Hinata's Star Part 2
AN – Finally! I get a chance to finally finish this thing up! I'm pretty sure this is the final chapter of Hinata's Star then I can move on to something else! Well, enjoy part 2 of the story. And I'm sorry I kept you waiting for so long! Hopefully I didn't lose any fans!
EDIT: There is actually going to be 1 more chapter, since 4 pages is getting too long for a single chapter here. This thing will just keep going and going and going if I keep this all in one chapter, so there it is!
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It was a couple days after the marriage and Hinata had decided to move to Naruto's house and make hers into a training room for all the ninja kids to come to if they ever felt like they needed a bit more practice. Sasuke was still in the hospital, but he was recovering. He couldn't remember anything, and Naruto found that it would be best if he only knew some parts here and there. He didn't want to lose Sasuke again, and he wouldn't risk having to. Sakura sat next to Sasuke day and night, bringing him food and comfort, wondering if Sasuke remembered the day that he left her… out under the moon with the clouds coming in on that autumn night. She wanted to tell him so desperately, but Naruto told her that if she did, he might leave her again. She held back tears day after day trying not to remember the scene…
"Hey Sasuke! Ya feeling better yet?" Naruto asked Sasuke, a huge smile on his face.
"I'm feeling fine. It still hurts when I move my leg around, but other than that I'm doing just swell." Sasuke smiled in return.
Neji suddenly came bursting in through the door to Sasuke's hospital room, a look of seriousness on his face.
"What is it Neji?" Naruto asked Neji, wondering why he had almost broken through the wooden door.
"There have been reports of falling stars slamming into the Village Hidden in the Steel, and the blasts from them have already injured 3 men, cut 1 woman and severely hurt a couple of children there. They say they look into the skies only to find nothing. No clouds of meteorites, no tails, anything. Since Lee, Ten Ten and Chouji are on a mission and the others are out taking data samples and testing to find out where Sasuke flew from, I must put you in charge. I would ask Hinata to go, but she must take care of the little ones, yes?" Neji explained.
"Yeah… Hinata's taking care of the little ones in their ninja training and we just got married… I wouldn't want any harm to come to her. Plus we still need people to take care of the village if someone sneaks an attack in on us. But I need someone to come with me in case I get hurt." Naruto worried.
"I'll come." Sasuke managed to groan. He still remembered the small things, like he was Naruto's best friend. And he surprisingly still knew all of his jitsu… Chidori more or less.
"Sasuke… you're still hurt though. Are you sure you can make it alright? This is an "A" ranked mission." Neji asked Sasuke.
"Yeah Sasuke, you still look pretty tired. Are you really sure you can make it?" Naruto asked.
"Sure. I have to help my friends who helped me… right?" Sasuke nodded.
"GREAT!" Naruto yelled in excitement.
"Alright then guys. Go say your goodbyes to your friends then, yes?" Neji told the two men.
Naruto helped Sasuke up off of the bed and ran to his house to say goodbye to Hinata.
"Bye sweetie. I'm going on a mission, "A" ranked. Love ya." Naruto hugged Hinata and whispered into her ear "I'll bring you back a souvenir."
"I love you to Naruto…" Hinata whispered back.
And with that, Naruto and Sasuke were off.
After many hours of traveling through the inside of the mountains, they finally found a little village. It was made of almost complete steel.
"So, why do they call it Village Hidden in the Steel if it's really hidden in a mountain?" Naruto asked, him still being almost a complete imbecile.
"I don't know… maybe because it's MADE OUT OF STEEL!" Sasuke blurted. They both laughed together as they ever neared the village.
A guard stopped them as they walked up to the gate, coming only inches away from slitting their necks.
"Why are you here?" The burly man asked.
"We're from the Leaf… We heard you needed help with stars falling from the… sky?!" Sasuke told the guard. He had just realized that stars couldn't fall from the sky… they were in the middle of a mountain!
The guard's eyes turned huge. "Thank you thank you thank you!" We have been waiting forever for you to get here!"
Sasuke stood in bewilderment. "How do stars fall in the middle of a… a… MOUNTAIN?!" Sasuke asked, his eyes as big as golf balls and his jaw dropped beneath his waist.
The guard chuckled. "We have a permanent Gen Jitsu around the whole place to kind of… confuse people. You could have just walked straight through this little mountain to find us here. It's fake. So it still rains, snows, and everything down here. We can figure out if anyone is coming because of our many talented byakugan users here once an invisible alarm goes off, only allowing the byakugan to hear it. Awesome huh?"
Naruto and Sasuke just stood there, like they were statues that were molded very incorrectly.
Then the guard, after a while of silence, waved his hand, telling the two to come right on in.
That night it rained, and 3 stars fell from the sky. Naruto had promised he would get Hinata a souvenir, so he went out and caught a star. It burned his hand a little bit, but if it was for Hinata, he would do anything.
He got into his hotel room with Sasuke and dropped the star into a bucket of cold water, along with his hand, and let it soak for quite some time.
After he was done soaking, he dropped the star into his pack, remembering Hinata and the day she told him that she loved him.
It was a cold winter night and the wind was blowing hard outside. Naruto and his friends were all 15 years old and pretty much knew how to fend for them selves by now.
Naruto had his own little room in the Leaf hotel, and so did Hinata, since her parents felt it would be good if she spent her life alone until she got together with someone.
So anyways, Hinata had felt lonely and asked Naruto if she could come over to hang out. Naruto, being the friendly person he is, said yes and let Hinata into his room. That's when the storm started to come, and lightning struck and thunder boomed. Hinata stayed as close to Naruto as she possibly could, since she was scared of lightning more than anyone else in the village.
"Don't worry Hinata. Everything will be alright. Believe it!" Naruto comforted.
"Thank you, Naruto." Hinata blushed.
After a long silence, Hinata had finally mustered up the courage to tell Naruto her true feelings for him. She did and started to cry, wondering if Naruto would love her back. Naruto hugged her tight and whispered into her ear "I love you too Hinata. Don't cry. I'm right here."
Naruto felt warm inside as he went to sleep.
In the morning, Naruto and Sasuke got straight to work and ran outside. They found a mother over her child, crying.
"What happened?" Naruto and Sasuke asked, almost in unison.
The mother continued to cry. "My boy… my boy…"
Naruto realized what the situation was. "I'm so sorry ma'am. Is he… d… dead?" Naruto and Sasuke kneeled down next to her.
"His breathing is slowing… Please help!" the mother pleaded.
"Dang! If only Sakura were here. This kid would be just fine." Naruto told Sasuke.
"Speaking of Sakura, she taught me a strange jitsu… it made it so when I used it she would appear for a short while. Wait a second… no way." Sasuke realized that he could call up Sakura.
As he whispered a long jitsu, Naruto whispered in the mother's ear "Everything is going to be all right. Help is on the way."
After about 20 seconds, Sakura arrived with an "oh my gosh" look on her face.
"SAKURA! This boy is hurt really bad from being hit with a star. His breathing is slowing. Can you help him Saky?" Sasuke asked.
"Sure thing." Sakura said as she knelt over the boy. By now the whole town was watching. "I'll take him back to the leaf village for some help. Your boy will be back soon ma'am." Before the mother could say "thank you" Sakura was already gone with the boy.
"What will happen to him?" The mother sobbed.
"It's alright. He's in great hands. Sakura is a medical ninja, so she will be able to help your boy." Naruto said.
A shadow crept over Sasuke's head.
"Hello again… Sasuke. Heh heh heh heh heh!"
End of part 2
Be on the look out for part 3!