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Distraction

Naruto sat on the bench looking around impatiently. He had forced himself to stay away from Hinata for three days for her sake but now Neji was late and Naruto was considering simply going after Hiashi. Suddenly he heard someone sit behind him and knew Neji was finally ready to speak.

"Sakura was understating how bad it is," Neji said evenly betraying none of how disturbed he was by the knowledge he had managed to learn over the last three days. "She was right. You can't help. Don't get involved."

"So you won't say?" Naruto asked.

"No," Neji said.

Naruto stood and began walking toward the Hyuga Compound and Neji simply sighed. In order to learn exactly what is was, he had been forced to watch his uncle for twelve hours straight. He knew Hiashi would never tell Naruto. But no one would be able to stop Naruto from trying.

Naruto arrived at the Hyuga Compound quickly and requested an audience with Hiashi. Within minutes, he was standing in the middle of a large empty room with Hiashi sitting comfortably on one end and the rest of the room deserted.

"How may I help you Naruto?" Hiashi asked warmly.

"For one, you can stop acting so nice," Naruto said knowing the level of hatred Hiashi had for Naruto. "And besides that, you can tell me what the hell you did to Hinata and Hanabi."

"My daughters?" Hiashi asked. "I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about."

"Don't play dumb with me asshole," Naruto spat, angrier than he had been in a very long time. "I know you did something and are still doing it. They both spend every day sobbing their eyes out. Now what in the hell have you done to them?"

"Do not yell at me in my own home," Hiashi said. "And don't think you know what is going on boy! My daughters are of the age when lessons must be learned. You know nothing about it. Do not think for a second that you know better than I. Now get out!"

Naruto glared at Hiashi for a moment before turning and walking to the door. Rather than open it, he released most of his anger by kicking it and sending the door spinning into the wall at the edge of the Hyuga Compound. Then, Naruto left. Within minutes of leaving, he was furious again. He wanted to tear Hiashi's head off and mount it on a stick. But he knew better than to do anything violent when he was angry. He had already gone too far when he kicked the door. He went to the Hokage Monument and sat down on the Fourth Hokage's head. For whatever reason, he felt that he had the best view from there, and it was always calming for him to sit there.

After around a half hour, he thought he heard something behind him but when he turned, he saw nothing. Just as he was about to turn back around, a single, gasping cough reached his ears, the same he had heard so many times recently when Hinata would cry too hard to be able to breathe. He was on his feet and walking silently toward the spot he thought the sound had come from instantly. As he got closer, he could hear shuddering breaths, as though whoever it was was trying to force themselves to stop but failing.

Naruto stepped out of the trees into a small clearing and saw Hinata on her knees and sobbing but alone for the first time in days. He walked over and knelt beside her pulling her into a hug. She tried to pull away but he held her in place.

"It's okay," Naruto whispered. "I won't hurt you. You know that."

The moment he spoke, she began to sob harder and collapsed into his shaking with her sobs. He gently ran his hand through her hair and began to rock slightly. She sobbed into his shoulder clutching handfuls of his shirt subconsciously. Naruto held her comfortingly staying perfectly silent and not trying to get her to stop crying. After nearly an hour, Sakura and Ino arrived but stopped when they saw that he was already there. Ino left almost instantly and Sakura nodded then followed. Naruto shifted to sit cross-legged and pulled Hinata into his lap without disturbing her or making her shift positions. She didn't even seem to notice and simply continued to sob into his shoulder. Finally, after nearly two hours, she began to stop crying but stayed where she was, still shaking slightly and sniffing ever couple seconds.

"I would ask if you were okay but I think it's pretty self explanatory," Naruto said. "Still, are you?"

"No," Hinata said. "I'm weak. If I wasn't I wouldn't spend all my time crying."

"You're not weak," Naruto said. "You are anything but weak. You make me look weak. So I know that whatever it is that's wrong with you must be worse than anything I can imagine."

"I don't want to talk about it," Hinata said burying her face in his shoulder again.

"You don't have to," Naruto said. "I would never make you do anything you don't want to. Especially if something is causing you this kind of pain."

Hinata sniffed loudly, threatening to burst into tears again, so Naruto began gently running his hand through her hair again.

"You know I'm always there if you need me right?" Naruto asked. "I'll always be there to help."

"Thank you," Hinata said without pulling her face away from his shoulder.

After a moment, Naruto made her sit up and placed his hands at the sides of her face. He gently wiped the tears that were still there off of her face, and smiled warmly.

"How about you and me go get something to eat, and I make sure you don't have time to think about whatever's wrong," Naruto said more than asked.

"I...I can't," Hinata said. "I don't want you to feel like I'm using your sympathy to get things fro free."

"Hinata," Naruto said. "I don't care if you are. You need to have your mind taken off of whatever it is, and you need to eat. Coincidentally, so do I. Now, stand up, and let's go eat. Okay?"

He smiled again and Hinata smiled as well and nodded standing. Naruto pushed himself up and slipped his hand into hers and they walked out of the woods and down to the village together. Hinata seemed much happier than he had seen her in days already and he couldn't help but smile at that. On pure instinct, he bypassed both Ramen Ichiraku's, and Yakiniku Q's, and went to the only fancy restaurant in the entire village. It was so expensive that it barely saw enough business to stay open but the food there was well worth the price.

The moment the restaurant came into view, Hinata's face turned a deep scarlet and Naruto noticed almost instantly.

"You okay?" Naruto asked.

"F-fine," Hinata stuttered.

"Good," Naruto said smiling and pulling her toward the restaurant.

She followed quickly and when they got there, they were seated in a secluded corner of the restaurant immediately. Naruto ordered a plate of Chicken Alfredo and Hinata got some spaghetti. Naruto ordered some coke and Hinata asked for the same since they were too young to drink. After the waiter leaves, Naruto tries to think of something to talk about that won't turn around and go back to the thing that was making Hinata so upset but it was hard to tell since he didn't even know what the thing was.

"H-how has your training been going, N-Naruto?" Hinata asked.

"Good," Naruto said smiling. "Kakashi and Yamato have been training me to change the nature of my chakra. Apparently I'm not very good at it since I should have been able to do it a long time ago."

"That's alright," Hinata said. "It's not an easy thing to accomplish."

"How has yours been going?" Naruto asked. "Did you learn any super cool jutsus while I was away training with the Pervy Sage?"

"W-well," Hinata said face darkening a little at his interest in her activities. "I-I learned one jutsu while you were away but mostly focused on being a better fighter."

"What's your new jutsu?" Naruto asked.

"W-well," Hinata said. "I can cover my hands in chakra in the shape of lion heads. Then the chakra makes my attacks a lot stronger. It's not much of a jutsu so much as a technique."

"Sounds cool," Naruto said. "The most I was able to do while I was away was make my Rasengan bigger. You did much better."

Hinata blushed again just as their waiter got back with their food. They ate silently and when they were done, Naruto paid and they left. They went to the Hokage Monument and Naruto summoned three clones.

"I want to see this new jutsu," Naruto said. "Fight them."

Hinata looked worried but crouched slightly holding her hands at her sides and summoning chakra to them. suddenly, two lion head shaped chakra shrouds appeared over her hands and she charged forward. The clones attacked her but she easily outpaced them and destroyed them and Naruto summoned dozens more. Hinata began spinning and swinging through the clones destroying them in a fluid motion almost like a dance. Naruto watched in amazement as she made it look as if his clones were standing still until she destroyed the last one and let the chakra fade. She was breathing heavily but was smiling and Naruto walked over also smiling.

"That was incredible," Naruto said. "Where did you learn to fight like that?"

"Neji has been training me privately since you left," Hinata said. "I wanted to be stronger."

"You succeeded," Naruto said. "So, what do you want to do now?"

Hinata's face turned pink but she thought for a moment before answering.

"Um...I don't know," Hinata said. "Nothing really."

"Then how about you train me," Naruto said. "I think there's a lot of things I could stand to learn from you."

Hinata blushed but nodded and took a defensive position. Naruto took his own fighting stance and he and Hinata began to fight. Naruto's fighting style mainly consisted of using clones to overwhelm his opponent so it wasn't a very big surprise that he had no real skill in hand to hand combat. As a result, Hinata easily beat him time and again. Finally, Naruto sent a single clone at her and when she destroyed it, he used the smoke it generated a a cover to trip her. He caught her just before she hit to make sure she wasn't hurt, then pinned her under him using his legs to hold her own down, and his arms to hold hers.

She smiled at his success at the same time as blushing at the fact that their faces were only a few inches away. Naruto seemed to realize the same thing because his face turned a bit red as well. Then, like it had been his plan all along, he leaned down and captured her lips with his own. Both of their faces suddenly turned beat red but she kissed him back without any hesitation. After a moment, Naruto pulled away and climbed off of her, only for her to sit up and begin kissing him again instantly. He kissed her back but after a moment pulled away again and rested his forehead against hers.

Neither spoke since both of their minds were still reeling but finally Naruto managed to realize that they had been training for several hours and it was already extremely late.

"I think I should get you home," Naruto sighed after a while.

Hinata sighed also before her breath caught in her throat and Naruto knew what was about to happen before it did. Then, Hinata dissolved into sobs again, just as strong as she had been crying when he had found her earlier that day. He pulled her into his lap again, doing the same thing that he had the last time and deciding that Hiashi could suck a reed and die for all Naruto cared. He was not going to let Hinata go back there if this was the result.

"You can stay with me for the night if you prefer," Naruto said.

Hinata continued to sob but suddenly hugged him tightly and managed to choke out a yes. Suddenly Naruto wasn't sure if she was crying or trying to laugh out of joy because she suddenly started to cough and struggle to catch her breath.

"Are you okay Hinata?" Naruto asked stupidly already knowing that she obviously was not okay.

Hinata nodded and managed to stop coughing and breathe evenly again, still sniffling a bit.

"Thank you for not sending me home," Hinata said.

"You're welcome," Naruto said. "But, Hinata. I know I said I wouldn't make you talk about it, but I'm worried. What happened?"

Hinata shook for a moment before burying her head in his chest. She pulled her head back enough to take a deep, shuddering breath before beginning.

"A little while ago," Hinata began, already struggling not to cry, "My father called me into his room, which usually only happens if he is sick or if we were in exceptional trouble. He...he wasn't sick but he didn't sound like we were in trouble either. Hanabi was already there and looked like she was as confused about why we were there as I was. He...said we had several lessons we needed to learn, like...how to...take care of a man."

"He...oh please tell me he didn't," Naruto whispered, barely loud enough for her to hear.

"He told us to...to disrobe and lay on the bed, Hanabi laying on top of me and facing me," Hinata said struggling extremely hard against the tears now. "Then...he also disrobed and..."

She dissolved into tears again, sobbing harder than Naruto had ever seen her and couldn't speak and could barely breathe but Naruto knew what had happened now.

"You don't have to say anymore," Naruto said. "I understand. You are never going back there."

Hinata sobbed for several minutes before managing to calm down enough to speak coherently again.

"He m-made u-us lay th-there w-while h-he..." Hinata broke down again and it was several minutes before she could continue, Naruto partially wished she wouldn't. "H-he w-went between u-us u-until he f-finished t-then he w-would t-take us e-each i-in t-turn...b-but h-he a-always u-used our b-butts b-because h-he s-said it wouldn't c-count and w-we w-would still b-be p-pure f-for our h-husbands."

Hinata finally snapped and began sobbing so hard that Naruto was sure people on the far side of the village could hear her. Naruto held her head against his shoulder so that her sobs were muffled but she could still breath. He was going to murder Hiashi for what he had done. But first, he would chain Hiashi to a wall and soak every inch of his body in acid. Hiashi as going to wish he had never been born. But that was for later. For now, Naruto had to comfort Hinata.

After five hours, Hinata finally cried herself out and simply sat there too exhausted to do anything but unable to sleep either.

"I'm so sorry," Naruto said. "I know it doesn't help any, but I'm so sorry for what he did to you. I swear I will never let him near you again."

"It's not your fault, you don't have to apologize," Hinata sniffed. "I know you won't but...I don't think it's your choice."

"We'll see," Naruto mumbled. "Come on. You're staying with me and it's way past your bed time."

Hinata managed a weak smiled and Naruto helped her up and they made their way to Naruto's apartment. He was grateful he had just cleaned his apartment because he didn't want Hinata to have to stay there if it was messy. When they got there, Naruto opened the door and Hinata walked through then Naruto closed it behind them. He led Hinata to the bedroom and let her have the bed, leaving a blanket and pillow on the ground for himself.

"Thank you for letting me stay here Naruto," Hinata said.

"Of course," Naruto said. "You're always welcome here. Besides, as long as you're here, I can protect you and make myself a distraction to keep your mind off of it. Tomorrow I'll tell Konohamaru to invite Hanabi to stay with him. He'll make sure she's safe from your father. I promise."

Hinata smiled and kissed him before laying down and drifting off to sleep. Naruto lay on the floor beside her but she almost instantly began to whimper as a nightmare began to form. Naruto sat beside her on the bed and took her hand, not knowing if he should wake her up or not but before he could decide, Hinata sighed and squeezed his hand pulling it closer and smiling slightly. Naruto smiled and reached down to pick up his pillow then carefully climbed onto the bed beside Hinata, slipping under the top blanket but leaving the sheet and second blanket between them. Hinata almost instantly cuddled up against him, sighing happily in her sleep and resting her head on his shoulder. He snaked one arm under her then wrapped the other over her and smiling. He didn't mind being called a distraction so long as he could see Hinata smile. He hadn't realized just how much he had missed it.

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