THANKS FOR ALL THE REIVEWS!AND FOR THE PPL WHO CRITISISED..I HOPE THIS CHAPTER MEETS UP TO YOUR TASTES.
IM SORRY FOR NOT MENTIONING THE AGES EARLIER-
Hinata- 15 (Chuunin….well,not anymore…but still)
Naruto- 15 (Chuunin,but can even beat some people at Jounin level)
Neji- 16 (Jounin)
Tenten- 16 (Jounin)
Rock Lee- 16 (Jounin and the person with the highest taijutsu abilities in the village)
Sakura- 15 (Chuunin,and a well known medic-ninja)
Sasuke- 15(Jounin level)
Chapter 4- Questions And Answers
"…Hinata-chan…..can I..can I talk to you for some time?". Hinata looked up from the book she was reading. "H-Hai?"
"Ano…Hinata-chan…if you don't mind me asking..whatexactlyhappenedwithsasukewhenyousawhimthatday?",the words came out in a rush but Hinata understood them. To be honest,she knew he would ask this question one day or the other. Why wouldn't he? She looked at those pleading and anxious blue orbs of his as he sat down on the bed. He seemed so desperate,she couldn't just turn him down and not tell him anything.
"Neji-nii-san and I w-were walking…(BLAH BLAH!!!)…
Flashback(Hinata's POV)-
Neji nii-san's Byakugan sighted Sasuke. What was he doing here? I activated my Byakugan and saw him. He had his back to us and I could see that he was wearing those same purple ropes that Orochimaru wore. Suddenly,I noticed something. Sasuke-kun seemed to be searching. His chakra was uniformly flaring around his body and his hands were clasped together in a seal. His stance said that he was concentrating on his surroundings. He just HAD to be looking for something. Or someone. Neji-san had noticed this too. Wonder what he was looking for.
Whatever the answer might be,Neji-san and I went towards him. He seemed to have sensed us as he immediately stopped flaring Chakra and turned in our direction. His senses have sharpened a whole lot to sense our presence from this far.
When we finally reached him he only narrowed his eyes and activated his Sharingan. "You didn't do the right thing by coming here. I have better things to do than waste my time with you.", I never thought a voice could be so neutral and yet hold a massive amount of vemon.
"Sasu-",nii-san began but Sasuke-kun cut him off.
"There is something I must be doing now. I do not need your interference." He didn't even say Chidori. He didn't need to. The attack was obvious. Strong electrical waves began rolling off him. The last time I've heard,Chidori was a hand thrust. Emphasize on hand. And here,Sasuke-kun's entire body was emitting the attack. In a split second, nii-san was hit square in the chest,knocking him onto his back and leaving him immobile for a minute or two. He didn't even have the chance to defend himself!
How could this person grow so strong? How could he knock a high leveled Jounin paralyzed with just ONE attack?! Speaking of which,I was paralyzed myself. As the Sharingan burned into my eyes,Sasuke disappeared and re-appeared in front of me. I tried to move,I really did! But I couldn't,no matter how hard I tried!
Then,with a voice so low that only he and me could hear,the Uchiha said to me, "Let the dobe know that if he ever tries to get me back,this is what might happen to him." Suddenly his eyes widened slightly. "Itachi…." Did he just say Itachi? Was that who he was looking for? Was he here now? But I didn't have the time to answer my questions.
Sasuke concentrated his entire attack towards me and said, "CHIDORI!"
The last thing I remembered before darkness took over was an unbearable pain searing through my body and Neji-nii-san's voice screaming my name.
-End Flashback- (Normal POV)
Hinata finished narrating the entire story to Naruto. 'He was looking for Itachi? Explains a lot.',thought Naruto. 'But no matter how close of friends we were,the teme had no damn right to say that to Hinata-chan. Indirectly,she lost her powers because of me! KUSO! Now what do I say to her? I have to apologize but how on earth do I do it?'
"Gomenasai Hinata-chan. It's partially my fault t happened and..",he trailed off in the middle and avoided eye contact with her. He heard her mumble something back in return. And then nothing else. Shi-in(Quiet). It was waaaaaaaaaay too quiet. They both were uncomfortable with the silence and they both didn't want to be the one to speak first. Both were trying their level best to get a topic.
In Naruto's mind, 'Baka baka baka! Think! I can't revert back to Sasuke! But I didn't even finish my apology! What else can I say right now without sounding awkward?'
Hinata,on the other hand,began looking at the things in the room. Maybe she could ask him where he bought something. She caught sight of the calendar. It was October 9th. Hold on..October 9th…OMG! Naruto's birthday was on the next day! 'October 10th! How could I forget?! I better go and buy a girft for Naruto-kun or he may feel bad! It's the least I could do for him for letting me stay here. And the shops close in 3 hours!'
"Naruto-kun?",she struggled to keep her voice straight.
"YES!",he clearly looked happy to be stopped thinking.
"May I g-go to t-the m-market? Ano…w-we….need more..food! Yes,we n-need more f-food. I w-was thinking of c-cooking tomorrow and I n-need a f-few things.."
"Hai..HOLD ON! YOU'RE COOKING TOMORROW!? SUGOI! I NEVER TASTED YOUR FOOD BEFORE! CAN YOU MAKE RAMEN PLEEEEEEAAAAAASE??? I'll come with you to the market!"
Her eyes widened. She couldn't buy his gift right in front of him! "N-No! I-It's fine Naruto-kun! I-I'll go on m-my own!"
"IIE! NO WAY! ILL COME! ITS OK,I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO ANYWAY!", And with that he settled the conversation. "Come on Hinata-chan! The shops close in 3 hours!! LETS GO TO THE SHOP YOU WORK IN! MAYBE THEY'LL GIVE US A DISCOUNT SINCE YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE THERE!"
Hinata giggled at this joke. After she got out of the wheelchair,she took up a job. Naruto finally permitted her to. She worked during the days in the market,arranging aisles and doing other things. The salary the earned wasn't high but it wasn't low either. It's been a week since she started the job. Karakoram. The name of the shop was Karakoram. It didn't look it from the outside but it was huge inside.
Hinata stuffed some money in her pockets and went to Naruto who was already at the door all ready. She just hoped that he wouldn't notice her buying his present.
At the Market-
"A-Ano…Naruto-kun..can you p-please go and p-pick up f-food in that s-section? I-I'll go t-through this o-one."
"HAI!!" Naruto sped off with a cart to the section Hinata pointed to. Finally. She could look for his gift. Darn it. She didn't even have her Byakugan anymore. It would have been so much easier with her blood line limit. But whatever the case,she ran into the first section she saw,books.
She wasn't sure if Naruto liked books that much but she didn't have much time. Naruto could be back any second.
She began searching. After 10 minutes of frantic searching,she still found nothing. It surprised her that Naruto wasn't done yet. Maybe she could fine something in the clothes section. She began running towards it when something caught her eye. A book she had missed seeing before. Naruto always said he wanted to be the Hokage one day. He always said that the Yondaime Hokage was really great. He would love this book. Hard to believe though,that this book would be found HERE. Hinata looked for the price of the book. Ouch. It wasn't cheap. She could bargain though. Plus,she would get a discount. It was one of the advantages of working there.
Not wasting any time,she ran to the counter. "Hinata-chan! Didn't expect to see you here", one of the girls she worked with greeted her.
"G-Gomenasai Nina-chan but I-Im in a h-hurry. Do you t-think you could keep t-this book safely? I'll c-collect it t-tomorrow. D-Don't let anyone b-buy it. Please?", Hinata handed her colleague the boom she had chosen.
"Sure. Why? Is it for someone?"
"It's a g-gift."
"Ooooooooh k"
"HINATA-CHAAAAN!!" Naruto's sceam hit Hinata's ears. Sometimes,it amazed her at how loud his voice was. She could never shout that loud. Emphasize on never. She turned around to see him running towards her with an overloaded cart. "Sorry I took so long Hinata-chan! I didn't know which flavors to pick for the ramen. But then I thought,why not just take all of them? Ne ne,didn't you pick anything Hinata-chan?"
A quick excuse was stuttered by the shy girl before they payed for the things in Naruto's cart. Let's see,what do you expect to be in there? Ramen,vegetables,ramen,some fruits,ramen,rice and more ramen.
They were out of the shop and back home in some time. The rest of the evening,they did nothing in particular. They just talked,laughed and got to know more about each other. The ex-Byakugan holder often made mental notes of his second favorite food,the color combinations he like and so on.
When Hinata woke up the next morning,Naruto had already left for training. She wanted to surprise him with breakfast in bed or atleast be able to say a very warm happy birthday to him,but she couldn't. sigh sigh. She quickly freshened up,had a bath and combed her hair. Curse those irritating knots. She hated them! Then settlig for some casual toast and a glass of milk,she went off to work. The first thing she did on reaching need not be said. It was obvious. Bargain,pay and wrap Naruto's gift. She looked at the cover one last time before covering it with the orange and red wrapping paper.'The Man Named Yellow Flash,The Yondaime Hokage'
Hiding Naruto's gift under her jacket,Hinata set off to the training grounds after her shift at work. She gave him those warm wishes she had for him and the gift as well. His expression was priceless. He loved it. LOOOOOOOOOOOVED IT! Relief had spread throughout her body when he almost caused an earth-quake with the most loudest,and happiest thank you she had ever heard anyone give her. Her relief was replaced by her famous blush as he hugged the life out of her the next second though. She didn't know he loved his gift this much. Or maybe it was just because he never got a birthday present before.
She didn't expect anything out of the ordinary to happen as they walked home. Like usual,everyone was especially rude to Naruto more on this day. He received a numerous number of dirty looks,loads of insults,most of them having the word demon in them. But that was what killed her. She simply didn't understand. WHY WAS HE HATED!? Why was everyone so mean to him? Some people even looked ready to attack,they would have had she not been there with him. Hinata wanted to ask Naruto why all this hate was directed to him but she didn't think he would answer her. Maybe not today,but it was certain that her curiousity would get the better of her one day.
"Naruto-kun!",Hinata and Naruto saw Sakura running towards them. She stopped before them and said breathlessly "Tsunade-sama wants to see you right now in her office. She says its really important."
"HAI! Hinata-chan,you go home,I'll be back after I see what the grandma wants."
Hinata smiled and continued walking home,wondering what Tsunade wanted with Naruto. Hopefully it wasn't a mission. How on Earth could she cook food for him if he was away on a mission?! On reaching the house,Hinata noticed two men standing at the door. She politely went up to them and asked, "M-May I help y-you?"
She didnt get her reply with words. Instead,she got her answer when one of the men brutally grabbed her collar and yanked her forward. "You're that demon's friend. You're probably on his side."
"N-Nani?",Hinata didn't understand. Maybe these people were mistaking her for someone else. But yet,she began to panic when she saw murderous glints in their eyes. "L-Let go o-of me!"
"SHUT UP!", the men didn't say anything else as they hit,punched and kicked Hinata bruised and bloodied.
In Tsunade's office-
"Naruto!",Tsunade's voice was stern. "You have been assigned to leave for a mission in 10 minutes. Through very reliable sources,I have come to find out that Kabuto is soon going to be in the Southern part of the Konoha forest. He will be here alone without Orochimaru. You and your team have to go and try to bring back Kabuto here to me,alive. Your team members for this mission are Neji and Rocklee. I will give you 10 minutes to assemble near the gates."
"HAI,TSUNADE-NO-BAA-CHAN!"
Naruto sped off to tell Hinata about his mission. In about 2 minutes,he reached his destination. However,he didn't expect her to be in the state she was in. Bruises covered her face and they were many cuts across her hands. She wasn't too badly beaten up THANK GOD but,it couldn't be said that she was ready to just get up and dance as if nothing in the world happened. The bruises on her hands and face were so dark that they almost matched the color of her hair. And speaking of which,her hair was stuck to her face as it was dripping with the oh so familiar red liquid. The air was pierced with a thick and heavy metallic scent and it was more than the blond haired boy could bear. "HINATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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