13 The Hyuga Affair. (1/2)

”Today when can simply work on studying and understanding the scroll, no laborious exercise for us for a while.” Kibo said with a smile on his face, he then he turned to Naruto and informed him, ”Don't forget tomorrow's Hinata's birth day, and we don't want to tire ourselves out. So think of today as a sort of break.”

Naruto placed his hand on Kibo's forehead, while Karin checked his pulse, ”He doesn't seem sick.” Naruto said, ”I don't sense any thing wrong with him either.” Karin followed up. Kibo's eye brow was twitching when he smiled and said, ”Oh; so you got jokes?” The two laughed at him while Kibo pouted.

”Alright that's enough, if you really wanna train that badly, I suppose I could come up with a few life threatening routines.” Kibo said with an evil smile on his face. The two now seemed scared as they tried to laugh off their earlier remarks.

Kibo then laughed himself, ”As they headed inside to the Hoshi Estate's library and started to study. It was another round of ardent and crazy conversations between the three; Kibo also started teaching Naruto about the Uzumaki Seal Techniques. Karin seemed interested in the topic and decided to learn it as well; it seemed she had an impeccable talent for Sealing Jutsu.

Figuring this stuff would come naturally to an Uzumaki, Kibo made sure to answer every question she asked. Whenever they were stuck on a difficult section of the Ninshu Scroll, Kibo switched over to teaching them the Uzumaki's clan seals, and during these lessons, whenever Naruto would come across a problem he couldn't comprehend, Karin and Kibo would offer up as many examples as it took to make him understand.

They had been debating for almost 7 hours, when they were brought lunch and ate through it while continuing their research.

Another 7 hours had past helping them to further their studies greatly over the span of a single day. Kibo especially had made great progress, he felt like he was only a few steps away from completely understanding the basics of Ninshu. However the latter half of the scroll still seemed like jumbled nonsense to him, but that would change in time, as he wasn't alone.

During their conversations, it was Naruto and Karin's conjectures that led him to his most influential breakthroughs concerning the material, when he felt he was on the verge of another discovery, his parents interrupted because it was time for dinner. Karin stayed over for to eat; she seemed to be buttering up to Kibo's mother as she had complimented her several times throughout night. Niwa really liked Karin, she thought she was a sweet and caring young girl, and the flattery seemed to have worked because his mother was seriously thinking of arranging a wedding between the two.

”Mom we're kids were too young for that stuff!” Kibo shouted flustered and red faced when his mother countered with, ”Oh, so you wouldn't be opposed to doing so in the future?”

Kibo was stuck as he slammed his forehead onto the table; ”Stick a fork in me, I'm overcooked!” Kibo thought as his mother had thoroughly embarrassed him. He turned his head to peak at Karin, and for the first time he saw Karin acting sheepishly. She looked happy and shy all at the same time as she hid behind Niwa's back. ”This is different. . .” Kibo thought to himself.

After dinner Kibo and Naruto walked Karin home, when they arrived at her apartment building Kibo walked her up to her room. Before he left, Kibo looked around and when he saw that no one was looking, he gave Karin a quick kiss on the lips. Karin's face lit up like a christmas tree, when Kibo turned around, scratched the back of his head and said, ”I said I'd pay you back.” and with that he left a happily stunned Karin standing at her door way. It took her a while to notice the copy of his Pink Muscle Transformation Technique he left in her hands.

When Kibo exited the apartment complex, Naruto took one look at him and said, Hey Nii Chan, why is your face so red!?” Kibo covered his face and told Naruto ”It's nothing; it's just a little cold out here that's all!” After tossing him a copy of the pink muscle transformation technique he added ”Practice this technique during your Tai-Jutsu training, it will be benefit you in the long run.” Naruto looked over the technique and went wide eyed. ”This is an S rank technique, how did you get it? We don't even have our Shinobi license yet!” Kibo laughed ”You shared your family's inheritance, now I'm sharing mine!” Naruto felt a warm surge in his heart as he smiled and put the scroll away. The two returned home and Naruto went to his room to finish working on Hinata's present. He kept Kibo from looking as he commented ”It's a secret! You'll see what it is when I give it over.”

Kibo stopped bugging him and went to his room to prepare for tomorrow's mission. Kibo opened up his shop for the first time in a long time and saw something that surprised him; his Gravity Suit was up for sale. Navi explained that other than relics, the items earned from rewards can be purchased from his shop. The price was a little steep though it cost 2,500 for a suit. He decided to purchase two of them; he would give one to Naruto, and one for Karin. As an additional option was that he could choose the colors, he gave Naruto his traditional orange base with blue markings, and Karin a black with red markings.

He continued to scroll through his shop and was rewarded when he saw a new technique available. It was a D rank Jutsu, but one he was interested in, The Body Flicker Technique and it was only worth 500. It appeared after seeing Shisui use the Flicker Jutsu around a few dozen times in his presence, it allowed the System to copy the technique. After Purchasing it, unlike having to read the technique the information was directly transferred into his brain. The move was simple enough to perform with his current level of Chakra, and thanks to his Chakra Control Mastery he was very proficient in using it. His speed wasn't too far behind Shisui's Flicker technique, but in the future he would only improve upon this skill at a monstrous rate.

Kibo also bought a new pair of regular katanas for 150 points; his old ones had started to chip so he purchased the same swords as before. After checking everything over twice he began to prepare a special Chakra molding to prepare for the Kumo Nin. After a few hours he finally felt confident enough to take on his next mission, so he jumped into bed.

Kibo finally went to sleep, he was woken up by Naruto in the middle of the night, apparently Naruto wanted him to stand by the bathroom while he used it, Naruto looked a bit scared like he had seen a ghost, and once again Kibo was reminded that Naruto currently was only 4 years old. Kibo indulged his little brother and asked him what scared him, ”I had a dream that Kurama was talking to two will-o-wisp, there were ghost I tell ya.”

Kibo thought of Naruto's parents Chakra, ”Navi will anything happen to them?” Kibo asked.

”No the Star Chamber will support their Chakra, so they aren't at any risk of dissipating. As for them talking to Kurama, your guess is as good as mine!” Navi replied.

After Kibo sent Naruto back to bed he went to sleep himself. It wasn't until breakfast the next day that Kibo gave Naruto the Gravity suit, ”Awesome! It's even in my colors.” Naruto put the suit on and was surprised at how comfortable it felt; he tried to put the gravity to the same level as Kibo when he fell to the ground. ”Ow!” Naruto shouted as he tried to pick himself off of the ground, Kibo patted his shoulder and told him ”It will get easier once you complete you muscle training, in fact this can help you advance through it quicker.” Naruto shut off the Gravity difference and sighed, ”I'm gonna catch up to you, just wait and see Nii Chan!”

Kibo laughed and replied ”I look forward to seeing such a day, but your Nii Chan isn't going to make it easy for you.”

The two continued to study the Ninshu Scroll until it came time to leave, Naruto was dressed in formal attire, he wore a black and white hamaka with the image of the Uzumaki clan symbol on his back, Kibo and his parents wore something similar but with their own clan symbol on their backs.

The left and headed for the Hyuga Estate, the snow was coming down lightly tonight, most of the snow had faded from the streets, and it looked like the snow would stop before the nights end. The group walked up to a large gateway to be greeted by members of the Hyuga family, after revealing their invitation they were let in and shown to the main hall.

The Hyuga family was lined up, and many guests and visitors including the Kumo Ninja that would later kidnap Hinata, Kibo found it strange that the Ninja wasn't the same Jonin from the original timeline, perhaps the things he's already changed have altered the course of the future. Kibo brushed off the thought, it didn't matter whether it was a Jonin or Chunin, the fact remained that he came here to kidnap Hinata. Kibo stared intently on his jaw, and hands, like he was memorizing their exact dimensions, the skill he prepared just for him demanded it.