Chapter two. Maybe I should have mentioned in the first chapter that there would be a lot of Oc's but, whatever, we're past that right? Anyway, I present chapter two and hope you enjoy it.

I do not own Naruto…

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Her parents, sitting on her bed calmly. They both looked so unchanged, so perfectly like she remembered. Her father's kind eyes and a small warm smile, and her mother and her deep brown eyes full of love. Haruko didn't know what to do. Her mind was frozen and racing at the same time. She was short circuiting with absolutely no idea what to do. Yukiko stood beside her, confused with his mouth in a thin line and his eye brows furrowed. He hadn't known her parents well before they died…They died, but were sitting there now. How could that be?

Her ninja instincts kicked in and she quickly grabbed two kunai from her pouch and threw it at the invaders. Once it left her hand she moved to activate her kekkei genkei, searching for the chakra used to make this genjutsu. Her left eye blazed with the byackugan, and her hands lifted to form the seal that would break the illusion. But as her eyes scanned the room and all around them, she found nothing.

Her hands fell to her side, and she deactivated her byackugan. She stepped back until she hit the wall, and let out a loud sigh. After all these years she hadn't broken down when Lee had spun fantastical stories about her parents, or when the Hyuga elders taunted her with harsh words about her parents cowardice and uselessness, how she had inherited it from them. But now with her parents here, it was like staring into a photograph, and it was breaking her. Either everything she knew was a lie or this was a trick.

"What is going on?" Yukiko stepped up, moving and standing in front of Haruko with his arm out to protect her. "Who are you people?"

"Haruko's parents." Her mother said standing and walking towards them.

"Stop right there," Haruko said. "This is a trick. Leave before we kill you."

Haruko pulled out another kunai and a few other weapons. Yukiko unsheathed his katana and held it out in front of him. Haruko moved up to stand next to Yukiko, their shoulders nearly touching. Both were ready but did not move.

"Haruko, I know this may be a lot to take in-" her mother began but Haruko cut her off.

"No it's not. This is a trick. I may only have one Byackugan, but I can see that."

"Haruko, let me explain. We've come all this way."

"No," Haruko hissed "I'm not a fool! And we are not weak, do not underestimate our intelligence."

"Just tell us why you're here." Yukiko added, quietly

"We've come to take Haruko home with us."

"She's not going anywhere with you," Yukiko moved in front of Haruko again, his eyes narrowing.

"That is not your decision," Neji finally spoke, standing up from his spot on the bed and moving to stand beside Tenten.

"I said you won't be taking her anywhere and I'm not about to go back on my word!" Yukiko said, his grip on his katana tightening.

He moved quickly, stepping away from Haruko and clashing weapons with Neji. Haruko did not hesitate and whiped her kunai out to fight with her 'mother'. The pair fought at separate sides of the room, jumping over the bed and bumping into the cabinets. No one spoke or made any kind of verbal sounds, all you could hear was the clanging of the metal objects and light footsteps. Haruko kept glancing over at Yukiko as he spared with the man that looked liked the memory of her father, but her attention was quickly switched to the woman she was fighting with. She heard a heavy thud and a painful moan, and her eyes snapped over to Yukiko's figure slumping to the ground.

She twisted her body to stand in front of her teammate. Haruko flipped the katana lying on the ground with her foot, catching it skillfully in the air and holding it out in front of her. Neji and Tenten stood in before her, wielding weapons of their own and staring straight at her. Haruko stared back at them, tracing the lines of their faces with her eyes and going through every memory to find some kind of imperfection that would explain their appearance. Explain what she was seeing.

"Haruko, please just listen to us," Tenten said. "We've come such a long way to see you again."

"Why did you leave me in the first place?" Haruko found herself asking, the words tumbling from her lips before she could think clearly.

"To protect you," Neji said.

"Protect me from what? You sure didn't protect me from the elder, or the main branch."

"Did they curse you?" Neji asked harshly, dropping his weapon and coming over to Haruko.

She lifted the katana between them with white knuckles, preventing him from coming closer. Her eyes were burning, threatening a shower of tears if she continued.

"Of course they did! You think they would allow a bastard child coming from a nameless clan with half of the Hyuga bloodline to live with the main branch children of the Hokage?"

"Haruko,"

She shut her eyes, trying her hardest to keep the tears at bay. But her head hurt, her heart hurt, and her mind was being flooded by memories she had tried to erase for ten years(1). Haruko tried to keep the katana held high, but it was too heavy, and it fell to the floor with a loud clang. Sobs wracked her body as small whimpers escaped her lips. A pair of warm arms wrapped around her, and she flinched. Her eyes snapped open and she stared into the face of her father.

"I'm so sorry Haruko. I never wanted this to happen. I swore I would never leave you alone, I didn't want you to grow up without a father like I did." He whispered "I didn't want you to go through life with resentment for the main branch, or to live with such a terrible curse. But I failed you, and for that I am forever sorry."

She relaxed, taking a breath and calming herself. Her eyes snapped opened again and she pushed him away, remembering that this had to be a trick. This was not real. There was no way that she was actually in the presence of her parents. Haruko's foot caught on Yukiko's leg and she fell over, landing on her bottom with her legs draped over Yukiko. Tenten rushed over to her, and took Haruko's face in her hands.

"You're alright, just take a deep breath." She cooed

Haruko let out a cry. When she was young and hurt herself somehow, her mother reacted in this exact way. Tenten wiped the tears away from Haruko's cheek with her thumb. She smiled and pulled Haruko into a hug, swaying back and forth slightly as Haruko clutched tightly to Tenten's shirt.

"Oba-san!"

"It's alright, Haruko. It's alright."

After a few minutes, Haruko pulled away. She wiped the rest of her tears away and sighed. Tenten watched her with a happy little smile, her hands on her knees and head tilted to the slightly to the side. Haruko lifted her legs over Yukiko and scooted over to kneel beside him.

"I'm sorry; I don't usually act like this." She said calmly, looking over Yukiko to make sure he was okay.

"You don't have anything to apologize for," Neji said.

Haruko nudged Yukiko's shoulder, saying his name quietly. She saw his eye brows move together and his eye lids start to move and she stilled. His eyes opened and he looked straight at her, eyes unwavering and calm. Haruko felt heat rise to her cheeks with this, and quickly sat back. He sat up too, and immediately stiffened at the sight of Neji and Tenten. He hopped to his feet and kneeled in front of Haruko in a protective stance, a growl tumbling from his lips.

"Stay behind me Haruko," he said

She pushed him over, smirking at his attitude and calmly recapping what had happened. "They are going to explain."

"Isn't that what I said in the beginning, and you went and flipped out!" he threw his hands in the air, puffing out his cheeks childishly.

"Yukiko, I'm the pessimist here, so just shut up." Haruko added, crossing her arms and setting his chin defiantly.

"Haruko! You mustn't say those things! Your youth will vanish, and we can't have that. It must burn forever!" he put his hands on his hips, and moved his head that way lee would when he was encouraging them with one of his speeches.

"Yukiko," her smirk widened as she tried to keep from laughing. "Let's go outside, we'll wake everyone up with this talk."

Quietly all four of them walked through the Hyuga halls and out into the night air. By the gate, Kana sat patiently, his ears twitching every now and then as he waited for them to reach him. Yukiko bent down and scratched his ear quickly before standing and stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"Thanks for waiting Kana," he said.

"What a cute name," Tenten smiled

"Tenten, focus we came here for a reason." Neji said putting his arm around her shoulder and pulling her tight.

Haruko tensed, sensing that whatever they would say was not going to be good. The way they were standing made her think that they were bracing themselves against some kind of strong wind. She looked down at her feet, fiddled with her hands for a moment before placing her hands in her pockets like Yukiko.

"Whatever you have to say, just say it," She whispered.

"You are living with our murders."

Her head snapped up so quick that Yukiko was afraid she had given herself some kind of whiplash. He nearly jumped and his hair on the back of his neck was standing on edge just like hers.

"The elders sent assassins after us when we left on the mission." Neji said "They thought we were dead and left us. We came to and managed to make it to a remote village near the village of Tea."

"You'd love it, Haruko. All those pretty flowers!" Tenten laughed, lifting Haruko's spirits a bit.

"Tenten," Neji sighed "We came to make sure you were safe. We see now that they only sealed you, and I assume you have come under no harm since then, right?"

"Right," Haruko answered.

"That's not true!" Yukiko cut in, "They've hurt you plenty of times, and that damned Masaru-san-"

"Yukiko, now is really not the time." Haruko interrupted.

"What have they done?"

Both Neji and Tenten broke from their embrace and stood closely in front of Haruko. Each took one of her arms and began to poke and prod her asking where she was hurt. Haruko pulled her arms away and puffed with anger.

"I am fine! I have lived with them for years now and am capable of handling any sort of injury I may get. Please, I am not a child; you do not need to exam me every minute to make sure I am alright."

"You are very right, Haruko. I apologize for both of us." Neji said, smirking.

"Oh Neji, she is so much like you." Tenten whispered "She even looks like you. Look, if her hair was down I'm sure she'd be your clone."

"Actually, Haruko gets that more than you would think." Yukiko said " She's probably the biggest tomboy ever."

"Yukiko," Haruko elbowed him in the side

"Haruko, this is important." Tenten said, breaking out of her nostalgic moment. "You may be in danger living with the Hyugas, and you may not be. We can't make you leave this village so suddenly, and can't force you into any unneeded danger. So please be careful, and we may not be able to see you for a long time."

"What?" Haruko gaped "I thought you were dead for most of my life and now you turn up to tell me that I may or may not be in danger just to leave again?"

"We're sorry, there is no other way." Neji said "Everyone thinks we are dead, and you can't become a missing ninja when you're just a Genin, you wouldn't last a minute against the trackers."

"I'm a chuniin, and so is my team." Haruko said "And the exams are a bit tougher than your days here Otto-san."

"Haruko!" Tenten said "We're sorry; we have no reason to take you with us."

Haruko looked down at her feet, and scraped them in the dirt. "Alright, I understand."

"That's my girl," Tenten said taking Haruko and pulling her into a tight hug. "Be careful, little fish."

Haruko laughed quietly, remembering the name her mother used when she was young. "Yes, I will."

She hugged her father and watched as the two walked off, Yukiko standing next to her.

"She does look like me, doesn't she," she thought she heard her father say, followed by a giggle from her mother before the two disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"I'm sorry, Haruko." Yukiko said, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"You don't have to be. I've had a chance to know my parents, while you haven't really even had a stable home with your mother. I should have told you to go home instead of letting you some with me."

"Yeah, but seeing you happy makes me happy." He said, making her blush "And you know I can't let you go into some dangerous house with mysterious figure lurking in the dark."

"Speaking of a dangerous house, I should probably head off." Haruko said.

"Nah, you heard your mom, you gotta be careful. You can stay over; we can have a sleep over!"

Yukiko grabbed her hand and pulled her off in the direction of his house, which wasn't that far away. Kana followed behind, barking quietly as he went. Haruko continued to protest until they reached the door to his house. He fumbled in his pocket with his one free hand until he found the key. He open the door and ushered her in first, letting Kana in and closing the door. The hose was empty, silent and dark just like it always was when Haruko came over. She followed him upstairs and into his room, trying to hide a yawn when her eyes caught sight of Yukiko's soft bed.

"I'll take to floor," Yukiko said, going over to one of his chests to pull out a few blankets and a pillow.

"No, I will. This is your bed." Haruko said, going over and taking the pillow from him.

"Sorry, no. You're the guest, you get the bed." He smiled that toothy smile. "Oh, and you'll need something to wear."

"Well I'm not getting the bed and you're not getting the floor, so we'll have to share."

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End of chapter. I hoped you liked it, and please review!

I love every single thing I get from you readers and I really appreciate when you take the time to review. Also sorry for the lateness of the chapter, I was planning to have it out earlier, but school got in the way. Anyway, please review and have a nice day…