Second Chance | COTE x Naruto

Chapter 13

Walking side by side, their shoulders almost bumping, Naruto and Hinata stepped foot into the forest.

They weren't in hurry. Hinata's byakugan covered the entire forest---and beyond. On the other hand, Naruto could always send his clone to do the dirty work.

"Do you know [Kage Bunshin], Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata.

"Hm, I don't think there's a person who is better at using that jutsu than me. I assume you can use it as well. Due to our circumstances, your chakra must have doubled---or tripled."

Original Naruto's chakra was only 45% of the current Naruto's chakra reserve.

Chakra was a combination of physical energy and spiritual energy. However, the one initiated the chakra production was the soul. After he replaced Original Naruto's soul, his chakra reserve increased by 122.2%.

Naruto theorized that the process of soul replacement enlarged the chakra reserve and increased its production rate. In the same theory, he assumed that a soul would carry all the chakra it had when it was alive. This actually opened a path for one soul to reincarnate oneself.

"That's true," said Hinata. "Aside of almost tripling Original Hinata's chakra reserve, an old man claiming to be my ancestor appeared in my dream and shared some of his chakra with me, making my chakra more powerful. That said, let's use a clone to do the mission and look for a nice place to have a date."

An ancestor of Hyuuga Clan, who could it be?

Naruto had read a few stories about Rikudou Sennin.

However, in his tale, there's nothing that linked him with Hyuuga Clan. Only Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki, and Kaguya Clan were linked to Rikudou Sennin. Uchiha was the descendant of his first son, and the second son had three childen that became the ancestor of Senju, Uzumaki, and Kaguya Clan.

That old man must have told Hinata about himself. If he pressed her, perhaps she would share the information with him. But Naruto decided against it.

"Sure," replied Naruto, forming a handseal to create a clone. Hinata did the same as him. Each of their clone moved toward different directions.

Meanwhile, the real Naruto and Hinata went straight toward the center of the forest, where the building for (highly likely) the second round was located. They did not immediately go into the building; they stopped at a river side not too far from the building.

Hinata pulled out a storage scroll from her ninja bag and summoned a high quality tent. "This tent is crafted with seals that block byakugan vision," she said, setting the tent with her own two hands.

"What are you planning to do?" asked Naruto.

Rather than answering his question, Hinata pulled out four kunai and stabbed it at four corners---around two meters from the tent. Then she formed a handseal, creating a purple barrier that was powerful enough to withstand two or three S rank ninjutsu.

It seemed that Hinata had focused a lot on fuinjutsu. Naruto estimated that, based on the barrier, she was as good as him three months ago.

She was a Hyuuga, after all. Despite having a lot of chakra, she was blessed with a high control over her chakra. She didn't need to work too hard on chakra control. While her real body focused on taijutsu, her clone focused on fuinjutsu.

"You ask what I plan to do?" Hinata asked, sitting at the edge of the tent. "Come and sit here to find out, Naru---no, Kiyotaka-kun," she added, patting the empty space to her left -- a charming smile plastered on her life.

"You are not going to interrogate me about whether or not I married again after you passed away, ...right?"

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