Naruto: Reborn as Zoro

With Kiba out, Hinata finally needs to start attacking after being passive. She charges toward Zoro and uses the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist to attack.

Shino still has his insects wrapped around Zoro's legs to root Zoro in place so Hinata can hit Zoro. But to Shino's surprise, Zoro can move his legs to step away, avoiding Hinata's attacks easily as if his legs aren't tied up.

Shino tries to strengthen his insect wraps on Zoro's legs, but he still can't stop Zoro. It's as if his technique doesn't have any effect on Zoro. He can't stop Zoro's movements at all.

Hinata also can't land a hit on Zoro even though she is very close to him. Zoro also deliberately dodges her attacks very narrowly just like what he did to Guy's team yesterday.

Unlike Neji who lost his cool as he got angry, Hinata actually can keep her cool and analyze the situation calmly before trying to change her approach.

It's just that her speed and power can't follow her thoughts. She also seems to hesitate a bit whenever her attacks almost touch Zoro, as if she doesn't want to harm him even though they are in a battle.

It makes Zoro frown because such behavior can endanger her in a real battle situation. He knows she is a kind person who doesn't wish to harm others. But she needs to understand that sometimes it is necessary to hurt people.

So Zoro stops dodging and just takes Hinata's attacks with his body. He doesn't even block them with his hands and just lets them hit his stomach and chest. It surprises Hinata, making her flinch and she suddenly backs off.

"What's wrong, little girl? Why do you stop attacking?"

Hinata is surprised to see her attacks don't have any effect on Zoro. She might be hesitating, but her attacks are still packed with power. Some of them have landed on his body, so they should have some effects.

"Are you worried that your attacks will hurt me? That's very kind of you. But little girl, what will happen if this is a real battle? What if because of your hesitation, you end up being killed? Forget about yourself, what if it gets your friends killed? What if your hesitation gets your family killed? Or maybe it can even get your village destroyed? All just because you hesitate when fighting your opponents."

"T-that's....."

"Listen, Hyuga daughter, hesitating in a battle is an insult to your opponent that fights seriously, to your teacher that sacrifices their time to teach you, to your family and village that nurture you, and even to yourself who decided to be a shinobi. In a battle, everyone involved is prepared to receive the consequences, including getting hurt or even killed."

Zoro suddenly disappears from his spot, surprising everyone there. Hinata finds him very quickly and turns around because he moves to her back. Her eyes widen because Zoro is holding both Kiba and Shino by their necks high in the air.

"Look. Because you didn't attack me seriously, I can grab your teammates and am about to kill them."

Kiba and Shino suddenly start trembling and trying to break free from Zoro's grip. It's as if they are being choked by him, making Hinata panic because she can see that they really feel hurt from their chaotic chakra.

Zoro doesn't choke them though. But he uses Conqueror Haki to intimidate them, scaring them without making them faint. That's why they try so hard to escape from him, all because they are very scared of him.

But their chaotic chakra makes Hinata think that Zoro really hurt them. Even Kurenai and Tenten also think like that. Kurenai wants to move and stops Zoro, but then she suddenly feels a very strong intimidating pressure that roots her in place.

Zoro smirks while glancing at her, as if telling her to not get involved. To prevent Kurenai from disturbing his plan, Zoro knocks her out with his Haki. He even knocks out Tenten who is still in confusion.

It is an extreme method, but Zoro just wants to stimulate Hinata so she will stop hesitating by showing her what can happen if she keeps hesitating like that.

Suddenly Hinata charges toward Zoro. She really seems angry now and starts attacking with all her power. It's amazing how she immediately stops hesitating when she sees her friends get hurt.

Zoro smirks and doesn't avoid Hinata's attacks. He receives them all with his body. He moves Kiba and Shino to the side so Hinata can have more room to attack him.

Her furious attacks are getting stronger and faster. But they still can't budge Zoro from his spot. He is standing still receiving her attacks like a mountain.

Zoro keeps taunting her with his words to make her angrier. Hinata responds by attacking more strongly with tears running down her eyes. She is angry but also feels very helpless because her attacks are not working.

What makes her even angrier is because she sees Kurenai and Tenten are unconscious on the side now. She knows that the only one who causes that is Zoro. So she thinks that he really wants to harm them all and it makes her furious.

She is the only one who can save them now, so she needs to defeat him. But her attacks aren't working at all, so she is very frustrated. Her weakness kills her friends, that's what she thinks now.

Because she uses too much power, her energy is drained very quickly too. It doesn't take long for her to run out of stamina, which makes her attacks much slower and weaker.

Zoro thinks that it's enough, so he stops her attacks by grabbing her hands. She flinches as she looks at Zoro who smiles proudly at her.

"Good job. Those are great attacks."

"Eh?" Hinata is confused by Zoro's warm smile and words.

"Don't worry, everyone is fine. They just faint, but they are not hurt. You can look at them if you don't believe it."

Hinata looks at the fainted people and realizes that they are in normal conditions. They look like they are just sleeping. Now she realizes that Zoro doesn't really hurt them. He was just taunting her to make her angry.

The relief from finding out that everything is fine makes all the adrenaline in her body disappear. Her knees get weak and she falls on her knees before she loses consciousness too.

Now Zoro is the one getting perplexed because he is the only one conscious now. So with no other choice, he moves everyone onto the same spot, under the shade of a tree.

Kurenai is the first to wake up after a while and she immediately reprimands Zoro for doing something so extreme, making her regret asking for his help.

"Well, sometimes you need to show them the harsh reality. It's great that she has that much kindness in her heart, but she needs to know to whom she needs to show that kindness. Also, I don't have enough patience to teach her slowly and I don't have time for that. Her teacher is you, not me. So you can choose to use a slower method while I can't."

"But do you really need to hurt them like that? I thought you were really choking the boys."

"They should be ready to get hurt in a battle, right? While I did that to stimulate the Hyuga kid's battle spirit, it was also a lesson for the other kids. That Inuzuka kid was too hot-headed and just attacked without much consideration, so he needs to know what will happen if he keeps being like that. The Aburame kid is more well-rounded in every aspect though, I don't really have any complaints. He just needs more experience and maybe stronger skills."

Soon, Tenten also wakes up and she also asks why Zoro did that, so he needs to repeat his explanation. He also needs to repeat his explanations to other 3 kids that seem terrified of him now.

"Well, at least you are still alive so you can be terrified of me. But if that was a real battle, then you won't even have time to be scared after the battle because you would have lost your lives. I have said this to some other people, but the worst time for regret is when you can only hold your loved ones' cold bodies because at that time you realize that no matter what you do, you can't bring them back to life."

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