Necklaces
Hinata's POV
Tsunade, Naruto, Nawaki, Dan.
They all had one thing in common: a bad luck charm, a stupid necklace. And I'll be damned if that day wasn't bound to happen.
Naruto had always worn the thing, ever since Tsunade gave it to him.
It was the only thing linking those four people together. That and the dream to become Hokage.
Now, the most important thing in my life was gone. I never, ever killed myself, though. No, I had a life to live. Friends to hang out with, a job to do.
Some could call it genocide, considering that Naruto was the last Uzumaki.
Even now, I still remember that scene.
There was blood. Lots of blood. And kunai. There was even an impact crater from where Naruto landed, neck broken. I'm just surprised he didn't use the Kyuubi's strength, considering he normally would.
There was some senbon thrown too, and there was blood everywhere. I don't even know who his opponent was, only that they moved like a blur, which is why I probably don't remember. There was also some heavy jutsu used too, but mostly fire and wind.
I tried to stop the fighting, though nothing worked. My byakugan couldn't have worked, not really. I wasn't close enough.
"You know that moment when your whole life flashes before your eyes just before you die?" Naruto had asked me. "It doesn't really happen. It just shows the important moments. And in them, all I saw was you, Hinata."
Tears were streaming down my face as I sat there with his head in my hands as we spent his last moments, together. When I felt his grip on my hand loosen, it was the worst. I just sat there, his head in my lap as I cried my eyes out. I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up with red eyes and puffy cheeks to see Sakura and Kiba had joined me. I could tell that she was on the verge of tears and Kiba was mourning on the inside, too man to cry.
"He died in the noblest of ways for a ninja, Hina-chan." That's what Tenten had told me at his funeral later, once we once we got back from our mission and were cleaned up. "He died fighting. I can't think of any other way he would want to die, besides old age."
Tsunade, of course, had he necklace. I was pretty sure she was going to give it to Konohamaru next, when she gave it to me. "To remember him by. Hinata-san, I loved him too."
Oh how I hated that necklace, even though I still wear it today.
But you have to admit, Tsunade only gave it to people she trusted with the responsibility to work on their abilities and become strong. I'm kind of glad she gave it to me.
"I fight in Naruto's honor. And I'll try my hardest from here on out to improve my fighting." That's what I told Sakura and Kiba that day, the day my best friend, my love, the only person in the world that I, Hinata Hyuuga, will cherish the most, died.
End Necklaces