In my dream Chapter 7

In my dream
Chapter 7

“Naruto-Kun, I – I . . . I don’t want to go,” said Joyce, a bit worried.

“So, you found out where we're going,” said Naruto.

“To the Hyuga Compound,” said Joyce.

“I agree with Joyce; I don’t think we should go. Who knows what Father will do if he sees us,” said Hanabi.

“We have to go. Don’t worry; I won’t let him harm either of you, I promise,” said Naruto as he kissed and hugged Joyce.

Naruto and Joyce walked hand in hand with Hanabi next to them. As the three neared the compound, they saw someone standing outside; he seemed to be waiting for something. Once they got in a rage, they realized who it was since that person hadn’t stopped looking at them.

“Neji-Nisan. What are you doing out here,” said Joyce.

“I'm Waiting and looking for both of you. Where in the world have you been? Hisashi is going to be mad,” said Neji as the other three looked at him confused.

“Neji, you don’t know what happened, do you?” asked Naruto.

“What happened that I don’t know about,” said Neji, almost demanding to know what happened.

“Neji-Nisan father . . . . . . Father has kicked us out and disowned us,” said Joyce.

“WHAT? . . . . . . But how . . . . . . I mean, why?” asked Neji.

“That’s why we're here. Neji, I need to speak to Hisashi and tell him to come out,” said Naruto.

“I don’t know if he’ll want to come out,” said Neji.

“Don’t worry. I’m sure he’ll come out once you tell him I’m here,” said Naruto.

“All right . . . . . . I’ll go tell him,” said Neji as he entered the compound.

The three waited about fifteen minutes when Hisashi finally came out with an angry face.

“What do you think you're doing here? I suggest you leave before I dispose of all three of you,” said Hisashi.

“Hisashi-Sama, why did you disown them?” asked Neji.

“We're not leaving till you apologize to them for treating them like you did,” said an angry Naruto.

“NEVER now LEAVE before I kill you,” yelled Hisashi.

“Oh, you’d like that, wouldn’t you? But are you sure you can do it?” Naruto said, testing Hisashi’s patience.

“Not only am I sure, but I’m certain,” said Hisashi, almost ready to pounce on Naruto.

“Then what are you waiting for?” asked Naruto. Joyce didn’t like what was happening, and Naruto was provoking Hisashi. She couldn’t help but think what could happen.

Hisashi began to stroll towards Naruto, and Neji stepped in between them. Joyce sighed and mentally thanked Neji for stepping in.

“Why did you throw them out?” Neji asked Hisashi.

“Why don’t you ask them?” asked Hisashi.

Neji turned to Joyce and waited for her to answer him.

“Neji-Nisan, I’m pregnant,” said Joyce.

“What?” said Neji. He then noticed Naruto’s hand reach for Hinata’s as their fingers intertwined. He then looked at Naruto, who was also looking at him with a firm face, basically telling him it was his.

‘Joyce is pregnant with Naruto’s baby . . . But . . . That can’t be it . . . Can it . . . . . . That’s not a real reason to do what he did. I always knew they would end up together, but a baby is unexpected. However, that still doesn’t give him the right to do what he did,’ thought Neji.

Hisashi moves Neji out of the way and steps in front of Naruto.

“So, you want to fight, do you me,” said Hisashi with a smile.

“If it’s the only way to make you apologize,” said Naruto, angry.

Hisashi gave a small chuckle.

“Very well, so be it,” said Hisashi with a big smile.

The others just tensed when he agreed to fight Naruto. This could have been better; who knew what could happen?

“Naruto-Kun . . . Don’t do this, please,” said Joyce.

“Naruto,” said Neji as Hisashi cut him off.

“Neji, go to my office; in the first drawer on the left, there is a scroll. Bring it to me,” said Hisashi.

Once Neji left to fetch the scroll, Hisashi began to talk again.

“If we fight, we will do this the right way. Neji arrived with the scroll and handed it to Hisashi. We’ll do it the way they did in the old days. He brings his hand up with the scroll, showing it to Naruto. This is a battle contract. A fight between two individuals for their reasons isn’t an exam type of fight, tournament, or anything like that; in this battle, there is no proctor to oversee the fight. Everything and anything goes; the fight is over when one person wins or the other surrenders or dies. No one can stop either opponent from killing the other because both will be killed if that happens by the battle rules. These battles are legal under the laws of Konoha, so I won’t get in trouble when I kill you,” said Hisashi with a massive grin as he tossed the scroll to Naruto.

‘Naruto, don’t you dare sign that contract. Hisashi will kill you without hesitation. You can’t leave Joyce all alone. She needs you,’ thought Neji.

As soon as Naruto opens the scroll, he hears Hanabi, “Y-you’re not . . . . . . You’re not going to sign it right.”

“Naruto” was all Joyce said, but inside, she was worried about what he would do.

Naruto didn’t answer them. All he did was read the scroll.

Naruto looked at Joyce and Hanabi and then turned to Hisashi. “Pen,” he said to Hisashi.

“Naruto,” said all Hanabi, Joyce, and Neji, not believing what he would do.

Once he had finished reading the contract, he signed it, and the other three could only gasp at his actions.

Before Hisashi left, he said, “Now that you have signed the contract, there is no going back. Under the law of Konoha and the rules of the contract, if you refuse to fight, you will be executed. So, you can either die like a coward by not fighting or die by my hand,” said Hisashi as he took back the contract and began to walk away.

“The battle will be in a week,” said Hisashi.

“No, we fight tomorrow,” said Naruto.

“What?” yelled Neji. On the other hand, Joyce was already in tears, and Hisashi stopped.

“What’s wrong? Are you scared,” said Naruto.

“Very well, the sooner, the better,” said Hisashi with a smile as he returned inside.

“Naruto, are you crazy? What did you do? Did you even think about what would happen if you’d lost? What about Hinata? Didn’t you think about her.” said Neji.

“Why . . . . . . Why?” Said Hinata. Naruto was about to hug her, and that’s when it came; Hinata began to pound her fist into his chest, “Why, Why, did you do that?” said Joyce.

Naruto stopped her as he grabbed her hands and brought them to her sides. He then raised a hand to lift her head so they could make eye contact, and as they did, Naruto could see her eyes full of tears.

“Joyce, you’re making me feel bad,” said Naruto.

“How do you think I feel? You’re making us feel like we don’t matter to you, like I don’t matter to you,” said Joyce.

Naruto cupped her cheeks with his hands and wiped away her tears. “Joyce, you mean the world to me. The way you're acting makes me think that you don’t believe in me. I don’t stand a chance at all, as if I was dead already,” said Naruto.

Joyce began to shake her head as she hugged Naruto and dug her head into his chest. “Naruto-Kun I-I . . . I’m sorry; it’s just that I’m scared. I don’t want anything to happen to you.” Naruto broke away, lifted her head, and kissed her. Both Neji and Hanabi just smiled at them.

Naruto broke the kiss and whispered into her ears, “Joyce, I love you, and I would never do something if I knew that it would affect my family in any way. I already promised that I wouldn’t let anyone harm you, and I intend to keep that promise, which means I will always be here for you.” Joyce just nodded.

“Naruto,” said Neji to get his attention. Naruto could see one of his strict faces when he looked at him. He knew what was coming. When Neji was about to speak again, Naruto cut in, leaving Neji with his mouth open.

“Neji . . . I love her,” said Naruto with a now smiling and blushing Joyce in his arms.

Neji looked at them and said, “That’s all I need to know.” Joyce, you deserve to be happy. Ever since my aunt died, I’ve never seen you this happy. At least now you're away from him,’ thought Neji.

“Can we leave now? Yuki is all alone at home,” said Hanabi.

“Yeah, let’s go home,” said Naruto.

“Mind if I tag along for a while,” said Neji.

“Sure,” said Joyce as they all began to walk towards the apartment.

After walking for a couple of minutes, Shikamaru walks up to them.

“Shikamaru?” said Naruto.

“Naruto, I’ve been looking for you,” said Shikamaru.

“Why?” asked Naruto.

“Naruto the Hokage needs to speak to you. She said she wanted to meet with you right now,” Shikamaru said in a lazy tone.

After walking for a couple of minutes, Shikamaru walks up to them.

“Naruto the Hokage needs to speak to you. She said she wanted to meet with you right now,” Shikamaru said in a lazy tone.

“I wonder what she wants?” said Joyce.

“Maybe she wanted to talk about you, know,” said Shikamaru as he nodded toward Joyce’s stomach. Joyce blushed like always.

“No, she already knows about that,” said Naruto.

“Really? What did she do?” said Shikamaru.

“Nothing,” said Naruto.

“Uh . . . that’s a surprise, well I delivered my message; I’ll see you guys later,” said Shikamaru as he began to walk away.

“Where you are going, Shikamaru?” asked Naruto.

“I have to meet up with Ino and Tenten,” said Shikamaru.

“What for?” asked Joyce.

“I don’t know. They just said that I had to meet with them to talk about something,” said Shikamaru.

“Wait . . . I think I’ll come with it,” said Neji as he ran to catch up with him.

“I guess it’s just now us three . . . . . . Well, let's go see the Hokage,” said Naruto.

Konohamaru stood looking down on the beaten Jiraiya lying flat on the floor. Since they got to the hot springs, all that had been happening was Jiraiya getting beaten up.

After Konohamaru ‘taught’ Jiraiya the genjutsu, Jiraiya kept trying to sneak inside the women’s side of the hot springs. However, he would get chased out and beaten every time he did.

What Jiraiya didn’t know was that Konohamaru was purposely getting him caught so that he would be beaten up by the women just so he could entertain himself, and man, was he delighted.

‘This idiot thought I would teach him one of my top skills, ha’ thought Konohamaru.

He continued to look at the befallen Jiraiya as he twitched his leg. Konohamaru just laughed.

“Konohamaru,” said someone.

He turned around to see Moegi and Udon.

“Hey guys,” said Konohamaru.

“Hey, we're going to go get some ramen. Wanna come,” said Moegi.

‘Well, I had my fun,’ he thought, “Yeah, let's go,” said Konohamaru.

Naruto, Joyce, and Hanabi walked toward the Hokage tower when they ran into Konohamaru and his teammates.

“Konohamaru, where are you going?” asked Naruto.

“Naruto . . . . . . We’re going to go get some ramen . . . . . . Wanna come?” asked Konohamaru.

“No, I have to go see the bachan,” said Naruto.

“What about you guys?” asked Konohamaru to Joyce and Hanabi.

“I’m going with Naruto, but maybe Hanabi would like to go,” said Joyce.

“I . . . don’t know,” said Hanabi.

“Come on, Joyce. It’s time you made some friends. Besides, there are good people, trust me,” Joyce whispered in Hanabi’s ear.

“Fine, I’ll go, but we have to go to Naruto’s apartment to get Yuki; she’s home alone,” said Hanabi.

To be continued