Hinata hobbled slowly from the clan compound. Her entire body was on fire. Sore muscles, shin splints, bones that ached from the center outward. Her father and grandfather had not worked her this hard since before she was disowned as the heir.
She had no idea what had come over Hiashi during the last couple of weeks. But between his rigorous training schedule and her new fake relationship with Naruto, Hinata was exhausted.
She was met half way up the road by Ino and Sakura. Ino smiled brightly at her, but Sakura kept her green eyes slightly averted.
"Where is your new boyfriend, Hinata?" Ino asked slyly. "He was at the flower shop again this morning."
Hinata grimaced as Ino nudged her in the ribs with an elbow.
She had to admit that being showered with all of Naruto's attention was nice at first, even if it was not real. But, lately, the attention had become a bit more than Hinata could handle. Everyday, he gave her a lavender chrysanthemum in front of everyone, including Sakura.
He insisted on holding hands everywhere they went, making kissy faces at the most inappropriate times to ensure they got the most attention.
Hinata was starting to have anxiety attacks from all the unwanted attention that their relationship was drawing.
Shino and Kiba had been following her around, interrogating her with questions about Naruto. Ino was constantly teasing her and giving relationship advice.
And Sakura had been acting strange and distant ever since Naruto returned to the village. Even Jiraiya and Kakashi seemed to have an odd amount of interest in the romance.
She had never spoken to Kakashi about anything but missions and ninjutsu before, and yet that morning, he stopped to ask her how things were going between her and Naruto.
"I'm sorry! I don't think I can do this anymore!" Hinata squealed to Naruto later that day.
After he insisted on presenting her with another lavender chrysanthemum before air kissing her in front of everyone, she ran out of the restaurant and down an alley to hide.
She squatted down between a dumpster and a stack of discarded newspapers, but Naruto still managed to find her.
He slid down and sat next to her on the ground before he grumbled, "This is a bit exhausting. And I can't tell you how painful those kissing sounds are…"
Hinata started to laugh. Naruto laughed too.
After catching her breath, she asked, "Can we go back to the way it was before? I miss just talking to you."
Naruto smiled a full toothed smile down at Hinata. "You're the only person who has ever really listened to me. Whether I say something stupid or something smart.
We haven't been able to do much talking lately with all this relationship stuff, ya know. I miss it too."
Hinata looked up into Naruto's eyes. She had attempted to ask him this question several times in the past, but he always avoided answering her. "Naruto? Can you tell me why the village shunned you for so long?"
Naruto looked away from Hinata. "You know about the nine tailed fox attack on the village?"
Hinata nodded. "It happened right before I was born."
"It happened on the day that I was born," Naruto said. He lifted up his shirt showing his muscular abdomen. The black marks of a seal mark encircled his belly button.
Hinata's face burned slightly as she watched Naruto become partially shirtless, but timidly, she inspected the seal. She activated her byakugan at the same time.
The seal was strong, but something very powerful was weakening it. She could see the intense inhuman chakra pressing against it. "Is it… is this…"
"The demon was sealed inside of me." Naruto finished for her. He looked at her as though waiting to see if she was going to stay or run away.
Hinata inactivated her byakugan. She left her hand on top of the seal and just stared at it.
"I've seen him before… the fox demon." Naruto continued. "His name is Kurama. He is angry all the time, but sometimes he lends me his chakra… He says it's because if I die, he dies, but I think he actually likes me.
Jiraiya says I shouldn't take anything from Kurama or believe anything he says. He says he definitely doesn't like me –in fact he probably hates me. And Kurama is always trying to manipulate me, so he can break the seal and take over my body completely."
Hinata removed her hand and smiled reassuringly. She hated to tell Naruto that the seal was already pretty weak. But she knew if any one could bring a hateful demon over to his side, it was Naruto Uzumaki.
"I'm sorry Naruto –I guess I didn't make a great pretend girlfriend." Hinata whispered, changing the subject.
"It's alright." Naruto said, grabbing hold of Hinata's hand, relieved that she was not afraid of him. He smiled down at her again. "Now I need to tell you another secret."
Hinata looked down at their hands intertwined together. "What?"
Naruto leaned closer to Hinata and whispered in her ear. "I never wanted you to be just my pretend girlfriend."
In response, Hinata abruptly turned her face towards Naruto. He leaned forward and kissed her on the lips, surprising both himself and Hinata.
Neither of them pulled away however. Their lips remained touching, softly lingering in the kiss.
"Found you two!" A voice came from above them.
Naruto and Hinata separated quickly, as though they were caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Jiraiya squatted above, on the lid of the dumpster that hid them in the alley.
"The hokage needs to speak to both of you. And I'm supposed to escort you there. So come on… stop making out in corners, yoouuu twooo." Suggestively, Jiraiya wiggled his eyebrows at the young couple
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