Here's Chapter Three! Wheee!! Sorry if it's long _ I didn't know where to split the long chapter apart.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any characters from Naruto! T_T It'd be cool if I did though...
Chapter Three: Run, Hinata, Run!
The next evening, Hinata was in her room getting ready for the party with Neji's help. She was sitting in front of her vanity while Neji stood behind her, brushing her silky long hair. There was an uneasy feeling in her stomach and she felt a strange pressure in her chest. Perhaps it was the powder blue gown she was wearing because in her opinion, it clung onto her body way too tight. "Nervous, Lady Hinata?" Neji asked as he set the brush down. He was dressed formally as well, in a white suit. Hinata placed her hands on her stomach, staring at her cousin's reflection in the mirror.
"I-I don't know if I-I can go through wi-with this, N-Neji-kun. I… I want t-to throw up…"
"Hold it in, Lady Hinata. Just until I take you to your fiance."
"N-Neji-kun! Th-That's so…. So…"
Neji laughed and helped his cousin up to her feet before offering her his arm. "Every thing will be fine, Lady Hinata, stop worrying. You're not suppose to be acting like this until the actual wedding day. Let's go, everyone is waiting." Hinata took her cousin's arm and smiled brightly, thanking him for making her feel better.
Half an hour later…
"Ah, I'm so happy for you two!" Ten-Ten, the daughter of a Duke who was on good terms with the Hyuga family and Neji's date for the evening, squealed as she congratulated Hinata and Naruto. "Yes! May your youthful marriage be blessed and full of happiness!" Rock Lee, a young knight, chirped while giving the blond prince a thumbs-up.
Hinata turned bright red, shyly looking away. "Th-Thank you very much, L-Lady Ten-Ten, S-Sir Lee." She had never felt so happy before so she had to pinch herself. Th-This is really happening! She looked up at Naruto who was looking somewhere else. "N-Naruto-kun?" The blond prince jumped a little and looked down at his fiancee with a weak smile. "Will you excuse me for a bit? I would like to talk to Prince Sasuke for a moment."
"O-Of course, N-Naruto-kun. I-I'll be waiting for you here."
Naruto hesitated at first but then he bent over a bit, kissing Hinata on the top of her head. He quickly left her side, unaware that his blushing fiancee lost conscious. Luckily, Lee was swift enough to catch his best friend's cousin before she hit the floor. "Lady Hinata!" The princess quickly recovered and apologized to Lee numerous times. "Perhaps you should sit and take a rest, Lady Hinata! It would do our country no good if our lovely and youthful princess becomes ill!"
Hinata shook her head. "I-I'm fine. Thank you… I-I think I will go and greet the other guests. Pl-Please excuse me." The four bowed and curtsied to each other before Hinata made her departure.
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Meanwhile, Naruto was not making his way to talk to Prince Sasuke Uchiha but his way to the open doors that led to the garden. "Prince Naruto! Please hurry, I do not want to get caught!" Ino Yamanaka, another maid that worked for Naruto's family, whispered loudly. She grabbed the prince's hand and pulled him towards a large tree that was near a great wall. There, Sakura was waiting.
"Sakura!" Naruto called out but Sakura looked away, hugging herself. Once Ino released his hand, he wrapped his arms around the pink-haired girl but she forcefully pushed him away. "Sakura, look I-"
"Why didn't you tell me?! Why did you lie to me?!" Sakura asked, her face red with anger. For many years, Sakura and Naruto had a secret relationship that many would disapprove of; hence the secrecy. "You told me that you were going to stay at the Hyuga's for politics! Not to marry that… that failureofaprincess!" she shouted. Ino whimpered. "Please, Sakura… keep it down! If King Hiashi or any of his guards finds us, it'll be off with our heads!"
Sakura didn't care. Her prince was being taken away from her by some girl who couldn't even speak a sentence without sounding like a nervous wreck! "Sakura, she isn't a failure princess or whatever you just said but this is for politics!" Naruto stepped forward but Sakura slapped him hard. "Yeah right! How come I saw you yesterday walking so close to her? Just because you're going to marry her for 'politics' doesn't mean you have to be so close to her! I-I don't want to talk to you anymore! L-Let's go Ino!"
Before she could go, Naruto grabbed her and pulled her into a kiss. She pulled away but he kept a strong hold on her. "Sakura, just listen to me, please! I didn't mean to lie to you about this. My father didn't even mention about a marriage until we got here! Please, Sakura, you have to believe me. If he told me sooner, I would've run away with you!" Sakura locked her eyes with Naruto's, speechless. "Sakura, you're the only one that I love."
"B-But what about-"
"Hinata? Sakura, I don't love her. She doesn't mean a thing to me compared to you! I love you!" Naruto wrapped his arms around Sakura and pressed his lips against hers, kissing her deeply. Sakura closed her eyes and clung onto her prince until…
Shatter!
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Hinata made her way throughout the crowds, greeting her guests but soon made her way to the refreshment table where a charming black haired prince was getting himself something to drink. "Ah, hello, Princess Hinata. Drink?" Hinata nodded and softly thanked Prince Sasuke when he handed her a glass of wine. Although Hinata didn't drink wine or any other alcoholic beverages, she accepted it so she wouldn't be rude. "H-How are you, P-Prince S-Sasuke? How was your d-day?"
"I'm fine but it has been a tiring day… It really stresses me out whenever the Akatsuki are back in town…"
Hinata tilted her head and blinked at the dark haired prince. "Akatsuki? May I-I ask wh-who or wh-what the Akatsuki are?" Sasuke almost choked on his drink and set his glass cup down, staring at the princess as he cleared his throat. "You don't know? It's a group of dangerous and murderous criminals who travel all over the land. You haven't heard of them at all? Not even from gossiping servants?" Hinata shook her head, curious to learn more about this group. "Wh-What do y-your servants s-say about them?"
"My servants are a bunch of idiots, especially the female ones. They fill each other's heads with idiotic romances… They all believe that the Akatsuki are a group of handsome men who like to steal women's hearts. Today, I believe one of my servants said that she was willing to give her heart to them… Idiot."
Hinata looked down at her glass. "Th-That does sound a-a bit s-silly," she said softly, wondering why would anyone want to willing give themselves to a murderer. "It is silly. There's nothing romantic or wonderful about those Akatsuki." She looked up at Sasuke, who was moving onto another glass of wine. "D-Do you know wh-where Prince N-Naruto is?" she asked, not wanting to be around Sasuke at the moment. There was nothing wrong with Sasuke and she did like him but she just didn't want to be around if he got drunk. "That idiot? Oh…Forgive me. I wouldn't know, Lady Hinata. Why?"
"Oh! I-I just thought that you w-would know since h-he went to talk to you…"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Your fiance never came to talk to me. Anyways, please excuse me, Princess Hinata. Oh and please don't go out on your own… There is one particular Akatsuki member that I deem extremely dangerous… Itachi…" he said darkly before walking away. Hinata gasped softly. Itachi? The Uchiha clan's long-lost prince?! W-Well… I-I guess that explains the l-lost part… With the glass of wine still in her hands, Hinata continued to walk around until she decided she needed some fresh air.
The princess made her way out to the gardens and was about to enjoy the fresh air until she heard crying. Worried and curious, Hinata followed the sounds of crying and shouting and then she heard,
"Hinata? Sakura, I don't love her! She doesn't mean a thing to me compared to you! I love you!"
Hinata dropped her glass and didn't flinch when it had shattered into many pieces and when the wine had splattered onto her powder blue dress. N-Naruto… Tears quickly filled the Hyuga Princess's eyes as she just stared at Naruto's guilty face. The blond prince turned to Sakura and whispered her something before shooing her and Ino away. He then ran over to Hinata, who was just standing there. "Hinata…"
Hinata couldn't believe it, Prince Naruto was kissing another woman! The tears started flowing but she kept a straight face. "O-Oh! Oh m-my… I-I'm so clumsy," she managed to stutter out as she crouched down and tried picking up the broken pieces of glass. Dammit, Hinata! Naruto thought, thinking that the Hyuga princess was making this harder than it shouldn't be. "Hinata, I…" He crouched down and tried helping her but she flinched, cutting her finger during the process. When Naruto gently grabbed her hand to take care of her bleeding finger, she pulled her hand back and stood up. "A-Ah… Pl-Please excuse me, N-Naruto-kun. I-I'll go g-get someone to cl-clean this up!"
The princess turned around and quickly walked back inside, keeping her head down. The ballroom music was loud and the room was filled with pleasant chattering but all Hinata could hear was Naruto's true feelings about her. She didn't mean a thing to Naruto… "Lady Hinata, are you alright?" Hinata kept walking on, unable to hear her cousin's concerned voice. She quickened her pace, Naruto's voice was getting louder in her head and his passionate kiss with the pink haired girl replayed in her mind over and over.
She left the ballroom and started running down the halls, heading towards the main entrance of the castle. She rushed passed the two guards who were keeping watch and ignored their calling. She ran as fast as she could in the snow but the guards kept chasing after her into the village. Naruto… Naruto… Why? she thought over and over before tripping, landing face first into the cold snow.
"Lady Hinata! La-"
"Geeeyaaahhh!"
Hinata got on her knees and hands and looked over her shoulder, her tear-stained eyes filling with fear. Behind her were the guards but they were no longer chasing after her. In fact, they were in the same position as her a few seconds ago. Flat on the ground but lying in their own puddle of blood. She heard the snow crunching beneath someone's footsteps ahead of her and she held her breath. The crunching stopped and she stayed still. A tiny voice in her head was screaming at her to run but she was too scared to.
It was silent, Hinata couldn't hear anything but her own heart beat in her ears. Why wasn't anything happening? Perhaps she was only imagining that someone was in front of her… "Whew! Nice fuckin breasts. You're one fuckin naughty lady." Hinata felt her face quickly burn bright red, even her ears were heating up! Who was talking to her like that?! And her breasts? What was this weirdo talking about? Did he have no respect at all?! Hinata turned her head and quickly looked down, embarrassed to see that her chest was almost hanging out of her dress! She lifted her head up to confront the pervert but all the color and heat in her face was drained away. Her face was only a few inches away from a-- S-Skeleton Man!! Hinata's eyes rolled to the back of her head and she dropped dead onto the snow.
"Well, ain't this fuckin annoying…" the skeleton man muttered before a tall man dressed in a black cloak with red clouds and with his face almost completely hidden kicked the skeleton man away and picked up the unconscious princess.
There you go! Skeleton Man and some other guy! x] Sorry if I made Naruto and Sakura look like the bad guys D= I like them, honestly, I do! Anyways, thank you for reading! Mwha! ^o^
P.S. Should I make the rating of this story higher? Considering Hidan's colorful language? o.O