Do you really want to understand?
"What kind of question is that?" asked Naruto. "Of course!"
Fine. This is just one of a potential set of futures. It answers the question though, because she finally says it herself.
"Huh? What?" asked Naruto.
FLASH!
He was in the ruins of the village and felt the searing agony as Pain thrust another chakra sword through his body. The pain and sense of violation were absolute as the enemy stood close and regarded him through those odd eyes.
"Don't you dare give up! Jiraiya and Pa gave their lives because they believed in you!" yelled some frog. "I'll never forgive you if you give up now!"
"Noisy frog!" declared Pain, blasting the protesting frog away.
"You bastard!" Naruto felt his mouth say as he tried to move and protest. If he could just get some leverage maybe.
"It's time for us to go," said Pain, holding out a hand and gathering power again.
He saw her then. Hinata. Older and dressed differently. Leaping to his defense, deflecting the attack that would have finished him off.
Pain slid to a stop to regard the girl who'd knocked him aside. "Reinforcements, eh?"
"I won't let you lay another finger on Naruto!" declared Hinata.
"What're you doing here?" asked Naruto as he tensed and loosened muscles around the blades and tried to work them loose. "Get out of here! You're no match-"
"I know," said Hinata, her voice shaking slightly before she got it back under control. "I'm just being selfish."
"What are you talking about? What are you doing here? It's dangerous!" Naruto felt one of the blades loosen, increasing the amount of wiggle he could use against the others.
"I'm here of my own free will," said Hinata. "I used to always cry and give up. I nearly went the wrong way. But you. You showed me the right way. I was always chasing you. Wanting to overtake you. I just wanted to walk with you. I wanted to be with you. You changed me! Your smile saved me! So I'm not afraid to die protecting you."
Naruto saw her glance back and knew suddenly. She knew with that Byakugan that he was getting loose. She was buying him time.
"Because I love you," said Hinata, charging forward. "HA! Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!"
"Shinra Tensei!" attacked Pain before she could complete the attack.
Naruto watched as Pain stepped forth and thrust down with another chakra blade, twisting it cruelly into the fallen Hinata before he straightened and faced Naruto again.
"She..." said Naruto, staring at the girl on the bed.
Is largely so shy because her father continually shreds what little self-pride she might have had at one time, answered the voice. She lacks much of a killer instinct. She hesitates to hurt others. Which is not what her father desired of an heir so he adopted that tactic to toughen her up. It backfired.
"She... what?" asked Naruto, surprised when he realized he felt tears tracking down. "She... loves me?"
He also holds Hinata responsible for the death of his brother, though he understands intellectually that it wasn't her fault. She was just being kidnapped by Kumogakure agents who wanted the Byakugan.
"She's been hurting all this time, and..." Naruto looked at the paleskinned girl then down at his own hands. "What do I need to do? Whatever it is, I'll do it."
Very well then, said the voice. This is going to hurt.
"It's going to hurt? Hasn't she been hurt enough?" asked Naruto.
Not her. You. Your body is going to undergo some massive changes as you go through fifteen years of intensive training in five seconds. Without help from me, even your recuperative powers wouldn't keep you alive. Are you ready?
"I was born ready!" said Naruto.
Remember then. You asked for this.
Character One: Naruto Uzumaki . . . . . . . . . Character Two: Toki
Copying basic martial arts
Copying Hokuto Shinken lvl 1 (basic)
Copying Hokuto Shinken lvl 2 (intermediate)
Copying Hokuto Shinken lvl 3 (advanced)
Copying general physique type - Hokutoverse advanced martial artist
Activating Blend tool.
Saving file.
Naruto's eyes widened, rolled up in his head, and he fainted.
Naturally he landed right across Hinata who woke up and wondered how Naruto-kun had gotten so much heavier. Which she noted as she tried to roll him OFF of her.
When she shifted him just enough that he began sliding, she felt a moment of joy.
When he stopped sliding off the bed and was facedown on her crotch she was sufficiently mortified that she fainted again.
well, that was amusing for a moment or two commented someone in the guise of a Demon Fox.
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