A/N: I am soooo glad to see that you guys enjoy this story! Well here is the second chapter…ENJOY! :D
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Like a Blossoming Rose….
A Naruhina Story
Chapter 2: I swear I will save you…
Naruto yawned as he woke up in his own bed, shielding his eyes from the sun's fingers. He took his nightcap off and slowly began dressing. He sleepily stumbled over to his kitchen. It was simply a mess, yet somehow the whiskered boy managed to find the refrigerator without stumbling over. He opened the milk and drank right from the carton. Next he placed the boiling water in the ramen cup. Three minutes later, and fully awake, Naruto ate his favorite combination for breakfast: milk and instant ramen. He was about to slurp up some noodles when there was a knocking at the door.
"Naruto, hurry up and open." said the voice outside.
"Sakura?" Naruto said. The knocking was very frantic and fast so he quickly went to the door, careful not to trip over anything and opened it.
Sakura barged in with a shocked look on her face. Naruto followed her to his living room. There she stopped and turned around to face him. She had a look of irritation and concern all mixed together in her green eyes.
"What's up Sakura? It's nice of you to drop by" Naruto said trying to lighten the mood.
"Naruto," Sakura said as she slapped the top of his head, "This is no time for jokes! I am here for a very grave problem. You must come to Lady Tsunade's office immediately."
Now Naruto was beginning to get worried, "What? Why, what happened?"
"Hinata has been kidnapped…" Sakura replied gravely.
"WHAT?" Naruto exclaimed.
"Yes, Lady Tsunade will explain everything once we get there so let's go!"Sakura said.
The two ninja quickly left his apartment and headed towards the Hokage's office at full speed.
Tsunade was doing paper work when Naruto slammed open the entrance doors and ran in.
"Where is she? Where is Hinata?" Naruto basically yelled at her.
"Calm down, Naruto. Let me explain what happened. You might want to sit down." Tsunade said calmly.
"I'm listening…" replied Naruto, all the while standing up.
"Yesterday at night, a band of about 10 Kumo ninja infiltrated the Hyuuga manor. They attacked Lord Hiashi directly and soon, Neji and the other Hyuuga came out of their rooms to help. Hiashi defeated them immediately and everyone gathered… even the elders. Everyone except Hinata… Neji was the first to notice and went directly to her room, but when he opened the door, the room was empty and the window was open," Tsunade said sternly "Then they realized that the assault on Hiashi had just been a diversion to carry out the real plan: the kidnapping of the Hyuuga heir."
Naruto's knees began to shake so he sat down. His usually sparkling blue eyes were now dull, shaded with anger and fear.
"Why, why would they kidnap her?" Naruto said. His voice was cracking.
"We are not sure about that part. We think that they wanted to take the advantage that Konoha was in a moment of crisis to try and retrieve the secrets of the byakugan. They went for Hinata because she was the easiest target."
Naruto quickly rose out of the chair, "What are we waiting for, let's go save her!"
"Naruto don't be so rash."
Naruto turned around to find Kakashi standing next to Sakura.
"Kakashi is right. The Hyuuga have split into two groups: one is protecting the Hyuuga residence in case they break in again and the other is headed towards Kumogakure right now. Hiashi is leading the second group, they will go there and find out why they kidnapped his daughter and bring her back." Tsunade continued, "I let the Hyuuga do as they wanted, yet I have come to suspect that Kumo wasn't responsible for Hinata's kidnapping. We may have to worry about another enemy."
"What!"all three ninja exclaimed at once.
"Yes, Shizune and I came to the conclusion that the one behind all these could be one of Orochimaru's followers. We assume that we are dealing with Kabuto Yakushi, his main disciple. He may be continuing Orochimaru's research. We are not sure, for all we know it could be Kumogakure trying to extract Hinata's kekkei genkai. They already tried before, so what is to stop them this time?"
The mention of Kabuto and Orochimaru sent a shiver down his spine followed by a wave of rage. They were the ones who took his precious friend before… Sasuke… The room went dead silent.
"That is where you come in…" Tsunade said, breaking the silence, "Sai is on an important mission elsewhere, so the remaining Team 7 will travel to Otogakure in hopes of finding any traces of Kabuto and Hinata. We don't want to take the chance that Kumo does not have Hinata and Kabuto does. If you manage to find Hinata and save her, take her to the Land of Tea. She will be safe there for meantime, my old friend will watch over her. Hanabi was already escorted to another region the Hyuuga have kept confidential. They want to protect the heirs at all cost. If something were to happen to any of these two, especially Hinata, the Hyuuga clan will be thrown in an uproar of chaos."
"Oh and this mission has another part to it. I know this may be hard for you, but Sasuke Uchiha was spotted in Otogakure. If you see him, you have orders to capture him at once, but keep in mind that Kabuto and Hinata are your priority."
At the mention of Sasuke, both Naruto and Sakura slumped a little and lowered their heads. Then Naruto raised his head, his eyes full of determination as he said, "Don't worry Grandma, we'll bring BOTH of them back. Just you wait…"
With that, Team 7 vanished from the room in a puff of smoke.
Hinata slowly opened her eyes to reveal the shocking truth… She hadn't dreamed about being kidnapped….she WAS kidnapped. Once she was fully awake, she searched her surroundings with her byakugan. It appeared to be some sort of hideout, most likely in a cave judging by the stalactites on the roof and the walls of stone. She was in some sort of room with iron bars in the single window and a metal door. Her byakugan sensed two guards outside the door keeping watch. Her wrists, feet, and mouth were tied up with some sort or chakra thread. Very powerful chakra thread… The chakra felt almost… malicious? She couldn't help the tears that rolled down as she thought, 'Naruto… please come help me…'
Hinata stiffened as she saw two others approaching the door and deactivated her byakugan. A gruff looking guy entered followed by a cloaked figure with…. a tail coming from under his cloak?
"She is in here, we did just as you instructed us boss." said the first man.
"Good job Gorou, you and your team shall be rewarded." the second man replied.
"Thank you Kabuto, we are here to serve you." the man named Gorou said.
"You may go now, I will check on my newest guest."Kabuto replied with a slithery voice.
Hinata's heart froze as the door opened and the cloaked man came in. He had a very unusual cloak on, it was deep purple cloak with two bright red, white and yellow markings similar to eyes on the hood. Hinata cringed, as the man gave off a deadly and evil feeling.
"So you must be Hyuuga Hinata, the next heir to the Hyuuga clan… What a prize catch my minions have caught," Kabuto said slowly "What a pity, I would've loved to keep you to research those eyes of yours, but I need to offer you to Madara as a sign of peace. He will make a great ally; I can just kidnap your cousin if I need another Hyuuga. That way, I will follow in Master Orochimaru's footsteps and maybe even surpass him."
"Gorou and Tadao, bring our guest food and water. We do not want our precious package to arrive damaged."
The man from before and another came in and Kabuto left. Gorou filled a cup with water and the other man came near her. He was a bit smaller than Gorou but not as thick. He removed the strong chakra threads from her mouth and then stared at her.
"You know this one is actually not bad, Gorou. She's kinda pretty."
"Oh shut up Tadao, don't mess with her. Don't you see those eyes? She is a Hyuuga. With her byakugan she can kill you!" Gorou said sternly.
" She looks like a pretty defenseless little mouse." Tadao stated as he looked her up and down, "She has some big cleavage too."
He reached out to stroke her face, but when his hand came close to her mouth, she opened her mouth and brought down her teeth on it.
"Owww! Let me go!" yelled Tadao. He smacked Hinata's head with his left hand, yet she would not let go.
"Told you… some defenseless mouse she turned out to be." When he saw Tadao was bleeding from his hand he separated the two.
"Aahh! She made my hand bleed! She almost tore it apart! Help me I'm gonna die!"
Gorou smacked Tadao on the back of his head and untied Hinata's hands so she could eat. "Shut up will you? Lets go with Master Kabuto so he could heal your hand."
As Tadao was dragged out he yelled " I like them feisty!"
What a disgusting man, thought Hinata. Now that she was alone her thoughts wandered to the person she loved. Once again she thought, Naruto… please help me…"
Naruto quickly packed his stuff and left to the clearing. There, Sakura and Kakashi Sensei were waiting for him. Kakashi silently nodded to them and took off. The two exchanged somber stares and then took off after their sensei.
Naruto kept in pace with his teammates, yet his thoughts were elsewhere. Hinata, no matter what I swear that I will save you. His friend had almost given up her life to protect him, now it was his turn to return the favor.
Meanwhile…
Hiashi stood in front of the Raikage. He stared at him with cold pale lavender eyes.
"Where is my daughter?" exclaimed Hiashi.
"As we told you, we do not have her. Sure we will take her if you hand her over, but for now the Hyuuga hold no interest for us." the Raikage replied.
"Then who has her? Ten Kumo ninja attacked my home! You cannot say you didn't do that either!"
"Well we didn't. At the time I have other matters to attend to than your lost heir." the Raikage said.
" I demand an explanation!" Hiashi yelled.
"Since you insist on accusing us, I have no other choice but to imprison you for accusing me falsely until I get some sort of compensation" the Raikage said, "Guards… arrest Hiashi Hyuuga and his companions until further notice!"
"This is a mistake! I know what I saw and I saw your ninja break in my house and directly assault me!" Hiashi exclaimed.
"You are the one who has disrupted the peace in Kumo by accusing me of such things! At the same time, I have weakened Konoha by capturing the head of the Hyuuga clan!"
"Hiroshi," said Hiashi to one of the other Hyuuga, "Tell Lady Tsunade what has happened and to aid us. Also bring me any information on my daughter's disappearance. She may not be here."
"Yes my Lord." replied Hiroshi and he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Tsunade was working on paperwork when Kiba and Shino entered the room.
"Hokage, why didn't you tell us Hinata was kidnapped! I return from a mission and she is gone." Kiba barked.
"Kiba, calm down… Team 7 and the Hyuuga are trying to retrieve her right now as we speak-"
Tsunade was interrupted by Hiroshi, one of Hiashi's most trusted advisors.
"Lady Hokage, I have an urgent message from Lord Hiashi… The Hyuuga who went to Kumogakure are now under arrest because they accused the Raikage falsely as the Raikage himself stated. They need help immediately." Hiroshi said frantically.
"I was actually hoping Kumo did have Hinata… Now my fears have come true and Hinata may be in grave danger. Tell Hiashi I will send ANBU immediately to help."
"Then who has Lady Hinata?" asked Hiroshi.
"Kabuto Yakushi." replied Tsunade somberly.
CHAPTER 3 coming….