Arigato gozaimashita for all who reviewed and favorited the first chapter, and now moving on with the story
XoXoXoXoXoXoThree minutes until midnight, Naruto sighed as he glanced at the watch on his hand. Only three more minutes until he can take his life. The knife, secured tightly in his other hand was a butcher's knife. He had no idea how, but he knew he wanted to cut his head off. The ticking grew louder in his head, like footsteps of a long forgotten girl that trailed his memory. Or were those actual footsteps? He twisted around to see. And there Hinata stood, eyes icy as a glacier.
"What are you doing?" her frozen voice demanded.
"Not like you'd care…If I died tomorrow, I don't think you'd care. I…" But Naruto trailed off as a tear escaped the girls eyes and her eyes softened.
"No ones supposed to see me cry. No one should know of my pain…" how the tear came, so they went.
"What do you mean?" the blonde was now curious.
"What would it matter!" she turned toward him sharply, her eyes sharp as daggers.
"Before I die, you could at least tell that you loved me…" Naruto realized what he just said, and he let his voice die down.
"W-what?" she looked at him incrediously.
"You should be telling ME that!" the purple haired girl was now furious, "I have loved you since the day I MET you, and you never showed the least bit interest. Now when I FINALLY don't care about you…you come running back? Back to what? Nothing was ever there…don't you realize? It's only been you and Sakura…and what I" she broke down again, remembering yesterday's events, " s-saw yesterday, just ver-rified."
"You loved me?" the blonde uttered, bewildered himself.
"Yes…and apparently I still do, since instead of walking away, I'm standing here talking to you…" She wiped tears from her eyes.
With a lighter voice, she mumbled out something he made out as, "I was blamed for my sister's and mother's death, and I survived my father's beatings to this day. I shall let no one see the bruises, I shall let no one let light flood the broken wooden floors of my broken heart. I have opened those doors way too many times. All those around me, should just die…."
"You were blamed?" Naruto asked, a little angry himself now.
When Hinata raised her head, fury, ice, and cruelty had vanished from her mind and soul. She was frightened.
"You weren't supposed to hear… I thought when I said it, it was inaudible…"
"I have Kyuubi…heightened sence of sound…" Naruto explained before moving toward her, and hugging her. She was too broken to move away.
"I loved you too…but I could never get close enough. Someone would always be in my way. For five years now, I thought I had gotten over you. That I loved Sakura, and that that was the end of my story. But when the news of your return came to me, my heart skipped a beat, and my stomach sunk. I realized I still loved you."
"Why are you doing this now?" She asked him, pushing him away.
"I'm not doing anything. Good-bye Hinata…I shall never see you again…" Naruto's cerulean eyes wavered as he let her go… sixty seconds until midnight.
Silence followed as she watched him disappear, and the wind hollowed as if it was urging her forward towards him. But she stayed put, crying her eyes out in the shadowed park. Like she said before…only they understood.
A scream was heard, loud and blood curling. She ran towards the source, not caring on who might have been murdered. She just needed to get there.
Just a few hundred meters from her current position in the meadows that surround Konoha, Hinata saw Naruto lying in his own pool of blood, a knife lying in his hand. Her broken heart once again froze when she remembered his words. Her eyes returned to their Artic temperatures, and she slowly walked away, phoning 911 on her way.
It was ringing, and ringing, until finally someone picked up.
"Operator for 911, Konoha hospital, how may I help you…"
"Meadows…Naruto is about to die…" she snarled at the women, before closing her phone. She might be all ice and mist, and at certain times just broken down, but one thing was for sure. She can't get close to Naruto, or this time, he might actually die.
"Curse you…" she whispered to the winds, and the moon high above… "Curse you…"
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Naruto awoke to the sounds of machines. He looked around, adjusting his vision, and he noticed there were tubes stuck to him. They made him live, there was a white bed in a white room, with white curtains and the sun slipping through. Only color in the square was the dark brown dresser. The boy immediately knew where he was. He hadn't died, he was in the Konoha hospital. Hinata must have found him. Funny thing…he didn't kill himself, someone tried to kill him.
There was a knock on the door, and Naruto mumbled a barely audible -come in-.
Four girls, Temari, TenTen, Sakura and Ino, and a few guys such as Kiba, Shikamaru, Gaara, Neji, and Lee all came in.
"Look…" Temari said in mock shock…. "HE LIVES!!"
Everyone laughed including Naruto…
"Hello to you too…" Naruto greeted, trying to find his voice.
"Are you feeling better?" Sakura asked as she placed a bowl of cherries and some flowers of the bed side table next to him.
"Ya…"
"Word come you tried to kill yourself …" Gaara gave him a (that better not be true, or I'LL kill you this time) look.
Naruto clutched his eyes as the pain returned.
Flashback
He was far enough from Hinata now. And even if she heard him, she wouldn't care. Slowly, he brought the knife closer to his neck, and something pushed him. The knife slipped from his hands and cut his leg…and another wound was inflicted to his stomach. The wounds kept coming, the as if someone was deliberately trying to make him suffer before it kills him. One last blow, and Naruto screamed before he fell unconscious.
End Flashback
"Long story Gaara, and I doubt anyone would believe me even if I told you guys," he said as he opened his eyes slightly again.
"No tell us!" Ino said, evidently curious.
"INO!" TenTen elbowed her.
"Where's Hinata?" Naruto chuckled, and then turned serious.
"She…didn't come home last night…" Neji answered, the usual tone, the usual attitude…everything Naruto was already used to.
"I overheard you aunts and Hanabi's death…by accident…" Naruto said looking away.
"We saw each other yesterday, around midnight, and got in a heated argument. She looked away, mumbling something to the full moon, and I happened to overhear. For the first time, she looked truly frightened. Then someone tried to kill me. It wasn't Hinata."
Neji just nodded.
"That's the way Hinata's mother and sister died. Hiashi-sama suspects Hinata has two personalities, and does everything so the evil one doesn't resurface. But I doubt that theory. There is something else going on, something far worse than a split personality. Hinata is its main target though."
There was silence in the room. The howling wind ruffled the curtains, giving an odd feeling to the ninja's inside the room.
OctoberMysteries
No one must know.
No one must hear.
They'll die…
It's too late now…
I'm sorry
OctoberMysteries
Hinata sat in the park. She let her hair blow in the wind, thinking about everything so far. Naruto…Matt, her best guy friend in America, and then…him…no place was safe now. The dark became a threat too. Where to run, to whom to turn to?
Naruto…he seemed only reasonable. But she couldn't…yet she had to if all were to survive, but then Naruto might die. Better him than everyone else…right??
She should talk to Naruto…tell him. Maybe he could help her.
She stood up, and walked away. Leaving the tree's leaves which shaded her from the burning sun to flutter in the wind, as the wind tossed the grass beneath.
She entered the hospital room, trying not to wake the sleeping boy. But her attempts were futile, as he noticed her when she closed the door.
"Hey…" his weak voice whispered.
"I didn't come here to insult you, nor did I come so we would fight. I came to you for help…" she held her breath as she waited for him to reply.
"Ok…" he said, waiting for her to elaborate.
She walked towards the window, the words she spoke swallowed by the wind. The sun flooded her face, the curtains danced to her words. Naruto on the other hand, was in shock. With a sad face, and tearful eyes, he told her to leave, and to never come back again.
Why had she opened herself to him, the ice of her thought, she never should have. Bastard doesn't want to help me, so be it! But she had no one else to turn to, besides Matt, and well her American friends. She would give each a little call.
Naruto watched her exist, icy structure there again. Hinata had no idea what mistake she just made. They were all in danger, not just Hinata and Naruto.
No one must know, no one must hear. This is your battle, one you will fight alone, and if you lose, die alone. But if you win, it won't be much different. They weren't there.
October Mysteries
Another chappie. I hope you liked it. Ok, so it may seem like the Ice and Cruelty that is in the summary of the story just died down with all the Naruto crap. But trust me, it hasn't. So to fend off any flames, I'll explain a few things.
Naruto doesn't die.
There is a big twist in the story.
Hinata and Naruto end up together near the very end.
There are other couples included.
"He" technically doesn't exist.
That's all I can say, or the story will be too obvious and predictable. I hope you enjoy.