Demon within
Chapter 2: Pendant
Hinata lay in her bed under her warm covers unable to sleep. Something was wrong. She looked at the necklace Naruto had given her to hold earlier that day. They had been walking through Konoha together hand in hand on their way to her home. He blushed a light shade of red and placed a sweet chaste kiss on her lips and started off swiftly in what seemed to be embarrassment when she noticed Naruto drop the pendant. She had picked it up and called to him. She knew it was important to him and to have dropped it so carelessly without noticing was odd.
"Naruto, you dropped you pendant!" she yelled from her door hoping he would hear her small voice from the gate. He looked with an unreadable face and told her too hold on to it and that he would come back for it.
Hinata got an unsettling feeling in her stomach as she looked back on it. What did he mean? Was he going somewhere? He hadn't said anything about a mission. It always worried her when he went off on one of his missions. Besides he had just come back from an A level mission with Neji, why would he leave again so soon? And even on those difficult missions he had never left her with his pendant. In fact she had never seen it leave his neck. Even then. She blushed at the thought and folded the covers aside and turned to get out of bed.
Hinata sat up in her bed and wrapped a robe around her and wandered the dark halls of her home towards the kitchen.
"Neji, what are you doing up?"
Neji blushed a bit and held up a box of ice cream. "Want some?"
Hinata smiled and nodded. Ever since a year ago when Neji had become an Anbu he had been living with them in the main house and during that time became very close to her. He was like an older brother to her. After his fight with Naruto in the chuunin exam and the events that followed soon after he had become nicer to her and she was able to break through his cold exterior.
Neji handed her a bowl of ice cream and she thanked him quietly. "You couldn't sleep either?"
"No...Ten ten is leaving on a mission tomorrow."
Hinata grinned at him, she was one of the few that knew about Neji and Ten ten's little relationship.
Neji glanced over at Hinata and scowled. "Don't smile that way with me Hinata. I know all about you and Naruto."
"You don't know everything!" She taunted.
Neji grinned his knowing smile and turned back to his ice cream leaving a flushed Hinata to hers as well. 'Does he know?' Hinata shook her head and shoved these thoughts from her mind and asked Neji if he knew if Naruto was going on a mission anytime soon.
"No, I don't think so. We just got back from one."
"Did he say anything to you about going somewhere?"
"No, I wouldn't really know anyway. Ask Lee or Kakashi."
"Why Kakashi? He's not their sensei anymore."
"Yeah, but Kakashi just seems to have a way of knowing."
Hinata thought about it for a while, leaving a silence over the two with the soft clanging of spoon on white porcelain bowls. Hinata soon finished and turned to leave the kitchen when Neji spoke.
"Hinata, don't worry so much. He wouldn't leave you lightly. He cares about you a lot. You're all he thinks about."
Hinata smiled at Neji's comforting words and uttered small thanks before leaving. As she left Neji's smile slipped and he sighed deeply. "If only you knew"
Hinata's step was a little lighter as she made her way back to her bedroom. Tomorrow. She thought. Tomorrow she would see Naruto and everything would be ok.
Hinata stopped mid step and somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew that tomorrow would be too late. And after tomorrow, she may never see her Naruto ever again. A nauseated feeling hit her like a wave and she found her self just making it to the bathroom to empty the contents of her stomach. 'Whats wrong with me?' Hinata thought desperately as tears came to her eyes. "Naruto, where are you? I need you." She whimpered silently as Neji came running to her side trying to comfort his 'sister'.
"It's going to be ok Hinata, we'll see the doctor tomorrow and everything will be fine." Neji helped her to her bed and pulled the covers over her as she whimpered Naruto's name in the dark room.
"Naruto..."
From somewhere deep in the forests of Konoha, Naruto stopped on a branch and became alert.
"Naruto, what are you doing, we cant stop."
"Did you hear something just now?"
Gaara listened intently but heard nothing but the rustling of the leaves. "No, now move it."
Naruto shrugged, "Must have been the wind." But he was sure he had just heard someone say his name. Some one plead with him. But then again, it was probably just a memory of when the demon fox took over and it was probably just one of the many people, that pleaded for their lives.
So what did you guys think? I know that kind of sucked but I'm having a bit of writers block. And just to make a little clarification, this is not a Gaara Naruto yaoi pairing. (if you couldn't tell already.)
I'll try to update as soon as I can but I'm going to be on vacation for like a month or so and wont be back till the 29th of august. But I promise, I'll write while I'm away and I'll type it up and update the minute I get back. I WILL continue this story and all my other stories as well. Please review and I'll see you in a month or so.
Chapter 2: Pendant
Hinata lay in her bed under her warm covers unable to sleep. Something was wrong. She looked at the necklace Naruto had given her to hold earlier that day. They had been walking through Konoha together hand in hand on their way to her home. He blushed a light shade of red and placed a sweet chaste kiss on her lips and started off swiftly in what seemed to be embarrassment when she noticed Naruto drop the pendant. She had picked it up and called to him. She knew it was important to him and to have dropped it so carelessly without noticing was odd.
"Naruto, you dropped you pendant!" she yelled from her door hoping he would hear her small voice from the gate. He looked with an unreadable face and told her too hold on to it and that he would come back for it.
Hinata got an unsettling feeling in her stomach as she looked back on it. What did he mean? Was he going somewhere? He hadn't said anything about a mission. It always worried her when he went off on one of his missions. Besides he had just come back from an A level mission with Neji, why would he leave again so soon? And even on those difficult missions he had never left her with his pendant. In fact she had never seen it leave his neck. Even then. She blushed at the thought and folded the covers aside and turned to get out of bed.
Hinata sat up in her bed and wrapped a robe around her and wandered the dark halls of her home towards the kitchen.
"Neji, what are you doing up?"
Neji blushed a bit and held up a box of ice cream. "Want some?"
Hinata smiled and nodded. Ever since a year ago when Neji had become an Anbu he had been living with them in the main house and during that time became very close to her. He was like an older brother to her. After his fight with Naruto in the chuunin exam and the events that followed soon after he had become nicer to her and she was able to break through his cold exterior.
Neji handed her a bowl of ice cream and she thanked him quietly. "You couldn't sleep either?"
"No...Ten ten is leaving on a mission tomorrow."
Hinata grinned at him, she was one of the few that knew about Neji and Ten ten's little relationship.
Neji glanced over at Hinata and scowled. "Don't smile that way with me Hinata. I know all about you and Naruto."
"You don't know everything!" She taunted.
Neji grinned his knowing smile and turned back to his ice cream leaving a flushed Hinata to hers as well. 'Does he know?' Hinata shook her head and shoved these thoughts from her mind and asked Neji if he knew if Naruto was going on a mission anytime soon.
"No, I don't think so. We just got back from one."
"Did he say anything to you about going somewhere?"
"No, I wouldn't really know anyway. Ask Lee or Kakashi."
"Why Kakashi? He's not their sensei anymore."
"Yeah, but Kakashi just seems to have a way of knowing."
Hinata thought about it for a while, leaving a silence over the two with the soft clanging of spoon on white porcelain bowls. Hinata soon finished and turned to leave the kitchen when Neji spoke.
"Hinata, don't worry so much. He wouldn't leave you lightly. He cares about you a lot. You're all he thinks about."
Hinata smiled at Neji's comforting words and uttered small thanks before leaving. As she left Neji's smile slipped and he sighed deeply. "If only you knew"
Hinata's step was a little lighter as she made her way back to her bedroom. Tomorrow. She thought. Tomorrow she would see Naruto and everything would be ok.
Hinata stopped mid step and somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew that tomorrow would be too late. And after tomorrow, she may never see her Naruto ever again. A nauseated feeling hit her like a wave and she found her self just making it to the bathroom to empty the contents of her stomach. 'Whats wrong with me?' Hinata thought desperately as tears came to her eyes. "Naruto, where are you? I need you." She whimpered silently as Neji came running to her side trying to comfort his 'sister'.
"It's going to be ok Hinata, we'll see the doctor tomorrow and everything will be fine." Neji helped her to her bed and pulled the covers over her as she whimpered Naruto's name in the dark room.
"Naruto..."
From somewhere deep in the forests of Konoha, Naruto stopped on a branch and became alert.
"Naruto, what are you doing, we cant stop."
"Did you hear something just now?"
Gaara listened intently but heard nothing but the rustling of the leaves. "No, now move it."
Naruto shrugged, "Must have been the wind." But he was sure he had just heard someone say his name. Some one plead with him. But then again, it was probably just a memory of when the demon fox took over and it was probably just one of the many people, that pleaded for their lives.
So what did you guys think? I know that kind of sucked but I'm having a bit of writers block. And just to make a little clarification, this is not a Gaara Naruto yaoi pairing. (if you couldn't tell already.)
I'll try to update as soon as I can but I'm going to be on vacation for like a month or so and wont be back till the 29th of august. But I promise, I'll write while I'm away and I'll type it up and update the minute I get back. I WILL continue this story and all my other stories as well. Please review and I'll see you in a month or so.