The cold autumn wind whipped Sakura's face as she walked towards Naruto's apartment. She had tried to fall asleep, but there were too many things going through her mind to even keep her eyes closed for 5 seconds. She was driven blindly to see Naruto again, because she knew she couldn't do anything else. I just hope he's not asleep yet…
As she was getting nearer, she saw a figure of a person standing in front of the brick apartment. Sakura squinted to see if it was Naruto. But as she got closer, she saw it was Hinata. "Hinata?" she slowly approached her and the dark-haired girl spun around. "What are you doing here?"
Hinata looked blank for a couple seconds than she narrowed her eyes. "I could ask you the same question. It is, after all, 6:00 in the morning."
It is? Sakura widened her eyes. She never realized it was so early, but inside her mind she kind of knew. "I, um, just came 'cause I didn't see him in the party, so, you know, I'm just checking…"
"Mm-hm, of course." Hinata clearly was not fooled.
"So…is he here?" Sakura asked hopefully.
Hinata shook her head 'no' and walked away. "I'll see you later." Hinata did not feel like giving another person a bloody nose today, even though she'd rather have given it to Sakura than Naruto.
"Yeah…see you…" Sakura watched as Hinata walked away toward her house.
Sakura turned and faced the apartment with a great sigh. She stood there for a few minutes, and walked away as well.
Naruto's hand was cupped over his face which was still bleeding. "Grannay Soonawday! I need tuh see hor!" Naruto yelled at Shizune. Shizune nervously replied:
"I–I'm afraid she's not availa–"
"–I doh'nt care! I'm bweeding, woohman!"
Shizune gulped and said "M–move your hand please, let me see." She was already woozy from the blood all over Naruto's hand. Tsunade-sama was afraid of blood much more than she was, and Naruto knew that it was a strong phobia of the 5th Hokage's. Why did he insist on making her faint?
"Fine." His hand dropped to his thigh. Shizune gasped. "O–oh my! Wh–who did this to you?"
Naruto hesitated, then answered, "I fewll down da stawres and lahnded on mah face." Shizune looked at Naruto, eyes halfway closed and her left hand on her hip. Her expression said, Enough is enough with your foolishness, Naruto.
"Alright. Follow me."
Shizune led Naruto down a corridor and Naruto thought,
Hinata stepped into her room. Shikamaru was gone and the window was open. Guess he was too embarrassed to leave while I was still here, she thought and closed the large balcony window. She sighed and leapt onto the bed. She stared at the ceiling.
Through all the winter, forest or frost,
The embarrassment that you had cost,
The pleasure that you owe me,
The treasure that is inside thee.
Hinata recited the short poem a few times. It was kind of crappy, but hey, she just thought it up. It didn't make much sense, she knew, she was just thinking of sentences that rhymed.
Hinata yawned and decided she was hungry. As she descended down the stairs, she slipped on the second step and stumbled down the stairs screaming.
When she stopped, she was stunned with shock. What the fuck happened!? She finally got up to her feet and checked the stairs. She knew she slipped on something. Perhaps spilt water, or whatever. She gave up after 12 minutes of searching and went to her room to inspect her arm which broke her fall. There were bruises all over her body, but that was it. She gave a sigh of relief and, shaking it off, went to get breakfast again.
She froze in her tracks as she saw what had made her fall. Blood. Hinata could hardly move. Blood on the staircase? What happened?
Hinata slowly descended the stairs again, avoiding the blood, and rushed to the kitchen. She was horrified to see Neji's body sprawled across the floor in a pool of blood.
"NEJI!" Hinata yelled and then dropped to her knees. She shook Neji repeating to herself "He can't be dead" over and over.
Neji's eyes slowly opened. Regaining consciousness, he spluttered more blood on the floor. "H–Hinata, did you get hurt? Where were you? You worried me…" He didn't move from his position lying on the floor. His eyes were half closed.
"I'm sorry…" A tear fell down Hinata's face.
"It's okay," he whispered. He coughed blood. "Listen to me. You have to get out of here. You're no match for them."
"Who's them, Neji? Please…please explain!"
"There's no time, Hinata. They'll be back any second."
"Then I won't leave you here!" Hinata cried. "I need to get you to ANBU or the Hokage-sama!"
Neji closed his eyes and smiled. "This is fate, Hinata." Neji opened his eyes. "Goodbye."
"No…" Hinata whispered. Neji's eyes were frozen open. He was cold. As a hot tears poured from her eyes and dripped on Neji's face, Hinata closed his eyes.
Hinata buried Neji near her favorite white rose bush. She put a large stone over his head and kissed it. A teardrop fell onto the stone. The remorse was now replaced with feelings for revenge. Whoever did this to her house, Neji, and God knows what else had happened, Hinata swore upon herself that she will not rest until she found that bastard and kill him!
Sorry it's short. hope the suspense makes up for it.