A/N: This is my first fanfic ever. So hopefully it's not too bad :O
Chapter one- Sacrifices
It all started like this.
Naruto, Kiba and all the others (shino,shikamaru,ino,chouji,sakura,sai) leaped away from the volcano...
"Dammit, Naruto, this thing's gonna blow any minute now... hurry up!" Kiba yelled.
Naruto was snapped out of his daze," Yeah I know! We have to meet hinata and the others (neji,lee,ten ten) at the bottom!"
Together they leaped across the huge holes in the ground of spilling lava and dashed down on the unstable molten rock.
"Kiba, Naruto, you guys!" Neji called out from afar.
Naruto strained his hazel eyes at the 'tiny' neji at the bottom of the volcano.
"YO NEJI."
He then shifted his eyes to lee...and ten ten...and...-
"Wait... Hinata-chan?"
Naruto turned around, sped up his footsteps, noticing HIS hinata wasnt there, sending chakra into the soles of his feet and jumped off, landing right in front of neji, who seemed slightly taken back by his sudden appearance.
"Neji! Where it Hinata-chan? Why isn't she with you? The both of you were to-" Naruto asked in a panicked tone with his hands waving wildly in the air.
"I don't know. She just ran off back to the volcano saying she had to do something just 5 minutes ago!"
"Wh-what?" Naruto screamed and gripped onto Neji's shoulders.
"And you let her go? All by herself back there?" Naruto screamed starting to feel his face heat up.
"Naruto, you must understand...she's trying to protect-" Before Ten Ten could finish, Naruto was already running back to the volcano...
"Naruto!" Sakura shouted. She was just about to go after him when she felt a warm, strong grip on her shoulder.
"Let him go." Sai said... His face as emotionless as ever.
Sakura's eyelids fell,' Naruto...Hinata...please be safe...please...'
-At the volcano-
Naruto was running faster than he had ever had in his whole life... The fear of losing HIS Hinata was just too much for him to handle...
"Hinata-chan!" He shouted, desperately wishing his call would be answered.
"HINATA-CHAN!" He tried again... But to no avail...
'Dammit if I don't find her quick then-' Then in the corner of his eyes, he spotted the slightest tint of lavender.
Hinata was standing in her meditating position with her eyes closed, her ink-black hair flowing gracefully in the wind as it brushed against her flawless, pale cheeks...
Naruto blushed at seeying hinata like this... Well he always blushed around her. She always managed to put him in some sort of trance in her beauty without even trying...
'Hinata-shan...'
Soon he realised the situation they were in and quickly snapped back to reality.
"Hinata-chan!" He ran towards her.
"N-naruto-k-kun?" Hinata stuttered and turned to face her lover.
"Hime (It means princess), it isn't safe here! The volcano is about to erupt and we have to get out of here fast before-"
"I know..." She cut him off, her head hung low.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go now!" Naruto grabbed her hand and turned around and began to run down.
"Naruto-k-kun! W-wait! Stop!" She shouted trying to slow him down with friction, but he was just too strong...
"NARUTO! STOP NOW!" She screamed. It was totally unlike her, but it was more or less the only way to get his attention.
Upon hearing the sudden outburst, Naruto immediately halted and turned to look at his beautiful girlfriend in shock.
"Hinata-chan...what's wrong?" He questioned while staring into her eyes...
Hinata blushed at the eye-contact and quickly looked away from his sky-blue eyes.
"I-... "Hinata looked down to the ground...
"I'm not going with you..." She sighed in disappointment,.
Naruto released her hand in surprise... His eyes widened and his heart started to pace faster... "W-what?"
-Back at the base-
Sakura was pacing around in circles, with Lee behind her trying to calm her down.
"Sakura-san, I'm sure they are alright, we shouldn't doubt their youth..."
"Lee I know! But in a situation like this, how can I not be worried?"
"Just trust them. Whatever choice their make is up to them. All we can do is hope that they make the right choice." Neji's stern voice echoed.
-Naruhina-
"W-...What do you mean...?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto-k-kun...Please understand..." Hinata stuttered.
The blue-haired konoichi gripped her hand and looked to the base of the mountain.
"Naruto-kun...we can't make it out of here in time..."
"What are you talking about! Of course we can! We just have to go NOW!" He wailed his arms in the air while staring at Hinata who seemed to be just ignoring him.
"No... The volcano... It's too big... It'll erupt anytime... and when it does... We won't be able to escape... You, me and everyone..."
Hinata let her eyelids droop as she looked at the unstable ground.
"Hinata-chan...Listen..." He walked over and touched her strained hand with his, trying to soothe her. Hinata was shocked by naruto's sudden movement and looked up to meet his hazel eyes. She couldn't help but blush at the moment, even though it seemed like a very bad time to do so.
"We'll get out on time... We will. Just trust me..." He said in his low, calm gentle voice which he'd use whenever he wanted to make her feel better, but Hinata knew better than to fall for it this time.
"No we won't Naruto-kun... I trust you for most things...But this one..."
She paused.
"Naruto... We can't make it... The others can't make it... And the villagers..." she pointed to the small village living at the base of the volcano," Many lives will be lost... I don't want that to happen... I don't want Kiba-kun, Sakura-chan or anyone's' lives to be lost, Naruto...Please understand my intentions."
She sounded confident, and this time he knew she was being totally serious. She didn't even add the 'kun' behind his name.
"I don't want you to die Naruto..." Her eyes met his, and he just remained silent.
"Hinata-chan... We can make it out of here! We can! I can use my lighting flash jutsu to transport us outta here in-"
"Naruto-kun you know you haven't fully mastered that jutsu! You know the consequences if you fail to do it! You know what might happen to us!" Hinata yelled, not in an angry tone, but more of a worried one.
"It's better than not trying at all!"
"Well is it better if everyone died or is it better if I JUST DIED ALONE!"
Hinata gasped and covered her mouth as she realized why she had said. She had just told him what her intentions were...
Naruto was at a loss for words... 'She...she what?'
"Wh-what d-did you say?"
Hinata looked away before taking a few steps away from him.
"Naruto-kun... If I use the 8 trigram seal... It's big enough to seal the whole volcano. I will first hit the pressure points of the volcano, weakening it slightly... then I will quickly go inside and-"
"HINATA THAT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION!" Naruto shouted.
Hinata immediately shuddered when she heard his sudden outburst. Right at that moment, he stomped over to her and gripped her shoulders tightly. Not hard enough to hurt her, just hard enough to keep her in place.
"Naruto-kun... you...But it'll work and I practiced it at the Hyuga compound befor-"
"HINATA, DO YOU KNOW THAT BY DOING THAT, YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOSE YOUR LIFE? DOES YOUR LIFE MEAN NOTHING TO YOU AT ALL? THAT YOU CAN SIMPLY JUST THROW IT AWAY? DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?"
"N-n-naru-kun of course I under-"
"I LOVE YOU HINATA!"
Hinata's eyes widened. She could see the tears that started to form in Naruto's eyes.
"Naruto-kun..."
"Even if we've only been together for a month... I-I don't want to lose you... I can never ever let go of you hina-chan... You don't k-know... how hard my life without you will be... I can't live without you... I just can't..."
"And if I must... I don't care what it takes... I'd die with you... I won't let you do this alone... please... don't do this... I'm begging you..."
Tears were already pouring out from Hinata's eyes... Naruto then pulled her into his chest and wrapped his strong arms around her petite waist and held on to her, like he never ever wanted to let her go.
"I'm s-sorry N-Naruto-k-kun... But... you have a life... You have a life of wonderful people who love you for who you are... and you have a dream Naruto-kun... You will become Hokage one day... I know it... and until then, you won't die... I p-promised... that I'd never get in your way... And I will go by that..."
Suddenly her face flashed a tiny smile, as she raised her right hand to her heart.
"Because... that is my way of the ninja..." Naruto's eyes widened and suddenly, he felt a few sharp jabs to his main nerves and lost control of his body as he simply tumbled down to the ground.
"W-wha-what HINATA-CHAN! What-"
"Naru-kun... Just know that... I'll always love you... You were the one who brought so much happiness into my life. You showed me the right to every wrong... you were my inspiration... and you falling in love with me, has been the greatest miracle I could ever ask for... You gave me a purpose to live... and that is for you... Thank you..."
"Hina-chan you-" She cut him off and pressed her lips against his and placed her warm palm on his cheek. Naruto closed his eyes, and savored that moment of total bliss... Then...the next thing he knew was, Hinata was already running back to the volcano.
'Don't worry Naru-kun... the jutsu will deactivate as soon as I make sure you can't come after me anymore... and don't worry about finding another love... There are billions of girls out there who are just DYING to be with you..." She smiled with tears rolling down her cheek.
That's the end of chapter 1, hope you liked it, and please review ^_^
Hime: Princess
Naruto: Damn why do you make hinata look as if she's going to die!
Me: ERRRR.
Hinata: Umm... I... I don't want to die...
Me: Nahh I was just kidding you won't.
Naruto: Phew.
Hinata: Butt... Am I not going to-
Me: You're going to-
Naruto: WAITT. OH NO.
Me: What?
Hinata: Naru-kun...?
Naruto: Err... Come on Hina-chan! Let's GOOO.
Me: Young love :3
Lee comes in: YOUTHFUL LOVEEE!
So that's an extra!
Hope you review! ^_^