A.N.: I…own…nothing…T.T
XxXxX Enemy XxXxX
The explosion tore through the woods, signaling the attack upon the Wave Village. Hinata, having just exited the forest and being on the quarter mile walk back to the Tazuna household and her team, instantly reentered the forest at a break neck speed. The quickest way to the village was directly through the forest and a normal civilian would be there in less then fifteen minutes; for an Elite Jounin of the Konohagakure Village that time would be cut in fifths.
Quickly dropping into the Jyuken, or 'Gentle fist', stance she managed to block multiple volleys of air born kunai as they were sent at her from deep within the foliage. It seemed that the attackers were many and well organized as more kunai and shuriken were sent towards her from many different angles. They were well aimed and could only be the work of Shinobi.
Quickly the attackers slinked from the tree's shadows to reveal one the things that Hinata truly disliked; Kumo Shinobi, the Shinobi from the village that ruined her life as well as the lives of the most precious people in her life. Clad in black and gray, colors similar to the Sound uniform, only in the design that was reminiscent of the Leaf's Jounin attire; vest with scroll pockets across the chest, long sleeve turtle neck shirt and pants lined with deep pockets for equipment.
One would think that Hinata would hate these men for what had happened thirteen years ago but surprisingly she did not. It was the career of a Shinobi, no matter the village, to follow the orders of their leaders, and therefore the missions that were given to them. Even Hinata had taken part in missions that would be looked at as immoral, cynical, and overall evil; but they had to be done. So she did not look at the Kumo Shinobi in hatred as she continued to dodge their Kunai and returning fire when she could, no she pitied them and hated their superiors.
Tsunade had always given the Shinobi of Konoha ethical missions, ones that did more good than harm. All major mission requests, such as assassinations and personnel eradication, were thoroughly screened. Being that Konoha was highly respectable, most missions that were requested were 'clean'.
She was knocked to the ground viciously from an attack from behind, and forced out of the forest and into the edge of the village. Hinata saw what could only be described as a swarm of over two hundred Kumo Ninja entering the village as she raised herself from off the ground. Shaking off the feeling of dizziness that had formed with her impact she heard what sounded like metal clashing. Glancing to her right she saw the Ninja engaging the village's militia, and it appeared the militia were losing…badly.
'But this was far too many Ninja for a simple attack,' Hinata mused as she activated her Byakugan since it had not been activated do to Chakra consumption. She gasped as she saw that all of the 'Ninja' were actually an assortment of Water Clones, Mud Clones, Earth Clones, and even Shadow Clones.
Seeing an opportunity to strike some near by Clones Hinata quickly launched herself off of the and into the middle of the action, and with quick, well aimed strikes she managed to disperse a couple of her adversaries. After witnessing her kill two of their comrades so easily the Clones quickly moved to surround her. Attacking with swords, daggers, and kunai, the Clone's swung their weapons wildly, slashing and thrusting with almost no particular skill.
Hinata easily blocked or evaded the attacks; after all, she wasn't a Chunnin for nothing. Seeing that their attacks weren't working and that Hinata had managed to knock out another 3 Clones, the rest of the Clones started launching kunai and shuriken towards her.
Because she was surrounded Hinata knew there was no way to evade the bombardment, so she began to spin while releasing a large amount of Chakra and with a cry of "Hakke: Kaiten" formed a protective dome that deflected all the incoming projectiles.
The Clones were stunned, obviously this was the first time they had witnessed the Kaiten, seizing the opportunity Hinata charged forward and with well-placed strikes began cutting down all the Clones in her path. However she was caught of guard when a bone crushing right hook connected with her jaw sending her hurtling into the side of yet another building.
Slowly rising to her feet she began to face her attacker and saw a well-built man of 6'8; he had short onyx hair that was greased back, well-trimmed goatee, and what could be thought of as a kindly face, something she did not expect to see from a Kumo Shinobi. Settling into the 'Gentle fist' Hinata prepared herself for her opponent when she was struck from the side with a roundhouse kick that sent her stumbling forward. Activating her Byakugan she saw that she was surrounded by what looked like five other Kumo Shinobi. She observed that these Shinobi were the actual article, as they did not act as rigidly as all of the other Clones.
Seeing one of her opponents, the kindly faced man, flashing through hand signs she prepared to begin the Kaiten. When he had finished performing the hand signs the Kumo Shinobi announced his attack:
" Lightning Release: Thunder Wave!"
Hinata quickly performed her clans prized Kaiten, but was sent flying being that the enemy Shinobi's attack was sound based. She skidded through the village streets for several yards until she came to a stop before she could collide with the memorial statue in the center of the Town Square. Shaking she rose to her feet and turned to run from the enemy Shinobi, seeing as how she was clearly no match for them with or without her teammates and Sensei, when she came to an abrupt stop.
There before her was the statue that depicted Naruto, oddly enough the statue seemed to be looking right at her, no, right at through her to her soul. Suddenly images and visions of how her Love over came impossible odds swept through her like a mighty gust of strong wind, causing her eyes to harden and her resolve to be set.
Mask…pain…SCARS…
These men were harming innocent civilians for a reason that could not be confirmed yet, and she could not allow this. Naruto had fought for this place and so shall she, for her Naruto. She swept around, eyes blazing and faced her opponents.
"Well look here, she's a Hyuga," spoke a gangly looking Chunnin, "It seems that we've got the Heavens smiling upon us today bo-"
The Ninja never got to finish his boasting due to being slammed into by a "Tsuga" courtesy of Kiba.
"Sorry we're late," Kiba said while standing in front of Hinata, shortly being joined by Akamaru at his right and Kurenai his left.
XxXxX Flash Back: Kiba Kurenai and Shino XxXxX
After feeling a massive explosion rip through the village Kurenai, Kiba and Shino quickly raced to find out what was happening. They had also decided to take the forest route as well and came upon the same 'road block' as Hinata did. Fortunately, Shino had sent his insect allies out as they ran into the forest so that he would be warned, as well as his Team, to where and how many enemies were near them. The bugs, seeing that all the intruders were Clones of some sort, quickly drained all of the offending Clones of their Chakra and eventually causing them to dispel. This made their trip much quicker, Chakra efficient, and less hazardous. Upon arriving at the center of the village they were greeted by the sight of the villages militia engaging the small Clone army.
"Gatsuga" Kiba yelled while him and Akamaru cut through several of the Clones, signaling Kurenai and Shino to join in the small war as well.
"Magen: Jubaku Satsu" Kurenai said making several trees appear from the ground binding several of the Clones, then using a kunai she began dispelling them.
There was a hail of shuriken thrown towards the three, however they never impacted thanks to a quick "Mushi Kabe No Jutsu" courtesy of Shino. Suddenly there was a massive Chakra spike that they all knew was caused by the use of an extremely powerful Kaiten. Shino signaled for his two teammates to go on ahead and that he would take care of the 'clean up' at this point.
Kiba quickly agreed, knowing that without Shino there, he would be able to capture Hinata with his, quote, 'Mad Skillz', unquote. Kurenai also agreed, not knowing Kiba's hidden agenda.
Unbeknown to either of the Shino's two teammates, Shino had other plans as he sensed an opposing figure. He calmly gazed up onto the rooftop of a near by building and glimpsed a figure bathed in the light of near by fires.
Rushing towards the position the spike came from Kiba and Kurenai arrived to see Hinata beginning to face the six assorted Kumo Shinobi. Kiba wasted no time, much to his teacher's irritation, and launched towards the man with a cry of "Tsuga", without even hearing or caring of what the man said.
XxXxX Shino XxXxX
He casually approached the cloaked figure with anxiety. This man before him, all clad in black, could only be the Shadow Fox. Gently he continued to inch closer until he stood directly beside him, without the stoic being taking any heed of his very existence. Wondering what the Shadow Fox found so interesting out beyond the roof, Shino gazed towards the area that he seemed to be viewing. It was the Town Square where Hinata, Kiba and Kurenai stood poised for battle.
"They will die," the light tenor voice of the Fox drifted over to Shino.
Shino said nothing deciding to watch the turn of events in the Square.
Kiba seemed to have rushed a large black haired Jounin, and was swiftly thrashed into the ground by the latter mans fist. Kurenai jumped back as Hinata jumped forward and began performing hand seals for some kind of Jutsu, but was interrupted by one of the Kumo Shinobi as he thrust a dangerously spiked hammer aimed for her abdomen.
Shino's eyes widened, but not from the battle unfolding before them, his eyes had widened from the information that he had just received from the insect he had place on the Fox when he had first jumped atop the roof. Slowly he turned to the man beside him and took in his appearance, not believing his ally.
He had on Black combat boots, and tight black pants that had pockets all over them. He also wore a deep red long sleeve muscle shirt and over that he wore a black vest. A pitch-black ANBU mask with blood red markings in the shape of a fox adorned his face allowing no one to see his identity or his hair as strange plate-like scales from the top of his head along the back of his neck. The grinning/snarling mask disturbed Shino since the painting of the mask seemed to have been done by an insane painter as the lines of paint dripped and 'bled' from the eyes, nose and mouth. His vest had the Kanji for 'Shadow Fox' in blood red on the left side just over his heart.
He opened his mouth but was quickly shot down by the finger that was placed in front of the Fox's own 'lips' signifying silence. Shino looked at him in shock but slowly nodded his head in acceptance, which he received a nod as well in thanks, he hoped, from the masked Fox.
A scream pierced the air causing Shino to whip towards the Square and tense. It seemed the now five Ninja, as one had been killed by one of Hinata's Gentle Fist strikes, all seemed to be weapons masters of some kind. A large thorned ball mace, a sturdy lance, a well-crafted katana, an oriental style set of twin daggers, and a rather large battle-axe lay within the hands of the Kumo Shinobi as they advanced towards Hinata. Shino easily discovered that the scream had come from Kurenai as she now lay unconscious near a lamppost in a growing pool of blood, she must of cried out in pain from the attack that rendered her unconscious. Kiba was also incapacitated near the memorial statue with several large and deep slashes littering his body, with a blood and whimpering Akamaru beside him. They crept closer to the winded girl like hungry predators ready for the kill, and with an unseen signal they converged upon their prey.
The sound of crushing stone came from Shino's right as the stone roof tile was reduced to a crater; the Shadow Fox was gone. Seconds later a clash of steel and wood upon an unmoving wall was heard and there stood the Shadow Fox in the center of all it all, blocking every one of the assorted weapons with one part of his body, as he protected Hinata.
XxXxX Flash Back: End XxXxX
The battle had gone downhill fast for the three members of Team 8; Kiba was knocked unconscious shortly after engaging the large axe wielder, Kurenai followed soon after into the land of darkness since she was unable to cast any strong enough illusions, and by some luck Hinata was able to kill the Kumo that wielded the spiked hammer, but that was just a lucky shot in her opinion.
Three years, that's how long she had trained herself into the ground and farther; with the help of her close friend Tsunade, the Godaime Hokage, as well as a small raid of the Hyuga's private main branch library, that is. But yet this still did not help her defeat her slightly cynical cousin, Neji, it was as if they would always stay on two different planes of existence no matter what she tried to do. The last fight they had fought had put her in the hospital for more then a month and a half under intensive care, but their first match had taken the cake.
It had been during the Chunnin Exams less than two months after Naruto's death. Seeing that Hinata had over five different suicide attempts the Hokage as well as Kurenai were reluctant to allow her to participate but Hinata felt like she needed to participate; she needed to show Naruto that she was strong, even though she did not tell the Sandaime Hokage or Kurenai this.
The first exam went off fairy well. Team 7 had acquired a new member named Sai; a pale skinned, quiet, sometimes rude individual. The other Teams mingled for a short time, most member staying a good distance away for her expect for Choji and Shino, thinking that she was mentally unstable and not wanting the 'insaneness' to rub off on them. The first exam was an information gathering portion and Hinata did rather well since she had the Byakugan. One thing that had bothered her during the duration of the exam was that the seat next to her was empty…but she quickly tried to take her mind off of it. It was just a seat…right?
Anyway once it was announced they had completed and passed the first exam a rather…peculiar incident occurred. Its name was Anko. Hinata had thought that this individual was clinically insane when she had first met her but that quickly change when she had realized that this woman wore a mask just like her Naruto. They were instructed to meet at training area 44 in less than half an hour to being the next exam, before the mysterious psycho disappeared out of the window.
The second exam was a little more intense than the first. It was a survival test. Five days to acquire two scrolls and get to a tower at the center of the training field without looking within the scrolls. Team 8 had gotten both the scroll and reached the tower within the first day. While she was at the tower she had run into Kurenai as well as Anko of all people. Apparently Kurenai and Anko were close friends and Hinata forged a friendship with the eccentric female soon after.
The third exam was postponed much to the irritation of the contestants and a preliminary exam took its place. The basis was a one-on-one anything goes brawl and the winner was the last one standing. Most of the matches were fought well and Hinata was getting eager for her match…that is until she saw who she was to fight.
Hyuga Neji vs. Hyuga Hinata
All of the confidence that she once had evaporated in that instance; her cousin, her brother, the prodigy of the Hyuga clan, even if the main branch would not acknowledge it, was her opponent.
To say the least, the match went to Hell rather quickly. Neji had decided to prey on her love for the dead blonde and nearly caused her to commit suicide right there on the spot…that is if it weren't for Anko. Having just over four days to talk to one another, and with Kurenai having other duties to contend with left Hinata in the 'care' of the snake mistress, Hinata soon found that Anko was much easier to talk to then Kurenai.
Anko was much similar to Naruto than she had thought and for some reason she had told her everything about her fascination as well as her love for the blonde Ninja. Anko sympathized with Hinata where Kurenai would tell Hinata it was time to move on. Anko revealed that she was one of the few ANBU that had watched over the young Jinchuriki and received a tear soaked hug from the Hyuga heiress as a weak thank you.
Before Hinata had time to harm herself, Anko's voice broke her of her tendencies. She spoke of Naruto how he would have fought on and, even if he were spat upon, he would grin and, in lack of a better word, say "Suck It" in a loud boisterous voice as he continued to kick his opponents rear…over and over again!
With her courage restored Hinata attacked, even in the face of insurmountable odds, and continued to attack until she was placed in a coma. If it had not been for Anko as well as Kakashi, Maito Gai, Hayate Gekko, and Kurenai, she would have surely been killed. Even though all the Jounin's had stopped the killing blow that Neji was about to inflict upon his cousin, they could not stop the heart attack that she had while she was on the preliminary arena's floor.
Anko and Kurenai quickly went to work on stabilizing Hinata. It was an unspoken rule in the Hidden Leaf Village that all Kunoichi have a general grasp on the healing arts and with Kurenai having excellent Charka control and Anko having met and learned under Tsunade to some extent, since Orochimaru would sometimes go on missions too advanced to the young mistress and leave her in the care of his teammate, they quickly stabilized the heiress until she could get to a hospital for proper medical attention.
The heart attack coupled with the intense internal damage and head trauma had placed Hinata in a coma for a span of two weeks and bed rest for more than four…or it would have been four if not for the Suna/Oto invasion during the third and final exam of the Chunnin Exams. The Konoha General Hospital, the hospital that Hinata was admitted into, was one of the main targets in the invasion; no doctors means no healing, and no healing means death to the injured enemy Shinobi's. The Sand and Sound assorted troops quickly converged upon the den of the sickly with only a hand full of Chunnin ranked Shinobi to defend it, needless to says they fell gallantly…
As the jackals prowled the inner corridors of the den they were not expecting an attractive, young Hyuga heiress to reside within it. Several of the Ninja quickly forwent the true objective to pounce on their new one, and as they told her that no one was to save her from their lust, she saw…something.
It was what she would call a premonition to this day.
It was of a man, garbed in black, wearing a snarling, sneering, leering Fox mask covering his facial features as well as his hair. He seemed to be in horrendous pains as he stood there panting heavily as he gripped the back of a dining room chair to it shattered under the strain of his own hands. His clawed hand reached for his mask and in gripping it sent spider-webbed cracks all along its surface. A burst of condensed air poured from the sides of the mask as well as the plates hiding his hair receding, revealing blindingly golden blond hair.
The mask was quickly torn from his face and hurled across the room where it struck the opposing wall. Beneath the mask revealed elongated canines as well as piercing blue eyes and…scarred cheeks!!
XxXxX Flash Back: the Hospital XxXxX
The Hyuga heiress had put up quite a fight at the beginning but luckily she had accepted her fate, thought several of the Oto Nin's as they roamed her body with their hands. Beauties like this were not bred in Otogakure; they were all rouged and had no tact, like that Sound Five chick, Tayuya. But this one…just the thought of what lay beneath the paper-thin hospital gown made the men salivate! Porcelain flesh, larger than average bust size, Goddess like legs, and a virgin to boot!
Suddenly she gasped, causing several of the Shinobi to jump back a few feet. Not that the men were cowards, no of course, they were just wary since she had caused three of their comrades to resort to Taijutsu only because of their Chakra being unreachable. As suddenly as she spoke she quieted back down, one of the Oto Shinobi grinned viciously as he continued to hold Hinata's arched figure, "Looks like she still got some spunk left in her. I love 'em when they're responsive!"
He lowered his head to bite her neck but was soon relieved of said head. The severed appendage struck one of the other eager Oto's in the gut and loose his breathe with a 'whoosh'. He too was silenced as his head left his shoulders.
The squad of Sound Nin's stood there in shock as stared at their would be victim. She panted heavily as if she had trained for three hours non-stop; sweat covered her brow, legs, arms, and breasts. Her face was downcast and her pale lavender eyes, foreshadowed by you neck length indigo hair. The Oto Shinobi slowly began to inch towards the she-devil, being cautious not to loose their footing on the blood soaked linoleum floor.
Her panting suddenly increased as more images paraded through her skull. Images of training under an invisible teacher, images of pain, of anger, of hatred, images of…loneliness… He was alone. Cut off form the rest of the world.
The scars! Those scars! The scars only one man could possibly possess. Whisker like scars!
A lone Oto Shinobi decided, that at that moment that he would once again commence in their previous game that involved the beautiful heiress. Lunging towards her he made a pass to incapacitate the girl, it would have been a success if she did not crush his skull with a well placed kick to the head that resulted in his flight through several cinder block enforced walls.
One man turned to her in horror and roared, "Why can't you just hold still and take what's coming to you!" a foolish and unintelligent outburst at best. Her gaze swiveled to him, and in extension the remained of what was an eight-manned Oto Ninja team. Her gaze froze the five men in their tracks and would haunt them all the way to Hell.
Her eyes were of insanity; one that had been pushed into a corner with no hope of escape only to be shown the largest opening that could possibly be made for safety. They shone with a light that made the men quake where they stood, and pulse with a darkness that chilled their hearts to the point of stopping. She was now the predator, and they the sacrificial lambs awaiting the slaughter.
Her steeled jaw that had been grinding in pain, brought on by the visions, broke into a maniacal sneer. Blood dripped from the corner of her mouth coating her lips in a shade reminiscent of fresh strawberries or of glistening rubies. Her teeth flashed brightly like those of an archangel and her cheeks took on a slightly pink shaded hue, similar to her constant shy blush.
Her hair was slick with sweat and matted like the waves of a midnight sea, crashing and breaking like mighty tides. Her hair had seemed to take on a deeper shape of blue than before for a reason that the Shinobi could not place.
Her hospital gown had been torn asunder and was only capable of hiding her modesty to a limited degree. Her skin was also doused in a fine coating of sweat giving off an unearthly glow to her heavenly figure. With every subtle movement caused her body to bounce and sway in such a way that made her captor's drool and pant like abandoned street dogs. Just a little farther was their thoughts regarding that damned gown that was hanging off her frame.
In other words, she was the image of pure carnal desire, a panther that had been pushed onto the attack. Some would say that she was an angel sent from heaven to show them the nirvana that awaited them. While others saw in her the devil-temptress, pulsing and needy, capable of fulfilling your wildest dream in exchange for you soul, either way the end result would be the same for the entire squad of enemy Ninja…
Death.
"I can't hold still," her eyes shown even brighter, "I won't hold still!" Her back hunched but the Goddess still remained shining brighter then any light in existence, her flesh swayed and jiggled as she spread her arms wide in emphases, "He's still out there!" Her melodious laughter rang through the Hospital. The men's faces flushed even more as she took a step forward, stalking them, "He's still out there alone, hurt, frightened, still in with the thoughts of the unloved…" her face broke out in a heart broken pout that made the men weak in the knees. But her predatory sneer returned, her eyes Heavenly pits of Hell. "He's alive!" She crouched and the men had to strain slightly to see the hidden rose, "And I'm coming for him!" barely a whisper, it escaped her lips.
She pounced upon the lambs…
And so the dance began, with the Oto Shinobi Hell bent on receiving the pleasure that was right and Hinata Hell bent on carving a path to her love, her Paladin, her Shinobi clad in white robes. They attacked her with no true battle plan, throwing sporadic punches here and there, and clumsy kunai thrusts.
One somehow got close enough to her and swung his fist towards her shoulder in hopes of disabling her instead of harming her, but was nearly knocked unconscious as she snaked around his outstretched arm and delivered a bone crushing left to the temple. Quickly another came at her with a blade drawn and slashed at her horizontally.
Hinata elegantly performed the splits, ducking beneath the slash. She rolled back onto her hands and, hand standing, rotated her hips, cutting down the surrounding enemies with a devastating helicopter spin kick. The men, distracted by the view of the temptresses bare flesh, fell quickly to the accelerating legs.
She jumped to her feet without a second thought and viewed her handy work; five mid-leveled Jounin Sound Shinobi knocked unconscious and now vulnerable. One began to stir. Hinata cocked her head to the side as she approached the downed man until she stood over his battered form, fascinated.
His eyes crack open only to be squeezed shut in pain from a broken jaw. This…she-devil had devastated one of Orochimaru's hand picked squads! How?! She wasn't even of Chunnin level yet and she had destroyed them. What drove her, empowered her, caused her to shed the once shy skin she wore when they had first captured her? She now stood over him, the blackening of the little light that filtered past his eyelids foretold as much. Maybe if he acted dead she would tire of him, like a mother bear or lioness? The darkness did not move. He cracked one of his eyes open just marginally but instantly they both flew open.
Her leg was now parallel to the opposing wall, her delicate flower clearly visible for all the world to see; such flexibility. How could she bend lik-
CRACK
The foot came down with earth shattering force. The Sound Nin had little hope of living as he plummeted through three floors of the Hospital to, ironically, land in an empty morgue table in the basement. The other Sound were also to their feet now, if only by will power alone, with wide frightful eyes. Why does their fear sate her so, yet make her hunger grow even more?
Her legs flashed into motion; their feet backpedaled. Her claws rose; their arms shook. Her grin grew; their screams silenced.
Scars!
She knew why. They had almost taken her from her love; stole her form the world of the living. They had planned to defile her young body, where it was only her love's domain to cherish. They had ridiculed her and stole from her liveliness; he had given her a reason to thrive.
They…they….they…
Enemy….Enemy…ENEMY…
They were her enemies, her opposition, her roadblock to her love; her salvation and reason. They had invaded her home, his home, and began to harm her loved ones, his loved ones and family.
Enemy…Enemy…Enemy…
They, the enemy, were to pay, and pay dearly they would.
By now the Sound Shinobi in charge of purging the Hospital had fled to the main street. Hinata, having lost them for only a moment, during her revelation, catapulted herself out of the third floor window.
The wind caught her wings and for a brief, fleeting moment, she saw him atop his Fathers head. The mask was still in place but no longer was his back hunched in pain and agony, no longer his breathe shortened. He stood above all protecting, caring, and loving! He stood there his head held high; five phantom specters lined behind him silent and kind.
Legs bent, her knees collided with the back of one of the fleeing Sound Ninja; snapping his spine and giving him a gracious and painless departure. Much more then he deserved she observed. The others of the squad quickly skid to a stop as they faced the lioness that had been hunting and pick them apart.
She had taken their three strongest amongst them out with surprising ease, one being their commanding officer, and two others, one just now. What was she? Their thoughts quickly focused as she focused upon them; eyes like poison dipped daggers. Since she had followed them out into the open there was little to no chance that she would let them go, so their next option would be to see if they could get some reinforcements just by causing a big enough of a scuffle. With a nod they converged once again on the Hyuga heiress, but she was ready for their demise.
She skittered past one punch; they seemed to be taking her seriously would have been a rational thought that she would have had if she had not been running on divine and brief insanity. A swift kick to the ribs caught her off guard but she quickly trapped the leg and crushed it between her knee and her elbow. The man howled in pain and tried to escape but his body offered to efficient a shield to be thrown away. Hinata used his crippled form to intercept three incoming shuriken, and, tossing the corpse lightly into the air, grabbed its legs and batted an incoming attacker away like a fly.
The commotion of the battle had attracted some attention, but not the attention that the doomed men had been hoping for. In a frozen stupor, Anko stood watching the crazed, yet affective, teen decimate her opponents. This could not be the same girl that had almost killed herself because of some harsh words from her fate-insane cousin…was it? Her movements wasted nothing, no momentum, no purpose, and no effectiveness. She was a devil, a beautiful almost sensual devil of movement! The danced hypnotized her, quickened her heartbeat and caused her to sweat. These men, from what she could gather, were Jounin class and many, 'How?' was all she could comprehend. The last fell, choked by his own severed right arm. Hinata gently rose from her newly claimed victim smiling happily.
The enemies…they were defeated. The enemies. The enemies…
She looked to the sky and aired her wings. What a glorious feeling. Oh the symphony, the crashing of the cymbals and the trilling of the flutes. Oh, the quivering violins and the boisterous brass. The swaying of reeds and the explosions of the percussion! Play, oh yes, play for me! Sing of your sorrows and of your joys. Of your hate and your happiness! But of all else sing of your love! Yes the love that pushed the sun and moved the moon! Sing for me!
Her reverie was interrupted by the stunned snake charmer coming into her peripheral vision, her face holding an open mouth of awe. Hinata slowly lowered her hands from the heavens and smile lovingly at the mistress, yet her eyes still pulsed with the aftermath of her insanity.
"Anko," she whispered swaying on her feet. Her decent was imminent, "He's…still out there…" she fell…
Anko was by her side in an instant cradling her blood-bathed body against her form. Anko was not one for excess emotions besides hatred, loneliness, and insanity, but in the few weeks that she had known the girl lying in her arms she had grown attached; a kindred soul so much like her own. The Hyuga heiress was all but hated by her clan for her kind and loving tendencies, and the snake mistress was hated just for living. Hated for something they had no control over.
Just like him…
"Who?" was her shaking question, her grip tightened exponentially. She had relieved to the young heiress that she too had harvested a crush on the blond Jinchuriki during her times of being his guard. He was the human that she had always wished and prayed to be, his smiles and sunny disposition had always warmed her frigid heart; shattered its constricting chains and brightening its Hellish darkness. Only one person could get Hinata this revved.
"Him," she pointed towards the monument before sleep took her gently and caressed her troubled mind.
Anko's head whipped to the monument, she almost caused herself whiplash. The Yondaime, she had pointed at the Yondaime! Why, why-
Scars!
XxXxX Flash back: End XxXxX
After that day Hinata and Anko would always be seen together. Kurenai tried to bring Hinata back to her, to the safety and security of her world. She knew what kind of person Anko was, her life style and habits. Anko was nothing but a shameless flirt and board-lined alcoholic, something that Hinata should not expose herself to. Hinata needed stability, responsible stability. Even though Kurenai never judged Anko because of Orochimaru, she did judge her on her life decisions, or lack there of.
Several weeks pasted, the funeral for the Sandaime Hokage was held and went, the new Hokage was soon instated, Tsunade of the Sannin. Hinata' s relationship with Kurenai was now as a comrade and nothing else.
Hinata was broken from her remembrance when she realized that all of the Kumo Shinobi's were before her. Since that incident she was never able to recreate the same destructive tendency that she had tapped into then. It seemed the conditions were never right, and at this particular moment she dearly wished that they could have. They stood poised to attack and without warning leapt upon their target.
Hinata braced for impact, but it never came, instead she was nearly blown off her feet by an earth-shattering explosion. Gingerly she opened her eyes to see something she never thought was possible. Before her stood a man garbed in all black except for his crimson vest, upon his face he wore-
Scars… Mask…scars…
Her eyes widened. No, this could not be! He was there, before her, yet it felt like a dream. But how could it be a dream; she felt the wind, the earth beneath her sandals, even the heat that was emanating from his very being. He was there! He was here!
He had some how caught all the offending weapons before they could strike their intended target. The mace, trapped beneath his foot like some sort of soccer ball, the lace, pinned under his right armpit, the sword, caught between two of his fingers, the axe, stopped by his other open palm, and the daggers, caught within his own flesh. He faced her now, mask shining in the moon light as the clouds of smoke drifted past.
"Ah, the Shadow Fox I presume?" asked the tall axe wielder. The Fox did not answer; instead he took in every contour of the Hyuga's face, every line, eyelash, and gleam. She had changed from so long ago.
"What do you want?" his voice was that of a tenor's, crisp ad clear leaving no room for contradiction. The Fox knew why they were there, like all those before them.
"We have a proposition for you."
Fox tilted his head only slightly to view the larger of the two, and he was indeed large. But it made no difference for the Fox; he had taken down much larger lambs.
"No."
Silence crept upon the field as the Cloud Ninja froze at the Fox's proclamation. No? How could he say no to the Hidden Could Village, second strongest in the world? He hadn't even heard them out, heard of their treasures, women and gold!
"Please at least hear us out," the large man, obviously the leader, tried to reason with the seemingly senile Fox. "There is much that the Cloud Village has to offer to one such as yourself."
"No," his tone was quiet barely audible.
There she was in front of him, an arms length away no less. Just a little closer…closer… In all honesty the girl before him had transformed into an extravagant woman, one that must have been sought after on a regular basis…poor unfortunate souls. In his prior life he was dense, but now…he saw, saw it all with wide unblinking eyes. Curves, lips, legs, eyes, breasts, hair, all with unblinking eyes!
A flash of black, a scream of an Angel, the startled silence; Hinata was held captive!
Enemy…Enemy…ENEMY …
One of the Kumo Shinobi, the youngest by the looks of it, had grown tired of the insubordination and had decided to give the whole situation a push in the correct direction. With a sickening squelching sound he had torn his twin daggers form the Fox's back and catapulted himself over the Fox and brought his daggers to bear upon the damsel's throat, one on each major artery.
"Now you listen here you freak!"
Freak…monster…DEMON…
"You'll do as we say!"
Do…orders…ENEMY…
"If you don't want anything BAD to happen to the girl!"
Harm…maim…injure…ENEMY…
Hinata could believe this was happening; not again… no, never again! The symphony. Had it? Oh yes it had begun anew. Now it had reached a crescendo, building upon the last measure and growing in intensity. Louder and louder they played, yes oh yes louder, LOUDER! The ringing, play for her, no become her; empower her grace her with the madness! Oh the humanity, yes, oh God YES! The brass erupted with bone crushing accents. The reeds rose like the Horsemen stampeding, rending flesh, and causing war. The winds typhoon as it rose crushed the mountains side and utterly destroyed cities, tearing apart lives and leaving them with nothing. The percussion, oh how they exploded, oh the rubble, the fireworks…the fireworks!
"Do you trust me?"
Piano. Silence encompassed the orchestra. Why, why would he cause this to happen to her! It had finally returned, her Symphony of Destruction! After so long, so much searching why, wh-
"Do you trust me?"
Hinata looked towards the Fox before her. Did she trust him? "With my life…"
A silent nod, "Then close your eyes and cover your ears…" slowly the hands rose to her ears even as her capture screamed at her to cease, and before she cut herself off from the physical worlds she heard, "…and whatever you do, don't look!"
Enemy…
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AN: Hello Readers! So what you think? I am extremely proud of this chapter and I hope you loved it just like I loved writing it. What's funny is that I never read AN's personally and here I am writing one…oh the irony! Anyway sorry for the long wait: I broke up with a girlfriend of 10 months, said ex-girlfriend won't stop call after telling her repeatedly to stop as well as many form my family telling her to stop, horrible viruses, and writers block is the reason for the postpone.
Anyway hope you like: please review if you want.
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