Hinata's Nine Tailed Fox: Chapter 2
Naruto stared up at the sky, taking in the blackness of it. Was it really that dark? He couldn't remember. He was half asleep, distorted images and dreams dancing infront of his eyes sometimes, making him wonder where he was.
He layed flat on his back, his eyes slightly open.
He tried to remember how he had gotten there, but he just couldn't. He couldn't remember anything, exept for fragments of memory, most of them either useless or terrifying.
He felt something cool on his forehead and someone sitting next to him. He tried to look at the person, but he didn't want to move his head to look for fear of a head ache.
Hinata sat on her knees close to Naruto. It was dark out, most likely midnight. The sky was dark and the fire that Sasuke had built by this stream had burnt out. They had come out into the wood, just outside of the village, or what was left of it.
She looked at Naruto. He had changed, changed alot. His hair was slighlty longer, with bold red streaks running through it. The streaks on his face were outlined even more boldly, and he had the symbol of fire printed red on his forehead. His eyes were still the brilliant blue, only with sparks of red in them.
Naruto's clothes had been torn apart, and, luckily, Sasuke had changed him into some loose black pants on, and Sakura had used her chakra and training as a Medic Nin to heal Naruto. His forehead protector had been torn apart as well. They then put a black beater on him and Sasuke and Sakura had gone into the village to get supplies. They had left Hinata to watch over Naruto.
His eyes opened a bit wider and he looked at Hinata. "N-Naruto? A-are you awake?"
He just looked at her as if he were trying to remember who she was, and then went back to sleep.
"Hinata-chan?" Sakura made her way to Hinata, setting supplies down next to the fire. She sat down in front of Hinata and sighed.
"S-Sakura? Are you okay?"
Hinata forced a smile and sighed again. "Most of my family didn't escape. I don't think... that any of them escaped." She put her head in her hands and sniffed.
Hinata looked down. Her whole family had been killed. She felt horrible for having no pity for them. It was just that... they had never really cared for her. And she hadn't cared for them that much. It wasn't that she hated them, but it seemed like she had blocked them out.
Both Sakura and Hinata tensed and looked up sharply when Sasuke came into the small clearing with food.
It was quiet and tense, and maybe the tenseness was what woke Naruto up. He slowly opened his eyes, smelling something that made his mouth water. He slowly sat up and leaned up against a tree. Hinata was there beside him, helping him sit up. He looked at Sasuke, studying him.
There was something very strange about him. Naruto felt a very powerful aura coming from him. Sasuke simply stared back.
Naruto looked then at one of the girls. Her pink hair grabbed his attention, it seemed to glow in the dark. Her aura was gentle yet agressive, and she didn't have that much chakra. She looked like she would be better at healing than fighting.
He then looked at the girl beside him, that was putting a cold cloth on his forehead.
"Naruto, are you all right?" She asked quietly. He silently nodded his head, even though he didn't know who or what she was talking about. She had a powerful but gentle aura, as if she would be a formiddable opponent, but she wouldn't want to fight. She had short black hair and light lavender eyes.
"Are you hungry?" Asked Sakura. "I got some ramen." She picked up some cup ramen and some chopsticks.
Naruto just stared at the stuff Sakura was holding in front of her. They sat there for about thirty seconds. "C'mon, Naruto, my arms are getting tired!"
"What are you doing?" He asked her.
"Ramen? Want ramen? You know you want to eat it..." She shoved it toward Naruto and the scalding contents of the cup spilled all over him. He howled and stood straight up. They were trying to attack him!
Sasuke immediently knew what was happening. He stood up, ready to protect if he attacked. Naruto backed away from the three, his eyes nervously darting between the three. He watched as Sasuke walked toward him. He growled but the boy wouldn't go away.
"Naruto, calm down. It was an accident." Sasuke said, inching toward Naruto. Naruto growled even louder.
"Don't get near me. Don't hurt me." He said, fear betraying his voice. He couldn't get into a fight now, he was too weak...
"I won't hurt you, Naruto." Said Sasuke with irritation. "Just get up and eat."
Eat? What if it was poisin? It had already hurt him! It had burned his chest! That girl had thrown it at him!
"Don't panic, Naruto, calm down." Said Sasuke, sensing Naruto's tension.
Naruto calmed down a bit, but when the pink-haired-girl got close to him and tried to give him more, he jolted up and ran outside of the clearing into the dark.
Sasuke ran after him. Naruto looked back. He then looked straight ahead and felt fatigue taking over. He still ran as fast as he could.
Naruto stopped and turned around to face Sasuke as he was running toward him. Sasuke stopped in front of Naruto and--
His hand went to his face and he felt blood on it. Naruto had clawed his face. Sasuke didn't want to hurt Naruto, because he didn't think he was in the right state of mind at the moment, but he had clawed his face! The bastard!
"Naruto, calm down." He stated calmly. Naruto looked around, not paying attention. He observed Sasuke's forehead protector.
"Who..." Naruto panted, taking in breaths of air. That running had taken alot out of him. "Who are you? Why are you chasing me?"
"You don't remember?" Asked Sasuke, not so surprised. Everything was going wrong, so why not this? Damned Irony.
"No." Said Naruto. "I don't..." He said, holding his head. He was starting to get a headache...
Sasuke tried to explain to Naruto that Sakura hadn't really been trying to hurt him and had only been trying to give him food.
Naruto nodded and understood. He was horrified of Sakura, though.
"Come on, Dobe, Hinata and Sakura are alone." They started to go and then theyrealized something.
They were stuck in quicksand. "Hey," Said Naruto. "The sand is--"
Sasuke tried to get out, but to no avail. Damn it. He really didn't want to call for help. He wasn't deep in yet, only to his ankles. Naruto on the other hand, was waste deep in it.
Naruto really didn't know what was going on. All he knew was that now he really, really hated quicksand.
Swallowing his pride, Sasuke called for help. "Sakura, Hinata...Help!"
At the campsite, Hinata and Sakura were eating Ramen while sitting around the campfire they just made. Sakura's hair got singed in the process so she wasn't in the best of moods.
"Um... Sakura?" Hinata began hesitantly.
"What." Sakura snapped, not looking up from her bowl of Ramen.
"Do you think they're okay? They've been gone for a while..."
"Who cares. My hair is ruined!"
"I-It's not that bad..."
Suddenly, they heard a yell in the distance. Sakura looked up sharply. "Is that Sasuke?" It sounded again.
"Sakura! Hinata! Help!"
"Aii-ya! I'LL SAVE YOU, MY PRECIOUS SASUKE!" Sakura cried, leaping up. She took off into the forest. Hinata just stood there, dumbfounded. After a few confused moments, she stood up and ran into the direction Sakura left.
When the two girls made it to where the boys were stuck, they froze. Naruto was up to his shoulders in quicksand while Sasuke was in waist-deep. A few moments of silence. Then...
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU LOSERS! How the hell did you get stuck!" Sakura cried, laughing her ass off as she pulled out a rope. Hinata was laughing too, but not as loudly.
"Shut-up, and get me out of here!" Sasuke said, irritation in his voice.
"Ah! I'm dying! It's eating me! Help!" Naruto was getting a bit hysterical. This only made the girls laugh harder.
When they had finally gotten out of the quicksand, Naruto was shaking in fear while Sasuke was just more pissy than usual.
Naruto kept staring at Sakura. She was really, really scary! She had laughed when she saw them in the quicksand! She was maniacal!
They walked back tro the campsite, Naruto staying close to Hinata, because she was quiet and... non... maniacal. Or so it seemed. lol.
Naruto couldn't help but notice that all three of these people had forehead protectors with symbols on them. The 'Hinata' girl smelled like rain. Rain with flowers. Like lilacs. He liked it.
The 'Sakura' girlseemed to sense his fear for her.
In fact, in Sakura's mind, she was resisting the urge to laugh at him. Maybe she could mess with his head later when she wasn't so tired.
They all settled down and eventually fell asleep. Naruto knocked out in an instant. Hinata sat beside him and fell asleep like that, worry in her mind.
Sasuke stayed up for a bit. He woke Sakura and Hinata up after about an hour and left Naruto asleep.
"What's the big idea?" Yawned Sakura, stretching her arms out. Hinata blinked several times and yawned as well.
Sasuke sat down in front of them. "It's about Naruto."
Sakura sat up straight. "He's certainly changed." Hinata nodded.
"I... I don't think we should tell him." She said quietly.
"Why not?" Asked Sakura. "Wouldn't it be a good thing for him to know?"
"I agree.We should let him remember on his own." Said Sasuke flatly. "If he found out so suddenly, he'll either get angry or upset and even more prone to destroy things."
"It makes sense..." Mumbled Sakura. "He could go into shock."
"Do you think... we should go into the village tomorrow and get some more supplies?" Asked Hinata uncertainly, as if she would get instant disapproval.
"Alright. Sasuke, you should take Naruto to his house and get him some stuff." Said Sakura.
Sasuke grunted. Sakura rolled her eyes. Such a manly man. "What should we do?" She asked suddenly. "Our village is destroyed. We have nowhere to go..."
"I saw some Jonin and Academy teachers take children out of the village." Said Hiinata. "Maybe we could... look for them?"
"Good idea!" Exclaimed Sakura. "Rebuild Konoha!"
"Sc-scared..." They heard a voice from behind Hinata. They looked at Naruto as he mumbled in his sleep. They payed close attention. What was he dreaming about?
"N-no... pink... haired... girl... hot... noodles!" He said, cringing in his sleep.
There was a girl with bright pink snakes for hair and horrible evil eyes. She was laughing maniacally.
She had fangs and the snakes that were her hair hissed evily.
"You're going to DIE!" She laughed. She reached into a pocket and pulled out...
RAMEN!
"Nnnoooooo!"
Naruto shook in fear. Sakura turned away from him and Hinata and Sasuke sweatdropped.
"I didn't do it on purpose!" She said, her face red.
"Ahem... Rebuilding Konoha." Said Sasuke. "How?"
Hinata lit up. "We could search for the Jonin and children... And bring them to the village and rebuild?"
They sat up for a bit longer, talking about it, and eventually went to sleep.
In the morning!
Naruto woke up bright and early. He stretched out and looked at everyone. There was the black-haired girl, the evil scary pink-haired girl... Where was the boy?
"Naruto." He looked around and saw Sasuke in a tree. "Are you ready to go into the village?"
Naruto shook his head. "What village?"
Sasuke looked away. Damnit. He really didn't remember. "Come on. We need to go get some supplies."
They walked through the trees into the village. Naruto looked around as they walked. There was something he didn't really like about this place.
The houses were trampled over, the stores looked like they had been abandoned suddenly. There was shattered glass from broken windows on the ground.
"Where are we?" He asked.
"Nowhere. An abandoned village." Sasuke said flatly, following the agreement he and Hinata and Sakura had made. They couldn't tell Naruto anything, he had to find out for himself. They were afraid he would freak out if he knew right away.
They stopped in from of Naruto's house, which happened to be only one standing. Sasuke opened the door and let Naruto in. They went into his room. It was pretty messy.
"Naruto, look for kunai and weapons like these," Said Sasuke, holding out his basic ninja weapons. "Get them all together. Then pick out some clothes and things you think you'll need."
"Like what?" Asked Naruto.
Sasuke raided Naruto's bathroom, which, surprisingly, was very clean. He got A toothbrush, deoderant, things like that and stuffed them into a bag. "There. Get some clothes." He said.
Naruto did so as Sasuke hung around in his hallway. He saw tons of books with names like: The Secrets of Chakra, and The Great Hokages and Sands, Fires, Winds and Waters.
He had had no idea that he read so much...
Naruto looked under his bed and saw something very interesting. He reached under and pulled it out. It was a book called Icha Icha Paradise. It looked interesting because it had a cover with a man and a woman chasing each other on it. He didn't have time to read it that moment, so he tucked it into a pocket and decided to let it wait till later.
He spotted a pair of goggles on the shelf. He picked them up and put them on his forehead. He like them. He decided to keep them on.
He walked out into the hall. "I'm ready. Where are we going?"
"We're going to look for the people of this village."
"Oh... okay." Said Naruto, not knowing what to say. They walked outside and toward the forest where Sakura and Hinata were.
They walked through the destroyed village. Naruto looked around and something caught his eye.
It was a woman with brown hair and empty brown eyes. She was crushed... crushed under a fallen building. She was holding a bundle. He stopped and looked closer. It was a baby...
He knelt down over them. Sasuke stared at him.
"What happened here?"
"Nothing. The village was raided."
"Oh..." They continued to walk toward the forest.
They reached the campsite and saw that Hinata and Sakura weren't there.
"They probably went to get their own supplies." Said Sasuke as he opened up a cup of ramen. Naruto kept his distance from him as he ate it.
"I don't... I don't think this is right..."
"Oh, come on, no one's here to get us in trouble! Don't be such a wus!"
"Well... I really have kind of wanted that outfit..."
Hinata and Sakura stood outside of a clothing store, examining clothes that they hadn't ever been able to get.
"See that outfit? It would really bring out my eyes! And that one would show off your figure! Come on!" Said Sakura.
Sakura somewhat dragged Hinata into the store. Hinata just stood there, watching Sakura grab outfits and such. "Come on Hinata! If you don't start getting cloths for yourself, I'm gonna start grabbing then for you!"
Hinata looked at an outfit that she had always wanted, but her father didn't want her to have. She took it from the hanger and folded it.
"That's the spirit, Hinata!" Exclaimed Sakura. They continued from store to store getting clothes and supplies.
They started back toward the forest when they were done. They had put on new outfits already. Hinata had grabbed a new forehead protector for Naruto to wear, since his old one was ruined.
Hinata was dressed in a blue kimono-midrift with a skirt that went down to her knees. The skirt had two slits on the sides that went up to a few inches below the waste. Under the skirt was a pair of black and white stiped tights. The same under shirt covered her stomach.
Sakura was dressed in a dark green shirt that flowed down over her waste. Under the shirt was a pink pair of shorts that went down to her knees. She had never been allowed to wear clothes like that because they were too 'boyish'. Sakura liked the look.
Sakura smirked. "I just bring out the worst in you, don't I?"
Hinata smiled playfully. "I'm not sure if that good, Sakura-chan..."
They made their way back to the forest. When they got to the campsite, They saw Sasuke and Naruto already packed up and ready to go. Hinata noticed that Naruto had goggels on his forehead.
Sasuke looked over Sakura and Hinata. "Where did you get your clothes?"
Hinata and Sakura's faces both flushed. Hinata started. "Well... I... we..."
Sakura blushed. "We just..."
Sasuke smirked. "You looted the stores?" A small chuckle escaped his mouth. It was amusing.
Hinata nodded and Sakura just sat there, glad that he didn't get mad or anything.
Naruto studied them all. They all had the same forehead protector. "Why do you all have the same forehead protectors?" He asked curiously.
"Here, Naruto." Said Hinata taking out the new forehead protector that she had gotten him. "Y-you lost yours, so I got you a new one."
Naruto smiled and took it. "Thank you!" He said. He stopped and took off his goggles and handed them to her.
"No... no thank you, you don't have to--"
"No, it's thanks for the forehead protector! Like trading!"
Hinata blushed and took the goggles. She set them in a pocket for now.
Author's Notes!
Hello, my freaky darlings! How did you like the chapter? I know it's a little weird right now, but when I get to about the third or forth chapter, I'll be on a roll! So read and review, friends!
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