I have had the idea of doing an original NaruHina for sometime but I've been insanely busy with coursework and other fanfics but I finally started! This will be slow on the update but the chapters will be long…ish! I make no promises!

I will be updating my other fic soon but this one is one I really wanted to write!

Ok this idea has probably been done before but I have to say this is totally mine and if it bears any similarity to anyone else's fanfic it is totally by mistake.

I do not own Naruto

Naruto watched helplessly as Hinata knelt before the executioner, he was being held back by his uncles guards, he fought desperately to get closer but to no avail. Naruto's three cousins Gaara, Kankouro and Temari stood away from the crowd of guards keeping a tight hold on Hinata's sister, Hanabi, who had made the declaration more than once that she was going to 'do something'.

He had never before really believed the stories of how cruel his uncle was, he had believed in part that there had to be a way around the stoic man. All these years of wondering why there were so many awful rumours about his uncle but never quite believing they could all be true. Now he knew, there was no justice in this place, there was no hope or laws for the common good. There was just his uncle and his corrupt council.

"NO! Please I beg you, I'll do anything…, anything…" Naruto pleaded with his stern uncle but to no avail, the man gave him a cold glare before turning and nodding to the man holding the axe.

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They say your life passes before your eyes when you die and the same was true for Hinata and Naruto, he may not have been dying but as he watched his love he began to remember all that had happened in his life up until this moment.

Hinata saw her formative years in a blur, at the age of five her sister had been born killing her mother in the process, from then on her childhood was rough and painful. The death of her mother took her father hard and he took to drinking blaming her new sister for what had happened. They had never been rich but now her father never worked meals were scraped together from practically nothing.

At the age of only thirteen she had been a timid shy young thing but she had a survivalists edge that people recognised. She was good and kind but things were still tough, luckily she had been 'employed' by the mayors family as a cleaner, it was rough work but she had performed her tasks gratefully wanting only to support her sister and keep her safe. The family were known as a bad lot but she was paid well enough and as long as Hanabi was happy she was too.

At first this job had been a dream come true but as the years went by she soon realised that she was little more than a slave and while she didn't mind that, her fear of the people she worked for became a daily worry. The council that met here were all powerful in this region and one word from the mayor could end with her dead and no one would ever question it. The mayor had three children, all spoiled but surprisingly enough they weren't ever cruel to the staff. It was in her third year at the house when the mayors nephew had become part of the household and rumours abounded as to who and what he was exactly. There were cruel rumours about him but while these rumours were currently just gossip Hinata like the others didn't exactly want to be the one to prove them real!

Naruto remembered his own childhood with two loving parents, he had been happy enough but then his parents had argued with his uncle. He had been a child, too young to question what had really happened but they had left the town where he had grown up. He understood a little more now why they had walked away, he knew now that the argument had been with the way his uncle ran the country but at the time he had been oblivious.

The death of his parents had hit him hard. No one ever discovered what had actually happened, there had been some suspicion of Naruto himself but his uncle had swooped down and immediately the questions faded away. At only sixteen he had been unsure of what he would do when his parents died and had been more than willing to follow his uncle back to a town he remembered and a house full of evident comfort.

The house had been stiff and formal but he enjoyed spending time with his young cousins and he never had any housework to do. He often found himself giving silly commands to the maids or servants only to discover that they would immediately obey. It felt nice to be so powerful, he occasionally abused said power but at heart he was still the good person that his parents had raised.

So it was that one particularly exhausting day a few months after Naruto had come to live with the mayor when an unwell Hinata had collapsed while working he decided to do something. The poor girl had awoken hours later to find herself laid on one of the many beds that it was her job to make. Obviously terrified she had tried to sit up only to find the room begin to spin.

"Hey there lay back down" a kind voice had told her "don't worry…"

"T-trouble" she had forced herself to stutter out the word

"No ones in any trouble I promise" the voice told her again "just rest"

Hours later when she had finally caught up on her sleep she sat up rubbing her eyes and looking around curiously. She soon recognised where she was and one very eloquent thought came to mind.

"Oh shit fuckity fuck fuck!"

"Wow we have a 'shit fuckity fuck fuck' situation" the gentle voice from earlier laughed "there hasn't been one of those since the shit fuckity fuck fuck riot over fifty years ago."

"You don't understand this is Naruto's room if he…" Hinata turned to see her attractive helper sitting smiling wickedly at her "…happens to be sitting in a chair opposite me… I say again shit fuckity fuck fuck."

Another laugh only this one louder was the only response she got as Naruto stood and walked over to her side. Sitting on the bed he pressed a hand to her forehead "you're very warm" he commented concernedly.

Blushing Hinata tried to keep conscious as Naruto stared at her "I haven't been too well recently"

"You should stay in bed till you're better"

Hinata laughed, and once she had started she couldn't stop. The idea that she could somehow just miss work and stay in bed was so funny it made her sides hurt. This guy probably thought she had a bed of her own to start with.

Naruto wasn't sure what he had said that was so amusing but one thing he did know was that this girl was laughing at him. Grabbing her by the shoulders he held her still saying in a chilling voice "And just what is so funny?"

For some reason, maybe she was brave or just plain delirious Hinata refused to let herself be scared by this guy, there were stories about him, tales that he raped girls from his previous hometown only to kill them so no one would never know and no one ever questioned because of their fear. His uncle had been known to kill a man merely because his meat had tasted 'different' the whole family was terrifying to a poor girl like herself.

"You think I can just take a day off? I miss a day here and I lose my job, I have a sister to care for you know"

"Oh" Naruto let her go, her eyes were strange, pale and kind of eerie looking, her tone was like burning ice as she responded "I guess it was a stupid thing to say" he turned back to look at her "will someone have noticed that your jobs weren't done today?"

"Yes" she nodded sadly

"Good thing I told one of the maids that I had decided I wanted someone to totally re-tidy my room and made some dark haired maid do it" Naruto told her grinning a little

Her eyes stared into his with disconcerting analysis "You. You did that? Why?"

"I just felt bad for you" that was partly the truth, in fact it had been partly an interest in her, her looks. She was oddly pretty with her midnight blue hair and pale skin, she was cleaner than other maids, in fact she was cleaner than most people in general. He liked to bath and insisted his cousins did too but most people didn't care for it and rarely did so. They lived in a desert environment and water could be hard to come by. Despite her worn grey clothes she and her skin had been almost glowing as he picked her up, her skin was soft and her scent…it was heavenly. How did a girl like this end up being a maid? If his uncle had ever discovered her she would have probably have been either added to his harem.

"You do realise that they'll all think…" Hinata stopped what she was saying blushing "Never mind"

"What will they think?" Naruto asked grinning lecherously, he knew exactly what was thought of him by the staff, it wasn't true… well most of it wasn't… he got closer to her, as he moved she started to pull away but she was trapped by the covers and all she could do to move away was lean back onto the pillows.

'Perfect' Naruto grinned as he lowered his lips gently onto hers and very gently kissed her.

As a servant and sole carer for Hanabi, Hinata had not been allowed the company of men that most girls enjoy and this small show was enough to terrify and completely excite her, blushing redder than she had ever thought possible she proceeded to pass out.

Naruto grinned as he looked down at the girls face, while she was unconscious her bright blush faded quickly back to her pale silvery skin. He watched her carefully, waiting until her dark lashes fluttered open to reveal her lavender coloured eyes. Immediately the embarrassment returned and a rosy colour tinged her cheeks.

"Hello" Naruto grinned widely

"H-hello" 'damn it where had that stutter come from?'

"Last time you woke up your first words were a little more colourful"

"Yes well…" Hinata tried to regain her composure but it was damn hard when he was smiling at her like that. It made her feel grown up and immature at the same time, and she wasn't even sure that was possible. Shaking herself internally she forced herself to stare directly back at the man who was so rudely accosting her "W-would you let me get up?"

"No"

"Why not?"

"Well it's not everyday I get a woman as beautiful as you in my bed and I'm not very willing to let you go"

"B… b-beautiful?" Hinata asked feeling foolish "Y-you think I'm b-beautiful?"

"Very" Naruto took her hand and raising it to his lips kissed it gently "may I know the name of my charming companion?"

Too surprised by his actions to do anything but respond the young girl blushed "Hinata"

"Hinata-chan" Naruto said happily, lifting his free hand and running it through her hair, he watched as his fingers moved through the beautiful inky blackness, he then returned his gaze to her amazing eyes. "Has no one ever told you that you are beautiful?"

"N-no" she was trembling now. Awash with new sensations and emotions Hinata could feel her body ready to swoon again but she held still managing to retain consciousness as she gazed into Naruto's own awe inspiring eyes. Deep inside a part of her wanted him to kiss her again but that smart and cautious side knew that it would be a bad idea. Damn her smart cautious side!!

As if reading her thoughts Naruto smiled saying "I'm going to kiss you now, don't go fainting on me again."

His lips were soft and warm, his arms pulled her tight against him and her own slowly snaked their way around his neck. She knew she ought to push him away, hell even the most sluttish girls in the area didn't just kiss a guy the first time they met. But oh he felt sooooo good. Once upon a time she had been quite judgemental of girls wondering why they said things like 'you can't help who you fall in love with' or 'I got caught up in the passion of the moment' now she understood. His tongue had gently pushed past her lips massaging inside her mouth in a glorious way.

In her sensible mind, the one that just had to rear it's ugly head she told herself to push him away but the sixteen year old inside wanted more, in the end she supposed that it was obvious which side of her would win. Her hormones took over, the pure lust that Naruto made her feel became unbearable and she gave in completely.

From that day on whenever Naruto found her working near his room she would find herself dragged inside and eventually thrown onto the nearest flat surface.

They each knew it would end badly.

He was destined to marry a princess of an allied town, one day he could have a harem like his uncle's but that would be years after his original marriage, an heir would have to be born first, and most difficult of all Hinata had made it clear she wouldn't be a part of that. She had a dream of a family of her own, of marriage to man that would work at a job enough to pay for herself and their eventual children, maybe they would Hanabi to move in. For herself to one day finish working, for Hanabi to be provided with a job good enough that she too would have time for a husband and all that could not be done by becoming just another 'royal whore' as they were called in the real world.

Unfortunately Naruto had quickly become an addiction that she craved constantly. She found herself thinking about him every moment and it sometimes drove her crazy how infatuated she was. She told him things she had never told anyone before, her fears her hopes, how much she missed her mother, how much she should hate her father. For some reason talking to him was easy. They would lie together after their passionate activities holding each other and talking easily, words would just spill from her mouth and he would entrust to her his deepest secrets.

Her language was rougher than his, as was to be expected from the lower classes but Naruto adored her bluntness, it gave her a feisty edge. She was very easy to embarrass and because of her pale skin her blush was very obvious. Truth be told everything about Hinata had been attractive to Naruto. He and she both thought that their mutual attraction would end in mere weeks but even when Naruto had been living their for almost a year they were still together. When they both realised that they had been together for almost nine months they were shocked. Time really flies when your having fun!

Nine months was long enough to create a human life for healthy existence in the real world.

Of course they were both relieved that hadn't happened.

They spent as much time together as was possible but it never any real length of time, she had work to do and it would be noticed if he spent all his time in his room away from his newly discovered family. Still he liked being with Hinata, she was intelligent, funny, kind and caring. She had strong views on the way his uncle treated his people but Naruto often shrugged them off changing the subject, he found it hard to believe it was as bad as she said, there was a justice system and his uncle was cruel yes but he was not the dictator she seemed to think him.

She also liked to talk about her family and her hopes for the future, it always bugged Naruto that her plans for her life never seemed to include him. Of course when he thought about his own future he knew she had no part in it. His marriage was only two years away but he had recognised long ago that even if her did begin a harem of his own he could never ask Hinata to be a part of it, she deserved better.

He kept on telling himself that he was going to let her move on and live her life. Occasionally the idea entered his head that he could easily give her money and get her to leave this job, that way she would be able to find someone else, begin her life again but that idea angered him. He didn't want her to find someone else he wanted her to be his. In any other situation it would be an option but they both knew it would end… one day.

Just not yet.

Not yet.

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Then she remembered the day it all changed, Hinata had just finished sweeping one of the long corridors and she looked up to find herself facing the man that terrified her and most of the staff. He had stared at her long and hard smirking before reaching for her hair. Instinctively she had backed away, he had laughed before turning to the man behind him.

"Add her" was his only comment before moving away.

Hinata had soon found herself taken from her duties, she stood or sat as a group of female maids bathed and scrubbed at her but thy seemed pleasantly surprised that she didn't need too much cleaning. Perfume had been next, a cloud that caught in her throat and made her choke, it gave her a heady overwhelming feeling. Make up had been mainly ignored as she had no blemishes to hide and her pale skin was apparently one of her best features. Her teeth had caused some concern, but the prodding and scrubbing was apparently worth it. Indeed when they were finished with her she was stunned to see the polished metal mirror show a whiter colour than she was used to. Her hair was styled into a twisted knot on top of her head and then the clothes… oh the clothes.

They had pulled out many, many different outfits before settling on a long midnight blue cut low enough at the neck to make any girl blush.

She knew what was coming but knew of nothing she could do, left in a large bedroom she had trembled as she thought about what Naruto's uncle had planned. In desperation she tried the windows and doors unfortunately though she found strong locks and some slightly apologetic guards.

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Naruto walked through the corridor smiling a little falsely to his cousins, life usually seemed good these days. Ok so he was still living here with his three young cousins but he had a pretty constant source for some happiness. Unfortunately he hadn't seen Hinata today, he guessed that she had gotten stuck in the kitchens, it had happened before but for some reason today he was really missing her. His younger cousins were surprised by his slightly off attitude but they didn't really mind, he was normally happy and he didn't seem too bothered so why question it? Naruto's cousins had long ago discovered what their father was and they severely disapproved with the way he ran their home town but being young there was nothing they could do. They liked Naruto because he brought a cheerful air to the place and he trained with them making all their lessons seem like a game.

"I need to find her" an unusually loud voice sounded but down the hallway making the four of them stop. They looked at each other curiously before running forward to see what was going on.

A young girl with dark blue/black hair stood speaking to the housekeeper.

"I'm sorry, you have been sent money…, your father"

"My father is a bastard, I want to find Hinata"

"Hinata?" Naruto couldn't stop himself, he moved forwards and the girl turned showing him pale almost pupiless eyes so like his lover's that he couldn't question even for a second who she was.

"You know Hinata? I'm her sister…"

"Hanabi" Naruto finished for her nodding "she often speaks of you."

"Cousin how can you know this girl?" Temari looked up at him with curious dark eyes. It was then that the blonde realised his mistake but he shrugged it off, if Hinata hadn't gone home to her sister then something was seriously wrong.

"You" he pointed rudely at the housekeeper "where is she?"

"Sir I cannot…"

"Tell me or I kill you" Naruto threatened his blue eyes icy cold

"She has been added to your uncle's harem, she was initiated last night"

He ran.

He had never run so fast in all his life.

He had never moved so quickly for anyone or anything.

He knew that he was already far to late but he skidded down the halls.

Reaching the large ornate doors he was only momentarily stopped by the two guards outside, only momentarily because they were too afraid to really hurt him and he was too angry to care that his punches were strong enough to break a mans neck.

Entering the main room of the harem he was greeted by a host of beautiful women with curious eyes.

"The new girl, Hinata" he snarled angrily "where is she?"

There was a fearful silence, none of them dared to speak up for fear of recrimination from their ultimate master. Finally one of the older women spoke up pointing in the direction he needed to go. She was one of the braver people in the group and had felt extreme pity for the new girl who hadn't stopped crying since her return.

"Second corridor of the left, third door on the right" as he started off the soft voice told him "the keys in the lock, we had to lock her in."

"Why?" he asked concerned, it wasn't like she could escape from this place with those guards at the door

"To stop her from hurting herself of course"

Fear clutched his heart but he moved in the right direction, he paused as he got to the door but shaking his head turned the key, twisted the handle and entered the room.

She lay on the bed in a long cream nightdress that suited her so much better than the grey uniform he usually saw her in, for a split second he thought she was asleep but then he saw her eyes, they were wide staring at the ceiling. He moved across the room but she didn't seem to notice that there was anyone else present. It wasn't until he rested a knee on the edge of the bed to move closer to her that she did anything, she flinched, pushed his arm away and rolled away sitting on the other side of the bed ready to stand. She hadn't even seen him…

"Hinata-chan?" Naruto whispered tremulously

Whipping around Hinata revealed to Naruto the full extent of what she had been through, there was bruising on the left side of her face, her lip was split and there was a cut on her forehead that had been until now covered by her hair. Seeing her lover Hinata's eyes filled with tears and she began to shake her head.

"G-go" she told him mournfully "please…, leave…, don't look at me" she moved off the bed and sat on the other side out of sight.

Naruto felt his whole being filled with pain as he followed her over the bed, he knelt beside her and wrapped his arms around her. "I should have made you leave this place…., I should have been there to protect you"

"How?" Hinata looked up at him a wry smile on her face "what could either of us have done? If I had wanted to work anywhere else I would have had to see your uncle and the minute that happened I would have been put here… you want to know something weird? Before…, before all this…" Hinata shook her head sorrowfully "…before all this I never thought I was beautiful"

"Oh Hinata-chan" Naruto kissed her forehead one of the few places where she looked uninjured, he placed a hand under her chin making her look at him "you're beautiful in more ways than one, I love you Hinata"

"Don't say that" she hissed angrily covering her ears with her hands, she shook her head and stared down at the ground "you know what I am now, I'm nothing, a mere piece of meat for him to keep or throw away. I have told you so many times this is how it is in this country. His words are law."

"No" Naruto shook his head "there must be a way around this, I will not leave you here"

"Naruto you know the laws, a woman in here can never even speak to any man other than your uncle on pain of…"

"Death" the final word was spoken by neither of the two lovers sitting on the floor, it had instead come from the doorway where Naruto's uncle stood gazing angrily at the young couple.

-*-*-

The axe swung through the air and Hinata kept her focus on Naruto in her last seconds of life. He had made her feel loved and happy in a way that no one else ever had before.

Her head fell.

Her body followed.

Naruto dropped to his knees.

There was an agonised scream from Hanabi

Temari wrapped her arms around herself bowing her head from the sight

Cursing under his breath Kankouro moved to his sister and stood so she could no longer see the awful sight

Gaara kept his arms around Hanabi as her body shook with violent sobs, he held her watching his father as he turned to face them.

"You see" the mayor said coldly "you all see. This is what happens to those who do not obey, to those who try to fight against me. This will not happen again."

With that the small group of five were left alone with the body. None of them could bear to look at the decapitated girl. It was a horrific sight, finally Gaara moved forward and kneeling he took out a small knife and cut at the dark hair. Then pulling off his long coat he covered both body and head. Turning he walked to Hanabi holding out one of the locks of dark hair he had cut, she accepted it gratefully tucking it inside her jacket pocket. Gaara then made his way over to Naruto and handed him an identical lock of hair. The blonde accepted the hair clutching it in his hand, he then still holding the dark strands made his way towards the body. Slipping the lock of hair into his pocket he dipped his hand into the blood that had sprayed across the floor, shaping his hand into a fist he turned in the direction his uncle had left in.

"I swear I shall return, and I shall avenge her."

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"Where are we going Naruto?" Naruto looked down at his young cousins smiling with a sad confidence. He glanced back briefly to look at the sleeping Hanabi on his back

"Hinata often told me about a cousin of hers, Neji" he sighed as he remembered the conversation with his late lover. Part of him just didn't want to believe that she was gone but she was. Never again would he sit and just talk with her, telling her his problems and smiling as she offered a simple logical solution to his worry. He sighed "Hanabi meant the world to her, I need to take her somewhere safe before I…"

"Before you what?" Temari asked curiously tilting her head to one side

"He's going to kill father" Gaara shrugged unconcernedly "that's why he's making us come too."

There was a long silence as Temari and Kankouro processed this new information.

"Naruto?" Temari stopped to gaze at her cousin

"You can't ask me not to" Naruto hissed unhappily as he too stopped "you saw what he did, you know…"

"I'm not going to ask you not to" Temari cut in quickly "Just be careful, he has many guards protecting him. I do not want you to die."

Naruto nodded to the young girl he had often considered more a sister than a cousin "I will see you again, after I have brought down your father and his entire council. There are groups of rebels against him, if I join them I will be able to help. I will make them pay. I promise and you know me" he grinned at the three siblings watching him "I never go back on my word"

-*-*-

True to his word Naruto did bring down his uncle and the council but his reunion with his cousins was not a happy one. He was heavily injured, Temari, Gaara and Kankouro returned in time to say goodbye to the blonde but there was little time to say too much more.

"The city will be moving further into the desert" Gaara told Naruto sadly "the destruction here is too great, the damage to the earth and water supplies mean we will not be able to populate this place again for many years."

"Have they chosen a site?"

"Not yet, we will travel around for a bit before we settle. We have been asked as relatives of yours to help run this place" Kankouro laughed casually as usual "I don't know what they expect us to do"

"You lead them" Naruto said with a grin "Gaara, you will help the administration, you have been training for it for years, just make sure it's fair this time. Kankouro you will help train others, you are a strong fighter. Most importantly you will help people to learn to fight in defence only. Temari, you are a strategist, all those strategy games we've played since I got here and you always win, your intelligence will be invaluable. You three will become the leaders of a brand new nation"

He grinned at the three of them, just over their shoulders though he could see two figures both with long dark hair and eyes that practically glowed.

"You are a hero" Temari told him as he lay in his hospital bed "you have changed this town and all that happened around it. They speak about building temples and monuments to you…"

"I am not the hero" Naruto shook his head "I am merely a man who was shown the way by someone with more love than I ever knew was possible. If there are any monuments built to the heroes of this war remember that she was the first to fall.. You should be proud of all Hinata did in her lifetime."

"We are" Neji nodded as he stepped forward "Hinata will be remembered with the love and recognition she deserves."

"Do we know where she is buried?" Naruto asked looking over the group

"One of the guards buried her near out mother" Hanabi spoke quietly "it's unmarked with Hinata's name but my mothers name is there."

"Then I have a request" Naruto bowed his head humbly "bury me beside her. With this at my heart" he pulled out the long strands of hair that he had sealed carefully into a glass pendant.

"We shall" Hanabi bowed respectfully as she spoke "I know it ended in the worst possible way but you made her happy, and trust me when I say that meant a lot to her."

"Maybe one day" Naruto sighed as he looked at the young girl "in another lifetime, she and I will get that chance again"

Obviously next time we see Naruto and Hinata it will be in that next life, living as shinobi in Konoha. I put the sand shinobi as his cousins because I wanted a family group that don't live in Konoha. The story has an odd plot consisting of cults and very dangerous situations and some light fluff for my two favourite characters!!

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Sneak peek at chapter two.

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Stepping gingerly around crumbled statues Hinata carried one of the burning branches as they investigated the old ruin. It looked to have been a temple once upon a time but years of sandstorms had eroded the stone and eventually covered the entire building

"Byakugan" Looking around Hinata nodded happily before she turned to call back "Shino-kun, Kiba-kun, it looks sound enough, but you better not bring Akamaru. I think the structure is solid against whatever we may do but Akamaru is a whole different matter."

"Good" Kiba bound into the darkened hallway where Hinata stood carrying his own torch, "I was a little worried about letting you in here alone"

"I was f-fine Kiba-kun"

"Oh g-goo" Kiba responded but stopped as he saw something surprising. "Shit! Shino get in here and see this… " Hinata stared surprised at Kiba and was about to move when he held up a hand "Hinata stay right where you are!"

A little nervous Hinata did as Kiba told her standing where she was holding her fiery torch above her head and waiting for Kiba to allow her to move.

Shino entered removing his dark glasses so he could see clearly in the gloomy rooms, he glared at Kiba muttering "you know we have a mission to… Damn!" for once the calm Shino was stunned and he showed it.

"What?" Hinata asked loudly as she stared back at her team mates

"Turn around" Shino muttered

Slowly nervously Hinata turned, upon seeing what had captured their attention she gasped dropping the burning branch at her feet.

"Oh my god."

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Ok well I would love some reviews but I will be carrying on with this fic regardless. I would like some constructive criticism though. Spelling that seems off, continuity problems or just a quick simple whether or not you think this will be a good fic.