In the courtyard, Hinata stood by the gate, looking at the rocky path in the distance and waiting for Naruto to gradually appear from there.
"Whoosh..."
"Ah..."
With Instant Movement, he could arrive from a thousand miles away in an instant. Upon learning that Hinata had come to visit, Naruto used Instant Movement and appeared before her in a single breath, startling her badly.
"Naruto-kun, you were too fast. You gave me such a fright..." Hinata said softly, her face flushed as she patted her chest with her little hand.
A faint smile appeared on Naruto's face as he watched Hinata pat her chest after being startled by him. Over the past two years, Hinata had let herself eat freely, and her height had shot up as well. At nine years old, she had grown past one and a half meters tall, and her body had gradually begun to develop, going from completely flat to having little peach-like curves.
"Hinata, have you been waiting long?" Naruto asked with a smile.
"No, I only got here a little while ago." Hinata calmed herself and answered happily.
Hinata had been very happy these past two years. The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was all thanks to Naruto-kun. Without Naruto-kun's encouragement that night, she would never have lived so easily these past two years.
Now, her strength had increased greatly, and she had earned much of her father's affection. Moreover, when she had gone with her cousin Neji Hyuga to apologize last time, it had all been because Naruto-kun had punched Neji Hyuga.
Neji Hyuga had challenged her, saying that as long as she accepted his challenge, he would let the matter go. If it had been in the past, Hinata definitely would not have accepted her cousin's