So my computer basically decided to gave up on life and it's a miracle I was able use my neighbors so I decided to update early. Consider this an early Christmas gift since usually I would have been like f#$ it they can wait. So here y'all go!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything I might get sued for!
"Take her to the river." Kurenai said sighing a bit and disappearing.
Tsunade shook her head and turned to the others. "Kakashi and Anko will be following you. Though this may be a 'training' it is very real and your first mission. Fail and you die by either the thing attacking you or by my hand. We do not need failures." And with that last comment Tsunade also disappeared.
"Alright see you guys later." Kiba shot at his comrades and picked Hinata up, who had fainted at the news of the gods. Shino merely nodded at them and they took off to the river. Once they got there, Shino dipped his hands into the cold river and splashed some lightly on Hinata's face, jolting her awake.
"S-Shino-kun, w-why did y-you do that?" Hinata asked him as she rubbed the water off her face and blinked slowly.
"You fainted." He stated in his usual monotone.
"Yeah when you heard about…them," Kiba spat the last word out, distaste in his voice and face.
"O-oh r-right." She murmured and looked down to the floor.
"Hey," Kiba said and knelt down to her, lifting her chin so she could face him, "we'll protect you like last time, don't worry." A huge grin adorned his features as Akamaru barked with him and Shino nodded. Hinata smiled back at them, sweet and pure, happy that they where there. That however was not enough to stop her mind from going back to the past. To the last time something like this had occurred.
"Whore! How dare you bring dishonor to our name!" Hiashi yelled, anger marking his usually stoic features.
"I-I d-d-did n-no…" Hinata tried to explain, tears still coming down in a torrent from what had happened to her just moments before and what was occurring now.
"Lies! They say that you taunted them prior hand with your body, like common filth, and they only did what you wanted!" Hiashi said cutting her off.
"N-no I…"
"Silence! I shall not be spoken back to by a slut." Hiashi growled at her. In the sidelines Hanabi and Neji were being held back as they watched Hinata cling to her ripped clothing and cry desperately. Hiashi raised a hand to strike her yet again when she screamed what would make her father regret his words.
"I AM A FOLLLOWER OF TSUNADE!" The room fell silent those present suddenly paling at the implication. If she had really done what they thought Tsunade herself would have killed Hinata.
Hinata seemed to cave in on herself, the life in her disappearing as she mumbled, "No more, no more."
"What?" Hiashi asked trying to catch her words, shame building in his heart but he refused to apologize.
"I won't take your insults no more." Her voice was amazingly steady and strong though soft as she stood up from her collapsed position on the floor. "I was almost raped and not even my own family came to save as I screamed for help. I come here hoping to for protection but it seems I will never get it here. I-I am leaving this place." She clutched her ripped tattered clothing to her body trying to conceal her body as she turned her back on them and walked out, back straight, head high. Though she had stopped crying but her eyes were still watery and her lips were quivering. Once she was out of their view and no one had followed her she took off running to the river she considered her second home, tears rolling down her face but no sobs. As the river came into her view she stopped and took a deep breath then slowly melded with the water. Rest that is all she needed, right?
"Hinata…Hinata!" Hinata was shaken from her thoughts of the past by Kiba who was giving her a worried look.
"Oh, I'm sorry Kiba-kun. Is there something you need?" She apologized, blinking owlishly.
"Nah, I was asking you whatdya want to do?" Kiba questioned, squatting on his heels to look at her.
She remained silent for a moment head tilted to the side as she thought about what she should do. Sakura was in charge of nourishing the healing herbs, Ino had the flowers and those that fell in that category, and Temari was in charge of clearing the forest so no fires would erupt, Hanabi was in charge of the rivers and streams, and Tenten was looking after the animals in the forest.
"I guess I'll tend the forest trees," she told them.
"Alright let's go then!" Kiba yelled exuberantly and ran into the forest, Akamaru bounding off after him. Shino calmly walked over to her and helped her get off the ground and onto her feet.
"What were you thinking of?" he asked her, almost indifferent but Hinata saw how his jaw was tense and his nose flared. He knew what she had been thinking he was only seeking confirmation.
"The day we met." She whispered out and set out to the forest.
Shino let a small sigh escape him as he recalled the night they met; they, Kiba and him, had found her almost being raped by two gods. They had saved her, to say the least, but when they approached her she took off to who knew where. The following day they found her by a river stream they frequented often, crying softly to herself. It had been a tad bit awkward at first but in time she began to trust them and now here they were walking through a forest except now they were officially her protectors. Shino and Kiba watched her from behind as they walked and how she laughed a she played with Akamaru. They gave each other a small glance that said it all.
We'll protect your Hina-chan, with our very lives.
Meanwhile Naruto still remained oblivious to the magic that was affecting his very being as he continued to hunt.
'Naruto!' A voice screeched through his head.
"Augh!" he cried as he clapped his hands over his ears as if that would block out the voice in his head. "Damn it baa-chan! A little warning next time, ne?"
'What have I said about calling me that?' Tsunade's voice said from inside his head then continued with her usual rant about it. Naruto whimpered in pain of the throbbing in his head due to Tsunade's yells coming from his head.
"Yeah, yeah, anyway whatdya want sis?" he managed to say between clenched teeth. It was a strange sight, to see a god talking to no one in visible sight, the dryads nearby where giggling softly at him but remained hidden. Tsunade stopped mid-rant suddenly remembering her purpose for dropping in her brother's head besides antagonizing him.
'Ah yes, avoid pissing off any gods, be they main or minor, especially Konohamaru.'
"What, why?" Naruto asked his mind flashing to the events by the lake.
'I may have angered Aphrodite…'
"Again?"
'…and you know how she is.' Tsunade continued as if he hadn't interrupted her.
"Yeah but…" Naruto was cut off.
'But what, don't tell me you already pissed somebody off!' Tsunade's heart clenched at the 'but' and she growled out the first thing in her head.
"Ohm, maybe hehehe. I ran into the god-ling already but he didn't do anything, well he did try to harm me with one of his arrows but it barely scratched me." He told her sheepishly.
Silence ringed through his head, then…'You idiot! There is more to things than they seem!'
Naruto actually collapsed at the volume of her voice inside his head, he was pretty sure it must have come out of his head too, because the forest became deathly quiet.
"Alright, alright, I get it! I'll go home right now and check with Shizune or something; maybe even you." He responded to her as he clutched his abused head in between his hands.
'Good.' And with that she left his head.
Sighing, Naruto got off the ground and looked up to the sky. He was about to teleport back home when he felt two familiar presences. Grinning he thought 'A little spar on the way won't hurt.' Then he took off in the direction where he had sensed the gods of war and death.
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