Me: Okay so it is the moment we all have been waiting for. Drum roll please!
(Naruto plays drum roll)
Me: Hinata finally meets Naruto! Okay so I really like how this chapter came out and I hope everyone enjoys it!
Naruto: A special thanks to Love-Peace-Chicken-Grease for helping Lexar assign characters to characters and stuff.
Hinata: Yes, thank you very much for your ideas.
Me: Now on with the story!
Ch 4: That Beautiful Voice…
A very vibrant red blush came across Hinata's face as she looked onto the deck of the royal ship. There was a very lively party going on; sailors were drinking, talking, and dancing. Beautiful music rang throughout the ship, but what took Hinata's breath away and caused the neon red blush was the one producing the music. He was tall, tan, blonde, and had such blue eyes that even the blue sea was jealous of their color. He was so gorgeous. Hinata had seen her fair share of good looking merman, but none were quite like this human. He was playing a silver flute and his pet fox was dancing along with his musical playing. Kyuubi picked up and unfamiliar scent, so he decided to follow the scent. Hinata's attention was taken away from the blonde man when she noticed the fox coming towards her. She quickly moved her body out of the field of vision of the fox. She waited for a few minutes before sneaking a peak to see if the fox left. He didn't. In fact he licked her. "Ha ha. Hey there buddy." She giggled softly after the fox was done licking her.
"Kyuubi? Come here, Kyuubi!" a velvety voice called. Hinata's face turned bright red again as she looked to see the blonde hair man as the owner of the most wonderful voice she had ever heard. She smiled softly as she saw how warm the man was to his pet.
"Alright, Prince Naruto, I have a surprise for you." Iruka said as he commanded everyone's attention. Naruto stopped playing with Kyuubi in order to give his undivided attention to his caretaker.
"Oh, Iruka, you shouldn't have." Naruto cried as he patted Iruka's back.
"Yes, I know. Well anyway, this was supposed to a wedding present." Naruto rolled his eyes at the wedding part. Iruka just won't leave me alone about that. I'll marry the right girl when I see her. Naruto thought. Iruka ignored Naruto's obvious annoyance of the word wedding as he continued. "Happy birthday, Naruto." Four sailors came out with a large heavy object that had a drape over it. As soon as the sailors set it down, Iruka pulled off the drape to reveal a statue of Naruto. The statue of Naruto had him triumphantly stand in a heroic pose with a sword stuck in the ground beside him. The statue was magnificent, but it was not Naruto's style. It was too flashy and regal. Naruto winced along with the rest of the sailors at the present. Kyuubi let out a whine of annoyance when he saw it. "So, what do you think?" Iruka asked with obvious pleasure.
Oh look at him! He looks really happy! I can't tell him that I hate the statue…alright I'll just tell him what I think…sort of. "Wow it is really something, Iruka. I don't think I have ever seen anything like this." He was telling the truth. He had honestly had never seen anything like this before. Hinata laughed at Naruto's comment. She could see the obvious disdain in his face, but he looked so cute with that look on his face. The party continued and Hinata watched it some more. Kyuubi would come every now and then to lick Hinata's face. All was peaceful until…
"HEY HINATA WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!" screamed Sarutobi as he swooped down next to the mermaid. She quickly grabbed Sarutobi's beak in an attempt to silence him.
"Shhh…Do you want them to hear you?" She asked annoyed that the seagull interrupted her peace. She let go of his beak when he shook his head no. She let out a sigh, but turned to continue watching Naruto.
"Are we on some sort of stake out? Or are we gathering information? WE ARE OUT TO DISCOVER!" Sarutobi shrieked. Hinata clamped his beak shut again. When she was about to let go a huge storm came brewing from the east.
Lightning brightened the whole night sky. Ominous clouds came raging in along with the rain that pelted the humans with large droplets of water. Thunder crashed so loudly that one could almost go deaf from it. A vicious wind picked up and sent Sarutobi flying away from the ship. He let out a yell as the wind threw him across the sky. Hinata held on as best as she could to the side of the ship, but was thrown off and fell into the water. She surfaced again just in time to witness a lightning bolt strike the mast of the ship. The mast burst into flames and soon the whole ship was in flames. Kiba ran over to the life boat. "Come on everyone! Into the lifeboat!" Kiba commanded as all the sailors got into the medium size lifeboat. Shino cut the rope that held lifeboat to the boat and the boat fell into the water. They were floating away when Naruto noticed that Kyuubi was not on the life boat with them.
"Where is Kyuubi?" He asked frantically. Everyone searched for the orange fur ball. All of a sudden a fox like cry was heard on the burning boat. Kyuubi was standing on the boat unharmed, but trapped. "KYUUBI!" Naruto yelled as he dove into the sea. He swam towards the boat to save his absolute best friend from the searing flames.
"Prince Naruto, get back here!" Iruka yelled with desperation hanging on every word. Is Naruto crazy? He could get killed! Naruto climbed the side of the boat with only one thing on his mind, and that was to save Kyuubi from certain death. Naruto dodged a piece of flaming sail that came from the mast. He jumped over some singed wooden beams to reach his orange fox that stood near the steering wheel.
"Jump, Kyuubi, I'll catch you!" Naruto claimed as he extended his hands towards his pet. Kyuubi nodded before he jumped into his master's awaiting arms. Naruto was bringing Kyuubi to the edge of the boat when his foot got stuck and he lost his balance. In his lack of equilibrium he threw Kyuubi safely over the boat. Kyuubi swam to the rescue boat where all eyes were on Naruto. Every sailor was silently praying that their prince would get himself free before the flames got to him. Shino tensed up.
"What's wrong, Shino? Naruto will get out before the flames get to him." Kiba said with confidence. Iruka nodded as well. All the sailors looked at Shino waiting for him to reply.
"What was our cargo?" Shino asked knowingly.
"Well we had spices, the Prince's present, and…"Kiba's voice trailed off when he realized what Shino was referring to. His face had fear etched all over it.
"WHAT WAS THE OTHER CARGO?" Iruka yelled with frustration and fear.
"Gun powder…" Shino answered solemnly. All the sailors and Iruka's faces showed a fear they never felt. Their prince was going to blow up. Talk about going out with a bang.
Naruto frantically tried to get his foot free, but couldn't. The last thing he heard was a large explosion before he slipped into darkness.
Hinata watched in horror as the boat exploded into many pieces of wood. "Ah, where is Prince Naruto?" She asked as she searched for the gorgeous blonde in the debris. The storm raged on, but she saw him on a piece of wood floating. She swam over to him, but before she got to him he slipped under the water. "Oh no! He'll drown!" She dove in as fast as she could and grabbed his hand. She pulled him to the surface and swam him to shore. When she arrived to the shore, the storm had long since passed and was daylight. She smiled at the sun, but prayed that Naruto was still alive. She dragged him onto the shore and lay beside him. She laid there for a few minutes catching her breath. When she caught her breath she picked herself so she was sitting next to him. He was so beautiful. Hinata touched his cheek, and a bright blush came across her face. He is so beautiful. Father is wrong. How can someone as beautiful as him be barbaric? Wait is he alive?!? Hinata frantically thought as she looked at him. She noticed his chest go up and down. She let out a sigh of relief. "Good you are still alive."
In the sea close to the shore but out of earshot of Hinata, Sakura and Neji were looking at her. "Wow Hinata sure knows how to pick them. He is cute!" Sakura exclaimed to Neji.
"Oh no! When her father hears about this he is going to kill me! Oh hello, King Hiashi, well you see your youngest daughter, Hinata, fell in love. Oh, but not with just anyone. SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A HUMAN!" Neji frantically yelled. Sakura rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to her friend, silently wishing her luck with her new found love.
Hinata put her hand back on Naruto's cheek, tracing the whisker-like birthmarks. She began to sing to him hoping that her voice would reach him and convey her feelings to him.
What would I give to live where you are?
What would I pay to stay here beside you?
What would I do to see you smiling at me?
Naruto was beginning to regain consciousness. The melodic voice was intoxicating. He wanted to quickly open his eyes to see who it was, but his eyes were not obeying his wish. He just hoped that the girl would continue singing, so he could see her.
Where would we walk?
Where would we run?
If we could stay all day in the sun
Just you and me, and I could be
Part of your world
Naruto eyes were slowly opening, he felt a soft hand on his right cheek, so he gently put his hand on top of hers. The touch was electrifying and gave him the energy he needed to open his eyes. She was directly above him, but he could not make out her features because she was blocking the sun, so there was no light on her face, and also he was still groggy from his little adventure, so his eyes were not focusing. He smiled at her and she smiled back. She was just about to say something when Naruto could hear Iruka's voice in the distance calling his name. The girl quickly left the bewildered blonde before he could even find out who she was. Kyuubi licked Naruto's face as the man slowly got up. "Oh, Prince Naruto, thank heavens you are alright!" Iruka exclaimed.
"There was a girl here. She saved me, and she had the most beautiful voice." Naruto said staggering towards Iruka who caught him when Naruto lost his balance.
"I think you drank too much sea water. There is no way that beautiful girls just wait in the ocean to save princes in distress. Come on let's get you inside." Iruka said as he slowly guided Naruto back to the palace. "Come along, Kyuubi." Kyuubi was playing by the water's edge because it picked up Hinata's scent, but it followed after its master at Iruka's command.
Hinata was on a rock watching the whole scene with longing in her heart. Her heart could not take it anymore, so she let out her feelings in a song following the same tune as the one she just sung for Naruto.
I don't know when, I don't know how
But I know something's starting right now
Watch and you'll see, someday I'll be
Part of your world
Sakura watched her friend with a hint of sadness. It would be impossible for Hinata to be with the human prince, but nonetheless, she was going to support her friend in this. Hinata does not fall in love easily, so if this guy has got her attention, there must be something special about him. Neji on the other hand was worried about the king would say. He turned to Sakura. "Ok I won't tell the king and you won't tell the king. That way we both stay in one piece."
"Well, the king won't do anything to me, but I promise I won't say anything." Sakura replied to Neji trying to calm him down.
"Well this is interesting, right, Kabuto?." An eel said to the other eel next to him. This eel had black hair in the shape of a chicken's butt and the eel next to him had silver hair pulled back in a ponytail. The silver haired eel had glasses that glinted as he replied.
"Yes, it is Sasuke. The sea witch will be pleased to see this." The silver haired one replied as his left eye began glowing gold and Sasuke's right eye began glowing too.
"Kabuto, you are right I do like this. He he. She fell in love with a human…she will be the perfect key to Hiashi's undoing." A mysterious voice said menacingly from a cave far away as it stared into a crystal ball that projected what the two eels saw.
Me: Who could possibly be the sea witch?
Sasuke: I am Flotsam
Kabuto: I am Jetsam
Sasuke: WTF I AM AN EEL? WHAT THE HELL!
Me: Oh quiet, at least you are in the story.
Sasuke: BUT AN EEL!
Kabuto: You know, Sasuke-kun, I am an eel too.
Sasuke: Hn. Because that makes it soooo much better. *rolls eyes*
Me: Please comment and review!