Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Finally Found ❯ Rainy Mission ( Chapter 9 )

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Chapter 9 - Rainy Mission

Naruto woke up from his dream in a cold sweat. That night he hadn't had his usual dream of lying in bed with his arms around Hinata; instead he dreamed again that she was injured and he was unable to protect her. He tried to shake the feeling as he packed for the mission.

He packed his usual supplies and opened his apartment door. He was surprised to see both Kiba and Shino standing there waiting for him. Kiba stood next to a sleeping Akamaru with his arms crossed looking irritated while Shino was standing in his usual calm manner with his hands in his pockets. “What do you two want?” Naruto closed his door and faced the two leaf ninja.

“Naruto, we have a request…” Shino's sentence was cut short by an angry Kiba.

“If anything happens to Hinata, I will kill you myself you little…” Shino's right hand came out of his pocket to stifle Kiba's angry outburst.

“Naruto, please look after Hinata. She is very important to us.” Shino's voice was still calm and composed. Naruto and Kiba were starring furiously at each other.

Naruto's voice grew with his anger. “She's important to me too! I won't let anything or anyone harm her!” His voice calmed as he looked from Kiba to Shino. “I promise.”

For a moment everything was quiet as Naruto looked from Shino to Kiba and back again. Shino simply turned and walked away leaving Kiba and Naruto alone. “Kiba,” this was not the same angry voice Naruto had last used towards him but a sincere, quiet one. “I promise.” The anger from Kiba's face faded. He nodded to Naruto and walked away with Akamaru.

Hinata was already waiting for Naruto when he arrived at the Hyuuga gates. She had tried to leave without being seen, but had walked by her father. She froze when she saw him as she was fully packed for the mission. He walked right past her without saying a word or even looking at her. She had stood there feeling ashamed, but the thought of being with Naruto had kept her from crying. When she saw him walking towards her a teary-eyed smile grew on her face.

Naruto's face also had a large smile. Images of his last night with Hinata were running through his head and he had forgotten all about his dream. They walked to the village gates together both excited about going out on the mission.

Jiraya arrived at the gates late, yawning loudly as he reached them. “Ero-sennin, you're not supposed to go out the night before a mission!” Naruto could tell that Jiraya had stayed out all night probably chasing after women and drinking sake.

“Huh?” Jiraya rubbed his eyes which were still a little blurry. “Oh… Naruto, Hinata, are you two ready to leave?” He led them out of the gates and into the forest outside Konoha.

Naruto and Hinata walked a little behind Jiraya. They had gotten really close over the past three months and were very comfortable around each other. They talked about things that were happening around the village and joked about how many women had hit Jiraya the night before. They were walking so close to each other that the back of Naruto's hand kept grazing the back of Hinata's hand; neither seemed to mind. After a while, Jiraya looked back over his shoulder, “Hey you two, this doesn't look like it's going to be a difficult mission, but I want you to make sure that you do not underestimate the ninjas that we are after.”

They had been walking for hours while training their shield jutsu. Naruto had used every thing he could think of to lay his hands on Hinata, and every time he touched her she giggled. The flirting continued well into the night when a heavy rain started coming down.

The rain came fast and hard. They group continued walking through the downpour, completely drenching their clothes. Jiraya, wanting to get out the rain, found an area off the path that was still relatively dry; the rain was being blocked by the branches of large surrounding trees.

Jiraya pulled two tents out of his bag and threw one to Naruto and Hinata. He quickly set up his tent while Naruto and Hinata struggled with the one he had thrown at them. Eventually, they managed to set it up. Naruto looked down at the two tents, “Hey Ero-sennin! Where's the other tent?”

“Wha… Oh!” Jiraya reached into his bag again and searched around. He quickly pulled out his empty hand. “Well, I must have only brought two.” He winked at Naruto. “It's ok. I'll have this one and you two can share that one,” he pointed at the tent they had set up together. He started to climb into his own tent.

“YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!” Naruto's voice was loud but shaky. Hinata's eyes had grown wide.

Jiraya popped his head out of his tent, “Naruto, there are only two tents and three of us,” He tried to make his voice sound stern, but he almost laughed, “so unless one of you wants to sleep on the wet ground I suggest you get in there and get some rest!” He zipped up his tent and started taking off his wet clothes.

Naruto was looking at the tent he and Hinata were supposed to share. Hinata reached out and put her hand on Naruto's arm, “Naruto-kun… it's… it's ok…” She headed towards the tent and got inside. Naruto followed. They rolled out their sleeping bags and looked at each other. It occurred to Naruto that they couldn't sleep in their wet clothes and would have to remove them.

The trees that blocked the rain also blocked the moonlight, so all Naruto could see was the silhouette of Hinata's body. He watched as she removed her jacket and shirt and threw them into the corner of the tent; the outline of her body moved so gracefully that he couldn't take his eyes off of her. She slid her shoes off and covered her half naked body with the sleeping bag. Naruto continued to watch as her body wiggled inside the sleeping bag and her pants came off, added to the pile of wet clothes. Hinata, in only her bra and panties, finally noticed Naruto's body had not moved and stared back at the dark outline of his body. He knew she was looking at him.

“Um… I'm sorry Hinata.” She could tell that he had put his face down.

“It's ok Naruto-kun…” a shy smile came over her face. She didn't know why she said it but it came out. “Do you remember the hot springs, Naruto-kun?”

The scene quickly went through Naruto's head, “Yeah…” he said almost dreamily. He looked at Hinata and could make out her eyes; they were focused on him. For some reason, he felt like it was his turn. He started to unzip his jacket and slid it off his body, followed by his undershirt. He threw his wet clothes into the pile with Hinata's and kicked off his shoes. Hinata eyes had grown wide watching Naruto, but when he took his wet pants off without being covered she almost fainted. Naruto, in only his boxers, covered himself and looked back at Hinata's wide eyes, “Hinata…”

“Wha…” Hinata was in shock. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Naruto had just stripped, for her. She looked into his eyes.

“I just wanted to tell you…” he had been waiting to be alone with Hinata to tell her, and this was the perfect chance. He had to tell her now, “you…” he smiled at her, “you are really important to me…”

There was a momentary silence. The two silhouetted lovers faced each other. “Naruto-kun…” she wanted to tell him how she felt. She needed to, “Naruto-kun... I…” she reached her hand out towards him. Naruto reached his hand out and intertwined his fingers with Hinata's. She stopped talking and looked at their clasped hands.

“Good night Hinata…” Naruto closed his eyes, but still had a smile on his face. He knew he not told Hinata everything he wanted to say, but he had told her something and that was a start. He was still not sure how she would react if she knew that he had fallen for her.

“Good night… Naruto-kun…” They fell asleep, the same dream running through both heads.

 

When Naruto woke up his hand was still outstretched. He could barely see Hinata in the corner of the tent putting their wet clothes into a bag. “Good morning…” He looked like he was still dreaming.

She turned to face him with a smile, “Good morning Naruto-kun…” She picked up the bag and left the tent so Naruto could change. He put on the spare set of dry clothes that he had packed and went outside to join Hinata and Jiraya.

“It's about time Naruto. Let's go.” Jiraya led the way back to the path and onward towards Jusho. The rain had not subsided during their sleep, but was still coming down as hard as before.

Naruto couldn't help but steal glances at Hinata as they walked. The rain had soaked her hair and it ws clinging to her shoulders, back, and chest reminding him of the hot springs. Hinata noticed him, “Yes, Naruto-kun?” There was something playful about her voice.

“Oh… I'm sorry Hinata. I was just looking at your hair.” He had thought of something else to say, but for some reason he didn't want to lie.

“Oh…” she grabbed her wet hair and pulled it back. Naruto was stunned; Hinata's new posture showed that her already tight clothes were also clinging to her wet body. He closed his eyes hoping to store the image in his mind. “Better…?” She looked back at him just as he opened his eyes.

“Yeah…” his stunned feeling still lingering, “you look great.” He had not meant to say this. He was glad to see that Hinata was just laughing. She ran her hands through his wet hair in a teasing manner.

“Now your hair is messed up too Naruto-kun…” they both started laughing. Hinata was now trying to keep her hands on Naruto.

They had walked for a while through the rain laughing and joking. They were walking very close to each other, hands hanging from their sides only inches apart. Naruto looked down at Hinata's open hand. He slid his hand into it and slipped his fingers in between hers. They both looked at each other for a second.

Hinata looked shocked, but much to Naruto's surprise did not let go. They stayed silent for a second, but quickly resumed their joking. Much to their dismay, this new closeness did not last long as they were almost suddenly in view of Jusho. They had apparently walked further through the rain the previous night than they had thought.

Jiraya looked back at Naruto and Hinata who quickly let go of each other. “Um…” he could swear for a split second he had seen them holding hands. He shook his head, `I must be losing it,' he thought to himself.

“When we enter the village we will ask around for any information about the rouge ninjas. You both need to stay on your toes.” He led them into the city. The streets were wet and nearly deserted. They stopped in the first open shop they came across and got out of the rain.

The shop they had entered had barely anything on the shelves and there was no one behind the counter. They walked further into the store and heard a voice from behind the counter. “You're kind are not welcomed here…” the voice was loud, but the speaker sounded very scared.

Jiraya walked to the counter and looked over, “We are not here to rob you. We are here for some information.”

The voice lost its intensity; instead the man spoke with a very shaky, quiet voice. “What do you want?” He was still hidden behind the counter.

Jiraya turned around and leaned back resting his elbows on the counter. “What can you tell me about the ninja that have been robbing the merchant here?”

The shopkeeper sprung up from behind the counter, broom in hand. “I don't know anything about them. All I know is that I've had to raise my prices just to almost make it. If this continues I'll be out of business soon.”

Jiraya turned to face the shopkeeper, “Is there anything you can tell us about the ninjas?”

“No…” the shopkeeper was still gripping tight on the broom. “All I've heard is they're very strong.”

“Thank you.” Jiraya headed out of the shop as the shopkeeper sunk back behind the counter. Naruto and Hinata followed Jirya back out into the rain. Although it was only midday the rainy weather made it look like the middle of night outside.

Standing in the middle of the dark street Jiraya turned to face the two young ninja. “We need to find out as much information as we can, so we're gonna split up. You two stay together, find out whatever you can, and we'll meet back here in three hours.” The two nodded and the group split up.

Naruto was glad to be alone with Hinata again, but he knew they didn't have time to play around. They were on a mission and had a job to do. After an hour they had visited plenty of empty looking shops. Every shopkeeper they met was extremely scared, but none of them knew anything about the ninjas they were so terrified of. They left the last shop with their heads hung low. “This is hopeless…” Naruto said loudly as they walked back out into the rain.

Hinata couldn't think of anything to say to make him feel better. She felt even worse knowing that Naruto always knew what to say when she was down. She grabbed his hand and slid her fingers into his. Naruto picked his head up, a feeling of renewed hope in his eyes.

They walked up the wet street hand in hand towards the next shop. A loud voice from one of the tiny houses on the street made them pause, “YOU CAN'T!” It was a woman's voice.

The door to the house opened and a man stepped out carrying several large bags over his shoulders. He looked back through the open door, “I have to at least try. I'll be fine…” he closed the door and started running down the street that led out of the village.

The door opened again and a woman came out full of tears. She screamed after the man, “NO!” but he was already too far away to hear her.

“Naruto-kun,” Hinata looked at Naruto.

“Yeah, let's follow him.” They had been thinking the same thing: they had to stop the merchant from being attacked by the ninjas.

They didn't want the merchant to know they were following him so they kept their distance. He stopped at the edge of the dark forest surrounding the village, took a quick look back over his shoulder, and continued on. Naruto held his hand out to stop Hinata, “Hinata can you see anyone?”

Hinata activated her byakugon and scanned the forest in front of them. After the intense training she had done, her byakugon now allowed her to see across great distances. She nodded her head. “Yes there's someone out there, only one. He's headed right for the merchant.” They took off after him.

Hinata deactivated her byakugon as they ran, “Naruto-kun this ninja does not look too strong. His chakra levels are very low, far below even chunnin level.”

“Good,” Naruto smiled, “then this will be easy.” Naruto's smile faded as Jiraya's words ran through his mind, “Do not underestimate the ninjas we are after.”

They caught up to the merchant but stopped as a voice rang thorough the forest, “Merchant, give me your money and goods or DIE!” Naruto and Hinata jumped into the covering of a tree, but the merchant stood there frozen in the rain.

“NO…NO!” The merchant's voice was very scared. He looked around for the hidden voice and, not seeing him, started running.

“HA HA HA!” The concealed ninja laughed as he jumped out of a tree and landed right in front of the merchant. The merchant gasped in shock; he turned and started running the in the opposite direction.

A second ninja appeared from the trees and again landed in front of the merchant, blocking his escape. This new ninja punched the merchant knocking him onto his back on the wet floor.

The merchant crawled away from the new ninja. Now lying halfway between the two ninja, he looked back and forth with fear in his eyes, “Please no! I need the money to feed my family!” Both ninja began to laugh the same evil laugh.

“Hinata!” Naruto looked at her kneeling besides him on the branch. “I thought you said there was only one!”

“There was…” she responded quietly. “Byakugon!” She looked at the two ninja and noticed that they both had half the chakra of the ninja she saw earlier. She had seen this plenty of times before. She grabbed Naruto's arm, “Naruto-kun, it's a clone!”

Naruto took a closer look at the two ninja, and sure enough they were identical. He took two kunai from his bag and threw one at each of the ninja.

Both ninja were still laughing manically at the merchant when the kunai struck them both in the shoulder. One of the two disappeared instantly. “Wha…” startled, the real ninja jumped back. He pulled the kunai from his shoulder and looked around, “WHO'S THERE?” His voice was angry, but nervous.

Naruto and Hinata jumped down between the ninja and the merchant.

“You brats! You will die for that!” The ninja angrily eyed the two leaf ninja in front of him. “SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!” They were suddenly surrounded by four identical ninja. Hinata noticed that, being separated into four, each clone was left with almost no chakra.

Naruto couldn't help but smile when he formed his hand signs, “SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!” Two Narutos appeared in front of all four enemies. Seeing his chance, the merchant jumped to his feet and ran for the village. None of the enemies moved, their eyes focused on the two blonde ninja in front of them.

The real enemy laughed, “You may have more chakra than I do… but we can fix that.” All four enemies simultaneously reached into their pocket. Each pulled out two little red pills and swallowed them.

Hinata's eyes grew wide as she saw each clone's chakra level increase drastically. “Soilder pills…” she had barely spoken the words when all four enemies attacked with tremendous speed, destroying all of Naruto's shadow clones.

“Yes,” the real ninja spoke, “gifts from the first merchant I robbed… and now…” his voice echoed, “you two… DIE!” All four enemies jumped at them.

Naruto and Hinata jumped into the trees and spring boarded in opposite directions. They quickly jumped from branch to branch, each followed by two ninja clones.

Naruto took the first chance he had to attack. He jumped from a branch onto a large tree trunk and hurled himself back at his attackers, catching them off guard. He swung his leg at them and kicked one in the face, it disappeared.

Before Naruto could land from the attack, the other ninja had rushed at him with his fist pulled back.

“SHEILD JUTSU!” The ninja's fist connected with the shield and stopped on impact. The ninja jumped back as they landed on the same large branch.

Naruto knew he had to end this quickly; he had to get to Hinata. He summoned a shadow clone to help him form the rasengan. The enemy saw a chance to attack and lunged at Naruto. “RASENGAN!” He connected with the enemy's fist and continued through his arm, chest, and back. He disappeared. A sudden shock ran through Naruto's body. The real ninja was with Hinata. He hurried in the direction she had gone.

Hinata had become very skilled at evading multiple attacks, having trained against Naruto's shadow clones so intensely. When Naruto finally found her, she had already defeated one of the clones by stopping his chakra flow. Hinata connected with a jukken strike to her final opponent's chest sending him flying back. Naruto leapt down by her side.

The real ninja had been knocked on his stomach. Hinata had stopped his chakra flow and he lay there unable to move. “NO! NO!” he screamed. His eyes caught something that stopped his screaming.

“I will kill you both!” The solider pills that were in his pocket had fallen out. A pile of 6 pills were laying only inches from his face. His body moved only slightly but he managed to get his mouth over the pile. He swallowed the pills and all of the mud around them.

The effects of the pills took only a second to kick in. The ninja stood up and started laughing a demonic laugh. All of the muscles in his body expanded, and his skin was stretched tight trying to hold them in. His eyes had gone wide and bloodshot and something thick was leaking from his mouth. Hinata shuttered as she saw the chakra in the ninja's body. It was too much for him to hold inside; it needed to escape his body.

The ninja lunged at Naruto with his fist; the great amount of chakra gathered in his hand could easily be seen. “YOU'RE DEAD BRAT!”

“SHEILD JUTSU!” the two shouted in unison. The ninja's attack was stopped.

Naruto looked down at his own shield; the ninja's attack had not connected with it. In front of Naruto's small blue shield was the white shield that the enemy contacted. It was Hinata's. “Hinata…” his eyes went to her. The enemy swung his free hand at Hinata, the blow threw her over 10 meters back.

“HINATA!” Naruto yelled. The enemy quickly swung at Naruto, knocking him into a large tree trunk. His eyes shut in pain.

When Naruto finally opened his eyes the ninja was standing in front of Hinata's downed body. The chakra was making his hand glow green. “Now you die!” he said in a strange, evil voice.

“NO!” Naruto had promised to protect her. He had to protect her… no matter what. The enraged ninja swung at Hinata. “SHEILD JUTSU!”

Naruto was suddenly standing between the ninja and Hinata, his body glowing with a strong red chakra. A thick, dark red shield was coming from his palm blocking the enemy's attack.

“Wha…” the ninja was stunned. The chakra from his hand was disappearing. “NO!” he yelled.

“YOU…” this was not Naruto's voice.

“WILL NOT…” he wrapped his free hand around the ninja's neck and picked him up off the ground easily.

“HURT…” the red shield molded itself into a huge, red rasengan. Hinata opened her eyes and saw the glowing red Naruto standing in front of her.

“HINATA!” He rammed the rasengan into the chest of the enemy leaving a large cavity in the middle of his body. Naruto dropped the dead ninja.

Hinata could see the red chakra inside Naruto's body. It was amazing and scary at the same time. “N… Naruto…kun…” she had only whispered, but Naruto turned around.

“HINATA!” The red chakra surrounding Naruto disappeared and his voice returned. He rushed to her side and slid his hand behind her neck, “are you ok? I'm so sorry Hinata.” He pulled her in close, tears in his eyes.

After a quiet moment Naruto pulled his head back to look at Hinata's face. “Hinata, I won't ever let anyone hurt you again! I promise…”

“Naruto-kun…” tears now coming from her eyes too. She placed her hands on the sides of his neck and pulled him into her. His lips connected with hers.

The two sat alone in the rain, locked into a loving embrace. Their mouths slowly opened and closed in unison, both hearts beating uncontrollably. It felt like an eternity, but neither wanted it to end. Finally, their lips parted and they pulled away to look into each other's eyes.

Naruto gently brushed the wet hair from Hinata's face and cupped both hands behind her neck. Staring into her smiling face he couldn't hold back any longer. “”Hinata I love you…” her face lit up and her eyes grew wide, “and I want you to be mine.” His face looked slightly nervous.

“I am yours…” The words just flowed out of her. She couldn't help it; she had been waiting to say these words to Naruto for so long. “I… have always loved you.” Hinata grabbed Naruto's wrists as he pulled her into him.

This embrace was much more passionate than the first, both fuelled by the release of their long hidden secret. There lips pressed together furiously and moved at a rapid pace. Hinata's grip tightened on Naruto's wrists as her whole body grew hot, despite the cold rain still coming down. Neither wanted to stop, but eventually they pulled apart, a look of pure joy was etched on both faces.

Naruto stood up from the wet ground and held his hand out. Hinata grabbed his hand and pulled herself up, neither let go. They knew Jiraya was waiting for them so they headed back to the village. Not a single words was spoken, they had both said everything.

 

When they finally reached Jiraya he was surprised to see them holding hands, “Hey hey now. What's this?” Naruto started scratching the back of his head and Hinata looked to the floor, but each wore an undeniable smile.

“Hey you two, do it on your own time. We have a job to do here…” Naruto and Hinata started laughing. “What's so funny?” Jiraya was confused.

They told him about how they followed the merchant and fought the shadow clones. When Naruto explained how Hinata had saved him with the shield jutsu Jiraya interrupted him. “Naruto, what color did you say the chakra shield was?”

“Wha… Oh, it was white. Why?” Naruto was upset that Jiraya had stopped him during the best part of the story.

“White?” Jiraya's eyebrows rose. `She made a white chakra shield? Amazing!' he thought to himself. He noticed Naruto's angered face, “Oh, go on.”

Naruto then told him about using the Rasengan on the ninja. Hinata squeezed his hand hard as she remembered the fear she felt when she saw Naruto's body glowing red. Naruto squeezed back softly, he knew what she was thinking. They ended the story with the death of the ninja, neither wanted Jiraya to know what happened after the fight.

Jiraya looked at Naruto, “So you used…”

“YES!” Naruto cut him off with a sharp voice, “and no…” his voice calmed as he quickly glanced at Hinata, “not yet.”

Jiraya had understood. Naruto had been forced to use the Kyuubi's power, but he had not yet told Hinata about the demon hidden inside of him.

Their mission a success, they headed back to Konoha. After several hours night had fallen and the rain had finally stopped. Hinata's hand had not left Naruto's since he had helped her off the floor.

Jiraya found a dry clearing where they could set up the tents and rest for the night. Before they got into the tents Jiraya turned to them, “Hey, I don't want anything funny going on in there.” Naruto and Hinata both turned red. Jiraya let out a hefty laugh and disappeared into his tent.

When they climbed into their tent both Naruto and Hinata knew they would have to take their damp clothes off again. This time, however, neither had to pretend that they weren't watching the other. Almost fully naked they laid down facing each other.

Hinata reached her hand out to Naruto. He grabbed her hand and felt her give a little tug. He took the cue. He slipped out of his own sleeping bag and slid into hers, they both turned onto their sides. Naruto was surprised to feel Hinata's bare back pressed against his chest. He didn't want to ruin the moment by asking why or when she had removed her bra.

He could feel the heat emitting from her body and could hear her heart pounding rapidly. He slid his hand down the side of her body, if felt soft and smooth. He wrapped his arm around her stomach and pulled her closer to him. She let out a little moan as their bodies pressed even closer together. “Good night Hinata, “Naruto whispered in her ear.

“Naruto-kun…” Hinata's voice sounded very soft and airy.

Naruto kissed the back of her neck, “Yes Hinata?”

She closed her eyes, “I have always been yours…” They fell asleep together.

Chapter 10 - To Keep a Secret

Naruto rolled over in his empty bed. After waking up with Hinata in his arms the previous morning he knew that waking up without her would not be the same. He missed the feeling of her body against his. He rolled over again. Finally, he just got out of his bed.

He started getting dressed and thought about the day ahead of him. How would it be when he saw Hinata? They had both agreed that they should keep their love a secret. Hinata's father was already infuriated that she had been going on missions against his will, and she thought that if he knew about Naruto he would probably disown her.