Hi, it's me again with another chapter of Small Changes, Big Differences. I hope you like this one
Small Changes, Big Differences
Two ANBU were in the Hokage's office, with one knee down each, with their hands on the floor. Both ANBU were noticeably short, but one was obviously shorter than the other. They each wore the standard ANBU uniform, with black shinobi sandals and wore a black cloak with red trimmings over it. Though their masks were very different. The shortest ANBU had a fox mask and the slightly taller one had a weasel mask.
They were the best shinobi in ANBU.
They were the only team that had only two members and they were the best team.
Their ranks were the highest next to ANBU-Taicho but together they could easily take him.
They were ANBU Fox and ANBU Weasel.
The Hokage looked at them with emotionless eyes, the eyes of a commander, but inside he was feeling guilty and was filled with sorrow and regret.
'So young, yet so strong, but only to be emotionless killers' he thought sadly.
He mentally shook his head and looked down at the sheet in front of him and frowned.
For any normal person, this could be a suicide mission.
But then again, who in this world is normal?
"Fox, Weasel, your mission is to go to Kumo and retrieve the Hyuuga heiress, Hyuuga Hinata. She has been captured by the Kumo representatives that came here to discuss a treaty. Turns out, they just wanted to get a Byakugan user. Five A class Kumo nin will be with her and there will no doubt be more are the border waiting for them. It is super important that you get her back. The Hyuuga clan belongs in Konoha. Not Kumo. Now go, I expect the mission to be a success"he said.
At his command, the two ANBU disappeared in a flicker.
2 weeks later...
A dark haired four year old was asleep in a bed, in an inn in the town Tanzaku town. Two figures not that bigger than her, one with red hair and the other with black hair, were laying on the bed opposite her, not asleep but talking quietly.
"They were going to use her as a breeding factory for more Byakugan babies. She's only four and they were preparing her for that" the small red head said, laying on her side facing the older boy.
"That's bad, but at least she would have a good life until she's sixteen and has to just have sexual intercourse with people, but you are 7 and an ANBU, you could be brutally raped at any time by a stranger and so could I if anyone has a weird fetish like that" the dark haired boy said with an unseen frown on his face.
The girl smile gently and moved closer to the boy, so close, that he was able to see her sad yet beautiful blue eyes.
"But, we're ANBU, we were trained to deal with that, and we chose this life, while she didn't. We can endure the pain, but she can't"
She moved closer, burying her head in his chest as he wrapped his arms around her.
"We chose this life Itachi-kun. We chose it" Naru said her voice muffled and emotion laced.
Itachi held her closer and let her cry a bit. He didn't scold her even though they were still on a mission, because this showed that she was human and the ANBU program didn't truly take away her emotion. He also didn't do it because it showed he was human as well, and that he still had emotions because if he didn't why would he cry as well?
3 days later…..
Two figures were running at top speed with the tallest carrying a small dark-blue haired girl who was amazed at these shinobi.
'They're so fast' she thought in wonder and awe.
She really thought they were amazing and attempted to talk to them.
"A-ano, ANBU-san, how are you so fast" she said, tightening her arms around the ANBU'S neck, in fear of her falling and breaking her neck.
When she didn't receive a response, she blushed a bright red and closed her eyes tight in embarrassment. A young feminine chuckle reached her ears, and her eyes snapped pen as she looked at the other ANBU's smiling fox mask since it was facing her.
"Well, little Hyuuga, we're so fast because when you're a ninja, you get epic ninja skillz that allow you to run at the speed of light and whatnot. Also, when you get your epic ninja skillz you get really strong and you can smash boulders like Lady Tsunade" the ANBU said moving closer to her and her companion.
Hinata's eyes widened and her mouth formed an 'o'.
"So, I can be like Lady Tsunade?" she asked with hope and wonder.
"If you try hard enough, stop that shy attitude, and get tutelage under her, then yes you could be like Lady Tsunade" Fox said turning away from her.
Hinata's mouth closed and she went into deep thought about being a ninja and ninja life.
By the time they reached the Konoha gates, Hinata had already come to her conclusion. They greeted the gate guards, Kotetsu and Izumo, and headed straight for the Hokage tower where Hyuuga Hiashi, Hyuuga Hizashi and Hyuuga Neji where waiting for Hinata to return.
The secretary opened the door and the three walked into the office, Hinata already on her feet and holding Weasel's hand. When she spotted her relatives, she let go of his hand and ran forward to her Otou-san.
Now there was no crying or jumping into her Otou-san's arms, nor was there any holding onto his or her Oji-san's leg screaming about how much she missed them.
Instead, she stopped right in front of her Otou-san, pointed her finger at his face, placed a hand on her hip and said,
"You're a big fat meanie!"
Silence.
"And why are your eyebrows always together like that?!"
A snort. The Hokage sat down in his chair and pretended to fall asleep.
"Also, you're constantly frowning at something that obviously is invisible. And also, I think it's quite sad that Kaa-chan and I have shorter hair than you!"
Hizashi slapped a hand over his mouth and turned away, and Neji placed a hand over his heart as if it hurt him.
"And until you cut that hair, I will call you Otou-chan!"
She put her hand down and walked over to Neji and grabbed his hand.
"From this day forth, you will no longer be labelled as my Itoko. You will be labelled as my Aniki"
She then started to walk out of the room, Hiashi letting her because he was in a state of shock and Hizashi letting her because he was proud and found it funny.
"Neji and I are going to the park to play with the other kids, see ya later Oji-san, Otou-chan" she said pushing the door open and walking out of it pulling Neji along. She stopped outside of the door to face her father one more time.
"Oh and Otou-chan, you don't have to wait long to give me the clan head title, because in a few years, I'll become a ninja and receive my epic ninja skillz and smash boulders because I'll be Lady Tsunade's apprentice and then nothing would be able to stop me!"
Then she ran out with Neji who was smiling at her during her little speech. After a few seconds the heavy door slammed shut and Hiashi snapped out of his reverie. His eyes narrowed and he looked around the room for the two ANBU who brought her back, only to find a piece of paper stuck to the back of the door, that read,
'Dear Hyuuga Hiashi,
We swear it wasn't us, it was the enemy ninja because she was like this when we got her back! Don't worry, it'll probably wear off soon, but if it doesn't just remember, it wasn't us.
Love
Fox and Weasel
Hiashi threw the paper to the floor and spun around to face the Hokage, only to find him asleep, with his legs on the paperwork free table. He growled and spun around to face Hizashi only to find another piece of paper where he was supposed to be that said,
Dear Aniki,
I have gone to supervise the children, we don't want another kidnapping anytime soon, now do we? Also the kids can't push themselves on the swings and who'll patch them up if they get hurt?
Love,
Hyuuga Hizashi.
The Hyuuga clan head threw that paper to the floor and almost screamed, but didn't want to wake up the Hokage so, he composed himself and decided to go back to the Hyuuga compound where his wife was waiting for him. He smiled then started to go home then stopped in his tracks as fear appeared on his face.
His wife was home.
His pregnant wife.
Maybe he should visit the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and attempt to push their annual gambling night to tonight, just so he could avoid his wife for just for today.
He nodded his head and opened the door, leaving the Hokage tower to visit his friends.
A few minutes after he left, two figures appeared in the middle of the room with one hand each on the ground, while kneeling on one knee.
The Hokage took his legs off of the table and opened his eyes, looking at the two young ANBU with an amused look on his face. The smallest of the two was shaking slightly with laughs, completely forgetting what an ANBU member is supposed to be.
"The mission was a success Hokage-sama. Hinata Hyuuga has been returned to Konoha with only a minor personality change" Weasel reported, his head still down facing the ground.
Hiruzen nodded.
"Well done. As for the Hyuuga's heiress's personality change, well I guess it was for the better, if she stayed so shy and timid who knows what could have happened" the Hokage sighed and clasped his hands behind his back.
"You're dismissed. And Fox try to be more formal while writing letters, it's rubbing off on Hizashi"
"Hai Hokage-sama" the two ANBU chorused as they disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
The Sandaime Hokage slowly turned around to face the Hokage mountain and looked at the faces of his predecessors and his successor.
'What would you say to me Hashirama-sensei? Tobirama-sensei? What would you say to me about what I did to the Uchiha prodigy? And you Minato? What would you say about what I've done to your daughter?' he was still feeling the guilt about what he had done and would feel it until the day he dies.
Right then, two young but very loud screams echoed through the air as a genjutsu was lifted from the village and most importantly the Hokage mountain he was looking at.
Pictures, portraits, posters and flyers were all around the village, covering every single part of it, but most importantly was what they were pictures of.
It was the same picture of Naru and Itachi laying down together on a field surrounded by flowers and trees, that Kakashi, Yamato and Yuugao took before the two young kids went on their mission.
Hiruzen let out a loud laugh and his hands flew to his chest. He kept on laughing when he saw Naru and Itachi chase the three adults all around the village, though not in their ANBU clothes.
Tears pooled in the old Hokage's eyes from the laughter and he looked back at the Hokage's faces.
'I'm sorry, but right now, I can't bring myself to care about what you say! They've brought light into my life and I know its selfish and not right for a Hokage to do but, I like them this way because in them the Will Of Fire shines brightly' he thought.
He heard a crash as Yamato crashed into a food cart and Naru jumped onto him, pounding he fists into him as he tried in vain to push her off or at least protect himself from the brunt of her attacks. The Hokage winced and turned away as if he didn't see it happen but he wished he hadn't. His eyes widened. Where did all this paperwork come from! He looked up and saw his secretary giving him the evil eye.
The all mighty God of Shinobi, scrambled into his chair and tried to complete his paperwork because his secretary, a 87 year old woman gave him 'the evil eye'.
Kami help the next generation.
Hi everyone! I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in the past two weeks or so even though this chapter should have been up last week. It's just been sitting on the computer and I would open it up and et on the internet to log into when I remember that I need to go to Narutoget. Sorry if this didn't live up to your expectations and if there are any spelling mistakes, feel free to tell me, I'll edit it. This chapter was kinda rushed, but I had to post it! Anyways R&R!
Thanks,
Nosyniki