Here is the next chapter! I hope you enjoy it! I do not own Naruto.

Hinata's Pov

After getting dressed, I went for the training field. Today we were celebrating the anniversary of Pain being defeated by and the village being saved by Naruto. Every ninja was going to be there no matter what there rank is. I smiled to myself. That means Shikamaru will probably be there to keep me company.

On the way to the field Linger and Sapphire (the ten tailed demon) were fighting with each other. That ruined my almost good mood. "Will you two please shut up!" I mentally yelled at them.

Linger just laughed his chaotic laugh while Sapphire stopped talking. I knew there had to be a reason why I liked her.

When I arrived everyone looked like they were having a good time. I immediately started to hate it. As usual the two started arguing with again. I waited in the shadows for a certain someone.

Tenten and Lee had tried to keep me company. But as soon as they were going to start a conversation Guy yelled at them. "Get over here!" The two look at each other like he was crazy and then sent me an apologetic look before doing as he ordered.

Then Ino saw me. She tried to walk over to me, but her father grabbed her arm and forced her to stay put. She started arguing with him. He gave her a knowing look and Ino stopped talking. She looked over to me and mouthed, "I'm sorry."

I nodded my head signaling it was okay. Ino then went off to talk to someone else.

I sat in the shadows of the tree, holding my favorite locket. I didn't dare switch the pictures for new ones. I felt as if I would only hurt my heart in the process if I did.

But then I felt something-I mean someone-tug on it. I smacked the shadow away and he smacked my hand back. I laughed and he finally showed himself. "There's the laugh I was waiting for." Shikamaru commented as he sat beside me. "How's life now that the jounin knows you're the eleven tailed jinchuriki?"

"They look at me like I am a freak and then they keep their squad members away from me, like you just saw." I answered casually.

"Well they can't keep me away because I was the first one to know." He then leaned into my ear and whispered, "At least they don't know your two other secrets. It would be a complete disaster."

I laughed louder. Everyone, but Shikamaru looked at me weird. He smiled at me. "Remember how you figured out those secrets?" His smile then turned into something that would like if he ate a very sour lemon and I started laughing more. "Those were the good old days."

"Good days my ass. Why don't we take a trip down memory lane?"

~Ten Years Earlier~

I was six years old when it happened. Walking in the day light knowing that at night there would be a full moon. I was walking around town when I bumped into someone, that someone happened to be Shikamaru. "You're still shy as ever. I thought you would eventually grow out of that phase," he insulted me.

"W-why d-don't you m-m-meet me a-t the tr-train-training area tonight a-and I w-will show y-you if I-I-I'm out of it?"

I then left smirking, knowing that this would be fun. A few hours later he came. I stand in front of him. Before he could ask anything I transformed into a wolf and pretended to attack him. He hid behind a tree. I walked up to the tree transformed back to my regular self and started laughing.

"That is not funny!" he exclaimed. "What the hell are you anyway?"

"I'm a Uchiha!" I laughed. "And the ten-tailed jinchuriki!"

"Are you going to transform again?"

"If you make me mad again I will."

"For the love of kami please don't make me make her mad!" Shikamaru cried. I laughed even louder. The good old days were awesome.

~Back to the present~
I sighed in content and laid my head on his shoulder. "If only we could go back." I muttered.

"Why?" Shikamaru asked. "Because you miss him?"

I hesitated. It has been two years since my twin brother, Sasuke Uchiha, had left the Leaf Village to train under Orochimaru. Naruto and Sakura had seen him a couple of months ago when infiltrating Orochimaru's hideout. That's when Sai, their replacement for Sasuke, had went against them but then joined them and fought with them when they found Sasuke.

"No, but even if I did want to see him," I started out, "I can't. I don't know where he is and he could have changed."

"Maybe he changed for the better?" Shikamaru suggested.

"Maybe. But I don't think-" Before I could finish what I was saying I heard someone running from the village. After a minute or so everyone could hear the footsteps. The footsteps belonged to Ino.

She stopped and started breathing heavily. Someone handed her a bottle of water. After she gulped it down she took a deep breath and exclaimed, "I saw him! He's with Naruto and they are planning on killing him!"

Who planning on killing someone? The lords? Why would they want to kill someone? Naruto's with him? Tears threatened to spring from my eyes after I realized what I thought. Naruto is with him. He is-

"Who?" Lee asked. Everyone started muttering the same question to themselves.

"Sasuke of course! Naruto found him injured and he dragged him back to the village." Some people started asking a thousand more questions. None of the questions were answered.

"I'm sorry." I looked around. Who said that? Nobody was looking at me. I lost Shikamaru in the crowd so it couldn't be him. "Please forgive me." There's that voice again in-. . . .in my head. Oh no.

"Quiet down," a voice bellowed. Everyone turned to the person that said that. It was of course Tsunade. All of the other lords were with her including Naruto...and him. "They want to kill Sasuke for one reason only. We have no one who would be willing to show him around the village. I think it's stupid, but it's the truth. Who will show him around when he scares everyone?"

A lot of nodding was seen. Some muttering and some people who knew my secret looked at me with compassionate eyes. Then one voice overtook everything. A voice that will soon regret their decision. "I will."

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