Ch. 11: Power of the Seven Seas
Tayuya pulled Hinata towards the direction of Orochimaru's lair as fast as she could. When she was almost there, Orochimaru and his two eel lackeys approached them. Tayuya smiled brightly as she presented Hinata to Orochimaru like she was some sort of grand prize. Orochimaru allowed a evil smirk to creep up on his face.
"Good job, Tayuya, but I will no longer be in need your services." Orochimaru stated as he took Hinata from Tayuya. Tayuya cocked her head to the side in confusion.
"What do you mean Orochimaru-sama?" She asked with confusion in her tone, but as soon as those words were uttered Tayuya turned into kelp and her kelp parts fell to the ground. Hinata stared at the pile of kelp in complete unadulterated horror. How could he do that to one of his followers? Oh, Hinata, what have you gotten yourself into?
"That is what I mean, Tayuya. Now for you, Princess Hinata, and don't worry I won't turn you into kelp; I'll just turn you into a plant of some kind." Orochimaru let out a sick laughter, but his laughter was cut short by Hiashi's triton's yellow blast of power that barely missed Orochimaru. "Oh, King Hiashi, it is good to see you."
"Orochimaru, release my daughter and I will spare you." Hiashi threatened with authority and power behind every word. Neji had a you-better-freaking-listen-to-him look on his face as he came to Hiashi's right side. Lee landed on Neji's shoulder with a power-of-youth-shall-defeat-you look as he sent that look towards Orochimaru.
"I'm so scared." Orochimaru cried in a mocking anime school girl style. Kabuto copied Orochimaru while Sasuke swam away. He did not want to be associated with them anymore (would you?). Orochimaru snapped his fingers and an eerie gold light began to swirl around Hinata slowly turning her into a plant creature thing (you know from the movie…I have no idea what they are called). Hiashi shot another energy blast from his triton, but Orochimaru blocked it with the legally binding contract Hinata had signed to get her legs. "This contract is completely binding, even you can't do anything about it. However, I have always prided myself in having an eye for a good trade. Sadly, what is more valuable than the princess of the seven seas?"
"Take me instead…" Hiashi answered.
"Daddy, no don't do it!" Hinata called out even though she was dangerously close to becoming the plant thing. Hiashi looked at his daughter before using the triton to replace her name with his on the contract. The second he completed signing his name, the eerie gold light that swirled around Hinata shifted over to swirl around King Hiashi, and in a matter of seconds had him turned into a plant. Hinata swam over to her father choking out apologies between her sobs. Orochimaru took the triton and Hiashi's crown that had fallen to the ground when Hiashi transformed.
"You , MONSTER!" Sakura yelled as she attacked Orochimaru from behind. Neji and Lee went to aid her, but Orochimaru used the power of the triton to lock Sakura, Neji, and Lee in a jail cell made of coral. He then turned his attention to Hinata.
"Now, it is time to end this." Orochimaru stated as he pointed the triton at Hinata preparing to unleash a deadly blow. A spear whizzed past Orochimaru, slicing his arm. Orochimaru growled as he turned to see where the spear came from. Hinata shifted her position to get a better look at her rescuer; he has sun kissed blonde hair, beautiful sapphire eyes, and an awesome physique. The mermaid princess instantly recognized the hero as the object of her affections.
"NARUTO, YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Hinata yelled and the blonde complied due to lack of oxygen. Orochimaru was not going to let the brat get away with cutting his arm, so he pointed the triton at the swimming Naruto. Hinata gasped and quickly heckled Orochimaru from behind making the energy blast, which was meant for Naruto, hit the unsuspecting Kabuto. The blast turned Kabuto into teeny tiny eel parts. Orochimaru seethed with anger about having killed Kabuto, so he began to use the tritons power to make himself into a giant.
Hinata surfaced right next to Naruto, who upon seeing her pulled her into a tight hug. Hinata blushed profusely at her love holding her so close to him. Naruto pulled away with a foxy grin on his face. "You know, clam bras hurt when they are pressed against you." Naruto chuckled as he rubbed his chest where Hinata's clam bra dug into him.
"Ah, sorry." Hinata said as she looked down ashamed that she hurt Naruto. Naruto let out another laugh before pulling her into the same crushing hug as before.
"But, I don't mind it." Naruto whispered into Hinata's ear causing her to blush and almost faint. All of a sudden a giant piece of crown split the two apart. They held onto the crown they were on for dear life as it went higher into the air. Naruto extended his hand out to Hinata which she took and they jumped down from the crown into the ocean. When they resurfaced they held onto each other with horror etched on their faces. Before them stood a giant Orochimaru, he let out an evil laugh as he used the tritons power to create a huge thunderstorm. The previously calm waves began to turn violet.
"You pitiful fools!" Orochimaru yelled as he sent his own tentacle towards Naruto and Hinata. Naruto pulled him and Hinata out of the way, narrowly missing the tentacle. Lightning began to crash with the loud thunder rolling in behind it. Orochimaru laughed as he brandished his newly acquired triton. "Now I am the ruler of all the oceans! The waves obey my every whim. ALL THE POWER OF THE SEVEN SEAS IS MINE!" Orochimaru bragged.
"EH QUIT YOUR BRAGGING, NOONE CARES!" Naruto yelled tauntingly at Orochimaru. Orochimaru stared down Naruto who was still holding onto Hinata protectively afraid that if he let her go he might lose her for good. Orochimaru chuckled as he sent a huge tsunami towards the couple that forced them apart.
"NARUTO!" Hinata called as the wave took her in front of Orochimaru while the wave threw Naruto in the completely opposite direction. Hinata looked up at Orochimaru with fear as the crazed half human half octopus took his triton and began stirring the sea in a clockwise direction.
"Waves, bow to my power!" The second Orochimaru commanded that, the area that he stirred turned into a deep whirlpool. The whirlpool was directly above the ship graveyard that Sakura and Hinata had visited before she even met Naruto. The strong currents of the whirlpool not only brought the sunken ships to the surface, but they also captured Hinata and brought her to the center of the whirlpool. The eye of the whirlpool was the ocean floor, so Hinata was on her hands and knees looking up at Orochimaru. The psychotic octopus saw his prey at the bottom of the huge whirlpool, and decided this was the perfect time for target practice. He raised his triton and began to send energy beams at the poor mermaid princess. The girl was having difficulties, but she was able to dodge the attacks without getting injured.
Naruto was thrown under the once sunken ship, but he grabbed onto the rope and began pulling himself out of the water and onto the boat. He staggered towards the captain's wheel, but he made it without falling, much to his surprise. He saw that his newly commandeered ship was heading towards Orochimaru. Naruto realized that he could use this boat to his advantage, but how? Let me see…the ship's mast is down, but it's broken like a sword…that's it! I'll use the boat to ram the broken mast through the crazy octopus thing, and win. Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, you deserve a ramen for that plan…or better yet…a kiss from Hinata…oh yeah…oh damn you Pervy Advisor look what you got me thinking now! Naruto thought as he turned the captain's wheel so that he could get the front of the ship to face Orochimaru. The boat was close to Orochimaru, and Naruto could see Orochimaru raise his triton as to give the final blow to something. Naruto looked at the center of the whirlpool and saw Hinata look up at Orochimaru in fear. Like hell am I going to let you kill Hinata! Naruto thought as he gave the boat a sharp turn.
Orochimaru looked over at Naruto, but he was too late…Naruto rammed the sword like mast through Orochimaru body, skewering the crazed octopus. Orochimaru doubled over in pain as he let out a blood curdling scream. He wrapped his tentacles around the ship and brought it down with him as he sunk to the bottom of the ocean…dead. The storm that he caused stopped, and the waves became calm again. The sun shone, and everything was at peace.
Under the ocean all of Orochimaru's plant prisoners returned to normal, even King Hiashi whose triton and crown landed right next to him, so he put his crown back on and held his triton firm in his hand.
"Not to be a pain, King Hiashi, but could you get us out of here?" Sakura asked as she pointed to the coral cage they were in.
"Please, King Hiashi." Neji added with a low bow of respect.
"Yes, it would be very youthful of you, Your Majesty." Lee had to add something about youth. Hiashi lifted his triton and freed his daughter's friend. Speaking of daughters…where is Hinata? Hiashi thought as he and the rest of the group swam to the surface. When they arrived they saw Hinata sitting on a rock looking at Naruto, who lay on the shore completely exhausted from the battle, longingly. Sakura let out a loving sigh as she looked at her best friend. Lee was going on about how youthful Naruto was for saving them all.
"She really does love him?" Hiashi asked as he stared at his daughter.
"She really does, King Hiashi, more than you know." Sakura answered not letting her eyes leave her friend.
"What should I do?" Hiashi asked more to himself than anyone, but Neji looked at the conflicted father before giving his advice.
"It's like I always say, people need to be free to live their own lives." Neji said.
"You always say that?" Hiashi looked at Neji incredulously. Neji sheepishly shrugged.
"So what will you do, King Hiashi? I am sure that whatever decision you make, the bloom of youth will be proud!" Lee shouted in satisfaction. Hiashi nodded in acknowledgement of the youthful crab's input.
"You ask me I say you let the girl be with him. She went through a lot to get him to notice her." Sasuke added. Everyone turned to look at the eel.
"When the hell did you get here?" Sakura asked as she refrained from punching the eel. "Who the hell are you?"
"I got here the same time you all did, and the name is Sasuke. I used to work for Orochimaru, but quit when he was trying to get King Hiashi to sign the contract." Sasuke said as cooly as ever.
"Why did you leave?" Neji asked.
"You've seen Orochimaru…do I need to say more?" Sasuke asked as he turned to face the group. Everyone shook their heads. If it was them they would have left Orochimaru too.
"Well, I guess there is only one problem left." Hiashi began.
"What is that?" Sakura asked truly curious. There were plenty of problems in this situation. Like how is she going to cheer up her love-sick friend?
"How much I am going to miss her." Hiashi finished as he placed the triton on top of the water sending a glittery magic towards Hinata. Hinata felt a weird yet nice sensation in her tail, so she decided to check it out. She looked down, and smiled. She looked at her father and friends and mouthed 'Thank-you' to them.
The blonde prince was slowly waking up from his nice little nap on the beach. Jeez, what happened? I remember…ramming the mast into the octopus thing and…HINATA! WHERE'S HINATA?!?! Naruto thought as he quickly stood up and searched the ocean for Hinata. He could not find her and began to fear the worst, but just as he was about to dive into the ocean to search for her, he sees an indigo head coming towards him. As the water got shallower, the indigo head turned out to be Hinata in a strapless sparkling lavender dress walking towards Naruto with open arms and a blush on her pale cheeks. Naruto sprinted towards her and grabbed her into a hug while he spun her around. Hinata giggled as Naruto stopped spinning her around and gave her a crushing hug again. "He he…it's easier hugging you know without the clam bra." Naruto told her teasingly. Hinata blushed profusely which made Naruto laugh. "Well, how are you going to repay me?"
"Repay you?" Hinata asked confused while still in Naruto's hug.
"Yeah, I just saved your life, your dad's life, and the seven seas from a crazy maniac. I think I deserve some sort of reward." Naruto said winking at Hinata. Hinata caught on and blushed even more.
"H-how b-bout a k-kiss as p-payment?" Hinata stuttered completely embarrassed by her stuttering. Naruto pulled her face towards his. Their lips mere inches away from each other.
"A kiss is perfect." He said as he placed his lips on hers. They closed their eyes as they enjoyed the kiss they had both been waiting so long to have.
Me: OMG over 50 reviews! I am soooooooo happy! Thank-you all for reading this fanfic and reviewing! I love reading all your reviews it just makes my day!
Sasuke: You had me switch sides?
Me: I did not want you to die! You are one of my fav characters in the manga...granted right now you are an ass, but I know you will come around! I believe Naruto will beat the sense into you!
Sasuke: Hn.
Me: Anyway, how did everyone like the little clam bra thing? I always wondered everytime I saw Eric and Ariel hug if the clam bras hurt. I mean think about it clams are hard, and those clam bras are thick! So it's gotta hurt when they are cruched against you!
Naruto: Tell me about it.
Me: Eh stop complaining...you got to kiss Hinata.
Naruto: Yeah...*insert perverted thoughts*
Hinata: Naruto-kun?
Naruto: *nosebleed*
Me and Hinata: *sigh*
Naruto: *regains himself* Well, the fanfic is coming to an end. Lexar was going to end it all in this chapter, but decided against it.
Hinata: So there is one chapter left and she hopes that you all look foward to it, and reveiw it as well as this one.
Me: Once the next chapter of this story comes out, the poll about what fanfic I should do next ends, so don't forget to vote!
