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From Rags To Unwanted Riches	By : TerriSmith Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Naruto/Hinata Views: 9345 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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"Why did Naruto want to see this guy?" Kiba asked as he and Shikamaru climbed out of the car, he looked up at the ugly grey apartment buildings they had been sent to. "I don't know why he's so interested in him"
"I figure that he used to know him, he knew the name at least… probably an old university friend or something like that." Shikamaru shook his head as he discovered which of the grey buildings they needed
"Well I don't see how that changes anything, if this girl had something to do with the robbery she's had it. I've never seen Jiraiya so mad."
"I have… once" Shikamaru stared at the broken lift sign and sighed before heading towards the stairs and starting to climb them.
"He lives seen floors up" Kiba groaned not moving one step up "Can't we just phone him?"
"No number, not at the flat or mobiles registered to their names."
"We could just say he wasn't home"
"And if it gets discovered that he was? Do you want to tell Naruto that we gave up because the lift was out?" Shikamaru didn't bother to turn back as he spoke.
"Uhhh" Kiba groaned as he began to follow Shikamaru up the stairs "When?"
Shikamaru didn't need to ask what his companion meant as he continued up "When Tsunade got engaged a few years back, the guy was a con man out for her money, when Minato found out and told the old man he was crazy furious."
"I remember hearing about the engagement" Kiba told him frowning in remembrance "What happened to the guy?"
"Officially he left town and is believed to be in South America"
The tone of Shikamaru's voice made Kiba pause as he asked "And unofficially?"
"Ibiki and Kakashi came back very late that night, Ibiki in particular was very tired and dusty. There are a lot of deserts surrounding our city, come on Kiba we don't have all day."
Thinking about it Kiba soon had to shake his head trying to rid himself of the nasty knowledge of Ibiki's openly sadistic character and how much he did not want to get on his bad side.
Mounting the second staircase Kiba groaned again 'He better be home' he muttered loosening his tie and following Shikamaru.

Bam Bam Bam
"Noooo"Hinata groaned as she stirred in her bed, her curtains were heavy to block out the sunlight as she tried to get her eight hours during the daytime, she wore ear plugs to ensure that her neighbours wouldn't bother her with the muffled noises that would seep through the wall. Everything that needed to be done in order to ensure Hinata got her sleep was done… unfortunately when someone is pounding on your front door with alarming force it was enough to awaken even the soundest of sleepers.
Bam Bam 'Hello? Anyone there?'
"G'way" she moaned rolling over and pushing her head under the pillow, the thumping continued so she dragged herself out of bed and stumbled to answer the door, she flung it open with a snarl of "WHAT?"
The two men at the door were taken aback by her rude greeting and one of them actually took a step back.
"Sorry miss… Hinata Hyuga?" the braver of the two men gave her a disarming smile but Hinata glared right back.
"Look I spent all night at work, I am exhausted so if you want to sell me something be it religion or double glazing know I have no interest in it or money to pay for it!" In any normal situation Hinata was nothing but sweetness and light but right now she was angry, tired and angry and these two men were going to receive all of her rage.
"We are very sorry miss Hyuga" the man that had stepped back moved forward again, he felt a little embarrassed of his cowardice, he had faced many dangers in his time and to be scared by a short young woman in Hello Kitty pyjama's was rather shameful.
"Don't be sorry, be quick!"
Once again it was the braver man that stood up to her "My name is Shikamaru Nara, this is Kiba Inuzuka. We are looking for Neji Hyuga, is he here?"
"No, and if you want to find him look in every bar and casino in town, he has no particular favourite place where he loses the money I work for. However much he owes you I do not have it." After this Hinata stepped back inside and prepared to slam the door and then her good manners returned and she moved back out "Sorry, I am very tired… The casino I work at was held up last night."
"You work at The Comet?" The braver man made a pretence at surprise.
"Yes" Hinata gave him a shrewd look, he wore a high pony tail and though he had intelligent eyes there was also a lazy expression on his face. Despite her sleepy state she could feel something was up, the other man had odd red marks on his cheeks, both wore smart suits. She could tell there was something not quite right about these two, they weren't loan sharks as she'd expected and this one before her was different somehow. Feeling herself become more away Hinata felt a familiar despair, the last thing she wanted was to not be able to get back to sleep "Look I need to get back to bed, I have work tonight. I can get Neji a message"
"It doesn't matter, we will find him."
"How much?" Hinata asked her heart sinking
"Sorry?"
"How much does he owe you?"
"We aren't here for money, an old friend is looking for him, that's all."
"Alright" bidding her unwanted guests farewell Hinata closed the door, something echoed in the back of her mind, bugging her but she shook it out and stumbled back to her room where she fell upon the bed and was soon out like a light.

Though his agents couldn't unearth Neji at home it turned out that finding him had been an easier task than Naruto realised, as he entered the casino with his uncle that evening, they arrived at five looking smart and relaxed as they greeted guests and kept people's minds from thinking too hard about the night before.
They had been walking around flirting and joking with their clientele when Naruto spotted the signature dark hair and silver eyes on a man sitting at the bar.
"Neji" Naruto smiled at his old college friend "It's been a long time how've you been?"
"Naruto?" Neji frowned as he shook the blonde man's hand "Hey... how are you"
"I'm good, great actually but that's what happens when your parents can buy and sell most people, but you didn't answer my question, how's life?"
"Naruto I'm sure you probably already know that it's not particularly good" Neji shrugged trying to appear careless
"Maybe but I'd like to hear it from you." he sat with Neji and ordered them both a drink "Talk."
"There's nothing much to say" Neji took the proffered whisky and downed it quickly "My parents died, as did my only other relatives and I was left guardian to my two young cousins. Due to certain problems I have, I lost my job, I'm in more debt than I could ever pay off and I can't get work so paying it off is left to my cousin who should be in college right now." Neji was angry, he hated showing weakness especially to a friend "Life's a screw up… remember how I used to talk about fate and how poor people were fated to be that way… it really was all bullshit"
"We did try to tell you" Naruto pointed out with a small smile
"Yeah, I just lost my way when my father died, everything I ever did was to prove to him who I was… when he went." Neji downed his whisky and water and signalled for another "Things would be better if I just wasn't around"
Naruto frowned at his friend's morbid outlook, it made any case against his cousin seem even worse. "Neji, Hinata works here at Comet right?"
"Yeah… how do you know?"
"My Godfather owns it… Neji it was held up last night, armed men stormed the place, fired off shots and took everything they could." he was really surprised that Neji seemed completely oblivious to this.
"That's why she was late" Neji palmed his forehead angrily "She must have been so scared. Damn it!"
"Apparently she was very calm… my sources say she was a little too calm."
"What do you mean 'too calm'?" Neji frowned facing Naruto and staring at him hard… "wait you think Hinata? No..., never."
"You have big money problems someone could have easily convinced her…"
"You don't know Hinata… she would have been… about ten years old when you last saw her? Even back then she was almost perfect!"
"Ten...? Yeah probably about that… she was quite a shy kid back then. Tell me about her now."
"She's… still shy, quiet but she's strong, she makes sure that everything works out when it all goes wrong, but she will always do it in an honest way. Even if she's given too much change in a shop she'll go back. She's tired though, no one else see's it but that's why I'm working for you now. She's not well, nothing big but… she's tired and stressed, she hates this job working all night, sleeping in the day, she only works here because the pay and tips are good. She wanted to be a nurse, was going to start the training but then we started our… difficulties."
"You mean you started gambling with money you didn't have?" Naruto teased watching Neji's whole being stiffen. "Sorry"
"No you're right,, it's my fault, no one will hire me now and the drinking is making it worse. That's another reason why I know Hinata would never steal, she knows that's what started all this and she'd never risk Hanabi's future."
"I believe you, but my godfather will still want to question her"
"You can't let him, she's weak. He'll break her."
"Neji the fact you're even being spoken to about this is a courtesy granted to you without their knowledge, you can warn her about it but at some point in the near future she will be questioned."
"Can I be there?"
"No, but I will contact you about it when I have a clearer idea of what they're going to do… do you have a cell?"
"Naruto we can barely afford cereal."
"Here" Naruto pulled out two slim black phones and fumbled with the keys for a few moments "it's a burn phone, I keep them for emergencies, I'll send you a message on it as soon as I know anything. Once this is all over, if she's cleared I'm going to help you"
"There's no need…"
"Neji have you forgotten how much I owe you?" Naruto interrupted his face completely serious "My parents might not have followed through on that cutting me off thing but who knows what would have happened if you hadn't took a bullet for me?"
"I'm not a charity case"
"I know but… I can get you work… law work, I might even be able to protect your cousin, get her a better job and place to live."
Neji was about to respond negatively but then he remembered the way Hinata had looked a week ago when their electricity bill had come, she had looked so tired, so despairing, they had just enough to cover it but she'd walked straight to the thermostat and turned it down. Swallowing his pride he nodded "I don't want her to work at all really, she needs rest."
"I need a housekeeper" the idea occurred so quickly to Naruto that it surprised them both.
"A housekeeper? You have a house?" Neji was surprised as he had heard enough about Naruto to know he spent most of his time in the city and it was all apartments and hotels… plus he didn't really like the idea of Hinata living in Naruto's home, she was fairly naïve despite the world she worked in.
"Sure, I don't live in it, it's one of those big expensive places on the outskirts, it has like twelve bedrooms. I use it when mum and dad decide to have a family reunion, I used to party in it but I'm past that kind of thing now. Houses need to be lived in, it keeps the systems running and discourages burglars not that it doesn't have a primo alarm system and a security guard. She'd be paid and she and her sister could live there!"
"It'd be too far from Hanabi's school"
"So they get a car in the deal, Neji she'd barely have to work at all… just like you want."
"I guess…" Neji knew that his friend's life wasn't all honest work, he knew that the drugs running around town were mostly controlled by Naruto's family and that Jiraiya wasn't just Naruto's Godfather, he was often jokingly referred to as The Godfather, thankfully Hinata wasn't really aware of the dark underbelly of the town they lived in and if he worked for Naruto she'd never know his work leaned towards any illegal aspects.
"Neji I want to help… I'll get my mother to ease her into it all, mum always liked Hinata used to wonder why I hadn't been as well behaved as a kid."
"Who else is under suspicion?"
"I can't tell you that… but rest assured I will do all I can to get the real traitor" Naruto's eyes went dark, he didn't like it when people messed with his family "You get home… and Neji… the drinking isn't helping anyone."
"I know, it just numbs it all a bit." He reached in his pocket to pay but Naruto stopped him
"I get free drinks, please let me." Neji gave a reluctant nod and then got down from his bar stool. Naruto followed suit and then walked with him out of the casino "I'll call you"
"I appreciate" they shook hands and then walked in their different directions back to their very different lives.

Was that short?
It feels short, OK hope you're all still enjoying this, next chapter will see Hinata being questioned I'm still deciding how that scene will go so it will be a while before it's put up
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