Numb: A New Beginning

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Chapter Four: Under the Spell

"I am here for Naruto!!" I yelled, and then lunged at him. "WHAT!!" Naruto yelled, blocking from her on coming attack. I pulled out a kunai and pressed it up to Naruto's neck, letting out a low snicker. Naruto sweatdropped from the position he was in but remained completely still. "H-Hinata?" Naruto choked out. I continued to look down at his feet, my black bangs shadowing my face. Neji, Kiba, Lee, Sakura, and Tenten remained still behind Naruto, frozen with fear that if they moved Naruto's head would be severed.

Neji silently activated his byakugan, studying me. 'What is this chakra? Hinata-sama isn't herself, and this chakra definently isn't hers...' Neji thought to himself. Tenten and Sakura armed themselves with their own kunais, and Lee and Kiba prepared for attack. Suddenly Lee spoke out. "Hinata-chan! Why do you do this evil?! We are your friends!!" I slowly lifted my head up and looked at the frightened Naruto. His face that was filled with absolute shock, anger, and fear.

Suddenly, I was hit with a million flashbacks all at once. Like the time when Naruto had cheered me on in the preliminary rounds, and when he hadn't given up hope when he were out searching for the Aburame clan's legendary Bikochu Beetle. Naruto was always supporting me. My arm was shaking, I could feel it as I searched across the faces of everyone else that came to rescue me...rescue me? From what did I need rescueing? I know the Akatsuki has something to do with this, and I was merely a toy of theres to help them capture what they wanted. Naruto.

"Hinata-Sama." I heard Neji speak out. My head immediatly whipped his way, and I stared at his menacing Byakugan. "Who is in charge of this?" he spoke strongly. Itachi is, and I know that damn well. I just can't speak freely. I'm not in control. I brought my arm back from Naruto and stepped back, but then I bumped into Kiba, who put a strong grip on my shoulders. "We're not gonna let you go." He said firmly, as firm as his grip that was piercing into my shoulders. Neji walked up to me slowly, extending his arm out at full length. He did something I didn't expect. He gently poked my forehead, and what was revealed to him was a strange symbol on my forehead, just like his.

"This curse mark..." he whispered. What curse mark? Itachi placed a curse mark on me?! "It belongs to the Akatsuki." Neji stated. "WHAT!!" Naruto yelled out. "You mean the group of people who has Sasuke's brother, Itachi?" How do they know about Itachi? I could feel the curse mark that I just figured out I had start to take effect. It spread down past my neck and down to my ankles. Now, I was truly out of my own reach.

Everyone watched wide-eyed as a black chakra emited from me. "Everyone, get back!!" Neji yelled, and everyone jumped back as I released a large amount of chakra, causing that part of the forest to literally go up in flames. The trees were on fire, and the fire was spreading rapidly. I now stood on the grassless ground, surrounded by a blanket of flames. I had no idea if everyone else was still alive, but I really hope they were. I didn't mean for this training thing to turn into something this horrible.

The forest fire lit up the sky, sending black smoke out everywhere. Neji and the others were out in the part of the forest that was still whole. "Okay! We need to take immediate action!! Lee, Naruto, and I will find Hinata and put an end to this madness, and Sakura, Tenten, and Kiba will try to subdue the forest fire from all points!!" Everyone nodded in response. "Alright!! GO!!" Neji yelled and everyone leapt out to their positions.

I stood still, completely engulfed in flames. I wasn't in any trouble, though. I had a large shield of black chakra emited completely around me, and I also had my byakugan activated so I could see through the thick smoke. I could make out three figures coming my way, and three other figures outside the fire, trying to surpress its flames. "Alright..." I spoke. That so did not sound like me, and I knew what I was about to do was going to be something I was going to regret for the rest of my life. "Shikon no Jutsu!!" I yelled, making five more full body clones appear. "Now," I commanded. "Begin the Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!! Make sure that they are all defeated and brought back to the Akatsuki base." They all dissapeared instantly, going where they were instructed.

"Heh." I laughed evily. Those clones weren't the normal clones that Naruto would summon from time to time. They were real clones, made from dead human bodies. I could manipulate them for about twenty minutes. That's what the Shikon no Jutsu was. A dead body manipulating jutsu that I picked up from a few encounters we had with Orochimaru and Kabuto a while back.

I sent out five of my clones to get Neji, Kiba, Lee, Sakura, and Tenten, and I myself will personally deal with Naruto. Neji was hidden behind a rock a few feet away from me, I could tell and see. I watched as he watched me, and then he was shocked as one of my clones appeared behind him and swung a kunai at him. The same thing happened with Lee. And Tenten and Sakura were fighting with all three of the clones sent to fight them so Kiba could continue to stop the spreading flames. Naruto suddenly jumped out in front of me, staying a good amount of feet away. 'Thi-This chakra...it's unbearable...' He thought to himself as he breathed heavily. "Hinata? I know that your under a spell." He began, whispering quietly.

"BUT I KNOW THAT THE REAL YOU WOULD NEVER, EVER WANT TO HURT ANYONE!!" He yelled, and I could see tears streaming down his face. Deep inside me, I could feel the pain. The horrible pain of seeing others in pain. "AAAUUGGHH!!" I heard Neji yell as my clone choked him. I was suddenly frozen with fear again. My cousin is being choked to death...I want to help him but...Wait. Wasn't Neji the one before telling me that I was weak. He was superior, in a totally different league. He hurt me horribly. I was in pain, but I did something so un-expected. I began to laugh. "Heh Heh Heh!!"

Naruto shot me a death glare and I could tell he was serious. "Well, then Naruto." I said loudly. No, I don't want to fight anymore, but I don't have a say, do I? "Let us fight!!" I lunged forewards at Naruto and swung a kunai at him. I was shocked when I realized that he didn't move, but instead, he caught my kunai with his palm, letting it pierce through his skin. Blood dripped down from the kunai. I watched as he slowly looked me in the eyes. His eyes were blood red, and red chakra began to pour out from him. "Rrrrggggghh!!" he growled and revealed fangs, then brought his right fist back, and it instantly collided with my face. I flew backwards and my back collided with a tree. I coughed out blood, and then wiped some from my mouth, looking down at it.

"Blood." I whispered. Suddenly, I felt something wet drip down my cheeks. It wasn't blood, but it was tears. Naruto had forcefully and intentionally hit me. I know he had to, I was acting horribly. I brought myself to stand up, wobbling a little, a mixture of tears and blood falling to the ground. Naruto had pulled the kunai I jabbed into his hand out and threw it on the ground. "Hinata..." He said. I looked up at him. I tried to stop crying, but I couldn't. "If you won't..." I looked at Neji, who had flipped my clone off and was using the 64 palm technique on it. "Listen to reason..." I glanced at Lee, who was using the Hidden Lotus on my clone. Naruto looked up and stared directly at me. "I will break every bone in your body and drag you back to the village!!"

To Be Continued...

A/N: Thank you all for reading this next chapter!! I hope you all liked it, and please continue to read and review!! I will try to update soon!!