The Next Hokage
Prolouge- Banned
"I won't let you down!" I yelled. A huge group of sound villagers came at my team. Kiba was injured and Shino was busy with other combatants. It was up to me to protect Kiba. "Byakugan!" I sensed all of their chakra points and quickly moved to hit them directly. "Hinata! Look out!" Kiba struggled to say. I turned to see one escaped. " Ah!" One of my opponents took that as his chance and grabbed me by the neck. "You're a cute one. Too bad this is where you die…" he said coolly. I felt his grip tighten. My breath was becoming shorter.
"Get off of her!' I heard a voice yell. A quick flash took the man out in an instant. "Naruto!" I said, amazed. He smiled back at me and joined Sakura and Shikamaru in their fight. (this is after Sasuke left Sorry, I'm not a big fan of him. Besides, he's not important in this story. If you request him enough, maybe I'll squeeze him in.) The sound villagers came from nowhere. It seems every time we come to a truce, they break the promise and retaliate. This war between the villages was resulting in many injuries, but so far no deaths.
My foolishness got me caught by several sound villagers once again. About 5 of them held me down as a man walked slowly up to me. "Hmmm…. a Hyuuga, huh? This'll be fun." He removed his sleeve to reveal a strange device. "With this little number, I can pierce your heart with pure sound. Cool, isn't it?" He laughed. I stared horrified. "Come on," he said lifting my chin, "It's no fun if you don't scream!" His friends laughed. I refused to scream. "Staying quiet, huh?" It resulted in a sharp kick to the stomach. I felt blood trickle out of my mouth. "Naruto!' I screamed the first name I could think of. The man, satisfied, began to turn on his weapon. I closed my eyes as I accepted my fate. Just then, Naruto came to my rescue.
"Hinata!" He cried seeing my position. "You let her go!" he commanded. This only brought more laughs. "Or else what? This is war, kid. I'm not just going to hand her over. Go get a dictionary and look it up." They were laughing hysterically. "Don't underestimate me!" Naruto screamed. He tried to land a punch on the guy with the device. Unfortunately, it resulted in failure. The man easily punched him in the stomach. Then, turning the device on, he vibrated Naruto's entire body. I watched in horror as Naruto fell to the floor.
"Naruto!" I cried. This was my fault. Now I'm going to die for it. "Now, it's time for you, Hyuuga." The man said turning towards me. I felt tears go down my face as his device turned on. "Let…her…go…" I heard. I turned to Naruto's direction. He was getting back up! "Naru-" I started, but something stopped me. His expression, it was different. More beastly. I could feel his wild aura as he violently attacked the group of sound villagers. "Shit!" One of them screamed trying to get away. Naruto grabbed him and sliced his head clean off. "Oh no…" I whispered in shock.
He was on a rampage, killing anything that moved. Some of them were from Konoha. "Naruto! Stop! Stop!" I screamed running after him. Soon, members of Konoha were behind me trying to catch him as well. I knew they wouldn't hold back on him, so I tried to outrun them. Naruto, moving quicker than before, was a hassle to track. Since there were more men behind me, I knew they had the advantage of splitting into groups.
Suddenly I saw something flash by. It must be him. "Stop!' I screamed taking a jump. Luckily I hit my target. Naruto and I fell off the buildings. Upon hitting the ground, Naruto fell unconscious. The people behind me followed.
"That boy…helped end this war…" one started. I looked around. The sound villagers were fleeing form Konoha. I smiled at Naruto's sleeping face. 'But!" A bigger, angrier Konoha ninja started, "It is because of him that we have lost many of our men! HE cannot be trusted." I looked frantically from face to face. "B-but…Naruto didn't know…he just wasn't paying attention…" I cried, realizing how stupid I sounded. I felt on the verge of tears.
"What are you going to do?" I asked finally, realizing I didn't have a good excuse. The bigger one said, "Unless the deaths of some of our fellow Konoha ninja is justified, I cannot allow him to reside here." I felt my eyes widen, "You mean…?" The smaller one nodded. I can't let Naruto be exiled. I can't!
"Wait here!" I commanded. Quickly I went through Konoha looking for our killed men. I saw two together near Tsunade's office. "Oh my god!" I cried as I looked upon the two bodies. They were violently ripped from what appeared to be claws. One held an expression of shock while the other was angry. I reluctantly searched the bodies for any sign of betrayal to Konoha. For anything that would prove Naruto's innocence. I checked under their shirts. I looked at the markings on their body. I searched through the weapons to see if any of them were harmful to Konoha.
I started to sob as I continued to find nothing. My tears mixed with the blood of my fellow ninja. My hands were becoming tinted with a deep red. I knew there was nothing, but I couldn't give up. Even with Byakugan, I couldn't see anything wrong inside the body that may have made Naruto attack. Finally, I gave up. "Why did you do it, naruto?" I cried to myself. "Why?"
I hesitantly returned to the two angry ninjas. I saw that they hadn't budged and Naruto was still unconscious. I felt my body tighten as I came closer. "Did you find anything?" The smaller one asked. I gulped as I felt my skin break out into a cold sweat. "I-I…" I wanted to lie, but I knew I wouldn't be convincing. It was in my eyes. I found nothing. "Just as I thought! He's just a beast!" cried the big one. "I knew there would be nothing good coming from the nine-tails fox! It was only a matter of time!" I was shocked. "H-how could you say such a thing!" I cried. " He may have done…some things, but Naruto is still a part of Konoha!" the big one laughed, "Not anymore." I was horrified. "No!" I screamed. "You don't have that authority!" I picked Naruto up and laid him across my back. "I'm going to Tsunade-sama!" I left the cruel laughter behind me and headed for the Hokage.
As I entered the room, I knew something was wrong. Everything in the office was broken. Tsunade was deathly quiet while Shizune mechanically picked up the debris. "Tsunade-sama?" I asked with caution. She looked up at me with solemn eyes. "I already know." I looked down. "You're not going to…?" I asked hopefully. It was silent again. I looked back up to see that Tsunade had turned away from me. I looked to Shizune. She ignored me and continued to clean up.
"You wouldn't! You can't!" I cried frantically. Tsunade looked sharply on me, "I admire Naruto, I really do. The boy has talent to be a great ninja. But…the safety of Konoha comes before my personal feelings." She looked down. "I'm sorry…."
I shook my head in disbelief. "No…No!" I cried. "If he's banned I'm going too!" This time, Shizune spoke, "You can't leave for this. That's foolish! You have a future here." I looked at her, "So you're saying Naruto doesn't have a future here? Is that it?" She held a face of sadness and turned away. "Tsunade's orders are final. I'm sorry, Hinata." I couldn't believe my ears. Before I could even think about it, I turned and ran. I just kept running. It didn't matter where I went, just as long as I was going.
"Hinata!" I heard someone call. I ignored them and kept going. I didn't want to talk to anyone right now. "Hinata!!" he called again. I kept going. "Watch out!" I stopped as I saw someone appear in front of me. "You were about to hit a wall." It was Neji. I looked behind him and saw a concrete wall. I didn't even notice it.
"What are you doing? And why do you have Naruto?" he questioned. I didn't know what I was doing, but I knew I wouldn't leave Naruto. "Neji…" I began. He looked at me expectantly. I just smiled softly. "Goodbye…" I turned and ran out of Konoha, leaving behind a shocked Neji. "Wait! Hinata!" I heard him call. I tried to keep myself from crying, but I couldn't control myself. I looked at the sleeping Naruto. "I won't leave you." I said determined. "I won't let you be alone again."