Chapter 11: Back again…
"Hinata-chan, please forgive me…" Naruto said as he bowed in front of Hinata. Tsunade arrived and she smiled. Tsunade then gestured for everyone to get out of the room. Kankuro picked up the unconscious Temari and then he went out of the room after everyone else left. Hinata looked down at the bowing Naruto; she smiled. He then put her hands in Naruto's face and then she pushed him gently up. Her hands were cupped around his cheeks. She smiled again at Naruto. She then nodded.
"Of course Naruto-kun… I forgive you… it wasn't your fault…" Hinata said. She then removed her hands from his cheek. "…but would you tell me how you met her?" she asked.
"Of course I can tell you…" Naruto said
Flashback: Naruto's POV
A couple of days after I left Konoha, the carriage's wheel suddenly got broken. Naruto suddenly blushed.
"Why are you blushing Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.
"Well… let's just say that during those times I was daydreaming…" Naruto said.
"Daydreaming of what?" Hinata asked.
"It's not what, I was daydreaming of someone …" Naruto said. He then looked down on the ground and he blushed more. He started to draw circles on the ground with his finger.
"Then who were you daydreaming of?" Hinata asked.
Naruto lifted his head and he looked deeply into Hinata's eyes. "I was… daydreaming of… you…" Naruto then turned red.
"Really?" Hinata blushed too.
"Anyway…"
The carriage's wheel then got suddenly broken. When I stepped out I saw an unconscious woman lying in the ground. After a very unusual confrontation with her, she passed out again. We then took her back to Suna. When I talked to Gaara, he told that Mizuki was a really valuable ninja to them. He thanked me and he told me Mizuki's background. She was the last member of their clan. Their clan was a master for making medicinal mixtures, and what she used to drug me was one of their forbidden mixtures. After we encountered the assassin, I was standing near Sasuke's bed regretting that I let him come with me. After a while, a Sand-Nin told me that Mizuki wanted to talk with me. So I went to her room in the hospital, she thanked me for bringing her back there in Suna. But when I visited her room, I smelled something very nice. I felt very relieved during the time I smelled it. And after that, I think I became quite fond of her. I'd visit her everyday and every time I'll visit her I'd smelled it. What I didn't know was she's drugging me during those times. And when it was leaving time already, she asked me if she could come with me.
End of flashback.
"And you said yes?" Hinata said.
"Yeah… "Naruto then smiled at her. "But it's all over now…" he added
"But Naruto-kun, why did she want to kill you?" Hinata asked.
"I don't have a clue…" Naruto then stood up and he approached Hinata. He then knelt in front of her. They were very close to one another now. "… and all I care about now is making up to you since I hurt you so much." Naruto said. He then kissed Hinata passionately. Hinata pulled him down.
Tsunade and the others then went inside the room where the others waited for the news.
"How's Naruto?" Sakura asked right away when everyone settled inside the room.
"He's alright now…" Tsunade said. Temari then woke up, she quickly grabbed a kunai.
"Where's that traitor?" she furiously asked.
"Whoa… calm down!" Kankuro said. "It's all over now…" he added.
"It's over?" Temari then put her kunai back in the holster.
"Yeah, it's all over now. Hey, why were you knocked out cold when we got there" Kankuro asked.
"She was accompanied by a man. And that man is a strong one… he knocked me out cold before I could use my fan…" Temari answered. "Are they dead?" She asked
"No… they got away…" Kakashi said.
"They got away?" Temari exclaimed.
"Yeah… they got away…" Kankuro said.
"How's Naruto?" Temari asked.
"He's alright…" Tsunade said.
"What about that Hyuuga girl? She was stabbed! Is she alright?" Temari asked
"Stabbed?!" Hiashi exclaimed he suddenly stood up from his seat.
"Don't worry she's alright …" Tsunade said.
"Where is she?" Hiashi asked.
"In her past room having a little private talk with Naruto…" Tsunade said.
"OH…" everyone said in unison
Hiashi then started to walk.
"Where are you going?" Neji asked
"I'm going to check Hinata…" Hiashi said.
"Then I suggest you bring her new and clean clothes… her kimono is just a mess right now…" Tsunade said.
Hiashi approached Hinata's old room's door carrying clean clothes for his daughter. It was a good thing Sakura had the key to her apartment and that she rushed there to get some of Hinata's clothes and come back here for her. Naruto and Hinata were inside the room too long now, he thought. He hoped they're not doing anything that he would find not good. He then slowly opened the door, his empty eyes twitched when he saw the two lying on the ground… kissing.
"Eherm" he cleared his throat. Naruto and Hinata broke of their deep kiss and they looked at the door. They quickly sat up when they saw Hiashi looking down at them with angry eyes.
"A-ano…" Hinata tried to speak.
"Hinata… you better change your clothes, your kimono looks like a mess." Hiashi said; Hinata then stood up and she took the clothes from her father's hands. She then rushed out of the room.
"W-well then, I better get going too…" Naruto said.
"No…" Hiashi said. "I want to talk to you..." He then sat across Naruto in the tatami.
'He does? Oh my… I'm in trouble…" Naruto thought. He then remembered that he better stop Hiashi's plan. He bowed down in front of him. "Please don't continue the marriage…" Naruto said.
"Please raise your head Naruto-sama…" Hiashi said. "This thing was just a test I made to see if you really love my daughter…" Hiashi said. Naruto then lifted up his head and he looked at Hiashi with amusement. "And based on your actions and that crying you just did, you really love her." Hiashi added
"It was just a test?" Naruto thought.
"Frankly, if you would ask Hinata's hand in marriage right now, I'll approve it…" Hiashi said
"You would!?" Naruto exclaimed.
"Yes I would, but Naruto do you have plans yet?" Hiashi asked.
"Well, I'd love to but she still doesn't know about it…" Naruto said
"Oh… then you better tell her then…" Hiashi then stood up. "Then I'll leave now… to tell everybody that I would not continue the marriage anymore and that she's all yours. But Naruto-sama, if you hurt her, remember that you'll face the wrath of the Hyuuga clan…" Hiashi said.
"Don't worry Hyuuga-sama… I would NEVER hurt her…" Naruto said.
"And please stop the formalities… you can call me father if you want." Hiashi said.
Hiashi then left the room. He quickly made his way back to where everyone was.
"So… how are they?" Tsunade asked.
"They're alright…" Hiashi said.
"Will you continue the marriage, Hyuuga-sama?" Tsunade asked.
"Iie… I would not continue the marriage anymore…" Hiashi said. Everyone rejoiced when they heard the news.
"How about Hanabi and Neji's betrothal, would you still continue it?" Tsunade asked.
"No… they can enjoy their freedom…" Hiashi said.
Neji and Hanabi smiled when they heard what Hiashi said. Neji then looked at TenTen and he blushed.
Hinata then returned to where she left Naruto. She was wearing her normal everyday clothes. When she entered the room she saw a sad Naruto. She knelt down beside him. "What's wrong Naruto-kun? Father didn't cancel the marriage did he?" Hinata asked
"Iie, Hinata-chan…" His eyes then became the cheerful blue eyes they are everyday. "… He cancelled it! And he said that you're all mine…" He then moved his eyebrows up and down. Hinata blushed because she knew what Naruto was thinking of.
"Hehehe!!! I'm just joking! I would make you do it with me in here!!!" Naruto said
Hinata then punched him in the head. "Naruto-kun…" she said with a shade of pink in her cheek.
"But there's one thing I'll do…" Naruto said.
Kiss…
"Hinata-chan, please forgive me…" Naruto said as he bowed in front of Hinata. Tsunade arrived and she smiled. Tsunade then gestured for everyone to get out of the room. Kankuro picked up the unconscious Temari and then he went out of the room after everyone else left. Hinata looked down at the bowing Naruto; she smiled. He then put her hands in Naruto's face and then she pushed him gently up. Her hands were cupped around his cheeks. She smiled again at Naruto. She then nodded.
"Of course Naruto-kun… I forgive you… it wasn't your fault…" Hinata said. She then removed her hands from his cheek. "…but would you tell me how you met her?" she asked.
"Of course I can tell you…" Naruto said
Flashback: Naruto's POV
A couple of days after I left Konoha, the carriage's wheel suddenly got broken. Naruto suddenly blushed.
"Why are you blushing Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.
"Well… let's just say that during those times I was daydreaming…" Naruto said.
"Daydreaming of what?" Hinata asked.
"It's not what, I was daydreaming of someone …" Naruto said. He then looked down on the ground and he blushed more. He started to draw circles on the ground with his finger.
"Then who were you daydreaming of?" Hinata asked.
Naruto lifted his head and he looked deeply into Hinata's eyes. "I was… daydreaming of… you…" Naruto then turned red.
"Really?" Hinata blushed too.
"Anyway…"
The carriage's wheel then got suddenly broken. When I stepped out I saw an unconscious woman lying in the ground. After a very unusual confrontation with her, she passed out again. We then took her back to Suna. When I talked to Gaara, he told that Mizuki was a really valuable ninja to them. He thanked me and he told me Mizuki's background. She was the last member of their clan. Their clan was a master for making medicinal mixtures, and what she used to drug me was one of their forbidden mixtures. After we encountered the assassin, I was standing near Sasuke's bed regretting that I let him come with me. After a while, a Sand-Nin told me that Mizuki wanted to talk with me. So I went to her room in the hospital, she thanked me for bringing her back there in Suna. But when I visited her room, I smelled something very nice. I felt very relieved during the time I smelled it. And after that, I think I became quite fond of her. I'd visit her everyday and every time I'll visit her I'd smelled it. What I didn't know was she's drugging me during those times. And when it was leaving time already, she asked me if she could come with me.
End of flashback.
"And you said yes?" Hinata said.
"Yeah… "Naruto then smiled at her. "But it's all over now…" he added
"But Naruto-kun, why did she want to kill you?" Hinata asked.
"I don't have a clue…" Naruto then stood up and he approached Hinata. He then knelt in front of her. They were very close to one another now. "… and all I care about now is making up to you since I hurt you so much." Naruto said. He then kissed Hinata passionately. Hinata pulled him down.
Tsunade and the others then went inside the room where the others waited for the news.
"How's Naruto?" Sakura asked right away when everyone settled inside the room.
"He's alright now…" Tsunade said. Temari then woke up, she quickly grabbed a kunai.
"Where's that traitor?" she furiously asked.
"Whoa… calm down!" Kankuro said. "It's all over now…" he added.
"It's over?" Temari then put her kunai back in the holster.
"Yeah, it's all over now. Hey, why were you knocked out cold when we got there" Kankuro asked.
"She was accompanied by a man. And that man is a strong one… he knocked me out cold before I could use my fan…" Temari answered. "Are they dead?" She asked
"No… they got away…" Kakashi said.
"They got away?" Temari exclaimed.
"Yeah… they got away…" Kankuro said.
"How's Naruto?" Temari asked.
"He's alright…" Tsunade said.
"What about that Hyuuga girl? She was stabbed! Is she alright?" Temari asked
"Stabbed?!" Hiashi exclaimed he suddenly stood up from his seat.
"Don't worry she's alright …" Tsunade said.
"Where is she?" Hiashi asked.
"In her past room having a little private talk with Naruto…" Tsunade said.
"OH…" everyone said in unison
Hiashi then started to walk.
"Where are you going?" Neji asked
"I'm going to check Hinata…" Hiashi said.
"Then I suggest you bring her new and clean clothes… her kimono is just a mess right now…" Tsunade said.
Hiashi approached Hinata's old room's door carrying clean clothes for his daughter. It was a good thing Sakura had the key to her apartment and that she rushed there to get some of Hinata's clothes and come back here for her. Naruto and Hinata were inside the room too long now, he thought. He hoped they're not doing anything that he would find not good. He then slowly opened the door, his empty eyes twitched when he saw the two lying on the ground… kissing.
"Eherm" he cleared his throat. Naruto and Hinata broke of their deep kiss and they looked at the door. They quickly sat up when they saw Hiashi looking down at them with angry eyes.
"A-ano…" Hinata tried to speak.
"Hinata… you better change your clothes, your kimono looks like a mess." Hiashi said; Hinata then stood up and she took the clothes from her father's hands. She then rushed out of the room.
"W-well then, I better get going too…" Naruto said.
"No…" Hiashi said. "I want to talk to you..." He then sat across Naruto in the tatami.
'He does? Oh my… I'm in trouble…" Naruto thought. He then remembered that he better stop Hiashi's plan. He bowed down in front of him. "Please don't continue the marriage…" Naruto said.
"Please raise your head Naruto-sama…" Hiashi said. "This thing was just a test I made to see if you really love my daughter…" Hiashi said. Naruto then lifted up his head and he looked at Hiashi with amusement. "And based on your actions and that crying you just did, you really love her." Hiashi added
"It was just a test?" Naruto thought.
"Frankly, if you would ask Hinata's hand in marriage right now, I'll approve it…" Hiashi said
"You would!?" Naruto exclaimed.
"Yes I would, but Naruto do you have plans yet?" Hiashi asked.
"Well, I'd love to but she still doesn't know about it…" Naruto said
"Oh… then you better tell her then…" Hiashi then stood up. "Then I'll leave now… to tell everybody that I would not continue the marriage anymore and that she's all yours. But Naruto-sama, if you hurt her, remember that you'll face the wrath of the Hyuuga clan…" Hiashi said.
"Don't worry Hyuuga-sama… I would NEVER hurt her…" Naruto said.
"And please stop the formalities… you can call me father if you want." Hiashi said.
Hiashi then left the room. He quickly made his way back to where everyone was.
"So… how are they?" Tsunade asked.
"They're alright…" Hiashi said.
"Will you continue the marriage, Hyuuga-sama?" Tsunade asked.
"Iie… I would not continue the marriage anymore…" Hiashi said. Everyone rejoiced when they heard the news.
"How about Hanabi and Neji's betrothal, would you still continue it?" Tsunade asked.
"No… they can enjoy their freedom…" Hiashi said.
Neji and Hanabi smiled when they heard what Hiashi said. Neji then looked at TenTen and he blushed.
Hinata then returned to where she left Naruto. She was wearing her normal everyday clothes. When she entered the room she saw a sad Naruto. She knelt down beside him. "What's wrong Naruto-kun? Father didn't cancel the marriage did he?" Hinata asked
"Iie, Hinata-chan…" His eyes then became the cheerful blue eyes they are everyday. "… He cancelled it! And he said that you're all mine…" He then moved his eyebrows up and down. Hinata blushed because she knew what Naruto was thinking of.
"Hehehe!!! I'm just joking! I would make you do it with me in here!!!" Naruto said
Hinata then punched him in the head. "Naruto-kun…" she said with a shade of pink in her cheek.
"But there's one thing I'll do…" Naruto said.
Kiss…