Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Caught part one The Goddess ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

Ok, new night, new hopes.

 

He was sitting, once again, in his now favorite tree, waiting for the mysterious goddess to return.

 

It was still a little early, maybe around midnight, but that was ok. At least he would miss anything and he had time to reflect on the day's events.

 

Events such as the Hyuuga funeral.

 

He wasn't expecting Hinabi to die yet. She didn't look that bad a couple of weeks ago. According the Sakura it had been, you just couldn't see it on the outside. She was dealing with the pain beautifully and wore make up to cover the paleness.

 

Naruto never knew the girl. She was always around, just kind of standing off in the distance. He always got this strange vibe from her, like SHE wanted the role as the head of clan, and was on the verge of being willing to do anything for it. Though, since that incident a few years ago, it seemed that her goals had changes. She spent the first few month with Hinata training, trying to help the girl. After that her body started to give with all the strenuous activity. Eventually, she resolved to just helping Hinata study the clans history and the scrolls containing their secrets. That was no secret. Everybody knew that.

 

What was not know, was that they had another person study partner as well, which was kept from Hiashi.

 

He sighed, leaning back with his arm behind his head.

 

He enjoyed lunch with Hinata. She may have stuttered and blushed the whole time, but she was real nice. She was one of the sweetest people he knew, and also one of the strangest. Though he would have to give her credit. She was strong. She was smart. She was also cute; though he preferred her short hair to the long. It suit her better.

 

#$%^&*()(*&^%$#

 

“Naruto” Hinata whispered. He was there again.

 

Due to two disturbances from the loud blond, she checked her surroundings before training. Part of her wished she never had, because then she would be blissfully unaware of his presence.

 

Now how was she going to train?

 

Should she bare all and go for it or stay behind this tree and hope he leaves soon?

 

Fiddling with her fingers she started to shake. What exactly would happen if she went out there? He's seen her twice already. All he wanted to do was watch.

 

If it wasn't for her covering her own mouth she would have gasped and blown her hiding spot. He was a pervert. He wanted to see her naked.

 

That's all he wanted. He didn't even care who the girl was.

 

Ashamed, and horribly embarrassed, she pushed off the tree and headed home.

 

%^&*()_(*&^%

 

He should have been here by now, yet there was no sign of the Uchiha heir.

 

Sakura sighed. What was he planning?

 

Closing the books she had spread across her desk she sat back in her chair. There had to be a reason why he came to her. He could have attacked without their knowledge. Why would he warn them ahead of time? Better yet, why has he not shown himself? What was he waiting for?

 

What mind games were he playing?

 

Where they even games?

 

Pulling out a smaller scroll she grabbed a small container of ink and a brush. Writing down everything she knew on the situation she sat back again, studying the list.

 

Why did the village let Itachi go? Why was Sasuke coming after them? What really happened to the Uchiha clan?

 

So his brother slaughtered his clan in order to test his own skills then ran off. The village let him go, and never sent a hunter nin after him. Why? In all honesty she didn't know for sure if they did send a Hunter Ninja after him, but if he is still alive then that would mean the hunter ninja's would be dead, and they too would be on his long list of sin against the village, not to mention humanity.

 

She'd have to do some research at the Hokage's tower.

 

If they didn't send a Hunter Ninja after them, which the elders would have demanded they do if this were a normal situation, which this defiantly was not a normal situation.

 

Then there were the elders and their nervous behavior.

 

Something was not right.

 

There was only one person that could make sense of this situation.

 

#$^*(*&^%$%&*()(&^%

 

His normal pace of inhaling his roman was slowed down to a normal sipping.

 

She never showed.

 

He waited for her all night.

 

“Hey Naruto”

 

He turned around and smiled at Kiba, who was standing in front of a blushing Hinata and a normal stiff looking Shino. “Hey Kiba”

 

“Wow man, you look horrible. What happened to you” Kiba took a seat next to Naruto. Hinata sat on the other side of Kiba while Shino sat on the other side of Naruto.

 

“I'm just tired. Tsunade has be doing extra training lately.” Naruto shook his head. He was supposed to be training extra, as previously ordered by the Hokage, but in reality he was too obsessed with the mystery girl.

 

“It there a reason for this training?” Shino asked not wanting to be kept from missions again. He was a strong Ninja, but received fewer missions than the rest of the Nine, though the ones he did get were difficult ones where only his particular techniques were needed to accomplish them.

 

“I don't know why she is making me train so much. Maybe Kakashi is behind it?” He took another bite, still at half slurp.

 

“Hmm” kiba grabbed the menu and began to look through it. “Sounds a little strange to me.” Finding what he wanted he pointed at it with a smile on his face. Ordering his food, and offering to pay for his team's meal, he turned back toward the tired (sulking) blond. “So, what's new with your goddess?” A wide perverted grin spread across his face.

 

Hinata started choking on her water, while Naruto sighed. Neither went unnoticed by Shino.

 

“She disappeared.”

 

Kiba started laughing. “Told you, figment of your imagination, but don't feel bad. Its understandable since you were heavily injured.”

 

“No, I went back the next night and she was there, but last night she wasn't. I think she knew I was there”

 

Kiba laughed. “Man you need a girlfriend.”

 

Naruto glared.

 

Shino kept an eye trained on the fidgeting female ninja who was blushing a deep red color she saved for the most embarrassing moments.

 

“What?” Amusement apparent in his voice. “Seriously Naruto. Maybe you are hallucinating because you are denying your body one of its strongest basic human need.”

 

“I'm wasn't peeping like some pervert, Kiba” Naruto growled out. “Her movements” He whispered. “The way she moves and how strong her attacks are. I've never seen a style like it. Hell, I've never seen a training method like it. She's amazing.”

 

Kiba shook his head. “You were watching a hot naked girl in the middle of the night at weren't even checking her out?”

 

The blond shook his head. “No I wasn't. I don't know how to explain it. It was almost like I was under some kind of spell.”

 

The other three members were given their Roman. Soft slurping sounds were heard until Naruto put his down his chopsticks and through some money down on the counter.

 

“I'll see you guys later” he smiled before walking out into the streets.

 

He had the feeling that he would see her again. He wasn't sure when or how but he would see her. Even if he had to camp out by that damn stream every night he would see her.

 

In the meantime, the best thing to do was learn from her. She had everything he lacked, with the exception of strength. If her training method was what caused her to gain those things, then he was going to try it. This time he would make his way to the stream and HE will training.

 

And he did.

 

That night he stood, naked, in the middle of the steam. It was definitely drafty. A little unnerving, but almost empowering. He didn't have any kata's to practice, maybe that was where he should start. He could create a Kata that used the water around him like the girl. Settling into a stance he calmed himself, which was NOT easy. Taking a step he swung his back foot around, digging it into the water and kicking up, forcing a wall of chakra filled water to shoot up from below. Before it had a chance to fall back into the stream he let loose a series of attacks on it. Thanks to his chakra, the water was thicker than normal, making it ideal for attacking.

 

It went that way for a few hours before he fell backwards into the water, barely having the energy to craw his way out onto the shore.

 

He liked this form of training. There were no clothes to slow down his movements or grow heavy with water. His body felt as if he had trained for three days straight. If he kept this up he would become stronger. Much stronger. Also, he was training himself to fuse his chakra with water. If he continued maybe he could do water Justu like Kakashi did. That would be useful against Sasuke.

 

That stubborn bastard.

 

He killed Itachi! Why the hell didn't he come home? Why the hell didn't he have the strength to drag him back? Why the fuck was he coming after the village?

 

Damn that Sasuke!

 

Slowly getting up, trying to ignore his screaming muscles, he slipped his boxers back on. Grabbing his trademark orange pants, he slipped those one over his boxers. Not even bothering to put his netting, shirt, or jacket on, he threw them over his shoulder and headed back toward the village.

 

%^&*(*&^%^&*

 

Her face was burning red. She couldn't breath right. She tried to take in deep even breathes, but all that came out were rough heavy pants that didn't seem to give her body enough oxygen.

 

He was naked.

 

Her body shook with something she wasn't use to.

 

He was training in her spot, with out his clothes.

 

His…yeah…was flapping with every movement.

 

She didn't know what it looked like, but that wasn't it. She also wasn't expecting the fiery sensation that burned throughout her body. Or the want to go out there and touch it, to see if it was as soft as her sister said it was.

 

Yes her sister had sex before she died. She wasn't about to die inexperienced; and she didn't shut up about it.

 

Her heart raced.

 

He was NAKED and SHE DIDN'T LOOK AWAY!!

 

Oh god!

 

She wanted to move but her body felt heavy. An aching was starting to form between her legs.

 

Oh god!

 

She couldn't focus. Everything was jumbled.

 

Was she sick?

 

No.

 

She was a pervert…

 

…she felt ashamed…

 

…she was embarrassed…

 

…but she enjoyed it!

 

No wonder Naruto enjoyed watching her.

 

Images of Naruto's perfect strikes flashed through her memory. The strength, the flexibly; he was sexy. What made her feel even more dirty was the fact that he loved her movement, and didn't pay much attention to her body.

 

She starred at his body; his delicious, muscular, glistening body.

 

She shuttered.

 

Oh god!

 

$%^&*&^%$%^&*(

 

“Its my day off Sakura” Shikimaru, who was currently in his blue PJ pants and baggy shirt leaning against the door frame, sighed.

 

“I'm sorry Shikamaru, but I need your help.” Sakura tried not to giggle. He was just so cute dressed like a couch potato.

 

With another heavier sigh he moved out of the doorway, allowing her to coming in.

 

“Thank you” She smiled as she walked into his apartment. Looking around she almost laughed. The fact that the place was decorated by a female, obviously, and nearly spotless wasn't what was funny. Though the thought of either his mother or Ino fussing over the lazy boys house was amusing. Standing in front of the door she was able to look to the left and see the dinning area and kitchen. To the right was the living room. Straight ahead was a hall that led to a few rooms and a bathroom; she supposed. It was all decorated in a series of blue, greens, and a soft brown color. There were pictures everywhere and little knick-knacks here and there, giving the small apartment a homey feel.

 

The random assortments of fresh flowers that littered the space, filled the air with a wonderful aroma. This place looked to have been strategically decorated to make a person feel calm and welcome.

 

Now that she thought about it, she wouldn't put it past the lazy genius; and possible obsessive compulsive, ninja to decorated the apartment in such a way for himself.

 

Then again it did seem like too much work.

 

Not to mention the random open food containers, small ice chest, wrappers and remotes that were surrounded a Shikamaru shaped dent in the couch may in fact rule out obsessive compulsive.

 

“Was I interrupting something?” Sakura shook her head amused.

 

Taking a seat in the Shikamaru shaped dent in the couch he grabbed the remote and started to flip through the channels. “What is it that is so important?”

 

“Why aren't you outside watching the clouds?” She didn't know what possessed her to ask that, but it was too late now.

 

“Is that why you came here?” he glared. This was not what he wanted to deal with right now.

 

“Never mind, I am here because I need your help with something that happened on a mission.”

 

Turning off the TV he turned toward her in interest.

 

“I ran into Sasuke and he said he if we value our lives we need to leave Konoha because he is going to destroy it.” Blunt.

 

His body tensed and his eyes widened. “What?”

 

“I don't get it” Sakura started. “First Itachi killed his clan, then he left. The elders and the third Hokage let him leave. There had been no documented hunter nins sent after him. Also, when the elders were told of Sasuke's intended attack they went into a panic. I can't figure out what the connection is. That's why I'm here.”

 

There was a silence as Shikamaru relaxed back into the couch. “I wondered about Itachi and the hunter ninja's myself.” Widening his arms out he placed them on the back of the sofa, leaning his head all the way back, looking at the ceiling. The real question is, why did Itachi kill his clan?”

 

“To test his strength. We already know this” Sakura eyed him curiously.

 

“Did you ever think that maybe that's a lie?”

 

“What do you mean?” She sat up straight, her eyes widened. Could this really be?

 

“I don't know, I'm still thinking” He closed his eyes.

 

Sighing she sat back again. He shouldn't be aloud to do that.

 

“There is something that doesn't seem right to me” Shikamaru started, his eyes staying closed. “The Senju and Uchiha clans were the founders of Konoha yet the two leaders of that time fought to the death in The Valley of the End. There was obviously a feud. Not to mention there was an ongoing bitterness between the two clans before they banned together. If they banned together, why were they fighting in the valley?”

 

Sakura was now sitting at the edge of her seat in interest. It was amazing how much this man knew.

 

“Have you noticed that the first two hokage's were leaders of the Senju clan, and the third was trained by them?”

 

Her eyes widened. She never thought about that.

 

He opened his eyes and leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. “So we have a proud clan that was rivals to another proud and equally as powerful clan. One clan ruled the village while the other was living on the outskirts. One ruled over the other. No wonder The Valley of the End exists. There had to be a blood feud as some point”

 

“Oh god, I never thought of that. Are you saying that the clan was slaughtered because of some ongoing feud?” Her blood started to rush through her body.

 

“I don't think that was the case. The elders, even though they have a single-track mind, they wouldn't do something like that without reason. Murdering an entire clan like that isn't their style unless it was important. Something like a rebellion or something.”

 

“Rebellion!” Sakura gasped. “The Uchiha clan would never do that. It they did innocent people would be caught in the middle. Not to mention it would weaken the village. Other countries wouldn't pass up the chance to invade. They were the police force. They wouldn't do that!”

 

Shikamaru sighed. “They would if they were denied involvement in the government. As a co-founder of the village the clan deserved a better position that the police department of the Konoha. A proud clan playing the role of the lap dog for their sworn enemies.”

 

Sakura started shaking. She would have never thought of that. “but, Itachi-”

 

“was a member of the ANBU. He was loyal to the Hokage. No doubt he was ordered to slaughter the clan to prevent such a rebellion. Though I don't see the third Hokage doing something like that, I wouldn't put it past the Elders. They treated the clan with disrespect out of something as trivial as rivalry then had the strongest of their clan slaughter them before they had the chance to rebel.”

 

Sakura stood. “Are you sure about that”

 

“No, its just a theory. It's the one that makes the most sense. That and that the two Uchiha brothers are clinically insane” reaching for what looked like some kind of chip, he shoved it in his mouth. Grabbing the remote he turned on the TV and started flipping thought channels.

 

Sakura wanted to scream at him. He was helpful and infuriating at the same time. “What you said about the two clans. Is that true?”

 

He sighed again. “Would I have said it if it weren't?”

 

“Where did you get this information?”

 

“Asuma-sensei and Ikura-sensei.”

 

“But then why would Sasuke want to destroy the whole village? Why would he warn us before hand? And what's taking him so long?”

 

The genius shook his head. “Who knows? Maybe he isn't going to attack the village and just wants the elders. Maybe he wanted us to be prepared so he can enjoy the fight. Maybe he wants everybody to be there so he can kill them all. Maybe he wants revenge on the village that sat back and did nothing while his clan was mistreated. Maybe he is just insane.”