Path Not Taken 74

Uzumaki Naruto

Hinata... I didn't expect to see you here.

Uzumaki Naruto

It's been a long time.

Hyuga Hinata

N-Naruto-kun... Is it really you?

Hyuga Hinata

(After all this time... why did you leave us?)

Uzumaki Naruto

Hinata! Get down!

Hyuga Hinata

What--?!

Uzumaki Naruto

I got you! Kurama, lend me your power!

Uzumaki Naruto

Just hold on!

Hyuga Hinata

Why... why did you join Azula?

Hyuga Hinata

(Will you ever come back to us... to me?)

Uzumaki Naruto

Hinata, stay with me! There are things you don't understand yet...

Uzumaki Naruto

(I never stopped protecting Konoha. Even from the shadows.)

Hyuga Hinata

You're still... Naruto-kun...

Hyuga Hinata

(That's enough for now... you haven't lost yourself after all.)