The Plan for Hinata Hyuga
A/N: This chapter will be in Naruto's perspective, just to show what is going through his mind at the moment. I thought that this would be cool, because I really wanted to see what it would be like if I switched to another character's point of view. Enjoy the new chapter, and review to tell me if it is good!
Disclaimer: Do I own Naruto, the answer is eternally NO. Does Masashi Kishimoto own Naruto, the answer is YES.
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Chapter Twelve: Realized Feelings
-In Naruto's Perspective!-
Last night had been the longest day that had ever happened in my insignificant life, or at least it was in my mind. It had all started like a normal day, minus the whole fact that the chuunin preliminaries just happened.
"Hey Naruto, wanna spar?" I turned over to look at Kiba, whom I had defeated in the preliminaries using a brilliant tactic that had just appeared in my head. I will not speak the events, for the perplexi-, wait what is that word? Oh yeah, perplexity. The sheer perplexity of the plan would bust anyone else's head open.
"Sure Kiba, I'll just beat you like last time though!" Little did Kiba know that I had been under a tough training regiment, one that had strengthen both my mind and my body. The training of the mind was to see how long I could endure shopping with Ino and Sakura, the body was the whole carrying the giant pile of stuff that they bought. Half of it I wished I had never seen before, it was that bad.
After I had gotten done sparring with Kiba, and winning might I add, I went to Ichiraku's ramen store. I got through my below-average seventeen and a half bowls. I usually eat around twenty, don't ask where I put it all or how I get the money. After that I headed home for a quick nap, for about the rest of the day.
Then, the most vivid dream I ever had happened. The smell of cooking ramen wafted in, so I followed it. However, no one would have had the ability to guess who was making the ramen, Hinata Hyuga, the one I secretly had a crush on.
Then, before I had a chance to process what in the chaos of my mind was going on, she said the words I had been waiting for in all of my life. "I l-love y-you, Naruto." Dude, that was the most unforgettable moment I have ever had in a dream. Sadly, I think I ruined the moment with my reply.
"HUH?!" Then, after several other random exclamations on my part, Hinata left out a window. Then, Kail came in, stating it wasn't a dream, 'yeah right! Hinata doesn't even like me in the real world.'
After Kail came in, he also spilled the fact that Hinata was in a hospital and that he impersonated her with a jutsu, which also made me want to ask the real Kail if he could do that. However, yelling that he was the gingerbread man, he disappeared. "That is definitely a dream on my part. I like Hinata but I don't think she likes me, does she?"
I headed back to my room, where I then proceeded to lay down, which surprisingly canceled the dream.
However, that was yesterday, little did I know that today was going to be even odder. Scratch that, incredibly more odd than ever imaginable!
-Scene Change-
Now, here I was with Kiba, again, at the training grounds. Both him and I had decided that we would continue to train for the rest of the month together, it definitely was a mutual relationship. Over the time we sparred, my mind kept creeping back to the matter of the weirdly realistic dream with Hinata.
'I wonder if the real Hinata likes me? Of course she doesn't Naruto, she thinks you are an idiotic, hyperactive ninja wannabe. I should spy on her for once…' Just as I pondered that thought, Kiba slugged me across the face. "Oww…" I said, rubbing my now sore cheek.
Kiba just shook his head, probably as if to make me look stupid. Then, he said something under his breath that I just happened to catch. "Something's not right with Naruto…" He then saw me looking straight at him yelling that I was okay. "No, you aren't and we both know that. What's wrong?"
Not only was it unlike Kiba to be observative of another's emotions, but it was doubly unlike him to actually care. "Why would you care anyways? Plus, you wouldn't understand anything about love…"
He grinned evilly, then proceeded to prod me with his finger. "You like someone don't you? Trust me, I would know about love than most of the boys around here, minus Shikamaru. I don't know how he does it, but he already is starting to get attention from Ino." Maybe I should ask Shikamaru, he does know an awful lot of information. 'It makes one think, though thinking hurts.'
"Yes, well I think I like her, but I don't know if she likes me." His grin expanded even more, and he started to laugh.
"Just ask her, and try to make it sound smarter than how you act. Trust me, oh and try to act loyal to her will around her." This coming from Kiba was hard to believe. Loyalty and smart were not any of his qualities, maybe Shikamaru's, but not his in any way.
"Well, you are not very smart either!" I stuck my tongue out and he got ready to punch me when the most unexpected event in the entirety of my life occurred.
"Hey, Hinata, he's over there!" I turned to see Kail, pointing towards me. At the time, the only thought going through my head was obvious, 'What is Kail doing with Hinata now?'
I had to ask what was going on, "Uh, hi Kail. Whatcha doing?" Kail smirked a little, and Hinata landed right in front of me, flipping her beautiful hair out of her face in the process. "Hi Hinata, I didn't know you got out of the hospital already!" I tried not to seem surprised during my speech, but it showed.
"Your turn to say it Hinata." said Kail. 'What in hell are they doing? Maybe this is a prank or something…' It was true, I was stumped as to their true intentions.
"Um, what are you guys doing? Did you want to train, or is it something else?" Once again, I tried to act like normal, but the look on Kail's face said I was far from the truth.
Hinata took the time to speak up, surprising me with her words. "Uh, N-Naruto, I wanted to t-tell you t-that everything Kail s-said to you is t-true." I had no clue what she was talking about, although it had to be something important judging from the blush on her face. 'What did Kail tell me, wait, he said he was the gingerbread man…'
"I l-love you, Naruto." The words hit me like a ton of bricks, or a flood of shurikens that swept my feet out from under me, because the ground rose up to hit me in the face. Yep, I had fainted in the face of love.
Then, an even weirder event occurred while I was in sleep mode.
-Scene Change-
I was in a giant sewer, which was a drastic change from my normal dream backgrounds of the imaginary 'Ramenland', which I would build as soon as I became the Hokage. The sewer even came with the normal smell of sewage, which nearly caused another fainting spell for me. Then I heard a voice, a familiar voice at that.
"Hello, container, or shall I call you Naruto? Come forward to meet me, don't be afraid young one." The voice held a darker, more sinister, sting to it, causing every word to elicit a flinch from me.
I did walk forward, down a long path at that, yet there was no end in sight. "I can't find you! Where are you?" Then, the path flung forward and I was in a circular room the size of the chuunin exam preliminary room.
A huge cage was in front of me, and I mean HUGE. Mist was billowing out of the cage, coating the area with a dense fog. "That is not mist, young one." 'He can read thoughts?' At another look, the ominous voice was right, it was chakra. "I do not have long to make idle chatter with you, Naruto. I am in the cage, unlock it with your chakra, HURRY."
The voice boomed, reverberating off the walls. I did not know why the voice wanted the cage unlocked, so I asked. "Why? The cage has nothing visible in it, so where are you? Show yourself and I will comply with your demands, voice."
A slight snicker came from everywhere in the room. "You dare to toy with me, I can break you so leave it. However, if you wish to see me, look closer." I did, and lo and behold, a wide grin appeared. A demonic grin, with something else. Red eyes. "Fool, you are an idiot."
A hand of chakra came around my throat, cutting off oxygen and life. 'I. Can't. Breathe.' My vision began to deteriorate, a sign of life ending. Then, the room shook with falling bricks. 'What in…'
"His presence is here too? Curse you Azarenuemo, when it is time, you will release me. Dooming the world, overwhelming chaos wrecking the land, my rule brought upon the land…" Then the dream, or nightmare, vanished in an instant. Thus came the physical world, complete with my lovely ramen!
-Scene Change-
When I woke up, all was back to normal. Well, that is if you count having ninja tools thrown at your head normal…
"Hey guys- HOLY GOD!" Instincts activated just in time, allowing me to dodge a shuriken aimed right at my forehead. "What happened, and when did you start throwing objects at me?!"
"About five hours ago, and trust me, this is fun. I bet this would be even funnier with Kiba or Shino, especially with Shikamaru." Kail was right, I could just imagine having the 'troublesome' guy sitting there yelling out 'What a drag' while stuff was throw at him. "Oh, and Hinata told you she loves you, and then you passed out. So we brought you home!"
'Well aren't we a little to happy today, eh Kail?' Wait, rewind a bit there, Hinata loves me. That's right people, SHE LOVES ME! I felt another faint spell on, but a shuriken from Kail told me to do otherwise.
"H-Hinata? You l-love me?!" I watched in utter surprise as Hinata ran forward and hugged me. Even Kail was a little taken aback from the hug.
Then, she asked me the most important question in my life. "Do y-you love m-me too?" After about half a second of thinking, I immediately ran forward and embraced her. Three seconds later, we were kissing and then a thud behind us alerted that Kail had fainted in the sight of love.
I sighed, knowing that Kail is an idiot on my level and in the matters of the heart he is hopeless. "Poor Kail, he fainted again." Me and Hinata shrugged together and we brought Kail to his house. Little did we know that something else was going to occur on the way…
-Scene Change-
After we made it about halfway to the house, Kail awoke in a weird gaze. It was like he wasn't there fully, or as if he saw something truly frightening. 'Frightening, for Kail? What did he see?' I looked over at Hinata, who was going pale while looking at me.
'What's wrong with me?' Then I felt a weird feeling going through my body, as if Ino had used her jutsu to take over, but it was much more sinister.
"What happened?" It came from Kail, whose eyes had returned to normalcy. Then, everything went red, blood red.
I tried my best to see through the red but nothing worked. 'You dare to resist me? I AM THE KYUUBI!' The thought sent a chill through my body, as well as a pain on the outside skin of my back. 'Kyuubi? What in hell is going on here?'
'Naruto, you contain me even now? RELEASE MY POWER!' Confusion was abound here, especially in my predicament. I was hearing another voice in my mind, I was literally seeing red, and the alternate persona in my mind was the freakin' KYUUBI! You have got to be kidding me, I finally hook up with Hinata and the world descends upon me in full force.
Suddenly, a blow struck my stomach, scratch that, a burning blow struck my stomach. The red was gone, as was the voice, as was Hinata. Kail was bent over in pain with several marks across his body as if he just got out of a severe fight.
"What happened?" I enquired as fast as I could. Kail took in a deep breath to reply, but ended up falling down in pain. I ran to help him, so I stood him up against a nearby wall. Then I noticed the several holes in the walls, the massive debris, and an absence of Hinata.
Kail clutched his heart as if in massive, unbearable pain. "Nothing, just nothing." He did a thumbs up, then collapsed. I ran him to a hospital as fast as possible, and trust me that was fast.
-Scene Change-
The clerk at the desk still had no clue what I meant by my screams of "He's dieing with no outside damage!" I had enough of having her saying for me to settle down. Seriously, who can settle down when your best friend's life is rapidly dimishing for no apparent reason.
I clutched my fist and punched the receptionist's desk into splinters. "Tell. Me. Where. A. Room. Is. NOW!" She pointed to a room numbered '1408', the same room as Hinata Hyuga when she was injured. I waved and teleported as far up as I could, which just so happened to be exactly in the aforementioned room.
I set Kail down as gently as possible, which is a little hard to do when your friend is in lifeless corpse mode and you have a massive burning feeling in your stomach. "Kail, if you are alive, twitch or something! You and Hinata are the only two who actually cared about my existence…"
Something moved in the distance of my vision, something outside the window. 'What was that? I moved in a flash of black and red…' I dismissed it and watched as Kail's hand barely moved.
"So your still alive, Kail? Let me change that for you!" A shuriken went straight through the window, aimed at Kail. A weird barrier instantly erected around Kail, disintegrating the shuriken. "The Azarenuemo is still active inside of you? That would explain why you are still alive."
The figure landed on the balcony outside the window, wielding a large scythe at that. "Who are you supposed to be?" I asked, not only to find out who he is, but to also gauge his strength.
"My name is Hidan, and your friend there will be sacrificed to a greater purpose." So he was here for Kail, well he would have to go through me first. "Sorry, but you have to die as well." He swung his scythe straight for me.
It connected in a mild slice from my left arm to my opposite side. It stung, but did nothing to impede my fight. I charged straight at him with four clones, which all tackled him at once, causing a much needed change of scenery.
-Scene Change-
After we landed outside the window, something unexpected occurred. He was gone, even after I physically tackled him to the ground.
"Where did you go now?" I looked around, only to find the one named Hidan jumping out of the window with a person in his hands. "Kail. I will save you, I will."
I sped after the cloaked figure to recover Kail. "Let's see what I can do!" I charged up chakra into my legs and quickly caught up to Hidan. While he was in surprise at my speed, I kicked him square in the face.
The blow knocked him off of his feet and onto the ground. Luckily, we were still in the town so he had little chance of escaping with Kail. "Well, that was a decent blow, for a genin." How could he have recovered so fast, that blow had enough chakra to take down Kakashi-sensei for about a minute!
Hidan quickly got up and brushed himself off. Then, with a slight 'humph', Hidan ran at me with his scythe. I dodged the horizontal slash, then evaded the following vertical slice. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" I summoned five clones and we ran at him, fists bared and ready to attack.
The first blow from a clone was a leg sweep, which was easily dodged by the scythe wielding freak with a mere backflip. His scythe went halfway through three clones during the flip, ending their use. The only remaining clone hurled one kunai, only to have it easily deflected back through it's own skull.
"How I hoped that one was you." Hidan said, shaking his head in disappointment. "At least I got to kill something now. May I see you in the future, and may you be able to kill me then." In a swirl of chakra, he left.
I had failed to save Kail, the only one who had been able to make an impact in my life. The only one who had saved me from despair of never having my feelings reciprocated. The only one who had entirely cared for me and Hinata…
I cried that night.
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A/N: Sorry that I died for about a week or two there… I had severe writer's block, and that was also not helped by getting an Xbox 360 with multiple games. This chapter was not exactly what I expected, and I have no clue in utter hell what Hidan's personality is so that will attest to why he might be out of character. There will also be an unnumbered amount of chapters after this, however I might decide to end it in the next chapter unless someone wants otherwise.
Apparently, my fic was going to become centered around my OC anyways. Well, unless someone wants this continued, I will end this story in a final chapter soon…
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