The light in the tent was too dark to see clearly. Naruto could only see a general outline of Hinata, and he could feel that she seemed a little uneasy at the moment.
Hinata was already playing a self-defeat in her mind, all plots similar to "I can't secretly hold hands with you behind my partner's back", so shy that she almost exploded.
Just when she was confused and uneasy, a rustling voice came from her ears, and a hand was placed on her forehead. As if to comfort him, he touched her gently twice.
"Well"
Hinata, whose shoulders were shaking slightly, calmed down instantly and her eyes were filled with mist.
The next day, it was still dark.
Hinata opened her eyes and saw that Naruto's bed was empty. Her eyes were blank for a moment and then she suddenly came back to reality. She seemed to have fainted last night.
She shrank and carefully held her blushing face, as if to hide her little self.
The mist in the forest has not yet cleared, and the group is on the road again.
Out of fear of Naruto's fox dog, Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba walked together, separated by a large distance from Hinata and Naruto.
Looking at the distance between the two people in front of them, Hinata and Naruto smiled at each other.
"We should be able to reach our destination today." Hinata whispered.
"Well, do you still need to practice today?" Naruto asked about Hinata's need to spend extra time practicing every day. She also practiced until very late yesterday.
Hinata nodded and said, "If you can't keep up with Ya and the others, it will cause trouble for everyone."
She looked at Naruto, who seemed to have completely forgotten what happened yesterday, and seemed to have no intention of mentioning it. She couldn't help but pursed her lips, her thoughts were complicated.
Sure enough, when the group set up camp again, Hinata still left silently alone.
Since this place is deep inside the forest of the Country of Fire and is surrounded by towering trees, sleeping in the trees will be safer than setting up a tent. Lighting a fire in the old forest was not a good option, so the four of them had to make do with dry food.
"We should be able to arrive at noon tomorrow. There's no need to rush." Shino said, taking the lead in shrinking into the sleeping bag.
At this time, the blackness was not completely black, and the teeth also got into the sleeping bag. From a distance, the sleeping bags of him and Aburame Shino looked like two bugs firmly attached to the tree trunk, neatly arranged together.
Naruto was not sleepy, so he held Kyuubi's neck and went to find Hinata. Anyway, if they stay here, Akamaru and Parasitic Insect will basically be restless all night.
In the woods.
Hinata waved her palm sharply, creating strong wind, and fine blue chakra enveloped her palm.
The ninjas of the Hyuga clan are invincible in close combat and mid-range attacks. Chakra turns into fine needles and shoots at the enemy. Just like Hinata is now practicing empty palms and working hard on basic skills.
"Hinata." Naruto, who was holding the Kyuubi, landed in the forest and walked to Hinata in a few steps.
"Naruto-kun, why are you here?"
Hinata closed her empty palm, and instantly realized that she was only wearing quick-drying fishnet training clothes for the convenience of training, and she suddenly felt like she didn't know where to put her hands.
Looking at Hinata with her arms crossed, Naruto looked away and said with some embarrassment.
"I'll come over and take a look."
"Okay." Hinata lowered her head and said no more.
"I'm very free anyway, how about I practice with you?"
"Ah, is that okay?" Hinata didn't refuse. She always remembered not to be shy and asked in a tone that she thought was as calm as possible.
"Of course, I'm actually happy to stay with Hinata."
"Eh?" Hinata panicked again, waved her hands in a panic and said, "No way, people like me will only cause trouble for others."
"To be honest, I really want to be troubled by Hinata."
"That kind of thing" Hinata blushed even more, "I would feel useless."
"No." Naruto denied, "Working hard is a good thing, but don't put too much pressure on yourself. Hinata is actually very strong, but she just lacks a chance to show it."
"But..." Hinata pursed her lips and did not dare to raise her head.
"In short, becoming stronger is a long process and does not happen overnight." Naruto said seriously, and the person who should be the last to say this said it without changing his face.
A certain slacker with a system, he reached out his hand without shame, and patted Hinata on the head with satisfaction, taking advantage of the height increase in the past few months.
A few months ago, he was at the lowest altitude and had an almost pathological jealousy towards everyone who was higher than him. Now, his mentality is finally stable and he feels shameless satisfaction.
Naruto narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Before Hinata becomes stronger, I also want to try what it feels like to be relied on by you."
Hearing this, Hinata's brain went blank for a moment.
When she was a child, her father's evaluation of her was that she was too weak to be useful, and she just needed to be a person who didn't cause trouble to others. So she became more and more cowardly and afraid of fighting with others.
She is even more wary of the person she likes, as if she is facing an abyss all the time, and does not dare to make any move towards him. Because she is afraid of causing trouble to others and doesn't know how to face trouble.
Even if the people around her are nice and tell her over and over again that they are not afraid of being troubled by her, that is different. The more this happens, the more she wants to prove herself.
But the person she liked suddenly told her that she wanted to try the feeling of being relied on by her.
Although I feel embarrassed,...
"ah"
Hinata surprisingly didn't blush and smiled with her lips pursed, but she couldn't stop crying. The fluttering sounds are like fallen leaves in autumn, which cannot be taken back at all.
"Are you crying?" Naruto ruined the atmosphere with one sentence.
Fortunately, Hinata had calmed down by this time. At this moment, he was so stimulated by his words that her face turned red again, and she covered her hot cheeks with her hands.
"Ah! I didn't, I just..."
"Then I'll give you a gift. It'll be considered an apology." Naruto said suddenly. Hinata couldn't keep up with his train of thought. Before she could react, she had a kunai in her hand.
It was an ordinary kunai, but there was a special charm on the handle, which seemed to have been temporarily carved not long ago.
"This is?"
"A mediocre kunai." Naruto explained, "The one at the end is for decoration, so you should keep it first."
He was helpless. The system only gave him one kunai of the Flying Thunder God. If he wanted a second one, he had to make it himself. But he is not good at this kind of thing, so he can only imitate it when he has time.
It works, but I don't know how many times it can be used.
"Okay, thank you, Naruto-kun." Hinata carefully collected the kunai and put it into the innermost compartment of the ninja bag.
"That." Hinata seemed to have remembered something and hesitated to speak.
"What you just said means it." He said, "Stop crying."
Recommended book by py: A work written by an enthusiastic writer. He wrote a lot of extras for this book. He doesn’t charge a penny, so he can’t let the hero’s heart be chilled.
ps: There will be more tonight
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