It was dead silent then...
"His heart stopped..."
A howl of pain was heard. It was Hinata. She was crying out in pain and grief. Many of the shinobi, men and women trained not to show emotion, burst into tears. Neji fell to his knees and pulled Hinata, still howling, into his arms. TenTen cried into his shoulder. Sakura's medical jutsu broke and her hands started to shake. She began to crawl away from Naruto before running into Lee who held her as she wept uncontrollably. Temari and Shikamaru held each other, tears silently running down their faces. Ino was being supported by Chouji. Hinata couldn't take it. Her heart felt as if someone had plucked it from her chest and was tearing it into little tiny pieces. She broke free from Neji and crawled over to Naruto. She shook him fiercely.
"You lied! You lied to me!" she screamed still sobbing. "You said you'd love me FOREVER!" She collapsed on him and sobbed her heart out.
Naruto opened his eyes face to face with the demon fox, Kyuubi.
"Hey there kit," sighed Kyuubi.
"What's wrong with you?"
"You're dying you idiot! A normal person would be dead by now. You're heart stopped but I'm still keeping the body alive but I only have so much power."
"Hiashi really did attack me," said Naruto stunned.
"You can be really stupid at times kit," growled the demon king.
"Hey 'Foxy,'" warned Naruto using the nickname Hinata had come up with. Kyuubi chuckled sadly.
"Somehow I just can't be angry at your mate for that."
"Wow... Why?"
"Because I can hear her."
Naruto cocked his head confused. Kyuubi sighed and all of a sudden Naruto could hear his Hinata crying out in pain.
"Hina!" he cried out. "Where is she?!"
"Crying over your dead body. There's nothing you can do."
"Like hell. I'm still talking to you!"
"Accept it kit."
"I will not! Not when my girl is crying for me like that!" growled Naruto.
"You can't do anything!"
Naruto reached into the cage and pulled Kyuubi against the bars of the cage.
"But you can so do something NOW!"
"What am I supposed to do? You're heart stopped!"
"Use your damn chakra to start my heart again or something or you're gonna die too!"
"Geez kit. Fine."
Naruto let go and Kyuubi shook to readjust his fur.
"I always told you she'd be good for you."
Naruto saw Kyuubi's chakra fill up the entire room. His body felt like it was on fire. He started screaming.
"Oh yeah. It's gonna be REAL painful," chuckled Kyuubi.
Naruto opened his eyes and tried to focus. He could see all his friends openly crying and sobbing for him. Tsunade was shaking nearby while Shizune tried to comfort her. Then he heard Hinata cry out again. He looked down his body. She had her face buried in his stomach sobbing.
"You lied! Forever! FOREVER NARU! That's what you told me!" she screamed.
"Hina," he whispered. Hinata froze. She slowly turned her head to see her favorite pair of blue eyes staring back at her. She gasped.
"YOU'RE ALIVE!" she screamed before kissing him fiercely. Every single head snapped up.
"He's alive," whispered Neji before collapsing into TenTen's arms in tears of joy.
"You BAKA!" shrieked Tsunade being restrained by Shizune. "You made me worry for nothing!" she yelled again tears streaming down her face. Hinata broke away.
"But how?" she asked astonished.
Naruto smirked.
"Foxy felt bad for you."
Naruto chuckled to himself as Kyuubi growled at him.
"I guess I'll just have to thank him then," replied Hinata slyly but the effect was ruined by the tears still rolling down her face and the wide smile plastered on her face. Naruto sat up and pulled her into a hug before kissing her. Tsunade walked up to them and rapped Naruto on the head. He looked up.
"Hey baa-chan. I'm kinda busy."
"Don't you baa-chan me! How the hell are you still alive?!"
Naruto looked around.
"Umm I don't think I could explain with all these people here."
Tsunade understood and sighed in relief.
"That's ok Naruto. I understand."
Naruto smiled before being completely surrounded by his friends hugging him and each other, happy he was alive.
