Chapter 15
A Shy Devil-Chan.
Above The Village.
Naruto was flying towards Training Ground 8, since everybody knew that each team are assigned their own training grounds with the same number as their team.
He was enjoying the freedom of flight, to be able to move around, as free as a bird out of it's cage, that is how Naruto felt, before his blood was unlocked, he felt trapped, caged in, but while unlocking his blood, it felt like the bird was scratching at the bars, wanting to escape, he was terrified because he felt safe in his cage, yet he wanted his freedom, he wanted to be just like he was now.
He shook his head for the moment, realizing he was arriving near Training Ground 8, so he goes in for a landing, all of Team 8 noticed his landing and couldn't believe someone could actually fly, though Shino just raises his eyebrows, no-one knows his facial expression because of his jacket, his bugs kept telling him not to engage this person in combat, he wasn't going to question them about that, he could feel the power off of the new person as well.
Kiba was gobsmacked, he was also wondering if this new guy, who smelled familiar, could teach both him and Akamaru the jutsu for it too, after all, a flying dog would be so cool.
Hinata though was surprise to see someone flying so easily, yet she's got this nagging feeling she knows this person from somewhere, it wasn't his outfit or his power, even though it was strong, not it was the smirk he was wearing, it looked so much like Naruto it was unreal, a distant relative perhaps, has someone finally came to give Naruto the family she knew he always wanted, she'll just wait for him to introduce himself.
Kiba, with Akamaru shaking next to him, Akamaru could tell the new guy was an Alpha, on the other hand, had to put his foot in his mouth, "Hey who the hell are you, and why do you smell like the deadlast Naruto."
Naruto felt insulted, he had a moments twitch on his eye at the "deadlast" remark, it was because of Mizuki's sabotage of his grades that he was the deadlast, he knows that know because after all, the teme wanted to kill him because of the Kyuubi and he was teaching just as long as Iruka, so who knows what else the "Deadman Walking" did during his time in the academy, that was a thought for another day.
Naruto clears his throat, gives a serious look and gestures Kiba to move towards him, Kiba was never Chakra sensitive, hell he couldn't even see he insulted Naruto in his face.
So like Kiba, he moves towards the guy, wondering what he wants, standing at arms length, he never saw the fist coming down on his head, it wasn't a hard hit, just hard for Kiba to survive, yet knock some sense into him, it didn't stop him from complaining though.
Pulling his head out the dirt, like an ostrich, he looks towards the guy with anger, that was humorous to Naruto, "WHAT THE HELL MAN, I ASKED YOU WHY YOU SMELLED LIKE NARUTO AND YA HIT ME!?"
Cleaning his ear with his pinky, Naruto simply said, "Rule Number 1, when an unknown makes his appearance and he tells ya to go near him, never do that, you don't know if he's a friendly or a enemy, also if things can be resolved peacefully, never demand anything from them." He says this to all of them.
Before Kiba could yell out more, Shino, being logical and professional person he was, asked, "Excuse me, but who are you and why are you here?"
Naruto just nods his head, "Yes, that's how you do it, you keep your guard up and talk without being rude, otherwise, the person you're talking to, won't give you a proper response."
After he said that Naruto relaxes more, he still kept his senses open because he knows how Kiba is, then he introduces himself in his way, "Hey guys, it's been a while."
Kiba then yells out, though quietly, not wanting to get hit again, "What the hell are you talking about, we haven't even seen you before!?"
All Naruto did was smile a Ryoko smile and replies, "I'm Naruto." Lifting the bangs up so they could see his whiskers, they all were in shock.
Standing before them was Naruto, looking in his early 20's, though Hinata was red at how handsome Naruto became, he was cute before, but now he looked handsome, with a cat-like quality to him.
Before any of Team 8 could ask, Naruto lets go of his hair and says to the three, "The reason why I'm different is because my bloodline has awakened, I won't go into details, because you guys should understand about Clan secrets and all that."
Off course team 8 knows about clan secrets, being as all three were from a clan.
Hinata stuttered out, "Naruto-kun, why are you here?" (A.N. I'm not quiet good at Hinata's stutters so just imagine them)
Naruto scratches his nose in slight embarrassment, since it was his fault that their sensei was"indisposed" at the moment, "Well you see, because my bloodline awakened, I gained the memories of my ancestor, so me and my sensei thought that using that knowledge I can train the team with him and it's working out for us, granted I tease them into training, but that's besides the point."
Still having Team 8's attention, he clears his throat and finishes, "Anyway, you see, your sensei, Kurenai, had a little accident, it's nothing to get worried for, it's just a sprain," Well he wasn't lying about it being an accident, but he'd doubt they'd want the truth, especially Hinata, he continued, "Anyway, she can't walk around as good and I found her nursing it," Again, not quite a lie, after all he did find her, just peeping is all.
Carrying on, "So, I took her to my place and left a shadow clone to help her out, I would've took her to her place, but mine was closer."
Yeah closer being the house over the road, but anyway, "She was worried about skipping today's training, since you guys had a day off yesterday, so I said I'd help, she was against it at first, but I managed to talk her into it." Snogging her into submission more like.
Agreeing with what Naruto said, Shino and Hinata excepted his answer, all except Kiba, "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU TRAINING US, YOUR THE DOBE OF THE CLASS." THUD!
The cause of Kiba's smack with the floor, again, was Naruto, he flickered out of they view and behind Kiba, then whacked him over the head, making Kiba's legs stick out of the dirt this time.
He then grabbed one of Kiba's foot, dragged him from the ground with little effort, showing he was way stronger than he was last time they saw him, Naruto lifted Kiba up with his foot, making Kiba eye level with him upside down, saw the swirls in Kiba's eyes, then shook him a bit to wake him up, that did the trick.
Now Kiba felt he was being glared at by an alpha, like his mom, so he kept quiet, "The reason I'm the deadlast was because of Mizuki, most likely, sabotaging me, thinking I was an omen because I was born on the day of the Kyuubi attack," That shocked all of them, they always wondered why the villages ignored or glared at Naruto all the time, now they know it was because he was a reminder of what the villages last that day, but they weren't the villages.
Naruto continues, "I have been helping my team get stronger and it has been working, I no longer have a crush on Sakura now, I now see her as a little sister to annoy and help, she is helping Sasuke open up more and Sasuke is helping Sakura in training, hell, I wouldn't be surprise to hear wedding bell when they're older, but because I keep embarrassing they are becoming closer and conscious of one another,"
They were surprised to hear him see Sakura as a sister instead of a girlfriend now, though Hinata thought she now has a chance to tell Naruto her feelings, "And now, since I offered to help out Kurenai-sensei, because of her accident, I am going to train you guys, just like my team, I'll be strengthening each one of your bodies to their limits, I won't be teaching you guys jutsus, but I'll be pushing your bodies hard, I won't be coddling or babying you guys at all, you guys give me 120% and I will make you the best and strongest tracking team there is, along with my team."
Hinata was happy at not only getting a chance to spend time with Naruto, but to have someone to push her to be stronger, don't get her wrong, she loves Kurenai like a big sister, but even she knows Kurenai can be mothering at times, though to be honest Kurenai may just want a child for her own, but hasn't found anyone yet to give her said child.
Naruto sneezed a little, looking left and right, feeling as though someone was talking about him, but shrugged it off as pollen in the air or something.
Naruto then lets go of Kiba, dropping him on his head, though Naruto didn't care, he felt Kiba's head was hard enough to survive so who cares.
Getting straight to it, Naruto gives himself a few stretches and gets himself ready for pushing them, "You guy's will be doing basic exercises, from push-ups to sit-up, to pull-ups and cardio, then they'll be stamina and endurance training, no point in having a lot of chakra if you don't have the energy for it, then there'll be a hour break for lunch, we'll go into the village and you guys fill up until you can't eat no more, with fruits and vegetables, that goes you too Kiba, just because dogs can't eat them doesn't mean you can't, then it'll be tree climbing until you guys are almost out of chakra, not enough for chakra exhaustion, but just so you can feel tired and feeling your muscles burning, that's how you know the training is working."
After Tortu-Training.
The whole team was exhausted, Kiba and Akamaru were out cold, Shino was laying down, though it was hard to tell if he was unconscious or not with his shades and he STILL wore his jacket while doing the training, though Naruto was a bit lenient with Shino's training, no point getting heatstroke from it.
Then there was Hinata, she still manages to stand, but barely, you see for the team to get Naruto's full training, he created two clones to help out Shino and Kiba with Akamaru, Naruto, on the other hand, helped out Hinata, he really pushed her and when she was down, Naruto encouraged her to get back up and keep going, unlike her father, who kept belittling her, she knows he was trying to use negative response but it wasn't helping her in the slightest, Naruto on the other hand was using positive response, telling her she can do it and to not give up.
And she did, Naruto has, somehow, ignited a spark in her she didn't know she had, those flames where getting just as big as Naruto's, granted she was dead on her feet, but she couldn't have been happier, she out did, not only her team, but herself as well, all thanks to "Naruto-Sensei", she giggled at the thought, not at the ridiculousness of it, but that, somehow, it sounds just right.
After the two clones that were helping Kiba and Shino with their training, he dispelled them two, being mindful of the first two clones with Kurenai and his team, he made two more to drop off the two boys at their homes and to tell they parents to tell them to keep doing the training to build up from it, and once he and Hinata were alone, he turns to her and starts to tell her everything, from the Kyuubi, to Ryoko, to the C.R.A. and himself and the girls he's with and if, in time, she would like to join him.
Hinata was shocked, Naruto was an Alien-hybrid, not only that, he slept with four women, at the lest, one of them being her own teacher, and now he was asking if she would like to join, of cause being in a clan, she knows what the C.R.A. is about, though she still feels slightly cheated, then again he did say he'd give her time to think about it, feeling she was about to fall from the training, she sighed and asks for time, which he wholeheartedly agreed to, he didn't want to push her into it, then explains that he'll come visit in team 8's grounds to continue the training, then tells her he had a feeling Kiba would slack off.
That got a giggle out of Hinata, Kiba always wants to play with Akamaru, she and Shino keep trying to get him to train, but his attention always wonders and then he mess around with Kiba, she knows it's apart of his clan to bond with Akamaru, but he shouldn't neglect his own training.
All of a sudden, giving a small, "eep!" She felt someone pick her up bridal-style, that someone being Naruto, he really wasn't making her choice easy, "W-W-What are you doing, N-N-Naruto-kun!?"
All Naruto did was smile, yeah that smile was cheating for her, then replied, "I'm helping you home, after the training I put you and your team through, you'd be lucky to walk 2 inches, let alone, all the way to your house."
She couldn't deny that, she was aching all over, though a good hot herbal bath may help with that, she decides that the bath was a good idea before bed, so for now she got comfortable in Naruto's arms and he slowly levitated of the ground, taking Hinata higher and flying to the Hyuga Clan House, she enjoyed the flight, it was so beautiful from their position, with the sun low, hitting the village just right, giving it an orange glow.
She felt even more that Naruto was cheating, his smile, his warmth, his kindness and now showing her this view, he really wasn't giving her a choice here, though she felt it might not be such a bad cheat, sneaky yes, but bad no.