Chapter 6: Anger Management
Awesomoisawesome does not own Naruto
It has been almost five months since Sasuke awoke. Tsunade and the council had decided his punishment for leaving the leaf, he would be suspended from action for a year and have to stay a genin for three years. Normally traitors would be executed, luckily for Sasuke the council choose to be merciful. But the villagers thought he was getting off too easy, so they had another thing in store for the young Uchiha. They used loneliness as their only means of punishment, everyone in the village treated him as a fallen prodigy. No it wasn't like Naruto's burden, they seemed to look pass him almost like he didn't exist. They ignored him, except for the shinobi who sent looks of disgust towards him when they had to come in contact with him. This would ruin anyone's life and Sasuke's is no different.
There were few people in Konoha who still stayed loyal to Sasuke. Mostly it was only the Konoha 11, who were sort of nice to him. Sakura still thought of Sasuke as her friend and nothing more than that. Neji with his new positive point of view called Sasuke a friend, but he called everybody he saw a friend. Lee, who could never really hate anyone, showed kindness to him. Tenten and Ino didn't really mind him, but that was only because Naruto talked to them about it. Kiba, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Shino really didn't care very much, mostly because they never knew Sasuke in the first place. The only ones that truly accepted and treated him like family was the Uzumaki household. He spent most of his time with them, to escape the coldness of the villager's hearts and their vicious eyes.
The Uzumaki family had changed since Hanabi caught Naruto and Hinata in the throes of passion. Hinata and Naruto lost all sexual aspects of their relationship. No it wasn't because they found each other unattractive by no means. A strange sense of guilt invaded their thoughts every time they tried to get close and feel the warmth of each other. The problem with this situation was that now the air between them was thick with sexual tension. Hanabi was too young to understand what it was though but she could feel it.
Hanabi had also changed, she stopped chasing Naruto and ended her constant invasion of his privacy. She also started to sleep in her own room instead of sharing with Hinata and Naruto. It seemed as if Hanabi had given up her attempts to snag Naruto for herself, and Naruto couldn't have been happier. The last thing he wanted was to put too much strain on his relationship with the girls or his girls. But something was bothering him, maybe he really did miss the attention Hanabi gave him and it hurt that she wasn't clinging on him anymore. Almost as if a piece of him had disappeared.
Sasuke was enjoying a nice glass of sweet tea, Naruto wouldn't shut up about his exciting training with Jiraiya, Hinata was cooking dinner, and Hanabi was working on her academy homework. It was the typical Thursday night for them. A pleasant one that they all enjoyed and loved to savor together.
"Sasuke-kun can you help me with this one?" requested Hanabi, it was a difficult problem that she had been working on for the past thirty minutes. Normally she would of asked Naruto but her grades were slipping from that, Sasuke was the reasonable next choice.
"Wait why didn't you ask me!" screamed Naruto. He was hurt that she automatically asked Sasuke instead of her hero.
"Because you're an idiot." said Sasuke in his matter-of-factly tone, then he turned to Hanabi, "Sure Hanabi-chan." The girls giggled at Naruto and Sasuke, they thought their behavior was like two brothers.
"Here Naru-kun help me out." offered Hinata in an obvious pity tone, the others tried to hide their laughter at the blond, "Yes! finally someone realizes my greatness." said Naruto as he walked up to Hinata and kissed her on the cheek.
"Actually you probably shouldn't let him help you." said Hanabi who remembered the last time Naruto had cooked. It was the worst day in history for the Konoha fire department.
Naruto just pouted and sat down at the table, everyone (excluding Sasuke, who just smirked) burst into laughter. Hinata was the only one out of all of them who could actually cook and she did a prizewinning job of it.
While they ate, Hanabi told them about one of her crazy adventures with Konohamaru and his troops. It was cheery, just like it always was. They made small talk and enjoyed themselfs. Sasuke never said much but it was clear that he loved their company.
After dinner, they all watched a little television. It was an odd reality show about ten strangers from Suna who come and spend two weeks in Konoha. It wasn't good by any means but it was something to watch. Sasuke had convinced them to watch the show, he thought it was pretty funny and seen the entire series so far.
Hanabi went to bed after the show was over. She asked Naruto to tuck her in and tell her a story. It was slightly childish but she loved the attention and the feeling of love she gets from it. As she got up, she smiled cutely at Sasuke and Hinata, and said goodnight.
When she was in bed, Naruto sat down right next to her and told her about the time he and Jiraiya went to find Tsunade. She had heard the story hundreds of times before, but it seemed to change every time Naruto told it. After a little bit, she fell asleep holding Naruto's hand. It really was a Kodak moment for him, she was probably the cutest nine year old he had ever seen. He gently kissed her on the head and walked out of the room, but not before he whispered a love you and goodnight for her.
Hinata and Sasuke were doing the dishes, while Naruto was putting Hanabi to bed. This is what usually happen, and it gave them some time to get to know each other. Soon they discovered that they had a lot in common. Sasuke found Hinata to be easy to talk with and Hinata was just a nice person who liked to listen. They never talked about anything in particular, but it was the usual for them and they were comfortable with that.
There was a knock at the door when Naruto returned. Surprisingly it was his sensei at the door. Jiraiya had come for a visit or at least he looked that way. Naruto also noticed that there wasn't a hint of booze too, that usually meant that he was there to tell Naruto something important. He came over quite often, but most of the times it wasn't ever that late.
"Why are you here, Ero-sennin?" asked Naruto as he let Jiraiya in. He came in and smiled at Hinata and Sasuke. It warmed his heart to see Naruto with the people he cared about instead of being alone.
"Am here to tell you that we are going to be leaving next week and you won't have training until then." said Jiraiya as he asked Hinata for a cup of tea. Hinata and Jiraiya got along pretty well, mostly because both of them were perverts and that started a strange father daughter relationship between them. Naruto couldn't figure it out at all.
"Where are you and Naruto going? Jiraiya." asked Sasuke. He was slightly pissed that Naruto got a sannin to train with, while he got a jonin. Deep down he didn't mind because he would get stronger no matter what, even with a jonin. But it still seemed a little much.
"Around the world, my boy!" shouted Jiraiya in his I-the-greatest-ninja-in-the-world voice. He loved that voice because it made him feel like the king of the world, even if he was just a perverted old man.
"WHAT!" screamed Naruto and Hinata, they hated to be apart from each other for more than a day and knew that going around the world would take more than a year.
"Naruto, me and you are going on a two and a half year training mission." The way he said it was almost as if it wasn't a big deal. He was used to traveling and didn't think Naruto would mind. Naruto on the other hand was flabbergasted, it had been nearly four months since he last left the village and that was only a small trip to a neighboring village about hour walk away.
"NO! I can't! why can't we just stay here and train?" Hinata looked like she was going to pass out. Sasuke looked incredibly sad, he didn't really want Naruto to leave at all. Sure the blond could get on anyone's nervous but Sasuke like spending time with him. Naruto was as pale as a ghost, it wasn't as funny as it sound though.
"Because you need the experience and I promised that you will become one of the strongest ninjas of all time." He thought this would help Naruto change his mind on the subject. Normally it would but every since Hinata and Hanabi became his family, Naruto started to care less and less about power and more about their happiness as a family. He barely cared about training, in fact if he would of forgotten his dream to become Hokage, he would of stopped training all together.
"I can't go what about Hinata and Hanabi, hell Hanabi will be our age when I get back. I don't want to miss all the good times!" screamed Naruto, he really didn't want to go. There was so many different reasons to stay and the village was starting to accept him too, he didn't want to miss that up.
"I'm sorry Naruto, it's for the best. I'm giving you till the end of the next week at least, when I did this with the Fourth I made him go the night I told him. So appreciate the fact that I gave you fair warning." said Jiraiya. He said his goodbyes and left. Hinata was heartbroken and Sasuke was depressed, Naruto knew they would take it hard.
"Don't worry guys it won't be that long...it's just a few years." said Naruto with a sad smile on his face. He knew that wouldn't make it better but at least it wasn't forever.
"Yeah your right Naruto, I am getting sort of tried of your ugly mug anyways." said Sasuke as he returned the sad smile. Sasuke deep down inside thought he might go insane if Naruto wasn't there. Who would help him through the loneliness now?
"Thanks a bunch...will you take good care of Hinata and Hanabi?" asked Naruto, he really didn't want Sasuke to be lonely and knew he needed to give Sasuke a reason to keep coming over. Sasuke's pride wouldn't let him without one.
"Yeah I will..." Sasuke was touched that Naruto would asked him that. He knew he needed to make sure they were ok. Because they were the most important things in Naruto's life.
"You'll be here everyday..." Naruto felt truly torn. He hated to leave and wished he could bring them with him. But that would be too dangerous, he knew that and it should make him feel better but it didn't.
"It's okay Naruto...I won't miss a day, I promised..." Sasuke could tell that Hinata was taking this harder than Naruto was. She looked like she could burst into tears at any moment. It was time for him to leave, he knew they needed some alone time to get their feelings together.
"I'm going you guys...I'll be here in the morning I guess..." said Sasuke as he left. As he walked out the front door, Hinata fell down on her knees and covered her face up with her hands. It wasn't hard to hear her sobs, it broke Naruto's heart ever time he hear that horrible sound.
"Hina-chan are you okay?" asked Naruto as he walked over to her. He picked her up and started to hug her tightly. They had never spent more than a night away from each other and now Naruto was about to go on a demented trip that would be more than five times longer than they had been together. That amount of time could drive anyone with abandonment issues crazy with needless worry and paranoid thoughts. And no one had more abandonment issues than those two.
"Naruto, will you forget me?" whispered Hinata against his chest. Her life would have no meaning if Naruto stopped caring about her. At that moment she realized her world revolved around this blond haired shinobi and once he left it would ceased to exist.
Barely hearing her, he held her tightly and gently kissed her forehead. "Hina-chan, oh Hina-chan, I couldn't forget you even if I was gone for a thousand years." whispered Naruto equally as quiet. It wasn't much but to Hinata, it was all she needed to survive for the next week.
"I'm sorry..." she regretted doubting him for a second.
"It's ok, don't worry I'll always love you." Naruto kissed her again on the forehead and rested his head against her's.
"What's going to happen to Hanabi and me when your gone?" asked Hinata as Naruto wiped the tears from her eyes. To her, no one could equal Naruto's romanticistic nature.
"Sasuke will look after you girls... I'm sure it will be okay as long as you all stick together." Naruto smiled down at her warmly and it seemed he was taking it a lot better than she was. In truth, the news had fractured his heart into thousands of worries and his mind wouldn't let him stop dwelling on his new found problems. Even in the arms of true love, even if it had been forever since the last time they had held each other like that, he couldn't ignore that his new family would be lost without him. Life was much simpler when he was alone and depressed.
"I wish I was as strong as you are Naru-kun." She kissed him on the lips, "My hero." she sighed as she slid deeper into his arms. "I wish I was as strong as you think I am..." exhaled Naruto quietly as a single tear ran down his cheek.
Hanabi was awoken by the sound of crying and she had a feeling it was her sister. Very few people had the same tone of sadness in their tears as Hinata did. It wasn't as bad for her as Naruto but it still broke her heart to hear it. She wanted to go and help her sibling but knew Naruto would have a better shot at curing it than she would. He always had the magic touch to fix all of her family's problems and that made it so much easier for her to love him because of it.
Laying in bed, her head filled to the brim with thoughts, mostly worries, of what would happen in the morning to come. Hinata hadn't shed a tear in nearly five months and by the way it sounded, the situation must be terrible. Hopeful it had nothing to do with Naruto, she prayed with all her heart. It was painfully obvious that she depended on Naruto's company almost as much as her sister did.
The ceiling fan creaked as she tried to fall back to sleep. For nearly five months, all Hanabi had been thinking about was the kiss. That kiss defined their relationship even if Naruto wouldn't admit it. Everything, the scene, the sound, the smell, the taste, and the touch, would always be imprinted in her mind. Even if she acted as if she didn't want to be with him, that's all it was, an bad act. Starting a relationship with Naruto would just cause too many problems plus she didn't know if he felt the same way. However spending the rest of her life in Naruto's arms was the only desire she had. All her friends had stupid little crushes on older people, but her's really was love. There hasn't been a moment when she wouldn't think about him or imagine he was next to her, holding her. She knew weeks ago that she would always keep this curse and nothing in the world was more true than that.
Hanabi's life was nearly perfect, because of that one person. That little fact, sealed the deal. Hanabi would always be Naruto's even if he didn't want that. The world just worked like that and it probably wouldn't ever change.
Her little flower night light flickered as she wondered what she was going to do the next day. Friday was Naruto and Hinata's date night and Hanabi found herself hanging out with Neji, Tenten, and Lee over at the Hyuuga compound. Neji's new attitude and Lee's...everything bugged her but Tenten was nice and good friend made up for the irritation. Mostly they watch movies and ate lots of popcorn, a typical Friday night. Lately her life had been typical, painfully typical, almost like record that would keep playing the same song even when it got boring and horribly dull. She needed some excitement or a little change in her world.
At least the Hyuuga compound seemed friendlier for some strange reason. Probably the biggest change was that every member, young and old, Branch and Main, had smiles on their faces. Ever since the big battle and the changes that came from it, the place had developed a new warmth that radiated from everyone. Even Hiashi laughed ever now and then, which greatly surprised the two girls and put a grin on Naruto's face.
After the crying stopped, Hanabi sighed and slowly started to slip into a deep sleep. She still couldn't shake the feeling that something terrible was going to happen in the future, but it was just a feeling. Feelings didn't mean anything right...
Sasuke was walking home, down the cold hardly lit street. This was the time he dreaded the most, it was when the loneliness hit him the hardest. Before the cursed seal, his life revolved around revenge and he figure he would die killing Itachi. A life after his ambition made no sense, but now after he gained his life back he knew he needed companionship from someone instead of staying alone the rest of his life. Could he escape the loneliness...
It was a very cloudy night, almost no stars and definitely no moon to light his path home. The darkness always seemed to follow him no matter were he went, it chased him everywhere. At the training grounds, in his home, and even in his dreams, it seemed impossible to get away from it. Could he change, could he find redemption for his sins. Life seemed cruel and harsh to him. The only sanctuary he saw was with Naruto and his family, it was the only place darkness couldn't find him.
Every since the villagers started to look at him with those eyes, he had been wondering if that was what Naruto lived with the first twelve years of his life. How could any person survive the loneliness of it. Did Naruto ever get devoured by the darkness...
While Sasuke mused over these questions, as he did every time he walked home alone in the darkness, he failed to notice someone following him. The shadow was covered in dirt and seemed to have spent the last few hours in a tree. The only noticeable feature was it's strange pink hair. It was catching up on Sasuke, a matter of moments was all he had, and he was still staring off into the clouds, looking for answers that weren't there.
A twig snapped in two, but Sasuke still was out of it. The figure was close, so close that Sasuke should of been about to feel it's terrible breath on his neck. Reaching out it's long, ugly claw, it tapped Sasuke on the shoulder. Sasuke was terrified by whatever hideous beast decided to sneak up on him. 'One quick blow to the head...' thought Sasuke as he slowly turned around to find out it was Sakura, the woman he was in love with. She looked pretty terrible with all the leafs and twigs in her messed up hair, but that didn't matter to him.
"Hey Sakura...you've been spying on Naruto again." It came out as a statement more than a question. Typical Sakura spent ever moment she had spying on Naruto in secret, just like she had done with Sasuke a lifetime ago. How he wish to go back to the good days and change everything, maybe he could of tried to talk more and be more social but that wasn't Sasuke's way. It took nearly two months of nonstop conversion training, given by Naruto, to stop him from saying just "hm".
"How could you tell..." she looked up and for the first time that night she saw what a mess she really was. It would of been more embarrassing if she still felt something for Sasuke but now all she sees is a friend.
"Never mind how I look! I need your help Sasuke-kun" she finished with a purr. Sakura knew Sasuke still loved her and could get him to do anything for her. His hard outer shell of a personalty broke many months ago, loneliness can do that to anyone.
"W...What is it that you need?" Sasuke tried his best to act cool and unemotional, but the forlornness was too strong. Sakura had a feeling that Sasuke was putty in her hands.
"We both know that Naruto and Hinata's date night is tomorrow." Sakura said with a strange frown. Sasuke wondered how she knew about it, only Naruto and Hinata's closest friends knew that. Hinata and Sakura were still having problems.
"Yeah..." he had a feeling he knew were this was going and he also knew that they shouldn't do anything to mess up that date. Naruto wouldn't be back for some time and this would be the last time they could just spend time with one another.
"Well you see...I was thinking that you could ask them to make it a double date..." asked Sakura. This was without a doubt her greatest plan ever.
"WH...what?" Sasuke almost lost his cool, could his prayers been answered.
"Let me explain." Sakura cleared her throat in a unladylike fashion " I've got a good plan here, you see... You and I will pretend to go as the other couple. While there I will talk with Naruto and you can talk with Hinata. After we have convince them to break up you can have Hinata and I can have Naruto, win-win you see!" Sakura had seen how well Hinata and Sasuke got along, she spent a lot of time watching them.
"I'm not too sure..." The plan obviously wouldn't work, and how did she know that they got along. Sasuke really didn't want to ruin Naruto and Hinata's last date though, but the look Sakura was giving him almost made him forget who Naruto and Hinata was.
Please Sasuke-kun!" She whined in a way that Sakura thought was very sexy but was just plain annoying to any normal man. Sasuke however wasn't normal, so he just blushed slightly and was at a lost for words.
"I'll take that as a yes, so tomorrow when you go over there to eat breakfast or whatever you do there in the morning, asked them. See ya tomorrow." Sakura walked away with an evil grin.
Sasuke just stood there stunned. It took a few minutes before he realized what he had gotten involved with. His head just slumped as he started to regret agreeing to this. Tomorrow wasn't looking too bright for him at all.
It was pretty late at night, as Naruto sat awake in bed, next to the woman that he loved most in the world. Nothing on earth could of please him more than just stroking her soft blue hair lovingly, but every time he tried to get close he just couldn't go far enough. This had been the same story for the past five months.
'What am I going to do, I can't leave them... I can't leave her...' thought Naruto painfully as he watch her sleep peacefully. To him, she looked like an angel, his angel.
"Kit...augh...just shut up and go to sleep" Even if it didn't sound like it, the Kyuubi cared deeply about the situation and hated to see Naruto like this. If only Naruto would stop thinking about it, the situation would be so much better.
'I'm sorry it's just... I really don't want to leave... I love her so much' tears started to fall from his face as he thought about the loneliness he was about to cause his new found family. Could he really commit that horrible of a crime?
"Just think about it as a new adventure, a narutoific adventure." The poor fox was so desperate to pull Naruto out of his sea of depression, he was willing to use Naruto's made up words.
'What kind of adventure is it if you can't share it with the ones you love...' Naruto really was down and it looked like it would take a miracle to bring him up.
"How about the new sights you'll see." It was a big world out there, plenty of wonderful things to experience.
'What about the sights I'll miss...' Naruto looked at Hinata for the millionth time that night. Even after five months, her beauty still stunned him. He never knew that feelings like this could exist, and now he was leaving it all. Could life be that cruel?
'Little emo bitc...' He was losing his patience, sure he could understand Naruto would feel a little bad about this but not this much. It wasn't like he was going to be gone forever, just a few years. That was almost a blink of an eye compared to how long the Kyuubi had lived. Immortals didn't understand the concept of time to humans.
"Kit it's only a few years, you got the rest of your lives to be together. Can't you just deal with losing a few of moments." It wasn't that the Kyuubi needed sleep, he just hated to see the boy like this.
This was the last straw for Naruto, he truly thought that the Kyuubi could understand the situation, instead of being a cold hearted bastard. 'Fine! Goodnight!' thought Naruto bitterly as he forced himself to sleep. How could the Kyuubi be that heartless, was the last thought he had as the darkness engulfed him.
"Kit, I'm sorry..." Maybe tomorrow would be a better day or at least a demon could hope.
"Ring! Ring! RING! RIN" Hinata really hated their alarm clock.
The sun shined right into her eyes as she tried to fall back to sleep. It had been a rough night and all she needed was a little more rest. Rolling around and burying her head into her pillow wasn't helping at all. She was about to snuggle against Naruto when something stop her, a strange feeling. This wasn't the first time she had felt it and even now when there were only a few more precious moments left, the feeling wouldn't leave.
This feeling of guilt, hadn't ruin their relationship. It just made the relationship a little more PG, something Hinata wasn't too happy about it. Fighting this feeling didn't help either, it just made the motions fake and artificial. She figure that they should just let it run it's course and see what happens. Maybe in three years, they could get a little closer, but it made it painfully obviously she wasn't going to lose her innocent for another three years. Lasting that long wouldn't but much trouble would it?
Finally giving up, Hinata decided to just get up and get ready. Fridays were the only day that the whole family was off, and a big family breakfast was practically essential for the perfect day. Normally Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Hanabi spent the first part of the day together, ether at home or out and about, and then Hanabi went to the Hyuuga compound and Sasuke left to do his business. That left the couple to go on their weekly date, it wasn't spectacular by any means but it still had it's unique feel to it and that's what she loved about it. Today they had a picnic planned and it should be very romantic...hopefully.
Nothing in the world felt as good as stretching in the morning after a difficult night, or at least that's what Hinata thought as she got out of bed. It had become a morning ritual to go to Hanabi's room and watch her sleep for a few minutes. Hinata was always the first one up, mostly because the rest of her odd family could sleep through the alarm clock's ringing.
Hinata watch as Hanabi snored loudly in bed, it was a heart-warming sight to see how at peace she was with the world. 'I wonder how well she'll take the news...' thought Hinata gloomily. She knew that Hanabi loved Naruto almost as much as she did and even if Hanabi didn't show it anymore, it was painfully obvious that she was still in love with Naruto. Pity was the only emotion that filled Hinata's heart as she thought of this.
Leaving Hanabi to delight in her own dream world, Hinata left to get breakfast ready. It would be at least another hour before the others woke up and Sasuke got there. As she cooked, Hinata thought of the problems they would be facing with Naruto going away for a long trip. Maybe she could throw a goodbye party for him before he left, it sounded like a good idea. She would have to bring it up with Tenten and Hanabi later.
A heavenly aroma floated gently into Naruto's room. It didn't take long for him to jump out of bed and rush right out of the room straight to the table. Hinata wasn't surprised by the orange blur whizzed right pass her by. Blurs were a common thing in the Uzumaki household.
"Good Morning Hina-chan!" greeted Naruto quite loudly and Hinata just smiled, it was hard to get use to Naruto's enthusiasm. She just giggled and tried to give him a kiss on the lips, but the feeling stop her leaving them in an awkward moment. Naruto tried to shrug it off, but it just wouldn't stop. Suddenly the door bell rang and scared Hinata almost half to death.
Naruto rush to see who it was at the door, and thank them for getting him out of that moment. Hinata was just glad someone helped them, that could have lasted at least another hour. They needed help badly.
It turned out that it was just Sasuke at the door, however he was sporting a new black eye which had Naruto wondering what had happen that morning. "Hey Sasuke...what's with the eye?" he tried to ignore it, but that only lasted about two seconds.
"Nothing." growled Sasuke as he walked in. Obviously he was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk about it. Naruto felt that he would understand better than anyone how harsh the villagers could be. It didn't take Hinata very long to notice it too and in her quiet and polite voice she asked, "Are you okay, Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke just gave a sad smile and said, "I'm fine Hinata-chan, don't worry. What for breakfast?"
Sasuke was walking down the street towards Naruto's apartment. The village hadn't really complete woken up, and many people were at home. 'It nice when the streets are empty like this' thought Sasuke as he tried his best to ignore the blank stares he got from the people who were early risers. That turned out to be more difficult than Sasuke realize as it started to bug him even more. 'What right do they have to judge me this harshly.' thought Sasuke bitterly. He didn't even notice Sakura walking towards him.
"Good Morning, Sasuke!" Sakura was never nice to him in the morning usually, and that brought him out of his self pity party. Seeing Sakura, no matter what, always made his day and her being nice almost made him forget the deal he had made with her the night before.
"Hey, Sakura-chan..." said Sasuke quietly. It was incredibly hard to talk to her now and in Sasuke's world he always worried about screwing something up between them. Which would ruin all his chances for her to help him rebuild his clan.
"Let's see." she said as she moved in closer, nearly touching him, "You do remember our deal right Sasuke?" It was hard to answer her when he could feel her hot breath on his neck. 'No Sasuke remember...What...oh...Hinata and Naruto's last date...but...what' his thoughts were quite cloudy.
"We can't Sakura...it just..." he wasn't sure if he should be the one to tell her. Tsunade would probably tell her during her training but still...
With frightening speed that only a shinobi has, she grab him by the collar and drag him into a dark alley. Sasuke was starting to get slightly scared when she slammed he against a brick wall. 'That's some super strength...' Sasuke knew it was impossible to escape her wrath, he usually watched Sakura beat Naruto back in the days.
"NOW YOU LOOK AT ME, YOU WILL NOT RUIN THIS FOR ME YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" screamed Sakura quite loudly as she punched him in the face. Luckily she didn't use her super strength, but it still looked like she left a mark. "Now repeat after me..." her voice was calm but deadly. "I will ask Naruto to let me make his date a double date so the lovely Sakura and I can join them."
"I will ask Naruto to let me make his date a double date so the lovely Sakura and I can join them." whispered Sasuke as his world kept spinning out of control.
"Good and Sasuke-kun..." Sakura just smiled and delivered a full powered punch into his stomach. It felt like he was hit by a train. "Don't even second guess with me!" She walked away without turning her head back towards him.
Sasuke just laid there, coughing up what looked like blood. When she wanted to be, Sakura was one tough hombre. It took him a little time to crawl out of the alley and get back on his way. He had to walk with a limp because his stomach felt like it had just been turned inside out. Even with this strange, painful event he still loved her and now had a new found fear for her too.
Around Naruto's apartment was usually clear of people, that made him feel a little better. By the time he got to the door, he was feeling much better and didn't look as he was just hit by a train. Naruto answer the door and the way he gaped at Sasuke made him feel slightly embarrass. "Hey Sasuke...what's with the eye?" he didn't feel like talking about it at all. "Nothing." it wasn't suppose to sound that snippy but he was in a terrible mood.
"Are you okay, Sasuke-kun?" The look of pure kindness in her eyes destroyed all of the embarrassment and anger that he was feeling. He suddenly felt extremely guilty for what he was planning on asking them now. With a sad smile he said, "I'm fine Hinata-chan, don't worry. What for breakfast?" His stomach was completely empty and need something to fill it badly.
Hinata wasn't too sure about Sasuke, something was obviously bothering him but if he didn't want to talk about it then he didn't have too. "Pancakes and sausage." She knew it was one of his favorites, that might cheer him up a little.
'Maybe today won't be that bad...' thought Sasuke as he got a Naruto size portion and sat in his usual spot, on Naruto's right. "Thanks, looks great Hinata-chan." Honestly he was just glad Naruto didn't cook. The last time they ate Naruto's home cooking ended up giving them the worst case of food poisoning that the hospital had ever seen.
"Naruto please!!!" cried Hanabi as she watch him walk away from her, Nothing in the world could have been more painful. He didn't even look back as he walk towards the darkness, out of her life. She started to chase after him, but he was moving too fast. The pain, it was getting worst. Why was he leaving her, didn't he love her...
Hanabi woke up in a cold sweat, that was one of the worst dreams she had ever had. It had seem so real, almost like a glimpse of the future. She prayed to God that she was wrong, she prayed with all her heart that it wouldn't come true, dreams don't come true for her.
The sun was already in the sky as Hanabi looked out the window. It couldn't have been later than ten, hopefully. She knew if she didn't wake up early enough then Naruto would finish breakfast for her. As she was getting up, she hear Naruto and Sasuke arguingabout something.
What could it be about and why did it seem so important.
Sasuke watch Naruto eat more than enough to feed a elephant, wondering why Naruto didn't just tell Jiraiya that he wasn't going to go. That would make things so much easier for all of them. As the thought swim in his head, he got more and more angry with Naruto. Causing so much suffering for his family was just plain wrong.
"Don't you care about your family Naruto..." asked Sasuke in a deeply hurt and angry voice. Hinata looked down and stopped talking, even mentioning this delicate subject sent Hinata into a deep slump. Naruto was stunned that Sasuke would say something like that, even if he could understand the pain that he was causing him.
"Of course I care about this family, but I have to do this!" Naruto wished he could explain everything but knew it wasn't the right time for it. Akatsuki would come for him soon and if he wasn't strong enough to protect himself then how in the hell would he protect his family. If only they knew about his secret, it would help them understand so much easier.
"Why do you have to do this!" Sasuke couldn't believe that Naruto wanted to leave everything he could ever want. A loving family, friends who care about him, and a promising ninja career. The Chunin Exams were in only a few weeks and Naruto had a great chance to get a promotion if he were to attempt it.
"I need to become stronger, I need to be able to protect what is most important to me." Hinata and Naruto's eyes connected as he looked towards her. Nothing in the world was as important to him as she was. Didn't Sasuke know how painful this was for him.
"That doesn't matter, you could become as strong as you need here, with us helping you dope." It was hard to understand why Naruto need to be stronger. There wasn't any real danger, Orochimaru wouldn't try another attempt to get into the city again would he. Orochimaru was the only threat to their lives and if Tsunade and Jiraiya stayed in the leaf village, then Orochimaru wouldn't cause any problems right?
"There is more to this than you know and if I don't go, things will get bad I just know it." Akatsuki wasn't known to just give up and call it quits. Once he leaves they'll follow him hopefully, and give Konoha a few years of peace. That was the main reason he knew he needed to leave, but it still hurt to leave even with a good reason.
"What are you trying to hide?" 'More to this than you know, what could that mean' Naruto obviously was hiding the real reason he was leaving and that didn't set well with Sasuke. There was a reason why people keep secrets but it wasn't the right time to keep a secret, especially if this secret cause so many problems.
"STOP IT!" screamed Hinata loudly. This shut both Naruto and Sasuke right up, Hinata rarely if ever talked loudly let alone screamed. Their fighting was tearing Hinata's insides to pieces and she couldn't take it anymore. Didn't they care even for a little about her feelings. "Just stop arguing, for God sakes I can't take it anymore." Hinata couldn't stand fighting, especially when it involves two people she cares about. The situation was bad, they didn't need to make it worse.
"Sorry..." said both of them in unison. They both understood that their little argument wasn't helping anyone and it was just tearing apart what little happiness they had. Guilt was the only feeling they could come up with, except Sasuke who had yet to get over the anger he felt. It would take time to get over the hurt feelings and betrayal, probably more than a week though. And if things weren't bad enough, Naruto still needed to talk to Hanabi about their new dilemma.
"What's going on?" asked Hanabi as she entered the kitchen. Their arguing must of woken her up or at least that's what the boys thought. This just added to the guilt they were already felt for hurting Hinata. They had no idea of the horrible nightmare Hanabi just had, and the abandonment issues that resurfaced because of it.
"Naruto tell her." whisper Sasuke angrily, even if he felt badly about the argument, he still thought that Naruto needed to tell her. Sasuke had no idea about Hanabi's feelings for Naruto, mostly because he was as blind as Naruto was in the field of love, he had no idea that this new would rip apart her heart.
"Hana-chan...um...I need to talk to you..." Naruto really didn't want to do this, he could almost picture how much this would hurt her. He guided her out of the room, feeling it would be more polite to do this private instead of in front of a audience.
They went into Naruto's bedroom for privacy. Hanabi looked incredibly nervous and Naruto seemed like he was going to be sick. It was obvious that Hanabi had a feeling what was going on and her nightmare keep coming back to her. Losing Naruto would be unimaginably bad for, suicide would be the only cure for it.
"Naru-kun...what were you and Sasuke-kun fighting about?" she thought if she could change the subject and not give him a chance to say what he needed to say, maybe, just maybe she could postpone her final judgement, even if it was for only a few moments.
"Hana-chan...Me and Sasuke...were arguing about... boy do you look nice today!" Naruto didn't have the courage to finish. Everyone knew that Hanabi was a sucker for a good compliment.
'Don't I look good everyday?' and to her, she never had a off day, but wait that wasn't why they were there. She was worried because if he didn't want to say what he had to say must of meant that what he has to say will not be good, or at least that was what she figured.
"Thanks Naru-kun you look good too..." Hanabi thought that if she prolonged this she could at least get a hug before he gave her the terrible news, and besides it wasn't a complete lie. Sure he did look like he just got out of bed and went straight into a food fight, but that was just another reason why she loved him.
"You think I look good today... I have been trying a new conditioner and I think it really brings out the yellow in my hair" Naruto knew he was forgetting something, but he really was excited about his new conditioner and really wanted to talk about it. Lately he was worried no one would of notice how well he had taken care of his hair. As many know his hair is a point of prided for him. Damn his short attention spanned.
"Yes I notice it a few day, and couldn't stop myself from staring. Your hair really is glowing brightly!" Hanabi smiled her sweetest shy grin that she had, she hoped this would be enough to completely get him off the difficult subject and into more of how they feel about each other.
"Why thank you, Hana-chan it's nice to have someone notice." They both blush and looked away. There still was that spark whenever they get together and it still unnerved Naruto. The spark wasn't bad by any means, in fact it felt very nice and natural, but Hanabi had moved on, doesn't that mean there shouldn't be a spark.
"Naru-kun...I think your amazing and very handsome too!" Hanabi put her hand gently on Naruto's arm. She knew she shouldn't be doing this, but it felt too natural to fight. If she didn't get self control back soon, Naruto would find out about her feelings and it would be unbearable for her if he were to let her down, even if he did it gently.
"Hana-chan...I..." Naruto didn't know what was going on anymore. First he had come into the room with her to tell her something, it had complete escaped him what that was, and now he had no idea were this conversation was going. He knew he should stop her before it got out of hand, but for the life of him, he didn't want her to stop. This wasn't the time to be doing this, he knew that, but that didn't mean he had the self control to stop it.
"Naruto I still love you" she whisper and gently removed her hand. Luckily he didn't hear her. How she wanted to go to him and express her feelings for him, to tell him she loved him more than anyone would ever know and have him say those exact words for her. Her life would of been truly perfect just to have one moment of romance or one more kiss with him.
They stood there silently as the world kept on going, nether knew what to do at that moment in time. Luckily for Hanabi, Naruto didn't know of her feelings. He figure he had misread them or something like that. Surly she had gotten over him, it wasn't like he was a prize catch and she was without a doubt one of the cutest girls he had ever known. When she got older it was obvious that her beauty would be the prize of Konoha. The feelings inside of him were going out of control and needed to be stopped. Why did he ask to talk to her alone, this wasn't ever a problem in front of everyone else. Wait he did ask her to talk, but what about? Didn't it involve a trip maybe.
"Hanabi, I'm sorry but" Hanabi felt her world start to crumble, was he about to tell her not to ever touch him again, "I have completely forgotten why were here." She was speechless, but happy. Thank God for Naruto's inability to detect love, maybe her secret is safe for a few more days.
"I don't know ether, silly, lets go back to the table and finish breakfast. Sasuke-kun and Hina-chan must be worried about us, it seems like it has been hours since we left." Time felt like it was moving a lot faster now, and it was time to get started with their day.
Mentioning Sasuke, reminded Naruto of what he needed to say. This wouldn't be easy, but hopefully Hanabi will get over it. Naruto knew it would be easier to deal with if he told her now. However he wasn't paying enough attention as Hanabi walked out of the room.
"Hana-chan wait!" She turned around and faced him, 'Oh no, did he remember...' if she didn't think quick enough then he would have a chance to tell her his horrible news. But if he never had the chance it would of been like it never happen right. However she didn't figure in how close he was when she turned around. Her face was only a few inches away from his well chiseled chest and it made her heart pound and all her blood rush to her face, and without blood in her head, she couldn't think. After all of that, it left her standing extremely close to him and for the life of her couldn't get a word out.
Naruto was about to run into her and knock her down, but luckily he stopped himself before flooring her. Unluckily Naruto ended up being only a few inches away from her, which cause him to feel awkward and made it difficult to talk. But he had been delaying this enough and knew that he should fight through this feeling and get it over with. Hopefully it would be like pulling a bandage off, quick and painless.
"Hana-chan, I've got to tell you what's going on. Please don't freak out until I'm finish." he had a feeling she wouldn't be able to handle the news well, and hoped it wouldn't ruin their relationship. She was figuring that she was right all along and now Naruto was about to say he was leaving forever because she couldn't keep her hands to herself.
"What is it Naru-kun, it can't be that bad..." She felt herself start to get teary eyed. No she wouldn't show him any weakness. It might of take all of her strength but she plans to stay strong and not let him see how bad this news could hurt her.
"I'm leaving..." Hanabi's world crash right there and then. Up till now she had thought she was just being pessimistic about the news he had, until he told her the truth. No matter how strong she was, tears started to form in her eyes and the pain in her heart was so unbearable that she wanted to die right there and then.
Naruto saw the tears in her eyes start to form, 'Dear God what have I done, I've broken my promise to her...' He swore he would never hurt her again, yet at that moment she looked completely shattered by his news. "No No No, Hana-chan stop let me finish!" he couldn't stand her tears, it reminded him too much of Hinata's.
"I'm sorry Naru-kun, I'm so sorry." She didn't want to face him anymore, it hurt too badly. As she tried to run Naruto caught her wrist and pulled her into a deep hug. At first she tried to fight it and push him away but soon she gave up and let him comfort her. His hugs were magical to her and it made all the pain disappear, replaced with a tingling warmth that she remembered from the kiss.
"Don't worry Hanabi, it will only be for a few years and I'll be right back. I promise" At that moment Naruto figured his word was worth nothing, but hopefully it would be enough to convince her to stop hurting.
"Really, you promise you'll be back?" After thinking that he would be gone forever and now finding out that it would only be a few years, made things a lot better. A few years was nothing, she could wait a lifetime for him. The burden she had been holding on to, slipped away. Now she could just enjoy Naruto's warmth and forget about her problems.
"Of course I promised...wait why were you sorry."he was wondering why she would apologize when he was the one who was about to leave, it didn't make much sense to him. Was she hiding something from him, what secret could it be?
The reason she was sorry was that she thought he was going to leave because she was being too 'friendly' and he couldn't stand to look at her anymore. If he were to know the reason, it would lead him down the path to find out her true feelings, which at this time wouldn't be the best idea.
"Oh...well... I'm pretty hungry, what about you?" She knew Naruto's weakness, gluttony was one of his biggest flaws and it was easy to manipulate him with the offer of food. Hopefully his short attention span would help too. Luck was on her side again as Naruto suddenly pushed her gently away and ran back to the table. Hanabi just smiled and followed her big lovable oaf, maybe her life would be alright.
Sasuke and Hinata were discussing about the future and many problems that were going to arise once Naruto left. It wouldn't be that bad, Hinata's paycheck would be enough to survive on and even if it wasn't, Hanabi and her could always stay with the Hyuuga's until Naruto returned. Their father and the rest of the family seemed much better and quite a deal friendlier, it would be nice to spend some time with them.
They all ate in silence, something that rarely happen. Usually Naruto had a stupid joke to tell or Hanabi had a good story, but that morning had been so full of drama, everyone was tired and too afraid to start another argument or let loose a secret that shouldn't be heard. Everyone was on edge, but considering their circumstance it would be understandable. It just looked like this day wouldn't be that good after all.
After about an hour of picking at their food, Naruto finally had enough. He wasn't good with awkward silence or edgy people, maybe that's why he was so loud. They still had the whole day to make amends for the morning and it was about time they got started.
"Come on you guys! Let's go training!" screamed Naruto as he jump onto the table. However he wasn't the best at balancing and toppled over on top of Sasuke. Hanabi and Hinata giggled at the sight of Naruto and Sasuke struggling to get up. This one act of stupidity was enough to break up the bad feelings they all had, except Sasuke who still felt a strange pull of negative energy towards Naruto.
"Naru-kun right let's go!" Hanabi smiled and rushed into her room to get her ninja supplies. She loved when they trained, it gave her a new sight into their personalities. Also they sometimes taught her things that made her entire class jealous. Nothing was better than that.
It didn't take them long to get ready and leave for the training ground they always used. It was the same one that Naruto and Sasuke used for their bell test with Kakashi and the rest of team 7 and it was the one place that Hinata would always remember, the first time that Naruto and her had a real connection, a real romantic moment was right there, right before the final part of the Chunin Exam. It was at that moment that Naruto knew he could spend more time with her and Hinata knew she could spend the rest of her life with him.
The sun was starting it's climb into the sky, as they got done with their stretching. It had been completely silent except for a few choice words between Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke was still a tad bit mad at Naruto and Naruto was getting sick of it. He had to do this and why was Sasuke having so many problems with it.
Sasuke looked at Naruto again for the fifth time since they had started to stretch, the anger he felt that morning had began to boil in his stomach. The reason he kept on telling himself was because Naruto was about to leave Hinata and Hanabi to survive on their own. However the true reason why he was angry, the reason he would never admit to, was he would be lonely without the blond ninja. Their friendship meant a lot to him and he hated to admit but he needed Naruto to keep the darkness and loneliness away. Sure Hinata and Hanabi would be there, but Naruto the person who could understand him the best. Hinata and Hanabi never had to fight the darkness as much as Naruto had too and that gave them a link, a strange connection.
'How can he have that smug little smile on his face, when he is about to leave his family.' thought Sasuke bitterly, he needed a way to vent this aggression and there was only one way that Sasuke Uchiha dealt with his problems...
"Naruto, me and you, spar, now." said Sasuke as he walked towards an open field. Naruto didn't know what to do, fighting Sasuke when he was in a bad mood was almost a suicided attempt, but not fighting him would put Naruto in a far worst position. Hinata was there to heal him, so it would be okay... right?.
Hinata saw Naruto walking towards Sasuke, she knew how dangerous their spars got and didn't want to see any blood. "Naru-kun wait what are you doing." He just turned his head and smiled at her, that smile of his was worth more than anything else in the world to her.
"Don't worry about me, Hina-chan, I'm going to kick his ass all over the place. Be ready to heal some major bruises." Hinata translated this to 'Hinata, let me calm him down the only way that will work. Be ready to heal us because it won't be pretty.' She knew how determined he could be, so it would of been a waste of energy to stop him. With most realistic smile she could come up with, she wish him good luck. Inside she was worried to the point of tears and prayed to God that no one would die today...
Sorry guys, this wasn't what I had plan for the ending here. But I was taking too much time and storyline at this point. It was getting boring too. Don't worry the next chapter will be out sooner than half a year. I'm sorry for being gone for so long, but I'm back and getting back into a good pace. Hopefully I'll finish the next chapter in two weeks or three. I'm not going to make any promises though. Hanabi's New Dilemma will be better than this story hopefully. Next chapter will have the fight I was planning and it will be great. This chapter needs more romance and fighting instead of the sad stuff but it's leading to a great climax. My original plans have change, there will be at least 17 before they start to have relations. And no threesome, it would be weird to write. Hopefully you guys like this chapter and will keep on reading. Almost Ten thousand words...sooooo close it's painful. I'm just going to write some words now I guess.
If you think this runs into a little bit too much child loving. Sure they are young, but those feelings are there for Naruto and Hinata because they are hitting that time in their life. And the kiss was not sexual at all, it was romantic but there wasn't any sexual energy involved. Besides this is just a fanfic, you can age them up in your mind if you want to or do what ever the hell you want with them in your head. I can't tell you want you think, but honestly it's just written words and it is a sad day in hell when people can't tell the difference in real life and written words. That was just something for NewSon and anyone who thinks this fanfic borders wrong. Morals don't have anything to do with it. Incest doesn't even really matter, because it's just a story. Sorry about that I just had to get it off my chest, mostly because people judge this story before they have a chance to enjoy it.
People flock to inappropriate ideas. Pushing the lines gives good ratings and that's what it is all about.
I made it to ten thousand, lets go for another twenty.
I'm going to tell you the summaries for the New Chronicles.
Hanabi's New Dilemma- Deals with Naruto's new obsession with Hanabi and the mysterious death of her teammates by Itachi's hands.
Sasuke's New Road- Sasuke and Naruto have returned from defeating Itachi, Now Sasuke has to find a new reason to live. And there has been a bunch of mysterious deaths at the hands of a winged angel.
Sakura's New Desire- The wedding is coming and Sasuke and Sakura have to deal with their feelings. Will Lee's dreams come true. Tsunade needs a heir to take her place, will Naruto be able to handle the pressure or will he lose the two things in his life that are most precious to him.
Naruto's New Dream- Now that Naruto is Hokage, what will be their final adventure.
Don't expect this to stay the same. Just like this chapter, which I plan to have a huge battle with Naruto and Kabuto, I sometimes think out of the box. But it is almost a sure thing that these won't change.
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