Uzumaki Colosseum Ch: 4

I had seen many things when I was part of Team Snagem, I had seen the expressions of people having their Pokémon stolen, and I've seen people smile while playing with their friends, their Pokémon… I had even seen someone angry with their Pokémon.

But what I hadn't expected was to see the fear I would ever expect when I saw Hinata… when she had found out about my secret, I don't know why she would be so afraid… it wasn't like I was going to steal her Pokémon right? When I stared at her fear filled lavender coloured eyes, I couldn't help but feel something in my heart… I don't know what it was, but what I do know was that it caused my pain…

"Are you really from Team Snagem Naruto?" asked Hinata with a frown, her eyes sparkling with fear and something else… was it pleading? Was she hoping that he lied saying that he wasn't from Team Snagem? No, he was once a member of that team, he's not anymore… and he knew that but did Hinata? Shaking his head, Naruto looked away from her, unable to look her in the eye… how could he tell someone like her, that he was once a bad guy? Was still a bad guy but wanting to make amends for his sins…

He can't tell her the truth, but… could he also tell her the truth?

Hinata walked over to him and stared at him with sad eyes, he could feel her gaze piercing his soul even without him looking at her. It made Naruto want to run, for the first time, he wants to run just by someone staring at him like that. Gently grabbing her hand, he walked over with Hinata to sit down on the bench…

When he saw Hinata sit down, she had her arms wrapped around her, as if she was unsure of what he was going to do. Not that he couldn't blame her… he, was nothing more than a stranger and because of that he was nothing else to her but someone that had saved her life. That was all he would ever be to her, and he knew that…

Once he had sat down, Naruto looked up at the sky, as if trying to find the words that he wanted to say, but at the same time, couldn't think of anything to say in the least. It was as if the words were stuck in his throat, which made it all the more harder… the lump in his throat, was so large, that he thought that it would make his throat burst. But, at the same time he just couldn't tell her at all.

Sighing softly, Naruto just leaned back, his elbows on the back of the bench, his head hanging over the back while his hands just draped in the air. He just couldn't tell her, he couldn't say anything about his past. He wasn't ready to tell her yet, or ever for that matter. Taking a deep breath, he whispered "you are simply not ready to know the truth Hinata. And, I do not plan to share my past with you. What I will tell you is that I am not with them."

When he turned his head to stare at her, all he saw was Hinata's eyes searching his own blue orbs. As if she was trying to search for the answer from his very soul. Though, that wasn't going to work.

Lifting his head, the young man calmly said "look Hinata, just relax okay? I'm not going to hurt you or do anything to your Pokémon." When he saw Hinata calm down a little bit, he figured that was better than nothing. But still, even when she was calm he could still faintly hear her Pokémon chattering with worry.

Taking a deep breath, he pushed himself off the bench and stood in front of Hinata. His eyes serious yet, not at all harsh, "okay, we'll do what you want. Whatever you want if it means calming you down. I can't stand how you look at me like that." He knew that it sounded a little harsh, but it was true… he hated when people stared at him with such fear, it bothered him that he was being stared at… it made him wonder just what she could be thinking while staring at him like that.

Though, he was happy to see her smile.

"I wanna do karaoke." Calmly said Hinata with a bright and cheerful smile, her smile was so bright that it made Naruto want to blush; he could feel the blood rushing to his face as she smiled up at him. Looking away, the young man just couldn't bring himself to keep staring at her… Shaking his head, Naruto knew that he had to keep himself calm… maybe he just needs a good drink right now…

Suddenly, Naruto felt Hinata grab his hand and started to pull him toward the Karaoke Bar, great… yup, he'd totally need some booze right about now. Running his free hand through his hair, the young man followed the excited blue haired woman into the bar. This was going to be painful he was sure of…

When he looked up, he saw that it was just a normal bricked building. In neon lights was the word 'Karaoke' as it shined a bright red flashing letters. On the side of the window near the front door, it did mention drinks, either their strong or even weak, they had it. That would be perfect since he did plan on driving. Though, maybe another stay would do him some good after that battle... He saw someone standing by the door, maybe a bouncer or something to make sure that they could get in or not with a driver's licenses.

Rolling his eyes, Naruto walked over to the bulky man and showed him his driver's license. It was better than nothing but at the moment, who cared right? So long as they can get in and Hinata and have some fun, than he was happy. The thought of her being so upset, the thought of her being afraid of him made him worry. Well, feel something stirring in his heart and soul. 'Is it Hinata that's doing that? Making me feel some sort of… unease?' He thought to himself, not really sure if it was really her doing that, or if it was something else that was doing that at the moment. Nor, did he really give a damn.

Shaking his head, he gently took Hinata's hand and started to walk on inside. The young man couldn't believe just how well done the room is… there were chairs and tables all around the place, almost like a restaurant. There was a bar to the far corner; he could make out a karaoke machine on the stage that was lit with dim lighting.

He had to admit, it's a nice place.

"So, where are the sign-up sheets?" asked Naruto in confusion, wondering where Hinata would sign herself up if she wanted to do this so damn bad. They both looked around and wondered where Hinata could sign up, though as they wondered around Naruto wondered what he was to do… He kept feeling a sense of dread.

"Naruto, do you mind if I ask what your last name is?"

"Why?"

"I donno, but your face looks familiar to me… so I thought that maybe I've seen you before…"

"My last name is Uzumaki…"

"Hm… Uzumaki… Uzumaki…"

Naruto stared at Hinata for a moment; did she know the name of Uzumaki? If she did than… than maybe she knew where he could look for his parents! Anyone with the last name Uzumaki might know where he came from! He just had to know or this may kill him!

Shaking her head, Hinata walked over to the sigh up sheet that was at the bar, which of course only made Naruto sigh. Maybe she didn't know after all. Running a hand through his hair, he grabbed a seat and had asked for some sake, it was better than nothing.

While he sat down, Naruto looked around the room, wondering why there were so many people here. It was strange to see, unless a lot of people like to come here to see people make fools of themselves. Shaking his head, the young man sighed softly before noticing that his sake had arrived. Raising an eyebrow, he looked around and just shrugged. Sniffing the beverage, Naruto didn't smell anything wrong about it so he just drank it… didn't taste wrong in the least.

When he looked up, Naruto saw that Hinata had been called onto the stage; it made him wonder what she was going to sing. The music started to play, he felt like he could get lost in the music that played into the air. Closing his eyes, Naruto tried to think on how Hinata would sing, what her voice would sound like… though, he highly doubted that she'd sound any good…

Oh flower that bloomed in the desolated wasteland  
Why are you so...?

Naruto opened his eyes a crack as he listened to what Hinata sang… she sounded a lot better than he thought she would have… Frowning, Naruto looked up at Hinata, his eyes opened a little further as he saw just how happy she was as she sang. The light shined on her beautiful pale skin, made her lavender coloured eyes sparkle. It was so strange that a simple light made him think of such things. Turning away, he tried to hide the blush that was starting to form on his face. Though, Naruto wasn't sure if it was from the booze or from Hinata singing…

The warmth of your small fingers are a flame of love  
As much as the wind blows, that flame burns just as bright as it sways
Naruto knew that he couldn't look back. Thinking that if he looked back that he might have another nose bleed; and that was the last thing that he needed with this… though, Naruto knew that his eyes couldn't stay away from Hinata… he had to keep her safe in case those came back for her, and he knew the risks of losing sight of people.

It could get them killed…

A blue resonance. The lives that revolve are fleeting lights.
(Feel my heart)  
For you, who is faraway, I want to grant the miracle you wish for.

Naruto didn't know what more he could do… order himself more drinks? Why not right, they were going to stay another night… And, there was no way that he was going to let Hinata drive his bike. No one drives that bike but him. Not with all the modifications he had done to it, they'd only crash it. Running ah and through his blonde locks, the young man tried to get her singing out of his mind.

"Come on Naruto; you know that she sings great. Her voice is beautiful." said Kurama as he hoped up onto Naruto's head. Naruto just rolled his eyes at the Pokémon and tried to ignore him, though he couldn't deny that Hinata did have a beautiful voice…

And so we will become a song, just like the millions of stars.
It's all right to struggle and cry, cry so much that you scream.  
Even if our teardrops dampen the map of tomorrow and we can't see it anymore  
It's all right for the canary that gazes sadly at the rainbow to fly.

Shaking his head, Naruto laid his head on the table, not wanting to keep looking up. He wanted to block out Hinata's angel-like voice. But, damn he couldn't, her voice was just so inviting… he wanted to listen to her all day long… never wanting to stop, it was as if he was drawn to her voice for some reason, he wasn't really sure what it was that caused it, all he did know was that he had to listen.

The seed that picks smiles somehow flies faraway.
The voice that passed by my ear was so kind...

When Naruto looked back up at her, he saw her beautiful sparkling lavender coloured eyes. He felt the blood rushing to his face as he blushed, damn it! He cannot feel anything like that. He had to harden his heart for the time being. He can't feel anything for anyone or they'd be used against him and he knows that. Rubbing his forehead, Naruto tried to stop the blush that was on his face… the necklace that he wore, the one he found he could feel it on his chest, it was cold against his skin…

The girl turned into bubbles...  The boy turned into the final flame...
The sound of their voices are just too lonely.

Taking a deep breath, he reached into his shirt and pulled out the small tear-like shaped black necklace from his shirt. It was the Yin symbol, he knew that… though, the more he looked at it the more he saw that it was similar to the necklace that Hinata wore… was this hers? He'd have to ask her later… when she was done.

"The day that we meet in the next world, let's kiss."
(Missing love)
Even if just this warmth turns to ashes, I won't give it up.

Tucking the necklace back into his shirt, the young man looked up at Hinata and frowned softly, it looked like she was almost done her song. Then, they could get the hell out of there and he'd be happy to be out of here. This place was starting to smell that was for sure… the strong scent of booze was enough to make him drunk, though that was just in his head.

That is why determination are strong wings, and they don't need something like fate.
Cross over, cross over the endlessness. Live from your heart.
Probably we were in a more certain "now" than the legends.
The beautiful canary in the cage went higher and higher till it disappeared...
And so we will become a song, just like the millions of stars.
Even if you embrace her, your love won't return. It's scattering dried petals.
The 100 millionth time we are reincarnated, let's bloom on the hill this time.
The canary that would never come back again smiled in the end...

Once the song was done, everyone clapped as Hinata bowed a bit. Naruto was thankful for that, thinking that if she bowed any lower that everyone would get a good look at her breasts, he would have to kick some ass just so they could get out of there. Hinata walked off the stage and giggled softly as she sat down with Naruto, as for Kurama, he jumped off of Naruto's head and landed in Hinata's arms.

"Aw, did you miss me Kurama?" asked Hinata as she cooed to the Eevee. Naruto just rolled his eyes and finished his sake as he left some cash on the table, least he didn't have to worry about a hangover in the morning. That is…

"Naruto Uzumaki, come up on stage it's your turn!"

"You didn't…"

"I did."

"Why?!"

"I thought that you needed to have some fun. You're just so serious all the time…"

Naruto wanted to punch something but knew that he couldn't get out of this. Sighing, Naruto pushed himself and forced his legs to walk up onto the stage and looked around. Least most of the people were too drunk to be paying attention to him so that was a plus.

As he looked out at the crowd, Naruto saw that some people were passed out at their tables… some were listening to what was happening around them and others were looking up at the stage.

Naruto looked around for the microphone since the music started to play. But it was as if the mic had disappeared. Just where the hell could it have gone?! The song was about to hit the lyrics soon, and he didn't have the time to go searching for the song. He lifted his hand, as if he was about to say that he didn't have the microphone, only to have felt something hit his hand. Without thinking, as soon as it had hit his hand, Naruto's fingers had curled around it and knew from the mere shape, that it was a microphone. Taking a deep breath, Naruto started to sing to this song…

Ah, made of distorted melodies,
we are creatures worthy of love.
Even if we can't produce any results,
our hearts will be singing.

Naruto's voice sounded calm for the most part, though he didn't really like being the center of attention. It was something that had become second nature, like when he was breaking into people's homes and stealing something… or when he was swiping someone's wallet. It was just something he had learned over his life, and now he had never felt so nervous in his entire life.

Ah, having endured many powerful storms,
are we creatures worthy of love?
Even if we can't keep our promise,
our hearts are still singing.

The song was easy to sing along too, it was as if the song had become a second part of him already. That was strange yes, though he knew that it was something at the very least. Though, it still had him very nervous to sing this song.

Which door should we knock on and open?
After we open a door where should we go?
we won't be able to return all by myself,
so we've merely been waiting for someone else.

Naruto looked around the crowd; it seemed so strange to see people looking up at him, though those who were looking at him the most were women. And, he could have sworn that he saw hearts in their eyes. He just mentally shrugged that off and went back to singing the song; he wanted to get it over and done with so he can get the hell out of there.

Who is the person you want to see the most right now?
The number of people whom you can only talk to in your heart is increasing.
Therefore,
you just wanted to become stronger.

Soon, his gaze went to Hinata and Kurama… they both just smiled at him and… he saw Kurama holding out his paw, was that supposed to mean thumbs up or something? He was a strange Pokémon; though then again he was a strange thief so it all fit didn't it? Shaking his head, Naruto tapped his foot to the beat of the song; he was starting to really get into it.

Ah, I worry about your heart
because you don't care about other people's news or problems.
Even the people who were trying to laugh with all their might
were actually crying their heart out.

Worry eh? The only thing he needed to worry about was Hinata getting kidnapped, the boss trying to steal the snag machine back and him somehow rejoining Team Snagem. All of those things were worries that closed around his heart like an icy cold grip. It was enough to make the young man worry about everything that was happening around him, so much has changed in such a short amount of time… a really, really short amount of time.

It's okay to cry if the night is scary.
You just need to welcome morning with a smile.
No matter how much you are worn out today,
the remainder of today that you have yet to see will be beautiful.

What's beautiful about this world anyway? Nothing… nothing is beautiful about this place, there is nothing but blood, hurt, pain, torment and suffering. That was all that there was in this world and Naruto knew that. He had grown up in that kind of world that was only full of pain and torment. The love that he should have felt growing up was never there, it was replaced by anger and hatred. Something that he knew all too well.

Casting doubt over the sun,
becoming more clouded than the moon,
we have all been lied to and gotten hurt in the past.

Forget hurting in the past, he was hurt all the time. Naruto ran his hand through his hair once more, not wanting to think about his past anymore. It only made him angry about it. So much has happened already; he had to start thinking about his future that was something that he would know he would have to learn about…

Casting doubt over the sun,
becoming more clouded than the moon,
we have also told lies and made others get hurt, haven't we?

Naruto closed his eyes, not wanting to see it all of those memories flashing before his eyes. Though no matter what, he knew that those memories would forever flash before his mind's eye no matter how much time goes by, he would never break free for that ever… Tilting his head back up to look up at the ceiling, he wondered what he was to do now… nothing came to him, he knew that he could ever escape his past.

Who is the person I want to see the most right now?
If the number of people whom I can only talk to in my heart
keeps on increasing,
will I no longer be able to live on?

The person… no, the people he wanted to see the most was his parents. He had to know who they were, or if they were looking for him, or if they even cared about him in the least. If had Naruto thinking of many questions that he wanted to ask them if he ever met them. Naruto almost wanted to cry at the thought of his questions going unanswered. Though, he knew that he shouldn't be crying right now, he had to focus on something else… he had to hurry up and finish this song before anything stupid happens.

We haven't read enough of our tale yet.
We know that we can't force the story to end prematurely
because all of us, while staying true to ourselves,
wanted to become stronger.

Naruto did want to be stronger, but he knew that he was strong already, but was it enough to keep going on this journey? Maybe, he wasn't really sure. Though what he did know was that until he got Hinata home he would have to keep her safe and he'd do whatever he could just to make sure that she would stay safe.

We just wanted to become stronger.

Once the song was done, Naruto set the microphone on the table, got off the stage, gently wrapped his hand around Hinata's wrist and walked out of the bar with her. He had to get out of there before people surrounded him. He hated staying in one place for too long. As they walked out of the bar, he said "why did you sign me up for that Hinata? I don't like being the center of attention."

"I didn't know… I just thought that you could use some fun Naru-kun."

"Don't call me that. Just call me Naruto understand?"

Damn it, she was just too innocent for her own good. Why did he have to save someone who was just so damn innocent? Shaking his head, he said "next time you want to sign me up for something, just ask me alright. I don't like standing in front of people, I hate people staring at me like that. Looking down at Hinata, he said "I have my reasons Hinata, just… don't do that again alright?"

Hinata just nodded and sighed softly before setting down Kurama… Or, well Kurama mostly just jumped out of her arms and sighed softly. Naruto knew that he was being harsh right now but that can't be helped he felt like his nerves were on fire with this feeling of dread. It was such a strange thing for his nerves to feel like this… Only then, for that weird feeling he had felt yesterday to appear once more. It was that dark feeling coursing through him… did that mean that… that Pokémon was near?

"Well, well, well… look what we have here Kakuzu."

Shaking his head, Naruto turned away from Hinata and stared at a two men. Both wearing cloaks and straw hats with strips of cloth dangling from the rim of the hat covering their faces. Their cloaks were black with red clouds on them. It made Naruto wonder what they could want.

"Yeah, it's the girl we were trying to capture… we have to take down this guy first Hidan."

"You had your change Kakuzu, it's my turn. I want to try out my friend on this guy's Pokémon. I want to turn his Pokémon into mints meat." Said one of the men as he walked toward Naruto and Hinata, Naruto had narrowed his eyes into slits as the man smirked at Naruto through the small opening of the cloth. "Your Pokémon will die Blondie… there is nothing that you can do to stop me."

"Bull shit. I'm the best trainer than you can ever be! I'll kick your ass!" shouted Naruto as he reached for his belt and pulled out his pokéball and called forth Minato. Minato appeared in a burst of white light as he growled at the cloaked man known as Hidan. There was no way that they were going to lose to these guys. Not ever.

The man called out a growlith, something Naruto remembered from the restaurant that he was at the other day. Wasn't much of a battle but at least it was a start. Naruto though, wanted to battle that strange Pokémon that Hidan had, the one with the strange dark presents and wishes to hurt the innocent. That was something he wanted to see, though he wasn't sure if he'd be sure he'd be able to handle such a dark being.

"Minato, dig!"

"You got it Naruto!"

"Growlith, use flamethrower into the hole!"

"Minato, surface and use Iron Tail, then follow up with Bite!"

The Flamethrower had been called forth into the hole when Hidan had called for it. Naruto knew that if that had hit Minato it would have really hurt his tail and jeez, he didn't need the dark Pokémon to complain day in and day out. Not like last time, he had to deal with that for a month until the burning had stopped.

When Minato had surfaced, Naruto saw the glow of his tail, showing that Minato was using his Iron Tail. The attack made contact, as soon as that had happened; Minato had twisted his body and bit down on growlith's neck. Growlith growled and bit deeply into Minato's leg.

Minato howled out in pain, causing growlith to use its Flamethrower on Minato once again. Minato screamed and was kicked in the stomach by growlith. Naruto hissed, feeling a small bit of Minato's pain. "Naruto, are you alright?" asked Hinata with concern, her only answer was a nod from the blonde haired man.

"Minato come back!" shouted Naruto as he held out Minato's pokéball as a beam of red light encased Minato's body as it brought him back. Shaking his head Naruto doesn't like using Kushina so much but he had no choice. "Come on out Kushina!" shouted Naruto as the psychic Pokémon emerged from her pokéball. Naruto narrowed his eyes as he said "use psychic, show 'em who's boss Kushina!"

Kushina smirked as her eyes started to glow, lifting the fire-type Pokémon into the air and throwing it into the ground. Not enough to hurt it, but enough to knock it out. Growlith hissed from the attack, Hidan commanded it to use bite, though Kushina was swift, and cunning as she had used her psychic again on growlith and again. Growlith groaned and just lied there on the ground, badly bruised more than anything.

Hidan cursed and called back Growlith and smirked. "You've never met a Pokémon like mine…" Soon, he held out another pokéball and called forth a Pokémon Naruto remembered from training. It was a tall Pokémon that stood on all fours. Its face was black as well was a strange blade stuck out of its head. On its paws were little claws that were the shapes of diamonds but were black like its face and the blade, when he looked back up, Naruto saw its tail was also, blade-like, though not curved like the blade on its head. Even though it was a dark type Pokémon, its fur was white as snow, from what he's seen most dark-type normally don't have white… least the ones he remember.

Though, what Naruto hadn't expected was to see its sick and evil grin. Hinata gasped as she said "that's it Naruto! That Pokémon was the reason why they captured me! I could see a strange cloud of black aura around them!" Naruto wondered if what she was seeing, and what he was feeling was connected to something… He could easily sense the darkness in this Pokémon… though, there was something missing from it. There was no way that this Pokémon was like this because of how it was trained.

"Kushina, we're going to have to be careful. You're psychic attacks won't work."

"I know Naruto… I still have Dig… but would that be enough?"

"No… unless you can do Hyper Beam like Minato."

They both nodded, knowing that they would have to make do with some of the attacks they had… Unless… "Kushina! Dig and use multiple Shadow Ball!" Kushina nodded, knowing the plan and dug into the ground multiple times, making many holes around the Absol. Naruto knew that this was a good way to distract it, enough so that he could capture it. Maybe he could learn why it was like that… or if there were others like it.

Hidan smirked as he said "Absol, use Shadow Rush on that girl!" Naruto's eyes went wide, what the hell was Shadow Rush? The Absol charged through the battle field and its paw was glowing black with a strange shadow-like light forming around it. Naruto had to act quickly or Hinata would get hurt.

"Kushina, use Protect around Hinata NOW!"

Hinata let out a scream as she held up her arms hoping to shield herself… though the attack never came. When she moved her arms, there was a ball of blue light around her which made her sigh in relief. Naruto smiled softly a bit, happy that she was safe. Narrowing his eyes on Hidan, he said "Kushina, finish our plan!" Kushina nodded and jumped through the one hole, an orb of gold light started to form into Kushina's mouth. The attack launched toward the Absol while it was distracted.

"Absol behind you!" shouted Hidan, only for the attack to have made a direct hit. Naruto grabbed an empty pokéball and charged it up. It's been a while since he captured Pokémon but he was still the master of it. The pokéball was charging up in his right hand thanks to the charges of the Snag Machine. Naruto knew that Hinata would hate that he stole this guy's Pokémon but he knew that right now, he didn't have a choice.

Once the pokéball had been turned into a Snag Ball, Naruto threw it at Absol and stared at the ball as it shook. It shook three times until it showed signs that Naruto had captured it. Though, as soon as the ball had stopped moving, Naruto felt something wrong… He felt something like a jolt through his heart, and felt like his heart had just disappeared from his chest. Naruto felt pain shooting through his body.

Hinata covered her mouth in shock as she saw the same black cloud of aura that had surrounded the Absol was now starting to surround Naruto. She could faintly make out his nails growing into claws. His hair looking a little wilder… Naruto turned to stare at Hinata for a moment that was when she saw that his usual blue eyes were crimson with slits, and saw that he had grown fangs. He growled at her though turned away. His arms lifted as his body shook in pain. Only for him to grip his head and scream as the cloud got darker around him.

"Naruto!" shouted Hinata.

Kurama ran to Naruto and jumped up on his leg hoping to snap him out of it. Only for Naruto to look down at him and kick Kurama away from him, soon, his gaze went to Hidan and smirked. "Kushina, attack that guy with Psybeam!" Kushina looked up at Naruto as if he had gone crazy. "Attack you stupid bitch!" shouted Naruto.

She only shook her head; Naruto narrowed his eyes and looked ready to attack her. Only for him to feel someone wrapping their arms around him, growling Naruto turned his head and saw Hinata. He shoved her away from him as he said "don't touch me!" He growled at her, looking ready to strike her with his newly grown claws. Hinata just wrapped her arms around Naruto again as she begged, pleaded for him to return to normal.

"Naruto, please stop this! You wouldn't hurt your Pokémon! You wouldn't hurt people like that! Please!" Naruto looked ready to strike once more, only for his eyes to widen in shock as he felt something flowing into his body. Almost as if, a strange energy was shoving out the darkness that had surrounded his heart just moments ago. His claws had started to shrink down… as did his fangs. Naruto felt like his legs couldn't hold him up anymore. He fell over on Hinata for a moment, her body supporting him… Naruto looked so weak, his eyes dull as if he had no soul within his body. Though, what really was happening was that Naruto was in a state of shock… he was aware of what he had tried to do to his Pokémon, and to that Hidan fellow. Kurama groaned and picked up the pokéball that held Absol to Naruto.

The only thing that had gone through his mind was this… 'What happened to me?'