Hey guys :). This particular story has been brewing in my mind, enough for me to want to write it. It's been a while so don't expect me to have gotten any better then my last stories. But, this was quite fun and enjoyable to write so I do hope you enjoy it as much as I did. To clarify a few things before you read.
Sasuke has returned probably a year after defeating Itachi. I already know that Itachi is a good person and what not, and I won't be diving very deeply into the matter in this story. For the sake of being correct in terms of characters, Team Hebi/Taka won't be residing in Konoha. They'll be referenced and possibly make a brief appearance if the story provides the oppertuniy. So a good majority of what is canon (Sasuke joining Akatsuki, Obito, the Fourth Great NInja war etc.) won't be happening, and I highly doubt I'll go farther because this story is made for my own pleasure of having fun!
In terms of genre, the story will have a light hearted feel, but I will be writing in a good few tear jerking elements and a dash of romance because I'm a sucker for SasuHina and I love to suffer. So I do hope you guys enjoy, yeah some of you won't since this senerio is overplayed, but it's a classic and I like classics.
This story will have multiple chapters, and I will only be able to write when I have time (I'm in college so pls be understanding). But, I do promise to actually finish this, and most likely updates won't be too far from each other.
I don't own Naruto
It was a beautiful day; the sun was bright and at its zenith. Its golden rays touching everything it could. The clouds were sparse and spread out, and they rolled lazily across the sky with the summer breeze. The sounds of cicadas filled in the silence of the woods, and the flowers soaked up all they could. The quiet district of the Hyuga compound was also touched by the day's calm atmosphere. The sun beams reached into open rooms and slipped through windows. Servants brought out fresh laundry to dry and the gardeners tended to the flowers and herbs in the various private gardens.
A young female branch member carrying a tray of food walked down the open hallway before turning into the deeper parts of the main house. The traditional sliding doors soon disappeared and were replaced by modern doors and walls. She came to a stop at a door and quietly knocked. "Lady Hinata, I have come to tell you lunch is served. Please come, you have missed breakfast." There was no response coming from inside but she brushed it off and continued on her way. The girl had a long night, she saw her stumbling in but refrained from approaching her.
Inside the room, a large lump laid still under the covers. It shuddered before curling in on itself and then expanding, arms and legs peeking out from under fluffy white comforter. A raspy groan emitted before the body settled back down. A crown of long indigo hair popped out from the cocoon.
Ugh, my head is pounding. I need to get up. Hinata rose from her bed slowly while keeping the sheet close to her body. She yawned and winced; her jaw was stiff and rubbed it gingerly. Her eyes squinting at the afternoon sun coming through her window. She sat there for a minute before swinging her legs off the bed and sluggishly walking to her adjoined bathroom, dropping the sheet from her body unceremoniously. Why does everything seem smaller? Ugh I must be coming down with a fever. Her line of vision was changed, almost like she had grown taller. It made her head hurt.
She reached the bathroom and turned on the lights. They flickered into life and glared painfully into her sensitive eyes. Hinata blinked several times from rubbing them. She made a beeline to the toilet and briefly glanced in the mirror, Oh my, I look-
She stopped her stride and trail of thought. She zeroed in on her reflection and slammed her hands down on the sink counter. Her eyes bulging out at what she saw. Her hands were shaking as she reached to touch her face. Her breathing started to become labored, "Is that my face-!" She shrieked at the sudden male voice. She jerked back and slammed into wall and promptly fell to the floor. Covering her mouth with her hands she waited.
There was a pregnant silence before she opened her mouth again, "Hello? Ah!" She gasped at the lower and very much male voice that came from her mouth. "What's happened to my voice!?" She took in deep breaths, focusing on her technique; her chest rose and fell with each one. Funny, it was bit easy to breathe.
Her chest she suddenly realized. She patted her chest fruitlessly, her search for her breast were in vain. She ripped her button up shirt open and paled. Nothing but a male torso.
No, no! This is a dream. THIS can't be real! Hinata let out a panicked giggle, there was no way this wasn't a dream. She sat there and looked at her chest in horror. Her eyes slowly wandered down towards her hips and then pelvis. There was a deafening silence. She could feel a cold sweat forming on her neck and back. Her heart started to race and she gulped. If this were a dream then it would end as soon as she checked.
Her trembling hand reached for her pants waist band and clutched it. She didn't want to lift it, part of her was too embarrassed and the other not wanting to ever know what was underneath it. She sucked in a deep breath and closed her eyes at the same time she lifted the waistband. She waited but she did not wake up. She could feel the fabric clutched in her hand and the cool air hitting her thighs. She whined and opened one eye to see.
A loud shriek was heard all around the compound. It echoed down the halls and could've probably been heard around the village. Neji, coming in from a nearby dojo, heard the scream coming from her room. "Hinata!" He dashed into the main house and down the hall rushing to her. He took ahold of the know and barged right in. The door slammed into a body and was knocked down. Neji scanned the area and focused in on the fallen figure "Hinata! What happened I heard you scream. Where's the intruder? Where is he!" He kneeled down beside her and pushed her hair out of her face. Tears were spilling out of her eyes and a bruise forming near her forehead from the crash. "Hinata, I am so sor-" he paused and then leaped away yelping. Hinata in return shrieked.
"Who are you! What have you done to Lady Hinata! Answer me or I'll kill you!" This only produced the man in front of him to wail.
"Neji, it's me Hinata! It's me!" His statement was littered in hiccups and gross sobbing.
"Lie! Tell me now!" He rushed the crying man held him against the wall, a menacing glare in his eyes, the glare amplified by the byakugan.
"Neji it's me! I-I don't know w-what happened! I ju-ust woke u-up like this. I don't k-know what's going on!" Fat tears rolled down his face, face red and raw from crying. He took a closer look at his face, though male, her looked like a male version of her. The same eyes, nose and manner of crying even. Neji dropped the man to the floor, he crumpled and wiped his face. Neji took a few steps back and collapsed on his behind.
He focused his all seeing eyes at the man, even the way this man held himself was Hinata. "Lady Hinata?" He tried and the man in front of him looked up. A quivering lip and doe eyes stared back at him; it was her.
"Wha- how- what?" Neji was at a lost for words. Never in his life would he ever thought this would happen. What was even going on?
"I don't know. I just woke up like this, that's all I know. I don't know what to do Neji-Nisan!" Her eyes went glassy again and she was about to cry. Neji seeing her distress tried to comfort her. But it proved weak as he was trying to come to terms with the situation and his own shock.
"There there, Hinata. We...we'll find a way to fix this." He patted her back awkwardly, Hinata threw her arms around his waist and buried her face into his chest. He stiffened, the situation was so weird. He knew it was Hinata but she was a man now? She was still a woman right? He patted her head and tried to keep his composure.
"We need to go to Lady Tsunade, she might know what to do. If anyone, she might know the answer to what has happened." There was no way either of them were going to go tell Hiashi at this point, they didn't have answers themselves. Hinata's crying turned to small hiccups and sniffles.
There was a silence, both trying to come to terms with the whole thing. Suddenly Hinata lifted her head up and looked up at Neji. "I don't have any clothes to wear." Neji looked at the male form of Hinata and realized that none of her previous female clothes will fit. Hinata was small and compact, but now she (he?) had a broad chest and shoulders almost like his. It was also unsettling seeing her in her blue pj set."I'll lend you a pair of my clothes." That would also mean...underwear. Neji groaned in embarrassment, his cheeks pink, and raked a hand through his long hair. He promptly stood up and held out a hand to help his cousin up.
Upon standing, they stood eye level with each other. Neji hoped it wouldn't get any weirder than it was now.
Whispers and giggles were heard around them as they walked down the street. Neji was dressed in his usual ninja gear while Hinata was given a white short sleeved shirt, rolled up black pants, a black cap and a pair of sandals. He tried to make her disguised, maybe hide her true identity more than it already was. She looked nothing more than a common person, except no common person had the renowned Hyuga eyes and long indigo hair.
Hinata looked around cautiously, having already heard a few comments from the mouths of the people around them. Both were on high alert and to the others around them, they seemed almost ethereal. Two handsome men walking down the street. The powerful and well known prodigy of the Hyuga clan Neji, and a mysterious boy with a beautiful and handsome face. Most of the women around talked about Hinata, asking who he was and why they haven't seen him before.
Hinata hearing their musing blushed in embarrassment, which only fueled the chatter among them and a few squeals from the younger ones.
"Chiaki, please pick up the pace." She perked up at the name and quickly jogged up next to him. Neji told her that she would need a new name while out in public. They made up a story, if anyone were to ask who she was, that she is a cousin on her mother's side.
They picked up the pace when they noticed that some of the younger women were closing in on them and reached the Hokage Tower in no time. Neji quickly went up to the front desk and asked if the Hokage was busy, "No, she's free! You can go right up." It didn't go unnoticed that the desk secretary was looking at Hinata closely. They climbed the stairs swiftly, hoping that they wouldn't run into other ninja. They came upon the Hokage's door without trouble.
"Wait, what are we going to tell her?" Hinata halted their movements and looked at Neji anxiously, "Are we really going to tell her that I just woke up transformed as a boy!? It doesn't make sense."
He furrowed his brows, "Do you have any better idea?" Hinata looked down and shook her head. Neji knocked on the door and was told enter. Tsunade sat at her desk reading over a mission report, piles of paperwork sat at her right along with mountains of scrolls. The entered quietly and waited for her.
She put down the scroll, "What can I do for you Neji...and?" She gave a pointed look at the man next to him. He was quite handsome. Odd that she had never seen him before; almost all Hyuga were on active duty as ninja. She regarded him closely, scanning over his attire and posture.
"This may come out as a surprise Hokage-sama, but this is...Hinata. Lady Hinata to be specific." There was a pause, before she let out a laugh.
"Stop pulling my leg Neji, you're too old for this type of prank." The mysterious boy stepped closer to her desk and started to fidget with his hands.
"It's me Lady Tsunade. I seem to have...woken up like this." Hinata gave nervous glances to her, trying to gauge her reaction. Tsunade's eyes only gave her a calculated stare. "I assure you there is no trick, nor is this an illusion. Neji-niisan and I came here so we can ask for your help on the matter."
Tsunade got up from her chair and walked around to the boy. She walked around him, trying to find any visible marks or giveaways of a genjutsu. She came to a stop in front of the nervous boy, she kept his eyes focused on her own honey colored ones. He broke contact and glanced worriedly to Neji. Tsunade lifted her hands and placed them around the boy's face, the boy let out a squeak of surprise. She turned his face this way and that way. There was a brief pause and she clamped her hands on his shoulder. "It's really you isn't it?" Hinata nodded slowly on confirmation.
Tsunade let out a sigh and leaned back on her desk. Of all the things to happen in Konoha, she had to get this. She rubbed the bridge of her nose and gave a dry chuckle. "If it makes you feel better, you make quite a handsome man, Hinata." She turned to Neji, "I'll give her a brief medical examination. I'm not sure how and why this happened, but we need to be sure she's fine internally."
"Hinata please lay down on the couch." Hinata did and adjusted herself to the small sofa, "Please lift your shirt." She did and Tsunade laid both glowing green hands onto her stomach. There was a sudden burning pain in her abdomen and she gasped.
Tsunade retracted her hands and looked to where they were placed and hummed in acknowledgement. "Well, I see where the problem is. Neji come over here. Do you see this mark?" He walked over and saw that black markings appeared on Hinata's abdomen. They appeared to look like sealing tattoos of some kind. "They appear to be some type of seal ninjustu." Hinata lifted her head up and saw the markings on her stomach, they throbbed in pain and made her feel nausea.
"But the real question right now is, how did you get these in the first place? You were fine when you came home from the mission you were-" Neji pointedly paused and gave a stern look at Hinata, she was at a lost for words. "Hinata what happened during your mission yesterday?"
"Nothing! My team was just just attacked by a group of rogue nin when we were coming home; it wasn't anything we couldn't handle. I got punched a few times but I was able to deflect it with chakra pulses easily. They weren't high level ninja either, and they didn't carry any sealing marks or jutsu." There was nothing that seemed wrong with the mission, she would've seen everything with her byakugan.
Tsunade stood up and leaned against the couch. It didn't add up at all. If the mission went without a hitch then where did that mark come from. "Hinata did anything happen before or after the mission?" Hinata sat back up pulling her shirt down. Nothing happened before her mission. It was an ordinary day of packing the essentials before leaving. Then after the mission she went home to take a bath, talked with her family for a little bit and then went out to eat with team 8. They went to go eat BBQ? Or did they go eat sushi? No, but she couldn't remember correctly. They had met someone at the place they ate and then? God, her head hurt. Ugh, feels like she'd been hit with one of Sakura's chakra infused punches.
There was no reason for her to feel like this. It wasn't like she went drinking last nig-
Bingo. A light bulb went inside her head. If she could remember correctly, she had come home quite late, very late, late enough to not see any of her sleeping family. Team 8 only had a celebratory cup of sake, until they were attacked by Anko-san and a random fellow she was dragging around. It was all a blur from then on, but it was the only lead she had.
Hinata folded her hands from front of her face and looked to the side. Ah, what a predicament. "Ano, I think you should call Anko-san. I think she might know something about this."
Neji made a face at that, "What would Mitarashi-san know about this? Was she with you last night?"
"She might've been present when this-" Hinata gestured to her new body, "- may have happened." It was worth a try to question Anko about what happened. It was obvious enough to Hinata herself that she consumed too much alcohol to be to remember anything. Tsunade quickly summoned an ANBU soldier to locate Anko.
"Can you tell me what you remember of the incident?" Tsunade sat back at her desk, motioning for the two Hyugas to sit down.
"Well, I was with Kiba and Shino, we went out to eat after the mission. We went around the late evening. We ate and we were greeted by Anko-san and some man she was with. She spent some time with us, ordering drinks and having her join us. Uh, I can't remember much; it's a bit fuzzy, but I do remember Kiba and Shino leaving me and her together. The man she was with had passed out and was carried home by them." Hinata really tried to remember but she couldn't. It was like that whole part of her memory was wiped, how much did she drink that she blacked out. It was nerve racking!
"I-I don't remember much after that." She gave the Hokage an apologetic look. Tsunade nodded in understanding, she then dug around in one of her drawers pulling out a water bottle.
"For you, you must be parched; it'll help you with your head ache." Hinata reached out and grabbed the bottle gratefully. They didn't have to wait for long before two distinct proofing sounds resonated in the office. Anko and the ANBU both appeared, bowing respectfully before the Kage.
"Tsunade you called?" Anko gave a rather cheeky smile to the blonde Kage, before turning her attention to the two sitting. There was Neji in ninja attire, maybe they were going on a mission? Anko looked to the other boy, he was quite handsome, he even had long beautiful indigo hair just like-
"Hinata!?" Anko walked over to Hinata, grabbing the male turned Hinata's face in her hands. She turned his face every which way, even going as far as pulling the collar of the shirt to peek at their chest. Hinata squeaked at this.
"Why do you look like that? I thought the jutsu should've worn off by now!" Anko looked worriedly over Hinata.
"Anko, would you like to explain what is going on?" Tsunade watched over the small display with amusement before getting back to work. Anko glanced up at the Hokage.
"Hinata, has told me that you were the last to be with her after her team left from an evening out. It seems that you know more than our victim here as to why she is like this." A disgruntled look cover Anko's face.
"Ah yeah, about that. About that, it's quite a funny story really." Tsunade narrowed her eyes at her stalling. Anko cleared her throat, "Uh, after Hinata's teammates left with Taro, the man I was with, we decided to hang out for a bit. After a few more drinks we decided to get out of the restaurant." They were both pissed drunk, Hinata already not being able to walk without assistance. Anko was at the least strong enough to offer a shoulder, but they both stumbled along the road. They'd gotten onto the topic of men after behind whistled by a couple of equally drunk men. They complained on how hard it was and that men don't know how hard they had to work both at home and on missions.
Anko had the bright idea of transforming into a man with a powerful jutsu. It was a disguise used on recon missions and to gather information. It's duration would depend on how much chakra was poured in; it also came with a seal in the case that if they were captured their identities wouldn't be found out. Anko, having used the jutsu for both work and play easily performed it. She started to mockingly act as a man to her companion. Hinata laughed at the sight, crumpling into a ball from the sheer force of her laughter.
Hinata had wanted to try the jutsu too. But in her disoriented state, she had poured more chakra than Anko had. The jutsu was performed and they went on their merry way to whatever they had done that night. Anko had not thought of the repercussions of the girl performing the jutsu. All that Anko could remember is that she ended up in Taro's bedroom when she awoke in the morning.
Anko looked apologetically at Hinata, offering a nervous smile to the girl next to her, "So, I don't know particularly how long the jutsu will be in effect. It won't have any lasting effects, trust me I've made that mistake, turned myself into a child for about six months!" Anko tried to ease the girl but speaking of her own troubles with the jutsu just made it worse. The woman had turned herself into a child for six months! That was half a year! What if Hinata was like this for the rest of her life!
She couldn't fathom a life in the body of a boy. What would she do about clothing? Her missions? Her teammates would worry about her absence. What would her father say? The very thought of confronting him about this was horrifying.
"But! But! If we find the book that has the jutsu in it, it might tell us about what we can do." Anko piped in last minute. It wasn't some jutsu she made up, but saw in a book at the library looking for someplace to nap. Of course she didn't read any of the other information except on how to perform it. And of course it was in the restricted section of the library. "I think the time duration has to do something with the seal? Like, it tells you how long you have left. I could be wrong but without the book I wouldn't be able to tell." A bit of color came back into Hinata's face. If they could find the book then they could see if they undo the jutsu, or the very least know how long she has left on it.
"Well, we should find the book then. Better to figure this out than wait until later. I'll send out two ninja to look for the book at the Konoha Library. In the meantime, Hinata, Neji, I want you to inform the clan of this problem. Tell them that Anko was performing an experimental jutsu and I had you two come in to see with your byakugan. It had backfired and Hinata was transformed into a man. If the head or council wishes to speak with me, let them I'll take care of it." Hinata and Neji both stood and bowed, leaving the office with a rather lighter outlook. They walked out of the Hokage Tower and walked back to the compound.
"Do you think father will believe the story?" Hinata looked at Neji worriedly. Hiashi wasn't a stupid man, far from it. So the thought of him finding out the real truth was mortifying. The Hyuga Heiress out on the town drunk, no less disguised as a man! The gossip that would parade through the village.
"Like Lady Tsunade said, if he or the council wishes to speak with her on the matter, let them. I'm confident that he will believe it. You're father doesn't think of you that way, he knows that you are a proper lady; have more confidence in yourself." Neji put a reassuring hand on his cousin's shoulder, giving it a reaffirming squeeze. The two shared a gentle smile.
The small moment was interrupted with the squeals of girls that surrounded them. They clustered around the corner of a building watching them like hawks. Neji's face soured, "We should probably get going." Vultures. Thank god, Hinata-sama wasn't like those girls who fawned over the Uchiha. It was bad enough when Hinata was a woman, he only had to ward off unworthy suitors; now he has to fend off rabid girls who've gained a reputation of never giving up.