A/N: Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters they belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
A/N: Shippuden (of course) Before Itachi dies and after Asuma-sensei dies (sniff) to him the rest really doesn't matter.
Chapter 1
Naruto was running in the direction of the Hokage tower. An Anbu had shown up at his house this morning and told him to immediately report at the Hokage's office. It sounded urgent so Naruto had quickly gotten dressed and was as mentioned before heading for the Hokage's office. Like usually he jumped in through the window, like usually he got scolded for it.
"Naruto you idiot. Show some respect the next time. Don't forget I choose who becomes the next hokage." She looked menacing at Naruto. "And who doesn't."
Naruto gulped but he was sure she wouldn't… Or would she? He noticed that not alone he and the Hokage but also most of the Konoha 12 were there.
"Naruto I have important news but you'll have to wait until everybody is here. So can you be quiet for 5 minutes until everyone gets here?!" She asked impatiently.
He huffed and than whispered to Shikamaru, who was standing next to him, "Do you know what this is about?"
"No" He lazily answered. "But I think we'll know soon enough. Only Hinata, Chouji and Ino are missing."
Right than the door opened and Chouji and Ino stepped in.
"Good now that everyone's here we can begin."
"And what about Hinata?" Kiba noted.
"Did you forget?" Shino asked. "Hinata's still on her mission, she'll be back in about an half hour."
The hokage lowered her head. "Well actually. This news is about Hinata and since you're all her friends I think you should be the first to know."
"What?! Has something happened to Hinata?!" Kurenai yelled panicky beating all the others to it. (Yes the sensei's are there to. Forgot to mention it)
"Hinata's fine. It's just that we received some information about Hinata that's quit worrying."
The group looked at her in anticipation.
"Well everybody knows the 9 tailed beasts. Everybody also knows that they are feared demons. But today I'll tell you something what you don't know yet. How demons originate for example. Demons start off as summoning animals. I know all of you have already seen animals been summoned or can do it yourselves. Well some of those animals have gotten tired of only being summoned and found out a way to come here without it. This resulting in them becoming demons. There are more than 9 demons. A lot more to be honest but they all lie in hiding. Most of them aren't really powerful. To be honest most of them are easily beaten by shinobi."
"What does this have to do with Hinata!?" Naruto yelled out impatiently.
"Quit brat! I was coming to that! Well one demon that had the form of the fox because it used to be a summoning fox was a master in genjutsu. This fox demon used genjutsu to look like a fox and spend most of her days in the woods but one day a group of shinobi from the leaf traveled by. This fox demon followed them and eventually arrived here at Konoha. This was more than 20 years ago. The fox was curious about the village and so she used her genjutsu to look like a human. She stayed here undetected for years. She pretended to be a Hyuuga and married Hiashi Hyuuga. Together they had a daughter Hinata. So to make it short. Hinata is a half demon."
There was a loud eruption of voices and Tsunade had to scream for them to shut up. "Hinata's sister Hanabi is actually the result of an affair Hiashi had. They covered it up by saying that it was Hinata's sister while it actually was only her half sister. Short after Hanabi was born the fox demon died. She fell of a cliff on a mission. No body was ever recovered so now were worried that maybe she didn't die. Of course were not sure. What I want you to do is to go and get Hinata and bring her to my office. These two Anbu will accompany you to the gate."
Hinata was walking up to the gate of Konoha. She had only been gone since this morning so she wasn't tired at all. The mission hadn't been so hard and had only taken 2 hours to complete. Now that she came closer to the gate she noticed that everyone was waiting for her. 'That's weird. I was only away for two hours. Even if I had been away longer why would everyone come to wait for me. Did something happen?'
"W-What's wrong?" She asked when she was close enough.
She quickly stopped when both her arms were grabbed by two Anbu. "Demon, come along with us."
Hinata's eyes widened for a moment. 'How did they…?'
Naruto looked at her as he saw her legs slightly begin to tremble. Than suddenly she ripped loose from the two Anbu threw a smoke bomb on the ground.
The two Anbu's jumped back. They knew the smartest thing to do with a smoke screen was to wait until it was gone. Naruto on the other hand jumped in. He couldn't see anything so he just stretched his arm out until it came in contact with something.
"Got ya!" He yelled but was immediately was pushed away and when he got up the smoke had already disappeared and she had already gotten away, probably using a substitution jutsu.
The only thing he could do was look at his hand. It was slightly moist. 'How…?' He thought back at the thing his hand touched, it had been slightly wet. 'Was she… crying?'
"HINATA WAIT!" He turned toward one of the Anbu? "What the hell were you doing?! She must have been scared shitless."
"Our orders were to capture, arrest and return the demon fox Hinata Hyuuga."
"I don't care what your orders were! Don't you ever touch my friends like…! Wait…Wait… Arrest?"
There was a short silence. "Now that I think about it." Sakura said. "That's probably why Tsunade wanted us to go and get her. There's a big chance that Hinata is a spy. Here to sabotage the village or to steal information. The hokage probably wanted to question h..."
"Don't say that! Hinata's not like that! She's not a traitor! She's my friend! She loves Konoha! She wouldn't do anything to hurt it! I don't care who or what her mother was! I don't care what she is! The only thing that matters is that she's my friend!"
"Naruto please try to think about the possibility that…"
"No! She isn't like Sasuke! I believe in her! I know that she isn't bad!"
Somewhere in the woods Hinata was sitting on the ground. Tears were sliding down her cheeks as she sobbed vigorously. "It can't be. I was found out. They know I'm a half demon. I can't go back to Konoha anymore. What do I do? I have nowhere to go. If I go back they will kill me or lock me up for good. Everybody hates me right now. Even Naruto he tried to arrest me just like them."
Inside Hinata's head.
Sakura, Ino, Tenten: "That disgusting demon."
Chouji, Shikamaru: "We should've known there was a monster in Konoha."
Neji: "I can't believe I'm related to that."
Lee: "We never should've trusted such a foul creature."
Naruto: "That liar. I wish I had my hands on her right now so I could kill her."
Reality.
"I don't want this." She said crying even more. "They all hate me or fear me right now. I want to go home. I'm all alone." She sobbed. "All alone."
"What the hell!" Naruto screamed as he entered the Hokage's office. "How dare you threat Hinata like a criminal!"
The woman sighed. "Listen Naruto. I can't just let a demon walk around in Konoha for all these years and than invite it for thee. You off all people should know how dangerous and foul demons are."
Naruto's hand unwillingly traveled to his stomach. "That's not true! Hinata's nothing like the Kyuubi!"
"Naruto tell me what happened to Hinata?"
"Your guys grabbed her and she ran away."
"She ran away huh? I'm sorry Naruto but I have no other choice. This means really did have something to hide. I was willing to listen to her but she probably realized we were on to her plan and escaped. I have no other choice but to file her a missing nin and send a squad after her to find her."
"She's not a traitor! She didn't run away because she was a criminal! She ran away because your guy grabbed her and scared her away!"
"Naruto this is enough! I have no time for you right now!"
The door of her office opened and an Anbu came in. "Do you want us to wait outside Hokage-sama?"
"No you can already bring them in."
The Anbu nodded and Kurenai, Shino and Kiba walked in the room.
"So you knew there was a demon in Konoha and didn't tell me about it. I never figured you would be traitors."
"We're not and neither is Hinata! She never did anything wrong!" Kiba yelled.
"Be quiet Inuzuka!" She looked at the Anbu. "Lock them up until there's a date set for their trail."
They were guided outside by the Anbu.
"Obaa-chan you can't do this!"
"I have no other choice Naruto! All evidence points towards Hinata being a traitor and they confessed to knowing of it. How would you feel if the Kyuubi had been running around in Konoha and people knew about it and didn't tell anyone."
"I already told you Hinata's nothing like the Kyuubi!"
"How do you know that Naruto? How do you know she wasn't just like Kabuto? Just toying with us and in the meanwhile stealing information and working for the enemy."
Naruto gritted his teeth. "I know she's not like that! I'm going to find her and bring her back. I'll show you that she isn't evil."
"Naruto I can't let you do that! If you leave this mission without my authorization I will have to name you a missing Nin too!" She calmed down. "Listen I always liked Hinata and to be honest I don't believe she's a traitor either but I can't let my personal opinion cloud my judgment. I need to be careful. I can't choose which possible criminals I lock up and which one I don't. I know you wouldn't feel safe if I only locked people up which I personally though were bad."
Naruto looked down. He knew she was right.
"But what I can do Naruto." She said while taking a paper out of her desk. "Is assign you to this mission." She pointed at the paper and started to fill in some things. "It's a C-ranked mission to get firewood for an old man who lives outside the village. Sadly the man passed away. But I could let that slip my mind for a moment." She smiled while she put down the stamp and handed him the mission paper.
He smiled. "Thanks Oba… Tsunade."
"What do you mean?" She asked smiling. "I just forgot the man passed away. Don't forget to return after discovering that nobody lives at the house anymore."
He nodded. "Don't worry it won't take long. I promise that I won't fail this mission."
"Okay. Go and quickly find the firewood. It can't be far yet. I'll wait for a few minutes until I order a search for Hinata. I still need to slowly fill in the paper work. I might doze off for a while. If Shizune doesn't come in anyway."
Naruto was running through the forest. Well not really running. Jumping from tree to tree. He hoped that Obaa-chan could hold the Anbu off long enough for Naruto to find her. If they showed up again she could escape again and maybe disappear forever. He absolutely didn't want that. He had more than 100 clones searching the woods. The more clones he made the weaker they were but seeing that they weren't meant for fighting now it didn't really form a problem. With so many clones searching the woods it surprised him when he himself found Hinata.
He thought for about sneaking up to her for a minute but quickly realized that it was a stupid idea. Hinata was a Shinobi and even on his quietest there was no way she wouldn't notice him. So he decided a frontal approach was best.
"Hinata?" He asked when he entered the clearing where he had seen her. Hinata looked up and Naruto's stomach cringed when he could see the prints left on her cheeks.
"N-Naruto-kun!" She was happy to see him and actually wanted to hug him right there. She soon realized that he wasn't on her side anymore and her happy mood disappeared. She quickly grabbed a smoke bomb out of her kunai pouch. There was no way she could fight him off. Not only was he stronger than her but there was no way she could hurt him.
Naruto, recognizing her movement from before, quickly grabbed her wrists. She was startled and the bomb felt out of her hand. She tried to get loose but Naruto's hands seemed to hold an iron grip on her hands.
"Hinata…" He whispered in a voice Hinata had never heard before. She stood still in chock and when she did he chocked her even more. He let go of her wrist but only to wrap her arms tightly around her.
She bit her lip and refused to hug him back, holding her arms tightly at her sides but she didn't push him away either.
"Hinata" He whispered slightly leaning his head on her shoulder. "I never meant to hurt you."
"Why did you come?" She said in a cold voice that didn't suit her at all.
"I'm coming to take you back to Konoha."
She struggled against his arms but he didn't let go. "I'm not going to jail I didn't do…"
"Anything wrong. I know."
"How did you…"
"know?" He said again smirking. "I know you Hinata-chan you're my friend."
They both jumped to the side when an explosive tag landed at their feet.
Two Anbu arrived at the clearing. "Demon fox Hinata Hyuuga. In the name of Konoha you are arrested."
Naruto gritted his teeth. He turned toward Hinata to notice that she had disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Shit." He cursed under his breath. He would've had a talk with the Anbu's if he had time.
Hinata rushed through the bushes. How could she have been so stupid. Using Naruto to distract her. Such an easy plan. They didn't even need a genius like Shikamaru to think up a plan like that.
She knew that she couldn't outrun Anbu for long. She had to find a place to hide. But where? She saw a large cave. She could wait in there until they passed. It was her best chance.
Three weeks later
Naruto was standing in a clearing, shock written all over his face. The hokage had received information that Hyuuga Hinata had been seen around here. Of course she had accidentally slipped the file in Naruto's mission rapport. He had been searching for her for nearly three days until he had finally found her.
Now he was staring at the girl he knew. She hadn't changed at all in three weeks. Not that he expected her too. The only difference that he saw was that she was now wearing an Akatsuki coat.
"Hinata…"He whispered.
A/N: This is the first chapter of my two-shot. If you want me too stop writing 1/2-shots and start my new (long) story please go to the POLL on my account. (.net/~Kaiina) And tell me you're preference. This is VERY important.
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