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Hola!

Hey guys, did ya miss me?

I've just got back from Turkey, and let me tell you...it was HOT!

I felt like I was melting, and I don't even wear make-up. It was pure sweat! Gross? I don't care, THERE WAS A POOL!

I live in England, and the part that I'm from, there isn't many outdoor pools.

It was like opening a present on christmas, apart from the fact that it's the middle of the year and the pool wasn't covered in wrapping paper.

Oh well...

I know that later on in my story Hinata might seem too good to be true, but I just wanted a female that was equally as powerful as Naruto.

Hinata is slightly OOC, but as I've said, it needed to be done. Don't like it, don't read it. I'm not making you, so just keep the flames to yourself.

I do welcome constructive critisism however, so feel free to review.

In fact, review as soon as you've read this story. Let's face it guys; we all love getting reviews. They're like chocolates that don't make you fat.

I love chocolates.

I've just realised that I'm getting off the point. Before I can ramble anymore...

HERE IS CHAPTER 2!


The next morning Hinata woke up really early. She needed to pick some flowers from the garden, and she also wanted some time with her mother alone before Anko came.

Hinata felt sad as she went through her morning routine. Her mother had been dead for over a year now, dying while giving birth to Hanabi. Hinata had loved her mother; she was the only Hyuga that had ever shown Hinata kindness.

Hinata wondered why her mother wasn't discriminated due to her kind nature, for Hinata definately was. She was glad that she had inherited her mother's personality. Well...part of it. Hinata's mother was strong and confident, something Hinata hoped that she would one day become.

As she thought about all of the memories her and her mother shared, she made her way down to the garden. It didn't take long to arrange a nice bouquet, and after a lot of begging, she convinced the guards to let her walk to the cemetery alone.

It wasn't a long walk; only down the street, and Hinata wanted to be more independent.

When she arrived at the cemetery, she headed straight to the part of it that was reserved for the prestigious clans. She sat down at the small bench that was beside her mother's grave, and began to tell her mother all that had happened since her last visit.

In the back of her mind, Hinata hoped that where ever her mother was, she was listening.

After a while Hinata heard footsteps a short distance away from her. She turned to greet the newcomer, assuming it was Anko, but she was surprised to see a small boy about her age heading to a grave not far from her mother's.

He spotted Hinata not long after she had turned around. Saying no words, he walked past her, only indicating he saw he by the small nod of his.

Hinata realised that it was an Uchiha. She was confused; as far as she knew, the entire clan had been killed.

Obviously that wasn't the case. The lone boy that walked past her was the only survivor. She saw the look in his eyes and knew he would become an avenger. Revenge would consume him, and Hinata knew that nothing would stop him from achieving his goal.

That boy knows pain. She thought as she heard another pair of footsteps walk towards her. This time it was Anko who had walked up to her.

"Hey squirt" Anko greeted cautiously. She knew that Hinata would be grieving today, so she would have ot be more aware of what she was saying than normal.

"Anko-sensei" Hinata said softly back.

Anko looked to her side and saw the Uchiha kid staring at Hinata with a puzzled look on his face.

"Hinata" Anko whispered. "Lower your voice slightly; people could overhear us. I don't want anyone to find out that I'm training you 'cause I doubt your clan would be happy if word spread."

Hinata nodded her head to show that she understood.

"Alright squirt, I said I'd teach you how to meditate properly today." Anko sat on the ground with her legs crossed. Hinata followed her example and waited for Anko's instructions.

"This exercise, if done right, can help your chakra control. It also clears your mind and helps you focus on your surroundings better." Anko started. Hinata nodded her head and gestured for Anko to begin.

She started by showing Hinata how to breath in and out properly. Then she explained how to find her center and her chakra flow. Hinata grasped meditation quickly, not surprising Anko at all. About half an hour later, Anko decided to move on.

"We'll do something different now. I'd recommend meditating at least twice a day. It is a really good way to sharpen your senses and clear your mind. Now, what do you want to do?" Anko asked Hinata.

Hinata thought for a while before suddenly she got an idea. "I want to learn about summons." She told Anko.

Anko looked startled at first, but she quickly masked that into smirk. "I see you were listening to my conversation with that doctor." She commented.

Hinata turned a light shade of pink. "I'm sorry Anko-sensei."

"What are you sorry for? Ninjas are supposed to be good at gathering information, by any means neccessary. Earwiging is something that all the best ninjas do." She reasurred Hinata, seeing as the girl had turned bright red from what Anko assumed was embarrassment.

To her relief, Hinata's skin quickly went back to its original colour. "Really?" Hinata asked in disbelief.

"Yep" Anko said. "Anyway, you want to learn about summons?" She asked for clarification.

Hinata nodded and sat attentively, waiting for Anko to begin.

"Well...a summon is something that a ninja, as the name states, summons to help them in certain situations. They are generally some type of animal, although there are times when that's not the case." When Anko saw that Hinata was keeping up with her, she continued.

"Before an animal summoning can be performed, a prospective summoner must first sign a contract with a given species. The contact comes in the form of a scroll, on which the contractor uses their own blood to sign their name and their fingertips."

Once again Anko checked to see if Hinata was still with her before carrying on.

"After this, the summoner needs only to offer a small donation of their blood on the hand they signed the contract with and mould their chakra into said hand. The amount of chakra used determines how powerful the summoned creature can be."

She finished her rather long speech and watched as Hinata processed all of that information.

"But how can I have a summon's blood running through my body?" Hinata asked.

Anko wanted to know the same thing, although technically the blood was similar, not actually the same as that of a summon's. "I honestly don't know." She replied. Hinata frowned at this, so Anko tried to cheer her up.

"See, I told you that you're special." She said to her.

Hinata disagreed. She didn't think she was special; more like some complicated jigsaw puzzle that didn't seem to have any solution. There were so many things about Hinata that didn't make sense, but Hinata was determined uncover the truth about herself.

They were both stuck in their own thoughts when Anko suddenly jumped up. "I almost forgot; I've got to meet the Hokage soon!" She shouted.

"Okay, I guess I'll see you tomorrow sensei." Hinata replied.

Anko would feel bad if she just left, so she offered to walk Hinata home. The small Hyuga declined, stating that she was going to stay for a while longer and then go for a walk around the village.

"Okay squirt, see you tomorrow!" With that Anko disappeared in a puff of smoke.

True to her word, Hinata stayed for a few more hours before heading towards the shops where she would buy her materials. It didn't take long to get all she needed, and she decided that it was time to go home.

At the gates she was greeted by the sight of indifferent guards. Walking past them, into the compound, she planned on going straight to her bedroom to try out some excersises. However, that didn't happen.

As soon as she made it into her bedroom, a maid informed her that dinner was ready. Hinata dumped the contents of today's escapade under her bed, and freshened up before heading to the dinning room.

When she got down there, she sat at the table without saying a word. Her father regarded her with a silent nod; like always, he was too egotistic to say an actually greeting in fear that someone would write him off as 'emotional'. Yes, the Hyuga clan were known for being unbelievably paranoid and their vastly over use of hyperboles.

Not once throughout dinner did someone try to initiate a conversation. In fact, no one even tried to initiate eye contact. They didn't raise their heads once the whole time.

Hinata hurried to finish her dinner and then left the table after asking to be excused. It was the same routine day after day. Hinata read in a book once that children like routines, yeah right. It was the complete opposite, or at least for Hinata it was. Maybe that was because Hinata's idea of a routine consisted of eating, sleeping and obeying her father's commands, so it was possible that her opinions were a little biased.

Nevertheless, Hinata decided that routines were something that she most likely would never grow to love, unless it included something fun like training with Anko that is.

When she got to her bedroom, Hinata went through the motions of getting ready for bed. Tonight she had decided to brush her teeth and wash up before getting her pajamas on, tomorrow she would get her pajamas on first. As previously mentioned, Hinata Hyuga did not like routines.

She sat on her bed once she had gotten into her night clothes and pulled out the materials that she had bought today. Hinata had bought some string which she would try to cut using her fingers. She had originally wanted to buy a fish to practise her medical ninjutsu, but she had decided against it due to the fact that the fish would be easily spotted by some member of her extended family.

At first she was sad that she couldn't practise that particular exercise, but she cheered up when she found out that the string exercise would really help with her chakra contol.

The task itself wasn't that difficult, it was the gathering and balancing of chakra that proved a challenge. Once she had that part down, cutting the string was a piece of cake.

She practised until she could feel her eyelids drooping. Trying to ward off sleep, and failing miserably, Hinata sighed but eventually stopped her pointless fight against exhaustion. She layed down in her bed and closed her eyes. It didn't take long for the little Hyuga to succumb to the place in her mind reserved for dreams...and sometimes nightmares.


Hinata woke with a start. Covered in sweat from head to toe, she tried to even out her breathing. Yellow snake like eyes haunted her dreams last night. The eyes stared at her like she was their prey, daring her to make even the slightest movement. Hinata didn't know what they meant, but she did know that they were the eyes of a predator; a cold blooded killer.

Looking at the small clock that hung from her wall, Hinata noted that it was already past the time that she usually awoke at. Scrambling out of bed, Hinata hurriedly showered and dressed in half her normal time. She didn't want to be late to meet Anko; she didn't want to waste the time she had in Anko's company, or her precious training.

The little Hyuga picked up the scroll that the doctor gave her; she had memorised it and wanted to ask the doctor for another in return for this one.

Hinata was eager today, and the guards couldn't figure out why. She was only going to the playground, somewhere she had been plenty of times before.

Of course, they didn't question her. They weren't supposed to pry, it wasn't what their role was. Serve and obey. That was their job. They couldn't speak unless spoken to; the main household had too much power over them. It was something that every branch member had in common. The caged bird seal.

Hinata had seen it before, even saw it in action, but she still couldn't understand why the main household would put such a mark on their own family. Her uncle, her father's own brother was branded with that mark. Hinata thought it unfair and selfish of the main household.

She would never tell her father that though, for he would definately get angry.

Hinata saw the playground in the distance and told the guards that they were free to go. They left without a single word. Hinata felt bad, she didn't like ordering people about, but her father had drilled it into her that the branch were not people; meerly lifeless servants who unwillingly devoted their lifes to protecting the clan.

Hinata hated the rules. They would be one of the first things she changed as clan head. That was if she wasn't stripped of her title first.

Anko saw Hinata as soon as the small girl entered the playground. She looked deep in thought so Anko waited until the Hyuga spotted her.

It took a while, but eventually Hinata headed towards her.

"Hey squirt, you ready for some tough training?" Anko asked. She could see how eager Hinata was so she cut straight to the chase.

"Yes sensei!" Hinata replied.

"That's what I like to hear." Anko said while getting some leg weights out of her small bag of supplies.

Anko handed them to the small girl and waited for her reaction. Hinata didn't know what the objects in her hands were, having never seen them before, so she looked up at Anko curiously.

"What are these sensei?" She asked.

Anko wasn't surprised that Hinata had never seen leg weights before. The Hyuga clan weren't known to use them; normally they were adamant that their taijutsu was enough, and that they didn't need such 'petty' objects to help them get stronger.

"They are leg weights." Anko told Hinata. "You put them on and in time they help strengthen your leg muscles, which ultimately increases your speed." She explained.

Hinata's eyes went wide at this. "Really? I'll be able to run as fast as you?" She asked in awe.

"In time you will squirt." Anko promised.

Hinata wanted to jump for joy, and she did. "Thank you sensei!" She exclaimed. It was the nicest thing anybody had ever done for her and Hinata couldn't help put feel happy.

Anko was pleased by Hinata's reaction and she chuckled when she saw Hinata once again look puzzled. "Need help?" She asked.

Hinata nodded her head and sat down, waiting for Anko to show her how to put the leg weights on.

"These are the lightest ones. Over time I'll give you new ones that will increase in weight each time." Anko told her.

Hinata nodded but then noticed something. "Why do you not where leg weights Anko-sensei?" She asked.

Anko shouldn't have been surprised at how observing the small girl was, after all, she seemed good at everything else. "Well...leg weights generally work better if you start off at an early age. I unfortunately didn't, so they don't work as well on me. I use something called a gravity seal." She told Hinata.

"Gravity seal?"

"Yeah, it's a seal that you draw on your body. It works the same as leg weights, only the seal is stronger. You can adjust the weight in which the seal puts on your body. It can also be taken off and putten back on at will." Anko explained.

She saw the look in Hinata's eyes and immediately knew what the child was about to say. "When you're old enough and your body is able to take the strain of the seal, I'll show you how to draw it." She said before Hinata could ask.

Hinata nodded and stood up. She could already feel her legs burning, but she forced herself to ignore it.

"Come on then squirt. We have a lot to get through today." With that Anko began walking into the forest. Because they were running at a speed suitable for Hinata, it took them longer than usual to get to their destination.

When they arrived, Anko opened up her small bag of supplies and brought out some shuriken and kunai. She handed them to Hinata, who stood attentively, waiting for further instructions.

"Alright squirt, your aim on still targets is really impressive, so I want you to practise on moving targets this time." Anko said while attaching a target to a big boulder.

"I'm going to roll the bolder forwards and backwards, and I want you to try and hit the target as many times as you can."

Hinata nodded and got into the stance that Anko had taught her. It was different to that of the Hyuga style. More loose and free flowing; it allowed her to use her superior agility and flexibility to the maximum of her capabilities. She liked it, it suited her.

As soon as Anko pushed the bolder, Hinata focused. She tried to time her throw just right, and when she let go of the shuriken, it hit the target. But it wasn't bullseye. Hinata frowned. What did she do wrong?

"That was good for your first try." Anko commented. "Find your centre like we did in meditation, it'll help your focus and aim." She instructed.

Hinata did that. She closed her eyes and looked for her center. It didn't take long, she had almost mastered it with Anko yesterday. As she heard the bolder moving again, Hinata opened her eyes.

Focusing on the target, Hinata suddenly knew what Anko meant. Not only was her focus better, all of her sense had been heightened slightly. With that in mind, she extended her arm and released the shuriken. It flew through the air with such speed that Hinata wondered if she had truly threw it. She watched as it was centimetres away from the target. Closer. Closer...

Bullseye!

Anko whistled in appreciation. "Wow squirt, you learn fast." She praised. "Try it with a kunai this time."

Hinata did, making sure to remain aware of her centre the entire time.

Bullseye!

Bullseye!

Bullseye!

It kept up like this. Hinata didn't miss target once in all of her attempts and she was practically screaming for joy inside as she continued the exercise.

After practising for about an hour, Anko decided that Hinata had gotten enough target practise for today.

"Alright squirt, now we're gonna work on your chakra control." She told the Hyuga heiress.

Hinata squealed; this was something that she really wanted to learn.

Anko explained the basics, most of which Hinata already knew, before showing her how to focus chakra to different parts of her body.

Once Anko felt confident that Hinata could focus her chakra to her feet, she made the child climb a tree.

Hinata took a while the first time but eventually she managed it. By the time she had gotten back down, considering the fact that she also had leg weights on, she was exhausted.

Anko knew that Hinata was worn out, but she insisted on her climbing the tree again. Hinata obeyed her sensei because she knew all of this would pay off in the run.

Hinata didn't take as long this time, although by the time she got back down, she looked like she was about to drop dead.

Anko noticed the time and saw that Hinata was due back at the playground soon. "Okay squirt, one final exercise." Hinata looked at Anko, her eyes filled with fear, but she relaxed when she realised that the 'exercise' was just running back to the playground.

Once they arrived at the playground, Anko turned to Hinata. "I want you to practise that exercise. By Saturday I want you to be able to climb a tree with ease."

Hinata's eyes widened. She could barely climb the tree, never mind climbing it with ease. Anko was officially crazy; nevertheless, Hinata agreed due to the fact that she didn't want to dissapoint her sensei.

Anko noticed Hinata's expression. "Don't worry, we've still got another lesson before Saturday." Anko reasurred the small girl.

Hinata breathed a sigh of relief.

They both said their goodbyes and Anko disappeared in puff of smoke.

The guards showed up soon after to bring Hinata home. Once again, she went through the same boring routine that evening: dinner, bath, bed. Well...the last one wasn't quite accurate. Although Hinata was in bed, she didn't go to sleep right away. She spent hours studying before sleep overtook her.

The last thought she had was begging the nightmares to stay away; she didn't want a repeat of last night. Those creey yellow eyes had been permanently carved into her brain.

Hinata woke up confused. It seemed that lately her dreams either consisted of scary eyes or dragons, the latter being the one that accompanied her to dreamland last night.

She didn't put much thought into her unusual dreams though; there were more pressing matter. One of them being the fact that she had to get ready for her day with Anko.

Getting a shower, and wearing suitable clothes under her kimono, Hinata looked at herself in the mirror. She scrutinised her eyes for a while. There was just something about them that seemed different to the rest of the Hyugas.

Although lavender was the most prominant colour, it was not the only one. Many different colours littered the edge of Hinata's eyes, too many that Hinata couldn't count them all. They were faint, barely there and they weren't noticable at a distance. People had to squint to see the colours; that was why Hinata herself was the only one who knew about them.

She didn't know why they were there, but she did know that revealing her mysterious eyes would just cause her more trouble. Therefore, Hinata tried to avoid eye contact. It wasn't hard, considering that the small Hyuga was painfully shy, although she was slowly being taught by Anko how to overcome that.

Speaking of Anko, Hinata wondered how the crazy women expected her to climb a tree with ease. Hinata was five years old for crying out loud! She had suspected that her sensei was crazy. This just confimed it. Regardless, Hinata was going to train until she was just about dropping dead from exhaustion; she was NOT going to let her first ever sensei, and first ever friend, down.

With that resolve fresh in her head, Hinata hurriedly walked to the entrance where the guards were patiently (or impatiently, she couldn't tell) waiting for her to arrive.

When they spotted her, they began their departure, knowing that the small heiress would run to catch up.

It didn't take long to get to the playground, and as always, Anko was waiting in the shadows. Hinata had realised that she had unconsiously contradicted herself. What she was doing right down had started to become a routine. Hinata frowned; she had said that she would never grow to like routines. However, Hinata found that not only liked this routine, but she enjoyed it aswell. Yes, miracles can happen.

The guards left as soon as Hinata placed a foot into the playground, unknowingly leaving the small heiress to the company of her unofficial sensei.

"Hey squirt!" Anko greeted enthusiastically. She was really starting to grow fond of the small Hyuga.

"Hello sensei." Hinata greeted back.

As they began to walk into the forest, Anko told Hinata the plan for today's session. "Okay squirt, we're going to start off with target practise, then I'm going to show you how to handle a sword, and finally we're going to practise the tree climbing exercise."

Hinata nodded her head, but inwardly winced at the last thing on the list. She could still feel her muscles screaming, even after a good nights sleep they were still unbelievably sore.

While Hinata was remembering that dreaded exercise, Anko was thinking about how quickly the Hyuga had managed to climb the tree.

Even I took a few lesson to learn it, and my lessons lasted a lot longer than a few hours. Hinata managed to climb a tree within the hour of me showing her how to. How her father hasn't noticed her talent is beyond me... Anko thought as they arrived at their destination.

Anko immediately got Hinata aiming at various things that she threw into the air. Hinata's aim was almost perfect, even with the moving targets. Anko didn't even think that the girl was trying anymore.

Jeez...when she gets something, she really gets it. Anko observed. Ever since she had told Hinata that finding her centre would help with aim, Hinata hadn't missed once.

Knowing that Hinata had mastered the shuriken and kunai, Anko moved onto the sword.

She started out by explaining the differences between her current weapon, and she weapons she had previously learnt how to wield.

"The main difference is that it is bigger. There is also the fact that swords generally tend to stay in contact with the wielder at all times, whereas shuriken are made for throwing, and kunai can be used for either." Anko explained. Hinata nodded, taking all of this new information in.

Anko then proceeded to show her how to hold the sword, and some basic moves that could be affectively executed with said weapon.

They didn't spend much time on the sword, due to the fact that Anko wanted Hinata to practise climbing some trees. Hinata groaned but began to focus her chakra as her sensei instructed. She knew that all this hard work would pay off, so she promised herself to simply persevere through all of the pain. Besides, she had been in worse health before. Courtesy of her father, of couse.

She had just managed to climb the tree twice in forty five minutes, and she was offically worn out. Collapsing onto the forest floor, Hinata felt something in her pocket. Curious to know what it was, she took the object out of her pocket, only to find that it was the scrool she had forgotten to give to the doctor yesterday.

"Anko-sensei?" Hinata asked.

"Hmmm?" Anko replied.

Hinata shuffled before glancing at the scroll again. "Is it possible that we cut this lesson short? I need to return the scroll that the nice doctor gave me." She explained.

"Yeah, of course." Anko told her. "Come on, I'll walk you." She offered and got up without waiting for a reply.

Hinata followed suit, and it didn't take long for them to get to the hospital. She was definately impoving her speed with constantly wearing those leg weights.

As they walked into the hospital, they noticed the Hokage and the doctor that Hinata met the other day speaking. The Hokage was the first to notice them, and he greeted both with a friendly smile.

"Hello Anko, Hinata, what brings you two here?" The Hokage asked in his welcoming voice.

"Hinata just wanted to return the scroll that she lent from the doctor next to you the other day." Anko explained. Hinata nodded, confirming Anko's words.

She shyly walked up to the doctor with the scroll in her hands.

"Thank you for letting me borrow your scroll doctor-sama." Hinata said as she handed said object back.

The doctor chuckled warmly and then placed a hand on the small girl's shoulder. "You're welcome, Hinata. But please, call me Rahishi-sensei."

Hinata looked back and forth between the Hokage, Anko and apparently her new sensei. Anko looked just as confused as she was, until a look of understanding made its way onto her features. The other two just looked as wise and as friendly as ever.

Deciding to take pity on her, Rahishi-sensei started to explain. "The Hokage has asked me to train you in medical ninjutsu. He says that he has been informed about your talent and interest in that particular field. Seeing that interest myself, I've agreed to teach you once a week until further notice."

Hinata smiled at this. She would be learning how to heal herself properly, not just plants.

"However" The Hokage started. "We don't know how we are going to keep this from your father." He said.

"Just tell him that you are teaching her certain duties for when she becomes heir. Kind of like work experience. The kid has a photographic memory; she could easily fit one day of your teachings into a couple of hours, and spend the rest learning medical ninjutsu with the doctor dude." Anko said.

Despite being annoyed at how Anko had addressed Rahishi, appart from Hinata, they all had to admit that it was a good idea.

"Okay, I will inform Hiashi tomorrow. We shall do these teachings on a Thursday. Hinata will be escorted to my office at 8:00am and then get picked up by Rahishi after we have had lunch at 12:30pm." The Hokage announced.

Everyone agreed and then Hinata and Anko made their way back to the playground; the guards were due soon.

Hinata spent the rest of the day rest of the going through that endless routine that she called her life; eat dinner with father, don't speak a word to father, be dismissed by father, go to her bedroom, study for a while, bed...you get the point.


Dragons, snake eyes, dragons, snake eyes. Hinata was seriously worried about her mental health. Was it normal for a five year old to have reacurring nightmares about creepy eyes, and contentful dreams about mystical dragons? She didn't know.

Getting out of bed, Hinata got ready for the day ahead. She was excited; not only would she be learning medical ninjutsu, but she would also be having lessons from the Hokage.

Speaking of the Hokage, Hinata was surprised to hear his voice coming from her fathers office as she passed by.

"Thank you Hyuga-sama. Hinata and I will be leaving now." As the Hokage said this, he walked out of the office.

Catching sight of Hinata, he greeted her and told her of the plans as if she didn't know. "Ah, Hinata-chan, I will be taking you to my office so that I can teach you some of the things you will be expected to know as head of the clan." He told her.

Hinata nodded and allowed herself to be led out of the Hyuga compound.

"What are we going to be learning today, old man?" Hinata asked before realising what she had just said.

She gasped loudly and then apologised for her rude behaviour.

The Hokage chuckled slightly and then smiled at the small girl. "It's quite alright." He said. "I can't blame you; youngsters are easily influenced by those around them." He told her. Although he didn't say it, they both knew that he was refering to Anko.

Hinata giggled. "Anko-sensei says that I've got something called an 'Inner Anko'" She said.

The Hokage nodded at this. "Let's hope that you learn how to tame that 'Inner Anko'" He said but still couldn't help laughing. "I really don't mind if you call me old man though, sometimes I get bored at the constant 'Hokage-sama'.

Hinata nodded. She liked the fact that someone other than Anko-sensei and Rahishi-sensei seemed to like her enough to allowed her to call them 'special names'. A special name, to Hinata, was a name that made her feel something along the lines of happiness. Sensei and old man...Although they were completely different, Hinata couldn't help but feel joy when speaking them.

The two of them walking in silence for a while, Hinata still exstatic about the Hokage's newly aquired name.

"We're here." Hinata was brought out of her thoughts when they reached a huge building. It was easily the biggest in the village, and Hinata wondered why she had never noticed it before.

"I-it's so big!" Hinata marveled. She inwardly frowned as the god forsaken stutter made an appearance.

"So it is." The Hokage said before leading her inside.

If I didn't stop there, I fear it would have never ended.

I have just realised that the Uchiha massacre didn't happen until later on in the original story. Sorry about that, but I'm not re-writing this entire chapter due to that little fact. Let's just pretend that it happened when they were five.

Apart from that, what do you think?

I'm really excited for when Hinata becomes a genin. I'm planning on following the original, but with a few changes of course. The primary one will be that Hinata is the main character (obviously) and it will focus less on missions and more on the actual growth of Hinata.

I'm also planning on having some joint Team 7/Team 8 missions. I'm thinking about having Hinata and Sasuke form some kind of strange relationship (not a romantic one though). I think that it would be a really good sub-plot.

I don't think that this will be a romance, maybe some flirting between some of the characters, but as I've said, this story is very different to my previous one. WHICH I AM NOT ABANDONING!

Since I've explained all I need to, I guess it's time to say goodbye.

Oh, one more thing; I'm thinking of writing a Kane Chronicles and a Naruto crossover so I wanted to know who you guys think Hinata should be paired with. Naruto or Sasuke? Let me know and I'll go with the majority. That's if anyone actually can be bothered to review.

I really like the 'Seeya later alligators' ending. My mam said it to me the other week and it brought back memories from when I said it as a kid.

It's probably going to be my trademark goodbye from now on.

Okay, I really have got to go now. Review, review, review...

Seeya later alligators!