Chapter 6-"How Could You"

Hinata didn't feel ok. She had two problems and if Naruto found he would be in outrage. She knew he could tell that something was wrong but didn't question her about it. Naruto took her aside and began talking to her as she listened, she wanted to let go all the regret she had with Neji. Neji went out to train and said he would be back at lunch when he returned.

Naruto eye's were fixed on Hinata. "Hey Hinata, you seemed bothered. Did somethin' happen to you? You've been acting like this for days now...I'm really worried.."

"Um...I don't know..."

"You don't sound too sure about that, did I do somethin'?"

"No, it kinda...has to do...with you..but you didn't do anything..."

Naruto paused, he was in thought then he smiled. "It's okay, Hinata. If you're not ready to tell me then wait until you are, I won't be mad at you..."

'Yeah you will, when you find out about Neji...I didn't do anything and now I'm in another problem' Hinata walked away and looked back at Naruto as he began practicing his justu.

Hinata decided that she was going to tell Neji that she didn't want a relationship with him, she wanted one with Naruto. It seemed like a hard decision and she didn't want to hurt Neji, she had to do it soon before Naruto caught him doing something and thinking he'll have to hit him.

All they needed was another fight between the two to make tension rise.

Naruto was still practicing as he figured things out. He had been working hard to perfect this justu and kept working. Hinata began to wonder away as she went to go look for Neji and explain to him that the relationship between them couldn't work they way it did. It just couldn't work out.

She slowly walked through the forest to see Neji practicing at the end of the meadow as he practiced striking. Hinata felt her face burn, what was she going to say to him? She looked at him as he practiced, she knew Neji was going to try and win her back if Naruto won the dispute. She couldn't hold back and began walking slowly.

Neji's Byakugan saw her and he stopped what he was doing and walked straight toward her. Hinata looked seriously at Neji, he knew something was wrong and put his hand against a tree and waited. She felt his hand reach for hers, she had to do this now.

"N-Neji, we have to talk about this...I'm in a relationship with Naruto..." She began. "We can't do this, I would be cheating on him if he knew."

Neji looked at her still. "I know that. It's just that I have feelings for you now, I didn't expect Naruto to be with you as well."

"Neji, I'm sorry but...I don't feel that way about you like I do with Naruto. I only like you as a cousin."

Neji's thoughts backtracked. He went back to training and looked at Hinata. "I'll talk to you later, Hinata. I just have a lot of thinking to do right now..."

Before Hinata left Neji kissed her on the cheek and touched her shoulder and went back to training. He still liked her but no one was going to know until he finished thinking about what she had said. Neji still liked her and now she felt like ending it was a huge problem but she wanted to do it for Naruto. She walked away as she went looking around the forest for sticks.

Naruto frustrated growls could be heard as he tried the justu over and over again, he'd be there all day trying to get it right. Hinata watched him try again as he cursed at the object for not doing what it was supposed to, Hinata giggled quietly as she watched Naruto do it again. Still no luck.

Hinata looked in the corner of her eye and saw Neji walking toward her again, he touched Hinata's shoulder and she jumped up and looked at him. Neji was ready to talk.

"I'm sorry I have to do this, Neji." Hinata began. "It seems wrong if I go out on Naruto..."

"...Why does it always have to be about Naruto?!?! He doesn't even suit you!" Neji was jealous and thought he was the better ninja. "...Hinata, what's your father going to say?"

"I don't know...I'm not ready to leave Naruto..." Hinata smiled as he watched him practice. "I want to see Naruto everyday, I hope he does too..."

Neji stopped stiff. He realized Hinata was more in love with Naruto now. "I knew I waited too late to tell you, I should of told you..."

Neji moved closer to Hinata as she turned away, she turned back and met Neji's lips as they kissed quietly. There was something about Neji's kisses, they were tender and sweet and Hinata could help but feel good. She looked at Naruto who walked past and missed them, his eyes were closed until he opened them sharply and looked at Neji then at Hinata and realized they were kissing.

Naruto's eyes glared and he threw Neji on the ground as he sat up and glared. "NEJI! I'm goin' to kill you! Hinata is not yours, I can't believe you would do this to us!"

Neji looked at him. "I guess sharing is out of the picture, Naruto! As you can see, I also cherish her!"

"You hit her! What makes you think she's goin' to crawl back to you?!?!"

Hinata watched as the two argued back and forth. She knew this would happen and now they were going to fight for her. She stepped back and let the two fight as she watched the two withdraw kunai's, she went alarmed and knew another incident was going to happen.

"No wait! Stop! This is wrong!" Hinata yelled. "You guys don't have to do this, I don't want someone hurt!"

The two looked at Hinata and looked back each other. Naruto wanted to hurt Neji so bad and Neji felt the same way. The two didn't listen and decided to move forward to fight. Hinata grabbed Naruto back as he struggled to get out and fell to the ground as he tried to get out.

"Hinata! You can't stop me! Neji has to pay for what he did!" Naruto struggled as Hinata refused to let him go. "You're not hearin' another side of the story, he has a girlfriend!"

"What?!?!" Hinata gasped and looked at Neji who showed guilt. "You...you...bastard! How could you just cheat like this? Who is it?!?! Answer me, Neji!"

"I'm not telling you..." Neji flatly denied there was another person until Hinata glared. "There's no way I'm telling you anything, the other one is now the ex-girlfriend!"

Naruto struggled harder, Hinata wouldn't let him go. "You liar! You just lied, I know who it is! It was one of your other cousins wasn't it?!?!"

Hinata looked at Neji and began figuring out who it was. She knew it now and looked at Neji. "It was Lei wasn't it?!?! She still loves you and now you turned us into...rivals!"

Naruto knew it and jumped on Neji as they fought, his anger was way above outrage. Neji's hit outrage level and the two weren't going to stop until someone stopped. Hinata stamped in anger and tried to get Naruto away from Neji as the uneasy tension took a turn for the worst. She thought it was stupid how the two boys fought for her love but Hinata smiled a little bit, she had never been in this situation before. She was going to end it now.

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The two were still fighting as the sunset came into view and Hinata had small cuts from trying to stop the two of them from fighting. They finally gave up as their chakra ran low and Naruto had more devestating effects from using so much to perform some of his justu's, he was still and Neji had a kunai in his hands and fell to the ground as the two tired out.

"Neji! Look what you did! Naruto looks worse than all the other times these happned!" Hinata rushed to his side and checked for a pulse, it was barely there. He needed a hospital again. "I think he's losing too much blood...Two of his organs were hit!"

"He started it! He just doesn't know when to quit!" Neji sat down as the guilt spreaded over his face. "This is the brutalist thing he's ever done against me, I cherish you more than he does! Plus, this is your fault! You just had to run away!"

Hinata looked back and Neji. "No...That's not true...Naruto was always there for me, he made me feel like I could do anything and gave me...confidence..." It began to rain again.

Neji sighed forcefully. "Now what? Hinata, Naruto might..."

"Don't say it, Neji. I don't want to think that might happen..."

"Hinata, I have to get you home...Hiashi is counting on me and look how much weeks have passed! I'm going to get more punishment!"

"This isn't my fault, we never know what's going to happen to us anyway...Life does this sometimes!" Hinata gently stroked Naruto's head, his eyes barely were open. "Please, he needs to go back to the hospital, he might get sick if he left open like this."

Neji had no choice. They carefully picked Naruto up and ran as fast as they could to, they weren't even close to Konoha yet but they had to find one soon. They kept going until they saw one just up the hills and to the right of the next town. Hinata rushed right in and they took Naruto into the emergancy room and he was taken to ICU, she now knew there was a problem with him and only the people who were really sick or hurt went there.

Hinata and Neji sat down in the waiting room and Hinata held her head down and couldn't stop crying. She was hoping Naruto wasn't as worse as he seemed, she wanted the doctor to come back with good news as she waited and countiued waiting with tears in her eyes. She looked at Neji who was also feeling bad and she spoke softly.

"I don't think...I can ever forgive you..." Hinata replied, Neji eyes widened. "If Naruto is in bad condition then I will be upset...I will know...who to blame."

"Okay! I took it too far, Hinata!" Neji yelled and he looked at her. "I'm sorry, I didn't know we would go at it like this...This..." Neji stopped and looked away.

Hinata's crying grew louder. "...I love him, he might not live now...I don't want him to die..."

Neji held his head down. "Hinata, don't think about it...I wouldn't."

The doctor had called Hinata to talk to her about Naruto, she listened and fell to the floor and cried loudly. The bad news was offered and she couldn't believe this was happening, Neji got her up as they went to go visit Naruto. She didn't want to go and see him, Neji walked with her as they entered his room.

Hinata sat by his bedside and looked at Naruto. He was on so many machines and Hinata couldn't believe he went into a coma, Hinata watched him closely as he slept. Tears hit the floor as she watched Naruto sleep, she wanted him to wake up and respond to her but no one knew when that was going to happen.

"Doctor, how soon will he get out of this?" she asked. "We're on our way home and I want to make sure he gets there."

"Well, it isn't severe as you think it is...He might wake up in a few days but he has an infection." The doctor checked Naruto and made sure he was stable. "It's hard to tell right now..."

"Oh..." Hinata's voice broke, it still seemed bad. She walked over to Naruto. "I know you're not going to let this get to you...you will wake up and you'll get better."

She got down and prayed. The doctor watched Naruto and carefully gave him his medicine. Hinata was not going home until Naruto was better and she didn't care how long it took, she hoped her father wasn't worry so much but she could tell that he probably still was.

Hinata looked at Naruto, now what were they going to do? What if he never woke up again?

The doctor was about to leave when he noticed Naruto was trying to open his eyes, he opened them fully and he seemed confused of where he was. The demon fox had woken up and made sure Naruto didn't fall into a worse case, he looked around and noticed that he was in a hospital.

The doctor checked Naruto's eyes as they moved to see the light, he was moving most of his body and the doctor couldn't believe how fast he had recovered. Pretty soon he would be out of ICU but they still had to watch the infection and watch Naruto's progress.

Hinata knew he would pull through but they would still have to wait another few days before he was released again.