Shikori: HI EVERYONE!
Neji: (covers his ears) are you high or something?!
Shikori: no not really, just wanted everyone to know how happy I am (smiles)
Neji: well I think they got that loud and clear
Shikori: well that's good then (smiles again)
Neji: (eyeing her) are you sure you didn't take anything? You're being really creepy
Shikori: no, nothing (smiles)
Neji: I don't believe you, hand it over
Shikori: I don't have any!
Neji: then hand over the candy
Shikori: (looks at him shocked) how'd you know I have candy?!
Neji: (sweat drops) I'm psychic now hand it over before you become overly insane and that isn't a pretty site.
Shikori: (runs away screaming) NOOO ITS MY CANDY!!!
Neji: (sighs) Shikori doesn't own Naruto and co… Get back here and write the story!! (Goes after her)
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(Recap)
"Hinata-Chan?!" Naruto said shocked. The normally shy girl clang to him for dear life and he never really had a girl hug him like this, not that he was complaining of course.
"y-you're real" Hinata said sobbing. Naruto looked at her and his eyes softened. He wrapped his arms around her tightly. He could feel her trembling which only made him tighten his hold on her.
"It's alright Hinata, I'm here" Naruto said trying to calm the girl down. He had only been there for a few minutes but Hinata had found him and didn't seem to want to let go but he could kind of feel her emotions. She was scared, scared that she'd never see anyone from home again. That's when he vowed to himself. He wasn't going to wait around until god knows when Hinata found a way back. When he got back he'd find a way himself. That he promised.
(End of recap)
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It had been almost half an hour since they were like that and Naruto didn't want to ruin the moment by saying something stupid so he just sat there and let her sob on his shoulder. Hinata slowly moved away wiping away the last of her tears and smiled up at him.
"Sorry Naruto-kun" Hinata said as she positioned her self to sit in front of him. "But I w-was really happy" Hinata said smiling up at him.
"It's okay Hinata-Chan" Naruto said giving her his own genuine smile.
"How did y-you get here Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked blushing at his gaze. She was still shy around him especially when they were alone this made her blush a bit more.
"Baa-Chan made a scroll like the one you had" Naruto said proudly.
"I'm glad y-your okay" Hinata said looking him over. She had been worried about him all week, she didn't know whether the wounds he had gotten where bad or not.
"Of course I am! Nothing can keep me down, believe it!" Naruto said smugly. Hinata sighed in relief but noticed Naruto's face fall.
"Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked worriedly. He looked depressed which worried her. He was making the same face he had made when he failed his test to become a ninja. She remembered it well. She had seen him sitting on the swing sadly just watching everyone happily go about their business, boasting about how they passed to their parents.
"I'm sorry Hinata-Chan…" Naruto said looking at the floor. Hinata stared at him shocked. Why was he saying sorry to her? She thought surprised. He continued "I wasn't strong enough to protect you, I… If I had just listened to Baa-Chan then… None of this would have happened" He said his voice cracking. He didn't know whether to tell her that she had been banished from her clan because of him or not, he was scared, he didn't want her to hate him.
"Naruto-Kun… its n-not your fault, I w-was just being s-selfish, I guess I j-just wanted to show of a b-bit, prove that I'm n-not as weak as everyone t-thinks" Hinata said giving him a weak smile. Naruto looked up at her and shook his head.
"You're anything but weak! I… I'm sorry Hinata, It's… it's because of me your father… your father banished you from your clan" Naruto said shame in his voice. This took Hinata by surprised as she stared at Naruto in disbelief. Her own father had disowned her…
"It isn't y-your fault, if it's a-anyone's fault it's mine" Hinata said sighing to herself. She had figured when the day came she would bawl her eyes out but she wasn't even as shocked as she should be.
"It is, I… I had to have someone else protect me, if you hadn't then… then you would be at home with your family." Naruto said pounding his fist into the ground. All the guilt he had came rushing at him and he needed to let it out, it was just so overwhelming.
"And l-let you be the one to fall of the cliff? Naruto-Kun what type of friend would I be if I let that happen? Knowing I c-could have done something?" Hinata said firmly to him. She knew that he would have done the exact same if it had ever happened to her. Naruto looked up at her shocked. Her expression was firm and authentic he knew by just looking at her that she didn't blame him for anything.
"Thank you" Naruto said as he rubbed his eyes, removing any tears that might have fallen if left alone. He never had anyone treat him like this, like he was special and it made him feel all happy inside.
"What a-are friends for?" Hinata said smiling warmly at him. Naruto gave her one of his brightest smiles he could master. He still doesn't know how she does it. She's always so positive and kind even after everything that had happened to her.
"So w-when do we finally g-get to go home?" Hinata asked excitedly. She was more then ready to go home. Naruto's smile faded and he suddenly grew nervous.
"About that…" He said trailing of. Hinata looked at him confused. "I'm sorry Hinata… right now, the scroll that Baa-Chan made was only able to transport me here for an hour or two, I can't bring you back…" Naruto said sadly as he watch Hinata's smile suddenly drop.
"So… I w-wont be going h-home?" Hinata asked, her voice trembling. She had been so ready to leave that, that sentence had shattered everything.
"Don't worry Hinata-Chan" Naruto said standing up and copying a pose he had seen Lee do once. "I'll find a way to bring you home" Hinata looked up at him and for some reason she felt as if worrying about it would be a waste. "Oh yeah!" Naruto said as he sat back down and scrambled to get something from a little bag on his back. He took out a small scroll and handed it to her grinning.
"What is t-this?" Hinata asked as she gently took it from him blushing.
"Baa-Chan said that it's a summoning scroll, just write down a person's full name and you can summon them, to help you when ever you need it!" Naruto explained excitedly. Hinata examined it in awe. "Oh yeah, she said to write small cause if you fill it up you can't use it again or something like that, Baa-Chan said that the scroll you had would be the ticket home" Naruto said trying to remember everything Tsunade had told him to say.
"Thank you… This is more than I could ever hope for" Hinata said as her eyes started watering. She was happy, she thought that no one was really missing her but… they were working so hard just to make sure she would be okay.
"Ah Hinata don't cry please?" Naruto said getting nervous. He never knew how to deal with crying women. He placed a hand on her head and gave her a pat. Hinata looked at him blushing a bit but gave him a smile. Naruto blushed at that and took his hand back. He felt giddy for some reason but he quickly brushed it away.
"Naruto-kun… please take care of Shino a-and Kiba for me, they t-tend to fight a lot, but that's o-only because they don't always know w-what to say to each other, make sure that Kurenai-Sensai eats properly, oh a-and please t-tell Hokage-sama to l-look after Shizune-Sensai for me ne" Hinata said smiling warmly at the remembrance of her precious people.
"No problem, their missing you too!" Naruto said grinning.
"Oh and… will you h-have a chat to Neji-san f-for me, I'm n-not sure if he knows about my d-disownment, if he doesn't I w-would like him t-to know, if someone c-can do something a-about it I k-know he can" Hinata said smiling.
"Of course, I'll give him more then a little chat" Naruto said smirking. If Neji could get Hinata back into her clan well then he'll have to do a little persuading.
"Naruto, Thank you" Hinata said giving him another one of her bright smile's making him skip a heart beat.
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"You guys felt that right? It wasn't just me?" Ron asked as they ran towards the shrieking shack. An hour or so ago they had felt a large spike of magical energy. They were scared at the start that it could be a dark mark in the sky again but when nothing appeared they grew curious and decided to check it out them selves.
"What do you think it is?" Hermione asked between breathes.
"I have no clue" Harry answered. They stopped for a bit to catch their breathes. That was when he noticed shadows flying over them. All three looked up and fear spread across their faces.
"Bloody hell…" Ron whispered. Above them were around ten death eaters. Harry whipped out his wand with Ron and Hermione doing the same thing, readying them selves for a battle. But what shocked them the most was that they just flew right past them, ignoring them completely.
"What's going on?" Harry asked shocked.
"Who knows mate but I think we should scram" Ron said pointing to the other direction.
"I think we should follow them" Hermione said taking off with Harry right behind her.
"Are you guys nuts!" Ron yelled after them as he too joined in on the chase.
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"Tsunade-sama, do you think Naruto made it alright?" Shizune asked worriedly after an hour or so of waiting. "Do you think he found her?" She asked again.
"I don't know, just be patient" Tsunade said trying to calm the women down. Truth be told she was just as worried about them.
"Hokage-sama!!" came a loud yell from outside her office before the doors flew open revealing two boys out of breath. Tsunade watched in amusement as they both ran towards her in a hurry.
"Shino-san, Kiba-san will you both calm down" Tsunade said trying to calm the two.
"Is it true? You found a way to bring her back?!" Kiba asked hope in his voice. Tsunade watched as both boys looked at her with hope shimmering in their eyes. Their faces were flushed and they were both out of breath.
"Who told you this?" Shizune asked them shocked. How did they know about it, they had only told Naruto and Naruto didn't have time to blab about it to others either.
"We have our ways" Shino said as he caught his breath. Tsunade was shocked, these two were expert in tracking and gathering information but to get something so classified shocked her. She shook her head and sighed but decided that they should know what was going on.
"We can not bring her back however we sent Naruto to bring her a message, to find her way home will be up to her" Tsunade said as she took a seat. Both boys watched her taking it in.
"You sent Naruto?! Why didn't you call one of us?!" Kiba asked angrily. Kiba still had a grudge against Naruto, he didn't hate him he just didn't like him very much right now.
"Yes, you both were not here and we needed him to contact her as soon as possible." Tsunade said ignoring Kiba's anger.
"Kiba" Shino said in a warning tone. He needed Kiba to calm down. He had gathered two major information that he needed to verify, one was done but the next one he needed to know. Kiba gave Shino a glare but shut his mouth none the less. "Hokage-sama, is it true about Hinata's disownment?" Again Tsunade and Shizune stared at them in disbelief. She was going to have to find out how they got this information.
"Yes it is true" Tsunade said sadly. Shizune watched as their faces turned bitter and knew she wasn't the only one watching over her. Shino turned to walk away confusing everyone in the room including Kiba.
"Where are you going?" Kiba asked catching up to him. Shino turned to look at him his expression unreadable but his voice revealed what he felt.
"To the Hyuga estate" Shino said venom in his voice. He had snapped. He usually always had control over his emotion, masking them easily, but confirming Hinata's disownment made him lose it. His bugs swarmed around him dangerously proving that he had more power then he let on.
"Shino, calm down" Kiba said cautiously. Kiba was beyond furious but he knew better then to cause trouble with the Hyuga's, he knew Hinata wouldn't want it either.
"No, they have no right" Shino said simply as his bugs filled the room. Tsunade eyed him carefully before speaking.
"Shino, that is enough, I know how you are feeling right now but what do you think Hinata-Chan would think if she knew you went and hurt her family and yourself." Tsunade said firmly.
"Shino, Hinata's tough, when she comes back she'll find a way to fix this okay, and we'll be with her every step of the way" Kiba said putting a hand on Shino's shoulder. Usually it was Hinata who had to calm him down in these kind of situation or it was him calming Kiba down, he shook his head but his bugs retreated back into his large overcoat.
"I apologies" Shino said as he calmed down. "I went over board especially if I had to have you comfort me" Shino said looking at Kiba he flared at the comment.
"What did you say?" Kiba said retaliating. Tsunade watched as they both argued with Kiba mostly doing the yelling. Tsunade sighed, she had no idea how Hinata could handle the two.
"Right, both of you be quiet, I need you both to go and fetch Neji Hyuga for me" Tsunade said getting a file out of a near by drawer.
"What do you need him for?" Shizune asked curiously.
"His bond to know quite a lot about the Hyuga rules isn't he? We'll find a way to over step this disownment." Tsunade said authority in her voice. Shino and Kiba nodded and went to look for Neji.
"Do you think there's a way?" Shizune asked sadly.
"There's always a way" Tsunade said as she looked out the window. Hinata was causing a lot of trouble but hey it beat doing paper work, Tsunade thought smiling.
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"Here" Naruto said as he took the strap filled with kunai's and shiriken's and strapped it around Hinata's leg. Hinata blushed as he wrapped it around her leg. "You'd probably need it more then I do, I can always go get more at home" Naruto said smiling at her.
"Thank you" Hinata said blushing. Naruto was fussing over her getting her to tell him, her stories, what had happened while she had been there and it made Hinata happy. He had never really paid this much attention to her before and watching him listen to her intently made her blush like mad.
"So they have these really weird jitsu's here?" Naruto asked like a little child. He was just filled with curiosity.
"Yup, a-and they use t-these to do them" Hinata said taking out her wand. Naruto stared at it and laughed.
"They need these twigs to do jitsu's?! Wow how weak are they!" Naruto said laughing.
"Naruto its p-pretty powerful" Hinata said trying to get him to stop laughing. "They c-can do a lot of t-things we c-can't do with a jitsu" Hinata said explaining.
"Like what?" Naruto said leaning in to give her, his full attention.
"They c-can make things fly, make things m-move by t-them selves" Hinata said listing them down. They were too deep in their conversation to notice that they weren't alone anymore.
"So you two were responsible for that magic burst?" came a deep cold voice. Naruto and Hinata both jumped up and went into a fighting stance. There were about ten odd people standing there wearing large over coats with the hood right over their face.
"w-who are you?" Hinata asked surprised. She could sense that they were dangerous. She'd have to warn Naruto.
"Hmm… should we bring these brats back?" another man spoke, his voice sending a chill down their spine.
"Naruto-kun, be careful, t-they shoot t-this light out of t-the wands, don't l-let it hit you" Hinata said whispering, Naruto gave her a quick nod and readied himself.
"The Dark Lord would want to have a little chat with you two" another one of them said walking towards them slowly.
"Well we're not going anywhere with you" Naruto said angrily. Who did these people think they were? He didn't sense any powerful chakra from them so from all he knew they were just normal people. But Hinata had warned him and he was going to pay attention, unlike the last time a warning was sent to him, he had ignored it and look what happened.
"You s-should leave" Hinata said trying her best to sound deadly. But it only made them chuckle.
"Hinata!" came a yell from behind the death eaters. Hinata saw Harry, Hermione and Ron with their wands out pointing at them menacingly. Hinata stared at them shocked.
"Friends of yours?" Naruto asked a little surprised. Hinata just nodded her eyes glued on the three. She was worried, she had just met them and they were a bit rude to her but they were he soon to be students and even friends, she wouldn't let anything happen to them.
"Hinata, what's happening?! And who's the guy?" Hermione asked not taking her eyes of the death eaters.
"Well if it isn't the boy who lived and his lackeys" one of the death eater said amused. Harry narrowed his eyes at them. He was scared what had made them rush here in the first place, they were greatly unnumbered.
"Hey ugly's your battle is with us" Naruto yelled getting their attention.
"You guys run!" Hinata said yelling as she and Naruto dashed towards them catching them of guard. Hinata had roundhouse kicked one at the side of his head sending him flying to the side, while Naruto grabbed two by the collar and tossing them over his shoulder.
"You brats!" One of the death eater said casting a spell at them. Naruto dodged it by sharply turning to the right before kicking the wand out of his hand. Hinata at the same time applied her gentle fist technique to another one sending him flying into the one Naruto had just rendered helpless. While this was going on the golden trio watched in awe as these two people not even older then them knocked out five death eaters in a split second with out using magic.
"Hinata-Chan, these guys are weak as" Naruto said surprised. Hinata only looked at him and shook her head.
"Only physically, t-their wands are w-what you have t-to watch out for" Hinata said sternly. She knew what kind of damage the wands can do and she really didn't know how to treat these kind of things if Naruto were to be hit by one. Naruto only gave her an odd look but nodded. While they had been distracted three death eaters had snuck up on the golden trio.
"Well it looks like we can't bring those two back but you three will be more than enough." A death eater said as he was going to cast a stunning spell but stopped as soon as he felt a sharp, cold, metallic blade pressed against his neck.
"Drop your w-wand" Hinata said keeping a good grip on her kunai. She looked at the side of her eye to make sure Naruto was fine and sure enough the other two death eaters where on the floor unconscious.
"You'll pay greatly for this" The death eater said before he disappeared shocking Hinata greatly. She turned around to find the rest of them disappered as well. She turned back to look at the three which they just stared at her stunned and speechless. They had never seen anyone fight like that, they were like ninja's the three thought staring at them.
"Are y-you guys okay?" Hinata asked looking them over. Where they hit while she was fighting. She thought worriedly as she looked them over. Ron was the first to recover.
"That was bloody awesome!" Ron said or more like yelled at her making Naruto smirk at him.
"Of course what did you expect" Naruto said grinning at them. Hinata stared at him sweat dropping. That one praise went straight to Naruto's head. Hinata thought smiling at the blond. Just then Naruto suddenly wavered and his body become transparent.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata called to him in a panic. Naruto looked down at his own hand and then laughed.
"Guess I got to go now huh, don't worry Hinata-Chan you can summon me anytime, I'll see you later okay" Naruto said as he completely disappered. Hinata stared at where he was sadly before shaking it of. It wasn't the time to become depressed, she would find her way home that was a promise and she never goes back on her promises as it was her nindo.
"You mind explaining this?" Hermione said shell shocked at what had just happened. The girl in front of them looked fragile and delicate but just seeing her take on so many death eaters without breaking a sweat was more then enough to make her light headed.
"Yeah, who are you exactly?" Harry asked narrowing his eyes. Some one who could fight like that was of course very strong and strong people weren't always good.
"Umm…" Hinata said twiddling her thumbs. What was she supposed to say? Dumbledore said that she should try to keep it a secret but how could she if they had just witnessed everything.
"That was bloody brilliant though, I've never seen someone fight like that" Ron said in admiration. Hinata only nodded her thanks.
"There you three are!" came an annoyed voice from behind them. They turned around to find Mrs. Weasly with her hands on her hips looking annoyed.
"Mrs. Weasly" Came Harry's surprised voice.
"You four, where have you been? I've been worried sick!" Mrs. Weasly said as she went towards them irritated.
"Mrs. Weasly, where is Hinata from exactly?" Hermione asked eyeing the older women. Mrs. Weasly looked at her before looking at Hinata who had an apologetic look on her face. Mrs. Weasly only sighed.
"Well I guess there's no use in hiding it then, we'll have to go back home before I explain, and it'll be a long story." Mrs. Weasly said shaking her head. She had her own questions but Dumbledore had clearly told the story to a handful of them and stated that she was important. She was only hoping that the three wouldn't find out.
"Sorry" Hinata said to Mrs. Weasly who only weakly smiled at her. Hinata should have thought before rushing into battle but she was itching to have a little spar plus she was worried, she didn't want anything to happen to the three especially if there was something she could do. Hinata stuffed her hands into her pocket feeling the scroll Naruto had given her earlier. It made her smile just thinking about it. She would find a way to see her precious people again, plus there was someone special waiting for her. She thought as she blushed. She'd have to work even harder from now on.
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Shikori: Thanks everyone for reading the 5th chapter
Neji: wow you almost seem sane…
Shikori: is that a good or bad thing?
Neji: Sanity is a good thing you moron
Shikori: really? I always thought sanity was over rated
Neji: well you have problems
Shikori: and so do you
Neji: I do not!
Shikori: do too just look at yourself in the mirror and you'll get my drift (smiles)
Neji: what?!! (glares her)
Shikori: anyways! REVIEW please and thank you! (Runs away laughing)
Neji: (chases after her) come back here!! What's wrong with how I look!!