Edited! Yosh! Number one, un-confusified! Next… chapter two!
Blood splashed her face as she sliced through yet another Hyuuga clansman. She felt remorse for every one of her family members that were slain by her hand. She had no choice in the matter, it had to be done. They all plotted against the Hokage and had even tried an assassination attempt. Having grown up under Danzou's harsh ruling, she should have accepted her mission with no regrets, but she had three. Three small children, they were still so young. So young in fact, she'd had tried to do everything in her power to get the Hokage to look after them, they weren't even in the academy yet…
The screams that echoed throughout the compound chilled her soul. Her entire family did not deserve this, but the majority did. The children should be spared, but what would a bunch of children do on their own? They couldn't care for themselves. But Neji, Neji was smart, a prodigy even. He could handle himself and Hinata. But the infant couldn't be handled by them.
Nana hated what she had to do but she focused it all on her hate for her father. He had tossed her away when she was ten. Hinata had just turned five when she had been thrown away like she meant nothing. She had met Foo yamanaka and an aburame boy. She had also met two Uchiha children, although she was still much older than foo and Torune they had worked well together, even though all they knew of each other was their clans and fighting styles. She had made a new family there and now she had to throw that all away.
It was all his fault everything that has happened was because of him. She slowed her run and strode confidently into his youngest daughter's room, which had been closer to his room than hers or Hinata's had ever been. Hiashi obviously favored this child more than the sisters. She looked down at the little three year old. She looked exactly like Hiashi. Nana struck fast, not wanting to halt and regret her decision, but she still did, the small murmur that came from the child as she struck would haunt her. 'Nana-nee' the tiny infant knew who she was… how could she? Hanabi hadn't even been born when she had been sent away… so… so how could she know who she was?
Attempting to shove her thoughts deep within her mind she walked straight into Hinata's room and looked at the nine year old to make sure she was still asleep. She left the room and closed the door quietly. She turned and walked back down the hallway and straight back into Hanabi's room, where her father sat, the youngest child in his arms.
"You killed the entire clan and my daughter, for what reason, Nana?" Hiashi asked and Nana raised a brow, a hateful grimace on her lips. "You ask why…? You ask me why when you called me weak, useless and threw me away like trash to Danzo! He used me as a tool father. And that tool was sent to kill. Kill for revenge." She said and in an instant her blade was at his throat. The door cracked open and Hinata peered through. Nana frowned and looked at her from the corner of her eyes. "It is shameful to be killed by a child, Nana, and a child you are. Only fourteen. You can't kill me. You don't have the guts." Hiashi said and Nana swung in an arc catching hiashi off guard. Her blade cut cleanly through his chest and neck. "Go screw yourself!" Nana spat as he looked at her with shocked eyes as he fell backwards. She turned to Hinata and crouched before her.
"Nee-chan…why?" the nine-year old asked. "Because it was for many things...love…honor…and the truth. That's all I want. Others want it too but none are willing to pay the price. I am paying the price and so shall you. You will kill me one day, because I'm the one thing standing in the way of your happiness." She said and vanished before Hinata's eyes, but not before Hinata saw the lavender of her sister's eyes darken. Hinata knew Nana wasn't gone, so she ran outside. Nana was running down the path to exit the Hyuuga compound.
"Nana! Hanabi-chan… I told her she was our hero! I taught her that you would be our hero! I taught her that!" Hinata screamed, tears streaking down her face. Neji ran out, tears in his own eyes, but those tears weren't tears of sadness, they were tears of anger. "How could you Nana!? We treated you like a hero… and you kill our family! Why?" Neji asked, holding Hinata to him. Nana heard the ache in their voices. She refused to face them. Her heart ached as well and tears fell from her own eyes. A hero? Why would they have ever thought of her as a-
She was the only reason Neji hadn't been taken by Danzo… that's the only reason the children thought of her as a hero. The blade almost dropped from her fingers but she grabbed it tightly and slid it into its sheath. She stood there a moment, trying to think of something to say. Her only other thoughts were of redemption. Redemption of a clan who's own heiress had to slaughter them, redemption of a clan who's children idolized her as a hero, only to be betrayed. So… why not allow them their redemption by slaughtering the hero in disguise?
"Because our family was weak, incredibly weak… to the point of which it only took one child to wipe them out. The Hyuuga are pathetic, you realize this? We used to be a strong clan. But we have fallen far… insignificant little children like you two… you will never understand why this happened. You will grow up into weakness. Strength is something this village does not possess." Nana said and vanished before their eyes, only to appear on the top of the Hyuuga compound gates.
Nana hit the ground and she took off running. She knew she had to get away and fast. She ran to the one place she knew she would be safe. She pictured the beautiful dark eyed woman and her husband with their halfhearted adoring smiles, they would comfort her. That was, until she had to leave... She stumbled through the gateway just in time to hear the child's scream and a blur of Anbu attire to brush lightly past her. She turned to look at the Anbu when tears splashed her face.
Her chest clenched and she wiped the tears from her cheek. Her jaw hung limp and she stood there for a second until she regained her composure, her heart breaking all over again. "You too, Itachi-kun?" she asked, a sad smile crossing her lips and tears streaking from her own eyes. She heard his footsteps stop and his body hit the ground. She turned and walked over to him and crouched beside him. "They made you do it as well, Itachi-kun?" she asked her best friend of seven years and partner of three. He nodded and the tears fell faster. She frowned and wiped her eyes as the fear inducing howls of the elder Inuzuka hounds echoed around them. They had found the first body.
Nana hooked her arms under Itachi's and struggled to pull him to his feet. He refused to move until the howling got a lot closer. "We have to go Ita-kun." She pleaded and he nodded composing himself and pulling himself to his feet. They took off into the night, fearing for their lives. They spent four days running, just to get as far from the village as they could. They stopped at the border of fire country on the fourth night. They set up a camp and stared at the fire with glistening eyes.
Nana punched the ground in her anger, her tears wetting the ground. "Why us Itachi? Why did they ask us to do this?" Nana asked, the image of her mother smiling at her before she had to kill her. 'I understand, Nana. I understand that your father has done his wrong… Just… promise me you won't forget us.' her mother had said to her. Her mother had taken her end in stride. She had no quarrels with it. She had no objections to dying along with her husband because of acts of treason he had been willing to commit.
Nana glared at the ground, tears flowing freely. "We were the only ones who could… the only one who could destroy the shame of the village, without making the villagers fear for their own lives and rebel against the Hokage." He said and looked up at him, he sat across from the fire one knee propped up, the other folded beneath him and his hand resting on his propped up knee.
Nana knew what he said was the truth, but the truth hurt… she had asked for the truth and she got it. She shivered and Itachi moved around the fire to sit beside her. Nana rested her head on his shoulder and she drifted to sleep. Itachi watched as his friend slept peacefully for the first time in four days. He leaned back against the tree behind him and closed his eyes. A small rustle from the trees overhead made him furrow his brow. He activated Sharingan, in the midst of red, black, and white, he could see the faint blur of blue that signified chakra.
He felt Nana stir and he slowly looked down at her. The life in her eyes was not there and she was freezing cold. He threw her up into the tree above him before the unsuspecting nin knew what was going on. Nana appeared from the air itself, a frown lining her lips. She punched the tree and three blocks of ice hit the ground. Konoha forehead protectors adorned the foreheads of the nin. Nana sighed and was about to speak, but a fear inducing howl echoed around them. She grit her teeth and activated Byakugan. More nin were headed their way, most likely konoha tracker nin.
She stood and Itachi grabbed her wrist, dragging her into the trees with him. They jumped from branch to branch avoiding the kunai thrown from behind and below. Nana dropped down and they threw a barrage of kunai at her. She dodged the first kunai that came at her. She leaned to do a rotation, but her eyes her eyes narrowed and felt them pulsate. The kunai froze in midair, her eyes pulsated once more and the kunai were sent back at the Anbu, taking out half the group. There were three more left. She lunged for the closest one and sent her flat palm into his stomach, which filled him with her elemental chakra and froze him inside out.
Itachi had led the others away and she looked around for him, but she couldn't find him. She heard clapping and she spun around with her chakra ready to perform whatever jutsu she needed. What she saw was a man with long black hair and a konoha headband. She lunged for him and he sent her flying back with a single kick. She struggled to her feet and glared at him. "You can't defeat me child, but you have potential." He said and she stood. "Come with me my dear. We are headed for the strongest of the strong." He said and she nodded, not completely trusting but she couldn't stay alone. "What about my partner?" she asked and he looked around with a smirk.
"It seems you have been abandoned, sorry to say." He said and Nana frowned, she couldn't catch a glimpse of Itachi's chakra anywhere. She also knew better than to believe that he would abandon her without reason… she looked at the serpentine man and sighed. "My name is-" She began but he chuckled. "Oh I know who you are. You are the grace of the Hyuuga, the one who ended that vile clan for their misdeeds." He said and she frowned. "Please…don't tell anyone you know that." She pleaded and he held out a hand to her. "You come with me, and the fact you are a saving grace, and not a ruthless killer stays between us." He said and Nana nodded, placing her hand within his.
He led her to an underground hideout and led her to a room. He lit a lantern within the room and handed her a set of clothes when he returned. Nana dressed herself when he left. She now wore a sleeveless fishnet shirt, chest bindings, a tight white button up shirt, black leggings, the purple skirt thing and the purple braided rope. She pulled on her heeled ninja sandals and walked out of her room. She didn't very much like the outfit, it made her feel… feel a bit exposed…
She sighed as she stepped out of her room, she got odd looks from the residents of the hideout; but it wasn't like she cared what they thought of her, they were none of her concern. She made her way down the hallway and into the training area. Her heart was heavy… Hinata had looked up to her, so had Neji. They were going to hate her, and she was going to make them hate her more than they needed to. She would give them the revenge she knew they would seek, and they would give her peace from the nightmares.
She sighed and looked up as she walked. It was a maze in the hideout, but it wasn't hard to figure out where to go; not with eyes like hers. Her eyes were odd and she couldn't figure out what was going on with them. But as she trained, as she searched for answers… the years flew by, and her lack of sleep became evident shown by the darkness surrounding her eyes. She was at least five to six times stronger than she had been all those years ago. Her Eighteenth birthday was in a week. Over the past four years Nana had learned exactly what had happened with her eyes, she had learned plenty of forbidden jutsu that could tip the scale in whatever direction she wanted. She had become so advanced I her wind and water styles that not a word would have to be said for her to use them. She could also wield four swords at once in a similar fashion to that of killer bee. Her lightning techniques were few, she couldn't handle fire, but wind water and ice were her specialties. She could tell Orochimaru was disappointed with her lack of strength gain, but how much more can you teach one who has nearly mastered their elements already?
She watched as Kabuto readied himself, as usual he was using the medic's chakra scalpel… typical. She flew through hand signs as Kabuto ran at her. The medic had his skills, there was no doubt. But he wasn't at her level, he was obviously nowhere near her level of ninjutsu and she had no idea why Orochimaru wouldn't fight with her himself, although his arms were sealed he still could fight. She guessed he knew exactly what her mission truly was and was trying to keep his distance. Her mind went back to her simple spar and she scoffed audibly.
Her cheeks puffed up and flurries of snow clouded his vision. Orochimaru watched from his seat as the two sparred. It wasn't long before Kabuto was on the ground two blades at either side of his neck, one pressed up against the back of his neck and another against the hollow of his throat. Orochimaru chuckled and clapped, signaling to them that the spar was over. Nana pulled her blades from the ground and walked over to the sannin. "We set out for a new place tomorrow Nana." He said and Nana looked at him from the corner of her eyes. "Where to?" she asked, her voice bored. She was sick and tired of being used as a weapon, only for him to sharpen her skills to please himself. "We are finally heading for the strongest of the strong Nana, the Akatsuki." He said and she actually looked interested.
"About time. I was getting bored fighting your medic boy all the time." She said placing her black rimmed glasses atop her nose. She hated the glasses, they always got in her way while she fought, so normally she fought partially blind, despite having the byakugan. Kabuto gave her a dirty look and she smirked. "You always lose, so what is the use?" she asked and he left the room. Nana followed Orochimaru out of the hideout and led her to a waterfall on the border of wind country. He flashed a ring and the waterfall parted revealing a tunnel. They walked down the dark tunnel and through a door that was at the end. Inside the place was like a luxurious home. A hallway with twelve doors led her to believe that those were the rooms. The massive kitchen had appliances that few in konoha could have ever afforded. The living room had nice couches and tables.
She bumped into a tall red haired male who looked sickly and just about fell, but she reached out and grabbed his arm to help stabilize him. His eyes met with hers and he raised a brow. "How does one such as yourself gain such power?" he asked and she looked at the floor. "When there are certain things you want, you have to do awful things… and sometimes… sometimes the Kami bear forgiveness to those who have dealt with such pain…" she said and he nodded. "I see. You understand pain, at a young age no doubt, you do not appear to have let it go but you do not appear to be in that state of shock any longer." He said as Orochimaru walked over.
"I was fourteen when it happened… I killed my clan… because I was forced to…" she said and he raised a brow. "You must be Nana, the one who killed the Hyuuga." He said and a blue haired woman strolled over and whispered something in his ear. He sighed but nodded. "Just as well… you are now part of us, so please do as you feel like and adventure the base. Everyone else is here as of now." He said and the blue haired woman grasped his arm and tried to lead him away. "Don't let the looks of me deceive you… I am far stronger than I look." He said and a small smile crossed her lips. "I can tell, you may look as sick as you truly are, but I know one wrong word and I would be nothing more…" she said and he let out a weak chuckle as the two mad their way down the hallway.
"But… I have one question… will that… will that happen to me? Will I become sick like you?" she asked and the blue haired girl whirled around in surprise. He just weakly turned to face her. "You will never become this way, for you cannot control Gedo Mazou." He said and she nodded. "You could give up that power, or you can die with it. You will know exactly what I mean by this when the time comes. Now I must rest, I shall speak with you again soon, but not in this form." He said and she nodded and bowed politely.
Orochimaru watched her oddly. "So I see you know that he holds a more advanced ability like yours…" he said and she nodded. "Good, seems you aren't as simple minded as I had originally thought. She glared at him. "Just because I did not have the ability t learn all that you tried to teach does not mean I am simple minded!" she snapped and he scoffed at her. "Seems you have no respect for those above you either." He said and she grit her teeth. "You're such an idiot Orochimaru! Just because you taught me some things doesn't mean I ever needed to come with you! I was already strong enough at a young age, so whatever you say means nothing to me. You're just sc-!" she was going to continue to insult the snake sage but a hand found its way over her mouth.
"If you continue with your rants, you are going to anger the immortals… and if you anger them, none of us will hear the end of it." the person sighed half humoredly and her eyes went wide. The person removed his hand from her mouth and she spun on her heels and her first instinct was to smack him but he caught her wrist and rolled his eyes. Those familiar red eyes that she hadn't seen in so long, how she had missed them. Her second instinct was to hug him, or hit him again… but she chose the first choice. He sighed again and patted her on the head.
"You never came to look for me…" she said and he watched her curiously. "Trust me, I looked for you. I searched and searched, but not a trace of you was found." He said and she stepped away from him. "No trace? I left clues everywhere… engraved kunai… whatever any Kunoichi was taught to let someone know they'd been taken. How could you not find them?" she asked and Orochimaru chuckled. "I took them. Couldn't have him interfere with you just yet… that's why I waited until now." He said and she frowned. "I see." She looked over at Itachi and her eyes softened, those stressed out lines that had been forming over the years were becoming more defined. He was exhausted and she doubted the nightmares were helping him any.
"Orochimaru… forgive me for my outburst. I'm going to spend some time with my friend. I think we need to discuss some things…" she whispered and Orochimaru waved her off. "Go one then, I may not be seen as a good person. But… I'm not blind. You two obviously have personal matters to discuss so go discuss." He said and walked in the other direction. She looked over at Itachi and he nodded, there was no glimmer of the hopeful spirit within him anymore. His hopeful spirit had obviously died off.
He led her to his room and she sat on the small oak wood desk that sat within the corner. "What is this group trying to bring about exactly?" she asked and he looked over at her. "They seek eternal peace, end to war. End to hatred. They seek what we had hoped for while in the village." He said and she looked down at her fingers, scratching one thumb nail across the surface of the other, a habit she's long since hoped to rid herself of; much like Hinata's finger fiddling.
"And… and just how do they plan to achieve this peace? Is it real? Like… real, real or do we all have to die to make it real?" she asked and he rubbed his eyes. "We do not all have to die, at this moment I am unsure of the exact details, but I know it involved the tailed beasts." He said and she frowned. "You mean like that little blonde boy in konoha?" she asked and he nodded. "I see…" she said and crossed her legs on top of his desk. "Is the peace real?" she asked and he looked at her in confusion. "What do you mean?" he asked and she looked over at him.
"You know exactly what I mean… you can cast them yourself…" she said quietly and he frowned deeply. "I don't know, I would hope it wasn't a form of peace like that. But… whatever. We won't live to see it anyways. I'm sick and you're going blind." He said and she frowned. "I know this… but if peace truly does come for them… I want it to be real and not some falsified pigment of another's imagination." She said and hopped off his desk. "I know, and I fully understand and agree with you." He said and she smiled at him.
"I'm glad you are alright." She said and he blinked, but a small chuckle fell from his lips. "You couldn't have survived without me, could you?" he asked and she rolled her eyes. "Oh please, you're not that important." She said with a wink and he chuckled once more. Someone knocked on his door and she opened it. A silver haired male looked extremely irate when she did so, but when he saw her; his brow shot up and he laughed. "Hey yall seems Itachi's already called dibs on the new bitch!" he yelled and Itachi smirked.
Nana saw this from the corner of her eye. Nana also heard Orochimaru sigh from elsewhere in the hideout. "I already hate you." She sighed and he looked at her oddly. "The fuck you say?" he asked, as if he hadn't heard her in the slightest. Perfect… the first person other than Itachi and Nagato, and he is an idiot. "If you two want to fight, fight somewhere else. I will not have Hidan splattered about my room, still able to talk." Itachi sighed and she clicked her tongue at Hidan.
"You aren't worth my time." She sighed and he rolled his eyes. He shoved a cloak towards her with different clothing beneath it. she furrowed her brows and rubbed her face angrily. "You're kidding right, what the hell kinda perverted organization is this." She snapped and Hidan rolled his eyes and shoved the clothing towards her. "Go change." He said and she huffed at him. Why couldn't she have leggings? Konan had legging so why couldn't she? Was it because she was younger or something?
She rolled her eyes and Itachi stood and made his way to the door, he knew exactly what was coming. Her white button up shirt hit the floor outside the door and Hidan's jaw dropped as her fishnets hit the ground as well. "Like I care what you see." She snapped as Itachi shut the door and walked over to his bed. He lay on it and rolled to face the wall. He sighed and she shrugged. "What?" she asked but he didn't roll to face her. "You complain about shorts, but will strip in front of strangers? You have gotten quite strange." He said and she stopped mid change.
"I have just become accustomed to the treatment I received at Orochimaru's. His medic is about our age and Is a disgusting pervert." She said and she heard Itachi fist his hands tightly. "He never touched me like that Itachi… he was just utterly disgusting." She said and she heard him relax a bit. "You don't always have to worry about me you know…" she said and he moved to face her once she had pulled the tight black halter top over her head. She sat on his desk once more as she pulled her cloak around her loosely.
She held something in her hands and he frowned, he knew what that small paper was. "I know I don't always have to worry about you, but that's what friends do, isn't it? They worry for each other?" he said and she nodded. "Yes… I know… But.." she began but he gave her a look and she sighed. "But nothing. You have always had my back and I will always have yours, that's a promise." He said and she smiled. They both stood and met in the middle of the room, their pinkies intertwined in a childhood promise.
"That's a promise I will forever keep. Until the end." She said and he nodded.
"Until the end."
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A year had passed and Orochimaru was being forced to leave the akatsuki. It was just her luck that he was dragging her with him. She folded her cloak neatly and set it on Itachi's dresser. The doorway creaked and she turned to face him. He had his arms crossed over his chest and he was frowning. "Seems the Dynamic duo has to split, huh?" the tall fish stick everyone else called Kisame, said. He had become another one of her friends, which were few.
She offered a sad smile and Kisame sighed. "I'm not good at goodbyes, and I'm definitely not a big pile of blue mush. So I'm going to say bye and head on out." He said and ruffled her hair roughly, almost taking her off balance. He turned and walked out, her glare burning into his back. She turned to Itachi and reached into her pocket. "Keep these. You're going to end up blind too if you don't stop overusing your eyes." She joked and handed him her black rimmed glasses.
He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, but she said nothing more; she only smiled. "Goodbye for now, my friend." She said and walked past him out the door, leaving him with vital information she figured he should know.
"Orochimaru is after Sasuke."
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Hinata sat outside the academy that the Hokage had placed her in a year after the massacre. She didn't like this place, everyone looked at her like she was a disease. Except for Sasuke, he watched her like a hawk. She knew he was like her. She knew he was, but she didn't know why both of their families had been taken the same night in the same way. The older people called it some sick twisted romance. Hinata stared at her hands with trembling lips, her family…
A touch to her shoulder snapped her out of it and she wiped her eyes as her cousin stood over her. "Time to go Hinata." He said and she nodded. They walked towards the center of the village, where the Hokage had given them residence. She made it to the doorstep when she saw him, he had his hands shoved into his pockets and he looked like he had been crying. She dropped down from the steps and walked over to him. "Sasuke?" she asked and he looked up at her after wiping his eyes.
"What do you want?" he snapped. She flinched a bit at his harsh tone but she took a few steps forward and hugged him lightly. "I know… I know how you feel…" she whispered and he shoved her back a bit. "I know." He said and she stared at him for a minute. "We can take them out you know. Your brother and my sister. We can kill them." She said softly and he scoffed audibly. "How could you know that? They spared us because we were weak." He snapped and she nodded.
"We a-are weak now. But we can get stronger." She said and Neji dropped down next to her. "We can. Nothing is set in stone." He said and Hinata nodded, even though that was something odd for Neji to say; she agreed with him. Sasuke looked at the two then held his hand out to them. "We are a team, agreed?" he asked and they placed their hands on his hand. "Agreed." Neji said and Hinata nodded.
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Hinata dove for his ankle and knocked it out from under him with her wrists interlocked together. Sasuke flipped over her and she spun into a run. "Come on Hinata! You have to better than this." Sasuke sighed as she swiped at him again and he flipped out of her range of reach. Her strikes were swift and left him face first on the ground. "The hell?" he grumbled as he pushed himself off the ground. Hinata smirked at him and offered a hand to him.
"You need to work on not lowering your guard around me, do you honestly think I'm that weak?" the fourteen year old asked and he smirked at her. "Not at all, you did nearly smash Ino's face in during the scroll part of the exams." Sasuke said and Neji chuckled. A serious look took over her face and Sasuke sighed. "You aren't thinking of going with that snake freak, are you?" she asked and Neji crossed his arms over his chest. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Why should I? I doubt he could help me any." He said and she looked away from them and up towards the sky where the light had begun to dim. "Nana Hyuuga is with him, so if anyone goes… I would prefer it be me or Neji-nii. It seems he has his sights set on you, though, huh?" she asked and he shrugged and popped his shoulder. "I don't know why, though. I don't even know the creep." Sasuke said and laughter echoed from the tree overhead.
"Its because at one time, he'd had his eyes dead set on your dear brother, but due to certain interfering circumstances… he was not allowed access to Itachi." A female voice rang out overhead and two members of the group froze. Their anger was visible. She laughed again. "You're all so cute! Weak and pathetic, but cute none the less." The woman said and dropped from the tree. "You're not as naïve as I had first thought, you knew exactly who I worked for, something not even the brightest of shinobi could figure out. But… you are my sister, so I wouldn't doubt you would be intelligent." She said as she circled Hinata.
Sasuke watched her and watched the reaction of the two Hyuuga he knew. This woman had a predatory aura and he had to admit it struck fear in him. She walked straight for him and he froze. It was like his brain had malfunctioned and all his fear had hit him head on. his fingers trembled as she grasped his face and turned it to get a better look at him. His eyes were shaky and his vision was blurred. His fingers trembled as she tilted his head to the side to look at his curse mark.
"I don't get what he sees in you…" she muttered and a smile crossed her lips. "but I see why he wanted to protect you. I honor his wishes." She said and backed away from him. His heart rate slowed and he regained his composure once she was more than a few feet away. "Wait? Protect me? who the hell wants to protect me?!" he snapped and she tapped her chin then shrugged. "If I told you, then I would be breaking a promise." She said and turned to Hinata.
"You slaughtered them, all of them. And you're worried about breaking a promise?" she snapped and ran at Nana, who frowned and touched her pointer finger to her thumb as if she were going to thump Hinata, but thumped the air and it sent Hinata flying into a tree. Nana's image flickered and she appeared right in front of Hinata. She pulled the younger girl up by her hair and held her against the tree. "Weak, all three of you. Weak. That's all you are, and that's all you'll ever be. You will never make it as shinobi." She said and released Hinata, who hit the ground by the roots of the trees.
Nana turned to walk away and Hinata laughed. "What are you trying to pull? Some sort of ruse to get us angry?" Hinata asked and Nana turned to her. "You don't mean anything you say, are you trying to get us off our game by making us angry?" Hinata asked and Nana laughed. "Oh no… I mean it. You'll never become good shinobi because I won't let you. I torment your dreams don't I? I give you nightmares? My job in life is to torment you, screw with your minds. But ultimately to make you hate me, because if you ever want to become anything relevant, you will hate me. That hate will become your greatest strength, and then you will kill us. The both of us… me… and Itachi." She said and didn't even bother to turn around as she said it.
"How do you know of him?!" Sasuke snapped and Nana laughed lightly. "Itachi… was my best friend. You don't remember do you? You were seven so I'd imagine you would have repressed it after that night. You begged me to help you, begged me to get rid of the boys that bullied you. And ultimately it had been Itachi to take care of them and he did. He took care of them for good." She said and Sasuke glared at her. "You know nothing, boy. And if you'd ever give a damn to learn anything, you still wouldn't learn anything of use." She sighed and turned to walk away once more.
"Still weak, always weak." She said and he grit his teeth. He hated being called weak, they all did. That's why he was going to do his best in his training with Kakashi tomorrow morning before his round of the chunnin exams. He wasn't going to be made a fool of by a traitor.
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Hinata ran it over in her mind, she'd seen that Gaara boy walking with Nana. She grit her teeth. But then again she had also seen him slaughter a genin team ruthlessly. She felt a chakra spike nearby and a gust of wind rushed past her from the training ground. She concealed her chakra and eased around the tree to see the area better. "Good job Temari, keep working at it and you will get to my level." Nana's voice rang out and Hinata grit her teeth.
The kid, Gaara rounded the tree and her heart nearly stopped. "Who are you?" he asked, It was more demanding than asking, but she wasn't going to test his patience. "Hinata Hyuuga." She said, she showed no fear, but deep within her he scared the daylights out of her. He raised a brow at her then scoffed and turned away. "You freaked out earlier, why is that? Are you not accustomed to death?" he asked and she fisted her hands so hard she heard the friction of her skin rubbing together.
"Death is not something I fear. I am in fact accustomed with it, or do you not know what that monster did to my family?" she snapped and he glared at her. "Monster? Nana is no monster!" he growled and reached to grab her but she stepped out of his reach. "She's allied with sound, she was previously allied with akatsuki, and she slaughtered my family… you tell me if she's a monster or not!" she snapped and heard a sigh. Gaara's siblings had found them and stood with their weapons ready.
Nana strolled around the tree and crossed her arms over her chest with a frown. "Hinata." She greeted icily. "Creature." Hinata snapped and a smirk crossed Nana's lips. "Well there's a new one. How about hero next time? Creature sounds pretty demeaning." She said and Hinata aimed a hit at her but a solid object struck her in the head hard. She saw the dark edge of the fan's hard edge as she fell to the ground darkness consuming her sight. "Sorry Hinata, not this time either." Was the last thing she heard.
Her eyes fluttered open the next day and she saw a blinding light over her head. She reached up and felt blood trickle down her forehead and she clicked her tongue. "Che… cheap shot." She muttered then her eyes went wide, her match was today! She stood and took off running towards the stadium and into the stands. She arrived just in time as the proctor announced her arrival. She landed in the arena with a soundless thump, although her opponent hit the ground hard.
She had been sitting on the railing waiting for her to show. "You again? Hmph... this will be easy." The blonde sighed and Hinata rolled her shoulders. "Did you not see me in the preliminaries? Or even In the scroll challenge? You caught me off guard, so don't think I will go easy on you. You weren't my target last night, Temari." Hinata said and the blonde smirked. "Shikamaru gave up against me so I could fight you, a weakling with a big mouth? Wonderful." She scoffed and pulled her fan out from behind her.
Hinata shrugged and sped towards Temari. Temari raised a single brow then spun sending a tornado of wind at Hinata, who propelled herself up higher than the vortex and spun in mid air to land on her toes and speed towards her again. Temari send vortex after vortex at her but she smoothly dodged each one, aggravating Temari. "that's it!" Temari snapped and used her fan to blow a huge chakra enhanced gust of wind at Hinata, who ran through it like it was nothing, then jumped and spun at the last moment to send her ankle flying into Temari's surprised face. Temari hit the wall and forced herself to her feet.
She continued to make the gust stronger, but it did nothing to hinder Hinata. She flew through hand signs and smirked. "If you're going to use wind, you are going to need the force to back it up." She said as Temari ran towards her to strike her with her fan. Hinata's hands hit the last sign and air filled her lungs, then erupted from her lips to send Temari scrambling to try and stablilize herself by digging her fan into the ground, but it didn't help as Temari slammed into the wall three times harder than she had before.
Hinata took a moment to catch her breath, but looked up with a smirk as the crowd stayed silent. Apparently they were rooting against her. She shrugged her shoulders and walked away from Temari and she didn't even care what the others thought, until Temari began to speak. "Hinata…" she called and the dark haired girl looked over her shoulder at the blonde. "What… what if… what you think you know… isn't the truth?" she asked and Hinata actually graced her with the privilege of her turning to face her fully.
"What are you talking about?" she asked with a harsh tone, she didn't want to be in the arena any longer than need be. "What if everything you hate, everything you despise… what if it's all secretly your savior?" she asked and Hinata turned away from her. "Savior? I have no savior. Now if you don't mind, I will be heading home." She said and walked out of the arena, not caring what the proctor said; and not caring to see the guilty look in the Third Hokage's eyes.
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Hinata had known that there had been something up with the suna bunch… they hadn't seemed very trustworthy in the first place. She frowned and scratched her head. At least the issue was resolved though. She looked towards the darkening sky and sighed. Now she knew why that kid… Gaara… why he was so disturbed by the word monster. He was a host of one. She actually felt kind of bad for him, he had been looked down all his life, something like she was, but his torment was worse.
She met up with Neji and they continued down the street, the two of them were searching for their friend, Sasuke. He had suddenly vanished after the rebuilding of the village had begun. Neither of them had seen him all day, so they tried with the only reliable teammate he had, Naruto. Naruto had shrugged, uttered some vulgar words about the raven haired male, Hinata had to restrain herself from hitting the blonde, and in the end… they learned absolutely nothing.
The sky had gotten darker faster than she had realized and she sighed. She sighed and looked around near the benches Sasuke had always enjoyed sitting at, they weren't shaded by trees, but they had a nice gust of wind that always brushed over them. She furrowed her brows as she saw something red laying on the bench. She walked over and furrowed her brows in disgust. She grabbed the haruno girl by the collar of her shirt dress thing and shook her. "What the hell pinky? Taking a bench nap?" she snorted and the pinkette rubbed her reddened eyes.
She jolted up and looked all around her. "No… he left me…" she said and Hinata raised a brow. "Who left you? Whoever did, left too slow if they took time to knock you out. Obviously they didn't run fast enough." Hinata snorted and Sakura glared at her. "Sasuke. Sasuke left, and before he did, he thanked me, not you." Sakura snapped and Hinata's brows knitted together in anger and the aura of the air around her darkened. She shoved Sakura out of her way with excessive force and attempted to motivate her self out of the village.
Sakura glared at Hinata when she tumbled to the ground. Neji grabbed her under her arms and Hinata struggled against him. Sakura saw how truly broken Hinata was over Sasuke's departure and decided to use this to get on her nerves. "I guess he really didn't care for you as much as you thought. That's why he left without a word to you and thanked me." Sakura said and Neji glared at her. "If you don't leave, I will let her go and she will kill you." He ground out, struggling to keep his hold on Hinata. He had lifted her off the ground so she couldn't use her legs to take him out, but he also had her arms wrapped securely beneath his.
Sakura huffed and took off running. Neji dropped Hinata and she fell to her knees and began to cry. "Why would he abandon us? He promised!" she sobbed and Neji sighed. "Well… I know he promised, but I doubt he would have abandoned us… he will either come back or make contact, this I promise you." Neji said and Hinata sobbed a few more times then she wiped her eyes. "You better be sure of that…" she said and he sighed, she was always acting tough. He knew she couldn't always continue to act this way, but he was going to pick her up when she fell.
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Hinata groaned loudly and rubbed her hands over her face, the fifteen year old hated being placed on patrol. She always was sent out alone and it got exceedingly boring. She understood they had to send jonin out because of strength and common procedure, but why was it always her who got the crappy districts? There was nothing to do, only the random deer to frighten the life out of was seen. She sighed and leaned against a tree with her face covered in her hands.
A spark of chakra caught her attention and she grinned, finally something to do! She didn't bother with Byakugan, it took the fun out of the guessing game. Usually it was only leaf shinobi sent out on patrol with her that she found, but this chakra burned at her senses. It was darker than any she had felt before, giving the container of said chakra her full attention. Something new was always good, well not really… but it always gave her something to do.
She attempted to push herself off the tree as a tree rustled to her left, but before she could she was slammed against the tree. She winced a slight bit then looked at her assailant, he had a smirk on his lips. Her eyes went wide and she grabbed him and kissed him before she realized what she had done. She blinked and released his cheeks and she turned away from him with a slight blush. "Never thought you would be so Happy to see me… I thought you would kill me before you ever decided to kiss me." he said and she glared at him.
"I will kill you if you don't let me go." She said and he smirked. "Ah, don't be like that." He grumbled and grabbed her chin and made her look at him. "I kinda missed you too, you're the only woman who never annoyed me." he said and he glared at him. "Hinata Hinata Hinata… what have I told you about kissing boys… they give diseases." Neji's voice rang out from behind them and Sasuke smirked at Neji, who gave him a dirty look. "Especially that one, the worst diseases seemed to trail after him, one of them almost killed me." he grumbled and Sasuke shrugged. "How was I supposed to know I was going to have those insects following me?" he grumbled and Neji's eye twitched.
"You went to the snake, snakes always have spare bugs lying around." Neji said and Hinata punched him and reared back to punch Sasuke but he smirked at her and she turned away from him with a slight blush. "Bastard." she grumbled and he smirked wider. "As if I haven't heard that one before." He said and she rolled her eyes. "Anyways… judging by your random appearance, you aren't coming back yet are you?" she asked and he shook his head. "No, but I gathered priceless information for the two of you." He said and Hinata turned to him. "You're serious?" she asked and he nodded.
"I know where your sister is. And I mean I know her exact whereabouts." He said and Neji urged him to continue. "She is in the same base as I am and trust me… she is no less a bitch than she shows off to be." He said and Hinata nodded. "But is she strong… I mean really strong?" Hinata asked and Sasuke paused for a moment, an angry grimace on his lips. "Yes… she is strong. Much stronger than I am now. She is extremely capable with a multitude of swords, she carries four with her everywhere now." He said and Hinata nodded.
"What else?" Neji asked, sensing the Uchiha's hesitance. "She carries a scroll with her everywhere, a wind scroll. I'm not sure what I holds but it isn't large, but it isn't small enough either. It's a compact sealing scroll that you could fit a weapon or a twelve year old in. I have no idea what she could be hiding in this scroll but with the chakra that seeps from it, I can tell it's not very good for any of us." He said and she nodded. "So.. if we want to end her existence we need to separate her from that scroll, but we also need intel from you…" she said and Sasuke smirked.
"Is that your way of asking me to visit more?" he asked and she glared at him. "You tell us about Nana, and we give you the information we find out about Itachi, deal?" she asked and he nodded. "And yes… its not quite an invitation for you to visit, it's a demand that you visit. I worried myself half to death over the past few years. I thought you were dead." She snapped and he chuckled. So that's why you were Happy enough to kiss me." he said and she glared at him. "I will kill you if you don't hush…" she snapped and he poofed away.
That meeting brought about many more as time went on. He had even become comfortable enough to infiltrate the village, take over someone else's appearance, and communicate by those means.
Nana's complete description:
Age: In this chapter (14, 17, 19) In the upcoming chapters (20)
height: 5'9
Appearance: Waist length black hair, pale lavender eyes, usually wears tight pants and tank tops or fishnet shirts and shorts, but this is only from being used to the attire she had been forced to wear. She has black glasses but prefers not to wear them.
Personality: Extremely protective with a keen sense of right and wrong, often risks her life to protect the ones close to her, such as her long time friend and partner, Itachi. Impulsive and eager to pick a fight, she is also rude, ignorant of rules and pretty much shameless although she complains about immodest clothing. She has authority issues and refuses to listen to the higher up's orders. She has a gentler side, although it is mainly made of crude humor and tough love, she can be caring and nice, although she will deny it with everything she has.
Abilities:Gentle fist, ice, water, and wind manipulation, Raven summoning, shinra tensei rinne' rebirth. Skilled with senbon and blades.
Doujutsu: Byakugan, Rinnengan
Affiliation: Konoha Root Anbu, Sound village, Akatsuki, currently unaffiliated.
Background: Nana was forced to kill off her clan because they had made an agreement with the uchiha to start a civil war between the strongest clans and konoha itself, which the clans had known they would win, because without a Hokage to lead the konoha nin, they wouldn't know what to do and would fight like a rooster with half a brain instead of a civilization with complete control, and the Hyuuga clans role was to eliminate the leader. Her partner in the Elite Anbu was Itachi; she started out under Danzo in root, but soon enough the third Hokage saw her as a huge asset and pulled her from under Danzou's control. Nana had been friends with itachi before the entire clan civil war plot had been discovered, so when she was placed in the Hokage's Elite Anbu, she felt as if she had been saved, although with her last mission she had been dealt a bad hand, she figured she might as well, being as the clan had lost its sense of honor, the clan had obviously lost its sense of love way before Hiashi had become clan head, and sought revenge which was nothing but anger at being told what they could and couldn't do. Nana knew this, and so she did the honorable thing and eliminated the threat, and left her fate in the hands of Neji and Hinata. and even knowing that they would one day kill her, she still loved them with all her heart and would allow them to do so to get revenge for the ones they were told were their loving family...
First chapter for undone, the edited version! Anyways, I'm changing the entire story around because people were getting confused and I am going to make this more in depth with Nana and Itachi, and then also more in depth with Hinata and Sasuke. It won't be that much different, it will just have more depth to what is going on with all the characters. And… a random question… has anyone ever gotten a random honey mustard craving? Like where you don't care what it is on, you just want honey mustard? Nope? No one? I guess I'm just weird like that xD.