Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ After a Midnight Meeting ❯ Parted... ( Chapter 8 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Hinata could not believe that Naruto was gone…but just like that, he left.
It’s not like he could help it, he had made a promise to Sakura. The last words Naruto said were etched into her being.

“Hinata, I need you to be strong for me when I’m gone, I wont be back for a very long time. But I‘ll come back to you! No matter what!”

Hinata slept alone in their bed, in a quiet house. She began to sob.

Hinata went to training the next day with Shino and Kiba. She found herself very fatigued early in the day. She could not make her body do what she wanted. She fell in the middle of a mock battle.
“Hinata, are you all right?” Kiba ran to Hinata’s fallen body.
“I’m alright, just a little tired” she said.
“go home and get a little rest Hinata, this whole Naruto leaving ordeal is wearing you out” Shino advised. Hinata frowned and looked at the ground, she cried herself to sleep the night Naruto left. She was about to cry right now.
Kiba kneeled next to her “Hinata, it’s very hard for all of us, but Naruto said to be strong for him, it’s tearing me apart inside knowing that you’re feeling this way”
Hinata hugged Kiba “thank you” she sobbed a little. Kiba hugged her back, and soon Shino joined them. Hinata was like a sister to them, she knew they both loved her very much. Soon she was feeling better.
“get some rest at home Hinata, you wont improve at all if you keep training tired” Shino said. Hinata nodded and began walking home.
On her way she heard a loud pounding noise, much like bare flesh hitting wood. As she kept walking it got louder, soon the trees she was walking through opened into a clearing where she saw three other genin.
The first was a pretty girl, wearing a pink dress and shorts that wrapped tightly about her thighs, she had never really talked to her, but Hinata recognized Ten-ten well enough. Another one there was a very thin boy dressed in a silly looking green jumpsuit, Naruto named this one fuzzy brow for his thick eyebrows, it was Rock Lee!
The third…she knew all too well, his long brown hair was bound at the end. And his white eyes marked him as a member of her clan…Neji Hyuuga…
“Hinata! Where are you going today?” Rock Lee shouted.
“I was heading home, Shino said if I push myself any harder today I might hurt myself” she smiled at him “so I’m going home to rest”
“you should and train with us and Gai-Sensei some time! I’m sure while training with us and your own team, you’ll be really strong when Naruto comes back!” Lee gave Hinata a thumbs-up, but he then put it down “but you know, we don’t talk too often”
Hinata looked at Neji, who gave her a dirty look. There was a reason she didn’t talk to them too much.
“I’m sorry I don’t do that Rock…but I need to go, perhaps I can train with you tomorrow though?” Hinata said.
“I’ll get you bright and early in the morning! Be ready!” Lee said. But Hinata had already began walking away.
When Hinata had gotten home, it was only ten or so minutes between closing the door, cooking and eating some ramen noodles, and crashing in the bed. She didn’t even bother to remove her clothes.

Rock Lee was pounding on the door Hinata looked at the clock, four in the morning? That was much too early for her to get started. She would need a little coffee or something to get worked up.
“come on Hinata, we’re leaving right now” Lee shouted through the door.
So much for that idea.
Hinata slowly got out of bed and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She descended and answered the door.
“good too see you up Hinata!” Lee said. Ten-ten and Neji were behind him. Soon they were on the road to their destination.
“where are we going?” Hinata asked.
“we’re going to swim a ways up the river, Gai-Sensei said if we can get where the river meets the mountain, our endurance would more than double!” Lee looked enthusiastic.
“Gai-Sensei is one for telling very tall tales” said Neji, giving both Lee and Hinata a scowl.
The river flowed through a canal in Konoha village. Ten-ten summoned some sort of strange living suit of armor to carry their packs while they swam. They stripped to their bathing suits and dove in.

With the endurance of Shinobi, it wasn’t a hard task to swim all the way to where the river met the mountains in one day. But such a task wears even the toughest ninja out. They set up camp just as the sun was falling beyond the tree line.
“that was wonderful. Good work, tomorrow will be very easy for all of us, next time we have the river to help us out” Lee smiled and gave a thumbs-up. Soon they had eaten and gone to bed.
Hinata could not sleep, every time her eyes closed, Naruto stared at her from behind her eyelids. She quietly got up and went outside the tent. Her stirring disturbed Neji, who followed stealthily.
A waterfall marked where the river flowed down from the mountain and into the valley where Konoha village was. Hinata walked up to the pool the waterfall created and began to slip off her clothes. Neji his behind a rock, wondering what she was doing.
Once she was naked, she moved into the water and laid down. The way the waterfall fell onto the pond made waves on the pond much like one might find at the beach. The waves hit her body as she moaned quietly.
“oh…Naruto…Naruto…” she whispered. Her head lolled slowly back and forth as the cold water surged over her body, retreated, then surged again.
“Naruto…” she whispered again. Neji was shocked and disgusted at this behavior, what was Naruto teaching her at his house?
Hinata rubbed her body and legs, her hands moved through her hair. She began to breath harder…and harder…
“oh, Naruto!” her body shook and fell still for a moment. She panted for a few seconds and got out of the water, dried herself off and put on her clothes. She put the towel over her head to dry it off one last time when Neji stepped out from behind the rock. Hinata gasped when she took the towel off her head.
“Neji…” she said, stepping back, sheer terror gripped her heart.
“Hinata…why? Why do you continue to besmirch our family name with your ignoble behavior?” Neji said, his stance didn’t change, his body language remained neutral.
“because…I miss Naruto and I love him very much” Hinata looked at the ground “Neji…nothing you can do can change that, not even killing me!”
“I didn’t come to kill you Hinata” Neji said “I tried reasoning with my fists already, so I’ve come to reason with my words…Hinata…if the Hyuuga family is to continue flourishing, Naruto Uzumaki is not someone we want to join our household, you have a duty to your family”
“Naruto is my family!” Hinata shouted “I’m sure, someday Naruto and I will be married. Even without being affianced, Naruto is like my husband, he protects me and loves me. So it’s my duty to be his wife and remain loyal to him!”
Neji gasped. Hinata walked slowly up to him.
“Neji, raising a family isn’t about finding the strongest people to bring in. It’s about loving everyone who is in your family, no matter how they disappoint you. If you and father can’t be happy for us and love us…then I was never a Hyuuga to begin with!…and no matter how much I disagree with you…Neji…you’re my brother, and I love you!”
Hinata threw her arms about Neji and hugged him tightly. He was shocked at what he just heard, even after trying to kill both her and Naruto, even after all he said to her…she still loved him? Hinata let go of Neji and started walking back to their camp.
“Hinata” Neji called. Hinata stopped to listen.
“even though I don’t approve of your relationship…I know you and Naruto will be very happy together” Neji said.
“thank you Neji” Hinata walked back to camp.

I wonder if any girls read this fanfic…hmmm…
The next part to “After a Midnight Meeting” will be released in a separate story! Be sure to watch for it!