I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. I intend to make Hiashi seem like more of a complete dick than he already does and to do so, I have to be extremely horrible to both Hinata and Hanabi. I'm sorry if this offends you but you shouldn't read it if you're going to send flames. This is in Shippuden...somewhere
Worry
Naruto walked down the street with three things on his mind: lunch, Ichiraku's, and Hinata. For weeks every time he had seen her, she had been sobbing her eyes out. Something had to have happened and still be happening but Naruto had no idea what could be so horrible to make Hinata sob as hard as she had been. Before he even realized it, he was sitting at Ichiraku's waiting for his meal.
"You feeling okay Naruto?" Ayame asked walking out of the back of the shop.
"Yeah," Naruto said quietly still partially lost in his thoughts.
"You sure?" Ayame asked smirking. "Because you just agreed to have a kid with me."
"Oh," Naruto said. "Nevermind then."
"What're you thinking about Naruto?" Teuchi asked.
"Nothing," Naruto said as Teuchi put his ramen in front of him.
Naruto broke his chopsticks apart then set his hands down staring into his ramen bowl.
"Alright Naruto," Teuchi said. "Speak. What's wrong?"
"Have you seen Hinata lately?" Naruto asked setting his chopsticks down.
"I have," Teuchi said. "I figured it might be something to do with her."
Naruto nodded just as Hinata walked past, not crying for once, although Naruto wished she had been when he saw the expression on her face. She looked dead. There wasn't a single emotion on her face and she payed Naruto no attention when he asked if she was okay. She simply walked past heading toward the Hokage Monument.
"Damn," Ayame said. "What happened to her?"
"I'm going to go find out," Naruto said leaving his ramen untouched.
When he reached the Hokage Monument, he found Sakura and Ino already there. Ino was comforting Hinata, or trying to, and Sakura stopped Naruto from walking over. Hinata had already begun sobbing and Sakura led Naruto away from them so they could speak without being overheard.
"You can't help," Sakura said. "Trust me, you have no idea what happened and still happens. You couldn't help if you did know. Even Neji doesn't know."
"What about Hanabi?" Naruto asked.
"Don't even think about it," Sakura said. "She's almost as bad as Hinata. For once in your life, listen to my advice and just let it go."
"I can't," Naruto said.
"Then I'm sorry," Sakura said. "If you get within ten feet of her again, I'll put you in the hospital."
"We'll see," Naruto said turning and leaping away heading to Tsunade's office.
When he arrived, Tsunade was alone doing paperwork so he walked in and closed the door behind himself.
"What do you want?" Tsunade asked.
"What's wrong with Hinata?" Naruto asked.
Tsunade sighed then set down her pen and looked up at him with sympathy and a small amount of shame. Then she sighed again and rolled the scroll up setting it aside and leaning her elbows on the desk.
"I can't say," Tsunade said. "It's not my place. It's also not your place to get involved. I'm sorry. I know that you care about your friends and that you want to help, but this isn't something you can help with. Trust me Naruto. Even a war couldn't compare with how bad this is. Don't get involved. You'll only make things worse. I even had to order Inoichi to keep his distance to make sure he didn't make it worse. You can't help. I'm sorry."
"How do you know?" Naruto asked.
"Because I know what it is," Tsunade said. "And I've seen so many become so bad that they committed suicide because someone tried to help. Don't get involved. Please. For her."
Naruto glared at her for a moment then sighed and nodded. Then, he decided to try one last time before giving up. He left Tsunade's office and soon found Neji hanging out with Tenten.
"I don't know," Neji said before Naruto could even ask.
"Can you try to find out?" Naruto asked. "You have to be as worried as me."
"Very well," Neji said. "I'll try. But if it's as bad as Sakura says, I'm not telling you."
Naruto nodded just as Konohamaru landed in front of them.
"What's wrong with Hanabi?" Konohamaru asked.
"Neji's going to find out," Naruto said. "I'll find you in a few weeks. In the mean time, try to comfort her, but do not, in any way, try to make her tell you."
Konohamaru nodded and left and Naruto turned to Neji.
"You have three days," Naruto said. "If you can't find out by then, I'm asking Hiashi myself."
Neji nodded and Naruto left. Everyone saying he shouldn't get involved had only succeeded in making him worry more. Now, he needed to get home before he did something he would regret.
THE END
Read and review. In the next chapter, or maybe the one after it, when you figure out what Hinata and Hanabi are suffering with, I will need suggestions of whether or not to have the story M or T. I'll probably end of doing T though.
