Hey guyz! This is my third fic!! Yippeee!!! I know, I know…what the heck was I thinking?! I haven't even finished my first two stories and now I'm making another one??!! But its been bugging my mind so I just wanted to post it 'kay?

Anywayz…on with CHAP 1!!!


STRICTLY PROFESSIONAL

She was running, running, and running. She was desperately trying to escape from her father's insults that were haunting her. Funny though, because she was just 8 and her father is already insulting her about her being weak.

After running endlessly, she finally collapsed in a heap under an old tree whose leaves were falling in the autumn season.

She gently cried in her hands, muffling her sobs as not to disturb anyone…even though she was in a secluded part of the forest. She called it her special place because it was the only place for her to cry her eyes out without attracting any attention.

She recalled her father's words.

'You are a weakling! You will never become a ninja that way!'

'Us Hyuuga are a prestigious clan, and I will not allow you to malign our name!'

'No child of mine will be a weakling!"

'I would rather have a son than a daughter like you…'

'I even doubt if you really are my daughter…'

She continued to cry her eyes out but tried, and I mean tried, so desperately to hold them back in. She then shut her eyes tightly as for the tears to stop flowing out like a waterfall. And before she knew it she was fast asleep, cheeks flushed under the old tree in a secluded part of the forest.

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She woke up underneath something warm, like a blanket of some sort. She opened her eyes and saw a warm burning fire surrounded by rocks.

She sighed and snuggled deeper in the blanket until she heard someone's deep voice.

"Hyuuga Hinata…why are you out here deep in the forest, sleeping and all alone?"

"Wh-Who are y-you?" Hinata's voice trembled searching for the owner of the voice.

"You didn't answer my question"

"I was running away from father for a while," Hinata replied, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Ah, Hiashi can be very tough and expectant. He is easily disappointed as well,"

"Y-You know o-otousama?! P-Please d-don't t-tell him tha—," Hinata tried to say but was silenced as the voice was heard.

"Don't worry; I won't mention this to anyone," and a man emerged from behind the tree she was leaning on and sat opposite to her behind the fire.

"A-Arigato…" Hinata smiled as she observed the man in front of her.

The man looked old. He had lots of bandages on his face his arms but he looked really powerful…intimidating actually.

"My name is Danzou. I was your father's former sensei," the man named Danzou said.

"So explain to me what Hiashi did to make you run away like that," Danzou asked.

"I-It was n-not my f-father…i-it was m-me…I-I'm just t-too weak f-for him…" Hinata said, tears so very, VERY close to spilling over.

But Danzou thought otherwise. What he saw was untapped potential, unawakened power. He knew that Hiashi saw this…but Hiashi was sometimes wrong…but Danzou knew how to unleash this girl's power and it is not by insults or over-training…no, it's not that, it's something else…

"If that is what you think, then that is what you are…but I can help you change that," Danzou said.

"R-Really? Y-You can help me g-get stronger?" Hinata asked her eyes slightly beaming.

"Meet me atop the Hokage Mountain tomorrow at 4 in the afternoon," he said and smirked as Hinata's eyes widened.

The travel from the Hyuuga compound to the Hokage Mountain was a long one but what was more troublesome is going up the mountain.

Hinata knew this was a challenge to see if she would be worthy. And she really wanted to gain at least her father's acknowledgement.

"Hai, I will be there," Hinata said her stammering temporarily gone as she nodded her head.

"Very well, let's get you back home or Hiashi might suspect that you were kidnapped,"

Hinata nodded her head once again as they prepared to leave. Hinata gave back the blanket which was Danzou's coat and helped put out the fire.

"Get on my back. I'll carry you so we'll get there faster," Danzou said, or more like commanded.

Hinata hesitated but agreed nonetheless. And in a few minutes, they were outside the gates of the Hyuuga compound.

"Hinata-sama! You're safe!" the Hyuuga guard exclaimed, obviously relieved as Hinata got off of Danzou's back.

"Your father almost sent out a search party to look for you," he added.

Hinata nearly smiled at the thought that her father would be worried about her that he would send out a search party…however her face was nearly brought to a frown as she remembered the word 'almost'. To her, if almost was used in a sentence with her father's name, it always meant did not, will not, have not, shall not, or NEVER.

Hinata then walked inside the compound with Danzou behind her. As soon as she entered, she saw Hyuuga Hiashi directly behind the door.

Hinata trembled as she saw her father's towering figure over her with a glare to add up to her terror.

"Where have you been?" Hiashi asked calmly but anyone who was in his presence would know that every word that left his mouth was laced and coated with venom and utter hatred that could kill a rhino with one shot.

Hinata cowered upon his terrifying glare and opened her mouth to speak but Danzou answered instead of her.

"She was with me. I saw her unconscious in the woods. She was probably training," Danzou said.

Hinata knew that the last part did not happen but just nodded her head.

"Hinata go to your room," Hiashi commanded and immediately Hinata walked quickly out of her father's line of sight and made a dash to her room.

Hiashi then looked back at Danzou who was staring back at him. This went on for about two minutes until Hiashi decided to break the silence.

"From my point of view, I am guessing that you finally realized my plan," Hiashi said.

"Your guess is right. You plan on mistreating your daughter until she unleashes her full potential…am I not right?" Danzou said.

"Hai, as soon as she does she will take control of the clan. However, I may be wrong… She is just too soft," Hiashi said with disappointment in his voice.

"Indeed, but that is your problem, not mine, besides, shouldn't a boy lead the clan?" Danzou said as he turned his back from Hiashi.

"Maybe you should try for another child, Hiashi," Danzou told him as he walked out the door and disappeared into the darkness.

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Hokage Mountain was huge. It's almost impossible for a fragile child like Hinata to climb up the stairs just to reach the top…impossible. But she had to try.

It was exactly 1430 hours…or 2:30 pm. It took her an hour and a half to get from the Hyuuga compound to the staircase of the Hokage Mountain. And Hinata would probably guess that the walk up the stairs would take just as long.

Hinata gulped and looked up at the winding-cris-crossing-numerous steps that she was about to climb but shook away that fear and began to her 'hike'.

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An hour has passed and Hinata only need to climb at least ten more steps. She was completely out of breath and was panting.

At last she made it on top. She didn't see anyone, since rarely anyone comes up Mt. Hokage because of the 'hike'.

She looked at the sun and judging by its position, it was not yet 4 pm. So she took this time to rest as she found a bench and sat on it.

Minutes later she regained some stamina and lost some fatigue as Danzou appeared before her at exactly the strike of 4.

"Well done," Danzou said, startling Hinata.

"Th-Thank you," Hinata breathed out.

"Follow me," he said and Hinata nodded her head and followed.

He led her down inside the mountain. He then stopped all of the sudden and turned towards Hinata.

"Hinata, where I am about to take you will be strictly professional, you must always keep it a secret," Danzou said.

"Hai, I-I understand," Hinata replied and Danzou just looked at her impassively but was holding back a smirk.

He pushed a certain stone and the wall of rock surrounding that stone was pushed upward. They both entered through the space that the wall created and what it concealed shocked Hinata.

Inside the depths of the mountain was a huge arena with many cages or prison-like cells at its walls.

"You are to address me as Danzou-sama from now on," Danzou told Hinata as he handed her a long thick cloth.

"Cover your eyes with this and never remove it inside the facility. You are to always use your Byakugan in order for you to see. If you ever have any other problem besides that, ask your trainer, which I shall assign to you later," Danzou told her as Hinata covered her eyes along with her hair like some sort of bandana and activated her Byakugan.

She could now see at almost 360 degrees in an x-ray-like vision. She looked through each cell and saw people inside, some were young and weeping, and others are at their teens and are training.

Just as Hinata was about to ask why there were more children than adults training, Danzou interrupted.

"You are never to speak nor make any sort of contact with them. These were orphans from the Kyuubi attack and wars. I took them in and trained them, but in return, they have to work for me, leader of this organization, ANBU Root" Danzou said and turned towards Hinata.

"And you will do the same," Danzou added as he continued walking towards a certain cell.

"This will be your quarters. Every weekend, I expect you to be in here, understood? And no stuttering or stammering, do I make myself clear?" he asked.

"Hai, Danzou-sama," Hinata said managing not to stutter and walked towards her quarters.

It was just a simple room really. It has a dresser, a table lamp, a bed and a small door leading to the toilet.

"In ANBU Root, your real identity will be concealed; therefore you will be referred to as, Kasumi. You were orphaned from the Kyuubi attack and got a very serious eye injury that rendered you blind yet very capable of other senses and can see through very keen hearing and hopefully in other methods. You will learn how to be a ninja through experience and by watching secretly through the use of your Byakugan. If ever you will be asked these questions you answer but not through speech but through hand gestures and in writing," Danzou said, turning his back on her and walking out the bars and paused just outside.

"One more thing, we have only one rule here… Kill or be killed," he ended exiting the cage bars, powerful chakra trailing behind him.


That's it for CHAP 1! Please REVIEW! I would like to know whether it was GOOD, or BAD…okay?

Information on some points are hereby typed below:

Hinata has untapped potential that both Hiashi and Danzou are trying to unleash.

Hiashi's efforts are not working but Danzou has devised a plan to transfer Hinata's loyalty from her father to him.

And Danzou is attempting to make Hiashi forget about Hinata in order for his plan to work.

The ANBU Root training facility is DEEP INSIDE the Hokage Mountain

The training facility looks like an arena wherein the rooms or resting quarters are like stadium seats.

I chose Kasumi as Hinata's AR codename.

It means 'haze or mist'

After years of training, Hinata will surely act like a mist…

If I use it in some sort of quote maybe you'll understand.

'Mist…it is blank, what lies within is unknown. If you try to search for it you'll only get lost in the emptiness and find nothing…not even a trace of life.'

'Kasumi…she is blank, what lies within the depth of her mind is unknown. If you try to search for it, you'll only get lost in her emptiness and find nothing…not even a trace of emotion…that depicts life.

I hope you will be satisfied with the information above, and again….

REVIEW!!!