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Chapter 3: Suffering and Bad News

As he began to walk down the stairs, he heard a knock on the door. He walked the rest of the stairs and went to the door. He wasn't sure who would be here at this time, and he didn't want to see anyone. He heard Hinata behind him she was crying again. It made him feel like she was trying to guilt trip him, but he knew he didn't do anything wrong.

He opened the door to the sight of the entire Konoha 12 minus Sasuke and Naruto and Hinata of course.

They had been waiting at the door for a minute and Sakura was getting antsy. Right before she went to open the door it began to open and the sight of Naruto with Hinata standing behind him crying. Her eyes were covered by her hands which allowed her bruised wrist to be shown.

Hinata noticed this and quickly took advantage of the situation. She wasn't usually a vindictive person, and she wouldn't deliberately hurt Naruto, but she needed to save her own skin.

"Nar-Narutos be-be-been a-abusing m-me," she whimpered.

"WHAT," the entire group including Naruto yelled.

Naruto was stunned she just blatantly lied to everyone and if he could tell they were convinced. Of course, she'd use her current bruises to get out of this. He had thought she was actually going to make this easy but of course she had to protect herself first. Naruto had to try and convince them of what really happened but since he had sent Ay packing that would be harder said than done. He believed that his friends would come to their senses and side with him. However, he knew the reality of the situation it would be easier for Hinata to convince them that Naruto beats her than it was for Naruto to try and convince them that she cheated on him after loving him since they were children.

"I swear I didn't touch her. I ran home because I thought she was cheating on me. Ay the former Raikage was here fucking her when I got back. He had bruised her wrist, neck and back as well as her ankles. Ay was sneaking around the end of the street earlier today. She said she was sore and had a puffy face when I came home earlier, I thought I was seeing things, so I didn't think she was actually bruised. I promise I didn't do this. I don't break promises, ya know," he pleaded with the group, but the scowls were still there.

"Even if we did believe you Naruto why would Hinata of all people cheat on you? Shes loved you since we were children. You however have let anger decide your emotions more than once. You are unpredictable. I know you Naruto. I've been your friend since we were on team seven, but if we were to believe she actually cheated on you how do you plan on proving that. You followed your gut, and you expect us to believe you with no proof other than a few coincidences," Sakura said almost too calmly.

"Shes got a point Naruto. You don't have any real evidence to support yourself. Logically Hinata is covered in bruises. While there's no way to prove she cheated on you," Shikamaru analyzed.

The others looked at Naruto shaking their heads while Ino and Sakura moved to comfort Hinata who was still crying. They wrapped their arms around the young girl and brought her upstairs. Seeing the state of the master bedroom they could tell that something had happened, and it looked violent. The bedroom floor was badly broken, and the dresser had been destroyed. At this point it looked like Hinata was telling the truth.

The guys and TenTen were still downstairs, and Naruto tried to plead his case even going as far as explaining how he threatened Ay and how when he was angry, he broke the dresser and floorboards, but he never touched Hinata. They all wished they could believe him, but they knew there was no way Hinata would even think of touching someone other than Naruto and definitely not the former Raikage.

He wasn't sure what was going to happen now that he knew they didn't believe him. He had nowhere to go, and he knew at this point Hinata wasn't leaving the house and no one would let him stay there or their places after what they believed had happened. He was thinking whether he could go to his old apartment. Most likely no one was living in it, it was a shit hole. Sakura had come down and she was extremely angry.

While she was upstairs, she had conducted a simple medical check. She was able to tell that the marks were inflicted through a mix of hitting and squeezing with a lot of force. Hinata had been marked with a few handprints as well as the rest of the bruises on her which Sakura took the first steps in healing. It was obvious to Sakura a medical ninja that she was being abused. She didn't know of course that it wasn't Naruto who had inflicted those injuries and it wasn't due to abuse, but Hinata like having the Raikage use her like his personal slut. To say the least he's not exactly gentle in bed.

The worse part was Naruto knew he was innocent and had no chance to convince anyone who were all staring daggers at him. On top of this unfortunate situation no one knew that the Raikage had done this on purpose because he wanted a child that had the potential to have the Byakugan. He hadn't actually cared about Hinata just getting her pregnant and after a month of fucking Hinata like a whore and pretending to care about her feelings he had came inside her enough times she was likely pregnant already.

"NARUTO," Sakura roared.

"I swear I didn't do this," he promised.

It was too late as Sakura used him like a punching bag. He knew there was no hope of convincing anyone, so he just took the beating. Shikamaru and Choji held their old friend down. They had trouble believing that he did this but without any proof and all evidence pointing towards Hinatas story they had to face the truth. Naruto beat the wife he claimed to love so much. Neji watched as his cousin's ex-husband was pummeled by the pink haired ninja. He himself was trying to work out both stories. Evidence wise Naruto looked to be abusing his cousin but after seeing them together he had trouble believing either story to be true. He decided to follow the evidence and believe his family. With this decision he went up to Naruto and hit several chakra points of his so he couldn't move. This allowed Sakura to pummel Naruto without worrying about hitting Choji. Lee hadn't said a word since they showed up. He had started to cry and say something about beating your wife isn't a very youthful thing to do. TenTen had thrown a few kunai at Naruto just to slice up his arms and cheeks while he had still been standing. Since then, she had tried comforting Lee. She knew this was a shock for Lee. One of his best friends had just been proven to beat his wife.

Shino and Kiba had to be held a bit, but Shino used his bugs to sap Narutos chakra while Kiba helped Sakura beat Naruto to an inch of his life. He had suggested they keep him and let him heal so they could do this a few times. He knew Shino would love to use Naruto as a punching bag for what they did. Sadly, the group decided against that since it could cause the Nine Tails to be released in order to protect Naruto.

When all was said and done, they threw Naruto out of his window and onto the street. Sakura, Ino, Kiba, and Shino stayed at the former Uzumaki residence to keep Hinata company and make sure she was safe.

Naruto hadn't woken up until nearly four in the morning. Thankfully he heals fast otherwise that would have been a fatal beating. He still lacked a lot of chakra and was hurt all over but he was alive and could force himself to move. He knew that the situation would quickly spread once morning came considering Ino didn't know when to shut up. He would be shocked if he didn't have riots chasing him within a few hours. He quickly had to make up his mind on what to do.

He decided he would go back to his old apartment and see if it was still empty if it was, he could hide out there if not he would probably have to run away which would cause Kakashi to send Anbu after him and make him a rouge shinobi. He wasn't sure what to do and he realized time was getting low as the sun came up the rumors would spread, and he'd be targeted and hated again. The thought alone drained his energy.

He decided to check the apartment which he luckily found empty. It was dusty and had no furniture, but he could make it work like he always had. He knew mobs would be after him shortly, so he put up a few precautions that made entering the place much more difficult. He wasn't sure what he would do from there the village would most likely want him dead. He was probably going to be attacked by villagers and shinobi alike, but it wasn't anything he hadn't dealt with before if anything it'll be easier since he's much stronger than he once was.

If only he had been right. The abuse was even worse. He couldn't leave without someone trying to attack him or calling him a wife beater. The villagers didn't really bother him though they had always hated him only thing that changed that was the fact he had saved their souls from Pain, and he then saved the world from Madara during the Fourth Shinobi War. However, watching his comrades and friends turn their backs on him glare at him and curse his name just like the villagers did. That hurt. It wasn't just his friends though it was Kakashi and Grandma Tsunade as well. Grandma Tsunade found him one day a few weeks after the incident and beat him just like Sakura did. That wasn't the part that hurt though. What hurt was her taunting saying that Jiraiya and Minato would be ashamed of him she said his mom would think he's worse than scum and deserved to burn in hell.

Naruto hadn't expected anything to be easier after what had happened but the fact that no one believed him that everyone chose to believe her over him. That felt like a kunai to the heart. Not even Kakashi trusted or liked him anymore. He refused to give him any missions, so he had no money. He had been thankful that he had saved a fair amount when living with Hinata since her father had chosen to pay for their house and Hinata still had access to the Hyūgas assets. He was glad he never told her he was saving most of the money otherwise she probably would have taken it.

He had enough for a few months' rent, bills, food and whatever else he needed. He wasn't sure what to do after that though. He had trouble thinking straight he had been spiraling for a month. He probably had a lot of mental problems after everything he had gone through before the war and now all those painful memories and problems had been making a reappearance since his so-called friends all abandoned him.

Slowly he spent less and less time leaving the house when everything first happened, he would at least go train or walk through the woods but as things got worse, he stopped going out to avoid running into anyone he knew. He would spend most of his day in bed sleeping trying to speed up time, but he knew it didn't matter he was hated by everyone he cared about for something he didn't do. Slowly Naruto descended from sleeping all day, to having nightmares, to spending most of his time awake to avoid the painful dreams. He felt numb after two months. He had never given up before but before he had a goal. To become Hokage. It didn't matter even if he was Hokage no one would respect him he went from hated by the villagers to loved by all to hated by the villagers and his friends. Naruto had known pain and loneliness. This however was kicking his ass. He hadn't understood what Sasuke felt when he lost his entire clan to lose your entire family in one fell swoop. He understood now but at least Sasuke's family had died so they couldn't glare and threaten him hoping he would die and going so far to encourage it.

Naruto wasn't sure what to do or how to feel anymore. He had forgotten what it felt like to be happy, to be sad, or mad he hadn't felt anything in a long time. The only way he felt anything was when he dragged a kunai across is arm. Even though he only felt a sting of pain then the slow warmth of blood it was better than nothing. Kurama would usually heal his wounds, but he refused to unless they were serious that way, he would see what he was doing to himself. Kurama hoped Naruto would snap out of it but no matter what Kurama said Naruto just sat there drowning in pain and fighting demons that were made up by his own mind.

Kakashi had finally requested him for a mission. Naruto didn't realize how much Kakashi despised Naruto at this point but the mission he was assigned was a good way to remind him. It was nearly impossible considering Naruto was going alone, but he had no choice. A S-rank mission would at least get him a lot of money if he survived. Naruto didn't care either way. He showed up to the Hokages office a complete wreck. He hadn't showered in two weeks blood had crusted onto his arm and sleeve as well as his pants. It looked like he had been through a blood bath. Kakashi didn't care though he couldn't support such despicable person.

Kakashi gave Naruto the mission and had him leave. He was to track down a new criminal organization that had already destroyed multiple villages and decimated half of ninja from the Village Hidden in the Mist. It was a suicide mission. Kakshi knew that and so did Naruto. The only problem was that this was Naruto. He came back from the mission three weeks later with every one of their heads in a storage scroll. Naruto didn't look any different just as blood crusted as before, just as disheveled, and just and tired looking.

Kakashi didn't know how to react. He thought he had sent Naruto to his death. They had even celebrated but he was still standing in front of him. Kakashi gave Naruto his pay and dismissed him.

Hinata had saw Naruto go into the Hokage building. Her heart hurt he was so bloody and looked like death. She had celebrated his death since if she didn't it would look suspicious. She knew she ruined his life. He would never had done anything he was accused of and definitely wouldn't have cheated on her. She played victim while the man she had claimed to love was killing himself he was in so much pain, but she couldn't do anything she knew she couldn't fix the problem. It was only worse that she's pregnant and she can't be sure whose child it was. Both Naruto and Ay had been finishing inside her when having sex. The guilt she felt was nearly unbearable, but she couldn't kill herself it would kill the baby. She had vowed that if it was Narutos she would raise it properly and raise it to think their father was a hero regardless of what everyone else said. That way Naruto would at least have someone rooting for him. If it was Ays however she didn't know what she would do she almost wanted to dispose of it. It would remind her of what she had done but she also knew she couldn't bring herself to kill it maybe she could find a way to give the child to Ay. She knew that would only raise suspicion about whether she cheated or not especially if it comes out as dark as him.

She had nearly six months before she had to worry about that in anyway. Hopefully Naruto would still be around when it came. She would hate for him to kill himself or get himself killed she wasn't sure which after seeing him leave the Hokage Building. She decided she would sneak over at some during the night so she could at least know she was pregnant.

Naruto had gotten home his apartment was dusty like usual and he was shocked that he hadn't died on that mission. Some powerful ninjas were a part of the new organization but slowly picking them off was a tactic that worked well since they had been sending their members on missions that seemed to take a bit of time. One of them was after the Kages but Naruto knew they wouldn't have been able to sneeze on any of the Kages. They clearly sent the wrong member to take care of them. Usually, Naruto would have ate something since he just got back but he knew any food he had was probably spoiled.

Deciding to sleep for the first time in a few days he figured if he was hungry in the morning, he would force himself to go and buy some food. He hadn't liked the amount of time he had left his house. Everyone expected him to have died. They had apparently celebrated in his absence considering some of the flyers were still up. He clearly disappointed them. As he walked to the Hokage building he saw people glare at him before saying some nasty things. He was used to it by now he didn't care. What hurt was when he left the building Hinata was watching him he had refused to even look at her.

He had still been on edge from the mission, so he had been on high alert and did notice that she smelled strange. He didn't know what it was he had never smelt anything like it before but it angered Kurama. Naruto drifted off to sleep. His nightmares continued. They felt like real life the only difference was he agreed with what they would say. He blamed himself for Hinata cheating he blamed himself for not being able to defend himself against his friends claims. He woke up sweating enough that the blood that had been crusty before was staining his shirt again.

Not wanting to chance more nightmares he decided to get up and shower. it had been a long time since he had cleaned himself properly. For the first time in over a month he had looked into the mirror. His eyes were sunken into his skull, his once bright yellow hair looked dull and dead. His previous built body had become a shell. He knew he had been lucky to come home alive after that mission. He wouldn't have if he didn't let Kurama do the heavy lifting.

He stripped the rest of his clothes and turned the shower on. Not realizing just how beaten his body was after all the self-harm and fighting during the mission the water hurt badly. Kurama may not be willing to heal his self-inflicted wounds, but he refused to let him get any infections. As the hot water streamed down his back, he watched the blood and dirt fall. The water stung but he was used to pain like this and barely reacted as he turned so water could fall on his front as well. Eventually he started to scrub his body with soap and cleaned the wounds that are still open out properly.

The water had caused a lot of wounds to reopen but he didn't care he threw on his pajamas and sat on his couch. He didn't do anything. Just stared at the wall he hadn't decorated his apartment he had simply got a twin mattress in the middle of the night along with a couch. He had just left the money where the mattress and couch were placed and left so he didn't have to deal with anyone. Eventually he forced himself to leave and pick up some essentials. He hadn't felt much lately but he knew he had to eat occasionally.

About a week later Naruto had been up for the past three days he refused to sleep as his nightmares were just getting worse. It was three in the morning, and he could swear he heard someone knock on his door. No one knocked on his door. Many people had spent a lot of time trying to break in, but he had some good sealing jutsus up in order to keep him as safe as possible. He realized he must be imagining it considering it had been three days since he had slept.

He continued to ignore the "knocking" and just sat there with his thoughts. After a little while it stopped, and Naruto decided to go to bed. There's an issue if he's hearing things. A few nights later it had happened again this time Naruto was sure someone was knocking. He had slept only a few hours before. He wasn't sure who would be knocking at his door especially in the middle of the night. He grabbed his ninja pouch and stood up in case they tried to attack him.

He asked who was there without response. Deciding to chance knowing very few people could actually hurt him. He opened the door and nearly dropped to his knees in shock. Hinata Hyūga stood there. Her eyes were pointed at the floor she held a letter in her hands. Once he got over his initial shock, he just became angry. She had no right coming to his house after what she did.

"What do you want," Naruto demanded.

He hadn't sounded angry but the coldness in his voice was enough to make Hinata shake. She knew he had to hate her it would make sense. She ruined his once prosperous life. All of their friends chose to believe her even though it would have been easy enough to have Ino search their minds or have Neji watch her chakra system as they asked if she told the truth and see that she was lying. It was good that they didn't do that at least it was good for her. Naruto had been subjected to a fate worse than death. He lost the determination and hope he use to have. He became foreign to her the once warm sunshine Naruto reminded her of became a cold blizzard. She knew she didn't have to be there, but she was determined to give him the letter and let him know she was pregnant. If she couldn't do that she deserved to die.

"What do you want," Naruto repeated clearly growing impatient.

Hinata stuttered but got what she wanted to say out, "I'm p-p-preg-pregnant."

"Good for you. Now that you wasted my time you can leave," he said and turned to go.

Hinata grabbed his arm before he could go. She felt some of the deeper cuts and winced. She knew he was doing this because of her. She didn't have to say anything, but she handed the letter to him as he glared at her.

"I know you hate me. You should I ruined your just to protect myself because I feared the consequences of my actions. I don't deserve forgiveness or your love after I broke your trust the way I did but I know you always wanted a family, so I needed to let you know. If it's yours I promise, I'll find a way for you to be a part of its life. That is if you want to be," she said quickly and didn't stutter once.

"I should hate you. I should want you dead I should want that child to be his just so everyone can see that I didn't lie but if I'm honest I can't bring myself to say that. I have always wanted a family and I thought that it would be with you, but I can't look at you without wishing we never met. I wish I hadn't saved you as a child I wish you were stolen by the cloud village when you were a child, so I didn't have to feel all this pain. I wouldn't need to suffer again if I never met you, but I can't change the past and I can't change my feelings, but I can make the choice to keep the people who hurt me out of my life. So just leave me alone," he said as Hinata walked away crying.

Naruto was left with a letter and some news that hurt. He didn't want to see her ever again. The child would just be a reminder of everything that could have been, but he knew there was no fixing this he knew there would be no relationship with the child even if it was his. He also now knew why Kurama was growling at her when they came back and what he smelled. He could smell the difference in odor she gave off as a mother to be.

AN

That's the end of another chapter. The story will progress a bit slowly as Naruto comes to his final decision regarding his life and what eventually breaks him. Hinata is pregnant and she obviously doesn't know whos it is but she will claim its Narutos as long as she's around other people. Over the next few chapters Naruto will struggle a lot he will also be sent on more missions of similar kinds. In regards to those missions i will be messing around and creating some jutsu so don't bash the names i come up with since I don't think they'll be good. Hinata also gave Naruto a letter that he did not open in this chapter but the letter will be very important.

Hinata is a very important character in this story. Naruto cares too much and is too forgiving but Hinata will make mistakes that cause some problems that she doesn't realize as she faces the reality of her decisions. Many of the next chapters will focus on Hinata and it will be a lot to take in as we see how everything plays out before Naruto eventually defects from the village and begins his quest for the destruction of the world. I hope everyone is enjoying the story even though its moving a bit slow.

I'm currently writing chapter six so I am a few weeks ahead in my writing schedule because its hard for me to stop once I get ideas flowing and really let myself get into it. Since I'm so far ahead I want everyone's opinions on how I should proceed with uploading. Would you guys like me to update more than once a week or stay at one upload per week. Anyways please like, follow, and review with any questions thoughts or reactions I read them all and respond to a lot of them as well. Feel free to PM me if you have any suggestions or just want to talk about the story.

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