Chapter Seven:
Hinata sat in her dorm room alone. It's been a week since Sasuke separated them. She felt so alone. She wants her friend, her one true best friend. Sasuke made sure that Sakura couldn't sneak off to see her. The door opened and Naruto walked in.
"Hinata?" Hinata looked at him. Her eyes showing no emotion. They were blank.
". . . What?" Naruto sat down beside her on the bed.
"You can't do this to yourself. If you continue to not sleep or at least eat, you'll die."
"Good. Then I won't be a nuisance to anyone anymore. It'll be better if I was gone." Naruto growled loudly.
"Don't say things like that! What would Sakura think or even do if you killed yourself?" Hinata looked down and started to cry.
"I . . . I miss her! She's my best friend! My sister! . . . My family." Naruto sighed.
"I know. I know. I miss her too. Maybe we'll find a way to make things normal again." He hugged her and Hinata continued to cry.
"Sakura, you have to eat," said Sasuke as he and Sakura sat in the cafeteria. Sakura turned her head away from him.
"I'd rather starve." Sasuke growled.
"Eat, Sakura."
"No." Ino looked back and forth between them and sighed.
"Sakura, please eat something," she said, "We don't want you to get sick." Sakura sighed.
"Fine." She took little nibbles and stopped. "There. I ate. Happy?" she asked Sasuke. He narrowed his onyx gaze at her.
"Watch your tone, mate." Sakura turned away from him again.
"Whatever." She looked to see Hinata and Naruto come into the cafeteria. "Hinata." Sasuke glared in their direction. Hinata saw Sakura and tears built up in her eyes. Sakura mirrored her expression.
"Sakura. Sakura!" Hinata ran over to her. Sakura met her half way. They hugged each other tightly. "Sakura, I missed you."
"I missed you too." Sasuke pulled Sakura away and hissed at the same time when Naruto pulled Hinata away and growled ferociously.
"No! I refuse to be weak anymore!" Hinata yelled. She broke away from Naruto. "What did I ever do to you?" she stormed at Sasuke. "Do you really think I would ever let Sakura get hurt? My friend, my sister, my only family!" Hinata's eyes turned a deep purple with each word she hissed. Sakura slid out of Sasuke's grip.
"No, Sakura!" he scowled. Hinata got in front of Sakura. "I would not let anything happen to her, if someone wants to try and kill her, they have to kill me first."
"And if they kill you?" Sasuke asked with a raised brow.
"I don't die easily and . . ." Hinata was about to finish when Sakura cut in.
"I die too."
"No you will not!" Sasuke snarled.
"You don't command me and you don't own me!" Sakura yelled. Naruto left then returned with a suit case.
"I don't want to lose you again." Sasuke whispered. Sakura was about to speak but Hinata stepped in.
"I swear to you if something happens to her and it's on my account you can kill me." She said with tears filling her eyes.
"Answer me this Hinata, are you afraid of death?" Sasuke asked in monotone.
"No. I'm just afraid of dying alone." Sasuke was silent for a few minutes.
"Fine. You can go back Sakura, but I will be looking after you." Sasuke said kissing her lightly. Sakura and Hinata hugged and cried a bit. Then they both began to laugh. Sasuke raised a brow.
"What's so funny?" Naruto asked. It got quiet then both of their stomachs growled. They laughed.
"Well it is Sushi night." Ino said. Sakura and Hinata smiled at one another.
"Sushi!" They both squealed.
"You're too protective," said Naruto to Sasuke.
"Oh shut up mutt."
"Leech."
"We need a girl's day." Ino said brushing Sakura's hair the next morning.
"That sounds nice." Sakura smiled.
"Well you two have fun." Hinata called from the bathroom.
"Oh no you're coming too and why do you go in the bathroom when you do your hair?" asked Sakura.
"Uh . . . because I don't like people to see my hair down." Hinata said nervously.
"Sure . . ."
"Hey could you get my bag?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah." Sakura got up and went over to her bed and picked up the bag. "Gosh! What do you have in here?"
"Money." Sakura scoffed.
"No freaking way." She opened the bag to see a bunch of money. "Holy crap!"
"Told you." Yelled Hinata through the door. Ino looked amused.
"Why do you have this much money?" she asked.
"Because I don't eat much," said Hinata.
"You are so weird." Sakura said.
"I know. That's why you're my friend."
"Get out of that bathroom," said Ino.
"No! I mean . . . I'm not done." Sakura raised a brow and walked over to the door. She noticed the door was unlocked and slowly opened it. She looked in and gasped. Hinata whirled around in surprise. Sakura looked up and saw two triangular wolf ears on top of Hinata's head. They were twitching slightly.
" . . . Hinata . . ."
"Sakura . . ." Sakura smiled and squealed.
"Oh my gosh, Hinata! Your ears are so cute!" Sakura touched Hinata's ears. Hinata gave her a blank look.
"Don't say that." Ino laughed. There was a knock at the door.
"Hurry up in there," said Naruto through the door.
"Okay. Okay," said Ino. She pulled Sakura and Hinata out of the room. Hinata's ears still visible. Naruto snickered and she glared at him.
"Shut up!" Sasuke gave Sakura a passionate kiss.
"Come on. We have the day off today."
"Where are we going?" Sakura asked.
"How about we go to the park," suggested Ino, "It's a beautiful day." Sakura smiled.
"Yeah. Let's do that." Hinata hid her ears as she put her hair in a high ponytail. "Aw! Hinata, you're cruel!" Hinata scoffed.
"Whatever." They reached the park in 10 minutes and enjoyed the site. Children played while parents chat together.
"Wow. It's beautiful out here," said Sakura. She looked over to Sasuke and Ino. "Doesn't the sun hurt you?" Ino burst out laughing while Sasuke smirked slightly.
"That's a myth," said Sasuke, "We vampires can walk in sunlight."
"Oh." Sakura looked around. "Hey, where did Hinata and Naruto go?" Ino smirked.
"Oh I think I know." Hinata let Naruto steer her to a clearing in the woods. Naruto walked until he stood in front of her.
"What's going on, Naruto?" Naruto took a deep breath. He was obviously nervous.
"Hinata, I don't like hiding things from you. I really want to tell you but . . ."
"But?" Hinata asked stepping closer to him. He glanced at her shoulder. He could see a scar from when he bit her.
"I don't want to end up hurting you again and . . ." Hinata cut him off with a fast kiss on his lips and ran off into the woods.
"Did what I think just happen . . . happened?" Naruto asked himself aloud following after her. Hinata walked out of the woods and saw her friends waiting for her. Hinata was not paying attention and stepped into a hole and stumbled, almost falling.
"Hinata! Are you okay?" Sakura asked through laughs.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah go ahead and laugh." Hinata said sneering. Everyone laughed for a bit. Sakura had a big smile on her face. Hinata looked up and saw this.
"What?"
So where did you and Naruto go?" Hinata blushed deeply.
"I-in the woods . . ." Hinata stuttered and looked away.
"And what happened in the woods?" Ino asked her.
"We just talked and well I . . . kissed him." Hinata said the last part quietly.
"What?" Sakura squealed.
"Shh! Don't yell!" Sakura looked sheepish.
"Sorry." Hinata sighed.
"Anyway. Yeah, I kissed him." Hinata blushed as Sakura giggled.
"Aw! So cute."
"Whatever." Naruto came walking out of the woods. When he saw Hinata, he smirked.
"Well, that was interesting." He said and Hinata glared at him.
"Shut up." Sasuke and Ino just shook their heads.
"Hinata, you might as well not hide it. Tell Naruto you like him and Naruto will do the same," said Ino as she stared at her two friends. Both Hinata and Naruto blushed a tomato red.
"You two are so silly," said Sakura. Sasuke came up behind her and kissed her neck.
"So are you, my love." He whispered as he continued making her giggle. Hinata rolled her eyes.
"Get a room." All of a sudden, they heard a loud howl coming from the woods. Hinata got in a defensive stance and growled deeply. A black wolf stepped out of the trees and into the clearing. It growled and snarled at them. The wolf looked down at everyone. He had pale eyes almost like Hinata's. The wolf sniffed the air and looked down at everyone. The wolf's pale eyes got soft when he looked at Hinata and sneered at Naruto.
"Hinata? Do you know this wolf?" Sasuke asked pushing Sakura behind him.
"No idea." The wolf took a step forward only to yelp and jump back. The wolf began to look translucent.
"I think he's hurt." Hinata said standing normal again.
"How can you be sure?" asked Sakura, Ino and Sasuke stood protectively in front of her.
"I don't know something just tells me." The black wolf ran off unseen by the other humans who were walking by.
"That was . . . odd." Sakura said stepping out from behind Sasuke. Sasuke kissed her soundly. Hinata stared off to where the wolf had ran feeling the memories of her past that were suppressed come to life. Hinata shook her head suppressing them again.
"Hinata. Earth to Hinata." Naruto said waving his hand in front of her eyes.
"Huh? Oh, sorry."
"Hinata are you okay?" Sakura asked.
"Uh, yeah fine." Hinata said thinking. They all walked back to the dorms. The boys sat in the girls room.
"Hinata why don't you let Sasuke see those cute wolf ears?" Sakura asked smiling.
"No way." She said covering her head.
"Aw. You're no fun."
The classes went on as normal. Hinata and Mr. Takahashi would argue. A few months passed and now it was spring break, free from all the school work. The boys had something big planned and Ino went to Alaska.
Hey pple! Sorry I haven't been updating my stories in a while. College is really getting to me. But anyway I will try to update on my stories as soon as I can. Also if there are any Yu Yu Hakusho fans out there you might like my story Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Rise of Orochi. I'm looking for at least three or four more characters if anyone is interested. Alright enjoy the stories! XD
