Naruto's Breaking Point
No I don't own Naruto
Chapter Two
Naruto awoke only an hour after he had laid down to rest. He had so many things on his mind he couldn't really sleep. Naruto sat up in his bed as thoughts raced through his mind. He didn't know what to do right now. He could easily conceal his identity till the war was over. Naruto knew Tsunade wouldn't allow anyone to speak about what was said or seen in the council meeting. So he was free to keep his identity from those he once knew. But there was this feeling in the pit of his stomach that had been there since his talk with Hinata. He didn't know what it was, as he had never felt anything like it before.
Naruto got out of bed and put on his black long sleeve t-shirt and plain black cloak. He grabbed his Ninjato and strapped them back on under the cloak. He grabbed his hat as he left and put it on. Naruto decided he would keep his identity from his old friends for the time being. Naruto walked out of the master bedroom to see the other Akatsuki members lounging about.
Naruto decided to go for a walk. He had some time before he needed to be anywhere. Naruto walked out the front door of the estate to see Zetsu still observing the plant life. Naruto sighed, that guy was seriously weird sometimes. Naruto walked out of the estate. Where he was going, he really didn't know. Naruto just picked a direction and started walking.
Naruto began to walk thinking about how so very little had actually changed while he was gone. He soon found himself at his old apartment complex. Naruto noticed it was in a lot better shape than he remembered it last. Naruto soon left to see other parts of the village. Naruto walked through the market distract of the village. He saw Choji Akimichi pigging out in the beef house while Ino Yamanaka and Shikamaru Nara just sat there talking.
Naruto saw Ichiraku's. He couldn't help but smile a bit at seeing that they were still in business. He walked over and sat down on one of the stools. Old man Teuchi walked up.
"What can I get you?"
"The normal," Naruto replied without thinking.
"What now?" Teuchi asked.
"Oh right it's been sometime since I've been to this place," Naruto muttered. "Two bowls of Miso with beef."
"Your order will be done shortly."
Naruto noticed that, unlike most in the village, old man Teuchi didn't seem afraid or cautious around an Akatsuki member. Then again, Naruto could never remember a time when something was able to scare the old man.
"You know, you sound very familiar," The old man said as he cooked.
"Do I now? Who exactly do I sound like?" Naruto asked.
"You sound like my best customer, but he disappeared five years ago."
"And who exactly was that?"
Teuchi sighed, "His name was Naruto Uzumaki."
Teuchi finished and placed the ramen in front of the Akatsuki member. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at what Teuchi said. He lifted up his hat so Teuchi could see under it.
"Well, old man, it's been some time, hasn't it?"
"Naruto?" Teuchi was stunned. He honestly never thought he would see Naruto again.
"Yep, so how have you been?" Naruto asked as he began to eat the ramen
"Just fine these past five years. What are you doing with the Akatsuki?"
"Keep your voice down, old man, I really don't want everyone knowing it's me just yet."
"I see." Teuchi sat down on a stool that he had on his side. "So how have you been?"
"I can't really complain I guess. This stuff is just as good as I remember it," Naruto stated as he was now on his second bowl. "So where is Ayame?"
"Oh she's off with some friends at the moment. She'll be back sometime later today."
Naruto finished his second bowl in record time. "Well I suppose I'll be back later today then." Naruto paid for the ramen and stood up. "Oh, and don't tell anyone it's me. I'd rather like to keep my identity unknown for the time being."
"Of course, just be sure to drop by soon."
"You can count on it old man."
Teuchi was never one to smile, but right now he couldn't help but do just that.
Naruto found himself at the academy once again. He didn't plan on it, he just walked in a random direction from the ramen stand and ended up here. He heard someone practicing throwing something. He jumped the academy wall to see that Sora had just started practicing again. Sora reminded him of himself when he was younger, training for hours after the academy let out.
'She must be waiting for Hinata,' He thought.
Naruto watched and noticed she wasn't throwing the kunai correctly. She could throw them easily enough, but her accuracy was off because of what she was doing. He decided to make himself known.
"You're throwing them wrong."
Sora stopped and spun around to see Naruto standing behind her. Her eyes widened and she started to back up.
"Are you afraid of me little girl?"
"Yes," Sora answered her voice a little shaky.
"Well that's an honest answer if I've ever heard one."
Before anything else could be said Hinata came out of the building.
"I'm sorry I'm a bit late Sora there was more paperwork then I had expected." Hinata stopped when she saw that Akatsuki member from earlier. "What may I ask are you doing here?"
What Hinata had said to him earlier that day rush to his mind and he froze for a moment before speaking.
"Oh me? Well I was walking by when I heard this young girl practicing. So I decided to say hello."
Hinata looked at him skeptically. Hinata just sighed and shrugged it off. She walked over to Sora and began to show her how to throw the kunai again. "Watch carefully, Sora. Watch how I throw it." Hinata threw the kunai, hitting the bull's-eye.
Sora had watched what Hinata had done, she threw the kunai this time and hit the target. Sora didn't hit the bulls-eye, but she hit the target. she started to cheer at her own success. Sora picked up the other kunai and began to practice. Hinata smiled as she watched Sora practice.
Naruto, the entire time, had been watching Hinata from up in one of the trees. He had hopped up into the tree once Hinata had focused her attention on teaching Sora. There were many thoughts going through his head as he watched her. One of them being "Would Hinata still love a person like me if she knew all the things I've done?" Naruto had done many jobs over the years he wasn't proud of, but he did them to have the money to survive. Missions that included kidnapping, assassinations, and even a mission that had required him to exterminate a group of people. Even he was ashamed of himself now after he had done those things. But back then they were just jobs. Just a way to survive as a rogue ninja. He was brought out his thoughts by Kiba Inuzuka, who came walking towards Hinata. He hadn't changed much, still had that grin on his face. The only real difference Naruto could make out was that Kiba was taller. He watched from the tree to see how things were about to play out.
"Kiba, I told you never to bother me here," Hinata stated. Her tone was none too pleasant as Sora flinched.
"And why can't I come and bother my fiance?" Kiba asked.
"Because I don't like you, and the only way you were able to get me to marry you was through my father," Hinata said nonchalantly.
"Doesn't matter if you like me or not. You will be mine eventually."
"No, Kiba, I will never be yours, even if we get married, as you will never touch me, regardless of what my father wants." Hinata's tone was neutral but anyone could tell she was serious. "Now Sora, how about we get some ramen?" Hinata said in a cheerful voice with a smile on her face.
"Yay!" Sora cheered. Sora grabbed Hinata's hand and the two of them began to walk off.
Kiba was furious. He stood there in his silent rage, until he ran after them. Just as he was about to grab Hinata's shoulder, he stopped, as there was now the blade of a Ninjato against his neck.
"Not so fast. You heard the pretty lady," Naruto said in a low, threatening tone.
Hinata and Sora turned around to see the Akatsuki member restraining Kiba.
"Do you know who I am!" Kiba yelled.
"Of course I do. Kiba Inuzuka, head of the Inuzuka clan. However, here's a fun fact for you. I don't give a shit. You see, the village needs me and my group more than they need you." Naruto's voice was low, threatening, and deadly serious. Naruto would like nothing more then to lop Kiba's head right off.
Beads of sweat rolled off Kiba, he knew he was in serious trouble if he pissed the guy off. He had gotten reports of an Akatsuki member that wielded two Ninjato. From the reports he knew the man was cold and unforgiving.
"Akatsuki-san, as much as I wouldn't disagree with you killing him, I'd prefer you didn't. I can deal with him myself if I have to. I don't need people fighting my battles for me."
Naruto removed his sword from Kiba's neck. "If that is what you want then so be it."
"The council will hear of this!" Kiba yelled as he backed away.
"I would not make idle threats if I were you, Kiba Inuzuka. I'll let you off with a warning, but do it again and I'll remove that head of yours."
Kiba backed off and left the academy mumbling obscenities.
Naruto turned around to face Hinata. He saw Sora was cowering behind Hinata. Naruto sighed and began to walk away when he was stopped by Hinata.
"Why did you help me like that?" Hinata asked. She was truly curious as to why an Akatsuki member would help her.
"Now isn't that the one million ryo question?" He said as he disappeared in a flash of red light.
Sora began to tug on Hinata's sleeve. Hinata looked down at Sora, who only said one word.
"Ramen?"
Hinata couldn't help but smile at the girl. She could be so cute when she wanted to.
"Yes of course! On to Ichiraku's, then," she said to the smiling girl.
While they were walking to Ichiraku's Hinata couldn't help but think that man's voice sounded familiar. "Where have I heard that voice before?" Hinata mumbled as she walked with Sora.
"Something wrong?" Sora asked.
"No, no, nothings wrong. Just thinking about something, that's all."
Sora just smiled as she walked with Hinata. They soon arrived at Ichiraku's ramen stand. They found that Akatsuki member sitting at the one of the stools talking with Ayame. Hinata was looking at them curiously. It looked as if they knew one another. Sora looked a little worried now.
"It's alright Sora, go take a seat. He won't hurt you," Hinata said, reassuring Sora everything was fine.
Sora walked over and took the seat farthest away from Naruto. Hinata decided to sit right next to him at the stand. The two of them placed their orders. A few minutes passed in complete silence. Ayame had stopped talking with the Akatsuki member since Hinata and Sora had sat down.
"So tell me, what's your relationship with that girl?" Naruto asked, pointing to Sora.
"Sora? Well, two years ago, I found her wandering the streets. I found out that she had no family or a place to stay. Since I was living on my own, I took her in. Shortly after, I found out she had what it took to be a ninja, so I enrolled her at the academy. Why are you asking, anyhow?"
"Oh, no reason. Just trying to start a conversation, I suppose," Naruto said turning his head till it faced Hinata.
Hinata saw his blue eyes under the hat, and her heart felt like it had stopped. She hadn't seen eyes like those since Naruto. Hinata couldn't help but get lost in his eyes. A light pink blush formed on her face when Ayame came over and put her order in front of her, snapping her out of her daze. She began to eat her ramen but she couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. Why did she feel nervous all of a sudden? Hinata looked back over to find that the Akatsuki member was already gone. Hinata looked over at Sora who was eating her ramen without a care in the world.
Naruto was now standing on a roof near the ramen stand.
"Well, are you going to tell her, Naruto?"
Naruto turned around to see Itachi standing behind him.
"Wait... you... Damn it, get your ass out here, Zetsu!"
"They made me do it," said the white half.
"Yeah, right. You volunteered, dumb ass!" the dark half remarked.
"Shut up!" the while half yelled.
"Both of you shut up! I'm not in the mood to hear you two arguing. So how much do you know?"
Itachi smirked under his hat. "Oh, I know everything since you left us at the front gate."
"Dammit, Niichan, mind your own business!" Naruto yelled.
"So, why aren't you going to tell her yet?"
"I don't know, I really don't know what to do. Part of me wants to, but the other part just wants to stay closed off."
"Well, you might want to make your decision soon. That girl doesn't have all that much time left to wait for you to make up your mind. Now, Tsunade wishes to speak with us about a few matters." With that said Itachi disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Naruto looked back, taking one last look at Hinata before disappearing in a red flash.
They both appeared in the Hokage's office. Tsunade looked like she was waiting for them. Tsunade fixed the papers on her desk into a neat pile. Naruto looked to see Yahiko and Konan sitting in the seats in front of Tsunade's desk.
"Ah, Naruto and Itachi are here. Now we can begin," Yahiko stated.
"So we aren't waiting for the other members?" Tsunade asked.
"No. Naruto and Itachi are from this village, so they're the only ones really needed. The other members will just go along with what is decided," Yahiko replied.
"Very well Pein. As of right now, the contract is still being looked over, even though I see no problem and neither do the clan leaders. The rest of the Shinobi council wishes to look it over and discuss it."
"Why exactly?" Naruto asked.
"As much as I want to just sign and pass it now, I want the others to be able to look it over in detail. Even though in the end it won't change anything and will be signed as is. I'm just trying to keep the peace in these troubling times."
"Understandable," Itachi stated.
"So for the next two days or so, Akatsuki will be stuck inside the village. The kages from the Sand and Mist villages will be arriving a few days after. I've already talked with both of them about this arrangement. Both of them are a little troubled by it, but they understand the necessity of this alliance."
"So I get to see my old friend Gaara," Naruto mused.
"Is that all you require of us at the present time, Lady Tsunade?" Itachi asked.
"Yes, that's the only matter I wished to discuss with you at the moment. Once the papers are signed, we can assign you to teams that you think would be best."
"Well, if that's all, I'm going to wander some more around the village," Naruto said before disappearing in a flash of red light.
Naruto appeared right outside of the Hokage tower and just started walking. Soon enough Naruto found himself walking down the familiar alley ways and streets to where he used to live. He looked at the apartment building to see it had been refurbished since his time there. Naruto sighed and walked off back into the busy streets. The villagers gave Naruto a wide berth as he walked through the streets.
Naruto soon found himself in front of the Hyuga compound. He walked up to the front gate but the two guards blocked his entrance.
"You can not enter," one of them stated.
"Just go tell Hiashi there is an Akatsuki member who wants to see him," Naruto stated.
The elder of the two guards motioned his head for the other guard to inform Hiashi. Naruto watched the Hyuga guard disappear into estate. Naruto waited for several minutes until the guard finally came back out.
"Hiashi-sama has instructed me to escort you to him."
"Lead the way," Naruto replied.
They walked through the estate until they came to Hiashi's office. The guard opened the door allowing the Akatsuki member to step inside. Naruto walked into the room and saw Hiashi sitting there looking at something. The guard closed the door and left.
"Well, Naruto, I wasn't really expecting a visit from you," Hiashi stated without looking up from what he was doing. Hiashi looked at Naruto. "I know you've already been in contact with my daughter and I'm sure that subject is what brought you here."
"Yes I have seen and talked with her. I've also heard she is living with a girl named Sora that she picked up off the streets."
"I know about that. However, Sora isn't what you want to talk about now is it?"
"Why are you forcing her to marry Kiba? You know that dog doesn't want her for anything other than her body."
"I already know what Kiba wants. I've had him watched ever since the marriage contract was signed."
"Why exactly? It doesn't make any kind of sense."
"My daughter has found no interest in any man other than yourself, Naruto. The elders want her married off to someone of high prestige, even though my daughter has stepped down as heir and since then, moved out of this estate. She is eighteen and still a part of this clan and the elders thought it was time she get married."
"To someone she doesn't even remotely like from what I've seen."
"Yes, well, there is a fail safe in the marriage contract I had Kiba sign. The contract states I can nullify the contract before the marriage if I see probable cause. I've watched Kiba for the past week since its signing. I truly have no intention of letting Kiba marry my daughter. I will nullify the contract next week before the marriage."
"That's pretty cold."
"Yes, well, I rather dislike Kiba's attitude towards my daughter. Even if it might not seem like it, I do care for my daughter and what she wants. However, what she wants is you."
"Yes, I already know that."
"So, Naruto Namikaze, what do you want?"
"I really don't know. I mean, Hinata's very good looking kind, caring, smart, and strong. She's basically any man's dream."
"As blunt as you were five years ago, I see."
"Time changes a lot of things, but not everything."
"Very true."
Before they could continue this conversation Neji walked into the room. He stopped just as he entered the room seeing Hiashi talking to a member of the Akatsuki.
"Something you need Neji?" Hiashi asked.
"No I was just coming to inform you I was back from my mission uncle."
"Ah very good. I take it everything went smoothly?"
"Of course."
"Very good."
Neji left the room, leaving Naruto and Hiashi in the room alone once again.
"I see Neji no longer has his seal."
"When Hinata left, she requested that he take her place as heir to the clan. I'm sure my daughter said that so I would remove the caged bird seal on his forehead. Although I have to say, it was really the only way for it to be done without the council being up in arms over the matter. Just so you know no one outside of the clan knows this fact so I hop you will keep it to yourself."
"Of course. So how long do I have to think about your offer?" Naruto knew Hiashi was getting at something when he asked Naruto what he wanted.
"A single week is your time frame, Naruto."
"Not a whole lot of time. You'll have my answer either before or by that time then." Naruto disappeared in a flash of light once he was finished talking.
With Hinata and Sora
Hinata and Sora had just arrived back at their apartment. The place wasn't anything special. It had two bedrooms which were of a decent size. Hinata had bought normal furniture; none of the fancy stuff that she was used to in the Hyuga compound. Hinata had the money to buy such things of course, it's just she had no use for such fancy things, she never had.
Hinata sat down on the couch. She had been distracted ever since she saw that Akatsuki member's eyes. Those eyes reminded her of Naruto. Hinata hadn't noticed, but Sora was trying to talk to her.
"Hinata-neechan?" Sora asked as she waved a hand in front of Hinata's face.
Hinata finally snapped out of it. "I'm sorry Sora. Did you need something?" Hinata asked.
"I was just wondering why you were spacing out since the ramen stand. Were you thinking about that Naruto guy again? When you talked about him earlier, you seemed to have liked him a lot."
Hinata just sighed, Sora had hit the nail on the head with that comment. "I still do like him a lot, Sora."
"But you said he went rogue five years ago after bringing the Uchiha back. And the Uchiha left again shortly after he was healed. At least that's what Iruka says."
"I really don't care if he went rogue, Sora. Naruto-kun was driven out of the village by his other teammate, Sakura Haruno. Although, that isn't too widely known. Now, enough about this subject. Go do your homework."
Sora could tell Hinata didn't want to talk anymore, even if she didn't sound upset or angry. She just went off into her room to do her homework.
Hinata heard a knock at the door. She walked over to the door and saw an ANBU member at the door.
"I've been informed to tell you that you're being called back to active duty."
Hinata sighed. "Thanks Tenten... I mean ANBU-san."
"Although it's against protocol, just refer to me by my name, Hinata."
"Well, come in for a bit. I haven't talked with either you or Neji in quite some time."
Tenten took off her mask and walked into Hinata's home. Tenten sat on the couch across from Hinata.
"So Hinata, how have you been?"
"Could be better, I guess," Hinata said in a low depressed tone.
"Yeah. Neji and I just got back earlier today to find out about you being engaged to Kiba. You know Neji wasn't too happy when he heard about that."
Hinata sighed. "There's nothing he can do about it."
Tenten looked at Hinata. Even if she was marrying Kiba, she seemed far too depressed. "You're thinking about Naruto again, aren't you?"
Hinata gave a sad smile as she looked down at her hands that were in her lap.
"Hinata, he's been gone for five years now. When are you going to move on?"
"I... I... I just can't, Tenten."
Tenten let out an exasperated sigh. "Well one of these days you will see he isn't coming back. Oh, on another note, I've heard you've been seeing a certain Akatsuki member ever since he arrived today."
Hinata raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"
"Well I mean he came to the academy twice and you met him at Ichiraku's. Did he ask you out or something?" Tenten had a big smile on her face. She knew nothing was going on, but she hoped this would change Hinata's mood.
A light pink blush appeared on Hinata face. "I-it's not what it looks like," Hinata stammered out.
"Oh, I know, I was just trying to change the mood is all."
They heard a knock at the door all of the sudden.
"Do you think that's Neji?" Hinata asked.
"Probably. I was supposed to only give you the message and go meet him," Tenten replied. "Well I should get going anyhow. Just remember to report to the Hokage's office tomorrow, alright?"
Hinata nodded. "Alright."
"I'm sorry, Hinata. I know you wanted to be a teacher and all..." Tenten said as she opened the door to see it was in fact Neji. Tenten smiled and left with Neji after they both said their farewells. Neji and Tenten had both become ANBU a year ago and have been out on month-long assignments since then.
Hinata just stood at the doorway for a while. Everyone she knew seemed to have what they wanted, except for her. Even Sakura was dating someone now. That was something Hinata thought the pinked-haired woman didn't deserve.
Hinata sighed and went into her room. She sat down on the bed and pulled out a picture from the drawer next to the bed. The picture was of the rookie nine, plus Neji, his team, and Tsunade and Jiraiya. Hinata was standing next to Naruto, blushing fiercely. The picture itself was taken shortly after Naruto and Jiraiya had come back to the village with Tsunade.
Hinata put the picture back inside the drawer and closed it. She looked out the window to see the sun was finally setting signifying the day was finally ending.
With Itachi and Zetsu
"I told you, I don't want to follow Naruto around anymore," Zetsu's white half said.
"What, scared or something?" taunted the black half.
"Damn right! I don't want to die!" yelled the white half.
"Pansy," the black half muttered. "So you mean to tell me you don't want to follow Naruto around to see that hot little number he's going after?"
"Unlike Hidan, we don't stay alive after our head is chopped off."
"Chicken shit."
They both felt someone directly behind them. Both black and white Zetsu froze, realizing that Naruto was here now.
"How long has he been here?" asked the white half.
"Got me, but I think we're screwed," replied the black half
"He's been standing there since the "hot little number" part, as you so eloquently put it," Itachi said answering their question then taking a sip of his tea. Itachi got up and began to exit the room.
"Wait, Itachi, where are you going!" they both cried out.
"Well, I was going to go get some dinner," he said before disappearing out the doorway.
"Please don't hurt me! Itachi made me do it!" the white half cried.
"If you do something for me, I'll forget about the incident," Naruto stated.
"We'll do it!" yelled the white half.
"I want to know what it is were doing before we agree to anything," said the black half.
"We're agreeing! I don't want to die!"
"Nope."
"All you two have to do is follow Hinata if she leaves the village. Just follow her and keep out of sight and report to me if anything should happen to her. Then I will take care of the rest."
The two didn't bother asking questions about why he wanted them to do this job.
"Do we get paid?" asked the black half.
"Yes. A small amount of payment, and my word that I won't chop you into small pieces for that comment earlier or the fact you followed me around the village."
"We'll do it," said both halves.
In an unknown location
The room was in complete darkness, except for the one dim light in the middle of the table.
"We can't just hand Kumo an unsealed Byakugan wielder!" one of the figures yelled.
"If we hand one over to them, they will pull out of the war. At a later time we can eliminate the Byakugan wielder and any offspring they may have had. Although we only have one candidate who doesn't currently have a seal," the second figure said, throwing a file and picture into the dim light for all to see. The picture was of Hinata Hyuga.
End chapter
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