Well thank you for reading and reviewing. I also want to thank you RSfan for giving me some ideas for my fic. Enjoy this new chapter and please review, I want to know what you readers think about my story.
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Chapter Four: To Suna
"Naruto. Wake up, it's time to head out." Kakashi shook Naruto for some time now but he never seems to wake up.
"Kakashi-sensei, has Naruto-kun woken up yet?" Sakura walked from behind. She kneeled down next to Kakashi and placed her hands on the knees. She then leaned down next to Naruto's ear and said, "Naruto… Naruto-kun, wake up." She saw Naruto rolled around then slept on his back.
"Move back, Sakura." Kakashi motioned her away from Naruto and clenched his fist. He swung his fist towards Naruto's face. He hit right on Naruto's nose, which made him sit up quickly covering his nose with both of his hands.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Naruto whined while rubbing his nose with his crying-anime face.
"Sorry, Naruto. You wouldn't wake up, so I had to punch you." Kakashi removed Naruto's hands to check his nose. "It's fine, doesn't seem to be broken. Again, I'm sorry."
Naruto huffed but accepted his apology, "Don't worry about it, Kakashi-sensei. Just don't do it again."
Kakashi smiled under his mask and stood up to head towards the group of people getting ready to head out. Sakura was still kneeled down next Naruto. "Come on, Naruto. Everyone is waiting for us." She got up and offered her hand to help him up. He smiled and took her hand.
"Thanks, Sakura-chan. How are you?"
"I'm better. What about you?"
"Well, if you minus the nose pain I got from Kakashi, then I'm good." Naruto chuckled. Sakura giggled at Naruto's answer. She then looked back at the group of people who are now just staring at the two.
"Well then, um… we should get going, their waiting for us." Sakura said quickly and grabbed Naruto's hand. He was yanked and pulled towards the group. She laughed nervously, "Sorry, but we're ready to head out." She then noticed everyone was looking at her and Naruto with a smirk on their faces. She looked confused and then noticed she was still holding Naruto's hand. Her face flushed and removed her hand quickly. She placed both hands behind her back and again laughed in embarrassment.
Hinata was behind her sensei, Kurenai. She looked with a worried expression shown on her face. 'Naruto-kun… and Sakura-san? No that can't be. She doesn't like him, but… I can be wrong. No, I have to be strong.' She glanced over at Naruto, who has his fox-grin and a shade of red on his cheeks. 'I… I have to tell him soon, before it's too late.'
"Alright everyone, we are all headed to Suna. The Kazekage hopefully will welcome us and allow us to stay there for awhile." Tsunade said.
While Tsunade was explaining on what they were going to do, Kiba glanced over to Hinata. He saw that she had a sad and worried look on her face. He silently walked to her, and nudged her shoulder. "Hey, you alright, Hinata?"
Hinata jumped in surprise. "Oh, hey Kiba-kun. Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"
"Well, I saw you over here looking all worried or sad. I was wondering if there is something on your mind."
"Oh, no Kiba-kun. I'm fine, don't worry about me." Hinata smiled at him, he could tell it was fake. Kiba faced Tsunade, but still staring at Hinata. He knew she was looking at someone. He lined her vision to the person she was looking at. He sighed quietly under his breath. 'It's always Naruto, huh Hinata. You have to see that he is not the one for you. Can't you see how much… I care about you? Can't you see?'
"Lets head out." Tsunade finally ended her speech and they all began to head out. Kakashi, Tsunade, and Gai were in front; Kurenai, and Asuma were behind; the Genins were between the Hokage and their senseis. Sasuke was walking behind Kakashi with his hands in his pockets. Shikamaru, Ino, and Chouji were walking together, just talking about what they expect in Suna. Shikamaru said some thing about "Troublesome women." Shino, Kiba, and Hinata were walking together… well Kiba and Shino were. Hinata was a little further away from her teammates. She was busy glancing at Naruto and Sakura. They were both laughing and talking to one another. This made Hinata fill herself with jealousy.
Hinata found the courage to walk up to Naruto, she put on a nervous smile while doing so. "H-hi N-Naruto-kun."
"Oh, hey Hinata! What's up?"
"I… umm just wanted to uh… t-talk." Hinata began doing her nervous act, caressing her index finger together.
"Hey, Hinata-san." Sakura said, feeling left out of their conversation.
"Oh, hi Sakura-san." Silence fell upon them as they continue to walk. Hinata was getting hot, for she was trying to get closer to Naruto. Sakura noticed in Hinata's action, and watched her closely.
'Oh, dear Kami… Don't, don't faint now.' Hinata was now close enough to be holding Naruto's hand. She slowly and hesitantly moved her left towards his right hand. She quickly intertwine her fingers to his and grasped his hands. 'Don't faint! Don't faint!'
Naruto eyes widened in surprise, and so did Sakura. Naruto turned his head to face Sakura, and gave her a confused look. She looked at him with a dumbfounded look. "WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE DOING HOLDING HANDS WITH OUR NARUTO-KUN!" Inner-Sakura screamed with her powerful clenched fist in the air.
Naruto looked at Hinata once more, "Um… Hinata, w-what are you doing?"
Hinata's face was red as a tomato, and had her head bowed down when she answered, "H-holding your h-hand, is there something w-wrong?"
"I… uh no, no nothing is wrong…" Naruto looked ahead and saw Kiba looking at him. He knew Kiba has feelings for Hinata, and he still remembers that day that he told him.
(Flashback)
Naruto and Kiba were at Ichiraku eating ramen, and enjoying hanging out with each other.
"Man, that is some good ramen, eh Naruto?"
"Mmooh mmyeah!" Naruto was stuffing his face into the bowl, literally, and it made it hard for Kiba to understand the words Naruto was saying.
"What?" Kiba said while laughing a little at Naruto.
"Sorry, Kiba. But yeah, this place sells the best ramen ever, right old man?!"
"Right, Naruto!!!" was heard behind the kitchen. Kiba and Naruto laughed for a good while.
"So… Naruto?" Kiba looked at Naruto with a smirk. "Do you have a girl yet?"
Naruto almost choked on his ramen when he heard the question. "(cough, cough) Well um… no I don't. But the only girl for me is Sakura-chan!" Naruto finished his sentence with confidence.
"Man, you still going for her? You are like me." Kiba replied with a smile on his face.
"Really? Then who do you like?"
"… Hinata." Kiba's face flushed. He never told anyone he liked, but Naruto and him are good friends.
"Wow, Hinata, huh? Good for you, Kiba. She may be shy, but she is cute. Why don't you tell her that you like her?" Naruto gave him a thumbs up, including his grin.
"Well, you see… she already likes someone else."
Naruto's face saddened, he knew what that felt like with Sakura and Sasuke. "Who does she like?"
"I thought you would have known already, Naruto."
"Well, if I would have known would I be asking you?"
Kiba chuckled a little, "No, I guess not. She likes you… Naruto." Kiba stared at Naruto who just stared back. Naruto doesn't seem to believe it, but he knew Kiba was telling the truth. Naruto then looked down a his bowl of ramen.
"I'm sorry." Naruto's saddened face seemed to cast down even more. "I don't like her that way. I only like one girl, and I will win her heart one day. Hinata is a good friend and a good person." Naruto then looked at Kiba with a warm smile, "I know you will win her heart one day, Kiba."
Kiba smiled brightly at what Naruto said. "Thanks, Naruto. Well I have to go, I have to meet up with my team in ten minutes. Thanks again, Naruto." He got up and ran out of Ichiraku. Naruto's face was a cheerful one, he was proud of what he did for his friend. Then he realized something.
"OH DAMN IT, HE LEFT ME WITH THE BILL!"
(End Flashback.)
Naruto looked at Kiba with a sad look, and Kiba gave him a sad smile. Sakura was looking at Hinata with her death glare. She was furious and wanted to punch in the face, no matter how innocent she is.
"Do something, shannaro!" roared Inner-Sakura. With that, Sakura quickly grabbed Naruto's left hand with her right. She brought her body closer to him and bringing her left arm to embrace his arm. She then rested her head on his shoulder. Naruto looked at her and she looked at him with a smile. Naruto's face flushed for having two girls holding his hands. Hinata glared at Sakura and Sakura glared right back.
Everybody else felt an awful feeling in the air around them. Everyone turn to the source and saw Hinata and Sakura glaring at each other that is saying "I want to murder you".
Kurenai looked at Hinata, and she knew that Hinata wasn't the Hinata she knew before. 'What has gotten into her?'
"Isn't Hinata supposed to be sweet and all that? I never seen her like that in my life." Asuma whispered in Kurenai's ear. She nodded in response and kept on watching her student.
Lee was watching Sakura, and Sakura only. He was crying for he is losing at winning Sakura's heart. Neji and Tenten were looking at Hinata. Neji then glared at Naruto who was sweating and beat-red. Kiba was actually scared of Hinata for the first time in his life. She was giving Sakura an angry eye. Shino just kept on walking, not really caring about the situation. Same goes for Shikamaru, he thought it was too troublesome. Ino was smiling brightly at the scene, she thought it would be interesting to see who would win Naruto. Chouji shook his head and brought out his bag of chips. Sasuke was still walking forward, but he had a smirk on his face. He thought the situation Naruto is in is pretty hilarious.
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Gaara was doing paperwork in the Kazekage room, he has gone through two piles so far. He has another three to go. Being Kazekage, for Gaara, was not easy. But being Kazekage was to be a leader, and protector of Suna. Gaara will do anything to protect his village.
"Gaara, we have a report that Leaf Shinobes are heading in our direction. The Hokage is with them." Kankuro ran in the room, which startled Gaara a little.
"Do you know who else is with Hokage-sama?" Gaara asked while putting down his pen.
"One of the Jounin was Hatake Kakashi. Including him, there are four Jounins altogether. Then there are Genins with them."
"I see, well they are our allies. We welcome them with open arms. I wonder why do they come in such a large number?"
"Maybe it had to do with the incident we heard about Konoha. We don't know what happened, but I bet it's something bad." Kankuro moved to one of the chairs to sit down. Gaara placed his chin on top of his hands.
"Whatever it is, we will help them. I'll greet them at the front entrance. How long do you estimate till they get here."
"About five hours. You got time to finish your paper work." Kankuro said with a smirk. In response, Gaara grunted in annoyance.
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"How can people from Suna live here! It's fucking hot out!" yelled Naruto. The group of people were walking across the desert to Suna. He was sweating like crazy, the heat was really intense. Sakura and Hinata, however, didn't care. They both were still holding Naruto's hand and they aren't going to let go anytime soon. The rest were in the same state as Naruto was. They were hot and sweaty.
"Watch your language, Naruto! We're almost there." yelled Tsunade.
"There it is." Kakashi told the group as he saw a huge mountain wall covering the village. They walked towards where the entrance would be. "Looks like the Kazekage knew we were coming, Hokage-sama."
Tsunade nodded when she saw the Kazekage waiting for them at the entrance. When they got to the entrance they were greeted by the Kazekage and Sand Shinobes. Tsunade bowed, "Hello, Kazekage." Everybody else bowed except Naruto. Naruto, now free from Hinata's and Sakura's grasp, ran up to Gaara.
"G-Gaara?! You're the Kazekage?!" Naruto was looking at him, analyzing up and down his body. He looked different from when Naruto last saw him.
Gaara looked at Naruto with no emotions on his face. But that soon turn into a small happy smile. "It's nice to see you, Naruto." Gaara held up his hand towards Naruto.
Naruto didn't accept it right away. He still remembered the Gaara that killed, that craved for blood. He slowly raised his hand towards Gaara's. The two hands connected and gripped on tight. "Nice to see you, too… Gaara."
Gaara released his hand on Naruto and stared at the rest of the group. "You Shinobes are all welcome here. Please, tell me, why come in such a large group."
Kakashi bowed before he spoke, "We had a big problem in our village. We had to evacuate. We are the only ones that made out of the front gate of our village. We know there are some survivors, but we don't know where they are."
Gaara nodded, "We'll discuss this in at the tower. Temari, lead Naruto and the rest to our best Hotel here. Tell the owner I want them to stay for free. Hokage-sama, bring your Jounins and follow me."
"Thank you, Kazekage-sama." Everyone said together.
Temari looked at the group before her, but one person caught her eye. Shikamaru looked at her with his hands in his pockets. She smiled and told everyone to follow her. Before she turned and walk towards the hotel, she winked at Shikamaru. His cheeks turn light red and he turned his head away from her.
"Alright, lets head out." Temari ordered. Naruto walked quickly up to Sasuke, he wanted to talk to his "brother" since he hasn't throughout their whole trip here. Sakura followed Naruto, for she doesn't want Naruto to be alone with Hinata if she approached him. Hinata was held back, however, by her teammate Kiba. He was talking to her, and she doesn't want to be rude. Chouji pulled out another bag of chips. Ino was next to him, looking at him eat, and Chouji noticed.
"You want some, Ino" Chouji asked while holding out the bag of chips towards her.
"No thank you, I don't see why you like them so much."
"Maybe you will once you try it." Chouji smiled and brought the chips closer to her.
"I… I don't think so, Chouji…"
"Come on, please." Chouji gave her a sad look. She looked at him and sighed. 'I can't resist that face.' She hesitantly brought her hand up. She reached in the bag and pulled out one medium-size chip. She took one bite from the chip, and Chouji just stared.
'Dear Kami, she is beautiful.'
"Wow, Chouji this is great!" squealed Ino at the top of her lungs. The reaction Ino gave Chouji brightened his day. "Can I please have more, Chouji!"
"Of course, Ino. Here." He, this time, gave her the whole bag. Ino gratefully took it and ate the chips. Chouji stared at her while he pulled out another bag of his favorite chips.
"Ino? Y-your eating chips? Chouji's chips?" Shikamaru asked in confusion. "I never see you eat one of Chouji's chips before."
"I know! They are delicious, I can see why Chouji can eat so much of these." Ino said and then took another bite of a chip. "You want some Shikamaru?"
"No thank you, I'm not that hungry." Shikamaru shook his head. Ino, Chouji, and Shikamaru then continued following Temari to the hotel. They were behind Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, and Temari. Lee, Tenten, and Neji were behind Asuma's team, but ahead of Kiba, Hinata, and Shino.
"Well here we are!" Temari yelled in front. Everyone examined the place they will be staying in, and it seems the young Shinobes were in an awe. The hotel is three stories high, and is long in length. It has a tan-like-color throughout, and the design can explain how much it is need to be spent to stay. They were lucky they are able to stay here for free. "Well what do you guys think."
Temari saw every single person has there mouth open, and eyes wide open. "This place looks… amazing!" shouted Sakura in excitement.
"This place is one of the most beautiful, peaceful, and fun hotels here in Suna. It is also the most expensive, so you guys are very lucky to stay here for free. Lets head inside." Temari start heading inside when she noticed was following her. She turn to face the group and saw them still looking at the hotel from the outside. "Are you guys coming in, or what?"
Everybody turn towards Temari and quickly jogged towards her. They got inside the main lobby, the group's reaction weren't any different than when they were outside. The lobby was designed and decorated beautifully. Even Sasuke was amazed by its beauty.
"I can not believe we are going to be staying here." said Lee in the background. He was looking at his surrounded so fast, he was literally spinning.
"Lee, stop spinning and behave!" demanded Tenten. Lee suddenly stopped what he was doing and bowed at Tenten.
"H-hai, Tenten-chan!!!!"
Temari went to the front desk and told one of the employees to get the manager. She already told everyone to take a seat on the couches and chairs on the left side of the lobby. Naruto relaxed on one of the couches, and Sakura quickly sat next to him. "Hey, Sakura-chan!"
"Hey, can't you believe were living here for awhile. This place is beautiful!"
"Yeah it is, I wonder which room I would be sharing with." Naruto sat there while tapping his index finger on his chin while looking at the ceiling.
'It better be me… or else' Sakura said in her thoughts with Inner-Sakura in the background laughing evilly. Her thoughts were interrupted, however, by Hinata walking up to Naruto.
"H-hi N-Naruto-kun."
"Hey, Hinata what's up?
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask you a-a question…" 'Do not chicken out now…'
"Oh, ok. What is it you wanted to ask me?" Naruto said.
"Oh, um…" 'Ask
"Hey, everyone," Temari interrupted, " I have managed to get six rooms in the hotel. Which means there needs to be two people sharing each room. Decide quickly and I will lead you to your rooms."
Everyone suddenly quickly gathered and discussed. Shikamaru started, "Alright everyone. Who do you want to be paired with?"
"Naruto-kun!" Everyone turned their heads towards Sakura. She then found out how loud she screamed Naruto's name. "Um (cough), I mean I want to stay with Naruto."
"Really?! Sweet!!!" Naruto danced around happily. Hinata hung her head low in shame.
"Alright then, Naruto and Sakura. Now we have five more to go." Shikamaru said. Then Kiba spoke, "Well, I can stay with Hinata… If she wants, of course." Hinata looked at him and gave him a small smile.
"Yeah um… that would be fine."
'YES!' Kiba screamed in his mind, 'Finally, I have a chance with Hinata!'
"Well, I can stay with Shino. I would like some peace and quiet in my room. It would be too troublesome with a loud roommate." Shikamaru looked at Shino. He was just standing there all quiet.
"Hmm, I think I would like to stay with Chouji, I would love to have some more of those chips." Ino said while giving Chouji a smirk. Chouji just laughed nervously with a blush.
"Neji, would you like to share a room?" Lee said while giving him a Gai pose.
Neji just looked at him with a dull face. "No thank you Lee."
"Well, I guess I could share a room with Lee…"
"Really Tenten-chan! Yosh!"
Shikamaru looked at Neji and Sasuke, 'Hmm, a Hyuuga and an Uchiha. This could be interesting.' "Alright, that leaves you two to share a room."
Sasuke just "Hn…" He didn't really care about sharing a room. Neji just gave him a glare.
"Temari, we have decided, now can you lead us to our room."
"Of course Shika-kun" Temari said with a flirty accent.
Shikamaru just looked at her with a confused look, "Please don't call me that." 'Man, what's with her?" She just ignored what he said and lead the group to their rooms. Their rooms were located on the second level, and they were right next to each other.
"Hurry up Naruto-kun!" Sakura yelled while pulling the collar of his jumpsuit to their room.
"Sakura-chan! Slow down!"
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"This news isn't good at all." Gaara was sitting at his desk with Tsunade sitting across from him. The Jounins were standing behind Tsunade. "And you don't know why these people are in the state that they are now?"
"Yes, we just got the news from Hyuuga Neji and Hyuuga Hinata that something happened at their mansion. When I sent two teams inside for a Search-and-Rescue mission, the were only managed to get two people out." Tsunade said. "Naruto was on that mission, and he was bitten by those things." Gaara's eyes widened when he heard what happen to Naruto. "But Kyuubi seems to be keeping him from changing to one of those things. All we did was heal his bite wound and then he was good to go."
"… Do you think he can still be carrying anything? Like the virus?" Gaara said suspiciously. Tsunade sat there looking at him, wondering if that could be true. "I mean it could be possible. The Kyuubi may be keeping him from changing, but what does he do to the things that make people turn into one of them?" The Jounins were thinking at what Gaara said. Kakashi was worried as hell if Naruto did still carry the infection.
"That… could be true…" Tsunade answered while hesitating a little.
"Well, how about we pick up this conversation tomorrow or so. You guys must be tired. I'll walk you to the Hotel."
Tsunade got up from he chair. She and the Jounins bowed respectfully to the Kazekage.
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Everyone were now down at the Cafeteria eating their dinner. All of them sat down in groups of threes, and they were with their teammates. The food was delicious, and Naruto thanked Kami for the hotel serving all you can eat ramen. Surprisingly Sakura also ordered ramen, whenever she saw the ramen bowl that Naruto ordered, she craved for it. Sasuke only drank some tea and ate dangos. Hinata, however didn't eat. She stared at Naruto from the time they arrived in the Cafeteria. Kiba was trying to be close to her as possible. Shino, well… he was just eating his meal quietly. Ino was sitting next to Chouji, sharing a bag of chips with him. She doesn't know why she has this warm, happy feeling when she is near him, but she love being around him. Shikamaru was sitting and having conversations with his teammates. Lee, Tenten, and Neji were eating their dinner. Most of the time Tenten and Neji listened to Lee talking about "Youth".
"My goodness, Naruto. You already ate six bowls when I'm still on my first one!" Sakura looked at him in amazement, and curiosity. She wondered how can he eat so much of Ramen.
"Ahhh, well I think I'm done for the night." Naruto said while putting down his bowl. He got up and stretched.
"Where you going?" asked Sasuke. Naruto looked at him.
"Oh, I think I want to just head outside. Through that door." He pointed across the room. There was a door that lead to the outside. "I'll just be out there." Sasuke nodded, and Naruto began to walk. Sakura was about to join him, since she thought he wanted company. But another side of her thought he wanted to be alone, so she stayed.
Naruto swayed his way through the tables that were in his way to the door. Hinata saw him pass her and headed outside. She looked at Kiba. He was busy talking to Shino, which made this the perfect opportunity for her to get to Naruto. She waited till he got outside, then she quietly got up from her seat and followed Naruto. When she got outside, she saw him having his hands behind his back while looking up into the sky.
'He looks so peaceful…' Hinata thought, she then walked up to him. "H-hi, Naruto-kun." Naruto's head spun towards Hinata quickly, he thought he was outside alone.
"Hey, Hinata. What are you doing here?"
"Oh, umm… I saw you out here alone, s-so I thought you wanted some, umm… company."
"Ah, well yeah I would love some company." She motioned her to come stand beside him, and she looked at him with her flushed face. She slowly walked next to him with her head down.
"It's a beautiful night, don't you think, Hinata?" She looked at him, then to the sky. She saw the stars, twinkling brightly down at the two. She opened her mouth in awe. "Yes, it is beautiful…"
'You have to tell him before it is too late.' "N-Naruto-kun… I have something to tell you." Naruto looked at her with a smile on his face, yet his face shown that he was curious on what she wanted to ask.
"What is it ?" Naruto had all his attention on her, and she knew it. She began to become nervous, more than ever before.
"I… wanted… to say that…" Naruto didn't wanted to be rude, but he was becoming impatient.
"Yeeesss?" she asked slowly.
"You… are important to me… You always give me… the confidence I needed." Her confession began to ease up on her, "You always make me smile whenever I see you. I feel… this warm feeling inside me whenever I'm around you, you make me happy. Whenever I feel hopeless, or in bad situations, I always think about you. You gave me the strength to never give up… to never lose hope. What I'm trying to say is that… I… love you." The last sentence Hinata said was hard for her to say. She never would of thought of confessing her love to Naruto.
Naruto looked at her with a surprised look on his face. What she said was unexpected. "Thank you, Hinata. That was kind of you to say. But…" Her heart stopped beating for a second when she heard him say 'but'. "I… don't like… you in that… way." He felt sad saying this to her, since she just said that she loved him. "I mean, I love you as a really good friend, Hinata. I just don't feel that way about you."
"… I" she whispered, but loud enough for him to hear. "I understand, but…" she leaned towards him, "Can I just have… one kiss?" she didn't know why she had the confidence to ask him, while also having her face not flushed. He looked at her and answered.
"… Okay, just one…" He leaned forward, and pressed his lips on hers. Her lips were smooth and moist, he had to admit, it felt so nice. He opened his mouth for a breath of air, but was surprised when he felt Hinata's wet , and warm tongue slipped inside his mouth. Her tongue shifted around his mouth, while he moved his tongue against hers. She loved how he tasted, how he kissed her.
She suddenly felt her mouth started to heat up. Something didn't feel right to her. It began to become harder to breathe, her stomach started to hurt like hell. She suddenly pushed him away and she fell to the ground. She began to cough loudly, which people inside were able to hear. Blood began to come out of her mouth every time she coughed. She hugged her stomach tightly, the pain was unbearable. She then puked out a huge amount of blood. Naruto was scared, he didn't know what happened just now, "Hinata! Are you alright?! What's going on?!"
Everybody inside heard Naruto yelling, and all of them stood up at their tables. "What's going on out there?" asked Ino. No one replied but stared at the door Naruto went out. Kiba then looked at the seat next to him. He noticed Hinata wasn't there.
Hinata's teeth began to form into fangs, her fingernails became sharp, and her Bakyugan was activated. She began to hiss and growl, which made Naruto stiff. Then Naruto saw Hinata get up on her feet and glared at him with a killing intent. He then knew… she was infected.
(A/N: I have a feeling people are going to hate me for this.)
To Be Continued…
