Chapter 1
The Mysterious Voices
They are coming…
They are coming…
You must protect her.
Lady Hinata must survive them.
Destroy them at all cost.
Neji awoke. He rose up from his pillow. He was breathing hard, and his curse mark burned. His bed sheets were damp from sweat, and he felt as if his chakra was depleated, though he'd done no training that day.
"Byakugan!" he whispered. He looked around his room. No one was there.
Was it just a dream? Who's coming? What about Hinata? Neji's mind was racing faster than the speed of light.
Neji collapsed into his sheets again. He somehow drifted off to sleep, but his mind still mulled over the voices as their message continued to reverberate in his mind.
They are coming...
THEY ARE COMING!
The next morning, a weary Neji strode through the town. He scanned the streets. Everything seemed to be in order. Kiba was walking Akamaru while Shikamaru was playing shogi with Kasuma sensai. Choji was eating barbeque chips, and Hinata was watching Naruto secretly- like she always did. Naruto was eating his weight in ramen, as usual, and was oblivious to Hinata's watching, also as usual.
Nothing's out of the ordinary- what could that voice mean??
Neji was perplexed. He had no idea what that voice he heard last night was, or what it meant. He had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach that from experience told him that something bad was about to happen.
Naruto soon finished his ramen and left the stand. Hinata silently crept from the tree she was sitting in and started down the street.
"Hey Hinata!" Kiba called to the girl. She turned around to wave to him. Hinata didn't notice the man with the load of packages in his arms.
"Hey Watch-" Kiba was cut off short as the man collided with Hinata. Packages were all over the street, and a surprised Hinata lay on the ground.
"Watch It!" the man snapped.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were behind me." Hinata hurried to her feet to help the man gather his many packages.
"Hmph." The man gave her a cold stare, and walked away.
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A large, dark-cloaked figure quickly approached Konoha's northern gate. Nobody knew who he was, or where he'd come from, but he moved as if he had a singular purpose. His heavy footsteps echoed as he approached the guards.
"Excuse me, but we need to see some identification if we are to let you in to Konoha." The guard told the mysterious man.
The man sneered, showing off his yellowed teeth. " You won't need any identification after this."
Bright shimmering crystal shurikan came out of the man's heavy black cloak. They silently hurtled toward their targets...
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"Hey Hinata, are you ok?" Kiba rushed over to her. Akamaru was at his heels, looking happy to see his master's white eyed teammate.
"I'm- I'm fine." she rubbed her elbow. "Just a bruise."she gave Kiba a small smile.
"Sorry I distracted you like that." Kiba blushed and wrapped his arm around his neck, trying to think of what to say next.
"It's ok. I should have known someone would have been behind me." Hinata couldn't help but blush at his apologizing.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow at team training. Bye!" Kiba grinned from ear to ear before hopping away.
"Bye." Hinata's voice was like the wind. Felt, but never seen or heard.
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"Neji, I've invited you here to ask you some questions." Hiashi looked at Neji with a wise look. "As you know, you have been bestowed the Hyuuga curse."
"Yes." Neji's face hardened, but soon returned to its normal look.
"You also know that it was your duty to protect lady Hinata from any danger."
I think I know where this is going. The voices I've been hearing are just the spirits of the Hyuuga clan warning me of the danger coming. They want me to protect Hinata. No. They ordered me to protect Hinata. Neji remained silent so Hiashi would tell him everything.
"Neji, the Hyuuga clan has sensed great danger for some time now. This sense has gotten stronger in the last few days. We feel someone or something is coming..." Hiashi paused."And we have a hunch that whatever it is will go for the heiress of the Hyuuga clan!"