The Wandering Ronin N

chapter 62

Last time

*Kurenai said with a huff, it made Hinata laugh quite a bit, that laughed and started to mix itself with hiccups, as Hinata started to cry, kurenai hugged her, and Hinata hugged her back, crying her heart out.*

Now

*They stayed like that till Hinata felt better, or at least ran out of tears. Kurenai petted Hinata's hair giving her a soft smile*

Kurenai:come on. let's go get you healed up

Hinata:o..ok. yeah, I can feel blood coming up my throat, please take me to get medical attention

*Hinata said weakly, her voice was a little horse, kurenai nodded  as they flickered away from the preliminaries, straight to the hospital*

Later

*After being cleaned up and treated, the doctors told Hinata, that she should stay in the hospital bed for a few days, just to make sure nothing bad happens. Kurenai left to get ready to see her other 2 students fight, so there Hinata was, alone and sad, thinking she's nothing more than a disappointment*

???:man, they don't even give you a book? How are you supposed to entertain yourself?

Hinata:eep!

*Hinata jumped a bit from her bed, and then groaned feeling the bruises menma gave her. Speaking of menma, he was there, sitting down on the chair next to her. Menma looked at her with a smile"

Menma:sup.

Hinata:m..menma? What are you doing here?

*Hinata asked surprised, menma just shrugged with his trademark crooked smile. He looked at her as if she said something ridiculous*

Menma:your my friend, what you thought I wasn't gonna visit and see how you were holding up?

Hinata:l..lady Tsunade did a wonderful job, she really is amazing, I'll be able leave in just a few days. She....she also told me that you were the one who asked her to heal me. So t...thank you for that

*Hinata said, with a soft blush on her face. Menma just scratched the back of his head and chuckled a little*

Menma:yeah, sorry If I was a little too rough on you, I uh. I didn't know if I should hold back, since that would mean I wasn't taking you seriously, b..but I also didn't want to hurt you do the point I would make permanent damage. But at the end of the day, you were a Shinobi, so I fought you with everything I had, but maybe I should've held back a little

Hinata:no, I'm....I'm glad, I'm glad that you fought me with everything you had. Thank you, for seeing me as an equal

*Hinata said with a small smile, menma smiled back at her. To pass the time he started retelling the fights of the preliminary rounds, who won, who lost, the fighters abilities, everything, just trying to fill the silence and entertain Hinata for a while. And it was working, until the door was opened, they looked and the person in front of the door, made Hinata flinch in fear, since in the doorframe was her father. Hiashi hyuga.*

Hiashi: honorable namikaze, please leave. I need to have a word with my daughter

Menma:.....from where I'm sitting, she doesn't look comfortable being alone with you, so I think I'll stay

*Menma said, leaning back on his chair. Hinata looked at him in shocked, no one talked back to her father. They just did as he told them, hiashi's frown became deeper*

Hiashi: honorable namikaze, what I'm about to tell my daughter, is a matter of clan importance

Menma:If that were true, my father would be here next to you. Since you need the Hokage as eye witness, if it's about your clan, since if it's affects a clan, it affects Konoha. But of course, it wouldn't be that your actually afraid of my father right?