Uzumaki Naruto Chronicles Rewrite
Chapter 65
Author's notes: So yall are going to hate me for this chapter, but oh well. Special thanks to, Eddie shadow, Danny vs A Month, Rose Tiger, Naruhinalover20, nightwind83, falcon800, sasmith, for their reviews as well as Dragofae24 for his P.m.s
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Hinata was excited, she was being released today, she was finally getting out of here, even though she would be in a brace, and had a long way to go until she was better. She was still severely scarred but in places no one could see. Naruto and her father were in the room with her, waiting to take her home. Naruto was going to accompany them to the Hyuga clan complex and then head on his way so she could settle in. Hinata was excited to go home, she would see her younger sister Hanabi, even though the girl had yet to come and see her.
Naruto seemed unsettled for some reason, though when she asked him why, he gave her a bull shit answer, she could tell, he was avoiding the question. Hinata was unsure as of why, her father being here was nice as well. He was a busy man and he had come to see her almost daily while she was in here, for him to dedicate a good portion of his day to helping her get situated and get settled in at home. Her relationship with the man had changed rather drastically since she had been taken, he had explained to her that he was done giving a shit about what the clan elders wanted and he was focusing on his daughters. Hinata was happy that he was being nice to her. She had been scared that he was going to go off on her for spilling clan secrets. However, he only cared that she was back, that he had her back in the village. He was only angry at the bastards that had taken and hurt his daughter.
The other thing Hinata noticed that was odd was that Naruto and her dad seemed rather chummy. They got along well, and Naruto was very respectful towards him all the time, which was weird for Naruto. Not only that but her dad joked with him, and liked him, her dad treated him well, treated him to a few meals with her. She was shocked, but whenever she asked either of them they blew it off as nothing.
Hiashi had noticed that Naruto was unsettled as well, though he thought he knew why. Naruto had made it abundantly clear that he was worried about Hinata going back to the clan compound. Hiashi blew it off though. Hiashi had control over his clan while she was in his compound she would be alright. She was safe, Naruto had pleaded with him to allow Hinata to come back to the Namikaze estate. Hiashi had refused saying it was improper and the elders would not allow her to remain in the clan if she was sleeping with Naruto, and being at his estate would give that appearance.
Naruto was still not convinced but told Hiashi he would back anything the clan head did, telling the man it was his play after all. None of this made Naruto less jittery about the whole thing. To make matters worse Tsunade had activated him as a ninja again and he could be assigned a mission at any time. Naruto did not like how things were shaping up right now, however there was nothing he could do, he was a ninja of the Leaf and if he wanted to keep that title he would have to go back on the active duty list. Luckily Tsunade would try not to send him on anything unless he was mission critical.
Speaking of Tsunade, the slug princess had just arrived and was giving Hinata and Hiashi the discharge papers and instructions. Hinata was to come back once a week for visits to Tsunade herself and that Hinata would require help with certain things, Hiashi assured her he would help and she would be fine.
Naruto however didn't look exactly pleased about any of it, he kept his mouth shut and agreed to help as much as he could though. Being on active duty he was bound to get at least a mission or two in the time that Hinata was recouping and attempting to get herself ready to pass a genin exam again. Naruto would prefer to be in charge of her training the whole time, she was his genin after all.
Hinata was finally rolled out of the Hospital as Naruto and Hiashi continued to roll her all the way to the compound, taking the scenic route so that Hinata could see the village that she had been away from for so long. The three of them stopped at a restaurant and got cinnamon buns and ate them as they walked. Naruto smiled as Hinata smiled finally being out of the hospital, she was beautiful, taking in the sun and the beauty of the sky. Naruto could tell however, that it was not a real smile, she was pushing it, but it didn't reach her eyes. Naruto could tell it was fake. It made him sad that she wasn't actually happy, but it was a work in progress.
When they reached the Hyuuga compound Naruto said goodbye and hugged Hinata, he grinned as she hugged him back and Hiashi shook his hand and rolled Hinata inside the compound. Naruto sighed, he had a bad feeling about this.
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Kakashi was getting pissed off, it had been multiple days now since Anko had said no and he still hadn't seen her. She was avoiding him like the plague, and he was not happy about it. He had given her time, yet she had not come to him. It was time for him to find her. They needed to talk. Word, was she was laying low at shizune's place, so Kakashi headed there first. Kakashi knocked on the door and Shizune answered, he looked around her and saw Anko.
"Anko, a word please." Kakashi said sternly.
Shizune pushed him out and closed the door behind her, "Me first Kakashi."
Kakashi glared at her, "Shizune, I appreciate that you are her friend, but this is between Anko and myself."
Shizune shook her head, "Kakashi if you go in there mad and talk to her like you are right now, it will only get worse. She is in a fragile place right now Kakashi."
Kakashi was mad, "SHE is in a fragile place? SHE is the one who said no and ran off, and is avoiding me like the fucking plague. I want fucking answers of some kind from her."
Shizune sighed, "Kakashi, please don't be mad at her, she has been a wreck the whole time, she is terrified right now."
Kakashi looked at her, "Terrified of what!"
"Terrified that you will end things with her, that the only person that has ever made her happy will leave her." Shizune replied.
"Then why did she say no!" Kakashi stressed.
Shizune shook her head, "It's not my place Kakashi, but you need to calm down before you talk to her."
Kakashi glared at her, "I'm calm enough. Please let me in."
Shizune sighed and opened her door, before walking away, Kakashi walked in and saw Anko, the purple haired woman was sitting on the couch holding a pillow on her lap, clutching it too herself, her eyes were red and puffy, she had been crying. Anko looked down at her feet. "Kakashi."
"Anko, what is going on." Kakashi asked her.
"Kakashi, I…" Anko replied.
"You what! You say no, run off and avoid me for days." Kakashi said glaring at her, he was getting angry.
"Kakashi, I'm sorry, I just, please hear me out." Anko pleaded.
"ABOUT WHAT! How you left me hanging?" Kakashi was really mad now.
Anko had tears running down her face, "Kakashi, please. I-I'm sorry. I just…"
"Just what Anko! I mean come on! What am I supposed to do? Have I not done enough? Now I am supposed to just sit and wait for you more. You
just left me hanging."
"Please Kakashi, just let me explain!" Anko cried out.
"I GAVE YOU TIME TO EXPLAIN! When I waited two days for you to come and explain to me." Kakashi yelled at her.
Anko shrunk back, "Th-then why are you here."
Kakashi looked at her, he sighed running his hand through his hair, "Honestly, I don't know why the fuck I am here. I don't know, I needed to see you, I needed to know what was going on. I don't know what the fuck I even want from you right now."
Anko teared up more, "Kakashi, I-I need you to listen, please let me explain why I said no."
Kakashi sighed, "Fine, why. After everything I have done, why would you say no. What could possibly possess you to say no. Then just leave me hanging for two days Anko. I feel I at least deserved an answer sooner than me coming to find it."
Anko nodded, "You do Kakashi, you deserve everything from me, but I can't give you what you want."
"What do you mean?" Kakashi asked her, as he paced in front of her.
"I-I can't marry you, not until I get rid of this curse mark Kakashi. It is too controlling, Orochimaru can influence me too much. He could force me to give up my own child for him. I can't have a family until the mark is gone." Anko told him crying.
"So why not fucking tell me that?" Kakashi yelled at her.
"BECAUSE, I thought you would break up with me if I said no, it's foolish I know, but the thought of you breaking up with me was too much. I was scared you would break things off. I thought if I could avoid you, you couldn't end things with me." Anko told him, looking down in shame.
"So, you didn't trust that I could handle the no, you didn't trust we could work through it?" Kakashi asked her.
Anko bit her lip and nodded, "I'm sorry Kakashi."
Kakashi sighed, he got up and walked to the door, "Kakashi where are you going?"
Kakashi didn't answer but opened the door. "Kakashi! Please wait, what about us. Where do we stand?"
Kakashi sighed, he turned back around, "I don't fucking know Anko." With that Kakashi slammed the door behind him.