A/N Ok here is my second chapter and my Muse is fucking evil, so I will warn you now, there is a CHARACTER DEATH!

There was a strange and annoying buzzing sound in the air. Naruto adjusted the pillow over his ears, but the noise just kept getting louder and louder. Oh Kami, when are they going to stop the noise? "Go away I'm trying to sleep" The buzzing didn't listen, in fact it still kept getting louder. If I have to listen to that noise any longer… "Holy crap! Can you just shut the hell up!?" The buzzing still persisted. After a few more seconds of this Naruto had enough, he abruptly sat up and looked around for the source of the noise and he face palmed himself when he discovered it. "Stupid alarm clock actually working." Naruto stood up from his bed, turned off the alarm and lazily walked over to where his clothes were. The sun-kissed tanned 8 year-old sported whisker birthmarks, 3 on each cheek. Naruto scratched the back of his head. On any other day he probably would not have minded the alarm clock actually working for once in his life, but then again, did he want to trapped in here when they trashed his apartment?

You see, October 10th was a special day, if you were anyone else, to Naruto it was his worst nightmare, for you see, today was his 8th birthday, and on this very day, instead of everyone celebrating his birthday, everyone celebrated… something. At one point in his life, he tried joining the festivities, but that didn't turn out so well. Despite everyone enjoying themselves, they hated him even more… ON HIS BIRTHDAY! So every year, he'd try to sneak in, using masks, different clothes, but they all ended the same, him laying face down in dirt, covered in cuts, bruises and occasionally broken bones, but this year, he was going to don something different. After taking his shower, eating Instant Ramen of course then he looked at the clothing he was going to wear at today's festival. "If this doesn't work, nothing will." A determined smile appeared on his face and changed his clothes.

It was a beautiful day outside today, a nice breeze and best of all nobody seemed to notice him! Yes today was going to be a great day. He had managed to save up some coin every year and hid them in his secret pockets, so nobody would take it. 4 years worth of saving up, and he could spend it upon the festival he is banned from. Naruto smirked but then bumped into something. He then heard a young girl's voice exclaim, "Hey, watch where your going!" He looked down to see a 3 year old on her butt eyeing him angrily. Naruto smirked "Maybe you should watch where you going. I mean I'm only 2 times as tall as you maybe 3, nonetheless I'm taller than you, so how can I possibly see you unless I stare into the ground?"

Did he just call me short?! "Look I have no time to deal with commoners such as you." Hanabi began a staring contest with this strange man in black.

Naruto frowned at her statement. "So you think you're high and mighty huh? How can I possibly be lower than you? Not only can I put my foot over you head, you are probably weaker than me. Even if you're trained, I don't think those muscles are developed enough to go into a full head on fight with me!"

Hanabi, needlessly to say was seething. Not only did he call me short TWICE! He said I was weak! I'll show him! "You don't know who you're talking to commoner! I am the daughter of the Clan Head of the prestigious Hyuuga Clan, the strongest and most feared clan in the Elemental Nations. We practically are royalty, so you should respect me as such and bow down!"

Naruto scowled at this behavior. "I don't care if your father is Kami-sama himself! Respect is earned not given, and your attitude does not help in your endeavor!"

At this point Hanabi exploded, "WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY ENDEAVORS! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY LIFE! THAT'S RIGHT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!" At this point tears threatened to spill from her eyes, her mask destroyed by this mysterious figure in black that was wearing a mask himself. She then did something that she probably never think about doing normally, she punched the damned man in black and started running away from the gathering crowd. What does he know? He knows nothing!

Naruto recovered from the punch to the gut, he saw the girl disappear from view in the woods. He rushed after her. If Naruto weren't chased by angry mobs throughout the years, he probably would have bumped into each and every tree and would have lost the girl. Something is wrong, she is hiding pain, much like my self. Naruto chased after the girl, he not only wanted to talk to her, resolve these unresolved feelings, he did not want a three year old to get hurt because of him, "prestigious" or not. He could not in good conscious let a little girl run into the woods and get lost. After about an hour of chasing, or rather following the girl, as she did not seem to notice him they came upon a clearing, and the girl sat down under a tree and started hugging her knees.

Why am I so close to crying, Hyuugas should not cry, Hyuugas have a handle on their emotions! She could not take it anymore she immediately retreated underneath a tree and hugged her knees then heard a rustle and saw the man jump down 20 feet in front of her. "GET AWAY FROM ME YOU CREEP!" He then removed his mask and dropped it and then pulled down his hood and saw his face. He had deep blue eyes full of compassion, understanding and determination. Sun-kissed tan skin that gave him and the birthmarks on his face did not help. He walked closer and she tensed up, tear dangerously close to spilling like a faucet. "My name is Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." She looked up at his face, his sweet compassionate face. She responded with out thinking about it. "Hanabi, Hanabi Hyuuga."

Naruto kneeled down to the girl in front of him. He opened his arms and said "It's ok."

With these simple words Hanabi broke down and clung onto Naruto, face in his chest and started crying. "Don't let go."

Naruto patted Hanabi on her back saying, "I won't", and she sobbed into his shirt, he whispered comforting words into her ears. Time was inconsequential to this moment. Whether it was 5 hours or 5 minutes, neither knew they just stayed like that for what seemed to be forever. Eventually her sobs began to die down to sniffles and eventually calmed down. "You feel better now?"

Hanabi looked up to see Naruto's face. For some reason she felt like she could trust him, believe that he could find a solution to her dilemma. "Yeah, I actually do feel better." Naruto chuckled. "Huh? What are you laughing for?" Naruto gave her a genuine smile and said, "While crying helps, it is even more helpful to cry on another person's shoulder, especially if you trust tat person. Be careful though as crying too much isn't good, yes letting feelings go is healthy, it's not healthy if you're fighting on the battlefield. 'Shinobi Rule #25, A ninja must not show emotion' what a load crap. Bottling up emotions like that never helps, especially if it explodes on the battlefield."

Hanabi couldn't help but smile at that. What's wrong with me? I'm a Hyuuga, Hyuuga's don't show emotion, and yet… this emotion feels good, makes me feel so much better, like I can do anything. Naruto's voice snapped her out of her thoughts "Doesn't smiling make you feel better? Don't ever stop smiling, it makes you looks so much prettier." Hanabi blushed at that. Why is he having this effect on me? Still… Hanabi put her serious face on "Enough pleasantries for now, I have to find my sister and talk to her about something." She got up and started slowly walking back towards the festival and then out of nowhere she turned around and said "Thank you, Uzumaki-San." "No problem…" Naruto looked like he was thinking hard and his face snapped into a smile as if he figured out what he was trying to think of, all in a span of 1 second and continued, "Nabi-Chan"

Hanabi blushed at that. Nabi-Chan, did he really think of me as a friend? Well he did make me feel better, so why not return the favor and call him by my own endearing nickname? "See you around, Ruto-Kun."

Naruto's smile faltered, "You don't think your going to wonder the woods alone are you?" Hanabi turned around to face him again. "What are you talking about?" Naruto looked irritated, "Do you know where to go to get back?" "Ummm." Now that she did think about it, she didn't know where she was going. "Exactly, that way leads deeper into the woods, where more of the deadly creatures live. Trust me I know this place like the back of my hand." As they started walking in the correct direction, Hanabi's face scrunched up at that. "How could you possibly know this place like the back of your hand? This forest is huge! You would have to live here to know that." Naruto chuckled. "That's because I might as well have." "What does that mean?"

Naruto sighed and Hanabi looked up, and saw something she would have previously thought impossible, a sad face on Naruto. "The reason why I know crying makes you feel better, is because I did some of that myself, you can call me an expert as you say." He's obviously hiding something, much like I am. I feel like I can help him and maybe, just maybe ha can help me. "Alright what's the matter?" "What are you talking about?" Hanabi looked up at Naruto critically and said "You looked sad for moment there, what are you hiding under that mask?" Naruto stopped for a second and as a result so did Hanabi and Naruto scrunched up his face and thought and then started walking again.

Hanabi started following. It seemed like 15 minutes have passed then Naruto broke the silence. "The reason I said I might as well have lived here is because everyone hates me." Hanabi was shocked at this revelation. "I don't understand, how can anyone not like you, I mean you are so kind and caring." Naruto's face hardened, "That's not anyone sees, what they see is a demon. Nabi-Chan, what day do you think it is today?" What a weird question. "The festival of the fourth?" "Also?" "The eighth year after the death of Kyuubi. Why?" "You are correct, today is also my eighth birthday."

Hanabi froze. Is this some kind of coincidence? "Now do you see why everyone hates me? They see me as the demon re spawn. It's ok if you hate me too. You will be just like the rest because now you know the truth, go on hurt me, stab in the back, do whatever you want just do it quickly. Well what are you waiting for!?" So this is the kind of hurt he has been hiding from me, the kind of pain he has been covering up with that mask of his. As his words sounded more spiteful and desperate, Hanabi decided to do something she also would never done yesterday, she hugged Naruto saying "It's ok."

Naruto, shocked at this motion by his new friend said "So you don't hate me for being a demon?" "Get that thought out of your head right now! You are not a demon and never will be, those jerks are blind to see you not for who you are!" Naruto crumbled at this and began shedding tears, not of sadness, but of joy. "Thank you Nabi-Chan." He sniffled. "So when I was like 5 during one of chases, I ducked into these woods and ran for quite a while and came up to that same spot you stopped at and curled into a ball and cried for the first time in my life. Little did I know, a lady was there picking ingredients for her food for the business she co-owned with her father and you know what she did?" Wow that was the same spot he cried for the first time? "What?" Naruto smiled and said "She comforted me like I comforted you."

Hanabi just stared at him with awe. "So that's your first friend?" "Ayame-Chan? Well she would be if you counted Jiji as my grandfather." "Jiji?" Hanabi questioned. "Who else? The third Hokage!" Naruto personally knew the third Hokage? Yet, he was still tormented just for being born on the same day. Something is not adding up, I am missing part of the equation. Plus where are his parents? Hanabi looked at his smiling face and asked the question going through her mind, "Ruto-Kun, who are you parents?" His smile faltered and said "I never had any parents, I don't even know their names. Jiji would always listen to me, but being the Hokage, he was always busy so couldn't have acted like the parent he always wanted to me. Every time I asked him the same question, He would just suddenly change subjects, as if telling me would devastate me or something." Hmmm unknown parents everyone hates him, born the same day the Kyuubi was killed… I have to ask father about this when I… return… Ah well, I might as well try to learn more about him if I want to be his friend.

Hanabi then looked up at Naruto and said "So what happened after you met with this nice lady?" Naruto just smiled "She took me to the same place I'm going to taking you right now." Hanabi was confused. "Wait I thought you were taking me back to the festival." Naruto shook his and said, "I never said I was going back, besides, I forgot my cloak and mask, they'll kill me if they see me." Hanabi frowned "So where are you taking me then?" Naruto shrugged and said "You'll see."

Naruto then clapped his hands. "Alright! Enough about me! I told of you my past, its only fair if you do the same, besides crying is only the first step the next step is to actually talk it out with someone, someone you trust." Hanabi started at the clap and her mood became grim. "What do you know of the Hyuuga Clan?" Naruto frowned and said "Nothing."

Hanabi sighed and then start launching into an explanation on how the Hyuuga Clan works, short version of course. "Well you see, The Hyuuga Clan is split between two groups, The Main House, which hold the line of heirs, and the Hyuuga Council, and the Branch House, which holds the rest. You see I am always told of how prideful and powerful the Clan is. I am also always told that Hyuuga's are supposed have a 'handle on our emotions'. What the Hyuuga Clan doesn't reveal… I don't think I should…" Naruto looked at Hanabi. "It's ok Nabi-Chan, you don't have to say anything if you want."

Hanabi sighed, "No you need to know, the Branch House Members are branded with a Curse Seal, a Fuinjutsu that seals the power of the Byakyugan upon the death of the wearer. When activated, the Byakyugan allows us 360 degree vision, greater range, chakra networks or points depending n how powerful it is, chakra signatures, and through objects." Naruto frowned. "So the purpose of the seal is to play keep the power away from enemy nin? If that's the case why not seal the Main Members as well?" Hanabi shuddered. "Well the duties of the Branch House is to obey and serve the Main House, failure to do so results in activation of the seal by one of the Main House members, should they choose to do so. What this does is cause immense pain in the head of the target who has the seal and continued activation would eventually cause the Branch Member to die, should the Main House Member wish to do so."

Naruto grimaced "So your clan enslaves its own family, to themselves!?" He got a bit loud towards the end of the statement. Hanabi, obviously upset then said, "You know my Nii-San Hinata right?" Naruto scrunched up his face in thought. "When you say Hinata, you mean that weird girl in my class right?" Hanabi faltered a bit but continued walking on regardless. "Yes that weird girl with the confidence issues, while she maybe strong, she has confidence issues, which is not what the Clan Head should have." Naruto then saw the puzzle pieces falling into place but he was missing one of them. "Wait a second, so you and your sister are heirs, but only one can be the Clan Head, so what happens to the one who does not get the title?" Hanabi sighed "And that's the issue, the one who doesn't get the title, gets the Bird Caged Seal. If that weren't the case I would gladly hand over the title, because I have no ambition towards the title, I am pretty positive she can overcome her confidence issues, but that's besides the point, while I don't want her to have the seal, neither does she." Naruto nodded. "How long do you two have to make the decision?"

Hanabi shook her head quickly "One month, but after that we have to present our decision, if we don't then the Council will make the decision for us. That's why I have to find her now! The sooner we meet up, the sooner we can find a solution!" Naruto chuckled. "What's so funny about that?" Naruto stopped and stared down at Hanabi, "Well, Nabi-Chan, how can you search for a person, when you are so hungry. Trust me, crying takes a lot out of you, and especially considering we spent the whole day in the woods." Hanabi stood there shocked looking at Naruto. "So what you're saying is that I lost an entire day from an entire month by spending more time with you? A day I could have spent looking for Nii-San!? A day I could have spent searching a solution to my problem?" Now that she thought about it, she did feel hungry, very hungry, but that wasn't going to stop her. Naruto chuckled again, "Wouldn't you sister be back at the house she lives in especially later tonight, considering she lives there? Plus, how can you think of a solution if you're running on no food. Trust me a solution will always present itself if you are willing to wait and not push it, but actively search for it." Hanabi sighed, defeated and asked, "Ok, Ruto-Kun, where are we going to eat? You are right I am hungry, really hungry."

Naruto smiled as he looked ahead of himself and said, "We are already here Nabi-Chan." Hanabi looked up and paid attention to what was around her since they started walking back from the woods. It was night out and not only that they were in front of a sit in restaurant called Ichiraku Ramen. "If I was on a mission, I could have easily wondered into enemy territory and not known. What would father have said to me?" Naruto smiled ay her, "Nabi-Chan, how old are you?" "Three and a half, why?" Naruto looked at her, "Think about it our Nabi-Chan, would they really send a three year old on a mission, yes you are far smarter and far more perceptive than any of your age, and you are not on a mission, you are on a walk with a friend, and dinner's on me."

Naruto and Hanabi stepped into Ichiraku's and sat down next to each other. There were several bar stools in front of a bar counter. Behind the counter was a small kitchen in which two people working hard. One was an older man with a white apron and hat. The other was a young woman with the same attire, whom Hanabi assumed was the young woman that Naruto was talking about earlier. "Hey old man I brought someone with me today!" Hanabi glared at Naruto. "Naruto! Be nice to the people who serve your food!" Naruto groaned. "But Nabi-Chan, that's what I call him all the time, right Aya-Chan?" The young woman smiled and said "That's right and it would not be Naruto if he didn't. Who's your friend by the way? She's cute, you on a date or something?" Ayame teased. Hanabi's face went red instantly "Wh-wh-what are y-y-you-" She was cut by Naruto, "Nah were not, Aya-Chan, you know better than anyone else that teasing doesn't work on me anymore." Ayame did a quick smile. "It worked on her." Naruto turned and looked at Hanabi's face and laughed. Hanabi, thoroughly embarrassed introduced herself while trying not to lose control of herself. "My name is Hyuuga Hanabi, I am pleased to meet you." Ayame brightened up. "Don't worry, what did Naruto call you again? Nabi-Chan?" Hanabi got even redder if possible. "Only Ruto-Kun may call me Nabi-Chan, to you its Hanabi, seeing as your Naruto's friends."

The man finally faced the group. "Ayame, stop teasing the customer. Sorry about that, she likes to tease a lot of people often. My name is Teuchi, and this is my daughter, Ayame. So, Naruto, will you be having the usual?" Naruto concentrated and gave up thinking up of something. "Yeah sure, why not?" Hanabi looked at Naruto, "How often do you come here?" Naruto smiled and said, "Ever since that day Ayame has found me, I've been coming here every day ever since." "How many friends do you have besides these two and the Hokage?" Naruto beamed at Hanabi and said "You're forgetting about yourself Nabi-Chan." "Oh right. Well, anybody else? Like in your class maybe?" Naruto saddened at the thought, "Nope no one, and besides, this ramen is THE BEST!"

Hanabi chuckled at him. Wow, no matter what life throws at him he takes what he has and makes the most of it. Maybe it's time for light conversation for once. "Ruto-Kun, tell me about yourself, you know likes, dislikes, hobbies, any dreams in particular?" Naruto put a huge grin on his face. "Order something first, besides Old Man and Aya-Chan won't start until they have your order." Hanabi looked at the menu and saw the many different types of ramen one could have. "Naruto what is your normal?" Naruto put a hand up to his chin in thought and said "5 Bowls of Miso, 5 Beef and 2 special of the day large of course."

Hanabi went wide-eyed and looked at the two chefs behind the counter. "Can he really eat all that?" Teuchi gave a hefty laugh and said "He eats like a vacuum, I am actually surprised he can' eat more than that!" Hanabi then looked at Naruto and said, "How are you paying for it." "How else? My stipend!" Hanabi squinted her eyes. "There is no way you can still have enough left over for bills and what not!" Naruto gave her a questioning look. "My stipend covers my appetite, my bills, my groceries and still have enough left over for a little spending money, though that doesn't stop me from helping out Old Man and Aya-Chan in case I need a little money or need to cover any debt I might gather from eating so much." Hanabi sighed and gave she was hungry and wasn't going to argue anything anymore. "I'll have two Miso, two Beef, and two Special of the Day… Large." Then she turned to Naruto. "Before you start calling me a hypocrite, I haven't eaten anything since breakfast!" Naruto smiled and said, "Who said I was being hypocritical? I would have been surprised if you ordered anything less! 3 Year old or not, you did not eat all day!" Teuchi smiled and yelled, "7 Beef, 7 Miso, and 4 Specials coming right up!" and started working on the food. Hanabi smiled and looked at how the cooks were working on the food.

The two friends sat in silence as sounds of chopping, boiling water, pots and pans being moved. Five minutes later, the food was ready and was set in front of them. "Itadakimatsu!" Was heard and Naruto began digging in. Hanabi looked at the way Naruto was eating and shook her head, she figured the only way to eat the noodles was to slurp them. When she took her first bite her face lit up in pleasure as the soup soaked noodles hit her taste buds. Oh Kami! Ruto-Kun wasn't kidding ramen IS the best! "So, Nabi-Chan, how does it taste?" Hanabi looked up at Naruto's smiling face, "You weren't kidding! Ramen is good!" With that, she started eating with gusto. I don't care that I'm a Hyuuga! This stuff is good and I'm starved. Teuchi and Ayame both laughed. "Well Naruto, it looks like you have competition!" Naruto smirked and said, "No one can beat me when it comes to eating Ramen!" Naruto quickly moved on to his sixth bowl as Hanabi moved onto her third.

Hanabi and Naruto quietly walked towards the Hokage Monument. "Ruto-Kun, you still haven't answered my question yet." Naruto looked at his friend in confusion. "What question Nabi-Chan." "The one where I asked you to tell me about yourself." Naruto nodded, "Why don't you go first Nabi-Chan.""Ok My name is Hanabi Hyuuga, I like Bananas and milk, I dislike Mitsuba, my Hobby is training with father, as for my dream I actualy don't know..." "It's alright Nabi-Chan, you have plenty of life ahead of you to come up with your goal. Well my name is Naruto Uzumake, I like you Nabi-Chan, Ramen, Jiji, Old Man and Aya-Chan. I dislike the three-minute wait when you pour the water into instant ramen, the way that everyone treats me. My hobbies include eating ramen, training, pranks and my newest hobby is hanging out with you. As for my dream, I wish to BECOME HOKAGE! To not only gain recognition from everyone, but to become the strongest shinobi in the village and use that strength to protect everyone in the village!" Wow so much conviction and strength behind those words and eyes, I actually believe him! "Is your dream the reason we are going to the top of the Hokage Monument?" Naruto smiled and said, "It's part of the reason why I like sitting on top there all the time, especially the fourth's head for some reason. But there is another reason why I go up there all the time, and for only tonight, a third reason." Hanabi looked up at him in wonder. "What are these other two reasons?" "You'll see."

Hanabi and Naruto walked in silence until they reached their destination, the head of the Fourth Hokage. Hanabi gasped at the sight. "It's so pretty." The lights of the village lit up ground giving a presence of peace, fun and serenity. "Is this one of the reasons you took me here?" "Yup! The view is magnificent from up here, especially when the lights go off." Hanabi looked up at him confusion "But wouldn't it look dull and boring without the lights." Naruto chuckled and said, "I'm not referring to the village I'm referring to the sky, but that's not the only thing happening tonight." "What are you talking about." "Shh! It's about to start!" Naruto sat down and she followed suit. "Huh?" All of a sudden all the lights in the village turned off and then a screech sounded and all of a sudden, an explosion of red lit up the night sky." Hanabi looked at the sky in awe. "So this is what you wanted me to see." Green, blue, white, and any other colors appeared in the sky and all of them in different colors.

After the fireworks were finished, Hanabi was happy. "Fireworks, that's your name right?" Hanabi closed her eyes, "Yes, it does, I always thought that it meant that I would just pop into existence and quickly fade away, but now I see something different. A beauty captured in a moment of time, a memory to last forever." Hanabi smiled even more at the thought. "Nabi-Chan, open your eyes and look at the sky." She did just that and saw the night sky, lit up with stars, hundreds, no, thousands presented themselves, and it was a sight to behold. "Wow." Naruto chuckled and said, "I said the same thing when I first saw it, if you lay on your back, you can feel like your falling into that endless depth of beauty and serenity." They stood there what seemed to be forever, but unfortunately things do not last forever. Naruto sighed, and got up. "Nabi-Chan, I think its time for us to go." Hanabi was upset. "But why can't we stay a bit longer?" Naruto chuckled, "Aren't your family worried sick about you? Plus you must be tired." Hanabi yawned as he said this. "That's part of the reason why I don't want to move." Naruto picked her up and carried her piggyback. "You know, sometimes you can be difficult." Hanabi wanted to argue but was too tired to do so, so she decided to get whatever sleep she can.

On the way back, Hanabi woke up with a start, she could not get the feeling something was going to happen, something really, really bad. Naruto instantly felt the same thing, his danger senses haywire. "Ruto-Kun, I'm scared." She could feel it too? "Don't worry Hanabi, I'll make sure nothing ever happens to you." Although he said this, he couldn't convince himself something was going to happen, and his feelings usually turned out right. Naruto started looking around and saw a lone drunk man following them. Of all the times for this to happen, I did not want her to see me get almost killed. Hanabi saw the man too, and then saw the panicked look on Naruto's face. At that very moment, the man decided to notice Naruto. "HEY LOOK IT'S THE DEMON, AND IT SEMMS HE HAS TAINTED A LITTLE GIRL!" Hanabi instantly felt her heart sink Is this how he is treated throughout his entire life? I could tell him I am of the Hyuuga Clan, but he seems drunk out of his mind and probably won't listen. By the time she finished her thoughts a crowd began to gather saying things like, "Let go of that girl!" "It's to late for her!" "We should kill her too, he might have turned her into a demon!"

At these words Naruto's eyes became fearful of not himself but for her. He whispered, "I was hoping to let you go so you don't get caught up in thins but it seems they're going to aim for you as well." His voice was full of anger and sadness. Hanabi tightened grip on him and said, "It's ok Ruto-Kun, even if I die today, it was the best day of my life and I owe it all to you. Thank you." The crowd began charging and Naruto began running, jumping over obstacles, through stalls, picking up random items along the way quickly setting up traps to slow or hinder the group. Naruto took random turns around the streets to throw of his pursuers but alas, it was not meant to be as Naruto neared a dead end.

The mixed group of civilians, chunin and jonin ninjas, all drunk converged on the two children and commenced the beating, not pulling and punches, shuriken or kunai. Hanabi felt her face and torso being repeatedly kicked, punched and stabbed. The arms and legs were not excluded as she felt multiple bones bruising, she felt dislocation, and bones were breaking. She felt ears running down her face When are they going to stop? Is this what Naruto experiences everyday of his life? How can he possibly get back up after this, how can he even think about defending these people? What felt like eternity took 15 minutes and at last it stopped.

What was left of the two children were numerous broken bones, bruise and cuts, some being life threatening by themselves. As the crowd cleared the way Hanabi saw through her bruised and bloodied eye was a blurry huge figure with shadows covering him. He took out a sword, instantly, she felt Naruto get up and stand in front of her. Through the coughing of blood, she heard Naruto say "Don't worry Nabi-Chan… I'll protect you." She tried to yell at him not to do something so stupid, but up taking in breath, she coughed up a lot of blood, then she saw the figure go for the stab. Naruto flew back and landed on top of her but did not feel anything go through abdomen. She looked up around Naruto and saw Hinata's back with a sword protruding out her back. "Nii-Chan. N-n-no." Hinata turned around to look at her little sister. "Hanabi-Chan, you are my sister and I will always be there for you, I will always protect you, I will always love you, Naruto-Kun, when ever I looked at you, I always felt more confident because of, you always got back up, you always have the courage to protect what you have. That is why I look up to you; this is why I admire you. Please, protect my sister like you were about to do. Please take care of her." Hinata went into a coughing fit. Naruto shook his head "Hinata-Chan, wh-why didn't you tell me? We could have been fr-friends." Hinata smiled, "Because I'm always too nervous to approach you, I thought of the endless ways we could have wound up. But when I found you two like this, my body moved on its own. Imouto-Chan, no Hanabi-Chan, Naruto-Kun, I want you two to live your life to the fullest and don't give up no matter what, I lo…ve…you." Hinata's voice trailed off as her body went limp, life leaving her eyes.

"H-h-h-i-i-nn-at-t-ta…" Hanabi's heart seemed to break at this point. Laughter began to sound. "HHAHAHAHA! HOW DOES IT FEEL DEMON!? TO SEE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS DIE!?" At this point the man ripped the sword out of Hinata, not pulling, but slashing through half her body, what can only be described as a lumberjack, already half way through cutting down a tree. The man then kicked her into Hanabi and Naruto on the ground. The man then raised his sword above the three children and was about stab downward through all 3 when a man appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the sword wielding hand, stopping the finishing blow. Hanabi closed her eyes as she saw the back of a man, a back she instantly recognized. Father? It was at that point Hanabi lost consciousness due to the loss of blood.

A/N I honestly never intened things to go this way, but my brain had the brilliant idea of this happening, I mean I intended the attack, but I never intended death, but it does help set things up a little easier for the things I want to do with this fic. Please don't hate, R&R.