From Rags To Unwanted Riches

Hey guys, I know this may seem a bit anticlimactic but I'm no good at action... well fighting action!!!

 

 

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“This was not the plan Naruto” Shikamaru murmured in a singsong tone out the side of his mouth, they all held guns aloft pointing out at various corners

“I know that Shikamaru” Naruto responded in the same, with a sigh he murmured “I just kinda lost my temper when he said why”

“You’re not the only one” Choji backed Naruto up his voice full of hate.

“What a drag.”Shikamaru sighed quickly calculating their chances, it did not look good “We have two choices here and neither of them are good”

“What are they?”

“One we lower our weapons and try to reason with the bastard”

“Ergh-urgh” Choji made a sound like a negative buzzer from a TV game show “What’s option number two Shika?”

“There’s no way we can alert Jiraiya to what's about to happen so the second choice is that we go down guns blazing.”

“You know what” Sasuke said with a smirk “I think we have a third option” turning Sasuke aimed his gun at Naruto “Sign everything over to him.”

“What the hell man?” Naruto turned to aim his gun right back “What are you doing?”

“You got us into this mess I’m getting us out of it!”

“You absolute bastard! You’re supposed to be my best friend.”

“Yeah and we’re here because you couldn’t protect your wife.”

“How dare you!?” Naruto looked ready to throw a punch at his friend “You know I would have been there for you had it been the other way around!”

“Yeah but I would never be stupid enough to get married”

“You mean you’d never find anyone stupid enough to marry you.”

“NOW!” Shikamaru’s command had all four men dropping to their knees and firing off rounds, the gunmen had allowed their guard to drop just enough to give them a split second head start in the shooting match that followed, Naruto felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder but continued to fire, he heard Shikamaru shout Choji’s name and could sense a loss of bullets coming from their circle, he had taken down the men in his line of sight and so turned just in time to fire at the man who would have had a clear line of sight to the back of his head, looking from place to place he soon saw that there was no one left standing, Naruto and Sasuke stood holding their guns ready and looking around for more. Shikamaru was tending to his friend Naruto found himself praying that he wouldn’t have to give Ino the worst news in the world.

“I think we’re clear.” Sasuke spoke loudly dropping down to help with Choji.

“You are” agreed a deep voice as Jiriaya entered the room holding a gun of his own, Minato followed and soon others arrived in other doorways.

Naruto still held his gun up making his way towards where Orochimaru lay, he heard Choji groan out an insult to Shikamaru and allowed a small smile to curve his lips, they’d always been friends but over the last few weeks he’d really come to respect and admire Choji and if there was anyone that could help him learn how to be a good husband it would be the Akimichi.

He stared down at the broken and bloody body a feeling of pride filling him, they'd killed the man who’d tried to ruin his life, his only real regret was not knowing that it had been his shot that killed him.  He looked around at the bloody bodies  wondering if Kari was still in the building, he'd love a chance to make her realise just how angry he was right now, still he'd catch up to her.  He'd warned Karin what would happen if she ever spoke to Hinata and he always followed through with his threats.

 "Son?" his father stood behind him "Son it's time to go."

"Not yet" Naruto muttered his eyes fixed on Orochimaru's motionless corpse.

 “It’s over Naruto” Minato tugged back on his son’s arm as he and Sasuke tried to pull him away from the scene but he wasn’t moving.

“Not yet” Naruto had decided at the very beginning of this that the right people would get the message.  Pulling out a knife he began a slow process that would be more familiar to a native American in a custom. Having not been present for Naruto’s last sadistic act when Hinata had been hurt Sasuke was ill prepared for the calm almost relaxed way Naruto committed this act. He wanted to mention the chance that Naruto might leave forensic evidence but he already knew that Naruto had pull with every criminal forensic lab in the city and the guy was careful. The suit he wore could be easily destroyed and they all wore gloves. Naruto made a triumphant sound as Orochimaru’s long hair came away in his hand still safely embedded in the skin it had grown from. Then with the pelt in his hand he threw it up into the air before throwing his knife at it. The knife went through and Naruto smirked in pride looking at how it pinned the hair to the ceiling. That piece of evidence would come out in time and though no one would ever be able to prove it or say where they got the idea from everyone would know it was Naruto’s work.

“Now its over.”

 



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"Is he OK?" Kushina gave her son a concerned glance, when Minato had returned to tell them they could all go home he'd brought home a silent unseeing Naruto. The young man seemed different, changed.

"I don't know, he didn't say a word in the car."

"Anyone would think this was the first time he'd taken a life."

"No, but I do think this is the first time its hit so close to home, Orochimaru wanted to destroy us, all of us. When Hinata was taken that first time he was able to deal with it because technically she wasn't part of the family and it was some madman looking for vengeance. This was different it was just about money, since we started families, in matters of business, they were always off limits for us, business never affected the family. This time it was all Naruto's fault that his wife and child were hurt."

"And he's about to lose her, the danger she could live with but his cheating is what really hurt her. She's not of our world, cheating means more to her." Minato cast a look at his wife knowing that her words were an unconscious dig at him, she never intentionally spoke of his cheating but he knew it preyed on her mind, wrapping an arm around her waist Minato pressed a kiss to the top of her head. "When everyone's gone we'll need to talk to him."

"We'll get him through it" Minato promised then his mind flickered to the almost catatonic young woman laying in a bed upstairs "We'll get them both through it."

Naruto could hear his parents talking about him, he knew what they were thinking but neither of them could know what was running through his mind. This was the first time he'd defaced a corpse, the first time he'd damaged a body by peeling skin away the man had been alive felt a certain amount of sadistic pleasure. Killing a man who'd tried to rape Hinata whilst she suffered from a broken leg and was pregnant with his child had left him unmoved by his actions. This time he'd felt nothing as he scalped Orochimaru, how had he come to a point where he felt so little over something so gruesome. His father had said nothing just watched and as he moved away there had been a sense that his father approved of what he had done.

His mind ran to his own son could he stand by and watch over Hiashi if he did something similar, it killed him to think of his sweet innocent child becoming a part of this world. He had to change this, there was no way he was going to let his son grow up into him.

He would never be soft, he would always drive a hard bargain but he was going to make their business legal, he'd keep certain connections for as and when they were needed but ultimately he was going to raise his son to be honest as befitting a child of Hinata.

First thing was first, he needed to speak to speak to someone, when he entered the bedroom again it was like Hinata hadn't moved since he'd last seen her, at least Hiashi had been moved to a Moses basket elsewhere in the room so he knew there had  been some sign of life in the room since he was last here.

He sat on the bed but she didn't react “Hinata?” Naruto took his wife’s hand in his, looking down at the joined hands on their bed Naruto wondered what was about to happen, in the fearful and bloody days after their fight he'd only had time to think about survival for them all. Hinata had to remain hidden so that they could get through to Orochimaru without suspicion but right here, right now it was time to talk. Naruto was about to find out whether or not he would have a wife tomorrow or not. There was silence for a long time until finally Hinata spoke.

"Is it safe again?" Hinata whispered pulling her hand out of his clasp, her eyes looked resigned and sorrowful but she wasn't looking at him, she was staring blankly out at the wall.

"Yes"

"You mean for now" Hinata corrected him, "for now until the next dangerous situation is sprung on us."

"Yes" he had to agree, she was right after all. "Hinata please look at me"

She did but she didn't look at all focused on him "I don't really know you, do I?”

“You do, you know sides of me that no one else has ever seen.” He didn’t look at her now, he was afraid to see the betrayal on her face. “Please don’t hate me, I never wanted to hurt you.”

“But you have, repeatedly.” Hinata smiled vacantly as she looked at her husband, she was right that she didn’t know him but she understood him, she understood why he had felt the need to control her as he did but that didn’t make it right. She took a deep breath and shifted away from him “I think you need to move out”

“Hinata” he sounded pained and it was all she could do not to embrace him.

“If you don’t then I will, I’ll go stay with one of my friends for a while then I’ll find a new place for Hanabi, Hiashi and myself.”

“No!” He dropped down onto his knees before her “I’ll leave, that house is your home, I’d never make you move out… besides, mum likes you better than me, she’d kill me if she thought for even a second that I’d kicked you out!”

“Naruto…”

“I’ll stay away, I promise.”

She was silent for a while and then nodded, he kissed her hands gratefully and then remembered that he wasn;t allowed to do that anymore. Letting go he stood and made his way to the door, once there he turned and looked back “I’ll send my lawyers round tomorrow to sort everything out… you won’t stop me seeing Hiashi would you?”

“Of course not” she agreed with a soft smile her eyes finally meeting his and looking like something he remembered “your son  adores you, I’ll talk to Sasuke, arrange a few days a week for you to have him.”

“Alright” he took some comfort in the knowledge that he’d been right about Hinata she was too good to completely shut him out and if he played his cards right that would be his in.

 

 

 

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