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CHAPTER EIGHT ___________________ "What I'm trying to say is.."
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She bit her bit lip as held in her cries of pain, scarlet blood running down her back as she grasped onto her bed.
"You're a disgrace to this family." Her father hissed in her ear, raising his whip to land a hard blow on her bare back once again.
"Why? Because I love a boy who truly cares about me?" She shot back, the cuts all over her body burning intensely as she shifted.
"How dare you!" He roared, bringing down the whip against her skin.
The noise flowed throughout the room again.
"Wait, wait! What are you doing?" A familiar voice asked, the anger laced in their tone clear.
"Leave." The girl's father ordered harshly.
"No, you leave." The yellow knucklehead rushed over to his partner, holding his hands out in front of his body to block her.
Her father simply pushed the boy away, grabbing his daughter's long hair to pull her towards him.
"Don't touch her!" Naruto screamed loudly. Instinctually, he brought out one of his own kunai's, cutting his way through her once-long hair, which was now cut so that it barely touched her shoulders.
"If you insist on being with a burden like him, then go ahead." The man growled, dropping the hair in his hands."Just know you're no longer the heiress if you do."
His daughter shook her head, wrapping her arms around herself as she sobbed onto her savior's shoulder.
"Ayame-"
"-T-Thank you." She interrupted quietly, tears continuing to run down her cheeks.
"Ayame, I swear I'll protect you!" Naruto promised, bringing the girl into a hug with a determined look.
