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Epilogue The Hime Awakens
"Hinata! It's time for work!" Ino called from downstairs.
Hinata stirred and winced, the ache between her thighs causing her eyes to water. As soon as her mind cleared, she sat up with a gasp and a audible sound of pain. The reminder that last night had been real.
And so had Naruto left her.
The tears became heavy and Hinata heard the pitter patter of rain. She looked out the window, at the cloud filled sky and wonder how life had come to this. How her naiveté led her to this quiet despair. Why? Why did you leave, Naruto? What happened to the words you said to me last night? These questions went through her mind in a torturing cycle, ripping her heart with every turn. She ducked her head as the tears began to fall…
….and noticed the envelope tucked beneath her pillow.
A bit startled, Hinata took the envelope and slightly tore an opening, pulling the paper out. Unfolding it, she saw it was short, and the writing had been hurried. But it got to her all the same.
When the storms subside
You shall be mine.
The world means nothing
Compared to your lavender eyes.
But this tainted world
Makes you smile
So I will not mind
Being this monster for a while
Longer. Thanks to you
I've regained
All that has been taken.
This new bond, I must admit,
Has me shaken
At night, when I'm alone and
Missing you, my lovely mate
I refuse to believe our love
To be anything but a work of fate.
All I ask of you,
Is to wait
As I rid this world
Of all the things and people I hate
And I shall take you
Just me and you and this monster inside
Somewhere far away, up in the heavens
Where the Storms Subside.
Hinata laughed. Hinata cried. She couldn't believe that she had doubted him. Didn't think he was the poetry type. But once again, Naruto has shown her a side of himself that one would have never thought existed.
"Yes," she sobbingly told the wind. "Yes, I will wait. I will wait for you Naruto!"
"Hinata!"
"Coming, Ino-san!" Wiping her tears, Hinata went out of her room and into the bathroom, readying for another day of life that now had so much meaning for her.
…………………………
Somewhere, in a plane, a subject broke into a smile.
A/N: The end. For now.