Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Demon's of Konoha ❯ death ( Chapter 7 )

“HINATA” three voices cried as the young girl fell to the ground in a heap. `Gaara's leaving. Gaara's gone. No more Gaara. My brother won't be around anymore. Cruel joke' was running repeatedly in the young girls head, until cruel joke was heard last. Figuring that was what it was Hinata was mad. Opening her eyes she had seen the faces of three concerned faces until she focused on the redhead shaking her.

 

As Hinata was standing up the others were going to come closer until they felt a tingling in their neck. Naruto's and Sasuke's faces whitened as they realized the amount of killer intent radiating off of the normally calm girl. They slowly began to breathe normally when they realized that it wasn't directed at them but at Gaara. Slowly backing away until they were flush against the wall Sasuke and Naruto quickly went through hand signs activating a sound barrier around the apartment to not alert the neighbors.

 

Even though the apartment was bought and paid for since it was technically a `condo community' if they have enough violations they can be forced to move, although they wouldn't get as much selling their place as they would have before. Complaints were coming pretty steadily for a while until Sarutobi asked what the complaints were and found them to be baseless.

 

When the manager of the complex tried to enter into the condo while the teens were at school to look for paraphernalia, he was shocked many times by a trap the teens had set. When the manager went to complain to Hokage Sarutobi himself, all Sarutobi had to say was `what do you expect they are training to become ninjas. Be thankful that's all you received. Others have been known to cause death breaking into a ninja's house.'

 

Now the only way they can be kicked out is if Hokage Sarutobi agrees they have enough complaints. So far they had been pretty careful and didn't want any more unnecessary complaints, thus them placing up the sound barrier. Once the sound barrier was in place Naruto went into a crouch on the ground and Sasuke did the same on the ceiling. Swiftly going through more hand signs the two slammed their hands on there respected places and watched as padding began to cover the floor, roof and walls. Jumping down next to Naruto, Sasuke and Naruto nodded to each other and each went to a separate corner to step in if needed.

 

“What kind of cruel joke is this?” Hinata asked barely through her clenched teeth. The waves of killer intent had even Gaara stepping back. “Why would you say something like that Gaara?” Hinata asked. “Are you trying to get me upset?” Hinata took a step closer to Gaara and began to raise her wooden spoon that she had in hand. Taking another step closer Gaara found himself taking a step back to try to get away from his angry twin. Stepping away again Gaara stopped when he hit the soft padding covering the walls.

 

Sighing with relief, that Naruto and Sasuke were quick to put up protection around the house Gaara almost began to relax until he found the spoon under his nose. Waving the spoon around like she didn't know it was in her hands, as Hinata used her hands to convey how angry she was. `Dunk, dunk, side step. Glad it's not me' was the thoughts running through Naruto and Sasuke's minds, as they watched Gaara skillfully avoid getting hit with the wooden spoon.

 

Finally having enough Gaara said “Hinata.” Seeing that he wasn't getting through to her Gaara took a deep breath before shouting “HINATA ENOUGH.” Hinata in shock stopped her spoon waving and looked at her brother in shock. Usually when Gaara yelled it wasn't directed at her. Placing a hand on each sides of Hinata's shoulder Gaara pulled her into a hug saying “it's not a joke. I have to leave, I don't want to but I have to.”

 

Hearing her twins' proclamation Hinata's eyes began to tear up and soon she was sobbing onto her brothers' shoulder. Wrapping her arms tightly around Gaara, Hinata began to cry out all the fear and anger she felt at Gaara leaving. It wasn't long before Hinata's anger died out as she was left with the occasional hic-up and a runny nose. Pulling her away from him Gaara handed Hinata the tissue that Sasuke had handed to him to allow her to blow her nose. With a resounding honk, her nose was clear but she couldn't do anything about the redness of her eyes and surrounding skin. A crying woman was never an attractive thing. Who ever said they were was obviously lying.

 

Sitting Hinata at the table Naruto soon brought a mug of hot chocolate and placed it in front of the upset girl hoping to calm her down.

 

“So what are you going to do?” Hinata asked between sniffles. Slowly she began drinking her hot chocolate as the boys sat at the table also grabbing their own mug. Whether they liked it or not they were all involved in Gaara's decision.

 

“What do you mean?” Gaara asked wondering to which question his sister wanted an answer to. Was it who are you going to take? Are you going to rebel? Is there something we can do? While all of these questions may not have been answered, Gaara knew that Hinata was at least thinking of this.

 

“What I mean is what are you going to do? Is there anything we can do? Who are you going to take?” Hinata asked rambling off the questions Gaara was just thinking.

 

Taking a sip of his cocoa also Gaara sighed then said “no there is nothing we can do. I don't want Konoha to get into a war because of my actions. Who do you guys think I should take?”

 

“Hinata” Naruto and Sasuke said at the same time then proceeded to give each other death glares.

 

“Why?” Gaara asked.

 

“She's your twin dude” Naruto said done giving Sasuke a death glare. “While Sasuke and I think of you as family, she actually is.”

 

“He's got a point Gaara” Sasuke says in his `brooding' pose. “When ever you move to somewhere different, you're going to want someone familiar there. I would think that you would want your sister there. Personally I would love to go just for the experience, but I would never do that to the two of you.”

 

“Sasuke is right Gaara” Naruto said agreeing with his dark haired counterpart. “I think it would be a great training experience but really we wouldn't separate you two. No training is worth that. Whatever family you have you should always keep them close. Sasuke and I will be fine. Suna's what only three days away. I am sure we can get together sometimes.”

 

What do you think Hinata?” Gaara asked his silent sister. While he really valued his friends' opinions he really wanted Hinata's most.

 

“What makes you think you could leave without me” Hinata said with a small smile, trying to hide the pain she was feeling. Getting up and rinsing off her glass Hinata said “we have a lot of things to pack. Plus we have training in the morning. We should get to bed.” Hinata said as she made her way to her bedroom.

 

“She will be alright, just give her some time” Gaara told his two concerned friends. “She is right though. We do have training in the morning and Itachi's clone is not forgiving. We can discuss this later.” Rinsing his cup off also Gaara entered his bedroom to attempt to sleep, which was beginning to come harder and harder for him.

 

Seeing the concerned look on Naruto's face Sasuke said “they will be fine dobe. Like you said Suna is only three days away. We're ninja's it happens.” Sasuke got up and began walking to the room he and Naruto shared. “See you in the morning dobe.”

 

`They were my first friends' Naruto thought. `I don't want them to leave. Then all I will have left is Sasuke. Sasuke's great and all but he's no Hinata and Gaara. Oh God we're going to learn how to cook.' Naruto thought with horror as he made his way into his bedroom. Without changing his clothes he climbed into his bed after seeing Sasuke already in his on the other side of the room. `The time will go by too fast' thought Naruto as he drifted off to sleep.

 

The few days that Gaara and Hinata had left before they were suppose to leave were soon over; after they finally decided they would only pack their clothes for now and send for the rest. Thursday morning after practice using the last of the scrolls Itachi had left was hard. They just had weapons training, and Itachi was a stickler for profession. He didn't allow any bloodline limits to be used at all. He wanted it done by hard work. That way even if you lose the ability to activate your bloodline, you will not be caught off-guard.

 

Soon the four were at the gates looking awkwardly at each other. Gaara with his arms crossed and gourd on his back. On the underside of his gourd though was a scroll with his clothes packed in. Gaara wore loose fitting clothing trying to not look like a ninja and more like traveler carrying his supplies in his gourd. Hinata was trying not to cry with her hair pulled back into a pony tail, and pulling herself closer into her huge jacket. On her back though was a bag carrying her clothes and some food to travel with. With her big jacket Hinata looked to weak to be anything but a traveler, those who knew her knew otherwise though. Hinata was not to be trifled with.

 

Naruto and Sasuke stood off to the side not really sure what to do. Were they supposed to hug them, but if they did do they just hug Hinata or both. Would that help or hinder the image they were told to portray from Itachi, or would it be alright in this instance. Luckily for the boys though Hokage Sarutobi decided to show at this time and noticing the awkwardness of their stance Sarutobi knew what to do.

 

“Give them a hug good-bye, by order of the Hokage” Sarutobi said and they threw into a group hug. A few tears were spent and many goodbyes were given. Promises to write and visit were also given but they all knew they were hollow promises. With the schedule Itachi kept them on and between work and school. It wasn't going to happen anytime soon.

 

When the group finally broke apart Sarutobi shook hands with both Gaara and Hinata saying “the doors to Konoha will always be open to you. It is a sad day when we will loose such good shinobi as you two, but I am sure we will all run into each other again. Travel safely” he concluded as Hinata and Gaara made their way out of the gates. With a small wave they were gone, walking in the direction towards Suna.

 

“Will they really be alright Old Man?” Naruto asked the Hokage standing next to him.

 

“I'm sure they will be Naruto. They have great friends here in Konoha they can always count on. What more can they want?” Sarutobi asked, although he knew then answer. They wanted to stay there. “I must get back to work. If you guys need anything, even to talk you can always come to me alright.” With a small wave Sarutobi began the walk back to Hokage Tower.

 

Gaara and Hinata began the slow walk to Suna the silence between them saying everything they wanted to say but couldn't. Gaara was torn between leaving his village and taking his sister who he knew was in love with Naruto, whether she wanted to admit it or not.

 

Hinata didn't want to say anything because even though she would miss the others, Gaara really was her only family left. Her biological father she didn't know. Her adopted father hated her and she was sure the Kazekage would also once he knew about her. But not matter what, no matter how much they might hate her, she would still go just to be with Gaara. While he may not always be the best brother he was the only one she had, and she planned on keeping him.

 

A day's walk from Suna, just before entering the desert they began to feel unfamiliar presences. Up until now they had had no trouble at all with people thinking them lowly travelers. They kept their chakras hidden and with the chakra resisters on they appeared normal to most people.

 

“Are you sure this is the Kazekage's son? He looks kind of weak. Plus he's traveling with a girl.” A voice asked hiding behind a tree.

 

“Think about it if the Kazekage is that strong how strong do you think his son will be. If he joins us we will be unstoppable. Kill the girl and make him join us. With Suna on our side Konoha will fall, and I will have my revenge.” Another sinister voice answered the other. “Don't ever question me again Kabuto”.

 

“Yes, Orochimaru-sama” Kabuto answered. “Shall I attack the girl or shall you?”

 

“She's mine” Orochimaru answered licking his lips with his long tongue. “I haven't killed a woman in a long time. Let's go.” Orochimaru said signaling the attack they would bring against the unsuspecting people. Little did they know they were being observed by two men in black cloaks with red clouds sporadically placed along the cloaks.

 

“What do we do Itachi” asked a man with blue-gray tinted skin. “He's after Sasori's target what should we do. Shall we step in?” Hmm, Itachi?” Looking into Itachi's tomoe's as he activated his Sharingan the blue man found himself on the ground sleeping peacefully.

 

“Sleep Kisame” Itachi said stepping over the body of his partner. “My students might need saving.” Walking towards the battle Itachi was able to see how much Gaara and Hinata had improved. Gaara was fighting Kabuto strictly using hand to hand, not even pulling out demon's chakra. What threw Gaara for a loop was seeing the Leaf sign on Kabuto's hitae-ate.

 

“We just left Konoha, why are you attacking us?” Gaara asked blocking hits right and left, without breaking a sweat.

 

Hinata was further away fighting Orochimaru, with her heightened sense of smell all she could smell was the strong stench of snake. Blocking as much as she could Hinata was soon over powered, by the strength of her opponent. Opening her jacket to allow it to fall Hinata grabs three pieces that was strapped to her side. Quickly locking the pieces into place Hinata swung her newly formed Bo Staff around and took a defensive position.

 

Seeing Hinata with a weapon Orochimaru up-chucked pulls his sword out of his mouth revealing his sword. Soon the two were in a battle of the weapons. Each blocking, trying to get a strike in.

 

“To kill you” Kabuto said as he began to make his hands glow green, infused with chakra. Eyes widening Gaara began blocking harder trying not to get hit, knowing that he was trying to do internal damage. Gaara was quickly thrown off when he heard Hinata scream allowing Kabuto to get a hit on the side of his head knocking him out.

Hinata's staff had broken under the intense pressure of Orochimaru's sword. Breaking through the staff and sword made a cut down Hinata's arm making her scream in pain. Falling onto the floor, holding her arm towards her Hinata tried to move away from Orochimaru as he began to step closer and closer to the scared girl. She never felt the hit on the back of her head, knocking her out.

 

“What do you want Itachi?” Orochimaru asked, after he watched Itachi knock out the girl he was fighting.

 

“Leave or I shall be forced to kill you” Itachi said his voice cold, showing no emotion. “You left the Akatsuki and for that, you are punishable by death. Leave now or leave in peaces” Itachi said with his hand sticking out of his cloak.

 

“Kabuto” Orochimaru called. “We are leaving let's go.” The snake sennin and his companion left, leaving them alone.

 

Itachi seeing that Orochimaru and Kabuto had left quickly checked his charges. Looking over Hinata, Itachi gave his assessment. `Cut on arm, rapidly healing. There is some bruising but nothing that will hinder movement. No broken bones or internal damages. She should be good to go. Memo to me send her a new staff that won't be broken so easily. She found very well, I wonder if she realized she held her own against a Sennin. She has come far from the little girl she once was.' Itachi thought as he stuffed some more training scrolls into her bad. He had been wondering how he was going to get them to Konoha safely and now he had the perfect opportunity in Hinata.

 

Walking over to Gaara Itachi quickly began to check his damages much like he did with Hinata. `Let's see no broken bones, a few scattered bruises, but no internal damages to any vital organs. A bleeding scratch on his head but that's it. Looks like all he did was knocking him out. He should be waking soon; I got to get Kisame out of here.' Itachi thought at he walked back to his sleeping partner. Snapping Kisame out of his slumber the two began their mission again in the Land of Waves.

 

Gaara woke up with blood dripping down his face. Looking around for enemies and Hinata he soon found her lying on the grass not moving. Without bothering to check for breathing and vitals in his state of panic, Gaara began to back up putting his hands to his head, not noticing the blood running down his face. `She's dead. I killed her. She died because she was coming to Suna with me. Leaf killed her. I must get to Suna'. Gaara thought slowly walking towards the desert, the wind blowing roughly against his body.

 

Hinata woke up a couple of hours later and looked around in a panic. Gaara was no where to be found. Standing up while gripping her arm Hinata began walking towards where she last seen Gaara. When she got there she saw a spot on the ground soaked in blood, which looked to be from a head wound. Finding no body around, Hinata knew he had been taken. But to where she didn't know. Grabbing her bag, she began the walk back to Konoha, to get help from the guys.