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Chapter 1: A New Life
Tsunade looked at Hinata and sighed. It had been the third time in only one month that she showed up in her office drenched in blood after successfully completing a mission.
"You should be more careful, you know" Tsunade said as Hinata kept standing before her desk with an impassive expression all over her dirty and scratched face.
"I am careful, Tsunade-sama"
"Really?" Tsunade stood up from her chair to show Hinata she wasn't kidding this time. "Showing up at my office drenched in your own blood for the third time this month is not what I call careful!"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to stain your carpet or anything. I'll make sure to take a shower and change from my Anbu uniform the next time I come to hand you the report for the mission." Hinata sarcastically said and Tsunade narrowed her eyes at her.
"Cut the sarcasm!" She shouted and punched her fist on her desk. "You are wounded and you still pretend it is nothing!"
"It is nothing." Hinata said more obediently this time. "Just minor cuts, that's all. There's no need to worry."
"How long do you think you'll have the power to keep standing? One day your feet won't be strong enough to help you keep going Hinata! The last time you had a deep wound in your arm and decided to heal it on your own instead of going to the hospital because as you said it was nothing important. Do you want me to remind you what happened after that? Do you want me to remind you how you almost lost your arm due to sever infection?!"
"But nothing happened in the end." Hinata protested. "My arm is as good as new. But have you ever considered that you are the one who is overreacting?"
"You are careless" Tsunade said and her face softened. She now looked more like a mother worrying about her child than a Hokage. Hinata hated it whenever she would obtain that look. It made her feel weak. "You are going to die if you keep up with this, Hinata. Is that what you're trying to do? Have death as the solution of all your problems?"
Hinata stayed silent and looked at her for a moment before she dumped the paper file with her mission report on Tsunade's desk, bowed and turned around to leave without a second word. It was until Tsunade's words stopped her though.
"It's almost been four years already Hinata. For how much longer will you let yourself drown in sadness?"
A bitter chuckle left Hinata's lips.
"I won't rest until the day I kill him the way he killed my father" Hinata said with her words dripping with honesty. She then turned and looked at Tsunade over her shoulder. "And besides, you are not my mother to question my actions."
"Hinata-"
"Have a nice day Hokage-sama" And with that she left Tsunade's office and the Hokage Tower.
She didn't need to rush and get home though. She walked through the streets of Konoha with no rush as there was no way anyone would see her during that hour. The sun hadn't even reached the sky just yet and only a yellow and orange light could be seen in the distance, signalling the morning that was bound to come.
When she entered her house, she locked the front door and headed straight to the bathroom where she discarded all of her clothes to check her wounds while the leaving the sink open to fill her bathtub.
And as she cleaned her wounds and the blood on her body she couldn't help but wince at times. Yes, this time she got nothing but minor cuts, but damn, did they hurt. She had gone through worst though and so she was somewhat used to the pain. Ever since she became an Anbu two years back, her life had been constantly on the line, most of the times because she didn't care whether she died or not and just fought. There was nobody waiting for her to return back home after all and she had no family to mourn for her when her death would come as her decision to leave the clan had every Hyuga turn his or her back to her. Everyone aside from Neji who, despite the orders of the Hyuga council, would visit and talk with her for a bit whenever she had free time from her missions.
She didn't care about the Hyugas any more though. They had been nothing but a pain in the ass for the greatest part of her life. She had disowned herself from the clan right after her father's funeral and with Tsunade's help and thanks to a few money she had saved she had managed to buy an old and small apartment in the centre of Konoha and next to the open market. Her new life offered her a freedom she had never before and she was happy that she had left everything behind, or so she was trying to convince herself.
She looked herself in the mirror that was hanging right above the sink in her bathroom. Yes, she was free, but at what cost? She raised her hand and touched the mark on her forehead with the tips of her now trembling fingers. They had marked her before she left. They said that they couldn't do or else. They said that they had to protect the secret technique of the byakugan because if she was ever to be captured and killed by enemies then all the secrets considering the Hyuga power would be in their hands and the caged bird seal would prevent something like that from happening.
A caged bird but free. A bitter chuckle left her lips as she looked at her reflection on the mirror. She truly was pitiful.
She walked towards the bathtub and let her self sink into the hot water, letting it take away everything she had- the pain from her wounds among with memories and feelings.
She closed her eyes as she let her tiredness and exhaustion overtake her. And as sleep slowly took her away from the world of consciousness she found herself in that dark room again. The smell of blood made her want to puke. She tried hard to get up but she couldn't, as if invisible chains where holding her pinned on the ground. And then that laugh again. That wicked cold laugh that pierced her ears and his eyes that bore the promise of death. She watched as he stood over her father's bloody and lifeless body on the hard wooden floor with an evil smirk crossing his face.
She opened her mouth to scream and call for help but no sound left her throat. And that other feeling. She brought her hands to her neck. She couldn't breath- no matter what she would do she just couldn't breath. She started trembling as she laid on the ground, fighting for air. She felt her lungs pressing against her ribs and chest as a continuous knocking sound filled her ears.
She immediately opened her eyes and panicked when she realized she still couldn't breathe. She immediately stood up, taking her head outside the water that had now gone cold and tried to get out of the bathtub while trying to catch her breath once more.
She walked out of the bathroom and inside her bedroom where she collapsed on the carpeted floor with eyes wide as someone kept knocking on her front door. She stayed there on the floor of her room for a minute while trying to control her breathing once more. And she a young female voice started calling her name from outside her apartment, she stood up, got dressed and quickly dried her hair with a towel before rushing to open the front door.
A young girl stood in front of her once she opened the door. Her eyes were white and empty like those of her relatives. She had her shoulder length dark brown hair held up in a ponytail and the chuunin west she was wearing proved her ninja rank.
"You are a mess" The girl said flatly and walked inside the apartment without even waiting for Hinata's permission. Hinata crossed her arms over her chest and smirked.
"You haven't seen me for more than two weeks now and the first thing you tell me is that I look a mess?" Hinata sarcastically said. "You just have no tact Hanabi"
"Yeah right, as if I care whether I have tact or not." Hanabi said boringly and walked inside the small kitchen where she jumped and sat on the counter while Hinata started making tea for them both, without exchanging a single word with her sixteen year old sister.
"So" Hinata said while pouring tea in two porcelain cups. "Where do I owe the honour of having you in my house?"
"To the Hyuga council I guess." Hanabi said and Hinata furrowed her eyebrows at that.
"Hanabi, I've told you a lot of time that I don't want to know anything about the Hyug-"
"They want to marry me off damn it!" Hanabi snapped making Hinata's eyes widen in shock.
"What? Marry you off? Why?"
"They think that the Hyuga clan has been left without a leader for way too long and since you are disowned and Neji is a Branch House member, I am the only one left to become the leader of our fucked up clan. But of course they wouldn't let a woman take charge of a whole clan on her own and thus they want me to have a husband!" Hanabi was on the verge of tears as Hinata leaned against the counter and sighed.
"That's bad…" Hinata said and shook her head not believing what Hanabi had just told her. "You're just a child. They can't just make you get married!"
"Can't you do something about it?" Hanabi asked her older sister with her eyes filled with hope, but Hinata just laughed.
"I don't think so. Even if I was to talk them through this they wouldn't listen. You said it yourself Hanabi. I no longer belong to the Hyuga Clan. For them I am dead. End of the discussion. I can persuade the Hokage to do something about it, but that's the only thing I can do."
"That is stupid!" Hanabi shouted. "You killed Sasuke Uchiha! There must be something you can do!" Indeed Hinata had killed Sasuke two years ago during the war. That was also the main reason Naruto wanted nothing to do with her. Even when the village called her a hero for killing a man that had caused them so much pain, a man who had killed many and would kill many more if left alive, Naruto turned his back on her and they never exchanged a single word for the two years that followed. Not that she cared. She had gotten over that stupid crush she had for him the same night her father was killed- the same night her heart was ripped away. She had realized the fool Naruto was when he decided that he hated her for killing Sasuke. Because no matter what or who, she wouldn't miss the opportunity of killing a criminal like Uchiha Sasuke just because Naruto's feelings would be hurt.
Hanabi touched the sapphire coloured mark on her sister's forehead and sighed. Hinata smiled. She knew what Hanabi was thinking.
"No" She said and took Hanabi's hand in hers. "Don't even think of leaving the clan like I did."
"But you are free." Hinata laughed at that.
"For as long as I live I will never be free, Hanabi. Until I kill him I will forever be imprisoned in a never ending nightmare. But we all live in our own prison, don't we? Whether this prison is built with bricks or our feelings, each and every one of us lives in his own prison, but this seal is something else, Hanabi. This seal is death itself, because only death can take it away. And the Hyuga clan is already a prison for you. If you receive that seal it will just be unbearable."
"And how do you bare it?" A sad smile graced Hinata's lips. Only her sister was able to wake up those feelings inside her. When in front of others she was the strong and cold ex Hyuga heir, but when talking with her sister she would feel like a broken child again.
"I don't." She sighed once more before she shook her head to regain her composure. "Anyway, I'm sure that there must be some kind of law in those dusty old books they have locked in the basement under the Hyuga compound for many years now that will help you with your problem. I'll discuss with Tsunade to pressure a research in those books, which means that you don't have to worry." She then smirked. "And now get your ass off my kitchen counter and wait a minute till I change into something else."
Hanabi raised an eyebrow at that. "Hey sis, are you by any chance thinking of taking me to Ichiraku's for Ramen?"
"Are you crazy?" Hinata shouted from her bedroom. "It's 9.30 in the morning."
"You are no fun some times…" Hanabi mumbled under her breath with a groan.
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When she walked through the front glass doors of the hospital she had already bid Hanabi goodbye before she could leave for yet another simple mission with her team. Sometimes she couldn't help but look back with melancholy at those days when she too only had to care about simple missions like that, because the missions she would get as an Anbu were anything but simple and easy.
The young woman sitting at the reception immediately stood up but Hinata stopped her with her reply.
"I know my way around" She said with her voice as cold as the ice. Indeed the hospital had ended up becoming something like her second home considering that she always returned a total mess from her missions. And then she remembered the discussion she had with Tsunade earlier and she couldn't help but silently agree with whatever Tsunade had said, but she also couldn't help but admit that she no longer cared whether she lived or died. Nothing mattered any more. She once had dreamt of getting married and having children. That all belonged to the past though as her whole purpose in life was no other than killing the murderer of her parents.
She was walking past a hospital room when she saw a familiar figure lying on a bed inside and moaning in pain. She stopped to see if she was mistaken but when she got a closer look to the heavily bandaged man who was screaming in pain while holding his head with his hands she was sure that he was no other Ko Hyuga, the man who was responsible for her safety when she was younger. She pitied him as she saw him in so much pain with nurses and doctors rushing to his aid. Hinata caught a nurse by the arm and stopped her as she was exiting Ko's room.
"What happened to him?"
"I'm afraid this is something that I can't tell you as it is medical confidentiality and-"
"I'll ask you one last time and I'll patiently wait for your reply. This is a friend of mine in there. What happened to him?" The nurse shuddered at Hinata's cold voice and stare.
"He… he suffers from major intracerebral pain. It is the fourth incident we receive this week and all of them were Hyugas."
"Hyugas…" Hinata mumbled and let go of the nurse's arm, who quickly ran away in fear. Hinata turned and looked at Ko again until a doctor closed the door of his room in order to check his condition. Hinata sighed and walked away. Intracerebral pain they said. What fools they were. The cause of Ko's suffering was clear to even those outside the Hyuga clan yet everyone was afraid to adfmit it. During the last six months the branch house members had decided to rebel against the harsh leadership of the Hyuga Elders who had been in charge ever since her father's death. And of course, against all laws, the Elders had started using the caged bird seals in order to stop the rebellion. Many branch house members had accussed her of betrayal because they said that if she hadn't left the clan then she would be the leader and they wouldn't suffer as much as they did under the leadership of the Hyuga Counsil.
She was heading towards Shizune's office so that she could help her with an intence pain she had on her right ribs by a hit she had received on her last mission when she saw Kiba and Akamaru turning around the corner with their faces lighting up once they saw her.
"Hinata!" Kiba ran towards her and hugeed her had been quiet a long time since he had last seen her as his gennin team was receiving most of his time and dedication every day and her missions left her from minimum to none free time at all. Kiba hugged her for a moment but she didn't respond to his heart although something in her heart started to ache. How had she become like this not even she could understand.
She raised her hand and lightly patted him on the back before they broke from they're hug.
"Long time no see Kiba." She said and he goofily smiled.
"Yeah. It has been long hasn't it? I don't even have time to breathe with my gennin team and Shino is in the same situation I am although his students are way more troublesome than mine." He said and laughed. "I never thought it would be that hard to prepare a banch of kids for the upcoming chuunin exams, not to mention the responsibility we have whenever we go on missions. And to think that we were worse than them when we were at their age. What about you? What have you been doing lately?"
"Missions, missions and… missions." She said and Kiba laughed once more.
"Vey interesting. Since the Anbu is such a trouble why don't you become a jounin once more and get a genin team as well. From what I recall You used to love kids like hell."
"No thanks. I'm fine the way I am now. And nonstop missions are not all that bad.. They help me forget of my problems for a while." Kiba's face saddened a bit at her words. He patted her head and smiled then though. She sure wasn't the sweet and shy Hinata he first met all those years back but she still was his best friend. She still had that unique beauty he had to admit. He laughed.
"You may want to play it tough now but you still are short." He said teasingly and she couldn't help but chuckle a bit. "Heading to Shizune's for pain killers again?" He asked her and she shook her head no.
"No, I want her to check on a wound I got on my last mission."
"Anything serious?"
"Nah, kiddie stuff. Nothing that I need to worry about."
"Ok then" He said and smiled goofily once more. "I'll see you around then Hinata." He waved at her goodbye and left.
She continued her way towards Shizune's office. She felt lonely once more when Kiba left. She had gotten so used to the loneliness that whenever a friend decided to spend some time with her and then left, it felt unbareable for her to return to that loneiness again.
She opened the door of Shizune's office without knocking, but the woman with the pink hair examining a patient inside was the last person Hinata wanted to see at that moment.
She watched in silence as Sakura bandaged the young chuunin's chest and gave him a bottle of healing ointment before the fourteen year old patient left the office and Sakura turned to acknowledge her. The pinkete's face bore no sign of happiness though.
"Hinata. Can I help you with something?" She asked with bitterness staining her voice. Sakura, much like Naruto, hated her for killing Sasuke, with the exception that she would still talk to her. And her words where heavy and full of hate and wrathe. It was amazing how a friend could turn into an enemy from one day to another.
"Actually no. I was looking for Shizune, but since she is not here at the moment I might as well come later." She'd rather bear the pain a thousand years than let Sakura heal her. Hinata turned around to live when Sakura's voice stopped her.
"How can you even sleep at nights knowing what you did two years ago?" Sakura burst like she did every time. "You killed him! You Killed Sasuke!" At that Hinata laughed. She let her hand slip from the doorknob and turned around to look at Sakura.
"Yeah, I killed him. And do you know what? I don't regret it one bit!" In a flash Sakura had Hinata pinned against the wall with her hands tightening around her neck. Hinata just looked at her apathetically though.
"Shut up! You have no shame? He was a comnrade! He was a friend!" Sakura shouted in her face.
"He was nothing but a traitor and an enemy! A murderer who would loose no chance in stabbing you on the back and taking your life away! Why don't you get that into your empty head once and for all? The Sasuke you remember as your friend died long before I killed him! He died the night he decided to leave everything behind!" Hinata shouted back and her and then slapped Sakura's hands away from her neck. "If you don't reallize then you will forever be nothing but a pathetic woman who spared her tears for someone who never deserved all her pain and sadness!"
Sakura screamed and landed on Hinata, throwing her on the floor. She started punching her on the face while screaming at her all the time. Hinata did nothing to stop her though. She just stayed there taking her hits when Ino suddenly came into the office after hearing all those screams and threw Sakura off from Hinata.
"Stop it Sakura!" Ino tried to restrain Sakura from landing on Hinata once more. "Have you lost your mind? Do you want to kill her?!"
"YES!" Sakura shouted at her. "I want to kill her like she killed Sasuke! Just let go of me Ino! You out of everyone should understand."
"No! I don't understand why you keep bringing up what's supposed to be left in the past. Hinata did what was the right thing to do that day. Sasuke was an enemy, Sakura! Why don't you accept that already like I accepted it even before the war broke out?"
"No let go of me!" Sakura was trembling all over as tears were now pouring out of her eyes. "I SAID LET GO!"
"ENOUGH!" Tsunade yelled as she stood at the open door while nurses and doctors had gathered outside, trying to find out what was going on. "Shizune take Sakura so she can lie and relax in another room." Shizune quickly complied and helped a broken Sakura walk out of her office. Tsunade closed the door once they left and among with Ino they helped Hinata stand up from the floor and sit down on a nearby chair while they were cleaning the wounds on her face. Blood was running from her lips and nose as two heavy rbuises had already started to form on her left cheek and close to her chin.
"Are you in pain?" Tsunade asked but Hinata shook her head no.
"I'm fine." Hinata said. "I'm always fine"
"Why didn't you hit her back?" Ino couldn't help but ask.
"It doesn't matter any more." Hinata said and turned her gaze towards the beautiful and relaxing scenery outside the window. She hadn't hit Sakura back for many reasons. Despite everything, Sakura used to be a friend of hers once and she understood her pain. That pain that can drive you to unbelievable extents. She had let Sakura bring all of her hate out on her and she accepted her hits thinking that they might make her feel better- feel like she was taking justice for the loss of Sasuke. She too wanted to find justice for the deaths of her parents one day and so she knew.
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The next morning Tsunade urgently called her at her office. Hinata thought that she was going to be sent for yet another mission, but she was wrong. A letter was secretly sent to Tsunade in the middle of the night telling her about the assassination attempts against the Kazekage that the more time that passed the more the assassination attempts would become. Temari had secretly sent the letter, expressing her fear for Gaara's life. She was sure that Gaara was more than just capable of protecting his self, but she wanted to be totally sure of his safety and thus she asked for one of Konoha's best Anbus to serve as Gaara's bodyguard. And Tsunade had chosen Hinata.
She accepted without a second thought. Leaving from the village for a while would make her life easier.
Before leaving though she asked for Tsunade to arrange a meeting with the Hyuga council. She had informed her of everything the Hyuga Elders were doing and decided that they had to do something as soon as possible before she could leave for Suna. After a lot of pestering the Hyuga Elders finally accepted the Hokage's request. They met at the Hokage's office, but they weren't willing to spare a lot of their time for a discussion with the ex Hyuga Heiress. Tsunade and Hinata questioned their actions against the branch house members, but they denied to listen. They said that Hinata had no saying on matters that involved the clan as she no longer belonged with them and the same went for the Hokage, who despite all the power she had she had no power over the Hyuga clan, as they said. And their meeting ended there.
And now, four days after Temari's letter arrived at Tsunade's hands, Hinata was standing in front of Konoha's open gates in the dead of the night all packed up and ready to go. Shizune and Tsunade were there to bid her goodbye. She had given her farewells to Neji, Kiba and Shino that morning, but as Hanabi was still on her missions, she would be informed of Hinata's departure once she returned to the village. Hinata just didn't want to think of how her younger sister would react to that.
"Have a safe trip." Tsunade said, her voice resembling that of a worried mother's. After leaving the clan Hinata was taken under Tsunade's protective wing and over the years Tsunade had started to feel her like her own child. "And once you arrive at write at me at once. And if you wish to return don't hesitate to inform me."
"I'll keep that in mind." Hinata said and couldn't help but smirk at Tsunade's unusually warm and caring words. "Please don't forget to do something about my sister's issue. As I'm not going to be here I won't be able to protect her and-"
"I'll take care of everything." Tsunade reassured her and Hinata nodded her head in gratitude. "There's something more though." She watched as Tsunade took out an Anbu mask from within her purse and gave it to her. It was no just any Anbu mask though. It was her Anbu mask. Her panda like Anbu mask. Hinata raised her head giving Tsunade a questioning look.
She had given her Anbu uniform and mask back to Tsunade two days back and she couldn't understand why Tsunade was giving this to her now.
"This is my promise to you that once the danger considering the Kazekage's life vanishes; Konoha will be waiting for you to return to your duties as one of the best Anbu we have. Although a more careful Anbu when that time comes I hope."
Hinata brushed her fingers over he mask and an almost invisible smile graced her lips.
"It's a promise then."
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It took one and a half day for her to reach Suna. She had only rested for a couple of hours during her journey, but when she arrived at Suna she felt more intrigued to meet the person she was supposed to protect, than tired. She didn't remember him at all, that Sabaku no Gaara, the Kazekage of Suna, but she did remember his name mentioned during her first chuunin exams, but nothing more than that. Some would call her crazy to not being able to remember him, but after so many years and so many hardships the last thing she would remember was who Gaara was.
Guards were waiting for her at the front gates of Suna and they escorted her to the Kazekage tower where a beautiful young woman with blond hair held in four ponytails and green sparkling eyes. Hinata had no trouble realizing who she was. That young woman was no other than Sabaku no Temari. Even if they had never talked before Hinata came to know a lot about her through Shikamaru who was for some time her Anbu partner until he turned back to being a jonin because of the too troublesome missions Anbus got to have.
She saw Temari smirk as she walked towards her.
"Welcome to Suna. It is a pleasure to see that Tsunade sent a woman instead of a stuck up know it all man like the last time. My name is Temari. Nice to meet you."
"The pleasure is all mine, Temari-san. I'm Hinata." Temari raised an eyebrow at that.
"No surname? Although it is easy to understand you are a Hyuga by just looking at your eyes"
"I like to not think about it." Hinata said and Temari nodded her head without asking anything more.
She motioned for Hinata to follow her towards Gaara's office, but they stopped once they reached their destination.
"I think that at this point I have to tell you that my brother is not the easiest person there is and he'll most probably not be happy about your arrival as he denied any sort of protection. You know, I suppose, that he is a former jinchūriki." Hinata nodded her head at that last thing Temari said. Even if she didn't remember who exactly he was, she knew that Sabaku no Gaara used to be the jinchūriki of Sukaku, the One-Tail beast, until it was extracted from inside him by the Akatsuki.
"Don't worry." Hinata said with a smirk. "If your brother is supposed to be the daemon, then I am hell itself."
Temari couldn't help but laugh at that. She had already started liking that girl. For once Tsunade had made the right choice.
Two guards opened the heavy wooden door leading to Gaara's office and once they walked inside Hinata watched as a young man with short, spiky auburn hair sitting behind a large wooden desk filled with papers, raised his head and pierced her with his green eyes.
Hinata bowed before him in respect as Temari informed him that she was sent by the Hokage to serve as his personal bodyguard and protect him from any harm. Gaara narrowed his eyes at that.
"I thought I asked for no help, Temari. Why can't you take my orders seriously for once?" Gaara said, but Temari didn't answer. Instead she sighed while mumbling something along the lines of 'stupid and egotistic little brother'. Gaara turned and looked at Hinata once more, staying silent for a minute as if trying to read the secrets hidden deep within her light lavender eyes, before he spoke up again. "I'm afraid we won't need of your services Miss, which means that you are free to return to your village." He was about to return to his paperwork when what Hinata said made him stop.
"I'm afraid that I can't do something like that Kazekage-sama" Her face was impassive, yet her voice and her words were strong and brave, which made the two guards waiting beside the doors of Gaara's office to look at her with somewhat wide eyes, because when every other ninja aside from the council and Gaara's siblings trembled in fear before him, she seemed the least fazed by his power or his position.
"Excuse me?"
"I only receive orders from my Hokage and my orders are to stay here and serve as your bodyguard. It has been already decided and I'm afraid that you can do nothing but to accept it." Gaara stood up from his chair somewhat angry with her dare and tempted by that young woman standing before him like no other did before.
"I am a Kazekage! I can protect my self without anyone's help!"
"I'm sure that there is no doubt about that Kazekage-sama. But why don't you leave you selfishness aside for a moment and put your people and your village before your pride? Because if you die then who will be worth enough of taking your place? And will that someone actually take care of Sunagakure or will he just make sure he lives in wealth while his people die on the streets?" Gaara sat back on his chair, feeling somewhat defeated.
"What's your name?" He asked, trying to prevent a smirk from crossing his lips.
"Hinata"
"Well Hinata, I hope your ninja skills are as strong as your words because from today on, you will be working as my personal bodyguard."
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Gaara: What? That's it? You must be kidding me! You spent a whole chapter for stupid things and you only gave me a few lines in the end? What a disgrace!
Me: Well, I had to write a bit of Hinata's life before she arrives at Suna. She left you speechless though, didn't she?
Gaara: Shut up *blushes* I am a Kazekage. Nobody has the strength to leave me speechless.
Me: Yeah, I saw that panda boy… *rolls eyes*
Gaara: *mumbles* my fans still love me though *mumbles*
Next chapter coming up soon guys, so don't miss it!