Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hinata's Secret Life ❯ Caught and the punishment ( Chapter 36 )

On the third day the new Team Seven broke into a routine. Early mornings were spent with Gai, and mid-morning training was with Kakashi. If they finished early the team completed a mission before lunch then again after lunch. The group was soon packing a lunch instead of buying lunch, spending their money on other things. What things though Kakashi didn't know, all he knew was that his team was starting to move sluggishly. Kakashi wasn't the only one who noticed, even their parents were concerned. Following his team once after releasing them Kakashi found them heading towards the library to look up information. What surprised him the most was the book they were reading and taking notes from: The Shinobi's Guild to Repairing a Roof. He decided to investigate further.

 

That night as the group were sneaking out to meet up and finish fixing the old man's roof not noticing they were being followed by several people. In their tired state they failed to do the normal chakra safeguards. Kitsune stayed home only to look like an illusion of Ramen sleeping, providing his cover. The first night they arrived they found to their good fortune that no one was home. The past few nights they had to cast a sleeping jutsu on the man to allow him to sleep so they can fix his roof.

 

The group watched as the kids put the old man to sleep before jumping to the roof where they once again resumed their job on the roof.

 

“So that's what they have been doing.” A voice said from the shadows.

 

“To help a villager out and with their own money, that is so `YOUTHFUL' of them” another voice said.

 

“I think they will need some help” another voice said. “How do you propose to go about it?”

 

“Good thing Naruto is on patrol tonight and Mizuki is at the Uchiha's” another voice said. “Or else our cover would be blown.”

 

Before the words were finished they had seen a person in an ANBU uniform, wearing a fox mask land lightly on the roof behind the kids.

 

“Speak of the devil and he shall appear” another voice said.

 

“ARASHI UZUMAKI WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT OF BED?” the ANBU captain said taking his mask off. “AND WHY ARE SHURI AND DAIKI WITH YOU?”

 

The kids whipped around at begin caught, turned to look in the face of an annoyed Naruto. “Hi dad” Ramen said gulping.

 

“THE REST OF YOU CAN COME OUT ALSO. I KNOW YOUR THERE, HINATA. KAKASHI. LEE. SHINO.” Naruto said in a commanding voice that demanded to be obeyed.

Jumping up on the roof the kids had whitened hearing who was watching them work. “What is the meaning of this?” Naruto asked to the children, before glaring at his son. He knew who the mastermind was of this operation. Shuri and Daiki were not the type to leave in the middle of the night.

 

“We had a mission here a few days ago to cut firewood. We completed it but then noticed that part of his roof was missing and looked like it was about to collapse. As ninja of our village we are here to protect the villagers. In this case we are saving this man from dieing. It was obvious he could barely afford to pay us to cut his firewood, so we decided to help. No one should live like this Dad” Ramen finished explaining.

 

Seeing the other two nod and agree with Ramen's statement Naruto asked “why didn't you ask for help or get permission?”

 

“I would say pride” Kakashi said stepping up. “The man that lives here is disabled and a very proud person. He hates to ask for help even if it's offered. Tsunade has been trying to help him for years but he won't accept it. Looks like the kids took the situation out of his hands.”

 

“How is he unable to see his roof being repaired?” Naruto asked before releasing some chakra to see if he could recognize what was being used. Finding the illusion being maintained under a heavy Gin Jutsu using demon chakra, Naruto knew instantly who had did it. “Nice job on the jutsu Ramen” Naruto said proudly. “But nevertheless I don't want you kids out after bed unless it is for a Hokage approved mission. I doubt you want me to let Baa-chan know about you being out after dark. She will not be happy. So there is only one thing we can do” Naruto said. Taking off his mask and his white chest armor revealing a tight white shirt Naruto said “pass me the hammer. Let's get this done tonight.”

 

“I will check the man's health” Hinata volunteered. “If he's been living like this he might be sick. I will see if there is anything I can do to help.”

 

“Lee and I will do the walls” Kakashi volunteered. When Lee gave him a questioning look Kakashi said “I must see if my `rivals' prodigy can hold his own against the original, in his place. Naruto if you wake some Kage Bushins we can go faster with more people.” Lee seeing the challenge quickly agreed as they went to work repairing walls. Naruto quickly made the hand seals causing five bushins to appear out of smoke. Pointing them down to Kakashi and Lee they began to work.

 

“I have the lawn” Shino said. “I have some special bugs that would love to eat this untreated grass.” Jumping down in to the front of the lawn Shino soon had his insects out lowering the grass down to a manageable level.

 

Hinata made her way into the house noticing the smell before anything else. Opening up windows as she moved she soon came to find the old man sleeping, almost as if in a coma. Activating her Byukugan she began a search finding old and barely healed torn ligaments. Rushing through the signs Hinata's hands were soon in a healing green glow. Moving slowly to heal the old wounds and new one Hinata began to repair the man cell by cell. When she had finished fixing the muscles and body he was easily ten years younger. If he had taken care of his wounds when they happened Hinata doubted he would have had as much problems as he did now. Noticing that the man was part of the smell Hinata quickly went to grab some soap and a bucket with water to give the man a sponge bath.

 

Working quickly and efficiently as only a doctor, or a medic-nin could do, Hinata soon had the man clean. Washing his hair and beard next though was a chore. Getting frustrated with it quickly Hinata grabbed a kunai and cut his hair into a shorter more manageable length. His hair now reached his shoulder blades. Grabbing part of his beard Hinata also quickly cut most of it off revealing a strong, prominent chin. Trimming down his hair growth Hinata was able to reveal high cheek bones and a proud forehead. Cleaning up the mess Hinata couldn't help but realize that the man looked like someone, yet she just couldn't put her finger on whom it was.

 

Deciding it wasn't important, Hinata quickly did up the piles of dirty dishes that were lying around. Doing a few hand seals Hinata quickly made two bushins and set them to a room to clean. Between the three of them it wasn't long before the house was clean and everything taken care of. Stepping outside Hinata looked up to see a sweating Naruto using a hammer in his tight white shirt. Locking that picture into her memory to savor Hinata knew what she wanted to do when she got home.

 

“Done” Naruto said hammering the last nail into place.

 

“Same here” Kakashi said as he and Lee walked from the back of the house.

 

“Mission accomplished” Shino said walking towards the group also.

 

“Took three days but we are done” Ramen said with a grin on his face that rivaled his fathers.

 

“Let's go home team” Naruto said placing his arms over Ramen's shoulders and Hinata's waist. Lee gathered a tired Daiki and carried him home while Shino walked home with Shuri.

 

“I'm proud that you stood up for what you believe in Shuri” Shino said. “Like Naruto said though, next time let us know so you don't have to sneak out at night. We could have been used as a distraction. Don't ever forget that.”

 

Ramen had gotten cleaned up and was fast asleep in bed before Hinata knew what was happening. Jumping quickly into one of the showers she quickly got clean coming out wearing a towel letting Naruto take a quick shower in the bathroom.

 

Hinata began grabbing her nightwear until she got the brief memory of a sweaty Naruto hammering on a roof. Feeling the familiar heat of desire Hinata dropped her towel in the hamper and crawled into bed pretending to be asleep. She wasn't in bed for very long as she soon heard the shuffling of Naruto getting some shorts on and climbing into bed. Acting like she was moving to cuddle her husband Hinata soon leaned against her husband and began to leave open mouth kisses on his chest.

 

“Hinata what are you doing?” Naruto asked not even opening his eyes. Moving his arm down Hinata's back Naruto found she wasn't wearing a shirt. “What are you planning Hinata?” Naruto said with a smile. He liked where this was going.

 

Leaning up closer to kiss up Naruto's chest and his jaw line, Hinata was soon kissing his mouth. Pulling away she said in-between kisses “Do you have any idea how hot I was watching you work a hammer. If no body was around I would have taken you right there.” Hinata said as Naruto pulled her into a deeper kiss.

 

Leaning up and shifting so that Hinata's back was on the bed. “About as hot as I am, knowing that you are in bed naked?” Naruto said as he began kissing down Hinata's neck.

 

“What are you going to do about it?” Hinata moaned under Naruto's kisses on her neck.

 

“Just this” Naruto said as he proceeded to show her, all night long.

 

The next morning Ramen met his group at the training grounds as usual, but felt better knowing they got more sleep last night then they have in a while. Training began as normal for the three and for that they were thankful.

 

Meanwhile the old man who lived in the house woke up and looked around. Taking in all of the changes he got up and went off to yell at the Hokage. He would not accept charity; he had more pride then that by God. Not bothering to look in the mirror, the man began his walk towards the tower.

 

“Hokage-sama” a Chounin said to Tsunade as she was going through the list of missions to judge into rank. “There is an older gentleman to see you.” Waving him in Tsunade looked up to see a grey haired man with a short, trim beard and nice flowing grey hair. His eyes were a dull brown. For some reason Tsunade thought he looked familiar but she couldn't her finger on it.

 

“Hokage-sama” said the man with an air of authority. “It has come to my attention that after years of refusing help in my old age that my trust was not misplaced. I had hired a team of Genin's to cut my wood for me a few days ago. The first time I have ever used the services of this village.”

 

“Did the team do a bad job chopping the wood?” Tsunade asked incredibly. She knew that team personally and while they may goof off they took all of their missions seriously. They were the most dedicated team she had in both Genin and Chounin rank.

 

Taken aback the man said “that is not the problem, Hokage-sama. They did a wonderful job, that hasn't been displayed in years. The problem is that I wake up this morning and my roof and house is fixed and cleaned out. My body had been plagued with arthritis for years and now it is fine. In fact I feel ten years younger.”

 

“So what exactly is the problem then?” Tsunade said irately.

 

“I will not accept charity Hokage-sama” the man said looking straight in Tsunade's eyes. “I want to know why you felt you needed to step into my affairs and fix things.”

 

“I can honestly say I have no idea what you are talking about. Let me get the Genin team in here that worked for you. Maybe they will know something.” Tsunade said signaling for an ANBU member, which promptly showed up.

 

Recognizing the face mask and the blonde hair Tsunade said “Bring me Team Seven, and I want you here for this discussion also.” With a nod he was gone in a swirl of leaves to find the team.

 

The ANBU member wasn't even gone a minute when there was a knock on the door. Calling them in Tsunade watched Team Seven walk in and noticed that Naruto had taken off his mask and was standing with the team.

 

“What is going on here?” Tsunade said with annoyance in her voice. “I have a question about the job you did a few days ago cutting wood. This nice gentleman” Tsunade said nodding to the older gentleman. “Said that when he woke up this morning his house was fixed, cleaned, and his health problems taken care of. Do you have any ideas why that is?” Tsunade said giving a glare to Kakashi and Naruto. She hated to be told about unsatisfactory reports, and one from her grandson's team would not be tolerated.

 

“It's my fault Grandma” Ramen said stepping forward. “When we saw how the house was rundown and unsafe to live in, I just had to help. No one should live like that. It's our job as village shinobi to care for the village and its people. When there was something we could do to help, we did. Dad always said if you can help someone why shouldn't you. Be the bigger person and help out, and never expect anything in return. Always do something because you want to and not because you have to.”

 

“It wasn't just his fault” Shuri said stepping forward “I had the same idea also. If I didn't have the help from the Ramen and Daiki, I would have done it myself.”

 

“I also would have gone ahead and did it without the help of the other two.” Daiki said stepping forward with his team. “Luckily for us, we each had the same idea. With our pay we were getting on missions, we bought the supplies and began to fix the house. ”

 

“Did you have any idea about this Kakashi, Naruto?” Tsunade asked the two men standing with the boys.

 

“Not until last night” Kakashi said. “We had noticed that the kids looked more tired then usual, as if they weren't getting any sleep, so we followed them to see what they were doing. We found out they were sneaking out to fix this gentleman's roof” Kakashi said indicating the older man standing there.

 

“I heard some loud strange noises during my patrol last night and jumped in seeing the kids work. Getting the story from them I began to help out.” Naruto explained.

 

“So you had no idea that Team Seven's Genin's were acting on their beliefs with no outside ideas?” Tsunade said wanting to clarify what was said.

 

“Yes Ma'am” Kakashi and Naruto answered simultaneously.

 

Looking at the man with the complaint Tsunade called him forward. “This team has acted without permission from this office and person, in regards to your home. Since this is a rare occurrence and there is no precedent case, I am allowing you to come up with a suitable punishment.”

 

Hearing the kid's story about wanting to help people, not having to the man said “I can think of no punishment. While these kids did not seek permission and trespassed, they did so without malice or intent. They were sincerely out to help and not expect anything in return. For that I can think of no punishment, and can only offer my gratitude. I never would have expected this to happen in all my years living here. This goes to show me that there is still good in this world.” The man said as he made his way to the door.

 

“Hey Mister” Ramen called “what's your name?”

 

“My name is Takahiro Kun” the man now known as Taka said.

 

“My name is Ramen Uzumaki” the blonde boy said with a smile. “And these are my friends Daiki Rock and Shuri Aburame. Sorry for the trouble we caused.”

 

With a wave of his hand Takahiro Kun walked out of the room, with a renewed faith in society.

 

Thinking of his name Tsunade soon stood up and grabbed a scroll that was gathering dust on a shelf. Looking up his name her eyes widened in surprise when she finished what she was reading.

 

“What is it Grandma” Ramen asked the pale woman.

 

“He's a very old friend of Jiraiya's. We thought he had died when we were in our twenties. I can't believe he is still alive. I must let Jiraiya know.” Tsunade said with a smile on her face. “And I know just how to do it. Team Seven your new mission on Saturday is to have guard duty at the private hot springs here in town. I have tickets for each of your families, in helping us find an old friend.” Handing them two missions Tsunade dismissed them with a smile on her face. Leaving Iruka in charge to hand out missions to the Genin's, Tsunade went to have a talk with an old, newly found friend.