Journal Entry # 17
I've got a lot of questions in life. Who my parents are, why they're not around, whats it like having friends. You know the usual stuff for a lonely orphan. After joining the academy my questions got more complex and loaded. What would life had been like if I didn't have my powers, just the normal ninja skills? Would the people of Konoha still hate me as much?
Then shit hit the fan question wise when I hit puberty. Let me first just say, I fucking hate hormones. When I finally die, me and the creator are gonna have words over that shit. Anyways, needless to say I re-discovered girls. Or rather one girl.
Hinata Hyuga. Konoha's clan princess.
She's nice to everyone, smart, and talented. She's humble, unlike the rest of her tree-up-the-ass clan of high brow idiots. I don't know why I care, or why I give a damn about her. I just do. I've got nobody to tell me about this stuff. I can't go up to random villager Hideki and ask, "Hey, I think I'm crushing on this girl, can you help me?" The fuck wits would probably mock me and hang her. Of course if they did I'd burn the whole fucking village to the ground and make them watch.
Sometimes I think its not worth it to stay in this place. I've been living in this hell hole for eleven years and so far the only one who gives a damn is the old man. Too bad he's always been to busy running the village to spend more time with me.
Moving back to the girl problems, I first noticed Hinata after I recognized her from one of my admittedly rare instances of being a good guy rather than doing whatever I felt like. It was during the Cloud-Leaf peace treaty talks. One of the Cloud ninja was running from the clan districts with a bag over his shoulder. I sped in front of him, and ran my arm into him. The idiot tripped, dropped the bag and started the usual threats and intimidation tactics. The moment he drew a knife I sped forward then grabbed and snapped both his wrists. The cloud clod started screaming bloody murder drawing the delegation and the village guards. They questioned me and discovered a drugged Hinata. There was a nice international incident debate and I got called before the Feudal lord who questioned me. Then the representative from Cloud started pissing me off by bringing up my history in Konoha.
I really love when people piss me off. I stomped my feet bringing up an earthquake that nearly brought the courthouse we were in down on our heads. Then for added effect I let loose on my power of combustion, lighting myself on fire. Say what you goddamned will about intimidation, it doesn't have shit on a over powered nine year old screaming that he'll end your family line while on fire.
After I calmed myself and the Cloud rep changed his pants, I repeated my answers for the court. Then I made my threat. 'Do anything bad to my home and I'll kill you all.' Cloud hasn't given shit to Konoha for the last two years, so I guess my point got across. It might have been helped by the fact my earthquake stunt had been picked up by every nation in the world. I was Konoha's ace in the ninja arm race from that point on. Never mind the fact I call the Village my home in the same way a wolf calls his hunting grounds home.
God, I really need to stop getting off topic. I don't wanna write this, but it has to be done. I wanna know what love is. I want friendship. I want a family. My family. I know its unreasonable, but fuck it. I deserve some genuine happiness sometimes. I don't wanna be angry anymore. I spend all my time flaunting my powers so I can feel good, so I have fun. I want friends like Hinata, whom everybody likes. I wanna be liked by people instead of spending the day wondering who the jackass is gonna be that will spit on me or throw the next rock.
It's been remarked, very often, that I have a self restraint problem. I do, and you would too if you had just one of my abilities. Most people can't walk away from taking a sharpened ninja star to the jugular vein, hell most ninja find that hard to do. Me? I do that or something similar on a monthly basis. I abuse my powers, and flaunt them openly. Sometimes I even cause outright hell with them for my amusement.
When the old man's grandson 'killed' me with that throwing star it changed my life in an new and annoying way. I had a goddamned admirer. That was new and very fucking unexpected. I'm a trained killer about to start my career as a super powered child soldier, literally days away from team assignments, and my bosses' grandson starts idolizing me because I rose from the dead.
Fucking unbelievable.
There was only six days left from me meeting Konohamaru (Old man's grandson) and my team assignment and I would be damned if that little brat did not do his best to harass me. I first noticed him watching me train that very afternoon. My version of training was to see how I could destroy a tree with my powers. I still believe that exploding trees with my heat beam eyes is the most entertaining.
Anyways, I heard the kid cheering for me, praising me and stating how awesome I am. It was unnerving. I was stunned, and thought the kid had a screw loose. I'm a super powered outcast with an impulse control problem, as much as I'd love it I am not a hero.
Naruto was being hunted. For once in his life he was running from a predator that he couldn't crush, outrun, or utterly destroy. No matter where he hid, no matter what powers he used, eventually the hunter would find him.
Konohamaru Sarutobi, or as the villagers and ninja of Konoha had started to call him, 'Naruto's bane.'
Ever since Naruto's display of godlike speed and subsequent resurrection in front of him the young boy idolized the village outcast, and made it well known. Konohamaru hounded Naruto day and night, using his guardian ninja and villagers alike to inform him whenever Naruto appeared. The super powered blond finally had a use for his neglected talent for invisibility, it was being abused constantly just so that Naruto could get time to himself.
Naruto made a point of disappearing with one power or another the moment he detected Konohamaru. The moment the boy was sighted, Naruto was invisible. Or flying away. Or disguised as an animal. Or in a very odd predicament, hiding like the more classical ninjas; hidden under water and breathing via bamboo tube. The last one only happened twice.
The chase had been going on for nearly two days, and to Naruto's ire, the villagers seemed to enjoy his discomfort as at every chance to aid the 'honorable grandson' they would point out Naruto or expose where they knew him to be hiding.
His current hiding spot was both genius and juvenile. He was hiding under a random table at one of the villages' fancy dining establishments, the Rose Red Cafe. You needed reservations a month early and a lot of sway just to get into the place, much less get into the best seats. Naruto was currently in the Hyuga reserved section, further decreasing the chances of being spotted. The fact that he was in his cat form, invisible and hovering at once also helped conceal him and steady his nerves.
Then fate decided to raise the stakes. "Here is your seat Lady Hinata, if you need anything please don't hesitate to ask."
One of the table's four seats were drawn back, and a set of very feminine pale legs slid under the table.
"You have got to be kidding me..." Naruto thought, dropping the invisibility and levitation. "Crap, how should I... Wait... I'm a cat..."
Immediately Naruto thought of a plan to hide from Konohamaru. "Hinata's a girl! Girls like cute things, and I make an awesomely cute cat!" Naruto concentrated on his cat form, adjusting everything from the position of his ears to the size of his eyes, changing everything to fit the stereotype of a 'kawaii kitty'. Females everywhere felt a shift in the global cuteness scale.
Weaponized cuteness prepared, Naruto started performing basic cat behavior that he knew would melt any girl's heart. He nuzzled Hinata's legs, drawing her attention in an instant. The moment the Hyuga heiress peeked under the table to see what was brushing her legs, he hit her with 'the look' that adorable innocent kitten look that draws you in and wont let go, even if its beating you to death with raw cuteness.
Hinata wasn't known for the Hyuga attitude or the ninja disposition for cruelty. Instead, she was known for her kind heart and general niceness. Thus she was no match for Naruto's kitty form. Her heart didn't just melt, it liquefied in an instant. Without a regard for her location or social setting she pulled Kitty-Naruto into her lap and started petting, hugging, and cuddling the overly cute kitty. The sheer amount of attention Naruto was getting almost made him reconsider being found by Konohamaru. Naruto wasn't sure if it was possible, but super powers be damned, he did not want to die from cuddling.
Somehow Hinata managed to enjoy her fine dining, simultaneously keeping Naruto in her lap. Constantly throughout the meal Hinata would find time to play with kitty-Naruto, which to his unending shame he enjoyed immensely. Once the dinner was finished, they left, Naruto still snuggled into Hinata's arms as she walked towards the clan district of the village.
The Hyuga clan home was enormous, taking up nearly a third of the clan district itself. The place was furnished like the traditional Japanese homes, complete with its own private hot springs and gardens. Still being grasped firmly by Hinata, Naruto planned on sneaking into the hot springs at some point. The public springs always had some jackass willing to cause trouble in them. After Hinata had shown Kitty-Naruto around his new home and given a brief tour she took her new pet to her room, where Naruto re-defined his version of hell.
Apparently Hinata had been planning on getting a pet cat sometime later, for in her room was a large assortment of cat toys, cat treats, but also an impossible number of cat sized outfits. There were maid outfits, dresses, sailor uniforms, school girl outfits, and so many other random clothes. At least two straight hours were spent changing Kitty-Naruto from outfit to outfit, somehow each was more embarrassing than the last. So yes, Naruto Uzumaki had a new definition of hell. His hell was having Hinata Hyuga dress him up over and over again, cooing over him like a newborn fresh from the hospital. With each outfit Hinata would take a few moments to play with Kitty-Naruto, spinning him around, nuzzling his fur, or rubbing his stomach. Naruto swore that if she swung him around again, godly healing powers be damned he was gonna switch back to human and blow chunks till he filled the room.
After Hinata's 'cute kitty in a cute outfit' fit of insanity past, Naruto heard her say something that he would appreciate more if he were older. "Want to take a bath with me Kitty?" Hinata asked, still using that cooing talk.
Under his fur Naruto blushed up a storm, petrified of what was to come. He tried not to get picked up, performing the cat tactic of boneless-ness when they don't wanna be picked up. The technique failed miserably, Naruto's Kitty form lacking the size necessary for the ninjutsu trained Hinata to be discouraged. Hinata continued to coo at her pet, who was sweating and trying to think of a way out of the situation he was in. He couldn't use super strength, speed or his usual levitation tricks. That would give him away immediately, and as Hinata started to get undressed Naruto found he lacked the concentration necessary for him to use his power of invisibility. In short, Naruto was doomed to bathe with Hinata, the girl he was madly crushing on.
Hinata donned a bathrobe without removing her underwear, giving Naruto a few precious moments to try to think of a way out. His thought process was disrupted by Hinata grabbing him and entering her bath. The heiress started the water, adding a generous dose of bubble-bath mix into the steamy water. "Don't be nervous little guy." She cooed, "I'll make you nice and clean." Sadly, Naruto's thoughts went from escape plans, to the gutter, then as Hinata started to undress, they fell into the sewer.
As soon as she was undressed, Hinata grabbed the now stunned Kitty-Naruto and lowered the both of them into the bath. For a few minutes it was your average bath with a pet, then Naruto realized where he was and what he was seeing and started to freak out. "I gotta get outta here!" the shape shifter mentally screamed.
Hinata noticed her pet's distress, and cuddled him closer. "Don't worry little guy, I got you."
Naruto continued his vallent attempts to escape, but held back by both bathwater and Hinata's grasp he had no chance to leave. "You know, I really need to give you a name." Hinata stated, thoughtfully. Naruto didn't care, he only continued to try and get out of the soapy waters.
"I'll name you after a boy I like. He's brave, handsome, and so mysterious. " She continued, "Do you want to be called Naruto?" the cat form boy had finally managed to get a grip on the edge of the tub, and would have slipped out if what Hinata said hadn't been heard. The moment he heard her confession of affection, his kitten like paw slipped and he slammed his head on the tub's side.
"Ow!" Naruto yelped, transforming back to human form. "Dammit that hurts!" he cried, holding onto his skull. His power of healing kicked in seconds later, clearing his head of pain, leaving him aware of a startled and blushing Hinata, who was still naked and in the tub.
Naruto looked anywhere but at Hinata, backing away slowly and keeping his hands raised and visible. Naruto was a violent deviant, but he would be damned if he would give anyone reason to call him a pervert. "Hi there, Hinata. Um, yeah. I'm just gonna go now..." Naruto stuttered and stammered as he tried to back away to the exit.
Hinata lay in the tub praying Naruto hadn't seen everything, Her mind was rather overloaded watching her pet turn into her crush. "Naruto?"
Naruto paused in his escape escapades."Yeah Hinata?"
Whatever Hinata was going to say was interrupted by one of the Hyuga maids knocking on the door, before opening slowly. "Lady Hinata? I brought you some fresh towels." The moment the maid walked in, Naruto vanished from sight.
Naruto floated over the maids head unseen, reappearing and rushing away the moment he touched the ground out of sight. The super powered brat rushed to the door, opening it and walking straight into a very sullen man who looked sorta like...
"Oh, shit. Your Hinata's dad aren't you?" Naruto asked the man he just tackled outside his daughter's room. The man's only answer was to growl and activate the Hyuga's trademark Byakugan. It was indeed Hiashi Hyuga who Naruto ran into. The bathrobe covered Hinata and blushing maid standing in Hinata's room did nothing to ease the awkwardness of that moment.
The instant Hiashi's eyes activated he started analyzing the situation, his eyes focusing on all the details in front of him. The boy was trying to escape, Hinata was wet and naked under her bathrobe, the maid was embarrassed by something, the boy's clothes were wet, Hinata's bathroom door was ajar, Hinata looked flushed and ashamed.
Hiashi's brain switched to caveman father, "He has defiled my daughter." Hiashi channeled chakra to his palms, Naruto gulped and prepared to die. Again.
Naruto looked at the scene behind him before returning his gaze to the pissed off father in front of him, "Can I just ask that you don't aim for the face or my junk?"
Understandably, Hiashi ignored the request.