Sorry for the late update. My grandma was hospitalized and I was with her the whole time and then my grades dropped and I had to take time to do that. My computer broke and I never really liked my laptop, lol, but I'm back now. I hope people are still looking forward to new chapters.

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Chapter 5

Korin Tower | Dragon?

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Team Dragon, Below Korin Tower

"I have to Chakra climb this whole tower?" Hinata asked her sensei to make sure she heard right. She frowned seeing her sensei nodded with a grin on his face. "I have to climb this tower while Trunks and Goten throw kunai's at me?" Another nod. "And I can't fly?" Gohan nodded, her teammates grinned and she groaned. "How is this going to make me stronger?"

Gohan smiled at her. "It will increase your Chakra reserves. Once you make it to the top we will start our actual training that I have planned." He grinned as he explained, "One of my dear friends is up there, he's going to give you some weights when you are done with this." Hinata nodded rubbed her temple, before bringing her chakra down to her feet. She placed her feet on the tower and started walking up, slowly. Goten and Trunks grinned at each other as they floated up in the air, grabbing numerous kunai from their pouches.

Hinata stopped, did a couple of hand signs and muttered, "Byakugan." Hinata smiled satisfied with herself before she began to start walking up the tower again. She increased her speed when she saw an incoming kunai thrown at her. She grabbed a kunai with her hand and then another one. Her eyes widen as she began to fall off the tower. She had lost focus. Hinata cursed, before reattaching her feet back on the tower. She deflected the kunai's as she slowly began moving her feet up the tower. She slowly began to go into a run as she sped up the tower. She caught a kunai one more time and used that kunai to deflect the many other kunai's that were thrown at her.

Her run began to slow down to a walk as she felt her chakra decrease. She let out a curse. Her chakra was decreasing quickly. She looked up and noticed that she wasn't even half a way up the tower. Her eyes bulged as her feet started to slip off. She quickly wrapped her arms around the tower. She stayed like that for a couple of minutes not moving. She carefully once again placed her feet on the tower and started to walk up.

Gohan grinned as he looks down at Hinata from his standing position in the air. She didn't have much chakra reserves left and would surely fall sooner than later. His eyes widened a fraction as he saw Hinata's feet slip off and her eyes closing from chakra exhaustion. Trunks eyes widened. "Gohan!" He screamed. "Hinata's falling!"

Gohan shook his head. "Don't do anything, Trunks." He replied. "I want to see something." Trunks clenched his jaw but nodded slowly. His uneasiness became to rise as he saw Hinata almost reaching the ground at a fast speed.

"Gohan." He hissed. He looked over to look at Gohan. The older Saiyan had an unreadable expression on his face.

Hinata eyes widen before quickly stopping in mid-air and then slowly landing on the ground. She took a deep breath calming down her racing heart. Goten and Trunks landing next to her. "Hinata are you okay?" Trunks asked urgently, placing his hand on her should before quickly retreating it.

Hinata nodded and gave him a thumbs up. "Nothing I can't handle... I think?" She replied. She shook her head. "Okay. I got this," She looked towards Gohan who appeared in a flash.

Gohan smiled at her. "We'll continue this training tomorrow. Now we'll start with actual training. Come and attack me." Right after that, he was gone. Hinata blinked before her eyes widen slightly and jumped off the ground, a white aura covering her as she flew up Korin Tower. The two boys right behind her.

Training Ground, Team Seven

Naruto placed his foot on the tree, pushing chakra down to his feet before placing his other foot on the tree. If only Goten was here he could have helped him, he looked over at his other teammates and noticed that Sakura was already halfway up the tree, she was casually walking. Naruto blinked slightly when he saw Kakashi talked to Sakura and after that Sakura walked over to the lake and tried walking on it. Sasuke was struggling just like him but at least he had the basics down.

Naruto let out a frustrated sigh. He then took a deep breath. Keep calm and he could do this. He stood in front of the tree. It felt like he put too much chakra into his feet. "What if I try a little bit of chakra?" He whispered to himself. He as he said and placed both feet on the tree before he was sending falling on his back. He rubbed his back. "Now that felt like too little?"

He sat on the ground. "Maybe if I meditate? I saw Goten and Trunks do it before. Maybe it'll work."

From the other tree, Sasuke watched with a frown. "The dope is losing it. He's talking to himself." He then turned his eyes towards the lake Sakura was currently walking on. He took a deep breath. Then his mind went to Hinata and her teammates. What were they doing now? Probably doing some actually good training than climbing a tree.

Kakashi smiled through his mask. "He actually has Hinata walking up a larger, larger tower than that tree. Compared to what she is climbing your tree is like a snail."

Sasuke blinked and nodded slowly. He looked over at Naruto and found him meditating. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath and placed his feet on the tree and started walking.

Korin Tower, Team Dragon.

Hinata grunted as she slid across the surface of the tower, her head dangling off. When they got up the tower the three students and their sensei started sparring as training. Hinata carefully got back up to her feet and looked at the fight that was happening in front of her. Goten and Trunks were tag teaming Gohan. Their attacks fast and precise. Hinata closed her eyes. Will she ever be able to match that? To her, it seemed impossible. She took a deep breath trying to calm down her anxiousness. She opened her eyes to see Gohan staring directly at her, causing her to let out a gasp and walk backward slightly. Hinata looked over at Trunks and Goten to see them rubbing their heads as they sat on the floor.

"Hinata." Gohan started. "Don't look down on yourself. You will get strong, you have been improving lately and your confidence has grown. That's good. Just don't give up okay? The strongest people are the ones that won't back down for anything. Just remember that, okay?" Hinata nodded. "Good. Now, let's start training again." Gohan took a couple of steps back before charging at her. Hinata's eyes widened at the intensity. She threw a ki blast at him before flying up in the air.

Hinata squinted her eyes as she felt a presence behind her. As fast as she could she turned around to only meet a punch to her face. She faltered slightly before staring directly at Gohan as she rubbed her cheek. Gohan didn't say anything just preceded to create a ki blast. Hinata copied his actions quickly, took a leap forward and brought the ki blast right into Gohan's. Gohan smiled and put more energy into the blast, pushing Hinata backward. Hinata gasped, as she felt Gohan's power. She closed her mouth before applying energy as well. Gohan didn't falter though. Hinata cringed before apply more energy into it, her gi sleeve burning up in the process. Gohan pushed his hand out further sending Hinata flying down into the floor but before she could hit the ground, her body disappeared in a puff of smoke replaced by a log.

Gohan grinned as he felt Hinata appeared above him, ki blast in hand ready to strike. In moments Gohan grabbed her head and throwing her to the ground. Hinata carefully landed on the floor. She then sat down. She chuckled. "I almost got you sensei!" Gohan nodded before slowly flying down towards her.

Trunks ran up to them with a grin. "That was amazing, Hina-chan!" He praised causing Hinata to blush. Goten nodded with a grin too as he sat down next to Hinata. Trunks eyes turned to concern. "You burned your hand."

Hinata smiled at him. "I-it's okay."

"Good job, guys." Gohan clapped. "Now, weights."

"Weights?" Goten questioned. "Like those things Trunk's dad uses?"

Gohan nodded. "Yes. You guys will use ankle weights. Once I give them to you, I want you running back and forth until they get easy for you to wear. Once that happens we will increase the weights." He explained.

Minutes passed and Hinata lifted one foot off the ground before falling straight into the floor. She groaned. She had difficulty bringing herself back up. Gohan chuckled before helping her up. Hinata looked over at Trunks and Goten to see them struggling as well. She breathed in through her nose. Slowly she planted her foot on the ground, her body shook and trembled as she tried her hardest to get the other foot off the ground.

She fell to the floor, out of breath. "I think these weights are too much," Hinata suggested slowly as she looked up at Gohan. Gohan just smiled down at her.

"Just try harder."

Hinata muttered something under her breath before looking up at Gohan again. "What are these weights suppose to do?"

Gohan grinned at her. "It's supposed to increase your speed."

Hinata gave him a curt nod before going back on her trembling legs. She took deep breaths evening out her breathing. Maybe I could boost my ki up? It could help. Worth a try. She stood straight, closing her eyes. Gohan who was watching Goten and Trunks snap his head over to Hinata with a bewildered expression as he sensed her ki increase. The white aura surrounded her before it changed to a lavender shade. Gohan eyes widened as he saw Hinata almost stop. "Hinata!" He exclaimed. "Keep increasing your ki!"

Hinata blinked before eyes widening and nodded quickly as she shifted her hands into fists, her body becoming stern and tough. Gohan studied her and the purple aura. Hinata frowned as she closed her eyes in pain, her body becoming hot. She felt like she was burning but Gohan was encouraging her to keep powering up. Goten watched in pain. "Gohan! She's in pain." Goten exclaimed but the words went over Gohan's head.

Trunks frowned before he sent a glare at Gohan and walked up to Hinata to touch her but he pulled away quickly. As his hand came closer to the purple ki, blue sparks pricked at him, causing him to back away.

Hinata felt tears form in her eyes. Her hands quickly going to her head as she clutched at her hair. She fell to her knees, letting out a loud scream. Her head felt like it was going to explode, her body was starting to feel like it was fire. Images took hold of her mind. Her mother was there. Then a dragon. A dragon? Dragon? It was purple. Her eyes shot open as she felt something get printed on to her skin, it burned so much. She felt herself get dizzy.

She sucked in a breath before everything went black. Gohan reacted quickly to let Hinata's limp body fall into his arms.

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Her eyes opened and everything was white. Her body felt at peace, she was in her gi but her right shoulder sleeve was cut off. To her surprise, there was a tattoo, a dragon tattoo. Hinata blinked at it before shaking her head, she was going crazy. Hinata walked straight into the empty void. She felt uneasy but at the same time at peace. Her body was relaxed but she couldn't shake the feeling in her stomach. "Cinnamon Roll!" Hinata closed her eyes and stopped in her tracks. Her head moving from every direction. The only person who had ever called her that was her mother but her mother was dead. "Cinnamon!" Hinata let out a shaky breath. "Up here, sweetie!" Hinata looked up to see her mother, Hitomi Hyuuga flying above her with a small smile on her face.

Her tears fell as she let out a yell. "Mommy!" Hinata jumped up in the air as she quickly floated over to the older Hyuga and wrapped her small arms around her mother. Hinata ducked her head into her mothers head. Suddenly Hinata stepped backward quickly, unwrapping her arms around her mother. "I thought you died!"

Hitomi frowned at Hinata's raised voice. "Hinata," She started. "Let's sit down and I'll explain everything." She then pointed at Hinata's dragon tattoo. "I'll also explain that as well. I'll answer all you're questions in the short amount of time we have here." Hinata nodded confusingly before she floated downwards. "Who taught you how to fly?"

Hinata smiled at her. "My friends and sensei." She answered playing with her gloves.

Hitomi nodded flying down as well. "Who's your sensei?"

Hinata grinned. "Son Gohan."

Hitomi nodded unfazed. Goku's oldest son. "Is he a good sensei?" Hinata smiled and nodded. Hitomi nodded took a deep breath before looking at Hinata. "Ask me any questions and then I'll start explaining."

Hinata nodded sitting down across from her mother. "Why am I here?"

Hitomi nodded. "Before I died a set a seal that when you would unlock the dragon power you would be sent here so I would be able to explain a few things. I didn't imagine you would be sent here just after you graduated from the Academy. I thought I would have to wait a couple more years before anything would happen." She looked into Hinata's eyes. "What were you doing before blacking out?"

Hinata sent her a nervous smile before rubbing her neck. Something she learned from Gohan. "I was powering up my Ki then it turned purple and stuff. Sensei told me to keep going and here I am."

Hitomi chuckled. "And I thought it would have been something more dramatic." Hitomi saw Hinata's eyes shift over to the tattoo. "I'll guess I should start explaining that." She gave Hinata a reassuring smile before beginning. "Before I begin I what you to know that this isn't a bad thing but with it comes responsibilities and power that I don't want you to get sucked into." Hinata nodded. "I'll start off with what the dragon tattoo or the Purple Dragon Mark in your case represents a dragon spirit. So that would mean you have a dragon spirit deep down in you. This will give you a power boost but that relies solely on the dragon himself or herself."

Hinata nodded. Hitomi smiled before pulling up her right sleeve to reveal a much more developed lilac dragon tattoo. Hinata frowned, "Your Dragon Mark goes from the top of your shoulder down to your wrist. It looks like it's wrapped around your arm." Hinata stated as she looked at it. "Mine isn't as cool as yours."

Hitomi chuckled. "That's perfectly fine, sweetie. There are three stages to the tattoo. Friendship, Loyalty, and Trust. My mark is at its final stage, Trust. Yours is at its beginning stages because you haven't met your dragon spirit yet. I doubt you will anytime soon too."

Hinata nodded slowly as she watched her mother. Hitomi frowned, "We don't have much time left sweetie."

Hinata stood up. "Will I see you again?"

Hitomi looked away as she stared in the void. "Only time will tell." She looked back. "Before you leave I want you to know not to trust anyone with the same dragon mark. Get to know them first and if your judgment says they are trustable trust them. I just want you to be careful, Hinata."

"Is there anyone in the village with the same mark?" Hinata asked becoming scared.

Hitomi closed her eyes and then opened them. "Yes but that is all I can say."

Hinata nodded as she felt herself slipping. She quickly ran over to her mother and gave her a hug.

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Hinata woke up. Her head swinging up, the wet cloth on her forehead dropping to her lap. She looked around as she felt a breeze. She was still on top of the lookout. She looked to the left and she saw Gohan staring at her with a relieved look. Hinata smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up. "I'm okay, sensei!" Suddenly the talk with her mother came through her mind as looked at her right arm and rolled up her sleeve to see the Purple Dragon Mark. Hinata smiled as she looked over to her sensei to see a confused expression on his face.

"I'll explain everything," Hinata stated cheerfully.

Team Seven, Training Grounds

"Training with team eight?" Sakura questioned Kakashi as the other boys walked over to them with torn clothing and small grins on their faces. Kakashi nodded. "That's Kiba, Shino, and that one girl," Sakura muttered. "What was her name?" She asked looking over at her teammates. Sasuke shrugged but Naruto grinned.

"Akane," Naruto replied. "She's chill." Sakura raised an eyebrow at him. "What? I met her one day at the ramen stand. She was cool."

Sakura nodded and then turned toward Kakashi. "When is this training?" She asked.

Kakashi eyes never looked away from the book in his hand. "Whenever they decide to show up." He answered, flipping to the next page. "Maybe Asuma's team will be joining us as well."

Sasuke and Sakura's eyes widened. "Ino?!" They screeched. "That can not happen." Sasuke practically whined. "I will not be able to get any training down with a fangirl in the picture."

Sakura nodded rapidly. "I swear she's also out to get me!" She exclaimed. "She'll purposely throw kunai's at me when I'm unaware or something."

Kakashi looked up from his book, sighed, closed his book and put it away. "Sakura." He started. "I've been training you the past two days to be aware always to sense whenever something dangerous will happen. You'll be fine. Sasuke don't let fangirls get to you."

Naruto grinned. "They're here!" He turned around to see Team 8 and Team 10 walk into the clearing with their sensei besides them.

Sasuke sighed and looked at Sakura. "Do you wish you were with Hinata and the others? Or is it just me?"

Sakura smiled at him. "I'm wishing that too." She replied. "I wanna know what kind of training their doing. It's been on my mind for a while now."

Sasuke smirked. "Knowing them they're going to come back with new tricks up their sleeves-"

"Sasuke-Kun!" Ino exclaimed running over at him. Sakura cringed before creeping away as the blonde flung herself at Sasuke to only have him disappear in a puff of smoke. Sakura chuckled slightly. "Sasuke-Kun, where did you go?"

Sakura smiled as she lifted her eyes to look up at the tree and saw Sasuke staring directly at her with a pleading look on his face. Sakura shrugged before walking away from Ino and toward Naruto and the others. Sakura grinned as she saw Naruto conversing with the girl on Team 8. Akane, her brown hair in a ponytail, golden looking eyes look right into Naruto's blue orbs but her eyes showed she was lost in thought, not listening to anything Naruto was talking about.

Sakura greeted everyone and now they waited for the Sensei to explain their training. Kurenai-Sensei started first. "First we will evaluate where you guys stand against each other and then we start our training." Asuma smiled at her. Kurenai looked at the students before looking at Sakura and then at Ino. "What about-" Then her eyes drifted to Akane. "Akane and Sakura."

Sakura smiled, at least she didn't have to fight Ino. She looked over at Akane to see her staring at her. The pinkette blinked before smiling and waving awkwardly to only get ignored. Akane walked over to the clearing waiting for Sakura. Sakura didn't know much about the red-haired girl beside the fact that she had amazing accuracy from the academy and it only must have improved.

Minutes later the spar started, Akane running up to Sakura with a kunai in her right hand. Sakura braced herself and tightened her stance, quickly pulling a kunai out. Akane threw the kunai directly at her and then jumped throwing another one quickly. Sakura jumped away from the one coming above her and deflected the kunai coming straight at her with the kunai in her hand.

Akane landed in front of her and threw a punch. Sakura ducked and brought her fist out as well to only have it get caught in Akane's strong grip. Akane brought of foot out and swiped it across Sakura's legs. Quickly Sakura broke out of the grip and jumped above Akane's kick. Sakura took a deep breath, before running right up against a tree and threw a kunai at the red-haired girl. Akane caught it. Akane smirked at Sakura before running up the same tree. Sakura jumped on to a tree branch, grabbed a kunai and deflected the swing to her face.

Sakura face to tired as she kept deflecting Akane's swings but to Sakura surprise, Akane only seemed to gain more speed in her swings. Sakura jumped up to another branch and huffed, "How are you gaining speed?"

Akane shrugged. "Maybe I was holding back from the beginning?" Akane than smiled at her. "You're good but not good enough." She said before rushing up to her, swinging her kunai. Sakura ducked her head as her back hit the tree. The kunai slicing the wood. Sakura cringed this was not good. Thinking fast she made a few hand signs but her hands were kicked to a stop before she could finish. Sakura quickly grabbed her kunai and deflected another kunai again. The pinkette grabbed Akane sleeve and rolled over so both of them were falling off the tree.

They both landed on the floor with a thud and Sakura stared confused as she saw Akane get up. On the left side of her stomach was a tattoo.

A dragon tattoo.

It disappeared quickly when Akane lowered her shirt. Gold eyes glared at her before she let out a sigh. "Don't tell anyone about that. I just- liked it and got it because dragons are cool."

Sakura nodded. Akane stared at her for a couple of seconds before turning around and walking back to their sensei's. Sakura sat down, going deep in her thoughts. She wanted to tell someone. She wouldn't tell Naruto because he couldn't keep a secret. Sasuke wouldn't care. Sakura stood up. She'll just have to tell Hinata when she came back from the training trip. Then her thoughts wandered off to Hinata's black-haired teammate.

A small blush presented on her face as she walked away and made her way back to her teammates.

Now we're getting into the main plot point for this story and if you have read the original story there are lots of differences on how the dragon mark concept was shown. Anyway, I'm not sure when the next chapter will come out but I hope it won't take as long as this one. I hope everyone's having a good start to this year!

Who's liking the changes I am making?

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