I can't seem to write anymore. I'm probably suffering from long term memory loss or something. It's frustrating. Just last year, I had all these great ideas, but I didn't have to skill to express them properly. Now that I'm older, I know all these things about grammar and such, but I have no ideas.

Anyways, I guess I'll try.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

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Tenshi to Akuma

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Chapter One

Orders from the Hokage

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Hinata stood before Hokage Tsunade nervously. "You wanted to see me, Hokage Tsunade?" she said.

Tsunade leaned back in her chair. "Yes. I have a very important mission for you, Hyuuga Hinata. This mission could be dangerous, even though it's listed as a C rank mission."

Hinata nodded, waiting for the fifth Hokage to continue. "You've probably heard that the new Kazekage is going to be staying in Konoha for the Chuunin Exam?" the Hokage asked. She eyed the young Hyuuga.

"I have heard." Hinata said simply, nodding slightly.

Tsunade shrugged. "You're a smart girl. I can't place this mission in the hands of an ignorant fool." She leisurely looked over her painted fingernails. "That's why I chose you."

Hinata forced back an impatient sigh. All of her experiances had taught her that patiences is very important when speaking with an important person.

"You're very good at hiding your feelings, Hinata. But I can still see the impatience." Tsunade chuckled. "You're mission is to protect the Kazekage while he is staying in Konoha."

Hinata gasped. "B-but...Hokage-sama! I don't know if I can..."

Tsunade sighed. "Go ahead. Complain a few more seconds. We both know that you'll do this mission and do it well."

The young Hyuuga stared blankly at her. "Sorry, Hokage-sama."

"It's okay. When I told Naruto about your mission, he freaked out completely. That boy does not want Gaara in Konoha, period."

Hinata blinked. "Naruto-kun knows about my mission?" Her eyes widened.

Tsunaded shrugged carelessly. "So? What of it?" Hinata threw her a pained expression, and picked up on it. "Oh..." she said slowly. "You're afraid he'll follow you around like a stalker?"

The girl's face became a deep crimson. She fiddled with her hands, bit her lip, and stared at the ground.

Tsunaded let out a short burst of laughter. She couldn't help herself. Sometimes Hinata was too innocent for her own good.

Hinata tilted her head in question. The fifth Hokage just waved it off. "Back to business." Resting her body against the chair once more, she reached for her bottle of sake, but pulled back at the last second. "The Kazekage will be here in two days, not including today." The Hyuuga girl nodded. "I want you to take tomorrow and the rest of today to train as hard as you can. Then, on the day after tomorrow, you will keep a constant lookout for him. He should be arriving around that time.

"Hai, Hokage-sama!" Hinata said briefly before being dismissed.

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Hinata sighed as she approached a restaurant. All her friends were there. Sakura, Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Tenten, and Ino. Even Neji was sitting in a dark corner at the other side of the room. Wait. Where is...? Hinata cut her thought short as she saw her favorite Leaf shinobi eating a giant bowl of ramen. The girl sighed. As she stared at him, she wished with all her might that she could be over there, surrounded by her friends.

A familiar voice snapped her out of her thoughts. "Hinata-san!" yelled Naruto as he rushed up to her.

"O-oh...H-hello, N-naruto-kun." Hinata stammered, much like before Naruto went away with Jiraiya.

"What are you doing all by yourself? Come eat with us!" he offered.

Hinata shook her head, which earned her a confused glance from her crush. "H-hokage-sama has requested that I train the remainder of the day. She also requested that I train all of tomorrow, too." she said shyly.

Naruto groaned. "It's that mission, huh?" He didn't wait for her to answer. "Why does Granny want you, of all people, to protect him? Seriously! It's not like he's helpless! I mean, he's the Kazekage, for crying out loud! He's the strongest shinobi in Suna! If she really cared that much, she could have assigned this mission to a stronger shinob--" Naruto cut off dead. "I'm sorry, Hinata! I didn't mean that!"

Hinata shrugged slightly. "I-I'm not mad, N-naruto-kun." she said, looking down at the ground, trying hard not to faint.

Naruto shook his head firmly. "No! You don't have to flatter me with that, Hinata-san! I really shouldn't have said that! I promise I will make it up to you!" he cried.

"Hey, Naruto! Hinata! Come join us!" Kiba called. "Naruto, you're food is getting cold!"

"It's fine, Naruto. Really. You don't have to make it up to me." Hinata said to her crush.

But Naruto wouldn't have it. He placed a finger on the Hyuuga girl's lips, immediately silencing her, and causing her to blush a bright red. "Are you okay, Hinata-san?" Naruto asked as he saw her face.

Hinata didn't open her mouth. She nodded, and Naruto removed his finger. "I have to go, Hinata-san. See you later!" he said, running back to his friends.

The girl sighed, trying hard to return to her normal color. Maybe Naruto-kun was right. You are weak. You can't even stand being near him! Hinata's inner voice spoke. Time to toughen up!

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Hinata wiped her forehead with her jacket as she fell against the soft grass. She was worn out. All she wanted to do was go home and take a cold shower. But, as she glanced up at the blue sky, she couldn't bring herself to make a move towards home.

It was about an hour after noon, she realized with dismay. When she passed by the restaurant, Naruto and everybody else had been eating lunch. Her stomach growled at the thought of a nice, big bowl of food.

No, Hinata! You have to train harder! The bold side of Hinata screamed. But the weaker side complained about training with an empty stomach. Forget real food! You have to crave hardship if you are ever to become strong, like Naruto! Though, as hard as she tried, Hinata could not get up. She was just too tired. Dismay gripped at her insides as the thought of spending the whole day and night just trying to get up.

Hinata glanced at her shadow to take note of what time it was. A sudden realization hit her. Hard. She wasn't too tired to get up. Someone had a hold of her.

Frantically, she glanced around. She couldn't see anyone, and she didn't feel anything new gripping her. And then it really hit her. Even harder. "Shikamaru, let me up." she sighed, knowing that, even if he was far away, he would hear her.

Her eyes moved slowly upward, and she saw, out of the corner of her eye, Shikamaru resting on the grass. His shadow extended to hers.

Shikamaru looked at her, and she looked at him. "Why? You look so innocent when you're scared to death." he teased. He sat up, and so did she.

Hinata wanted to get up, but couldn't. "That's no fair."

The boy sighed and sat up. "Yeah...It's too troublesome to hold you here any longer. After all, you're no threat to me." The shadow slowly retreated.

Hinata stood up. "What are you doing here? I though you were eating lunch with everyone else."

Shikamaru shrugged. "Troublesome."

"Everything's troublesome to you." Hinata said quietly as she walked away from the training ground.

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Resting her head on her pillow, Hinata stared out of her window. She pulled back the sheets a bit, her cheeks flaming and still flustering from the heat of training. It hadn't been that long ago she had arrived to the Hyuuga compound; after she left Shikamaru, she had trained at the former Group 7's old training ground.

Her father, Hiashi, had obviously questioned her whereabouts. He was surprised to find that the Hokage had chosen her for such an important mission. Hanabi, her sister, and Neji, her cousin, had both had the same reaction.

Hinata was far from confused. She realized that people, though she had trained countless hours with Kiba and Shino, still saw her as the one who was to be saved during trouble. The Hyuuga girl sighed and vowed that she would protect the new Kazekage with her life while he was in the Konoha city boundaries.

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Man, I know that was short. And pretty pointless. Just wait! I'm hoping it gets better.

Gosh, I am an epic failure at getting the characters' personalities right.