164. Hinata’s resolve
<span style="font-weight:400">‘Ku~ra~ma’ Hearing Tomoka’s yfull tone Kurama felt like crying. He didn’t know what made her like this but he feared for his sanity.
<span style="font-weight:400">[Y-yes?]
<span style="font-weight:400">‘So, you know how there is half of you inside Naruto~?’ At that moment only one though could go through Kurama’s mind
<span style="font-weight:400">[Oh no.]
<span style="font-weight:400">‘Oh yes~ Chances are that your yang half is now a yin half too~ ufufufu~’ Kurama knew where this was going and he didn’t like it one bit.
<span style="font-weight:400">‘Not only that but you yourself have said that you identify as a male~’
<span style="font-weight:400">[Stop!]
<span style="font-weight:400">‘Chances are your yang, now maybe yin, counterpart is now female~’ That was the straw that broke the camel''s back.
<span style="font-weight:400">[Nooooo!] At that moment Kurama gave out a pretty good impression of Luke skywalker.
<span style="font-weight:400">[Tomoka, we are good friends right? Best of pals even right? We need to check!] Kurama didn’t care much for being male or female to tell the truth. What worried him was Tomoka’s endless teasing should it be true.
<span style="font-weight:400">‘Don’t worry Kurama, if your other half really turned female I am sure you will be a great mother figure for Naruto… Kumama’
<span style="font-weight:400">[That’s it! Come here you little shit!] Once again Kurama engaged in the futile action of chasing Tomoka inside her mindscape.
<span style="font-weight:400">Meanwhile in the real world Tomoka walked with her girls while chatting about this new and interesting event. Though suddenly the other two became serious, making Tomoka a bit nervous.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Tomoka, there is something important we want to talk to you about.” Hearing that Tomoka began feeling a bit of anxiety. Has something bad happened? Who did she need to kill to make it right? Was it time to unleash the nukes? Tomoka’s thoughts became darker and darker by the second until she was pulled out of it by Hinata’s words.
<span style="font-weight:400">“W-we have been thinking about it and… we would like to live together with you. Just the three of us with our own home.” Despite knowing that Tomoka loves her Hinata couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous as her heart pounded against her chest. What came next surprised her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“YES!” With tears in her eyes Tomoka couldn’t help but shout her answer beforeunching herself into her girls’ embrace. She had wanted to ask the same for the longest time but her new emotions were quite bothersome. She felt a fear of rejection despite knowing they would never do that. She felt nervous and every time she wanted to broach the topic her throat would close up.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I will get us the best house ever! Don’t you-” Before Tomoka could finish Nozomi raised her hand while interrupting her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Actually, we thought about it and we want to pay for at least half of it. You know, to feel like we contributed as well.” Nozomi felt a bit embarrassed since she knew Tomoka didn’t care for things like money. Even so both Her and Hinata felt like they needed to contribute otherwise they felt like they were taking advantage of Tomoka.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see, well it doesn''t matter, any ce you two are with me will feel like a home.” Even though she said that she was already nning to pull a few strings to get a good property. They said they wanted to pay half of it; they never said Tomoka couldn’t get them a good deal.
<span style="font-weight:400">After that the girls continued walking around leisurely while chatting and having a good time. By the end of the day the three of them sat on top of the Hokage mountain having a pic while watching the sunset.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Say, would the two of you like toe with me to Suna?” Tomoka hadn’t nned to take them with her when going to deal with Gaara and Shukaku but now she wanted them to at least have the option.
<span style="font-weight:400">“What for?” Nozomi felt curious as to why Tomoka would go there.
<span style="font-weight:400">With a sigh Tomoka began exining about the tailed beasts and Gaara’s predicament. She also took the opportunity to talk about her ns for the future amongst other future events.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see… I would have liked it if we could stop Orochimaru’s attack on the vige but…” The three of them kept quiet for a moment while Hinata gathered her thoughts until.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I actually don’t care. I don’t care for Konoha and much less for my stupid n.” It surprised both Nozomi and Tomoka hearing the kind Hinata say such a heartless im.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You know, I had never taken my time to think about it. However, now that I have, I think I actually hate the vige a bit.” Taking a deep breath she continued speaking with fire in her eyes.
<span style="font-weight:400">“My n is the worst. The branch family members are treated like ves while I myself was treated like trash for not being as brutal as my cousin or sister.
<span style="font-weight:400">The vige didn’t care about that sort of thing either. Not to mention Danzo pulling the strings from behind to annihte an entire n.”
<span style="font-weight:400">The more Hinata talked the more heartache she felt however, it had to be said. She had been blinded by her own kindness to the wrongdoings of others. It was Tomoka and Nozomi that freed her from her naivety.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t care for the vige any longer. After all, they never cared about me. I don’t care about my n any longer since they never cared about me.” With tears in her eyes she looked at the two loves of her life in the eyes while saying.
<span style="font-weight:400">“The only thing I care about anymore is you two” With that the dam broke. Hinata began crying her heart out letting all her frustration and feelings onto the two people that would forever support her no matter what.