Always With You

Chapter 12 How did you find us?

Suna

The sun was just coming up in Suna, and it bathed the dessert village in a nice orange glow. Everyone was going about their business as usual, except for a certain group who was sitting in the Suna hospital. Garra and everyone had arrived around 10:00 and Kankorou was still looking worse for wear. Garra told Sakura what Sasori had told him and it took Sakura nearly the whole night to find the key, but once she did she was able to heal Kankorou. It had been all night and everyone was on edge, until Kankorou woke up. Everyone was relieved and happy to see he was alive, but Kankorou was a little apprehensive, because he needed to use the bathroom. He was gone in a second leaving the room laughing about him. But the room was brought out of their, happy tone when Shikamaru decided it was time for answers.

“So, now that he’s ok let me ask you about these ‘demons’” Shikamaru asked getting everyone’s attention

“Yes, I was wondering the same thing.” Lee said getting down from the bar he was doing pull ups on.

Garra looked at all the worried leaf Nin until his eye fell on the rather somber Naruto. “Ok, you see those men are after us because of a secret we have held are whole life” Garra spoke. He looked at Naruto, knowing he would want to do this part. But Naruto just wanted to get this out of the way.

“Me and Garra are both the vessels to two powerful demons.” Naruto said watching the shook in the room grow. “And I have the Kyuubi, sealed in me” Naruto said in a pain voice.

The leaf Nins looked at each other and then at Naruto. It all made sense now. Why the people hated him, it was because they only saw him as a demon. But they never gave the real him a chance.

“So …is that why… your whole life” Sakura started already getting teary.

“I understand if you hate me, I know its- umpff” Naruto looked down to see each of the girls attached to him crying. But why, this was not what he excepted.

“What?” Naruto said still a little shocked.

“You baka” Sakura said still crying “We would never hate you… well, not for that atleast”

Naruto just stood there in shock, he had just told them his deepest secret and they didn’t care. He hugged them all back and thanked them, as they were sitting down Jiraiya perked up, and decided to give his input.
“Well now that that’s out of the way we will leave for the oasis in an hour, and” But something occurred to Neji and he interrupted Jiraiya.

“Hold on, Garra when you asked Akatsuki about who they were looking for, you and Naruto were both relieved they didn’t mention Hinata or Neko. But they …would …only …need …to …if…” Neji said as his mouth fell and his eyes widened. Everyone in the room soon followed and looked at the two girls.

“Hinata?” Ten Ten asked looking at the girl, who was now trying to hide in her boyfriend’s chest.

Hinata was not as worried for the same reasons as her boy friend, rather the attention was getting to her. But she also knew she would have to deal with Neji. She just looked at all the stunned looks and then at Naruto. He knew what she was thinking and thought she could use some of her own advice. He bent down a little to her ear and whispered “They won’t care” while he playfully nipped at her earlobe.

She looked out at the group and just nodded and turned back into Naruto, hoping for no more questions. But Sakura was never one to let thing die and go unanswered. “How long?” she asked still feeling a little lost.

“A week” Hinata said, and being the only one who knew the explosion was coming, ducked into Naruto, very, very close. Naruto looked down and blushed, but then wondered what was wrong…until.

“WHAT?!?” everyone turned to see Neji looking rather pissed off and red with anger. “THAT IS WHEN THEY THREW YOU OUT. HOW DID IT HAPPEN” Neji yelled losing what little respect he had for the Hyuuga main branch.

“They…said I was …weak and …placed the demon in me.” Hinata said crying into Naruto’s chest. It was the worst thing in the world, and she knew telling them would make it worse.

Neji was now fuming, you could actually see the fire in his eyes. He was shaking now and everyone was looking on trying to judge what he would do next. But what was more interesting is that Naruto did not look as anger, although he was holding the ex-Hyuuga close and glaring out the window.

“Neji calm down” Naruto said motioning to the crying girl “Besides, me and Baa-Chan will take care of it. But that doesn’t mean you can’t help.” Naruto said putting his chin on the girls head. Once everyone was calm and out of their own shock, Jiraiya decided to finish.

“Ok well, with all of that out of the way be at the gate in an hour ok.” Jiraiya said leaving the emotional teens. ‘Thank kami I only have to do this for 3 more day.’

In the woods (1 day later)

Hanabi woke up with a weird feeling in her. She felt rather warm, not like warm in hot, but warm as in happy and content. She felt so good, it was one of the best feelings ever. She only remembered having it once before. But she was soon brought out of her thoughts as she felt something move. She was about to hit the roof of the tent when, she felt something hold her. Now she knew it wasn’t an animal, it was a person. She assessed her surroundings, and realized she was in a tent, and more specifically in a sleeping bag. She felt the person right against her which meant she was in the bag with them. She reached for her weapon pouch and pulled out a kunai and turned. She held the knife to the assailant’s throat and waited for her eyes to adjust. When they did they were met with a funny sight.

There was, none other then, Konohamaru, and he looked like he just wet him self. He was slightly stunned that she was holding a knife to his throat. But that left him as he saw how cute she looked. Her hair was a little messy and she was blinking with a dazed look. But, he really liked the fact she was so…dangerous looking with the knife. But all of this quickly left him, as he realized why she was still holding the knife to his throat. Maybe he did something to deserve this, was all he could think of.

Hanabi was feeling really embarrassed right about now and was trying to make sense of the moment. She really didn’t mind, she knew there was a good reason for their sleeping accommodations, but what felt weird was how good it felt. She wanted to apologize, but was cut off by the ranting of the embarrassed boy.

“Ummm…I’m really sorry and I didn’t mean anything by this but there was only one sleeping bag, and I didn’t want you to be alone after the thing with your clan and …Please don’t kill me.” Konohamaru said so fast Hanabi only caught some of it.

But what Hanabi caught made her think. He didn’t want her to be alone. Why did he care so much, it’s not like he was related to her, but then again most of her relatives treated her badly. She remembered the events of the last 2 days. She had been traveling with Konohamaru and were going to find what was left of her family. He was still there and was helping her through all of this. Why?

Konohamaru was having some moral issues right now. He would never hurt her, even if she was going to hurt him. So he couldn’t do anything to stop the kunai. He was feeling like he should do something to calm her. But he rather not try and move since that kunai was still there. But then again this was better then how they woke up the first day.

Flashback

Konohamaru woke up in the tent and felt really good, better then ever. He was about to get up and get ready for the trip. But as he was about to move his arms he realized they were around the small girl. He was about to move them knowing if she woke like this, she would kill him. But when he moved she just snuggled in closer and held him.

He was having a really hard time thinking now. He had too many things going on in his head. He had to do something, what if she saw this as him taking advantage of her. He really didn’t want her hating him. But as the girl started to stir her freaked and tensed up.

Hanabi awoke in a weird place, she knew for sure it wasn’t her room. As she tried to move she felt a tight grip on her and she looked up to she a blushing Konohamaru looking at her. She saw that his arms were around her and her arms were around him. She was as lost as he was. They sat there for maybe 4 minutes not knowing what to say until Konohamaru had to leave. He quickly let her go and ran from the tent praying she would accept an apology when he got back but first he had to find the coldest stream around.

Hanabi sat in that position till he got back and could not get her mind back to normal. She could just think of what just happened.

End

Konohamaru knew he was boned and just waited for whatever came next. He had seen first hand what a girl would do to you, from all the times Naruto got his ass handed to him by Sakura. But instead she hugged him. He looked down to see she still had that cute
dazed look on her face. “I’m sorry” she said.

“What?” he asked very confused.

“I didn’t mean to do that I thought you were someone who wanted to hurt me.” She said looking down. But Konohamaru took her chin with his fingers and lifted her up to look at him.

“I would never hurt you. I’m really sorry I scared you.” He said giving her a sweet smile. They both just looked at each other and slowly started to move closer, they were nearly touching each other when out of no where Konohamaru shot out of the sleeping bag. She looked over at him to see he was rubbing his butt. She looked down t and saw the kunai she had dropped, he must have sat on it.

Konohamaru turned around and looked at her and she had the same shocked look he had. He decided it was time to go, but he would need to find a stream first.

In the desert

The group had been walking for little over a day now and were getting really tired of the desert look. The boys had been talking and two fights had broken out both in one way involving Naruto. The girls for there part were just walking and talking. The conversation had long since given up on Hinata and her demon, not because they weren’t interested. But because at certain times she looked like it was way to embarrassing to talk about. Most of the time it dealt with her and Naruto. So they decided to get to know their new friend.

“So Neko tell us about yourself” Sakura said eyeing the blonde. She was intrigued by this girl. First she was dating Garra, former psychopath and now a Kazekage of all sand. Second, she had a freaking demon in her. Sakura was still having trouble wrapping her mind around sweet innocent Hinata had a demon in her. And third, this girl seemed rather scary her self, she said next to nothing and had the whole arsenal around her waist. Of course it is just like Ten Ten and her weapons but each weapon seemed different.

“Well there isn’t much to say.” Neko said staring at the sun.

“Oh come on what about a family or a…” But Ino quickly stopped when she say the girls down cast expression.

“Is something wrong Neko?” Hinata asked feeling as if something was wrong. She had seen that look before with Naruto.

“I never had a family.” Neko said in low tone.

“Oh, I’m so sorry I did know.” Ino said trying to comfort the girl.

“No, it’s ok, I might have had one I just don’t remember.” Neko said

“What do you mean?” Ten Ten asked feeling very confused, how could someone forget that.

“Well, you see I woke up in the middle of the desert. And I had nothing but these weapons and that was it. I couldn’t remember anything. My name is even based off of my demon” Neko said absent mindedly toying with her katana.

“So what did you do?” Hinata asked feeling really bad for her. She knew what it was like to feel alone.

“Hehe, well I wandered for an hour and then I meet a man. I asked him to help me and he got a nosebleed and passed out. I woke him up and he gave me his shirt and cloak.” Neko said with a nostalgic look in her eyes. “That was the first time I met Garra.” Neko added getting a laugh from all the girls.

“Neko you think that’s good, listen to this” Ten Ten said, and she proceeded to tell them of Naruto and Hinata. How Naruto kidnapped her, wrote Methods and told her he loved her. The group continued to tell stories and laugh for a good mile until Ten Ten’s curiosity got to her.

“Ummm…Neko I was wondering” The weapons mistress said eyeing Neko’s arsenal. “What is with those weapons?”

“Oh these” Neko said tapping each off her ‘toys’. “These are my most prized processions. I have had them my whole …life. And they are very powerful”

“What do you mean powerful?” Ten Ten asked feeling ever so curios.

“Ten Ten why do you need to know everything about weapons?” Sakura asked.

“No it’s ok. They are gifts from my demon. My demon has the power over all of the affinities. So each weapon is for each one.” Neko said with a bragging tone.

“WOW, really can I see.” Ten Ten asked nearly drooling over the weapons.

“Ok, but they only work for me, sorry” Neko said looking at her arsenal. She stopped on a rather interesting ax. She pulled it out and turned it to everyone. “This is ax, it has the power over wind. Watch.” Neko turning to a nearby cactus. She lifted her ax and dropped it inches from the cactus. Everyone, including the boy’s who heard Ten Ten’s out burst, watched the display. The cactus in one short second lost all of the needles and the shaved into eighths. Everyone watched in awe at how quick and clean it cut.

“That was awesome.” Naruto yelled looking at the other blonde.

“Neko, always showing off” Garra said shaking his head.

“Whatever.” Neko said as she walked along with her boyfriend.

Naruto was very impressed and was getting bored. He wanted to talk with Hinata, but the girls would bite his head off. He couldn’t talk with Jiraiya ever since he got way to close to guessing what him and Hinata were actually doing at the waterfall. Maybe that damn fox could teach him about his new ‘toy’.

‘Fox I nearly forgot, you need to teach me more about this damn Ryakugan.’ Naruto thought.

‘Damn Kit, it took you long enough.’ Kyuubi mumbled a little annoyed that his quiet time was interrupted. ‘I thought I’d never hear the end of it. So what do you want to know?’

‘Well, can you teach me some new seals, I got nothing but time.’ Naruto thought eyeing the endless desert.

‘Hmmm…I got one here pick up those rocks and I’ll teach you a cool trick.’ Kyuubi said laughing at what the kit might do with it.

The rest of the group was just walking and talking. The girls were still talking about their boyfriends, their lives and dreams. The boys were having fun laughing and making bets, most ending with Lee doing something ridiculous.

But everyone’s conversations were ended as a huge *BOOM* went off over their heads. Everyone looked at the afternoon sky to see, what looked like fireworks. Everyone watched as the explosions went on getting more colorful or having different patterns.

Konohamaru and Hanabi

They had been walking all day and were now wandering through out the desert looking for Suna. They were just getting a little worried when they heard explosions. They looked up to see colorful explosions. They knew something was up and ran in the direction of the ‘fireworks’. They climbed a rock and looked over the edge to see the group they had been looking for.

Hanabi wanted to run up to them to see the only family she had left. But as she went to get up, Konohamaru stopped her. She looked at him and started to wonder as a huge smile spread on his face.

“Come on, I got an idea.” Konohamaru said grabbing her hand and running up ahead. Hanabi was in no place to protest as he was holding her hand again, she also was interested in what he would do.

The group

Naruto had just thrown up his last rock and blew it up once it got high enough. He sighed and looked back to see everyone looking on in anticipation. They must have seen the show.

“Sorry, shows over I’m all out of rocks.” Naruto said walking with his hands behind his head.

“That was you?” Neji asked, wondering how in the hell he did it.

“Oh, well it was just, part of my…doujutsu.” Naruto said whispering the last bit.

“WHAT?!” everyone yelled not believing him. Hinata on the other hand just walked up to him and start to question him.

“Hmmm…so you got it to work.” She said holding his hand as they walked.

“Yeah that fox is good for some…thing” Naruto said trailing off as he looked at a cactus.

Naruto looked at the cactus and wondered why it looked weird. It seemed normal but something told him to watch out. As if on cue, the cactus grew a huge smile. He knew something was up.

“Naruto” The cactus yelled as it hugged him poking him with the needles. Naruto shouted in pain and the cactus laughed as the rock next to him joined in. The group stopped and looked at the two objects.

“What the hell is this?” Naruto yelled.

“Oh, I forgot.” The cactus said and then it poofed away and revealed Konohamaru.

“Konohamaru…”Naruto started. “KONOHAMARU…Nice one!” Naruto shouted while taking the little boy in a headlock. “Ummm…Who is this?” Hinata asked looking at the object in question.

“Ouch that hurt” the rock said as it poofed away revealing Hanabi. “You don’t even recognize you own sister.” She hugged her sister so happy to see her.

“Hanabi…What are you to doing here.” Jiraiya asked looking at the two kids.

“Ummm…well you see Hanabi had to see-“ But Konohamaru stopped as Hanabi stepped back and looked at Neji and Hinata.

“Neji, Hinata, the clan is gone.” Hanabi said “They were all killed including father.” Hanabi said falling into her sister crying.

Hinata was a little saddened. All of those people were slaughtered. But how? The Hyuuga was a strong clan. Emphasis on was. She was also very saddened that her dad was dead, he was an ass, but he was her father. The only up side is that her sister had survived.

“How did this happen?” Neji asked looking at Hanabi with a shocked look.

“These two men killed them all, there was no chance.” Hanabi cried as her sister held her.

Hinata felt so bad her sister probably witnessed their dad’s death. She had been through so much, and now she was letting it all out. To bad the clan might end with these two Hyuuga’s.

“Don’t worry you safe now they can’t hurt you.” Hinata said rubbing her sister’s head.

“Well, I guess that would be our cue.” A voice said and a whole group turned to see who it was.

Good to here from all of you and GODDAMN that’s a dude. I’m sorry. Oh and ahhh please for the love of god no more corrections on the demons I know I’m off.