Well, the poll is closed, and the count stands as this. 35 FOR Hanabi, 20 AGAINST Hanabi and 1 person who is the neutral party of Carmine. I salute you Mr. Neutrality. Anyway, since there was a large amount of people who DIDN'T want it, it's probably just gonna be Hanabi crushing on him for awhile, maybe even loving him (depends on what I feel like) but the chance is less than 5% for the harem. Sorry guys, but I figured that if only like 1 or 2 said no I would, but since A LOT said no, I won't. And to those who said yes, they have obviously read this long, and like it, and it would just be an added bonus. Hell, I may even throw a three-some in there somewhere just because I can damnit. Who knows. Anyway, here's the next chapter.
Naruto pulled up in front of the Hyuuga mansion, tires squealing against the asphalt. He got out and hurried over to Kyuubi's door, opening it for her. She got out and smiled at him, silently thanking him for his gentlemanly gesture. He opened the back door and got Hanabi out, careful to not wake her. He carried her bridal style to the front gate, before kicking it open. Several guards came to stop him, but he just gave them a glare that froze them in their steps. He kicked open the front door, and more guards approached them. Naruto growled, his eyes seeming to flash blood red for a second, which Kyuubi noticed.
'What…the fuck was that?'
He handed Hanabi over to her, which she took and held her gingerly, as if she might break. He faced the guards and thrusted his arms toward the ground, opening two secret pouches in his sleeves, in which two knives came out. Kyuubi eyed them, with a loop at the end of the handle, and the diamond shaped blade…oh! It was a kunai, like in those ninja games they played sometimes. She looked at Naruto critically, trying to catch his eye, but he was staring the guards down. They backed away slowly, and he slid the kunai back into his sleeves. He took Hanabi and proceeded to sprint down two hallways, up three flights of stairs, past another 6 hallways, before finally arriving at a large mahogany door. He knocked sharply. Who she presumed to be 'Hiashi' (from the phone) slammed the door open, and, noticing a grim looking Naruto and Hanabi in his arms, immediately pulled them in and shut the door behind them. Naruto held on to her as he sat, cradling her in his lap. Hiashi sat behind his desk and looked at Naruto, before saying one word.
"Explain."
Naruto looked at Hiashi defiantly. "I've already explained all that I know. I can't give you any more information."
Hiashi seethed on the inside, trying to maintain his calm façade on the outside. "Why is she unconscious…didn't you say she was going to take them on? Like she should have? Is she this pathetic?"
Naruto physically flinched at the last sentence and bared his teeth at the man. "Look, she's only a fifteen year old girl! Take that, plus the fact that there were 4 FUCKING GUYS about to violate her. I'm surprised she held up as long as she did, she must have locked away all emotion while trying to defend herself. But I'm pretty sure that after the immediate threat was gone, her mind finally got to the reality of what they would do, of the possibilities that might have happened." He leaned forward slightly, looking with disgust at the older man. "Imagine you're barely beginning your adult life when suddenly a couple of men violate you physically and mentally. There's a high chance you'll get pregnant. Will you abort the child? Probably not. So now you're forced to start your adult life on the hardest note possible for a woman, a child that has no father. Wouldn't that be enough to fuck with anyone's head?" he finished before leaning back and looking down at Hanabi, concern in his eyes.
Kyuubi looked at Naruto, shock and…love in her eyes. She didn't know the blond could be so compassionate. Or knowledgeable. And judging by the look of defeat in Hiashi's eyes, he didn't either. Hiashi slumped back and eyed Naruto wearily.
"I admit you bring up some very valid points…very well. I must thank you then for saving my daughters well being." Hiashi stood up and bowed slightly, looking every bit of the head of his family, and corporation, at that moment. He then held his arms out to Naruto, to take Hanabi, but to Kyuubi's surprise (and slight jealousy) he didn't relinquish the girl.
Hiashi's eyes flashed anger momentarily, before remembering he WAS the one who had a clearer head at the moment. He took a deep breath, and asked in an even voice as possible, "Why won't you give her to me."
Naruto shrugged. "Simple, in this case of emotional trauma, she's going to need, and want, a security blanket. I'll stay the night in a guest room, or her room ON THE FLOOR," he said pointedly, catching Hiashi's expression, "so that she doesn't start panicking. I was the 'familiar object' at the time, so I'm assuming that I'll still be it when she wakes up. I think I should be gone by tomorrow though, I'll just wait till she wakes up, explain what happened, comfort her, and be on my way."
Hiashi nodded, then nodded towards Kyuubi. "And what about her?"
Naruto looked at Kyuubi for a second, then back at the Hyuuga head. "If she wants to stay, then I'll ask respectively for permission for her to stay also. If not, then she can go home and I can walk home in the morning." He looked at Kyuubi and smiled slightly at her. "So what'll it be Kyuubi-chan?"
She answered without missing a heartbeat. "I'll be staying with you of course…is…is that alright Hiashi-sama?"
Hiashi smiled slightly at the girl, surprising the both of them. Naruto scrunched his thoughts, trying to remember ANYTIME he had smiled, and only came up with the one where he had first met the man.
*FLASHBACK*
Naruto stood beside a blushing Hinata, oblivious to the atmosphere around him. The atmosphere in question, being a very angry Hiashi, furious with the boy who was acting indifferent in front of HIM of all people! Hiashi took a step forward and placed his most menacing gaze on the boy. Naruto seemed to get the picture, as he looked very worried now.
"Hi…Hiashi-sama?" he asked cautiously. He could see the worry in his daughters eyes, and wondered how the blond idiot couldn't get the clue. His daughter EMITTED wanting of the boy, but he was just plain dumb. Naruto took a step closer and looked Hiashi in the eyes. Hiashi was slightly proud of the boy for being able to do this, not many could.
"What is it." He said in his most icy voice, and saw his daughter flinch.
Naruto looked at him worriedly (of himself, or so Hiashi thought) and asked very deliberately. "Are you constipated?"
Hiashi stared at the boy, mouth hanging wide open. Naruto looked absolutely serious. Hinata stared at him too. Hiashi closed his mouth, then opened it to say something. Nothing came out. He did that several more times, looking like a gaping fish. Finally, he gathered his thoughts, and screamed at the boy. "NO! I AM NOT CONSTIPATED!" He then opened his eyes in shock, as he felt the whole compound laughing at him. Hinata even giggled, and then started laughing openly, something Hiashi had never seen his daughter do before.
'She looks just like her mother…' he thought, before smiling slightly, something that didn't go unnoticed by Naruto. 'Ah, They both like each other. The boy may not even know it yet, but I can see the way his eyes were on her when she laughed. And the best part is they don't know how to tell each other! This will be fun…'
*END FLASHBACK*
Naruto shook his head slowly, not entirely understanding what had made the man smile, but knowing that it would probably be unpleasant for him.
Hiashi nodded. "Then both of you may stay in the guest room, on the opposite side of the hall of Hanabi's room. You may stay in her room until she awakens, and then decides to go to bed unless she wishes you otherwise. And Naruto." He looked at Naruto flatly. "You know what happened the last time my daughter decided to wake half the compound. I don't expect it to happen with this one."
Naruto physically paled and nodded furiously, pointing from Hanabi to Kyuubi to himself and back and forth, not able to talk.
Kyuubi looked at him in confusion, before realization dawned on her face, and she started laughing uncontrollably at Naruto.
"You…..woke….up….the….entire….place?" she got out in between laughing spasms.
Naruto blushed, but sniffed and looked the other way. "Maybe I'm just that damn good."
She scoffed. "Sure sure, I'm sure it was just screaming with frustration at how bad you were!" she broke out into another laughing fit as Naruto gawked at her.
"That is so not true! Or…is it…God damnit!"
Kyuubi laughed harder than ever, and even Hiashi had to hold a chuckle back. Poor boy. He decided to save him the utter humiliation he was going through, cutting through her tinkling laughter with a sharp, "You'd better get her to her room."
Kyuubi nodded and got up (she'd been on the floor at that point) and aided Naruto in carrying Hanabi down to her room. They found her door, and, after laying her gently on her bed, sat in silence, waiting for her to wake up. Kyuubi remembered Naruto flipping the kunai out of his sleeves and decided to ask him about it.
"Hey Naruto-kun, what's with those kunai in your sleeves? What are you, a ninja?" she teased.
He smiled grimly back at her. "No…although I do take martial arts. But I guess you figured that out after I took out those guys at the beach." Kyuubi nodded. "Anyway, before Hina-chan died, I wanted nothing more than to protect her and everyone precious to me, so I would never lose any of them. So I signed up for any classes available, and started training day and night. I even took weapon classes, and learned to use these as well as senbon, a katana, and shuriken. I didn't take up having the kunai in my sleeves until after she died though, in case I ever got a shot at the fucker who did it."
Kyuubi looked at him in awe. 'He's so strong and caring…can he see anything in me?'
"So, you hide them all the time?"
Naruto scratched the back of his head, grinning. "Well, not during school, but I always keep them on me. After school I put them in these cool secret pouches I made on the inside of my jacket, wanna see?" he looked excitedly at her.
She giggled at him, and was about to say yes when a small voice reached her ears.
"Naruto….kun….?"
Naruto immediately went to sit by Hanabi, and stroked her hair gently. "Are you ok Hanabi-chan?"
She nodded and closed her eyes slightly, obviously enjoying the feeling. "Yeah…it's just…it's like everything that could have happened…flashed before my eyes…"
'Naruto was dead on.' Kyuubi thought.
Naruto nodded and ran his fingers through her hair now, lightly scratching her scalp. Kyuubi could swear she heard the girl purring.
"I understand Hanabi-chan, but you're ok now, ok?"
She nodded sleepily and laid back down, pulling a large fox plushie from by her bed Kyuubi didn't notice before. She stared at it, for two reasons. One, it was a fox. She LOVED foxes. Two, it was the exact golden-sunshine color of Naruto's hair. She was in love with the thing as soon as she saw it.
Naruto saw it too and laughed. "Did Hina-chan give that to you?"
Hanabi nodded sleepily, leaning into his hand. "I never sleep without it…" she yawned loudly and fell asleep almost right on the dot.
Naruto patted her gently and then motioned for Kyuubi to follow him out of the room.
ooooooooooooooo
"Awwww c'mon!" Kyuubi whined. She had been arguing with Naruto about him coaxing the plushie away from the sleeping Hyuuga so she could sleep with it, and Naruto was just snickering and saying no.
"Why do you even want it?" he finally asked, still laughing.
She pouted cutely at him. "Because. Foxes are my favorite animal, and-" She couldn't tell him the part where it reminded her of Naruto's luscious blond hair. It would seem too…weird.
"And what Kyuubi-chan?" Naruto's eyes twinkled. "Because it's the exact color of my hair?"
Kyuubi gawked at him, before realizing what she was doing and slamming her mouth closed. "Wh-what? N….n-no you…..how did….but I….I never….STUPID!"
He fell off the bed they were sitting on laughing, and he grabbed his gut. "You…..should have seen….the look….on your face….priceless!" he said as he burst into another laughing fit.
Kyuubi pouted and blushed slightly, knowing she'd been caught. 'Oh well.' She thought on the up-side. 'At least this might hint to him that I like him.'
ooooooooooooooo
After Naruto's laughing fit had subsided, they had noticed something very important. There was only one bed. And no closet to contain a futon, and no couch, just a bed and a nightstand. Kyuubi laid down and threw the covers back, expecting Naruto to come in and snuggle with her, but to her surprise he took his jacket off and laid on the floor, covering himself with it.
"Uhm…Naruto-kun, what are you doing?"
He glanced up at her. "I'm going to bed, why?"
She just looked at him and got up, walking to where he laid. She stood him up, and stripped him down to his pants, to his obvious embarrassment.
"And how do you know whether or not I sleep with a shirt on?" he accused her.
She stared bluntly at him. "You've had it off both nights you slept over."
He blinked once. "Oh yeah…"
She got into bed and dragged him behind her, slipping into the covers as she yanked him in beside her, and, drawing the covers over both of them, shut her eyes.
She lay in silence for five minutes, before Naruto poked her exposed back lightly.
"Hey….Kyuubi-chan…why are you letting me use the bed with you?"
She turned over and gave him a radiant smile, making her look especially beautiful.
"Because silly, you're my best friend, and that's what best friends do…" she grew shy as she prepared to ask him her own question, "uhm…and best friends can cuddle…right?"
He smiled his own foxy grin back at her. "Yeah, they can."
She smiled and laid her head on his chest, listening to the sound of his heartbeat. It was like a metronome, drawing her down….down….
And then they were both asleep, Kyuubi with her head on his chest, one arm draped over his waist, one leg twined with his, Naruto with both arms around Kyuubi.
ooooooooooooooo
Kyuubi woke up feeling refreshed, due to her, er, 'special pillow'. She designated him as this as she was falling asleep, aware that she was more comfortable than she'd ever been, and that the other morning HADN'T been a dream. She mentally noted to get him in her bed more often, one way or another.
She rolled off him gently, so as to not disturb him, and stretched. She spotted the bathroom in the corner, and decided to take a hot shower. She got in the bathroom and stripped down, throwing her clothes in the corner. She'd get them later. She climbed into the shower and was just about to turn the water on when she remembered she hadn't shut the bathroom door. She was just about to open the curtains and get out, when Naruto came walking in. She froze, staring at him, waiting for him to notice her, but he seemed half asleep. He scratched his butt (she giggled) and stopped in front of the toilet. He then commenced to drop his pants. Even though she was looking through slightly distorted glass, she could plainly see he had morning wood. And it was…a lot larger than she thought it was. She roughly estimated it to be 8 inches and measured that out with her hands. Her eyes widened and she stared through the glass, one hand unconsciously moving toward her nether region. She rubbed herself gently and she leaned up against the glass, pushing her chest against it. Naruto was trying to pee, but due to his morning wood couldn't quite get it out. He stepped toward the glass door and, Kyuubi wondering what he would do, opened it and stepped in the shower with her. She froze where she was, but then slowly inched behind him, knowing what would come next. She took another look at his girth, measuring it up…her eyes shot as wide open as they'd ever been. She'd been way off, he had to be a little more than 10! Was that even possible? While she was measure 10 inches from the opening of her pussy up her stomach to see just how far it would go, she heard a moan of relief as he started peeing in the shower, thankfully getting most of it on the floor. He turned the water on and started washing himself off, before turning around to grab the shower poof and instead grabbing Kyuubi's boobs. She squeaked in surprise, and Naruto's eyes widened in response. He immediately lost the look though, and went back to showering, mumbling to himself, "Dreams gotta stop being so vivid…"
He shut the water off, not even using soap, and climbed off, pulling his boxers back on and walking out. Kyuubi stood there a second more, before climbing out and wrapping herself in a towel, she peeked out the door, and sure enough, he was snoozing back in bed, mouth open and snoring almost comically. Kyuubi couldn't believe her eyes. She shook her head and took her shower, not taking more than 10 minutes. She got out and got into her bra and panties, not bothering with clothes as she'd wake up in another hour anyways. She climbed back into bed and snuggled up to Naruto, enjoying his warmth while she could.
ooooooooooooooo
Hanabi woke up feeling rather jumpy. Even when her bed squeaked slightly as she got off of it, she jumped almost a foot in the air. And, besides her morning shower, only one thing was on her mind. "Naruto…" she whispered out loud. She disregarded her shower (she HAD taken one yesterday) and remembered him saying they'd be right across the hall. She opened her door, and peeked out, making sure no servants were around. She then went to Naruto's door and opened it quietly. Naruto was laying on his back spread eagle, with the red-head laying on his chest. She felt herself grow momentarily angry, but squashed it quickly. 'What was that? I don't have a reason to be angry…but I do need him…I don't think she'll mind getting scooched over.'
Hanabi walked up to the bed and pushed Naruto further toward the red-head, making her move to the side also. She climbed into the other side of the bed and, after finding a clear spot, laid down on his chest as well. She shivered with pleasure at the warmth he was emitting, and clung to him. She sniffed him slightly and smelled…ramen and oranges? 'Interesting…' she thought sleepily, 'Never thought that those would smell good together…' she fell asleep soundly and snuggled further into the sleeping blond.
ooooooooooooooo
Naruto woke up and gripped his two bundles of warmth closer, wanting nothing more than to just fall back asleep into that peac- wait, what? TWO bundles of warmth? He only remembered falling asleep with KYUUBI in his arms, not a second thing! He opened his eyes to see Hanabi snuggling him as well, a girl on each side. He supposed he should be happy, but only felt panic. What if Hiashi came in and saw this? What if Kyuubi woke up and saw her. What if they both woke up and decided to have their way with him? He smiled perversely at the last one, but shook his head. He mentally shrugged and pulled them both closer, getting a small moan from each of them after feeling something rub up against each leg. He looked down and saw both of them straddling a leg. He sighed at his predicament and just decided to go back to sleep, but after twenty minutes of laying there decided it just wasn't going to happen. He carefully shifted out of Kyuubi's death grip, and then did the same with Hanabi (although her hold was tighter). He snuck into the shower and shuddered as the delightfully warm water washed over his body. He took the shampoo down and ran it roughly through his hair, washing out everything it had accumulated in the past few days. He sighed with relief and got out, drying off and climbing back into his froggy boxers. He opened the door, and froze. Two VERY pissed women were sitting on the edge of the bed, holding themselves and shivering. Naruto scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Ehehehe…Hey Hanabi-chan! Hi Kyuubi-chan! Why are you guys up so ea-"
"SHUT IT." They both yelled at the same time, and the color drained from Naruto's face.
Hanabi nodded to Kyuubi, and Kyuubi got up and walked to Naruto. She picked him up and placed him in the previous position he'd been in on the bed, and snuggled up on her side. Hanabi got up as well and got back on her side, crawling up and snuggling as well. It felt nice before, but now Naruto was praying to whatever god there was to just let him live.
'Note to self…' Naruto thought wearily, 'When girls are sleeping with you, never get up until they do…'
Ahehe…sorry it took so long! And, just to get this out faster I had to cut it off. Haven't had the time…I need to finish a summer-reading-assignment for English, and then school starts for me soon, so expect a chapter a week. I will at least try to strive for that, if not more. And if I start to slack, send my lazy ass an angry message! Anyway, sorry for the delay! Hope you enjoyed it (although a bit short). Till next time~
