The Monster Squad

15- Hinata, Sakura, and Haku

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Chapter fifteen: Hinata, Sakura, & Haku

Once Naruto had calmed down and Kyuubi had explained what happened. The three monster teens stood there in silence. Never would they expect to have human mates whom have powers close to their own. It seemed that their beasts knew more about this than they did.

"I guess the best thing to do would be to find these mates. But how can we tell if they are truly our mates?" asked Sasuke.

"Trust me you will know. You will experience emotions that we haven't experienced before as it will all hit you at once. They also possess a certain scent to draw us in to them and we won't have to hold back our powers when we are close to them." replied Naruto as he began to feel bad about how he reacted around Hinata. He knew that he had to find her again and apologize.

'Don't worry Naruto. This time I will definitely help you out. I just didn't expect to find ours this soon.' Kyuubi replied. It was still early enough in the day so the three decided to head out after transforming into their human forms. The three of them walked around the village. Ever since that incident with the Akatsuki, the three of them have been openly excepted by the people in the village even though they aren't human. Never since they had first been created they have never been excepted. They knew that they were different from other humans as they had no control over how they were created and what they were but at least they were putting their talents to good use. As they walked Naruto could smell the familiar scent of lavender.

"Excuse me guys." he stated quickly running off on all fours. Both Sasuke and Gaara looked at each other almost aware of why Naruto had taken off.

Naruto darted off following his senses towards the woods. He easily found Hinata in a clearing making a bouquet of flowers. Naruto breathed deep and then swallowed harshly before he approached Hinata. Hinata seemed aware of Naruto's presence as she turned sharply which cause Naruto to freeze in his tracks.

"Hinata, I am sorry about earlier. You have to understand why I acted the way that I did." he stated shyly. He could feel Kyuubi's presence in the back of his mind urging the teen forward. Naruto breathed deep as Hinata didn't move one inch. Hinata listed to what Naruto had to say as he explained all of it including the part that Hinata maybe his mate. When Hinata heard the word mate, she blushed

three shades of red. Ever since Hinata first saw Naruto she kind of fell in love with him. Even after she had learned the truth about what Naruto truly was, she felt even more attracted to him. Hinata finally moved walking up to Naruto giving him a quick peck on his cheek causing him to blush a bright shade of red.

"I would like to learn more about you and I would like you to learn more about me. Maybe from there we can work on our relationship." Hinata stated bashfully. All Naruto could do was to nod his head as he began to blush.

Sasuke and Gaara continued walking through the village stopping to talk to a few people. They both noticed that there was still a lot of repairs being made because of the battle with the Akatsuki.

"How do you think Naruto is doing with his mate.?" asked Sasuke.

"Considering that we haven't seen him bolting back, I think that he is doing rather well. Plus Kyuubi is there to help him out." replied Gaara.

"Thank goodness for that. Naruto has it a lot harder than either one of us can either understand or comprehend." stated Sasuke. A strong scent of cherry blossoms caught Sasuke's attention as it seemed to be coming from the cliff area. "I will catch you later Gaara." stated Sasuke as he allowed his wings to rip out of his back before he jumped up into the sky taking off towards the direction of the cliff.