Chapter 30: Hidden Pain
Konoha Forest, 6:30 am
"Neji what have you done?! What did you do?!" Naruto yelled. He pulled Hinata behind him, holding on to her tightly. He felt his anger rising as her small body trembled against his.
"What have you done you bastard?! Tell me damn it!" Neji stood unwavering on the branch. His face was void of all emotion.
"What are you doing here Hinata? I thought you had run away with your lover. Leaving us all to suffer for you."
"Hinata's not like that! Neji what have you done?!"
Neji looked from Naruto to Hinata. She was standing behind Naruto, but he could see her legs were about to give away. He wanted to hold her. He wanted to tell her everything would be alright. But he knew nothing would ever be the same. He knew that she would hate him forever. He knew that she also…would never be the same.
"Isn't obvious?"
"Don't kid around with me Neji! You killed them didn't you?! Why?! What did they ever do to you?!"
"Does it really matter whether I really killed them or not? If I did what would you do?"
Naruto glared at him. He could feel it…his eyes turning the hideous red, and his teeth sharpening.
"What do you mean what will I-"
"Not you." He pointed behind Naruto. He glared straight at her. His gaze not wavering above her small form.
"What will you do?" Hinata stood there. He could feel her heart wavering on the brink of something…close to madness. He grabbed his katana and swung it once.
"What will you do Hinata-sama?"
"Are you threatening her Neji?! What's gotten into you?!"
"It's time you learned, Hinata-sama what real misery feels like."
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Hyuga Main House, Library, 7:23 am
"What have you done?!" Fujiko yelled. Hiroshi sat in on the gozo mat sipping tea.
"Who are you yelling at, Fujiko?"
"You killed them didn't you? How could you do such a thing? How could kill all those people Hiroshi?!" Fujiko tried to calm herself. She tried to stop the tears from coming. Hiroshi walked behind her, placing his hands on her small shoulders.
"I did this for us. Fujiko they did this to you. They did this to me. Why shouldn't I do this?" Fujiko slapped his hands away from her.
"Those people were innocent, Hiroshi! Innocent! They didn't do anything wrong! Nothing! Poor…poor…Neji-kun. Poor…Hinata-chan."
Hiroshi snorted.
"Poor Neji? Poor Neji?
"Why do you take his side, Fujiko?" Hiroshi asked. Fujiko tensed as she heard the change in her brother's voice.
"I…I still love him…Hiroshi-niisan." Fujiko stared at her brother. Looking for any sign on his face to reveal what he was thinking. He sighed and returned to his seat.
"You still love him? Why? Don't you understand he left you? He denied Takuya was his son and went with his little Chihiro-sama. Doesn't that anger you dear little sister?"
"Don't mock me, Hiroshi! This is serious! I didn't want this! I didn't want this to happen!"
"I did this for you! I did it for us!"
"You did this for yourself!" Hiroshi grabbed Fujiko's wrist twisting it. She gasped at the sudden pain surging through her arm. Hiroshi promptly released her. Fujiko slumped to the floor holding her reddening wrist.
"Fujiko! Fujiko I'm sorry!" Hiroshi leaned down to her, reaching out.
"Don't you dare touch me!" She yelled at him.
"Fujiko!"
"I said don't touch me!" Hiroshi glared at her. He stormed out the door. Slamming it so hard that the hinges cracked.
Fujiko stared at her wrist. She looked out the window. She wept.
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Naruto swept Hinata in his arms, dodging Neji's kunai. Neji didn't let up showering them with multiple weapons.
"Is this the real Hinata? Are you going to let Naruto protect you forever? What a weakling!" He taunted. Naruto growled.
"What do you think you're doing you bastard?!"
"Eliminating the weak link." He charged them. Naruto broke for the woods. His arm stiffened.
Argh! I can't keep carrying her for long! My arms are falling asleep and he's gaining on us! Hinata please! Please wake up!
He held her limp form closer to his body. Feeling her warmth; listening to her every breathe. He dodged through the trees. His chest going up and down fast. Neji followed close behind him; his face unchanged.
Neji…what's happened to you?!
"Let go of her, Naruto."
"What did you say?!"
"Let go of her!"
"Not a chance!"
"Then I will make you!" Neji picked up his pace. Closing in on Naruto.
"Juuy-!"
What was that-? Neji flipped. Landing on a branch he glared closely. Naruto was on his knees was holding Hinata in his arms. A blue hue in circling them.
"What is that?" Neji watched as Naruto slumped to the forest floor. Hinata slowly stood up.
"Neji-niisan...I can't believe you did this…I hate this. This killing." Neji held on to the tree tightly. What was this atmosphere? This killing intent coming from that small frail body?
He could feel his hands shaking. His head was pounding. His heart was thumping. Hinata raised her head. Neji gasped at the sight before him. That…this…was no longer Hinata.
Her eyes had turned pitch black. Her hair swirled around her in a dark blue mist.
"I hate killing. Those who kill…shouldn't live. I will eliminate those who don't deserve to live. Those like you." Neji's eyes widened as she disappeared from his sight. He frantically looked around him.
What…kind of eyes where those?!
"Augh!" Neji shouted as he was thrown into a tree. He wiped the blood dribbling down from his mouth. Before him stood a girl…no…not a girl…
"Those black eyes…what are you?!" It laughed.
"This girl is interesting…she has been struggling with keeping me in here for a long time…but now all this chaos and pain, massacre, madness, hate, sorrow. Finally I breathe!" The voice was deep and menacing. Like a storm raging within its throat.
"Who are you?!" Neji coughed blood. Hinata walked to him, leaning down on one knee she grabbed his shirt. Bringing their faces close together she grinned.
"I'm Pain. Her pain."
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Neji ran through the trees. His breathing became hard with every step he took.
I must have broken at least three ribs…ack! I can't keep running like this!
He dodged to the left avoiding kunai.
I can't stop her! She's insanely powerful…Hinata-sama…what is this? What have you let yourself become?! Why…were you hiding this?!
"Are you hiding Branch boy?!" He slowed his breathing. Settling down on a branch he looked behind him.
Impossible! She stood in midair as if the air was the ground. Her black eyes still full of hate and misery.
"Neji-niisan! Oh, Neji-niisan! Please come help me because I'm such a fucking ass weakling I can't do anything by my fucking self! Shit I'm so scared! Oh my fucking gosh!" He cringed as she laughed menacingly.
"Shit I'm scared of almost fucking everything! Neji-niisan!"
She laughed again.
"I can't believe this girl! She has no fucking confidence in herself yet calls herself strong and all that bullshit! She gets on my damn nerves talking about how she loves Naruto. How she wants to protect everyone and shit like that! Well she can't!"
Neji stepped from his hiding place. He had had enough.
"Hinata is in there somewhere isn't she?"
"So what the hell if she is? What the fuck are you going to fucking do about it?"
"Your foul mouth disgusts me. The fact that you defiling Hinata-sama body is enough for me to drag you out of there." Pain laughed.
"The only one who can "drag" me out is her. And it looks like she doesn't want to. She wants me to stay here!" She vanished from his sight. Neji stood on guard. He turned around quickly to shield himself from her blows.
"She fucking needs me!" Neji gasped as he felt his head exploding in a burst of pain. He tried to regain footing as he felt his body being brushed back from the impact. Before he could react he felt a tug on his hair.
No!
"I usually don't this…but you're special!" Grabbing a fist full of his hair she flung him into the tree.
"Don't underestimate the power of pain! Our pain!" Throwing him to ground she pushed his face into the dirt.
"Pain! Pain is amazing! Feel it coursing through your veins! Feel it going through your entire being! Embrace it! Fucking breath it in! Pain is the best fucking thing around bitch!"
Neji could feel his chest breaking.
I…have to get…away from her. She'll kill me for sure. But the way I am now…I can't move. My ribs are broken…and it feels like both legs have been broken as well. My left arm is mostly likely fractured. I'm in bad shape. I'm in really bad shape. And to think she did this in only a matter of minutes…
He cried out in pain as she roughly flipped him on his back. Breathing hard he slowly touched his chest.
My lungs…
"I can't believe you're so fucking weak. Some protector you are! Fuck you! I can protect her! I'll take care of her from now on! I'll protect both of us! We-"
She grabbed his hair pulling him up to her level.
"Don't fucking need you anymore. And things that aren't needed…"
Neji gasped as he felt his chest burst…and his body shake uncontrollably. He choked on blood.
"Are fucking disposed of."
Wow! After three freaking months! I finally have posted the next chapter of "If Only You Knew". Sorry for those of you who were expecting Hanabi POV...I had most of it finished when a beta reader told me Hanabi's POV would be pointless. This chapter was freaking insane for me. But this is going to be one heck of a story...I wrote this in my darkest time of fanfiction....writers block lol. I hope you all liked this chapter....and are left starving for more! REVEIW! PLEASE REVIEW!
P.S. Camp was awesome...working with kids is amazing!