Chapter 2

She looked absolutely panicked but he had no idea what to do about her. He didn't want to hurt her but she looked like she was getting desperate. Her arms were up and finger was at her lip like she was trying to put a wall between them and calm herself.

"I'm Kimimaro." He said in his usual calm stable voice.

Her terrors made him need to say or do something to comfort her but he had no idea why.

"W-what are you doing our village?" she asked apparently trying to buy time. Her eyes were darting around trying to find some way to get away or someone to help.

There was a rustling in the bushes a few yards in front of them on the other side of the tree and the jumbled sound of loud voices that couldn't be made out.

He could tell she was getting ready to yell out to them but she stalled for just a second too long. Kimimaro acted without thought and modified his humorous (upper arm bone) into a short sword and pulled it out from his shoulder.

He held it to her throat while she was distracted and muttered, "Speak and you die." He could kill them all right now and not have to worry about it but he didn't really want to waste the effort.

Her eyes widened as she looked at the bone sword at her throat. Her breathing was shallow and panicked as she shrunk against the tree. She froze completely as the voices became clear enough to be distinguished.

"Wait Sakura please! I can explain!" A boy shouted.

"Oh shut up Naruto! Just get away from me!" A girl yelled back irritably her steps echoing her tone.

"But wait please!" the boy sounded desperate.

The crashing of their footsteps halted and he could tell the boy had grabbed hold of the girl's arm. His voice was quieter as he said, "Sakura I love you please don't do this."

"Naruto… Look I love Sasuke. You're just my team mate and that's all I ever want you to be." She said with the barest note of regret in her voice.

"But you don't have to. He doesn't feel that way about you and I do. You're the only one for me. Please Sakura." His voice was husky, low, and pleading.

The girl in front of him looked over her shoulder. Her expression was torn almost on the verge of tears. Kimimaro watched her carefully, confused by this as the girl said, "Naruto you're… I love Sasuke. I'm sorry but you're not the one I want."

There was the sound of the girl running and then after a few second's hesitation the boy was running after her shouting something unintelligible. The girl's silver eyes were full of tears and she looked like she was going to break into a thousand pieces.

Naruto and Sakura's footsteps moved away and Hinata felt like her heart was being run threw repeatedly with a knife. Naruto why? I would love you. Why do you love her? Why am I not good enough?Her body was shaking and the tears overflowed running down her face in long rivulets. She feel could those parts of her that had not yet been broken already, breaking like they were being crushed under a heavy boulder and at the same time a feeling of reckless abandonment stole over her. Hinata realized she suddenly wanted to die.

There was an enemy in front of her holding a knife to her throat she realized. She looked down at it. The thing was milky white and very hard but it was not like any weapon Hinata had ever encountered. She had not seen it on him while they were sitting there and she didn't see where he could have gotten it from.

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Hi-Hinata." She whispered quietly threw her tears.

She raised her neck and swallowed wishing he would just end it already. She just wanted it to be over so she wouldn't have to feel this.

"Please just kill me!" She screamed at him sobbing her heart out harder than she ever had before.

He looked at her with slight confusion in his bright green eyes. Then just when she was about to run her neck threw it herself she felt it lift from her throat. No kill me Kill me please don't make me feel this anymore! Hinata begged him in her mind shutting her eyes hard trying to block it out as more sobs rocked her and more tears fell onto her lap.

Kimimaro didn't understand what had made him do it but he had pulled the bone sword away from her neck but he had.

"I said kill me!" She shouted and hit him hard in the center of the chest with the flat of her palm knocking him back a foot or two. He looked at her slightly surprised and saw that one of her hands was still thrust foreword from whatever she had done and her face had changed. It looked like veins that had popped out from the sides of her face to her eyes and there was something strange about her eyes he couldn't have described; like they had suddenly been sharpened to see threw him.

There was a sudden pain in his chest and he coughed up blood. What did she do? He thought wondering at the same time how he could have let his guard down so much.

He was holding his sword at the ready. Her tears brought him back off guard. She didn't look like she could fight anymore she looked like her legs had been knocked out from under her and she was never going to get up again. Her face had returned to normal and she wrapped her arms around herself like she was about to fall apart and doubled over putting her forehead to the ground so her tears splashed onto it.

Still frowning in confusion Kimimaro wiped the blood off his chin and asked, "What did that boy do to you?"

"It doesn't m-matter anymore." She whispered sadly threw her sobs, "Just e-end my suffering. P-please..."

He moved back in front of her and gently touched her head trying to get her to lift her head and look at him. For some reason he wanted nothin more right now than for her to look at him. As his skin met hers a shock went threw his whole body and foze him for a second then he drew his hand back surprised. The instant the shock had gone threw him he had thought the only thing in the world he wanted was for with her to be by his side so he could protect her forever and he wanted that boy that had hurt her so bad to die a most painful death at his hands.

What is this feeling? He wondered.

Hinata stared at Kimimaro wide eyed tears tracks still fresh on her cheeks. What had just happened? She could not figure it out anymore than he could. That strange shock seemed to have awoken something in the back of her mind. A feeling that she needed him. She shook her head that was ridiculous but still it nagged at the back of her mind no matter how hard she pushed it back.