Day 7
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Morning.
With the birds chirping and the steady beat of Naruto's heart pounding in Hinata's ear, she didn't really mean to tell him that she thought she had feelings for him. But what they did and what he had told her earlier, got her thinking and it was a rational thought. She wouldn't just sleep with someone if she didn't love them and with Toneri, that was completely different. She didn't expect for him to change their agreement.
He was still quiet and that bothered her. Did he not feel the same way? Then what was with all they just got done doing? She was pretty sure that if a person didn't love another person, they wouldn't kiss them during their love making.
Toneri never did.
Naruto was her first kiss and that also bothered her. But, in a good way.
Naruto threw the covers off him and got up from the bed, getting his clothes and putting them on. She halfway sat up with her elbow propped on the bed and her head raised to look at him.
"Naruto?" She way afraid to speak, but she initially did. What was with him?
"Get dressed before you catch a cold. It's kind of chilly in here."
The only thing that would be catching a cold, was her heart. He sounded so cold. His tone almost like thick icicles. It was no wear near cold in her room. What had she done?
He left her alone in her bedroom and once again Hinata wanted to die. She shared her past with this man, invited this man into her body, and then he leaves as if he wanted nothing to do with her.
He didn't mean to leave her there. He wanted to stay laying next to her all day with no care in the world. But, he was on a mission and he just couldn't love her.
I can't love her! I just can't! I'll only hurt her!
Naruto was going crazy. He knew he would miss their talks, her soft hands and her breathtaking body, but he just couldn't love her.
"Kurama!" He yelled for his fox but he never came. "God dammit Kurama I don't have time to play games! Get your ass in here!" Still nothing. Naruto left his room, went to where Kurama slept at and he wasn't there. That wasn't like his fox.
"Hanabi!" He yelled which caused Hinata to come out of her room.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know. Kurama is no where to be around and Hanabi-"
"What happened to Hanabi? Where is she? What about Hanabi?"
"Look, I don't know."
"Well, you better figure it out!"
He loved how she would get mad at him. Weird, he knew that. But her mad face was so damn sexy to him.
"How about this, you search one side of the house and I search the other."
"Or, we could search together just in case something scary pops out." Hinata knew she sounded dumb and knew Naruto wasn't dumb to figure out that she wanted to search together because she had feelings for him.
"Fine."
They basically searched everywhere and with a crying Hinata by his side, it was getting harder for Naruto to focus.
"Where are they?"
"Hinata, be quiet."
"Excuse me?!"
"Just be quiet for a second, please, no arguments."
She listened and shut her mouth which Naruto thanked her for. He listened and Hinata was confused. Why was he so stiff?
"Naruto?"
"Shh."
A constant tick noise could be heard in the house. It started small and grew louder and faster.
A bomb!
He grabbed Hinata, held her mouth closed, knowing that she was going to respond to the sudden contact.
Who could be here?
Naruto looked around in the room that he took Hinata and himself in.
Nothing but snake statues.
"Uzumaki Naruto..." He heard someone say in a high pitched voice.
Who the hell was here and how did they know his name? The voice sounded so familiar.
"Your mommy isn't here to save you and neither is your daddy. You should just come out and save me the trouble of torturing this poor girl."
The Boss!
Naruto's heart raced. And so did Hinata's. They had Hanabi and she prayed the person who had her, didn't do anything to her.
"You come into my home and expect me to be okay with that? I don't think so." For some strange reason, whenever the woman would talk, she would drag out her S's. Almost snake-like. He glanced back at the snake statues. They all of a sudden came to life and tried to jump at him, hissing as Naruto caught one by its neck and squeezed the life out of it. He took Hinata's hand and almost dragged her to where the explosion was.
The once decent looking house, now turned into a slimy mess. The walls and floor were nothing but snakes.
"Big sister!" Hanabi yelled once she saw Hinata.
"Hanabi!"
Hinata let go of Naruto's hand and started to run towards her sister.
"Another one huh, she's a sexy one. Hair long just like your mothers, Naruto."
Naruto looked at the woman a few feet away from him. He waited for the day to see her. All that was in his mind was thinking of all the possible ways to kill this woman.
"Please, miss, return my sister." Hinata begged."
"Miss? I'm quite offended." Both Naruto and Hinata looked at each other, confused.
"I'm clearly a man, can't you tell?"
"N-"
"Be quiet Hinata, don't answer it."
"Oh, so now I'm an it?"
"I don't give a fuck what you are."
"Someone's angry." He chuckled. "You look just like your mother. Oh how she begged and begged me to stop." The man licked his lips and his tongue was almost snake-like.
"Who the hell are you? I thought you were a woman." Naruto asked through clenched teeth.
"It's about time you asked."
Naruto wanted nothing more than to wipe that smirk off his face. The bastard thought this was amusing.
"I'm Orochimaru, and once I get done with these two girls, I'll come for you. So just enjoy the show and wait your turn." Orochimaru licked his lips again and the snake on the walls grabbed Naruto before he could even think. Orochimaru smiled and and looked at Hinata and Hanabi. "Would you two girls like to have fun?"
"No!" Both Hinata and Hanabi said in unison.
Naruto was getting angrier and angrier, trying to get the hissing snakes that were constraining him.
"Don't be like that." The man with snake-like eyes said. "I promise it'll be quick."
Hinata said no once more, keeping her sister behind her. Naruto was wondering where Kurama was.
"Well, that's too bad, I don't like the no word very much. How much did you enjoy spending time with Toneri?"
Hinata's eyes widened, as well as Hanabi's and Naruto's. "Why so shocked?" The man laughed. "I'm pretty sure your protests didn't bother him." The man began to circle around Hinata and Hanabi, never taking his eyes off of Hanabi. He eyed her hungrily. Something in Hinata clicked. Not only did she deal with Toneri, but she had to deal with Naruto pushing her away as well, and now she had to deal with this freak eyeing her little sister as if she was a full course meal and he hasn't eaten in months.
"Don't you dare touch my sister!" Hinata yelled. Orochimaru laughed. "Don't tell me what to do."
Orochimaru was about to grab Hanabi until a stinging pain came to his right arm. He yelped and winced in pain. He looked to see something furry.
"That damn fox! I thought I had gotten rid of you!" Naruto had laughed and Orochimaru looked over to where he was. "What's funny?!"
"Kurama is one tough fox to get rid of. There is no such thing as getting rid of him." Naruto dusted himself off and started to walk towards them.
"How on earth did you get free?!"
"You're looking right at him." Kurama didn't let go of Orochimaru's arm and as Orochimaru was about to punch the fox, Naruto grabbed his arm.
"Look, just let me go, I won't hurt the kid."
Naruto laughed so hard, tears rolled down his face. "You expect me to believe that? I told you to let my mother go. And did you listen? Nope." He started to twist his arm and Kurama seeped his teeth farther into his skin. "Then, you decided to not only rape and kill women, but their kids too."
"Only their daughters!"
"Oh, wow, that makes me feel so much better." Naruto said being facetious. He twisted his arm more to the point where he could almost hear his bones creak. "Then, you had some jerk hurt my Hinata. You want to know how that makes me feel? Don't even answer it, I'll show you. Let's go, Kurama!"
Kurama moved his head so fast to the right, taking Orochimaru's arm with him. The screams of pain coming from Orochimaru was music to Naruto's ears. He had been waiting for this day. Naruto twisted his arm so hard, the bone popped out from underneath the skin. Blood could be heard dripping from his arms nonstop. The walls were no longer filled with snakes.
Orochimaru was panting and breathing heavily, letting out heaves and painful screams. Hinata had made sure to go into a room where Hanabi wouldn't have to see such a gruesome sight. She replayed what Naruto said to the weird looking man earlier.
"Then, you had some jerk hurt my Hinata." My? Since when was she his? Earlier, he shut her down.
Hinata and her sister listened to the man's agonizing screams of pain. Hanabi covered her ears and closed her eyes. Hinata placed her hands over Hanabi's, helping to cover her ears as well. Whatever Naruto was doing to the man, it felt like hours that she has been sitting on the bed with her sister that she initially had fallen to sleep. The screaming didn't stop, it just sounded like he was slowly dying.
Kurama ripped the last remaining body part off of Orochimaru.
His leg.
"And to think you were a snake. Not any of you had grown back as I'd hoped. I was looking forward to ripping you apart over and over and over again until I was left with beheading you." Naruto's cold voice could be heard throughout the home. Orochimaru was sweating bad and bleeding all over. His eyes almost lost their color. "Oh, no, don't die yet. I'm just getting started." Naruto punched and twisted his fist at the same time as it came in contact with Orochimaru's face. Naruto shook the pain in his first and kurama bit Orochimaru's neck. "Not yet Kurama, I know how bad you want to end him, but that wouldn't be fair." Kurama cocked his head to the side looking confused. Naruto smiled, Kurama looked so cute. It made him remember when Hinata asked him why he was always mean to his fox. He never once praised his fox. He always listened to him. He pet Kurama and Kurama was a bit too happy which would make Naruto mad but, he was actually happy to see his fox wag his tail fast and uncontrollably.
"Hinata!" She heard Naruto call her name and immediately stopped watching her sister and ran out of the bedroom, thinking he was hurt. Hinata covered her mouth, the smell if blood made her almost puke, not to mention each pair of legs and arms removed from Orochimaru's body. "What's wrong?" She muffled from behind her hands.
"Finish the job. He's still alive, but barely." She couldn't believe her ears. Was she hearing him correctly? She couldn't possibly do it!
"I have never killed a man. I don't think I'd be able to do it."
"It's alright, I'll help you." Did he really think that was going to make her feel better? "Come here, Hinata." As if she didn't have control of her legs, they obeyed him and she walked over to him. "Just take this knife, jab it in his throat, twist it all the way around until his head comes off. Just make sure you stick the knife deep enough in his throat."
"Are you crazy?! Naruto, listen to yourself! That's sadistic!"
"No it isn't. It's just getting revenge."
"The best revenge Naruto, is letting him die in pain! Not ending it so quickly! Just look at him Naruto, he had his arms and legs ripped off of him! He's clearly in pain. Just let him suffer."
"God woman, I love you so much."
"Wha-?"
He slammed his lips against hers, loving the feel of them against his once again. Why didn't he think of that? And did he just say he loved her? He wasn't going to deny it anymore. He wasn't going to hurt her and he was going to make sure no one hurts her.
Despite him being a bloody mess, Hinata kissed him back. She didn't know what for, but she couldn't deny that Naruto excited her. She couldn't believe his confession. The scenery wasn't romantic at all. He was bloody, around them was bloody, and there was a whimpering man about to be welcomed by darkness.
Naruto broke the kiss and looked at her.
"I thought I wouldn't be able to love you. I thought I couldn't love you. I thought that it was the sun calling to me, but it was actually you. And what happened this morning, I don't regret it and I never will." She could tell his words were truthful and he was being sincere.
"Hyūga."
"What?"
"My last name, it's Hyūga. It's only fair since I found out yours by this man."
"Hinata, I don't care what your last name is. Just let me get to know you. Let me love you. I want to know Hinata Hyūga."
"Part of getting to know me Naruto, is knowing my last name."
Naruto slapped his forehead. Once again he sounded stupid.
"No."
"No? What does that mean?"
"No you cannot get to know me and I don't want your love. The way you pushed me away this morning, who's to say you won't do it again?" It pained Hinata to get the words out, but she said what she thought was right. She petted his fox and as on cue, her sister stepped out of the bedroom.
"Big sister?"
Hanabi clamped her hands over her hands over her mouth at the sight of blood and a dead man with no arms and legs.
Hinata grabbed her sister and looked at Naruto.
She stared at his face as if she was mesmerizing every detail of it. She gave him an apologetic smile and headed for the door.
And just like that, they were gone...
FIN
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NH18: there's a sequel to this, so don't worry. Like I said, I wanted to build their relationship, so that's why I didn't include it. Didn't want a story with like, 20+ chapters. Here's a sneak peek of the sequel:
Catching Fire: Now with his mission complete of killing the assassin's, Naruto is now on a mission to catch the fire that was the warmth to his winter: Hinata Hyūga.
Naruto stood there frozen. Why didn't he move? Why didn't he chase her? Why did he allow her to walk away! He told himself he was going to keep her safe. He was so angry with himself. He kicked Orochimaru's dead body and even punched his much paler face.
He paced back and forth. Kurama tugged his pants and Naruto stopped his pacing and looked at his fox. They stared at each other briefly when Kurama tugged his pants again and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?"
When his fox didn't stop and started to head in the direction of where Hinata and Hanabi gone in, it was when he realized his mission was far from being over.
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NH18: thanks for reading! And thanks Naruhinamyotp! You made me want to take a step further in building their relationship by making this a sequel when I thought I wasn't going to continue this story! Also, thank you Just an observer1 for being the one to always leave me a review right after I post my stories! And hdlovestoeat123! Thanks to all my reviewers! How about that?!
