CHAPTER 249 CRAP
<span style="font-weight:400">For a people at supposed war, the average person was taking it very well. We passed through small town after small town and no one was panicking or reacting at all. I guessed that Shinobi Wars meant they were super secretive. So secretive people didn’t know they were happening.
<span style="font-weight:400">Many people we had traveled North with opted to stay. Our caravan was much smaller now. We moved more quickly South. I didn’t understand how these higher ups in the vige got anything done. Theytched themselves onto the Hokage, and demanded ninja guards at all times. But it wasn’t like the Hokage could be seen running across the country by herself. She was the leader of the greatest nation in the world. Not some pauper that ran across the countryside sleeping in a tent.
<span style="font-weight:400">I understood it was an image thing, but it was still annoying. Adding days to our travel back to Konoha as well as drama from the nobles themselves. One of my initial goals when traveling was to visit the Watanabe brothels. Familiarize myself with the people that ran them. But the trip was 90% traveling so I would have to do that at ater date.
<span style="font-weight:400">The nice thing was my rtionship with Hinata had be better. She hadn’t said definitively that she was fine with me being with other girls. She was happy to act like no one else existed. At least that’s what I thought.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So all this time you’ve been sleeping with a lot of women?” She asked as we walked around the perimeter of the camp.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Is 4 a lot?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes,” she confirmed, her hard eyes giving me the look. “What do you expect to happen?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“What do you mean?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“The Mizukage literally kissed me on the lips. What is going on with that?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Mei is a little bit…maybe a lot a bit bisexual,” I admitted. Hinata gave me a confused look. “She likes to sleep with women.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Thats-” Hinata’s face turned bright red. “That’s not a thing.” <span style="font-weight:400">
<span style="font-weight:400">“It is,” I assured. “There is a reason that her vige was called the Bloody Mist. They were known for their savageness. Mei told me that a lot of the girls in the ninja course were subjected to rape and other forms of torture. They were told it would toughen them up. After that she had trouble trusting men. But then her biological clock went off, and she kind of forced herself to look for a man. That’s when I came along.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“We live in a sick world,” Hinata mumbled.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I agree,” I said. “It’s not normal to train 12 year olds to kill, Hinata. I don’t want that for our kids.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">She blushed deeply again, but pushed through. “Our kids?” She asked, a smile on her face.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You asked what I expected to happen. I expect that to happen. When you’re ready. But I also want Reina, Hina, and Shinju to be involved.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I always knew there was something more between you and your maids,” Hinata mumbled. “I didn’t expect that.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Honestly, I couldn’t have survived without them,” I said. “When I awoke the Chikyugi, it was like I couldn’t control myself. That happened just before the Chunin exam. It was a struggle to say the least.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I would have helped…” <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Hinata, you were 12. You barely talked to me the entire exam. Do you really think you would have helped?” I asked. She frowned but shook her head. “My family was pushing for our union because they were hoping your eyes and my Chikyugi would mix somehow. I’m not all that interested in that. I simply want to be with you. Treat you like my partner. You are a trained ninja just like me. I am aiming for something big. I want you with me. Would you be happy staying at home, popping out a couple of kids, and letting me do what I need to? Or would you want to join me? Work with me to try to achieve something great.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Take over the world?” She whispered.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I have no idea. My ideas could work, but Akatsuki was founded on the idea that the current system is broken. The problem is they are all fighters and that is all they know. We need a future built on thought not fists. We need to bring the viges together somehow.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Then how does it start?” She asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“With the leaders, or those close to them,” I admitted. “I already have the Mizukage on my side…and someone close to the Kazekage.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Who?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“His sister.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Temari?” Hinata asked. She slowly understood as she grabbed my arm. “You didn’t sleep with her, did you?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“No,” I said. We had slept in the same room more than once, but never gone much past that. “But something could form there. I didn’t get a chance to talk with her back at the Summit.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“When did that start?!” Hinata asked, more than a little upset.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Back at the Chunin Exam,” I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“They were trying to kill us!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“How do you think it started? She tried to kill me, then it kind of devolved from there.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“My god, it’s like you’ve been living this secret life I knew nothing about,” Hinata said as she sped up her walk. I grabbed her arm, pulling her back to me.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Hinata, I’m trying to be an open book here. You have questions, ask. I want you to be my partner. Not some in the dark house wife. What do you want out of life? What drives you? I will do whatever it takes to make you happy. Do you want me to give up on this? Would you be happy if I just ran a bunch of brothels and a spywork? I could take over for my father. I know he would be happy. I wouldn’t try for anyone else. I’d be happy with you…and Mei, Reina, Hina-”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Stop, stop,” she said quickly. “You were doing great there until you started mentioning other girls.” The dark haired beauty gave me a wry smile. “I never really thought about it. Back when I was a kid I was expected to run my house, until it was proved that I don’t have the skill my sister does.” My hands were on her shoulders, trying tofort her a little. “Now the boy I was told I would marry wants me to ept that I won’t be the only one.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I frowned. About to say something she stopped me with a re. “I fell in love with you back when we were kids. Back then I said I would do anything for you. I am still willing to do that. So…” she whispered, staring up at me. “If I am supposed to be your wife, then I want a say in everything. No more secrets. And…I want it to happen sooner rather thanter.” <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Which part?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Bing your wife,” she mumbled. Her face red as she said the words. “I want to get to know the others around you. Then once this Akatsuki business is over. I want to stop having to worry if you wille home. You go on a trip to another vige, I want to be there. You were gone for over 2 years, Weston. A letter was sent at the beginning and that was that. I was convinced you were dead. I expected to receive news that I had a new fiancee at any time. You bing just another ninja who disappeared on a mission outside the vige.” She had tears in her eyes by that point.
<span style="font-weight:400">I pulled her close. Letting her cry it out. Rubbing her back as she sobbed into me. “I was so scared. Then you left for dangerous mission after mission. No time to talk or see you.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“If you’re my wife, I expect you to talk to me then,” I said. “I promise I will make time for you once this craziness is over. We can figure it out about the wedding. I mean, we are 16.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t care,” she said, shaking her head in my chest. “I’m sick of being nervous you’ll leave me and never return. I want to make it official.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Fine,” I said. “We can ask the Hokage to do it now then.” Grabbing her hand I pulled her with me back toward camp.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“What?!” Hinata stammered.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s get married now. The Hokage can do it. We can make it nice and simple. Then when we are older do something more grand.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“But-”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“But what?” I asked, giving her my best smile.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Her lipspressed as she thought. “Fine,” she said. “We can do it now.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Perfect, then we can start sleeping together,” I said, winking at her.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Uh-I-what?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“You know, like man and wife,” I said.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m a little young for kids,” she mumbled.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“That won’t be a problem,” I assured. “Come on. I love you. You love me. Let’s set it in stone. Get it out of the way. Do something crazy. We do this and I will take you with me everywhere, Hinata. No more questions.” She still appeared very nervous. I took a chance and pulled her in for a kiss.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Hinata melted into me as our kiss became more heated. Moaning in my mouth I could feel her excitement as her body quivered under my touch. For long seconds we kissed. My hands on her rump as she held onto my face, keeping me there.
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<span style="font-weight:400">When I pulled away she had a distant look in her eyes. “Okay,” she whispered. Pulling me back for another kiss. “Let’s do it.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“You’re so beautiful,” I noted, kissing her again. I picked her up in a princess carry as she giggled. “Come, future wife.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, future husband,” she said, her eyes focused on me. I could actually feel the love from her as she said it. I began walking us back to camp. Hinata light in my arms her eyes never strayed from me as her hand moved to my face, happy to touch me. We made it to the main camp. A few eyes on us, I ignored them. <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">Heading to the Hokage’srge tent I was stopped by her assistant, Shizune. The ck haired woman said, “Weston, finally there you-” She stopped noticing me carrying Hinata.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“What’s wrong?” I asked, setting Hinata down. The mood gone as I felt the fear radiating from Shizune’s Spiritual Energy.
<span style="font-weight:400">“It’s the Kazekage,” she said. She waved us inside the Hokage’s tent. Once inside I noticed all of the higher up ninjas already there. Centered around the table once more they were studying arge map. They stopped talking as Hinata and I walked in.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Weston, there you are,” Tsunade said. “The Kazekage was kidnapped.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Shit,” I said as I pushed my way to the table. The map had markings where we and the other Kage caravans were located. “How? When?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“That Obito took him. Appeared next to Gaara and took him into that spiral dimension.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Goddammit,” I spat. “I didn’t think of that. When?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“A few hours ago,” Kakashi said. He pointed to their camp close to ours. “They requested help in finding him. But you had said he could travel far distances. Any idea where he could be?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Closing my eyes I thought of Obito. “He’s off to the East.” I pointed in his direction. I had no idea where the hell the final battle took ce. I had always assumed it was the Land of Fire, but I remembered it was a barren wastnd, and my home was most all greenery.
<span style="font-weight:400">One of the Sand Ninjas nodded and was soon out the door. Rying the information to the search parties most likely.
<span style="font-weight:400">“This is not good,” I said. “The 2 tailed beast is to the East as well. In the Land of Lightning. If he grabs all of the Jinchurikis, we could be screwed.” <span style="font-weight:400">
<span style="font-weight:400">“We can’t let that happen. How much time did you say it would take for them to extract the tailed beast?” Tsunade asked.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Days, that’s with all the members,” I said. “With Sasuke and his team they have the shark guy, the yinyang Zetsu, Obito, and…Kabuto. That should be it. Is Naruto safe in the Land of Toads?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I have no idea when his training will havepleted,” Tsunade admitted. I remembered in the manga he trained it really fast, but time wasn’t rtive in canons. It all happened at the author’s whim. It had taken me months to learn Kame Mode. I hoped it was the same timeline for Naruto, but I doubted it.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“We need to assume he can grab all of them,” I said. “I don’t think he needs the full chakra from the tailed beast. If we can stop him early, then we can hopefully prevent the awakening of the 10 tails.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“How early?” Tsunade asked.
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<span style="font-weight:400">I looked around. “We strike now,” I said.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“But you said we will have to fight a hundred thousand of those things,” Kakashi said.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I have a n for that…but we will need Pain,” I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">Tsunade frowned. Studying the map for a long time. “Why Pain?” She asked. She had been hesitant to use him after he said he would help us.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“He destroyed our vige in a few seconds,” I admitted. “And after the tailed beasts are Obito’s, he will want the man’s eyes. I was hoping to not need him, but we have to risk it. No one else can do what he can.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Tsunade continued to think. Everyone stared at her as she did. ying through scenarios in her mind, she knew we were blind. We were grasping at straws, and if we had to attack now, then our chances were much more slim.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Send runners to all the Kages. They are close still. Weston, I want a firm location on where Obito and this supposed 10 tails statue is.” I nodded. Making 10 shadow clones they filed out of the room, heading East. I turned to see Hinata behind me. Our good mood broken, she didn’t look sad. Putting a strong face on, she nodded. Ready to do what needed to happen.
<span style="font-weight:400">I walked over and kissed her on the cheek. “Later, future wife,” I promised.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Later, future husband,” she whispered back and I was out the door.