Chapter 4 Revelations

(last chapter)

"Then by the power invested in me…."

"STOP!" The large crowd turns towards the intruder eyeing him evilly.

"You will not interfere with a Hyuuga wedding, especially from an outsider" demanded a Hyuuga member as all attending ninja stand at the ready.

"I will not leave until Hinata truthfully answers my one question… do you love him?"

"I-I…"

"You don't need to say anything Hinata-sama, he leaves now!" declared the Hyuuga genius falling into his battle stance.

Neji launches himself forward as the stranger draws his zanbatou slashing down at his opponent just to find he wasn't there leaving a cloud of dust behind. 'Much faster than the guards, wait… do I know him?' thought the intruder when the Hyuuga prodigy reappeared behind him, kunai drawn, just to find a glimmering black sidearm buried in the side of his face.

"You don't know what this can do, but let's say when I want to, it can blow a hole the size of a fist through you…. Now please Hinata, answer me, do you love him?"

"Um… no, I don't but this can't be helped, I must do this for the clan." Confessed Hinata

"Yes it can, come with me, I desperately need to speak with you."

"Oh hell no! I am so close to marrying this beautiful woman, and you're not stopping it" screamed Hanori in disbelief.

"I'm sorry, she doesn't love you, but you can't force her to, love can't just be arranged it can only be felt." He turned his attention to the bride. "Hinata-chan, will you come with me?" asked the dark warrior.

"Um…. First I need to know who you are… before I decide."

"I would tell you, but I have long since forgotten my name in my travels to get here."

"Huh? How? How far did you travel to get here?" questioned the heiress

"I walked here non stop for… maybe near 8 years, I think" the crowd gasps at the revelation. "But this is really my home. Please come with me. I can only trust you. I remember only you, and I think, no I know you know my name."

'Why do I believe him? He does seem to have a familiar aura, but it is slightly… weird,' pondered the dark haired girl before giving in to his request. "Ok… I'll go with you."

"WHAT!?" chimed half the crowd

"Don't worry, for some reason I trust him… I'll go… I'll return after we talk and continue when we get back." She announced.

Hinata detached the fancy flowing pieces of her dress and walked away from the alter (or what ever you want to call it), passing the dark warrior, as he looked on mesmerized by her elegant movement. She stopped and turned around, sensing his eyes on her, and motioned for him to follow while her face partly flushing for a reason not quite known to her.

'More beautiful than I could imagine… I hope she hasn't forgotten me after all these years.' He thought before he holstered his sidearm, causing Neji to fall forward from the sudden release of pressure, and secured his zanbatou to his back and followed her to the nearest unoccupied training area. Hinata turned and leaned up against one of the three large stumps of the training area and started talking while taking in the area.

"This is probably my favorite training area, but I rarely go here because of the memories it brings; a painful memory, but yet a good one as well." She sighs as she focuses on her guest. "So why do you think I know your name then, why can't you remember?"

"Hinata-chan… you are more beautiful than I remember…" She blushes a deep red. 'Well at least some things don't change, I'm glad.' "Oh sorry, my mind is really messed up right now, I've just now gotten used to speaking again." He shakes the cobwebs out of his head. "Well I used to remember everything and everyone here but being without anyone to talk to, but the occasional person in the past 8 or so years, I have managed to loose almost all knowledge… except for you… So uh… do you think you can help me Hinata?"

"I don't know…Why do you trust only me?"

"You had eyes of caring while others had eyes of hate or disgust the last time I saw them, you never hated me, nor do I think you ever could. Help me to repair my mind and my heart, please."

"I suppose I can try… Why your heart though?" she asked.

"My heart aches for what this village did to me, but it aches for you as well. My mind has locked out most of my memories of this place, but I need them back so I can fix the problems; this village is corrupted."

"The village does have problems… " she agreed before giving into his request, "I will need to see your face for me to recognize you."

"Thank you Hinata."

The warrior removed his two swords, and his cloak, and dropped them on the ground revealing what the cloak was hiding. Hinata looked him over starting at his feet going up. She blushed slightly as she looked upon his tight pants and blushed even further noticing his well formed upper body, but what interested her most was his blonde spiky hair that almost reached the back of his knee (If he didn't have a haircut in 8 years I think he would look a lot like SS3 Goku from DBZ but with eyebrows). The stranger raised his face to meet hers and opened his eyes, causing Hinata to gasp and go white with eyes wide seeing his blue eyes and marks on the sides of his face.

"H-how? T-this can't be…" she stuttered out. The blonde looked at her with tears forming in his eyes knowingly.

"I can see it in your eyes, you know me now… Please let me know my name, tell me who I am."

"I-it r-really is you, isn't it?" Her eyes went back to normal before they flowed with tears as she ran to him throwing her arms around his neck and sobbing into his chest. He put his arms around her waist and held her tight speaking softly.

"Please what's my name, I need to know?" Her sobbing subsides a bit as she whispers softly into his ear

"You are my only love and the 'almost boyfriend' I thought I lost… You are none other than… Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto sighed like a huge weight was lifted as some forgotten memories returned in complete order just from hearing that one name. Images of a bright orange clad ninja proclaiming to be the next Hokage ran through his mind. Some memories still seemed unreachable, though, but none the less he was able to remember all his interactions with the woman before him which brought tears of happiness in full force. He touched her chin and lifted her head up to look into her eyes and leaned in connecting his lips to hers for a couple seconds and then parted with a satisfied smile.

"Thank you, and I've been waiting almost 10 years to do that again, I now remember everything about you, but I just see images of other things, and people so my mind doesn't quite function properly, I might have hit my head or something. Thank you Hinata-chan" Hinata looked at him with a huge smile as she tackled him to the ground and placed her lips on his. The surprised blonde was even more surprised when he felt something wet pushing on his lips. He parted his lips allowing her tongue entry as she started playing around with his tongue, which coaxed him to catch on and reciprocate. After a long while the two separated "Wow!" panted Naruto still looking at her loving face.

"That, Naruto-kun, is what I've been waiting to do for longer than that" informed the panting heiress. "Now how did you survive the execution I though I saw you die?" she followed up quickly hoping she wasn't just imagining it and would find herself already married.

"Well I think it has something to do with my tenant… uh… you know about him now right? I'm sure those asses told everyone since there wasn't a Hokage to enforce the law."

"Well sort of, we never got a real answer from them since they were all afraid of Jiraiya-sama killing them all, but a group of us figured you had something sealed inside you but we didn't really figure out how powerful it was or when it was sealed in you."

"Well you guys figured it out quite well. From what I know I have the most powerful demon in existence and it was sealed in me on the date of my birth…What demon was supposedly destroyed on that day?" Knowingly everything made sense to her "Kyubi…" she mouthed.

"Yes, that is the source of the hatred they have for me. But how will they accept my return?"

"I really don't know… Most of the idiots in charge of your execution were taken care of by Jiraiya, Kakashi and myself so there isn't a problem in the council anymore. Sakura took Sasuke's death hard, but when she realized what she said to you, she went into a depression for about month before returning to life. She didn't even realize at the time what the village was doing to you until it was too late, therefore she might be most receptive of seeing you. I know all your senseis will definitely have acceptance for you. Shino, Shikamaru, Choji, and Lee will likely not care they are too lazy or kind to hold anything against you. Neji is, well, Neji, but the problem will be winning over Tenten and Ino, since they accept everything the council told them, and Kiba will be the hardest since he uh… wanted me, but I chose you over him even when it was just your memory. In a way, I think he wanted me just to say he did like a trophy or something, especially with the way he acts in his relationships. I don't think he even wants a family, where I know you do. So he will lose out to you every time, hands down."

"Hinata-chan, you were always too good for me, how could I have possibly overlooked your affection for so long I was truly an idiot?" Naruto asked while still teary eyed.

"Naruto-kun, I was never too good for you, if anything I felt you were too good for me."

"That is silly of you, you are strong, beautiful, and the clan heiress; you could have been with nearly anyone you wanted, why me?"

"Actually father died 2 years ago and I am the clan head now, but I can answer your question easily. You were the only one I ever wanted from the moment I saw in you what was most lacking in me." she stated while hugging him tighter.

"I don't want to ask this Hinata-chan, but how long were you… depressed and stuff when I was gone." The question brought both tears of joy and sorrow to her eyes.

"I'd say 8 years or so (he's been gone 8 years duh). I think I might get over it very quickly now." She truly smiled for the first time after all those years.

"I'm so sorry I caused you so much pain." He replied not looking at how happy she was.

"Please, Naruto-kun, don't beat yourself up over it, you're here now and that is all I want to think about" She pleaded with him.

"Alright then… Um… so what do you think we should do now Hinata-chan? I can't really go on like I never left this place, it would just feel weird to show up around everyone again."

"Well, I'm going to cancel that stupid wedding first, I wont be married to anyone when I have you now, and I think I need to hide you for a while until we get some ideas on how to present your return. There is a small house behind the Hyuuga manor that you can live in for now. Go there and wait for me I'll need some time to clean up the mess that will ensue from canceling the wedding… And take a shower; you smell like you've been walking for eight years." She told him jokingly at the end.

"Oh, so that is how it is huh? I could have stopped and cleaned up before I got here, but then you would be in a loveless marriage." He playfully threw back as she shook her head.

"I'm glad you're back, Naruto-kun… It hasn't been the same here without your lightheartedness." Hinata smiled and walked off knowingly swaying her hips sexily while periodically peering back just to see her Naruto staring at here retreating form with a genuine smile, causing her to blush at her forward actions and attention.

'I fell for your kindness and caring, but I got that and more… Beautiful Hinata, you're just so beautiful, but when did you learn seduction techniques?' The wanderer, Naruto, picked up his gear when she faded from sight. Replacing his cloak and strapping his swords back on his back, he decided finding the house and taking cover might be the best choice before all the wedding party gets loose on the town looking for the weird guy that messed up the wedding.

…. later