Chapter 25: Spy or die, betrayal

Hiashi looked at the scene before him.

‘O no…’ Naruto thought as he stepped a few steps backwards, taking Hinata with him.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Hiashi said angrily. Naruto almost couldn’t hear him, what made him more afraid. He felt Hinata letting him go, while she looked at her father. “Father I…” “Be quite, I don’t care. Being friends with-with that… monster…” Naruto wanted to interrupt him, but didn’t. He might make things worse. “…I can deal with that. But he as your… there is just NO way I can accept that!” Hiashi started to turn blue from anger.

“Go with him,” Naruto whispered in Hinata’s ear. “What, but…” “Go.” Naruto gave her a push. “I will find a way, don’t worry,” he said softly so only she could hear.

Hiashi shot Naruto a death glare and if it was able to kill the blonde, he would have been dead ten times by now in that very short moment. The Hyuga got the girl’s arm firmly and pulled her along. “If I ever see you at the Hyuga grounds again, it will be the last thing you did!” he sneered to Naruto. “H-hai…”

The blonde watched how Hinata got pulled away. She looked helpless at him, but the thing was Naruto had no idea what to do at this moment. The best thing he could think of was to just do what the Hiashi wanted.

“It seems wishes don’t come out,” he whispered in the dark to himself.

“Don’t give up so fast…”

‘Do you think I gave up?! No way! I just need to find a way… but right now I think I better go home as well. This day has been darn difficult with way too many happenings.’

Naruto gave the road Hinata went one last look, sighed, turned around and started walking home. But not without stopping by his favourite ramen stand Ichiraku.

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“I cannot believe I ever agreed on this,” Mitsuki sighed. She looked helpless at her wolf partner. “Mitsuki, don’t be depressed.” “I know I shouldn’t be, but… next time we go after my father we will bring Ryudo-kun back for sure and I don’t know what to do with Kiba-kun.” There was a silence in which Rakuna looked up at her master with an understanding expression on her face. “I shouldn’t have said yes back then.” “You couldn’t know we would find your father so fast, Mitsuki. That and do you know Ryudo loves you back? We haven’t seen him for ages.” “I know,” the grey eyed answered sighing.

Meanwhile they had reached the Hyuga compound and made their way towards their room. Soon after the girl had fallen on her bed there was knocking on the door. “Come in!” Mitsuki shouted in her pillow. The door opened. “Mitsuki-san, you missed dinner.” Mitsuki looked up to see Homare. “Really? Darn… I am really out of it.” “Should I bring you something?” The girl sat up. “Uhm, if that isn’t too much of a problem,” she grinned uneasy. “Not at all,” Homare smiled, “I’ll be back in a minute.”

Homare left and was back in ten minutes with Mitsuki’s and also Rakuna’s food. “Thank you, Homare,” Mitsuki said gratefully as she started to dig in.

Now Mitsuki was just like Naruto, she ate a lot, but her dinner was interrupted by the door that opened in a rude way. Hiashi stood there with a pissed face. “Hiashi-sama?” Mitsuki asked, while feeling uncomfortable.

Before the Hyuga leader could say a thing Hinata barged to him. “Father, why won’t you just except it?!” she asked him in tears, but had a determined look on her face. Mitsuki was confused. ‘What happened?’ “Silence and go to your room. No dinner for you tonight! Think about your stupid mistake and maybe then we can talk about your freedom!” Nevertheless Hinata stayed where she was standing and the face she was making had taken Mitsuki of guard. ‘I have never seen Hinata with such a determined and angry look before… is it possible Hiashi found out about her relationship with Naruto?’ “TO-YOUR-ROOM. NOW!” Hiashi started to lose his temper. Still the girl didn’t move.

“Homare bring her to her room and make sure she doesn’t get out.” “H-Hai, Hiashi-sama.” “Mitsuki I want to talk to you, be in my office in ten minutes.” “Hai,” Mitsuki replied, wondering what he wanted from her. Hiashi left, while Homare walked to Hinata, who had started to cry more. Mitsuki looked at her friend.

“He knows, doesn’t he?” Hinata understood what Mitsuki meant by that question and she only nodded. With a suspicious face, Mitsuki looked around and walked to her. “Listen, just go to your room. Naruto will do something about it, I’m positive. If you want, you can have the rest of my dinner.” Hinata got a small smile on her face and nodded. “Thanks Mitsuki-chan.”

Mitsuki only gave her a nod and handed over the remains of her dinner. After that she looked over her shoulder to Rakuna. “Come on, Hiashi wants to see us and since he is pissed we better don’t be late.”

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“Why the long face?”

Naruto looked up from his ramen and sighed. “Hiashi sort of wasn’t happy that I was Hinata-chan’s boyfriend. I don’t know what to do now,” he mumbled as a reply, after that he put some ramen in his mouth in a none-Naruto way; very slow. “Ah, I see,” Ayane said. “Where’s the old man, by the way?” “He has a cold, I told him to stay in bed today,” she chuckled, knowing Naruto was trying to change the subject.

“Naruto, father’s are always protective over their daughters. They never like the idea of boyfriends.” This made the blonde even a little more depressed. “But he already hated me before I was Hinata-chan’s boyfriend.” He laid his head on the counter while sighing. “Why don’t you try to convince him you really love Hinata and would do anything for her?” “I don’t know how. He doesn’t want to listen to me or even see me.” “Be creative. I know you will think of something,” Ayame smiled.

“Hai,” Naruto said weakly while eating the rest of his ramen. The rare thing was; it was his first bowl and at the end of it he wasn’t hungry anymore.

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Mitsuki entered the office of Hiashi. He was sitting in a chair behind a desk and his face told Mitsuki enough: Be On Guard!

“Why do you wish to see me, Hiashi-sama,” Mitsuki started carefully. She and Rakuna were standing in front of the Hyuga leader’s desk. “Did you know about the relationship between my daughter and the monster?” he asked in a dangerous tone. Mitsuki wanted to say Naruto wasn’t a monster but decided to go the save way and not mention it. “Hai, I knew, sir.” “Then why didn’t you tell me?” Hiashi said a little louder. “Because, sir, you didn’t ask me and I thought it wasn’t that much of a problem.”

Hiashi slammed his fist on the table top. “It IS a problem. He is a worthless scamp! An orphan and a monster! I do not want that my daughter has a relationship with him that goes any further than friendship.” “Friendship is allowed?” Mitsuki asked confused. “Ye… I mean NO! I don’t ever want him to see near my daughter again.”

A little frustrated about his own mistake Hiashi leant back in his chair. “Then why are you discussing this with me, sir?” Mitsuki asked, still not understanding why she was here. Hiashi looked at the girl and a smile came on his face. ‘C-crap, this can’t be good,’ Mitsuki thought as she tried hard not to show she was getting scared of him.

“I found out about your father,” he stated. “My father?” Mitsuki repeated, totally lost. “Yes, he is the hunter that is trying to take my daughter.” ‘Oh-o.’ “Why didn’t you tell me?” “Uhm… well I am not like my father. I actually hate him for what he did.” “NONESENSE!”

Mitsuki jumped back a little, while Rakuna lowered her head. A sign for the Hyuga leader he had to watch out what he was doing, but he completely ignored the wolf.

>Rakuna, don’t do a thing! < Mitsuki urged the wolf.

“It is a cheap trick, that’s what it is. You came here to gain our trust, my daughter’s trust. So she would come with you when you go back to your father.” Mitsuki was starting to get a hard time to remain calm and collected. “Wouldn’t I already have left if that was the case?” Hiashi gave her a thoughtful face. “I saved Hinata’s life; I want nothing to do with my father.”

“Then proof me wrong.” Mitsuki stared at the man in front of her. “How?” she asked bluntly. Hiashi stood up and came from behind his desk. “My daughter, when she has finished her missions she will most likely go to the monster. I want you to spy on them and tell me whenever she is with him. Then I will take her back home.”

Mitsuki’s eyes widened. “You want me to spy on my friends? You want me to betray them?” “Yes, that’s exactly what I want.” “What makes you think I would do that?” “If you do not do what I say, I am sure your father would enjoy your return. If not him, your hometown would gladly welcome you.” Mitsuki could only stare at him in disgust and fear. ‘Back to my father means death. Back to my hometown means death. Maybe I can flee….’

“Don’t think about fleeing, ANBU will be sent after or allies of your father will get you.”

‘How did he read my mind? He cannot, can he? No…. wait in situations like this, people always think about fleeing.’

>Rakuna, what should I do? < Mitsuki asked her wolf in a helpless tone.
>Your father, hometown and fleeing all have the same conclusion: death. <
>I know, but I don’t want to betray my friends. <
>If we do not, our fate will be death. We have no choice. <
>Maybe we should tell Tsunade-sama… <
>And do what? He is the Hyuga clan leader, we are only a seventeen year old and a wolf. They wouldn’t believe us, especially not with our background. <
>True enough, people never trusted us, not after my father became a bloodlimit hunter. <

“What will it be, Mitsuki?”

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Naruto stared at the ceiling. He was laying on his bed with his clothes on; he hadn’t been in the mood of changing. “What should I do?” he asked himself in the silence.

“What is it? You’re out of ideas?”

‘Well yeah, after all, so many things happened. This morning I woke up after sleeping together with Hinata-chan – I hope Hiashi hasn’t found that out – and then I went on that mission, which totally failed by the way, together with her, Sakura, Mitsuki and Kakashi-sensei. We fought, I ended up in the hospital, you told me we were starting to fuse and then I overheard this conversation between baa-chan, Hinata-chan and Mitsuki.’

Naruto sat up, getting the picture out of his pocket and looked at it. “What I don’t understand is that Hiashi is on this picture as well. Especially the fact he is laughing… like… he is laughing at… dad….” It sounded weird to say that and knowing who his father was.

“You mean that you think they were friends?”

“Yeah, that what it looks like.”

“What do you mean, brat?”

“Well, I just can tell by seeing his face on this picture.”

Naruto laid the picture on his night table and sighed. He let himself fall down on the bed again and tried to go to sleep.

“Kid,” Kyubi said when he was almost asleep.

‘What.’

“Remember I would warn you, you better come over and do that ‘sealing’ thing better this time.”

‘Crap.’

But before he could even go to Kyubi, that ‘mixed’ chakra was causing him too much pain to do a thing. After about ten minutes it was over and Naruto looked up at Kyubi. “Why do you want me to repair the seal? I mean, if it breaks you will be free.”

“I won’t be, I will still be stuck with you. That and part of our chakra is mixed, I cannot escape. I will only endure a lot of pain, now fix it before another attack comes.”

“Alright, alright, but let me first think of what I did last time and how to do it better this time.”

“Fine, just hurry up,” Kyubi growled annoyed.

Naruto jumped to the seal and looked at it. Trying to figure out what to do. ‘Let’s see, last time I only touched it and that was enough for let’s see, a few hours. Which means there wasn’t enough chakra to stabilize it. If I just knew more about this seal and sealing in general I could do more, but I think forcing chakra in it from me and Kyubi would be enough for now.’

“Are you going to keep staring at it like that the rest of the day?! Do something!”

Naruto turned his head to the Kyubi. “You have to help. Maybe if we use both our chakra, the seal will stabilize for a while. Last time it was only my chakra, it worked for only a few hours.” Kyubi stared at him. “What?” Naruto asked puzzled.

“You actually are using your head?”

“Hey! You said I used my brain while tricking chu-nin and jo-nin!”

“Yes, I know I said, but this isn’t a prank. I am amazed you are actually using that brain of yours.”

“Whatever, help me before we get another attack.”

Together with Kyubi, Naruto stabilized the seal some. “Now let’s hope it won’t be necessary for the following days. Good night, Kyubi.”

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Mitsuki let her head hung. ‘How low am I sinking?’

“I will. I will spy on Naruto and Hinata and tell you when they are together, Hiashi-sama.” A smile came across the Hyuga leader’s face. “Good girl. Now remember, I will know when you are hiding something from me. You are dismissed.” Hiashi waved her of.

Back in her room Mitsuki sat down on her bed, feeling depressed. “Rakuna, I am worse than my father now, aren’t I?” “It’s a matter of surviving right now, Mitsuki. We will find a way.” Mitsuki nodded and started changing into he pj’s. “Let’s go to sleep, maybe we can find a solution tomorrow.” “We will,” Rakuna said as she laid her head on her paws and closed her eyes.

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Unfortunately for Mitsuki, she couldn’t find a way to not betray her friends. She had no other choice and every time she did she felt worse.

Meanwhile Naruto had decided to try to talk to the Hyuga leader and would come by every morning around 10. He would keep on trying, or just blocked the entrance/exit in order to get a talk. Yet the Hyuga leader refused to talk to the blond haired teen and ordered branch members to get him away, what mostly happened around 11.30. They never needed to fight to get Naruto away; he didn’t try to even hit them.

But during those times there was a chaos going on. Although Naruto didn’t fight he didn’t just let him get carried away in an easy way. And since the teen struggled a lot, a lot of Hyuga members needed to help to get him away.

During this moment of chaos Hinata mostly managed to sneak out her room unnoticed and as soon she was certain it would be safe she showed her face to Naruto. The first time Naruto was shocked by this, but also very happy. Today…

“Hinata-chan, why do you keep escaping? You know your father has always found out,” Naruto whispered as he was holding her in a hug. “Don’t you want to see me?” “Of course I do, but I don’t want to see you get hurt.” Hinata looked up to see his cerulean eyes full of worry. “I’ll be fine,” she said.

Naruto looked away. “If I just knew how to convince your father…” He looked pained.

“I want to run away from that place,” Hinata whispered. Naruto turned his head rapidly to her. “What are you saying?” “I don’t want to be at home anymore. It’s like a prison; people constantly watch me.” “Hinata-chan, if you run away, your father will think it’s all my fault. It will only make things worse. Next to that I don’t want you to run away just for me. You have a family, even if they show it in a weird way they love you. They don’t want to loose you, just like I don’t want to loose you. Please don’t run away from it.”

Hinata stared at his serious face and slowly turned her gaze to the ground; defeated. Naruto laid his hand under her chin and made her look a little but up, while he went down with his head. “Hinata-chan, please understand.” “I do,” she whispered. Naruto gave her a gentle smile before he kissed her.


And when he wasn’t trying to talk to the Hyuga leader or had a mission, Naruto would be training; mostly on his own.

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‘Crap,’ Mitsuki thought as she saw the couple. Feeling guilty she turned her head to Kiba. “I’m sorry I have to go.” “Mitsuki, you’re acting strange the last two weeks.” The girl didn’t reply and only watched him. “Is it because you failed getting Ryudo back?” Now she avoided eye contact. “Kiba-kun, I just… don’t know what to do when he is back.”

“Mitsuki-chan, you know what I said.” “That’s exactly what is bothering me!” She turned away from him. “I have to go, bye.” Then she dashed away.

Kiba sighed, wondering what was bothering her so much. “Come on Akamaru, we’re going home.”

Disappointed in herself Mitsuki found Hiashi in his study. ‘Why is he there such a lot? It wasn’t like that before…’ As soon the Hyuga leader saw the grey eyed girl, his face started to get serious and filled with some anger. “They’re near the Yamanaka Flower shop.” Hiashi stood up and passed Mitsuki without a word. As soon the man was gone, Mitsuki made her way to her room. ‘Damn it...’

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Neji watched as his uncle left the Hyuga estate. He knew what he was going to do, every time his uncle left with those strong passes and that face he would return with Hinata. He didn’t care, Neji had his own problems the last few weeks. Every time he and his team had a training session or mission, there was this awkward tension between him and the female Neji had kissed the night of Naruto’s birthday.

Neji walked over to the veranda, no longer in the mood of training. “Neji-nii-san?” The Hyuga genius looked up. “Something bothering you?” “No,” Neji only replied and turned back to his thoughts.

He had approached Naruto with the prank the blond had pulled…

(Flashback)

“Naruto!” Naruto looked up from his sitting position. He was panting because of his training. “What is it Neji?” “What is it? WHAT DO YOU THINK THERE IS?!” Naruto only gave him a confused look, what made the genius angrier. Neji picked Naruto by his collar. “Do you have any idea what you have done?” Naruto looked away with an annoyed face. “Uhm… no, so why don’t you tell me?”

Neji threw him on the ground. “Ow… sheesh Neji, what is bothering you?” Naruto looked up, while Neji blushed a little thinking about why he was acting like this. Apparently the blonde had noticed and started grinning. “Did something happen while you were drunk?”

“Eh! What makes you think-” “You’re blushing,” Naruto said teasing while pointing.

Neji jumped a little to the back. Naruto stood up. “So what happened?” he asked. “Th-that’s none of your business!” “Apparently something embarrassing,” Naruto chuckled, “Seeing you stressing out like this.” Neji sighed, got back his serious face and looked at Naruto again. “It’s your fault Naruto; I was drunk because of you.” Naruto only shrugged and walked away.

“Where are you going?!” “Home.” “I am not done with you yet.” Naruto stopped walking and turned his face to the genius. “Neji, you like Tenten, right. Come on, it was obvious. I don’t know what happened, but I think you enjoyed it. Seeing your face like this.” Neji stared at him, not believing the number one clueless person said it was obvious he liked Tenten. “Don’t look so worried, I won’t tell anyone if you don’t want to.”

Neji remained silent for a while and then nodded. “I would appreciate that.” “But Hinata already knows, she found out at my party.” “…. Ok. Ask her not to… wait, you can’t. Sigh, I will ask her not to tell anyone.” Naruto’s face became serious. “Is she alright?” “Hiashi-sama is putting her through tough training, other than scratches and bumps she is fine.” Naruto nodded and left with a worried expression on his face.

(End flashback)

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Hinata tried not to struggle too much so the brushes wouldn’t hurt. Her father pushed her towards her room in a rude way. “Now stay here!” he demanded as he closed the door of her room.

Hinata sighed as she heard Homare was ordered to keep watch. What father didn’t know, Homare would let her go and act like she didn’t walk away on purpose. Like the woman had done today. Hinata had asked for food and Homare immediately understood Hinata’s intention of the question. After all Naruto had left half an hour before. The Hyuga had nodded and left and in that short period without a guard Hinata had sneaked away.

Sighing Hinata let herself fall on her bed. ‘Naruto-kun, why do you want me to stay in this horrible place?’