Hi everyone! I'm happy to post this new chapter and I know it's been forever. I decided to include my OC, Jill Cast in this chapter. He appears in my other fanfictions too! So anyways thank you for the reviews and favorites/follows! It really means a lot and I hope you like this new chapter. Thank you.
I do not own Naruto.
In the castle
"Your mission is to assassinate a boy that's in town." Sasuke said to Hinata. He tilted his head toward Kakashi. "Kakashi, if you don't mind showing what Naruto looks like for our lovely assassin." Kakashi mumbled under his breath before he pulled the image of Naruto in the mirror.
The image showed Naruto casually walking in the village. "Kakashi find out where he is going." Sasuke said in a snippy voice. Kakashi didn't say anything, but closed his eyes to read Naruto's thoughts.
"Naruto is going to the ramen shop to work there until he pays off a debt to Sakura Haruno, do you remember her Sasuke?" Kakashi said nonchalantly.
"Shut up Kakashi!" Sasuke said stammering. "Just for your information I do not like her like that anymore!" Sasuke said covering his face. Kakashi raised his eyebrow. "I never mentioned that you liked her my King." Kakashi said smirking to himself. Sasuke clenched his jaw and whipped his head back to Hinata.
"Anyways, Hinata I want you to use this dagger and bring me back his heart." Sasuke said throwing the shiny silver dagger to her. Hinata effortless stood up and caught it with one hand.
"You seriously want his heart Sasuke? What the hell are you going to do with it! We all know that Hinata will kill him, so why bring back evidence." Kakashi said concerned.
"I want Naruto to suffer for being more handsome than me. I am the king and I can do whatever I want." Sasuke said sticking his tongue at Kakashi. "I'll be taking a nap Hinata and when I wake up I better see you in my castle." Sasuke said threatening her.
"Don't worry I will definitely come back with his heart." Hinata said licking the knife before putting it in her pocket.
"Why am I surrounded by psychopaths." Kakashi said while a tear slipped out of his eye.
In the village
"I want to thank you again for letting me work in your shop." Naruto said to the owner while scrubbing the walls. Teuchi smiled at Naruto. "No problem kid I'm glad that you ask me to do this. All you have to do is deep clean my restaurant and I'll pay you."
"Thank you so much! I should of check if I had any money first before I ate here." Naruto said wiping his forehead. Teuchi examined Naruto while he was stirring ramen in a pot. "Naruto I think you should settle in town for a couple of days. I have an extra bed upstairs nobody is using. Why don't you work here for a couple of days so you can gain more money just in case?"
Naruto was shocked at his comment. "That's very kind of you, but I have to think about it." Naruto grabbed another wet towel and walked to the counter to scrub it. This is the first time someone actually offered me to stay at their house. Maybe this village is where I'm supposed to be. Naruto shyly thought to himself.
Naruto was so deep in thought he didn't noticed the customer in front of him. "Oh pardon me, should I come back another time when you're not cleaning?" A voiced said in front of Naruto. He looked up and saw a boy with purple hair staring at him with his light purple eyes.
Teuchi walked toward Naruto and smiled at the stranger. "No he was just cleaning a little bit, you are more than welcome to eat here." Teuchi said to the stranger.
The purple haired boy bowed his head at Teuchi. "My name is Jill Cast and sorry for mistaking you, but I'm here to place a delivery order for someone."
Teuchi frowned at Jill making Naruto confused. "I'm sorry, but we don't do delivery orders here. Maybe you can tell your friend to come eat here instead." Teuchi said politely.
Jill reached into his black suit pocket and pulled out a small piece of paper. He nonchalantly handed it to Teuchi and watched his expression change.
"This is the official seal of the King!" Teuchi examined the paper intensely. "I'm sorry for my actions Jill, what can I get for you." Teuchi said straightening up his apron.
Jill rocked back and forth on his feet. "I would like to order a bowl of miso ramen and I would like it delivered to the Forest of Death." Teuchi's faced turned blue as he heard the name. "The Forest of…"
"Please don't question the location. I will be waiting near the first river you see in the forest." Jill said cutting Teuchi off. He placed an enormous amount of money on the counter and looked straight into Naruto's eyes. He walked away leaving a shock down Naruto's spine.
"Damn it! Why does the King send a messenger to the Forest of Death?" Teuchi looked at Naruto and cursed at himself. "Naruto I hate to do this, but can you deliver the ramen to Jill? I can't leave my store and you're the only one who could do it. When you come back you don't have to clean and I'll pay you double for the delivery." Teuchi said quickly to Naruto.
Naruto just shook his head yes. "Yeah I don't mind delivering it to Jill, but what's wrong with the Forest of Death?" Naruto said confused.
Teuchi walked over to stir the ramen he had in the pot. "You see the Forest of Death has been abandoned for years. There are man eating beast and poisonous plants there, and you can get lost for an eternity if you do not know where you're going." Teuchi paused for a second. I honestly think you shouldn't go anymore Naruto, It's better if go instead." Teuchi said concerned for Naruto.
Naruto quickly shook his head. "No let me do this Teuchi I'll be fine. Just give me directions and I'll delivery the ramen myself." Naruto said in determination.
Teuchi was taken back from his comment. "Are you sure Naruto? If you really don't mind you can go." Teuchi scooped up the noodles from the pot and into a bowl. "Now I'm not exactly sure where the river is, but my guess is that if you listen closely you can find it."
Teuchi placed the ramen in a sturdy wooden box and handed it to Naruto. "Okay if you keep going straight from here and eventually you will see a gated area on your right. You can tell just by looking at it that it's the Forest of Death." Teuchi placed his hands on Naruto's shoulders.
"Please come back safely I will be waiting for your return." Teuchi said waving off Naruto. Naruto nodded his head as he walked to his destination.
A couple minutes later
"I guess this is the place." Naruto walked to the rusty gate and pushed it open. The gate slowly creaked as Naruto crept in. "Okay maybe if I keep going straight I'll hopefully reach the river." Naruto said to reassure himself.
He walked on the dirt path looking at the dead trees and the tall bushes on the ground. Naruto heard rustling noises in the bushes and started to walk faster. I wonder what kind of man eating animals Teuchi was talking about.
Naruto shook his head to clear his thought and tried to listen to the sound of water. Hmm it sounds like it's toward the right. Naruto changed his direction clenching the box in his hands.
I have a bad feeling about this. Why couldn't Jill meet me in the front and not inside the forest? Anyways it's too late to back out now hopefully this will be over with soon.
The sound of water was coming closer to Naruto. He picked up the pace scanning to see if anybody was in sight. Naruto eventually saw the river in front of him. "Jill!" Naruto called out still walking toward the river.
Naruto noticed a figure wearing a black cloak facing toward the river. "Hey Jill is that you?" Naruto yelled out walking closer the figure.
The figure threw off the black cloak into the air and turned to Naruto. Naruto back up clenching the box of ramen in his hands harder. "Wait you're not Jill? I'm sorry I mistaken you for someone else." Naruto went to turn around but was grabbed by the shoulder.
"No I'm not Jill but that delivery is for me." Hinata smiled as she moved closer to Naruto. She clenched her dagger in her pocket and looked straight into his eyes. "Oh I'm sorry about that here you go." Naruto handed the box to her.
Hinata touched the box of ramen and slowly pulled out the dagger. Naruto smiled at her waiting for her to take the box away from him.
Hinata felt her heart skip a beat as he smiled at her. She felt her hand slowly putting the dagger back into her pocket. Hinata felt her face heat up as she continued to stare at Naruto. She let go of the box and turned around walking away from him.
I didn't know he was this cute how can I kill him now? Hinata thought to herself. She glanced over at Naruto which he was still smiling at her. Hinata snapped her head back and almost collapsed. I can't kill him. I can't kill him. I can't kill him. Hinata frantically repeated to herself.
Hinata paced back and forth as she tried to keep the tears in. What is this I'm feeling? I never felt like this before. I can't calm down and my heart is pounding. I want him to live! Hinata battled with herself.
Naruto slowly approached Hinata. "Hey are you okay?" He touched her shoulder. Hinata quickly blushed and slammed the box down on the ground making the contents spill. Naruto was shocked by her sudden movement.
"You need to leave this village this instant and never come back." Hinata yelled as tears spilled out of her eyes. "Hey why are you crying? Why am I not allowed to go back to the village?" Naruto said questioning her.
Hinata stepped on the bowl of ramen digging it with her heel. "Just do what I say or I will burn down the ramen shop!" Hinata said drying her tears.
Naruto stammered back. "I don't get it...why would you burn down the ramen shop and I have to stay in the village to meet someone." Naruto said trying to reason with her.
"Do not interrogate me! Do what I say and just leave the village without talking to anyone. I'm doing you a favor just listen to me and just go. Hinata clenched her dagger in her pocket. She took another step closer to him. She clenched the dagger harder as she looked at him in the eyes. "GO!" Hinata screamed at him.
Naruto didn't have a choice but to run away from her. He didn't look back and kept his gaze forward. If I reached the village before she does she wouldn't know that I'd talk to anyone. Naruto wanted to tell Teuchi everything that happen and let him leave a message to Sakura.
Naruto stopped running and looked at his surroundings. "Hmm wait this doesn't look familiar I don't remember seeing flowers." Naruto said walking toward them. He observed the beautiful blue flowers and decided to pick several out of the ground.
He sniffed them and griped them tightly in his hands. "I'll give these to Teuchi and tell him to give these to Sakura. I wanted to buy flowers at the village, but I guess these will do." Naruto said trying to comfort himself.
Naruto took a step forward but his body suddenly collapsed on the floor. The impact left Naruto breathless as he tried to figure out what happened. He looked over to his hands and noticed they were red and bumpy.
Poisonous plants! Naruto screamed in his head. He used all his strength to throw the flowers away from him. His body felt numb and his vision started to blur. Wait it can't end like this. Naruto tried to get up but nothing worked.
Naruto's vision started to go in and out as he tried to fight it. He noticed a blurry figure coming closer to him as he tried to scream for help.
As the figure grew closer he noticed it was a dwarf wearing all white. Naruto twitched his fingers as his vision turned completely black.
