Author's Note:

Honestly I never thought I would be coming back to this story but since you guys like it so much... However, I have decided to rewrite this story so that it would make it easier for me to move the plot along. Unfortunately, with the way the story was going, I had written myself into a rut. A rut that I could not dig myself out of. Not only that, my writing style had also changed during my hiatus period. So my decision to rewrite stayed. No worries, though. The overall plot of the story will remain the same with the overall exception of a few key changes, like the circumstances of Gaara and Hinata's initial meeting and the stuff that surrounded Kira. (Though, I'm not quite sure I would like to keep Kira seeing as Ino had turned into my main antagonist.) This story will make Hinata into more of a further recluse and any friendship with Ino has been severed. I think it's easier for me to do it that way. Anyhow, I suppose it is time to get on with the story, though this first chapter will merely serve as a prologue.