This chapter is going to be a little angsty
Chapter 8: Dilemma of the Past
Lithak awoke with Hinata's peaceful face. She had apparently turned over in the night. He didn't even get up, he just sat there staring at Hinata.
Eventually, they both got out of bed, and ate breakfast. After that, they woke up Naruto and Sakura (Sakura first, so as to avoid any...incidents). They were discharged from the hospital, and went out to train. Naruto trained his jutsu with Lithak. After that, Hinata and Lithak went to Lithak's house. They talked for about a half hour. Suddenly, Tsunade came bursting through the door. "Lithak Inumori, you are to come with me immediately," she said sternly. Lithak spared a glance at Hinata, then turned to Tsunade. "Give me a minute with Hinata," he said. Tsunade nodded, and went outside. Lithak turned to Hinata, and held her in his arms. "Hinata...I'm sorry. PLease, stay here, and don't come after me," he whispered in her ear. Tear's began to run down her face, and she held on tighter to Lithak, "Hinata...I wish...wish we could have stayed together longer." Outside the door, a small tear escaped Tsunades eye as she overheard their conversation.
When the two reached the meeting room, there were three Sky Village Jounin waiting. They sneered at him as he walked in. He didn't return their sneer, he stayed emotionaless. Tsunade spoke, "Is this th one?" The two sky nin nodded. "That's the demon alright. This is our missing nin," one said. The other one spoke, "Lithak Inumori, you have been sentenced to die. You shall be escorted to the forest, to ensure that you can't kill your captors...again." They bound Lithak's arms and began to lead him away.
When they got to the outskirts of the town, a figure made itself known. The figure was Hinata. "Hinata," Lithak called out, "I told you to stay away. I don't want you do get involved in all of this." Hinata shook her head, saying, "Lithak, you gave me courage. I will follow you to the end...because that's what people who love each other do for each other." She ran towards Lithak, but was cut off by the Sky nin. "You have no idea what this thing is, do you?" they said. She looked up from the ground, having been knocked over by them, and said, "I know that he's a Youkai. I also know that he loves me, and that he would die to protect me." The nin's sneered, "This thing is a beast, it doesn't love, it only uses. Now get out of here, before I send you to hell with him." She stood up, and spread out her arms, "I will not back down." Lithak stood open mouthed, amazed that she was standing up for him this much. "Fine," he said, raising a kunai, "DIE." He swung downward , and Lithak yelled, his anger begining to boil. Lithak screamed Hinata's name, as blood flew into the air. However, Hinata only had a small scratch from where the man had dropped the knife from his hand. The man stood, his chest had burst open, and his lie on the ground. The other nin turned to Lithak, and shouted, "What did you do." At first, Lithak was going to say nothing, then he realized that Onimaru had used it's power to protect Hinata. "You will not touch Hinata," Lithak said.
The man smirked, and Hinata realized how totalitarian these people are. "Is that so?" the man said, "then I won't do this." He rammed his kunai into Hinata's stomache, wrenching on it to do extra damage. Hinata fell to the ground, and Lithak stood wide eyed. By now they had gathered quiet a crowd. Lithak hung his head, deadly thoughts swirling through his head. 'Control it,' he though, 'I can't let everyone see this.' He lost control, and his head snapped back up, a purple colored line on his face, his eyes now red. He growled, and leapt towards the sky nin. He lashed out with his enlongated claws, but the nin dodged easily. Lithak immediately spun his foot around and caught the nin in the face. The nin stumbled back, and Lithak took the opportunity to leap on top of the nin. He raised his claws, and plunged them into the sky nin's neck, killing him instantly.
Lithak turned around and faced the crowd. He was about to attack when he heard Hinata's voice. "Li...thak," she managed. Lithak prowled over to Hinata. "Lithak...please...snap out of it," Hinata said. Something in Hinata's voice triggered something in Lithak's mind, and his face changed back to normal. He looked around the crowd. "SOMEONE HELP ME GET HER TO THE HOKAGE!" he shouted. Nobody stepped forward, save two, Naruto and Sakura. They helped Lithak hoist Hinata up, and carry her to Tsunade's office
Tsunade was suprised when the three Shinobi burst through her office door, laying out a wounded Hinata on one of her chairs. Hinata's breathing was shallow now, and her vision was starting to blur. "Tsunade, I demand you to heal Hinata, now!" Lithak said. Tsunade remained calm, "And if I don't?" Lithak pulled out a kunai, "I'll kill you." Tsunade stood up, then walked over to Hinata. "I will perform surgery, however, it will require you all to leave the room," she said. Lithak nodded at his friends, and they left. "As for me," he said, "I will stay at Hinata's side. Of course, I will not get in your way."
After the surgery, Lithak emerged from Tsunade's office with Hinata hoisted over his shoulder. He carried her all the way to the Hyuuga house, where he recieved a...less than friendly welcome. "Leave my cousin on the couch and get out. I always knew there was something wrong with you," Neji said sternly. Lithak merely glanced over at Neji and continued towards Hinata's room. Upon arriving in Hinata's room, he laid her on the bed. Her rested his forehead on her stomache. He heard Neji enter the room. "Well," Neji said, "get out." Lithak didn't appear to notice, he went on in thought. As Neji sighed and went to leave the room, Lithak spoke, "I told her not to come. Why did she come? I didn't want her to get hurt. Now she is recovering from surgery. I'm probably going to be exiled from the village now. I will have to live with the pain of not being able to be with Hinata. I told her, all I wanted was for her to be around, but now." Lithak felt a tear escape his eye. He stood up, and turned to Neji, "I refuse to leave Hinata's side until she has made a full recovery. Oh and Neji. The person who did this if you go to the western outskirts of the village, I don't think they have his corpse cleaned up yet." Lithak plopped back down in front of Hinata, keeping watch to make sure that nothing would happen to her. Inside his head, Onimaru spoke, "Well, you've managed to keep her from dying, but how long do you think you can keep this up?" Lithak spoke aloud, "As long as I have to."
As always, here's some questions about this chapter.
1. Did I make this a little too angsty
2. The ninja from the sky were cruel, yes, but did that warrant Lithak killing them
3. Do you think Lithak would have really killed Tsunade if she had refused
As usual, any extra pointers are welcome. Until next time, good whenever it is when your reading this.