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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
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the chracters used herein, I do not make any money from the publishing of these fanfiction.

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Ok people have a lot of questions about this and I’m trying to answer the more wordy reviewers but those that just write that it was great or interesting thank you and it’s a nice ego boost. I hope all will be answered in time but please remember that this is fanfiction, the Naruto characters are mine to do what I wish with unlike in the real world where I have to wait for a new chapter to come out and when it does I am secretly disappointed that things are too slow, then I stop reading for a few months so I can read lots of chapters at once but even then I am left frustrated by the lack off progress and the fact that he still hasn’t addressed the Hinata confession… man am I angry right now? I’m not sure, maybe I’m just worked up. Either way remember that the characters here are different, Neji grew up with a loving family, he’s not the same guy as in the manga so if you think this version is ‘out of character’ just remember that he is a different character.

Over the next few days Neji was very suspicious, he felt eyes watching him as he left his home, he was used to a certain amount of scrutiny considering the people he owed money to but this was different. Everywhere he went he had a shadow following, everything he did he knew was being analysed and it set him on edge. At the same time he managed to be at home more, the promise of a future job seemed to ease him. He spent time with Hanabi and it was gratifying to see how much she wanted him around, Hinata was more suspicious of his sudden familiar attitude but after waking up twice in a row to find him home with Hanabi making dinner she couldn’t complain. It was morning now and he’d woken Hanabi, Hinata wasn’t home just yet, according to Hanabi she did her shopping before she came in some mornings so he didn’t worry, in fact he just spent time noticing how well Hinata had managed for so long, he had nothing but admiration for his young cousin, she arrived a good hour before Hanabi had to leave smiling and carrying heavy shopper bags.
“Morning ‘nabi” Hinata grunted shifting the bags onto the counter in the kitchen “Neji, the car tyres need air and the fluids need topping off, I was gonna do it but…”
“I’ll do it after I drop Hanabi off at school, let me do that” Neji walked forward and started emptying the shopping bags and putting their contents into cupboards.
“Thank you.” Hinata dropped at the table and kicked off her trainers “My feet!” she groaned tiredly “Whoever invented high heels was a sadist.”
“Or just very short” Hanabi told her through a mouthful of cereal.
Hinata laughed and got to her feet “Or that, right I’m off to bed you tell your teacher that you can go on that school trip, I’ve managed to get some extra hours so…”
“Thank you!” Jumping up from her seat Hanabi ran to give Hinata a hug, “I will be soo good and not cause a bit of trouble to anyone.”
Hinata grinned and dropped a kiss atop her sister’s head “You’d better not.”
“Sleep well” Neji wished her before going back to his morning coffee. It felt strange to be saying that at this time but hopefully if all well went well with him they’d be able to change their lifestyle soon and Hinata would be able to go back to studies and a future career.
After she’d disappeared into the bedroom Neji and Hanabi moved quietly around the kitchen, they exchanged silent communications until the kitchen was as tidy as they could make it without using the water, the tiny apartment mean that you could hear everything that was going on within their home and so running water was pretty impossible when someone else was trying to sleep.
They walked down the stairs talking as they went, Hanabi was obviously excited about her trip and practically danced down the steps ahead of Neji’s sedate pace. She was suitably distracting as they made their way to the car and Neji never noticed the dark car pulling up in front of the building he left behind, he didn’t see the two men in sharp suits getting out. Had he noticed them he would have immediately known why they were there and raced back, unfortunately he didn’t so he and Hanabi got into their car and drove away.

(NaruHina)

Bam Bam Bam
“You have got to be kidding me” Hinata buried her head under the pillow moaning miserably, she knew this morning had gone too well, life in general had been going well, she started to feel a little lighter as she made her way to work, the fear and anger that had been constantly feeling up until now was gone. She didn’t ask questions preferring to live in whatever peace she could find in such a troubling life, she had grown used to the stress and found smiling at work a lot less hassle than it used to be. Her happy thoughts made her feel peaceful and slowly she closed her eyes drifting back off to sleep for a few seconds before….
BAM BAM BAM
“No, No, No!!” The sudden idea that Neji had come back without his keys made her sit up, if Hanabi had forgotten something then it would make sense that he was already back, rolling out of bad Hinata fell to the floor in a heap of duvet and pillows. Getting to her feet she stumbled to the door and opened it with a curious “ullo?”
“Ms Hyuga we’re from the Comet Casino we need you to come with us” the two men at her door were tall, muscular and dressed in smart dark suits. She had seen them around the casino and she knew that with them you never argued with them.
“Uh… right” Hinata nodded nervously “can I get dressed first?”
“We’d prefer if you just came with us” before Hinata could do anything more a firm hand clamped down on her shoulder and pulled her out of her home and propelled her towards the stairwell. For a few brief seconds she played with the idea of calling out, of screaming for help and trying to run but she knew it was useless anyone that heard her would pretend not to and trying to escape would just make things difficult in the long run, tears filled her eyes as she walked down the stairwell in her pyjamas. Her feet were bare and she didn’t even want to think about what she might be walking through. She walked carefully but her nervousness caused her to step wrong and turn her ankle, each step from then on became more and more painful but it was the fear of what was coming that really plagued her mind. She had heard whispers of what went on behind closed doors in the casino but had never really listened preferring to be ignorant and employed instead of intelligent and jobless.
Keeping her head down Hinata got into the black car waiting for her in the car park, once inside she was joined in the back seat by one of her abductors and he sat silently beside her. Not one word of explanation was offered and she felt so nervous, bringing her pointer fingers up in front of herself she poked them together trying to work out what was happening, the only thing she could think of by way of explanation was the robbery Hinata knew that the police had still found nothing and she guessed that the Comet’s owners had finally decided to take matters into their own hands.
They drove through the streets and then round the back of the casino, she recognised the staff car park instantly but the door she was led towards was not in any way familiar, behind the door were dark corridors that made her hunch her shoulders trying to fold in on herself. She wished she’d been able to leave Neji some sort of message before coming here, she had visions of herself being strangled and dropped into a hole outside of town. The winding corridors made her lose all sense of where she was and she knew she’d never find her way out on her own. The fear was getting to her and she was just about to drop to her knees to beg for her life when she was walked into a bright room, she blinked in the sudden light and found that there were quite a few people in the room and they were all looking at her. Crossing her arms she dropped her head letting her arms and hair cover her embarrassing top.
Stunned for a few moments Jiriaya, Naruto, and Itachi all stared at the three people that had entered the room. The two men in suits stood just a little in front of their captive but she could be seen between them.
“Sir we brought Ms Hyuga as requested.”
“Jesus guys you could have let her put some shoes on” Naruto exclaimed catching sight of her feet.
“We were asked to bring her here in haste not stopping to bring about suspicion.”
Naruto rolled his eyes and dismissed the two, he then got a good look at the young woman and couldn’t help himself “Hinata?” Naruto’s eyes widened as he stared at the terrified young woman, her pink pyjama’s had some cutsey cat on them but there was no ignoring her flat stomach and large breasts (she was obviously not wearing a bra), the pink leggings that went with the cat top clung to long slender legs. At hearing her name she had looked up her eyes were wide and scared but there was something about the way she clenched her jaw that made him think she was ready for a fight. “Hinata Hyuga?” he asked again even though there was no way anyone else could have that hair and those eyes.
“Yes” she frowned at him “That is who you wanted… right?”
“Sorry” he shook his head and chuckled “You don’t look how I expected you to.” Naruto smirked as she ducked her head, somehow he’d still thought of her as the little kid she’d been when he’d last seen her. This was quite a nice surprise, his urge to help the Hyuga family increased hugely from that moment.
“When you pull someone out of bed how do you expect them to look?” Her voice was defiant but her nervous posture gave away just how she felt about her situation.
“Of course…” smirking Naruto stood staring at her for a bit longer before turning to look at his father and godfather “we’d better get on.”
Looking around Hinata could see two white rooms connecting to the one she was in, both were small like large cupboards and had two chairs, they looked clinical and she assumed that this was where she would be questioned and tried not to cry. The blonde who had looked at her strangely placed a firm hand on her arm, he guided her gently to one of the rooms and sat her in a chair.
“I’m going to close the door but you won’t be in here long. I promise.”
“Thank you… do I… Do I know you?”
“Not really” and with that Naruto left her to stare at the scarily perfect white walls. Looking up to the side she noticed a camera angled down at her, sighing she turned to look down at her feet.
Oddly enough Jiraiya had the same question “Do you know her?”
“I knew her cousin once. When she’s cleared I’m hoping to offer him a job.” Naruto answered honestly, shaking his head he looked back at his godfather “What’s the plan?”
Itachi answered him “When Sakura gets here we will have Kakashi interview them both, if he feels the need to, he will bring in Ibiki.”
“No” Naruto shook his head “No to either of them” Naruto looked at the elder Uchia with a determined stare, “If we send in Shikamaru we’ll get a calmer and more analytical interview.”
“You make a good point” Jiraiya nodded his agreement “But on your head be it, right?”
“Of course, you are supposed to be training me to handle all this aren’t you?”
“Yes, but first tell me why,” he pointed to Hinata on the television screen Naruto had started to stare at “tell my why she gets special treatment.”
“They’ll both get Shikamaru interviewing them”
“I have no problem with that but she’s the reason you’re doing this isn’t she?”
“Like I said… I’m… friends with her cousin”
Jiraiya threw his head back and laughed “Yeah that’s why you looked like you’d been struck by lightening when we brought her in.” he chuckled as Naruto had the decency to look embarrassed before becoming serious again “Naruto right now she’s a suspect.”
“And as soon as she isn’t I’m going to help her out of the mess she’s in.” Naruto smirked as he watched Hinata, she’d calmed down now and she was sitting rubbing her arms as though she was cold occasionally nursing her ankle tenderly. She was interesting to say the least, he didn’t why know but after less than a minute with her he was fascinated… Ok so maybe it had something to do with her figure.
Hands in pockets Shikamaru arrived looking bored, by this time Sakura had been sat in the room adjoining Hinata’s, she was still dressed in her sparkling short uniform and was tapping her food quickly obviously nervous. Shikamaru stood watching the two girls on the screens with a serious look on his face, he didn’t ask any questions he just stood watching, finally when he was satisfied her turned to Jiraiya and asked “Any instructions?”
“None at all, Naruto here thinks you can handle it, we just need to get to the bottom of this as soon as we can.”
“Thank you” Shikamaru nodded to Jiraiya and looked closely at both of the screens “I think I’ll see Sakura first, I’ve met her before, it’ll make it easier. And I think we’d both like a cup of coffee”
Naruto watched intently as Shikamaru interviewed the young pink haired girl, he was calm, kind, he made the whole thing seem like it was just conversation in a coffee shop however he was pleased that the two of them spoke about Hinata when they heard her say
“Hinata would never steal, and she would never do anything that could result in someone getting hurt. She takes on extra hours and rarely complains if you’re late, she’ll be annoyed but she’ll never say anything to you.” Sakura shook her head determinedly “Look I know you said we’re the main suspects but she’s the gentlest person I know so even if it makes me your only suspect I still say it won’t be her.”
He sent a triumphant glance to the unseeing Itachi and Jiraiya, they were watching the whole thing avidly and though they would occasionally confer about Shikamaru’s interview tactics they had nothing bad to say about the interviewee.
When Shikamaru was finished with Sakura he left her to wait in the room and made his way to where Hinata was held Naruto grabbed his arm, “Be… gentle with her Shikamaru” he didn’t care that his Godfather wouldn’t stop smirking as he said it but Shikamaru nodded and it settled Naruto’s mind. Naruto felt bad that he hadn’t been able to get in touch with Neji, he’d tried to ring him a few times that morning but so far he’d not been able to get through to him, standing back he, his godfather and Itachi watched Shikamaru, hw started with Hinata in the same way he had Sakura offering her coffee and starting with easy conversation about herself. Finally he got to the same question where Sakura had defended Hinata so vehemently.
“You and Sakura Haruno are the ones who’s behaviour was out of the ordinary, what do you say to that?”
“You’re questioning us because we were acting suspiciously?” Hinata asked in confusion “Surely the people with airtight alibis should be your first port of call? The innocent never have a true alibi.”
“While that makes sense you are the two we are interviewing, we know you are in a lot of debt and your family is suffering because of it.”
“Mr Nara if I wanted to get my family out of debt through… unprincipled means I would have accepted one of the many offers that I have received up to a hotel room with a guest, unfortunately I am not as easy as that stupid outfit I have to wear makes me seem.” Hinata managed to look unafraid as she made her indignant speech but she could feel herself trembling.
“I see… and Sakura Haruno, what if I told you she was the only other suspect… could she have done it?”
“Could she….” Hinata considered it carefully “Well in all honesty yes, but so could I and hundreds of others, would she? No, she’s not in need of money… but then again… you say the cameras stopped working?”
“Yes, two of the security guards that watch the screens was seeing to a domestic upstairs, the other called for the casino janitor the minute the cameras went out thinking it was an electrical fault.”
“But how did they go out, did someone pull a plug…”
Shikamaru was surprised by her interest in that aspect but answered her questions honestly “It was by remote, someone got into the security office at a time it was unguarded and set it up.”
“Set it up? What needed to be done in the office?”
“Wired it into the panel, found a frequency…”
“Then I doubt it was Sakura, she can barely download music without screwing up her computer and she can’t change a fuse, she’s a smart girl but technology is not her thing. So… that makes me prime suspect huh?”
“No” Shikamaru smiled and shook his head “You’re actually the bottom of my list.”
Hinata was surprised by this but started to feel a little more relaxed as she asked “Because of my defiant defence of character?”
“Something like that… I do however want the truth from you about who on the staff you think would and could do this.”
Hinata sighed and crossed her arms, sitting back in her chair she thought long and hard about what Shikamaru had said. “Will they be hurt?”
“Maybe, what we really want is the professional behind it all, the person who organised it all… but Hinata if you want your name cleared properly you need to tell me.”
“I’d like to say no one comes to mind but… in pure terms of who really needs money in a short space of time I’d say there were three candidates. You see I may be hard up but usually when someone Neji owes money to someone I can arrange to pay it back pretty quickly, but one of the Janitors owes a lot of money to a guy called Garth Hagen.”
“Not someone you want to owe money to, I’m surprised we don’t know.”
“I only know because I overheard him on the phone, he was organising a drop off at a particular underpass, anyone that knows anything about this town knows that that’s where he organises the drop offs…” she didn’t look at him as he said this part and it made Shikamaru smile.
“Neji owed him some money once didn’t he?”
“Yes, but we sorted it straight away, the security guard, Wes, owes a lot of money to Holt… I don’t know if you’ve heard of him?”
“Yes, Holt’s on our radar but Wes isn’t.”
“Well… it’s kinda complicated but his wife is the one that owes the money, finally there Trace one or the Barmen he also owes money to Holt but… he and Holt are old friends. Those last two would be just gossip but I’ve noticed things, Wes’s watch has been gone for a while, I think he sold it and then their car was gone, Trace and his wife moved to a smaller apartment and she used to talk about having kids, they were actively going for it but now they never mention it, and her engagement ring is never on her hand, she loved that ring.”
“So you think those people are the ones most likely to have something to do with it?”
“All three of them would have the opportunity to plant a device near the cameras, they’re reasonably technologically savvy, and all three of them look like they’re down to the wire as far as money is concerned. I know because I recognise the symptoms.”
“Symptoms?”
“The tiredness, the expression of worry, the hunched shoulders… I’ve been the same.”
“Thank you for your help” Shikamaru smiled at Hinata but he could tell she wasn’t happy “Is everything alright?”
“I didn’t like telling you all that, but that man… he died” her lower lip trembled “Ten and I tried to help him but we couldn’t… that’s why I’m telling you, because those people caused someone to die, had that not happened I would never have said a word, even if you’d threatened me.” Her eyes blazed and Shikamaru found himself remembering the situation on her doorstep only a short while before. “Do you understand?”
“Yes, and I greatly admire you for it, I also promise you that only the guilty will be punished for this. I’ll see to that”

There'll be more NaruHina in the next chapter and I'm still determining other couples I can be persuaded!!
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