The only cure for heartbreak- part 2
6 years later...
Hinata's POV
My desk, no, my whole office looked as if I had gone round like a maniac and thrown everything anywhere, and that was what I had done. I stuffed paper after paper into my little brown suitcase, which i hadn't used since i left Konoha over 5 years ago, maybe 6, I didn't know, time had seemed to merge together after I left. The days I had spent at the high ranking "Training Facility" that my father had so painstakingly picked out for me were miserable. I missed him.
The school was on the outskirts of the sand village. I graduated with honours, specialising in foreign tactics due to the manners and customs that my father drilled into me from a young age. Afterwards I took a job working for the Kazekage and devoted my life to my work, after all, the job was all I had and it acted as a bandage for my heartbreak, not a cure. I still loved him.
It hurts...... please. Tell me......what is the cure for heartbreak?
I grabbed the letter with my assignment written on it and set off down the road and out of the village
Naruto's POV
Hokage, the title I had dreamed of, was finally mine and I was happy, I think. There was a small problem, well, when I say small; it was about 5ft 5 with pink hair and emerald eyes. Namely Sakura Haruno. We had been together for over 6 years now, mainly because I hadn't got the guts to just dump her. I could hear her voice as i walked past one of the many doors along the hallway, I paused for a minute, the tone of her voice was sickly sweet, it as the one she used when she was flirting.
"Please, what he doesn't know won't hurt him and even if he does find out... I don't care; we could run away together and..."
Then I slid back the door, Sakura, or "the problem" stood with her back to the door so she didn't see me straight away, but Sasuke did. He was backed into the far corner of the room and had raised his hands up defensively, to create a sort of barrier between him and Sakura. The look he gave me hovered between a smirk and pity, Sakura noticed this and turned sharply, not even looking surprised when she saw me.
"WHAT! Don't you knock? Get out I'm busy"
"Oh I'm soooo sorry, Sakura, but what are exactly are you busy with?"
"....none of your business..." She turned her head away now, unable to come up with a response.
"Sakura, we're over." And I jumped out of the window onto the street below.
I knew this would happen sooner or later, Sakura had been cold to me ever since Sasuke wandered back to the village and, to be honest I wasn't really all that bothered. I just needed to get away for a while.
All the villagers seemed happy; there were children playing by the swing, sales men shouting about their products, women gossiping in little groups and shoppers rushing around. There was a small group of people coming through the gates as well, two men and a woman. The woman looked around twenty and had blue black hair, the same colour that Hinata's was. If only she had stayed. Then none of this would have happened, he would be with her instead of Sakura.
But I could see this wasn't Hinata, instead of a precisely cut bob this girl had long hair that stopped abruptly at her waist and where Hinata had worn her beige coat with white fur the girl wore a white and lilac jacket that hugged her figure.
One of the men saw me looking at them with curiosity and came over to talk to me.
"Do you know where the hokage is?"
"Huh?...Oh yeah! that's me!" I still wasn't used to being called by my title.
He looked at me dubiously, debating whether to trust me or not, before handing me a small roll of paper and walking back to the girl who reminded me of Hinata. The letter had Gaara's seal on it so I opened it, thinking that actually doing some work might distract me.
Hokage
Since your change of government and council members we have received no messages from your village, therefore we have decided to send in our new foreign tactics leader, she will be arriving along with this message to inspect and report back on your progress. If she fails to return or reports bad changes it is likely that we will declare war.
Please make her welcome.
Kazekage.
The short and to the point letter reflected Gaaras personality, if he said he would declare war he would, how was I supposed to explain that I was just too busy or lazy to sent messages to anyone. Then it hit me, the message said this foreign something leader was a girl... the girl at the gate! Why didn't I realise it before, the girl was the one he was going to have to convince.
Hinata's POV
I finally arrived at the village after two days of non-stop walking and immediately told one of the magistrates accompanying me to send the Kazekage's message to the Hokage. I didn't want to stay any longer than I had to, It would just rub salt in the wound. I knew Father would expect me to visit him and then I would have to.... I was broken off in mid thought by the magistrate waving his hand in front of my face,
"My lady?... Excuse me but what does the Hokage look like? It appears that the guards don't know where he is"
"Oh! Ummm..." I hadn't seen lady Tsunade in years "Quite tall, blonde, doesn't actually look that threatening but probably has a serious expression"
" Yes my lady" He looked around then wandered off into the crowd while my thoughts wandered back to Naruto. Will I ever see him again?
