Naruto sighs as he packs his stuff in one of his sealing scrolls. It was final this time, and there was nothing Tsunade could do. The counsil had used Naruto's failure to retrieve Sasuke as a leverage to get him out. They had taken their opportunity and exiled him.
He wondered if anyone would notice he was gone. He knew some of the Rookie 9 and the ramen shop owners would, but everyone else will just go on with their lives.
Looking around his tiny apartment, Naruto decided that he had everything. He looks at his bedside and sees a shiny silver object. Naruto's eyes fill with sadness at what it was, and who it was going to.
Stowing the sealing scroll in his kunai pouch, he picks up the object and leaves.
Hyuuga manor, a few minutes later.
Hinata woke to a slight thud outside her window. Curse her for being a light sleeper. She rolls over rubbing her eyes to see what the noise was, then noticed the black shape looming over her. She was about to scream when a hand covered her mouth.
The hand formed one finger over her lips, signalling her to be quiet. When she didn't scream, the person reached behind her neck and tied something there. Then, they hugged her tight, as if they would never see her again, and left.
It wasn't until the next morning when she saw a necklace with the Uzumaki swirl on it that she knew just who her visitor was.
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Four years later.
Sakura walked through the streets of Konoha getting groceries. Ino was on a mission and she was off today, so she had time to kill. She decided to go visit Sasuke, and see how he was coming along.
The Uchiha had come back six months ago after killing Orochimaru and a few Akatsuki, Itachi included. But he was even worse than before. At least he had emotions back then. He got angry, he got annoyed, and he got excited during a fight.
Now there was nothing. He only spoke if he had to, trained alone, and sometimes he would get really depressed. Sakura's shoulders slumped as she remembered his first day back. He had come back to the village mortally wounded, and then was unconscious for two weeks before he came to.
Sakura had been sitting by his bed when he opened his eyes and looked around. "Sakura?" he had asked. Sakura smiled and replied, "Yes, do you need anything?"
Instead of answering, he had said two more words. And those two were probably the beginning of his depression. "Where's Naruto?"
The worst thing that Sakura had ever had to do was explain to Sasuke why Naruto wasn't at his side as well. He had dropped his head, his shoulders had slumped, and he had looked so vulnerable. Sakura knew he wouldn't be this way if Naruto hadn't been exiled.
She knocked on Sasuke's apartment door, but got no answer. Sighing, she started walking away. She knew where he was. A little while later, she was walking up the Hokage monuments.
Sure enough, he was there, looking out over the village that Naruto had been so loyal to. Sasuke looks over his shoulder then returns to looking at the village. Sakura stood behind him then said, "You miss him don't you?"
It was a few minutes before he said, "Yeah, I miss the loser." He switched his gaze to the sky. "Have you ever noticed the sun never shines as bright as it used to when we were kids and he was still here?"
Sakura sat down beside him and replied, "Yeah, I have." She looked up at the sky she once thought was the most beautiful blue that she had ever seen. But now, thinking about Naruto, she saw how dull it looked compared to his eyes.
"Sakura." Sasuke whispered. Sakura turned to him and he continued, "I blame myself for his exile. If I hadn't have left, he'd still be here."
Sakura had nothing to say to that, so she turned back to the sky, tears streaming down her face because she knew it was true.
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Hinata walked slowly, looking around boredly. She was on a border patrol mission, and nothing was happening. Unconsciously, she wrapped her hand around the necklace she kept hidden under her shirt. When the announcement had been made that Naruto had been exiled, she had broken down and cried, along with a few others.
Neji had hugged her and even her father had looked sad. She was just glad that he said goodbye to her. Ever since, she and her father had been on better terms. But for a sorrowful reason.
Flashback
It was late at night and Hinata was walking to her bedroom to go to sleep. Her father's study room door was cracked, and she heard her father and Neji talking. She was about to go on when her father said, "I'm worried about Hinata, Neji. Ever since the Uzumaki boy has been gone, she's been like a zombie. I can't stand to see her walking around with no life in her eyes."
"Well, because of the way we treated her, and the way other people fought for her, Naruto was her life. He always called her strong, and he was the one there to stop her crying. He was the sun to her, and now that he's gone, there's just nothing left for her to live for. I wish I could say that she could come to me, but the way it was before the Chunin exam, well...I know it won't be the same." Neji replied.
"Yes. I do remember one time when the boy had run up to her asking about if she had perfected a jutsu she was working on. She had told him about something to this day I still don't know about. And the look in her eyes when she looked at him...it was like there was nobody else there. I wish Naruto was back, for her sake."
End flashback
Submerged in her memories, she never noticed the group of Iwa ninjas that snuck up behind her until they had attacked. She knocked a few out but soon the others had her retreating. She used her Eight Trigrams on three, but another knocked her down, and she felt a sharp pain in her ankle.
"Finally, we have the Byakugan." one of the concious ones said. Hinata looked up at the three men walking towards her and leaned up against a tree. She pulled a kunai out and tried to activate her Byakugan again, but she was out of chakra.
One leaned down to her and she cut him across his arm. He backed up as the other two laughed at him. But they stopped when a wave of killer intent hit them. "Leave her, or die." a voice said. Hinata looked around then saw a boy about her age standing in a tree.
He had brown hair and green eyes, wore black pants, black ninja sandals, and no shirt. A long katana rested at his hip, and Hinata saw a shuriken holster on his right leg. The bottom half of his face was covered in a black bandanna.
"You leave samurai, this is between ninja." one of the Iwa ninjas said. The samurai simply drew his sword, a black blade that screamed evil, and the Iwa ninja back up.
"Y-you're the D-devil's C-child. F-fine, take the girl. J-just don't kill us!" they said. The Devil's Child as he was dubbed, disappeared. In the next instant, every Iwa ninja was dead.
After he cleaned his blade, the Devil's Child turned to Hinata. She lifted her blade and her eyes were wide with fear. The Devil's Child had appeared about a year ago, and so far had thousands of kills under his belt.
He walked towards Hinata and crouched down beside her. Her hand started shaking and the kunai nearly fell from her grasp. He reached out to her, and put his hand on hers. He rubbed his thumb across the back of her hand, then coaxed the blade from her.
"Shh, it's alright." he said. Hinata didn't know why she suddenly relaxed, but something in his voice said he wasn't going to kill her. He started prodding her leg, then touched her sore ankle. She inhaled quickly in pain and he said, "You're ankle's broken. Try not to move please."
Hinata stayed still as a green chakra covered his hand. She felt the swelling go down and the pain subside, but it didn't go away completely. "I'm sorry, but that's all I can do. Where do you live?" he asked.
Hinata rubbed her ankle gently and she answered, "Konoha." He nodded then wrapped his arms around her and picked her up. He ran for a while, then ran up and over the wall.
The Devil's Child jumped onto a rooftop and started running. When he slowed down then dropped, Hinata looked around. He had brought her to the Hyuuga gardens.
"How did you..." her question was cut short when three people walked through the garden gates. Hanabi, Hiashi, and Neji stare at the sight, then all three drop down in their Hyuuga fighting style. Neji charged first but Hinata shouted, "No! Stop!" All three stop and look at her dumbfoundedly.
The Devil's Child set her down on her own feet then said, "Stay off your ankle." Hinata nods and he disappears. Hiashi was the first one to her. "Hinata who was that? What happened?" he asked. Neji lets her lean on him as she answers, "That was the Devil's Child," three gasps were heard, "and he just saved my life."
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So, do you like it? Yeah, if any of you can translate 'Devil's Child' for me, please do. Well, there ya have it. Bye!