Alright, chapter three! I'm having more fun here than with my other one. But Ancient Rivalry is still good. I'm writing this as is doing thier thing, and I'm hoping that some of you got to actually read the first two chapters, but I doubt it. This seems to happen every time I put in a new story or update. Well, I do them both at the same time, so yeah. Don't worry, I got it all saved on my comp in case it needs to be reloaded. And currently my dog is freaking out because his nose itches. Kinda amusing.
So anyway, we join in as our main characters get to know each other on a more 'personal' level. Ok, so it's afterwards. Much afterwards. But why? Originally I started out with the idea to get straight into the action, but seeing reviews and writing this, it's going to be some more fluff. Normally, I'd split this into at least 3 chapters, but i want to get the next one started. Enter the next chapter, (insert chapter name) Ok, i don't know what it is yet, but I do know what it is about. Go!
Hinata slowly stirred, but kept her eyes closed. She felt oddly cold. Were was her Naruto-kun? Probolly making some ramen for breakfast. She smiled to herself. Despite all the lonlieness, he still keeps a happy face on. 'Wow, last night sure was fun. He was much better than I ever dreamed' she hugged herself, giggling and blushing. 'I wonder when he's going to wake me up? Well, I can be patient, but only for him.' She propped her arms behind her head, enjoying the warm sun on her face. Then she realised that something was wrong. Naruto-kun's window faced the sunset, and he doesn't have a bed. And what she considered to be most important, she was dressed.
Slowly, she opened her eyes to see her in a hospital. 'Why am I here? What's going on?' She looked around confused. Suddenly, the door was opened with enough force to send it half way to the mist village. Hinata gave a little yelp as her father stormed in, redder than she used to get around Naruto. Of course, from the ways his eyes twitched, the sweat on his forehead, and his clenched fist, she figured that he wasn't emmbarassed over something.
"YOU!" He shouted, shaking the windows. "IT WAS BAD ENOUGH FOR YOU TO BE DATING THAT, THAT THING, BUT YOU, WE, I, GAHHHH!" Momentarilly lost for words, he just yelled and pulled on his long hair. Almost immediatly, his ramppage had caused some of the patients to see what was going on. The majority, however, quickly fled the villiage regardless of what ever ailment they had. Even an old lady, pronounced dead the night before, got up to esacpe the fury of the Hyuugan.
Hinata was whiter than the room she was in, and was trembling so badly, she thought that she may cause an earthquake. 'Just what happened last night? I remember being with Naruto, and after some intense snuggleing, they both fell asleep in each other's arms.' Fortunally for both the Hyuugan girl and the structual integrity of the hospital, Tsunada quickly bolted in. Hiashi was still red as a beet, and Hinata looked like she wished that she was dead, the Fifth kicked the elder Hyuugan out. Turning to the trembling girl, she sat down and stroked her hair till Hinata calmed down.
"Now, can you please tell me what happened last week?" Taking a deep breath, Hinata began to tell her story, gratefull not to have her father in at the moment.
"Well Hoklage-sama, we were walking and Naruto-kun seemed upset and he sad that he wanted to-" She paused, realising something. "L-last week?" A confused stare came across her face. "I was out for a whole week? What about Naruto-kun, is he OK?"
Tsunade shook her head "He's still out cold. Honestly, we expected him to come out around this time, and you in about a week or two." She grabbed Hinata's hand for comfort. "But he'll be OK. He recovers fast." Putting on a false smile, she reasured Hinata, but worry still plagged the Hokage's mind.
"Well, " Hinata bagan, again" Like I said, Naruto-kun and I were walking and he said he wanted to break up with me. Right afterwards, I was insulted and he was called a m-monster." Sadness crept into her lavender eyes as the fifth held her tightly, listening to the story. "We went to his place, which had been broken into and trashed, and he told me about Kyu-" She stopped herself, remembering her promise to keep his secret. "I errr, his secret."
Tsunade smiled, glad that what she considered to practicly be her son finially tell someone about his 'cellmate' "Don't worry Hinata, I know all about Kyuubi being imprisonned inside him. That demon has made him stronger, but if it wasn't for friends like you, well." She sighed." Let's just say that Garra would of been a welcome sight." Though she didn't see what happened exactly, she know the story and the fact that the villiagers saw him in a a new light. They didn't hate him as much, but there was more fear from when he took on Kyuubi's form.
Hinata smiled at the news. "Th-thanks Hokage-sama. Well, he told me about Kyuubi, and he was afraid that people will hate me as much as they do him. I quieted him and told him that nomatter what others think, that I will always love him. Then I kissed him and we, uhhh. Hinata looked down, twidling her thumbs together. She let out an elated giggle, feeling a deep blush come on. Tsunade smiled, knowing exactly what had happened that night.
She leaned on the bed. "So, between just us girls, how was he?" she pleaded, trying to not some much gossip with another woman, but to find some hint of what happened.
Hinata's eyes grew three times thier original size as she exclamed "Tsunade-sama!" then leaning in for a whisper, figuring her dad was still outside, trying to hea what had happened. "I need some more 'info' before giving you the full report." She giggled and winked at Tsunade, who took it as nothing out of the ordianary. Just a couple exploring thier love. She giggled back and nudged her.
"Awww, you're no fun Hinata." the grown woman pouted. Sighing, she put her serious face back on. "Well, you seem to be doing well. I'd say you're fit to go home now. BUUUT," Emphasizing the 'but' as the young girl cringed at the thought of going home. "I would like to keep you overnight, just in case. And you will have limited visitors" She smiled at hinata, knowing what lay in wait whenever she got home. She got up and left to go outside.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T VISIT!" Her angry dad yelled.
"ON ORDERS FROM THE DOCTOR AND HOGAKE. YOU CAN'T VISIT!" Tsunade yelled with equal fury. 'Wow' Hinata thought. 'Someone who can argue with dad. She won't winn though'
"I WILL SEE MY DAUGHTER AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME.I TAKE ORDERS FROM NO ONE, NOT EVEN YOU!
Wam! Hinata flinched as dust filled her room. Coughing, she waited for the dust to clear to see her father, almost as pale as she was earlier, and Tsunade, her fist where the wall used to be. Smiling meekly, she gave a little wave. She was really starting to consider going home. 'Note to self: Never, ever piss off the Hokage'. Pulling the covers over he head, she didn't know who to fear more.
One Week Later
Hinata once again woke up in the hospital. Yawning, she moved her head to get the kinks out of her neck. 'I guesse sleeping like this will do that to a person' Hearing her neck give a crack. She squeezed the hand of her love and got up to the bathroom. Looking into the miror, she saw a much skinnier version of herself. Well, how could she eat. With Naruto still out, she barely left his side. washing her face, she went back to Naruto's side. She started to move her hand along his wisker marks, which seemed nearly gone. He stirred. She jerked her hand back. hoping he was waking, she started to pet his hair, keeping them out of his eyes. Slowly, she started to see blue and white.
"H-hinata-kun" he wispered her name, smiling. Tears comming to her eyes, she called out his name and embraced him in a tight hug.
"Hi...ta...ca...eath...air..." he choked out as she quickly let go and apologized.
"Oh Naruto-kun! I'm so glad you're finially awake. A-are you allright? Do you remember what happened?" Tears flowed down her cheeks as she still clutched onto her love.
"Not much" he said weakly, "I don't remember anything in particular, but I did sence some sort of pwere drain. I, I can't tell how, but I feel differant." He closed his eyes to calm down, and was suddenly overtaken with memories.
Flashback
After confessing thier love the day before, they were silently eating at the ramen stand. Rather he was eating and she was staring, not touching her food. Finally, she spoke up.
"Na, naruto-kun? What about Sakura-san? Didin't you l, love her?" she feared the answer. The blonde paused mid bowl. Slurping up the strand that was sticking out of his mouth, 'so cute' she thought, he casually grabbed her hand, though it felt a little forced.
"Well Hinata, she's just a team mate, and I used to think that I loved her, but." He paused, trying to piece the words together. "It just took me a while to figure out what I really wanted, which was. "He swallowed, very nervous. "is you." He smiled, differntly. She saw that this smile was more sincere, more true than his usual obnoxious self.
"Oh Na-naruto-kun. I feel t-the same way." She smiled. His other smiles were fake, but this was genuine. 'He trusts me.' She thought. 'I won't betray it, ever' she resolved to herself. It was stronger than the urge to beat Neji during the exams.
Later that week, Hinata was running, tear eyed.' Where is he? Mission? No, I just saw Sakura in her home. He's not eating ramen,. and I don't know where he lives. Training?' She despertaly tried to find her boyfriend. Quickly, she darted to the training grounds to see a frustrated Naruto trying to perfect his rasengan.
"Damn, almost" Naruto cursed himself as he failed again. "I need to be able to use this with out any clones." He concentrated what little chakra he had left and focued on his hand. Gathering it with all his might, it started to form a shpere. it grew bigger untill it was palm sized. He smiled. He did it. He finially did it. Only one way to try. He went to slam it against the tree when
"Naruto-kun!" A familer Hyuugan girl yelled. He was about to yell at her when he saw the hurt in her eyes. Ignoring all of his injuries and strain on his body, he rushed to calm her new girlfriend. He didn't say anything for about ten minutes, just let her sit there and cry in his arms.Finally calm, he turned her normally lavender eyes, now red with tears, and soothed her.
"Now now, it's going to be ok. Now, what's wrong Hinata? Hmm" Still sobbing a bit, she took in a deep breath and just let everything off her chest. From loosing to Hanabi, to Neji's harsh words, to Hiashi's dissapointment.She told of her resentment of being the main house's heiress, the fear of being too weak for anyone, and how she wishes that she was more like him, strong and carefree. With that, he cringed, holding her tighter. Guilt and sadness flashed against her face for a breif second as he tried to comfort her.
Soon she was giggling as he went on and on about how he's going to make them all pay when he's the hokage Eventually, they were sparring together, neither of them noticing when nighttime came. Wide eyed, the Hyuugan girl excused herself and left to go home, thinking about Naruto's breif expression of pain. 'I wonder what happened to him to make him think that I shouldn't want to be like him'.
It was two days before the incident. It was early morning, and she wanted to go and see a movie with her boyfriend. Though not sure why, she went to an unused spot of the trainng grounds. She remembered leaving him there the day before after some tough training. Even Hiashi was noticing a differance in her fighting. She even created a move that looked like a Kage Bunshin, even to her bloodline limit. Combination of a clone and some tough genjitsu to make it look like the clone had a chakra circlaitory system.
As she approached the clearing, she noticed a very angry powerful chakra up ahead. Stopping dead in her tracks, she didn't move. Slowly, she saw naruto, glaring ahead with more concentration than she has ever seen before. There was a red chakra enveloping him, swirling around, as if it wanted to escape.
"Half Beast Transformation, Fox style!" He yelled as the chakra got stronger and took on a fox form. He got on all fours as an uncountable amount of traps were set off. Suddenly, they were alll gone. She didn't see him twitch. 'RUN!' she screamed in her head. It wasn't him, there was no way it could be. Sure, he got stronger, but he wasn't this strong, was he? An involuntary whisper left her dry throat, almost unable to hear it herself.
"Naruto-kun?" He snapped up, red chakra dissapearing. He looked on in fright as he saw a scared Hinata stare at him.
"I, I'm sorry Hina-kun." he said quietly as he left in a puff of smoke. She stood there, and many emotions crossed her heart. Fear. Confusion. Dissapointment. Sorrow. But no matter how intense those were, there was one that remained strong; Love. It was him, he was getting stronger, for a friend. She felt tears form. She wasn't sad, but she was crying anyways.
End Flashback
She stood by him no matter what, so why should this be any differnt. He smiled at his memories. They blissfully held each other in silence, hoping to never have to move. After almost ten minutes of silence, a gentle knock was heard and Tsunade walked in, very pleased to see both genin awake and in relativaly good health.
"Tsunade-bachan!" Naruto yelled happy it was her and not some annoying nurse who didn't want to be on the same floor with him. The hokage stopped, her forehead twitching with the anime '+' sign.
"Stop calling me that you annoying brat!" she yelled back. The only thing stopping her from throwing him through the wall and a dozen other buildings was the fact that he was hiding behind his girlfriend. Muttering something about real men not needing to hide behind girls, she got back to buisness.
"So tell me, any idea what put you here? Youv'e been out nearly two weeks. It finially clicked. He wasn't supposed to be in the hospital, was he? No, he wasn't He racked his brain for some sort of clue.
"Well, I'm not exactly an expert on the subject, but at the end of our errr, 'date'." He turned a little pink around the cheeks. "I felt myself get very week." Tsunade only nodded at this. "I do kow that it takes a good amount of energy, Erro-sennin taught me the basics of it, but it felt, off. Like after a real tough battle, after using, it." He stressed it, refering to Kyuubi, in case anyone was near. She nodded, worry was surrounding her face.
"Well, after some testing it did seem like it was just exaustion from chakra depletion, but with your condition, I find it hard to believe. We're going to need some more tests." Without warning, she shoved a needle into his arm, taking out a bit of blood. Being the best medic-nin in the world, she was very capable of doing it without any pain. So naturaly, she went through a minor nerve, causing him to yell in pain.
"Tsunade-bachan! What the hell was that for?" Unlucky for him, her plan worked. His jolt caused Hinata to move off to the side, giving her more than enough room to punch his face through the wall. She left a worried Hinata, a sore naruto, head in the other room, a needle full of blood, and a thirst for sake. Giving it to the nearest nurse, she snuck off for a drink.
(end)
Well, there we go. I pushed the first domino in this chapter. Now, before someone does a review stating something about a 'mistake', send me a message because it is most likely intentional. Let the mystery begin! The next chapter will take place in a few days. tests come back normal and they are both out of the hospital. But problems begin to arise during training, and a certain someone dissapears.Don't forget to read and review! And remember, smoking is bad, but drinking is fun
