn't intending that I practice and spar with you dobe and I never invited you into our conversation."
"How about we allow Hinata-chan to decide if I can join these spar sessions or not," Naruto suggested, "That ought to be fair enough, wouldn't you say?"
"I was the one who was extending the invitation out to her," Sasuke replied, "And I'm sure Hinata can handle being and spending her time with me without you around her all the time.
"Besides, it would be refreshing for me to be around a female future ninja who's more concerned about her career as a kunoichi than how she looks like in the mirror. Such a kunoichi would prove to be a true asset and partner to me in the long run."
Naruto saw what Sasuke was doing and it was really pissing him off.
"Is that right," Naruto remarked as he stood up from the table, "You're looking for such a kunoichi, yes?"
Sasuke stood up and was about to give Naruto a retort when…
"HEY EVERYONE!," Naruto shouted so everyone could hear him, "SASUKE IS LONELY AND LOOKING FOR A FEMALE PARTNER TO SPAR WITH RIGHT NOW AND LATER JOIN HIM AS HIS LONG TERM PARTNER! IS THERE NO GIRL AVAILABLE WHO CAN ANSWER HIS CRIES TO SATISFY HIS NEEDS AND END HIS LONELINESS?"
Much to Sasuke's dread, all of the girls, including Sakura and Ino obviously, were in hearing range when they heard Naruto's declaration.
"Sasuke-kun wants a long term female partner," one of the girls exclaimed excitedly.
"I'm that girl," another girl proclaimed.
"The hell you are," Sakura retorted before she and all of other girls ran up to Sasuke begging him to choose them as his sparring partner. In the confusion, Naruto appeared and grabbed Hinata's hand and ran off with her leaving Sasuke alone to deal with the large crowd of girls pleading for his time and attention.
"Damn you Naruto!," Sasuke cursed as he lost sight of Hinata and Naruto.
Meanwhile, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba and Shino were watching the scene from another table. They had been doing so the entire time.
"You got to admire the way Naruto deals with Sasuke," Kiba laughed with Akamaru settle inside his jacket, "It's quite entertaining!"
"Somehow I doubt we'll see this issue between Naruto and Sasuke end soon, if peacefully," Shino added.
"…They clearly have eyes on the same girl," Chouji said as he partook of his bag of potato chips.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru remarked, "The top student competing against the worst student over a girl in class. Honestly, I don't see this ending peacefully."
As much as Kiba, Chouji and Shino didn't want to admit, but they had to agree with Shikamaru's conclusion.
(Elsewhere)
Naruto was laughing his ass off as he shuushin'd to a secluded training ground with Hinata at the other side of the academy.
"That was an insane stunt you pull Naruto-kun," Hinata giggled.
"Serves that jerk right," Naruto remarked, "He ought to look for his own sparring partner instead of trying to steal somebody else's."
While Hinata wasn't Naruto's official girlfriend, she wasn't blind to see that Naruto would get jealous when another guy would try to get her attention in a manner that would set off red flags in Naruto's head.
"Well Naruto-kun," Hinata suggested, "Since we're here and alone how about we-"
"ATTENTION EVERYONE!," the announcer said from the loud speaker, "ATTENTION EVERYONE! LUNCH BREAK IS OVER! PLEASE CLEAN UP AND RETURN BACK TO YOUR CLASS! THANK YOU!"
"So much for whatever it was you wanted us to do with our remaining time," Naruto said.
"It's alright," Hinata assured, "I was only suggesting a little exercise to help me adjust to these new seals. It's still difficult adapting to them."
"Don't worry Hinata-chan," Naruto assured, "With me at your side, you'll surpass whatever hindrance you have and then some! Dattebayo!"
Hinata smiled brightly as Naruto took hold of her hand and walked back into the academy building with her.
"Naruto-kun," Hinata asked.
"Yeah," Naruto replied.
"Would you like to become my long term partner," Hinata asked.
"We already are," Naruto grinned, "Remember what I said last week? Our hearts are linked and beat harmoniously as one."
Hinata giggled and replied, "Yes, I remember our private and sacred bonding moment Naruto-kun. And I'll always treasure it."
Hinata and Naruto strengthen their close friendship and bond with each passing day. But Sasuke clearly wants what Naruto has with Hinata and is aiming to take Hinata away from Naruto. Is Shikamaru's notion correct in that the issue between Naruto and Sasuke concerning Hinata won't end peacefully? Find out what happens next time.
Inryoku Fūjin: Gravity Seal
Chakra Sokubaku Fūjin: Chakra Restraint Seal
Fūin Jutsu: Seigō Fūjin: Sealing Technique: Integration Seal
A/N: I know some might wonder why I didn't keep Sasuke exactly like he is in the manga and anime. The reason to that is that were I to do so that would make Sasuke's later reasons for his actions predictable and to me that's boring.
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