A/N: Hi! Ok so I hope you enjoy this chapter! And sorry that the story is slow in the beginning it'll get better I hope!
Summary: Naruto and all the ninja in the leaf village have been summoned to a village party. Before leaving Naruto loses control of the nine tail's chakra, but is turned back before causing anyone any serious damage. Now Naruto is finding out who broke his door by interrogating Hinata.
Disclaimer: Slavery is illegal in the U.S. so I can't own Naruto. Darn!
A Hokage's Legacy part2
POV: Naruto
"OK who's paying for the door?" I say while pointing at said door. Everyone got quiet. I carefully examine all of them to see if someone breaks. None of them would look at me and they all seem to look innocent. So I have to use my secret weapon for this!
I take a step towards a certain raven haired ninja and turn on the natural Uzumaki charm.
"Hinata?" I say in my "sweet voice" (which really comes in handy when I'm trying to get Shizune to get Granny to let me do something.)
Hinata looks up at me, her big lilac eyes widen at my proximity. My heart races as I step closer and smell her sweet scent. The presence of the others is the only thing that keeps me from melting into a puddle of goo as she stares into my eyes. It's hard to explain, but it's like she can see right through me with those eyes.
I run my eyes appreciatively along her body. I raise a questioning eyebrow when she pulls at the edges of her dress trying, in vain, to cover her legs.
I step closer and can practically feel the heat radiating of her. I grab each of her hands and smile at the gasps I hear behind me.
"Hinata? Do you know who did it?" I ask. Why I was making such a big deal about the door was a secret to me, but I liked being able to get this close to Hinata. She shakes her head and looks down, her face flushed.
"Don't lie to me." I say gently. I let one of her hands go and lift her chin up so she can look at me. I lean closer and I everyone holds their breath. I'm so close that I can feel the heat of her flushed cheeks on my lips.
"Tell me who did it." I say fighting the urge to lean closer and closer. My lips aching to feel the smooth skin. So instead I move my lips next to her ear and whisper. "Tell me." My heart doubles in size, leaving a pleasant ache in my chest as she begins to stutter my name. And as cheesy as it sounds I felt butterflies in my stomach.
"Bbbuutt Nnnaaruto ii cccaan't." she whispers back, her breath tickling my cheek. The heat of her breath leaves a tingling feeling up my spine. The effect she has on me is addicting.
"Please." I say against her neck. I see her shiver then finally she uses her remaining hand and points at an angry Kiba.
After settling the door issue and convincing Kakashi sensei we all were set to leave. And I was able to walk alone with my friends without the chaperones. But he did make me go and clean the blood of my hands that surprisingly no one saw or mentioned. My face was still flushed from the encounter with Hinata, but otherwise all the tell tale Kyuubi features weren't noticeable anymore. All the shit about the Hokages and even now the emotions that I felt during the little interrogation I had with Hinata come back and make my head spin with confusion.
Despite the confusing emotions swirling in my head I grin when I see Hinata standing outside the bathroom door. She looks up at me, causing the emotions from a couple minutes ago to come back full force. But her look of deep concern suppresses the growing tension. I step closer my smile dropping and am hit with an overwhelming need to protect the fragile looking girl in front of me. I'm about to ask her what's wrong when she steps up a determined look on her face.
"Tell me-," she asks, but seems to not be able to continue.
"Tell you what?" I ask placing both hands on her shoulders, squeezing them encouragingly. She blushes, and much to my surprise, looks over to where a miniscule drop of blood landed from my incident with Kakashi sensei.
"Is that yours?" She asks her voice barely over a whisper.
"No." I say. She mumbles something that's sounds like "okay" then turns to leave, but I hold her in place. And before I can I stop himself I lean down and press my lips to her cheek which instantly heats up and turns a beautiful shade of pink. All the previous tension between me and Hinata increases ten fold, but it also brings me a sense of calm and peace that I've never known. Like if a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. All my problems seeming miniscule and insignificant compared to this moment.
I pull back after what seems like an hour later and give her a grateful look that makes her look down at the floor.
"Thank you for not asking who's the blood was. And for caring enough to ask." She smiles and my heart catches in my throat.
"Of course I care." She says with a new found confidence. "There isn't a person out there that doesn't care about you." I see her waver for an instant. I except her to blush and walk away like she always does, but the look of confidence never once leaves her eyes.
I smile and give her shoulders another squeeze.
"Thanks that makes me feel a lot better." I say and regretfully remove my hands from her shoulders. As I walk towards the door I turn and see her stop and examine her cheek in a small compact mirror.
"If you act this guilty outside they might think we did something bad." I say and grin when I earn a small laugh from the raven haired ninja. I don't know what cause this change in Hinata but I know I can learn to love it.
POV: Hinata
The outside air had cooled and feels wonderful on my over heated skin, but nothing could stop the looks we got when Naruto and I walk out. Everyone seemed to have a question at that time but they mostly were along the lines of "Are you guys together?" or "What's going on with you two?" but the one that I really got a kick out of was "What's your relationship status?" Sigh. To much Face book for Neji.
At first glance Naruto seemed to be amused by the inquisition just like me, but when his eyes meet mine I can feel the immense relief that almost oozes out of him. My previous words to him pop into my head.
"There isn't a person out there that doesn't care about you." I don't know how it helped him, but the smile on his face made me glad it did. I smile back, but it only spurs on more questioning. The others questions soon turned into suspicions about elaborate love affairs that me and Naruto had to keep hidden. I relax until Kiba's questions seem to gradually take a turn for the sexual.
"Are you guys sleeping together!" He shouts silencing the others. My first reaction was to look down and blush, but the feelings don't come I stand their instead with my head held high. And at that moment I sense or more accurately feel an excited aura pouring out of Naruto. I brace myself in when I sense another of Naruto's dramas coming along. I smile knowing that I might have to participate.
POV: Naruto
"Are you guys sleeping together!" Kiba's question threw me off momentarily, but I couldn't help but see the opportunity to give my audience the answer they all wanted. They asked for cheesy melodrama love affairs well who am I to refuse them. Right?
I see Hinata tense momentarily. What a smart girl. She really does know me. I shake away the Hinata daze filling my head, but try and keep the fuzzy feelings that fill my abdomen.
I gasp dramatically and look Kiba straight in the eyes and clutch the material covering my heart.
"Hinata, love we have been caught." I say looking over to a smiling Hinata. I flash her a look that tells her to play along. She picks up on it and her smile drops and her shoulder and face drop in mock shame and embarrassment and just like the old Hinata she blushes and stutters. I felt like bowing and applauding her amazing performance, but I get back to business.
"Oh the shame how will we go on!" She whispers making the others lean in. She throws herself onto my arms and hides her face in my shoulder. The smell of her shampoo almost makes me lose my character, but then Hinata starts sobbing. (Man this girl should get an Emmy!) I wrap my arms around her and rock her gently all the while saying soothing words into her hair. I see the others eating it all up. Ino, Lee and Sakura both look at Hinata like if they wanted to jump in and comfort her. All the boys (except Lee) didn't seem as entranced but I could tell that they were open to enjoy any type of entertainment.
"Don't worry Hinata darling we can leave and live some where far away. I'll support us with the money I have saved up. It won't last long but we'll figure it out!"
I motion dramatically with my arm at the horizon as I say this and stroke Hinata's hair soothingly. I hear her sharp intake of breath and it makes my heart skip a beat.
"I can't leave! This is my home!" She yells and pulls apart so she can look into my eyes.
"It doesn't matter were we are as long as I have your love any where is home!" I yell back. I can practically feel Hinata roll her eyes, but she is quick to respond.
"But what of the baby!" I almost laugh when everyone breaks into shocked whispers behind us. Hinata wraps her arms around her lower belly for emphasis. I feel all eyes on me. Everyone waiting for my response, but I couldn't top her baby act. Hinata's smile tells me she knows that too.
" Damn your good!" I tell Hinata. The confused expression on everyone's face was absolute fucking priceless. We both lose it and break out in a fit of laughter. Everyone catches on to your phony act and they laugh right along with us at their stupidity.
"Lets go party!" I yell and everyone lets out exited screams.
In consideration of the girls attire someone was to carry them to the party to make up for lost time. Lee had Sakura, Chouji carried Ino and I got Hinata.(Surprise, surprise!) I bend down and let the small girl climb onto my back. I get a good grip on each of her bare thighs and I can't help the blush that spreads from my cheeks to my neck.
She wraps her arms around my neck and rests her head on her arm leaving her face only centimeters away from mine. I can tell she is having the same reaction as me when I feel the heat of her blush against my ear. She looks so beautiful. My mind reels and my stomach tightens when a new emotion, that I can't identify, spreads through me leaving an almost painfully good sensation in my chest. I turn my head, enough to look Hinata in the eyes, and see she feels the same thing too.
15 minutes later
The party in one word was dull…. Until us genin got there that is! The tension in the atmosphere was awkward. All the normal villagers were on one side of the party and the shinobi were on the other. And even with jeans and t-shirts on they did look intimidating. The party was huge it was almost a couple of acres across and was filled with decorations and mountains of food.
Me and Sakura both are quick to diffuse the tension. She started a crude dance floor in the middle of the party. Everyone pours in and dances to the loud music, but me and Kiba find some sake and really start the party. First by starting the Naruto Uzumaki drinking games.
The rules to the game are simple if you win the race against the others everyone that loses drinks a shot and the winner drinks three. The games quickly becomes popular and everyone, even the shinobi, watch and cheer every time someone takes a shot. I guess alcohol is the key to an awesome party.
Me and Kiba wait until everyone is good and drunk before trying to sneak into the games ourselves, but we are quickly caught and scolded by all of the ninja and villagers.
"Naruto!" I hear someone yell. Everyone turns at the voice that rings clearly despite the noise of the party.
"Granny!" I yell when I see her. I practically bounce on over to were her and Shizune are surrounded by bowing people.
"This party is awesome and I hold myself responsible." I tell her jokingly( not a word, I know), but I can tell there's something else in her mind. Behind her I see Kakashi and the two strangers from before. I tense when I see that the man's injuries are healed and Shizune is holding a very big needle with my name written all over it.
"Yikes! All this over a drinking game." I say trying to distract her from what I know is going to happen next. But she isn't having it. She crosses her arms and gives me a look that says either come willingly or get this shoved into your arm. She turns to leave and I follow with Kakashi and the strangers flanking me, to prevent escape. I try to not look anybody in the eye as I'm escorted out. Sakura and Lee try to see what's happening but Kakashi sensei has them back off. I scowl when I realize who the catalyst for this confrontation is, and lets just say he's the one with the mask….
POV: Kakashi
5 minutes later
"Naruto what's the problem?" Tsunade asks once out of sight of the partying villagers. I avoid Naruto's glare and look at the distant Hokage monument and stare at the face of my sensei, the fourth Hokage.
"Sensei, You snitched on me!" He's just like her sensei.
"Idiot! The Kyuubi is no joke!" Tsunade says her hands on her hips. Naruto flinches at the mention of the nine tails and looks down, his eyes betraying him by showing us his pain. Tsunade's features soften and she speaks in a gentler tone.
"Naruto the seal might be weaker than you think and you can be endangering all the villagers and your friends if the Kyuubi escapes." He didn't need any more persuasion. At the mention of hurting people Naruto looks up his eyes filled with determination and lifts his bright orange t-shirt. After following a couple of Tsunade's instructions Naruto's seal appears. I hear the small gasp before I can fully cover Naruto's torso. I have my kunei out of it's pouch in an instantly and I take an awkward (Because of the jeans and snug turtle neck) protective stance in front of Naruto. Shizune steps out from behind Tsunade and grabs my wrist. She hit's a pressure point and I drop the weapon.
"It's just Hinata." She says and I relax and go back to my place next to Naruto.
"Hinata?" Naruto asks. The girl steps into the moonlight and Naruto relaxes. With every step she takes Naruto seems to respond to the close distance. First his usual carefree smile appears, then the tension in his joints and muscles disappear. Almost like if Hinata was sucking out all of Naruto's negative energy and vice versa. By the time she steps in front of us it seems like both are in their own world. Shizune notices it too and smiles at the obvious affection both genin share for each other. Tsunade, though seemed almost suspicious.
"Lady Hinata, I'm sorry for interrupting your good time at the party, but your father is out on a mission and we need the Byakugan." Hinata nods and Shizune points out several areas in Naruto's body that Hinata must check. I smile when Naruto looks down, a faint amount of pink in his cheeks.
"May I ask what all this is for?" Hinata asks in a small voice. We all look at Naruto's frantic face and we all shake our heads simultaneously. Hinata walks over and places her hand on Naruto's forearm. Both ninja blush ,but never once do they break eye contact. . Just like in Naruto's apartment when the two were talking alone an over powering energy fills the air. A wave of awkwardness fills the air too. I look at Tsunade and Shizune and I can see they feel intrusive too. But any feelings of awkwardness or love disappear when Hinata speaks again.
"The Kyuubi is giving you trouble isn't it?" My jaw hits the floor. Everyone looks at Hinata with the same shocked expression as me, but she doesn't flinch or cower like everyone thinks she will. Instead she stands proud and like everyone else watches and waits for Naruto to react, but he just chuckles and looks up at the sky catching us all by surprise.
"How long?" He asks. Hinata, understanding immediately, replies with a shrug.
"And don't worry nobody but me knows." This gets a reaction from Naruto.
"You never told Kiba or Shino, your teammates!" He yells not angry but surprised.
"It's not my secret to tell." She replies with another shrug. "By the way you didn't answer my question." Naruto nods.
"Yeah damned fox is acting weird." He says perking all of your interest.
"What why didn't you tell me this sooner Naruto!" Tsunade yells.
"Sorry I didn't, but I hoped if I didn't talk about it might go away." He says smiling sheepishly.
"Just tell me how It's acting weird." She says with a sigh.
"He's taunting me about everything to get me mad and sometime I can't push him back down into the seal." Tsunade goes to work and sends the two black ops that accompanied us to send word of the situation to Jiraiya. Naruto and Hinata both seem worried and confused so I place my hand on top of Hinata's hand that is squeezing Naruto's arm to the point of circulation loss. Both notice this at my touch, Hinata apologizes and loosens her grip.
"Your just worried there's nothing to be sorry about." Naruto says. I shake my head. Wow they already can sense each others feelings. Their like an old couple already. Tsunade looks very weirded out about their behavior towards each other. I tell myself to ask her about it later and then I ask Hinata to go on with Naruto's examination. She nods and she asks Naruto to pull up his shirt. She blushes when he does and Naruto smirks. The small ninja weaves a quick hand sign and the area around her eyes shift and veins pop out along the side of her eyes. She stares at Naruto's exposed seal and her eyes shift once more as she studies his chakra network. I wait almost impatiently for her to talk when her eyes narrow at something.
"What's wrong?" Naruto asks. Hinata doesn't respond instead she signals for him to lift his shirt higher and when he does her eyes squint more like if she couldn't quite see right.
"Naruto your chakra… it's purple." PURPLE? Naruto drops his shirt and walks toward Hinata a concerned look on his face. All the emotion that passed through his eyes made me dizzy. He steps closer and put his hand on Hinata shoulder. He relaxes instantly. Once calm Naruto turns to Tsunade.
"Granny why is Hinata saying my chakra is purple?" Tsunade mirrors my terrified look.
"This is bad!" I yell. She nods in agreement.
"We should get back to the party." Tsunade says after a moment of silence, a knowing look in her eye. She turns to leave leaving everyone with their mouths on the floor.
"Lady Hokage will you really risk an outbreak! The seal is obviously broken, we should call Jiraiya to fix it." I say to her retreating form. She pauses and gestures for Naruto and Hinata to follow. Hinata walks over, Naruto follows a few moments later.
"Lady-" I say but am silenced when she turns again and glares.
"Kakashi I know what I'm doing." She says and is about ready to leave with Naruto and Hinata .
"Go back to the party. I'll be their in a few minutes…but first us three," She says staring at the two genin " Are going to have a little chat."
POV: Naruto
"But first us three are going to have a little chat."
"Why?" I whisper to Hinata. She shrugs and falls into step with me as we approach another area of forest. Granny stops and we follow suit.
"So what's…up." Granny turns, fists locked and glowing a bright blue. She tenses and runs toward us at an unimaginable speed. I see her arm swing back and barely make out the glowing fist that is coming straight towards me. Her attack totally unhinges me so I can't dodge in time. I just close my eyes and prepare for a left hook to the face, but in the few milliseconds before her fist can hit me a loud bang makes me look up. To my surprise Granny Tsunade is almost 10ft away her body leaning against a tree. The cuts on her arms tell me that someone must have pushed her. But the only other person was…was…
"Hinata!" I yell after my mind clears from the intense adrenaline rush. The small ninja looked worse than Granny. Blood stained the pale skin on her forehead and arms. I kneel in front of her and a feeling of pure panic races through my body.
"Hinata are you OK! Is anything broken? Does anything hurt? Tell me!" She laughs at my frantic mumblings and whispers her reassurance. It makes me feel better, but the crimson liquid that covers her face makes me worry.
"Heal her." I cringe at Granny's calm voice. I look over and see Granny healing her cuts behind us. Rage fills me and the only thing that stops me from going to Granny and hitting her is the fact the Hinata was lying there bleeding.
"You heal her you're the medical ninja!" I retort and hurry to wipe the blood off Hinata's face. I can't find any thing to wipe away the blood so I take my shirt off. Hinata's face turns a bright red.
"Are you getting a fever? Why's her face red Granny! Help me damn it! What happened? Why did you try to punch me?" I can hear the hysteria in my voice.
"No you heal her. And I did what I did because I can. " She says crossing her arms. A fierce growl escapes my lips. I don't know why I did what I did, but it sure made Granny look scared. I look down ashamed and scared to death of the possibility of having frightened Hinata. She's looking up at me with an almost serious look on her face. I look into her eyes and see what she's going to do before I feel her fingers grip my hair. I look at her long and hard. Her eyes had lost the seriousness and were instead filled with an almost encouraging and lustful look as she tightens her grip on my hair.
"Kiss me Naruto." My face flushes and my heart almost beats out of my chest at her words. As I look into her eyes I forget about the rest of the world. Every care or worry in my head is gone instead leaving a serene peace in its place. Kissing her seems like the most perfect thing to do. Every cell in my body screams for the feel of her lips against mine. I grab her face tenderly and kiss the clean part of her cheek. The same spot I had kissed before. I see Hinata's eyes roll back and I watch as a very familiar black tattoo appears on her cheek. The very tattoo that was now printed on my belly. The tattoo briefly turns a bright red and the color spreads throughout her face healing all the cuts and bruises that once polluted her beautiful face. All the blood seems to be absorbed back into the skin and the look in Hinata's eyes tell me the pain is gone too.
"Hinata are you OK!" She smiles up at me and smashes her lips against mine. I feel a tingling sensation light up my lips as I pour in everything, all my feelings towards the raven haired ninja, into the kiss. She pulls away after a while for air and we stare at each other all your thoughts readable from our eyes.
We're both kneeling there our bodies entangled and our chests rising and falling rapidly from the intensity of the kiss. All those new feelings I'm feeling I think I finally understand what they are and it makes my soul a little lighter. No coherent thoughts pass in my head. But the sight of the seal on Hinata's cheek snaps me back to reality.
I almost forget about our company until Granny clears her throat behind us. I pull us apart to a more appropriate distance. We both groan at the distance, so Hinata grabs my hand instead. I can't stop the grin that comes across my face when I see Hinata's beautiful and flushed face light up. We turn to Granny and see her disgusted look like if she saw something that she really didn't want to see.
I know I should feel embarrassed or ashamed about mine and Hinata's public display of affection in front of the Hokage, but looking at Hinata's face I know I can never be ashamed of anything me and her do.
"Granny what's going on? How was it that I can heal Hinata? And why was the seal mark on her face." I ask. Granny looks conflicted.
"We have a right to know." Hinata adds. She nods and sighs.
"It's really a simple thing to explain, but for now I'll only tell you this." She walks in front of us and places her hands on our shoulders. "You two must not separate at all during the remainder of the party for any reason at all.' I was about to ask for clarification, but she gives me a look that tells me not to question her.
"Understood?" She says in that official way of hers. Me and Hinata share confused looks, but we still reply "We understand." Granny leaves a moment later. Leaving us in a haze of confusion.
"What was that all about?" Hinata asks.
"I don't know but I'm not complaining." I say tightening my grip on her hand. We both smile and return to the party hand in hand.
THE END
A/N: Ok so I'm splitting this chapter into three parts
Part one: Just starting the story
Part two: The development of Naruto's and Hinata's love
Part three: The Hokage's legacy is announced
I promise the action and tears are in the next chapter!
Please review your feelings of this story. It would be much appreciated and it might get me to write faster. Who knows? Except me…