Naruto: Sacred Scroll

"Is that even possible?" Hanabi replied cynically. "Our clan's fighting style is fine as it is."

"Perhaps," Naruto said. "But there comes a time when innovative steps must be taken in order to upgrade from the old ways to the new ones. There's nothing wrong with your clan's style, as it's held its ground and reputation for years. However, refusing to adapt and incorporate new ideas and possibilities while stubbornly choosing to stick to the old ways often times does more harm than good, especially when an enemy ninja learns to adapt to your style after many encounters and develops ways to counter you. By choosing to stick to the old ways instead of reforming and upgrading to new tactics, you leave yourself open to your enemies' in-depth familiarity with your style and counterattacks, which could lead to your defeat and, ultimately, your demise."

Hanabi found Naruto's logic hard to challenge as she tried to come up with a way to counter him.

"But you've never fought against a hardened experienced Juuken fighter, Naruto-kun," Hanabi said. "I'm sure there were times you sparred with Neesan, but I don't think you've gained much, if any, understanding of our clan's Juuken, since she loses to me in every spar we have."

Naruto removed his jacket, revealing his black T-shirt, and tied it around his waist before he stepped over and stood in front of Hanabi, which forced the young girl to look up at him.

"Fight me, right now," Naruto challenged. Before she could argue, Naruto reached out, grabbed Hanabi and body flickered with her out of her bedroom. Hanabi looked around and found that she was no longer in her bedroom, but in a secluded and dark training ground outside the village walls.

"Are you crazy! What are you doing?" Hanabi yelled in an uncharacteristic and frightened tone.

"Fight me!" Naruto challenged again as he backed away and assumed a fighting stance, "I'll spar with you using the Drunken Fist only. You'll fight me using your clan's Juuken. If you can hit me just once, then you can disregard everything I told you about my new plan for a new hybrid Juuken style."

Hanabi's right eye started twitching as she looked at Naruto in disbelief.

"Naruto-kun!" Hanabi growled angrily. "I'm cold! I'm barefooted! And I'm out here only in my sleep clothes!"

"If you're that angry, then do something about it," Naruto suggested with a shrug. "But if you don't wish to fight, then you can always walk back to the village. However, it'll be a very long walk back, and by now the main entrance is either closed or heavily guarded by the night watch and even from there it's a long walk to the Hyuuga manor. Plus, I highly doubt you want to explain how you even got out here, and, if you do, it'll only lead to more trouble for you when they ask what a ninja like me is doing in your bedroom drinking high-class wine with you."

By this time, Hanabi was fuming with her fists clenched tightly and her Byakugan fully activated. It amazed her that in spite of her well-known calm and collective character and demeanor, Naruto could press her buttons this much to incite this kind of behavior.

"Damn you!" Hanabi said lowly, before she yelled, "DAMN YOU, NARUTO-KUN!"

In a rage, Hanabi rushed at Naruto with the aim to strike the chakra points on his body. Resorting to Drunken Fist, Naruto acted like a stumbling, giddy drunkard while evading all of her strikes. Growing angrier, Hanabi increased her speed and charged at him with precise aim. But just as before, Naruto seemingly stumbled and staggered all around Hanabi, whose attacks failed to land a blow on him. A moment later, Hanabi was smacked on top of her head, causing her to yelp from the hit before she backed away and rubbed her head.

"C-munn Na…Nanabu-chan," Naruto said mockingly as though he was a smiling and blushing drunk, "Eben Hinata-chan show mo effort an grace."

"I'll show you some effort!" Hanabi retorted as she charged at Naruto.

"Yu so cute when angwee," Naruto said in a slurred voice.

"Shut up!" Hanabi yelled as their attack-evade dance resumed. A few minutes later, Naruto stumbled backwards and fell to the ground on his back, appearing to have fallen asleep. Hanabi raced at him to strike him while he was down. Standing over him, she moved in to attack, but each time she thrust her hand down at him, Naruto, while still looking to be asleep, would move back and forth and side to side to avoid her hits, which ended up only hitting the dirt. Naruto then slipped away from underneath her before speedily standing back up in a drunken sleepwalking position.

By this time, Hanabi was trying to catch her breath.

"Nana-Nanabu-chan," Naruto said in the same fashion as before.

"It's Hanabi!" Hanabi retorted.

Naruto smiled and blushed. "Why so angwee? Show me a sumile on dat face."

"Damn it! You're a real pain in the ass!" Hanabi remarked.

Again Naruto smiled toothily. "Naughty little wine girl has potty mouth! Your Naruto-kun will spank!"

"You wouldn't dare!" Hanabi defied.

"Co-Comere Hanabi-chan," Naruto stuttered as he now took the offense and went after Hanabi. The young Hyuuga was hard-pressed trying to dodge all of Naruto's rapid assaults that kept coming at her relentlessly. Many of his hits made their way through her defenses and landed hits on her, although they did no real harm or injury to her. They were more like smacks and light jabs to her sides, stomach and chest cavity area. The next thing Hanabi knew, Naruto smacked her hard on her butt. She screamed for a second as she stopped and rubbed where Naruto spanked her.

"I told you Naruto-kun will spank naughty little potty mouth wine girl," Naruto said in a mock-drunk tone. Hanabi gave Naruto a death glare.

"You're so dead!" Hanabi growled.

"Me not dead," Naruto said as he staggered from side to side. "Me awive." He covered his eyes. "You is bwind little wine girl."

"I've had just about enough of you!" Hanabi retorted as she used her remaining strength to battle Naruto again. Her pace was sluggish and less precise as fatigue and soreness were taking effect on her. The blond evaded all of her attacks and sidestepped her at every convenient moment. Naruto spanked her again, causing her to yelp loudly before she stopped and massaged her rear again while catching her breath.

"Do you understand what I mean now, my Little Nighttime Firecracker?" Naruto asked. She looked at Naruto with anger-filled eyes, as her pride wouldn't let her admit that she lost to Naruto in their very first match against each other.

"The Hyuuga clan in general pride themselves on their Juuken style," Naruto said. "But over the course of time, while studying and watching Hinata-chan, you, Neji, and others of your clan, I learned to adapt to your clan's style, and developed ways to counter you Hyuugas. If I learned to do this, what makes you think that, somewhere down the line, others won't develop their own ways to counter you guys? In spite of all of your training, you couldn't even land a blow on me because I learned to upgrade my style of fighting to counter yours."

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