Reap What You Sow
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO if I did Hinata would get more screen time.
Talking: "My Name Is Uzumaki Naruto"
Kyubi/Demon Talking: 'My Name is Kurama'
Thoughts: 'What Is that?'
Emphasis on A word: "What the Hell?"
A/N: Let The Story Begin.
REMINDER!
Anko placed a hand on Hinatas head affectionately. "From now on, Hina-chan. We'll protect you. You're our family now." Kurenai nodded, Anko took the words out of her mouth.
Hinata welled up and went to hug Anko, and after she hugged Kurenai too.
"A-A-Arigatou."
Meeting Whisker Boy!
After the touching moment, Hinata promptly passed out. Anko said her farewells. Kurenai left Hinata while she put the washing up. After she was done, she took the time to analyse the little girl. Soft skin, shoulder length hair which was dark as nice. A hair strand poking on top of her head. Kurenai giggled at that 'Kawaiiiiiiiiii'. Hinata was short even for a four year old; everything about her was tiny, except for those bright white orbs. At that moment something changed in Yuhi Kurenai. She wanted to protect this girl with her life. She would raise her as her own, though she blushed hardcore. 'What would Asuma-kun say about this?' She imagined Asuma saying "I thought you were too young" or "but you're only seventeen" With a giant smug smile on his face. She sighed; she was right about one thing. Raising this little girl would be hard, especially with Kurenai holding a dark secret.
Kurenai walked over to the sleeping heiress and picked her up and went upstairs to bed, Kurenai was still seething about what her father used to do to her. Her crimson eyes narrowed, blood will spill. It Will Be HIS. Kurenai propped Hinata down gently and layed next to her, as if on instinct Hinata clutched Kurenais clothes and snuggled deeper, and Kurenai held her close too. This was a beginning of a new relationship.
The next day, Kurenai woke up to Hinata missing. She started to panic, as she jumped up from bed, she bolted downstairs. To her relief, Hinata was making TEA. 'Where the hell did she learn to make tea? I hope the Hyugas didn't force her...' Kurenai walked up to Hinata "Where did you learn how to make tea?"
Hinata had a ghost smile on her face "Ano... I watched Kaa-san make tea all the time. So I sorta learned it by w-w-watching." Kurenai was impressed 'She learned this by watching? She would make a great ninja.' At that thought, Kurenai paused. 'Hinata...A ninja. That could be perfect. A gentle girl with a lethal touch.'
Hinata held the tea in Kurenais face, but Kurenai was too busy talking to herself, and staring into space. The heiress frowned and tried to get her attention.
"K-K-K-Kurenai-san"
No Answer.
"K-Kurenai-san"
No Answer.
Hinata was becoming a little annoyed.
"Kurenai-San."
No Answer.
Hinata huffed.
"KURENAI-SAN!"
Kurenai jumped at the screech of a little girl. Who was holding the tea with a clear look of annoyance on her face. "GomenGomenGomen Hina-chan" Kurenai looked guilty, I was just thinking about something. Hinata visibly perked up, as the un-spoken question "What are you thinking about?"
"Hinata, I was thinking about enrolling you in the Ninja academy"
Hinata was gobsmacked. She was terrible at socializing, she could never make friends, and she wasn't strong.
"A-A-Ano... But I'm not... st-st-strong enough t-t-t-to be a ninja.."
Kurenai held sympathy, she was the same when she first started the ninja academy, but then Kurenai remembered Hinatas father. She knelt down to Hinatas level. "Hina-chan...Did your father ever tell you, that you were weak?"
Hinata looked crest fallen, how could she possible know that. "H-H-Hai." Hinata flinched, she hadn't known this woman long, but when she narrowed her eyes and mumbled bloody murder, Hinata knew she meant business.
Kurenai smiled at Hinata after her little tantrum on the inside. "Why don't I train you, you still have another 2 years to enter. I can prepare you 'till then. I'm not as strong myself, but I hope I can be stronger too." Hinatas eyes brightened, she was going to get stronger. She was going to get. Redemption. Kurenai looked at the little girl who was looking at her with inspiration, Kurenai had a thump in her chest along with some butterflies. The feeling felt well. Really good. "Hina-chan, before we get down for business why don't I take you to the park?"
Hinata looked confused. "But I didn't do anything to please you today?"
Kurenai again started mumbling bloody murder, cursing Hinatas father. She smiled at Hinata "It's because I'm not your FUCKING FATHER" And she winked at Hinata and went upstairs to run them both a bath.
Hinata on the other hand was mortified with such language. But she smiled, it meant that this woman cared about her very much, and she thought swearing was cool. Hinata drank the rest of her tea, and skipped after Kurenai. 'How long is she willing to me stay?' Hinata stopped skipping and walked upstairs solemnly. She leaned against the doorframe of the bathroom. "Ano, K-K-Kurenai-san."
"Yes, sweetheart?"
Hinata blushed at the new nickname. "How lo-lo-long are you going to let me stay?"
Kurenai had a big smile plastered on her face. "Until, you're ready to have a place of your own. Supposedly when you're twenty-five years old."
Hinata didn't know what to say, but gave a giant toothy grin in return. It's the first time Kurenai has ever seen her smile like that, it's better than that shy kawaii smile she usually does.
"Ne, you should smile more often."
Hinata turned a ripe tomato colour, she didn't realize how she was smiling, but smiled at the compliment and said "A-Arigatou.." Hinata tried to think of a compliment in return. "...You should wear less make up". Though, this wasn't a compliment to Kurenai, she into a corner with depression devouring her. Hinata would have panicked but Kurenai looked so silly, so she burst out laughing. Kurenai got out of her depression, when she heard the laugh that she wanted to hear without tickling.
"Yosh! Hinata, bath now!"
"HAI~!"
Kurenai, before they went to the park, went shopping for new clothes for Hinata. Kurenai sighed 'This is going to be a killer to my bank account'. Hinata looked up at Kurenai and tugged on her hand worriedly. "Is e-e-e-everything okay?". She looked down on the small child before her, and twitched a smile "Yeeeeaah. Everything is going to be fiiiiiine."
They went into different stores, Winter, Autumn, and Spring. Because it was summer now, they decided to get more clothes for it. Kurenai picked out an outfit for Hinata, consisting of a plane white shirt, with purple denim overalls, with lavender sandals and a purple bucket hat. Hinata questioned this "Kurenai-san, is purple your favourite colour?"
"No, it just suits you so much. My favourite colour is red"
Hinata nodded and smiled "You have pretty red eyes".
'Better compliment' "Thank You, Hina-chan".
Hinata decided to wear the purple denim outfit, since she does like purple very much. Kurenai held Hinatas hand and took her to the park, there were loads of other children from big clans here.
'The Akimichis: Chōza, Chōna and Chōji,
The Aburames: Shibi, Kimiko and Shino,
The Harunos: Kizashi, Mebuki and Sakura,
The Inuzukas: Tsume, Hana, Kiba and the pup Akamaru,
The Naras: Shikaku, Yohsino, Shikarla and Shikamaru,
The Yamanakas: Inoich and Ino.
EVEN The infamous Uchihas: Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi and Sasuke'
Hinata wasn't concentrating on the clans, and their children. One boy caught her eye. He was blond, had lines on his face which looked funny, but most of all he looked lonely. Hinata looked to Kurenai for permission to talk to the boy, and Kurenai smiled and nodded. With that Hinata skipped off to talk to the mysterious weird looking boy.
She dragged her feet towards him, the nerves getting to the better of her, she looked back to Kurenai who nodded and mouthed "You. Can. Do. It." Hinata took a deep breath in "A-A-A-A-A-Ano.." Hinata bit her tongue too much stuttering, the boy looked up, his ocean blue eyes staring into her moon ones. She tried again "A-A-Ano.. Hello."
The boy tipped his head to the side, as if she was weird. "Hello."
"M-M-My name is Hi-Hi-Hi-Hinata."
The boy gave a toothy grin "Hey Hinata, I'm Uzumaki Naruto... I'm going to be Hokage, Believe it!"
Hinata fell in her butt, and looked horrified, how can so much sound come out of a little boy. Though she admired his goal, and smiled. However the whole park heard him, and they started laughing at him and some looked at him with disgust.
"AHAHAHA, HIM HOKAGE?!"
"Ugh, demon."
"Horrible Monster"
"Kill it before he KILLS us all."
"Wish the fourth Hokage killed you"
Hinata didn't like what she was hearing. What does this all mean? She looked at Naruto who was close to tears. And he started running away screaming;
"I'M NOT A DEMON. I WILL BECOME HOKAGE. BELIEVE IT. BELIEVE IT."
Hinata stared in awe, and she heard Kurenai walking up to her. Hinata looked at Kurenai "He-He-He is the nicest person I met besides you. E-E-E-Even after they all called him names, he didn't call th-th-them names..." Kurenai paused for a moment, Hinata was right. If she was him, she'd be swearing up a storm, she sweatdropped at the thought. Kurenai went back to thinking again 'A demon? Fourth Hokage...? Hm... Oh my god. It's him. Poor boy, he must be going through a lot.'
Kurenai placed a hand on Hinata shoulder "I'm going to go look for him and invite to our place so stay here and make new friends, 'kay?" 'Hehe, "OUR" place. I said that naturally'
Hinata gave a toothy grin. "HAI"
With that Kurenai poofed in a puff of smoke.
Hinata thought 'I can't wait to do that! But she's such a show off'. Hinata went to meet other people. She went to a boy with a dog. His name was Kiba and the dog was Akamaru. They got along really well but Hinata didn't like hanging a boy who smelled worse than the dog, so she quickly excused herself to play with other people. 'Kurenais right. It's not so bad.' She met a girl with blond hair. "My name is Ino Yamanaka. I love flowers! Wanna smell some?" Ino said shoving flowers into Hinatas face. Hinata had to decline, she was scared of Inos straightforwardness and the fact she had really bad hay fever. Hinata went towards the family with pineapple shaped hair. She sat down and tried to greet herself. But the youngest child said. "Hyuga Hinata. No need to speak. I'm Nara Shikamaru. That's my Nii-chan Shikarla, my 'tou-san Shikaku, and my 'kaa-san Yoshino."
Yoshino bent down to Hinatas level "Hey there, aww you're so kawaiiiiiiiiii~" Alarms was going off in Hinatas head. But she stayed but she should have listened to her instincts. Yoshino pulled her into a big hug "KawaiiKawaiiaKwaii"
Shikarla wasn't amused. "Poor Kid" She layed on the grass and stared up at the cloud. "She should wish she was a cloud right now, so 'kaa-san wouldn't be able to touch her." The Nara boys did the same and at the same time said "Exactly."
A few moments later Hinata got out the strong grasp of Nara Yoshino, she was walking towards the Uchihas. She was close with Sasuke Uchiha already, she missed him. "Hey Sassy-chan" Hinata greeted. Sasuke glomped Hinata "HINA-CHAN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Hinata smiled shyly "Problems, but I'm okay". Sasuke gave her a grin, he was glad his friend was okay. Mikoto, glomped Hinata too. "Oh my god, I'm so glad you're okay" Worry filled with the young Uchiha womans eyes. Mikoto whispered into Hinatas ear "I know what happened, we'll talk about it when... whoever is looking after you comes back."
Hinata being an observant child knows that Mikoto knows her kaa-san is dead. Hinata started remembering bad memories. Sasuke came from behind and started tickling her. She went into a fit of laughter, this went on for about 5 minutes. She looked up to see Sasuke with an accomplished smile. "W-W-W-What was that for?"
"You were being sad. I don't like my best friend sad."
Hinata grinned a toothy grin, but Mikoto on the other hand knew this smile was fake. But didn't anything about it. Fugaku on the other hand mumbled under his breath "They should've left no witnesses.." Mikoto glared at him. She gave him the look of We'llTalkAboutThisWhenWeGethome. Fugaku groaned he knew he was going to get hurt by his wife.
TO KURENAI AND NARUTO
Kurenai searched high and low for this boy; Naruto Uzumaki. She could not find him anywhere, but she will not give up, she doesn't want to disappoint Hinata already. A gurgle came from her stomach. "Arrggg, I'm hungry" She turned to the left and saw a Ramen Noodle Shop. She entered the shop and she could not believe her eyes. Naruto Uzumaki was here. She whispered to the shop owner Ichiraku. "How long as been here?"
"50 Minutes"
Kurenais jaw dropped, that's when he left the park ! She groaned inwardly. She took a seat next to the boy. "Hello blondy, My name is Yuhi Kurenai. The said blondy turns towards her with a piece of noodle hanging from his lips. "I'M UZUMAKI NARUTO. I'M GOING TO BECOME HOKAGE!" Kurenai chuckled. 'He is an ambitious one.'
"Are you okay from earlier?" Naruto looked confused.
"The park?" Kurenai prompted.
Naruto looked down at his ramen. "It's not fair, I'm not doing anything wrong, I didn't hurt anybody, I didn't do anything to offend them. So why are they mean to me? I only went to the park for some peace because I thought no one would be there."
Kurenais heart broke into a million pieces. His story is must be worse than HINATAS. She snapped out of her thoughts when Naruto went on.
"They always call me a demon. Am I one? I don't own a mirror. I don't think I have a tail and sharp teeth."
Kurenai on motherly instinct, hugged the poor boy. Naruto tensed, he hadn't known what affectionate physical contact was. He was thinking 'Is she going to hurt me?' He clenched his eyes shut to get ready for the oncoming pain, but it never came. He looked up to see a woman with ruby red eyes crying. He was really confused.
"You're not going to hurt me?"
"NO!" Kurenai cried out.
"Why are you crying?"
"Because you must of had a hard time."
"You're crying FOR me?"
Kurenai nodded. It did sound ridiculous but it was true. Kurenai felt so much pain for this little boy.
"Naruto, would you like to stay at my place for the night? "
Naruto was thinking, he didn't know whether this was a good idea.
"Hinata will be there~"
Naruto perked up at this. The nice and ONLY girl/person to ever approach him. He was worried he won't ever see her again but now he can see her. He gave a thumbs up and a bright toothy grin to Kurenai. "BELIEVE IT." Kurenai rubbed her eyes 'That boys smile can rival Maito Gais.' Kurenai bent down and offered Naruto a piggy back ride. Naruto saw parents do this with their kids. He hesitated. "C'mon Naruto I need to get you home, so I have a surprise for Hinata." Naruto, with the mention of Hinatas name jumped on Kurenais back. She went into her pockets to pay for the meals for Naruto. Ichiraku insisted it was on the house. All twenty three bowls was on the house.
"I'm glad, Naruto found someone that can offer him happiness. So therefore it's free."
Kurenai nodded with appreciation. This man cared for Naruto deeply, she will give the same amount of respect. Thus, Kurenai sprinted off to the house with Naruto on her back.
"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~"
Kurenai sweatdropped. 'Maybe a piggy back wasn't such a good idea.' As she arrived at her destination, he opened the door and let Naruto drop off her back on the sofa. "Naruto, there's some orange juice in the fridge and if you get hungry there's some chocolate, but don't eat all of it, because Hinata needs some too."
Naruto nodded with understanding. "Don't be too long" Pleaded Naruto. Kurenai smiled and said she will be back with Hinata.
WITH HINATA AND EVERYONE ELSE.
Hinata was sad. She thinks that something happened to Kurenai. Mikoto misinterpreted as Hinata was sad because Kurenai wasn't coming and tried to reassure her "Don't worry, my love. She will come back" As if on cue the said woman with crimson eyes made her appearance.
"GOMENASAI HINA-CHAN. I could not find that boy anywh-"
Mikoto butted in. "When you are looking after a kid, you have so much responsibilities. You don't just leave her for over an hour! That's poor parenting. Don't you understand, she could of got kidnapped. She IS the FRICKIN' heiress for gods sake!"
"Excuse me, I informed Hinata where I was going. Quit your bitchin'. I know Hinatas had a hard time. I know she may have trust issues. I KNOW THAT IM NOT A SUITABLE MOTHER. IM ONLY SEVENTEEN"
Mikoto gasped at this information. 'She's only seventeen?'
Kurenai went on. "I don't think you understand Mrs Uchiha-san. I know you have some kind of connection with Hinata, but let me tell you something. If a single hair is hurt on her little head. I will burn this world to the ground. Do I make myself clear?"
Mikoto was shocked, how did this turn into her getting a lesson. She gulped and nodded and went to pick up Sasuke and leave with her family. Sasuke waved goodbye to Hinata "BYE-BYE HINA-CHAAAAAN."
Hinata waved back with the same enthusiasm "BYE-BYE SASSY-CHAAAN."
Kurenai was amused 'Sassy-chan?' "Anyways Hinata let's go!"
"Is Nar—AAAAHHHHH"
Kurenai picked up Hinata bridal style and sprinted on the rooftops.
They arrived at the door and Hinata was put down, and Kurenai slowly opened the door, there waiting was a boy whose eyes were filled anticipation. "HELLO HINATA-CHAN".
Hinata indeed fell on her butt, for the outburst of the same boy. She smiled shyly "A-A-Ano, He-Hello Naruto-kun." Naruto smiled affectionately "Hinata-chan, you're my first friend." And hugged her tightly. Hinata went bright red, and promptly passed out. Kurenai 'Interesting, Interesting. I am loving this. Wait 'till Anko hears about this'.
Naruto was panicking "I'VE KILLED MY FIRST FRIEND. WHATDOIDO WHATDOIDO-TTEBAYO?!" Kurenai raised an eyebrow ' "ttebayo?" I remember a red haired woman always saying "ttebane"'
As much as this was interesting Kurenai calmed Naruto down. Kurenai got a cup of water and splashed it on Hinatas face. Hinata got up fast, too fast that she headbutted Naruto in the process.
"OOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW TE-TE-TE-TE-TE-TE"
"owies. Gomen Naruto-kun!"
"BAHAHAHAHA. This is great" Kurenai was really amused by now.
Kurenai left the young couple, to play. She needed to get some shut eye for herself.
She woke up a few hours later to find Naruto and Hinata curled up together on the floor with chocolate with all over their faces. Kurenai sighed happily "That's so kawaii." Kurenai got a her camera and took a picture. "I'll show Hinata this in a couple of years." And she put it in her hidden collection of pictures. Kurenai got a wet cloth and wiped both of their mouths and carried them upstairs to the bed.
"I'll need to go to the Hokage tomorrow about Hinatas living arrangements. Or I'll have to find a new apartment." Kurenai pondered out loud.
Translations:
Ano = Umm
Kawaii = Cute
Gomen/Gomensai = Sorry
Kaa-San = Mum
Otou-San = Father
Otouto = Little Brother
Arigatou = Thank You
Nii-chan = Big Sister
Te-Te-Te-Te = Means "ow-ow-ow-ow" Because I say that when I get hurt.
Ttebayo/Ttebane = It's just an accent they have. Hereditary.
(A/N: Thanks for sticking around for the second chapter. Please review and give me idea on how to improve. I may even do a poll on pairings. Because I love you guys. Naturally XO. Cheerio!)
