Night at Naruto's part 4
It was about 9:00 at night in the Hidden Leaf, Naruto was tending to his small garden (about 3 potted plants) when suddenly he heard a knocking on his door, to which he got up off his bed and went to investigate who would be here this late. Almost as soon as he opened the door, did his beautiful girlfriend suddenly come through the door and cling to him like a scared little kitten. Hinata was crying into his white t-shirt he wore at times when he was off missions, which he had just figured out by the small sobbing sounds coming from her mouth which was currently buried in his chest.
"Hinata-chan?! What's wrong??!" he said as his arms were on either side of her, so surprised by her sudden bursting in that they just hung there in air uselessly, that was until she spoke.
Muffled by his shirt and her sobs, she muttered only one intelligible word,
"M-my…otou-san…sob."
His eyes widened as he almost understood immediately what that meant. Gently wrapping his arms around her back in a gentle hug, he closed the door and led her inside to his couch, where he promptly sat down then sat her down on his lap, where she automatically curled up in it and cried into his shoulder, her arms wrapped around her in a tight embrace. He let her cry for a few minutes before finally speaking up.
"What'd he say or do this time??"
It was no secret between them that her father was unsympathetically cruel to her, not physically for sure, for she was part of the clan, but mentally. Her father had always voiced his opinion of what he thought of Hinata, how she was too soft and kind, and needed to be more unfeeling and proper like him and the rest of the clan, and to become stronger. While lately as she grew up, her father did acknowledge that she was growing in strength, he always still put her down for her gentle nature and even still contrasted her to her little sister Hanabi (who never shared in her father's opinion and loved her one-chan deeply). Crying a little less but tears still streaming down her eyes, she looked up at him, stuttering some before he gently brushed the hair out of her beautiful eyes.
"W-w-well, today was a special ceremony that was supposed to be done only by the clan head and the clan heir," she sobs some more before continuing, "h-he performed it with Hanabi…and I still had to watch him do it."
And with that fresh tears poured from her eyes and cried into his muscular chest once again.
To say Naruto was livid was an understatement, if the love of his life hadn't been laying on him, more than likely he'd have rushed over and beat Hiashi to a pulp with the fox's power. But Hinata always had that calming effect on him, always made him think first before acting. It was one of the things he loved so dearly about her. He out his strong arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
"I'm so sorry Hinata-chan…your father is an idiot, I can't believe he'd do something so insensitive like this to you and your sister. What's she think about it??"
Hinata gently cradled her face into his neck, trying to wipe some of the tears away before speaking again.
"I don't know..after the ceremony I went into my room and cried…then I came to you."
"Ahhh…gotcha…I'm sure she doesn't share your dad's intentions, you've always told me how much she's loved you."
Hinata nodded a little before wiping away the last of the tears, and just sat there in her sadness. Naruto did as well. Then finally he spoke.
"I wish that I could give you my power Hinata," her eyes flew open at this, as she had known for a while that he had the nine-tailed fox inside of him, "I want you to be strong so your father will stop being such a jerk to you."
Hinata just sat there wide-eyed.
"S-surely you don't mean that do you Naruto-kun?? I-I mean…without the foxes chakra, you said yourself you wouldn't nearly be able to do the amazing things you do."
"Yes I do…I'd gladly give you all my chakra to make you happy and strong...I'd even give up my dream as Hokage for you."
In seconds his neck was tackled in a hug, Hinata smiling into his shoulder.
"Oh Naruto-kun…..you're so sweet to me, I don't think I'd ever make it through my life if you weren't in it."
She said with a blush on her cheeks as she gave him a very thankful kiss on the lips. Closing his eyes he sighed as he kissed her back gently, holding her in his strong arms against his muscular chest. She felt so safe in warm in his embrace right now. She never wanted it to end.
"Hold me forever…my Naruto-kun," she whispered in between kisses, to which he blushed a lot as he began to kiss her more and more.
Then the door bell rang.
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He opened the door after it was rung a few more times and was surprised to see Neji and Hanabi standing at the door. He didn't even get a chance to say hello when Hanabi ran past him straight to her older sister in a huge, tight embrace. She too, it seemed, had been crying. Neji silently came in as the two sisters hugged and comforted each other, Hanabi apologizing profusely. Naruto turned to Neji who then decided to speak.
"I'm glad they're so close…Hiashi-sama…it was never intention to make Hinata feel this way I believe, but everything he does is for the good of the clan, first and foremost. And provided Hinata does not become the next clan head, he wanted to expose Hanabi to some of the clan traditions, so he let her do this ceremony today."
Neji smirked a little with his eyes closed.
"He was foolish to do so for sure, and is actually getting reprimanded for it by the clan elders, but not once have they mentioned Hinata's feelings on the matter…only mentioning tradition."
Naruto's teeth were grinding together in controlled anger, his fists clenched tight.
"What the hell is wrong with your family Neji?" was all he could manage to say without going nuts.
"How could a family not care about someone's feelings like that?!" he said with a raised voice, which finally caught his girlfriend's attention, making her stop hugging her sister and come up behind Naruto and hug him around his waist from behind.
"It's ok Naruto-kun," she said as she cuddled her head onto his back, "Hanabi didn't want to do the ceremony either. As long as I have you Naruto…I'm happy."
She said with her ever so sweet smile. Neji smiled as well at the happy couple. In truth he was glad that his cousin had finally gotten together with Naruto, she seemed a lot happier and a lot more confident with him around. Recently in a sparring match she had even fought him to a standstill. It was rather amazing the transformation he had over her.
"You guys," Naruto started to say, "you guys really don't deserve any of this crap your clan gives you……When I become Hokage someday…I'm gonna make things right, so that no one in your clan can feel lower than another!"
He was crying a bit too, passion for his loved ones and friends pouring out.
Neji nodded, "I'm sure you will Naruto..I believe that you will make great changes in the world."
"I do too Naruto-kun."
Hinata said as she smiled from her position behind him. And finally Hanabi came up and hugged him and her sister.
"Konohomaru is always going on about how you're going to be the Sixth Hokage and that he's going to be the Seventh….I believe in you both." She said smiling up at him. Naruto looked at them all. "Thank you."
Neji nodded as he turned to leave.
"I'm afraid I have some errands to run, I'll tell you later how it went with Hiashi-sama and the clan Elders."
And with a chakra powered leap, he was off. Hinata smiled as she let go of Naruto and wiped the last tear from her eye.
"O-ok! Who wants me to make them some ramen for a late night dinner?!"
She said as she smiled bright for her Naruto. Grinning the blonde haired shinobi agreed excitedly as they all went and spent the night laughing it away until they all fell asleep.
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I liked this one a lot :D it starts to make you think about the details no one asks in Naruto, like how would Naruto's relation would be with Hanabi if Hinata was dating him. Or how Hanabi is in the same graduating class as Konohamaru. Lol rate and review, I know you guys love this fluff :3