The Last Chinoike [A NARUTO LOVE STORY]

The Talk

Naruto's master, who he referred to as Pervy Sage, joined the two young shinobi as they walked through the streets of the brightly lit town after they finished their ramen. The Sannin was disappointed at the fact that all Naruto could get out of the woman was her name. Neither of them still had any idea what was going on with her, why she was away from her clan, or why she was here by herself.

"Hayami, can the three of us take a break from the festival and go somewhere a little more private? I have a few questions to ask." Jiraiya said, all the while watching the two shinobi who walked in front of him, who seemed to simply ignore him. Naruto had once again laced his fingers in-between Hayami's own and tightly held her hand as they strolled down the streets of the festival. Hayami looked over her shoulder and nodded at Jiraiya before returning her gaze back to Naruto. The two seemed to have captured each other's attention rather quickly. 

"Will you calm down Pervy Sage?? If she doesn't want to talk about it right now then just give it a rest!" Naruto said, his blue eyes still fixated on Hayami's deep purple ones. 

"OH BE QUITE LOVERBOY, WE NEED ANSWERS NOW. WE CAN'T HAVE SOMEONE WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HANGING OUT WITH US ALL DAY LONG!" Pervy Sage yelled poking his head in-between the young man and woman interrupting their lines of eyesight.

At that comment, Naruto's face and neck grew beet red as he quickly let go of Hayami's hand. "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE CALLING LOVERBOY, LOVERBOY? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HANGS OUT WITH HOOKERS ALL DAY AND TRIES TO BANG ANYTHING THAT MOVES!"

Jiraiya quickly covered Naruto's mouth with his hands and gave a nervous laugh. "Oh he's just kidding, Hayami. I would never do anything like that!" Naruto rolled his eyes and let out some muffled words, as Jiraiya's hand was still covering his mouth. The scene cause Hayami to crack a gentle smile as she watched the two men argue.

"But seriously, let's go. I need some answers about you, Hayami." Jiraiya said as he dusted himself off and began walking toward a nearby grouping of trees on the outskirts of the village. Hayami, visibly nervous about what she was going to have to talk about with the two men, looked over her should, as if contemplating running away. This whole thing only happened two days ago and she was going to have to talk about the most tragic event in her life just so she would have somewhere warm to sleep tonight. Something she didn't have for the first time in her life just last night. She kept looking around before she noticed a presence in her hand once again. Naruto grabbed her hand and gave her a reassuring look and tried his best to ease the trembling in her hand.

"Pervy Sage is just putting on a front, he's actually really nice but we should really talk about whatever it is that happened so let's go ahead and follow him, alright?" Naruto said, peering down at Hayami who was now looking at the ground and shaking slightly. She gave a nod before tightening her grip on his hand. His words weren't really any different from Jiraiya's, in saying that she needs to tell them what happened, but she was feeling like it wouldn't be so bad to open up to him.

The two had found Pervy Sage sitting against a tree with his legs stretched out and crossed at the ankle. He motioned for the two to sit. Naruto sat down against a tree a few feet away from Jiraiya and faced him, Hayami looked extremely hesitant to sit down but before she act on any impulses to run, Naruto tugged her hand down, gently forcing her to sit by him. He never let go of her hand but casually placed the intertwined fingers on his left and her right hand between their hips on the ground.

Jiraiya gave an exasperated sigh as he stared at the sight in front of him. Naruto was feeling certain things for this young woman he had just met, how deep those feelings actually went, Jiraiya didn't know. But he was worried he wouldn't like any answers that the young woman was about to give him. Which consequently meant he and Naruto would have to leave her behind in this village or worst, take her into custody at the Village Hidden in The Leaves.