Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ What do you see in me ❯ Broken ties ( Chapter 3 )

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

By: postel

What Do You See In Me

Summary: Even when she hated him most she couldn't stay away from him

(This is my first fan fiction so please go easy on me)

Disclaimer: sadly I don't own Naruto

Chapter three

Hinata tore from Itachi, stunned by his words. Was he telling her she could leave? Her gaze flickered over the room that she had been living in for weeks now. Could she really leave the Akatsukis? Yes, they had been crude and for some part audacious but they accepted her.

Would Konoha accept her once she fled Akatsuki?

The same men who she once thought were barbaric fools were now treating her as if she were one of them. Even when she did curse them and spoke to them in a blunt matter, they still let her stay with them.

So why was Itachi making her leave?

Her pale fingers trembled, grasping the thick material of his pants in a brash manner, not knowing what else she could do. “Why are you making me leave?” She felt the tingling sensation of his breath against her chilly face. “I'm not making you leave. Didn't you want to go back to Konoha?” His voice was faint as he removed her hands from his knees. Those dark eyes were emotionless once more. “Konoha doesn't want me anymore,” Her voice concealing her desolation. “If I were to return, they would denounce my title as a ninja.” Her distress shown through her body language as she slowly backed away from him. Itachi felt emptiness once her body wasn't pressed to his.

Was it supposed to feel that was?

Itachi lowered his gaze, refusing to watch her pain. Did she really want to stay with them or had she nowhere else to go to? “Hinata,” His voice lifeless. She darted to her feet, extracting her worn duffle bag from the corner and onto her shoulder as she abruptly left the room.

She needed to be anywhere except for in that room alone with Itachi.

If she stayed alone with him, emotions may have overflowed that she had bottled up since she was first captured.

Hinata dashed down the corridor, not bothering to apologize as she bum rushed Zetsu. “Watch where you're going baka! If you do that shit again, I'll make sure to plan your funeral earlier.” He was trying to regain his posture, steadying his wobbling form against the ashen wall. She slammed the door on his words, forgetting that it was snowing outside. She stood static as the frosted flakes drifted down from the sky onto her, freezing her.

Just her luck, she didn't have her jacket.

She decided it didn't matter as she took off in the direction of Konohagakure. Itachi watched her from the small open window, drawing the red curtains back for a better view of her. “So you don't want her to leave Itachi- san?” Tobi stood to the side, away from the light that alluminated a portion of the confined room. Itachi dragged his eyes from the window long enough to set Tobi with a straight look. “It's her decision whether or not she wants to stay with us but the people of Konoha won't accept her back into their village.” Tobis reaction was hard to tell because of the large mask he wore. “I believe that she'll try to live there regardless of what the elders say. They'll just end up killing her if they don't drag her out first.” Hearing that, Itachis back stiffened

“They'll surely kill her before the thought of dragging her out crosses their minds. Follow her and see what her plan is Tobi. If she decides to stay, let her stay. If she wants to leave, let her leave.” Tobi paced forward, making sure to keep a close distance between him and the Uchiha. “And what if I'm caught?” “Follow her anyways.” Tobi nodded solemnly, departing the room without restraint.

If she chose to stay, he would still cause the turmoil to rupture within her that he loved so much.

If she chose to leave, he would just have to carry on his regular life at it was before.

Itachi jerked the curtains shut, hating the sight of the small snowflakes curl around the window sill. It reminded him too much of Hinata.

Hinata gasped for air, her frost bitten lips quivering for warmth. She held onto a large oak tree for support, finding her knees weakening on her as she tried to move onward. Her mauve eyes scanning the area in sight of a pair of massive gates.

There were none in her line of sight.

She releases a heavy breath, slipping her duffle bag from her blue shoulder. The hefty bag made itself space against the high snow. “I wonder how far Konoha is from here.” She breathed out, her support failing her as she gradually felt herself slipping farther and farther into the snow.

“If you weren't in such a hurry to leave you wouldn't have forgotten your coat.” Hinatas head revolved in the direction of the voice, finding Tobi just a short distance from her. “Why are you here? Did Itachi send you after me to drag me back?” He threw the bulgy copper jacket at her. “Nope. Itachi- san seemed a bit relieved that you left but I was wondering where you were going to live now that you don't want to stay with us.” Once she had the bulging coat on, Hinata lifted her soaking bag out the snow. “I was just picking up a few items from my home. I'm not stupid. I know Konoha wont accept me back just because I left the Akatsukis.” She began walking in the direction she thought Konoha was. Tobi followed her at a safe distance.

“So you aren't going to leave us?” He sounded so sincere, unlike the other Akatsuki members she encountered. She hesitated a brief moment, not sure of how to breach up the question. “No, Tobi?” He made a grunting sound. “D-d-does Itachi want me to leave?”

When she heard nothing from him, she began walking at a brisk pace.

Did that mean that Itachi wanted her gone just as much as Deidara?

“I don't believe he does. He was just having a hard time. The failure to capture Kyubi was what's really got to him. He's never lost a comrade besides Sasori and to almost lose Deidara today really opened his eyes.” Hinata paused, letting the masked Akatsuki pass her.

Deidara life was put in harms way just trying to capture Naruto?

Was that the reason he came back empty handed and without the others?

“Deidara was in danger? Where is he?” That was the reason why it was so quiet once the rest of the Akatsukis returned. “No need to worry Hinata,” That was the first time she heard him call her by her name. “He's in the care of Konan. She was quite flustered that he exerted himself greatly. But that is to be expected of a former bomber for hire.” So he knew Konan also. Her stomach did summersaults as she picked up the pace. “How do you know of Pei—I mean Leaders assistant?” Tobi chuckled, his fingers butchering his dark spikes. “Konan used to fight along side of us until Leader took her under his wing. He said she had potential just like you and now look at her. She's probably withered away to nothing, waiting on Leader hand and foot.” Hinata wanted to retaliate on Konans behave but truthfully she had never seen the woman. “Did she have any special jutsus like the rest of you all?” Tobis head twisted in her direction, thinking over what to say instead of just running of at the mouth like he usually did.

“She was an origami freak. I guess you could say that her jutsus relied more on her talent with origami than genjutsu and taijutsu.” “Origami?” Hinata tapped her index finger against her chin, her eyes wandering up to Tobi. “Yeah, you know. She could divide her body into countless paper sheets.” He stopped once they reached Konohagakures broad gates.

“Why did you stop?” “I'm an Akatsuki remember?” He laughed, actually laughed at her lack of memory. She flushed in embarrassment, turning on her heels to enter the village she hadn't entered in weeks. Glancing up to the colossal gates, she felt as if the air turned to acid killing her with every step she took.

What if someone recognized her and tried to attack her?

How would she get away without feeling socially deprived?

Pulling the collar of the bulky jacket, she hid her face beneath the material. Some villagers passed her by without a second glance. They were apparently too wrapped up in each other to notice that they passed the missing Hyuga heir. Her eyes followed heavily bundled couple even as they passed, wishing that she could huddle up close to a companion for warmth or at least for company. Focusing her eyes ahead of her again, she emptied any thoughts of returning to Konoha. No one would want to even look at her if she returned. She would be an outcast just as Naruto was.

Naruto.

She found herself paused before Naruto Uzumakis apartment complex, the swelling between her breasts deflating. He would never admire her like he once had. He would just detest her like the rest of them soon would. Tears shadowed her gaze, shuffling passing his apartment.

If he could forget about her couldn't she forget about him?

Her heart beat sped up.

She was sure the organ would break free of its cage.

The one man that made her deepest fantasies come alive didn't want to be with her. Hinata felt as though something stung her. Would he ever berate her? It seemed like he had the moment he let her get captured by the Akatsukis. She tugged the ample coat closer to her body, feeling as if she was going to fade away if she didn't hold onto something. Reaching the considerably large gates of the Hyuga compound, she cautiously pushed the iron gates apart, not to cause any squeaking noises to erupt. Upon entering the front part of the shrine, her gaze soaked in the blanket of snow covering the training ground.

Once upon a time she and Neji trained here.

She shook her head. She was only here for one reason, to gather more clothes. Making a beeline to the shrines doors, she respectively discarded her sandals. A gush of warm air from the heater made the hairs on the back of her neck prickle uncomfortably. Hinata tugged the collars back in place as a warm flush rested against her neck, making her feel even more awkward. Pacing against the tatami floor to the main hall, Hinata avoided knocking over her fathers' precious bamboo shoji floor lamp in her quest of getting in and out without getting caught. Her feet now were on smooth wooden floors as she paused before Hirashis opened door. Her head bumped against the whit washed walls, a dull thud echoing from the impact.

Hirashi was home!

She mentally told herself to calm down as she peered over the edge of the door frame, watching as her father shifted through papers. She snapped her head back as his gaze lifted.

Had he seen her?

If he did would he report her to Tsunade?

A sigh escaped her lips, her eyes closing as she thought of what to do. If she didn't pick up the pace Tobi would be very upset with her. Emitting another deep breath, she dashed across the open doorway to her room, not turning back to see if her father even caught on to her.

She was sure he had.

Yanking drawers open, she stuffed clothes into her bag. She packed the duffle bag with as much clothes as she could, also taking some kunis and shurikin since Akatsukis didn't trust her with their own weaponry. Gazing at her old room door, she brushed away the start of tears that pooled her eyes as she rushed to the window. This would be this last time inside the Hyuga compound.

Last time in Konohagakure

The last surviving member of the Hyuga clan.

Lugging the window upward, Hinata hesitated for the first time in hours. If she never came back to Konoha would that mean she would stay captive to the Akatasukis? Or would someone rescue her as a last resort?

Would Naruto care?

Her nails dug splinters into the wood, fighting off the unshed tears in her eyes. She eventually would have to annihilate the Hyuga clan whether she wanted to or not. Either way they would die by her hands or by the Akatsukis.

When that day came, then she wouldn't be welcomed through Konohas massive gates any longer.

Leaping out of the window, she dashed onward to the exiting gates.

Not only did she look back and not once did she stop. Her ties with Konoha were broken.