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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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This is another short one but I can’t really help it right now, exams are killer!!! This is mainly story building so no hot sex but a lot of NaruHina time that will help create the plot.

Sitting in the interview room after Shikamaru was gone Hinata wasn’t sure if she should sigh with relief or tense up waiting for something worse, it had all seemed too easy. She had detected more than a trace of apathy in the interviewer and though he seemed intelligent in some ways she was worried that whoever had sent him to interview her would think he’d gone to easy on her. Sitting there in her pyjamas Hinata gave a slight shiver, she was cold, her leg hurt, no one knew she was there, she was all alone. Her eyes tingled as tears welled up waiting to fall, she wanted to be strong but all she wanted to do was cry, she felt her lower lip start to tremble and bit down on it to stop it. She shuddered as though ready to begin to sob, she damned her body for not keeping up with her mental will power to stay stoic. She allowed herself a sniff hoping to prevent any tears from falling, as she quickly wiped at her nose with her hand, she felt thoroughly miserable but the uncertainty of her situation made her terrified.
When the door finally opened again it was Sakura that entered the room, the two girls were not close but in this situation they just fell into each others arms, quite literally in Hinata’s case thanks to her leg.
“Are you OK?” Hinata asked looking closely at her workmate.
“They just grabbed me after work… I’m guessing you were in bed.”
Hinata flushed and crossed her arms feeling embarrassed “Yes… but I think they believe that we’re innocent.”
“I stood up for you”
“Me too, do you think anyone saw you being brought here?”
“No, why?”
Knowing that Sakura needed to be told exactly what could happen to them Hinata decided to explain “No one will know where we are, they could easily get rid of us, what they’ve done here is illegal and if we ever told anyone about it they’d be in trouble.”
“Of course” Sakura nodded nervously “Well I guess we have to hope they’re decent people.”
“They’re probably listening to us right now”
“I know, I’m trying to guilt trip them” Sakura smiled at her friend and the two of them managed to enjoy a vaguely happy moment. Finally the door opened and the two girls were invited to leave the room they were in, Sakura gave Hinata her shoulder to lean on and together they made their way into the room where Jiraiya, Naruto and Shikamaru were waiting for them, Hinata could see two burly looking men standing outside the door ready for if either of them tried to run, not that she could handle it or that they’d get far.
“We’ve decided to let you go”
“As in we can go home or we can’t work here anymore?” Sakura asked sounding worried.
“We expect you both back at work tomorrow” Jiraiya answered not noticing how both girls’ faces fell at this news.
“He means…” Naruto corrected quickly “you both get tomorrow off full pay so you can catch up on sleep”
“Thank you” Hinata’s voice was soft and her eyes grateful, Naruto couldn’t help but like the way she looked at him, like he was some sort of hero, girls didn’t usually look at him like that.
“Do we get a ride home?” Sakura asked deciding that whilst they had a sympathetic person in the room they might as well get what they could.
“We can just about arrange that” Jiraiya agreed, “Shikamaru arrange for someone to meet the girls in the car park”
“No” Naruto interrupted “I’ll do it” He noticed Jiraiya smirking at him but didn’t care, then noticing how Hinata was leaning in the other girl he moved forward “Let me help you” Naruto cast a glare at his godfather as he helped Hinata lean on himself instead of Sakura, Hinata looked wiped out and understandably so as she had yet to sleep, putting weight on her leg made her fall helplessly against the blond and her eyes filled with tears.
“Sorry, I fell on my way in” she tried to stand again but found it too hard to do.
Frustrated by her friend’s pain Sakura spoke out “How is she going to work on this leg?”
“You don’t, I’m sure she can take some time off.”
Sakura laughed at his ignorance “And how does she pay the bills if she takes time off?”
“Sick pay should cover it shouldn’t it?”
“You don’t know much about your staff do you? Neither she nor I get sick pay none of the waitresses do.”
“Well you do for this” he told her firmly, she nodded and clutched his shoulder tightly. “Both of you do, I’ll have my father give you both a weeks worth and then I’ll see about changing that. I’m driving them home” he informed Jiraiya his expression angry, he was genuinely surprised by this revelation of Sakura’s, he didn’t mind his family’s illegal activities but they ought to take better care of their employees. Sliding one arm around Hinata’s waist Naruto led the girls out of the room half carrying Hinata as he went, she was surprisingly small and light against him.
He drove Sakura home first, she lived in quite a rundown area and Naruto’s car drew a lot of attention as he drove her up, curtains twitched and people opened their front doors, she grinned at their interest and hugging Hinata she made her way home yelling to her parents as she went.
Hinata’s voice was timid as she directed Naruto through the streets, she was grateful to him for offering to take them home, he was kinder than the other men involved and she appreciated kindness right now.
When they arrived in front of her apartment block he expected her to be embarrassed by her living conditions but there was no trace of anything like that on her face. In fact she was more concentrated on her state of dress than his opinion of her home. Finally he asked a question in order to keep her there longer “You haven’t lived here long have you?”
It sounded very unlike a question and Hinata gave him an inquisitive look “No, we moved in a year ago, thank you for the lift” she opened the door and started to climb out of the car, before she was fully standing outside Naruto had climbed out and run around to help her. “Thank you” Hinata blushed as his arm encircled her waist again, she inhaled sharply feeling very nervous having his arm around her.
He guided her to the entrance letting her lean on him all the while, “Let me walk you up” Naruto offered throwing his coat around her shoulders.
“I’ll be fine” Hinata was nervous and felt a little weird about having a stranger walking her home.
“I’m offering for two reasons, one is because your leg is hurt and I know the lifts never work in these places, the other is because I’m lending you my jacket and I want it back.” He smiled at her, it was warm, disarming “Come on, I’ll stop at the top of the stairs, you’ll go to the door on your own, no tricks. I promise.” His smiled widened as he coaxed her.
She smiled back at him unable to help herself, he was so attractive and everything he did warmed her heart… despite her better judgement she nodded.
“Ok, just to the top of the stairs.”
He asked her questions as he half carried her up the stairs, he kept it light, made jokes, even slipped in a few compliments and by the time they were at the top of the stairs she was blushing rather fiercely.
“And now we say goodbye” he told her keeping his word as they finished climbing the stairwell
“Yes” she nodded and pulled his coat off “Thank you”
“No problem” he tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled “I’ll wait for you to go in.”
Trying hard to fight her blush Hinata turned away and limped down the hallway to her door, it wasn’t until she got there that she noticed the door was ajar. Had she left it like that? Neji would have definitely closed the door on his return even if she’d left it open… of course he could have come back to someone robbing the place Freezing she ran a hand through her hair trying to think of what to do, then she remembered that she wasn’t alone, turning back she found Naruto was still leaning against the wall watching her. His demeanour changed as she sent him a panicked look and flinging his coat around himself he ran towards her.
“What’s wrong?”
“The door”
He saw what she meant and pulled her back putting himself between her and the door.
“Did you lock it behind you?” Naruto asked and Hinata glared at him, actually glared at him.
“I got woken up after ten minutes of sleep and then dragged out of my home in my pyjamas…” Hinata looked fearfully at the open door.
“Ok, stay behind me… would someone notice if you were being robbed? Would your neighbours notice?”
“In this part of town you keep you’re head down, how do you think your friends were able to get me out of here like they did?” she was whispering as she clung to the back of his jacket “Do you think they’ll still be in there?”
“Let me go in first” Naruto reached behind himself and pulled out a gun, noticing Hinata’s surprised look he smiled “Since the robbery I’ve been carrying this, just in case” she nodded but still looked nervous “Its registered. Completely legal. Now stay behind me, I’d leave you out here but if they get past me you’ll be in trouble out here”
Surprised she hadn’t noticed the gun before Hinata still didn’t say anything but nodded keeping her eyes on the gun feeling nervous, she didn’t like guns and her recent experience had only made it worse.
Naruto entered the apartment slowly his gun held in front of him, he eased his way through the apartment keeping one arm back lightly touching Hinata’s hip, he made his way slowly through her apartment stopping at each new door and clearing it before continuing on. The entire flat had been trashed, lamps lay broken on their sides and drawers had been emptied and their contents strewn all over the place. Hinata clutched at his shirt as they went her whole body trembling, Naruto really enjoyed this role he was playing.
Most girls saw him as a meal ticket or a good time but none of them ever thought he could be something dependable, none of them ever looked at him the way she did. When he’d heard about Neji’s troubles he’d been determined to help merely for his sake, upon seeing Hinata he’d decided that a little fling wouldn’t hurt, all carefully contrived and controlled by him. He’d have made sure she wasn’t hurt by it but now he decided that he wouldn’t go that route, he enjoyed her hero worship and planned on basking in it for a long time.
Once they reached the bathroom at the back of the apartment he turned to her and smiled “I think we’re good”
“Great I…” Hinata paused as she stared past him into the bathroom, the locked medicine cabinet that she had used to keep things away from Neji at his worst was no longer on the wall, walking into the room she found that it was crashed open on the floor.
“Hinata?” Naruto watched her worriedly, it was like she suddenly broke, staring at the medicine cabinet smashed on the floor she dropped to her knees uncaring about the glass,
“What is it?” Naruto asked knowing that something had caused her to really crack now.
“My mother left me some jewellery… I managed to keep it hidden through all this… some pretty expensive stuff, I had some money hidden, I couldn’t put it in the bank they’ll raise my taxes” Hinata wiped her eyes “I was saving it for Hanabi… she’s smart enough to go to college… it’s going to be expensive and I thought it would help. This is it… this is the straw”
“The Straw?”
“The straw that breaks the camels back… Everything was for Hanabi, for her future… now what? She’s going to end up like me.” Hinata’s eyes glazed over as she envisioned her younger sister’s future… or lack thereof. “Oh god having her end up like me.”
“Come on” Naruto tried to pull her to her feet but her eyes had glazed over “Hinata?” she still didn’t respond so Naruto knelt and picked her up, she curled up in his arms as he carried her out of the flat, he walked down the stairs with her still in his arms. He said nothing as he took her away but in the back of his mind he was very aware of the fact that only one person was to blame for all that had happened.

We see nice guy Naruto here but we’re going to see a much darker side of him and the gang in the next one.
TTFN
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