CHAPTER 14
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Last Time:
"They're merging. I think she'll be okay, but I can't be positive. The only way I can even guess this is by the fact that I know that it will happen to you, Naruto. The fourth made your seal so that you and the Kyuubi will merge. And that is what's happening to Hinata here. It is an extremely painful process, where she needs to absorb all of Gobi's chakra and then merge it with her own, but I'm pretty confident she'll be okay," He let out a sigh of relief after hearing his own words, as if he were listening to it instead of being the one saying it. He guessed it felt much better to say it out in the open, making him more confident in his assumption. "But we need someone to heal all her injuries. She needs to get to a hospital." Jiraiya barely finished the sentence before Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke literally vanished into thin air. He would have no idea what happened if he didn't notice the small dust trail heading towards town. Slowly, he followed after them, to make sure Hinata got out of this alive.
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Sasuke sighed as he watched his brother start doing training exercises for the sixth time in the past hour. Naruto and Sasuke had healed since their encounter with Orochimaru, not even a scar on any of their bodies. It was the fourth day since the attack, and Hinata still hadn't woken up. Jiraiya had told them, though, that it was a slow process. But Naruto wasn't one of those people who could sit by and do nothing, and Sasuke could tell that the boy felt hopeless, so tried to distract himself with stretches and push-ups which he had been doing all morning. He usually would be outside doing a full-out training session; even Jiraiya offered to train him for a day, but Naruto wouldn't… no, he couldn't leave her side. So he just subsided to doing one handed push-ups.
"Naruto…" Sasuke chided, giving his brother a cautious look. "This is the sixth time in the past hour; you should just go for a walk to calm your nerves." Sasuke tried to get Naruto to calm down.
Naruto looked up to Sasuke, "But what if something happens! I can't go anywhere."
"I'm here. I'll make sure she's okay, and stays okay. Now, go for a walk, calm yourself down. Roki is still here, he'll tell you if she wakes up." He pushed.
Naruto stood perfectly still for a moment, staring at the unconscious face which was his girlfriend. Her face was no longer scrunched up in pain, which was either due to the pain killers, or that the process was nearly finished. Jiraiya came by yesterday and gave another check up on her, deciding that she was going to be okay. Naruto let out a long sigh and a small, "Okay," and walked out of the room.
Sasuke sighed… again. He was worried, but strangely enough, it wasn't because of the raven haired beauty lying in the hospital bed beside him. Because he knew that she was going to be okay. He could feel it. But he was worried for Naruto. And he hoped, he really wished that Hinata would wake up soon. At least for Naruto's sake.
Sasuke's eyes widened and he nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw Hinata mumble into the blanket, moving slightly and showing signs of waking up. Well, someone must've been listening to his thoughts. Quickly, he sat by the side of her bed, watching her intently, "Imouto?"
She quickly rolled over, "Sasuke-nii?" She grumbled slightly.
The widest grin Hinata had ever seen suddenly appeared on Sasuke's face, "You're okay!" He smiled, ruffling her hair and gaining that small pout that she always had on her face when he ruffled her hair, just making him grin wider.
"Yeah... I'm okay…" Hinata froze as she seemed to remember what had happened. "I killed him…" She remembered, her eyes wide.
Sasuke nodded to her, a little bit confused. "Yeah… is that a bad thing?"
"He saved my life… in the chunin exams. I was gonna die that day. And Kabuto saved me… And all I could do in return is kill him…" She was shocked at herself, at what she had done.
Sasuke's eyes widened in realisation, understanding what she was going on about, "Kabuto is not a good guy, Hina-imouto. He probably only saved your life to show all the other doctors up." Sasuke said seriously.
"Yeah, but he saved my life all the while. It just hurts to know that he saved my life, and I just killed him in return. I feel so bad about it…" Hinata sighed, looking down.
"Hinata, he used that against you, didn't he?" Gaining a confused look from the girl he continued, "In your battle, he told you this, so you wouldn't kill him didn't he? So you'd at least try to only knock him out, without killing him. You really think a good person would use someone's feelings against them like that?" Sasuke asked gently.
Hinata nodded in understanding, "Okay." She said to herself, thinking about the whole battle.
"So don't feel bad about it. He deserved what he got. Besides, you wouldn't have died that day. Naruto probably would've done something stupid and reckless and you would've survived." Sasuke smiled gently.
"But we weren't going out back then…"
"He'd do it for any of his friends." Sasuke smiled as he felt the familiar chakra signature of Naruto who was running this way. He looked over to Hinata, who had visibly brightened, she had felt his chakra too, "Well, I'm going for a walk, I'm pretty sure I don't want to have to watch this." And with that, Sasuke disappeared, and the door burst open.
Naruto was charging a million miles an hour as he burst through the door a blur to everyone around him as he landed at the side of Hinata's bed, lifting her up in one fluid movement and pressing his lips firmly to hers, showing her how much he missed her, how much he loves her, and how much he'd kill anyone who tried to do that to her again with one passionate kiss.
Hinata smiled as he pulled at her lips gently and she threw her arms around his head to run her hands through his unsuspectedly soft spiky hair. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle slightly at the remembrance of the last time they kissed like this. It only ended with them both falling onto the ground. Hinata gave him a confused look, but he just shook his head and reclaimed her lips which she happily obliged.
"Guys! You have to see this!" Sasuke burst into the room, and after seeing his two friends kissing, he turned around and faced the door with a sour expression on his face. "I should have known. I really should have knocked." He was okay when they simply gave each other a small kiss, but he didn't need to see them make-out.
"Sasuke! Dammit! Stop interrupting us!" Naruto complained.
Sasuke turned back around, deeming it safe for his eyes, "You don't know how much I wish I didn't have to see that… Anyway, look at this." He reached over to the table beside the bed and flicked the television on.
"… You may not have heard of them, since they have only recently grouped together, but they are definitely a very strong trio that you wouldn't want to mess with." The masculine voice of the news reader on the television was saying.
"The first one in this invincible trio would be the leader, Naruto Uzumaki." All three of them watching the television smiled at this false bit of information. They were hoping people would guess that Naruto was the leader instead of Sasuke, "He is recently been known as 'Konoha's Destructive Kitsune' and has been travelling with two other companions. Although he is travelling with two missing nins, he is still loyal to Konoha and wears his hitai-ate proudly on his forehead to show it. Some people would guess that he is in a relationship with the second member of the group, Hinata, but we don't know for sure. Hinata was originally from Konoha, but has left her village over three years ago, after a scandal that only herself, her team and the hokage knows about. Over the years, Hinata had gained the name, 'The Demonic Beauty' and her name tells it all. Men ogle her as she walks past" – Naruto let out a small growl – "but she never flaunts her perfect features. We men may be in with a chance, though, unless she is, in fact, in a relationship with the leader of the group."
"The last member of the group would be Sasuke Uchiha. All the members from the group at least used to be from Konoha, but Sasuke had left the village with Orochimaru. Sasuke, the 'Poisonous Snake Avenger' is definitely the speed in the group, Hinata being the stealth, and Uzumaki being the Strength. This definitely is not a team to mess with, especially after their most recent exploits, which was the death of one of the Sanin, Orochimaru." The news reader continued with a smile, "At the moment, we have one of the other legendary Sanin, Jiraiya, live, who is quite close to the group, and is willing to answer some questions of ours."
All three watched as Jiraiya was standing next to a different, female news reader as she turned and asked him a question "So, Jiraiya-Sama, how long have you known the three?"
"I have known of the three for a long time, but only recently have I met two of them. The other, Naruto Uzumaki, I have known for a while, he was in fact my student for quite a while."
"What about the rumour of said Uzumaki being in a relationship with Hinata?"
Three pairs of eyes paid explicit attention, hoping he wouldn't give anything away, "I will not give out any personal information about the trio, but I can say both men are extremely protective of young Hinata."
"When you say it like that, does it mean that both men in the team are in fact fighting over the woman?"
"No. Not like that at all. They are all practically family." Jiraiya corrected his mistake, and the three watching thought it was weird how Jiraiya was being so polite and professional. Well, they guessed he did have a reputation.
"Well, you hear it officially from the one and only Toad Sage. So it would be best to not get on this new trio's bad side, back to you, Hugo at the news desk."
Sasuke flicked the television back off smirking at the information that was given out.
Naruto was grinning, "We have those cool name-thingies!" He was excited about that, "That is so awesome!"
"That was recorded live in Iwagakure, so I'm guessing he's on his way back to Konoha then. Well, I guess he needs to tell the hokage about what we learned about the seven deadly sins." Sasuke thought aloud.
"Seven deadly sins?" Hinata questioned, unsure on what they were talking about.
"That's what Orochimaru called the seven mutants; we'll have to look into it." Sasuke then turned to Naruto, remembering something, "So, are you going to do it?"
Hinata looked on, confused as Naruto thought to himself, "I don't want to leave you guys."
Her eyes widened, "Leave!" She asked, shocked and worried, What did he mean by leave!
"Jiraiya suggested I do Sage training while you were out. But I don't know if I should do it or not…"
"How long?" Hinata asked, thinking it through.
"I don't know, that's the problem. It will take however long it takes to finish sage training." Naruto let out a sigh.
Hinata pursed her lips together, deep in thought, "You should do it." She decided rather abruptly.
"But I don't know if I can stay so long away from you guys." Naruto sighed unhappily.
"I know. It'll be hard for us too. How about if you're still doing your sage training, and it's been that long… like, we'll summon you here once a month. And you can get Roki to stay with us, and tell us when you're ready." Hinata thought aloud.
Sasuke nodded, happy with Hinata's statements so far, "Yeah, and while you are doing your sage training, Hinata and I can use our days by walking towards the land of waves. We won't approach the enemy without you, though. If we get there and you are still training, we'll just look up all we can about the seven deadly sins and this Takisho."
"Okay. When do you think I should leave?" he asked.
"The sooner you leave the sooner you will return." Sasuke reminded.
"Okay, then how about tomorrow morning, that gives me enough time to pack all my stuff, and prepare." Naruto decided, earning two nods from his friends, as Naruto prepared for his trip to Mt Myobokuand Hinata and Sasuke packed for their travels.
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"Okay, Roki stay here. I need you to help Sasuke look after Hinata for me. So I can keep in contact with this group." Naruto told his companion as he pulled out a large red and white reverse summoning scroll so he was ready.
Naruto then turned to his brother, "Sasuke, if I get back and my girl's in anything other than perfect condition…" He said threateningly.
"Yeah, I know. I'll look after her. She's my little sister, do you think I'd let her get hurt anyway?" Sasuke asked with a smirk, ruffling the hair of the now pouting Hinata.
"Little? Don't you guys think I can look after myself?" Hinata sighed, pouting.
Naruto laughed, "Yeah, I'll miss that." He traced Hinata's pouting mouth with his fingertips.
Sasuke let out a sigh, "Great. A sappy moment. I don't want to see you guys make-out, so I'll wait outside." He left, leaving the couple together.
"Smart." Naruto grinned, thankful for his brother's correct intuition, before turning to his absolutely gorgeous girlfriend. "I'll miss you so much, Hina-chan."
Hinata hugged him, "I'll miss you too Naruto-kun."
"If you ever need anything, or want to talk to me, just sit next to Roki and tell him. I'll be listening through him, and he'll get my attention so I can stop whatever it is I'm doing and listen to you, okay?" He hugged her back, rubbing her shoulder reassuringly.
Hinata nodded her head, "I love you." She said moving her face away from his chest so she could look in his eyes.
Closing in on the distance between the two, "Aishiteru Hina-chan." He gave her the gentle smile he saved only for her before closing his lips on hers.
Hinata let out a slight whine into the kiss as she wrapped her arms around his neck, and Naruto knew it meant she's going to miss him and doesn't want him to leave but knows it's for the best.
Naruto lifted her up by the hips, letting her wrap her legs around his waist so she was taller and they were closer together, with Naruto gently rubbing her back with one hand, the other keeping her steady on his hips.
Hinata ran her hands through his hair, massaging his scalp as she knew he loved as she opened her mouth wide enough for his tongue to seep in, exploring the dark cave he knew quite well by now. Hinata felt that familiar shiver as his tongue brushed against hers, there breathing in sync, feeling the others hot breath in their own mouths as Naruto backed up and sat down on the side of the hospital bed, not once breaking the lip-lock.
Naruto let out a light moan of disapproval into her mouth as she broke the lip-lock, smiling up at him, "Sorry, but I do need to breathe, you know?"
He let out a husky chuckle, "I would have given up on breathing long ago for this." Hinata went to say something, but was interrupted when Naruto's lips were once again upon hers. Not that she was complaining.
Leaning backwards, onto the soft bed, the couple continued to kiss for a while, knowing it would be the last time for the duo in a while.
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Leaving the room, not long later, they approached the smirking Sasuke, who was sitting on one of the seats outside of their hotel. "Took you long enough."
Naruto grinned at his brother, "I was simply savouring the moment." Before setting the reverse summoning scroll out, open, on the floor, "I'll miss ya, bro. Take care of yourself and my girl. Any guy tries to make a move on her, kill 'em… or just make sure they regret it. But I'd prefer the first option." He grinned, giving his brother one of those 'man hugs'.
Sasuke smirked, "Will do. You look after yourself too. Okay? And get Roki to get us to summon you when you want to drop by, okay?"
"Catch ya later brother." Naruto smiled, biting his thumb, kissing Hinata on the cheek, and slamming his hand onto the seal already created on the scroll, suddenly disappearing in a puff of smoke.
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END OF CHAPTER 14