Hinata disappears into the city. Leaving the boys to find her. Later, when they return home, she tries to get comfortable around Rin. Only she gets a little….TOO comfortable. Naruto then decides to have a small 'chat' with him after their 'incident'. And as the next day rolls by, Yukio shows the angels around campus. Mephisto….is not happy.
Chapter 3: Weekend Chaos Continued
After they left the diner, the most embarrassing time of his life, Rin decided to walk the city randomly without any destination in mind. At first he thought of looking for his brother and the whiskered-face bastard. But then he realized how long that would take since he didn't know where they were for the past 2 hours. For all he knew, they were on the other side of town. So he decided to aimlessly walk around without any destination in mind.
Truly, he just wanted to go home. He didn't like the looks he kept receiving due to the female that walked silently behind him. He had spoken not a word to her after he paid for the meals with the little money he had left, and quickly rushed out of the diner. All he could remember now from that place was the astounded looks they entertained after the girl behind him, repeated the words...'Danna-sama. Danna-sama! Danna-sama!'
It was like she just couldn't help herself, could she? 'Danna-sama!' Was all that echoed in his mind over ten minutes after leaving the diner. Partially why, he had decided to walk around with no destination in mind to begin with. He wanted to clear his head. No, he needed to clear his head.
'Danna-sama!' He growled silently when it echoed in his mind again!
'Damn it! She's driving me crazy. I asked her to not call me her Danna this morning and still…still she says it!' he thought with frustration as his brow furrowed, walking a little faster without knowing what he was doing himself.
'I mean how hard could it be?! She was raised this way?! I don't care! As far as I'm concerned I am NOT her damn DANNA!' He mentally screamed as he shoved his hands in his pockets to keep himself from pulling his hair.
'Why do I have to put up with it?! What the hell did I agree on? I don't even care anymore! I won't accept her! I refuse to accept her! She and her stupid-bastard guardian can fucking leave now! I will figure out this whole flame crap and continue on my way as an exorcist like I planned to from the beginning!' he turned some random corner, still unaware of where he was going.
'I mean it's not like I planned to give up on it in the first place. But this marriage shit…I can't do it! I can't do it! I mean I'm too young. She is pretty and I guess she's nice and whatever but I should choose my own way. I don't have to be stuck with her. Especially if her guardian has to be with her too and he is more of a problem then she is!'
He growled silently as he continued his march. He had long since sped up his walk without even realizing since he was too busy mentally screaming at himself. 'And he dares tell me they're not going anywhere! Like hell, I will remove you myself!'
He paused when something clicked to him. He blinked when he came back to reality and looked around. 'Crap, where am I again?'
He failed to make sure 'that girl', was still with him. 'Well, she should be I don't expect her to wander off if she's never been here.' He ignorantly thought as he turned around to confirm if the angel was still there.
She wasn't.
His eyes widened as his body shot all around him as he searched for her tiny form vigorously. 'Where….' He continued to quickly scan the area before he could feel an alarm set off within him. "Where did she go!?"
When did he lose her? Did she say she was going somewhere? What happened? He was so busy battling mentally with himself; he forgot to ensure she was still with him.
"Damn it?! Where did she go?" he asked himself again as he continued frantically. Unbeknownst to him, someone had walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
Rin stiffened when he realized who it was.
"Nii-san? Are you alright? What are you doing?"
Rin slowly turned his head with a nervous half-grin as he sweat-dropped. "He-he….well….." he trailed off looking away since he wasn't sure what to say. This made both Yukio and Naruto stand completely still. Naruto's eyes narrowed as Rin refused to meet their gazes.
"Niiii-saaan…."
"Where is she, you baka?!" seethed Naruto as he balled his fists at his sides. This made Rin glare at him.
"Well if you two didn't leave me alone with her in the first place, this wouldn't be happening right now!"
"Damn it!" Before Naruto could lung at him, Yukio stepped in between the two.
"Calm down please, Naruto-san!" Naruto's eyes turned red at them both. This made the brothers' stiffen as they slowly backed away.
"Uh…w-we will find her. J-just calm down." Yukio managed as he gulped. Rin looked away again as Naruto….only a touch….decided to remain calm.
"Let's just go find her." He seethed as he pushed passed the brothers into the opposite direction where Rin was first going. 'She should be around her somewhere. She has her power suppressed but her scent is in the air. She's not too far; I just hope she didn't get lost.'
Hinata continued her stride in a very narrow alley that was filled with several stores as several different people stood in front of these stores trying to sell their items to those that walked the streets or drove by. A lot of them had stands with their products placed on clearance or something completely new. After having lost Rin sometime ago, she had decided to walk around, curious about the world she had never seen before.
She could tell that Rin was upset with her because of her actions at the diner and she could also tell that he didn't want to be around her either. At the time, after they left, she followed after him; at first it looked like he was trying to get away from her, and then she figured he just didn't want her close to him. He was in deep thought and he had a very grave and agitated expression on his face. She tried to remain silent until he relaxed but she truly wanted to apologize for upsetting him in the first place.
As she walked on, she couldn't help but look around for anything that would give her some clues on the matter. Maybe something will catch her eye and she'd have a pretty good idea on what she could do for him or even give him. It was kind of hard since she never exactly understood currency; or had any currency at all. Her mother explained some things to her on purchase. And she can recall Rin giving the waitress money for their meal. But she still didn't understand the ways of trade amongst humans. She believed and grew with gifts and giving. Not exchange. So, buying him something, she couldn't do, but maybe she can still get an idea for later.
"If you're looking for something to please your man, step right over here and try our newest product!"
Hinata paused in her step and looked to her right.
"Come, come now! Don't be shy ladies, he will LOVE this smell! Our newest perfume called 'The Everlasting'!"
Hinata smiled. Everlasting? Hmmm, sounded like an idea.
"And if you think that won't be enough for him, trust me; we have many other products that will satisfy his every need! He will love you forever!"
"Forever?" she whispered in question as she found herself suddenly drawn to the woman's words as she walked over to her table.
The woman looked at Hinata in query at first, since she looked young. But then she quickly shrugged it off since selling her product was her priority.
"Why hello there, cutie! Looking for something to satisfy your boyfriend?!" grinned the woman as she held out the small clear heart-shaped bottle filled with her 'Everlasting' perfume smell. Hinata then cocked her head to the side in wonder as she examined the product. She wasn't exactly sure how a liquid smell could make her danna fall for her or satisfy him but again she still couldn't understand the ways of human.
"You say this….will….satisfy him?" the angel asked slowly trying to process this.
The woman nodded quickly. "Yes, it's our newest smell. It's been said to have him on his knees before you, kissing the very ground you walk on!" she smiled proudly. Hinata was still unsure since this was all new to her.
"On his knees?" she thoughtfully said as she looked up to think about it. In her mind, she sprayed the stuff; Rin sniffed the air, dropped to his knees, and kissed the ground she was on, telling her he loved her in a chant over and over and over again. She then made a face…that didn't sound right. It actually sounded more like the smell….hypnotized him.
"What's wrong? Do you not like this?"
"It's…not that. I'm just..new at this is all. I've never shopped before in my life. So it's all very new to me." Explained Hinata as the woman's eyes then sparkled mischievously for this was a target to her. Hinata continued. "I just want to please him is all….not…hypnotize him…."
The fine lady laughed. "Hypnotize? That's one way to put it!" She continued laughing.
Hinata blushed, looking away. "Also….I…have no money…"
The woman paused and her brow rose…'Oh, she is new at this…..Well…I guess it wouldn't hurt to help out this one time…Never pass up a good deed!'
The woman shook her head and wiggled her eyes brows; leaning in closer. "Well, since you're new at the shopping thing and you need something to please him, how about I give this to you for free." She looked around and then moved even closer to whisper in Hinata's ear. "And I can throw in a little 'outfit' for you too.' Hinata's brows rose together. "Outfit?"
The lady moved away with a purr and wink. "Yes….out-fit!" Her wine-colored eyes glimmered impishly. Hinata was confused. "What kind of outfit?"
The woman wiggled her shoulders in excitement. "You know; an outfit that makes all the men want to DIE for you!"
Hinata's eyes widened. "What? I-I don't want him to die!"
The woman laughed. "Oh wow, you are new at this! Haha! I don't mean literally sweetie. I mean he'll fall in love as soon as he sees you!"
Hinata blushed at this. "Oh. Um-please excuse me then!" 'Still sounds like hypnotizing…'
The older woman placed down her advertisement as she reached for a red bag on the ground beside her.
"It's okay! Hey, just take this bag and hold on. I will be right back!" She shoved the red-decorated bag in Hinata's hands and scurried off quickly into her clothing store. She came back as fast as she went and shoved a few more things into Hinata's bag. "Now there's the magazine, perfume, some shoes, and an outfit there. Along with a few extra things, sweet heart!"
"And…he will like this?" Hinata questioned before she turned to leave. She had to find the boys now since she could sense the worry.
"Yes, girl he will love it!"
"H-hai!" Hinata waved her farewell to the woman, who screamed.."Good luck! Thanks for shopping at Kina's Love! Come back again!" ...before Hinata turned the corner to locate her group.
'I….hope he likes it. I'm am completely lost… but I believe I can do it….. right? He should like this…..right?' She sighed unsurely. She had a feeling Rin was going to be so much harder to please then what her family made it seem. She only did small things and they agitated him. Why was his temper so short?
"There you are!" Hinata's thoughts were interrupted when she looked to her left to see Naruto, Rin, and Yukio running across the street before they stopped in front of her.
"Where were you?! Why didn't you say anything when you left? I looked everywhere!" gasped Rin trying to catch his breath. Naruto smacked up his head. Rin grabbed it and shot him a hard glare.
"What the fuck?!"
"Shut up! It's your fault you lost her! Not hers!" Naruto walked up to her. "You okay, Hinata-chan?" Rin balled his fists, Yukio quickly moved to grab him. It took everything in his power to not hit him back.
"Hai. I saw something. So…" her eyes looked away as she held her bag closer with a blush burning across her perfect cheeks. "I'm sorry. I didn't pay attention Danna-sama!"
Rin glowered at her and she looked away when she realized her mistake. "G-gomen-nasai! I—I."
Naruto shot Rin another glare. And he paused before he could say anything and looked away with a huff.
"Whatever! Again, call me Rin!"
"Hai." She spoke softly.. She kept making that same mistake. Naruto's eyes narrowed at the male he so despised. However before he started yet another fight, he felt a warm hand on his.
'Naruto-kun.' She spoke in mind for only him to hear.
'I know.' He did the same.
"Since we're all together now; let's go home. On the way, I will show you the park. I just remembered our father used to take us there a lot. It's a little out of the way, but the distance from home is pretty much the same." Said Yukio with a smile as he walked passed Hinata to walk ahead as the others moved to follow him. Rin walked next to his brother and Naruto walked next to Hinata. She held the bag closer to her chest, hoping no one would notice it.
They continued walking in silence for sometime as they soon made their way out of the city and into a more…silent part of town. Yukio sparked a conversation with his brother as they reminisced on the past about their deceased father and everything they did in this neighborhood when it became more familiar. Naruto wasn't listening; he was looking around the area as Hinata half-listened however her thoughts were still on her bag.
'I wonder if I made the right decision about this. The magazine she gave me did look…' she blushed deeply when random intimate images raced through her mind. 'Oh, I hope I do this right!' she closed her eyes tight, blushing harder.
Rin and Yukio continued to converse as Naruto then glanced over at Hinata's expression. He raised a brow and his sapphire-orbs fell on the red bag in her arms.
Curious to see what was there; he smiled slyly as he crept closer before swiftly snatching the bag out of the small girls' arms.
"Hinata, what's in here? You look so nervous!" Hinata's eyes widened; she looked completely shocked that Naruto snatched the bag away from her.
"Naruto-kun, give it back!" she squeaked as her hands grabbed for her bag as she tried to quickly take it out of his grasps. He grinned as he gripped harder. "NO! what's iiiinn heeereee!" He pulled at her bag as Hinata pulled too! "Naruto-kun please!"
They both tugged hard before a glint sparkled in Naruto's eye as he smirked before quickly moving to shove his hand into the bag! Hinata's eyes widened as her entire body turned beet red.
Naruto grabbed the object and pulled it out into the air. "OOH! What might this—" Naruto gasped as he turned the same shade as Hinata with a small bleed to his nose.
He shoved the piece of 'clothing' back in the bag.
He swallowed hard as he looked her in the eye; allowing her to snatch the bag out of his hands as they both stared wide-eyed at eachother. She hid the bag behind her as their breathing quickened.
"I—uh…hope you….know what you're doing!" Naruto barely managed to get out as his body temperature rose and he quickly turned away from her. 'Oh, Kami, I couldn't imagine her wearing that.'
'Oh no. Oh no. Oh no.' she held her bag protectively close. 'Naruto-kun saw it!' She held her breath, 'I hope he doesn't have ill thoughts of me?! She squeezed her eyes shut in hopes she would disappear..
Naruto on the other hand, couldn't keep the blush from staining his cheeks. 'God, please tell me she knows what she's doing! I shouldn't have looked! I thought it would be something cute.'
Rin let out a deep sigh of relief the moment he dipped into a deep pool of warmth.
His entire body was covered except for his head. He closed his eyes and rested back against the large tub wall and moved to cross his arms behind his head. He sighed again, relieved. The hot steamed water worked its magic over his muscles. God, he needed this. Time to himself was a blessing at the moment. He felt so suffocated over Naruto and Hinata's presence; he didn't want to think of the days to follow. He allowed this moment to capture him. A steamed bath was perfect.
"Ah." He sighed once again in pure bliss. He couldn't help but feel free alone in this large washroom. He didn't believe Naruto or Yukio would be disturbing him since they both decided to talk about something he could care less about. What was it? School? He didn't care. He was close to catching up with everyone else so he didn't need to be updated on their recent work. Or maybe they were talking about something else…
His thoughts fell to Hinata. He wasn't sure where she had gone off to. He did notice the little red bag she was carrying. But thought nothing of it until now. The look on her face made him curious as to what she bought. Another thing was the fact that she had bought something and he didn't even know she had money. If that was the case she could have paid for her own damn meal too; especially after embarrassing him this morning.
He blushed when the incident arose. 'I never want to be seen there again.' "Ugh…"
'Let me stop thinking about her…she brings too much of a headache…' Rin then ducked his head beneath the warm waters, unbeknownst to him, the short sound of a door opening and closing faintly hung in the steamed air. Foot-steps timidly made their way to the large tub, stopping short as if hesitant, before continuing on tipped toes.
Beneath the water, Rin felt it shift; quickly opening his eyes as he realized the motion was not made by him. He immediately regretted doing so as the soap stung; he made his way to the surface, thinking it was his brother.
Hinata slips into the tub on the opposite end unnoticed and Rin surfaces from beneath the water, back turned. He shook his hair and rubbed his eyes and reached for a dry towel he laid beside the tub. He placed it around his neck and continued to rub his eyes to keep the soaped water from burning them any further. "Oi! Yukio?! What did you and the bastard talk about anyway?"
"D-Danna-sama?"
He stiffened, eyes-wide… He slowly…oh so slowly…turned around… Only for his eyes to suddenly bulge from his sockets; choking immediately upon shock.
There Hinata was in all her glorified glory sporting a see-through bikini strap that BARELY COVERED ANYTHING! Rin's nose burst red and immediately flew out of the tub. Caring less….no..NOTHING about him being seen naked. He flew right out of the door screaming as though he'd seen a poltergeist!
Rin ran down the hall as fast as oil catching fire. He couldn't believe it! He didn't believe it! BUT HE BELIEVED IT! The girl was crazy! She was! She had to be! What the hell was she doing!? "AAAAAHHH! AAAHH!"
Down the hall, Yukio and Naruto could be seen walking and talking about cram school, only to stop upon hearing Rin scream his lungs out in bona fide horror. They shared a raised brow and looked behind them…only for a blur to breeze by screaming as it flew down the hall before turning a corner. Both Naruto and Yukio shook themselves off since water got on them from said blur. They shared a look of question.
"What happened?"
Question was answered when her voice filled the halls as she too ran with her arm reached out, they turned to see her.. "Wait, danna-sama! Matte! Da—ah-RIN! Gomen, I—."
She froze when she noticed them and they froze when they looked down at what she was wearing.. She gasped, they jumped. And all three turned red. The boys grabbed for their noses as the girl placed a hand over her mouth from shock. She turned away and ran as fast the wind could take her; speeding away from them as a beam of light.
"Wait! Hinata-chann! Wait!" Naruto came to first from his heart attack but he couldn't keep the blood from flooding his nose as he ran after her. Yukio tried his best too and decided to use his shirt to cover it before it fell to the floor and chose to go the way Rin ran to in order to calm his brother.
What the hell were they doing?
"Hinata-chan? Hinata-chan? Please, can you please open the door?" Naruto rested his head against his friend's door for what felt like ages. The sun had fallen long ago and the angelic girl showed no signs of coming out anytime soon. She didn't say anything and most likely won't until she felt like it. No matter how much Naruto begged for her to let him in and speak to him, nothing. He was met with silence. She didn't even say, 'leave me be'. Just nothing.
'Great.' He was about to give up and let her be until a sniffle sounded from behind the door. He raised a brow. 'Crying? Was she crying?' He pressed his ear against the door to hear another sob and voices. The voices sounded very much like Yukio and Rin. They were arguing. But…why did the voices come from her room? There was no way they were in there with her. So why—
"Hinata hadn't come out of her room since! You embarrassed her. You should go apologize."
"Excuse me, I embarrassed her?! No-no, she embarrassed ME!"
"Wha—."
"I almost died of lose of blood and a heart attack! The girl is crazy! The angel is crazy!"
Ball. Crystal ball. She was listening to their conversation through a crystal ball. 'Aw, Hinata you know better than to eavesdr—….no…no..wait..she wanted to know how Rin felt.'
"Crazy? Nii-san she was only—."
"Only what? Only what?! Slipping into my tub half-naked! NO, NAKED! I'm supposed to what? Like it?! No! She's crazy if she ever thinks I would be with her in only a DAY! And she barely knows me and she got into my tub! NAKED MIND YOU! NAKED!!"
"Nii-san I'm sure she was just—."
"Just what?! Showing herself to me? Expecting me to like it? What?! I'm not like that Yukio. I have morals! I would never take advantage of a girl! Especially for her body! If she had any respect, she would have at least asked me first!"
More sniffling. Naruto frowned as he brought his attention more on the words that were said.
"Calm down, nii-san! Keep in mind that she was brought up a certain way. You just have to teach her differently, that's all. At the very least apologize. I have yet to hear word from Naruto-san. She's most likely still in her room. There's no telling how she feels."
"I don't care about how she feels. If she was supposedly here to change me! Why in the hell am I changing her? She should be smart enough to know the difference between right and wrong, correct? She should have known better! And I am not going to apologize for running away!"
"Nii-san…"
"Nii-san shit! I am border lining hate for that girl AND her guardian. Come into my life, do whatever you want, say whatever you want. I'm tired of them both! The—."
And more sniffling. The room grew silent except for the angel's sobs. She must have cut the feed since he heard nothing further of the brothers. Naruto sighed then and turned around to rest his back against the door and slid down to sit on the wooden floor. What was he going to do? What could he say to make her feel better? It was odd to him that Hinata felt embarrassed. But then he understood that her embarrassment lied elsewhere. What could he do or say to make her feel better? He didn't want her to cry. Not so soon. Don't cry. 'Don't cry so soon, Hinata-chan. We haven't been here long enough for you to cry.'
"Please Hinata-chan…remember this morning? Remember you said you'll give it time? Remember?" he sighed in defeat after a few long moments.
"Please Hinata-chan. Don't cry…"
This…only seemed to make her cry harder.
Frustrated, he ran his hands through his hair and sighed. Alright, looks like he'd have to have a talk with Rin.
Rin stomped down the hallway, clad in only a towel, heading back to get his clothes and his weapon. He couldn't believe he forgot his weapon.
"Nii-san! Please try to understand!" his brother trailed after him.
"Understand? Yukio, there is no understand. There is no way, to understand."
"How can you say that? Come on, just—."
"Drop it!" Rin turned sharply to him. Yukio stopped and the brothers stared each other down. Rin dared him to say another word. Yukio blinked—said nothing and miserably looked away. If his brother said 'drop it' and he meant it. He dropped it….
Rin stared at his brother a moment longer in silence, he sighed frustrated; his brow furrowed—turning back around and he froze. Naruto stood before him with his arms crossed and his eyes livid.
"We need to talk! Now!"
Rin flinched; gritting his teeth but before he could retort… "Come to the roof! You better not have me waiting."
With that, Naruto left. Pushing past Rin without care and walking past Yukio without a glance. He was serious. The brothers watched him walk away until he was gone. They stood for a few minutes longer trying to figure out what he was going to do. Yeah, he said talk but in translation it meant—fight. Or so, they assumed.
'Teh, I'll see him on the roof.'
Naruto sat on the ledge cross-legged, eyes closed—waiting.
He took in a calm breathe as he meditated. Pulsating collected energy to remain calm. The last thing he was going to do to Rin was kill him. He didn't want to kill him….yet. If he killed him, he failed his mission; especially if he killed him for no reason; at least an unapproved reason. He was to kill him only if he had no other choice. Rin wasn't too much of a threat that should result in his death. But for, Naruto, he was just as big a threat as Satan. He was his son. He didn't know what he was capable of. Why didn't they just kill him when they had the chance? Neither he nor Hinata would be here if they did. Maybe it would have been better if they were assigned to other stations. Just regular guardians like Sasuke and Neji.
But no, that was never going to happen. Why? Because Satan's son is walking the earth freely and all they were able to come up with to keep him under control was to hand him over an angelic wife. Of all things, that's the best they could do. They could have come up with something better than that. She's sacrificing her life for this fool and all she gets is a 'fuck you'.
'This was supposed to be easy.' Thought Naruto. He opened his eyes—revealing the red that glossed them over. 'This was supposed to be easy.'
"Oi?"
Naruto made no move; having sensed him there earlier. He looked into the night sky further ahead; taking note that it looked much darker than before.
"Alright. If you're not going to talk…." Rin turned around to walk away. "…Than I'm leaving."
"No you're not."
Rin flinched; taking a few steps back. Naruto now stood in front of him, hands in his pockets. The red in his eyes disappeared, only they narrowed dangerously. Rin was surprised, but only for a moment. He took another step back and stayed put; waiting for Naruto to speak. He wasn't sure what Naruto was capable of and it being late, he wasn't going to find out. Right now, he could tell he was seriously trying to talk to him. No room for bullshit. This was a discussion.
"This will be the first and last time I have a talk with you. A serious talk with you. From now on, I will not be so nice or show you any mercy. You so much as cross me, I'll see to it I beat the crap out of you. Got it?"
Rin could only raise a brow, holding up a front as fear fluttered his veins. That would be the second time he threatened him and meant it.
"I have a few questions I want to ask you. And by the gods, they better have the correct answers or I will be interfering far more into your life than I am now. Understood?"
Rin nodded dumbly. As of now, this Naruto was far scarier than he was yesterday. He guessed it had to do with Hinata. He was starting to think that maybe he should apologize. Just to get Naruto off his back.
"First, who is Shiemi? Why do you know her? How long have you've known her? And are the two of you…dating."
Rin's eyes widened; a blush burned his face. This shocked the hell out of him. What? "You think I'm dating Shiemi?"
"Just answer the questions."
Rin frowned. Wasn't there another way to say that? "No. We're not dating. I only talk to her. There's nothing behind it. Just…talk. And I've only known her for a few weeks; about a month, or month and a half maybe. I don't know. Yukio's known her for years. And we only know her because her family owns a shop for exorcists. Nothing more."
Naruto raised his brow at this. Really? He could feel a little something there though, Rin wasn't being too straight but he wasn't lying either. He'd accept it.
"Fine, now that my most curious observation is over with, I need to lay some rules with you; whether you like it or not."
Rin growled. He was getting tired of that shit. 'Whether you like it or not...' It's his life, he should like it; whether they liked it or not.
"Regarding Hinata, you are to not—by any means—harm her in any way, shape, or form. If I so much as find out that she was hurt by you…"
Rin looked away. Like hurting her was something he wanted to do, really? But he understood the warning.
"Also you are to not feel her up in public!" this earned Naruto a crossed look. "There are closed doors here, sir. Pick a room!"
"Shut-up!" Rin's veins felt as though they were going to burst through his skin from overload. How much blood must he lose from his nose today? He covered it with his hands. And also, if she's his wife, why couldn't he touch her in public if he wanted to? "I get the picture! And I wasn't trying to do anything to her this morning! It was an accident, for the last time!"
"Riiight…"
"Right shit! If I really wanted to do something with her, don't you think I would have in the tub she decided to dip into without warning!" the memory only served to anger him at the moment. And for reasons unknown, embarrass him. His arms fell to his side and his hands balled into fists. Naruto kept his unmoving stance; hands still in his pocket.
"Yeah, well to me, it's more like you just didn't know what to do…."
"Shut-up!!"
Naruto smirked, that was obvious.
"And why do you care so much?" Naruto's brow rose. "You're acting like your her old man!" twitched Rin as Naruto's fists tightened in his pockets.
"I'm her guardian...I will act as such!"
"Bullshit!"
Naruto tried everything in his power to not attack this male.
"Anyway, do try to be kinder to Hinata. She's new at this. It's not like she's trying to piss you off, it's more like she's trying to help."
"Yeah? Well her help is pissing me off. When I said, 'get to know', I didn't mean her body!"
"Well what do you expect? She's your wife. You don't seem happy with anything else she does."
"She's only been here a day. What would I possibly know about her pissing me off with anything if she's only been here a day?"
"Yeah, but you aren't exactly giving her a chance either."
"What do you want me to do? I don't know her. As I told Yukio, I have to wait and see how she is. But so far, she's done nothing but annoy me."
"Then why don't you explain beforehand what she should be doing instead of waiting for her to figure it out?"
"Because I didn't ask for this!"
"It doesn't matter if you asked for it or not. She's here. I'm here! We're here! Deal with it!"
"And that's all I keep hearing! Deal with it! You have no choice! Just get to know her! Everything will be alright!" he mocked and shouted! "Where's my choice?!"
"Your choice was made the moment you were born!" Naruto yelled back. Rin stilled. 'What?'
"You've made your choice and now we're here! I'm telling you there is no right for you in the matter. Either you deal with it…" Naruto smirked. "…or die."
Rin's eyes widened and he slowly took a step back. He blinked for he knew not of how to think anymore. He didn't know what to think. Did his choice really, truly, not matter. With anything? Like having a wife, being a demon, having to abide by orders his father left him or even obey Mehpisto when he didn't want to? Was his choice…really nothing?
"No! I do have a choice and my choice was to become an exorcist! I don't need a wife to do so! I don't have to listen to my father! And I damn sure don't have to listen to you!" Rin's , new found determination, shined his eyes as he took a step forward and crossed his arms against his chest; challenging Naruto. This made the fox-angel's brow raise.
"Oh really?"
"Yes, damn it! My choice does matter! You know why? Because I chose to accept this! I chose to listen to my father! I chose to go along with this crap because he believed it to be best! I don't have to do anything! I chose to!"
The males stared each other down for a moment, before Naruto broke out in a large grin. Now it was Rin's turn to raise his brow.
"About time you showed some back bone. Now I don't have to punch you for making her cry! I was going to get to that, but whatever. You made yourself clear; I was starting to think you were a pushover. Weak, pathetic! But you won't be too bad for Hinata. But again, please be nice to her. I wasn't lying when I said I'd kick your ass. And don't take my death threats lightly. I may be the reason you die. And this was supposed to be easy. You make shit so difficult…"
All Rin could do was stare at the blonde angel numbly. He was stuck on…'..making her cry..' Never has he made a girl cry and not feel bad about it later. He made her cry? He didn't mean to make her cry….
"I—I really made her cry?"
Naruto paused, looking at him as though he was searching for something and nodded. "Yeah…she cried..it pissed me off you made her cry. In fact, the first thing I was supposed to do was punch you but decided against it after I meditated. Although….I was going to punch you later."
Rin said nothing and looked away at nothing. He didn't mean to make her cry but—
"Apologize. It will make her feel better if you apologized." Naruto said as he too looked to the night's sky.
"No."
His head shot to Rin. Rin was looking to the door and walking towards it. Naruto was more stuck on the 'no' rather than the fact that he was leaving. His brows knitted together. "What do you mean no! You apologize; damn it or I'll make you!"
"No! She should learn something! Never go into the tub without asking and damn sure not creeping up on me naked! I don't want to see her and you can't make me!" Rin slammed the door shut before Naruto could retort. He would have gone after him before he made it to the door but sought against it considering he made Hinata a promise. But Rin was pushing him closer and closer to the edge. Rin's anger/bipolar issues were getting to him. 'What the fuck! I wasn't done talking to him! Asshole!' And here he thought they were getting somewhere! That's the last time he'd meditate over 'talking' to Rin. Maybe he just didn't have the same knack at it like Neji. But he did decide that Rin was going to catch a quick ass-kicking next time!
He shook his head to calm himself and looked to the stars above; he pondered Hinata. Maybe she'll let him see her. He wanted to talk to her. He didn't want her thinking things. He knew how she kept so much to herself that he didn't want her negative thoughts to ensue her. She was a very powerful girl. If her mind turned dark…..
"No." he was going to go talk to her. He quickly walked to the ledge and jumped off as though he was diving into a pool. He flew down the side of the home; falling past five floors before making a sudden stop in front of the only window that held a faint glow. He could tell the light was on, only the window's white curtain made it softer. He floated there a moment, hesitant; before reaching to place his hand on the glass. He moved closer into a crouch and placed his other hand on the sill.
He listened a moment; waiting to hear any more signs of crying and flinched when he heard laughing. Confused, his brows knitted together and he moved closer to place his ear against the glass as well.
"What….is this?" He spoke softly. He could hear Hinata speak as though she was speaking with someone else.
"I understand…this is just so hard for me…I don't…understand him. I thought if I tried something, he would…well…like it."
A heavenly laugh was heard. And it obviously didn't belong to Hinata..
He perked up! 'That was—." He quickly tapped his knuckle against the glass repeatedly. He was met with silence for a moment before small fingers could be seen gripping the edge of the thin white-material and being moved aside for a full view of Hinata's face. Naruto smiled a pleading smile to finally be let in her room. Hinata smiled back and moved to open her window.
"I was just…checking to see if you were okay.." Naruto said as he leapt into the room. Hinata closed the window behind him and moved to sit on her bed next to the very being Naruto stood grinning at.
"I'm fine." Naruto nodded in recognition; still staring at the being before him. Of course she was fine now. Her familiar was here.
"Mira! Why don't you look divine tonight! I haven't seen you in ages!" His grin broadened with open arms. The small white unicorn smiled from where she laid. She wasn't the most traditional unicorn that was normally depicted by many across the world. Her mane and tail was as dark as space itself with, what looked like, colorful stars and galaxies spread throughout. Her eyes were pupil less, only the solid color of gold; taking the shape of ovals. Her horn was very long and thick upon her forehead and looked like a fine shaped diamond. Her hooves were golden and her wings were made of crystal light; luckily she had them folded. It looked as though she had no wings at all. They were very powerful when spread. Unicorns were stunning and brilliant! They were very loyal and powerful beings. Even after growing up surrounded by them, Naruto could never stop his gawking.
"Ah, Naruto-san. You look well. Where is Kurama?" Voice so soft and so heavenly; Naruto was caught up in a trance.
"He's…" He looked up in wonder since that was a very good question. He hadn't thought about it himself. The last time he saw his familiar was a month ago. He also had no reason to summon him or did he care to. Kurama would come to him when he felt like it. "…somewhere. He's somewhere."
"You haven't the slightest clue, do you Naruto-san?"
"Nope."
This made the unicorn laugh. Naruto melted, he loved unicorn laughs.
"Naruto-kun? Was there something else you wanted?" He snapped to attention, looking over at Hinata. She was resting her head against her familiar with a small smile. Naruto blushed.
"Ah! Yes, as I said, I just came to see…if you were..alright after…" He looked away when the memory returned to him; he blushed. "Uh…yeaahh… and you said you were fine…soo." He didn't know what to say now. The unicorn's presence was breathtaking.
"Hai, I'm fine now. If you want, Mira promised to tell me an ancient story, like at home, you can join us."
"Yes." Lightening fast, he was beside her, legs crossed and smiling. He loved stories. Hinata and Mira shared a laughed. Naruto purred, his tail unraveling itself from his waist to dance in eagerness.
"Okay…" The two angels looked to the unicorn with shinned eyes. She always had their undivided attention. "Once there was a powerful king…."
The next morning came and went as the afternoon rolled by. Yukio had finally found some time to assist both Hinata and Naruto with a tour of the school's ground as he promised. He walked them through the courtyard, the classrooms, the dining hall, entrance hall, and the cram school's halls. He explained to them each professor, what they would be learning if they already didn't know(he assumed they did), and what is required to pass. He wasn't exactly sure if they needed to be tested but he was going to treat them the same as he did everyone else since it was only fair.
They now stood in the courtyard in front of the school's gates. As usual, he did a review to see if they understood how to get around the school on their own. He ws sure to mention that he and Rin will help them tomorrow in order for them to know exactly which class to go to first and so on. He also explained that everyone had a uniform but he wasn't sure when they would be provided with one. He'd have to ask the president when he got the chance.
"I'm sure he'll be able to give you a uniform at some point. He never did tell me when. Once our missions begin, you'll be required to wear one."
Naruto and Hinata both nodded. "Okay, so when will that be? Like the missions and crap?" asked Naruto and Yukio was quick to answer.
"We will begin missions very soon. After everyone passes, and hopefully everyone will if they were paying an ounce of attention in class, there will be a test for you all to take in order for you to be given missions. You must all first be esquires to obtain them."
"So, you're saying everyone has to pass this test in order to become an…esquire?"
"Yes, you will not be given missions until you are classed as esquire. Right now, everyone starts as page and work their way up based on their abilities."
"And we haaave to do this?" Naruto rolled his eyes, if anything he and Hinata were stronger than their paladin. Why did they agree to this?
"As required in cram school. Yes." Yukio left no room for argument. He was in sensei-mode. He was always serious in sensei-mode.
"And we have to wear those uniforms. At least tell me we don't have to!" now that Naruto thought about it, when they first arrived he took note of the uniform. The males wore black and the girls wore pink. He did notice that it was in their own way(more for the girls' than anything.) But did they have to? The males' uniform wasn't too bad but the females…..He looked to Hinata and imagined her wearing it….
He shook his head. "Oh no. Oh no. Hinata is going to attract a lot of attention…." His eyes widened when realization hit and he gasped. She needs clothes! She needs underwear clothes! She didn't have any panties, damn it! She needs it if she going to wear that uniform!
Yukio and Hinata both blushed at the similar things and it wasn't from what Naruto was getting at. Yukio tried his best to forget yesterday but Naruto's words did make him think about earlier today…. His brother was MIA ever since he awoke this morning. He wasn't sure WHERE he had gone at all. He didn't even speak other than a 'Hello' and 'I'm going out.' He also passed on breakfast, heading out the door as fast as he could before anyone, even Naruto, could stop him. He questioned how Hinata felt about it, but speaking to her at breakfast, she didn't seem fazed at all. At least she didn't seem fazed. There's still the aspect that she didn't come out of her room until this morning. When he returned, he planned on asking him what his problem was. Although….he had a pretty good guess; and that's what led to this thinking….
Before he could stop it, a memory of yesterday flashed through his mind. "Oh, God!" his face turned a pure shade of crimson as he turned away to look at nothing. His glasses steamed over because of his heat. 'I wish, I hadn't seen that. It makes it so hard to keep a straight face when talking to Hinata-san now. So hard. I barely managed through breakfast.'
"You okay?!" came Naruto's question as Yukio snapped his head to him. He could see Naruto sweat-drop at this and Hinata looked away when her blush deepened.
She knew what he was thinking.
And Yukio blushed all the more. "Oh-Uh.." He cleared his throat and tried his best to relax. "Yes, I was just….Uh…" He looked away. "..thinking."
"Okay." Naruto chuckled- grinning. 'I know what you're thinking.'
Hinata gave a silent sigh. Why do things happen to her? And just when she thought she got over it after summoning Mira to stay up with her last night.
Yukio cleared his throat and shook his head to clear his mind.. "Okay, anyway, I'm sure the..uh—." What were they talking about again? He looked to Hinata….and blushed again. He looked away! 'Ugh! Looking at her is so hard! He made it his goal to not look at her for the rest of the day because of last night! He didn't think it would be that hard!'
"Okay, so is this it? Is there anything else we need to know?" came Naruto's voice, which again, broke him out of thoughts.
"Ah, yes well—l."
"Where is he?!" All three looked up to see Mephisto floating above them before the demonic president 'poofed' to their right; standing next to them with a very deep frown upon his impish features.
Naruto grinned. Yukio looked confused and Hinata blinked.
"Where is my pet?" Mephisto growled; repeating himself, giving Naruto his strongest glare. Naruto, unfazed, smiled brightly to him.
"You mean Ukobach?" Mehpisto's growl deepened, Yukio looked to him in question, and Hinata stood looking away to somewhere. She apparently didn't seem to care about the matter.
"Ukobach?" asked Yukio as he looked between a smiling Naruto and a scowling Mephisto. "What is Ukobach?"
Mephisto made no move to answer as he held his gaze upon Naruto.
Naruto's smile widened as he answered for him. "Remember the thing in the kitchen I mentioned yesterday?"
Yukio nodded.
"Yes, well apparently he belonged to your leader."
Yukio frowned again at the term 'leader'. That was the second time he referred to Mephisto as his 'leader'. He was not his 'leader'! He decided to ignore that.
"Oh? What was he doing in the kitchen?"
"Cooking your food."
"Oh okay." Nodded Yukio smiling; until it clicked to him; his eyes widened. "What?"
"Yeah, I assumed you didn't know! I told you Hinata!" The said girl smiled and walked away to stay out of this. Yes, Naruto was right. Not that she doubted him, but he was right. 'Ah…I'll look at the clouds.'
"Where is he?!" Mephisto got up to his face. Both males at a standoff. Naruto was grinning his whiskered-face grin and Mephisto was scowling his demonic scowl.
"Somewhere."
"Where?!" Mephisto was losing his patience with this boy. If he didn't tell him where he was…
"Now calm down, demon. I don't want to fight you on the matter but I will!" Naruto crossed his arms; still grinning and Mephisto's eyes narrowed. Should he or should he not choke him? The sky around them darkened and thundered boomed the air. Yukio looked up and backed away. Okay, so this meant his president was angry. Truly angry. And only Naruto seemed to be the one to make him so angry so quickly. Hinata only blinked when she noticed the clouds change. She'll just wait for them to come back.
"Fine." Mephisto backed away and the sky turned back to normal. Naruto nodded, being unfazed by him; this impressed Yukio. And then it made him evaluate himself. Hinata smiled again and stared above her brightly.
"Your 'pet', as you put it, is back home. He is in Gehenna and he is to never return again unless you go get him." This earned Naruto yet, another, growl from the president. Who asked him to do that?
"And before you say anything, I did it because he had no place there!" Now Naruto seethed. He knew the real reason Mephisto had him there. It was plainly obvious. And since Mephisto was a smart male, he backed off. He didn't want to reveal his face..so soon.
"Very well…." He looked away with a glint in his eyes and smirked his trademark mischievous smirk. "I understand. And I will see the three of you….later."
With that, he was gone. Yukio sighed in relief. He has never been so shaken by Mephisto before; these angels brought the worst out of him.
'More like Naruto-san brought the worst out of him.' He thought with a sigh; watching as Naruto tip-toed to Hinata and tickled her; she laughed running away from him playfully as he chased her. He shook his head. They didn't make sense to him; serious one minute and happier than skittles the next.
"Hey, are you guys ready to go?! I'm ready to go!"
"Rin? I have a question to ask you."
Rin looked up from where he was crouched. He was placing another flower in the dirt before patting the ground gently with the back of a small shovel when Shiemi suddenly called him. He chose to visit her today to get away from the atmosphere at his home. He didn't feel like seeing Naruto or Hinata. And since he didn't feel like taking a forever walk, he chose to visit the blonde-girl. She was doing her daily chores with her garden and asked if he wanted to help.
"Hmm? What is it?" he moved on to the next hole that was already dug into since Shiemi came up with a plan to make this go faster. He planted and she dug. He refused to touch cow shit; that yellow stuff she pours into the ground, cow dung. He said she could do it. The shit stunk; he made the mistake of touching it when he first met her. He won't make the same mistake.
As he moved along, Nii would provide him with the types of flowers to be planted and Rin would pick them off his belly.
Shiemi was crouched a few ways away from him as she dug a hole with her small shovel. The bucket of cow dung lay beside her along with other tiny green men helping her dig the hole with others providing her with more cow dung.
"Is Yuki-chan okay? He looked very upset in class. I've never heard him yell so angrily before. Is something bothering him?"
Rin paused a moment. He didn't make it known since he continued on his task. He was a little surprised she asked. Normally she would talk about different flowers and wondering when she'd be able to see the Garden of Amahara herself someday. And there were even times she'd talk about class. Asking about her brother was normal too but asking about how he felt with this particular situation he was in, wasn't something he'd be able to explain. And it kind of pissed him off she mentioned him. He knew her admiration of his brother. He never sat well with him.
"Ah…yeah…He's fine. He..just needed some space. Take time away from class. He'll be alright."
Shiemi nodded and said nothing, taking note that he wasn't as chirpy as he usually was; or silly even. She liked when he would grin stupidly at something or clumsily try to help her around the garden. Something was amiss today. She did hear about what happened Friday on the bridge. But she wasn't going to mention that to him. After all, she wasn't supposed to know. If she could, maybe she could get him to open up about it. Weren't they friends?
"Are you okay, Rin?"
He blinked when she asked if he was okay. He paused a moment to collect his thoughts, but chose against telling her since she didn't know much. He continued digging the dirt with his garden-gloved hands. "I'm fine..I….just felt like visiting…that's all."
Shiemi didn't buy that but she didn't want to pry either. If he came to visit than he came to visit. She wasn't going to question him anymore.
"Okay."
"So this is where you were! I recognize that stench anywhere!"
"Naruto-kun!"
"What?!"
A laugh sounded from the steps to Shiemi's home and both she and Rin looked up from their project. All the green man spirits disappeared upon sighting them. Even Nii was suddenly gone. Shiemi would have questioned this if her eyes weren't glued to their very appearance. All thought process shut down upon their sight. Shiemi's eyes sparkled with her mouth agape in awe. They were beautiful! She couldn't understand why! They were just so…sooo…
"OI!? Shiemi?!" Rin looked to her and waved his gloved hand in front of her eyes. "Hey, Shiemi?! Shiemiii?!"
"Nii-san! What are you doing here?" came Yukio from behind the angel's as he quickly walked up to him; peering down, looking from both him and Shiemi. "We went back to the house and you weren't there."
"So what? I don't have a right to go out without telling you where I'm going?!" Rin shot his younger twin a glare before going back to frowning at Shiemi's state. He was about to shake her awake. Yukio would have retorted but he looked at Shiemi as well and noticed her gaze went right through him and turned to look where she was staring.
"Oh right! Shiemi-san. This is Hinata-san and Naruto-san. They're your new classmates for cram school!" smiled Yukio; emphasizing his hand to them. Naruto and Hinata both walked up with shared smiles as Shiemi; without thinking, slowly got up to greet them properly.
"H-H-H—." her voice faded away. She just couldn't get it out. She did bow to them…twice. And now she looked to them in utter fascination. Naruto half-smiled and sweat-dropped. Hinata gave her a soft smile with a bow of her own.
"It's nice to meet you." Came Hinata's sweet voice that made Shiemi blush; the stars in her eyes sparkled all the more. 'Awww, kawaii.'
Rin scowled at the way she was acting. Yukio blushed. Yeah, he understands how she feels. He thought the saaame way.
"Aren't they pretty Shiemi!" came her mother's voice from inside the house! "Especially Naruto-san! He's so handsome! Perfect for you Shiemi!"
Shiemi turned red. Naruto blushed. Yukio laughed. Hinata giggled and Rin's scowl deepened. 'What the fuck?!'
"H-H-Hai!" she finally said something and she could hear her mother laugh. "Awww, Shiemi!"
"You!" Naruto pointed to Rin; who raised his brow at him. "Why didn't you leave a note?" his eyes widened when he realized he had to be careful with what he said. This girl wasn't supposed to know they all lived together. "I mean, Yukio was worried!"
Rin scoffed. "Yeah right, more like y—!" his eyes widened when Yukio covered his mouth. Rin had a big mouth and didn't know how to keep it from running when he got going. Especially around Naruto it seemed.
"Uh, Shiemi-san! Sorry to steal him from you, but we'll be leaving now! We'll see you in the morning okay?!" Rin growled at him when Yukio pulled him along to leave; keeping his mouth covered the entire way out the gate. Shiemi watched them go, confused for a moment and looked to Naruto and Hinata as they both quickly bowed to her to follow.
"Nice, meeting you Shiemi! Uh…see you in class!" Naruto grinned walking away with his hand over Hinata's shoulder. She smiled to Shiemi and bid her farewell as they all soon left. Shiemi couldn't help but to stand there and watch them go in a dream-like state.
'Wow…they were so pretty!'
Once she was sure they were gone after having stood there for a few minutes, something dawned upon her as she looked around her colorful garden. Not only did it look brighter but…something was amiss.
"Where's my green men?"
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