Demon king Chronicle's
My Disclaimer
Naruto Is not my creation, as you may know I do not own any of the characters or ideas of Naruto.
(After reading what I had previously posted I realized that I had given ya'll shit. It was poorly written and in Rough draft form. I have taken the liberty of revising and editing my story myself. I had started this fanfiction to try to hone my skills as a writer and yet I didn't take this project seriously so now I am. To the people that had added this story to their fav's and alert's I'm sorry. But I need to rewrite my former chapters and that's going to take me some time. Proof reading is a BITCH.)
Chapter 1
Death
Naruto was dieing, Sasuke had almost killed him in battle. The blond headed ninja had promised to get Sasuke back for Sakura but was unable to fulfill his promise and it had cost him, his life. This time the kyubi hadn't been able to save him this time. Now Naruto, was carried off by Kakashi, he had slung the boy over his left shoulder. Kakashi headed towards the Hokage's tower, to the top med ninja and of course Hokage, in hopes that she could do something. It would only take an hour, maybe eighty minutes at most because he was carrying a little extra weight.
Actually it had only taken him, about forty minutes, half of his expected time. Though Kakashi wasn't surprised, he never was. Traveling with someone's fate lying at your hands will defiantly make you want to work harder.
Kakashi was now in the village. He spotted several hazels, blue's, and even a set of pale violet, obviously one of the hyuga's, one in the branch family because blue curse mark on his forehead,were all looking at him. Some of they're eyes showed sadness, while other's displayed a tinge of happiness. It was true not all of the adults exactly praised having the Kyubi sealed ninja in the village. The others mainly younger members of the village seemed sad, even though they had treated him like shit he was beginning to show his worth, gaining more respect after he had defeated Neji. Some were truly thinking that he would become Hokage though they didn't admit to him of course. There eyes looking at him he began to quicken his pace even more.
if anyone had any knowledge it would be Tsunade, though Kakashi's hope was beginning to fade. The boys condition had worsened and his breaths were becoming to labored. He was even coughing up blood. Plus Kakashi could feel his back becoming damp and warm, Kakashi suspected that it wasn't urine on his back. No it was something else and his back was covered in it, blood 'Sasuke how could you? He was you partner...' Maybe training him had been a mistake obviously the boy was to blinded by hate and a strong passion for vengeance. He had taught him the chidori for Sasuke to protect his friends not destroy them 'The Uchiha had messed up now.'
"He did WHAT?" Tsunade, asked Kakashi as she slamming her hand down on the table. Her non proportioned upper chest moved with her, Kakashi was too distracted by the dire situation to notice. The other person in room had noticed, though in truth it just came by his nature, but It wasn't important, Jairya just pushed the thought aside, importance lied on the boy. "Don't just stand there give me the boy!" Time was short, if there was anything to be done it had to be done right now any later and their efforts would be in vain.
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"Did you see that? Was that Naruto?" Ino asked Choji. He was putting another mouthful of ramen, in truth he was inhaling it. Her fat, brown haired friend hadn't even looked up of course when he was eating he usualy didn't pay attention to anything else. Unless it was a bag of chips or some other type of snack food he was able to go with some cognitive thought. Yes she saw her team mate/friend as a fat ass but would she ever tell him that. No, it would piss him off and probably hurt his feelings and yes she cared for him but not as a boyfriend. What she didn't know, that many people didn't know was that Choji had a crush on Ino. Her long blonde hair and --blue-- eyes only attracted him more. He of course knew that she would never like him back, so he never said anything but he could dream. Even though he liked her didn't mean he put her ahead of his food, it was chiseled into his DNA.
Usually the Ramen was a place they avoided, but Choji was craving something different. Working on his fifth bowl he should at least by now be able to pay attention to his team mates. "Hey did you hear me?" He didn't even look up, she had a sudden temptation to hit him in back of the head when Shikamaru answered her question.
"He's in his own world right now. I think that was Kakashi not Naruto." The two of them Ino, and Shikamaru were facing away, as Choji sat and kept on eating his ramen. It wasn't soon after they had saw them, they saw Iruka Sensei. The lazy genius was able to deduct where he was going by direction and the urgency of his pace he was most likely heading for the Hokage's tower. The man was carrying something in his arm which judging by the size, shape, and the way it was tucked underneath his arm, it was a book.
"I know that was Kakashi, but wasn't that Naruto on his back." Then asking "Do you think we should check it out?" There was concern in her voice when she asked this. Ino knew what he would say, it would be something along the lines of no he'll be fine. He was smart, she knew that probably smarter than anyone else in this village, but he lacked drive.
'Damn, what a drag.' " Yeah it probably was, but whatever it is I'm sure that Naruto's fine." He hadn't been able to really see much, Kakashi moved with such speed but he had seen the orange blur on his back. Remembering the look that Iruka had, and the speed that Kakashi had traveled he changed his mind, "Yeah, let's go" But what disturbed him the most would have to be where they were heading. It was not the hospital as you would expect, instead it was to the Hokage. Only people with the worst injuries were taken.
"Hey where do you think they were headed?" She hadn't the I.Q. of her friend and something told her that he knew, he usually did just his nature.
"I think that they were heading down towards the Hokage's."
They both got up and headed towards Ino's pink haired friend. Who always wore that pink outfit she liked so much. She estimated that Sakura probably had a few sets of the at her house. "Come on Choji, forget your damn ramen. It taste like shit anyway." That was the truth how Naruto was able to eat that stuff was amazing. Rather than just telling him to get up, she actually grabbed his arm and threw him up onto his feet.. That was normal for her, always being in charge and you know what it aggravated Shikamaru, but Choji didn't care. Grabbing his hand Ino began to pull "Come on"
"What about my Ramen." He had almost finished his last bowl, but that last bit called to him. 'She's holding my hand,' that thought intervened with his hunger but it was only for a moment.
"Forget about that stuff we need to go" Ignoring Choji ignorance. 'I swear when your eating, sometimes you forget about everyone and everything. Ino realizing that she was still holding his hand let go.
They began running, "Do you think that we should get Sakura first, after all he is her team mate." Shikamaru stated, he regretted the question as soon as he asked. He knew what her answer would be of course she would want to, because after all as he stated earlier, it was her teammate.
"Your actually opting to do something extra, why.?" This was out of character, especially for her lazy teammate. Choji was traveling in the back, obviously this exercise was taking some energy out of him. They began changing direction heading over to Sakura's place.
Ignoring her question, he asked "Did you get too see the way that Kakashi had carried Naruto?" Even the slight glance Shikamaru had indicated that Kakashi was carrying Naruto on the back. This worried him, the only reason to would be because he either he couldn't walk himself or he was dead.. But add that to the fact that he had been heading towards the Hokage's and not the hospital worried him also. It meant that his condition was so bad that Kakashi had decided to go to the best medical ninja in the town instead of dropping him off at the hospital and then getting Tsunade's assistance afterwards.
"No I hadn't, remember I had to ask y'all if that was him. I'm sure with that smart brain of yours you haven't forgotten."
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They never had to find Sakura, because she was already there, though they had taken several detours to find her, so after searching for her for about two hours they decided to just head toward the Hokage's tower. Sakura had seen Kakashi on his way to Tsunade, and had followed him, or tried, his pace was too quick for her. She had seen Naruto, and his condition, but she didn't think that he could be dead, their was no way. She knew that Sasuke had did it but they were still friends weren't they. There could be no way that he would kill Naruto. 'Could there?' She stood in front of the tower contemplating whether or not she should go in there. He was her teammate but then again you weren't supposed to just come into the Hokage's tower whenever you want. Tsunade was supposed to summon you before you could enter, mainly to send you on whatever mission she had you go to.
The three genin did not look happy, upon seeing their arrival. Sakura asked "What's going on?" She didn't really think about the question, if she would she wouldn't have asked the stupid question. Of course they didn't know what was going on, they had just arrived probably because they had seen Kakashi earlier.
"Sakura we don't know. When we saw Kakashi, we went to go get you." Shikamaru paused, "But it seems you saw him too." 'Man this sucks, we did all that work for nothing, I should have never opened my mouth'
"So, Sakura you going to get in there?…" She paused a second before talking once more, "Or are you going to just stand there. Or are you going to leave your friend without trying to help yourself.
"Your right I should be in there." With that said three of walked through the door. Not knowing what they would see next. Choji decided to stay behind knowing that they would tell him what they saw. He began going in a different direction, his belly was now growling that exercise had taken all of his energy. He needed a snack.
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Ino looked down at her feet, with her lips quavering, why? She didn't even know why, exactly, she hadn't even liked Naruto. "There's no way he can make it with those wounds." She finally stated, thankful that she didn't burst into tears. His condition was horrible upon seeing his body, it was beat up real bad. Nasty bruises on his chest, deep lacerations all over his body, and blood seeping from the back of his head. Whatever had happened, the battle must have been ferocious for someone to be able to beat the knucklehead who was able to beat Neji. But that was not the worst part, when they saw Kakashi their was blood all over his back, from where Naruto had been. They didn't really have much time to examine him because as soon as Tsunade realized they were there she yelled at them and threatened them. She told them that everything was going to be fine, they just had to wait outside her tone was doubtful.
She had told the others to leave, except after seeing the teary eye of Sakura. She decided that it would be all right for if she stayed, after all she was one of his teammates.
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Sakura, Ino, and Shikamaru had seen it for themselves, what Sasuke had done. Though it was the boys teammate that knew who had done it to him. "This isn't good." Shikamaru stated, Tsunade had ordered them here to make sure that there wold be no more intrusions into the hokage's. A punishment, given to them for being intruders themselves. They didn't think that too much would happen to them since Sakura was Naruto team mate but they couldn't be sure. "Do you really think that, he's going to die Ino?"
"God I hope not, but there is no way to be sure. I mean you saw how he looked." This was true, Shikamaru had seen, maybe not as well as Ino because she had been in his way. He had seen enough. Shikamaru was doubtful, but it's not like he's ever made it out of impossible situations before, there was no real way knowing if his friend was going die.
"I guess all there is left is hope." Shikamaru was ready for the worst, there was hope but you shou. "Choji what do you think." he asked just realizing, he hadn't noticed Choji until just now he had been so quite..
"He couldn't die, Naruto is to strong for that and way to thick headed." He was surprised that they had even asked him, his opinion on the situation. He said this while his hand grabbed more chips from his bag. Shikamaru watched the crumbs fall out of his friends mouth, 'he's such a messy eater' then wondering how Choji had received that bag of chips His hand was so greasy, he kept on grabbing more chips with his right, while his left cradled the bag. Choji had probably picked them up whenever the three of them had gone into the Hokage's. Shikamaru and them had been there for a minute, maybe even less. 'How in the hell had he got it so fast?'
Choji had nothing better to do, and in truth he was kinda worried about Naruto himself. The way that Ino, and Shikamaru had described his condition, it seemed doubtful that Naruto would come out of this unscathed as usual but he still had his doubts that his hours were limited in this world..
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Many hours passed, the day had turned to night and they still stayed guarding the Hokage's with each passing hour all three of them began to doubt their previous thoughts. With Tsunade being the best healer in the village it would seem that dealing with Naruto would be easy. Not only her but she was also accompanied with many of the nurses, it should have been an easy task. Earlier Sakura had came out of the Hokage's, she had been ordered too fetch some nurses, along with medical supplies. The three of them Choji, Shikamaru, and Ino had tried to stop her they were going to ask her how it was going, she hadn't even acknowledged them. Sakura had way too much on her mind, even if she didn't verbal answer them her face did, it told them that it wasn't going well.
They had been standing there for about 6 hours. Choji had fallen asleep, Ino and Shikamaru were still wide awake. "What's taking them so long?" Ino asked looking at Choji, thinking whether or not she should kick him. But then again he had offered her the last chip in his bag, not only that but he had opted to go get some more food for them. That was an odd thing for him to do. Hell the act of him sharing his food was a rarity but offering her his last chip that was amazing. She had accepted the chip with grace though she told him that he didn't have to go get them some food. If they got hungry they would get some for there selves. But Shikamaru had interrupted her and told him that they couldn't get there own food since they were in trouble, and he asked oh so kindly asked for his friend to bring him some food. Once Choji had left on his venture, Ino hit the lazy bastard upside the head telling him, "You know damn well that Tsunade wouldn't have minded if one of us left our post to feed ourselves. You didn't seem so afraid when you had gone to the restroom..." Though Shikamaru didn't answer he got her point, while he rubbed his head he thought about how troublesome women were. She decided to leave Choji, besides he looked so peaceful
"I don't know, it would seem that his condition is worse than we thought. I don't think he's going to make it." Shikamaru added, "Tsunade hasn't came out of there yet, neither has any of the other nurses or Iruka, by now there should at least give us some kind of word..." He was thinking about going into the hokage's again, but remembering what had happened last time he changed his mind. Plus the last time he had offered to do more than supposed to they had hunted for pink haired beauty for a half hour..
There was a long silence then Ino replied, "How could this be? How do you destroy the person that had defeated the strongest of the rookie nine" She had lost hope long before, but she hadn't said anything about it until Shikamaru had decided to open his mouth.
"I don't know but whoever it was they must have been extremely powerful." They hadn't been told of the deal that Naruto had made with Sakura, the one where he promised he would bring back Sasuke. If Ino had known that Sasuke was his opponent then she would have known that the blond brat was dead. Since when had she cared anyway? I guess that when it comes to someone that you've been around ever since you were a kid you kind of worry about them when something happens to them, even if you don't particularly like them.
They were getting tired, Ino especially she hadn't had anything to eat. Choji had offered to get her some food after taking his last chip but anything he would have gotten would be fattening. It didn't appeal to her or her figure. But if all that fat would have made its way to her upper chest area all bets were off. She would go on a binge, trying to achieve the legendary size of Tsunade but that wasn't going to happen. Shikamaru had no objections, as soon as Choji offered, he was on it picking out the things he liked most. They almost had a fight when he picked out one of Choji's favorite treats which he soon decided it wasn't worth it and put it back inside the bag. Choji had looked so pist off, it was almost funny.
"You're dismissed." Iruka said from behind. Apparently they had not been paying attention to the door. They all turned around, even Choji. Well in truth, he actually rolled over facing the door but still asleep. "Is Naruto okay? Is he going to make it? How is he doing?" Ino asked hoping that Iruka would say that everything was fine, or that Naruto was okay but the response she got was not what she was hoping for. In fact it worried her even more.
He began looking down at his feet then replied "I don't know, I just don't know. Tsunade's trying everything for the boy but it seems he's just not pulling throu..." A single tear had hit the ground though they didn't notice it and since his face was pointing downward it didn't leave a trail down his face. Iruka wasn't going to tell them that he was actually dead, Tsunade was trying to bring the boy back to life but all her attempts weren't working. She wasn't skilled enough to bring back the soul from the dead. But she had all the nurses patch up the boys body as she tried anything she could think of to bring back Naruto.
He looked up, seeing that these children that had once been his students were genuinely worried about Naruto. These were the students that had found him annoying the ones that made fun of him, well in was the main instigator. If Naruto had saw that these people were worried about him he would , "Don't worry I'm sure he'll pull through. I mean he's been in worse predicaments than this before." He lied, and looking into their sets of eyes, he knew that they didn't believe him either. He hoped that maybe with a positive attitude maybe things would turnout for the better. If all hope was lost then how do you expect good things to happen. Looking into his students eyes he could tell that they didn't share his perception, they were worried, and grasping onto what he had said before. "Well in any case ya'll should be going to bed." Looking down at the sleeping boy, "it seems Choji had the right idea" He hadn't remembered Choji one of the children that had been in trouble but he could be mistaken. Looking down at him and how peaceful the sleeping child looked, Iruka wished so much to be him that moment.
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Nothing was working, all techniques she had used were to no avail. It seemed that it was useless. 'I mustn't quit. There has to be something that I can do?' In truth she knew the answer. She had been working on Naruto for two days now, her chakra was at an all time low. She knew that if she kept going soon she would be lying there next to him.
Everybody gave their all, but it was pointless his had been patched up by the nurses. No matter what Tsunade did to the boys body it wasn't working. The spirit had left this world, going where ever the soul goes. Before the nurses had left the day before, there work should have been able to sustain him, but the soul wouldn't come back. Tsunade noticed that even if Naruto was dead he was still healing at a rapid rate. The Kyubi's chakra hadn't fully mixed together even with this extra help, the boy's soul stayed where it was. She figured that the Kyubi would most likely stop trying, she would die with the body. The spark of life had left his eyes, and it wouldn't come back.
"Tsunade, we've tried everything..." Sakura said on the verge of tears. "I don't think there's to much more left for us to try." She had been working just about as hard as, "Tsunade I think it's time to quit..." Now the tears flowed smoothly down her face.
"Would he?" That shut Sakura up, but still doubt plagued both of them. 'When I grow up, I'm gonna become Hokage. So then everybody is going to respect me.' She had made a promise to herself that she was going to do everything in her power to make sure that dream would come true.
"You know there is one thing that you haven't tried..." Kakashi stated, with the colorful history he had come across everything you can think of but what the Hokage heard next surprised her. "Long ago before man used chakra, they had something that they man..."
"No!" There was power in her voice, that carried throughout the room. Kakashi had surprised her of his knowledge of old, but it was too risky. The power of the ancients had been long forgotten for a reason. Not only was the power useless in battle but it harmed the user and/or other people. Yes she knew of the power, she even had a book with many of teaching's.
Tsunade had got it from a elderly women, after healing her grand daughter. That job had been hard, the girl had internal bleeding, pierced lung, and a badly beaten exterior. Though the reward had been well worth it that book was worth more than the Hokage's necklace. Within it contained the teachings of ancient times. But the woman had told her the implications of using those powers, they could kill her if she wasn't careful. Tsunade had decided never to use the book, after researching. Which was hard, you try to find something in detail about something that had happened about ten thousand years ago.
"Ahhh, so you've heard of the term" It wasn't everyday you come across someone with the knowledge of mana. He gained knowledge of the power during his ANBU days. He was taught that the power was useless in battles. Requiring magic circles which had to be perfect, took time. Along with the long incantation that it required to time, in the heat of battle you would never have enough time to be able to do all this before someone stabbed you. It was said though if you were able to master this power, than anything this world had ever seen. But that was probably just a myth. "It is said the ancients had some of the most powerful healing techniques anyones ever created."
Slamming her hand down on the desk again beside the boys body, she boomed "NO!" This time her voice was more demanding than anything else. Kakashi was right though they had created the most powerful healing techniques. Even one to bring back people from the dead, the most powerful technique that the ancients created. This situation right here was the very reason people decided to create something less risky than mana, coming up with chakra and jutsu's. "Do you know what your saying? Thousands of people had died because one person had done exactly what you are suggesting me to do, Or are you forgetting about the fable of the Demon King Teeshi?"
There was a long silence, Kakashi had lost. Then Sakura broke it "if there's something you can do why can't you." She had no idea what they were talking about. The teaching of mana had been outlawed long ago, the punishment back then for even talking about mana had been death. Most people forgot but there were some who knew that it would be needed later. Other's had hid so well, they had been able to teach it to several people.
Tsunade had a few more tricks up her sleeves to save Naruto. She hoped that these last attempts would work. 'When I grow up I'm going to become Hokage so everyone in the village is going to respect me.' She was going to give her all in order to help him become Hokage.
Four hours later it was announced that Naruto was dead.
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This section is not dedicated to the story, but more to the concept of mana. Yes I know the name is unoriginal but I couldn't think of anything else. This is just a supplement to better understand my story.
Mana: a power deemed useless in battle requiring magic circles, along with long incantations made it impractical. It would be impossible to win a battle with this power by yourself. Often the user would need someone protecting them at all times until the spell was over. People may have saw it useless in a fight but those who knew of mana also knew that it had great potential for healing. One of the most powerful techniques of the ancients was resurrection.
As mentioned above Tsunade said that using this power was too risky. Not only did it need large quantities of chakra, and most of the time it would have negative affects on the caster.
The Demon king was a pinnacle of disaster for the ancients. someone had tried to resurrect a king of old with the resurrection technique. They did this only to find that they had summoned an evil spirit capable of destroying the world. It took all the ancients to force the demon back into hell. This disaster required action, there solution had been the complete elimination of mana. This was an easy task, after the people had seen the destruction that mana had caused, along with a new discovery on how to use their life force more efficiently they called this chakra. More people left the teachings to move on to jutsu's. Other's decided that the power should not be fully forgotten being that one day there may come a time when the need is strong, these people hid among the worlds population waiting for an opportunity to return.
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News hit the village hard, most were in a state of shock, while other's acted like a weight had been lifted of their shoulders. Many of the older members still saw him as a monster, the Kyubi. I can tell you this for certain if there was one person that was hit hardest of all the villager's it would have to be Hinata. Finding out had sent her into a state of shock, denial, then depression. She didn't have any intentions on going outside, since her revaluation she hadn't left the Hyuga house since.
Sakura, was in bad shape but not as bad as Hinata. She had lost her friend, lost the one she had loved. When she went outside, people would notice that her normally pink getup was no more now she wore black, the color of mourning. Her loss was almost to much for her but somehow she still found the strength to keep on going.
The rest of the rookie nine seemed to be down. It was almost as if the weight that had been lifted off of the elderly folks it hadn't left the village entirely instead, it found itself upon the shoulder's of those nine. The realized that it wasn't the same without the knucklehead ninja. The rookies wouldn't have believed it, but now all of them missed the blond idiot..
Of course the accursed necklace fell once again into the hands of Tsunade. The Hokage had failed him, she had wanted so much for him to lead this village. Looking down at the Necklace in her hands she began to return to her prior thoughts, 'This damn thing really is cursed. Never again shall anyone but me wear this around their necks.' Putting the necklace on she now knew that no other person would be able to carry the burden. Now it had taken one more life, she promised herself that the necklace wouldn't take any more lives. Running into the bathroom, Tsunade began to think of all the people who had once carried the necklace, Dan, Nawaki, and now Naruto, she began to cry.
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I mentioned before the news hit Hinata the worst. She had been in her room for days, leaving only when she needed to fulfill the bodies natural movements, also whenever the poor girl needed to eat. She cried countless tears. If there was anything close to a living hell she was in it. Hinata had put way to much faith into Naruto now she was just realizing just how much she had put into the boy. Everything she did seem to revolve around him, the confidence she found in herself was just because Hinata had tried to model herself after her love. Whenever she was in doubt she would think what Naruto would do in her shoes, this always made her work harder.
'Now What?' she asked herself. Burying her head into her pillow, fresh tears streaming down her face. It was a question she asked herself many times, over the seven days he had been dead. There was a hard truth to face, she was nothing without Naruto. He was her back bone and now he was gone, now what she had gained from him was now lost forever. She would have never believed that anyone would be powerful enough to kill him, Hinata had held on to a false belief that he was invincible, but this was just wishful thinking. Of course, this situation had taught her that. As the tears flowed into the pillow leaving a damp spot she could feel her consciousness leaving her, like many nights she was going to cry herself to sleep once again.
The darkness began to surround her, this was going to be a nightmare. Her body felt as light as air, it almost seemed as if she was floating in water or something like that. Hinata was moving, she couldn't see exactly if she were but she felt it almost as if she was being pulled away by some kind of invisible force. Where was this force taking her? That was the question.
For the past week she had, had nightmares but they were always the same except for this one. Her other's before hand had been caused by stress. But this one, well this one was different though she couldn't understand how. It may have been the fact that she knew she was dreaming, that could be it.
The Hyuga kept on looking over her shoulder only to see the dark sea of nothingness. Though that wasn't exactly what it was it was a cloak that was hiding something, or someone. Hinata was overcome by a feeling of uneasiness she just couldn't shake the feeling that something was following her, something hidden in the darkness. It was evil, whatever it was, she knew it was evil. She knew it just as much as she knew something was there. You could call it a woman's premonition, but this was more on the lines of the sixth sense.
In the distance a light began to show through, now she was going to look back to find the thing that was behind her. She looked over her shoulder once more, only to find out that the illuminating light wasn't so illuminating. It was an unnatural light, it hadn't even penetrated the dark depths. 'Whatever is there doesn't want to be seen.' Now looking forward, Hinata gave up on finding her stalker.
The force that had been carrying her dropped with abruptness. Her ass had been the first thing to hit ground, the force of her landing had knocked her whole body back. Thats when her head hit the ground. The pain had been so great that she had closed her eyes, she though that when she opened her eyes she would see nothing. That hadn't been the case, once she opened her eyes she was overcome by the light. As her eyes began to adjust to the light, she realized it hadn't been as bright as she thought. Of course when your left in darkness for and extenuating amount of time then any light will look almost as bright as the spot lights found on the light houses.
Once Hinata's eyes adjusted to the low lighting condition she began to look around. The room was made of old stone, very old stone. Their were contraption in the room, some were large others were small. One of them looked like something that could fit over your head. It was made out of steel strips bent into the shape of ones head. There was one strip in particular that caught her attention, it was the one that went overt the top of one's head was a large spike jutting down ward. That's when she realized where she was, or thought she knew. The setting reminded her of those pictures see had seen in books. It was an old torture chamber, a place that she had only seen in books until now. It frightened her, but time was short she knew that this was no time to get scared.
The room was like a hallway, on the left side of her, it seemed to go one forever stretching into the darkness. While to her left she could see then end, farther down it got brighter in that direction, this was the side of the room that drew her eyes. Not only was it the natural instinct us humans have to be drawn to the light, it was also because of the figure that was chained up to the wall.
'My god' Hinata gasped, 'could it really be him?' It was impossible, 'it couldn't be him, he's dead.' Yet there he was right in front of her as plane as day. Other than the initial shock of seeing the one she loved, her look of happiness fled from her face when she noticed Naruto's condition. This thing chained up to the wall couldn't be the holder of her heart.
This thing looked like a poor pathetic creature, rather than human. Yet it had his blond hair, blue eyes and the same build as he did in the other world. As her eyes traveled downwards she noticed a circular patter on his chest, her eyes kept going downward traveling to his midsection. That was when Hinta realized that Naruto had been stripped of all his clothing, or more bluntly speaking he was naked. Realizing that her eyes had drifted somewhere where they ought not be, she turned her head and began blushing. In other circumstances this dream could have been a "good" dream, but this was no time for fantasies. This dream was the strangest thing she had ever experienced. Everything was so real, the cold hard floor, the white clouds that came out of her mouth when she breathed out, the noises coming from the room, this was too real to be a dream. It had to be something else, but what else was there? Naruto's exterior was badly beaten, covered in bruises along with large lacerations that covered the body. Hinata's nose caught the faint odor of urine as she walked closer to him this didn't surprise her but she was thankful that the more aromatic smell of the other bodily that could have been there was missing. As she got closer she could smell other aroma's like the stench of an un-bathed body, and blood. Yes the smell of blood was strong within the chamber. There was a look in his eye, almost like he was seeing but he wasn't. He was lost, she doubted that he knew where he was, or that she herself was there.
His body was shaking violently, whispering something illegible. There were a few words that she was able to understand.. "It's So c-c-cold, so very c-old." Hinata hadn't noticed it before other than the white mist that exited her body whenever she exhaled. But now that he mentioned it she realized that it was freezing, and that sher herself was shivering.
Hinata was now standing right in front the shivering mess that was her Naruto, her life long love. He was the one that she loved and the only one that she would ever love. Seeing him she felt that she could do nothing to save him but maybe the Hyuga could something to help him. Hinata began taking off her coat that she was wearing, the one that she always wore outside the Hyuga residence. Under the Hyuga rule she should have been wearing the kimono, the proper dress code of the residence. But that night hadn't been the case. With her overly large coat off her body now she knew exactly how cold this dungeon was. Hinata knew that she would be out of this dream soon, though her love would not have the same fate. Whatever pain she was going through, was nothing compared to what he was going through. She tied the arms together then put Naruto's head through the loop so that at least part of his body could be warmed his chest, she would have put the hood on him, but since it was backwards she would be covering his face.
He didn't move, he didn't even acknowledge the coat that she had put on him. No he was off in his own world and looking into those eyes it was a sad one. She touched his face it was ice cold, she shuddered at the thought of how long he had been there. "What kind of place is this?" Hinata let her body act on its own, she had too do something to help him. Thinking back to all those times she had seen Naruto alone, she hadn't done anything to relieve him of his torment. Now he was close to her, she began to move closer to him. Thinking that this could be last time to see him she was going to at least help him she would warm him up by her own body heat. It was her breast that was first to touch is body (well it is the area that sticks out more) then everything else. She put her arms around him pulling him closer to her. She did this as she tried to forget the fact that Naruto was naked and that his soft member was close to her own sex organ the only thing separating the two was a thin layer of clothing. I said before that this could have been a good under any other circumstances. Hinata began to lose hope he wasn't going to pull through for her he was to far gone with that thought she put her face into his chest and began to let the tears flow.
It was the tears running down his body that had brought Naruto back to reality. Or whatever this place was. Hinata felt him stir then the girl just moved her head so she could look into his eyes. His blue eyes pierced hers, she suddenly stopped breathing and let go of him. This was a look that she had never seen on Naruto, hell anyone for that matter, it scared her enough for her to take a few steps back away from her love.. The way that Naruto was looking at her was almost as if he was seeing into her very soul. After a moment his face returned back to normal, but those piercing blue eyes still haunted her thoughts.
"Hinat-t-ta i-s-s that rea-ll-ll-y y-oo-ou?" A look of confusion crossed his face, questions raced through his head. the most important questions of all was the one that he asked. "Ho-w-w?" Then asking another question " Ar-r-re yo-u-u dead?" Naruto knew he was dead, even with his intellect or lack of he knew he lost that fight with Sasuke and that it cost him his life. What he wanted to know was, 'Why was she here? This is no place for her, this hell was a place for no one but him.
A more horrifying thought crossed his mine. Suddenly it seemed so very important for her to get out of here. Unable to control his emotions, with a booming voice he yelled "HINATA YOU MUST GET OUT OF HERE. YOU MUST LEAVE, BEFORE... YOU MUST LEAVE BEFORE HE GETS HERE. LEAVE ME, YOU MUST LEAVE ME." The things that he was going through must be his burden and no one else's he would wish this fate upon no one else. Especially her.
Chapter 2
Naruto's Hell
Stephen King's definition of hell from the mini series Storm of the Century as the monster told the crooked mayor of the town, "hell is repetition in your heart you know that."(well something like that) Exactly like Naruto's hell, like a knife stabbing at an old wound over and over again. Though I think that physical pain is can hurt but I believe that a wounded heart, can and will hurt worse than any cut or scratch.
Naruto's hell, tormented his body, mind, and soul. His tormentor made thing's worse whenever he promised that everything was going to be all right. "You'll make it out of here" he said with a cynical smile. He hated the man's, but that smile he hated more. It was something that you wold expect to see in a asylum, but since this was hell he probably hadn't been this way when he first came here. It was those teeth that frightened him most of all, they were filed to look like miniature daggers. The monster's eyes were red, his skin was as pale as the Hyuga's, and when his face was close to Naruto's he had breath that would make you nauseous.
"You'll make it out alright, not for long..." The man, or thing stated while keeping that smile plastered on his face. At first glance you would actual think that this thing was a normal human, but if you would actually observe him or listen to him, you would understand that he was a beast in a human form. Hell had turned him into a monster something that was far scarier than the Kyubi could have ever been. "As soon as we make it out of here, you'll become part of me. Making me ever so powerful. Then once I get you, I'll make Hinata a part of me, then everyone that you've ever considered to be your friend. Your precious village will burn to the ground by my hands. All with your power, and with her help. After displaying my power all the villages shall bow down to me. I know that not all shall agree but those who oppose me will become me. The rebellions would probably end soon."
He barred his fangs Naruto showing those fangs. He was evil, the man told the boy of all of his plans. The monster had given the boy enough details of his upcoming slaughter that Naruto was able to actually imagine it. There was only one thing that could stand in his way, all of it came down to her. If Hinata did what the 'man' thought she was going to do, then the destruction of the village was eminent. "SHE'LL NEVER DO IT, SHE WOULDN'T DO ANYTING. SHE COULDN'T JEPORDIZE ALL THOSE PEOPLE! YOUR PLAN WILL NEVER WORK OUT!..." 'She's smarter than that, isn't she...?'
"You better hope that you're wrong, or else this place you call hell will become worse. It will actually live up to its name. Naruto, you are here because I have a plan for you, and in a way I'm protecting you." The monster paused a second, looking into the boys eyes he knew that the boy didn't understand what he was saying. To clarify he began to explain, as if he were a teacher talking to a imbecile, "After being here for so long I have actually created a place that no one can enter unless I allow it." "If she doesn't go with the plan then I'll have no use for you. I'll throw into the fiery abyss where you belong. " With a wave of his hand, the monster left, and sent Naruto back to his nightmares. The demon king sent him off to a place that bore a resemblance to the places where Itachi would send his victims.
In these dreams he would be back at kohona, but the village had changed. We'll not exactly the village the place hadn't changed, no it was the villagers that had changed. Periodically he would that had once been his friends, Naruto would try to ask them what was going on. Most of them would turn around look down at his belly it was almost as if they could see the swirl pattern on his chest and then they'd give a look of disgust. While others would completely ignore him and go about their business as if nothing had happened. Even Sakura his team mate would treat him in such a horrible manner or even worse. Upon seeing his teammate he would go up to her to say something. Probably to tell her about how strange the villagers were acting but she just told him, "Fuck off, Naruto" Then she would do as all the other's would and look down at his stomach, "Your nothing but a monster." So that was it, somehow they all had found out his secret. Someone had told them, but who the only ones who knew was kakashi, Jairya, and Tsunade who knew about the beast. This is why he hadn't told anyone. After knowing they would look at him as if they were looking at a monster. So that's how it was, Naruto was now a beast to them and nothing more.
They would treat him as they had treated him before his graduation from the academy. This was his hell, and it was far worse than anything he could have imagined. Periodically the situation would change sometimes his former friend would gang up on him, and beat him up. Every punch, ever kick, he felt them it was a dream and yet at the same time it wasn't.
This hell seemed to last forever but only a week had passed in our world. Every minute in our world felt like hour's in Naruto's. To Him it felt like years had gone by. He began was losing himself in this hellish place. There was one person in his dreams that never hurt him, nor did she say those hateful things as the others had. Hinata, when he would go to her as he did with all his friends in his dream she would look into his face start blushing then runaway. Other times whenever he was being beat up by the other rookie nine she would always stand behind watching. When he would get the chance Naruto would crawl over to Hinata and ask her for help. She would look away in despair, then take a few steps back to let the boys continue their work. She would never leave but she wouldn't help him either..
Hinata could've helped, she could have stopped them, but she didn't. Naruto began to hate her for that, the fact that she was there and she did nothing but watch him get his ass beat by all his so called friends that he had, had. This hell was beginning to get to him, almost to the point where he forgot where he was. Naruto was beginning to hate the Hyuga, sometimes the hate was so strong that he would plan on what to do to her if he did make it back. The boy wanted all his pain to go to her, He even wished for the day that he was going to see her again.
Every so often he would come back to his senses for brief time periods. Knowing it was wrong to hate the girl. And when he was able to keep his sanity he began to think back on all the times that Hinata had tried to comfort him. Like before his battle with Neji,or how she had offered her answers to him during the exams before that. Also remembering how she had acted whenever she was near him. When she would talk to him she always stuttering like as if she had something to be embarrassed about. The only question he had for her in these moods was "Why?" He knew that if he did come back, he would have to learn more about he girl. He even wished for the day that he was going to see her again.
Two different mind set's flowed within Naruto, hatred and some other emotion that he couldn't explain. An inner battle was going on inside his head, how was he supposed to feel sadly he couldn't answer the question. All those times that she could have helped him when he was lonely she could have saved him from that. But she didn't, but then again when it seemed that no one believed in him she would step up to say something, and that required a lot of courage for her.. That day before his fight with Neji she had boosted his confidence. So how was he supposed to do hate, or something else. Then something had occurred to him, a memory of something that had happened long ago (well to Naruto it felt like a long time ago) when she given him her coat to keep warm, just so the Demon king could take it later. He could only think of a few times when she had actually parted with it. Once had been forced off after her fight with Neji. Another time was when he was trying to peek in on Sakura in one of those bath houses. He was sure that Hinata didn't know but Sakura had she saw his eye peeking through the hole. Yeah he got one hell of a beating, though nothing even comparable to the beating that Jairya got from Tsunade. Moving on not only had Hinata given him the jacket but she also hadn't just also embraced his nakedness so she could share him her body head, in his dreams he was clothed but in hell he was in his birthday suit. Thinking of that brief minute, when Hinata had helped him so, he now knew that he needn't hate Hinata.
He knew his answer, but he knew also knew something else that if he stayed here he knew that with every minute that passed he would become tainted. And over time, no matter how what his feeling are for Hinata now he knew that he would come to hate her. He hoped 'secretly' even if he wasn't aware of it, that he wanted Hinata to save him this new life, to the one he had been so unfairly taken out of.
One thing that he was sure were his feelings for Sasuke, He had sent him here. Why, because the mother fucker was power hungry with one goal on his mind to kill his brother. But to do that he would need power. To obtain the power you'd have to kill your best friend, now that Naruto was here he wondered if the Uchiha had unlocked mangekyo. If he does then that means his battle with Sasuke would become a lot harder.
Why had he gone to get Sasuke, because of a promise he made to Sakura the girl that he had a crush on ever since they were little kids in the ninja academy. Though he wasn't quite sure if he still felt that way. If he was able to make it out he was going to make his own promise, one to himself and that was he was going to make Sasuke pay for this. His arms hurt, being chained up for so long the pain just got worse, almost to the point where it was becoming unbearable. It was so bad that the pain, was interfering with his dreams bringing him back to this dungeon. He had tried a couple to times to break through the dream, by concentrating on the pain in his arms but it was to no avail. Only once, had he broke free over the few thousand tries and how long had it lasted only a few minutes.
For reasons unknown the dreams would, now it was one of those times. The blond ninja suspected that it was probably for the fact of being taken away from the bad to something better only to be taken back later. These moments could last for a couple of minutes, to a few hours. Aside from the monster that would have to be the worst part of hell because every minute that passed you would wonder when he'd would be sent back. Naruto looked down at his body, now fresh wounds covered his body his tormentor no doubt. Never in his life had he ever felt so weak, hunger crept into him but he knew that food would not come his way in this place. But his eyes began to search the room for the monster, he wasn't there.
During these moments Naruto would try to clear his head, and now it seemed important to do so whenever he could. Time was short and he knew with this time he needed to think, and thats exactly what he did. Going through the plan that it had. Imagining his voice brought chills down his back, the cold that surrounded him no longer bothered him.
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His time was coming, he was going to show them all what happens when you piss him off. Every last one of them are going to pay but it would take time, yes it was going to take a long time, five or six years. At the most it would take him a decade, but he had time if it came to that then let it be. He wondered if it would be a good idea to keep Naruto alive for a while, he could be of use . Once the boy steps back into the mortal world the Kyubi was going to resonate itself within his body once again. Right now the Kyubi slept within Naruto's keeping his corpse from decaying. Somehow the seal kept the Kyubi within the boy even in death. Not only could he be of use but the Demon King doubted that he would be able to rip the kyubi out of the boy without a fight. To do that e was going to have to gather some strength before he took his power. Maybe he would go after the the girl first. She seemed to have a good supply of "mana" or was it chakra that they called it. Whatever it was it wasn't important, but she did carry the bykugan. That would prove to be most useful, being able to stop his opponent while he began to feed off their energy would prove to be most useful indeed. It was a perfect plan.
Another specimen that interested the Demon king, that boy that had defeated the boy. Someone truly powerful would have to have been able to defeat Naruto. Even if Naruto wasn't using all of the Kyubi's power. He wanted to know all about that boy, he knew little to know more he would have to ask the boy himself. Maybe the boy would help him defeat Sasuke, after all he was sent to this place.
Yes Naruto in time you will become a part of me but first I must feed, then the true feast will begin. Then everyone will bow down to me, they will bow down to me as if I was a god.
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Hinata hadn't slept in days, and she badly needed a shower though the motivation had left her. She had cried countless times since her visit to Naruto. Dark streaks came from her eyes down to her chin, today was the day. Her decision had to be made that's all the time he had given her. Hinata jus didn't know what she needed to do. Should she go with the plan or leave Naruto where he was. "HINATA YOU MUST GET OUT OF HERE. YOU MUST LEAVE, BEFORE... YOU MUST LEAVE BEFORE HE GETS HERE. LEAVE ME, YOU MUST LEAVE ME." Those had been his words, they played in her head over and over like a repetitive track loop. Naruto had told her what she needed to do, earlier she would have followed his words to the very end. But this time she wasn't sure 'if he only knew how much I was hurting inside, then maybe he would understand.' That was being selfish of course but there was another reason one more important than the others. All of those times she could've said hi, spoke to him actually have a fluent conversation with him she had chose not too. These memories seemed to be important, after the village had become aware of the Kyubi she seemed to have been enlightened.
She remembered him sitting on a swing watching all the other children who passed exam. She wasn't there to see the clone that he had made but she was sure that it must have been grotesque. All those time he had tried to do that Jutsu in class it had ended up looking like a pathetic creature in need of killing. At the time she had thought that he hadn't had wanted to hang out with them. But those eyes kept recurring in her head, that look of sadness that no one ever noticed not even her until now. It was only now that she began to notice those things as she began to sift through her archives of Naruto. Then the memories of how all those people had treated him, how they all stayed away from him. But for what?
Because of the demon that resided within him. Oh yes she had learned and so had all the other rookies, learned of Naruto's nine tailed beast that resided within him. Was that any reason to have treated Naruto the way they did. She was no better, though ignorant she could've saved him from his loneliness. They could've lived a happy life, even if he didn't have feelings for her they could've been great friends. She hated herself for letting him stay in misery. How could have she been so blind. 'I guess these eyes do show how I look at the world'
She began to get ready, she was going out. The only place that she knew that would help her make up her mind. A place that he always went to, the Ramen shop there she was going to make her decision.
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Old habits die hard, Tsunade had found herself at a casino, she was supposed to be meeting the village elders but ever since Naruto's death the job of Hokage had lost it's finesse. Unknown to the village but a few choice people, she wasn't coming back.
"So, are you feeling lucky?" The man behind the blackjack table asked, a sly smile across his face. He knew that she was one of the unluckiest people out there. Maybe, he was the lucky one. She began to wonder if the village was out looking for her as she began to sip her drink. One of many more to come, and you know what she didn't care. She was on break a very long break. Why would she return if she wasn't able to do anything for Naruto when he went after Sasuke. No, she was sure she would never come back to the village.
She just rolled her eyes smiling, "Well you know me, maybe today will be my lucky day." Taking another sip of her drink. The first hands went as she expected bad, she was out 200. (I don't really know the money system, so sue me.) But she had plenty more, where that came from.
After thirty or so minutes the tides changed she began to win. Her smile began to fade this was a rarity and when she did win it was not to be taken lightly. To her winning was a bad omen, usually meaning that something bad was going to happen. Tsunade played a few more hands to see if it was how'd you say a glitch in the system. All hands, every damn one of them showed that she was a winner.
Tsunade had to make sure, so what did she do well she bet it all of course. With all the money she had had, along with the winning she had a total of 1300. If she won, she would have to leave, 'Maybe return to the village sooner than I think.'
The cards were not in her favor she had a 2 and a 3. The man had a ten and a king, the smile began to return to her face, she began to take another sip from her drink. "Hit" a four came to her side. "Hit" another two came to her rescue. "Hit"
"Nine of clubs, it seems your luck had just ran out. You can always take a draw and we can play another game." Her smile was brighter than ever how could she have thought of herself as a winner. She was going to make sure though, it would almost be impossible to come up with an ace. There was no way in hell, during her earlier games she had seen twelve aces pass by her eyes. That's enough to for four decks, hell she was a ninja even with her ability to count cards it never went in her favor. Plus since the low cards had come to her side she can only expect a high card to aid her. It almost seemed perfect she was salivating over her soon to be loss. It meant that she wouldn't have to come back to the village, no more responsibilities her whole future relied on one card. "Hit me."
"You sure you want to do that? We could play another game," The man said looking at her neat little stack of cash. He knew she was dumb for coming here but willing to sacrifice thirteen hundred bucks, well that was just insane.
Slamming her hand on the table she screamed. "DAMN IT!! I SAID FUCKING HIT ME!! SO HIT ME" She was not going to let the two faced bastard, screw up her chances for a 'better' future.
Damn persistent bitch, if she only knew that there was only one damn ace left. There was no way in hell she was going to get it. Their were exactly 13 aces, the others had been "accidentally" misplaced. Yes these were as closed to being rigged as you can get without being actually rigged of course. There were exactly 15 decks going through the shuffler at all times, it would take a miracle for her to win. He gave her the damn card. His first thought when that card was turned over was, 'maybe there are miracles.'
Tsunade stood up put her drink up to her mouth then she gulped it all down then she took the money and left. It was time to leave she had to get to the village. Her little runaway dream destroyed she had work to do. It seemed to her that her first Hokage's necklace felt heavier for her. It was probably her imagination though.
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Hinata had thought it would have been easier to make her decisions since she at a place that made her feel closer to Naruto than anywhere else. She stared down into her bowl of ramen contemplating on her decision. It was almost as if the bowl of ramen were alive because to Hinata it looked as if it was staring impatiently at her for her decision. Of course that was crazy, but that's how she felt crazy, within the last four weeks she had done nothing other than cry and sleep, and doing all the essentials of living. Hinata's sleep was of course light, she had woke up screaming at least twice this week, ever since her little meeting with the beast she hadn't been able to sleep well. There was one question in her mind that needed to be eased and that was how in the hell was she going to be able revive Naruto from the dead. That's what he had promised her, he had promised her that she would be able to do. The question is how?
She began to take a few bites of Ramen, not to overwhelmed by the taste but it was better than some of the stuff that her dad had made her eat, especially the squid. Among the Hyuga's it was considered a delicacy and it was disgraceful to think otherwise. Oh how she hated those days when squid would be on her plate those days it was a constant battle to hold back the vomit when. Of course she always managed to, she was a Hyuga after all. Doing unladylike things were completely disgraceful. Though sometimes Hinata would wonder what would happen if she actually had blew little chunks of squid all over the table. She could just imagine the look on her dad's face, oh how great it would be if they had guests.
She thought that he was going to teach her a new chakra technique, but it would be almost impossible to learn something like that in a day, let alone a year. She was pretty sure it would be extremely difficult to bring back a soul from the dead. How much chakra would it take? Did she have enough? Would she be able to pull it off? Their was a little nagging voice in the back of her mind that had the most important question what did the beast want in return for the knowledge to bring back Naruto. Hinata supposed that he would tell, that is if she decided she was going to try to pull it off. "LEAVE ME, YOU MUST LEAVE ME..." How was she supposed to do that when the demon had promised that he would make the pain that Naruto was going through worse. Far worse than what was going on now. Hinta pictured him as she had saw him a week ago remembering how shivering by how cold it had been, with those chains at his feet and arms, keeping him forever in an upward standing position. The blond stripped of his dignity and clothing,. Why did the decision for Naruto's demise lay upon her shoulders? She knew the answer to the question it was because she was the only one that had ever truly loved him.
No girl had ever liked him during the early years, it was just recently that other people began to befriend him. Especially Sakura the girl he loved the one who's feeling would probably not be returned. She had been too head over heels for Sasuke to even notice Naruto. Now since the incident a new feeling for the Uchiha was manifesting itself within Sakura's mind. This feeling was the polar opposite of what she had felt before. Ever since Sasuke had relieved the village of it's knuckle headed ninja, everything had changed. The hokage had split, Jariyai had been forced to take her place for time being. Members of AMBU had been tracking her down but it seems she was good at covering her tracks. But Hinata thought that she just did a different transformation to make herself look different. Hell she could just look like herself, her true form and no one would even know it was her because of the fact that hardly anyone here knew what Tsunade really looks like.
The owner of the Ramen show noted the girl sitting in front of him looked terrible, he had even tried to say a few thing to her cheer her up. She obviously didn't hear him she was lost. Customers had been in a short supply within the past month, it seemed ever since his biggest customer's death everyone had been avoiding his shop. In fact, he was even thinking about just closing the bitch down for the rest of the day until this girl showed up he couldn't help but to notice the streaks running down her face. She had been crying, obviously the girl had been crying a lot. He felt sorry for the girl, and then suddenly he remembered who she was. Yeah he had seen her plenty of times, but he couldn't recognize her without her jacket. The owner was surprised that he had forgotten her being that her eyes clearly identified who she was. I mean the hyuga's numbers aren't quite as numerous as they hoped, especially the ones who don't have that damned curse mark on there fore heads. She had been her allot, well in truth you could say around here. The Hyuga rarely came her to eat. No she would just sit back and watch Naruto eat from a distance. It creped him out but it was obvious to the owner, to the whole village for that matter to know that she was madly in love with him.
His heart went out for the poor girl, it looked as if she needed help. That was exactly what he was going to do.
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She was too lost in thought, to notice that the store owner had leaned over the counter to make his face level with hers, it was very close to hers. It was his words that broke through her like shattering glass, "Your really did love that boy didn't you?" She didn't know at first how to respond, at first she was surprised by the gesture. Then she had the wild thought that the man was going to try to kiss her, and almost as if the shop keeper could read her mind he stood straight up again putting his hands on his apron to wipe them off, obviously a habit that comes around whenever he's nervous. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked that it's none of my..."
She let it come out everything, she just started to cry "y-yes I-I di-i-did love hi-him." She looked up at him with tears flowing, Hinata looked so helpless. The girl had never cried in public before, she would usually find a place to hide. A place where no one else would be able to see the tears streaming down her face. Once there had been a time where she was so closed to tears that if Naruto hadn't stepped in to give her a little cheer Neji would have had her bawling by the end of there fight. That memory didn't help matters any; she began to even cry harder. "Naru-ru-to is de-dea-dead and I don-don't kno-know what to d-d-do." She didn't care that she was crying in front of everybody, she didn't care about how the people in the area had stopped doing what they were doing to watch this spectacle.
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Sakura and Ino walked down the road. Ino had been quite worried for her friend but she was relieved to know that Sakura was doing much better than she had just a few weeks ago. She now looked clean, and she had finally reverted back to wearing pink except now her skirt wasn't exactly a skirt it was a dress that went all the way down to her ankles. Ino was glad that she stopped wearing black, for one it didn't look good on her at all, two it just seemed to weigh her down. From the look of things Sakura had gotten over at least part of the mourning. She was now making public appearances. Ino was surprised to see how fast Sakura was recovering she wanted to know how she was doing. The blond girl looked down at her friends legs, which were covered by that dress and decided that she didn't want to know
Ino was glad to have her friend back, even if she wasn't ever going to revert back exactly as she had once been. Losing one of your best friends and a person that you in love with all in one day has to do something to someone's mentality. "So exactly, where are we going Sakura?"
"I don't know, for now we'll just walk." In truth she knew exactly where she was going. Why, she had no real reason to want to go, it had been his favorite place to eat my guess guess is that she was so lonely now maybe she just missed her friend. For whatever reason the Ramen shopped called her. We'll Ino did want to know what went on that day that she stayed at the Hokage's while her team had to leave. This was probably the best place to tell Ino. They would get privacy since it was becoming a rarity to see people eating there. Word was that the owner was going to close up shop, of course that was probably just a rumor created by someone who had no time on their hands. Origins most likely came from Ino of course. For once it wasn't a illogical once being a teenager and having a friend who thrives on gossip Sakura had heard some doozeys.
It was a sore subject for her but maybe it would help if she had someone to help her out. Her methods well we could say relieved her of some of the pain. Looking down at her legs she gave brief look of disgust. You could say that her methods were quite drastic.
They kept walking, to Ino it seemed to be aimless but then she saw the Ramen shop. She pulled at Sakura's arm hey, "Hey look Sakura, there's Hinata." She began to point her out.
'Oh, Shit,' now how are they supposed to talk about that day with her here. She knew from the beginning that this was a bad idea but if she stopped now then she would never hear the end of it. 'Fuck, well it looks like we have no choice other than to go through with it. Sorry Hinata, but maybe you need to hear this too."