It was a bright day in Konoha as it was in most parts of the Fire Country. It was a quite calm day outside; there was no breeze as the birds chirped, just a summer's day in the middle of the fire country. A small shadow passed over the town unnoticed almost cloaked as it passed threw the winds, a small black book landing in a grass field; its cover bouncing up off the ground and opening to its front page. The grass swayed slightly, pulsing from the weighted creature that ran over the surface. "rrrr?" A wet nose sniffed over the surface of the notebook stepping back and growling at the paper back. "gggrrr" the beast turned his large furry body and lifted a leg ready to show dominance toward the evil booklet. "O-oh Akamaru please stop," a soft voice called out as a woman with long plum hair ran up to the large dog. The beast paused. "...rrrr." He sniffed at her and then let a grunt padding a bit away, as though plotting his revenge. The girl was Hinata Hyuuga, and she had been wondering the area with her team mates who were all off taking a break from their lowly mission. "..." she looked down at the booklet and then picked it up looking at the cover, "...Death Note?" she questioned tilting her head slightly thinking over who could have lost the booklet."...M-maybe I should take this to the school until someone claims it" she thought, glancing around, "Um K-kiba-kun?" she called out pushing a bit of her hair from her face.
Kiba snored as he napped under a tree. they had just gotten back to the town and he needed a rest. the life of a Chunin sucked it was nothing but endless work and it seemed to drag on for ever. he heard the soft whine of Hinata's voice and stretched, sniffing the air as he caught a weird scent. he got to his feet as he wiped his eyes. "what is it Hinata? something wrong?" He walked up to her sniffing the air Hinata smelt different for some reason, no it wasn't Hinata, and it was something she was holding. "ugh you pic up some garlic or something Hinata?" He asked with a slight grimace. Hinata's cheeks flared to a soft pink color for a moment believing that Kiba was saying she smelled from the mission. "No Kiba-kun, I-I just found this book is all" she stated holding up the notebook for him to see, "I just wanted to tell you I'm off to place it at the school incase someone wishes to claim it, I feel it's a younger person's notebook" she explained lightly swaying. Akamaru barked abruptly at the two and growled at the notebook in the female chunin's hands. "Kiba, Akamaru does not seem to like the notebook so I will go now... maybe he is hungry" she suggested with a light smile.
Hinata loved her team mates, even though Shino would always seem to disappear and show up at random, and Kiba smelled like he rolled in something Akamaru produced, but this time she felt she should go and do this personal mission alone. "I-I'll meet up with you guys later" she said before turning and walking away. Akamaru looked up at his partner and made a gentle whimpering sound, showing he was nervous. Kiba shivered slightly as he saw that note book, it defiantly had a weird smell to it. He didn't think much about it as he watched Hinata walk away but he had a small shiver, he understood Akamaru as he spoke, and he gave the dog a nod. Akamaru was right about that thing; who ever it belonged to was a morbid character, that book reeked of death. he turned trying to put it out of sight and out of mind. "Some times Hinata I worry about you." He gave one last shrug as he got on to Akamaru patting him and pointing in a direction riding the large dog like a horse toward a place to get something to eat.
Hinata walked slowly toward the ninja school, fighting a little voice in her mind telling her to peek at the book. "I can't do that," she thought, "It might be someone's diary or something" she bit her lower lip, fighting the urge only to stop in her tracks. "Maybe one small read" she murmured flipping through the pages. Most were blank, but then she started at the first page. "oh it's in English" she stated a bit surprised. "Good thing I took that extra credit class at the academy." (AN~Izzy: Only in a filler episode is even America ever mentioned [let alone any other actual country], so we have no bloody clue if they read or speak English in Cannon... So just sit back and accept the plot device) She looked closely slowly translating the words in her mind, "The human whose name is written in this note shall die? " she squeaked at the last words briefly looking away, but her pale eyes were drawn back to the pages and she kept reading, "This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected" Her pale flesh seemed to only become paler, but that little voice in her head kept her reading, "If the cause of death is written within the next 40 seconds of writing the person's name," She took a shuddered breath "it will happen."
Hinata slowly started to walk again feeling awkward standing in place, but she just kept reading the rules, slowly translating the words to understand, "If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack. Oh that's just horrible" she then noted the last rule on the page, "After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds." She shook her head and closed the notebook her hands shaking as she walked faster. The young woman now simply wanted to be rid of this book. "It's some scary person's twisted joke" she thought stopping a moment suddenly realizing she was holding her breath she tried to relax, to breath. A delicious smell filled the air, it was ramen, and then she heard a voice, "N-Naruto-kun?" she hoped as she glanced over at the ramen shop hoping to catch at least a glimpse of the object of her affection.
Naruto was sitting at Ichiruka's ramen shop but he was not alone as he laughed and talked to a tall pink haired woman. "Ah come on Sakura chan don't be like that, I finally convince you to go out with me and." His sentence was cut off as he felt someone behind him, but it was Sakura who addressed the other person. "Hinata," She started with a smile, "How are you doing today? Did your team just get back from a mission?" she noticed Naruto was looking at her so she turned back to him and glared, "listen Naruto you invited me out, your paying for the bill. end of story." she gave him the kind of smile that always seemed to have a threat behind it. Naruto sighed as he looked at the bowl of ramen down in front of him not really noticing or addressing Hinata as he was somewhat lost in thought. "You know Sakura you were a lot nicer last time we went out for food." he thought back to the time Sakura brought him out for dinner when she had broken his arm. Sakura's cheeks pinked up, "Sh-shut up about that, Naruto" she grumbled, "This has nothing to do with that night" she stated shoving a bit of the noodles into her mouth.
Hinata looked at them, at first she wished to address Sakura, try to tell her about the mission, but as she started to stammer out the details she slowly drifted silent. They had turned away from her and started to speak amongst each other. She bit her lower lip for a moment before taking a step back, "Sorry," she squeaked, "Have a good day" she whispered before turning away and running down the road. Instead of going to the school she headed to her home, the Hyuuga compound. It was quiet and she knew her cousin would not be there as Jonin he had far more work to do then herself and her father was helping Hanabi with her training somewhere in the courtyard. She would be left alone in her bedroom. That little voice had been gnawing on Hinata's brain as she ran from the ramen shop. It was making the girls' heart beat faster and mind twist and turn into dark thoughts. Entering her room Hinata paused and wiped a few tears from her eyes. She felt so lost.
She wanted Naruto-kun to notice her, but she could not do that if Sakura was around! "She's always with him, she's his team mate after all" she thought bitterly, "He's always liked her, and with her around he can't see past her to notice anyone else, let alone myself" she closed her eyes to fight back the tears as she sat on the floor next to the door letting the notebook rest at her feet. "I wish she would just disappear…" she stated out loud suddenly. It was hard to keep her thoughts in check, and seeing those two like that did not help. "If you want someone to disappear, why not just use the book?" the voice that addressed Hinata was something different it was scratchier then anyone she had known. Like someone had not drunk water in forever and was parched because of it. He loomed above Hinata pointing at the death note. "If you want someone to disappear, then that book will assist you in the easiest way. You read the rules didn't you? I mean I even took the time to writing them out for you."
The creature gave a twisted smile as he looked down at the girl "The human who is written in that note shall die. It's pretty simple to get someone out of the way if you have a tool like that don't you think? or you can set it down and walk away from it. either way so long as the book is in your possession that choice is yours to make." Hinata looked dumbfounded at the image that stood before her in the bedroom. He was tall and deformed, cartoonish in his build. His face alone caused her to glance away for a moment. "Such a mess" she thought finding his appearance over all unsettling. "…" she suddenly let his words sink into her mind. Disappear? Her eyes turned back to the monster, her body trembling as she sat there. "I… I could use it to do that?" she questioned mostly to herself, sure she read the rules, but what she first thought were jokes now seemed to make the young woman think on remembering them. "…no" she shook her head standing up, glaring at the creature activating her Byakugan as she stared at the thing, at first surprised she could not see any of the chakra points. "I, I don't know who or what you are," She took the traditional stance, "but I will not have you talk about such horrible things" she declared, but her main hand was trembling slightly, unsure about the death specter that stood before her then and there.