Vengeance of an Uzumaki and Hyuuga
Chapter 1: Naruto and Hinata's Goal
LEGEND: "…" speech
'…' thinking
(…) probably authors notes
italics will purely be flashbacks
- Scene change
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'These villagers don't care for anyone but themselves...' Naruto thought bitterly to himself as he stood atop a light pole watching the village. It was about midnight and not a cloud was in sight, thus allowing the moon to illuminate everything around Naruto. He glared at the few villagers who were still awake. 'And now that Sasuke is gone, there's nobody else like me in the village for them to shun.' Naruto glared up at the Hokage monument that now had Tsunade's face carved into it, but that wasn't were he was glaring. His eyes were on the fourth Hokage's face. After previously learning from a slip up, on Tsunade's drunken part, about who his father was he hated him. The fourth Hokage was Naruto's father and he hadn't been happy about it. In fact he grew angry after he heard Tsunade accidentally say something about the fourth being his father. He even tossed the sake bottle in front of Tsunade at her head before storming out. Tsunade luckily dodged before the bottle hit her and was about to yell at Naruto before she realized what she had said, she sat back down and put her face in her hands. Jiraiya tried to console the boy but to no avail. Naruto simply lashed out, throwing a Rasengan at his teacher who easily dodged. Naruto then ran back to his apartment and locked his door before running to his bedroom and laid on his bed and cried. He had been trying to bottle everything up inside of him but couldn't hold anymore. After his best friend left the village, found out who his father was, and then nearly killed by Hiashi for defending Hinata the way he did; Naruto couldn't handle it anymore.
Now Naruto had his backpack hanging on the pole he was standing on as he watched the village. 'Tonight I will never see this village again until I come back to destroy it...' Naruto thought with a small hint of regret that he easily shoved aside. Sure he had friends here and he would make them an offer to join him before he destroyed everything; and if they refused he would kill them all. He grabbed his pack and slung it across his back before jumping down to the ground. Naruto began to walk towards the gate leading out of the village. As he walked he didn't notice a presence behind him. Before he got to the gate he stopped, finally noticing somebody was following him. "You can come out now. I know you're following me," Naruto said as he slid a kunai slightly out of it's holster. He turned to see who was behind him.
"N-Naruto-kun... Where are you going?" the person asked timidly.
"Hinata? What are you doing out here?" Naruto asked slightly taken aback. He let the kunai drop back into the holster.
She stepped out from behind a tree she was standing behind. Her face was illuminated by the moonlight revealing the black eye she had. Naruto's anger flared as he remembered what had happened to her.
Naruto was walking home from the hospital after having recovered from his fight with Sasuke when he passed by the Hyuuga estate. He wanted to thank Hinata for coming to see him when he was in the hospital so he went up to the gate.
"What's your business here?" one of the Hyuuga guards asked.
"I'd like to see Hinata-chan and thank her for visiting me in the hospital," Naruto said to him.
The other guard looked at the first one and they both shrugged. They didn't see any problem with it so they let Naruto enter. He asked around and quickly found out where Hinata's room was. He knocked when he got there.
"Just a moment," Hinata called from inside. The door slid open shortly after to reveal her wearing a tank top and shorts. She blushed when she saw Naruto and then quickly shut the door before he could speak. Naruto could hear a lot of rustling before the door opened again to reveal Hinata wearing her usual jacket and a pair of black capris. "I'm sorry. I didn't know it was you otherwise I would've put something else on before opening," she quietly apologized bowing her head.
"It's alright Hinata-chan," Naruto said smiling and putting his hand on her shoulder. "It's nice to see you wearing something casual once in a while."
Her blush deepened. "W-what did you need, N-Naruto-kun?" she asked, poking her fingers together.
"I wanted to thank you for visiting me when I was in the hospital," he said smiling, blushing a little himself. "And I was wondering if I could treat you to some ramen."
"Y-you mean like a...a d-date?" she stuttered her blush going an even deeper shade of red.
"Would you like it to be?" Naruto blushed deeper himself when she said that. When she didn't answer he grew sad. "But if you don't want to. I understand," He said sadly.
"I would love to, N-Naruto-kun," she said quietly smiling.
Naruto grinned at her, "Then let's go!"
"N-now?" Hinata asked, shocked by the suddenness.
"Yeah!" Naruto grabbed her hand and began to pull her to the exit of the mansion. She barely had enough time to slide her door shut before she and Naruto were almost running down the halls towards the exit. They got to the exit and quickly slipped their shoes on before going out the door. Naruto lead Hinata through the streets to Ichiraku Ramen with her blushing the entire time due to the fact that he was still holding her hand. They soon arrived at Ichiraku and went it.
"Welcome," Teuchi, the owner and head chef, called. "Oh Naruto! The usual?" he asked when he saw who it was that entered the restaurant.
"Definitely! What would you like Hinata? The beef and shrimp ramen is my favorite, but the miso ramen and chicken ramen are good too. Then there's a lot of things you can add to it too!" Naruto told her grinning as he sat down.
Hinata sat beside him before answering. "I'll have what you have N-Naruto-kun," she said shyly.
"Yosh! Two shrimp and beef ramens, please!" Naruto said loudly. Teuchi smiled, shaking his head. Ayame giggled from the back of the store as she began preparing the ramen.
After she finished, Teuchi placed the ramen in front of the two of them. "Enjoy," he said smiling. Naruto and Hinata both said a silent prayer before Naruto dug straight into the ramen with his chopsticks. Hinata took a more subtle approach when she began eating. It was forced onto her growing up in high-class family like hers. Naruto quickly finished eating while Hinata was barely at the halfway point.
"Well? How is it, Hinata-chan?" He asked eagerly.
"It's really good," Hinata smiled as she slurped some noodles.
Naruto grinned, happy that she was enjoying the meal. After she finished and Naruto had paid the two left to head back to the Hyuuga estate. They talked the entire time walking back. When they got back to the estate, Hiashi Hyuuga was standing outside the gate. His face covered in fury when he saw Hinata with Naruto. He didn't want his daughter associating with a low class kid. Especially the one housing the Kyuubi inside of him.
"Hinata!" he yelled at her when they approached. "Why are with that boy?" Hiashi glared angrily at Naruto.
"H-he took me out for lunch," she said timidly, bowing her head and hiding slightly behind Naruto. Hiashi approached the two of them quickly. Naruto stood in front of Hinata fully but was back handed into a building by Hiashi, who proceeded to smack his daughter across the face, making her fall back.
"I thought I told you to never associate with the scum of the village!" he yelled.
Hinata cringed on the ground as her father yelled. "HEY! DON'T TREAT HER THAT WAY!" Naruto yelled as he charged towards Hiashi. Hiashi sidestepped, allowing him to send a Gentle Fist attack into the back of Naruto's right shoulder. Naruto fell to the ground and slowly picked himself up, making few hand seals before trying to make a shadow clone.
"That won't work, scum. I've completely cut off chakra circulation to your right arm," Hiashi said matter-of-factually. Naruto just growled in response before charging at Hiashi again. Naruto swung his fist at Hiashi, who easily slapped the fist away. Hiashi kicked Naruto in the gut sending the boy hurdling into a building again before falling face first on the ground.
Hiashi turned and grabbed his daughter before she could run to Naruto. "You will leave him lie there!" he yelled at her before turning to walk back inside the mansion.
Just then a blast of wind almost knocked Hiashi to the ground. He turned to see Naruto standing. His eyes were no longer the shade of blue they usually were but red with a slit for the pupil. The six whisker shaped marks grew darker on Naruto's cheeks and his nails and teeth grew sharper. Naruto growled before charging Hiashi again. Hiashi pushed his daughter to the side before activating his Byakugan and settling into a Gentle Fist stance. Naruto swung his fist towards Hiashi, who dodged. Naruto kept attacking wildly before getting kicked in the face. He was sent flying back but recovered sliding on all fours on the ground. Naruto stood up and created a Shadow Clone then held out his right palm to it. The clone began circulating chakra in the open palm, forming a Rasengan.
"Don't you ever lay another hand on Hinata like that!" Naruto said dangerously. Hiashi just stood there watching Naruto. The clone charged forward first to provide a distraction. Hiashi quickly disposed of the clone in a cloud of smoke before turning to see Naruto in the air above him. His arm with the Rasengan extended towards Hiashi. "Rasengan!" Naruto yelled as he fell through the air.
Hiashi glared at Naruto before quickly grabbing his wrist and snapping it, thus dispersing the attack completely. Naruto yelled out in pain as he felt his wrist break. Hiashi then slapped his palm on Naruto's lungs, causing them to shut down. Hiashi threw Naruto in the air above him. He waited until Naruto began his descent before attacking again. "Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation!" Hiashi yelled and began to spin rapidly. Naruto collided with the shield of chakra and was sent flying through the air and smashing through the wall of one of the nearby buildings.
"NARUTO-KUN!" Hinata screamed. "NO!" She got up and started to run to him. She was stopped by her father, who smacked her again.
"I told you to never associate with scum like that!" he yelled before grabbing her wrist and taking her inside the Hyuuga estate. She cried the entire time, saying Naruto's name over and over.
An ANBU, who had been ordered to find Naruto when Tsunade sensed the Kyuubi's chakra, quickly retrieved the unconscious Naruto and took him to the hospital. When they arrived there Tsunade quickly did an assessment on Naruto before starting her work. She quickly healed his lungs causing Naruto to gasp and wake up as the air filled his lungs. She held him down as Naruto struggled to get up and go kick Hiashi's ass. But his efforts were futile against the Legendary Sitting Duck Tsunade.
"Damnit Naruto! Hold still so I can heal your wrist!" Tsunade yelled at him. Naruto calmed down, but not before cursing Hiashi under his breath. Tsunade quickly healed his broken wrist. "What happened anyway?" she asked curiously.
She listened intently as Naruto relayed what happened. He looked at her with tears in his eyes when he finished. "How can he treat her that way?! She was so frightened when he almost killed me. Why can't he see that it hurts her when he acts the way he does? WHY?!" Naruto yelled as Tsunade embraced him in a motherly/sisterly hug. Naruto cried hard as Tsunade hugged him.
"I don't know, Naruto. I truly don't," She said.
Naruto calmed himself down before she spoke again. "How is your eye, Hinata-chan?" he asked.
"It's ok. Hurts a little every now and then, but I'm ok," Hinata said quietly, also remembering the incident.
"That's good. Now why are you out here?" Naruto asked.
"To find you..." she said looking at him. "Why are you out here, Naruto-kun?"
"I'm leaving this village. I can't stand being here anymore. My best friend is gone, I found out that my father was the fourth Hokage, and I was almost killed by your father for trying to protect you. Finding out my father was the fourth Hokage wouldn't have been such a bad thing if it wasn't for the fact that it was him that sealed the Kyuubi inside of me..." Naruto said bitterly.
"Y-Your leaving?" Hinata asked shocked, a few tears fell down her cheeks. "B-but you can't leave! What about all your friends?"
"Sakura only cares about Sasuke, Kakashi is busy all the time, Iruka is teaching academy students, and you're not allowed to be near me. And then everyone else is busy with missions. I'm not needed here anymore," he said before turning back to the village gate. His eyes widened when he felt a pair of arms wrapping around him.
"I need you here, Naruto-kun," Hinata sobbed quietly. "You can't leave me here."
Naruto turned and looked down at Hinata. Her eyes were staring up into his as tears fell. "I hate to see you cry," he said softly, wiping a tear from her cheek with the back of her hand. "But I still have to go," he told her. turning to walk away, but was stopped again when Hinata grabbed his hand. He turned to her, "Let go of me, Hinata-chan." His voice was firm but not angry.
Hinata mumbled something under her breath.
"What?" Naruto asked, turning his head slightly.
"T-take me with you..." she said, barely audible.
"I can't!" he almost yelled. "I can't take you with me! It's going to be very dangerous!" he tried reasoning with her.
"That doesn't matter to me!" she said loudly. "I'd be willing to die fighting with you because... Because..." she began to blush deeply. "Because I... Because I love you!"
Naruto's eyes widened when she said that. His thoughts ran wild. "Wh-what?" his voice caught in his throat.
"I said that I love you, Naruto-kun," Hinata said wrapping her arms around him and nuzzling her face into his chest. It was Naruto's turn to blush deeply now. "And I will always love you. Even if I die," her voice was muffled.
"You... You love me?" he asked. She merely nodded in his chest. Naruto sighed, knowing he wouldn't be able to convince her otherwise to stay. "I really don't want you to come with me and get hurt, but you'll just follow me. Won't you?" he asked lifting her chin so he could look into her eyes.
"Yes. Yes I would, Naruto-kun," Hinata said. "And if you tried to force me to leave, you wouldn't be able to. I would never stop following you." A few tears fell down her face as she spoke.
Naruto sighed. "Do you even know what I'm leaving to go do?" he asked hoping her could get her to stay with one more push. Hinata shook her head and watched him. "I'm going to destroy this place," Naruto said calmly, causing Hinata to gasp slightly but never moving from where she stood. "Didn't you hear me? I said I'm going to destroy the Hidden Leaf Village," Naruto told her again.
Hinata was shocked to hear this come from Naruto. The boy who would always shrug off the way people had treated him. The boy who always had a smile on his face. The boy that she loved. Now this same boy was talking of destroying their home. Hinata stared into Naruto's eyes, his words going through her head over and over again. "I-I'm never..." she started shakily then made her voice firmer, "I'm never going to leave you." Her eyes full of determination now.
Naruto looked at her, not believing what she just said. He sighed again, defeated. He knew he was never going to be able to convince her to stay here. "Fine... You can come along," he said.
Hinata's face lit up slightly before going back over to the tree she was previously hiding behind and grabbed her pack. "Then let's go," she said, smiling at him. She grabbed his hand as they left the village quickly and quietly. They lept through the trees outside the village, not saying a word until they were several miles away. "By the way, Naruto-kun. Where are we going?" Hinata asked him as they lept through the trees.
"I'm going to find the Akatsuki," Naruto told her, causing a small gasp to emit form her lips. "They are all powerful and I'm sure they would agree to the terms I have." He ended the conversation with that.
'Naruto-kun. What changed you?' Hinata thought to herself.
Days passed as they traveled, only stopping to rest and eat. They avoided towns as much as possible until they heard of strange men wearing black cloaks with what looked like red clouds on it being in a town from an out of the way tea house. The town, Garuna, was only a couple days from where they were. It would be the perfect place to start looking. Once they had left the tea house, the duo went straight for Garuna. Naruto and Hinata quickly reached Garuna, eager to begin their search. They had removed their headbands so nobody could tell where they were from before entering the town. Also before going much further into the town, they had purchased a couple of black cloaks with hoods to hide their faces. Naruto went to an inn while Hinata searched through the town.
"Welcome. What can I do for you?" the clerk at the inn asked Naruto, who still had his hood up.
"I was wondering if there had been two men here recently. They would've been wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them," Naruto said, sliding some ryo across the counter to the clerk.
The clerk grabbed the money and then seemed to "remember" the men Naruto was talking about. "Ah yes. I know who you are talking about," the clerk said. "But they left yesterday. Sorry buddy."
Naruto bowed. "Thank you very much." He then left to go find Hinata. She was busy walking through the shopping district asking some weapons merchants about them.
"I remember seeing somebody like that, Missy. But they were simply walking through the area. I think they went to the other end of town," a weapons dealer told her.
"Thank you," she bowed before leaving. "Byakugan," she said quietly, activated her eyes. She began to search for Naruto, quickly finding him walking down the same street she was on. She deactivated her eyes and quickly made her way through the crowd to her companion.
"Find anything, Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked when they met up.
"A weapons merchant said they were heading to the other end of town yesterday," she told him.
"Same for me. The clerk at the inn said they had left yesterday," he said to her.
"Then we'd better hurry," Hinata said turning to walk out of town, but was stopped when Naruto grabbed her hand.
"Hang on. We've got company. Can you activate your eyes and find out who's following us?" Naruto asked her.
Hinata nodded, "Byakugan." She quickly scanned the area around them, finding four figures in four strategic locations. "There's four of them. Two on the rooftops on either side of the street, while a third is ten yards behind us. The fourth is ahead of us. Only one of them seems to be over genin level. We should proceed with caution," she warned Naruto deactivating her eyes.
Naruto nodded as they began to walk again, keeping their hoods up. They quickly go to the end of town before leaping off into the trees. The four people following them doing the same. Naruto and Hinata stopped in a clearing far enough away from the town so it wouldn't get caught in the inevitable battle. "Get ready," Naruto said to Hinata as they stood back to back. Hinata nodded, her eyes active once again.
"Here they come," she said.
"CHAAAAAA!" a female voice yelled as she burst through the trees swinging her fist into the ground between Naruto and Hinata. The two of them quickly lept away from the pink haired kunouchi.
"Fang Over Fang!" another voice yelled, as a spinning attack came flying towards Naruto. Naruto dodged, only to be knocked back by a kick from a green blur.
"Leaf Hurricane!" the blur yelled. Naruto flew towards a tree and landed with his feet on it, using chakra to keep him form falling.
Hinata dodged some kunai sent sailing in her direction. She quickly blocked a roundhouse kick from behind before pushing her opponent away and then regrouping with Naruto. The four other people regrouped in front of the duo. "Sakura, Kiba, Lee, and Kakashi-sensei. What are you all doing here?" Naruto asked quietly.
"To take the two of you back to the village. You have left and are now considered Rogue ninjas that are either to be brought back by force or killed by order of the Hokage," Kakashi said solemnly. "If you just cooperate with us, we won't have to hurt either of you."
Naruto stared coldly at them. "I'm never going back to a village that hates me until I destroy it!" Naruto yelled, creating six shadow clones.
"And I will follow Naruto-kun even if I die!" Hinata said strongly before charging with the Naruto clones to attack.
Kakashi closed his eye, a single tear falling. 'I've failed my entire team. And now I'm forced to attack the one I never thought would turn out like this,' he thought to himself before lifting his headband to reveal his Sharingan. The real Naruto and a clone attacked Kakashi while two clones attack Sakura, another two attacked Lee, and the other clone and Hinata attacked Kiba and Akamaru.
"Hinata! Stop this!" Kiba yelled with Akamaru barking acknowledgment.
"I won't! Not if it means to go against Naruto-kun!" she said sending her palm at Kiba who quickly dodged back.
"Damnit. I really didn't want to have to fight her..." Kiba said before blocking a kick from the Naruto clone.
An explosion ripped through the field as Sakura yelled. A Rasengan sending her flying into a tree, knocking her unconscious.
"Sakura!" Kakashi yelled holding off an overhead kick from Naruto while sending his own kick to the clone. The clone caught the kick and flung Kakashi away and towards a tree. Kakashi quickly regained himself but was then engaged by the other two clones. He now had four opponents to worry about.
"Leaf Hurricane!" Lee yelled as he ducked under a punch from both clones. His kick hit each clone in the head and turned to go help Kakashi, but was stopped by the real Naruto. With Rasengan in hand, Naruto shoved it forward into Lee's arms. He was sent flying back through the trees and knocked unconscious. He would probably suffer only a broken arm from that as Naruto didn't want to kill any of them here and now. He turned to Hinata and ran forwards, blocking a spinning attack from Akamaru, now transformed into Kiba, that would've collided with her back.
"Get away from her!" he yelled and he made a couple more clones to fight with. The three of them then began to attack Akamaru in Kiba's form. A punch from the real Naruto sent Akamaru flying into Kiba, knocking them both down. Akamaru was unconscious and being held by Kiba.
"Akamaru!" Kiba yelled. He glared at Naruto before lunging forward, forgetting about Hinata. She sent a palm into Kiba's back before whirling around and kicked him in the side of the head. Kiba was sent flying over by Akamaru, trying to keep conciousness but failing. His vision went black as the passed out. The duo then turned to Kakashi who had just finished destroying the clones he was facing.
Now all that remained was Naruto, Hinata, a couple of clones, and Kakashi. "Naruto. Hinata. I don't want to hurt either one of you, but I will if you don't come back with me now," he said firmly.
"You'll have to kill us, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said calmly. "I'm never going back to a village that hates me!" He yelled and held out his hand to the clones who began to shape Rasengans in each hand.
Kakashi closed his eyes and bowed his head sadly. "I'm sorry I failed you Naruto. I'm sorry I only focused on training Sasuke instead of you and Sakura. And now I'm sorry that it has come to this," Kakashi made a few hands seals before charging chakra into his palms. A few tears slid down his cheeks as he looked upon Naruto.
Naruto couldn't help but let a few tears fall himself before regaining his composure. He charged forward at his sensei who in turn charged back.
"Twin Rasengan!"
"Lightning Blade: Two Hit Thrust!"
Both attacks collided, neither one of them were going to give in. Naruto and Kakashi's eyes locked for a moment, each one of them sending many different emotions to the other. "I'm sorry, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said as Hinata appeared behind Kakashi, her palms coated in chakra. Her first hit smashed into his right shoulder, causing the attacks to disappear from his hands. She then quickly attacked both of his legs with her Gentle Fist. Kakashi faltered and fell to his knees. Hinata lept back to stand by Naruto as Naruto stepped forward, no longer holding Rasengan in his hands.
Naruto squatted down to Kakashi's level. He took off the necklace he had won from Tsunade when they first met. "Give this back to Granny. Tell her I don't deserve to have it with me anymore," he said placing it in Kakashi's pocket, before standing.
"Naruto... Don't do this. You're better than this! What happened to my student that wanted nothing more than becoming the Hokage?" Kakashi asked looked at his student.
"He's gone. He realized that he could never earn the respect of the villagers or anyone else ever. I'm sorry it has to be this way Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said and he raised his fist and brought it down hard onto Kakashi's jaw, knocking him out.
Naruto looked at the four of them. before turning to Hinata. "Come on. Let's move them so they aren't so spread out like this," he said picking up Kakashi. Hinata quickly helped support his weight as they pulled him over to the tree Sakura was up against. They quickly got Kiba and Akamaru over there and had an extremely hard time dragging Lee closer, due to the amount of weights he was wearing.
"Man he really needs to quit wearing these weights all the time," Naruto groaned as they finally got Lee over by the others. The two of them looked at their former comrades for a moment before turning to leap off into the trees again.
It was then that they noticed two very strong unfamiliar presences in the clearing. They looked over and saw two black cloaks with red clouds. "Naruto Uzumaki. We are going to bring you with us whether you want to or not," the first one said.
"Itachi Uchiha," Naruto said calmly. "And Kisame Hoshigaki right?"
They merely nodded at him before leaping into action. "Wait!" Hinata yelled. "We don't want to fight you!"
The two Akatsuki members stopped before they officially began their attack. "We actually have a proposition for you," Naruto said. "But it's better left said behind closed doors and not in the open like this. There's a town a few miles south of Garuna. Let's go there and talk about it shall we?"
"What do you think Itachi?" Kisame asked. "It could be a trap."
"Judging from what these two just did to their comrades there, I don't thinks it's a trap. We'll meet you there," Itachi said before disappearing. Kisame scoffed before disappearing as well.
Naruto and Hinata looked at each other. "Let's go," Naruto said. Hinata nodded and they left in the direction of the town after pulling their hoods back up.
"Do you think they will agree to it?" Hinata asked him.
Naruto shrugged. "I doubt it. It'll be too good of an offer that they won't be able to resist," he told her as they jumped through the trees.
"What is it anyway, Naruto-kun?" she asked.
"You'll find out when we meet them."
"Ok, Naruto-kun."
They continued to leap through the trees in silence. After about thirty minutes they arrived at the next town. "Let's find the inn so we can meet with Itachi and Kisame," Naruto said. His stomach grumbled. "But not before getting something to eat. What would you like Hinata-chan?"
"Umm, I really love cinnamon rolls," she said quietly. Her shy self coming back to the surface.
"Yosh! Then let's find some!" Naruto grinned at her as they began walking through the town to find a bakery. It was pretty easy to find one, since this town flourished on food mostly. Hinata gratefully accepted the cinnamon rolls Naruto had bought her before devouring them the way Naruto ate ramen. He was shocked to see her eat the cinnamon rolls that quickly.
"I'm sorry for acting that way, Naruto-kun," she apologized when she saw the shocked look on his face.
His shocked looked quickly changed to that of a grinning fool. "It's alright, Hinata-chan! It's your favorite food. You should eat it any way you want too!" he said encouragingly.
She smiled in return before looking up at the sky. She was happy right now, being able to forget everything that was going on for a few moments before Naruto snapped her out of her trance. "Hey Hinata? You still there?" he asked.
"Huh?" she asked quickly, blushing slightly when she saw how close Naruto's face was to hers.
"I've been saying you name for the last two minutes. We should probably head to the inn, ne?" he asked her.
Hinata shook her head. "Y-yes. We sh-should," she stuttered.
Naruto smiled at her and stood up, offering her a hand. Hinata accepted it and Naruto pulled her up from where she was sitting. Naruto accidentally pulled her up a little harder than he had intended, causing their faces to be a mere inch away. Both of them blushed greatly at the closeness before turning to the side in unison. "L-let's go," Naruto stammered.
"Y-yes," Hinata replied as they both started to walk towards the inn, the blush never leaving their faces.
They arrived at the inn five minutes later. "Welcome," the clerk said to them. "How may I be of assistance?" he asked.
"We are looking for two men, both wearing black cloaks with red patterns on them. We were told to meet them here," Naruto said.
"Ah yes. They will be on the third floor. Room 303. Knock three times, then once more they said to me to tell you," the clerk told them.
"Thank you," Hinata said as the two of them left to go upstairs. When they got to the room, Naruto knocked three times. He waited for a few seconds then knocked once more. The door opened and he and Hinata strode in. Kisame shut the door behind them then placed a seal on the door before going to where he was sitting.
Naruto and Hinata both removed their hoods and sat down across form Itachi and Kisame. "What's the proposition you have then, Naruto," Itachi said.
"Alright, let's not beat around the bush," Naruto said. "You want the Kyuubi sealed inside of me, correct?"
Itachi and Kisame nodded.
"I want to destroy the Hidden Leaf village and I believe that the Akatsuki could help me in it's destruction," Naruto continued.
"Or we could just take you out right now and destroy the Hidden Leaf later," Kisame said grabbing his sword, Samehada.
"I'm not finished," Naruto said calmly, while Hinata grabbed his arm. She was watching Kisame closely.
"Kisame. Let him finish," Itachi said, flaring his Sharingan.
Kisame grunted, setting Samehada down, but not letting go of it's hilt. "I want the Akatsuki to train me and make me strong enough to destroy the Hidden Leaf. Then once I'm finished, you can have the Kyuubi," Naruto finished.
Hinata gasped slightly hearing this and Kisame grinned his shark toothy grin while Itachi remained as passive as ever. The silence seemed to stretch on, the tension so thick a kunai could break it. Itachi shifted his gaze to Hinata. "And what of her?" he asked breaking the silence.
"I'm coming with Naruto-kun. I'm going to help him anyway I can," she said firmly, squeezing Naruto's arm a little tighter.
Itachi watched them both for a moment. "We'll see what Pein has to say about it before anything," Itachi said. "Let's go now. We have a base close by here." Itachi stood up and walked to the door before making a couple of hand seals causing the seal on the door to burn up. Itachi then left, with Kisame, Naruto, and Hinata following suit. Naruto and Hinata pulled their hoods back up as they left the inn and headed towards the end of town they arrived from. Once out of the town the four of them all lept into the trees and began to head in the direction of the Akatsuki's base. Itachi and Kisame didn't say a word as they traveled while Hinata chatted between themselves. Four hours passed by before Itachi and Kisame stopped near a clearing.
"Are we hear?" Hinata asked quietly to Itachi.
"Almost," he said passively. Both him and Kisame walked over to a giant boulder in the middle of the clearing. They each made a single hand seal before placing one palm each on the rock. Slowly it moved to the side to reveal a dark hole with a staircase leading down. "Go in first. We will have to close the hole up before we proceed," Itachi said.
Naruto and Hinata both nodded, walking down the stairs. Hinata never let go of Naruto's arm as they walked down the stairs a ways before turning to look and see Itachi and Kisame sealing the hole back up. It was dark for a moment, but then light seemed to emit from everywhere even though there were no visible lights anywhere. Itachi walked in front of Naruto and Hinata while Kisame stayed behind. The group all descended down the stairs for what seemed like ages, even though it was only about twenty minutes of walking. Finally they arrived in a large room.
"You're late, hn!" somebody yelled from across the room. Naruto and Hinata looked around Itachi to see who it was. The man was wearing Akatsuki robes and had long blonde hair tied in a ponytail near the top of his head. His bangs were covering his left eye. "And who do you have with you?" he asked.
"The Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki and his companion, Deidara," Itachi said.
"The Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki, hn. That's good. But why is there another person with him as well?" Deidara asked.
"They wish to see Pein," Itachi said simply. At that moment a figured materialized out of nowhere. It looked like a hologram of some sort.
"And why would that be, Itachi?" the hologram asked. His voice was kinda staticy.
"That would be better told when all of us are here. Naruto has a rather interesting proposal," Itachi told him.
"Hmm. Very well. There's six of you there already. Hidan and Kakuzu are on their way while me and Konan are in Rain. We should be there in a couple of days," the hologram said before disappearing.
"I just hope they aren't late. I hate being kept waiting like this," a new voice said from behind Naruto and Hinata. They turned and saw a man with short red hair walking out of a room. He didn't look any older than eighteen.
"Yes we know Sasori, hn," Deidara said. All of a sudden a plant like thing rose from the floor and right beside it a figure materialized from out of nowhere. The plant like thing opened up to reveal a man with green hair and yellow eyes. Down one side of his face it was completely black with no mouth and showing no human like features, while down the other side it was completely white with more human like features and a mouth. The other man had short black hair and an orange mask covering all of his face but his right eye. The mask swirled around meeting at the hole created for the eye.
"And now we wait," the man with the orange mask said in a childish tone. "I'm Tobi by the way!" he said loudly and more energetic than the rest.
"Can it teme," the Venus fly trap looking man said.
"Zetsu, you're no fun," Tobi said standing in a very awkward position for a male to be standing in.
"Yeah. He's actually pretty funny," Zetsu said.
"No he's annoying," Zetsu said.
"Wait. Are you bipolar or something?" Naruto asked Zetsu.
"No, baka. We are two different people," it seemed liked the black side of Zetsu was talking.
"Yeah. And it's no fun being stuck with somebody as gloomy as him," the white side pointed to the other side.
"You can always leave," black Zetsu suggested.
White Zetsu just shrugged as Itachi turned to face Naruto and Hinata. "The two of you will sleep over there in that room," Itachi pointed to one of the rooms along the wall. "You'll find plenty of food in there. There's also a shower. And if you decide to back out on this deal, we won't hesitate to kill the both of you," Itachi said calmly as he walked to one of the rooms and went in. shutting the door behind him.
Tobi walked over to Naruto and Hinata. "Don't pay him any mind! He's always like that!" Tobi said energetically.
"You seem to energetic to be a part of the Akatsuki, Tobi-san," Naruto said, eying Tobi.
Tobi just laughed. "Do I really?" he giggled.
Everyone else rolled their eyes. "Great. He's never gonna shut up, hn," Deidara said, the annoyance heavy in his voice. Hinata giggled slightly, causing Deidara to glare angrily. "Got a problem Shrimp, hn?" he asked angrily.
Hinata cringed behind Naruto, who stood in front of her protectively. "Leave her alone, Blondie," Naruto growled.
Deidara laughed. "Or what kid? You gonna beat me up, hn?"
"I will if I have to," Naruto glared.
"Bring it on, hn," Deidara reached into a pouch as Naruto stood ready to fight.
Tobi placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder to keep him from moving as Zetsu kicked Deidara back into a wall. "You're not going to be fighting in here Deidara," black Zetsu said dangerously.
Naruto looked up at Tobi. "What are you doing? I can kick his ass!" Naruto said angrily.
"Not likely," Tobi's voice was no longer energetic, but much more serious. "He's got years of training on you. We all do. So the chances of you beating one of us are slim. And to top it off, the chances of you defeating all of who are gathered here are impossible. Even if you are the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki." Tobi removed his hand from Naruto's shoulder and walked over to one of the rooms. Her turned back to Naruto and Hinata before entering. "I would suggest the two of you rest. You probably need it," he said turning back and entering the room.
Deidara had gotten up and walked over to Naruto as Zetsu went into one of the other rooms. "One day I'll enjoy the pleasure of killing you kid, hn," Deidara said to Naruto.
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Hinata said as she stood beside Naruto. "I won't let you hurt him, Blondie."
Deidara sneered at her before walking to another room and slamming the door behind him. Sasori walked over to the room he had exited from and entered without a word. Naruto and Hinata walked over to the room Itachi had indicated earlier and entered. They found two beds inside along with a fridge, stove, dishwasher, and a couple of cabinets above the sink. To the left was a bathroom while to the right was a closet with only two things hanging inside of it.
Naruto walked over to the closet and grabbed on of the items that was in their. It was an Akatsuki robe that seemed to fit him perfectly. He slid it on and turned to Hinata. "Well? What do you think?" he asked her.
She admired him wearing the cloak. "I like it Naruto-kun. But what if they don't accept the offer you made them?" her voice was quiet.
"They will don't worry," he said walking over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder. She looked up and saw him smiling reassuringly. She smiled back shyly. "Why don't you try that one on over there?" he asked, pointing a thumb to the other cloak.
Hinata nodded and walked over to it, removing the cloak from it's hanger and put it on her. She twirled around to face Naruto who was smiling. "W-well? H-how do I look, N-Naruto-kun?" she asked shyly.
"Anything you wear makes you look good, Hinata-chan," he grinned making her blush.
"But, if I'm gonna be a part of the Akatsuki I need to change," Hinata said as she took off the cloak, setting it on the counter top by the sink. She then removed her jacket, making Naruto blush, revealing a black tank top that was covering the mesh shinobi armor she wore. Her breasts had developed nicely, Naruto noticed this as she removed her jacket. It was obviously constricting them back. "That jacket always seemed to slow me down anyways," Hinata said as he put the Akatsuki cloak back on. However, she didn't close up the front. She turned to Naruto, blushing slightly. "How does this look?" she asked timidly.
"Uh-uh... Really... good," Naruto stammered, his blush deepening and his eyes trying to focus on anything but her breasts at the moment. "W-we should probably get some rest, H-Hinata-chan," Naruto said sheepishly before shedding his cloak and hanging it back up. Hinata nodded and hung her cloak up and grabbed her jacket, putting it back on. Naruto got into one of the beds and laid down while Hinata got into the other. They both looked at each other as they laid there.
"Good night, Naruto-kun," Hinata said.
"Good night, Hinata-chan," Naruto told her before falling asleep.
Hinata watched Naruto before she fell asleep. Only one thought was going through her mind. That was what was going to happen to them in two days. Slowly she fell asleep, only to be met by nightmares of her father's wrath and different scenarios of him killing Naruto. During one of the nightmares, she saw Hiashi striking Naruto again and again with Gentle Fist strikes. Before the finishing blow could be hit, Hinata woke up. She was covered in sweat and had kicked all her blankets off. She was shaking slightly, trying to get those images out of her head. She got up and went to the sink to get a drink of water. She quickly gulped it down before walking over to the beds. She stopped beside Naruto's and looked at him. She smiled, knowing he was alive and with her. She blushed slightly as she stared. She looked over at her bed and shivered, knowing those nightmares would return when she fell back to sleep. Hinata then gathered as much courage as she could muster and turned to Naruto. She shook him slightly, waking him up.
"Hmm? Hinata-chan? What is it?" he asked tiredly.
"Umm. C-can I sleep n-next to you? I w-was having a nightmare of f-father..." she trailed off.
Naruto blushed instantly. "Y-you want to sleep next to me?" he asked, swallowing hard.
"If you don't want me too th-that's fine..." she said sheepishly.
"If you're having nightmares, you can sleep over here," Naruto said to her.
She looked at him and nodded, her face covered in a massive blush as she laid down next to him. They both pulled the covers up to their necks as they stared at each other. "C-can you hold me, N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked quietly.
"S-sure," Naruto said as Hinata scooted closer to him, nuzzling into his chest. Both of their hearts were pounding in their chests as if they were trying to escape. Naruto wrapped his arms around Hinata's shoulders as she snuggled as close as she could get to him.
"Thank you, N-Naruto-kun. Thank you for being my friend," she said quietly to him.
"Y-yeah. No problem, Hinata-chan," Naruto replied. Hinata soon fell asleep in Naruto's arms. She loved it and soon found peace in it, knowing that in his arms no nightmares would come to her. Naruto shortly after fell asleep as well. The two of them slept like that for the next two days. And they needed it after the left the Hidden Leaf, no stopping but for short periods and then fighting their former comrades.
Hidan and Kakuzu had arrived the next day and Pein and Konan the day after that. Now Naruto would give Pein his offer and see what would happen. But for now they slept. They slept like there was nothing wrong with the world and that they were the only two people in it. In fact they slept for two days after Pein's arrival without realizing it. When they awoke and went outside, they found every member of the Akatsuki waiting in the main room.
"Hn, took you long enough," Deidara sneered. "We've been waiting for two days now and the two of you decided to ignore that and sleep, hn."
"Peace, Deidara. They were obviously tired and needed rest," Pein said. Naruto looked him over. He had six piercings on his nose, three on each side; six piercings on each ear; and two under his bottom lip, snake bites. He had red hair that spiked up kinda like Naruto's and wore a Hidden Rain headband that had a slash mark across it. His eyes were what intrigued them the most. They were purple with a ripple pattern in them.
Naruto and Hinata moved their eyes to Konan next. She had shoulder length purple hair and a single piercing on her bottom lip. She also had what seemed like a paper flower in her hair that was held on by a bun. She was very pretty, but seemed to have a cold look on her face. Almost as if she had seen her best friends killed right in front of her. Kakuzu and Hidan came into view next. There wasn't much to say about Kakuzu except that her wore a mask over his face, much like Kakashi wore. He also had his entire head covered by a white hood; it was held on by a Hidden Waterfall headband, that also bore a scratch through it.
And lastly, the kicker of them all: Hidan. He had silver hair that was slicked back and wore a silver necklace with a weird symbol on it. It was a circle with an upside down triangle in it. He also wore a head band with three diagonal marks on it with a scratch through them. Upon his back was a red scythe with three blades on it, all of them facing the same way.
All in all, the Akatsuki looked like a group of outcasts in Naruto's eyes. But he knew they were all strong and so he needed their power. He could accept what they looked like with ease, even though Zetsu reminded him of a Venus fly trap. Naruto couldn't help but snicker whenever he looked at Zetsu. All eyes were on Naruto and Hinata now. "Let's hear this offer you have Naruto Uzumaki," Pein said.
"You all want the Kyuubi inside of me right? Well you can have it," Naruto began. All eyes widened except for Itachi and Kisame's. "AFTER you train us to become strong enough to destroy the Hidden Leaf village. Then and only then can you have the Kyuubi," Naruto finished never taking his eyes off Pein.
Pein seemed to contemplate this offer for a moment. "And what makes you think that we won't just take the Kyuubi from you now kid?" Kakuzu said. His voice was deep and dark, making Hinata shudder slightly.
"Because I'm not putting up any sort of a fight and willing to help you. You scratch my back and I scratch yours," Naruto said turning his gaze to Kakuzu.
Silence fell over the group for a very long two minutes. The sound a water dripping could be heard from a far away distance. "So..." Pein said finally shattering the silence. "You want to destroy the Hidden Leaf. Why?"
"Because they are a bunch of bastards that care only for themselves," Naruto said darkly.
"So this is more an act of vengeance than anything else?" Konan asked.
Naruto and Hinata both nodded.
"And why are you doing this?" Konan asked Hinata.
"I-I told N-Naruto-kun that I'd follow him anywhere. Th-that I'd help him anyway he n-needs it," Hinata said quietly.
Konan looked at Pein for a moment then back to the two children. Both of their faces held a strong determination.
"Fuck that! I say we just kill them both here as sacrifices to Lord Jashin!" Hidan said loudly, grabbing his scythe off his back and charging at the two of them. Naruto hastily pushed Hinata out of the way before jumping above a horizontal slash from Hidan's scythe. Naruto make a couple of hand seals and nine Shadow Clones appeared around Hidan. Hidan just smirked as he pulled a meter long spear like object from inside of his cloak. "This is gonna be interesting," Hidan grinned.
Naruto and his clones all charged forward, each one brandishing kunai in both hands. Hidan jumped up dodging two clones attacks only to block a hit from two more clones. He slashed at the four clones with his massive scythe, destroying them in a cloud of smoke. The remaining five clones all threw their kunai in unison before engaging in a close range taijutsu battle. The clones threw punch after punch and kick after kick, only to have each one dodged or blocked. Hidan was using only defense at this point, being somewhat overwhelmed by the numbers. Finally a fist collided with Hidan's jaw only to be followed by another from the other side.
"NA!"
"RU!"
"TO!"
Hidan was kicked up into the air by the five clones as the real Naruto Jumped off the back of one of the clones. Naruto did a front spin kick, bringing his heel into the back of Hidan's head. "UZUMAKI BARRAGE!" Naruto yelled as he sent Hidan flying back to earth. Hidan's face smashed into the ground as Naruto landed in front of Hinata protectively. Every member of the Akatsuki watched the whole ordeal passively.
"You little prick! I'm gonna kick your fucking ass!" Hidan spat blood out of his mouth as he stood up and charged at Naruto again. However, he was stopped by a wall of what seemed like paper. Naruto and Hinata looked over saw Konan holding her hands up, obviously controlling the paper.
"Settle down Hidan," Pein said calmly. Hidan just glared at him but put his scythe on his back.
"Obviously the Jinchuuriki has some skill. But as for the girl, we have no idea what she can do," Konan said. "Maybe Itachi should test her skills. Seeing as how they are from the same village it would be perfect."
Hinata hid behind Naruto timidly as Itachi stepped forward. "It'll be ok Hinata-chan," Naruto said grabbing her hand reassuringly.
"O-ok, Naruto-kun," Hinata said with as much courage as she could muster. She walked out to face Itachi who stood there passively.
"Show me what the Hyuuga can do," Itachi said calmly. Hinata took up her Gentle Fist stance before charging towards Itachi. Itachi activated his Sharingan as Hinata activated her Byakugan. Hinata charged her hands with chakra as she swung them at Itachi who merely stepped back to avoid the attacks. "Is that the best you can do?" Itachi taunted. as he knocked her next palm strike away by her hitting her arm.
Hinata's courage began to falter as all of her attacks were either dodged or blocked. This didn't go unnoticed by Itachi who seized an opportunity to send a roundhouse kick towards her chest. The kick collided and sent her flying back. She was caught by Naruto before she could hit the ground. "I-I can't Naruto-kun. I'm weak," she sobbed to him.
"You're not weak Hinata! I know you aren't!" Naruto said loudly. "Your strength doesn't come from your techniques, but from your heart and from those you want to protect!" Hinata stopped sobbing and looked up at him. He grinned at her. "I believe in you Hinata-chan," Naruto said encouragingly.
She stared at him for a moment before nodding, her eyes holding a new determination. She was going to protect Naruto even if she died. That was what was seared into her brain. Hinata slowly stood up and faced Itachi, returning to her Gentle Fist stance. Suddenly a green field appeared on the ground around Hinata and Itachi. "You're within my Field of Divination, Itachi Uchiha," Hinata said calmly. "Eight Trigrams 32 Palms!" she yelled, charging forward. Her palms were held out in front of her aiming right at Itachi. "2 Palms!" she yelled as she hit him twice. "4 Palms! 8 Palms! 16 Palms! 32 Palms! 64 Palms!" Every attack slammed into Itachi as his chakra points were closed off. Hinata stood panting shocked as Itachi disappeared in a burst of crows.
"Not bad," Itachi said from behind her. "My little brother couldn't even defeat my clone."
Naruto rushed over to Hinata as she began to fall back from exhaustion. Pein watched the two of them for a moment before nodding. "Welcome to the Akatsuki, Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuuga," he said to them. Naruto and Hinata both looked over at Pein. "You will begin training tomorrow. Konan will train Hinata and I will train Naruto." He turned to go into on of the many rooms the base had. "Oh and before I forget," he said stopping in front of a door. "Don't forget to put a scratch through your headbands to show that you are rogue ninjas now," he finished then walked into the room.
Naruto and Hinata nodded as the rest of the Akatsuki members all went into their rooms, leaving Naruto and Hinata alone in the main room. "We did it," Naruto said quietly. "We actually did it."
Hinata looked up at Naruto, who smiled down at her. "Y-yes we did, Naruto-kun," she said smiling back. She tried to stand up but fell back into Naruto. He caught her quickly, making sure she wouldn't fall again. "I-I'm sorry, Naruto-kun," she said.
"It's ok, Hinata-chan. I'll just carry you," he said picking her up bridal style. She let out a small eep and quickly grabbed onto his neck to steady herself, but soon relaxed when she saw that Naruto wouldn't drop her. Naruto walked over to the room they were in and opened the door with his foot before walking in, kicking the door shut behind him. He set her on the bed so she could rest. "You hungry, Hinata-chan?" he asked her as he walked over to the fridge to see what there was to eat.
"A little," she said as Naruto rummaged through the fridge to find something quick and easy to eat. Finally her pulled out a boxed lunch and quickly heated it up. While that was cooking he looked in the cabinets, hoping to find instant ramen. Naruto wasn't disappointed when he found some.
"YES!" he exclaimed when he found it. "Instant ramen!" he began to heat up some water. The boxed lunch finished warming up so he brought it over to Hinata who accepted it graciously.
"T-thank you, Naruto-kun," she said quietly to him. He grinned at her before going over to the water and pouring it in the ramen cup. "Umm, Naruto-kun. Do you think we can do this?" she asked him.
"Do what? You mean destroy the Hidden Leaf?" he asked turning to her.
She nodded. "Yes. I mean are we going to be able to when the time comes? All of our friends are there."
"We need to forget about them Hinata," Naruto said quietly. "They were only holding us back while we were with them."
Hinata looked up at him before nodding. "Yes. You're right," she said, determination heavy in her voice.
Naruto grinned before turning to his ramen. "Now let's eat and then rest so we can be prepared for tomorrow's training," he said encouragingly to her, putting his thumb up to her.
"Yes," Hinata smiled at him.