The Stalked - Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2

** THE STALKED **

LAST TIME:

Hinata had never been so scared in her life. She couldn't defend herself as the bald man approached, and the 'run' option wasn't really coming through to her head. She was in such a shock and so scared that she couldn't move. The next thing she saw was a clenched fist flying straight towards her and she let out an ear-piercing scream before she was hit in the cheek, in such a hard hit that had her flying into a table. She felt herself hit the ground awkwardly before her mind went black.

** THE STALKED **

Slowly, Hinata pried her eyes open, feeling an agonising pain in her head and abdomen. She tried to sit up, really awkwardly since her stomach was hurting like hell. Slowly pulling up her pyjama shirt, Hinata saw the huge purple bruise residing there, they must've kicked me on their way out or something. She also noticed that her arm was either dislocated or broken, and she couldn't see it, but she was sure her face wasn't looking too pretty at that moment.

Hinata had sat there for almost ten minutes before she heard knocking on her door. She had continued to just sit there for a moment, wondering who would be knocking, before remembering Temari and herself were supposed to head to the shopping centre today. "Temari!!" She called out, her voice croaky and as she opened her mouth only felt a sharp sting coming from her cheek.

Finally the door opened, a blonde haired woman walking inside with her hair up in four ponytails. Temari quickly looked around the room in shock, before gasping loudly and yelling, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?! Hina?! Are you okay?!" She ran over to Hinata, shock still visible in her features. "I have to call the hospital."

"And the police, while you're at it." Hinata added quietly as Temari helped her onto a chair.

Hinata sat there patiently while Temari called the Hospital, to tell them to be ready for Hinata to arrive, and explained the bruises and the arm to the people on the other side of the phone.

Finally, she hung up, and looked over to Hinata, "Do you need anything? A drink? Something to eat?"

Hinata shook her head, "No, I'm okay. Just can you call the police for me."

Temari looked at her with a small smile, "I can to better than that. I'll call Shika," She dialled another number and Hinata listened in to the conversation, although she could only hear one side of it. "Hey Shika, it's me.... I need your help, it's urgent.... You know Hinata? I've told you about her, right?.. Yeah, something happened last night. When I got here this morning the place was trashed and she was lying on the kitchen floor all bruised and I think she has a broken arm.... I don't know what happened, she hasn't told me yet.... Can you and your partner meet us at the hospital?... Thank you, love you, bye." She hung up.

** THE STALKED **

Soon enough, they were stationed at the hospital, in room 214 where the doctor was standing at the foot of Hinata's bed, "You don't have much to worry about, your arm was just dislocated, but you're going to have to wear a sling for the rest of the day." He smiled at Hinata, having just finished popping her elbow back into place and was putting the sling on. "You're bruises will heal, and if you're lucky, they wont leave a scar. You were very lucky-" He was cut off by a nurse entering the room.

"Excuse me, the police are here to see you." She looked at Hinata,who nodded in reply before the doctor and the nurse walked out of the room, just as Shikamaru walked inside.

Shikamaru jumped in surprise when he was Hinata's badly bruised face, "Hinata?! What happened to you?!" His eyes were wide, he had no idea how a nice and hard-working girl like Hinata got into this sort of mess. To tell you the truth, even Hinata wasn't sure about what had happened to her.

Temari smiled and took a seat next to Shikamaru, who had a pencil and paper in his hand, and was sitting beside Hinata's bed, "Where's your partner?" She asked, curiously.

"He'll be here in a min-" Shikamaru was cut off by the door opening, "Here he is." Shikamaru sighed as a blonde haired man walked into the room.

"Hello Officer Namikaze." Temari smiled, having heard about the man before.

Shikamaru looked over to him, "This, is Temari. I've told you about her. And this is one of her friends, Hinata Hyuuga."

"N-Naruto?!" Hinata asked, shocked at seeing the hot blonde-haired male from the day before.

"Hinata!?....Hyuuga?" He looked over to her, suddenly a little suspiciously. When Naruto looked at the bluenette, he thought her to be a really nice girl, kind, polite and innocent. She was so nice to him yesterday, and he had hoped to see her again, just under different circumstances. But he could help but think that she was really pretty. He was cautious though, because Hyuuga's were the opposite, arrogant and mean, all they cared about was themselves and their pride. That gave him reason to think that Hinata could've done something to end up in that state.

"Don't worry," Hinata sighed, "I'm not as stuck up as everyone else in the family. Actually, I left them at the age of fifteen."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, that was strange, "Could they have been the ones who attacked you?" he asked curiously, still wondering how such a nice girl like her was a Hyuuga. She was too pretty, kind, you know, the person who would save an orphan kitten, and... why the hell would people break into her house and tear it apart on the inside?

Hinata shook her head to his question, "No. They want nothing to do with me anymore. I haven't spoken to them in at least four years. They don't even know where I live."

"I know I said 'see you around' but I really wasn't expecting this." Naruto looked down at the girl,  deep bruise on her cheek, split lip and arm in a sling.

Hinata shook her head, "I wasn't expecting this either." she sighed.

"Were the intruders wearing gloves? Would we be able to detect fingerprints?" Shikamaru asked.

"They were wearing gloves." Hinata knew that for sure, remembering the gloved hand punch her in the face.

Shikamaru nodded, contemplating something to himself, "What do you remember? We need to know everything."

Hinata let out a long sigh, "Well, I woke up really early in the morning, wondering why my alarm hadn't gone off yet.  Then I realised that my room was completely trashed..." Hinata paused for a moment.

"I picked up my tennis racket as a defensive weapon, because I was freaking out at that point, and I walked into my lounge room. There were two men in there, ripping stuff apart, and I accidentally let out a squeak, causing them to notice me. They threatened me, and the taller one, who was bald, tried to grab onto me, so I hit him with the tennis racket, which broke in half."

She had Shikamaru, Temari and Naruto's complete attention as she continued on with her story, "Then the shorter guy, said something... Disturbing..." she was about to continue but Shikamaru butted in.

"Disturbing?? Please elaborate." He asked politely.

Hinata sighed, she really didn't want to elaborate, "… Something sexual." she clarified.

Naruto's eyebrows furrowed in disgust, "What did he say exactly? he didn't do... anything, did he?" He had a sudden protectiveness with this girl, and to hear something like that did not make him very happy.

"He didn't do anything. Don't worry about that." Hinata waved her single healthy hand in front of her so he didn't get the wrong idea, "He just said some things... Like that I'd make a good sex toy.... and stuff....." She shivered in disgust, trying not to remember that.

Everyone was looking at Hinata in shock then, all with different types of anger written on their faces, Hinata noticed all the looks: disgust, horror, rage, anger. "What happened next?" Naruto asked, trying to keep the anger out of his voice. Naruto had an urge to beat the crap out of this guy – whoever he was. Hinata was a nice girl – innocent. And if he ever heard anyone say anything about her being some sort of sex toy, or even saying anything similar to that, he would kick their asses so hard they cant sit down for a month.

Hinata quickly continued her story, "Well, the guy – his name was Bakuro – then said that I was lucky it wasn't a part of the plan, and the bald man asked me for some sort of key. I had no idea what he was talking about, and Bakuro held my arm tightly, probably causing this dislocated arm." She shook her arm – which was wrapped tightly in a sling – to prove her point.

"Then the two argued about what to do with me, one of the guys said something like, 'we've got the diary, that'll do for now' and the big guy punched me in the cheek. And that's all I remember." Hinata summarised.

Shikamaru and Naruto shared a look, before turning back to Hinata"Diary? What do you think they could've been talking about?" Shikamaru asked for Hinata' s input.

"I don't know," Hinata answered honestly, "I don't own a diary, or anything... Oh! My mother's diary! I had my mothers diary in my bookshelf, but why would they want that?"

"What would anyone have against your mother?" Naruto asked.

Hinata shook her head, "My mother has been dead for around thirteen years now. I can remember that she was one of the kindest people ever. She wouldn't have enemies." Hinata recalled.

"Has anyone been asking about her recently? Mentioned her in conversation? Just anything you can think of recently that involved your mother?" Shikamaru asked, continuing to write down things on his notepad.

Hinata thought for a minute, "Oh, yesterday!! Someone came by the hospital and just asked if Hikari was my mother!" She remembered.

Naruto looked at her, "Tell me everything that happened."

Hinata nodded, thinking back, "Well...

**FLASHBACK**

"Hinata Hyuuga. You are wanted in the reception office." Dr Shino Aburame explained to me as he walked past leisurely. I nodded to myself, straightening out my nurse outfit and fixing my long blue-black hair back into its bun as I walked towards the reception, wondering why I was wanted specifically.

I walked across the hallways of Konoha District Hospital where I worked until I finally reached the reception office, "Ino?" I asked the blonde-haired receptionist, "What is it you need?" I asked politely, looking at her with my pupil-less lavender eyes.

"Oh, Hinata. This young man has been asking for you." Ino smiled at the silver-haired man standing in front of her.

I looked over to the man, who looked to be around thirty, with silver hair and glasses, "Excuse me? I don't think we've met before. Is there something you wanted?"

He smiled a rather stalkerish smile, "Nonsense. I was just wondering if you were Hinata Hyuuga, the daughter of Hikari Hyuuga?"

I took a hesitant step back at that, "Excuse me? How do you know of my mother?" How did he know? My mother had died when I was six years old. Why would this man want to know if I was the daughter of Hikari.

"Oh, that was all I needed to know. I will be going now." He grinned, turning around and walking swiftly out of the room, leaving me stunned behind, gaping like a fish.

"What was that about?" The rather dumb receptionist, Ino asked confusedly, "Is he your boyfriend?"

I quickly turned my gaping face to her, "No!! I've never seen him before!!" Quietly wondering how she managed to get a job here.

"Oh, so why did he want to see you?"

I sighed, and quickly shook my head at the poor girl and walked away. Packing all my stuff away so I could go home and rest.

** END FLASHBACK**

Hinata looked back up to Naruto and Shikamaru in slight surprise, "Do you think he could've been involved?"

"There's a good chance that he is." Shikamaru explained.

Naruto nodded in agreement, "it's too strange to be a coincidence. Is it okay if we take you to the station so we can get one of our professional sketchers so we can find out what he looks like?" he asked kindly.

Hinata nodded, and followed Naruto and Shikamaru to the car park, where their police car stood out the front. She smiled shyly when Naruto opened the door for her, which also caused Shikamaru to glance suspiciously at Naruto who was blushing slightly.

** THE STALKED **

Soon enough, all three of them had parked out the front of the police station, Naruto walked around to open the car door for Hinata again, who stepped out and smiled at him, "Thank you, Naruto." She thanked as Shikamaru lead the way through the building.

Naruto wasn't sure why, but he was taking a really quick liking to Hinata. He had to make a good  impression on this girl, though it wasn't though he needed to, he wanted to open the door for her, it was just like a reflex. A reflex reaction that he had never had with any other girl.

Hinata was looking around the station, a little excitedly. She had never been in a police station before. And she was twenty-one. They had past reception looking first room, and she followed the duo straight into the back rooms, which was just offices everywhere. All of them were in the same uniform, walking around, talking on phones, or just sitting at their desks.  

"This is where all the offices are, its open, and two people per office, because we all have partners. We're taking you right to the end, where Sai, our best sketcher will be, he's an okay guy, but I have to warn you, his partner is a bit of an ass." Naruto explained to Hinata as they continued to walk.

Shikamaru opened a door at the end of the room, and Naruto and Hinata followed him in. Hinata, though, wasn't too pleased at what she saw when she walked inside.

A man with raven hair was sitting at a desk, next to another pale man that she couldn't recognise, but knew it was Sai. Naruto and Shikamaru looked up when they noticed Hinata stop moving and saw her glaring at Sai's partner.

"Hmm... Surprising seeing you here, Hina." Sasuke smirked, looking at the young woman.

Hinata glared, "Don't call me 'Hina', you bastard." She had a huge disliking to this guy. Sasuke Uchiha. The ex-boyfriend.

Sasuke ignored her, "I'm surprised, you actually got hotter. Damn, my only regret is I never had a chance to fuck you."

Shikamaru and Naruto were wondering what the hell was going on, Shikamaru disgusted with the way Sasuke was talking to Hinata, and Naruto just plain mad.

But not as mad as Hinata, "Go to hell!!! You disgusting, insensitive, fucking jerk!!!"

Everyone was a little shocked that Hinata had just swore, Sasuke being the first to get over it, he smirked, "Wow, surprised to see that you've changed. You're still hot, but not that insecure, shy, li-"

"Shut up!! Who's fault is it I changed!??! That's probably the only half decent thing you've ever done!!" She yelled at him.

Sasuke just laughed, "You're more feisty now. I like it. It's hot. Better than before I think," He took a step closer to Hinata, "I wonder if I can fix that regret of mine..."

Hinata took a step backwards, glaring holes in Sasuke, "Go. To. Hell." She growled.

Sasuke started to say something, but was interrupted by Naruto, who had had enough of the way he was treating Hinata, "GET OUT!!!" he yelled at Sasuke, who hesitated a little bit, but complied, making sure to bump past Hinata on the way out, which only caused her to throw a sticky tape dispenser at him angrily, hitting him in the back of the head.

Once Sasuke had left, Hinata let out an unsteady breath, and wiped her face with her hand in exasperation. She looked up to see all three of them looking at her, and Naruto had pulled out a chair, "Take a seat, I think that'd be better for you to relax." He smiled at her gently, carefully hiding all the anger on his face.

Shikamaru looked at her, "Okay, I have to admit, I'm very curious about what just happened. Are you willing to elaborate?"

Hinata looked up to him, "Well, to summarise it, that bastard was a jerk that I can't even remember why I went out with. It only lasted  like four weeks, when I found him in bed with my roommate, oh, and I also found out he cheated on me with at least three other girls in that time too."

It was silent for a couple seconds, until, "THAT JERK!!" Naruto growled, and started heading to the door, his fists clenched. Oh, he was going to give Sasuke a piece of his mind alright. Shikamaru quickly grabbed onto Naruto, and pulled him back before he could reach the door.

"Naruto, don't. You'll only cause trouble for yourself." Shikamaru advised.

Naruto hesitated for a minute, but sighed, and turned around to take a seat next to Hinata. "Okay. But next time I see him..."

Hinata looked up at Naruto with a smile. A small, vulnerable smile, but a smile nevertheless. "Thanks for sticking up for me." She said, her voice low, she really didn't like it when people saw her while she was vulnerable, but somehow, she didn't seem to worry about it with Naruto.

He put his hand on hers, and gripped it tightly, "Don't worry about it. I'll always stick up for you if you need me." He smiled.

Shikamaru nodded to himself, well, he was sure there'd be another couple going around soon.  And he approved of this girl for Naruto. She was an excellent, kind-hearted, loving girl, just what Naruto needed. "Now, let's go on and do what we came here to do. No more distractions."

Hinata and Naruto nodded, and Shikamaru noticed with a grin that neither let go of the others hand, which was now intertwined, on Hinata's lap. "Why hasn't Sai said anything this whole time?" Hinata finally realised that she hadn't heard him speak.

"Sai can't speak. He had major damage to his voice box while being strangled one time. But it only makes him more observant, and he listens to everything, and is our best sketch artist." Naruto explained.

"Now, what did he look like? Try to be as descriptive as you can. And start with the face shape." Shikamaru asked, as Sai picked up a pencil and a piece of paper and prepared to draw.

Hinata nodded, "Okay, well, he had more of an oval shaped head, his silvery-grey hair up in a ponytail with his fringe shown.  He had circular glasses, and his eyes were black."

"No tattoos that you saw?" Shikamaru prodded.

"Oh, yeah, there was one, on the... left side of his neck. It was small, but a snake-like thing... I'm pretty sure it was a snake curled up kinda like a cobra." She tried her best to remember it exactly.

"Anything else? Like bruises, scratches, scars?" Naruto tried to bump Hinata's memory of anything out of the ordinary.

Hinata shook her head, "No, he was perfectly healthy. I remember that. Because I am a nurse, and when I was called specifically, and saw the guy, I immediately checked him out health-wise, because I thought he was just a patient."

"Okay," Shikamaru turned to Sai, "What have you got?"

Sai, quickly did a few touch ups on his sketch, before flipping it around so they could all see, his eyes trained on Hinata's expression. Hinata was shocked, it wasn't perfect, but the only difference she could see to the memory is the lips on this sketch were a little fuller that the real life guy. Other than that the picture was perfect.

"Is that him?" Naruto asked Hinata, who was still looking at the picture.

Hinata nodded, "Yes. They look pretty much exactly the same." She was shocked.

Shikamaru laughed, " Yeah, Sai gets that a lot. It is very impressive."

"What do I do from here?" Hinata asked, not quite sure because nothing like this had ever happened to her before.

Naruto smiled, "Shikamaru and I are going to do a nation-wide search on this guy. And find out as much as we can about him. We're also going to find out as much as we can about your mother. I want you to see if you can find out anything about her either."

Shikamaru nodded, "But for now, Naruto's going to take you home. You need some rest. And don't worry, it's very unlikely those people who broke into your house will come back tonight. But if they do, call one of us, we'll most likely be up all night."

Naruto nodded, gave a subtle grateful look to Shikamaru before showing Hinata out of the room, Naruto not far behind her.

** THE STALKED **

END OF CHAPTER 2 ^-^