A/N: This is under a revision. Chapters are going to be updated each Sunday that I can get some done. I hope to have more than just two chapters for you next time. Right now the only ones new are chapters 1 and 2.
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Groaning as she walked into her office, Tsunade sat down behind her desk. "I swear I hate having to be cooped up in this damned office all the time."
With a glare as she crossed her arms, Shizune sighed. "My Lady, if you would just do your paperwork and stop putting it off all the time you wouldn't have to stay in here all the time."
"Well Shizune…" Turning her glare to her assistant, Tsunade crossed her arms. "If someone else wouldn't keep shoving more paper work on my desk as I clear some I might also get done faster."
Not backing down, Shizune narrowed her eyes back. "I have to do that because you are three weeks, three weeks behind in your paper work!"
Rolling her eyes, Tsunade closed them as she looked away from Shizune. "Don't you have something else that you need to be doing?"
But before Shizune could say anything back, they both looked at the door as a keeper flung it open and raced to the desk. Stepping up as the Keeper was handing the scroll to Tsunade, Shizune blinked. "What is it?"
Standing and looking at Shizune, the keeper was breathing hard. "It was marked urgent and comes from a village that is right on the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind."
Standing up as she slammed her hands down on her desk, Tsunade drew the attention of them both. "Shizune I want you to go and get a squad together. Right now."
With a nod, Shizune turned to leave to get together some ninja for something that was clearly important. 'I wonder what is going on?
"I don't want just any ninja for this." When Shizune turned back and looked at her, Tsunade was all work mode right now. "I want Neji, Tenten, Lee, Shikamaru and Ino for this one. Bring them here right now."
"My Lady." Shizune was then gone in a puff of smoke.
Her curiosity getting the better of her, the keeper looked at Tsunade with an odd look. "Lady Hokage what is going on?"
Going to look out the window, Tsunade glared. "The Akatsuki. They are up to no good again, but this time they are not after a tailed beast. This time they are targeting someone who is more pure than anyone else in the world could be."
"I do not understand My Lady."
Narrowing her eyes, Tsunade fisted her hands. "They are right now trying to go after the miko of the Aizawa Shine. But there is a secret to that miko that we can't let them get."
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In the middle of the large training area outside the main house, Neji squared off with Hinata again. Ever since the first Chunin Exam, he has watched as she tried and tried to get stronger in hopes that she would impress her father. But her father has been so focused on him and getting him strong that he didn't see how much she was trying to get strong. But he also knew that while he bore the curse mark, he could never take over as Head of the Hyuuga. That was going to be Hinata. It wasn't her fault he had the life he had. So he was determined to help her get strong. "Again Hinata."
With a nod as she was breathing hard, Hinata took her stance. "Right Neji."
"Stop!"
Just before he started to go toward Hinata, Neji stopped and turned to see the doors to the house fling open, to reveal Shizune who was breathing hard, along with Lee, Tenten, Shikamaru and Ino with her. "Lady Shizune what is it?"
"Lady Tsunade wants to see you along with the others with me at her office at once." Taking a deep breath as she stood up, she saw the question in his eyes. "I don't know what is going on but I know she was all work mode for it. She doesn't do that unless it is serious. And she asked for everyone I am getting by name."
"Right." Turning back to his cousin, Neji sighed. "Until the next time I am home then Hinata?"
"Right cousin." Hinata then blinked as they were all just gone. "I wonder what is going on?"
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Looking out the window, Tsunade let out a sigh now that everyone was there she would give them the rundown of the mission. And why she had them specifically. "Well now that everyone is here, I will detail the mission." Turning and going to sit in her chair she let her eyes meet with Neji's. "This mission is high priority right now. And it is going to be especially crucial to the Hyuuga Family as well."
His eyes narrowing, Neji crossed his arms. "How is that?"
Reaching up and pulling a small stack of papers off the corner of her desk, Tsunade sighed. "While Shizune was gathering you all, I was in another room here looking at the little information that we have on the Aizawa Clan."
Gasping and pulling all eyes to her, Ino stepped forward. "Aizawa Clan? Like as in the Aizawa Shrine?"
"That is right Ino." Looking back down at the papers, Tsunade leaned back in her chair. "Actually the miko that is head of the shrine right now is eighteen. One year younger than you Ino. And…"
Pulling her attention back to him, Neji glared as he stepped in front of Ino. "How exactly does this Aizawa Clan tie in with the Hyuuga?"
Narrowing her own eyes Tsunade met his. "Four generations ago. Your great, great grandfather and his best friend, each welcomed children on the same day. Your great grandfather was one of them, a future head of the Hyuuga Clan. For his friend, he welcomed a little girl. And being of a Branch Family to start with, he knew that one day they were going to put the curse mark you bear on her. However, she didn't get the curse mark after all."
His eyes going wide the narrowing again, Neji tensed. "How did that happen? As far as I know, Hanabi is the only Hyuuga that should have gotten the curse mark but hasn't because Uncle has put his foot down with her. It is typically done by the time they are four years old."
Standing as she turned away from him, Tsunade let her eyes look in the direction of the Hyuuga compound. "Not only was he best friends with your great, great Grandfather, who was also Head of the Hyuuga at the time, he was also personal friends with the Second Hokage. Wanting more for his daughter than the hell he went through, he went to the Second and plead his case to him. Just like all the other Hokage, the Second never did like the ways of the Hyuuga with the curse mark. But it was never brought before him as a problem before that. And he knew that there were only two ways to keep that infant girl from having it done to her. Kill her, or send her out of the village."
Pulling eyes to her this time, Tenten had a shocked look on her face. "Wait the Second Hokage wouldn't have really let the Byakugan leave the village without sealing the power first right?"
With a smile as she looked over at his picture, Tsunade nodded. "Not only did he, but after talking it over with her parents who wanted to watch their daughter grow, seeing her grow from afar with no fear of a curse mark was more important to them. The second took that infant girl to the Aizawa Shine where a family more than willingly took her in. As she grew, she fell in love and married, having a daughter. When she married, she had a son, who married the miko of his generation. Together they had two children. A boy was born first with his black hair and his mother's blue eyes. But their daughter looked just like her mother with bright red hair and sparkling sky blue eyes. She is said to have the most purification and chakra than any miko in recorded history of the Aizawa. And it is also said that she can use the Byakugan fully."
Ten years ago, Neji would have had an instant grudge against this girl and her family, going all the way back to her great grandmother. However, Hiashi was trying to change things and he no longer held grudges for being a branch family member. "Alright then. Who is lead and what exactly is the mission then?"
Her eyes staying with his, Tsunade was stern. "You are lead, Shikamaru is backup. Your mission is very simple. Get to the shrine as fast as you can. Make sure that the miko Akako Aizawa is safe and bring her back to the village as soon as possible."
Nodding, Neji closed his eyes. "Akako Aizawa is the miko right now so she is the one who has a great grandmother that was pure Hyuuga?"
"That's right." Opening a file, Tsunade took a picture out and handed to him. "That was taken three years ago when she accepted the role of Miko of the Shirne."
Looking at the picture as well, Ino sighed. "She is beautiful. If she is one year younger than me, that would put her at just being fifteen there. I wonder if she has changed or not?"
Tucking the picture away, Neji sighed. "That has nothing to do with the mission Ino." He then turned his eyes back to Tsunade. "Is there anything else that we need to know about?"
"There is actually. No resting until you get there. None. The Akatsuki are involved." When all eyes went wide, even Neji's, Tsunade closed her eyes as she sighed. "We are not sure why they want her. It could be for her purification, or it could be that they figured out that she can use the Byakugan. We got the messenger bird this morning, yesterday evening the Akatsuki member Deidara attacked the srhine, saying he wanted her. We don't know if he did or not. This is important. If she is not there at the Shrine when you get there, find her. Don't come back without her."
"Lady Hokage."
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"You wished to see me Lady Hokage?" Hiashi walked into the Hokage office with a curious look. He had every intention on coming here over what is going on with his daughter if that was what it was about. Though he didn't really think that Tsunade would mind. "Is this about…"
"No it is not about what is going on with Hinata. In fact I know he will be here in a few days because of Hinata. I won't put up a fight on that one in the least. But I wanted to tell you about the mission that I just sent Neji on." Opening her glaring eyes to meet his silver, Tsunade took a deep breath. "The elders of the Hyuuga are going to be rather upset and you need to figure out what you are going to do about it. The Akatsuki attacked the Aizawa."
Flinching, Hiashi gasped. "The miko there is…"
"I know." Looking back down at her desk, Tsunade closed her eyes. "I sent Neji, Tenten, Lee, Shikamaru and Ino to get her back. They are going to be bringing her back."
"I see." His eyes hardening, Hiashi crossed his arms. This was going to upset them, so now would be as good a time as any to get his family out. Hinata was leaving in a few days with Gaara, Hiroko and Hanabi would go and stay with them for a while. And it was finally time to try and see what is in that damned scroll.