This is my first ever fan fiction, so I am very aware it has a lot of flaws (Sorry). I started it ages ago, but now I feel the writing itches so I went back to it and continued it.

"word" is a dialogue, 'word' is a thought, word is a flashback/memory.

Hope you enjoy it and, if you want, leave me a review so I know what to change/adjust.

I do not own Naruto nor the characters, but I own the story!

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Hinata was in her lecture room, the teacher was talking about geology in Japan going through some slides, but she found herself not paying attention, in fact she was looking outside the window daydreaming. It didn't usually happen to her, she was actually very fond of her course, Wildlife Conservation, but after she had found a strange bracelet she felt that her head would wander in her thoughts a lot more. Hinata looked at her wrist and observed the string with the little red stone, it sure was as beautiful as scary, and it had an eerie aura that made her feel shivers on her back. Kiba looked at the girl and poked her; she returned to the real world and realised they were alone in the room.

"Where's everyone?" she asked a little bit confused, "The lecture is finished Hina" concern in his eyes, but then he grinned slyly "Were you daydreaming about someone?" and started laughing.

Hinata felt her cheeks becoming pink "Of course not you dummy" they both giggled and started to walk away.

She didn't really like anyone, at least not in a romantic way; she had few friends, Tenten, Ino, Kiba and Shino, who unfortunately had to move to New Zealand to study and work; they weren't many but they made her happy and she didn't feel lonely, actually she was very grateful she had them.

They were just about to go home when Hinata remembered something "Oh, Kiba, I'll be back in a second" and with this she quickly walked to the canteen while Kiba was having problems understanding what was going on.

In less than a minute she was back where the man was waiting for her, she smiled "Should we go?" "Alright, let's go!" he put his arm on her shoulders and grinned as they walked away. Hinata basically grew up with Kiba so she considered him as a brother and it was a reciprocal thing, even though he had troubles when she started to become a woman.

It happened when they were 16 and they were shopping in a charity shop, Hinata loved them, not just because they were cheap, but also because she felt like doing something good for people and for the environment.

The girl was trying a dress that was on display in the shop's window: it was a full skirt lilac dress with bateau neckline and long sleeves. She exited the changing room "How is it?" a bit of pink on her cheeks as he stared at her. When did she change that much? How did he not notice her body changing so quickly? She had quite a big chest, a very thin waist and hips that completed her beautiful hourglass figure.

He felt his face becoming red, so he rapidly turned away scratching the back of his head "Y-you're beautiful as always, it suites you…" she noticed his behavior "T-thank you Kiba" she knew that her body was changing, but couldn't really do much about it and actually she quite liked her body even if she didn't like the fact that it drew attention to her.

Kiba could think of many other episodes in which she would mess with his mind and hormones, like the one time at the swimming pool… He shook his head sending the thought away.

They arrived to her flat, Hinata was looking at him, 'He strangely didn't talk much on our way home' then Kiba grinned from ear to ear giving her a little hug "See you later then… Oh, for that event, are we still doing it?" Hinata smiled, now recognizing her friend, "Sure, I'll meet you and the others at uni on Sunday" with that they parted and the woman entered her house.

It was a small flat with cream coloured walls, apart from the ones in her room, which were a subtle shade of lilac. Her vintage furniture was made of dark wood and stood out in the light coloured rooms. There were few little paintings around the house and some shelves with all kinds of books. She also had a tiny studio, with a big bookcase that basically took all the space in the room. Thinking about it, it didn't seem like a witch house at all. Yes, she was a witch. Not one of those with big noses and black pointy hats and a cat, well she actually had a cat, but not because she was a witch.

She found Juno one day coming back from her morning lectures, it was pouring rain and Kiba was running with her on their way back when she heard meowing. She stopped and looked at her friend "What did you say?" Kiba watched Hinata confused "I didn't say anything I was panting maybe" she looked around, she was sure she heard someone calling for her, maybe she was just going crazy.

As soon as she was starting to run again she heard it more clearly and turned right, running towards the call, with Kiba trying to catch up with her "Wait Hina, isn't your house the other way? What are you doing?" he nearly crashed with her when she stopped abruptly, eyes on a small card box on the ground.

"What happened?" Kiba couldn't understand, but then she crouched down and picked up something from the container.

A cute tortoiseshell kitten was looking at them, her green ey… "Wait she has different eyes!" Kiba was so surprised that she had a green and a blue eye, while Hinata just couldn't take off her pale pearly ones from the small creature. "It's called heterochromia" Hinata said while cuddling the poor soaking kitten; "Ahh, I see, she's so cute, it's a shame I got Akamaru at home, I'm sure both of them wouldn't be too pleased from each other's presence" he frowned, but his friend smiled and hugged the little cat, putting her in the big front pocket of her coat "It's not a problem I can take her with me!" she was so happy.

She called Juno and as a thunder she arrived to greet her meowing and purring, she could understand her sometimes, when she would mutate into a cat. Yes, she could do that too, and few times she couldn't even control it.

She got changed and put her pyjamas; she loved staying in cozy clothes. She prepared some food chopping some vegetables and putting them in a frying pan, after a little bit her omelette was ready. She sat on her sofa and started eating, while Juno was devouring her small plain omelette with some cheese in her bowl.

Hinata loved Juno, she didn't dislike living on her own, but since the kitten arrived she felt that her house acquired warmth.

Her father left her alone when she was 9, taking her sister, Hanabi, and cousin, Neji, with him to Sapporo. She then had been sent to an aunt that lived just outside Tokyo, in the countryside, it was she to tell Hinata about her powers and why her father didn't want her with him. He thought she was a jinx, above all after her mother's death.

Hanabi and Neji would manage to visit few times, obviously without her father knowing, but she still missed them a lot. She felt her eyes becoming wet and a little tear reached her chin, falling on her empty plate. Juno immediately jumped on the sofa like she knew her human friend was feeling sad; her small head brushed against Hinata's arm, she looked down to see her beautiful kitten trying to comfort her.

She picked her up and put her on her lap cuddling and scratching gently behind her ears "Thank you Juno", she smiled and the cat gave a noisy purr in response.

The canteen was warm and smelled of hot chocolate and coffee so Sasuke couldn't really complain about the location his group chose to talk about their new course project. His eyes on his laptop writing down the ideas of his friends, when Shikamaru said to the group "Maybe we could ask for volunteers, like posting a note on some social media" but Gaara wasn't convinced "Nah we should attach a paper asking for volunteers on the notice board". Sasuke was listening calmly and intervened "What if we did both?" the trio agreed so they went to the library to print off the paper.

"Science students looking for volunteers to take part to a chemistry and genetic project" didn't sound too good in a certain way, Sasuke sighed as he was putting a drawing pin on the file when his eyes noticed another volunteering announcement: "We're hosting an event for orphan children at the university, if you would like to help us, come on Sunday 14th October at 10am at the gallery room, we will be very grateful".

He wasn't too fond of children, but he knew even too much how an orphan would feel. He lost his family in a car accident when he was 10 and he missed them with all his heart. He felt his chest tighten as he mentally took note of time and place. It was going to be very difficult for him to go, as those children would probably remind him of when he was young and scared, but he was going to try.

Sasuke walked away and sat down with his friends again, trying to concentrate, he put his normal stoic expression, listening to his friends then he saw Naruto and Lee coming towards their table waving enthusiastically. They were wearing tracksuits as they finished one of their lessons of their Physical Education course.

They sat down cheering everyone; the duo was so loud compared to Sasuke, Gaara and Shikamaru. They also started looking at fresher girls, winking to them, making them blush and squeak. 'What is their problem?' Sasuke was getting pissed off, how did they manage to make all that noise?

"This isn't a bar, it's a canteen in a university, now could you keep quiet? We're trying to work" Shikamaru and Gaara looked at him with relief and gratitude in their eyes, while the other two just pouted and said "Okay". 'Two children' he thought.

Sasuke wasn't really the type of guy that would look at women, of course he had relationships but he couldn't really be bothered so he only had been with two girls in a sort of stable relationship, however they didn't last long. Also he was sure that love was just an ensemble of hormones, adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin. Yeah, he really believed in science.

Saturday was a quiet day, Hinata was still in her pyjamas and didn't really intend to come out of it if not necessary, Tenten was working all day, Ino was helping in her family's flower shop and Kiba was practicing in a vet studio. Maybe she needed a job too. A normal job. She kind of had a job as a witch, in fact she had a class of little wizards and witches and she had to teach them the basic knowledge of potions and herbology. She liked it, she was always amazed by her students and their reactions, like when she showed them how to make a gem from combining different liquids.

At the end of that lesson she received a necklace made of beautiful colourful gems, it was a present from all of her students and it made her feel so joyful.

After copying some notes and reading books for her next assignment, she decided to watch a movie. She made popcorns, took a blanket and positioned herself on the sofa, Juno sleeping next to her. There was nothing better than this when she wanted to relax after studying. The day passed quickly and at 10pm she was already in bed, she watched the strange bracelet on her wrist. The light filtering from the curtains hit the scarlet stone, shades of red reflected on her face and after few seconds she was already fast asleep.

Hinata was sleeping in her warm duvet, when she heard her telephone ringing; she turned her face and put her pillow on her head to stop the drilling noise. The ringtone wouldn't stop so she picked up her phone "Yeah?" her voice telling to the person on the other side that they called too early.

"HINATA WERE YOU SLEEPING?! I'M ALREADY NEAR UNI IT'S 9:50" Kiba's voice echoed in her room.

Hinata didn't even reply, she jumped off her bed, washed her face, put on the clothes she chose the day before for the event 'I'm so glad I had already prepared these', then she took a bag with her material for today and ran away as fast as she could.

Luckily no one was there apart from Kiba, in fact when she arrived she checked the time and it was now 9:50 'How is that…' "KIBA!" she looked at him, he gulped and put his hands before him "H-hey Hina, don't be angry I just wanted you to be in time, I know this is important to you" her eyes now looking on the ground, her face turning a dark shade of pink "S-sorry, you're right… It's so unfair though I was sleeping so well" she pouted. Kiba started laughing and Hinata gave him a big smile, giggling, then they heard footsteps approaching and Ino and Tenten arrived at the entrance.

"Hinataaaa" they both shouted as if they hadn't seen her for months, when it was really just two days, they hugged her and showed two bags with paint and flowers "Tadaa, mission accomplished" "Aww, thank you girls, I appreciate it so much" "We would do anything for you girl" Ino said, smiling.

"C'mon let's go!" Kiba grinned.

Hinata looked around, searching with hope, before following them. Apparently no one turned up to volunteer with them, Hinata frowned a little bit, but she thought that at least she had her friends.

Sasuke was in his bedroom, watching the ceiling with an intense look. He was trying to decide. He didn't like the idea of going there, in a room full of screaming children, but then again, he would have loved something like that when he lost his family, he would have liked to laugh and pass some time with other children who felt the same and could understand him.

He picked his coat and ran to the university. When he arrived at the entrance of the gallery room his chest tightened around his heart, which was pumping hard for the run and for the bit of anxiety he had.

'Oh for fuck sake, you're an Uchiha you can do this' he grabbed the handle and entered the room. No one actually saw him as they were all focused on the children.

Hinata brought some yellow, orange and red leaves, she loved autumn and she wanted to share her passion with these youngsters.

Ino brought some flowers, Tenten a big box of all types of colouring pen and pencils and paint, while Kiba brought some pictures of animals that the children could copy.

Hinata was walking around the tables, careful, most of them were laughing and talking while drawing and painting, but then she saw a little girl sobbing, watching her leaves on the table, her paper still white.

The woman walked to the table and crouched next to her, she must have been around 6 and had curly brown hair and fairly tanned skin. "What happened darling?" Hinata asked with one of the most gentle tone of voice. You could see worry in her empathetic eyes, but she was still smiling; the girl looked at her with watery green eyes "I-I used to d-draw leaves with my-my family, autumn was my… my mum's favourite season" with that she left her head falling on Hinata's chest.

Sasuke was watching the scene, he could feel how sad that girl was and could see how guilty the woman next to her was, he would have liked to go there and comfort both of them, but he found that he couldn't move his legs, they felt immensely heavy. Then, in a fraction of second, the young woman changed her expression, she smiled, one of the most beautiful smile he had ever seen, even if you could still see melancholy in her pale eyes.

She looked at the child as she gently cupped her cheek in her right hand so the girl could stare at her "You know, I used to do this with my mum too, she was an artist and she used to paint autumn leaves because she knew that I loved this season" the little girl glanced at her with surprise, while Sasuke couldn't believe what he heard

'How can she share these things so easily? I mean yeah, her voice was so soft and sad, but still, she has to be quite tough…'.

The little kid as if reading in Sasuke's mind asked "H-how can you talk about h-her? H-how can you do these things again not t-thinking of h-her?" the woman's smile became wider and Sasuke couldn't stop looking at her 'What the hell is happening to me…'.

"It's not that I don't think of her, I think of her all the time, sometimes I miss her so much that I can't breathe, but I wouldn't stop doing these things, because I know she would love me to continue on doing things that we used to do together, things that somehow still connect us".

In the meantime everyone stopped talking while watching the two, all the children had melancholic looks. Then the green-eyed girl started smiling, it was a bright smile, then she hugged the woman who didn't expect this and seemed surprised "You are right! Thank you so much Hinata".

'Hinata…' Sasuke was repeating her name in his mind 'What a beautiful name…' his thoughts were interrupted when he felt someone's gaze on him.

He mentally shook his head trying to act calmly and introduce himself, but soon he met this pair of mesmerizing pearly grey eyes and his voice remained trapped in his throat.

"Hi, my name is Hinata Hyuuga, are you here for volunteering?" 'Return in yourself Sasuke Uchiha!' he put his normal expression on, trying with a small smile that was actually quite creepy, "Hi, I'm Sasuke, yes I saw the announcement in the canteen, do you still need help?" he didn't know why but she looked really happy 'Yes, someone arrived then!' she thought, "Ah, of course we're waiting for them to finish their drawings then we'll pass to the other activity" Sasuke nodded.

Why was that woman giving him a hard time just to think straightly? He looked at her she had a nice big purple jumper with a polar bear on it, saying "Alaska", a pair of black leggings and black boots, she was 'very… cute' Sasuke thought, not believing what was actually happening in his thoughts. Now that she turned to reach her friends he noticed her long silky hair that waved along with her movements. It was very dark, with shades of indigo that changed according to the light. He followed her to the group of people standing in one corner of the room.

"These are my friends Tenten" "Hey" the young girl said smiling "Ino" "Hi there" Ino waved smiling "And Kiba" Kiba grinned "Hey man" Sasuke smiled "Hi, I'm Sasuke, nice to meet you all". Hinata turned to face the boys and girls in the room "So who has finished?" and all of them said "Me, me, me" Hinata and the rest of the group giggled, Sasuke smiled, he definitely would have liked this when he was a child.

The morning passed quickly as the atmosphere was very joyful. After the first activity Hinata divided the children into 5 groups, one for each adult, who had to paint their faces. Sasuke had few problems when one of them asked for rainbows and unicorns, but he managed to complete the painting. They also sang and danced even though the man didn't participate to that, he was just in charge of putting the music on while looking at Kiba who was making strange poses.

'He reminds me of Naruto', a grin appearing on his lips.

Around noon they headed for the canteen. Hinata had been given the permission to use the kitchen so she was going to cook for everyone, helped by Sasuke and Tenten, while Kiba and Ino were looking after the kids trying to entertain them. An inviting smell of rice and curry filled the big room, Ino and Kiba were intent in serving the food as the cooks rested. When all the plates were full they started eating and everyone gasped and looked at Hinata "THIS IS DELICIOUS" "WOW" "Hinata your food is amazing". She blushed "Th-thank you".

Sasuke looked at her and then went to his food again and before filling his mouth said "This is good", Hinata smiled, her cheeks still pink.

At 4pm a bus arrived to pick the children up, they were all light-hearted, they thanked and waved, some of them hugged the adults, even Sasuke received a hug, from the boy who requested unicorns and rainbows, he was so surprised he nearly blushed.

The group of friends was now inside, cleaning up the mess, talking about the wonderful day. Hinata's eyes were bright, her face radiant.

It was already dark when they finally finished "Right, Hinata if you don't mind I'll walk Tenten to work" "Of course not Kiba, I can walk home alone, I'm a tough girl" she smiled, her friends chuckling as they left, Ino had already left before because she had to finish a floral composition for the shop.

The indigo haired woman was about to leave, she turned to Sasuke "Thank you for coming today, I'll-" "I can walk you home" Hinata stared at the man in front of her. 'Oh my… where was I looking all day to miss how handsome he is? I guess I was too intent to watch the children and to make everything perfect-'.

Her train of thoughts was interrupted "I guess you don't want me to" "Y-yes! I mean, no, I mean if you want to, if it's not a bother" red becoming to appear on her features.

'I'm so embarrassed and embarrassing' she thought while damning herself.

They walked in complete silence for a bit until Sasuke, who usually didn't like to begin a conversation, questioned "What course are you studying?" he didn't really know why he was breaking the silence or why he wanted to know those things about her, but he felt she might have been an interesting person.

"I study Wildlife Conservation, you?" she couldn't look in his eyes, his intense powerful onyx eyes.

"I study Biology and Biochemistry" the witch turned her face to his, surprised "Really? It must be beautiful". He gasped, how did she find biochemistry beautiful? "You like them?" her pale eyes lit up "Of course! Otherwise I couldn't really attend my course, even if we don't study biochemistry, unfortunately" she pouted a little then smiled again.

He was a bit amazed by the woman, of course there were women in his course, they were also very annoying, staring at him all the time during lectures, but all of them had the only purpose of success, they weren't studying those subjects because they liked them.

Hinata stopped in front of her house, trying to look up and face him, she smiled "Ah, I'm here, thank you very much for everything, I guess I'll see you around" Sasuke simply replied with a nod and "Bye", turning his face towards the road again, when he remembered he wanted to ask her something so he turned to see her, but the space in front of her door was empty.

'She's very quick and silent I have to admit' he proceeded to walk again.

Hinata's heart was pumping in her chest 'I wasn't feeling like this since middle school, what happened to me?' she was hiding in a bush of heather in her little front garden.

She had mutated into a cat.