Chapter 3: Uzumaki
Naruto Uzumaki lay in a small clearing just out of view from Training area 3. He was dressed in his usual Orange trousers and Black T-Shirt, His telltale Orange jacket was discarded nearby. He stared up into the sky as he had been since he collapsed mid training, they sky was starting to darken so he decided to head for home.
Naruto walked slowly through the streets of Konoha with his jacket slung over his shoulder; it was then that he saw the first one. A member of the Hyuuga Family jumped across the rooftops followed by another, Two more Hyuuga where patrolling the road. They were searching for something. Naruto headed for the nearby patrol.
"Hey, what's going on?" Naruto's Query was merely ignored by the two men as they continued down the path. Naruto merely shrugged it off with a mumbled 'whatever' before heading on. Naruto rounded the corner to see that there where at least 10 members of the Hyuuga family, Branch and main, knocking on doors and asking people in the street. Naruto closed in on some people who were talking to try and gleam a little information from there Conversation.
"I'd be surprised if they found them still in the village"
"I can't believe it. A Hyuuga, Abducted."
Naruto recoiled back slightly 'I Hyuuga? Could it be the Cloud ninja again? Who'd been abducted?" Naruto Kept trying to get any information from the Passing Hyuuga as they started off to search the next part of town but was ignored at every attempt. Naruto resigned to failure, too tired to continue, and headed for home.
As Naruto came towards his apartment he noticed something was a miss. When he left he had kept the living room window open to cool the apartment but now it was closed. Just as Naruto was about to right it off to a coincidence he saw someone move inside. Naruto charged forward and jumped up to the window. He grasped the ledge and peered through a small gap in the curtains, it was dark inside… all the curtains where closed. The figure was moving about the main room but he couldn't make out any details.
The Door to the apartment burst open as 5 Narutos charged in taking positions to surround the intruder. They promptly disappeared when Naruto's eyes fell upon Hinata standing in the middle of the room with and dirty bowl in her hands clasping it like some shield.
Naruto closed the door and walked towards Hinata. "H..Hinata? What are you doing here?" Hinata stood still and shivered slightly before she dropped the bowl and flung herself onto Naruto, she hugged him close holding her head against his chest as she cried. Naruto placed a hand onto her back and the other onto her head and did his best to comfort her.
Naruto gently shifted his hands onto her shoulders and drew her away from him slightly, He moved down slightly so he was eye to eye with Hinata before he spoke.
Naruto's voice was soft and warm "Hinata, What happened?" His voice drew Hinata in and made her feel that everything was ok, she looked deep into his beautiful Blue eyes for a few moments before she began to recount what had happened, the council's proclamation, her imprisonment, her escape and the fact that the entire Hyuuga Family was now hunting her. Hinata was on the verge of collapsing into tears again when she looked up at Naruto to see something she thought she'd never see.
Naruto was Crying, silent tears ran from his eyes, the peaceful blue was slowly swirling with wisps of red. Hinata didn't understand what was happening. The red stopped and faded as fast as it had appeared, then he spoke, his voice was strong and determined but by no means harsh or angry "I Will Stop Them. I Will Save You Hinata" He looked down to lock eyes with Hinata once more "I promise you that" and she believed him, she knew then that no matter the odds, no matted how great the foe, he would save her