Chapter 7
I hold my breath as I wait for Hinata's response. "You what?" her voice is calm, but I know by the way her hands twist in her lap that she is anything but. "Who's Pein? What deal?" Her hands fall still and she looks over to me, eyes clouded over with fear. I sigh and bite the inside of my lip, this is the part that I was dreading the most, the reason why I never wanted to tell her the truth. She lifts an eyebrow at me waiting for my explanation.
"Pein is Kami's counterpart." I explain not looking at her. "Kami had given me a few years to come down here to find you and," I pause and swallow daring a glance at her. She is pale white and her eyes look like they're seeing somewhere far away from here. "I asked for Pein's help to find you and he only agreed to help me if I traded something for it."
"What did you trade, Naruto?" her voice is so hard I barely recognize it as hers.
"My soul," I answer quickly without hesitation. I don't regret what I did, but looking back now I think I should. "I don't regret it, Hinata." I reach out for her hand and hold it in mine. "I don't care that I'll never be allowed back; I just wanted to be with you."
"Naruto-"Hinata starts but I quickly cut her off again.
"It was the only way to find you and if it wasn't me who picked you up that day, then who knows-"
"NARUTO!" Hinata yells over my babbling as I finally notice the dark haired man standing in the middle of the road. I try to slam on the brakes but they won't take so I try to swerve away from him, to miss him but it's too late. His body makes a sickening sound as it hits the front of the car and flies to the side of the road like a limp rag doll. I stop the car and throw it in park before I shoot out of the car like a bullet to check if the man is okay. When I make it to the back of the car and search the road behind us I find it empty, no sign of the man, no tire marks or anything. Almost like it never happened.
"Hinata," I call as I turn back to the car to find the same man I thought I hit standing at the passenger window staring down at Hinata. Thankfully she hasn't noticed him there yet. "Get away from her you freak!" I yell as I charge the mysterious man. He stays where he is taking no notice of me until I'm about a foot away from him when he finally looks up. The first thing- no, the only thing I notice about him are his eyes. The three tomoe swirling faster and faster until the world around me fades to black.