Freedom and Happiness of the Caged Bird

Finding Tsunade, Hinata's Secret Revealed

"So you've decided to come, I'm honored." Jiraiya spoke and Naruto cut him off.

"We should head out, I'm sorry but I don't fancy being away from Neji." Naruto said and Neji came down yawning with his night clothes still on.

"Be safe, have fun. Learn a lot." Naruto turned to Neji and gave him a quick hug, Neji pecking Naruto on his lips.

"See you soon." Naruto smiled and turned to walk out the village with Jiraiya, Neji turned back and headed home seeing as it was still early and he wanted to head back to sleep.

The walk started out quiet, how could Jiraiya come out and say that he was sorry for leaving Naruto alone in that village, for not raising him, for not watching him, for not being there for him.

"It's fine pervert. You don't have to apologize, I'm happy now." Naruto said feeling the aura of the man.

"You give an old man so much credit." Naruto chuckled.

"It's because I'm finally in a point in my life where I'm not scared, where the villagers like me, where I have a family and a future husband. I'm happy." Naruto said and Jiraiya smiled.

"Well since I am your grandfather, and I taught your father a lot, I have three techniques that you would be able to learn." Naruto was intrigued as they continued their walk.

"One is Summoning, Two is Rasengan, and Three is Needle Jizo." Naruto nodded.

"You father came up with the Rasengan and it was incomplete, as his son I feel you are the only one that can master the already difficult technique." Naruto smiled and nodded.

"Well we have three weeks, let's get started old man."

Back at the village, Neji was gloomy. He didn't want to speak to anybody and he was upset for somebody who's lover only left that morning. He was heading home, but then he walked passed the park and saw Ino, Hinata and Sakura.

He didn't even know that the three were friends and by the way Ino was yelling it would seem that their friendship was soon ending.

"Ino Shut the hell up." Neji was surprised that Hinata said that and without a stutter, and that she even cursed.

"No I'm Naruto's friend, and I don't condone. You do it but without my help." Neji shouldn't be eavesdropping but at the mention of Naruto's name, he was ready to set it off.

"You aren't showing anybody how strong you are because or your nasty Incestuous crush on your cousin who is clearly taken and have been taken for a year already." Ino said and Sakura spoke.

"They are cousins, not brother or sisters it's common in clans." Sakura said ready to defend Hinata but Ino didn't care.

The two were finally in a good spot in their lives, and as Naruto's best friend she wouldn't dare allow anything to interfere with them.

"You are the reason that seal is still on his forehead, you are the last step for them and the branch family to be happy, and you are willing to risk a coup to keep Neji chained to the You. You are sick." Hinata stood up.

"I'm sick for wanting the love of my life?" Ino scoffed.

"No you are sick. Willing to pursue your selfish feelings and keep them chained when your father so clearly loves them together, His parents approve and I'll be damned if I let you do whatever because you are insane." Ino left and was walking when she felt a hand, she was getting ready to yell until she saw Neji and she nodded.

"Let's come up with a plan." Neji spoke softly and Ino nodded walking to the Nara home.

Naruto grunted as he looked at the ballon, this was harder than he thought possible, and he wanted to quit, but his father mastered it, or semi did. He wanted to make his parents proud so he kept up with it, and did unconditionally.

"ILL KILL HER MYSELF." A lot eyes widened when the owner of the voice screamed it, especially Kurama. Usually he was the one screaming at somebody to protect his son.

"Sayuri." Shikamaru stated and the tears followed.

"I may say I hate him, and say that he's a dobe. But I'm so sick of people hurting him. He's the entire reason I had the courage to talk to you first, the reason we've been together, he even gave me an idea of a birthday present for you." She was just so upset, was it crazy that despite their bickering, Naruto was almost like a twin to her.

"Naruto knows me better than I know me, not as much as Shikamaru, but I can't keep letting this happen." Hiashi nodded.

"So this is what I'm thinking we should do." Hiashi said because he knew better than anybody that the clan was becoming upset, and that to restore balance this needed to be done.

Naruto looked down and smiled the water popped and he sighed. He used a lot of chakra but smiled and he could the pervert eyes on him.

"Alright Pervert What's...." Naruto collapsed and Jiraiya chuckled and scooped the boy up, continuing their journey, after all the Toad Sannin had a lead.

When Naruto awoke Jiraiya had given him a rubber ball, going over the next point he needed to do, now this one was easy, power was Naruto's go to, so that was easily mastered, then next he needed to combine that delicate chakra control and his overwhelming power and he would have completed his Rasegan training.

If he wasn't sitting at a table with a drunk pervert and the blonde lady known as the slug queen, he would be done with the training. His annoyance was on a ten because he missed Neji extremely, this three week mission was turning into a almost two month mission.

Granted he learned a lot of new things, but Kami what he wouldn't give to have Neji kiss him right at this moment.

"Are you coming back or not granny? I miss my husband." Naruto said and the woman looked angry.

"I'm Not Old." Naruto rolled his eyes.

"You are old enough to be my grandmother, so you either come back with us and become Hokage like we need you to be or run away like a coward." Naruto said taking a bite of his food and Tsunade scoffed.

"Real rich coming from a teenager who couldn't beat me?" Naruto smiled and looked at the lady.

"Hey you are a Senju right?" Naruto asked and She spoke.

"Of course I am, and you are nothing but an Uzumaki." Naruto hummed and leaned back.

"Want to test that theory indefinitely?" Naruto said and Tsunade smiled.

"What are you thinking of Brat?" Naruto shrugged.

"Simple, beat me in a match and we will leave you alone, I win and you become Hokage." Tsunade under her drunken haze readily agrees and Jiraiya only shook his head.

After being with Naruto for two months he realized, he never lost to an opponent once he got angry enough, and with Tsunade and her mouth he was due to be riled up, only now he wished to see the full extent of his powers.

Jiraiya knew that he had his chains, and Scorch style, but everything else was just as a mystery as his attachment to not wearing any shoes.

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