Uzumaki Naruto Chronicles Rewrite

Chapter 128

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Hinata couldn't believe it, her secret was out, she had no idea what to say. Naruto waited a few moments as Hinata stumbled with what to say. "N-Naruto…I-I I'm sorry."

Naruto just sighed, "I know. You're sorry. I get it. I really don't want to fight about this right now. I'm exhausted from that fight and the…events after. I just want to go to bed."

Hinata bit her lip, tears were forming in her eyes, "Naru, I'm sorry. I-I wanted to tell you, but I-I didn't know how…I-I."

"Stop. Just stop it Hinata. You didn't want to tell me. You weren't going to tell me. You don't tell me anything like this. So please just let me go to bed. We can talk about this tomorrow." Naruto told her, his anger and frustration leaking into his voice. He didn't want to be angry with her, in fact he knew he wasn't angry with her. On some level he knew she had a good reason and knew she was fighting through things. However, he was angry and frustrated. He was so angry with himself for letting Kabuto get away. He had been too weak to stop Kabuto, too weak to follow the man to his mother. He was frustrated that this shit was still happening to his beloved, to his mate.

Hinata however, took it as he was angry at her, frustrated with her. she got upset, she had had a rough day, "You have no right to be angry with me! You have absolutely no right to demand I tell you what happened to me. I went through hell and you weren't there! So, don't you dare get mad and angry at me for not wanting to talk about, and share every detail of my hell with you. I don't want to always relive it. That was one of the worst weeks of my life when he took that from me. I've always wanted to be a mother, and now I can't!" The Byakugan princess was now sobbing, extremely upset. She turned away from Naruto as he approached her.

He put a hand on her shoulder, but she shrugged him off, "Hinata, I'm not mad at-"

"Leave me alone." Hinata told him coldly, through tears.

Naruto looked down, clearly upset, "Hina, please listen."

"No! just go to bed. Isn't that what you want? Just go to bed." Hinata spat back at him.

Naruto nodded, "Wanna scoot over then. Let me get in?"

"No. You can sleep elsewhere." Hinata told him coldly. Still very upset about it.

Naruto was completely taken aback, shocked and hurt that she was this upset, he wasn't sure what he was supposed to say. He just nodded, "F-fine Hinata." He said, his voice breaking as a tear of his own ran down his cheek. He disappeared in a flash, heading back to the shack in the woods, where he would have his own bed and room. He collapsed on the bed, he was upset sure, but his exhaustion took over as soon as he landed on the bed.

Hinata heard the hurt in his voice, she hadn't meant to be that cold to him, she immediately turned around, but he was gone. She sighed, activating her Byakugan with a wince, she searched for him. He wasn't in the house, she let her vision spread out, searching for him. Where could he have gone? Finally, she spotted his chakra, he was in the shack in the forest. He was on the bed, she cursed. She hadn't meant to drive him out of the house. She thought he had been mad at her, but if he had been, he would have said something else. He wouldn't have left, that she was sure of. So why did he leave? Hinata bit her lip. She wanted to go to him, she stood up, but stumbled as she did, falling right back down. She cursed again, cursing her own weakness and idiocy. She shook her head; her body just wasn't able to stand right now. Let alone walk the distance it would take her to get to the shack. She cursed again as tears fell down her face, turning over she cried herself to sleep.

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The next morning Naruto pulled his tired, sore body out of bed well before dawn. He groaned as he did, but he knew he needed to. It was time for him to get serious about his own training again, he had been too weak to save his mother, too weak to beat Namu, too weak to stop Kabuto, again. He growled as he thought of all this, and started his training, creating clones, as much as his chakra would allow him at this moment, his reserves still fairly exhausted. Kurama wasn't helping at this point either, her chakra was needed to refill herself. Naruto put himself through an exhausting training routine, he was still working when Shikamaru appeared next to him.

"Naruto, what the hell are you doing?" The shadow user asked the normally over energetic man.

"Training." Naruto told him.

"You're exhausted, you could barely move last night, you're pushing yourself too hard again. For what? Hinata is back, she's fine. Why are you trying to kill yourself like this?" Shikamaru asked him.

Naruto stopped training and glared at him, "Because I'm still not strong enough, Hinata was taken and put through hell again, Namu beat me, and I was too weak to follow Kabuto back to Orochimaru and find out where my mother is. So, forgive me for trying to get stronger."

Shikamaru sighed, "At what point is it too much? If you push yourself too hard, all you will end up doing, is pushing yourself into the ground. You're just hurting yourself!"

Naruto growled at him, "What do you know about my limits?"

"Because you've been training for an hour and a half and you're this exhausted, you look sloppy right now. To be honest, in your current state, even I could beat you in a fight." Shikamaru told him, flaring his chakra a little to make a point.

Naruto was starting to get pissed off, but he knew Shikamaru was right, he looked up at him, "So all-knowing Shikamaru, what am I supposed to do then?"

Shikamaru cuffed him on the back of the head, "You idiot, you rest, relax for a couple days, finish your mission and train at home! You get stronger to protect your loved ones like you always have. It doesn't change because you got beat!"

Naruto scowled at him, breathing hard, he released the clones, "Fine, I'll rest up and start up again when I'm back home, happy?"

"Start up when you're at home, but don't push it too hard. Don't grind so hard you break man." Shikamaru told him, "You are already one of the strongest ninja alive."

Naruto sighed, holding his hand out, Shikamaru pulled him to his feet, "Thanks, I'm gonna shower then start breakfast."

Shikamaru nodded and strolled with Naruto heading towards Tazuna's house, "So, what happened last night? You left the house, and never came back, why?"

"Hinata got mad at me, told me I wouldn't be sleeping in the same bed as her." Naruto told him simply.

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "You two sleep together all the time, what happened? What did you do to make her so angry?"

"I said some stupid shit, I was angry. I can't tell you much more, it's not my place to say anything else." Naruto told him, "I just need to apologize to her, and talk to her."

Shikamaru nodded, "Sorry man, it'll work out."

Naruto nodded, "Why is it so hard? Do you and Temari have all these issues?"

Shikamaru sighed and shook his head, "No, to be honest we don't. However, we also haven't been through the shit you and Hinata have been through, plus after the day the two of you had, maybe you both just needed some sleep."

Naruto nodded, "Maybe, yeah, you're probably right. Thanks, Shikamaru, I really needed this."

Shikamaru nodded, "That's my job, right? Keep you in line, make sure you're thinking straight."

Naruto grinned, "Glad to have you around" He laughed at the thought, "You're an important part of my family…" Naruto stopped, seemingly thinking about something… "Family huh?...That's it! That must be what's got her…Shikamaru I gotta go talk to her, will you start breakfast?" With that Naruto flashed away before Shikamaru could say anything, going to Hinata.

"Wait…" Shikamaru exclaimed, but Naruto was already gone, "I can't cook…" Shikamaru finished to no one. He shrugged as he continued to walk towards the house, "Guess I'll give cooking a shot."

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Naruto appeared in Hinata's room, she was still asleep, having a nightmare, by the looks of it. He sighed, as he gently shook her, waking her. "Hinata, wake up."

Hinata woke up, when she saw Naruto, she let out a breath of relief, "Naru, I'm sorry about last night." She told him as she pulled him to herself in a tight hug. "I love you Naru. I'm sorry, I just had a rough day?"

"I know Hinata, I know, I get it. You want a family of your own. You know how much I want a family. It's all I've ever wanted Hina. You knew that, and when you realized you couldn't give me…a family, that's why you didn't tell me right?" Naruto asked as he looked into her eyes.

Hinata's eyes teared up again, "Naru…I-I should have told you."

Naruto shook his head, "Hina, if you don't want to talk about it you don't have to. I know I have no right to demand answers from you, I just…It upsets me that you didn't tell me. I understand why, but it feels like you don't trust me."

"Naru, that isn't true." Hinata told him.

"Hinata, on a deep subconscious level it is true, that's why you couldn't tell me. It's okay I get it, I'm not mad at you I promise." Naruto told her softly.

Hinata bit her lip, and nodded, "You're right. I suppose. I'm sorry Naru. I just, I thought maybe I could get it fixed, I thought that if I told you, you might break up with me, or not love me anymore, but feel trapped with me. I love you so much. I was scared Naru. I didn't find out for sure until recently."

Naruto nodded, "Do you want to tell me about it?"

Hinata paused for a moment, "I-I do."

Naruto waited for a moment, waiting for her to start, "Naruto, when Kabuto had me, he injected a toxin into my womb. He knocked me unconscious, before he did. He told me he had done something to my womb that I didn't deserve to be a mother. I was too worthless to be even a breeding bitch…"

Before Hinata could continue, they heard shouting downstairs. They both ran downstairs to see smoke coming out of the kitchen, the stove was on fire and Shikamaru was wide eyed and frantic. He went through hand seals causing an earth jutsu to fill the area with sand, extinguishing the fire.

"Shikamaru! What the hell happened?" Naruto asked.

Shikamaru sweat dropped, "uh so yeah, I can't cook. I tried to tell you before you left."

Naruto sighed, creating an army of clones, "I'll take care of this guys. Hinata, can we continue this later?"

Hinata nodded, "I'm going to go freshen up anyways."

Naruto nodded and sighed as he started to clean and start breakfast for everyone. She had just been about to tell him more. She had been just about to open up to him. He shook his head, there was nothing he could do and he hated it.

Breakfast was served and everyone was sitting around the table, Temari was laughing and making fun of Shikamaru for setting breakfast on fire. Hinata was sitting silently to the side. She hadn't spoken, nor joined in on all the conversation. It was all happy and joking, however, Tsunami noticed Hinata's lack of participation, she walked over to the girl and pulled her out of the room to talk.

"Hinata, are you okay?" Tsunami asked her.

Hinata nodded, "Yeah, just out of it I guess."

"What happened?" Tsunami asked her, "With him, they told me you were taken, but…it was by the man who tortured you the first time, right?"

Hinata nodded, "It was."

Tsunami nodded, "He had you again. I-I can't imagine…what you went through. The horror, I can't imagine Gato having me again. Naruto, he told us he killed Gato, that means we are safe, we're free. You and Naruto, you two saved me from the fear I have of Gato."

Hinata nodded, "I-I'm still terrified, K-Kabuto he promised he would return. He always kept his promises. That bastard, he promised to do so much worse than he has already done." Hinata was shaking, "I keep thinking about what he is going to do to me."

Tsunami nodded, "He doesn't have you anymore Hinata."

"It's only a matter of time before he returns and takes me again. D-do you think if I went voluntarily, if I just went to him, he would take it easy on me? Not do the terrible worse things he will do? Will he just not torture me as much? I just don't want the pain he will bring again if he captures me aga-" *smack*

Hinata stopped, raising a hand up to her cheek, Tsunami had slapped her, "DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT! You won't go back to that monster, especially not willingly. I know you're scared but that's crazy Hinata."

Hinata nodded as she shook her head, "You're right, I'm sorry. I just…The pain he promised for running away, it scares me."

Tsunami nodded, hugging her, "I'm sorry I slapped you, I just wanted to snap you out of it. Are you okay?'

Hinata nodded, "It's okay, I'm better now, please don't tell Naruto I said that, he would freak out. He worries about me too much."

Tsunami nodded, "You should talk to him more about these things, he really cares for you. I see the way he looks at you."

Hinata nodded, "I'm working on it, I really am. It's just hard, I don't want to drag him down with me."

Tsunami shook her head, "You wouldn't be, I promise."

Hinata nodded, and Tsunami led her back out into the kitchen for the rest of breakfast. When Naruto saw they sat back down, he quieted everyone, "Okay, let's go over the plan, Shikamaru, if you and Temari would take Zabuza and Haku to Konoha. I will stay here with Hinata and we will make sure the bridge is completed. After that we will come back to Konoha."

Shikamaru sighed, "Do you really think that's the best idea Naruto? Orochimaru knows you're here. He could want to come after you."

Naruto shook his head, "He won't. He should be too weak right now. His body is getting very close to needing to transfer. He is extremely weak right now, it's why he wasn't here, instead Kabuto was here. Kabuto is also injured and weak, meaning it would take them some time to get an army strong enough to take me down. We have plenty of time. Orochimaru won't try anything."

Shikamaru nodded, sighing he wasn't sure Naruto was in the position to be in charge of this mission, he was injured, so was Hinata, they were weak and had both been tortured. "Naruto, are you sure you can handle this?"

Naruto nodded, "I'm fine Shikamaru. Plus the way Hinata and I are injured, it would be safer, and better for you to take Zabuza to Konoha."

Shikamaru nodded, he was right about that. Sighing he shrugged and nodded, "Yeah we'll take him."

Naruto grinned, "Thanks Shikamaru I really appreciate it. Haku, you can stay at my house. Shikamaru will let you in and show you around."

Haku nodded and then Tazuna spoke up, "Actually Naruto, once I finish the bridge, we're going to leave this place. Tsunami, Inari and I spoke about it, no good memories are left of this place. Can we come to Konoha with you?"

Naruto grinned, "Of course, I'm sure we could use an experienced builder."

Tazuna grinned, "Thank you Naruto."

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The end of the week came, and Naruto had sealed up all of the belongings Tazuna's family had, and the group left, walking towards Konoha, it would be a long trip walking, but Naruto was kind of excited for it. The whole group seemed excited.

Naruto thought back to the last week, he and Hinata had yet to talk about her being barren, after they had been interrupted they just hadn't had the chance for whatever reason. Naruto sighed, he wasn't looking forward to this talk, but knew it had to happen. He and Hinata hadn't talked much since then. They ended up sleeping together every night at least, but they weren't intimate, they weren't close at all. Naruto turned and looked at her, he gave her a small smile. She returned the smile, though it never got to her eyes.

She had been relying on and talking to Tsunami, and not at all on Naruto. He sighed, he missed talking to her. He missed her leaning on him. Even though they had been together all week, he missed her, they needed to talk soon. Neither one of them were looking forward to it.

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When they finally arrived in Konoha, they went first to Naruto's house, Tazuna and his family would be staying there as well. They ran into Haku and talked to him for a moment, before Naruto said he needed to brief Tsunade on the mission.

He flashed away, into the Hokage office. Tsunade looked up and smiled at him, "Naruto, you're back, it's good to see you again."

Naruto nodded, "I wish this visit would be on better terms, but I've got bad news. As you know from Shikamaru's report, Kabuto was there as well as an unknown ninja named Namu. Namu decimated Zabuza, then took me down with little to no struggle. I hit him with my strongest attacks and he was fine, he regenerated. Kurama told me that Namu had her chakra. Orochimaru created a super soldier with Kurama's chakra. He can create more, we need to find and kill him."

Tsunade nodded, "And where would you like to start?"

Naruto sighed, "I don't know, send me and Hinata to find him."

"And let one of Orochimaru's prizes walk right to him?" Tsunade asked.

"Tsunade he will be weak! He's weak right now. You know this." Naruto told her.

"What if he has an army of super soldiers ready to kill you?" Tsunade challenged.

Naruto growled throwing his hands up, "I want to find and save my mom. Do you not care about her?"

Tsunade grit her teeth, "Don't ever make that assumption. I love her like a daughter. Don't you dare say I don't care about her."

Naruto nodded, "I'm sorry. I'm just upset about it. Clearly."

Tsunade nodded, opening her desk and pulling out a bottle of Sake, opening it and pouring a cup for Naruto. Naruto took a sip and raised his eyebrows, "Wow this is really good stuff."

Tsunade grinned, downing her own glass, "It's good to be the Kage." She told him winking.

Naruto grinned as well, "I bet it is."

"You'll understand someday." Tsunade told him.

Naruto shrugged, "I don't know Tsunade, that's if I live that long and still want the hat eventually."

Tsunade shook her head, "Oh no you don't brat. I'm only keeping your seat warm."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "Why should I be kage of this place? Everyone here hates me. They won't accept me as Kage."

Tsunade sighed, "First off Naruto, you have a duty to this village. If Jiraiya is correct, to this world. You have to be Hokage. Second, I think the village has started to warm up to you. After you won the Chunnin exams they started to see you as strong, they found out who your father was and they respected you a little more. Don't get me wrong, the majority is still too stupid to realize how great you are for this village. The higher ups in the council don't like you, but you are gaining ground."

Naruto shrugged, "It would take a miracle at this point."

Tsunade laughed, "How much time do you and Hinata need to recoup? I have a few missions that could use your particular touch. Hinata's too."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "More missions like this last one?"

Tsunade shook her head, "Not nearly as dangerous no. Most of them are recon based, that could turn into infiltrate. Its more along the lines of black ops missions that I want you two for. You and Hinata are a team I can lean on and lie about right now, a special team that only I have control and influence over."

Naruto nodded, "Great, sounds like all these missions will be S ranked then?"

Tsunade shook her head, "Not quite, officially, I can't send a genin on S ranked missions. But I will pay you more, and they will come into the light eventually. This next mission I have special for you will actually help with finding out more about Namu. You will need to leave in the next couple of days. Recon in a specific small village in the land of earth. Connected to Iwagakure. It's where Namu is from."

Naruto nodded, "Right, we'll be ready in two days."

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