A/N Welcome FF members and visitors alike! This is 9tailsfox2 with Escape Chapter 10! I was originally planning to a skim through the Water Wave Ark here, but lets be honest, who here actually wants to read that boring Ark, well my muse obviously didn't so it came up with this last second. What did I replace it with? Well continue reading to find out! Italics means thoughts, bold means techniques
Disclaimer: I do not own blah blah blah characters blah blah blah Naruto blah blah blah Kishi does.
Hanabi woke up crying. The same nightmare kept playing over again, except she could not wake up, fortunately, this time the only other body fluid was sweat this time. Hanabi checked then her alarm clock, it was 5:30. No wonder why it didn't go off. Hanabi tightly held her legs as she continued to cry, images still flashing behind her eyes. Please make it stop, please, I'm sorry Hinata-Chan, I wish I was stronger, I wish I could have done something different, Ruto-Kun, I need you. Why am I crying so much? I'm weak. Her crying eventually turned to sobs when the alarm went off for 6:00 as expected. It took Hanabi 20 minutes to take her shower, twice as long as it usually takes and slowly got dressed. By the time she was out for breakfast, it was 6:30.
Hiashi stared at Hanabi and sighed. "You are late for breakfast Hanabi, this is so unlike you." Hanabi sighed sadly as the scenes from her nightmare played in her head once again. "I'm sorry father, it won't happen again." Hanabi slowly took her equipment, which was dropped off at the door when she entered the door last night, and began to leave. "Aren't going to eat, my daughter?" Hanabi shook her head. "I'm not hungry right now." Hiashi was confused and concerned for his daughter. "What's wrong? You are just going through the motions, you are acting strangely, and you are not eating your breakfast. Did something happen last night?"
Hanabi suddenly got irritated. "No! Nothing happened last night! Is it so hard to believe that I woke up late, am tired, and not hungry for once!? Nobody's perfect! But apparently you do not know this as you punished me countlessly just for having my footing off by a centimeter!" Hiashi shook his head; "You should know that accuracy is very important in our fighting sty-" Hanabi glared at her father with killing intent, "This is what I'm talking about! You gave me no emotional support, highest compliment was 'as expected of a Hyuuga.' Now once was I actually praised by own father, not once was I trusted with my own decisions and the ones you did thrust upon me, and Hinata before she died, were ones you did not want to make! Decisions that 8 year olds should not be making! If anyone is weak, it's you!" Hiashi got mad at this. "You are so punished when you get back home young lady!" Hanabi shook her head. "Yet you still do not get it, I am clearly upset about something, instead of trying to make me feel better, you are punishing me!" "Hyuuga's are supposed to have a handle on their emotions!" Hanabi glared at her father. "Fine! I forgot something in my room, after that I'm going to leave!" Hiashi growled, "Come back as soon as your sensei dismisses you!" Hanabi ignored her father and proceeded to get what she forgot.
When Hanabi entered her room, she took out a scroll, took down her pictures, took her clothes and personal belongings, bath products and whatever she could think of and carefully placed her items on the scroll and sealed them away. Hanabi rolled up the scroll, put it away, left her room and closed the door behind her. When Hanabi went to leave, "Found my scroll, goodbye Hiashi!" Hiashi was stunned as Hanabi called him by his name but before he could say anything, Hanabi was out the door. Scroll? Since when did she have a scroll?
Hanabi quickly ran to her destination as tears threatened to spill out of her eyes. She stared at the door as she knocked on the door. "Hold on for a second!" There were footsteps and the door opened to reveal Naruto. "Nabi-Chan, what are you doing here?" Hanabi sighed. "Can I come in?" Naruto shrugged as he stepped to the side and Hanabi walked in, closing the door behind her. "So what brings you here 20 minutes before the meeting?" Naruto was walking to his kitchen; except for he did not make it to the kitchen as Hanabi ran up to him and held onto him tightly. "It was terrible Ruto-Kun, you were there next to me, then the man in the sword appeared, cut you down, and he kept on stabbing me! One of his eyes glowed red and saw Hinata cut down repeatedly in front of me! Oh Kami it was terrible, I woke up wetting my bed, and then me and father had fight, so I sealed my belongings, and decided to run away!" Hanabi then felt a sharp pang in her heart as her sister was cut down in front of her once again. "Oh Kami make it stop! Make these images stop! No! Don't kill my sister, stop killing Hinata! Stop stabbing me it hurts!"
Hanabi began crying uncontrollably as Naruto held Hanabi tightly. "The man can't hurt right now, it's ok, and I won't let anything happen to you." Naruto began stroking her back as he sent out a shadow clone to tell Kakashi of this particular predicament. It looks like this will take longer than 20 minutes. Hanabi cried even harder as she dug her face into Naruto's chest. "Ruto-Kun, please don't let go, if you do I'm afraid I'll drift away into insanity!" Naruto held Hanabi even tighter. "It's ok I'm here for you I won't ever let you go. It's ok; you can let it all out." Hanabi finally let go and all the tension she had with her father and from the nightmare broke the dam of her emotion and she drowned in darkness and tears, her only net holding her right before the waterfall of insanity was Naruto's embrace. Hanabi cried harder than all the times before in her life as she put all her fears and anxieties into her tears and tightened her grip as each tsunami wave of tears washed her, fearing that the loss of the net would be the end of her. The only other thing she knew of in existence was the hand traveling down her head and back, acting as deterrent, filter and wave breaker so she would not overload herself.
It would be a while before Hanabi finally began to show signs of letting up, let alone slowing down. Eventually Hanabi reduced to herself to sobbing, pulled away and smiled. "Thank you Ruto-Kun." Naruto smiled back. "No problem, Nabi-Chan." Hanabi smiled but her nightmare once again played inside her head and she launched herself back into Naruto's arms began crying again. "Oh Kami! When will this stop!?" Just then someone knocked on the door. "Naruto, Hanabi, you ok?" "Naruto looked down at Hanabi. "It's Kakashi Sensei, can I let him in?" It took Hanabi a minute to rebuild her dam of emotions, "I don't want him to see me like this…" Naruto shook his head. "This is much more excessive than I can handle Hanabi, if this nightmare of yours keeps on playing inside your head, I don't know how to stop it." Hanabi shook her head. "Who else is there?" "It's just me, Kakashi; I left behind a clone to train him." "Come in."
As soon as Hanabi said that, Hanabi gripped Naruto tightly and began crying uncontrollably again. The door opened and closed and Kakashi saw this very scene in front of him. "Well what is Hanabi upset over?" Naruto held onto Hanabi as he stroked her back. "She had a nightmare, and it was the man from the incident. She saw him killing her sister repeatedly as she was getting stabbed her self. She keeps on having this nightmare flash in her mind." Kakashi sighed. "This might be a genjutsu, and there is only kekkai gekkai that can do this type of genjutsu at this level, I just need to confirm it." Hanabi looked up as Kakashi moved his headband up and revealed his left eye, which had a scar over it. Kakashi opened the eye and showed his sharingan. "Sharingan!" Kakashi quickly examined Hanabi's chakra and confirmed his thoughts. Hanabi's eyes widened. "Y-Y-Your left eye, it flashed red. You're the man." Kakashi got a questioning look as Hanabi hid her face in Naruto's chest. "Noooo! It's not possible! It can't be! You killed her! You killed my sister! You killed Hinata!" Naruto's eyes widened. Impossible, but his left eye glowed red just like in her nightmare. If what she said was true, and what Kakashi said was true, then this man is the killer! He probably killed Sasuke, and now he is finishing his job!
Naruto adjusted his body, so it would completely protect any projectile that would come from the Jounin. Naruto made 3 shadow clones. One of them covered Hanabi's back, the other two faced Kakashi in battle stance. "Don't let him come near me!" Kakashi's suspicions were confirmed. The man had a glowing red left eye? There is only one other person who has a sharingan in the left eye other than me. "That man wasn't me Hanabi." Hanabi dug her fingers into Naruto's shirt "Please don't come any close Kakashi, I will take you down." Kakashi sighed as he sat down. "I know it makes me look bad, but I'm trying to help." Hanabi muscles tensed. "Liar! You killed my sister, then you made friends with me, then you revealed yourself as the killer, as proof if the glowing red left eye!" "It's called the sharingan, it has the ability to put strong genjutsu on the victim and make chakra visible, meaning it can detect genjutsu on a more profound level than the Byakugan. I detected a sharingan level genjutsu on you and if what you tell me is true, and then it was done by a person with a sharingan only in the left eye. I know one person other than myself who has that."
Hanabi stopped shaking. "You are not lying to me are you?" Kakashi nodded, "Why would I ever lie to you?" Naruto's guard has relaxed, but his clones still kept their eye on Kakashi. Another nightmare ran through Hanabi's head and she clung to Naruto again. "Please help me, please stop this madness." Kakashi looked at Hanabi and used the sharingan to remove the genjutsu placed on her and Hanabi suddenly felt something shift within her mind and the nightmare faded from her memories. She can still recall it, but it did not have the same effect on her. "Th-Thank you Kakashi-Sensei." Kakashi nodded. "Ok I will confront the bastard who did this to you; I will inform Sasuke that Team 7 has the day off today due to strange circumstances. Meet me at the bridge tomorrow at 8 this time." Naruto and Hanabi nodded as Kakashi shunshined out of the house.
Kakashi arrived at Training Field 7. Sasuke, Team 7 today gets a break due to unforeseeable circumstances. Meet me at the bridge at 8." Sasuke was utterly confused but just accepted it for what it was as Kakashi shunshined out of the Field.
Sarutobi lay back as he got the same feeling as he got in previous times. 3, 2, 1… The Third Hokage rubbed his temples as Kakashi suddenly shunshined in the office. "If this is about Danzo again-" Kakashi put his hand up. "You know how Danzo has a sharingan as the left eye under that rag on his face?" The Hokage sighed. "That's just a rumor; mere circumstantial evidence doesn't prove anything." Kakashi shook his head. "There is proof. I used my sharingan on him once; I saw a sharingan in his left eye." Hiruzen gave Kakashi a weird look. "What does that have to do with anything?" "Hanabi has had a nightmare about the man who attacked her 5 years ago. She said that his left glowed red, much like mine does when I use my sharingan. She continued to have flashes of the nightmare while awake, so I checked for genjutsu, there was a sharingan level genjutsu on her." Hiruzen rubbed his chin and called in Danzo. The mummy man was surprised that he was caught eavesdropping, but entered nonetheless. "Ok Danzo, you have one chance to explain yourself."
Danzo took a deep breath. "What Kakashi saw was an irregular movement in chakra and assumed it to be a sharingan eye when in fact," Danzo removed his bandages around his head and revealed that his left eye was missing, "there is no eye. If what Kakashi said is true, especially the part about the genjutsu, then it was Kakashi trying that committed the act, and then tried to desperately try to pin it on me on grounds of circumstantial evidence, while mine is not much better; I have proof that I indeed did not do it. The circumstantial, borderline solid evidence points at Kakashi now. I'd suggest you remove Kakashi from duty as he is incapable of training these gennin. I am unable to stand by and watch 3 children willing to go into ranks go in unprepared, so I shall be the replacement as Kakashi gets put on watch… I would say three and a half years is reasonable."
Kakashi slack jawed at that statement. "Lord Hokage, you can't possibly follow such an insane request." The third stared sadly at Kakashi and shook his head. "I'm sorry Kakashi, there is no other person with a sharingan only in their left eye, as such you are the number one suspect and three and a half years is the standard watch time. Fortunately for your team, they have a much better sensei." Kakashi groaned. "Can I at least tutor them?" The Third Hokage nodded. "You may teach them whatever jutsu you like, just don't give us a reason to arrest you. You both are dismissed!"
Hanabi, still shaken by what has happened, did not want to do anything throughout the day, so Naruto decided to take her to the Abandoned Training Grounds. There the eight and twelve year old did not train but rather just held each other, Hanabi for comfort for the what had happened, and Naruto, well he liked holding Hanabi. Naruto stroked Hanabi's back as they went cloud watching. Hanabi was eventually able to relax enough to the point where she can say she is no longer physically affected by the genjutsu she was under, but as for the mental part, well seeing your sibling getting killed violently over and over again is not exactly something you can easily recover from.
Night eventually came and a person appeared out of nowhere. Hanabi-Sama, your father requests your presence… alone." Hanabi looked at Naruto. "It's ok Nabi-Chan; I'll be at the house if you need me." Hanabi nodded her head. "Thank you Ruto-Kun." At that the two left.
Hanabi walked up to her father. "What is it you want…? Hiashi." Hiashi shook his head. "I am ashamed of you daughter. You did not come home after you were dismissed; now I find you have abandoned the Clan by removing your belongings out of the room. I'm sorry." Hanabi was confused and pissed at the same time. "Gah! Even when you say you're sorry, you downplay it by saying your ashamed of me! Yes that's right I'm abandoning the clan, because… because I hate you Hiashi!" Hiashi flinched. "Forgive me, I have failed you as both father and clan head." "What do you mean!?" All of a sudden she felt two hands grip her arm and restrain her. One of the Clan Elders got in front of her. "The Cursed Seal should only take a minute, then you shall serve the Hyuuga Clan for the rest of your life, meaning you will be unable to exit the Hyuuga Compound." Hanabi's eyes widened. "You can't mean that! Hiashi, help me!" Hiashi shook his head. "I'm sorry, but interfering right now will cause me to be removed as the Head of the Clan."
Hanabi was silent as the Hyuuga elder went through the hand signs for the cursed seal. "You could have redeemed yourself but now, you are forsaken in my life, yes you do care for me, but apparently you care more for your title, words on paper then your daughter, your own flesh in blood. Any love from me that might have still existed is now gone. Goodbye Hiashi, you fuck!" The Hyuuga Elder was just done with the handseals and was about to place the seal on Hanabi's forehead and faltered from the last statement Hanabi said. At that point Hanabi elbowed the two Hyuugas holding her and escaped from their grip and began making a run for it. The Elder shook his head. "After her!" By the time Hanabi dashed from the gate, the entire Hyuuga Clan was on her heels and the only reason she was able to play keep away was because of her chakra enhanced speed and abnormal training. Tears were once again on the verge on spilling. Oh Ruto-Kun please be there.
Naruto was approaching his apartmentwhen; "RUTO-KUN!" All of a sudden he was tackled into the ground by a crying Hanabi. "Please don't let them seal, please don't let them touch, I don't want to go back there! Protect me!" Naruto looked up to see the entire Hyuuga Clan land right in front of him. "Hand over the girl." Naruto smirked. "I'll hand her to you." Hanabi gasped. "On one condition." Hanabi was shocked at Naruto, "Wh-What are you saying Ruto-Kun?" Naruto laughed. "What is the condition Uzumaki-San? Money? Land? A wife?" Naruto laughed even harder. "No to all of those, instead, the one condition is that you have to be able to rip her from my cold, dead body." Hanabi shook her head. "Please don't fight them, they will kill you!" Naruto shook his head. "I thought you knew better than to underestimate me Nabi-Chan." Naruto summoned as many clones as there were Hyuugas, and they suddenly charged.
Because Naruto spared with Hanabi plenty of times, he knew the Jyuuken inside out from an assaulter's point of view and made easy work of the entire Hyuuga Clan, all of whom wound up on the floor, barely conscious, this was intentional. "Anybody who messes with Nabi-Chan, messes with me, this is your first and last warning." With that Naruto carried Hanabi, who was still scared, bridal style to his apartment.
Naruto put Hanabi on his bed and tried to turn to go onto the couch but was stopped by a small hand. "Please hold me when I go to sleep." With that Naruto crawled into bed with Hanabi and held her until she did fall asleep, then there was a fain knock on the door. Naruto carefully removed himself of his friend's grip and Hanabi whimpered. Naruto opened it. It was Kakashi. "You have a summons with the Hokage." Naruto shook his head. "What about Nabi-Chan?" Kakashi sighed, "I posted ANBU around your apartment." Naruto nodded, "Fine when we get back, can you check for any genjutsu?" Kakashi nodded. "Don't worry I will." With that they were off.
The meeting was terrible, he had to explain why and how he had managed to take down an entire elite clan, it was quite a debate but it was eventually settled as Hiashi Hyuuga decided to drop all charges, despite all the complaints from either side, but it was final decision. Naruto grumbled as he turned to Kakashi. "Fine, Sharingan! Everything checks out. She's not under genjutsu." "Thanks Kakashi-Sensei, night!" "Night Naruto." Naruto entered his house, locked the door and heard Hanabi groaning. "Nabi-Chan!" Naruto quickly reached his bedroom and saw Hanabi rolling around, sweating, clearly having a nightmare again, and thank kami just a nightmare! Naruto shook Hanabi to wake her up. "Nabi-Chan, Nabi-Chan! Wake up! You're having a nightmare!" Hanabi woke up. "Oh Ruto-Kun! Even though the genjutsu was removed, I still have that same nightmare!" Naruto held onto the crying Hanabi tightly as they laid down, who held onto Naruto. "Shhh shh, it's ok." "Promise me you won't leave me alone again." "I promise it's ok to let it all out."
Hanabi did cry, but not as hard but it appears she was crying about something else as well. "I'm weak Ruto-Kun, a crybaby." Naruto shook his head. "It's alright to cry, especially if you have stressful things going to life, now let's go to sleep, we can worry about this tomorrow." Hanabi smiled as she snuggled closer to Naruto as she realized something, something that she felt but didn't notice until now. "I love you Ruto-Kun." Naruto was smiling at that. "I love you too Nabi-Chan." The two looked at each other for moment. Hanabi's head moved in as their lips touched and they embraced each other. The last thing they saw before they fell asleep into happy dreams was each other's eyes.
A/N And the plot thickens. Was it actually Kakashi who attacked Naruto? Was it Danzo? Or are those two working together? TBH I was saving the last part to be done after Naruto comes back with Jiraiya, after the time skip. I unfortunately did not get that job, dude liked me, its just that school hours interfered... ahh well what are going to do? Tomorrow I might go get my laptop fixed so you might not here from me for probably an entire weekm or I could just use the mac... Like always R&R and this 9tailsfox2 signing off!