[Over the years he has stopped relying on the sheer number of clones to overwhelm an enemy and prefers to use them strategically or to test an enemies strength. If Hinata were not here, if she weren't out in front with the potential to have someone fall on her - Naruto would probably simply crawl up the old-fashioned way but the longer they were stuck in there, the more potential there was for something to happen. Plus she trusted him whenever he said he had a plan.
Naruto grimaces at the sound as it's practically right by his ear and because he realized that if he had fallen, he would have taken her right along with him. Granted that he probably would have gone backwards and she would have landed on top of him again.
It's only when she speaks that he realizes that he's still got an arm around her. Once he's sure that Hinata is steady on her own feet does he let her go, the same hand to go ruffle the back of his hair.]
R-right. [Looking away because he can feel his cheeks burning a little now.] Now we just gotta avoid those flying things and find a way out of here.
he's got moves like Jaeger, Hinata
Naruto grimaces at the sound as it's practically right by his ear and because he realized that if he had fallen, he would have taken her right along with him. Granted that he probably would have gone backwards and she would have landed on top of him again.
It's only when she speaks that he realizes that he's still got an arm around her. Once he's sure that Hinata is steady on her own feet does he let her go, the same hand to go ruffle the back of his hair.]
R-right. [Looking away because he can feel his cheeks burning a little now.] Now we just gotta avoid those flying things and find a way out of here.