Chapter 26: True Love Crashes Weddings

Public Hyugan Garden, 2:30 pm

"Ah!"

"What are you-"

"Hey! Stop!" Hinata looked up from the ring she held in her hand. What was happening? The crowd began to get restless as the yells got closer. Hinata looked at her father. Beside him sat a woman with black hair. She was staring at her…in her eyes Hinata couldn't tell if it was resentment or hate.

"What is going on?" Takuya asked. He let go of her hand, glaring towards the entrance. Hiashi stood giving out orders.

"Hinata!" She froze…a voice so sweet. It was almost as if she were in a dream…that voice that could calm her stormy heart. Standing in the door way was a young man adorned in an orange and black jumpsuit. His smiled melted the ice around her heart.

"Naruto! Naruto!"

"Hinata!" A girl with pink hair punched the air and grinned.

"Sorry, but we're crashing your wedding!"

"Sakura! Sasuke-kun!" Takuya glared at the object of his anger.

"You think I would let that happen?" He pulled Hinata to him.

"This belongs to me now!" He yelled.

"I don't think so!" A loud puff sounded behind them. Hinata could barely comprehend what had happened. Until she smelled the familiar scent of ramen. Naruto held Hinata close to him.

"The priest was a clone?!" Someone yelled out. Hanabi clapped her hands pointing to the exit.

"You guys had better hurry!" Hanabi yelled. Shino nodded.

"Ah! Shino-kun too!" Shino turned to her and lowering his goggles, smiled.

"I'll help them out here, Hinata-neesama! You just go with your idiot prince!" She gave Hinata thumbs up.

"Just what…what do you think you fools are doing?!" Takuya fumed. He grabbed a kunai from his kimono. His eyes glowed dangerously with intent to kill.

"Sorry! But I don't have the time to fight you!"

"Come back you coward!" Takuya yelled. He was interrupted by two angry kunoichi.

Naruto grasped Hinata's hand and ran towards the edge of the hill. Hinata screamed.

"Naruto-kun! What are you doing?!" Naruto looked back at the ruckus he had caused. He smiled as Ino and TenTen ganged up on Takuya, preventing him from following them.

Other Hyuga guards spotted them, and were fast approaching. Naruto looked towards his lavender eyed lover and grinned wide.

"I told you I would never leave you. And that I wouldn't give you up to anybody!" He gripped both her hands.

"N-N-Naruto-k-k-kun!" He looked out across the small valley. Hinata heard the screech of an eagle and smiled. So…this was it.

"Are you ready, Hina-chan! Cuz they're coming!" Hinata looked back towards the garden. She caught a man's eye. He regarded her, his face filled with emotion. Finally he grinned.

Thank you…father.

At that time, Hinata jumped with Naruto. The painted eagle lifted them in the air and flew across the sky.

"Hello, Hinata-chan." Sai turned to face her, grinning. Tears fell from Hinata's eyes. He…never meant to give me up!

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Ichiraku's Ramen, 4:00 pm

Naruto held Hinata's hand walking down the stairs. Hinata's head was still spinning from everything that had happened and trying not to trip over her kimono.

Naruto…Shino-kun…Sakura…Sasuke-kun…Ino…TenTen-san…all came for me. They…did this for me. They…did this.

Hinata's tears dropped silently as she held Naruto's had even tighter. She was surprised when Naruto stopped on the last step.

"Naruto-kun? W-what's wrong?" Hinata became concerned when his shoulders started to shake uncontrollably. Hinata panicked. What was wrong with him? Was he angry? Did he get hurt?

"N-N-Naruto-kun!" Hinata threw her arms around his waist, pressing her head into his back.

"Hinata-chan…I'm…I'm…" Hinata paused as she recognized the sound of sniffling. Naruto was crying!

"Hinata…I…I love you. I love you so much! I can't stand it!" Naruto folded his hands over her smaller ones. Hinata could feel the warm liquid called tears fall on her hands.

"My heart…it feels like it's gonna' burst! I can't explain it! I love you so much! I don't want to give you to anyone! I don't care what happens to me!" Naruto collapsed on the ground, crying.

"I love you, Hinata! I love you so freaking much that I can't even breath!" Hinata wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Naruto caressed her cheeks, gazing into her eyes.

"I almost can't stand it…how much I love you!" Hinata smiled in spite of the tears that soaked her face.

"I-I love you too, Naruto-kun!" They stayed there, on the floor holding each other, letting their tears mingle. It wasn't too long that Hinata lay sleeping in Naruto's arms. Her hair in tangles. He stroked her face, gently moving the strands of hair from her eyes.

I'm sorry, Hinata but I just couldn't let you go no matter what happens. I couldn't let someone else have you…I just couldn't.

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"Did we lose them?" Sakura leaned over her hands on her knees, breathing hard. Shino stood stiffly with his back against the wall. He nodded, and motioned with his hand to go forward.

"Do you think everyone else is ok?" Shino shrugged.

"I have confidence in them…especially Uchiha." Sakura sighed.

No need to have confidence there…I'm sure he'll kill them all! I hope Hanabi is alright!

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"Done over here!" TenTen yelled. Sasuke jumped to avoid a torrent of shuriken coming at him from behind. He and TenTen stood back to back.

"There are a lot of them." Hanabi mused. Sasuke nodded.

"Stop this right now!" One of the Hyuga guards called out. TenTen gripped her wooden staff tighter. Hanabi clung to her kunai.

They were surrounded by Hyuga shinobi and even for Sasuke (who was ordered not to kill anyone, which was pretty hard for him not to do) they were becoming a nuisance.

Why can't I kill them again?

"Hanabi-sama! Why are you cooperating with these fools? Do you know what will happen to you?! Come to us now!"

"Where have you taken, Hinata-sama? Tell us now and we will allow you to leave with a few scratches." Sasuke snorted. Who the hell did they think they were talking to? Orochimaru?

"Calm it down, Uchiha." TenTen seethed.

"I want to murder these guys too!" Hanabi gulped.

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Naruto rubbed Hinata's back, letting her small form lay on his. He stared out the window, thinking about what was to come.

Everything that's happened…I'm afraid of what's coming next. I'm afraid…that I've hurt Hinata even more than I've helped her. I wonder what she's dreaming about right now.

The sunset glowed across the village lighting the sky in a blend of red, yellow, and orange hues. His mind wandered over to his friends. Sasuke, TenTen, Ino, Sai, Sakura and Shino. What were they doing now? What would happen to them? What about Neji and Hanabi? What about Granny Tsunade?

He blocked these thoughts from his mind. He didn't need to be concerned about that right now. Granny Tsunade said she would take care of everything. He had to trust them. He had to trust his friends.

Hinata stirred, and in her sleep softly called his name. Naruto pulled her closer to him, taking in her scent of lavender and lilacs.

I'm not sure what comes next…but if it's with Hinata. Then we can make it. We can make it...because we have friends. Friends who support us.

This chapter was for you RoseTiger! lol Thank you to everyone and to all those who threatened me to crash the wedding. Haha...yes I did receive threatening emails that if I didn't do it...bad things would happen! Haha. Oh! Guess what my wonderful fans...I got a new cell phone! LG slider! With full QWERTY keyboard! YAY!