*Back with a quick and fancy update. Before I start, I really want to give this huge shout out to 'm3i T3rumi' and 'gummy b3ars' for literally guessing the right character. You should feel special while reading this chapter. I have gone with a little different style of writing in this chapter, more elaborate, more precise. Do review and tell if you liked it!*
Shredded, torn and completely shearing apart. Not to mention being denied and ignored completely callously. That were not the situation of a silk cloth at a designer's ready to be distorted, nor of a chunk of meat at a butcher's, already cut or stretched into pieces and shapes of different volumes. That was the unfathomable condition of the beating, thumping and blood pumping, unstable organ of her body. Who is she? She tried accessing every single vault hidden deep inside of her memory, only to find a dark, vacuum void, stating the lack of info. Hinata hadn't heard a lot of girls – a lot of beautiful girls calling Naruto with certain closeness and particular affection ever before. Heck, her calling him Naruto kun might have been the friendliest manner someone had ever referred the incredibly dense blond as. She was completely unaware of the incredibly gripping and no doubt, an agonizingly undeniable fact that her way of describing him was shared by someone else too. Someone who was no doubt waiting earnestly for him in a pure, and complete passionate state. Why? Just why did her reference to him seem hungrier, or to put it more bluntly, insatiable than hers ever had?
Long strands of thick and undeniably beautiful yellowish-blond locks were gracefully leaning against her slim – slender back. Her long and dark, bowing eyelashes were showing off the deep and round, hidden pools of lavender. Her breathtaking and completely stunning figure was dressed and delicately hidden under a beautiful purple kimono and a large silk shawl which went down to her toes. There was this odd feeling of satisfaction in her eyes; an odd reflection of love and lust on her face. Not to mention how incredibly gripping that might be to the eyes of any guy. Hinata's whole soul was aching to know the identity of that mysterious, angelic girl. Just how did she knowhim? Why did she know him?
It wasn't a mere second later that the milky, fair skin of her body was enclosing the distance between them. Her hand, going gently from his shoulders, to his back. Bringing not only their fronts, but their breaths, souls and feelings closer. Hinata dreaded the short, yet tirelessly grueling micro seconds which passed away when both of the entities in front of her were hugging each other. Her body stiff and hands clenched; Hinata felt her heart skip not one, not two – but several beats. It got worse when the hesitant, yet demanding body of her love accepted the invitation of the not so friendly hug. Her heartbeat was fast; her blood was raging. Hinata felt as if her small body would burst away into smithereens in a matter of seconds if the cruel torture didn't end anytime soon. She demanded an explanation, even though she had no right – yet.
"Shion!?" How easily and innocently had her name escaped from the hollow voids of his vibrating cord. His voice leaking with familiarity and surprise. Hinata had heard that name before. It especially rang a tune because her teammates had stressfully mentioned the fact about the liking that priestess had developed for the blond. That priestess. The one Naruto had saved with the others on their mission. The one where Hinata hadn't accompanied them. Neji was already with the group, so the Hokage had held Hinata back in the village to help out the others already defending it. It was her. She was the priestess. She was Shion. And Hinata completely hated the warm and delightful reunion they both were enjoying. "You know I always waited for you to complete your promise. I still am" Promise? Hinata wasn't aware of anything of the sort, though she still hated it. Any promise that blond makes, he fulfills it. But that wasn't what worried her. It was the promise itself which did because knowing him, he must have promised something stupid. And everything shouted chaos when the promise was made to someone as beautiful as the priestess, especially when she harbored feelings towards him.
"Who is that? Your girlfriend?" The words were carefully directed towards Hinata, though they were meant for Naruto to hear. She had to move away from the blond to take a look at her. Hinata's whole body was surging with adrenaline and the constant fluctuation of feelings. From hugging to pointing. From anger to shyness. Her cheeks were dusted with a constant shade of pink, even Naruto's. Being the center of attention all of a sudden brought more than just a glint of nervousness. Her question was sudden and hateful. As if she had blamed Hinata of a crime. Girlfriend. The word had a ring of holiness and purity for the Hyuga. Even though she was far off from being described with it – she wanted it to be attached to her very badly. Wanted it to be the bonding between her and him. She saw him swoon in utter embarrassment. He quickly shook his hands in front of him just like they do in an anime, as if trying to prove his innocence and lack of impurity.
"N-no! you have the wrong idea! Me and Hinata are just very good friends that's all!" Her eyes went from Naruto to Hinata, and then back at him. With an uncertain expression, as if screaming 'I don't buy it' in front of the whole damn world! "Then why is she with you here?" Her question was quite simple and light. But it bombed Hinata as if it weighed a ton. It was as if she was being framed for being guilty or being impure. A friend – a very good friend. Hinata didn't like the term she was being introduced as, but then again, she didn't exactly hate it either. "She is an escort for me" Her shoulders fell free from her ears to her sides. "Not like you require protection. But if the village is uncertain then I can provide you a whole army worth of protection" It was clearly a statement, not a question. Something about her attitude brought a feeling of disgust and anger inside Hinata. As if she wasn't already fuming at her sudden appearance. It was clear she wanted her away from Naruto. "Political reasons. That can't happen. Plus, I like being with her, she provides me a special company" He had just shot an arrow from the bow of a cupid straight into the petite beating heart of the shy Hyuga, yet he just stood there obliviously with his idiotic grin, eyes closed. Hinata was blushing too much to understand the depth of his sentence. She didn't know what exactly had he meant by that, what mattered most was that she loved it. But Shion? She hated every transgressing amplitude of his sentence. Even though she didn't leak that out. She simply moved closer to Hinata's still form and looked straight into her eyes. As if challenging – just like a lioness does when she announces her command over her territory. Hinata wasn't backing down, one of the reasons why Kakashi had sent her with Naruto was to keep him away from stupid girls. And she didn't term Shion as a suitable fit in her dictionary. She stared back with equal amount of command and power. It was like that for a few moments. Both shooting daggers of hate and power into each other. Her clan eyes into her bloodline.
But quite strangely – her pupils dilated. The priestess flinched and backed away from her. As if something bad had happened. Her shoulders limp at her sides, her mouth slightly open in front of the rest. She had just seen a vision, a bad scary vision. And whatever had she seen – it was evident that she hated it. She didn't tell or reveal whatever was it that she saw. Shion just turned around, and huffed, eyes close and chest puffed out with proudness. She made her way towards the gawking blond, claimed his free arm in her hands, created a firm grip and starting walking away – just like that. Hinata had enough! It felt like a colossal understatement to the former heiress' highly concentrated infusion of subconsciously and subsequently spiraling emotions. And to keep in mind about the unknown special promise the blond had made, kept on kindling deep and verdant aching flames of anxiety and horror deep in the folds of her body. A hand on his clinging shoulder dressed with that orange cloth he always carried around jerked backward while it was in motion by the hesitating yet desperate hands of the Hyuga. Hinata had pried his body free from her selfish hands. Naruto didn't understand anything which was going on around his dense thick mind at a place where he was called to be honored – instead of making him demented. "It is my duty to keep unknowns away from Naruto kun. I can't let you get close to him any further from now on" Even though it was the responsible and on duty shinobi side of the love struck Hyuga speaking, the message had been generated and shot out actually from the spinning deck of her raging feelings at the moment. Not only was she dreading the closed up distance between the two, she was scared out of her good wits because of the atmosphere and aroma it had created.
"Unknown? Oh please, I am not a stranger. I am the very girl to whom Naruto kun – I mean my Naruto kun had promised to carry on the bloodline with. He had agreed to my offer in front of the many comrades of yours who were accompanying him on that mission" The round white pools of her perfect round sockets were nearing the threatening situation to budge out without shame when her voice seeped through her drums into her body, stinging her shallow voids and emptiness as it travelled through her nerves to her brain. Hinata was shocked and pained. Especially when her eyes picked up no resistance or intrusion from the blond towards the statement which the priestess had just made regarding her idiot. It was highly possible that he had never understood the strange, yet appealing offer she had made. Hinata was out of words and thoughts; only the dark emotions of horror and paranoia were surging throughout her body. "I kind of have, but um – how do I do that again?" Naruto had just confirmed Hinata about how much unaware he was towards the swarm of trouble he had gotten himself into. It was evident he hadn't understood her then, it was clear he didn't understand her now. That shot a glint of hope and tranquility in the insides of Hinata – both emotions being pleasurable but dangerous in more than different ways.
'You should jyuken the sh*t out of her right now' exclaimed that small, chibi devil which looked exactly like Hinata. The only difference being her little tail and horns moving around in the air as she sat on the left shoulder of the Hyuga. 'No! you can solve this with the type of intellectual and preserved character you are!' and you get the whole picture. Right shoulder – angel chibi Hinata. Poor girl was so mixed up that now she was seeing the bad side and good side of her body – as if she was a protagonist of an old children's manga. "I am pretty sure that you'd love to know then" Shion was grinning at the blond, who was smiling nervously – still oblivious as to what was happening around him. She claimed his free arm again, bringing his body closer to her and shot a winning glare back at Hinata. What? Did she actually believe that Hinata was going to lose? Nah, she wasn't going to back down from this, that meant war! Her expression changed as she saw the Hyuga take a deep breath and smile back at her. Her eyes followed her as she slowly but firmly made her way towards the other side of Naruto. And then she noticed the jaw dropping action. Hinata – had claimed the other free arm of the blond – she was taunting Shion. "Only because I-I am his escort. I have to stay close to him" how innocent of her to explain herself. She shot a smile at Shion herself.Naruto was sweating bullets right now. The unspoken raging competition going on between the two women was obvious, but why was it there was what confused him nonetheless. Shion went ahead and rubbed her cheek affectionately against his arm as a contented sigh escaped her mouth – earning her a nervous laugh from Naruto. But was he in for more or what? He felt a shy delicate body repeat the same action on his left arm. Wait what? Naruto could see them both glare at each other – sending bolts of lightning into each other's eyes. Now was the time to take it a step ahead. Shion grabbed his collar and jerked his cheek towards her forcefully – marking a soft kiss on it. She looked at Hinata and smiled winningly. "That was a welcome kiss Naruto kun" she exclaimed. Shion was damn sure she had won, and she was so proud of it. Though that wasn't going to last very long. She felt him bend down from the other side as Hinata placed a shy kiss of her own on his tingling pink cheek. "That was a charm – something about us Hyugas and the chakra points we see" To say that shion was shocked at the brave and bold act Hinata had just shown her was an understatement. The crowd gasped around them – while Naruto just stood there, blushing like a real idiot. Shion huffed, but this time so did Hinata. Both of them got in their stances, as if they were now going to jump on the blond. Oh Hell No!
Both women jumped from the ground, moving forward at the same time. They both could see Naruto's eyes get bigger as his expression escalated from a nervous one to a shocked – terrified. But this was Naruto, he had shinobi instincts. Instead of landing on him, both of their bodies ran into each other and dropped down to the ground, on top of one another. It was Sasuke and Naruto all over again. Surprised and horrified, both entities backed up quickly when they realized what was happening. You are always dragged closer to the one you hate, and taken away from the one you love, that's life. "What the hell is wrong with you guys!" Naruto was not pink anymore – that guy was red. As red as a strawberry looks once its washed after being plucked out. He wasn't red because he was angry, he was red because he was nervous, frightened, terrified. You may be the hero of the world, but you're still a guy. A human male whose weakness is a female. That's just how it has always been. Strongest guy in the world, yet terrified of two women who just placed kisses on his cheeks. Imagine what would have happened if they were love bites.
"I-I will show you just how you fulfill that promise"
"Don't worry! I will save you before that!"
Naruto had no freaking idea about what he was supposed to do. Blood flooding and heart thumping, whatever sanity he had left needed to be by his side right now. It wasn't a question of how, it was a question of when. Naruto was damn sure he would go insane if things kept going on like this. He wasn't used to such close proximity, especially when his feelings were a jumbled up ball of delicate threads which led to the thin strands of his life and interests. Not to mention he hadn't been accustomed to affection during his childhood. He subsequently and hardly stared and kind of scolded them both without producing a sound. His eyes and expression clearly stating how he was feeling and breathing right now because of those both, look alike women. Both of them were standing in a nervous way, heads down with shame when they realized their incredibly ridiculous and immature act. Even though it wasn't that much of a big deal for Shion, but Hinata was literally fighting for consciousness and stability. Her lips had actually touched his cheeks! Hinata could die happy, but that would only leave Naruto wide open for Shion to claim. She didn't like her, so there was no way she was dying. Hinata made a mental note to undergo reveries round and round, dreaming of that little bold action of hers. But she had a firm, important task at hand. Naruto and his chastity, Shion and her new born rivalry. When things were looking stable, they got in Shion's carriage and went to their hotel where they would be staying. Even though Shion kept on acting like a pest, Hinata wasn't behind her. The whole way their carriage kept on producing sounds as if someone was raping the poor blond.
Their hotel was the synonym of luxury. Of course their rooms were different and separate, even Hinata's. Naruto sighed out of relief when he entered his room and locked his door behind him. His room was wide and spacious. White staining the walls and the interior, while a thick feathery carpet polished in black placed down on the floor for comfort and appeal. His lingering tired muscles shook away the tense and heave when Naruto stretched out his worries and tiredness. Naruto had enclosed himself in total privacy, and unlike what had happened with our shy Hyuga, there was no human sitting on his bed, waiting for him. Just him and his loneliness, and Naruto felt completely relaxed in that kind of atmosphere. That was exactly what he had hoped for, that is exactly what he got – fornow. Naruto's body was still covered in the scent of rain, women and exhaustion. And so he went on to explore his private spring.
The hot spring and bath was leaking out the sensation of relaxation and ease. 'A whole spring just for me' thought the blond. He stripped himself naked and went into the stands to wash himself. He couldn't help but feel relaxed in his tranquil state. Relaxed. Relaxed right? It is the feeling which surges through your body when you enter a hot spring and that aroma of warm water comes at your body, fighting away all the exhaustion and anxiety. Especially when there is no one around to cling and pull at your body. He felt a thousand times more relieved and better. Did the reason lie within the warm fuzzy feelings the privacy was providing? That's practically possible. But wasn't it because of the deep pool of care he was resting in? It could be a mixture of both. Whatever it was, Naruto loved it. "Time to fulfill your promise"
His ears were mercilessly resonating aloud with that little statement which was thrown at his resting body in the steamy water. Naruto vigorously turned around and quickly brought his body closer against the wall of his spring to cover all the naked mightiness he was showing off to the nothingness of privacy, moments before. As eccentrically paranoid as it may sound, the invading entity of a body wrapped up with a small towel was of Shion. Naruto was damn sure he had locked his room door before entering it. Even though it sounded strangely odd and completely stupid, Naruto wished Hinata was over here. Although she was also a girl and he was naked – still she was his escort and someone who was to help in the times of need when he needed it most. Naruto felt his temperature rise up more than it was supposed to and he was pretty sure it wasn't because of the warm water. Shion's figure started closing the gap between them with the small but determined and firm steps she took towards him. Naruto wasn't going anywhere; he was literally stuck. Move back and die with shame – stay there and God knows what would happen. Eyes shut tightly, hands clenched firmly, heart thumping, blood surging; Naruto felt like exploding into pieces of different sizes and shapes. But he was scared, what if the part he was trying to hide didn't deform and remained same? He wasn't going to let himself do that, because let's face it, even he knew that would be bad. "Stay meters away from him!"
As much as he hated to admit it, Naruto felt a ton of load break down from his chest when he heard her sweet mesmerizing voice. Hinata was standing right behind Shion, a firm grip groping her body. Naruto felt as if he was watching two twin sisters standing in front of each other, only difference being their hair and eye colors. Hinata had herself wrapped up in a white short towel as well. What was up with all the nudity and breaking in all of a sudden! "You act like you're jealous! As if you love him too!" Shion's statement had shocked both, Naruto and Hinata. Even though Hinata was blushing like mad – all of it was hidden from Naruto behind the steam. Shion saw it – and Hinata said nothing to deny it. "He doesn't know! He is unaware!" reasoned Hinata. "That's why I was here! To explain it to him!"
There quarrelling words flew at Naruto with a complexity so sharp that he didn't understand a word – I mean even an alphabet of whatever was it that they were bickering over. "Well, it's the wrong way to do it then. I-I will do it for you since I am his guard" Hinata reasoned as she stuttered a bit in between her words and backed away a little. "You would do it? That's exactly the same thing!" Shion stated as she tried to explain how unreasonable and selfish Hinata was trying to be. "W-what! No! I-I will explain him verbally!" and she turned towards him, jerking Shion's hand off of her body. Hinata cleared her throat and Naruto prepared himself for the impact he was about to receive. Hinata strolled around a bit while Naruto's grip on the corners tightened up. Shion was waiting eagerly with her hands closed, as if she was sure that Naruto won't mind even after understanding the situation. Hinata gathered up her courage, eyes going from Naruto to Shion and from Shion to Naruto. "S-she meant something very private Naruto kun. Passing on the bloodline means consuming a marriage – h-having children with her"
Everything got thicker, the atmosphere, the dreadfully and slowly passing time. Water dropping from pipes, the noise of splashing evident around. Hinata and Shion had different expressions, but both stated how eager they were to hear his reply. Everything was quiet, until the blond broke the silence. Wasn't much, wasn't exciting. Blond's reaction and reply had been nothing more and nothing less than a simple and soft yet a shocked "Oh"
*Yup, another quick – yet a long chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Massive support on every chapter and I love you guys for that. Keep guessing what happens next and keep showing your support. Really means the world to me :)*