Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ After a Midnight Meeting ❯ No power like ours ( Chapter 3 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Naruto rinsed the two bowls of ramen out and placed them next to the sink. Hinata slowly descended the stairs in her nightgown. She walked up behind Naruto and kissed his neck.
“Good morning my love” she said. Naruto turned around and kissed her.
“You mean great morning” he said to her. Naruto wrapped his arms around Hinata’s waist and kissed her, holding her close to him. They broke off the kiss and held each other for a long time.
“you know Naruto, I have today off” said Hinata.
“me too!” Naruto replied “we should spend the day together”
Hinata smiled “that would be nice” Hinata giggled a little, she thought ‘we’ve spent the last two days together already, why not one more?’
“Naruto, I have a crazy idea” Hinata said, smiling.
“What’s that?” asked Naruto.
“maybe…I could move in with you” Hinata blushed and smiled very big, but she lowered her face away from his gaze.
“You know Hinata, I would love for you to move in with me” Naruto smiled as well.
Hinata buried her head in his chest and sighed. “now that you have me living here, we need to make this place more homey”
Naruto tilted his head, much like a baby fox.

They had dressed in their street clothes quickly and Naruto was being led around by Hinata around the village to various stores. She stopped in front of a shop, the clashing scent of lavender, peppermint, and chamomile poured from the store’s front door.
“Now Naruto, you have no soap in your shower” whispered Hinata “I would like it very much good if you smelled nice for me”
She dragged Naruto inside the store and smelled several bars of soap. She filled a small basket with them and went to the cash register.
“get out your wallet Naruto” said Hinata.
Naruto gasped. “What!?”
“You’re doing this for me, so get it out you’re going to pay for this“ Naruto grumbled and pulled his wallet from his pocket and handed the cashier a small stack of bills.
“now for the next store!” Hinata giggled. Naruto grumbled again. Naruto thought to himself ‘I never thought Hinata to be a gold digger’.
She ran into a scented candle store and had her bag filled before Naruto could catch up. His jaw dropped as Hinata brought him to the register. She leaned near his ear and whispered “thank you, I‘ll make it worth your while”
Naruto melted and under a will not of his own, paid the cashier.
“I think that’s enough for today” Hinata said, kissing Naruto.
Naruto’s heart dropped and fluttered at the same time. Then his stomach growled.
“all the more reason to walk home and have some lunch” Hinata smiled. Taking Naruto’s hand they walked back to Naruto’s house. With his other hand, Naruto carried the bags.

Hinata had never been so frightened in all her life.
As they walked along the cement where they met for lunch yesterday. A boy with pale lavender eyes stepped out on the path before them…Neji! He stared at them intensely.
“What do you want?” said Naruto.
“it’s not you I have business with fox-demon” Neji snorted back “its your little friend”
Hinata whimpered and backed behind Naruto.
“if you hurt one fucking hair on her head…” Naruto could not even describe what he was going to do to Neji, he simply stood there for a few seconds and then shouted “believe it”
Neji smiled “in that case, that’s two fools I need to destroy” Neji got into the battle stance of the Hyuuga clan, a loose back-stance. As Naruto put his fists up, Hinata got up by his side.
“Hinata, I don’t want you to fight” Naruto said “Neji could seriously hurt you, don’t you remember what happened?”
“I know Naruto, but that’s not going to happen this time. I know that by your side…I have the strength to do anything”
Naruto nodded and turned to Neji “are you ready?”
“I’ve been ready for this…for a long time” Neji smirked. Naruto charged at Neji and his fist flew towards Neji’s face. Neji quickly grabbed the fist in his palm and twisted it, Sending Naruto flying. Naruto got up quickly and brushed himself off.
“Naruto, it is futile, I will not all you to win to me a second time, and your woman simply can never defeat me, you hear that?” Neji smirked.
“You’re wrong Neji… you’re so wrong” Naruto looked Neji straight in the eye “I thought I could teach you that destiny is false, that anyone can change their path in life, but you never learned. All people can grow and become stronger. And when I look at Hinata, her body rages with strength, I feel it when I hold her and it flows into me when I kiss her”
Hinata smiled and blushed. Naruto was not one to speak such poetic words.
Naruto concluded “I bet, Neji, that Hinata could defeat you without any help, Believe it!”
Neji gritted his teeth and showed them “perhaps it is you who have not learned”
“well see” Naruto made a sigh with his hands “shadow-clone-no-jutsu”
There was a blast of smoke that cleared after several moments, Neji was surrounded by Naruto, not just surrounded, Naruto was everywhere, in the trees standing on walls. Naruto had made several dozen copies of himself, and they stood all around him, Neji could not look anywhere without seeing Naruto.
“if you didn’t stand a chance before” all the copies said in unison “then imagine how badly you’re going to lose now!”

“what was that smoke?” Sakura asked, pointing at the large cloud that formed near the academy.
“I don’t know, I want to look at it, maybe that‘s where Naruto is” said Sasuke. He stuffed several Kunai into a leather pouch and ran toward the smoke. Sakura was not far behind him.

“Lee, do you see it?” Ten-Ten said.
“is it Neji? I cant seem to find him anywhere!” replied Rock Lee.
“I have no idea, we should investigate”
“Roger”

“Shino! That’s where Hinata is, I know it!” Kiba shouted, Akamaru whimpered and looked at the smoke. Kiba was shaking Shino’s shoulder, Shino shook limply but seemed to ignore it.
“Very well then, if she is in danger, we’ll help her”
Kiba ran on all fours toward the billowing cloud of smoke, Shino close behind.
Kurenai kept quiet, but she followed suite.

The Naruto’s on the ground charged Neji, those not on ground level jumped high in the air, each one had a kunai in hand. Neji reacted quickly, with such speed and grace that it hypnotized Hinata. Neji’s feet and hands flew into the face or chest of every Naruto clone. Each clone dispatched released a large puff of smoke. Hinata watched, terrified at Neji’s skill. She could hear footsteps behind her. As she turned around, she saw Kiba and Shino running toward her, Kurenai behind them.
“thank dog you’re alright” Kiba said, he wrapped his arms around Hinata “I would never live it down if I let you get hurt” Akamaru yipped and growled.
“what is it boy?” said Kiba. He released Hinata
“look, at the smoke” Shino pointed into the smoke cloud. For a brief moment a shape could be made out, but only barely. Naruto flew out of the cloud. And landed hard.
“you’re with him again!” Kiba shouted. He looked at Hinata, teeth bared.
“yes Kiba, but if you knew what he’s done for me, you would want me to stay with him”
Neji walked out from the cloud and pointed at Hinata “you’re next” he maintained a sidelong glance to the three people standing, the one he had just defeated was no longer a concern.
Hinata whimpered and stepped forward, lowering her head.
“Hinata, what are you thinking!” Kiba shouted.
“Let her go” said Kurenai.
“But Kurenai-sensei, she’ll get killed” Kiba shouted at Kurenai, Akamaru whimpered.
“Don’t worry Kiba, I can see something inside her body, something none of us can explain” Kurenai knew her womanly plan had come through, but what she didn’t predict was that it would come down to such a battle.
Sasuke and Sakura arrived from the same path as Kiba and Shino. Rock lee and Ten-Ten from the other direction.
“what’s going on?” shouted Sakura, laying her eyes on Naruto “Naruto!” she shouted, kneeling next to him and got out a roll of bandages to dress his wounds.
“Hinata, you’ve shamed not just the main branch, but every single branch of the Hyuuga family for years. And I’ve come to set things right and return the honor to our family name” Neji said “I’m going to kill you”
“Neji, its not just me…the real reason the family is having such problems is you and the other members of the lesser branches!” Hinata replied.
Neji growled. Hinata activated her Byakugun, which could see the inner thoughts as well has his chakra channels.
“I see, that deep inside you, and what I see is a great deal of pain and suffering. You’re more torn up about this feud than any other member of our family. And you’ve chosen me as a scapegoat, simply because you‘re jealous of my place in the family.”
Neji growled harder and lowered his eyebrows, he bared his teeth.
“you recognize this trick?” Hinata said “it’s the exact same one you used on me at the chuunin exams, and now I’m using it on you. Just now you arched your eyebrows inward, at that moment you were wondering if I had grown anymore, and if I had, was I strong enough to defeat you…Neji, I will tell you now that yes, I’m much stronger than you could possibly imagine, and yes, I will defeat you today.” said Hinata, her words were aggressive, but her tone was soft, yet unyielding.
Naruto whispered under his injuries “go get him Hinata”
Neji screamed and charged in blind rage. Hinata was able to move out of the way and dodge the vicious attack. Hinata plowed her knife hand between Neji’s hip and ribs, literally tearing apart the organs underneath.
“Ten-Ten, why is Neji being so aggressive? He’s never like that” asked Rock Lee.
“Hinata has worked him up into a frenzy” answered Ten-Ten.
Neji turned around, his lips dripped with saliva. He charged again, only to be parried and countered by Hinata. Her knee driving into his gut.
Neji collapsed, Hinata backed away as Neji got up.
“there’s one thing you forgot, Hinata” Neji licked up the blood flowing from his lips. “that I have one attack no one can block…or dodge, and that’s all you’re doing, just running away like a scared rabbit” an explosion of chakra filled Neji’s body and he spun so quickly it gathered loose dust and leaves to him. The heavenly spin. The whirling cloud moved slowly toward Hinata.
Hinata moved her arms very slowly around her, but soon they moved quickly around her, becoming a blur. Her palms left shining lines of chakra in their trail, soon her arms could only be seen from where they stopped and turned to a different path. The lines of glowing chakra created a shining sphere around her.
Neji’s heavenly spin smashed into Hinata’s sphere. They began to clash against one another, neither side giving way.
Naruto stood up “wow! Where did she learn that one?”
“That’s the power of a woman in love” said Kurenai.
Several minutes after the clash began, the dust around Neji began to fall away from him, as his spinning slowed down, Neji fell onto the concrete, completely unconscious. Hinata stopped as well, she fell to the ground. Naruto ran to her to pick her up in his arms.
“Naruto, did you see me?” asked Hinata.
“Yeah Hinata, you were amazing” said Naruto.
Hinata raised her head to kiss Naruto. Kurenai and Sakura began to slowly applaud them. They were joined by Sasuke and Shino. Rock Lee and Ten-Ten began to applaud as well, they had defeated the strongest member of their team. Kiba was the last person to begin clapping. Akamaru barked.
“Naruto?” Hinata whispered amidst the clapping.
“yeah?” answered Naruto.
“Lets go home”

The End, I’m serious this time