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Chapter 2

A Savior

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18 years later

A girl sat silently with her father who was sittinng next to her. The once beautiful garden was gone and what replace it now was some dried up plants. The drought has swept away everyone happiness, but Hinata just accept it but she didn't like it at all. She would always pray for rain, because without it, it will be very hard for everyone to survive. She sighed at the thought of it and took the cup of tea that sat between them. She sipped the tea gently.

"This is a good tea, isn't it, Daddy?"

The older man looked at his daugther and nodded. "Yes it is. I'm glad you like it, Hinata. You have become such a gentle, and a soft-spoken woman."

Hinata blushed at the comment her father just made and looked up at the sky. The past few years, she was happily living up her life. But now, she became a beautiful woman. For a 20 year old, she was looking almost like her mother already.

"Hinata..." Hiashi spoke.

"Hmm, yes father?"

"You are ready?"

"Ready? Ready for what?" Hinata asked him curiously.

"Ready to be someone elses wife." Hinata was dumbstrucked. Hiashi countinued. "The Hatake were here yesterday, talking about wanting you as their daughter-in-law. I agreed since their family has such a good profile. It is good that our family can be related to them..."

"No..."

"What?"

"No, I won't be married to someone I don't even know and love." She got up and ran straight to her room. She closed the sliding door behind her and plop onto her futon, as she cried silently. She looked up at the necklace that was hanging on the wall. She got up, took the necklace down and wore it around her neck. She held onto it as if her life depended on it. It was something precious to her now. The image of the boy she met that day was fading away. She couldn't remember how he looked like now and where he was. She felt so stupid now. She was going to be married to someone and she could't do anything to stop it.

Then her sliding door was opening, without looking who it was, she told the person to leave her alone. When the person didn't do as Hinata said, she looked up and saw that it wasn't her father after all.

"Ino?"

"Hinata, what's wrong?" Ino asked her and smiled.

Ino was Hinata's friend. Ino's mother was a servant, serving the Hyuuga for many years now.. Hinata happened to become a friend to Ino ever since they meet. Ino was like her bodyguard following wherever she go. Ino could be a loudmouth sometimes but she was a beautiful, smart young lady.

Hinata wiped her tears and begin to speak. "My father wants me to marry to the Hatake, but I don't want to marry someone I didn't even know. I won't be free anymore. Do you know what I mean, Ino?"

"Totally. Just stick to your decision, Hinata. I will be there with you." Ino said.

"Thanks Ino." Hinata hugged her. "Then will you do me a favor?"

"Do what?" Ino asked, confussed.

"Run away with me -away from this place" She smiled at Ino.

"What? Oh no, that's too far," Ino said, shocked.

"But you said that you will be there for me. You said so yourself."

"Yeah, but not this." Ino started to sweat.

"Please, Ino. It will only be for awhile. It's just something to scare my father, and also to get away from this estranged marriage."

"Okay, okay. It's only going to be for awhile. You promise?"

"I promise."

On that night, when everyone was asleep. They left the house with some of their belongings. They walk as quickly as they can away from their home.

"Come on, Ino."

"Wait, this stuff's too heavy," Ino grunted, trudging on a large, hefty duffle.

"Why did you bring so much anyway?" Hinata moved back and helped Ino with her stuff.

"Well, we are only going away for awhile. We don't need a lot of stuff you know." Hinata then showed Ino her small luggage, hoping she would get the idea to bring only what was neccessary. Ino chuckled and moved on.

The two walked for hours and hours, never stoping for a break. In Hinata's mind, the farther it is from home, the better. They were exhausted as they got up on the hill. The dark sky was decorated with stars. It was so beautiful that Hinata couldn't keep her eyes off it.

"Hinata, let's take a rest here." Ino sat her things on the cart and slept on it. Hinata followed Ino and sat her luggage onto the cart too. She sat on it while looking at the sky.

"Hey Ino. Let's talk."

Ino turned her head and her sleepy eyes peered at Hinata. "What do you wanna talk about?"

"Well, when I was little, I didn't know that we share our world with the demons. Well, I think not exactly share. We are ruled by demons. When I was young, my father didn't really like me going out of the house. I didn't really know why but after that, I understood what he meant and learned from it. There were always demons who wanted to kill the humans so badly. It was because of the drought, the humans and demons don't live in peace anymore. I remembered there was this boy who saved me from the demon who tried to attack me last time." Hinata looked at the necklace. "This was the necklace he gave me before he was going away. I told myself that we are going to meet, but it seemed that I was being too naive. I must have been really stupid about it, isn't it Ino. Ino?"

Hinata glanced at the sleeping Ino. She giggled and layed down on the hay herself. She tried to count how many stars there were in the sky but the sandman worked its way to her. Within minutes, she was asleep.

"Where are you going?" She asked. The image of the boy began to fade as she tried to grab for him. She launched herself at him and found herself falling into a dark never-ending hole.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Hinata screamed.

"Whuh...What happened, Hinata?" Ino was awakened by her.

"I...I was having a bad dream, that's all. Wait, why are we moving?" Hinata looked up and found an old man driving the mule.

"What is this place?" Ino looked around and found herself no longer in the place they knew. They were in somekind of path leading in to a big town. Where were they going?

"Uh, mister? Mister?" The man with a white beard covering his face didn't seem to have heard her. She tried to move closer to him and asked him. "Uh, mister?"

"WHOAH!" The old man was shocked. He stopped his cart and turned around. "Why are you two on my cart suddenly?"

"I'm sorry for the trouble, mister but, we slept on your cart last night and when we woke up, we were moving. Can you tell us where we are?" Hinata tried to explain. She begin to wonder why the old man has not realized that they were in his cart. Must be his age Hinata thought.

"We are in the Land of Demons. I'm heading to the empire where the King of Demons settle," the old man explained.

"Oh my. Are we that far from our hometown?" Hinata blinked in disbelief. "Thanks for the information, mister. I believe we will get off here now. Thank you."

"You are welcome." With that, the old man whipped his mule and left to the town.

"What should we do now, Hinata? We are lost here, far away from home, in a strange land, and not to mention- this is a demon's land!" Ino panicked.

"Ino, calm down. I think there will be a way for us get back to our homes. Let's just wait for another passing cart."

Hours later.

"You see, there's no one who passed by here. We're doomed. What if we get eaten alive by those barbaric demons?"

"Come on, Ino. We will just have to pass this forest and into the town. Maybe we can find some humans -civilized human beings - that will let us hitch a ride with them."

Hinata and Ino walked into the forest. The sound of something unknown could be heard. This sent chills down the spines of both girls.

"Maybe we should head back before it is too late, Hinata." Ino attempted to make a run for it but failed because Hinata was holding onto her sleeve. "Oh come on, Hinata."

"Ino, believe me or not, I have the instinct that we will be alright."

"But Hinata, your instinct is always wrong," Ino told her icily.

"One more time, Ino. Just one more time, okay? Just hold on," Hinata assured her.

"Very well." Ino turned around as she heard something rustle from behind the bushes. "Who's there?"

"Hello, ladies. Nice seeing you here." From the bushes, three demons came out and snickered. "You two are so unlucky to be here. Both of you will never get out of here alive!"

Both of the girls ran for their lives with the demons in hot pursuit. "We have to run faster, Hinata," Ino panted.

"I can't. Go on ahead," Hinata urged Ino.

"But..."

"Just go Ino! Go find help!" Hinata couldn't run anymore. Ino saw her beat state and ran back to her. The demons caught up to them. Hinata looked up as the claw of the demon whacked her to the side. Her head hit the tree nearby and she begin to lose consciousness. Ino looked at the three demons in fear.

"HELP US!"

"What are you guys doing to these girls?"

"B-boss, w-we are trying t-to." The demons stuttered.

Ino looked up and saw something up on the tree. It looked tall but she couldn't make out who it was. She thought it was a human, but then she was wrong. It was another demon like the others.

"What have you got here, huh? Two human girls? This is going to be good." He turned his body to Ino's direction moving forward.

'They are going to eat us.' Her body shaking at the looks of the demons.

The demons were drawing closer to them. Ino couldn't do anything now, and she couldn't just leave Hinata here with them. She could only pray for a miracle now. She closed her eyes, waiting for death to fall upon her. Just as one of the demon was about to attck her, a sword from nowhere flew by in front of the demon nearly taking his life. Ino looked up to see where it came from. She saw a boy with flaming red hair, glaring at the demons. Just as the demons saw the boy, they clumsily ran away.

The boy moved closer to them and examined the two of them. "Are you alright?" He asked the dumbstruck Ino.

Ino was blank. She didn't know what to say, so she just nodded. She glanced at Hinata on her lap. "But she's not."

The boy lifted Hinata up with his arms and carry her bridal-style to his horse nearby. Ino followed him. She was amazed by his action, like a prince to the rescue. She was love-struck by the boy's heroism.

He set Hinata on his horse and looked at Ino. "You should climb up, too." Ino looked around to see if he is really talking to her. "Yeah, I mean you." The boy pointed. His voice was emotionless and deadpanned. He didn't smile either. Ino realized that he was only calling her to get on, so she did as she was told with a little help from him.

"What about you?" Ino asked the boy. Slowly, he lifted his head up and looked at her. Ino blushed and look away.

"I will just walk." He answered and he turned his head away. His long mullet swinging side to side as he walked. His kimono was long, silky and looked almost expensive. Ino examined him more. He had a tattoo on his forehead, pale skin, and he looked so muscular and tall. Ino felt like melting away and his dreamy physique.

They reached the town and many unfamiliar buildings towered above them. She looked around, amazed by the busy marketplaces. She hasn't seen so many demons before. There are only a few humans but mostly all of them were working for the demons.

"Here we are." Ino heard the boy said and looked up at the humoungous castle before her eyes. The towers reach the sky. It was so tall. She couldn't even look up anymore.

"Are we staying in this castle? This is the empire of the demon. How do you tolerate staying here when there are demons living in it?" Ino was blabbering non-stop.

"No, we are not staying here." He lead the horse to a place just near the castle. They were inside a forest now and there was a little cottage near a lake. He halted the horse and holstered Hinata off the horse and brought her into the cottage. Ino decended down from the horse and followed him inside. The boy sat Hinata on the bed and then asked Ino to fetch him a pail of water. Ino did as she was told and went out.

He examined Hinata's wound. She was badly injured on the shoulder and her chest. He sat her up in a sitting position and took off her clothes to see if there's any more injuries to count. Suddenly, Hinata woke up and saw what was happening. Her reflexes did what she was supposed to do.

WHACK!

She slapped him across the face and backed away. "What do you think you are doin...OUCH!" She looks at her wounded shoulder. The boy got up and walked out of the room. She looked at the place where he just got out. She thought he wouldn't be coming back, but then, he came back with a pail of water with Ino following from behind. He set the water down and tore off a part of his kimono. He dipped the torn cloth into the water, and slowly, he cleaned up her wound. Hinata flinched at the pain, but she resisted it, since he was only helping her in a crisis like this.

'I-I've saw this scene before.' She thought and look at him. "Eh, are you..." She tries to ask. The boy looked up and waited for her question.

To Be Countinued...


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