Disclaimer: I do not OWN Naruto. Don't even put me on the same level of Master Kishimoto. That is all.
Today is the day…
Today is the day…..
Today is the DAY?!
"Omigosh today is the day!" Young Hinata Hyuuga cried out. Her voice shaking with excitement and fear at the same time. She blinked down at the reflection from the sun that shown brightly at a small stone of Alexandrite embedded in a wedding band around her slim finger.
"Today is the day…" She repeated quietly to herself.
Yes, today was her wedding day. After twenty-three long years her parents were wedding her off. After twenty-three long years she would be able to set foot out of the castle for her honeymoon and only her honeymoon. As Princess of Opal she was given only three days of freedom before inheriting the crown and becoming the Queen of her people.
Hinata's eyes casted down towards the small town of Opal pleasingly for she had trained day and night to prepare her for this day. The clouds casted a brief shadow over the kingdom that shined many colors vibrantly in the sun. The wind picked up the smell of the salt from the ocean that stretched miles across the horizon. It was such a wonderful sight. Now…all she had to do was make it through this day.
"Lady Hinata, it is almost that time." A deep voice came from above her.
A grin crept along her lips as another shadow consumed her own in the tall grass. She lifted her head and met the yellow eyes of her fellow giant friend.
"Kurama!"
"It is time." He as he lowered his head when she reached out to him.
Hinata nuzzled her face on the side of his massive jaw. He smelled like earth and fire. He had been wandering within the Land of Ashes again. It was the place she had found the nine-tailed fox when she was just a small girl and he was just a small fox.
"You know, Kurama. For someone who is supposed to be my guardian you sure do go away a lot."
Kurama chuckled. "I must go make sure the other tailed beasts are protecting the lands assigned to them. Your safety is of upmost importance. Besides, I always come back before you sleep."
Hinata pulled her head away and puffed out her cheeks to pout. "Yeah, but you never have time to play with me anymore."
"You have more important things to do then to ride on my back all day."
"Some of the stuff I learn is boring."
Kurama laughed and she did along with him.
There laughter was interrupted by the sound of the town's trumpets indicating that the wedding ceremony was to start shortly. Hinata turned towards the edge of the cliff and let out a deep sigh. It really was time.
"My Queen." Kurama called to her gently.
She scoffed and looked up at him. "I'm not your Queen yet Kurama. I still have some time to be…just me."
Kurama nudged her with the tip of his nose. "You will always be my Queen."
Hinata smiled at him. "And you will always be my little fox."
Another round of the trumpets sounded.
"Now, let's get married!" She shouted while climbing up his body. As she situated herself upon his back one last deep breath was taken of the salty air and released. One last look around her surroundings was taken. And finally, one last ride on her friend was given as the Princess of Opal.
As Hinata walked down the glass corridor leading her to the main courtyard to where her wedding ceremony should be held, her sister, Hanabi panicked beside her.
"When you become Queen we won't be able to sneak out anymore!" She continued. "Who will I go skinny dipping in Rainbow Lake with? Who will bail me out of trouble for waxing the guard's underarms?"
"Hanabi!" Hinata laughed.
Hanabi looked at her with teary eyes. "Sister! You're leaving me here with these idiots!"
Hinata stopped walking and grabbed her sister's hand tightly. "I am not leaving you. You can always ask father to come live with us."
Hanabi rolled her eyes. "Father won't allow that and you know it. He wants you to focus on the Kingdom and the People. Besides, I'm sure you'll be too busy making babies with mmrf—"
Hinata quickly covered her mouth and smiled at the man who appeared in front of them. Her cheeks burned a bright red from embarrassment. "N-Neji…"
Neji Hyuuga, her husband to be grinned widely at her. "Lady Hinata, you are more beautiful than a thousand suns."
Hanabi removed her sister's hand from her mouth and rolled her eyes again. "You guys are getting ready to spend every minute together. Why are you here now? Don't you know it's bad to see the bride before the ceremony?"
Neji's eyes diverted towards his sister. "I couldn't wait. Besides, I need to speak with my wife before I take her away from you forever" He said half-jokingly.
Hanabi glared at him. "It won't be forever! I will come and torture you and shave your hair like I do the sheep you piece of—"
"Hanabi!" Hinata interrupted.
Neji's grin transformed into a childish smile as her sister stuck out her tongue in response.
"You get THREE minutes." She hissed at Neji and disappeared around the corner.
Hinata shook her head and smiled at her fiancé. "You two are a piece of work."
Neji shrugged his shoulder and placed her small hand within his. His eyes staring at her ring. "It is because of her that we are here. And plus, she loves me already."
Hinata laughed. He was right. It was because of Hanabi that they had met almost fifteen years ago. Hanabi had gotten stuck in a tree and no matter how hard Hinata had tried to convince her that she was big enough to come down on her own, her sister would not listen. Hinata had begun to panic because it was getting late and their parents hadn't even known they had snuck out of the castle to go play. If it hadn't been for Neji passing by, they both would've been in trouble later that night. Ever since then Neji had always been around and the love between them had grown into what would last forever.
"What are you thinking about?"
"What?" Hinata snapped out her thoughts. She hadn't realized that she had zoned out and found him intently staring at her. "Oh—nothing at all. I'm just, you know, excited…nervous."
"Don't be. Today is just another day that I get to love you." He said as his arms wrapped around her slender waist, bringing her closer to his body. "Today is just a day that the kingdom will publicly know how much you mean to me."
Again her cheeks flushed red. She averted her eyes elsewhere. Neji hadn't always been the romantic type, but as the wedding day drew closer, his love for her seemed to be bursting from a closed pot buried deep within.
"I love you, Neji." Hinata rested her head against his chest.
"I love you as well." He replied, resting his chin on her head.
BOOM!
The ground suddenly shook beneath them causing them to jump alarmed. Both looking confused at one another.
"What was that?" Hinata asked.
BOOM!
The ground again shook more violently shaking the building. The sound echoed through the building muffled with the faint screaming coming from around them. Neji immediately took her by the arm and sprinted down the hallway, pulling her with him. Her heart furiously beating within her chest as the sounds grew louder and the shaking continued. Was there an attack? No, Opal was a peaceful kingdom with no enemies anywhere. So, what was going on?
As they reached the main door leading to the outside Neji stopped abruptly and pushed Hinata away from him to the ground. Parts of the ceiling came crashing down in between them nearly missing where she had landed. She stared at the debris in disbelief. She would've been dead if Neji hadn't been there.
"Come on!" He yelled at her while pulling her to her feet.
Legs shaking, she pushed herself to follow him outside where her heart sunk into darkest corner of a bottomless pit. Outside were people running—her people running around frantically as the earth cracked open exposing deadly toxic within the air. She watched as one by one her loved ones fall to the ground from suffocation, being trampled upon by others, or being crushed from falling pillars. Her eyes began to burn from the water filling up and she lunged forward when Neji pulled her back.
"DON'T!"
"Neji! They need me!" She cried trying to break free from his grasp.
"You can't help them!"
Her mind could not process anything he was saying as he tried to pull her back away from the gas. A young girl had fallen to the ground and was reaching out to her for her help.
"I'm coming!" She reached out her own hand and watched as the girl gets swallowed by the Earth itself. Hinata's legs gave way and she fell to the ground sobbing. Why was all of this happening? Today was her day. Today was—
"Armageddon" She whispered to herself and then looked at Neji. "Neji! Armageddon!"
Neji looked at her. His mind rejecting the word she was saying to him.
"Neji!"
Her cry brought him back to her and he pulled her up. "Right…we have to get you to the Shrine!"
She nodded her head. "Kurama! Kurama where are you?!"
Another shake to the ground, but this shake was familiar. Her fox came crashing through the building wheezing. "Lady Hinata!" He lowered his head for her to climb on him.
"Kurama are you okay?!"
"The mountains…the mountains they are destroyed. There is nothing but gas and flames." He told her.
"Where are the others?"
Kurama looked away into the smoke filled air. "Nothing…."
Hinata gasped, her heart clenching inside her chest. "Kurama, I'm so sorry."
Kurama began to move. "All that matters now is that we get you to safety. The prophecy is has come early.
"Wait! My family!" Hinata said as she looked back towards the door.
"Hinata we don't have...time." Neji was beginning to cough. The gas was starting to feel his lunges.
"But, Hanabi!" Her voice cracked when the Kyuubi jumped into the air. As she got further and further away from the door and the screaming, she could faintly see a small body struggling to leave the building. Tears streamed down her face as she heard the small cry of Hanabi calling her name repeatedly until nothing was heard anymore. Neji pulled her face into his chest to keep her from seeing the kingdom she was born to rule fall to ruin as the raced toward the Shrine of Quartz.
When they had arrived the animals that once surrounded the shrine had long been gone desperately seeking shelter. The shrine had been impacted as well and was starting to crumble. Hinata and Neji hurriedly jumped from Kurama's back and began the mantra to open the portal of the Shrine the dimension the prophecy spoke of.
Hinata turned to Neji. He looked at her, his eyes swollen from crying. "Remember the prophecy. You must find the one who can save the kingdom."
"Save what kingdom? Everyone is dead Neji!" Hinata screamed at him.
Neji closed his eyes, his face pained. "I know…" He replied in a whisper. "But, I can't let you die."
"Lady Hinata, the prophecy also said that finding the one can also reverse everything that has been done." Kurama added.
Hinata and Neji turned their attention to the fox. "It does?"
"Yes."
"So there's hope!" A small smile of relief was placed onto her quivering lips. "We can undo everything!"
Neji walked towards the portal. "We must find them Hinata. We have to hurry. Kurama you go first! We will need you to help locate them.
Kurama nodded his head approached the beaming light disappearing within an instant. Hinata glanced back at the fog that concealed everything that had happened, but she could still hear the screams in her head and feel the death of her people surrounding her. As she walked up the stairs another great earthquake jolted through the ground causing her to stumble backwards as the ground gave way behind her.
Neji grabbed her by her wedding gown with the other hand wrapped grasping a small tree for support. She looked behind her and saw darkness ready to embrace her. She was going to die before she even got to a chance to save everyone.
"Hinata." Neji called for her.
She immediately looked frightened. His was sad and empty. "Neji…"
"Hinata, I will always search for you..."
"Neji, please don't." Her pulse began to quicken and her lunges began to tighten.
"No matter how many lifetimes I must go through. No matter how many galaxies I must cross. I will find you."
She was crying now. "Neji please!"
Neji smiled at her before taking one last pull with all his strength to pull her up as he fell forwards into the void.
"NEJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Hinata cried out after him. The ground shook once more causing her to slip backwards, hitting her head against the rubble of fallen rocks before falling into the portal herself where she embraced nothing but darkness.
A/N: Hello! Thanks for reading my first chapter. I'm sorry if there are any grammatical errors..I was honestly falling asleep but I had to get this stuff off my mind! I blame spell check for not catching any of it..Anyway, I will upload as many chapters as I can as days come and go. Just let me finish some college exams and enjoy what bit of happiness my life brings! Also, if a chapter is really short...it's Word's fault. It makes the chapters seem massive and then I upload here and it's so teeny..sorry...