Chapter 33 - Chapter 35

In the snow-covered lands of the hidden leaf village, Naruto and Dragon were walking back from one of Dragon's insane training sessions he had sat up for Naruto's own "good".

"What are you doing here you freak??"

"Look at those eyes,"

"How creepy!!"

"Byakugan is such disgusting eyes!"

In front of the walking father and Son duo, four boys were yelling and pushing a little adorable girl that had on a winter jacket and a yellow scarf. She had tears forming in her eyes, but she tried to hold on and not cry.

"Hey, you bastards! Leave her alone and pick on someone your own size." Naruto that noticed this ran over immediately and yelled at the boys. He knew exactly what this felt like so how could he possibly stay silent here. He ran over without even checking with Dragon if it was okay to interfere.

"Ah, it's him. It's the demon."

"Let's kick his ass." The boys turned around at the sound of someone yelling and obviously recognized Naruto immediately. These boys were older so they had been told things about Naruto that other children had not.

"Let's get him." They dashed at Naruto with their full speed. The first boy that also was the biggest of them all threw a punch but missed because Naruto stepped aside and dodged it.

Naruto wasn't as strong or skilled as Dragon obviously, so the movements were clumsy, but they were more than enough for these boys. Another punch came from the same boy again but Naruto dodged under it.

"You all help as well." The boy pointed at his friends and they all gathered around Naruto.

"That's enough. No need to fight here anymore, just run home before anything worse happens." Dragon who had stayed hidden appeared right in front of the boys and scared the life out of them with his massive size.

"AAAAH, GIANT!"

"HELP!!!"

"RUN!"

"MOM!" They all ran back to the village as fast as they could. Hinata who were still on the verge of fully breaking down stared at Dragon as well and held her breath out of fright. Naruto was the only child up until this day that could handle his height without being scared into silence.

"It's okay! He is all fluff and pillows. He is the best person ever!" Naruto said and showed the crying girl a motivating thumbs up.

"T-thank y-you." The girl said under her breath, still very afraid of this giant man that appeared out of nowhere so suddenly.

"What are you doing here anyway?" Naruto asked the girl with a questionable look. He had a very innocent personality. Even with the life, he has lived up to this point.

"I got lost. I can't find Kō anywhere." She said and it looked like she wanted to cry again.

"He is right over there." She saw Dragon pointing behind her and when she turned around she saw a man with short brown hair run towards them in a panic.

"Miss Hinata! I finally found you. I am so sorry that I lost you, are you okay?" He ran up to Hinata and quickly hugged her and then grabbed her hand. He looked at Dragon, then Naruto and frowned.

"We must go quickly Hinata. Your father needs you back home." Kō dragged away Hinata even though she wanted to stay and talk more with the boy.

"Stop! I would like a word with little Hinata." Dragon's voice rang out and the pure power behind just his voice scared Kō so badly that he couldn't take a step forward.

"S-Sir, we really need to get back to the Hyuga compound." Kō turned around to face Dragon which was a mistake because meeting his eyes almost cause all strength in his legs to give out.

'What is this man... How can a human have this kind of physical presence.' Kō thought as he tried to regulate his breathing.

"I would like to invite Hinata to come back to our house." Dragon said and looked at Hinata without letting her feel the manifestation of his aura that Kō was currently dealing with.

"I-I'm afraid we don't have time." He said and tried to take Hinata away, not because he feared or hated them, but because Hinata's father entrusted her to him. And he couldn't fail in that regard or heavy punishment would follow.

"What do you say, Hinata? Do you wanna come to visit our home?" Dragon put his hand on Naruto's head and smiled at Hinata and it seemed to calm her down somewhat.

"Y-Yes, T-Thank y.you" She couldn't look Naruto in the eyes so she forced herself to stare at the ground while holding Ko's hand.

"Your name was Kō correct?" He looked at the poor man that was having a hard time just standing up at the moment.

"Y-Yes, Sir." Ko said, now perfectly understanding that he didn't have a say in the matter. Only Hinata had the power to deny the request and now that she hadn't he was simply forced to follow.

"Do you wanna come along and have some tea? It is exceptional if I do say so myself." Dragon now smiled at him as well, but the pressure he was putting on Ko didn't leave him much choice to deny the giant man.

"Yes! Please." As soon as he agreed, Naruto jumped up in the excitement and ran forward and grabbed Hinata's hand, almost making her faint from shock.

"Let's go, Hinata. My house is huge and you'll love it. Old man, Hinata and I will go ahead of you guys." Naruto said and took her away from Ko and started dragging her towards the village in the distance.

"Let's go, Ko. We don't wanna lag behind a couple kids." Dragon started walking and the pressure holding Ko down magically disappeared entirely and he was free to move now.

'I need to report to Lord Hiashi. No, Lord Hokage even. This man, how is there no knowledge of such a monster in our village.' Ko thought as he watched Dragon's massive back. People knew of Dragon and that he had some form of relationship with Naruto, but no one knew their real connection or how they met. Dragon's martial arts school only had Naruto so far, so he was sort of a mystery to many of them.

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