Uzumaki Naruto Chronicles Rewrite
Chapter 73
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Hinata slid the blade across her wrist as she gritted her teeth in pain, the physical pain however was better than the pain she felt in her heart. Blood trickled out of the new wound. Naruto didn't love her, he loved who she once was, but he had lost hope in her. She wanted him to want her, but she didn't want to be selfish. She had been so selfish so far keeping Naruto close. Finally, he was realizing he deserved better than her, he was going to move on and it killed her inside. She should be happy for him, though right? She loved him so much but it was all for nothing now. He didn't love her, he never would love her. She clutched her wrist, wanting to stop the bleeding, she hadn't cut very deep, she didn't want to bleed all over the place.
Hinata wrapped a towel around her wrist stopping the bleeding, she wasn't sure what she should do from here. She wanted to talk to someone but there wasn't anyone. She couldn't tell Naruto, he would be so disappointed in her. Not that she thought that he would care. Hinata laid down in her bed and continued to cry, crying herself to sleep.
Hinata woke up the next morning to a knock on her door, "Hina, you went to bed early last night, is everything okay?"
Hinata's eyes widened in panic, she still had a bloody towel around her wrist, she couldn't let Naruto see this, "N-Naruto, I-I'm fine I-I j-just got u-undressed t-to shower. I-I will c-come d-down l-later." She then took off her shirt and walked towards the shower.
"Hina, are you sure everything is okay? You got really upset with me last night, and I'm not sure why."
"I-I'm sorry N-Naruto, c-can w-we talk a-about it l-later? I-I'm n-not dressed." Hinata stuttered back, she would have to figure out what to say in the shower. She turned the shower on and waited for it to heat up, examining the new scar on her arm. She bit her lip, she was going to have to hide it, not that she didn't already wear a jacket. She sighed and stepped into the shower allowing the dried blood to be washed down the drain.
She had no idea what to do at this point, the mirror was broken, she would have to tell Naruto about it, it was his house after all, he was nice enough to let her stay here and she broke this mirror. She would just have to tell him she was upset and broke the mirror.
Hinata stepped out of the shower and walked out into her room with a towel around her torso, she sighed as she pulled on some pants, and a tee shirt and her jacket. She thought back to last night and tears formed in her eyes as she thought about everything. It must have taken her a while because Naruto knocked on the door again.
"Hina, it's been forty-five minutes, I'm really worried about you, are you sure everything is okay?" Naruto asked through the door.
Hinata 's eyes widened, a little shocked. It had been that long? She walked to the door and opened it seeing Naruto standing there clearly worried. "Hina! Good morning, you look beautiful today."
Hinata smiled gently at him, the smile never did reach her eyes though. "T-thank you." She didn't ever look into his eyes though, she couldn't bear to look into his eyes.
Naruto looked at her weirdly, "I made cinnamon buns for breakfast. I know you are mad at me, after last night, so I am trying to make it up to you. I'm sorry for pressing things."
Hinata looked at him again, "I-It's okay N-Naruto, I-I was just t-tired l-last night."
Naruto raised an eyebrow but decided to let it go, "Okay then, so you want to do some more training today?"
Hinata nodded, but didn't say anything to the blonde ninja. She just walked down stairs to the kitchen, where the two of them ate when it was just them. Naruto sighed, following her, he didn't know what else to do. Something was wrong, but she wouldn't tell him what. She had a new sadness in her eyes that he couldn't place.
They sat down to breakfast and ate the cinnamon buns, Naruto tried to make conversation but to no avail, Hinata just didn't seem to want to talk to him. He stood and picked up their plates when they had finished, he washed them and put them away before turning to her, "Hinata, let's go." He said rather sternly.
Hinata looked at him surprised, "G-go where?"
"To train. You said you wanted to train, we are going downstairs to the hot springs. You will be working on your water walking today. It is the best way for you to get better at chakra control." Naruto said once again sternly.
Hinata stood and nodded, following him, "A-are y-you mad?" She asked him quietly. Scared of the answer.
Naruto shook his head, "No. Let's just get you training. You need to get your control down to good again before your leg heals, that way we can get you instated as a genin and we can start real training."
Hinata nodded, slightly taken aback by the commanding tone he took at the moment, he was usually much gentler with her, tone wise. She followed him to the basement.
"Activate your Byakugan and watch my chakra flow so you remember how to do this." Naruto told her again, using his commanding tone once again.
Hinata nodded and went through the hand seal necessary for her to use her eyes to their proper potential. "Byakugan" Hinata said, activating her bloodline. She could instantly see Naruto's chakra network, he nodded and stepped onto the water, pumping chakra into his feet so he stayed above the water standing on top of it.
Hinata noticed how much chakra he was pumping in and nodded, she began to pump chakra into her own feet matching the amount Naruto was using. It took her a moment to find the right amount, but she eventually got it and stepped onto the water shakily at first, then stood straight grinning as she got it down quickly.
Naruto nodded, "Good work, now I am going to cause waves in the water so that you will have to channel different amounts of chakra to stay above the water. Understand?"
"Y-yes, I u-understand." Hinata responded looking into his eyes for the first time that day, she saw sadness.
"S-sorry Naruto, but w-why a-are you so s-sad?" Hinata asked him.
Naruto shook his head, "Its nothing Hina, don't worry about it."
Hinata frowned "O-okay Naruto." She was not convinced though, she could see how unhappy he was, his eyes said everything.
Naruto knelt down and slapped the water, the ripples in the water sped towards Hinata she prepared herself, she sank slightly before sending more chakra into her feet, watching Naruto's feet the ripples passed him. Hinata grinned as she wobbled but got it down, Naruto clapped for her and she blushed slightly, focusing on the water as he continued to send different sized waves towards her.
After a few hours of this, she no longer had to watch Naruto as she had this down, Naruto nodded at her, "Good work today Hinata. We are done for the day you got this down."
Hinata nodded and grinned, kind of excited she had gotten it all down so quick, "T-thank you N-Naruto."
Naruto nodded and walked off the water, drying his hand off on his pants, "You are dismissed to do whatever you want."
Hinata raised an eyebrow, "N-Naruto, y-you don't w-want to t-train more?"
Naruto shook his head, "We are done for the day. You did well."
Now Hinata was truly shocked, "N-Naruto s-surely there i-is more t-training w-we could do."
Naruto sighed, "Hinata, it's fine you did well. Now I have some things to take care of, please feel free to use the training facilities and the hot spring if you want. Please do not leave the house without me though."
"C-can I-I come with y-you and h-help you t-take care of y-your stuff?" Hinata asked him, her excitement from earlier gone completely now. Naruto was being really weird.
"Hinata you don't need to, I can handle it." Naruto told her.
"B-but Naruto, w-what are y-you doing?" Hinata dug for more info.
"Why are you suddenly talkative?" Naruto responded.
Hinata was again taken aback, "N-Naruto what's w-wrong?"
Naruto finally looked back at her, "You tell me. What is going on with you. First this morning you won't speak to me, now I am giving you your privacy that you wanted so much."
Hinata had tears in her eyes now, "N-Naruto…I-I d-don't know what y-you mean."
Naruto gave her a look, "Why are you crying then?"
"P-please Naruto, c-can we d-do something t-together? C-can we t-train more or d-do something?" Hinata pleaded with him. He really had lost his love for her she thought.
"Why?" Naruto asked simply.
Hinata bit her lip, "B-because I-I don't w-want to b-be a-alone." Tears had begun to spill out of her eyes.
Naruto thought a moment, "Fine, you want to train more, activate your Byakugan again."
Hinata nodded and did as he said, as she followed him into the garden. "N-now what?"
Naruto nodded, getting his commanding tone again, "Watch me," he channeled chakra into a kunai, just into the very tip, extending it about a centimeter, he then turned to the tree and carved a symbol into it using the chakra.
He tossed her the kunai and told her, "Carve the same symbol, too big and I will know as you will have cut too deep into the tree and passed the bark. Too little and you won't do anything to the tree."
Hinata nodded and got to work doing the exercise, it took her a while to get the chakra channeled into the kunai, finally she tried to carve the symbol, but it took a lot of focus to get the right amount of chakra through the blade. Finally, after about an hour she had it down. Naruto clapped for her, she turned away from him frowning, she had expected a hug in congratulations.
"You want another exercise or no?" Naruto asked her.
She nodded, "Y-yes p-please."
Naruto nodded and thought, "Create a clone, have it channel chakra to a finger, then you work on doing the same amount of chakra to the same spot as well."
Hinata nodded, "Y-yes Naruto."
Naruto nodded and watched, impressed as she did it once again, perfectly. "Hinata seems like you are getting your chakra control back, good work."
Hinata nodded, she was released the clone and grimaced slightly as her head hurt. "Don't worry, that's normal receiving the memories of your clone. Now create another one and both of you do tree walking for another hour. Then we will be done." Naruto told her.
Hinata nodded, "O-okay N-Naruto."
Naruto nodded and watched as she and her clone went up and down the tree walking with chakra coming out of her feet. The hour was up and Hinata dropped down to the ground kind of tired from all of the physical exertion she had put in.
"Good work Hinata." Naruto told her again, giving her a slight smile again.
Hinata nodded her thanks, "N-now will y-you t-tell me w-whats wrong?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow at her, "Hinata just drop it."
Hinata's eyes teared up, but she nodded, "C-can w-we go g-get an early d-dinner since w-we s-skipped lunch?"
Naruto nodded and Hinata grinned at him, "T-thank you."
Naruto nodded, "You're welcome."
The two of them grabbed dinner but it was still awkward between them, Hinata was getting really worried, she couldn't figure out exactly what she had done to make Naruto so upset with her. "N-Naruto p-please t-tell me w-whats w-wrong." She was getting really worried now.
"What do you want from me Hinata?" Naruto growled back to her.
"I-I…w-what do you m-mean?" The pale girl asked as she grew even paler.
"Exactly what I said, "At first you want nothing to do with me, then you want everything to do with me. I'm confused." Naruto snapped at her.
Hinata was still stunned, "N-Naruto, I-I don't k-know."
"Well Hinata I know what I want, all I want is you." Naruto told her.
Hinata started to cry, "T-that's not what you told K-Kakashi l-last night. Y-you want t-t-the o-old m-me back. Y-you don't love m-me, you love w-who I u-used to be. I-I am not h-her a-anymore!"
Naruto was shocked and said nothing for a moment, "How much of that conversation did you hear?"
"E-Enough to k-know that y-you don't l-love m-me a-anymore." Hinata bit back bitterly.
"Hina, that was a longer conversation than what you heard." Naruto responded.
"I-I heard e-enough." Hinata replied to him, before running up the stairs and slamming her door and laying on her bed crying.
Naruto walked up to the room knocking on the door, "Hina please come out and talk to me. I'm sorry I was a jerk."
Hinata didn't say anything so Naruto walked in, seeing her cuddled on the bed he sighed and walked over to her sitting on her bed, "Hinata I'm sorry, I love you." Hinata didn't say a word however, instead she crawled towards him and sat on his lap, crying into his shoulder.
"W-why is e-everything s-so hard r-right now?" Hinata asked him.
Naruto shook his head, "I don't know Hinata, but I am here for you, I'm sorry for today, just after breakfast I got really upset. I should have kept a level head, I just worry about you."
Hinata nodded, but Naruto continued, "I love you Hina, I really do. I was a jerk, do you forgive me?"
Hinata didn't say or do anything, she was silent.
Naruto took that as a no, "Okay, I'm sorry for everything
, I will leave you alone then."
Hinata's eyes widened in fear, she replied to him very quietly, "P-please d-don't l-leave. I-I n-need you."
Naruto smiled at her, "I'm not going anywhere then" He told her, before she cuddled into him, embracing everything about him. It took her about 30 minutes to be asleep again, as Naruto played with her hair, comforting her.
"I love you Hinata" Naruto told her quietly as she slept in his arms. He slowly felt himself drifting off to sleep as well, cuddled up with the love of his life.
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