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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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Exams are over!! I may have failed them all but hey, that’s life and seven years of study down the drain!! My parents will never see me graduate and its something they’ve been talking about since I was 5.
I do not own Naruto

Waking up that first morning had been confusing for Hinata, she was in a large double bed with fine white sheets and pillow cases, the duvet was soft and light but still perfectly warm, the mattress had no uncomfortable areas that bothered her back. For a very brief few drowsy moments she lay trying to figure it all out when she heard a shriek come from the other room, it was Hanabi, bounding out of bed Hinata immediately crumpled to the floor in pain as she stood on her bad ankle. Suddenly she remembered all that had happened, still she had to find out what was wrong the Hanabi, limping out of her room she called her sisters name, she got no response but Neji exited his room frowning.
“Everything alright?”
“I don’t know I thought I heard….”
At that moment a door near her opened and Hanabi ran out “Hinata you have got to see this!!!” grabbing her sisters hand Hanabi yanked Hinata into the bathroom, Neji followed looking curious and then laughed when he saw what had his younger cousin so excited.
“A whirlpool bath”
Hinata gave him a confused look, the corner bath looked normal until Hanabi pressed something and the water bubbled up frothing in the white enamel.
“Oh my” Hinata muttered looking down at the unexpected luxury, then seeing the clock she let out a shriek of her own “Hanabi you’re going to be late! Neji get dressed you have to get her to school, Hanabi stop messing around and get ready!” ushering Neji out of the bathroom Hinata limped downstairs to the kitchen, she’d sent Neji out to shop last night and they’d brought supplies form home so she could just about scrounge up a breakfast and lunch for Hanabi but she was missing a lot of normal things. There was no cling film handy and for some reason Neji had forgotten margarine. Shaking her head she decided that Hanabi would have to buy her lunch at school, still when Hanabi came clattering down the stairs she was able to put a plate of food in front of her, Neji followed soon after and was presented with an identical plate, the three of them sat eating silently, they felt oddly awkward, asides from anything else having a dining room was new for a family used to a two room flat. At one point they all looked at each other and just started laughing, it was like some sort of dream world.
“Will you be alright on your own here?” Neji asked as he helped Hinata clear the table.
“Of course, why? Were will you be?” Hinata managed to keep the suspicion out of her voice but she was worried.
“Naruto wants me to come in to see about some work, he’s needing someone to do some office work.”
“That’s great!” Hinata grinned at his revelation, when Neji had lost his job he’d lost some of his conceit as well, no matter how arrogant he was when he was working Hinata wanted him to have some pride in himself again. “Well I’m going to investigate the house and see what this job will entail… I must admit living here would be… a dream come true.”
“Hanabi certainly likes it”
“I do indeed now come on Neji, I’m gonna be late” Kissing Hinata on the cheek Hanabi grabbed Neji’s hand and began pulling him to the doorway. Hinata watched them go smiling all the while, she was terrified that any minute now she’d wake up and she’d be stuck back in her one bedroom flat working every night and sleeping on days when she hadn’t been given a cleaning job. Looking around she debated pinching herself, not wanting to cope with the idea that this might not be reality she decided against it and turned back to her work. It was nice to live this dream even if it was only for a little while.

“Jiraiya” Orochimaru greeted his one time friend sat down opposite him, once upon a time a hand would have been offered in friendship but that was a long time ago. Looking past Jiraiya Orochimaru then nodded to his companion “Minato”
“Orochimaru” Minato returned but Jiraiya sat looking stern and saying nothing, Minato then nodded to the silver haired man standing behind Jiraiya and he returned the gesture. They were in a crowded bar and the other patrons seemed wary of their little table as they moved about never looking too closely at the business meeting going on so close to them.
“Well, I understand there is much that needs to be discussed” Orochimaru smiled thinly as Jiraiya remained silent. “How can we talk if you will say nothing?”
Jiraiya moved stiffly in his seat before saying more “There is a man that works for you, he’s a loan shark.”
“There are many loan sharks gravitating around me… which one in particular are you interested in?”
“His name is Holt, and he orchestrated the robbery in my casino.”
“And what pittance did he make off with? A few hundred thousand?”
“About that, but it is not the money we care about, our reputation was damaged and a man lost his life. I cannot do nothing.”
“And you come here to ask me for what?”
“We are going to pursue this no matter what you say. A lesson needs to be learned here.”
“And you are going to teach it are you?” Orochimaru smirked as he leaned back in his seat “Quite an educator these days. Perhaps Tsunade is rubbing off on you.” He licked his lips as he spoke hoping for some sort of reaction. Jiraiya’s jaw tightened as he bit back a retort, the urge to smash Orochimaru’s face in was almost overwhelming
Instead Jiraiya calmed himself with a few deep breaths “Teaching this kind of lesson has always been second nature to me, as well you know.” Smirking Jiraiya conjured up memories of the last time he needed to teach a lesson against Orochimaru. They had both been twenty five and Jiraiya had made the mistake of letting Orochimaru be aware of one of his gun running plans. Jiraiya soon discovered that the snakelike young man had no principles and the entire route was sabotaged causing Jiraiya to lose a full weeks trade, the fistfight that followed had caused the two of them to end up wrapped in bandages and doped up on morphine.
“Finally you begin to talk” Orochimaru smirked, he knew exactly how to hit the nerves and push the buttons on his one time friend “We both know why you are really here. You worry about your future with Tsunade and you know what is going to happen when she tires of you. You suspect that she will return to me.” His golden eyes danced as he teased the other man but there was a rigidity in Jiraiya’s jaw that made his expression change and the dark haired mans eyes squinted and his lips formed into a thin line.
“I will not sit here and let you sully her name” Jiraiya’s tone was low and dangerous “and I will not let you destroy my reputation either. You have managed to make a name for yourself in this world but I too am a force to be reckoned with and I came here today to try and keep the peace but I am not afraid of a fight, now either you let it be known that Holt cannot expect protection from you or you risk endangering your entire operation with a fight you know you don’t want.”
“What makes you question my loyalty to my men?”
“Because I’ve experienced your brand of loyalty and it wasn’t exactly faithful. You don’t want to fight with me right now, not for something so small and I know that if you had helped him plan his little escapade then he’d have come away with a lot more than he did. You’ll get rid of him like a cancer ridden lump. That’s just who you are.”
“I prefer to deal with my personnel problems alone”
“That explains why you have so many” the snippety remark was usually unworthy of Jiraiya but his patience was at an end “I’m leaving you now with a choice, you can protect Holt, hide him away, hurt those who try to find him or, you can do the smart thing and let me solve this issue. You don’t have to help, but you can ensure that no one causes any hindrance.”
“And when do you want my response by?”
“I don’t need one, my people will begin to look for Holt tomorrow, we will know your response within a few hours of work but you cannot take these matters into your own hands. If Holt turns up dead before we get to him the consequences will be the same as if you’d protected him.” Without another word Jiraiya and Minato left Orochimaru to his thoughts

Sitting in his office Orochimaru ran a finger down his quickly assembled list of ‘loan officers’ that he could trust, it had taken him mere seconds to decide what to do about his current issue, as it was his own business had experienced a slight drop in the casino takings and if he had any indecision about his stance that would have decided it for him. Damaging Jiraiya business was one thing but hurting his own… well there was no question!
Kabuto had been sent out to pick up the man in question and unfortunately Holt had been hard to track down and as a result it was getting late in the day. Despite his absolute certainly that Jiraiya must be allowed to deal with Holt Orochimaru felt the need to issue a certain amount of warning to the man, it would stand him in good stead with his other workers if he made some semblance of dedication to him.
Finally after hours of waiting Kabuto brought in the man in question and Orochimaru was able to properly glare at the man that had brought him so much trouble. Holt was a decent looking man, not unattractive and rather well presented considering his occupation, he did not look overly extravagant but his clothes were well made and designed. He walked with an easy air that made Orochimaru sure he had no idea what he was here for.
“Orochimaru sir” Holt bowed politely and waited for acknowledgement.
Looking up Orochimaru inclined his head and sent Kabuto from the room, the silver haired man left quickly and quietly, he did not want to be present for this interview, no one had ever tried anything this big without permission and he knew that though he wasn’t showing it Orochimaru was furious. It took a lot to bring a man like Orochimaru to anger but this event had brought about an internal silent sort of rage that Kabuto did not want to be on the receiving end of.
As was expected of him Holt waited for Orochimaru to let him sit, when he finally lowered himself into a chair he sat carefully straightening out his coat as he did so. Orochimaru let him sweat for a while shuffling papers and making himself do pointless busy work so that he would make Holt feel awkward. It worked, after a few minutes he started to shift in his seat, he knew not to speak until he was spoken to and so he sat waiting for something, anything to be said. Finally Orochimaru looked up and uttered the worst words that any associate of Orochimaru’s could say.
“You have disappointed me.”
As expected Holt’s jaw dropped, a terrified expression crossed his face and he tried to stutter a response.
“Do not even try to speak, you have created an uncomfortable situation for me.” Orochimaru’s ability to speak in understatements was universally recognised. “As a result I have no choice but to terminate any trace of our affiliation.”
Holt let out a sigh of relief, he’d worried when Orochimaru started to talk but this he could just about cope with, he was already planning to start again in another town nodding acceptingly. “I see, I am sorry for causing you difficulties.”
“Did I say you could speak?” Orochimaru shocked Holt as he said this. “I met with Jiraiya today, he knows full well what you have done and has every intention of reprisal.”
“Sir I must beg…”
“Beg? What can you beg of me? Did I give permission for your actions? Did you seek any sort of authorisation from me?”
“I…”
“YOU ACTED ABOVE YOU’RE YOUR STATION!” Orochimaru rarely raised his voice but his booming shout was terrifying when it came out.
Outside the office Kabuto flinched at hearing his masters raised voice.
For himself Holt was literally frozen in place, he’d never expected to have anyone catch him out, not even the people involved in the robbery actually knew who’d really organised it. Of course he was a common factor in all of their lives and as there had been a loss of life it had made the vengeance level a lot higher. He hadn’t expected to be discovered but he had hoped that there would be some level of protection as Orochimaru would enjoy anything that brought Jiraiya down.
“Sir I…”
“No!” Orochimaru stopped him speaking in a cold clipped tone “I will not endanger my business over some childish felony.” Glancing At the clock Orochimaru noted the time, 22:30 before continuing “You have exactly ninety minutes before they come after you, I recommend you use it wisely.”
“Ninety…?” Standing Holt looked at the clock himself “But…”
“As I said, they will begin tomorrow. We are not nine to five people, I should not need to explain this to you.”
Holt waited for more but it was obvious nothing more was coming, getting shakily to his feet he bowed politely and headed for the door. He exited the building quickly and purposefully avoided his car. He walked quickly turning at every car engine that sounded in the street, unfortunately the young man that walked after him made no sound and managed to follow him without being noticed.

Slightly boring chapter but the next one will show a rather nasty death… sounds fun right?
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