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Chapter Seven
Goodbye
After the arrest, summer seemed to slow down. Everyday I would wake up early and ride over to Mr. Jiraiya's house. He would always be there waiting for me on his swing with a sweet smile on his face. Naruto would later join us on the porch after he woke up from bed, usually still in his pajamas and bed head. I would stay there for a few hours, depending on if I had work or not. After work, Sakura would call to hang out with her and Ino. We would go to movies or go midnight bowling with a group of people I have never met before. Sometimes Naruto would sneak in and take me to the alley out back, where we would have our "private" moments. Then I would return back to my friends where they would question my whereabouts. Sometimes pointing out bruises on my neck, which is why I had to start bringing cover up along with me. Then after our plans ended, I would return home around one in the morning, sleep for about seven hours. Then get back up and repeat the cycle.
Believe me when I say, I loved the beginning of summer. It was so unpredictable and exciting. Something that changed my boring life. Now that everything was returning back to normal, I was finding that dull feeling once more. Often I wouldn't even sleep, I would just lay awake in bed and stare at the ceiling. I hold my head and yell into the pillow, getting out the frustrations of my never ending patterns of life. Then I would remind myself that Mr. Jiraiya would kill to have the remaining time that I had. He wouldn't be with us for that long. And he spent most of his time on his porch or with Naruto. He never left the house unless he had Naruto at his side. I guess I was just being selfish, like any teenager would be before they went off to college.
Something had to change.
So when my phone rang at midnight on a mid-July night, I said yes to whoever was on the other line. Ino called saying that she was going to a party at some warehouse in downtown. Sakura refused to go because she had just returned from the beach and was too tired to go. I quickly dressed in a tight blue long sleeve shirt with a blue mini skirt, and ran out the door. Ino picked me up a few blocks away from my house and we both drove to the party. When I first walked in, the place was filled with bright neon lights and smoke filled the area. I coughed lightly and covered my nose. A tall muscular man stopped us and stamped both of our hands with a orange fox. Telling us its how we can reenter the club if we walked out. Ino grabbed my hand and lead me to the dance floor. The music blasted through my skull, the subs shook the room and everyone in it. The room was filled with teenagers and young adults. All grinding on each from the beat of the music. A few songs later I had to pull myself off to the side. To tired to continue dancing.
I walked over to the section where everything had drinks. I desperately needed something to drink. I asked for some water and instead got this unknown pink colored drink. It was the only thing they had.
Kurenai once told me this story of her friend who went to a rave alone. She accepted a drink from a stranger and gulped it down a few seconds. Later, she blacked out and woke up in a bed with the same man who gave her the drink. He had raped her while she was out. Taking her innocence, the only thing a girl can really protect themselves. The girl committed suicide after her mother forced her to abort her unknown baby. The story was used to scare people to stay away from situations like this.
But I wasn't thinking, and soon I too drank the pink essence in a few seconds. Then I went back to the dance floor to find Ino. I searched the entire floor, but I couldn't find the blonde hair girl. It became harder as my vision would become unfocused at times. I felt hands circle around my waist when I was stopped in the middle of the dance floor.
"What's your name beautiful?" A husky voice said into my ear.
Without even thinking I told him. "Its Hinata, you?" He told me his but the tune of "Like a V6" overpowered his voice and it was lost in the static.
"Why are you dancing by yourself, are you with someone?" He asked me closer to my ear so I could hear.
"I came with my friend, but I cant find her" I told him, the pink drink was fully in my system now.
"Well come with me, I can help you find your friend" I felt him grind lightly up my skirt with his hips and then pull me off the dance floor. He took me to the backrooms, where it was dimly lit. My blurry vision did not mix well with the lack of light.
"I don't think Ino would be back here" I said in a slur voice.
"Don't worry" Was all the man said. Soon enough we were out in the parking lot which also had no lighting. The perfect place to get knifed or robbed.
"I think we went the wrong way" I rubbed my head innocently.
Suddenly he roughly grabbed me and shoved me up against the hood of his car. And began to suck and bite at my neck.
"What are you doing?" I squealed.
"Relax babe, you will enjoy this too" That voice, it sounded so familiar. My mind flashed back a month ago, when I ran into a bunch of drunks at night. They took me to an alleyway where they tried to have their way with me. It was the night where Naruto in a drunken haze, saved me from such a fate.
My instinct kicked in, when I felt his hand move up my skirt and move my underwear to the side. I looked down to notice that his pants were unbuckled and he began to unzip. The hand that was up my skirt began to rub slowly in a circle. My blood stopped instantly, I have never been touched there. Well at least never by a man, and certainly not in the way he was doing it. I couldn't stop the moan that betrayed its way out of my throat.
"Oh fuck you are so ready" He groaned as he began to pull down his pants. Though images of different colored circles began to block my vision. The spiked drink continued its assault on my mind.
He grabbed my hips and angled them into a comfortable position. My vision blurred for a second; I blinked a couple of times to refocus. When it became clear again, I no longer saw the same man from before. My mind had turned the figure into a monster with sharp teeth, laughing in a devilish tone. I looked down as I saw him guiding this long snake up near my hips. I panicked and screamed bloodily murder at the horrid sight. I kicked his chest away, sending him back a few feet on the ground. I rolled off the hood of the car and used my track training to sprint away out of the parking lot.
I didn't stop running; I continued down the street, running into various people, or tripping over my own feet. The lights of the neon signs mostly took up my vision. The bright lights kept me from wandering to far into danger. I finally stopped to catch a breather, but I looked around to find that I had no idea where I was. I searched my pockets hoping I was smart enough to have my phone with me.
When I pulled it out, I sighed with relief. The blurry vision made me do a random shuffle through contacts and press call. Hoping that someone would answer. It seemed like an eternity until the phone stopped ringing. When it did, I didn't give the person on the other line a chance to talk.
"Please I need your help. I'm stuck by some fish market in downtown, it smells awful. Please save me" I continued begging for help, that I didn't realize that I started to wander into the street. When I heard a car swerve away from me, I threw my body backwards. Making me drop my phone to the ground and ended the call.
"Shit" I panted. I pulled myself back on the curb and held myself to calm down. God I hoped someone was coming to get me. I should have just stayed home.
XX
I woke up to a loud banging from the front door. I looked at my alarm clock to find that it was three in the morning.
"Who the hell could it be at this hour?" I asked to myself.
I slowly dragged myself down the stairs and opened the door in annoyance. I was greeted by a pink haired girl probably about my age. And she too had a irritated look on her face.
"Um, may I help you?" I asked.
"Naruto I presume" The girl's tired voice shot at me.
"That's me" I said slowly. Before the girl could say anything else, a familiar voice screeched in the background.
"Naruto!" It was then that I was met by a hyper girlfriend.
"I missed you so much" She rushed forward and bear hugged me. I grabbed Hinata by her shoulders and pulled her away from me.
"What is wrong with you Hinata!" I half-yelled in disbelief. Was this girl drunk? High? She has never acted like this.
"She wont tell me what's wrong. She called me an hour ago, crying for help. I found her in Chinatown by a fish market. Apparently, she went out with Ino, and had a "funny" drink. I was afraid to take her home. Her father would kill her, and then kill me in rage." the pink haired girl explained.
"How did you know where I lived?" I was slightly confused.
"Hinata is a front seat driver. She told me about you. I didn't even know she had a boyfriend." She looked at the influenced Hinata who was now laying on the floor, holding onto my pant leg. "I have to go, but make sure you get her home as soon as she wakes up" She instructed.
The girl turned and walked off the porch and quickly drove away. I looked back down at Hinata, who was smiling like a child at me. "Your lucky I care about you" I reached down and hoisted her over my shoulder. I carried her over to the pull out couch and tucked her in.
"Just go to sleep, what ever was in your system should be out when you wake up" I kissed her forehead and walked back up to my room. I threw myself on my bed and tried to sleep. Probably about ten minutes in, I felt my mattress become uneven. I turned my head to find Hinata was now in my bed.
"For God's sake Hinata what are you doing?" I pushed back.
"There was a monster in the living room. Can I stay here?" She sounded like a five year old.
"Hinata that wouldn't be appropriate, plus I don't need to be hounded by Jiraiya later" I kept my distance from the girl.
"But Naruto, the monster was trying to be dirty to me again" She snuggled up to my arm.
"A monster trying to be dirty?" I became interested.
"At the warehouse, this monster used his snake to try and be dirty to me" She continued to whine. I leaned back trying to control my anger. Someone tried to take advantage of Hinata. Whether this was drunk talk or not. The very thought sent killer chills down my back. I threw myself out of bed.
"You sleep on the bed, I will sleep on the floor." I went to my closet and pulled out a sleeping bad. I laid it on the floor and looked up. Hinata was staring at me.
"Lay down" I hissed. She instantly dropped her head to the pillow. I laid down on the sleeping bag and began to think.
Someone tried to take your mate The Kyuubi's growl echoed in my mind.
"Its probably just her imagination, she is tripping balls right now" I told the demon in my head.
Oh please look what she is wearing. And she is tripping balls as you said. She is practically wearing a sign that says come rape me.
"Shut up" I turned over and punched the floor. I just needed sleep that was all. Finally I blocked out the laughs of the demon and got some well deserved rest.
When I woke up it was eight in the morning and the alarm was blaring above me. But when I went to go hit the buzzer, I found I couldn't reach it. Then I realized that Hinata was hooked onto the left side of my body. She wore a peaceful expression on her face, it would have been a sin if I woke her up. She took in a deep breath as she awoke and rubbed her eye.
"When did you lay down here?" I asked her.
She looked down at our linked bodies. "I'm not sure, I cant remember anything"
I rubbed her cheek and made her look up. This was too perfect of a moment to ruin.
"Are you alright?" I asked her as I continued to stroke her chin. She nodded.
"Why wouldn't I be?" She gave me a confused look. We both slowly leaned for a kiss, but before we could connect, my door swung open.
"Naruto why are you still in bed?" Jiraiya stopped when he noticed Hinata in my arms.
"Whoa I didn't know you were with Hinata." He chuckled lightly. "I will leave you both your privacy" As soon as the door closed I heard his laughter bust through the door.
"I think I should go" Hinata sat up.
"Yeah I think I should too. The old man is not going to let me live this down" I started to search the floor for pants. "I will drive you home" I pulled her down the stairs to find my keys.
Soon enough we were riding through town with my dirt bike that I recently fixed completely. We both didn't speak at all the ride back to her house. I pulled up slowly so I didn't scare the neighbors next door, and Hinata got off.
"Thank you for the ride" She said.
"No problem" Hinata leaned in and gave a quick peck on my cheek.
"See you later" The girl turned on her heels and sprinted to her house. Hoping she wouldn't get caught.
I started the bike and took off to hurry home.
XX
I immediately jumped in the shower to at least feel some what fresh from last night's events. I don't know how I ended up at Mr. Jiraiya's house. Or why Naruto didn't question anything this morning. My memory was long gone from last night, the only thing I remember was going to the club with Ino and after that nothing.
I finished up the shower and fished out some clothes. As I was pulling the shirt over my head, my phone began to vibrate.
I was greeted by Sakura when I answered.
"Hey, do you want to hang out today? I here there is going to be a bike race on Sarutobi Avenue."
"Um sure, why not. When do you want to meet up?" I asked.
"It starts in an hour, I will pick you up in a few minutes" She immediately hung up.
I sat down on my bed and tried to rethink last night. I was beginning to get worried with the lack of memory that refused to resurface. I laid my head down and decided to wait there until Sakura came to pick me up.
A few minutes later, I was in a sad pink beetle car. On my way to the local market. The whole time I debated whether or not to tell Sakura about last night. It felt like a dream, but how did I end up next to Naruto on his floor this morning. My thoughts were interrupted when Sakura turned off her car in the market parking lot. And finally turned her attention towards me.
"What the hell happened to you last night?" That's when it hit me. Sakura was there and she knew. So I tried to play dumb.
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't bullshit me. I get a call at three in the morning, with you crying into the phone, 'help me, help me'. I find you in Chinatown sleeping on the curb. You begged me not to take you home, but instead take you to some guy's house that I have no idea who or what he is. What the hell is going on with you?" Sakura yelled at me.
I came clean. "I went out with Ino last night to this club. She disappeared on the dance floor …" Then the memories began to flood back. Taking the weird pink colored drink, a voice whispering dirty things into my ear on the dance floor, being dragged to the parking lot and thrown up against the car, wandering hands, neon lights, the God-awful fish smell, and getting out of a bed to rest up against someone warm on a hard surface.
"I was almost raped at the club" I rubbed my face hard trying to keep the tears down.
Sakura stared at me with wide eyes. She was at a loss of words.
"Where was Ino" She managed to drag out.
I shrugged. "I don't know"
Sakura was about to speak again but stopped herself. Instead she sighed and bumped her head against the steering wheel. "Lets get something to eat in the market."
"What about the bike race?" I was slightly confused as I finally realized the market would be a terrible place for a bike race.
"I lied, the real reason was to get you out here and find out why you tripped balls this morning. And don't lie, as soon as we got out of the car, you started to hump the stupid thing." Sakura got out of the car.
Without thinking, my only defense response was "I was horny".
We both walked into the market to find a quick snack. But we were both interrupted when a loud screech came across the store.
"Hinata! There you are, I was wondering how you got home." Ino walked up and hugged me then Sakura.
"Where the hell were you last night. I turned my head once, and you were gone." I asked her.
"Oh that. I met this cute guy on the floor and we headed off to a cozy corner to get acquainted. What about the guy you were with?"
"Guy? When did you see me with a guy?" A slight anger flared deep down.
"I went looking for you and couldn't find you. I went outside to get a signal on my phone to call you, when I saw you and this guy hooking up on some random car. I have to say, that guy was pretty cute" She nudged my shoulder and laughed. But I didn't laugh. I pulled my fist back and nailed her right in the cheek sending her into the candy section.
"What the fuck Hinata" Ino rubbed her chin.
"I was almost raped, and you didn't help me" I pushed her back down on the ground.
"How the fuck was I suppose to know if you were getting raped or hooking up with someone. You weren't screaming help or anything, hell it even sounded like you were enjoying it" I went to swing another punch before I felt Sakura pull me back.
"Fuck you Ino" I screamed at her.
"Fuck you too Hinata" Ino yelled back and threw chocolate bar at our retreating form. Sakura pushed me out of the store and blocked my reentry.
"Hinata you need to go and relax." Sakura's words did not help at all.
"I don't need to relax, I need to kill Ino. That's what I need" I tried to bypass the pink haired girl only to have her brute force knock me away once more.
"Go home. I need to check on Ino" I gave up, there was no use trying to pick a fight with Sakura. Her temper could rival the devil's himself. Something you don't want charging at you at full speed.
I turned and ran away. Until I got a good distance from the store. I stopped in front of a pool hall to catch my breath and then kicked the building next to me out of anger.
Why me? Why couldn't I be normal like everyone else. Have a normal family, normal friends, or a normal life. Everything was just hard. I sat down and placed my head on my arms and tried to rest.
"Hinata?" I looked up to see Naruto standing over me.
"Naruto, what are you doing here?" I asked him.
"A group of people invited me to play pool with them. How is your head?" I didn't answer him, instead I threw myself up and hugged him as hard as I could.
"What's the matter?" Naruto asked as he gently rubbed my back.
Keeping the tears down, I managed to draw out some words. "I remembered what happened last night, but I'm terrified on how you will take it." I buried my face in the crook of his neck.
"You don't have to tell me now. Come on, you can stay and play pool with me. That should cheer you up" He placed his arm around my neck and brought me close to him. We were greeted inside by people I have never met before. Most of the people were older, some even had grey hair.
"Hinata, that's Kakashi, Guy, Lee Shikamaru, and Chouji" He introduced me to the others.
Kakashi stepped forward. "So your Naruto's girlfriend, we have heard pleasant things about you." He chuckled and shook my hand.
"Come on, lets play" Shikamaru walked over to the rack of sticks. Naruto began to pull me as he followed the others.
"Naruto, I'm not that much good at pool. I'm just going to relax at one of the tables and watch you guys" He nodded and leaned in to kiss me on the cheek. Then walked over to his friends.
I sat and waited as the boys racked up the balls and played their game. Everything their game would end, I would look at the clock to see what time it was. They didn't seem to stop. Every time one team won, the other wanted a rematch. Each time Naruto would look over at me to make sure I was still seated at the table. I yawned and got up to grab a snack from the vending machine from the back. I dug in my pockets to find a crumbled dollar and placed it in the machine. I thought about what I wanted before I felt a force push me up against the machine and a body sandwiched me in between.
"Thought you could get away?" The haunting voice rang in my ear.
"How did you find me?" I gasped.
"You walked in the hall, it was that simple. Now we should finish where we left off from last night." He grinded his hips into my ass.
"Please don't." I begged. He ignored my pleas and started to nip at my neck. I couldn't move, he used all of his weight to keep me from moving. I tried to keep from crying once more, so I bit my lip, which kept the sobs at bay. But when he began to bite hard on my neck, I couldn't take the pain. I screamed.
"NARUTO" He slapped his hand on my mouth to keep my from screaming anything else.
My vision blurred in panic, but it didn't last long when I felt the man dragged away from me. I turned around to find Naruto gripping the man's collar. Veins bulged from Naruto's arm as anger flowed through his body to his grip. He turned towards me.
"Did he hurt you?"
"Girl, I didn't know you had a boyfriend. If I had known, I would have fucked you right on the dance floor" The man laughed in Naruto's face. Which wasn't the smartest thing to do at all. Naruto grabbed his neck and slammed his head straight into a mirror behind me. Shattering it into many pieces.
"Naruto stop" Kakashi and the others appeared.
Naruto didn't listen, he continued his assault on the man by kicking his ribs. The anger didn't stop there. He took the nearest object which was a bar stool, and positioned himself to take out the man on the floor.
Kakashi moved forward and restrained Naruto before he could do anything. Next, Guy moved in next and grabbed his right arm. And helped Kakashi remove him from the hall. Many onlookers stared at the scene in front of them. Lee ran out to help the men outside, while Shikamaru gently grabbed my arm and pulled me away as Chouji followed.
"Are you ok" I was finally asked.
I nodded. When I walked outside, I found Naruto pushing Kakashi and Guy off of him.
"You need to relax, Naruto" Guy warned him.
"Don't tell me relax, you saw what that scum tried to do" Naruto screamed at them.
"Naruto" I called out meekly. He slowly looked over and sighed.
"Sorry you had to see me like that" Naruto apologized. I shook my head and ran up and hugged him. Naruto scared me that was all, this behavior hasn't resurfaced since before the fireworks festival. "Come on, I will take you home." He grabbed my waist and lead me to his car. He gave one last look to his friends and walked away. They understood he needed to look after me.
We got in his piece of crap car I came to love and drove north back to my house. Naruto refused to talk the rest of the time. I wanted to speak, but Naruto's grip on the steering wheel warned me not to.
It wasn't long until we came to a slow stop in front of my house. I was ready to leave but stopped myself. He needed to know.
"Naruto" I said shyly. He turned towards me. "I need to tell you what happened to me last night."
"You both fucked didn't you" Naruto said with no emotion.
"No!" I gasped. "Well, I went to a club with Ino and she disappeared. I went to get a drink, and I guess it was spiked because I became loopy after that. And that guy tried to force himself on me. He was the same guy that tried to rape me a month ago. When you saved me while you were drunk" Tears slowly poured from my eyes. I tried to wipe them away quickly before Naruto noticed.
"I wont let that happen. If he ever bothers you again, tell me." He moved closer to me. I nodded and finished wiping my nose and eyes. Naruto leaned in and gently brushed his lips against mine. I pulled away and sniffed. The last 24 hours was probably the worse since my mother left. He shushed me and whispered soothing words into my ear. Occasionally, nibbled under my ear down to my neck.
"Naruto" I whimpered.
"Hm" He mumbled and continued his teasing on my neck.
"Please don't turn into a monster" Naruto stopped and stared at me. Why did I say that. Was it the fear of Naruto's personality acting up from the news or the fear of him changing into that monster that tried to harm me.
He didn't speak. I shouldn't have said that, especially with the Kyuubi involved with Naruto.
"Naruto, I didn't-" I couldn't finish my sentence, as Naruto crashed his lips against mine. I didn't stop him. I returned the kiss and shut my eyes. He placed his hand on my waist and brought me closer to him. Our bodies molded together in the front seat of the car. My fingers grasped into his blonde hair, keeping our heads from separating. He bit on my lower lip roughly, showing his dominance. His hand found its way up my side, pulling my shirt up to above my rip cage.
Suddenly the front door opened. "Out" The voice commanded. It was my father. My father caught me in the arms of a boy outside our house, after I told him I wasn't laying around with boys.
I pushed out of Naruto's arms and got out of the car. "Go to your room" I ran to the door and hid behind it. My father got in the front seat and shut the door and window. There was no use to try and read lips. I hung my head and walked to my room. I hope after this Naruto will want to stay with me.
XX
I didn't speak with Ino or Sakura for a few days. It wasn't at the best time either. Ino would be leaving in a couple of hours for France. I would have been at the airport with her now, but the fight was still fresh in my mind. There was no way I was going to meet with her or give her any of my time.
On top of that, Naruto hasn't called me since my father cornered him. My father locked me in the room, only letting me out for bathroom breaks or being handed food that was brought up to me to eat in my room.
'Tough love' he called it after being caught in a close encounter with a boy.
I haven't been able to leave the property to see Mr. Jiraiya and Naruto. Something that saddened me ever since Mr. Jiraiya revealed he wouldn't be around for much longer. Naruto needed someone to be with. You would think Naruto would have called me sooner to make sure I wasn't dead.
My phone rang on the desk next to me. "Hello" I said without checking who it was.
"Hey, its Sakura. Where are you? Ino's flight is leaving soon"
"I'm not coming" I simply told her.
"What! Why not? You both have been friends for years. Don't let this fight get in your way for you two" Sakura was always the mediator for us.
"I don't care, she put me in danger and didn't help me. What kind of a friend is that?" I spit at her.
"Please Hinata. The plane is going to leave in two hours. If you left now, you could probably make it. If you were leaving, Ino would still come to see you off even after a fight you both had. Just be a good friend and come!"
"Even if I wanted to go, I don't have a ride and I'm not allowed out of my room" I told her.
"I knew you would say that, so I sent a car pool for you. I will see you at the airport soon" Before I could protest, I heard a motor rev outside in the street. I looked out to see Naruto on his fixed dirt bike. He waved me down and pointed to his wrist, like he would point to a watch.
I sighed, they had me. What the hell, I guess it would be a way to be closer to Naruto if I did this. I quickly through on my light jacket for the breezy weather we had today. And opened my window to climb out onto the bottom roof porch. I quietly walked across before jumping down onto the grass. And ran to Naruto in a quick dash before I was spotted.
"Did my father scare you away from me, is that why you haven't called?" I laughed.
"Sorry, I would have called. But I realized I didn't have your number" I mentally smacked myself for remembering I never gave Naruto my number, which is why he couldn't call me.
"But how did you know anything about Ino and -" He finished my question.
"That pink haired girl came to my house this morning, telling me everything that happened. Saying you wouldn't listen to her, and had a better shot sending me to get you. Come on" He grabbed my arm and pulled me on the back of his bike and took off. The instant speed made me grip Naruto's shirt tightly. The bike went so fast that our surroundings became blurry. Naruto would yell to me, but his voice was lost in the air. I smashed my head into his back and closed my eyes, hoping this tortured ride would be over soon.
Naruto would weave in and out of traffic, go over sidewalks, and rush through red lights in order to get me to the airport quickly. It was a horrible ride, almost like a Chinese torture only worse. By the time we got there, my fingers were all white from the lack of oxygen since I had gripped Naruto's shirt to tight. My hair was frizzing from the speed. My eyes were frozen from the fear of being crushed by three tractor trailers.
"Hurry Hinata, run!" Naruto commanded, I managed to pull myself off the bike and ran with wobbly legs to the gates. People were staring at me like was crazy for running around trying to find the security gates. I stopped when I finally found it, but the lines were very . . . very . . . long . . .
"Are you kidding me?" I was ready to turn back when a commotion started up at one gate. They found a pocket knife on a guy and all of the security guards attacked the guy. Giving me enough time to slip past the line and run through the detector without being noticed.
My track training came in handy for sprinting like a mad woman through the airport looking for the Paris gate. Checking each monitor to see where the France gate was located or delayed. But the whole system looked as though it was in a different. I could have sworn there were three different gates for France altogether. In the end, I had to stop to ask someone where the hell it was.
"Oh its on the other side of the building" One guy pointed me in the opposite direction. With a mutter, I thanked him and turned back around to use the remaining stamina that I had to run back.
I dashed through groups of people, diving past the mini carts of security guards, and knocked over people's luggage to make my way to the France gate. I was drenched in sweat from all the running I did. Finally I managed to see pink hair in the distance along with blonde hair.
"Gate 45B France is now boarding" The intercom said above me. I pushed even harder to make it to the gate.
"Ino" I screamed as loud as I could. Before I slipped on a wet floor, sending me crashing onto the floor. Knocking my head against the floor, and twisted my ankle. With that, I was done. I didn't want to get up, the pain in my body kept me on the ground, refusing to get up. When my body started to relax, I heard a voice over me.
"Hinata" I opened my eyes to find Ino looking down over me.
"Ino" I said still not moving.
"Are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine" I said while getting up slowly, rubbing my sore back.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to say good-bye. Your leaving the country, when's the next time we are going to see each other again" I told her while brushing off the remaining dust.
"Yeah, I guess your right" Ino awkwardly said. "Listen Hinata, about what happened."
"Forget about it. I wasn't hurt in the end, right?" I chuckled a little.
"But still, I'm sorry. I should have helped you. For all we know, you could have been killed. That guy could have been some crazed psycho killer." Ino continued talking.
"Ok, please stop talking about it" I said in a dark voice.
Ino giggled at my expression. "Friends" She held out her arms.
"Friends" I walked closer and hugged her.
"Oh, I'm going to miss you guys some much. Its making me cry" She stepped back and fanned out her teary eyes.
"Good luck in France, you will be great" I gave her a slight pat on the back and backed off.
"Good luck to you also, wherever you go in life. You will make a difference." Ino said and began to walk to the gate. She stopped and turned around and gave us one last wave before entering the door. Moving on to bigger and better things. We watched as the plane pulled out and exit the run way then fly out of our lives.
Sakura and I walked in silence back to the entrance of the airport. "Thank you Hinata" Sakura said before leaving me to meet her parents at their car. I was alone in the white zone. Thinking about what would I do next, a whistle grab my attention. Naruto was across the street waving at me. I smiled and ran to him.
"Did you make it?" He asked.
"Yes I did" Naruto leaned in and snuggled his head against mine.
"Come on, I will get you back home." He got on and started his bike. "Slowly" Then I got on the back of the bike. And as he promised, he slowly and legally took me home.
XX
The sun began to set as we pulled up in front of my house. I got off and thanked Naruto for helping me. He smiled and brought me over to kiss him. I hugged his upper body against mine.
"Thank you" I whispered again to him.
"No problem, I will always be there for you" Naruto said as he rubbed his hand under my shirt. We brushed our lips softly against each other, not even caring if my father saw or not. Everything seemed perfect right now.
"Well, well. What do we have here" I did not recognize the voice behind me. I turned around and saw . . . me. No, it was a copy of me. "Don't you recognize me Hinata" The woman moved closer. Naruto looked me then her in a double take.
"Hinata who is she?" He asked. Pulling away from him, I answered.
"She is my mother"
I wanted to continue with this story before the others. Sorry I will get back to Free Bird after this. School is almost over and I will be graduating in a few weeks. So if you don't find updates in the next few weeks, you will know why.
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Mother
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