Well everyone thank you for being so patiant. I am pleased to announce that chapter 3 is up, after recovering from the truma my leaving cert put on me i got down to work on continueing on this fic although slightly delayed because of my lazeness oh well enough ranting and preaching as they say on with the fic.
A place to stay part III
It was a cold night in Konoha, all was quiet there were no disturbances to be noted and the streets were empty. All except the Jonin and hidden ANBU ninjas patrolling the almost restored city were home in bed, until a certain male Hyuuga saw something by the south gate with his byakugan. A lone young girl with an unusual chakra pattern had collapsed on the ground. Without calling for reinforcements he rushed quickly to her side to investigate further. Upon arriving he found she had no injuries, he searched her for some form of identity and found a village head band wrapped around her right arm with the symbol of the village of Takigakure. While he was examining her further she began to speak.
"P-please take me to the H-Hokage."
Naruto woke up in a daze, immediately looking to his right wanting to see Hinata's gentle sleeping face. He was disappointed to remember that she was called back to the Hyuuga household two weeks earlier by her cousin Neji saying it was an order from her father after it was fully restored. This meant he rarely saw her in the evening Naruto was hardly in good humor and neither was Hinata. She resisted at first but agreed after her father came in person, Naruto still remembered the stare he gave him it felt like someone stabbed him in the back with a icicle.
Besides Hinata moving back to the Hyuuga house, not many things changed in the two weeks since Naruto first had sex with her the only thing new was that the fifth Hokage, lady Tsunade woke up from her coma immediately replacing Kakashi Hatake and returned to active duty.
After lying awake in his bed for the past two hours Naruto finally got up. realizing what day it was he immediately got breakfast, brushed his teeth, got his clothes on and ran straight to team 7's old training area.
There he saw Hinata, lying against the same tree stomp he had been tied to when he was a kid, not wasting any time he called out to her with joy evident in his voice.
"Hinata Chan! I'm here. Sorry I'm so late I forgot what day it was." when Naruto got close to her he was surprised to once again see her donning her old lavender and purple jacket, but he figured it would make a better training outfit and left the issue alone.
"That's okay Naruto Kun, I haven't been waiting long. So what training will we do today?" after Hinata went back to the Hyuuga household Naruto was denied seeing Hinata by her father. He said that she did not want to see him while she was training. This continued for a week until Hinata began to visit Naruto on her own. Naruto and Hinata now made training dates with each other so they could improve together.
"Okay how about like the other day we practice the kage bunshin no jutsu. I feel you're getting better at it. So first show me how many clones you can make with 1/10 of your chakra." Hinata nodded, took a large breath and gathered her chakra then finally used the technique.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu." Once the white smoke cleared twenty physical clones of Hinata were visible to Naruto, leaving him amazed at how well she had progressed with the technique.
"That's great Hinata. Now for something a little different. I want you all to form a circle around me and come at me as hard as you can." The Hinata's all then turned bright red and all messed with their index fingers when finally the real Hinata spoke up.
"Naruto kun t-that's very s-sudden and not the r-right place for that kind of thing." Naruto suddenly began to glow the same color as the Hinata clones when he realized what they thought he meant.
"N-No t-that's not what I-I meant Hinata. I mean come and attack me with your clones I want to see how w-well you fight with them." Even though Naruto said this the thought of a Hinata harem did not escape him. He quickly turned around to calm himself down before Hinata noticed the tent forming around his crotch, finally calming down with un-sexy thoughts naruto was surprised when hinata began to giggle to herself.
"I got you going there didn't I Naruto sensei?"
"First off that is evil, second I'm glad to see moving back home hasn't changed that more confident personality of yours and thirdly don't EVER call me that again it make's me feel old Hinata Chan…now lets begin."
The Hinata clones made their charge towards Naruto, each of them trying to strike him with their gentle fist but he retaliated by performing the evasive techniques Hinata had shown him during one of their earlier skirmishes. Without restraint on the Hinata clones he began to attack them, each one turning to white smoke when they received a solid punch, in a matter of ten minutes there were only three clones remaining. Naruto kept a close eye on the real Hinata so he would not hurt her, he knew that one of the two Hinata's in front of him was the real one, while the one next to her and the one behind him were clones. Suddenly while planning his next move the clone behind him made its move. Moving at a run, ready to attack but Naruto counteracted by quickly turning and punching its stomach but when it did not disappear like the others and instead grabbed hold of his arm Naruto cringed, it was the real Hinata.
"H-Hinata Chan you…" The next second the two clones took advantage of the situation and held two kunai's to Naruto's neck ultimately defeating him.
"Look's like this is my match Naruto Kun." The two clones dispersed and turned to smoke as Naruto explained what Hinata did.
"That was brilliant Hinata Chan while you distracted me with that comment before the match you had one of your clones pose as you, you even went as far as keeping it out of combat in order to convince me further and then when It seemed like I was winning you came in, grabbed me after I hit you and then had the two remaining clones finish me off." Naruto could not hold back a sense of pride that hinata came up with such a sneaky, underhanded tactic.
"That's it exactly Naruto Kun, but…to correct you on one detail I thought you were serious about that 'thing' before the match, I just took advantage of it." They both then stood there, embarrassed until Naruto spoke up a moment later.
"Okay Hinata Chan, how much chakra do you think you still have?"
"Less than 8/10 but still enough to continue training."
"Perfect the next technique is one of my favorites, it's the rasengan."
"A-Are you sure ill be okay w-with such a high level technique."
"I'm sure, I'll be with you every step of the way and ill show you exactly how I learned it." the next minute, Naruto took a filled water balloon from his bag and handed it to Hinata.
"Okay first step to learning the rasengan is to rotate the water that's inside that balloon in multiple directions at once using only your chakra until you burst it. Once this step is complete you'll have rotation down no problem." Naruto put his hand into his bag and took another balloon from it and showed her exactly how it was done until the balloon popped.
"Alright Naruto Kun, I'll try."
After watching Hinata fail at four attempts, he sat at a nearby tree and continue to watch, but before he could get comfortable she had completed her task on her tenth attempt leaving Naruto with an unforgettable shocked expression on his face and thoughts on the Hyuuga family's chakra control.
"I don't believe this, it took me almost a week to master that step and she got it on her tenth attempt. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised the Hyuuga's specialize in the chakra control." Naruto looked on at the celebrating Hinata, the pride he felt towards her grew stronger and stronger. Watching her for another minute or so he began showing her the second step of the technique.
"Congrats Hinata Chan, you did that way faster than me that's for sure, but its time for the second step of the technique." Naruto wasted no time in handing Hinata a rubber ball from his bag.
"this will be more difficult than the first step but just like the first step you have to burst the rubber ball, but this time your using the air inside it to burst the ball completely and the ball is of course much more denser so it adds on to the difficulty of the step are you ready."
"Of course." Naruto could not help but smile at her determination
"Ok then get to it." but before Hinata could finish her third attempt, Sakura showed up with a message for Naruto
"Naruto Kun, Hinata Chan there you are. I've been searching everywhere for you two, lady Tsunade wants to speak to us." immediately Naruto and Hinata stopped their training and followed sakura to the Hokage's office.
"Lady Tsunade, I brought Naruto and Hinata like you requested."
"Good job sakura, you may come in, you two as well." As Naruto and Hinata entered Tsunade's office they found Shizune was there as always but so was Hinata's cousin Neji, along with a girl they did not recognize but it was obvious to the couple she was from a different village.
"Excellent now that you're all here I would like to introduce you to your next mission. Yuna, would you please present yourself." The girl then stepped forward and began to speak in a hyperactive tone that could only be rivaled by Naruto when he was twelve
"Hello my name is Yuna Hana! and as you can see from my headband I'm from the village of Takigakure!..." as she spoke, Naruto examined the young girl and was surprised at how short she was, she was at least a head shorter than Hinata she also had unusual pink colored eyes, short green hair she wore a purple skirt that reveled some skin a white shirt that covered down to the skirt at the top it had a fishnet that reveled the top of a very flat chest and her arms she also seemed to wear fingerless gloves and metal bracers on her arms and legs which looked odd compared to her casual clothing
When naruto was done examining her he could not help but laugh at her next words. "…I am also 17 years old…" naruto was the only one to go into a fit of laughter, everyone else present had there head lowered in shame except Sakura and of course a highly offended Yuna who proceeded to beat naruto till he was a bloody pulp on the ground.
"thank you Yuna, Sakura, now I'm sure the four of you are probably aware your mission is to protect Yuna, I'm putting Neji in charge of taking care of her while she is here but if a mission comes up for him i want you three to protect Yuna while he is away." Naruto almost immediately spoke out to Tsunade wanting more answers.
"I get we should protect her but why do we have too why is she so important." Lady Tsunade, greatly annoyed by Naruto's outburst, put her head into her hands leaving only her eyes and forehead visible but quickly raised it again.
"Hinata, Neji could you two leave for a moment."
"O-Of course lady Hokage." Said a nervous Hinata while Neji gave a suspicious glance back at the girl he had to protect. With the closing of the office door the fifth Hokage continued.
"Now Naruto, the reason I want this woman protected is because she is the daughter of Fu Hana, the jinchuraki of the nanabi no kabutomushi (seven-tailed horned beetle) and therefore she may have powers that could become invaluable against the upcomeing war against the Akatsuki but because of this she will no doubt be a target of the akatsuki also with there small numbers now they are less likely to attack her while she stays here."
"I see, when did she get here." Naruto slightly cringed at the mention of the akatsuki but he tried not to let it get to him.
"Last night she was found at the gates by Neji, she says the Akatsuki attacked her village and captured her mother but before she was taken away she helped Yuna here escape and has spent all this time finding konoha while avoiding the Akatsuki."
"Excuse me lady Hokage, but tell me my mother, she would be dead by now wouldn't she." There was silence in the room, everyone other than Yuna had there head down giving her an answer that was loader than words.
"I see…thank you for your honesty lady Hokage."
"Yuna." The female Hokage began. "I have made arrangements to have you stay in one of the hyuuga branch houses, so I'll need you to go with Neji or anyone of your guards to bring you there."
"I understand lady Hokage."
"Okay, that is all you are dismissed."
"Onii-san, what do you think they are talking about." Said the curious female hyuuga who was sitting next to her cousin.
"I don't know Hinata Sama but I don't like it that we are not being told important details about our mission."
"I can ask Naruto Kun later, he might tell me."
"Please do Hinata Sama, I don't like the idea of a woman we hardly know anything about staying any where near the hyuuga household."
"What do you mean?"
"I was talking with lady Hokage before you arrived, she will be living with me which means…" Neji stopped suddenly, waiting for his cousin to comprehend her situation.
"I-I understand Onii-san, I'll try to figure something out…I think I hear them coming out." Just as Hinata thought Naruto and the others left the Hokage's office after being fully briefed.
"I-is everything alright Naruto Kun." Distress clear in her voice.
"Yeah it's okay, don't worry about it. Baa-chan just had to tell me and Sakura Chan something, its nothing important or anything." The blond boy tried his best to reassure his girlfriend that nothing was wrong, it didn't take much but Neji was still uneasy about it, But as he looked at the two he came up with a good idea.
As Naruto and Hinata were discussing what to do with the rest of the day Neji approached them.
"Naruto, can I ask a favor of you." Neji's face had a serious look in his eyes, Naruto seemed unsurprised since that is how he only knew Neji as a serious, uptight kind of guy.
"Sure Neji, what is it."
"I-I…" Neji lowered his head in embarrassment but raised it again and lowered his voice so the other two girls would not hear him. "I was wondering if you would allow Hinata Sama to move back in with you." Hinata tensed on the spot at hearing this.
"Huh, but why."
"Well it's my duty to the Hokage to protect this woman, if something happened it would bring dishonor to my family and also…" Neji stopped for a second to come up with a good excuse, but with Naruto he thought just about anything would work. "…well there is a old law in the hyuuga family, were if a important enough client is to be protected by a hyuuga of either branch they are to stay in the room of a main branch member, so I was hoping you could let Hinata Sama stay with you while Yuna temporarily stays in Hinata's room." Neji could not trust his own voice after telling that obvious lie and so he sealed his own mouth shut a small smirk treating to appear on his lips while Hinata thought 'that will never work.'
"Okay I think I understand Neji, well if it's a family law I have no right to not agree, I'm sure Hinata Chan would be more than happy to oblige.
"U-Um, yeah okay, I-I don't mind." Hinata did not return a look at Naruto or Neji and instead turned her vision to the ground.
"Excellent, I will go and tell hiashi Sama of the arrangement, Naruto can I trust you to stay with Yuna while I am gone."
"of course, I'll take care of her while you're gone you can count on me." and like that Naruto was gone heading to the two nearby girls talking and giggling, once Naruto was out of earshot Neji continued to speak to Hinata."
"i-I'm sorry I had to do that Hinata Sama, but you need to tell him this the sooner he knows the better. I know it's hard but he deserves to know."
"I know your right Onii-san, but it doesn't make things any easier…thank you."
"You're welcome Hinata Sama, now I have to get things ready for Yuna. I will see you later make sure you tell her to meet me at the estate and I will take it from there."
"Right."
"good luck Hinata Sama." the next minute Neji ran to the exit of the Hokage building, leaving Naruto and the three girls to themselves, then suddenly Naruto spoke up loud enough for even Neji to hear him.
"Okay, who's up for ramen at Ichiraku's, my treat." Hinata spoke up immediately.
"Okay, let's go Naruto Kun." next up was sakura.
"You better remember your treating Naruto." and then was finally was Yuna.
"Uh, excuse me, Naruto was it…do you know where Neji Kun went."
"He's just sorting out were you will be staying, he'll be back soon"
"Oh in that case can I come with you three, I've never had ramen before!" Almost immediately, Yuna's positive, hyperactive attitude returned, much to her three new friends and guardians liking.
"Of course you can, let's go." They were walked out the building on their way to the best ramen shop in Konoha.
"Hinata, can we move to the back for a second. I have something to tell you." Hinata was curious to Naruto's odd behavior but she quickly moved back waiting for Naruto to continue.
"So Hinata, after we eat our fill of ramen, do you want to go back to the apartment, how about I give you that massage you wanted sounds good right or maybe we could do that thing with your shadow clones we were talking about earlier." at hearing that Hinata tensed up immediately, not because she was still a bit shy but because of something else, while Naruto gave a playful smile oblivious to her worries.
"So what are you two lovers talking about so secretly?" Suddenly surprised by Sakura, Hinata attempted to make an excuse so she would stop looking for answers.
"I-it's nothing Sakura Chan noting at all, w-we were just taking about how we should go about our training tomorrow, isn't that right Naruto Kun."
"Y-Yeah, it's nothing to worry about." Sakura then gave the couple another suspicious stare but left the matter alone and continued to the ramen shop with her friends.
When they finally arrived at the shop, Sakura sat at the end of the shop, beside her sat Naruto with Hinata beside him and Yuna beside her. Naruto then yelled out his order.
"Hey old man, could I get four bowl's of your finest ramen, what are you guys having." Hinata and Sakura then called out there orders at the same time.
"One low fat bowl of ramen please." Next was Yuna who knew nothing of ramen ended up copying Hinata and Sakura's order.
"Um one low fat bowl of ramen please." Once the ramen was served Sakura and Naruto dug in while Hinata and Yuna conversed and tried to get to know each other.
"So Hinata was it… how is this village are you sure I'll be safe here." Hinata could easily see the small bit of doubt in Yuna's eyes and could tell she was scared for her wellbeing, but Hinata kept a smile on her face and said with confidence in her voice assured Yuna's safety.
"Of course you will be safe, but remember if anything happens you can depend on us."
"Thank you Hinata…Chan, is it alright if I call you that."
"Of course it's okay."
"So Hinata Chan, what is Neji like is he a nice person." Hinata suddenly became curious as to why Yuna would ask this but figured it would be a normal thing to ask since he would be protecting her.
"He's…my cousin is a hard person to understand, he may seem cold sometimes but he can be kind hearted sometimes, I hope you won't be offended if he acts cruel towards you he really means well." Yuna's gave a kind smile on her face upon hearing this about Neji.
"Thank you Hinata Chan, but do you think he could like a girl like me you know since I have a…demon inside me…I mean did it cause any problems with you and naruto." Hinata then got confused as to what Yuna meant by 'problems with Naruto' and her saying 'liking a demon like me' confused her further but as she went looking for more information, Naruto began eavesdropping on them as he ate.
"I'm sorry Yuna but I don't know what you mean by why there would be a problem with naruto.
"Don't you know? Naruto has a demon inside him just like me; it's the nine tailed fox if my memory is right?" Finally understanding what they were saying, Naruto tried to make Yuna keep quiet but failed. His heart fell as Hinata turned to him her right hand over her mouth shaking her head scared and got up to ran as fast as she could knocking the chair she was on to the ground.
"Damn it, sakura Chan take care of Yuna will you."
"Okay, just hurry Naruto. I can't believe that idiot didn't tell her."
As fast as he could, Naruto ran and attempted to chase her but she was already out of sight, still he ran after her he decided to ask someone, anyone if they had seen her run by then he saw Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi walking towards him and quickly stopped them and completely out of breath asked if they saw Hinata.
"H-Have either of…of you three seen…Hinata Chan run by." Ino was the only one to answer, worry for Hinata was clear in her voice.
"Yeah we saw her a minute ago she bumped into me and fell on the ground but she got right back up and went straight to her team's training area…is she okay Naruto, she looked like she was on the verge of tears." Naruto still exhausted from his earlier sprint continued after Hinata wasted no time thanking Ino, he was once again chasing her, his mind now searching for the right words that could possibly make Hinata forgive him.
Meanwhile, Hinata was having her own dilemmas at the team 8 training area
"h-how could he not tell me something like that, d-did he think I would hate him if I knew that. I don't care if he has a demon inside him he is still Naruto Uzumaki…the man I love." While Hinata tried to convince herself and trying to possibly understand Naruto's intentions but her conscious at the back of her mind tried to tell her differently.
"Can you blame him, I mean you keep your own secrets from him, secrets hidden under your jacket…and why did you leave the restaurant as soon as you heard he had a demon inside him from Yuna, you could have stayed there and let him explain, but you ran as far away from him as you could that just shows how much you hate him right now."
"N-No your wrong, I-I was just taken by surprise. I still love him…I do."
"oh come on, your starting to second guess your relationship now just admit it." While Hinata was sitting against the tree with her head against her knees trying to figure things out Naruto finally found her and approached her at the sight of him she began to stand up as he spoke.
"Hinata Chan, there you are please listen I-I need to talk to you…" but Hinata quickly interrupted before Naruto could continue
"Why…why did you not tell me Naruto, I deserved to know about what was inside you."
"I-I know you did Hinata Chan but listen it was so hard I've been treated so differently by the adults of this village for so many years because of this thing. I was afraid…I was afraid you…" Hinata sensing what the next words would be rushed towards Naruto and delivered a powerful slap across his face, her words were loud and uncontrolled while she tended to her now stinging hand.
"What…! What were you afraid of! That I would treat you differently as well!" Naruto recovered from the slap and lowered his head. "I can't believe you would think I would do that to you! I love you so much Naruto but…but your making this so hard for me if you keep hiding things from me like this." Hinata then began to cry weakly as she spoke her throat was already hoarse but Naruto still with his head facing the ground responded.
"Why…did you run off like that…do you have any idea how much it hurt to see you run away from me like that, like you were afraid or ashamed of me…" Hinata in her despair began to cry even harder.
"Naruto, please I-I was just confused, so I ran please forgive me I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." Many painful minutes of silence passed, both of them thinking of what they did and just said to the other. Naruto suddenly moved forward hugged Hinata and whispered into her ear softly.
"I'm so sorry I didn't tell you Hinata Chan, I was scared…scared to think what you would do if you found out the man you've loved for so many years had a demon inside him, please forgive me i-I promise I'll never hide anything from you again, I want a peaceful honest relationship I don't want to lose you over something like this you mean everything to m…" Naruto was suddenly stopped mid sentence as Hinata kissed Naruto while he was talking.
"Hehe you talk too much Naruto Kun I forgive you as long as you never lie to me again, come on lets go back to your apartment." Her gentle voice returned but the pain in her throat and the river of tears remained but Naruto did not care he was just glad to be forgiven.
"Yeah okay, I'm sure sakura Chan can take care of Yuna and Neji can find us there let's go."
Half an hour later Naruto and Hinata made it back to their apartment, Hinata made the dinner for the both of them just then Naruto came up with a good idea.
"After diner is over how about we have a confession session, you know we tell each other our biggest secrets, it'll put more trust between us what do you say…" Hinata immediatly looked away slightly blushing. A grin then developed on Naruto's face. "…you don't have anything to hide do you Hinata Chan."
"N-No of course not." Soon after both of them sat on the bed and confessed their secrets to each other like two girls at a sleep over. Hinata was naturally first since she found out one of Naruto's secrets earlier.
"I-I-I…"
"Come on Hinata. I can't hear you, just tell me it's easy to tell someone a secret…a deep dark secret." Although Naruto was just messing with her, Hinata took it a little too seriously and blurted out her secret a little louder than necessary.
"I-I had a small crush on S-Sasuke Uchiha while we were still at the ninja academy!" Naruto felt as though he had been struck in the stomach but spoke with obvious hurt in his voice after Hinata finished.
"W-Well I suppose that's not unusual since nearly every other girl practically loved him, okay my turn a secret…a secret oh I just found this out when I was fighting pain that the fourth Hokage is my father." while Naruto was expecting Hinata to go something like 'really no way that's unbelievable Naruto kun' her reaction was rather different.
"That's not fair Naruto Kun! you were so calm saying that this is supposed to be a grueling exercise of truth!"
"You don't seem all that surprised at what I just told you."
"I am surprised I'm amazed at that and I'm glad you found out something about your parents but this is hard for me, but it would make me feel more comfortable if you were going through the same thing okay.
"Okay I will…by the way it's your turn now hehe."
"Fine let's see…" The next two hours were the most enduring moments of their life's as they sat there, telling each other their secrets they slowly began to get tired, shaky, and ran out of things to say.
"T-T-Then was that time I-I disguised myself as Sasuke t-to steal a kiss from Sakura Chan."
"I-I see maybe we should stop there and go to bed."
"Wait were uneven right now could you tell me one more please." Naruto wanting to leave the session on even terms begged Hinata for another secret she then agreed. The temperature in the room began to drop rapidly as she kissed Naruto on the cheek and turned away from him and began to undress to reveal something she had been hiding for awhile now.
"Are you going to tell me or what Hinata Chan." Naruto's voice was filled with concern, knowing this secret must hurt really badly since she was not talking, her jacket finally came off and Naruto looked to her arms, bruises and cuts were visible around her shoulders, Hinata suddenly spoke out in a cold voice.
"Please be patient Naruto Kun."
"Patient, what are you talking about what is…" Finally Hinata's purple shirt came off her body, on her back were multiple healed but grossly visible deep slashes, cuts and still visible bruises. It made Naruto's heart fall into despair seeing the disfigured mess that was now Hinata's back, he immediately got up and started to move his fingers gently across the cuts rage building and a river of tears threatening to fall from his eyes.
"H-Hinata Chan who would do this to you…?" Hinata refused to look at Naruto the way she was and so she stood there her arms folded, her sharp fingernails almost digging into her own skin. "Hinata answer me WHO DID THIS TO YOU!" After Naruto's outburst of anger Hinata slowly turned to face him revealing a face drowned in tears and sorrow. Seeing her own tears naruto calmed down and took hinata into his arms and let the tears fall freely from his eyes his voice more gentle.
"Hinata Chan who did his to you."
"My own father, Hiashi Hyuuga, did this to me two weeks ago."
(holds back tears) well i hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as i enjoyed writeing it (exept the last part) i'll probable have the next chapter out soon but only time will tell remember to sent both good, bad, and honest reviews
