A/N Revised a little
Ok so last chapter did not do as good as I thought it would go. But that's how it will be sometimes. This chapter is mostly filler, but it's the last chapter for part 1. Though it is filler it holds some key points for later in the series. I have some ideas for the next chapters. Which I will explain at the end of this chapter.
Hope you enjoy *happy face*
Part one Growing on Each Other
Chapter 7
Games and Meetings
It was a week after the C-rank mission. Everything began to slow down more and more each passing day. Following the same exact routine for both, Hinata and Kurenai.
Everyday Hinata would wake up at 4:00 o'clock in the morning to shower and get dress. She wore a dark lavender elbow length shirt, back pants that went down to her ankles, and her baggy white jacket with her clans symbol on the shoulders. Everyday she dressed slowly tired from the lack of sleep she been having. After she got dressed she went to the kitchen and made herself some breakfast mostly pancakes without syrup (A/N I will explain later it's a key moment) with her special tea. Wondering if that day would be any different from the previous day. While she ate, she patiently waited for her sensei to get out of bed.
For Kurenai it was a lot different, every morning she awoke from her loud alarm clock buzzing in her ear. Followed by a 5-minute rant on why she wanted to be a doctor and not a ninja. With her shower, each day she dropped something mostly her soap bar which set off more swearing in the house hold. Then she got dressed with her normal red and white short dress thing. As she walked out she always ran into the wall behind her door thinking it was the hallway to the living room. Then finally she made it to the kitchen, she would swear to much in the shower that she had no more anger left in her to yell stuff at Hinata like the nurse is stealing my medication, Anko stole my wine again, and so on and so on.
When they left the house they made their way to the training ground for 6 hours of nonstop training and frustration mostly at Kiba or the fact that they are on the same team as him.
At 1:54, a messenger owl flew its way to training ground 8. Carrying a message to Kurenai from the Hokage concerning her about Hinata's issues with her family.
The owl made its way to Kurenai after being attacked by Akamaru. Once the message was in Kurenai's hands, the owl brushed its wings at Akamaru and flew back to its post. (A/N to anyone that does not know what that means, it means Eff off)
Just one look at the first sentence made Kurenai moan with frustration and anger at the same time.
"Team 8, you all have the rest of the day off for today, report back here in two days for training" she said in a stern leader voice.
Shino nodded and walked off, Kiba groaned while Akamaru yelped for joy, and Hinata walked up to her teacher waiting for her next set of directions from her.
Kurenai looked down at the small girl; she had on a blank face. Knowing the child was reading her face for an answer sent shivers down her spine.
Just like a real Hyuuga would Kurenai said inside her mind.
"Hinata, your father has called a meeting for tomorrow that concerns you" when these words were spoken fear stretched out on Hinata's face.
Father! What would he want with me She whimpered in her head.
Seeing the fear written all over her face. "Hinata you don't have to go if you don't want to" The woman told the girl.
"I d-don't know, won't to be a-a-alone" she stuttered badly at the red eyed jounin.
"Yes but-"Before Kurenai could finish a huge banner shot between Hinata and Kurenai and a hyper active woman jumped in front of Hinata.
"Don't worry Kurenai I will watch the girl" Anko yelled at the child. Making Hinata wince from the volume of her voice.
Kurenai looked around the banner with a pissed off face, thinking of all days why today.
"Anko I don't think you should be watching Hinata" Kurenai crossed her arms at the other woman, more like child.
"Come on Kurenai please, I'll be very good to her, give her gifts and love her everyday" Anko begged Kurenai.
"Remember what happened last time I left you alone with her" Kurenai questioned the brown eyed woman. Her twitched at what Anko just said.
Anko placed her finger on her chin remembering the incident. "No I don't remember a thing" she came to the conclusion.
"That's probably because; Hinata dragged you home after you had 50 shots at two bars. AT TWO IN THE MORNING" she yelled out the last part.
"Please I promise I won't drink this time" she used her puppy dog eyes.
"No" Kurenai said shaking her head.
With that Anko through herself on the ground and started pounded and kicking the ground like a little kid would do when they wouldn't get an extra scoop of ice cream.
Hinata walked up to Kurenai "Um, sensei if you wouldn't mind could I stay with Miss Anko while you're at the meeting tomorrow. This way I won't be alone." She said with some confidence in her voice but not a lot though.
Kurenai turned away and sighed and turned back to her student. The only thing that made her decide was the look on Hinata's face telling her to give Anko a chance.
"Alright what the hell, Anko if I get another call from prison that you both are in jail again. I will beat you with my grandfather's golf club" she warned her while pointing her finger at Anko like a teacher would do to a failing student.
"Yay, I won't screw up this time I promise" she yelled when she jumped up.
"Come to my apartment tomorrow at noon ok" Kurenai instructed her.
Anko saluted and ran somewhere else probably a bar or some sort.
Kurenai looked back at Hinata "Come on lets go get something to eat. And they both walked to their favorite place Joe's Tavern.
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Joe's Tavern 7:28 PM
Kurenai and Hinata ate in silence at their usual spot. A booth by the bar. Kurenai surprised that Hinata would go as far to spend the day with Anko then go to a meeting and see her father for the first time in months.
"Why are you refusing to see your father, Hinata" Kurenai spoke breaking the silence between them.
Hinata looked up from her salad and made eye contact with her teacher.
"Because I am terrified of my father" she expressed mostly through her eyes then her words.
Kurenai hearing this placed her fork back on the table and folded her arms at her student.
"Why are you afraid of him?" the woman asked.
"Well, he . . . really never treated me the same way he use to before my mother died" Hinata said with her head down.
"What was he like before?" she questioned.
"He was a little more outgoing, wasn't that harsh when I failed training, and he smiled more." Hinata replied.
"So now he is quieter, harsher, bitchy, and holds a frown every waking moment" Kurenai summed up.
Hinata nodded slowly and returned back to her food.
"Hinata, worse case scenario you probably will be placed in a foster home" Kurenai added.
When that was said Hinata's head shot up like a rocket. "W-What" she stuttered.
"Tomorrow if your father grants custody for you then you will be moving back with your clan. If he gives me your custody you will stay with me from now on. Or the Hyuuga council could make a guest appearance and say I'm not fit to be watching you and place you in a home where they can keep an eye on you" Kurenai confessed to the girl.
Hinata dropped her head on her folded arms on the table hearing her possible future.
Kurenai placed a comforting hand on the girls shoulder to ease her fear and frustration.
After they paid the pill they left the restaurant and headed to a small apartment building.
"Hinata you wait here, because I have to ask Asuma for something" she commanded.
Once she walked in Hinata just leaned on the wall waiting for her teacher to return. Across the street was a small general store. Hinata had some extra change on her and was a little hungry and was bored. Decided on whether or not to disobey her teacher for her own small needs.
She decided she would stay for a few minutes and hurry back, and then jogged to the small store without her teacher knowing.
Hinata saw that the store had small snacks on some shells, pack of cards on some others, while the rest were filled with magazines, greeting cards, and gum lots and lots of gum.
She walked over to the snack section and looked over her options. She had to choose from Leafer Doodles or Sand Doodles. So she chose the Leafer Doodles and walked over to the entertainment section the only thing she could get there would be the deck of cards so she quickly picked it, checked across the street seeing if her teacher was out yet.
She made her way to the counter to pay for her items when she felt someone behind her.
Hinata turned around slightly to see the person only to find the one person she didn't want to see.
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Across the street
"Thanks again for the brownies Asuma" Kurenai said fixing her hair.
"Any time, say where's Hinata?" Asuma asked looking around.
"Well she-"Kurenai turned around expecting to find Hinata only to find an empty wall and trash cans.
"You have got to be shitting me" Kurenai said to herself.
Asuma looked across the street and saw through the window.
"KURENAI LOOK" He yelled while pointing.
Kurenai turned to see what he was pointing to find none other then.
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Back at the store
"F-Father" Hinata stuttered.
"Hinata what are you doing here alone during the dark?" Hiashi questioned the small girl.
"I was uh" she was like a deer in the head lights; she was caught without her teacher. Surely he is going to bring this up at the meeting tomorrow and Kurenai's going to get in trouble and probably be thrown into foster care.
"I'm waiting for your answer" he said tapping his foot.
The only thing that popped in her mind was rude and un thoughtful.
"Why would you care, I'm not your daughter anymore." She hissed at him, well not hissed more like an immature hiss.
Hiashi was very taken back by this statement. Not only was the girl very different, she was right.
Not knowing to Hinata, Hiashi was very hurt by this subject. Before Hinata could speak Kurenai busted through the doors.
"Hinata I thought I told you to wait at the doors." Kurenai hysterically yelled.
Hiashi had no time to interject before Hinata paid for her items and was rushed out the door by Kurenai.
Forgive me, Layne Hiashi thought to himself.
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Apartment 8:30
With in one hour Hinata's life went from bad to worse. Not only did she tell her father off, but she may have caused some problems for the meeting for her sensei.
Hinata laid in her bed waiting for the next day. It was a very big day even though she was not going to live it up.
After a couple of hours her mind drifted to sleep while her sensei was drinking her wine . . . again.
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Next day
Hinata and Kurenai waited impatiently for Anko to arrive. It was 12:30 and Kurenai was very late for the meeting. Kurenai quickly tapped her foot on the ground for the arrival of her dumbass friend.
"Where the hell is she?" Kurenai asked no one.
"Um, sensei you can go to the meeting. I can wait by myself" Hinata said twiddling her two pointer fingers,
"So you can just walk off by yourself again, and don't do that with your fingers you're going to make that a horrible habit."
"Sorry" she said putting her hands down.
15 minutes passed and Kurenai got fed up. "Ok you have to stay here, I really need to go to the meeting. Don't leave the house until Anko gets here" she warned the girl.
Hinata nodded her head and watched her teacher rush out the door to the meeting.
10 minutes later Hinata sat quietly on the couch.
15 minutes later Hinata took out her cards and played solitaire.
30 minutes later Hinata was on her 12th game of solitaire.
After another 10 minutes the door was kicked down revealing a half sober Anko.
"Hey Kurenai sorry I was late, the last three apartments were very rude" Anko wobbled into the apartment.
She looked around only to find a scared girl on the couch.
"Where's Kurenai?" Anko slurred at the girl.
"She went to the meeting" Hinata said still hiding behind the couch.
"O . . . k, we have the whole day to ourselves what do you want to do?" Anko asked.
"I don't know" Hinata watched Anko plop down on the couch next to her.
"Want me to call the guys over so we can have like a private party" Anko suggested.
"I don't care really" Hinata said packing up her cards.
"Alright we got some ideas moving, what else" Anko said waving her hands around.
Hinata looked at her like what did I get myself into.
"Hinata, want to play a board game?" Anko asked the girl.
"What's a board game?" Hinata questioned back.
"Has anyone ever told you that you are really screwed up in the head?"
Hinata just kept staring at her more.
"Fine I'll go find a game while you call the boys." Kurenai forced the girl to do the hard work.
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Meeting
Kurenai ran through the halls at the Hokage mansion looking for the correct room.
"Damn Anko, making me late." She said to herself.
Finally after searching endlessly for the room, she came across section 358 on the third floor.
She entered to find Hiashi, the Hokage, and the elders. She stepped into the room and bowed.
"I apologize for being late Lord Hokage"
"You are forgiven Kurenai, where is Hinata this meeting concerns her the most" the third said taking his pipe from his mouth.
"Uh, she wished to remain home" Kurenai spoke taking a seat at the table.
"By herself" Hiashi intervened.
"No she is with a trusted friend" Kurenai glared at him.
"Good now that everyone is here we shall start the meeting" one of the elders said.
"So to start off, how has Hinata been doing since she came under your wing" the Hokage asked taking an inhale of his pipe.
"She has been doing fine, fitting in good with the surroundings" Kurenai said avoiding Hiashi's cold eyes.
"Very good, now I wanted to bring up Hinata's last mission"
When this was said Kurenai's blood stopped.
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Back at the apartment
"I know who did it" Anko said looking around at the people at the table.
"Hot damn I know who did it. It was Itachi Uchiha with the kunai in the bedroom" she yelled at her friends.
"I don't think that's right Anko" Kakashi looked up from his orange book.
"Fine I will check" she said taking the little envelope off of the table.
When she peaked inside she found that it wasn't the right answer.
"So, were you correct?" Kakashi smirked under his mask.
"Up yours" Anko told him folding her arms while throwing herself on the chair again.
"It was Madara Uchiha with the scalpel in the secret room" Hinata guessed.
"That's actually right" the anbu named Yugao (A/N she is the girl who was talking to Kakashi before the third hokage's funeral. She was talking about Obito if you all forgot her.)
"That was a lucky guess and you know it" Anko beamed at Yugao.
"Ah, the flame of youth burns brightly in Hinata, not so much in Anko." Gai proclaimed.
Anko just looked at him and flipped him off.
"So now that we are done playing what do you guys want to do" Genma said spinning his toothpick in his mouth.
Anko placed her finger to her chin and made her face look like she was in deep thought.
She snapped her fingers "I got it, why don't we go to the bar"
Hinata hearing her brain screaming "PUT A STOP TO THIS" Got up and quietly but loudly spoke so Anko could hear her. "I thought Kurenai-sensei said no drinking"
Anko turned to her and said "When in the hell did she say that"
"Yesterday" Hinata told her.
Anko turned her head to her friends who were giggling and laughing at her stupidity.
"She probably has you there, Anko" Asuma chuckled while lighting another cigarette.
"ALLRIGHT FINE. What do we do then, oh mighty Hyuuga" Anko mocked Hinata.
Hinata hurt by the remark hid it in her mind where no one could read, hear, or know it.
"I don't know do what ever you want" Hinata said turning her head away from the jounin.
"Alright then, let's go get into some trouble." Anko yelled jumping to her feet.
"I don't know Anko, can't we just do something fun tonight, besides getting into trouble" Hayate suggested.
"Then what do you want to do" Anko questioned everyone again.
Everyone began to think what they could do for fun.
One idea popped into Asuma's head. "Hey there is a concert tonight you guys want to head down"
"Yea lets go" Anko happily answered.
"Wait what about Hinata, I don't think Kurenai would appreciate coming home and find her student and babysitter gone" Kakashi warned her.
"Oh the concert would probably be over by then" Anko smugly told him.
"What do you say Hinata, want to live by the rules or do you want to take a dump on the rules, light it on fire and throw it out the window, and laugh as it lays in a big pile of poopy mess" Anko acted out the whole scene minus the crapping part.
Hinata just sat there bug eyed at what Anko just said. The only word she could get out was "W-What"
"Geez kid, do you want to go to the concert or not?" Anko irritated at her.
"What kid of concert?" Hinata asked.
"I think it's a rock concert you know like those Balooza places" Asuma said taking another drag out of his cigarette.
Hinata never been to a concert before the only knowledge she had of them were from the bragging of her mother who had been to a Foo Fighters concert some time in her youth.
(Once again I don't know about any Japanese bands so I have to go all American again sorry)
"F-Fine" Hinata whispered.
"YES LETS DO IT" Anko screamed while running out of the apartment.
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Meeting
"What about her last mission" Kurenai gulped.
"Well in you report, you said that your team was attacked by a nin from the village of lightening." The third stated.
When Hiashi heard this he shot his head at Kurenai.
"Yes that is true, but before we could interrogate he committed suicide with paper bombs." Kurenai tried to stay strong but the glares from the head Hyuuga were too much.
"Hiashi, do you have any say to this" the other elder asked.
Hiashi couldn't take his anger anymore.
"Why do I get the feeling that ever since I left Hinata in your care, you been leading her down a road to trouble" he asked folding his arms at the woman.
"Look it was something we had no control over, some how he found out about the mission and took his chance at it, I can't always be protecting Hinata when I have two other students to protect also." Kurenai began raising her voice.
"That would be enough Kurenai" the third stared down the red eyed woman.
"Moving on to the next question, how has Hinata's training been going" the first elder asked.
"She has been improving since you probably last saw her" Kurenai lied a little.
"Not from what I heard" Hiashi scowled.
"How do you know that, you haven't even spoken with her in a while" Kurenai yelled at him.
"As I may speak, a Land of Tea hospital sent me a bill and her diagnosed from her visit. And further more, I spoke with her yesterday at that market; you know when she was by herself at night." He scolded her.
"Is this true, Kurenai" the third asked.
Kurenai dropped her head "Yes it's true, but she wasn't there at 10 at night, she was around there at like 8."
The third sighed knowing this meeting wasn't going to end well.
"Kurenai we are getting the impression that you are not fit to be watching Hinata as a parent or teacher." The second elder said to her.
Kurenai's head shot up, "Look I made one mistake, nothing bad could of happened to her while at the market, she is strong not weak like you all think of her" she turned her head at Hiashi.
"She is not strong, if she was this mess would of never happened and she would be living at the estate and not with you" Hiashi fired back at her.
"What do you have to say you never given her a chance. You treated her like dirt, when she became a burden to you, you just swept her under the carpet and moved on to your other daughter who is also treated like dirt" Kurenai yelled at him more.
"She had a chance and she wasted it" Hiashi taunted.
"You bastard" Kurenai grinded her teeth at him.
"THAT is enough" the third intervened again.
"Next question has Hinata displayed any distress or over emotional moments since being under your care." The first elder asked.
"Well during the mission, she began to have dreams mostly about her mother. I think that was on July 28th." Kurenai explained to them.
Hiashi heard this and thought to himself that . . . was his head also dropped.
"Did she tell you what they were about?" the third questioned her.
"Well she just muttered in her sleep, just saying mom" Kurenai told him.
The third sat back on his chair and refilled his pipe. "Any other distress"
"Yes she kind of had a breaking down mentally moment when I asked about her relationship with her mother." Kurenai went on.
"What did she say" Hiashi surprisingly asked in a quiet voice.
Kurenai heard it and felt bad for him, remembering what Hinata told her.
"Well, he . . . really never treated me the same way he use to before my mother died" Hinata said with her head down.
"What was he like before?" she questioned.
"He was a little more outgoing, wasn't that harsh when I failed training, and he smiled more." Hinata replied.
"She uh, said that her mother was murdered in front of her. That her mother had a death wish but Hinata never fulfilled it. She told me the whole story starting with the birth of her sister" Kurenai said showing sadness in her voice of the memory of her student's angst.
The Hokage saw this and asked what she did to calm her down.
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Leaf BALOOZA *I know crappy name*
"NOW THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT" Anko yelled at everyone.
Hinata was dumbstruck from everything in front of her. Flashing lights, loud music, teens drinking and smoking, and everyone beating each other up in the crowd.
"Hinata welcome to living, I CANT BELIEVE YOU NEVER WENT TO A CONCERT BEFORE" Anko screamed at her more.
"My father wouldn't let me" she whimpered.
"WHAT I CANT HERE YOU, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP" Anko cupped her ear and yelled at Hinata more.
"I WAS NEVER ALLOWED" Hinata finally screamed into Anko's ear, then covered her mouth from yelling to loud.
"THAT'S MORE LIKE IT" Anko yelled before running into the mosh pit.
"So first concert I guess" Yugao calmly asked her.
Hinata quickly looked up and nodded her head in fast like motions.
"You know people are snickering at your clothes" Yugao eyed the people around them.
Hinata looked at her clothes and back up at Yugao.
"What's wrong with my clothes?" Hinata looked at her funny.
"There too formal, here follow me" She flicked her fingers toward her direction.
Yugao and Hinata walked to a near stand selling t-shirts.
"Ok, what color do you want?"
"I guess black"
Yugao walked up to the vendor and asked for the one shirt on the shelf.
When she had the shirt she paid the man and walked back to Hinata.
"Take your jacket off" Yugao said tearing the tag off of the shirt.
Hinata did what she was told and took of her jacket. And waited for further instructions.
Yugao then threw the shirt at Hinata and pulled the child along so they wouldn't fall behind.
Hinata looked down at her shirt; it read Leaf BALOOZA on the front and a list of the bands on the back.
When both girls reached the group everyone stopped and stared.
"Cool shirt Hinata" Asuma said lighting up his 3rd cigarette of the day.
"Yea, a memory of your first concert" Genma told her.
Hinata blushed at the attention she was getting. She really didn't like getting that kind of attention. Made her really uneasy sometimes.
"Yea the shirt is cool, come on the band is about to play" Anko said stepping out of the crowd having some bruises from the death wall she had just encountered.
The group made their way through the crowd and got up front.
Then the band came out they looked like zombies from their makeup and hair styles.
"Welcome to Leaf Balooza, this is going to be a rocking day!" the singer yelled to the crowd.
Then the band members took their instruments and began to play.
Non
fiction don't believe me that chances I have to take
betrayal at
its best is always second guessed
Try I am healing the pressure so
give me a reason now
It's been so long and I've waited
I've
been waiting for so long
don't fight
it's hard to breathe
when you're buried alive
you take this place for granted
and
you realize it's never enough
I've been waiting so long
this
will never end
The reflection of false hope
we kept the
secrets in the dark
and the values of our brothers inside
the
shadows I can see, can see me perfectly
their ratio is ten to
0
It's been so long and I've waited
I've been waiting for
so long
don't fight
it's hard to breathe when you're buried
alive
you take this place for granted
and you realize it's
never enough
I've been waiting so long
this will never
end
Oh, we're on top of the world, let's go
we're on top
of the world
Oh, we're on top of the world, let's go
we're on
top of the world, let's go
The drums boomed from the drummer's beatings.
It's
been so long and I've waited
I've been waiting for so long
don't
fight
it's hard to breathe when you're buried alive
you take
this place for granted
and you realize it's never enough
I've
been waiting so long
Your death is written on paper
my
heart is fueled by hatred, fueled by hatred
dragging dead bodies
up really steep hills
Once the music stopped, everyone was screaming their heads off for an encore.
To Hinata the music and lyrics were terrifying, but she felt so alive. She found herself jumping with the other jounin for the encore which were giving to them.
Anko was right; it was the first day of being alive.
Nothing was going to bring her down, not even her father.
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Last part of the meeting
"Ok, so Hiashi what do you think" the Hokage asked the broken man.
"I still don't think Hinata is strong enough to come back, but she will remain with Kurenai Yuhi for now." The man said while getting up and walking to the door.
"So Kurenai do you accept with this judgment?" the first elder asked.
Kurenai brought her head up in relief, she had known her answer, Hinata now was like a child to her and wanted to keep her promise by helping her train.
"Yes I accept" Kurenai proudly said.
Though she was a little confused by Hiashi's statement. "Hiashi, do you think you want to ever take back Hinata?"
He turned his head slowly at her and before she knew it their eyes were locked.
"It depends" he told her.
Before he walked away from the meeting.
The Hokage turned back at Kurenai. "Well, Kurenai its best that you go back to your student now"
Kurenai stood up and bowed to the Hokage and elders and also walked out of the meeting room.
As she was walking back to her apartment, she thought of the meeting. It lasted like forever to her. But the one part was very clear to her. Hiashi really loved his wife.
Flashback
"She uh, said that her mother was murdered in front of her. That her mother had a death wish but Hinata never fulfilled it. She told me the whole story starting with the birth of her sister" Kurenai said showing sadness in her voice of the memory of her student's angst.
The Hokage saw this and asked what she did to calm her down.
"Well, I did what my mother always did for me when I cried, I gave a hug. For a second I thought she didn't know what a hug even was" Kurenai told the old man.
"What did she do after that" the second elder asked.
"She stopped crying, and hugged back, that's really it before the lightening nin attacked" Kurenai spoke to the people in the room.
Hiashi shook his head at what he just heard.
"Its still hurting her" he muttered to himself.
Kurenai heard it, she saw the sadness in his face. "You really loved your wife didn't you?"
"Not as much as Hinata did"
End of Flashback
Kurenai sighed to herself. "No wonder he is a grunt" she mumbled.
Kurenai looked at the clock on at building relieving that it was 7: 16 at night. She was shocked how long that meeting was.
She rushed to her apartment to find.
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Leaf Balooza
The concert was huge, the bands kicked ass, and the food was awesome.
The bands going on break for a few minutes made the group go to a stand to get some food.
"Yo Hinata, did you ever have cinnamon buns before?" A drunken Anko slurred at Hinata.
"Um, no I haven't" Hinata told the woman.
"Well, since you are refusing beer then you should try buns" Anko said holding out the sugar infested food.
"I don't know Anko, I'm not supposed to have sugar" Hinata said shaking her hand at the food.
"HINATA, you must live up your flame of youth, or it will be smoldered out into nothing" Gai yelled at the top of his lungs.
Being peer pressured is different then being young adult pressured. Its just plain wrong.
But Hinata tried it anyway, she was hungry and she wanted to live up her life.
As her mother once said, "You have one life to live, take chances, try new things, and simply have fun."
Once the food was digested into her body, her heart sped up, her senses became twitchier, and she began to quickly bounce up and down like she had ADD.
"That's good, can I have some more" Hinata said in a normal voice, without any shyness or stuttering.
Anko handed her some more and before Hinata knew it, she was cracked up on sugar.
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Apartment
What Kurenai found was nothing.
The apartment did not hold the two people who were suppose to be there when she got back.
"Hinata?" Kurenai called out.
She ran to Hinata's room to find her room, the same way when she woke up. Tidy of course.
She ran into her own room to find a messy bed but no Anko, or Hinata.
Kurenai ran back into the living room, to find clues, where she found some.
The Clue board game out with a couple of player pieces holding 8. A few cigarette buds. And a newspaper article of Leaf Balooza, with it circled.
"Damn you Anko" Kurenai shook her head in disbelief.
Kurenai dropped the paper and ran to the address of the concert.
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Concert
"ENCORE" The crowd screamed to the band.
The band couldn't go on anymore, they were tired of encores.
Making the audience pissed. A bouncy Hinata had to say other wise.
"I WANT TO SING, I WANNA I WANNA" The hyped up girl dove onto the stage. Before her friends could stop her.
Though unknowing to her and the rest of the group, Kurenai made it to the concert breaking the fastest time in Konoha.
Kurenai pulled herself through the cheering crowd making her way up to Anko.
"ANKO, IM GOING TO KILL YOU" Kurenai screamed at her.
Shocking Anko and the rest. "Look Kurenai it was a mistake" Anko tried to hide her drunkenness.
"No its not, your drunk again, breaking your promise." Kurenai yelled at the poor woman.
"Kurenai we are sorry" Asuma tried to calm down the woman.
"Asuma I'm really shocked to see you here, no sex for a week" she ordered at him.
"Shit" he muttered to himself.
She turned to her other friends. Her anger was giving off dangerous aura.
Kakashi, she took his orange book away, sending him into angst.
Genma, she broke his toothpick
Hayate, she took his beer away.
Yugao, she flipped off
And Gai, she told him the fire of youth just went out and he bursted into tears.
Now she had one person to scold but for some reason she couldn't find her.
"ANKO, where is Hinata" Kurenai walked back to her.
Anko not wanting to get into trouble said "I don't know"
"YOU LOST HER" Kurenai yelled while grapping Anko's shirt by the collar.
"No what I mean was-"Anko was cut off by voice on a microphone.
"HEY HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING TO NIGHT" the voice boomed through the speakers.
The crowd screamed hearing another singer on the stage.
"MY NAME IS HINATA HYUUGA, MY FAMILY DOESN'T WANT ME, I ONCE GOT DRUNK, AND NOW IM HYPED UP ON CINAMON BUNS" Hinata screamed into the mic.
Kurenai was struck, and slowly turned her head at Anko.
"It could be worse, I mean at least she isn't drunk" Anko nervously chuckled.
"You gave her sugar" Kurenai asked slowly.
"Yea" Anko yelped a little.
"IM GOING TO SING A SONG BECAUSE THIS IS A FUNNNNN GAME" Hinata screamed more before she walked back to the drums, bass, and guitar.
They nodded their heads, from her choice of music and began to play.
Kurenai never expected to hear what a cracked kid on sugar would sound like and she finally heard it.
I
see the sweat is dripping
That's because you know just what I'm
thinking
Don't look back it's me who follows
And there ain't
nothing from me you can borrow
You like to hide behind
lies
But we see through your disguise
It's not a threat or a
curse
Just a proper verse
I'm gonna make you let go
Of
what you tried to withhold
And I can promise it won't be long
Yes
I can promise
Boy, you better pray
We don't seek you out,
no no
You better pray
Even though she had no idea what she was singing kept doing it because she had a good feeling about it.
You
think the war is over
I've only shown you the tip of the
iceberg
And you rely upon your lawyers
But at night when you
sleep does it bother you?
You like to hide behind lies
But
we see through your disguise
It's not a threat or a curse
Just
a proper verse
I'm gonna make you let go
Of what you tried
to withhold
And I can promise it won't be long
Yes I can
promise
Boy, you better pray
We don't seek you out, no
no
You better know
We might lose control, no no
Is this good enough for you man? x4
Boy, you better pray
We don't
seek you out, no no
You better know
We might lose control, no
no
Woah oh! Yeahh!
Once the music died, the crowd went wild.
Including the jounin who were actually some what sober enough to hear Hinata sing.
Hinata bowed to the crowd and yelled into the microphone one last time.
"POWER TO THE PEOPLE" Before her energy crashed and passed out.
She fell off the stage and landed in Kurenai's arms.
"Well I'm taking Hinata home now" Kurenai said carrying a crashed child away.
"Hey Kurenai wait up" Asuma yelled out to her.
"Do you mind if I walk home with you?" Asuma said putting out his cigarette.
She smiled at him and nodded.
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"Kurenai, I'm sorry for going to the concert, but it wasn't Anko's idea it was mine" Asuma confessed to Kurenai.
"Its ok, I guess Hinata had a good time" Kurenai giggled.
"Surprisingly she did, I mean she loved the music and had a taste of sugar for the first time" he laughed.
"So how was the meeting" Asuma asked.
Kurenai smiled faintly.
"Hinata will stay with me for the time being" she told him.
"You should be happy then" Asuma lifted her fallen chin.
"I know but you should have heard all the things he said about Hinata" she said turning her head away.
"He probably . . ." Asuma had nothing to say. To him, this man was a bastard, bitch, asshole anything that was bad you could name him.
"But I did learn something" Kurenai confessed.
Asuma turned his attention to her.
"What"
"He loved his wife" Kurenai spoke.
They both walked slowly and in silence the rest of the way.
When they got to Kurenai's apartment, Kurenai began to speak again.
"Asuma about the whole sex thing. I didn't mean it, I was in the heat of the moment and said a lot of things I didn't mean" she said to him.
"It's not your fault, just don't scare me like that again" he said taking a deep breath.
Kurenai laughed out loud from his antics till she heard Hinata moan from her massive stomach ache.
"I better get her inside." Kurenai smiled at Asuma.
Asuma leaned in and gave Kurenai a small tender kiss on the lips.
"See you tomorrow" he said before leaving.
She nodded her head and said "Don't forget me next time" Then walked into her apartment. The first thing she did was place Hinata in bed so she can sleep.
Then Kurenai walked into her kitchen and cleaned up the mess from her friends left earlier.
When she was done she dressed in her pajamas only to find that she left Kakashi's paradise book in her pocket.
"OH MY GOD, I still have Kakashi's book" Kurenai shrieked.
"Oh crap how long has it been 1 hour, yup . . . yup he's dead, definitely dead" Kurenai said to herself.
She shrugged and placed the book on her night stand and jumped into her bed.
What a day her mind mumbled before she fell into a sleep like coma.
WELL THAT WAS REALLY LONGGGGGGGG
I know that it took me forever to write and that it probably sucks ass. I really don't care. But after this I have to work on my youtube channel again. I also had a little AsumaXKurenai in there yea you wont find to much romance out of my because I suck at romances.
Also if you probably remember from the beginning of this chapter that this is the last of part 1.
The two songs that I used in this story are
Dragging Dead Bodies in Blue Bags up Really Long Hills by Escape the Fate from their EP There's No Sympathy for the Dead
And
You Better Pray by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus from their album Lonely Road
I do NOT own these songs; their rights belong to their respectful writers and companies.
Next chapter
Road to Konoha
Preview
The Hokage sent you to escort me home" Hinata said in disbelief.
"I can't believe first he sends me to my death here, now he sends me someone who's probably plotting my death right now-"she cut off.
"Can we go now" Kurenai said in a bored like fashion.
"Sure let's go" Hinata said walking with Kurenai.
