You Don't Know My Name: Chapter 8
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You Don't Know My Name: Chapter 8
Kiba cursed. Maybe he shouldn't have given up so easily. It was just too risky to put Hinata's life on the line like that.
The time limit was fair: Two days.
The objective was easy: Rescue Hinata before time expires.
But what wasn't right was Gaara not telling them where the 'hostages' were taken. Stumbling blind is one thing. It's a whole other when it's in the scorching hot, vast desert with a short time limit. Damn Sand shinobi and their impatience.
So here were Naruto, Sakura, and Kiba, lost in the desert and the clock ticking.
"It goes on forever." Sakura stated her hand flat above her eyes, covering them from the sun. "If Hinata-san was here, she'd be able to use her Byakugan and tell us where to go."
"Che. And when I wanted her to stay, all you guys jumped down my throat" Kiba said, turning his head away.
"That was different. Hinata-san needs to make her own decisions; she's a kunoichi of Konoha. She doesn't need you to baby her." the pink haired girl told him, pointing her finger accusingly at him.
"You don't know anything..." the dog boy told her, turning his back to his two teammates.
That really ticked Sakura off. "What!"
Naruto looked over at the other boy. "Kiba, Sakura-chan's right. All you do is tell her to back down when things get too tough. Hinata's strong. Let her make her own choices."
Kiba turned around again, looking kinda angry. "Shut up, baka. I don't doubt Hinata's strong. I was on her team before both of you."
Sakura stepped in, "So then why-"
"Because I'd rather not see her get hurt."
"What a stupid thing to say. She's a shinobi!" the pink girl berated him. And she thought Naruto was dumb. At least he knows that ninjas get hurt all the time.
"So what? She's still Hinata. Sorry for not wanting to see someone I care for to get hurt. Do you like to see your teammates get hurt during missions?" he huffed as Akamaru barked in agreement.
Sakura blinked. She'd never pegged Kiba for the caring type.
"What's done is done so stop arguing already. Besides, I have something better than the Byakugan!" Naruto bragged before biting into his finger. Once he drew blood, he swiped it against his palm and formed seal. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu."
As the smoke clear, only a small frog was left.
Kiba and Sakura both sweatdropped before smacking Naruto upside his head.
"Baka! After all those years of training and you still can't call a decent sized frog!" Inner Sakura surfaced as she glared at the foxy shinobi.
"Don't get our hopes up!" Kiba growled as Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Kid, where's my cookie?" Gamakichi said, hoping onto Naruto's head.
"Grr…Gamakichi, why are you here? I was calling your dad"
"I wanted to come out and play. Besides, I wanted a cookie."
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She began to stir. As she tried to move her hands to wipe the sleepiness from her eyes, Hinata found that they were bound. In fact, she found her entire upper body was bound to what felt like a tree. She blinked away her weariness as she looked over her situation. She wasn't where she had expected to be.
There was no sand around her, only lush grass, tall palm trees, and a cool, inviting lake. It was an oasis. A beautiful one at that.
But this was not the time to think about that. She was tied to a tree after all, her life in the hands of her teammates as time ticked away. She struggled a little, trying to break free of her bondage, but found a nasty surprise.
A nasty electric-like shock that is.
With an almost silent yelp, she stopped her attempts to break free… for now. As she laid back and closed her eyes, a small chuckle reached her ears.
"You are a smart one. Most of the other struggled until they were shocked unconscious."
Hinata's eyes flung open immediately as she gazed up at the man that approached her. "Gaara-san?!?"
"It's my job. When you become conscious, you are allowed to ask me 3 questions."
She wanted to ask him, 'What do you mean,' but knowing of the Sand and their way of doing things, it would have counted as a question. She bit her lip as she concentrated on what to ask. After a short pause, she fixed her eyes on the red haired nin and asked, "Why this kinda of exam? This isn't a survival mission, just a rescue one… Plus, one of the shinobi from each team is not being tested."
"This exam is used because it does force everyone from each team to be tested, not just rely on one person to do all the work while the others slack off."
"How is everyone being tested? One is captured, while the others find them."
He looked down at her with a small smirk. "Even Naruto or Lee could not reach this place in the set time limit, especially if they are being weighted down by other teammates. The captured cannot rely on just being rescued. They must pull their own weight as well, or they will die."
Hinata's eyes widened. Of course. What kind of Chunnin exam test would not test everyone? Was she expecting just to do nothing and pass this test? No. Thanks to Gaara, she now knew what she had to do. She only has to find a way to do it.
She felt her heart pounding in her chest. One question left.
"How much time has passed?"
"Five hours." He said and then disappeared in a cloud of sand.
********
"Oi brat, behind you!" Gamakichi warned as a swarm of shuriken hurled their way towards Naruto's back.
The foxy shinobi dodges out of the way of most of he projectiles, blocking the rest with his kunai. He wants to fight these Sand nins, but they had more important things to do so….
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
50 Narutos appeared and took care of the opposing threat as he, Sakura, and Kiba continued to run forward.
They had been traveling in this direction for quite some time now with the number of enemy nin getting greater and greater… Guess they were on the right path, huh.
The sun was in west of the sky now, so Cell 7+8 knew that they needed to move faster. While they faced more enemies, they still could not see anything except the vast desert sands.
Suddenly, the sand beneath their feet began to shake and rumble, forcing them to fall to the ground. The sand beneath them seemed to explode as a large sand worm emerged. The screams of the injured ninjas fill the air as the sand creature indiscriminately rampaged.
Kiba, being the first one to regain his bearings, asked “So what do we do now?!”
His question brought everyone back from their initial terror. They looked from one another until all of their eyes landed on the small frog.
“Don’t look at me.” Gamakichi told him as he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
“Damnit!” the foxy shinobi cursed after the young frog.
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I know… I know… I've been taking too many lessons from Kakashi and Obito… Yeah. Lots of things have happened since my last update.
I'm so sorry everyone. With the death of NaruHina in the anime and manga for the longest time, I just stopped contributing to the NaruHina fandom like everyone else. It was stupid of me, really. I love this story and have been thinking about it everyday, but I just never sat down and wrote my thoughts down… Sorry. I'm a real idiot.
Thanks everyone that reviewed and has stuck with me to this point. I know I've probably killed a lot of you with the waiting… But I hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you want any updates, sneak peeks, or just to nag me into actually getting off of my lazy bum and start writing, I've got a live journal now! It's the homepage thingy on my profile page. Check it out. They beginning of this chapter has been there for a long time…
Thank you to everyone that reviewed. You guys are great and actually got me to start writing this again. Sorry again for the long wait. I promise to update more often now… Oh yeah… almost 8 years on FF.net!!! Yay!
You Don't Know My Name: Chapter 8
Kiba cursed. Maybe he shouldn't have given up so easily. It was just too risky to put Hinata's life on the line like that.
The time limit was fair: Two days.
The objective was easy: Rescue Hinata before time expires.
But what wasn't right was Gaara not telling them where the 'hostages' were taken. Stumbling blind is one thing. It's a whole other when it's in the scorching hot, vast desert with a short time limit. Damn Sand shinobi and their impatience.
So here were Naruto, Sakura, and Kiba, lost in the desert and the clock ticking.
"It goes on forever." Sakura stated her hand flat above her eyes, covering them from the sun. "If Hinata-san was here, she'd be able to use her Byakugan and tell us where to go."
"Che. And when I wanted her to stay, all you guys jumped down my throat" Kiba said, turning his head away.
"That was different. Hinata-san needs to make her own decisions; she's a kunoichi of Konoha. She doesn't need you to baby her." the pink haired girl told him, pointing her finger accusingly at him.
"You don't know anything..." the dog boy told her, turning his back to his two teammates.
That really ticked Sakura off. "What!"
Naruto looked over at the other boy. "Kiba, Sakura-chan's right. All you do is tell her to back down when things get too tough. Hinata's strong. Let her make her own choices."
Kiba turned around again, looking kinda angry. "Shut up, baka. I don't doubt Hinata's strong. I was on her team before both of you."
Sakura stepped in, "So then why-"
"Because I'd rather not see her get hurt."
"What a stupid thing to say. She's a shinobi!" the pink girl berated him. And she thought Naruto was dumb. At least he knows that ninjas get hurt all the time.
"So what? She's still Hinata. Sorry for not wanting to see someone I care for to get hurt. Do you like to see your teammates get hurt during missions?" he huffed as Akamaru barked in agreement.
Sakura blinked. She'd never pegged Kiba for the caring type.
"What's done is done so stop arguing already. Besides, I have something better than the Byakugan!" Naruto bragged before biting into his finger. Once he drew blood, he swiped it against his palm and formed seal. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu."
As the smoke clear, only a small frog was left.
Kiba and Sakura both sweatdropped before smacking Naruto upside his head.
"Baka! After all those years of training and you still can't call a decent sized frog!" Inner Sakura surfaced as she glared at the foxy shinobi.
"Don't get our hopes up!" Kiba growled as Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Kid, where's my cookie?" Gamakichi said, hoping onto Naruto's head.
"Grr…Gamakichi, why are you here? I was calling your dad"
"I wanted to come out and play. Besides, I wanted a cookie."
********
She began to stir. As she tried to move her hands to wipe the sleepiness from her eyes, Hinata found that they were bound. In fact, she found her entire upper body was bound to what felt like a tree. She blinked away her weariness as she looked over her situation. She wasn't where she had expected to be.
There was no sand around her, only lush grass, tall palm trees, and a cool, inviting lake. It was an oasis. A beautiful one at that.
But this was not the time to think about that. She was tied to a tree after all, her life in the hands of her teammates as time ticked away. She struggled a little, trying to break free of her bondage, but found a nasty surprise.
A nasty electric-like shock that is.
With an almost silent yelp, she stopped her attempts to break free… for now. As she laid back and closed her eyes, a small chuckle reached her ears.
"You are a smart one. Most of the other struggled until they were shocked unconscious."
Hinata's eyes flung open immediately as she gazed up at the man that approached her. "Gaara-san?!?"
"It's my job. When you become conscious, you are allowed to ask me 3 questions."
She wanted to ask him, 'What do you mean,' but knowing of the Sand and their way of doing things, it would have counted as a question. She bit her lip as she concentrated on what to ask. After a short pause, she fixed her eyes on the red haired nin and asked, "Why this kinda of exam? This isn't a survival mission, just a rescue one… Plus, one of the shinobi from each team is not being tested."
"This exam is used because it does force everyone from each team to be tested, not just rely on one person to do all the work while the others slack off."
"How is everyone being tested? One is captured, while the others find them."
He looked down at her with a small smirk. "Even Naruto or Lee could not reach this place in the set time limit, especially if they are being weighted down by other teammates. The captured cannot rely on just being rescued. They must pull their own weight as well, or they will die."
Hinata's eyes widened. Of course. What kind of Chunnin exam test would not test everyone? Was she expecting just to do nothing and pass this test? No. Thanks to Gaara, she now knew what she had to do. She only has to find a way to do it.
She felt her heart pounding in her chest. One question left.
"How much time has passed?"
"Five hours." He said and then disappeared in a cloud of sand.
********
"Oi brat, behind you!" Gamakichi warned as a swarm of shuriken hurled their way towards Naruto's back.
The foxy shinobi dodges out of the way of most of he projectiles, blocking the rest with his kunai. He wants to fight these Sand nins, but they had more important things to do so….
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
50 Narutos appeared and took care of the opposing threat as he, Sakura, and Kiba continued to run forward.
They had been traveling in this direction for quite some time now with the number of enemy nin getting greater and greater… Guess they were on the right path, huh.
The sun was in west of the sky now, so Cell 7+8 knew that they needed to move faster. While they faced more enemies, they still could not see anything except the vast desert sands.
Suddenly, the sand beneath their feet began to shake and rumble, forcing them to fall to the ground. The sand beneath them seemed to explode as a large sand worm emerged. The screams of the injured ninjas fill the air as the sand creature indiscriminately rampaged.
Kiba, being the first one to regain his bearings, asked “So what do we do now?!”
His question brought everyone back from their initial terror. They looked from one another until all of their eyes landed on the small frog.
“Don’t look at me.” Gamakichi told him as he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
“Damnit!” the foxy shinobi cursed after the young frog.
________________________________________________________________
I know… I know… I've been taking too many lessons from Kakashi and Obito… Yeah. Lots of things have happened since my last update.
I'm so sorry everyone. With the death of NaruHina in the anime and manga for the longest time, I just stopped contributing to the NaruHina fandom like everyone else. It was stupid of me, really. I love this story and have been thinking about it everyday, but I just never sat down and wrote my thoughts down… Sorry. I'm a real idiot.
Thanks everyone that reviewed and has stuck with me to this point. I know I've probably killed a lot of you with the waiting… But I hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you want any updates, sneak peeks, or just to nag me into actually getting off of my lazy bum and start writing, I've got a live journal now! It's the homepage thingy on my profile page. Check it out. They beginning of this chapter has been there for a long time…
Thank you to everyone that reviewed. You guys are great and actually got me to start writing this again. Sorry again for the long wait. I promise to update more often now… Oh yeah… almost 8 years on FF.net!!! Yay!