Chap 8: Monkshood

"I-I..."

Little did either know, the walls had ears

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"N-Naruto... I've l-loved you for so long..." Naruto raised an eyebrow in confusion, but then smiled and cupped Hinata's face with his hand.

Hinata shivered. His touch was so warm and he was so kind to her. She bowed her head sadly and a tear trickled down her face. "Hinata..."

Naruto's hand raised her head to look at him. With his other hand he wiped the tear from her eye. Hinata smiled faintly. Her eyes gazed into his bright blue irises. She loved Naruto so much. He leaned in and claimed her lips for a gentle kiss. Her eyes shot wide open but closed when his tongue licked upon her lower lip begging for entrance. She allowed him in, delightfully feeling his tongue in her mouth, at the same time wrapping her hands around his neck.

Naruto wrapped his hands around her waist and embraced her touch. After a few minutes they pulled away only to catch their breath and pulled in for another kiss, this time more passionately. Hinata had never felt the way she was feeling. Her stomach was tingling and her cravings were taking the best of her. Her hands lowered around his back and clung tightly to his black shirt. Naruto's hand was reaching into her shirt rubbing against the bare skin of her back and occasionally playing with the back of her bra.

The water level was raising and was now nearly up to Naruto's chest, but neither paid any attention. Their clothing was slowly peeling away and floating away in the cold water. Hinata had a feeling something was terribly wrong but her other side (A side she never actually met) was coming out and loving the way Naruto touched her. A faint voice rang in her head as the water covered their heads, warning her they were about to drown but she simply ignored it. The two took no notice as the water took them down into the depths of...

"P-Please..."

"..."

"Talk to me!"

"..."

"W-Wait! W-w-where are y-you going! Please! Don't leave me! Nii-san!"

The darkness swelled around her. She felt alone.

She was crying when a bright light flew into the darkness. A figure formed and walked before her. Bright blew eyes shown as the figure stood forward. A warm smile made its way across her pale face. Suddenly the eyes flared with red and lunged forward. Pinning her onto the ground the eyes changed into white flames of anger. The same anger in her fathers eyes. She whimpered.

"What are you d-doing?"

"...heh...heh..."

"Who are you?"

A tasteful tongue shoved into her mouth. She recognized it as Naruto's. She focused her eyes on the figure pinning her down, and once again it was the warm blue eyes of her love. "Don't let anyone hurt you again..." He was smiling and hugging her waist. Her eyes widened. She had heard those words before. She quickly shrugged it off and wrapped her hands around him. He grinned and laughed evilly.

"DONT EVER TOUCH MY WIFE!"

Hands wrapped around her shoulders. The hands were warm and soft. 'Naruto'

Small words formed on the tip of Hinata's lips. 'Naruto'

Neji had been scowling at Naruto when he heard a slight whisper coming from Hinata. He turned his gaze. Hinata was smiling slightly and had her hands wrapped around her stomach. She was sweating and moaning quietly with hints of intimacy in each one. He walked over to her. He was about to pick up her hand when she spoke in her sleep. "Naruto!..."

His eyes widened a tad, but he sighed and turned away. He walked out of the hospital room without saying a word.

"Stop! Nii-san! Save me!"

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"What are you doing here..." His voice was cold and bitter.

"...heh..."

"..."

"Come get us if you can!"

"Grr..."

The two men took off towards Konoha gates. Neji sighed. He took off after them.

—Hour later—

Neji was being led deep into the outskirts of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. They were playing with him. He knew they were only a few meters ahead of him but they had hid their presence and even his byakugan couldn't do anything.

Kunai's flew. Neji ducked. A figure formed behind him in a flash. Neji flinched.

Neji spun himself around to face the form only to see a chakra induced sword up against his neck. A man with dark black hair and eyes stood before him with a greedy smile on his face. Neji scowled and jumped off the branch he was standing on. His hand grabbed onto the branch and he spun himself around it in attempt to hit his enemy from behind.

"What do you want, Sasuke"

"I want your eyes... Neji."

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Hinata's eyes flew open and her body jerked up into a sitting position. Her vision was blurred but she could tell a figure stood before her, grabbing onto her wrists. "Hinata?"

She let out a terrifying scream, which drew the attention of the nurses outside the room. They all ran in hoping everything was ok. They stopped in the doorway and stared at the horrified girl. Naruto was out of his bed and had his hands wrapped around her wrists with the same worried face the nurses had. Hinata noticed them and regained her sanity. She quickly pulled away from Naruto's grip and stood up. She felt dizzy and fell to the ground the second she stood.

"Hinata, are you alright?"

"..."

"Hinata?"

Naruto gently grabbed onto Hinata's form and pulled her onto the bed. She was shaking in his grip slightly. She knew she was just dreaming earlier and that Naruto would never hurt her, but she felt uneasy.

"H-How. How did we get here?"

"Oh, a young man brought the two of you here." The nurses voice was sweet and caring.

"Who. W-who was it?"

"I'm not sure. He was one of the ANBU."

"Oh..." Hinata sighed. She was hoping that maybe it was Neji. Neji wasn't part of the ANBU so it couldn't have been him. "I-I have to leave!" Hinata jumped out of the bed again and headed to the door. The Nurses blocked her way though and grabbed her arms.

"Please Hinata-san. You are in a critical condition. We have examined your body and you have been hurt in many places. We notice you had several deep cuts and blackened bruises and..."

Hinata gasped. She knew what they were going to say, but she couldn't reply. If she did they would notify the Hokage and keep her father from coming back into the village. She couldn't do that.

"...Hinata... I know I should be talking about this in private, but have you been hurt...more thanjust physically?"

"...n-no..."

"Hinata-san. Please tell the truth..."

"I SAID NO!... I-I mean, I-I s-said no..."

They looked at Hinata stunned. Naruto never heard Hinata raise her voice to anybody. "Hinata, are you alright?"

"I-I'm fine. Please let me leave. I have to find..."

The two women stared at Hinata blankly. They noticed her eyes were becoming filled with anger and quickly stepped aside. She smiled and ran, the words 'Thank You' escaping her lips just as she ran past them. The remaining three in the room stared blankly at each other until Naruto broke the stare.

"What happened to Hinata-chan?"

"..." The two nurses looked at each other questioningly before letting out a sigh and opening their mouths to talk. "She...We think she was... well she had swollen tissues and distinct signs of abuse on her lower body, especially between the thighs..."

"...She was raped"

Naruto's expression grew heavy and his mouth twitched with anger. "Excuse me..." And with that Naruto took off after Hinata.

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Naruto's mind was racing. He didn't know why he was going after Hinata, but he realized he really wanted to be with her. He needed to help her anyway possible. Even though she was married, her husband obviously didn't even care that she was hurt. He and Neji had gotten along fairly well, but he felt angered at Neji for neglecting something like that... But wait... what if Neji raped her?

Nah, they're married...He couldn't rape her

Yes he could have...there have been many cases where people get married and the man takes charge and abuses the woman...

But... then wouldn't she have told someone...

No... she has to protect her clan and wouldn't want excess stress upon it...

But Neji isn't like that... he would never touch her... not even when they are forced to go somewhere together he refuses to hold her hand... he couldn't

Yes he could... you don't know... he probably fools everyone and doesn't particularly act like that when he is in his home, behind closed doors.

Naruto gasped. He really didn't think Neji was someone capable of hurting someone so fragile like Hinata... but then again he did try to kill her all those years ago during the chuunin exams. And it dawned on him... Neji was capable of hurting Hinata! He had to have been the one to do it! That was the only solution.

Naruto spotted Hinata running towards the outskirts of the Village Hidden in the leaves. He was about to catch up with her when she stopped suddenly. Naruto stopped a few meters behind so he didn't scare her. He watched carefully as she picked up a broken ANBU mask. It looked like a falcon and had a crack running down the right eye. Hinata twitched. She had a bad feeling about the mask.

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Blood trickled down Neji's face. He was on his knee on the ground waiting for Sasuke's next move. He could hear the loud cackle coming from a tree feet away. Orochimaru was standing in the background watching his apprentice destroying the Hyuuga Genius. Neji couldn't feel his right eye and it was bleeding madly. He scowled and was barely able to dodge Sasuke as he came at him with his Chidori Nagashi (One thousand birds Current).

Both Sasuke and Neji were worn out. Even though Sasuke had become far stronger, Neji was nearly equal to his strengths. This made Sasuke even angrier. Neji was able to land a blow on Sasuke, sending him flying into a tree. Neji had to catch his breath. He had lost a lot of blood and his chakra was low. His vision began to blur and he was loosing consciousness. He didn't even see Sasuke come behind him. Sasuke's hand wrung around Neji's neck. A vein popped out of his neck and Neji let out a loud growl.

"I like it when you moan..."

Sasuke's other hand wrapped around Neji's chest and pulled him against Sasuke's broad chest. Neji couched and pushed his body away from Sasuke's only to have Sasuke tighten his grip around Neji's neck. Neji threw his head back in attempts to breath. His head was spinning. A small crack was heard and Neji fell limp.

"...heh..."

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"Hinata!"

Hinata spun around. She had been searching for her father for hours. It was dark out but she had kept going. She quickly put the mask she was carrying into her jacket and waited for the form to come towards her. She recognized it as Naruto.

"N-Naruto-kun? W-what are you doing here?" She had completely forgotten about her actions towards him earlier that day.

"I know."

Hinata stared at him blankly for a moment. "What do you know?" She took a step back from his moving form. She heard a slight patter below her foot and looked down, distracting herself from what Naruto was about to say. Her eyes widened. She had stepped into a tiny puddle of blood. She looked around the ground and noticed there was also a bunch of kunai scattered around and shreds of clothes. She bent down and picked up a large shred. A tear fell down her cheeks.

Naruto walked over and bent down next to her, his thumb rubbing her tear away. "What is it?" He turned her paled face towards his. She looked into his eyes her eyes overflowing with tears. Blindly she wrapped her hands around Naruto and cried into his chest. He wrapped his hands around her and let her cry out all her worries.

—A few minutes later—

Hinata stopped crying and released her hold on Naruto. She looked at him with a thankful smile. He looked at her and grabbed her hand to pull her up.

"What was wrong?"

She bowed her head and looked at the ground. Slowly she raised her clenched hand up to Naruto's face and opened her fist, revealing the piece of clothing in her hands. Naruto stared at it with a surprised look on his face. "What happened to him?"

Hinata turned around for any signs of life recently. It seemed that everything had happened earlier though, because there was broken branches already drying out in its death. The little other blood she saw was dry and the ground was cold.

She was turning to Naruto when she noticed the jacket laying in the northern direction, away from the obvious fight. Somebody had taken Neji as a hostage!

She walked over and picked up the jacket. Her eyes widened and stared at the figure before her.