AN: hello mina(sp?)! Welcome to the second installation of Hon Ga Heishi, my new personal favorite fanfiction. This chapter will mostly be about retrieving the Hyuuga cousins that I love so much. This chapter is set a couple months after they body snatched Kibbles: the happy Orochimaru family is almost complete! ;p

Oh, I feel the need to warn you that I may shove some more chapters into this in the future, just to show Kibbles, Ino, Sasuke, and Haku becoming so freaking strong with Naruto and Gaara guiding them like little duckies. okay, I am aware that I am being entirely too ranty but I have yet another IMPORTANT NOTE to tell ya guys, whenever Ino is transferred into someone else I shall write it as she, her, etc. even if she is in control of a man.


Ino, Sasuke and Gaara were crouching in the bushes, watching the Hyuuga family very carefully with guarded expressions. they all refused to show how scared they were, how they felt almost overwhelmed with this being their first mission. Gaara smirked at Sasuke and Ino, knowing how they felt and also knowing he would never have to feel such apprehension.

"Can you do it?" asked Gaara, barely glancing at the girl who was shivering next to him—from cold or excitement he couldn't say.

"I have to," she smirked at him and took off, sticking to the shadows and disappearing from Gaara's sight. He was impressed at her stealth, even with Shukaku's enhancements he couldn't see her: he just hoped the Hyuuga family member's—with their much more excellent eyes—couldn't see her either.

Sasuke smirked at Gaara, the red head stared back impassively, "Should one of us follow her?"

"Why? Because she is a female?" asked Gaara, snarling slightly as he turned and stalked away to go find one of the Hyuuga that Orochimaru wanted.

Sasuke watched, his Sharingan swirling lazily into place. He hadn't told anyone that he had acquired it yet, he wanted to keep it a surprise to scare the shit out of that brat Naruto with a genjutsu to give him nightmares for years to come. He licked his lips, liking the idea quite a lot. The flare of unknown chakra and an almost inaudible gasp hit his ears and he debated whether or not to investigate before taking off in the opposite direction.


Ino circled around the complex, trying to find the little girl's room. The blonde froze, her foot half off the ground, her hands in mid reach for a leap that she had had to stop. A Hyuuga was standing over her, looking out into the trees. He walked closer, his feet stopping just before they would have touched Ino. If she was caught he could kill her without hesitation... The Hyuuga's wouldn't care if the Hokage's child was the one sneaking around on their property they wouldn't hesitate if someone was trespassing on their territory. And that was exactly what Ino was doing.

Ino was trying to access her power, trying to make the man leave so she could finish the mission, but it wasn't listening to her, it didn't want to control this man for some reason. Ino tried to coax it out, tried begging it to please save her but it stubbornly refused.

In her concentration she had slipped, her foot finished its fall and a soft crunch was heard. The man leapt into the bushes, chakra pumped into his hands to touch her in lethal places. Ino silently cried out, her hands thrusting at the man and suddenly she was seeing herself, crouching in the bushes, her big blue eyes leaking clear tears. She took a startled step back, looking beside her body and attacking something she hadn't noticed in her panic, and she pulled away from the bushes, holding up the snake for her fellow Hyuuga to see.

Ino took off, allowing the man freedom from her technique before bolting into the closest room to her. She didn't want to get caught in the bushes when the other Hyuuga wander over. Ino breathed deeply, trying to calm her racing heart when the flare of chakra caught her attention. She whirled around, instantly sliding into a fighting stance as the boy about a year older than her charged, attacking her without pretense. Ino dodged the blows as best as she could, knowing one well placed hit could destroy her ability to run away. To her immense horror that hit was struck moments after her thought, causing her left leg to go numb, she fell to her knees, panting heavily as she looked up at her attacker, waiting for him to send chakra through his hand and into her throat, paralyzing her ability to breathe and killing her quite effectively.

"I have never killed before," he said, panting as she was, holding his hand to her throat in a threatening way.

"Me either," she said, twitching her hand before she realized that she couldn't run away even if she was able to take him over.

"Don't bother with a jutsu; I will kill you before you get the chance to make the first hand sign." He was acting very cold, the veins around his eyes standing in stark contrast to his pale skin. She supposed he was handsome, for a child of eight.

"I don't wanna hurt you, and I really don't want you to hurt me, so let me go and you will never have to see me again," Ino was staring into his eyes, hoping beyond hope that her power would decide to help her out and take over his mind.

"That is...unacceptable," the boy charged chakra into his hand, forcing it through his fingertips and into Ino's throat with a violent thrust.


Gaara stalked around the perimeter, feeling the subtle flare of chakra that came from the other side of the house but trusting Ino to take care of herself. If he failed again Orochimaru was sure to get rid of him, it wasn't that he much cared to work for Orochimaru or not, he just wanted to stay with his sun.

Gaara snuck up to the house, his heart beating calmly, his hands shaking with anticipation as Shukaku began to squeal at him. Gaara forcefully shoved the demon away, concentrating on finding one of the two targets. He was hoping to find the girl, because he could immediately take her to Orochimaru, but if he found the boy then he would just deal with the negotiations that would probably follow.

The red head sent out a probe of sand, completely concealing the chakra used to move it. For a moment Gaara thought about Naruto, the boy's bright smile, his blue eyes crinkling at the corners from just how genuilly happy he was whenever Gaara came around. He didn't know why Naruto would be happy to see him, why the blonde would feel anything but the barest of companionship from him for Gaara never showed him any feelings in return. Yet the blonde did and Gaara felt something warm in his heart at the thought along with a tightening he didn't want to contemplate. The flash of another being's smile threw away the fuzzy feelings he had had a moment before and Gaara's concentration faltered, Shukaku pushing at him, shoving dark memories at him in order to catch him off guard.

He really wished it wasn't so hard to keep the demon under control, then he wouldn't have to worry about being taken away from Naruto.

The child shook his head and slipped into the house, feeling the need to make sure the Hyuuga he snatched was actually Hinata when he froze, throwing himself against the nearest wall and hoping like hell he was invisible. An activated Hyuuga woman stalked into the room, her eyes sweeping the room in careful movements but they seemed almost forced, as if the woman really didn't want to be there. Had the Hyuuga detected him?


Sasuke looked around the inside of the compound with his Sharingan eyes, detecting every move of the Hyuuga inside. He walked up stealthily to the ninja who matched the description of the Hyuuga leader and he snatched the man, pulling him down so Sasuke could hold a kunai to his throat.

"One sound and then we both find out how much you can bleed." the threat was hissed, breath ghosting the man's neck and causing it to break out in gooseflesh.

"Are my enemies truly so desperate that they would send a child after me?" the man's voice was low, that was the only reason why it hadn't been silenced by a swift slide of steel, "If you think I will take pity on you because of your age…"

"Shut up," Sasuke started walking, making the man do an awkward crab walk for a moment before he shoved him forward, grabbing his robes quickly and placing his kunai at the man's kidneys. A swift blow would end the adult's life. "Take me to the ritual room."

The man looked over his shoulder at the child, his eyebrow cocked, "How do you plan on making me when the moment we step out of this room my guards will kill you?"


Ino was looking at the young Hyuuga, pleading for her transfer technique to work and stop him as she felt cool tension enter her throat; she felt her trachea begin to collapse when a strangled cry caught her attention. A girl stood there, her clear lavender eyes shining with pure furry, her mouth pinched into a pout, and her hands clenched into fists.

"Stop!" she almost shouted, walking up as if threatening the boy. "What do you think you are doing to this poor girl?"

"I am trying to kill an intruder..."

The girl slapped the boy, the sound reverberating around the room with a loud crack. "How barbaric, attacking a little girl." she was one to talk, being maybe five years old.

The boy bit his lip but bowed, "Forgive me, Hanabi-sama."

She waved him off with a dismissive hand, "How do you feel?"

"Fine..." Ino was absolutely floored with how the little girl was treating her elder. "But you shouldn't hit those who are older than you..."

The little girl named Hanabi scrunched up her nose, getting into Ino's face even though the girl was quite a bit taller. "Who do you think you are, questioning the way I am treating a branch member." she practically spat in the boy's direction and he merely stared at the floor, his fists clenched tightly, "They are little more than slaves, he's lucky I don't activate his curse seal. And you," she stuck a finger under Ino's chin, "are lucky that I don't call out for help."

Ino felt a weird vertigo hit her as her mind suddenly jumped inside of Hanabi at the sudden contact. She looked at herself, wondering why her body was just standing there before she returned with a snap, turning off all the lights as she went with an automatic reflex. Hanabi dropped to the ground, her body hitting roughly on the wooden floor, completely unconcious.

"Hanabi-sama!" cried out the boy, trying to feel her pulse, "What did you do?"

"What's your name?" Ino asked, her blue eyes watching the little girl's unmoving form.

"Hyuuga Neji," the boy automatically responded, his eyes wandering over the prone form with a sick look on his face.

Ino took a stab in the dark, her impulses helping her immediately to stay in control. "You should come with me," Ino was just as shocked as him, but was trying her best not to show it, asserting her authority over the boy, "if you don't want to get blamed for this, 'cause I'm about to take off."

Neji looked back and forth from the two girls, weighing his options, "I cannot leave, the curse seal..." but it was very clear that he wanted to.

"This should help," Ino held up a prepared scroll that Orochimaru had given to her should she be the one to find Neji. "It will temporarily block any chakra from entering you and frying your brain, when we get to my new... home we will be able to permanently block it off."

"You mean..."

The hope in his eyes was so strong, the feeling so pure that Ino was utterly thrilled to deliver the next word, "Yeah, freedom."


Sasuke kept his eyes closed, his hand poised to slip his kunai between the man's ribs at an upward angle, yet he hid this with his body. He didn't like keeping his eyes shut when this deep in enemy territory but he assumed he would have to live with it until he got to the ritual room. There he would kill this man and finish the job Orochimaru had sent him to do.

"Hiashi-sama!" cried an almost hysteric maid, "What happened to the poor dear?"

"I'm not sure, he collapsed," Hiashi titled Sasuke in his arms and showed the woman his face, "I believe the people who kidnapped him left him at our doorstep to build the hatred between our clan and the Uchiha's." Hiashi pushed past her, knowing what would happen the moment he got out of earshot. Soon the entire compound would be buzzing about this kid, and he would find it difficult indeed to remove himself from Konoha. It was clear to the man that the boy was willingly staying wherever his clan had sent him, but illegally, Konoha would never allow someone with the Sharingan to escape their borders.

Hiashi opened the door to the ritual room and dropped the child onto the ground, his heart hammering desperately in his chest as he heard the door shut with a locking click. He gripped the kunai now imbedded in his chest with shaking hands, looking at the offending metal as if it had wronged him. He looked up into Sharingan eyes that swirled in lazy laughter as they watched him die. hiashi felt the kunai twitch with the last beats of his heart, felt the cold metal leak blood down his hands and staining them red with a permanence that he couldn't name.

Sasuke leaned over and ruffled the man's clothing, trying to find the key Sasuke knew would be there so he could snatch the scroll that would teach Orochimaru how to use the curse seal. He scooped the little key up, smiling to himself at the minimal chakra signature found there which had been meant to trip an alarm if the wrong person were to grab it. It hadn't activated though, otherwise Sasuke would have found the entire Hyuuga family pounding on the door...

"We know you're in there, come out now or face the consequences." an authoritive voice snarled, banging heavily on the door as if to frighten the person who had illegally handled the key.

Sasuke snorted and walked over to a panel hidden almost perfectly in the wall. He couldn't mess around with finesse any longer, using his Sharingan to identify the traps waiting for him, he worked through them quickly and almost clumsily. if Orochimaru hadn't made him practice for so long on simulatios he was sure he would have tripped at least four of them without meaning to—not that he would have gotten past one explosion. When he got the panel off and the top of the box was visible he inserted the key, praying that he had been able to find all of the traps.

An explosion rocked the house, the door flying across the room, dragging the body of Hiashi under it and spreading his blood across the floor in an ugly stain. The men stormed into the room, assessing the open panel, the dead body of a currently unknown Hyuuga, and the missing scroll.

There were no other bodies.


Gaara let his sand absorb the body of the woman who had found him, feeling no remorse at the loss of her life. She should have just gone about her own business instead of inspecting a random and unused room.

Green eyes scanned the corridor before a slight figure darted out of the dark room, moving faster than a regular child should. Gaara was pretty sure he could sense which figure he wanted but he couldn't be sure until he got her name. He slid open a door at the end of the hall, slipping into the room silently and creeping up next to the sleeping body there.

"Who are you?" she asked, her voice tiny, her eyes huge with fear. She had literally watched him creep into her room and hadn't cried out for some reason. "Are you going to hurt me?"

"What's your name?" Gaara asked, putting on his creepy face to test why exactly the girl was quaking.

"H-H-Hin-a-ata…" it was definitely fear that was keeping the girl quiet, which meant Gaara didn't even have to knock her out in order to take her.

The red head held out his hand, "You're coming with me." it was a command and, with the way she reacted, the girl was used to orders.

She tentatively nodded her head, her bright eyes locking with Gaara's and they stopped moving, just standing there and looking at each other for long seconds. Gaara looked away first, unable to handle to look of longing pain and loneliness in those warm eyes.

He took her away, catching up with the others of the group as they awaited Sasuke.

When the boy rushed up, he stooped over, a scroll clutched in his arms. "We really should get out of here, the Hyuuga's are right behind me."