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Ch.16

"Hinata!" shouted Naruto as his eyes shot open.

He sat up slowly and looked to his left to see a glass of. He grabbed it and chugged it down. Damn he was so thirsty. He looked around for the source of his happiness: Hinata. Sadly, he didn't see her. He tried to get out of bed but a nursed came into his room.

The nurse looked at him and smiled, "You're awake, cute hero!" she said flirtatiously.

"Yeah," whispered Naruto, "Where is she?"

"Who?"

"Hinata… long midnight blue hair, lavender eyes," replied Naruto.

"Oh her? Umm… yesterday I happen to come in here and she didn't notice me. She said something about going away forever," replied the nurse as she went to sit on his bed, "You don't need her… I'll offer you something more."

"No, you can't…" whispered Naruto so only he can hear, "Can I use the phone?"

"Yeah, I'll be right back with it."

The nurse left and a few seconds later, she came back with his phone. Naruto took the phone and thanked her. He waited for her to leave, but she just kept sitting on his bed looking at him.

"Can I get some time alone?" groaned Naruto.

"Sure cutie. Don't miss me too much when I'm gone," she said as she left out.

"Don't worry! I wont!" yelled out Naruto.

Naruto took his phone and dialed Sasuke's number. Naruto waited a few seconds until Sasuke answered.

"Naruto?! Are you up?!" asked Sasuke excitedly.

"Yes, Sasuke-"

"I'll be right there with Jiraiya! Wait for us!"

"Sas-"

Sasuke hung up and left a dumbfounded Naruto. Naruto wanted to know about Hinata! Naruto waited impatiently until Sasuke, Jiraiya, and Tsunade came, which was half an hour. 'Wait… Tsunade?'

"Naruto! I'm so glad you're up! I'm sorry I failed to protect you!" shouted Sasuke as he ran to Naruto's side.

"Naruto! You idiot! You could have gotten killed!" shouted Jiraiya.

Naruto scratched his head, "Umm, sorry? And its okay Sasuke."

"You're lucky your godmother saved you." Said Jiraiya.

"I-I have a godmother? Ero-sennin… you're married?!"

"Yup," said Tsunade, "Hello there, godson. I see you lied to get into school…"

"S-sorry… wait, you're a principal, a doctor, AND MY GODMOTHER?!" he shouted the last part.

"Yeah, it's tuff, but I can deal with it. Yes, I'm your godmother."

"Awesome," said an amazed Naruto, "Where's Hinata and Sakura?"

Sasuke had a saddened look. Naruto just looked at Sasuke worriedly.

"Sasuke? Where are they?"

"I don't know…"

"What do you mean you don't know?!" yelled Naruto.

"They left this morning. They wont tell me where…"

Naruto started to try to get up but was harshly laid back down by Tsunade.

"Nu uh! Take one foot on the ground and you will be more hurt than this!" she yelled, "You better stay there until you are discharged. It'll take a couple of days."

"A COUPLE OF DAYS?!" shouted Naruto.

"Shut up, Naruto! Just try to stay put so you can heal."

"B-but-"

"NO BUTS!"

Naruto groaned, "fine!"

Hours later, Hinata and Sakura were back in Byakugan. She and Sakura immediatlely went home and when they got there, they were immediately questioned by her father.

"Hinata!" yelled Haishi, "Where the heck were you?! Do you know how worried we were?!" Hinata's mom nodded in agreement.

"S-sorry mom and dad…"

"Go put your stuff away right now and when you two come down, be ready to face some questions!" yelled Haishi.

When Hinata and Sakura were going to pick up their stuff, Kazuki and Haishi hugged them.

"Don't ever do something like that again," said Kazuki while wiping a few tears.

When Hinata and Sakura went upstairs, Haishi grabbed the phone. He immediately dialed Minato's number.

"Hello?" answered Minato.

"Minato! Great news!" shouted Haishi.

"Yes?"

"Our daughter came back!"

"That is great! I'm happy for you!"

"What about your son?"

"Well, he isn't doing quite well… Jiraiya called and told us he was in Konoha. He also said Naruto was badly injured and in the hospital…"

"Oh my!" gasped Haishi, "That's terrible! What happened?!"

"He won't say in details, but he just said that Naruto went to go save someone," sighed Minato.

"Is he coming back?"

"Jiraiya said give it a couple of weeks, if he doesn't then I will go there personally and drag him back!"

Hinata and Sakura came back down the stairs. Haishi saw them and he smiled. He was happy they were back safe and sound but felt terrible for Minato and Kushina.

"Minato, I got to go. Need to go question the girls."

"Yeah, have fun. Goodbye."

With that, they both hung up. Haishi went to his daughter and her bodyguard who were both sitting on the couch with his wife.

"Hinata… DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" shouted Haishi. Hinata and Sakura nodded, slighty afraid.

"Do you know you almost gave us a heart attack?!" asked her mother.

"And about the prince of Kyuubi-" said Haishi but was cut off by Hinata.

"Don't worry, dad… I'll marry him," stated Hinata sadly. 'It'll be better this way… Even if my heart is already taken, I have to do this… If I go back to Naruto, who knows what'll happen to him. I love him too much to let him get hurt because I'm royal.'

"W-what?" asked Haishi and Kazuki.

"I said I'll marry him."

"That's great news! But there's a problem…" said Haishi.

"What?" all the girls said in unison.

"He's not back. He ran away too, and his father told me a while ago that he was badly injured and in the hospital."

Kazuki gasped, "What? H-how? Why?"

"He went to save someone," said Haishi.

Hinata felt sad. When her father said that, she immediately thought of her love, Naruto. Oh how she regretted leaving his side. She missed him dearly. She wanted to know if he was up yet… She wanted to see his smile, hear his laugh, see his one of a kind beautiful blue eyes. Uknown to her, she let some tears slip unintentionally.

"Baby, are you okay?" asked her mother worriedly. Sakura understood how she felt so she hugged her.

"Thank you, Sakura," Hinata whispered so only Sakura can hear, "I'm okay, mom," she said to her mother as she wiped her tears.

A couple of days later, Naruto was discharged. He had an orange cast on his arm and his wound on his stomach still hurted. If he did anything rough, it'll reopen. Naruto immediately went home with Sasuke and Jiraiya. Naruto went to his room, got out his backpack, and started packing. Naruto thought about it for a second, and then unpacked. He went to Sasuke and asked how much money he still had. Together, they had $7000.00.

"Let's pay some money ahead," said Naruto.

"Why?"

"We're leaving here. We are going back home, and when we get to Kyuubi I am going to send money to buy this place."

"Why?"

"Because I like it here…"

Sasuke thought for a moment, "Hmm… okay."

Naruto and Sasuke left to the landlord. They told him Naruto was a prince and he wanted to buy the apartment they had. The landlord was shocked and nodded. They gave him some money first to pay ahead on a few months. Naruto and Sasuke walked to Neji's and knocked.

"Hello, I see you are finally discharged, Naruto," said Neji as he let them in.

"Yup!" shouted Naruto with thumbs up.

"Listen… I promised Hinata I'll talk with yo-"

Naruto raised his hand up, "No need. I know, she is a princess."

Sasuke was shocked, "W-what?!"

"Neji," said Naruto, "Be sure to come to our wedding! I'll invite you and everyone of our friends!" he said as he grinned.

"W-what?!" said both Neji and Sasuke.

"I am Prince Naruto Namikaze of Kyuubi. I was to marry the princess of Byakugan,"

"So you're saying…"

"Yes. Hinata is to be married to me but we both ran away from it and fell in love, uknown to the both of us about eachother's high status and true identity."

"Wow… what a love story to tell," said Neji.

"Yes… Now we're going back home, be sure to keep watch on our apartment when we're gone," said Naruto.

Neji smiled, "Sure… And Naruto?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you… for making Lady Hinata happy."

"I'd do it anyday," Naruto said as he and Sasuke left.

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