Chapter One: Naruto's Bright Idea

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"Vacation sucks..." muttered the blonde Jounin as he finished smoking a cigarette.

Why does mom order me to stay at home and do nothing?

"I want to take a mission or something, even if it's a low rank mission, its better than just sitting here doing nothing." said Naruto as he put the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

The former Demon-Container picked up the silver cigarette lighter and examined it. The more he looked at the more he realized how much the previous owner valued this small piece of simple technology.

Naruto... You are a good man and a top class Shinobi. You will make a fine Hokage.

First the father than the son, to lose both Sarutobis in similar ways... Naruto misses the smoking Jounin and the lessons he had taught him both in and out of combat. The nin looked at the standard issue combat vest hanging on his wall and the badges on them. He has five, one was the Combat Shinobi Badge which is given when an Shinobi engages another Shinobi and survived to lived the tale. Naruto's was different since he had two Kunais crossed above the Katana adorned with leaves. It signified that he fought in two Ninja Wars. The other three were his Master-Wind Element, Master-Summoning, and Master-Ninjitsu Badges. They meant that he passed grueling examinations and combat trials that proved he was S-rank in those Ninja Arts. The last was the most recent one, the ANBU badge. It meant he is part of Konoha's Special Forces, the cream of the crop.

Asuma died before the new changes the Gondaime set forth in order to both recognize the achievements of our military force and to put fear in the enemy. The late Jounin would probably have at least seven from the stories he heard.

"This is why I need something to do... All this free time makes me think of stupid shit and rot my mind... Speaking of stupid shit and brain rotting..." The Blonde Jounin looked at his T.V. with the latetist video game console and the library of games.

"Nah..."

He got bored of playing his video game and even tried to watch his favorite movies to sate his hunger for amusement, to no effect. The man was bored out of his wits. The Jounin wondered why he was so addicted to these action adventure video game and movies when he was younger? Perhaps doing the things he saw on these fantasy entertainment for real made him feel anything less than real was unappealing or maybe he just simply grew out of it.

"How can you grow out of these things? Shit I'm 26 and still watching action hero flicks." said Naruto as he yawned.

The man concluded that he did not grow out of it, rather watching the same crap for five days in a row without anything new made him grow tire of it.

"Maybe T.V. Would help." muttered Naruto, "They always have different stuff on T.V."

Naruto sat up and grabbed his remote. He turned the T.V. on and begin switching through the channel.

A familiar theme song popped up,

"I wanna be the very best... that no one ever-zzzst!"

"Seen this crap a million times..." yawned the man as he switch to the next channel. A orange countdown appeared on the screen and dramatic beeping noise was heard. That caught the man's attention and he stayed on the channel.

"John! You have to get out of here! That crazed missing-nin is going to-zzsst!"

"Old episode..."

"What am I going to do? I can't stall anymore... the effect of my scrolls is going to wear out and I only have these useless pieces... wait that's it! Grandpa said that there was a monster so powerful that once summoned you instantly win the game! But no one has been able to-zsst!"

"Yeah yeah... Kyuubi obliterate..."

The man switch the channel. A unfamiliar theme was heard. That caught his attention. Naruto payed a little attention to it. Apparently it was a movie trailer. Something about snakes on a boat starred by a famous thunder village shinobi who has a problem with shouting in his movies.

"I've had it... maybe I'll just jack off..." muttered the man jokingly, "Maybe I'll get Hina-chan to go on a date with me? And maybe I'll have her jack me off afterwards?"

Naruto laughed loudly for the first time in a few days. Hyuuga Hinata, the woman that dominated Naruto's sexual fantasies for a long time, years even. One can no doubt just fall in love with her figure, her whole body was perfect, Naruto will bet she can seduce anyone with just a single bare leg. Not only that, her personality matched her beauty. She is very soft spoken, gentle, very well mannered and extremely dependable.

"Hinata..." said the man.

His partner for ten years is always on his mind. They have spent many memories together, the good and the bad. On the fields of war, there was few more strategically sound or combat worthy than she is. If there was anyone who wished to compete for his spot as top dog of Konoha, it would be her. They held the line through the toughest situations and often became the single reason why they had achieved the mission.

"Konoha's Orange Thunder and White Tsunami." smiled Naruto as memories filled his thoughts.

She is simply an amazing friend. No one cared as much she did, no one went the extra mile to train like her and no one cared for our comrades like her. It sadden the Blonde Nin that she is partnered with him in the famous two manned strike team known as Fang and Claw. She would have made an good teacher and produced top level Chuunins.

"Hmph, she's almost a dream come true." muttered the Jounin with a pervert smile that ran across both sides of his face.

"Oh man... I can just imagine that soft hands of hers on my..." smiled the man as he wiped a small trickle of droll that ran down the corners of his mouth.

The blonde Jounin felt his pants move. Naruto sighed, wishing if the real Hinata was right there in his room. Too bad for him she's on a mission and won't be back till the day after tomorrow. Even if the beauty was here Naruto wouldn't even dare to hit on her. Childhood friend or not, a frenzied Neji and Hiashi is nothing to take lightly.

"Nah... I'm not really afraid of them... She's just... Hinata." said Naruto as he laid back.

The man began to think about the time he spied on Hinata when she was practicing her eight trigrams techniques nude in the hot springs. Her seductive curves and perfect proportions made an impossible feat to look away. The man reached underneath his pants and was about to pleasure himself when he stopped. The man sighed as he thought about it.

"If only she was here... or at least she can send her shadow clone and... wait, that's it! A shadow clone! Why didn't I think of that before?!"

A lecherous smile appeared on the Jounin's face.

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"*Sneeze* Sneeze* *Sneeze*"

"Are you alright Hyuuga-san?" asked a concerned Tsunade. The Hyuuga shook her head and continued to finish her report.

"That is all I have to report in Hokage-sama." said Hyuuga Hinata softly, rubbing her nose softly, wondering what had trigger her to sneeze in front of the village leader.

"That is amazing Hinata, I would never have thought it was all a fluke so one guy can get away from his debts, damn bastard wasting our time, well this B rank mission dropped two whole levels, sorry to waste your time."

"It was nothing Gondaime-sama. I would have done it as you request. I will complete the mission no matter how difficult or... interesting it is."

"You're starting to sound like that blonde headache of mine." replied the Gondaime with a smirk.

"Please Hokage-sama, you are flattering me, how can I compare to the future Hokage?" replied Hinata with an elegant smile. Tsunade smiled each time she saw that perfect smile she reserved for the Blonde Idiot. Even after all those years she still has that blonde bastard in her heart.

"Speaking of that blonde idiot, he came back from that three month campaign against that band of rogue shinobi. Where does he get that energy? I practically had to order him to stay in his apartment. That idiot would jump ten stories just at the thought of a mission."

"Uzumaki-san is just trying to prove that he is a reliable future Hokage to the village." said the girl with another smile.

"Hinata, I think you're giving him too much credit." replied the Hokage with a smirk.

"With due respect Hokage-sama, flattery or not, I believe in Uzumaki-san's ability."

"I suppose so..." said Tsunade, smiling at how the topic on Naruto had made her loosen up a bit. That blonde idiot is truly an moron, but Hinata is right, he is much more mature and reliable compared to his younger orange jumpsuit days.

"I suppose I should stop calling him an idiot all the time..." muttered the Hokage as she turned her chair around. She looked up at the portraits of the past Hokages. She smiled as she saw the picture at the far right, the Yellow Flash of Konoha, Yondaime Hokage, who is a splitting image of the current Naruto with some minor differences.

"He's more and more like him..." muttered Tsunade as she turned her chair back where it originally was.

"Say Hinata."

"Yes Hokage-sama?"

Tsunade got up and walked towards the office door. She closed the door and sat back down behind her desk.

"Now that we're alone..." muttered the Hokage with a sly smile that sent shivers up the young Hyuuga's spine.

"This is off the record Hinata, we're going to have a nice girl on girl talk, no need to lie or pretend."

"Hokage-sama?" replied Hinata cautiously, feeling uncomfortable in the position that she was in right now. The Hokage begin to laugh as she pour herself a cup of warm tea.

"Can the formalities Hinata, you can call me Tsunade." said the Hokage as she sipped the tea.

"T-Tsunade-sama?"

"Spill it Hinata, how long have you like Naruto?"

"..."

Tsunade wanted to laugh so hard at the face Hinata was making. It was one of pure horror, it was as if she discovered Hinata's greatest secret. Tsunade put down her teacup and laughed. Its painfully hilarious that their relationship is one of irony.

Tsunade knew since the day she put them in a team together more than a decade ago that Hinata liked him. What was funny was that she would never thought her supposed one-sided love could be returned and she failed to notice Naruto's lustful gazes behind her back.

Perhaps she was so infuriated with that blonde idiot that she has no experiences with men. What was strange was the fact that Naruto didn't try to hit on her. Tsunade knows as a fact that Naruto is just like his late master, a lecherous super pervert and definitely had his share of woman.

So why would Naruto pass on this piece of hot ass?

"I-I don't know what you are talking about Tsunade-sama." replied the girl.

"Oh come on, I knew since day one years ago when I paired Naruto with your team."

"..."

Tsunade wanted to put her arms around Hinata, she has such a innocent and cute personality underneath her 'Hyuuga Queen' image. The cornered, quivering, blushing face she was making was urging Tsunade to pair the two young idiots together.

They really do look good together...

"I'm sorry Tsunade-sama but I am not ready to discuss this with you." replied Hinata quickly and with a deep bow as she tried to turn tail and haul ass as fast as possible away from the Hokage.

"Going somewhere Hi-na-chan?" asked the Gondaime Hokage with a sweet voice filled with extreme malice that caused Hinata to stop in her tracks.

"Let's have a small walk shall we Hinata?"

"Y-yes Tsunade-niisan."

"Good, let's go Hina-chan."

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"*Sigh* Hokage-sama can be quite bothersome when she has to be." muttered Hinata.

She shuddered at the thought of what would happen to her if she didn't spill everything.

Twenty years?! What the hell is wrong with you Hinata!? Go buy that blonde idiot ramen now! Seduce him with sake! Do something! You can't just hold your feelings like that!

What the Hokage said bothered Hinata a bit. She won't deny that she loves him but even sometimes Hinata wondered if what she was doing had any effect on Naruto.

"I suppose spending the night at Naruto-kun's house isn't a bad idea... its not like its the first time. I guess I'll make him ramen..." muttered Hinata as she begin walking towards the market, hoping that it hasn't close yet.

But seduce him...?

Hinata blushed, but she knows that it wouldn't work. She tried everything that Sakura suggested, sleep in his apartment with fake excuses such as she lost her keys or something of minor detail. Naruto was always kind enough to let her sleep over in his apartment. He even goes as far as offering Hinata to sleep on his bed while he took the sofa.

Sakura suggested to take that as a chance to seduce him and told her to leave the door open, sleep in the most vulnerable position possible in her underwear and without her bra.

She even suggest I ask to wear only his shirt... But being the 'gentlemen' he is, Naruto always slept on the sofa without as much as disturbing me in any way.

"Maybe because I am unattractive to him?" muttered Hinata. She put a hand on her breast and blushed.

"Sakura-san said all men are attracted to nice breasts and smooth skin... maybe Naruto-kun is special? Perhaps I need some other methods?"

Hinata shook her head as she began to blush. She put the thought aside, she rather have the close relationship she has right now with him than to make everything awkward by doing all those naughty things Sakura suggested.

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"Oi! What the hell is wrong with you? Are you gay or something?!" yelled the 'perfect' Hinata Shadow Clone.

"What kind of shadow clone are you? You have the body and voice of 'her'! And for the last time you are a chick! Now do as your master commands and jack me off!"

"Fuck you! That's fucking gay! Asking another dude to jack you off... fucking ridiculous!"

Naruto dismissed the shadow clone. For the pass few hours he was trying his hardest make a Hinata shadow clone that he can mess around with but with a hungry stomach and a dying patience the best he can do was an exact clone of himself except with the voice and bodily figure of Hyuuga Hinata. He could never succeed to replicate her personality and physical quirks. That pissed him off and being the stubborn bastard that he is, he was not going to quit until he made a perfect Hinata clone.

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"The door is unlocked...? Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata softly as she entered his apartment.

The lights where on and there was no signs of a struggle. His shoes are in the proper place and there were no signs that suggested he left the place. Hinata took of her shoes and put the groceries in his kitchen. The door to Naruto's bedroom is open, but the background noise of the T.V. in the living room made it hard to tell what he was doing.

Naruto is defiantly home. He's not the type of person to leave lights and electronics on when he's not at home.

Hinata even confirmed that he's doing some sort of training in his room with her Byuukugan, she can even feel the residual chakra in the air.

"He's probably trying to create new techniques. I'll surprise him with a nice bowl of his favorite dish." said Hinata giddily with a happy smile.

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"Kage Bushin No Jutsu!" cried Naruto as he tried to make his final clone. Smoke appeared but nothing came out.

"What the fuck? This is pissing me off..." muttered Naruto as he laid back into his bed, defeated. Naruto just drifted into his daydream about a scantly clad Hinata doing sexual favors to him. The Blonde Jounin did not know how much time went by but he was woken from his daydream when he smelled the scent of his favorite food coming from his kitchen.

What the hell..? R-Ramen..?

Naruto got up and exited his bedroom with a hand on the kunai holster he had on his belt. When he found the source of the food he saw one perfect Hyuuga Hinata 'clone' putting his favorite home-made Ramen with double servings on his kitchen table.

No way... I actually succeeded? She's even making my favorite... exactly like the real one. Even her aura, stance and habits are indistinguishable from the real one... Wow... I surprise myself sometimes.

"Thank you Hina-chan." said Naruto with a soft smile.

"Oh Naruto-kun! I was just finishing up, let's eat together." said the 'clone' with a perfectly 'imitated' Hinata smile that made him feel at ease.

Damn I'm good...

"Sure! Let's eat, Hina-chan!" said Naruto with a big, happy smile as he dig in.

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Did Naruto-kun just call me Hina-chan twice? H-he looks different than usual... Did something happen on his mission?

"How is the food Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata politely as she took a seat next to him. Naruto turned his face towards her and brought it uncomfortably close to Hinata's face and looked into her pale eyes with a sort of lusty gaze Hinata never saw before. This paralyzed the young Hyuuga Heiress as she felt her heart race.

Naruto-kun... he's getting so close to me... What's going on...?

"It's just as perfect as you Hina-chan... I love it." replied the Jounin with a soft tone of voice that made Hinata quiver and blush. She can feel his breath on her lips. She felt her whole body quiver. The man chuckled softly and pulled away. Hinata let a small breath of air escape her moth, her heart was beating to quickly and her face flushed like she was in her Gennin and early Chuunin years.

Naruto-kun's so close... I can almost... Wait! Did he just... Did Naruto-kun just told me he loves me indirectly...? Naruto-kun...

Hinata looked away softly, trying to hide her blush and collect her thoughts. The man took notice of her reactions and gauge them, she wasn't putting up any resistance, not that it matters after all she was his clone and they were alone for the whole night. Naruto smiled sinisterly as he finished his food, he was going to have one hell of a night.

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"I didn't know you can handle alcohol... I always assumed you were... weak to it."

"I spent a lot of time with foreign dignitaries and clan heads with Hokage-sama, but to think you had such classic tastes." said Hinata as she sipped his Second-Era Iwagakure Brandy.

"Such a good era." she muttered as she took another sip.

Naruto was genuinely surprised by the clone. It was as graceful and well-mannered as the actual lady of his dreams. It is as if he was hanging out with the real thing. A strange awkwardness came over him, the same one he has for the actual heiress.

She's so dignified and beautiful...

It was so overwhelming. It made him feel inadequate, she was like the Princess that everyone dreamed of but no one can hope to attain. Only the perfect being can hope to even get the attention of such a woman.

Perhaps that is the main reason why I never bothered to try...

"Well I have a lot of souvenirs from my mission."

"Is that Third-Era Sunagakure Inoue Sake..?"

Naruto put down his cigarette and dusted off the ceramic bottle from his stash.

"You tried it before?"

"It's got a nice mellow, wonderful taste, it really shows the effort they put into making it. Unlike the stronger, by the quantity taste Hokage-sama prefers."

Even when drinking she's an princess...

"Of course I wouldn't dare opening such an aged and prized wine. Such a rarity in Konoha couldn't be wasted on for casual drinks." replied Hinata with a soft smile.

Naruto felt his heart skip and beat and opened the bottle without an thought. She was too enchanting to say no to.

"W-What's the occasion..?"

"You for one." replied the blonde Jounin with a smile.

Hinata blushed and gracefully wiped her lips with a napkin.

"Don't be such an shameless flirt Naruto. I-I'm no one of high importance."

"But you are Hinata and your smile is hard to say no to."

Naruto felt his heart melt away as she stared at him with a cute, flushed expression.

Ho Ho Ho... Looks like she isn't that good...

"N-Naruto-kun... Don't be spoiling me like this. Your company is already enough."

The blonde host shook his head with a smile. He pour two new cups filled with the expensive liquor and the duo began to enjoy the rich taste. Naruto is just content with spending time with the perfect clone. All his previous less-than-pure motivations disappeared from his mind, it was just a gem of an memory to spend time like this. Even if it was just a clone.

"Naruto, why don't you ever take another partner to missions?" asked the 'clone' after what it feels like an eternity.

The question caught the Jounin off guard as he smoked his cigarette and drinked his wine.

"What do you mean?"

"It feels like you are shouldering the burdens of the village on your own lately. After you released Kuruma-san and let him pass on... I... I just don't want you to carry such a huge burden alone. I worry you might go to far."

"Hinata..."

"Naruto, I know I shouldn't pry but your not the only one he passed his chakra and legacy to. I-I know he's your partner since childhood but he also put his trust in me as well. I have a duty to you."

Naruto wondered if he should let it out.

She's just a clone... Maybe I should take this as a chance to come clean, or at least practice what I should say...

"Hinata... I-I can't lose any more. Neiji, Tenten, Chouji, Lee, Kiba, Shino... The Twelve is down to just Sakura, Ino, Sasuke, Shikamaru and us... And that's not including our Senseis."

"That's selfish Naruto, they were my teammates as well. You're not the only one that was there."

"I know... Which is why I do this... I can't anymore... "

"I'm a proud Kounichi of Konoha. We took an Oath remember? I know it hurts but they did as well... I-I think they would rather die by us than alone..."

"No... That's not it... I-I can't lose you."

Naruto remembered all the close calls they shared. All the deaths of their fellow teammates and shinobis, all the orphaned childrens and destroyed families. It was the sight of Hinata nearing death multiple times that got him. All the times they held the line as everyone else died around them, all the times she took an attack just for him.

"Out of everyone remaining... If I lose you... It would be the end of me."

Hinata looked at the grief and sorrow in the eyes of her beloved. She hasn't seen such empty and dead eyes since the younger days when he used to swing on the swings by himself while he watched everyone. Such expressions didn't belong on the hope of the village, on the next Hokage. The girl got up and sat down next to him.

"H-Hinata..?"

The woman silently put her head on his shoulders and embraced him gently.

I-I don't deserve such an caring girl...

The duo sat together like that for a long time. Sharing sad memories together. A lone tear came down the corner of the Jounin's eyes as he remembered everyone. The heiress wiped his tear away and looked at him with a gentle expression. No words were needed as Naruto gave thanks to his love by placing his head on top of hers. For the first time in years, he just cried.

"I-I can't bear to lose you as well Naruto. That is why I am sorry... For making you worry."

"Hinata."

"But please understand... Please understand this selfish woman... I can't bear to lose you. Which is why I do the things I do. If my life is what it takes for you to breath another second... I would give it without a thought."

"H-Hinata..."

The Hyuuga looked into Naruto's eyes and wondered why he wore such an expression. She wondered how all those years of loneliness had effected him. To live a life without the proper warmth a child needed. For someone like him to have friends was to equivalent of having extensions of his soul. For someone to like that to lose people... The Heiress felt she was stupid, stupid to think that such a great man was unaffected by such things. She should have realized it, to this man... Every friend was like a brother or a sister, every teammate a lover, every teacher a parent.

"Hinata... I-I... I lo-"

"Oi, Idiot! How I look? Just like the real thing right?"

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"J-Just hear me out!"

"Water-Style: Spiral Dragon Burst!"

"Wind-Style: Spiral Barrier Ball!"

The two S-Ranked techniques exploded in a flurry of elements and destruction. As the rain fell over them, Naruto couldn't believe what had happened to him a few moments ago. Not only did he realized he had the real thing in his arms, but he had never realized a Shadow Clone can be decapitated so quickly that it remembered its head floating into the air before dissipating. The Jounin clenched his throat subconsciously as he remembered the experiences the clone transmitted to him with its dying breath. The intensity of Hinata's expression, the loathing and burning hatred in her eyes made him quiver. All his instinct at that particular moment was to escape and it was a good call as he barely survived with a nick to his throat.

"Not only did you impersonate the Orange Thunder, you dare steal his techniques..?" said the Hyuuga as she appeared before the Jounin.

The devastation to the small park behind his house was abyssal to say the least.

"You won't survive the interrogation." stated Hinata as she bit into her thumb.

No... S-She plans to...

The raven haired goddess of death sprayed blood in a circle around her. She summoned her battle garment, the Raiment of White Calamity.

There's no mistaking it... The Byuukugan enhancing death mask, the armor made from the fossil of the last diamond dragon, the cloak sewn from the thousand year old water demon and the meter long lavender scarf that is stained with the blood of thousands of enemies...

"Ninja Art: Summoning Technique."

I'm fucked... She brought out her ultimate weapon... The twin claws of the Water Dragon. The Hyuuga Clan's prized claw gauntlet that enhances their fighting style... The weapon that smashed an Ancient Uchiha Clan Head's Final Susaano in one strike...

Orange Chakra filled the Gauntlet and the ancients runes on them flared to live.

Kuruma's Chakra... Sh-She plans to kill me...

Naruto gripped his kunai nervously, the odds placed for him were microscopical. Especially since he had spent most of his reserves making stupid clones that put him in his current predicament. The fact that he gave the Armor of the Orange Thunder to the White Calamity for safekeeping didn't help.

"Die."

The Jounin saw the fear inspiring fluctuation of the air as she dashed forward towards him with her variant of the Path of the Flying Thunder-God Technique he has taught her. Flight of the Water Goddess they called it, because she moves so fast the air particles around her turned into water.

Shit!

Naruto swung his kunai to block a swipe of her legendary claws. The cold forged steel of the blade was instantly shattered and only gave him enough of an opening to use his Path of the Flying Thunder-God. Even then, he wasn't able escape without being slashed by the chakra of her devastating strike.

At least my technique put enough of an distance between...

Naruto dodged an enraged fury swipe by the tip of his hair.

Her Death Mask enhanced her Byuukugan beyond ten kilometers?!

Naruto deflected the flurry of attacks as fear building within him.

"Water-Style: Spiraling Sphere!"

The technique caught him mid-teleportation and blasted him through eight hundred meters of wood and mountainous terrain. The blonde Jounin smashed into a rock wall and imprinted an five meter wide impact onto the mountain.

I-Is this d-death..? I-I can't even m-move...

"I commend you surviving my technique."

I-I have to convince her i-its me... I-I know..!

Naruto wasted the remainder of his chakra to summon his signature weapon. The Blade of Orange Flash, Jiraiya's final gift to him before he died.

"T-That is..."

I-Its working...

"I won't give up... That is my Ninja Way." muttered Naruto, trying his best to mimic what the Hyuuga Heiress told him, was his defining phrase.

The Shinobi smirked as blood leaked from every possible orifice as he held on to his blade. The White Calamity paused and Naruto sighed a breath of relieve as he thought of the explanation of the Hyuuga look alike he had created.

"Not only you touched his weapon... YOU DARED TO UTTER THE WORDS OF BELOVED?!"

"B-Beloved..?"

"White-Calamity Style: Twin Water Fox Fist."

S-Shit...

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After Five years of absence and my desire to finish this Fan Fiction. I had rewritten this Chapter. Stay tuned for the next Chapter and it WILL not take another five years to finish. Hopefully.

-Tanthus