Yours to Hold

Summary: AU Naruto has spent his entire life with millions of dollars, but he was always alone. Hinata and Hanabi have spent their entire lives being abused by their father. What happens when Hinata and Hanabi run away from home? A tale of life, wealth, and loneliness.

AN: I AM SO SORRY!! I've been busy… and lazy… lately and I haven't been able to work on this as much as I wanted too… Well here it is… I made it longer just to say sorry…

Stuff about this chapter... well I bet some of you probably saw this coming and if you did... You win a prize. Its at the bottom of the nearest cliff... heh heh, just kidding... R & R

Chapter 17: Here comes the horror

It was a regular day in the Uzumaki household… Well whatever could pass for normal in that house. That means Shikamaru locked himself on the roof, Anko's hogging the liquor, Choji's devouring everything in the kitchen, and Kiba and Shino and everyone else… was pretty much doing whatever they wanted. That was of course until…

"Hey Naruto?" Tsunade asked her Grandson as he watched TV.

"Yeah Grandma?"

"…Have you done any of your summer work for school yet?"

Naruto immediately dropped the remote to the TV. "…"

"HOLY CRAP!" Kiba, who was sitting beside Naruto, yelled in suprse.

"…I'll take that as a no."

After Naruto and Kiba processed what Tsunade said and they ran to the nearest Barns and Nobles. Fast.

Meanwhile Hinata and Hanabi were cleaning the hallway outside the living room when they heard the conversation. "School huh?" Hanabi asked, "That's right Summer's over in like 2 weeks…"

"Time sure flies when you're having fun, y'know?" Hinata said with a smile. "God you sound like a teacher or something."

Hinata thought about it for a second. She always did like school. It gave her a chance to get away from home and her father and it made her feel like a normal person. She may not have had a lot of friends, but school life was nice. Hinata sighed. Hanabi caught the message and asked her sister "You wanna go to school huh?"

"W-what?"

"It's written all over your face, sis! I remember how nice it was too… It was really fun just being able to get away from dad and all." Hanabi said as she leaned on the vacuum.

"Yeah…" Hinata said.

"It's sure gonna be lonely though," Hanabi said sadly, "Without Naruto around and Anko getting drunk all day, we're not gonna have anyone to play with…"

"Oh yeah…" Hinata said. Then she thought about it. The thought of Naruto leaving her all alone for 5 or more hours was a bit depressing for the girl. Then Naruto would be having all sorts of fun at school (an oxymoron, I know), like playing sports, joining clubs, talking to girls…

Hinata almost shrieked at the thought. Naruto wouldn't do that… He said he really liked me right? … Hinata thought.

"Hey sis, you ok? You look kinda angry…"

Meanwhile, inside the living room, Tsunade heard the whole conversation. "… Likes school huh? … Well that's a first."

"Sonuva… What School assigns Grapes of Wrath for Summer Reading!" Kiba yelled, "This book is so stupid! There ain't no angry people in this book! And there sure as hell aren't any grapes!"

"Uh… " Naruto groaned. The two came back from the book store about 2 hours later and immediately sat themselves in the kitchen to drink some soda while they read… It was proving to be quite the challenge.

"Um… a-are you having p-problems, y-you two?"

Naruto and Kiba put their books down and saw Hinata standing by the entrance to the kitchen. "Oh hey Hinata… You ever read' Richard the Third'?" Naruto asked.

"Oh yes! It's written by Shakespere about the Richard the III and how he ascends the throne through lies and deception. He's a very angry person."

"… Wow. You didn't stutter." Kiba pointed out.

"Ha ha, yeah. Sis may not look like it, but she's a real bookworm!" Hanabi said as she spontaneously appeared behind her older sister.

"H-Hanabi!" Hinata said with a blush.

"Bookworm? Ha ha." Naruto laughed. "N-naruto!" Hinata yelled sadly. "Oh I'm just kidding…"

"Oh…"

"Hey Hinata, Hanabi can I talk to you for a little while?"

Hanabi and Hinata turned around and saw Tsunade. "Oh, hey Granny. What's up?" Hanabi asked. "Pft. Don't pick up Naruto's bad habits!" Tsuande said as she put Hanabi into a headlock.

"Heyyy! Who has bad habits?"

"You do brat… and so does Kiba. Go read that book and learn something!"

"Pfft. Whatever."

Tsuande waved them off and brought the girls to the living room.

"…Wonder what that's about?" Kiba asked as he took a sip of his coke.

"Eh. If it's important we'll find out."

3 Weeks later…

"Man this blows…" Naruto grumbled. The last 3 weeks of summer went by pretty quickly… well as quickly as it takes to read a play and 2 novels.

"W-what? I… I thought my cooking g-got b-better…"

"Ah! No, no, I meant school!" Naruto yelled as he flailed his arms around in a cartoony fashion. Hinata jokingly smiled and continued eating the eggs she made. Hanabi chuckled as she muttered something about Naruto being an idiot.

"Hey what's with you two? I thought that you two would've been sad that Naruto'd be leaving you guys alone for like 8 hours a day 5 times a week? Finally see the light and how annoying the brat is?" Anko asked.

"Ah… No it's um…"

"Hey Naruto don't you have to get to school?" Tsuande said as she walked into the kitchen. She held a can of beer in her left hand.

"God, now I see where Anko picked it up. You're supposed to have hangovers in the morning, you're not supposed to be drunk!" Hanabi said as she snatched the can from Tsunade's hands.

"…Shouldn't we be working on having her not drinking at all?" Naruto asked. "Yes… but baby steps… Hey you should be getting to school!" Hanabi yelled as she pulled the chair Naruto was sitting on from under him. Naruto fell on his ass and yelled "Ow! Ok, ok, fine…" And quickly ran to school.

Hanabi and Hinata giggled as they watched him run. "You think he'll like our surprise?"

"Of course!" Tsunade said as she patted the girls on the head.

Naruto quickly got to school and picked up his schedule and some other important info. As he made his way to his locker he came upon his favorite teacher…

"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto yelled as he ran up the tall brown haired man. The brown haired man turned around, saw the blonde haired boy, and said "Naruto! If it isn't my favorite student! How are you doing today?"

Iruka was one of the more friendlier and older staff at the Konoha schools. There at Konoha, there were three separate schools, an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. Staff was interchangeable between the three schools, so that explained how Iruka was able to stay as Naruto's teacher throughout the years.

Iruka was Naruto's 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 8th, and freshman history and homeroom teacher. Though Naruto was a bit of a prankster and Iruka was a bit strict, the two were able to come to a mutual understanding, and Naruto found Iruka to be the one of the best and funniest teachers he ever met. And the really big scar that run across his face made him look real cool too.

"Eh, I'm as fine as fine can be…"

"Heh, sounds like you're on the verge of tears already Naruto."

"Heh heh, yeah… So are you teaching here at Konoha High again?"

"No, sorry Naruto I'm teaching middle school this year .I was just hear to catch up with Kakashi and hopefully run into you."

"Aww. This year is gonna blow."

"C'mon, don't say that. School can be fun."

Naruto chuckled at his sensei's joke "Well whatever. What grade are you teaching?"

"7th."

"Aww… this sucks."

"Don't worry Naruto. Kakashi's your homeroom teacher this year."

"… Was that supposed to make me feel better?"

After Naruto finished chatting with Iruka, he found his way to his homeroom. Naruto was a bit relieved when he saw Shino leaning in the corner reading a book… Then he remembered that Shino barely talked.

'Fun' Naruto thought as he pulled out the seat next to where Shino's backpack was and leaned next to Shino.

"Hey Shino."

Shino looked up for a second and looked back down at his book, "… Hey Naruto."

The two stood in silence for the next five minutes… Then the next fifteen minutes…

Slowly the homeroom filled with people barely knew and he yawned "Man… I'm kinda hungry… What'd you bring for lunch Shino?"

"…"

"Shino?"

"Beef teriyaki…"

"Oh… man what did I bring for lunch? …" Then it hit Naruto. He left it at home… wait did Hinata even make lunch for him?

Before Naruto could curse out loud he heard a familiar giggle. "Forget something?"

Naruto blinked twice as a brown bag with a familiar scent was dropped into his hands. "Ichiraku Ramen…"

Naruto looked up and his eyes met with white, almost pupil less eyes. "H-Hinata?!"

"… So that's how you got here?"

Hinata smiled and nodded. "Y-yes… Tsunade came h-here the d-day after y-you r-remembered about your summer r-reading and e-enrolled Hanabi h-here…"

Naruto blinked twice and quickly started looking around the room and asked "Hanabi's hear too?!"

"N-no. H-Hanabi's in the 7th grade…"

Meanwhile…

"I'm surrounded by idiots…" Hanabi thought to herself. Her homeroom was filled with a bunch of idiots. She thought that going to school would be fun… Man had that been a let down. All of her classmates turned out to be childish loud mouths with the brains of third graders… Hell she could tell all of this by spending 10 minutes in the same room with these people.

"These kids are really pissing me off… Especially that loud spikey black haired kid with the goggles…"

Hanabi's eye twitched as her teacher walked in and sat them down. He was a young brown haired teacher, he was probably in his early or mid thirties. The one thing that stood out was the big scar that ran across the bridge of his nose.

"All right, settle down kids. Now I'm Mr. Iruka Umino. Nice to meet you all…"

Back with Naruto…

Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, "Whew. Scared me for a second."

Hinata laughed and Naruto smiled… and Shino stood there with no facial expression whatsoever. "So how'd she do it?"

"Hmm?"

"How'd Tsuande get you and Hanabi enrolled?"

"Oh… as T-Tsuande p-put it… 'Y-you wouldn't believe w-what people w-would do for a c-couple'a h-hundred bucks…' … she also said t-that I'd b-be able to keep you o-out of trouble…"

"…Yeah that does sound like Granny…"

The bell then rang, but Naruto, Shino, and a few others stayed where they were. "A-aren't we supposed to sit down?"

Naruto stared at her for a second and burst out laughing. "Oh yeah… You've never met Kakashi-sensei…"

"… He's chronically late to everything and anything." Shino said as he flipped a page in his book.

"…Y-you're e-exaggerating."

Naruto chuckled and said "Heh, you'll see."

Later…

"… I don't t-think I've e-ever seen a t-teacher late to c-class by 14 minutes…" Hinata said as she pulled up a seat next to Naruto. After their teacher quickly took attendance in 1 minute the two were sent to their first period class, Chemistry.

"Yeah and considering we only have homeroom for 15 minutes… yeah." Naruto said as he pulled his schedule out of his pocket. "Can I see yours for a sec Hinata?"

Hinata nodded and pulled her schedule out of he pocket and handed it to Naruto. "H-here."

Naruto scanned it over and smiled happily. "Yeah we have everything together except our language classes!"

"O-oh… T-this was p-probably T-Tsunade's d-doing…"

"Yeah… Well I actually owe her something now!" Naruto said as he gave Hinata a big smile.

Hinata blushed and turned her head as Naruto gave her her schedule back.

Hinata put the schedule back into her pocket and felt around for a second. "Oh m-my pen is gone." She and Naruto looked around the floor for a few seconds before someone tapped Hinata on the shoulder.

"Excuse me miss, is that what you're looking for?"

Hinata looked up and saw a tall, raven-haired boy. He had slightly pale skin and he had a cocky grin on his face.

"Y-yes… thank you."

"Oi, if it isn't Sasuke."

The black haired boy chuckled and turned to face Naruto.

"Oh, its Naruto… didn't even notice you there Dobe."

END

Well it's been like 2 or 3 weeks right? … I can't promise that I won't take that long again, or even longer, but I promise I won't drop this story unless I tell you all… well L8rs.