Chapter 24: 24 the byakugan
Something vaguely familiar passed by his head, as he turns his attention to the original and everything seemed to stop. He watched awestruck as the blonde disappeared in a flash of yellow light that he had seen a hundred times. He felt the presence behind and turned to meet a painful punch to his jaw.
The blonde reared back for another blow, but bent over clutching his stomach. If he had eaten earlier, any and all contents of his stomach would have been vacated. Instead, he proceeded throw up an unhealthy amount of blood.
Still awestruck, Kakashi ripped off the seal with mild katon pilot jutsu as he rubbed his jaw. That had actually hurt.
More importantly, the blonde was more and more reminding him of the ghost of his past. That had been the Hiraishin no jutsu, no doubt about it. He really was the budding fuinjutsu prodigy the Hokage had boasted him to be.
Naruto squatted hugging his stomach as he tried to orient himself.
"I feel awful."
"You're about to feel a lot worse," a chilling voice said behind him.
Naruto could barely register the words before a blinding pain erupted from his ass as Kakashi shouted, "Konoha Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death!"
The boy was sent skyrocketing into the air heading deep into the woods before a satisfying thud was heard from the clearing.
Kakashi barely had time to think as a shuriken whipped past his face. This team was just full of surprises. It was time to see if Sasuke's performance could live up to Naruto's stellar showing.
Hinata raced through the woods heading towards where Naruto had impacted. She had found him easily enough with her byakugan, but Kakashi-sensei had really sent him flying. It took her at least seven minutes to reach Naruto's location, and she didn't like what she saw when she arrived.
Naruto had apparently crashed head first through a thick branch and was now passed out on the forest floor. On his way down, the branches had torn up his face and now it was covered in some nasty scratches.
She turned him over and carefully dragged him so that he was leaning against a tree. She didn't know what caused him to vomit so intensively after that technique, but she didn't wanting him choking if he had a repeat episode. She reached into her pouch and took out her special ointment that she had made herself and started working on fixing his cuts.
As she worked on the blonde, dabbing the cream on his scratches, Kakashi could not help but be impressed. He stalked the pair from the treetops as his clone finished up with Sasuke. He couldn't help but be surprised by her medical knowledge. He was pleased to note that all traces of her shyness seemed to evaporate as she worked. She reminded him of a doctor working in an operating room. No emotions clouding your judgement and just focusing on your goal.
'Time to see if those Hyuuga eyes were as good at detecting genjutsu as the clan claimed.' Kakashi began to cast a light genjutsu with the intention of making it seem like Naruto's state was deteriorating, but the moment the jutsu started to seep into her system, she whipped around and noticed him immediately. Even without the byakugan active, she still saw right through his genjutsu. He cut the jutsu short and just stared back at the girl. 'Now that took some serious chakra control and mental discipline.' He was actually starting to like this girl.
He dropped to the ground in front of them as Hinata took up a defensive stance over Naruto.
"That's some very efficient cream. Those scratches already look like they're healing. Any chance you're willing to tell me where you got it?"
"I made it myself from herbs found within the Hyuuga estate." Kakashi noted how her stance did not waiver, despite her cordial tone.
"Really? Very impressive. Now then, what are you going to do? There isn't much time left, and you're the only one who hasn't attempted to obtain the bells."
She bit her lip as she glanced between the jounin and the boy behind her. There was no way she was going to be able to protect him as well as try to get the bells. She was no fool. She knew she had no chance by herself. She needed help.
She quickly flung a kunai at Kakashi before slamming a smoke grenade into the ground. He didn't even move his feet as he batted the kunai away, keeping his eye on the smoke. After the cloud settled, he wasn't too surprised that Hinata and Naruto were gone. 'At least she understood the point of the exercise,' Kakashi thought to himself, 'but that isn't enough. All three of them have to work together if they want to succeed.'
Hinata raced towards Sasuke's chakra with Naruto's limp form on her back. With Naruto out cold she was going to need the Uchiha's help if any of them were going to pass. As she entered the clearing, she was startled to find Sasuke's head sticking out of the ground.
He shot her a glare as a blush erupted across his cheeks. "Not. A. Word," he muttered, clearly embarrassed by his helpless situation.
She gave him a nod, and carefully set Naruto, before helping him dig himself out. Around this time, Naruto was finally beginning to stir, and when he did, he was met with a massive headache.
"Ugh, what hit me?" he said as he tried to regain his bearings. His eyes were blurry and he blinked a few times before his vision finally came back into focus on the sight of Sasuke's head. He took one look, before bursting out laughing and falling on his back.
Sasuke's face burned crimson in anger and embarrassment. "Shut up, dumbass!"
"Oh my lord. This is priceless!" The blonde rolled on the ground clutching his sides, as Sasuke finally climbed free from his trap. He gave Hinata a thankful nod as he began brushing off his clothes.
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