Hanabi did this while wondering what her father wanted her to see. The next thing she knew was that she was suddenly grabbed and thrown into the pond, causing her to become completely soaked with her hair now a mess. She rose up from the water and spat the pond water out of her mouth.
"Father," Hanabi called with a confused expression.
"I'll tell you what I see," Hiashi said before he burst into a cloud of white smoke. When the smoke cleared, Hanabi couldn't believe who she saw.
"You!" Hanabi growled.
"I see a foolish little kunoichi who got caught in the act after letting her guard down," Naruto said, "Had this been a true mission in enemy territory, you'd be dead now. Remember, just because you're very familiar with the terrain doesn't give you free reign to become careless. And like I told you before, I've been keeping my eyes on you."
"I hope that doesn't include when I'm bathing," Hanabi remarked.
"Don't flatter yourself," Naruto shot back. "I'm not into underdeveloped little girls."
"Underdeveloped?" Hanabi repeated feeling insulted.
"But since you're Hinata-chan's little sister," Naruto continued, "you still hold promise. But speaking of bathing…"
Naruto took out a bar of soap from his pocket and threw it at her.
"Go clean yourself up," Naruto said before he burst into a cloud of smoke, using shunshin, and left the area. Hanabi was in a rage. Not only did Naruto thoroughly prank her, but he also made a total fool out of her.
"Damn you!" Hanabi cursed. "I'll get you for this, Naruto-kun! Somehow I will!"
"Hanabi," Hinata called as she approached her younger sister with a confused expression. "Why are you in the pond fully dressed with a bar of soap?"
Hanabi face-palmed, trying to control her seething rage. It was going to be hard trying to make up some story while not telling what really happened.
I don't care how long it takes, Hanabi said within herself, I'll get back at him somehow!
(Two Months Later)
Since Team 7 had been an official team, they had gone from one mission to another, all of them D-rank. These missions consisted of babysitting, carrying groceries, gardening work, walking villager's pets, painting fences, and other mundane things. If they weren't doing those things, they were doing team exercises, spars, and weapons training. For Naruto, this was nothing but a waste of his time, and every "mission" only served to irritate him further. So much so that he'd make and switch with one of his kage bunshins while he sneaked off elsewhere and trained in secret, learning new seals or mastering new jutsu.
And speaking of new jutsu, there were a few he started working on in private. One of them was a powerful A-class attack jutsu that had no hand signs for the Sharingan to copy; that being called the Rasengan, created by the Yondaime years ago.
And another was a B class wind jutsu he learned from the Forbidden Scroll called Kaze Sokudo Chikara. That form of wind manipulation accelerated one's velocity while running, allowing the user to move as fast as the wind. The jutsu also allowed the user to execute a mighty body crash against the target(s) with no harm to the user. However, the jutsu required the user to have massive stamina, wind chakra nature, and physical endurance since, after prolonged usage, it would take a toll on the body.
Besides mastering new jutsu during the two months, Naruto increased the strength of his gravity and chakra restraint seals, as did Hinata. This became evident as they had to readjust to their self-imposed handicap, which slowed them down some. It took them about two weeks to adapt to the change and perform their regular duties and other functions while under the increased gravity and restraints.
Sasuke still watched and admired Hinata when he thought no one was watching, and a few times he tried to be around her when Naruto was too busy. Some time later, Sasuke went to one of the training grounds Hinata frequently uses and found her there, training alone as she was punching and kicking the training post there. He approached her and asked if she'd like to spend her time training and hanging with him. Hinata, however, popped into smoke and revealed herself to be Kakashi using a henge. The Jounin scolded Sasuke sternly again for ignoring his advice to stop his senseless desire and romantic pursuit of Naruto's girlfriend.
Over the weeks, Naruto, through the use of his kage bunshins, continued his secret studies and sparring sessions with Lee after getting him drunk, determined to learn and master the drunken fist style. So far, Naruto learned a great deal from it and managed to develop ways to incorporate it into his fighting styles after many private practice sessions. As Naruto was learning quickly, the drunken fist earned its name and required a great deal of speed, flexibly, and the ability to be unpredictable, all of which Naruto was thankfully armed with thanks to his years of training.
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