(A/N) Hey guys thanks for the supportive reviews Well anyways here's the next chapter in Another Naruto AU. I'm trying to think up a different title right now because I'm actually liking this story so far.
Another Naruto AU
Chapter 2
Beginnings
Hinata stood rooted to the spot as the boy introduced himself as Naruto Uzumaki. You see he had just single handedly dispatched three thugs and survived relatively unscratched. Save for the wound next to his right eye and the long gash running deep along his left cheek.
Finally her ability to move and articulate returned as she said, "Oh my god your bleeding!" Rushing forward to check the wounds on his face as his gray and black under armor shirt stained red with blood pouring form the knife gash on his face.
"Huh?" He said as if he didn't realize that he was bleeding at all. As she dove a hand into the pocket of her skirt to fish out a handkerchief, "It's just a scratch really only a flesh wound." He said in a fashion similar to Monty python. but at that moment his humor was all but lost to Hinata as she pressed the cloth against the wound.
"Just a scratch? It's already soaked through the cloth." She said unusually forward and a bit sarcastic.
The boy locked his cobalt blue eyes with her lavender ones for a long moment allowing her to see into his very soul. Little did she know that she was doing the same. His eyes showed her that his pain was insignificant to the deed he had accomplished in protecting her and that he was truly happy. She delved deeper and saw the hard edge from a hard childhood but included there was a fierce determination. 'what have you experienced in your life?' she wondered.
Naruto himself could see the reflection of this girls soul in the lavender depths of her eyes. He could see the discontent in her eye's despite not knowing why. He could see the pain she felt for unknown reasons, but even through the pain kindness permeated her eyes.
He smiled at her closing off the gateway to his innermost self and placed his hand on her shoulders and squeeze lightly while being care full not to bleed on her. And said, "don't you know this thing looks worse than what it really is face wounds all ways bleed a lot." By now you could hear the sirens of the police and emergency response crews.
"Here I'll hold onto it so you don't wind up with blood all over your hands." He said running his left hand along her right arm to take the handkerchief from her.
She shivered a little from the contact of his warm hand against her cool flesh. He laughed a little and said. "So dose a pretty girl like you have a name?"
That statement shocked Hinata out of her bravery and she noticed that they were both lightly holding the other as her left hand was still holding onto the boys shoulder as his right did the same in turn to her while his left held the blood soaked cloth to his face.
She instantly blushed and let go of him and took a step back and said "H-Hinata H-Hyuga." and began berating herself for her stutter.
"Hinata, that's a beautiful name." he said before grinning even bigger as her blush deepened at the comment.
It was now that the police arrived as late as ever the car came to a stop and two officers got out and walked over to Naruto and Hinata.
"Naruto you again?" the officer said with a hint of exasperation as an ambulance pulled up to the police car.
"Yeah it's me how are you today officer Jacobs?" Naruto said looking rather sheepish.
"Good but I don't need to put you in bracelets this time do I?" he asked as he looked past the boy to see the three disheveled thugs that where slowly coming too.
"No it's the ones on the ground that broke the law I just intervened. And when have you had to put me in bracelets?" Naruto asked looking mildly angry.
"Well there was that time-" Officer Jacobs partner said before Naruto cut him off.
"Hey come on Tokogawa you know I was right about that one in the end." Naruto said with a slight blush.
"Yeah you where but you need to remember that it's not your place to carry out the will of the law." The man Tokogawa said as the began to round up the thugs.
The ambulance crew came out and moved over to Naruto, "May we see your wounds please sir?" one of the crew men asked.
Naruto only nodded and removed the cloth from the cut as the blood continued to pour anew.
"Hey Kin will you go and get my med kit he's going to need some stitches."
"Just a flesh wound?" Hinata said once again breaking out of her shyness.
Naruto only rolled his eyes as the medic returned with the bag and the other one began to dig through it before pulling out a hooked needle and thread.
"Here why don't we go sit down in the ambulance so I can do this easier?" The medic said and Naruto followed the guy over to the truck to get patched up as the police finished putting two of the goons into the swat car and third was being put into another car that had pulled up in the last couple of minuets.
Officer Jacobs came over as the car that held the big man took off to take the man to the hospital to have his hand patched up.
"So can we get your account of what happened?" he asked smiling at her kindly.
She nodded and retold how the goons had accosted her on her way home and how Naruto had came to her aid and beat the goons into submission, only stuttering every now and again.
"Well you are lucky that Naruto came by when he did. Those guys have pretty distinguished rap sheets." Jacobs said as he clicked his pen closed and tucked into his pocket above his badge.
"Yeah those guys where part of a local Yakuza gang, and are known for not playing nice." Tokogawa said as he walked away towards the ambulance where Naruto was.
"E-Excuse me." Hinata said looking at Officer Jacobs as he was getting ready to rejoin officer Tokogawa.
"Yes?" he said looking at the shy girl.
"Could, Could you tell me about Naruto it seams that you and him have a bit of History."
"I don't see why not though you should ask him yourself." The policemen said as he straightened his back up and crossed his arms.
"W-Well it's just He appears to be so happy. B-But s-sometimes I can see some hidden pain in his eyes. I was wondering why that is." She said looking at the ground in front of her she couldn't help but noticed the boy's blood still lay there pooled on the concrete.
"Oh that…" Officer Jacobs said looking over to the ambulance. "I can't give you specifics because it's not my place to say but I can tell you those are old wounds form his early childhood before his god father found him. But know this Naruto is a good kid and everyone on the force can attest to that but if you want to know about his past you'll have to ask him." The Polciemen said in a kind tone of voice.
"Ok t-thank you." She said and with that the two made there way over to the ambulance where the EMT's where finishing up with our hero.
"All done…" The medic said throwing the Needle he used away. They had given him ten stitches on his cheek and closed the cut on his eye with butterfly strips.
"Hey Hinata Officer Jacobs was nice to you wasn't he?" he said as he stood up with a smile on his face.
"Y-Yes he was." Hinata stuttered out with a blush.
"Good…" Naruto said with a nod of his head.
"Ok well we have your statements and the perpetrators in custody well contact you guys if we need anything else so with that you two are free to go." Jacobs said and Tokogawa nodded.
"Ok see you and Tokogawa Saturday for lunch like normal." Naruto said as the medics shut the door and drove off there job done.
"Right Have a good night Naruto and Stay safe." Tokogawa said as he and Jacobs got into their car and drove away with the other two goons in the back.
Once again the two where left alone. "Can I walk you home?" Naruto asked after a moment of silence past between them.
"H-Hai…" Hinata said with a slight smile and a faint blush.
"Cool." Naruto said he looked down and frowned at his shirt and said, "Let me grab my bag and change my shirt right quick I don't want to cause a fuss with all of this blood on it."
And with that he went over to a duffle bag that he had dropped on the ground before jumping into the fight.
Hinata watched as knelt down and opened the bag and began to rummage around for a few seconds before producing a clean t-shirt. "No peaking…" He said teasingly as he made his way to the alley to change out of her line of sight.
Hinata just blushed a bit and thought, 'why did he jump in a save me like that?' as she leaned against a light pole waiting for his return. 'I mean he fought for me with out even so much as knowing my name.' she brought her hand up to her forehead she was getting a head ache trying to figure out the blond paintball player.
"Hey are you ok?" Naruto said as he walked back out of the alley wearing the clean t-shirt. It was black and had a medieval type coat of arms blazoned on it with white with paintball guns off to the left and right in place of swords, and the words contract killer written underneath.
"huh…" Hinata said looking at him sideways.
"Are you ok? You look slightly feverish and your holding your head." Naruto said as he approached her noticing that she was still slightly flushed. He placed his hand on her forehead after removing hers.
"Well you don't seem feverish." He said as he removed his hand.
"I-m fine." Hinata said trying to fight her will to blush.
He moved back to his bag and placed the bloody under armor inside it before closing it and placing it on his shoulder.
"Well Now that I'm in with in all city hazmat laws we can get you home." Naruto said with a grin. (It's illegal to walk around with blood on your hands or clothing.)
"O-Okay" Hinata said with a small smile witch only served to increase Naruto's wide grin.
The two teens walked down the street with Hinata silently guiding them in the direction of her home.
"So, Hinata Right?" Naruto asked breaking the silence that had settled between the two.
"I noticed you where watching us play paintball earlier today. What did you think of it?" He asked placing his hands behind his head casually as he continued to walk next to her.
"I-It was i-interesting I have never seen paintball like that, I always thought it was a bunch of g-guys r-running aimlessly in t-the woods." She said.
"Well there is some of that but you can't fix dumb people. But paintball isn't an aimless sport nor is it a war simulation." Naruto said looking at her.
"I mean in some ways Scenario play can be because some scenarios are made from past military action but generally paintball is like playing long range tag. And the type of game you watch called speed ball can be a giant chess match depending on who's playing." Naruto said as they tuned a corner.
"I see." Hinata mumbled and the two fell back into silence.
They continued to make there way through the darkening city for a bit longer each breaking into introspective thoughts.
'I still don't see why he saved me, I didn't do anything to deserve his help, and if my father where to be there he would say that I was weak and couldn't defend myself from a few simple minded thugs.' She thought as she slipped into a small depression and began to feel insecure about being in the boy's presence.
Naruto himself had been thinking to himself as well, 'Why did I jump into that like I did.' He looked at the girl and noticed her fidgeting a little by pressing her index fingers together. 'I mean I would do it for anybody but I've never committed to defending someone so completely before I even intentionally took that knife across my cheek just so I could land that final blow. And didn't even know her name at the time…' he let out a sigh and brought his free hand up to his face where he lightly slapped his forehead and drug it down his face carefully to avoid the wound on his cheek.
'Oh great he probably thinks I'm weak too.' Hinata thought letting her insecurity rule over logical thought.
He looked at her and saw that she was in deep turmoil it looked like she was either about to run away or break down and cry.
And all of a sudden Hinata stopped and stood stone still. Naruto took a couple extra steps before he could cut his momentum and turn to face her.
"What's the problem Hinata?" Naruto asked looking at the girl. "Are you hurt?" He asked as he closed what little distance there was between them to grab her by the shoulders and then force her to look him in the eyes.
He was shocked to see the tears building in her eyes and the hurt and saddens held within the soft lavender depths.
"W-Why did you save me?" She asked her voice cracking not out of shyness but instead out of grief and insecurity.
"Why did I save you?" Naruto looked at her incredulously. "Why wouldn't I save you?" He asked dropping his hand from her shoulder.
"I don't know maybe you think you would get a reward, money perhaps." She said a lot of people knew that her father owned a huge cooperation perhaps the most powerful in the city.
"Money? You think that I would risk my life for money?" Naruto asked sounding just a little offended that she thought so shallow of them.
"Well maybe you would prefer something a little more physical then?" She asked as she spat forth a even worse idea that her brain had scrounged up. Acting out of furry she grabbed him and pinned him to a wall pressing her self against him and inching her face close to his. "Hmm…"
Naruto was to stunned to react very quickly but after his brain had finally caught up he grabbed her hips and pushed a way a little more rough than he had intended but it got her off of him so he could at least breath and defend himself.
"NO!" he said he was angry now. "I DIDN'T SAVE YOU FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT!" he said dropping his duffle bag and throwing his arms wide.
"Then why did you?" Hinata asked still in the confines of her rage.
"I DID IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO!" Naruto yelled at her.
"BECAUSE YOU THINK I'M WEAK?" she yelled back tears now flowing down her face.
"I-" Naruto said but his anger left him instantly as she saw her began to shake with the sobs that where freely escaping from her mouth.
Something inside Naruto broke in that instant and he felt his compassion for this girl spread and he acted on auto pilot and slowly reached out and took her by the upper arms and brought her into his chest in a tight embrace thinking, 'who did this to you Hinata'
He held the girl for a moment before saying softly in her ear, "Hinata-chan I didn't save you for anything like the reasons you said. I did it because you where in a situation you needed help in not because your weak."
"So I was to weak to get out of it." She said between sobs.
"NO!" Naruto said shaking her a little. "Your not weak those where three grown men there was no way in hell you could over power all three of them at once." Naruto said after forcing her to look him in the eyes.
Hinata saw the compassion in the cobalt blue orbs and he sobs lessened a bit, "But you defeated all three of them on your own." She said with a sniffle while wiping her eyes."
"Yeah but I know my way around a street fight and maintained a higher situational awareness than them." Naruto said with a smile seeing the girl begin to climb out of her sorrow.
"I guess your right." Hinata said looking at the boy
"Hinata…" Naruto said speaking just above a whisper so only the two of them could here what was about to pass between them, not that there was anyone on the streets with them.
"Yes Naruto?" she asked also unable to bring her voice above a whisper
"Hinata-Chan I don't know who put those ideas in your head but please don't listen to them who ever they are. Your not weak I promise you that and you better believe it." He breathed the last part into existence and smirked at her causing her to be reminded of a fox.
Hinata didn't know what to think so she did the only thing she could think of and hugged him back in there embrace and do one thing she never thought she would do and kissed him on the cheek.
"OW!" Naruto said as she accidenlty kissed the tender knife wound on his face.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry." Hinata said before covering her mouth and stepping away.
"It's fine really just go for the other cheek next time." Naruto said with a smile witch caused Hinata to blush thinking about her previous action.
'I cant believe that I kissed him and I would pick the injured side of his face.' She thought still slightly mortified by her bad luck.
"Come on let's get you home before your parents send out a search party." Naruto said and the two began walking and talking again.
They talked about certain several different things as Naruto learned that It was just Hinata and her father sister and cousin that all lived as her mother and uncle had both passed away.
And Hinata learned that both of Naruto's parents where dead and he lived with his godfather on the other end of this same street.
They didn't talk about family for long as it seemed to be a mildly painful subject for both of them so they switched topics to another subject Paintball.
"Hey Hinata how would you like to come and play paintball with me and some of my friends?" Naruto asked looking at the girl and causing her to blush as she hadn't forgotten what she had done earlier.
"I don't know I've never played before, dose it hurt?" she asked as they made there way up the street and her home came into view.
"Well it stings for a minuet but after a while you don't even feel them hit you anymore. Come on it will be fun besides Sakura Chan would love to have some more female company." Naruto said with a laugh.
"Is she your girlfriend?" Hinata asked with only a slight hint of dejection in her voice.
"No I don't have one, she's one of my best friends and teammates though. But I could never date her, to painful." He said rapping his hand against the back of his head lightly to say he had been on the receiving end of some blows by the girl.
Hinata giggled at the comment and laughed a bit as they made it to the gates.
"Well this is my house." She said gesturing to the large all most mansion behind her.
"Nice." Naruto said smiling at her.
"Thank you so much for saving me and walking me home. And I'm sorry about freaking out on you back there." She said smiling not only because of the warm feelings that where between them but the fact that her stutter appeared to have been defeated after hearing his kind words.
"It's fine and I would do it all over again if I had to." He said still grinning from ear to ear.
"But hey seriously give it some thought about playing paintball with us I'd really like you to come, and I'm sure my friends would like you to." He said
She pushed the button to open the automatic gates and said, "Would you like to come in?"
"I would but unfortunately I can't it's late and I got to practice down at the field tomorrow along with the rest of my team, but we are all going to play some more after we get done. You see we gotta work to get good enough to make the league." Naruto said grinning
"If you want you can come up there and get a better look at the game and then decide if you want to play." He said.
"Ok I would like that a lot thank you Naruto-kun." She said stepping behind the gate as they began to swing back
"All right see you later Hinata-Chan." Naruto said before running off into the city once more.
"Ok bye Naruto!" Hinata said yelling a little so he could hear her with a smile she turned and walked towards her house.
She entered her home and kicked off her flats before yelling, "I'm Home!"
One of the maids her father kept on staff came into the foyer and said, "Hinata-Sama your father has left on business to the land of waves and he wanted to inform you and your sister that you will be joining him in a few days for a family vacation." She said respectfully.
"Ok that sounds fun." She said will he thought to herself, 'so basically me and Hanabi will sit on the beaches all day long while father stays in his meetings.'
"So when do we leave?" She asked trying to sound excited.
"You will fly out the day after tomorrow." The maid said buying Hinata's faked sarcasm.
'Good at least I can meet Naruto and his friends tomorrow.' Hinata thought as she waved fair well to the maid and made her way to her room for the night
Mean while Naruto had just stepped into his house when he heard, "Your late brat." Naruto looked up at the sound of the voice and saw a man who looked to be in his late forties to early fifties with a long main of white hair. And brown eyes that where currently attempting to bore into his own blue ones in an attempt to be intimidating until he notices Naruto's patched wounds.
"What happened to you I thought you wore masks when you played Paintball?" as he walked up close to him.
"You do this didn't happen because of paintball, well not directly at least." Naruto said to the man.
"Then what in the name of hell happened?" He asked
"I'm surprised Tokogawa hasn't already told you." Naruto said.
"I have been out of town all day working in the next village over and my phone didn't have service cause it's in the middle of no where." He said.
"Oh well then in that case I saw a beautiful girl watching us from the bridge by the Paintball fields after we won our last scrimmage for the day." Naruto said with a grin and the man's face instantly brightened at the news.
"OOOHHH! Did she have nice can?" He said making a lewd gesture of a cupping a woman's breast against his chest.
"There no hope for you is there Hentai?" Naruto said with a sigh
"I'm pleading the fifth on that one cause frankly it's none of you business."
"AW! Come on!" he said sounding disappointed.
"NO!" Naruto said a little louder than necessary, "Well anyway she walked off and after a little me and the rest of the Militia left the field and went our separate ways. And on the way home I saw that girl getting harassed by three low level Yakuza Thugs." Naruto said and the white haired man interrupted him.
"Yakuza! Naruto I told you to steer clear of those guys they are bad news." The white haired man said putting a hand on the boys shoulder.
"I know Jiraiya, but what was I supposed to do let those bastards have there way with her they where going to drag her off to an alley to rape her." He said feeling a little anger build up at what his god father had just said.
"No your right Naruto you did the right thing by stepping in I would have done the same thing in your shoes." He said.
"Well anyway I fought them off One got lucky and clipped me by my eye with a Knuckle duster and I had to take this knife slash across my check to get the leader." Naruto said.
"So I Guess that means that Tokogawa and his Partner showed up and carted them off afterwards." Jiraiya said.
"Yeah, then I walked the girl home and invited her to come and play with us at the field tomorrow." Naruto said with a grin.
"So did you get her name?" the elder of the two asked with a smile.
"Yeah Her Name's Hinata." He said casually and began making his way for the wash room.
"Hinata…" the pervert said, "She wouldn't be a Hyuga would she?" he asked none to lecherously.
"So what if she is?" he said with a sigh.
"OOOHHH! Naruto your taking after your godfather who would have thought you had a Champaign taste in women." He said still as perverted as ever
"Don't kid you self…" Naruto said before stepping into the washroom to clean his clothing.
(A/N) Hey everyone sorry if this is short and not very exciting I Just wanted to get this out. My grand dad past away and delayed this chapter greatly. Well anyways next chapter more action is garunteed. (Edit 5/11/09) hey guys I had to edit this chapter to avoid a plot hole in the next chapter and I also fixed some of the Japanese spelling errors. The next chapter should be up in a day or so if my muse keeps functioning.