218Me: Hey! This is a new fanfic that I thought of while getting ready to take a shower.
Naruto: Weird place to get an idea in...
Me: What was that?
Naruto: Nothing... (cowers in corner)
Me: As I was saying before... I got this idea and it originally was supposed to be a oneshot, but I decided it a full fledged story! So I hope you enjoy it :-)
Ch. 1: The Letter
Dear Naruto,
Run. That was the only thing on my mind. After everything that happened, I need to run. My legs and my heart burned with the desire to run. I am sorry I can no longer stay. I am sorry. I truly want to see you finally achieve your dream of being the Rokudaime, but if I stay any longer I will never be able to find happiness. I just want to give you this letter, so you could understand what is going on right now, and my reason for running away.
I guess what I should say first is that I never wanted to leave Konoha, but my family gave me no choice. I am sure Tsunade has told you about my arrange marriage, since it will be happening after you become the Rokudaime. I will understand if I am marked as a missing-nin, but you have my word that I will never do anything to harm anyone from the Hidden Leaf Village. I love my home, and it breaks my heart to leave it, but I must. If I stay…I will just be the way I used to be. Too weak, too shy, too worthless. I need to run, Naruto, and I hope you won't think any less of me for doing so.
The reason for my leaving is the arrange marriage between Akito Narumi and myself, but I am sure you knew about that. I am also sure that you most likely do not know why. The reason for our marriage is that his blood line limit would greatly benefit the Byakugan if were to somehow combine them. In other words the Narumi Clan and the Hyuga clan hope to combine the Byakugan with the Gyugan, the Narumi limit that allows the user to control a person's blood flow with their eyes. Imagine the possibilities! I understand that with the Byakugan's insight and the Gyugan's power to control could create the ultimate blood line limit, but everyone can't see to see why I don't want to marry him! Everyone is too wrapped up on the power that could be created. I am sorry, but I do not want me or my future children to be used as tools in their game of power. Also, I don't love him and I never will. I love someone else who now I can never be with. That will be my only regret in life…
I will not tell you where I am going because frankly I do not know myself. I guess I'll just keep believing in myself, just like you, Naruto.
I also wrote this letter to congratulate you on becoming Hokage. I say this now because I won't be there in person to congratulate you, so I am now. I guess I can take solace in knowing I am the first person to congratulate you even though I can't tell you in person, so I will tell you what I think. I think you will make an excellent Hokage. You are strong and caring. These two traits of yours will be the key to your success, and I am sure you will be the most revered and famous Hokage that will ever live. You will surpass the fourth with no trouble at all, because you have this ability to change people for the better. I know I have changed because of you. I used to be shy and weak, but you saved me from myself. I also believe that you gave me the strength to do what I am doing now, which is finally living my own life. Thank-you, Naruto, you have no idea how much that means to me.
I also wanted to tell you that I love…
That I love y…
I love…no I guess I shouldn't tell you. It would just make it harder for me to leave. It is already hard enough.
I guess instead I'll just make one final request, when my father discovers I am gone, he will probably make Hanabi marry Akito, so I beg you please don't let him! She will be miserable with him just as I would have been. Please prevent my father from forcing any Hyuga member into marriage. I do not want them to end up like me. I care for them too much to wish this upon them. Please protect them from what would have been my fate.
Thank-you for everything you have done for me. You have done so many things that you do not even know about. Just by simply smiling you saved me, so never stop smiling because your smile brightens my whole world. Just knowing that you are smiling will help me get through this.
I wish you the best of luck with life and love. I hope you will be happy.
Love,
Hinata Hyuga
P.S. Do not come after me. Just focus on your upcoming job as Hokage, and do not let anyone go after me either. I do not want to be a burden to them.
Goodbye, Naruto.
Goodbye forever.
Naruto read the letter over and over again. He could not grasp his mind on the concept that Hinata had left the hidden leaf village. He read the letter for the twentieth time just to make sure he understood everything. He sat down at the Hokage desk; it was not his desk yet, but in a matter of a few days it would be. Naruto sighed as he clenched his fist. He knew very well that Hinata was suffering because of the arrange marriage. He had even tried to get Baa-chan to do something about it, but she just told him that she had very little power over clan affairs that do not directly affect the village. Naruto grinded his teeth, he felt so helpless. A good friend of his ran away against her will. It was really eating him up, but not the way it did when Sasuke left. When Sasuke left it felt like betrayal and that he was missing a brother, but with Hinata…it felt like she took a big part of him with her. He could not explain how he felt, but the best word that could describe it was …Empty…Hollow…It feels like there is a void in my heart, but why? She is after all just a friend. Granted she is a very good friend of mine, but why do I feel like this? With Sasuke I didn't…but then again Sasuke left willingly while Hinata isn't… Naruto thought as he mentally recited the letter in his mind. He loved the paragraph where she congratulated him and the paragraph where she said her smile saved her. Those two parts made him feel unexplainably happy. Happier than if anyone else had said it. There was the one part that kept nagging at Naruto's heart…
I also wanted to tell you that I love…
That I love y…
I love…no I guess I shouldn't tell you. It would just make it harder for me to leave. It is already hard enough.
He read it again. That part confused him for many reasons that even he did not understand. One emotion that he was able to identify was jealousy. He was not sure who or what he was jealous of, but he was jealous. Naruto folded up the letter and placed it into his Hokage jacket pocket. His jacket was similar to the one his father, Minato, wore but it was orange with black flames; also, Hinata made it for him as a congratulations gift when it was announced he would be the Rokudaime Hokage. The twenty-two year old ran out the door of the Hokage office and sprinted towards the hospital, where he knew he would find the person he was searching for.
Me: So I really want some feedback about the letter...I was not sure how to write it, so this is what I came up with.
Hinata: I think it was really good. It really captured how I think of Naruto.
Me: Well, thank-you, Hinata, you are too kind. Anyway please review and give me some feed back! Tell me if I should change this into a one-shot (cause I can do that still)