Chapter 7- An Explanation in order
Tsunade was rubbing her temples with tremendous force, to the point that nearly fractured her own skull, at the increase in anxiety that she was currently going through. Once again she had been informed that a team that she had sent out to deal with an Akatsuki team had reported back with mixed results. Like the other times, one Akatsuki member had been dealt with while the other member was bailed out, hands down, by one of the greatest unknown shinobi walking this earth.
Unlike the last time where the individual physically dissected multiple shinobi, however, in this case he took down one single shinobi, made another one practically useless, and then he changed the script by KIDNAPPING a kunoichi from the team. To make matters even worse this kunoichi, Hinata, was the heiress to the Hyuga Clan, one of the most perstigous clans in all of Konoha. That alone was about as bad crippling four of Konoha's top shinobi. Speaking of the Hyuga Clan its head clansman, who was also Hinata's father, had just arrived at Tsuande's office only to be told that his daughter was kidnapped by an extremely dangerous criminal organization. The man's reaction was a loud 'what', causing Tsunade to rub her temples even harder
"Tsunade-sama… are you seriously telling me that my own daughter, heiress to the Hyuga clan, has been KIDNAPPED by the Akatsuki, and in the presence of FIVE other Konoha shinobi no less?" Hiashi Hyuga asked/yelled, showcasing an immense amount of rage; considering the fact that the kunoichi was his own daughter, however, it's only natural for Hiashi to react like that regardless of his role as a clan leader
"Unfortunately, Hiashi-sama, that is exactly what I am telling you. Do not make the mistake, however, of thinking that the shinobi present simply did not wish to help Hinata. The man who kidnapped your daughter was also accompanied by a man with multiple hearts, capable of keeping seperate shinobi at bay, while another one went off on his own to deal with a shinobi just as dangerous. Meanwhile, Kiba Inuzuka rushed the masked man and was outmatched in every sense of the word. The man then covered himself in a gas that made him untouchable to the Aburame's insects, there by leaving him alone to attack and take your daughter," Tsunade said, trying to keep herself from lashing out at the Hyuga as she understood that this was the reaction of a distraught father.
Hiashi took a deep breath.
"Do you have any info about where they might have taken her?"
"No, but we have been looking for their base for quite some time. If we find anything we'll be sure to look for Hinata. Other than that we can do nothing else for the time being," Tsunade replied.
"I understand. Good day Tsunade-sama," Hiashi said with his anger still seeping into his tone before leaving the Hokage's office.
Tsunade took a deep breath before laying back in her chair. She took a quick sip of sake before she heard her window open from the outside. Tsunade looked to see the long white haired super pervert Jiraiya himself.
"Sounds like this guy in the Akatsuki is causing quite the trouble for you," Jiraiya said while sporting a mock smile at Tsunade.
"Save it Jiraiya! I've had enough of the Akatsuki and this 'masked man'. Have you found their main base yet?" Tsunade asked, as she was ready to strike back at this group; her anger was so great, in fact, that she was tempted to go to their and beat the crap out of the Akatsuki "Masked Man" herself.
"No, but I'm getting close. My spy network is triangulating it as we speak and I should have something soon," Jiraiya said while leaning his back on the wall.
"So now the Akatsuki has bumped up to kidnapping?" he asked as the conversation turned serious.
"Apparently, though I have no idea what they could want with Hinata, it could be for the Byakugan, but Itachi is with them so that wouldn't make sense," Tsunade asked while she was laying back in her chair.
"Either way it looks like I'm gonna have to speed up my search. There's no telling what the Akatsuki is doing to that poor girl,"Jiraiya said as he headed back out the window.
"I know what you mean," said Tsunade as she looked back outside before asking him a question that she had constantly been asking him for two years.
"Have you heard anything regarding Naruto yet?"
"*sigh* No, and it's wearing me down. It's been almost three years, Tsunade; we may have to consider the possibility that Naruto might already be-," Jiraiya said before the sound of a fist slamming into a desk stopped him.
"Not another word Jiraiya! Your men just haven't found him, which does not mean he is..," Tsunade roared as her angry face turned to a solem one upon trying to finish her sentence.
"I know after Nawaki and Dan you'd react this way. I'll keep looking until we find him... one way or another. See ya around Tsunade," Jiraiya said before he went out of the window.
"Goodbye Jiraiya," Tsunade said before laying back in her chair once again, closing her eyes for a brief rest.
[Amegakure]
Meanwhile...
Hinata woke up on a bed in a strange bedroom with one window and two doors init. She got from the bed and walked over to the window and looked out said window to see a village of iron buildings and a sky full of rain washing over the city. She came to the conclusion that she was too high up to simply jump down, and thanks to the rain it was too slippery to climb down. She then went over to the closest door and found it was a bathroom. She then went to the other door and discovered it was locked.
Hinata then pressed her ear against the door to listen for anything on the other side;it was then that she heard voices talking back and forth, though she could not make out what was being said. The Hyuga Heiress heard the conversation end and footsteps coming towards her room. Hinata quickly ran back to her bed and sat down at the foot of the bed. The door unlocked and opened to reveal the hunter-nin masked shinobi who stepped into the room and looked right at her.
"Relax," Naruto said under the mask when he noticed that Hinata getting into a defensive posture.
"You're not going to be harmed."
"You will forgive me if I don't believe you right away; I've heard about you and what you've done to Konoha shinobi like my cousin Neji," Hinata said as she was still on edge in front of the man.
"It would seem that my reputation has grown," Naruto said as he still tried to figure out the best way to reveal his identity to her.
"Maybe you would consider going out with a guy like me?"
"My apologies, but I've got someone already; although I haven't seen him in some time he-," Hinata began to say until she looked over at the dresser next to the bed and noticed Naruto's necklace laying on top of it.
"Is there something wrong?" Naruto asked although he saw what she was looking at as she got off the bed and went directly over to the dresser.
"Where did you get this?" Hinata asked, her voice showing desperation in the question as she began to realize what was going on.
"I won it from a cranky old woman, but she had a mean punch," Naruto said casually as he walked up behind Hinata at the same time that she turned around.
As soon as Naruto had said those words, Hinata's breathing was sporadic as she looked at the masked face of Naruto. She now had a good idea of who the man was in front of her; as one could imagine, however, she was still doubtful. If this was really Naruto underneath that mask she had to know before she said anything else.
She was waiting for him to say something else but Naruto was silent as he waiting to see what she would do. As soon as he was about to speak he noticed Hinata's hands moviing up towards his mask. Hinata felt her heart pounding as she moved closer to removing the mask. Naruto himself remained still as this was happening and braced himself as he felt her fingers touch the mask. As Hinata felt the mask seperate from his face, she noticed that the black hair of the man in front of her turn blond which made her stop cold (A/N: For those who may have forgotten, Naruto's mask projects a genjutsu that turns his hair black).
Naruto noticed this and decided to help her out. He slowly moved his hands to hers and helped pull down the mask. After his face was fully exposed to her, Hinata felt her feet start to give out; luckily, as she started to slip, Naruto caught her around her waist and held her up.
"Easy Hinata, you can't faint after not seeing me after all this time," Naruto said jokingly as the Hyuga Clan heiress slowly regained her footing.
"Naruto-kun, y-you're with the Akatsuki?" Hinata asked as Naruto took his arms away from Hinata's waist.
"Yeah," Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head.
"It wasn't my first choice on what to do after I was kicked out of Konoha, but I've at least made the best of it."
"By attacking Konoha shinobi?! You put Neji and his entire team in the hospital for weeks and also killed a shinobi; not only that you strangled Kiba until he blacked out," Hinata said; she could not understand how Naruto, her Naruto, could just do these things to his "friends" and "home" so willingly.
"I was banished Hinata and like I said this wasn't my first option," Naruto said before he sighed.
"Maybe I should explain how this all happened."
He sat down on the bed and motioned for Hinata to sit next to him.
"After I left, I started to try and think about what my next move would by when a group of Anbu from Konoha, probably Danzo's lackeys from ROOT, claimed that they were under orders to take me to a their boss. I told them no and was prepared to fight and run before Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki arrived to take me as well and ended up fighting each other. I could've, and probably should've, ran while they were busy, but for some reason when I saw Kisame in trouble, I decided to help him out instead and asked to talk to their leader. When they finally decided to take me to him I actually managed to convince the leader that it would be easier to recruit the Jinchuuriki than to capture them. He made me a member of the Akatsuki and had the other Akatsuki members trained me for two years until I was sent out on the mission to get Gaara and... I assume you already know what happened from there," Naruto explained the while Hinata remained quiet though attentive.
"I suppose you didn't ask for a start like that, so I can't hate you for doing what you had to survive your exile," said Hinata, though she still not sure whether or not she still be with Naruto now as that meant that she would have to fight against Konoha as well.
"There's one more thing I want you to konw. I've... also learned to control the Kyubi's power," Naruto said with a sheepish expression.
"What?!" asked Hinata, as she was very surprised by Naruto's claim.
"He decided to train me to control his power to better help in working with the Akatsuki. However, training was only one part of the puzzle, the other was that I had to take his power to show that I'm worthy of wielding it. After sometime of training, I told Itachi what I needed to do and he decided to watch me just in case something went horribly wrong after which I battled with Kurama, (She looked at him) that's the Kyubi's name, for a long time and when I actually managed to grab and absorcb his power, it started to affect me and I was losing myself to it. Just I was about to be lost, (He takes a deep breath) I was saved by my parents," said Naruto, to which Hinata gasped.
"I had the same reaction when I saw them. You see, Hinata-chan... my dad was the Yondaime Hokage... and my mom, who's name is Kushina Uzumaki, was the Jinchuuriki of Kurama before me," Naruto explained, "They managed to put some of chakra into the seal should the day come when I want to take Kurama's power. They hugged me, well my mom more than my dad of course, (he and Hinata laugh) but then they asked me what had happened to me. Upon telling them everything from my time in the academy to my being in Akatsuki, my parents were beyond angry. Dad couldn't believe the village he protected and gave his life for treated his son this way for COMPLETING a mission. Mom was just straight up rage and wished she wasn't dead to take vengeance on the village herself. When they calmed down, they reacted the same as you did when they found out I was apart of this organization. They kept asking me if I was sure and I told them I wasn't going to turn back. With that notion, they helped me tackle Kurama and take his power in a barrage of attacks. With that done, my parents told me they loved me and wished me luck. I then started practicing with the power until time came for me to move."
After Naruto finished up his story, Hinata stood up and walked over to look out the window.
"So now you know what I've been doing all this time Hinata-chan. What're you thinking?" asked Naruto as he stood up and stood at the foot of his bed.
"You've greatly changed since the last time I saw you Naruto-kun. You are stronger, far more violent than you were, and things you've done are horrible. But..." said Hinata, turning around to see Naruto.
"But?" asked Naruto, as he was desperate to hear her.
"I still see the boy I fell in love with years ago," said Hinata, smiling at Naruto as she put her hand on his cheek," But I must kow something."
"Ask me anything Hinata-chan," Naruto said, as he felt her other hand go to his other cheek.
"What do you intend to do to Konoha?" asked Hinata, as she wanted to know what was in store for the village.
"If your asking if we will attack it, then yes we will attack Konoha at a certain time," said Naruto, wanting to be truthful to his love.
"I'm guessing I can't turn you away from doing this," said Hinata, to which Naruto shook his head, "then may I ask that my sister be spared in the attack?"
"Certainly, as I am getting others out before our attack anyway," said Naruto stroking her hair.
"Thank you, Naruto-kun," said Hinata, kissing him fully.
They stayed locked in their passion, unaware that Itachi stood outside happy that Naruto finally got his love. However, he wondered why he did not tell her about the night his parents died. Naruto told Itachi that a man interfered with the day of his birth and took him hostage, but was rescued by his father, Minato. The man took the oppurtunity to kidnap his mother and extract Kurama. Minato engaged the man and killed him witha very powerful rasengan, and then had to deal with the Kyubi. Hence, he and his wife decided to give their lives to protect their son and seal the Kyubi inside of him. Itachi would let it go for now and let Naruto have his time with his love. They still had a job to do, and maybe he could get young Hinata to join the Akatsuki.
(A/N: Hey guys! My Gosh I have a hard time with intimite moments between lovers. However, I think its a good chapter and I hope you guys enjoyed it. Tell me what you think and hope you will continue to read.)
