Chapter Four: Memories
The Sand-Chuunin was ready to kill this pathetic girl. He had every intention to commit this murder with no hesitation. He was ready to set his sand onto her—But something stopped him. A searing pain had cut through his heart, going straight into his mind. Gaara yowled, clenching his head with his hands. The Hyuuga girl lying on the ground woke up suddenly, and saw the teenage-boy before her, wreathing in torture.
The raven haired girl stood up, backing away slowly. The Sand-Chuunin fell to his knees in agony, while thoughts raged in his mind. Why—WHY WON'T IT GO AWAY! He winced down at the ground, waiting to pass out or for something to happen to make the pain go away.
Then, he felt it. A hand on his shoulder, and a shadow creeping next to him. He looked up into the pale lavender eyes of the Hyuuga girl ."Nani!" she said frantically. "Daijoubu desu-ka!" The Sand-Chuunin's pain intensified—He winced and pounded a fist once into the ground. Hinata pulled away for a second, and then placed an arm around the teenage-boy in an effort to comfort him.
Gaara immediately shot a glare at her and knocked her away from him. She stumbled back and fell to the ground. "Don—don't you even THINK about touching me!" Gaara's pain sharpened even worse, and his eyes widened as several images shot through his head.
An image of a fair-haired man on the ground bleeding, telling Gaara that he hated him.
A Chuunin team in the bushes, hiding from him as he crushed a group of sand ninjas.
A raven-haired girl, staring at him, with all the fear in the world in her eyes.
The pain went away suddenly. Gaara let out a breath of exhaustion and fell to the ground. Hinata stood up, and looked down at the cringed teenager. She thought to herself. Everyone gets so scared of him…Yet he looks like MY spirit when he's in pain: Defenseless, desperate…Weak. Hinata fell to her knees next to Gaara, and was about to grab his arm to help him up, when he shot another glare at her. Hinata didn't move—this glare was cold, emotionless, and paralyzing. She couldn't remove her eyes from his. Then, in a flash of sand and moonlight, Gaara disappeared, leaving the Hyuuga girl alone.
I was always alone…
Hated and I didn't know why…
The Kyuubi was inside of me…
Always so much more distant…
You are my container, Naruto. But I'm tired of waiting.
"UWAAAA!"
Naruto jumped up and fell off his bed, colliding his head with the floor. He sat up, muffling his hair back into place, and groggily rubbing his eyes. "Damn it—that was a strange dream…" Naruto put his usual outfit on and ran out the door of his apartment home out onto the streets of Konoha.
Naruto blindly ran down the street, not paying attention to what was coming around the corner, and he ran head-first into none other than Hyuuga Hinata. Hinata and Naruto both stumbled back, dazed from what had just happened. The blonde-haired Chuunin stood up, rubbing his head. "Aw, I hit my head twice in one day! That's just messed up!" Hinata stared at Naruto, who was now grumbling in a fit of anger. Naruto looked up to see the person he had collided with. "Hinata-sama! I guess we have to watch where we're going next time, eh?"
Hinata quickly stood up straight. "I—I guess so." Hinata walked on past Naruto, and continued down the street. As she walked by, Naruto caught a glimpse of something. "Hey, Hinata-sama, wait!" Hinata stopped to a dead halt and turned to Naruto. "Nani..?" Naruto glanced at Hinata's arm—there was a bad bruise going down it. Naruto shot a glance up at Hinata. "Hinata-sama, who did this to you!" Hinata almost opened her mouth to say "Gaara", but she hesitated. She didn't want to put him into any trouble after what she had seen yesterday. "I—I slipped on a rock and hit my arm, that's all. I was cl—clumsy…"
Naruto stared at her for a second, and then gave out a short laugh. "You gotta be more careful, Hinata-sama!" Hinata smiled slightly and nodded. "I will, Naruto-kun." Hinata turned back around and continued down the road. Then, she slowed down, and thought to herself.
I…I felt nothing around him…No embarrassment, no shyness, no…Nothing…
Yep, that's Chapter Four for ya…What's up with Hinata? Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough…is evil :D