DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...
(A/N): WARNING!
This...is gonna get kinda dark...you've been warned
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Chapter 49: Hinata's Fight
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Up in the stands Sakura and Ino where shocked silent. Sasuke lost in a completely one sided fight. Naruto just sighed and Kakashi shook his head. "I really need to work on his attitude. Just like Seinaru said." he mumbled to himself. Before Naruto could say anything, the next match was called.
"Uzumaki Naruto vs Sabaku no Kankuro!"
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Naruto smirked and jumped down into the arena. "Alright! I get to fight early!" he cheered as he started doing a little stretch routine. "Good luck Naru-kun!" Hinata cheered from the viewing area. Naruto turned and saw that all of Team 8 was cheering for him and Shikamaru and Chouji were giving him a thumbs up. He smiled and turned to where Kankuro was now standing.
The middle child of the Sand Siblings was pale. He had a bead of sweat rolling down his face as he walked down to the arena. "You've got to be kidding me! I have to fight the only guy I've ever seen scare Gaara! Fuck me!" he thought. Once he made his way to the arena he was met by the blonde who stopped him from beating up the grandson of the Hokage. He gulped and got into a ready stance. "He looks sane enough..."
Naruto raised an eyebrow and pointed. "Oh hey! You're that makeup guy from the other day. Hehe...looks like I get to beat you up anyway!" he said with a smirk as he got into a loose stance lightly bouncing from foot to foot.
They both nodded to Hayate and he raised his hand. "Hajime!"
Kankuro was the first to start. He hurled a kunai at Naruto who easily deflected by summoning a black katana. Naruto smirked at Kankuro. "That all?" he asked as he raised his sword in front of him, parallel with his body. Kankuro let out a shaky breath and raised a hand.
Hayate raised an eyebrow. He fiddled with his Katana and smirked. "Huh, guess the 'Oracle Brand Blades' are more popular than I thought..." he thought with his own black katana resting on his back.
Kankuro dropped his scared expression and smirked. "Huh, guess it's my win. You weren't very good after all." he said as he flicked his wrist up. Naruto raised an eyebrow. His eyes widened in shock as he felt something sharp dig into his back. He reached back and pulled it out. It was the kunai that Kankuro threw earlier. "D-dammit..." he said as he fell over. Kankuro smirked even wider.
Hayate was about to call the match when the downed fighter exploded. He was able to react and get away at the last second. But Kankuro was sent flying into the wall. Kankuro landed in a boneless heap as Naruto raised out of the scorched ground. "Kagebunshin Daibakuha (Exploding Shadow Clone)...a little over kill but it worked." he said in a calm tone as he put his hands behind his head. His eyes widened when he saw Kankuro stand. The boy made strange clickng sounds and began to hover above the ground. "Shit!" Naruto said as he backed away from a hail of senbon shot from the boys mouth.
'Kankuro' shot a blade out of his hand and charged Naruto. The blonde summoned a sword to defend himself. After a few blocks he noticed something. The odd object on the boys back was sitting against the wall...and slightly moving. Naruto smirked and sent chakra into his sword.
He cut through the fake Kankuro sending pieces of a puppet all over the arena. He then summoned a kunai and threw it at the white object. Once it hit it started to turn red.
Kankuro unraveled himself and jumped away from a second kunai. His was clutching his right arm where the first one hit. "I give up!" he yelled. Hayate raised a hand. "Winner! Uzumaki Naruto!"
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Naruto smirked as he walked out of the arena. Hinata met him at the top of the stares and gave him a hug. "Congrats" she said softly. Naruto hugged her back. "Come on, lets go see whose gonna fight next." he said as he walked her back up the stares. Once they got back with the rookie nine they looked at the screen.
Naruto's eyes widened in horror when he saw the names.
"Next round! Hyuuga Hinata vs Sabaku no Gaara!" Hayate called.
"Oh, looks like I'm up! Wish me luck Naru-kun!" Hinata called as she jumped down to the arena.
Naruto was shaking his head. "No, no no no no. SHIT!" he said as he ran to the railing. Everyone was looking at him strangely. "What's up with you?" Ino asked. Naruto didn't respond. He just stared out to the arena.
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Hinata landed in the arena and noticed her opponent was already waiting for her. The red head just gave her a once over and let out a large amount of killing intent. "Mother doesn't want your blood." he mumbled to himself. Hinata paled but got into her Jyuken stance. With a nod from both of them the fight started.
And only a few seconds past before it ended in a blood chilling scream.
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Hinata dashed forward to meet Gaara in Taijustu but was hit back by a wave of sand. She was able to land on her feet. But when she tried to move she couldn't. She looked down and noticed her feet were covered in sand. The sand traveled up to her knees.
It stopped and she screamed. The sand tightened and crushed her legs from the knee's down.
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Gaara was about to send another wave of sand at the wailing girl when it was stopped by a bright red light. His eyes widened when then the light faded and the girl was gone. He looked around an saw the boy 'Mother' feared holding the girl. His eyes had turned red and he was growling at Gaara. He turned and rushed the unconscious girl to the medical team. Hayate had barey saw what happened before he raised his hand. "Winner! Sabaku no Gaara!"
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Naruto was waiting outside of the ICU for any news on how Hinata was doing. Kakashi and Kurenai walked up and sat next to the lightly trembling boy. "Any news?" Kakashi asked in a light sigh. The only response he got was a shake from Naruto's head. "Well, the preliminaries have ended and they called the rounds for the next Exam. It will be held in a month. You are in the first fight against Sabaku no Gaara." Kakashi said. Naruto's shaking stopped as heard the news of the match ups.
Kakashi continued to explain who was fighting. After his match it would be, Lee vs Hadorokku, Kiba vs Shino, Neji vs Shina fron Iwa, and then Shikamaru vs Temari.
Naruto didn't here any of this however. The only thing he could here was his own thoughts.
"I'll kill him...I'll kill him...I'll kill him..."
And a small voice he couldn't hear was fighting off Kurama's warnings.
It was actively cutting the link between him and the fox.
"Soon...soon I will have my turn..."
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Hinata was let out of the hospital a week later. Naruto was pushing her wheelchair out of the hospital in silence. She was getting worried for him. She had never seen him so broken up before. She had never seen his eyes so lifeless before. He was completely without emotion as he wheeled her down the street.
"N-Naruto-kun...A-are you alright?" she asked, her voice heavy with concern. His face became a mask of emotion, and his voice told nothing was wrong. But his eyes gave him away. They were not the normal deep pools of cerulean blue the Hyuuga heiress loved. They were faded, shallow, and empty.
She put on a serious face. "You aren't alright Naruto." she said in a stern voice. "Can you take me to your father please?" she asked in a no nonsense tone. He silently nodded and lead her back to his home.
They entered the Uzumaki house hold and were greeted by Seinaru and Anko. "Seinaru-sama," Hinata said in a serious tone.
Cole's normal carefree look turned into his own emotionless mask. The one he used for all of his work as the Oracle. Hinata lost her serious look as tears pooled in her eyes. "Help him..." she quietly pleaded. Cole nodded and looked to his son.
To the surprise of both of the females in the room Cole dashed with incredible speed and placed his hand on top of Naruto's head, and immediately entered his mind.
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(A/N): OK!
I gotta explain the slightly choppy writing in this one. I did that on purpose to express Naruto's state of mind.
He is FUCKED UP right now. And yeah. Hinata is crippled and can't walk anymore...for now...
This was also a little shorter because I was kinda hitting a creative block there for a second. Don't worry though! THERE WILL BE TWO CHAPTERS TODAY!
Remember to REVIEW! And as always, I'll see ya next time!