When Naruto and Ino arrived, the entire Hyuga Estate was ablaze with glimmer and lantern hope, giving the impression that the place was humming with activity.
Ino was left alone with Naruto after Ino's mother left to get something, and when she returned, she was still talking to someone. Naruto spoke to Ino normally, which helped ease their awkwardness together.
"Today, it is looking so lively, right?" Naruto spoke, and Ino simply hummed along with him while looking around with Naruto, who was also looking around.
Ino became enraged as she stood in front of Naruto and observed several people's eyes converge on him at this precise moment, each with hatred and anger written all over their faces.
Whereas Ino decided to deal with it quickly, as she turned to look at them with rage, she did not want Naruto to be treated like that, given that they were his friends.
When Naruto was trying his hardest to change himself for the better, "This..." Given that nobody knew who her mother was and that Ino also came from a distinguished Yamanaka family, though from a smaller lineage, the other parties were stunned by Ino's action and turned away.
The change was apparent to Naruto, who then turned to face Ino while feeling a little elated about it.
"Thank you, Ino, but don't make their hatred shift on you, given that I am already used to it and will be fine, as long as you can continue to be my friend."
Ino's reaction to Naruto's words, which caused her to turn a little dejected, was caused by the realization that he must deal with similar situations every day but never speaks about them in their presence.
When he looked at those who resented him, she didn't detect any hatred or anger in his tone, but his pure confidence that they would respect him in the future made him appear more appealing.
"If you say so, but I am also not going to forgive them about this all."
So she smiled and held his hand, which made her realize that her actions were too large, and she drew back silently, where Naruto also spoke a lot for her.
That enhanced her opinion of Naruto because she began to think that he was not a bad choice either.
However, she also realized that there was another person who had been in love with him for a long time.
[Note: Because polygamy is legal in this world, the setup will change in the future, with people descended from Uchiha appearing in Naruto animation-based series. Where the best example of it would be the two Karma that Naruto got from his dream, and interference of Otsutsuki Clan members.]
Naruto trusted Ino's judgment and followed her along the road when she said she knew a shortcut that was less frequently traveled by others and that they would be able to move around more quickly there.
The path was a little narrow and dusty, with loose sand and a natural feel to it. It did so by connecting one manor road to another branch-filled side road.
When Naruto felt movement from the other side, which was a well-decorated manor and Hinata's, but from the side wall of the same manor, a shinobi who did not appear to be Konoha's jumped, carrying a bag that could even contain a human.
The other shinobi trembled as he dashed toward them, another one appearing by his side, and turned to face Ino and Naruto with bloodlust engulfing both of them when an emergency bell rang and sirens blared throughout the area.
When this issue arose in the Naruto series, Naruto was accompanied by Kakashi, who managed to overcome the majority of it.
However, at that precise moment the shinobi in front of them was all out and coming for their lives because they had no one to defend them.
Not to mention, the shinobi in front of them was a rogue shinobi who only took killing jobs from feudal lords and were habitual of killing, putting their lives on the line for each mission.
That is why, unlike shinobi from major villages, who are skilled in protection and killing, the other party had no brake in their gear.
As they would strike whoever opponent is with their best, and with their all skill to kill the target as soon as possible.
"Na-Naruto, let's run away."
Ino shuttered barely as she wanted to run away while grasping Naruto hand, who felt her trembling hand and came to his sense, after all, even in his previous world he was a sheltered genius who had never killed anyone.
As for the reason he was proficient in fighting was due to his training junior brother and senior brother who use to train his martial art for his sake.
"This is my first live or die match, Huh?"
Naruto spoke, but looking at Ino face, he stepped forward in front of her given with his speed he might not be able to run back, which was at least 800 to 900 meter away from their position, and they might end up dying with some Kunai attack from the other side with path being a little narrow.
So from the get go he was prepared and found the enemy whose hand was empty and was rushing toward them.
Snake ↦ Ram ↦ Boar ↦ Horse ↦ Bird.
Wind Release: Gale Palm.
Naruto concentrated his chakra where his hand conjure suction of air, causing the running shinobi to sneer at Naruto try, as he thought, "A wind style shinobi, what luck, with this it will deal a lot of trouble for Konoha, as long as such a rare would die."
Naruto looked at enemy and recall how Hyuga clan gentle fist work, who use the cross palm to shift the momentum of the enemy direct blow with their fast reaction and short and quick movement. Due to this, the opponent body tend to get expose by the usage of their direct attack and they would tend to strike the enemy tenketsu.
Where Naruto Gentle-Hard fist Martial art had a part of it within too, through which Naruto used his spiritual sense, which made his reaction equal or little higher than opponent, and used gentle touch of his right hand which do not contain pressured Air to shift enemy attack.
Where the concentrated Wind element which was getting rampant, on the other arm was about to explode in air current pressure. The right light hook, which accurately struck the opponent body and sent him flying back making the guy behind to jump left to dodge.