A/N: Because of the circumstances that you will later read about in the story, Hinata does not stutter and isn't a shy "weak" girl. In this fanfic, her character is still reserve and at times shy, but not overtly so like in the anime because of the things she's been through in my storyline.
Whenever I put numbers (i.e. 123 321) it generally means time has progressed OR a change of setting in my story. I do this instead of using a line break because I like them better. Thanks for reading! :D
The Insidious Effects of Love
Prologue
123 321
"But sis!" Hanabi groaned into the phone. Hinata balanced her cell phone to her ear with her shoulder as she tried to pick a lock.
"Hanabi please," Hinata whispered as she nearly dropped the bobby pin she had grabbed from her ponytail. "I'm on a bust, can I call you back later?" the hair strands that the bobby pin was holding back fell into her face and tickled her nose. Great.
"Wait! Why can't I go to the movies with Moegi later?" The 16-year-old persisted.
"Hanabi it's a school night." Hinata murmured while narrowing her eyes at the door. This lock had to be some kind of high quality, she contemplated.
"You got it yet?" Kiba asked as he moved toward her, gun drawn. He was coming back from putting Akumaru in the car after the police dog had led them to this site. They were in a side alley trying to bust into a gang rape ring. "Are you really on the phone right now?!" He whispered in shock to his partner and long time friend.
"It's Hanabi," Hinata said by way of explanation. He knew she always answered her little sister's calls no matter what.
Kiba grabbed the phone from Hinata just as Hanabi began to complain again. Finally, now Hinata could concentrate.
"What are you asking for now?" Kiba asked the disgruntled teenager.
"Uncle Kiba?" Hanabi asked sounding less upset. "Hinata won't let me go to the movies!"
"Just a movie?" Kiba asked. "Yeah, you can go. Pick up a pizza on your way home too." He said before hanging up to Hanabi's tirade of "thank you's" and 'you're sooo awesome'. "What?" He asked as he turned and found Hinata glaring at him.
"It's a school night." Hinata told him as he shoved her phone in his pants pocket.
"Hey, we did much more than go to the movies on our school nights." Kiba teased his ex girlfriend. Hinata turned back to the door with a dark blush.
"Kiba," She said in a warning tone.
"Hey, just kidding." The handsome man smirked. He then glanced around. "Hinata, we need to get in there now. Shino should be coming with back up but we need to get in there and stall before they scatter."
Frustrated, Hinata decided the only way to get in was to activate her Byakugan. "Byakugan," she whispered and suddenly she could see the inner workings of the lock. She then straightened her bobby pin and easily opened the door.
"Cover me," Kiba said as he brushed passed her with his gun out.
123 Scene 2: The FBI team in an abandoned building 321
"Dammit! We were so close!" An angry Uchiha snapped as he slammed his fist on the door. He had just entered a room, gun raised and ready to shoot, only to find it empty. But the still burning cigarette butt on the stained coffee table suggested his prey was just here.
"Sasuke!" Sakura yelled as she entered the room behind him. She was a bit breathless after running down the hallway to follow him. Sasuke turned to her to saw that she was bleeding from a bruise on her cheek. "We need to get out of here now!" she yelled.
"What's happening?" Sasuke asked alarmed before a roll of gunfire could be heard upstairs, "I thought this place was deserted?!" he yelled as Sakura glanced behind her uneasily.
"It was a trap, we're being ambushed and Naruto's still upstairs trying to chase them off!"
"By himself?" Sasuke asked, "That idiot," he murmured before he followed the girl out of the room. They made a right and began running down the hallway, and up the stairs they came down. They were in a presumed deserted warehouse trying to intercept an important transaction between the Akatsuki gang and The Hidden Sound, two of Konaha's dangerous criminal organizations.
"Did you find anything?" She asked him as she held her gun out ready to shoot at any possible moment.
"We were too late." Sasuke said bitterly as he held his own gun in his hand. He turned as he heard a door opening and pressed his back to Sakura's. "Looks like we have company." He immediately began shooting as a man opened the door down the hall. He shot him in his leg and the man fell with a cry but more was coming. "Move it Sakura!" He yelled, wondering why the girl hadn't moved up the stairs yet.
"I-Itachi." She whispered. Sasuke chanced a look behind him and looked over her shoulder to see a man before them.
"Well hello Brother." Itachi greeted Sasuke.
"Sakura close your eyes!" Sasuke yelled a warning to the girl before he fired another shot down the hallway.
"O-ok," Sakura answered as she kept her gun aimed at Itachi as she closed her eyes.
"Switch!" She heard Sasuke yell and switched positions with him, now she was facing the corridor with more gang members emerging from while Sasuke's gun was drawn on Itachi. She let out a tiny sig of release, compared to Itachi, a hundred men was the easier option. She began moving down the corridor and shooting to disarm rather than kill, dodging bullets as necessary.
Sasuke activated his Sharigan and smirked at Itachi. "You're not getting away this time."
123 Scene 3: Hinata 321
"They are downstairs to the right." Hinata after looking at the building with her Byakugan. The Red Tail Gang members were all here with four female captives.
"I know," Kiba said. "I can smell those dirty bastards from all the way up here." He moved swiftly as he quickly looked around before hurriedly running down the stairs.
"FREEZE!" Kiba yelled as he aimed his gun at the ringleader's head, surprising the gang members in the basement.
"What the fuck?!" he screamed as Hinata emerged, aiming at his partner who had pointed his gun at Kiba.
After a moment of silence the leader began to laugh. "You have got to be kidding me?" the red head roared. "Just two cops?!" he laughed and the other gang members began to relax.
"Boss," the man whose gun was aimed at Kiba began. "They are Inuzaka and Hyuga,"
"So?!"
"They are the best cops-"
"Doesn't matter! There's two of them and 15 of us!" the leader grinned.
"I don't know," Kiba smirked at the man. With his hearing, he could hear Shino and the other units arrive and quickly move through the door upstairs. "You might want to recount." He said as Shino and his forces entered the downstairs area. The gang members began to draw their weapons as the police force blocked the only exit leading upstairs.
"Byakugan!" Hinata yelled as she activated her kekei genkai. "We have you surrounded, drop your weapons!" she ordered after looking through the walls and seeing more police officers just outside the building. If somehow someone were to escape, they would never make it through.
"Shit!" The leader quickly moved just as Kiba fired on reflex, shooting another member accidentally. He grabbed a hostage who screamed as he aimed his gun to her head and fired, blowing the girls brains out. Hinata looked on in horror, with her Byakugan activated she saw the bullet pierce through the girls skin, muscle, flesh, and bone before shooting through the back of her head. He moved and grabbed another hostage.
"That was a warning shot." He smirked as he ignored the blood and brain matter drenching his shirt and the girl crying in his arms. "Now that you know how serious I am, I think you'll let us all go."
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"I'm going down," Sakura yelled as she ran further down the hallway after the men who Sasuke was previously shooting at seemed to have vanished.
Sasuke didn't bother to reply as the black tails in his eyes began to swirl at the same time as Itachi's. He's been waiting for this moment for a very long time.
"Why did you do it?" He asked his older brother who didn't even carry a weapon on him.
"Do what?" the older Uchiha asked innocently. "I did nothing."
"LIAR!" Sasuke screamed before he began firing his gun, his emotions getting the better of him.
Itachi dropped to the ground as the bullets flew over him. He quickly kicked out at Sasuke's knees making Sasuke fall to the ground in pain. Shit, he was always fast. Sasuke remembered as Itachi punched him in the face as he lay on the ground, nearly knocking him out with one blow. Itachi jumped over Sasuke and continued down the hallway.
"Dude, the fuck?!" Naruto yelled as he ran toward Sasuke who was spitting out blood as he got up to chase after his brother. Sasuke looked at him and saw that Naruto was bleeding from a wound in his right shoulder. "Where's Sakura?" Naruto asked immediately noticing the girl was missing.
Before Sasuke could answer they heard a bloodcurdling scream.
"Shit," Sasuke cursed as they ran toward Sakura.
123 Scene 5: Hinata 321
"Let them go!" Hinata yelled trying desperately not to retch after witnessing the girl's death from before.
"But Hinata," Kiba began.
"Do it!" Hinata ordered. Kiba kept his gun aimed at the leader as the other police officers began to move from blocking the stairway.
"Why thank you," The leader smiled at Hinata as he made his way pass her. His partner grabbed another hostage and moved her, the other members following suit.
Kiba angrily grabbed the walkie-talkie at his belt after the last member vanished up the stairs. "Let the criminals go," he said to the officers outside waiting as Shino moved to the dead girls body, he was a police medic. "We need a body bag down here."
"Dammit Hinata, we had them, you should have waited it-" Kiba turned to the girl to see that she had vanished. "Hinata?" he called out confused. "Where the fuck did she go?!" he roared as the other police officers gave him blank stares.
With her Byakugan still activated, Hinata had previously noticed a trap door hidden in the wall next to her and was running through a crowded sidewalk after the red head who was the leader and had shot the girl earlier. He was with another gang member and they dragged the female hostage as they shoved civilians out of their way. The other gang members had probably split up to escape quicker. She took aim at the back of the red heads running legs.
A civilian screamed in fright as Hinata's bullet shot through the gang leaders leg and he went down screaming. She could hear a dog barking in the distance. Kiba must have gotten Akumaru and was coming after her now.
At the edge of her peripheral vision, she saw the leaders sidekick throw his hostage down and took off running. Leaving the two girls crying and hugging each other she left knowing the leader was loosing too much blood to escape. His body was going into shock and would never be able to pull a trigger to harm anyone.
"Freeze! Drop your weapons and put your hands in the air!" She yelled as she cut off the man in an alleyway littered with trash as the garbage can was overflowing with Chinese take out and other fast food items. The man cursed as he did what Hinata demanded. "On your knees!" She barked at him and the man glared at her as he fell on his knees. Hinata moved toward him and put him in handcuffs; he didn't dare struggle with her gun aimed at him. But he was oddly behaving, she thought as the back of her neck tingled. Hinata kicked him before she spun around and kicked another member in the stomach as he tried to sneak up on her.
Don't these criminals ever learn? Hinata sighed before she turned back around and smacked the man in handcuffs in the back of his head with the butt of her gun when he tried to crawl away. The man she had kicked in the stomach shakily got to his feet and she turned to face him. He was huge and loomed over her. Hinata wondered briefly if she would be forced to use her gentle fist before the man fell to the floor. She blinked as she noticed the last hostage had snuck up and hit the man with a garbage can cover over his head from one of the nearby trashcans.
"Good job." She smiled at the girl who was shaking before fainting.
"Hinata!" she looked back after deactivating her Byakugan and noticed Kiba with Akumaru running toward her. She smiled to let him know she was fine and knelt down to check if the man was unconscious from the blow to the head. Out cold.
Kiba grabbed the man who was already handcuffed and pushed Hinata out the way as he grabbed the unconscious member as well. Hinata sighed again as she gently picked up the girl who had fainted. Kiba and his tantrums.
"What did I tell you about running off?!" Kiba turned and angrily yelled at as Shino arrived with paramedics, sirens blaring.
"Get the job done?" Hinata asked.
123 Scene 6: FBI 321
"No, no, no!" Sasuke yelled as he tried to stop Sakura's bleeding. She had taken a bullet through her chest and was gasping for air when they finally found her.
"Back up," Naruto screamed into his phone. "Get the fuck here now!" he ordered. "We're at the warehouse down by Wong's Chinese take-out, Sakura is down, repeat, Sakura is-" he was interrupted as a round of bullets pierced through the wall. Sasuke fell on Sakura, covering her body with his as Naruto's cell phone went skidding across the room.
"Argh, shit!" Naruto cried as he lay on his stomach on the ground covering his head. They had hold themselves up in a tiny storage room as heavy gunfire blasted from outside.
"I don't know how long this is going to hold up." Sasuke muttered after the gunfire had ceased. He could hear them reloading outside. "I'm out of bullets."
"What happened before, why did you let Sakura go off by herself?" Naruto asked angrily. Sakura could handle a lot, but not two gang organizations by herself!
"I didn't mean to!" Sasuke snapped as he continued to apply pressure to Sakura's chest wound. "Itachi, I had him!" Sasuke growled, "I nearly fucking had him."
"THIS IS THE FBI," came a voice from a blow horn. Naruto looked up and through a cracked window, saw a helicopter. "WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED, SURRENDER!"
"Final-fucking-ly," He heard Naruto sighed in relief. Sasuke looked down at Sakura who seemed to be getting worst.
"Dammit Sakura," Sasuke yelled, "Breathe, breathe!" he tried to hold back his fear, "Naruto, she's not responding!"
123 Scene 7: Hinata 321
"Good job Officers," The Chief of Police, Might Gai, congratulated Hinata, Kiba, and Shino in his office a few moments after their arrests. "And you even managed to get the rest of the gang members."
"Yes but one of the hostages," Shino began.
"Yes, Rebecca Warren. I'll notify her family immediately." Gai said. "You guys can go, take a break, you deserve it."
They left the room and Kiba glanced at a silent Hinata. "You ok?" he asked the girl.
"I just need some fresh air!" Hinata yelled before running out of the police station. She made a left and kept running until she was almost to the intersection leading to Wong's Chinese Takeout, which was coincidentally near the police station. She cut through a side alley and dutifully threw up.
"Ugh," she groaned as she wiped her mouth on her navy blue sleeve. She needed to run far enough away so Kiba wouldn't run after her and none of the other officer's could see her vomiting. "The sight of blood still upsets me." She said out loud as she held her stomach. She wasn't sure if it was the sight of blood that unsettled her or the plan she was about to initiate. Today would be the first step.
She grimaced as her Byakugan took its toll on her. Hinata moved to the side of the alley as she leaned against the cold dirty wall, trying to keep her balance. Ugh, she wished she were as skilled as her cousin; he could have used his Byakugan without passing out. The stink of the trashcan beside her was overpowering, but she didn't feel like moving as she sat there catching her breath.
"Pizza sounds so good right about now." She murmured with her eyes closed, remembering Hanabi was going to get some after her movie. Hinata sighed almost impatiently; she was waiting for something.
Hearing tires screeching, Hinata opened her eyes as she turned her head to see a black car blocking the entrance of the alley way. The car door slammed open, butting into a rusting fence. Dangerous looking men looked to be inside the black car, but they didn't see her crouched against the garbage, instead they were focused and looking in the direction where Hinata suddenly heard the sound of running feet.
"Byakugan!" Hinata suddenly saw everything; a man with long hair was running toward the car as she heard sirens in the distance. She pushed her sight to go further and saw a man in a suit (probably a detective or something) holding a gun in pursuit of the man running to the car. But the detective was running in the wrong direction. This was her cue.
She held her gun and fired just as the longhaired man ran past her, shooting him in the side. She watched as he yelled in surprise rather than in pain as he fell to the cobble floor of the alleyway.
"Fuck!" the men inside the car screamed, "Let's get out of here!"
"No, we must help Lord Orochimaru!" One of the men yelled as he tried to get out of the car. His white hair had to be from genetics rather than from age. He looked too young to have a head full of white hair.
Hinata fired her gun at the car and a bullet grazed the cheek of the white haired man as he jumped back into the car to dodge it.
"Police, freeze!" Hinata demanded as she aimed her gun at the car again.
"Step on it Sakon!" A man with orange hair yelled as he held back the white haired man. "It's no use Kabuto," he said.
Kabuto tried to look at who was shooting as the car pulled away but couldn't see Hinata; the huge trashcan blocked her. Hinata felt a shiver go down her spine as the car sped away.
"Bitch!" she heard a hiss before she was slapped across the face and her gun went skidding out of her hand. She had forgotten about the man she had shot earlier and assumed he wouldn't be a threat.
He grabbed her by her collar and dragged her back up against the wall as he held her up. Hinata saw that his skin was a pasty, almost gray color, and his eyes looked at her with hatred. Whenever she looked at them, she was reminded of snakes.
"I'm going to kill you now." He said as he held her around her throat against the wall. Hinata eyes squeezed shut as she gasped for air. Her heart rate increased as she tried to kick out with her legs but to no avail. Just when she thought it was over, she used the last bit of her stamina and removed her hands trying to pry the mans hand from around her neck as he choked her. Instead she pressed into his hand with her gentle fist.
The man cursed as he yelled and jumped back. Hinata fell to the floor and rolled to grab her gun and without thinking, shot the man multiple times.
She watched as he fell to the floor withering in pain. She moved back over to her spot, using the wall to support herself. She was completely drained.
"Y-You're u-under arrest," She gasped, her gun still pointing at the man just as another person entered the scene.
He had long black hair carelessly pulled back in a low ponytail and the darkest eyes she had ever seen. He was tall, and his broad shoulders and biceps showed that he was in good shape. If he wanted to, he could have easily taken her out, she got the sense that he had some relation to the man she had shot. But instead, he merely looked at her before taking two steps back and running in the opposite direction.
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"Do you have any idea who you just caught?!" Gai screamed as Hinata sat with an ice pack to her throat in his office with Shino, Kiba and Akumaru as the dog slept by her feet. Her breathing was labored as she was still trying to catch her breath, but not from the man who had tried to choke her to death earlier.
But from the slight smile the mysterious dark haired man had given her before turning and running away from her sight.
Hinata snapped out of her reverie as Gai turned on the news. "You caught Orochimaru!" He bellowed as Hinata saw her blurred police picture plastered on every major news station and random reporters calling her a "hero" for capturing the "criminal mastermind" "Lord" Orochimaru. Gai had ordered her face not to be shown on television and her name not to be given for her protection.
"Hinata, he's not even in our jurisdiction." Kiba said shockingly.
"The FBI has been trying to obtain him for 18 years." Shino informed her as he looked up at the news.
"He's wanted on so many murder charges, kidnapping, rape, assault, you name it, he's done it." Gai told her.
"Hey, GET OUT OF HERE!" she heard Kiba yell as he opened the door to yell at the reporters who was trying to interview Hinata to get lost. Ever since she returned with Orochimaru 30 minutes ago, reporters have been parked up outside and some even managed to get inside the police station.
"Come on boy, sic em!" Kiba said and Akumaru ran outside the office growling and barking at reporters as they scattered like roaches.
"I have to give a report to the public sooner or later." Gai said as he sat back down in his chair shocked. "I can't believe this." His phone rang and he answered it quickly. He's been answering phone calls ever since Hinata came back.
"How are you faring Hinata?" Shino asked her.
Hinata was shivering in her seat, remembering the white haired man's anger. "I want to go home."
"Wait, are you sure that's exactly what happened?" Gai asked, he had his superiors on the phone line. She had told them what happened when she had arrested Orochimaru earlier who was in the hospital receiving treatment for gunshot wounds. For reasons unknown to her, she found herself not telling them about the other man with smoldering eyes and an alluring smile.
"Yes, I've given you my report of it too." She lied as she stood up. She couldn't get rid of the uneasy feeling in her gut. "I want to go home now!" she had to make sure Hanabi was ok.
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"Did you see the news?" Sasuke asked Naruto pissed as he waited for him in the lobby room of the hospital. Naruto had just gotten stiches for the stab wound in his shoulder.
"Yeah, who is this chick?" Naruto asked in awe. "She must be some bad ass."
Sasuke glared at him. How could some lowly police officer, a woman at that, apprehend one of Konaha's most wanted criminals? Especially when he, Sasuke Uchiha, one of the FBI's best special agents, couldn't?!
"We have to go in and question her." Sasuke said gruffly as he turned away from Naruto. "She may know more than what she's saying in the report."
Naruto grabbed his shoulder. "Did you already forget about Sakura?" he asked angrily. "She just got out of emergency surgery."
Sasuke paused. "What did the doctors say?" She had been on his mind the entire time.
"She's going to be alright." Naruto said.
"Then let's go." Sasuke retorted as he shrugged out of Naruto's hold and walked out of the hospital. He let out a relieved sigh after he had walked out of the blondes sight.
123 Scene 9: Hinata 321
"The pizza is cold." Hanabi greeted them as she opened the door for her sister and her friends. "And did you hear about what's going on?"
Hinata suddenly hugged her and earned a weird look.
"Ew, gross!" Hanabi yelled as she ran away from her sister and into the kitchen where Kiba was heating up a slice of pizza in the microwave.
"Tell us," He smirked at Hanabi. "What's going on?"
"Some woman captured Orochimaru!" Hanabi yelled excitedly. "I'm so using her for my current events paper tomorrow!" the girl yelled as she ran to her room.
"Should we tell her?" Shino asked.
"No, the less information she knows," Kiba began.
"The better." Hinata finished.
"The FBI is going to want to question you." Kiba told her as he bit into his pizza.
"I know," Hinata said as she sat down in the chair at the dinner table.
"Can't you remember anything else? Did you see the car drivers plate number?" Shino questioned her.
"No, it didn't have one." Hinata sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Lay off her Shino," Kiba said, "She's been up and down all day."
"This is really big," Shino told them. "Orochimaru isn't your average street thug. He has control of some people in the government and he's now paring up with Akatsuki, a professional assassin organization. Imagine what those two groups are up to? Your life is in danger now Hinata."
"No it's not, the reporters don't know how she looks and her name hasn't been given." Kiba butted in. "They don't know who she is! And the only person who saw her was Orochimaru, and he's gonna be locked up soon so it doesn't matter."
Hinata bit her lip as she closed her eyes to think. The man from earlier saw her . . .
"I want to know who's all in these organizations. I want to know what they look like and what they're capable of." She said as she glanced at Shino.
"That's classified information." Shino replied.
"Information that only the FBI has access to." Kiba added just as Hinata's cell phone rang in his pocket. He handed it to her, not noticing the number calling.
"Hello?" Hinata asked.
"Is this Hyuga Hinata?" came a gruff voice.
Hinata paused. "Well?" The person on the phone snapped.
"Who's calling?" Hinata asked.
"Just tell her who we are Teme!" She heard someone yell.
"Shut up Naruto," she heard before the voice began to talk to her again. "This is special agent Sasuke Uchiha from the FBI. I need to question you regarding the suspect you arrested earlier today."
"Oh," Hinata said visibly relaxing. She remembered hearing him and Naruto's name on the news about how they were trying to crack down on the Akatsuki/Hidden Sound organization case. "When am I going to be questioned?"
"Now."
"Uh," Hinata began. It was kind of late.
"We'll be waiting at the police station." Sasuke said before she heard the dial tone.
"Who was that?" Shino asked curiously.
"Special agent Sasuke Uchiha from the FBI," Hinata mocked his voice with a roll of her eyes.
"How the hell did he get your number?!" Kiba roared.
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"You ordered them to give you her number?" Naruto asked Sasuke in disbelief.
"No, I asked Shikamaru to hack into the files to retrieve it." Sasuke scoffed.
"That's even worst!" Naruto whispered harshly as they stood in the Police Station waiting for Hinata as the Chief of Police gave them looks. He couldn't believe the Uchiha broke protocol and actually got their Intel to do that in the first place! But then again, anything concerning Itachi made Sasuke act irrational.
"We're here!" A man with maroon hair greeted them as he entered with a tall dark haired man and a girl. She must have been Hinata.
She's kinda small. Sasuke thought to himself.
She's kinda hot. Naruto said appreciatively as he looked at the dark haired girl with a petite figure.
"This is Kiba Inuzaka, Shino Aburame, and the one you've been waiting for, Hinata Hyuga." Gai introduced them. "Guys, these are FBI agents Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki."
"Uzumaki?" Kiba asked confused. "Wait a second, the President's son Uzumaki?"
"Yeah," Naruto said sheepishly. "That's me."
Kiba looked at him with respect. "Nice to know you're not at some fancy private school but actually in the field helping your country."
"Introductions are over," Sasuke said, interrupting Kiba and Naruto's mini bonding session. "Hinata, come with us."
"Can't you interview her here?" Kiba asked as he glared at Sasuke.
"They are going to interview her in my office." Gai said knowing Kiba could be quite protective of the young woman. Also, he knew Kiba would still be able to hear everything they said from out here, but the agents didn't need to know that.
"I'll be back soon." Hinata told them, "There's not much to say anyways."
"Heeeeey," they heard a voice call out to them from outside the room coming from the lobby. The door was locked and Hinata eyes widened as she recognized the voice.
"Hanabi?" She asked as she ran to the door and opened it. "It's ok, she's with me." She told the officer who was standing guard. "What are you doing here?"
"Jeeze Alfred, still got that stick up your ass huh?" Hanabi asked the officer as she walked by as he glared at her. "He's acting like he never met me before, I'm always here to see you!"
"Hanabi, what are you doing here?" Hinata asked again as she heard Sasuke give an annoyed sigh behind her.
"Who is she?" She heard Sasuke asked pissed off.
"Her sister," Shino answered him.
"I can't believe you guys left me! And Kiba ate all of the pizza!" Hanabi yelled. Usually when Hinata had to return back to work for something, Hanabi would tag along.
"This is very important, and you shouldn't be walking here by yourself so late." Hinata scolded her. It was almost 10 o'clock.
"Well next time you just gotta remember me!" Hanabi sang as she winked.
"Ok, time to go." Hinata said sternly as she turned Hanabi around. "I'll walk you back home." She finished while walking out into the police lobby. They didn't live very far from the police station, but under these circumstances it wasn't safe for Hanabi.
"Are you serious?!" Sasuke yelled as he stormed over. "She walked over, she can walk back." He grabbed Hinata's arm roughly. "You need to be interviewed."
"Hey let go of her," Kiba growled.
"What's going on?" Hanabi asked confused. "Who is this guy, I've never seen him around!"
"Sasuke, that's enough!" Naruto yelled and Hinata could faintly here Gai say something as well, but she wasn't paying attention.
All she could focus on was the unmarked black car through the window approaching the police station. It was the same black car from before.
"Get down!" Hinata yelled as she got out of Sasuke's hold and fell on top of Hanabi just as the car drove by and a round of gunfire burst through, shattering the windows and piercing the wall.
She heard someone scream as they were shot and heard Kiba cursing.
"Someone get me a fucking gun!" he yelled.
Hinata covered Hanabi as glass pieces fell on her. As quick as it started it ended and she heard the screech of tires as the car pulled away.
Sasuke was up immediately as he yelled into his phone. "I want men trailing an unmarked black car, looked to be an Audi heading downtown, get on it now! I even want a helicopter spotlight on that bitch, you hear me?!"
"I want officers in cars now!" Kiba roared and police officers scrambled as they got up to chase after the car. Sasuke ran off with Kiba as they tried to catch up with it.
Hinata hesitantly got up, "Hanabi are you ok?"
"I need a full team of paramedics, we were attacked at the downtown police station," Naruto yelled into his phone. "What the hell you mean "which police station," how many police stations do you know that are downtown?!" He asked as he walked away.
"Hanabi?" Hinata asked alarmed as she quickly got up and rolled Hanabi over into her arms.
"She's alright, just fainted from shock." Shino said. He was a police officer medic after all. "And also you just slammed her into the ground."
Hinata let go of the breath she was holding as Shino took Hanabi from her. "Thanks Shino." He nodded his head and began giving orders to bring in some desk to put the injured on until the ambulance arrived.
Hinata shakily got to her feet. That was too close.
They almost got her sister.
As her fist clenched, Hinata made a promise to herself. "They're not getting away with this."
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"So let me get this straight," Sasuke told her as they met for lunch the next day. "You won't tell us anything until we make you part of our team?"
"Yes, this is personal now, they are after me and will kill anybody in their way to get to me." Hinata said as she looked into Sasuke's eyes.
"Well you did somehow managed to capture Orochimaru," Sasuke said as he picked up his black coffee and brought it to his lips. "But all I'm going to do is protect you."
"How?" Hinata asked.
"We'll have FBI set up to watch your house and you sister's school until this is over." Naruto reassured her.
"Still, I want in." Hinata persisted. She could be stubborn.
"Who gives a fuck what you want?" Sasuke snapped as he angrily placed his cup on the table, nearly breaking it. He leaned closer to Hinata and glared at her. "I'm this close to putting you in my Sharigan."
"Sasuke," Naruto sighed. "Calm down. What do you mean by wanting in?" Naruto asked Hinata, whom Sasuke was intimidating.
"I w-want to j-join your team and p-put them all away. I won't be able to rest knowing that they're out there still." Hinata told Naruto regaining her composure.
"Look at her," Sasuke scoffed as he sat back in his chair annoyed. "Such an amateur. You think it's that easy?"
"Well I did capture Orochimaru didn't I?" Hinata snapped, becoming annoyed with Sasuke's attitude.
"I bet this is a set up. How come I've never heard of this chick before?" Sasuke asked. "If she's so good, she should be making a name for herself! I bet she's working for Itachi!"
"Sasuke, shut the fuck up!" Naruto hissed at him, becoming annoyed. He turned to Hinata. "I know how you might feel, I know you want to get revenge for them putting all of your friends and your sister in danger." Naruto began. "But this not your average thug. Itachi is even more dangerous than Orochimaru."
"Who's Itachi?" Hinata asked.
"That's classified." Sasuke snapped at her. "Now tell us what happened."
"That's classified." Hinata snapped back. Naruto was impressed. Sasuke usually intimidated everyone until they did what he asked of them. He could see that she was clearly intimidated, but she was holding out.
"You know, we might actually need her." Naruto began.
"What? No we don't." Sasuke scoffed.
"Did you forget about Sakura again?" Naruto asked annoyed. "She's not exactly ready to bust anyone anytime soon."
"We don't need anybody else."
"I do, I need someone human to be around." Naruto replied. "You're not exactly good company."
Sasuke rolled his eyes at Naruto before glaring at Hinata. "Listen, I'm about to do something illegal to you, but after you wake up, you won't remember any of this." Sasuke told Hinata as he leaned toward her with his Sharigan.
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"Dude, we so fucking need her!" Naruto exclaimed as they drove home.
"I can't believe my sharingan didn't work on her!" Sasuke slammed his fist against the steering wheel.
"I think she has the Byakugan, with some concentration, her eyes was able to see through your genjutsu." Naruto explained. "This is perfect, we don't know anybody else who can withstand the sharigan." Naruto said impressed with the way Sasuke's head butted into the steering wheel repeatedly. And he somehow managed to drive. What a prodigy!
"I don't care, we don't need her." Sasuke snapped.
"Sasuke, stop pretending like you're some asshole." Naruto laughed. "I know the only reason why you don't want her is because you're afraid she'll get hurt like Sakura. I know you're scared and blaming yourself over what happened. But this girl, she can defend herself against Itachi's strongest attack!"
Sasuke remained silent. The blonde knew him too well, but hey, he'll never admit it.
"And you're right about one thing, since she's just a police officer, she's low on the radar." Naruto continued. "None of the criminals we go after know about her. Tabula Rasa dude, they won't know what hit them if we sent her in undercover because they won't know what to expect. She's clean, a blank slate, a whole new identity we can create with her to bring Akatsuki and Hidden Sound down. They don't know her and she's probably from the Hyuga clan with that eye technique she as, a very important and influential family, you can't just Google search her name and find out about her. She's protected. We plant her in, and we can bring down Itachi, she already got Orochimaru."
Sasuke continued to think. "And none of the criminals know how she looks." Naruto added. "They will never suspect that she's an undercover cop! Look how small she is! She'll be underestimated and can gather enough information for us to get them!"
"Itachi's not stupid." Sasuke finally spoke up. "After Orochimaru is busted, a girl shows up and tries to join? She'll be dead before we know it."
"We can try," Naruto said, "Everyday criminals try to join, it won't be that obvious." If you were a part of Akatsuki or The Hidden Sound you knew you had street cred so many criminals "tried out".
"It's too risky. And we still need to bring her in for questioning." Sasuke dismissed Naruto's argument.
"You just want to capture Itachi for yourself!" Naruto yelled at him. "We finally have an advantage over them but you're too blind and resentful to see that. I know this is close to you and that's why you were put on this case. Because you have this unrelenting drive to see Itachi behind bars. But don't let that become your weakness. You're going to have to see pass your revenge and focus!" Sasuke was becoming irritated with Naruto's lecture, besides, when the hell did the blonde mature and grew a brain?!
"You know," Sasuke began as he stopped at a red light. He glared at Naruto. "You can't escape my Sharingan."
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"Serves that bastard right!" Hinata yelled as she angrily dried the dishes at home. Hanabi was at school and thought the gunfire last night was because criminals were crazy, plain and simple. Hinata explained her having to be questioned as part of a FBI procedure to question all of the police officers.
She couldn't help but smile at the look on Sasuke's face when she saw through his genjutsu. Just before their meeting she looked him up and learned that he was a top agent of the FBI and the only thing else she knew was that he was a Sharingan user. She turned to her some old books in her library about clans and researched what she could and discovered that with the sharingan, the user was capable of inducing a unique brand of hypnosis through genjutsu cast by simple eye contact between the user and their opponent.
After knowing what to expect, she easily deflected the attack. Of course after Naruto left the little diner carrying out a cursing Sasuke with him, Hinata ran to the bathroom and threw up from the attack. She used too much energy with her Byakugan and even though she saw through the genjutsu, it took its toll on her mind. She was mentally drained. It's not something she wanted to do again.
She straightened up as she currently dried a fork. She was in the major leagues now. If a simple FBI agent had that much power, imagine what the criminals could do? Especially this Itachi guy who everybody was going ape shit over! What was the big deal?
Hinata chewed her lip and closed her eyes briefly. The man with the captivating smile popped into her head and her eyes immediately snapped open. Hmm, she thought remembering the dark clothes he wore. Hoped he looked that good in orange, after she arrested him.
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"Look who's back!" Ino called over her shoulder when Naruto and Sasuke entered the FBI's own little hide out for their investigation. "Hey Naruto, there's ramen waiting for you on your desk."
"This is why we need to keep her," Naruto laughed as he thanked Ino and jogged over to the steaming bowl of heaven on earth.
When Ino first started her internship as Naruto's assistant she once questioned why Sasuke had no one to work under him.
"Because he's an asshole." was what Naruto responded with. Wasn't far the truth.
"She might be able to stay if she could spend more time doing her work and less time doing her nails." Sasuke snapped and Ino stuck her tongue out at him. He walked pass her and walked over to Shikamaru who was leaning on his desk reading a newspaper.
"This isn't looking good." Shikamaru said. "The public want answers, they want us to get Itachi now."
"Well you're the intelligence analyst." Sasuke told him. "How long is it gonna take us?"
"Probably another decade or so at this rate." Shikamaru murmured under his breath and Sasuke continued walking to his office and slammed the door shut.
He slapped a pile of papers off his desk, irritated with everything. Stupid Hyuga! She probably didn't even have any good information anyways. She was absolutely useless!
"Sasuke, the Deputy is here!" Naruto yelled to him as he was destroying all of his stupid paperwork in anger.
He groaned. Great. Just great.
"Hey Kakashi sensei." Sasuke sighed as said man entered his office. Kakashi's eye seemed to smile as the mask covered the rest of his face.
"I see you're busy with your paperwork." His old sensei said looking around the room littered with ripped documents and manuscripts.
"I know, I messed up and it looks bad, but we're almost close to busting them." Sasuke urged.
"I know."
"If you'd just give us one more chance-" Sasuke stopped, not expecting him to agree. "What do you mean?"
"Naruto told me you guys had an ace in the hole. A new partner to go undercover?"
That little snitch! Sasuke thought pissed off. "No way, she's not even authorized to be in this level of affairs!"
"No, but she gets the job done." Kakashi said, somehow giving Sasuke a pointed look with more than half of his face covered.
"Are you saying you want me to bring her aboard?" Sasuke asked disbelieving.
"No," Sasuke relaxed before Kakashi finished with, "I'm ordering you to bring her aboard."
"But Kakashi Sensei!"
"You need to wrap this up quickly Sasuke." Kakashi said. "If you don't, you could be fired and lose your last chance of getting revenge."
Sasuke remained silent. He then rolled his eyes. "Ok, whatever."
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"Wah-" Hinata began startled as Naruto and Sasuke entered her house after she opened the door.
"How'd you find out where I li-" She began.
"Shikamaru." Sasuke answered.
"Who's Shika-"
"You'll meet him soon enough." Naruto smiled at her.
Hinata looked at them confused as she dusted her hands on the lavender apron she wore over herself. She had just finished baking some sugar cookies.
"Wait, does this mean I'm in?" She asked as her confusion turned to realization.
Sasuke rolled his eyes as Naruto grinned at her. "You're in! Wait, were you just baking cookies?"
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"I need to undergo training?" Hinata asked. She was at the FBI base and had met Shikamaru who was giving her the run down. She only agreed to come back with them after Kiba let her know he would pick Hanabi up from school if Hinata didn't make it back in time.
"Yes, to even be considered by the Akatsuki Hidden Sound, or AHS for short, you need to be strong."
"I have good aim." Hinata shrugged, not one to brag.
"I'm sure you do." Sasuke scoffed. Hinata tried to ignore him but it was hard.
"I've never missed my target. You will read that in my files you hacked from the Police Department. Also, I've been training since I could walk in Brazilian jiu jitsu, aikido, judo, kendo, ninjutsu," She gave Sasuke a pointed look. "And genjutsu."
She heard Naruto whistle as the room became silent.
"Well," Shikamaru began. "You are a Hyuga after all." They were known for they skills in the martial arts.
"Let's see how good you are." Sasuke said. He was just as skilled as her except he had more martial arts under his belt.
"Shall we go to the "Dojo"?" Naruto grinned as he motioned everybody toward an inner dojo inside their little base where they trained.
"Sasuke, we need her so don't go overboard." Kakashi sighed. Sasuke smirk. He wasn't into hitting girls, but teaching them a lesson? He could do that.
"Begin!" Naruto yelled and before Sasuke could blink Hinata's hand was aimed at his throat and he barely managed to dodge, as she was relentless with her attacks. He finally managed to get out of her range and panted from having to dodge all of her attacks. Looking up he noticed her Byakugan wasn't even activated. Holy Shit.
"I think she can handle herself." Naruto said impressed. He knew if he let the match progress, Sasuke could easily defeat her, but if she could give Sasuke hell if even for a moment she had to be tough.
Sasuke glared at Hinata as Ino came over and gave her a high five after offering the girl water. Why would a simple police officer need to be so skilled?
"Well come on kids, play time is over." Shikamaru told them. "Choji just messaged me from the computer room. We've got a lead."
"What? Already?" Hinata asked shocked. This was just like a movie!
"Yeah, let's go check it out!" Naruto exclaimed.
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"So I'm going undercover?" Hinata gasped worriedly. "T-Tonight?!"
"Hey, this is the FBI, not your little tea time at the police station." Sasuke mocked her. "You wanted in, so do you think you're up for the challenge?"
"Of course I am." Hinata told him. "Tell me what to do."
"Ok, now that Sasuke is finished pissing over his territory, let's begin." Shikamaru began earning a death glare from the Uchiha. "This information was given to us by the same guy that tipped us about Orochimaru and Itachi being at the warehouse yesterday so it's pretty reliable." Shikamaru turned to his desk and grabbed something, handing Hinata a black stud earring. She took it and gave him a confused look.
"It looks like an earring but it's actually a communication device. Apply pressure to it when it's in your ear and we'll be able to hear everything you say and we can talk to you through it. Keep in mind that every conversation we have with you is recorded so try not to curse boys." He gave Sasuke and Naruto a pointed look.
"Looks like luck is on our side. I've received word that the AHS is having, I guess you can say, interviews, to see who can join their now combined organization."
"What do you mean by interviews?" Naruto asked suspiciously.
"Their running short on muscle power. Apparently after it was made known that Orochimaru was apprehended, a lot of the members quit. Too scared I guess." Shikamaru smirked. "So this is the night to get Hinata in there. We need her to get that job offer."
"When is everything going down?" Sasuke asked.
"12 o'clock midnight." Shikamaru replied. "At the Hidden Leaf Night Club."
"I can get her ready in time." Ino grinned at Hinata. "I'll turn her into the sexiest assassin you've ever seen!"
Everybody looked at the petite girls oversized striped flannel shirt and the washed out jeans she wore with running shoes. Her hair was in her usual style, a simple ponytail, and looked messy at that.
"Good luck." Sasuke grimaced.
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"What?" Kiba asked over the phone as Ino did Hinata nails. Why her nails needed to be done was beyond her.
"I need you to let Hanabi sleepover at your house."
"Why?" Kiba asked, "Don't get me wrong, I love the little runt but what's going on?"
"Sorry, but that's classified information." Hinata laughed and Kiba grinned.
"Oh, so look who's a part of the special agents squad!" He exclaimed with a laugh. "Ok, I'll babysit but don't make this a habit!"
"Thanks Kiba!" Hinata said gratefully. Knowing that Hanabi was safe with Kiba means she didn't have to worry. She hung up and found Ino staring at her.
"Uh," Hinata began awkwardly.
"Was that your boyfriend?" Ino asked.
"No." Hinata said embarrassed. No way!
"Keep it moving Ino." Sasuke said as he walked by the girls with a cup of coffee on his way to his office. For once he was doing Hinata a favor as Ino grumbled and handed her an outfit.
"This should fit you." She smiled.
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Hinata found herself casually walking over to the club in a black tank top that showed off every curve she had with a leather jacket over it. She wore form fitting jeans with dark boots. Her hair was down and it reached her waist in a beautiful natural waves.
"OMG." Ino said amazed. "Who knew you had boobs Hinata?" Ino laughed after the girl was dressed. "Is that a blush I see Sasuke?" The intern teased him. "You think she's hot, don't cha?"
Hinata shook her head, remembering the embarrassing incident.
"Hey, can you hear us?" came Sasuke's gruff voice in her ear. She jumped startled, she needed to get used to that.
"Yes." She said, making sure not to move her mouth too much. She didn't want anybody to think she was talking to herself. She made her way into the club and looked around the room. If you found the secret door, you entered the secret room where the 'interviews' were being constructed.
Good thing for her she had Intel on her side and didn't need to activate her Byakugan. "It should be to the left of you." Shikamaru's voice said in her ear.
"Make like you're heading to the bathroom. Step on it, it's almost 12 o'clock." Sasuke ordered.
Hinata moved swiftly and as she gently touched the wall. She felt a slight bump and knew she had just found a secret door.
She was in a secluded area and couldn't be seen. But there was no knob, no way to actually open the door.
"Well are you in yet?" Sasuke asked.
"No, there's no way for me to open it." Hinata said.
"Great. Defeated by a door." Sasuke said gruffly.
Annoyed, Hinata kicked the door and it shot up into the ceiling. As she walked inside it immediately closed. "Got in." she whispered as she pressed her earring.
"Good, there should be a long corridor, follow it and good luck." Shikamaru said.
"You're gonna need it." Sasuke added.
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"Welcome all," Kabuto smirked at the crowd of about 20 criminals. In each of their hands was a piece of paper. "Yep, you've heard correctly. The Akatsuki Hidden in the Sound is now hiring." There was a murmur from the crowd but it soon died down.
"But you see," He began. "We only accept the strongest applicants." He chuckled. "Actually, make that singular, what I really mean to say is applicant. Because only one of you in this room is going to survive tonight. And that person will join us. Konan?" he asked a girl with blue hair to come forward. The crowd gave uneasy looks to one another. Hinata gulped, what the hell did she get herself into?
"Now that you know the rules, let's begin shall we?" Konan smirked.
"NO way in hell am I doing this!" A man with gray hair exclaimed. "I'm out of here."
Konan sighed and flung a paper origami kunai into the middle of his forehead. "Now does anybody else have anything to say?" She asked sweetly as the man fell to the floor dead. Nobody spoke up.
Hinata began to feel queasy.
"Right now we're inside an underground maze." Konan informed them. "Whoever reaches the end of maze first gets to join the organization. The piece of paper you find in your hand, when put together, forms a map. You have to take it from one another by killing that person. The person who successfully assembles the map can reach the end and thus join the Akatsuki Hidden in the Sound."
Hinata could have kissed her face. This was too easy. Nothing a little Byakugan couldn't fix. She could easily find her way through the maze.
"Begin." Konan smiled before Kabuto and her vanished from sight.
Just as Hinata was thinking it was going to be easy, she had to dodge a bullet and someone behind her was impaled. Oh yeah, now she had to prevent everyone from killing her.
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"Did we get all of that?" Naruto asked Shikamaru.
"Yup, since Hinata was pressing the device we got all of those instructions on tape." Shikamaru responded.
"I say we go in now and bust everything up." Naruto grinned.
"No. I didn't hear Itachi's voice. We move if we can get Itachi." Sasuke told them.
"But, will Hinata be able to make it out alive?" Ino asked worriedly.
"We'll soon find out." Sasuke said grimly.
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It was an hour in and Hinata was drenched in sweat. There were only six more people to go that she could find. If this didn't end soon her energy would be drained. She hadn't killed anyone yet; she merely dodged and let nature take its course. But that took a lot of her stamina. These weren't your average thugs.
She slowly and carefully made her way through the maze. Last time she nearly fell into a trap someone left and got herself killed. She only activated her Byakugan when she absolutely needed to. And now as she faced another dead end, she decided she really needed to.
"Byakugan!" Hinata whispered just as she heard a scream. "Looks like there's just five left." She grimaced before hearing another scream. She held her churning stomach but ignored it. She jumped up on the wall. For the others it would have been too dark to see anything but for her she saw it all. She was almost to the end.
"Well hello." A voice behind her greeted. Hinata knew a man with black spiky hair and dark eyes was standing behind her. He had a dead person in each of his arms and another at his feet.
"Two." Hinata murmured. It was just the two of them now.
"Oh, you're too good to face me?!" The man screamed enraged. Hinata deactivated her Byakugan and ran in the direction to the end of the maze.
Dammit, why did it have to come to this? She didn't want to kill this man, even if he was a murderer.
"You know what they call me girl?" The man grinned as he ran after Hinata. "They call me the Demon of the Hidden Mist. Too bad I've got you in my sight!"
"Water Prison!" he yelled and Hinata could sense something foreign race to capture her.
"Shit," she grumbled annoyed. She quickly did a back flip and landed behind the man who was obviously tired. When she looked at him with her Byakugan his chakra was dangerously low. Moving as fast as she could, she hit him with her gentle fist from behind.
He instantly doubled over and fell off the wall to the floor, his attack disappearing. Hinata hoped the blow wasn't enough to kill him but doubt he was strong enough to sustain the other injuries that were inflicted on him from fighting.
Cautiously Hinata landed in a small clearing. This had to be the end. Her Byakugan told her so. She heard clapping behind her.
"Well done."
She glanced behind her and flinched when she saw Kabuto approach her with Konan. She wanted to press the device to her ear but knew she would look strange if she did. That would cause suspicion and she would definitely be killed.
"I'm impressed she made it through the maze without the map." Konan said.
"Yes, the best of the best." Kabuto smiled at Hinata.
"How did you do it?" Konan asked her suspiciously.
"I just stumbled upon here by chance." Hinata shrugged feigning boredom.
"I doubt you went through an entire maze by-" Konan began with her eyes narrowing but Hinata cut her off.
"I meant I accidentally stumbled into this stupid Akatsuki Hidden Shit rodeo." Hinata said with a laugh. "I've never even heard of this lame organization." She smirked at their shocked expressions. "But I'm curious by nature and found myself here. You shouldn't make the secret door so obvious next time." She said haughtily, trying to act as a up and coming thug who was cocky about their skills.
Konan looked angry but Kabuto laughed. "I like her!" He exclaimed. "What about you Itachi?"
Startled, Hinata turned around and found the same dark haired man with the smoldering dark eyes from before looking at her intently. She didn't even sense him approach her. She cursed in her head when she realized that this man was the infamous Itachi. She knew he recognized her when they made eye contact.
She had just blown her cover.
A/N: Ok so this is the end of the prologue and the story can now begin. This story is taken place in Konoha in the Naruto world but with today's terms (example; FBI, police, president, etc). Yes they all have their abilities, but not to such a great extent like in the anime. Also not everybody is familiar with each other's power it isn't used as much since the world has become so modern. The big clans like the Hyuga's and Uchiha's abilities aren't so widespread.
This story is drama, action, suspense, humor, and romance. Please pay attention to every detail! What may be confusing or "odd" at first will be explained later on and you will have an "AHA! That's why she did this or said that!" Please be patient and let me know when it get's too confusing!
I'm taking my time with this story so don't expect an update every week! Please let me know if you like it (and if you can, what parts you enjoyed) as well as what you think is going to happen next! If you have any questions, ask it in a review! OK? Ok!
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