I know Hinata seemed Ooc in the first chapter but I really didn't mean for her to be like that. She still is shy and all, she just gets really annoyed with Sakura and has those moments where she just likes to taunt her because Sakura always treats her like crap. You will see in this chapter that Hinata is obviously still a lot like she is in the anime ^-^ thanks for reading!
Izuna had woken up early and nothing hurt anymore, which was a surprise. He walked out of his room and found Sasuke throwing kunai into the wall boredly. Sai sat perched on the back of the couch with the same bored look as Sasuke. "I see there isn't much to do around here…" he said as he took in the look of the room around him. "There usually is, but Naruto is preoccupied with Ino, Sakura is prohibited from coming near us, lee is off training, and Hinata is still sleeping." Sai said with a deeply bored tone.
"So why not wake her up?" Izuna asked and Sai chuckled. "She isn't much of a morning person, so she sleeps until twelve, then we wake her up." Sai said and Sasuke smirked. "But I think now that she has kept us waiting for two hours more, I think we should go wake her up…in a different manner this time. She needs to learn that we Uchiha don't play around." Sasuke chuckled and Izuna raised a brow. This sounded like something interesting to do…
"So here's the plan." Sasuke started with a wicked smirk.
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Hinata's eyes fluttered and she smiled lightly. She felt really warm and it felt nice. Her room was usually cold first thing in the morning and usually she needed to pull the blankets up around her. Her eyes fluttered once more and she sighed contentedly. She really didn't feel like getting up. She felt a weight on her legs and weight on her shoulder as well. Her brow furrowed as she opened her eyes to be face to face with Izuna. "Good morning sleepy head." He said with a smirk and she noticed that Sai was laying against her legs looking up at her boredly. Sasuke was laying on her shoulder and sighing.
She could feel her face get red and she bit her lip. "We thought we should wake you up since its two in the afternoon. Sai then proceeded to yank the blankets from her bed and walk away with them. "Oh…damn…she does have boobs." That was the last think Hinata heard before she fainted. Sasuke looked at Izuna with barely concealed humor in his eyes. "Honestly?" he asked and Izuna shrugged. "I thought she was flat chested like the pink one…I guess that armor was really good at hiding those and I mean really good." Izuna said and Sasuke snorted.
"That totally killed the point of waking her up you know…" Sasuke sighed and Sai walked back in and furrowed his brow. "How could she go back to sleep? She is always complaining she is cold…" Sai complained and Sasuke shook his head. "She ain't sleeping…Izuna made her faint." Sasuke said and Sai chuckled. "Oh…I see. She does that a lot, doesn't she?" he asked and Sasuke shrugged. "She holds up pretty well against us anymore…I guess that Izuna just got under her skin." Sasuke chuckled and Izuna smirked.
"Why thank you, that always was what I did best." he said with a roll of his eyes. Hinata began to stir and Sasuke cut his eyes towards her. "We have to leave now…" he said and was out the door before Izuna knew what was going on. He turned to run as her chakra spiked. He made it out of the doorway and Sai was the last one out of the room. "Childish." She snapped as she changed and made her way out of her room with a deep red blush coating her cheeks.
Izuna opened his mouth to speak but Sai shook his head. 'You talk to her now and she won't cook our breakfast…lunch…or dinner.' Sasuke mouthed and Izuna furrowed his brow. It wasn't until he had a plate of the most amazing smelling food set in front of him did he realize why they were adamant about him being silent. After they ate Hinata and the Uchiha bunch decided to traverse the village. This was all new to Izuna so he was like a child in a candy shop, the grin never left his face.
Hinata smiled as she watched him look everything over with a childlike curiosity. "I have never seen a village before…maybe I should have told Madara-nii to listen to Hashirama sooner!" he said and Hinata smiled softly. "It is amazing, isn't it Izuna-kun?" she asked and he nodded. He turned around to face the group and noticed the same fox mask that was attached to Hinata's hip, was attached to both Sasuke's and Sai's hips as well. He furrowed his brow. "Do you always carry that weird mask around?" he asked and she blinked.
"These?" she asked holding her mask out to him and he nodded. "These are given to konoha's Elite…" she said and Sasuke and Sai nodded. "There used to be more of us…but we lost Neji-nii three years ago in the war. Tenten-chan has retired from being a Kunoichi for a while to be a mother, her and Shino-kun got past her fear of bugs and got married." Hinata said with a smile and Izuna nodded. "Sakura is the Hokage's personal medic, Ino and Naruto got married and they are the leading two, he asks her opinion before anything becomes official, but Shikamaru has to keep an eye on what they do because…those two are…a little on the blonde side and a bit eccentric at times." Sasuke sighed and Izuna chuckled.
"Kiba became leader of his clan and is currently doing his best at that. And at the moment we are down a member since Kiba took over the clan…Kakashi-san is our other member. He has always been one of konoha's elite he can be kind of odd at times as well..." Hinata said and Sai nodded. "He isn't like Sai…he is just a pervert." Sasuke said and Sai looked at him oddly. The two had somehow got to be on good terms even though Sai had a strict distrust of the Uchiha. "And I suppose Hinata-chan is captain?" Izuna asked and Sasuke nodded.
"Yeah…she manages to keep us all calm. It's her demeanor, she is calm all the time so it kinda rubs off." Sasuke said as he adjusted the infant in his arms. " Hinata smiled and shook her head. "I keep them calm because they like to bicker like children." Hinata sighed. Izuna nodded and smiled lightly. "It feels good…" he said and they looked at him oddly. "What do you mean?" Sai asked and Izuna grinned. "I have a family…one who treats me as an equal and not the useless younger brother. And this village! It feels… it feels so right." He said and Hinata smiled. "I know how you feel…" she said softly and he smiled at her.
"Hey! Hinata-chan!" Lee called and she smiled and waved. Lee's eyes landed on the newcomer to her small group and he landed in front of him. "Hello! My name is Rock Lee!" he greeted and Izuna smiled lightly. "Izuna uchiha." He greeted and Lee blinked. "Uh…Another one? Hinata-chan…where do you find them all?" he asked and Hinata laughed lightly under her hand. "They all seem to find me, Lee-kun." She said and he grinned. "I see! They are attracted to the youthfulness that is a sunny place!" he said referencing the meaning of her name. Hinata smiled softly and Lee blinked. "Are you alright Hinata-chan?" he asked and she smiled and nodded. "Yes Lee-kun, of course." She said softly and he gave her the good guy pose.
"That's great Hinata-chan!" he exclaimed and Izuna watched how Hinata reacted to the weird male. He would have made some sort of comment on how he was being really eccentric and weird, but she just smiled and made no such comments. It just goes to show how kind of a heart she has…
People began surrounding them and Izuna had begun to feel a bit, distressed. Most of them were villagers asking Hinata how she was doing and such, but they were getting too close. "Well Hinata-san we will let you go, seems as if we are troubling your new ward." A bunch of the villagers said and made their way back to what they were doing before. Izuna sighed in relief when the only ones left were a white haired man and a busty blonde woman. He blinked a few times and opened his mouth to say something. He hadn't noticed how she was last night when she was healing him…
"Gosh damn…." Izuna muttered and turned away with a slight blush. Tsunade snorted and rolled her eyes. "A perverted Uchiha, that's a first." Tsunade said and Kakashi shook his head. "No…not a first, Obito had his moments." Kakashi said and Izuna noticed the mask attached to his hip. "You must be Kakashi." Izuna noted and Kakashi nodded. "I see you wasted no time in letting him get to know everyone." Kakashi said and Hinata blushed. "I don't talk that much…" she said and Kakashi smiled behind his mask.
"I know Hinata-chan, I was just joking." He said and she frowned. Tsunade swiftly raised her hand and something flew at Izuna. "Welcome to the Sharingan brigade…" Tsunade snorted as he looked at the fox mask in his hand. He looked up at her oddly. "What? I just got here." He said and she rolled her eyes. "Judging by your chakra I'd say you would be a fine addition to our little ragtag group." Tsunade said and he nodded lightly. "But…you can't go on any missions until we are sure that whatever happened to you hasn't affected your skills in any way, kid." Tsunade said and he nodded. "I understand…" he said. This was all confusing for him.
"How can everyone just…just accept me so easily?" he asked and Naruto appeared from nowhere. "We accept you because you are considered family. Everyone in this village is a family. We may all have different names and abilities…but everyone is family." Naruto said and Izuna looked at the mask in his hands. His eyes burned and he bit his lip. "Is…is this the peace my brother fought so valiantly to create? Is this the dream my brother had? This dream of unity that I told him not to follow? Is this what I prevented from happening?" he asked and the tears fell from his eyes. Hinata walked over to him and she hugged him gently.
"You can't blame yourself Izuna-kun…I'm sure there was something else that made it all go wrong…something that destroyed the happiness and killed Madara's dream…y-you can't blame yourself…Blame…blame despair…despair drives people to do crazy unpredictable things…" she said and he bit his lip harder as his eyes met hers. "Thank you…" he whispered and she smiled softly. "That's what family does, they comfort the ones they care for, even if they are new additions to the family…" she said and he nodded and wiped his eyes.
"Look at me…an Uchiha, crying in the middle of the street for all to see." He laughed bitterly and Hinata smiled. "You wouldn't be the first." Sai said and pointed a finger at a scowling Sasuke. "Shut the hell up Sai!" Sasuke growled and Naruto laughed. "What? Sasuke cried?" Naruto laughed and Sasuke flipped him off. "Why?" Naruto asked ignoring the Uchiha male. "Naruto-kun." Hinata said softly and the group froze and looked at her. She had irritation in her soft eyes. "Don't make fun of my family…" she warned softly and he grinned. "Alright Hinata-chan." He sighed and he opened his mouth to speak once more but she stared at him with watery eyes.
"Hinata-chan?" he asked and she frowned and turned away. "Oh shit…" Naruto sighed and he walked around in front of her and she turned around again. "I cry more than they do, but you make fun of them…" she said softly and her tears started falling. "Hinata-chan…I said I'm sorry…" he whined but she refused to look at him. "Please don't tell Ino I made her cry again…" he begged Sasuke who smirked. "Why must you always make my Hinata-chan cry…you know how she feels when one of them opens up…it makes her happier than anything…but you always have to go and laugh. Do you ever think before you speak?!" the blonde woman growled from behind her husband.
"Ino-chan…she never used to cry this much! You know this! She has just become way too sensitive!" Naruto defended and he paled when he heard more sniffles. He turned to see Hinata rubbing her eyes with her sleeves and the Uchiha group watching him with humored smiles, minus Izuna; who was staring in amazement at the woman who was crying. She truly is an Uchiha matriarch…My…my mother was just like her…she cried over everything…it didn't matter if it was happy or sad, or if she was angry, she just cried because she was just a very sensitive person.
"Hey…Hinata-chan" Kakashi called and she looked at him. "Can I have a hug? That looks comfortable…" he said with in a serious tone and Hinata blushed as Tsunade hit him over the head and Naruto gave him a 'wtf' look… Hinata giggled lightly as she rubbed the remainder of her tears away. Her family was weird. It didn't matter who you were, you could see that her new dysfunctional family was closer than anything.
Hope you liked this one too! Even though it is kinda short as well… I am working on the veil of time and A crack in time but I didn't want to make you all wait a long time for these to be updated too! I can put out more short chapters than I can long ones so a few will be short but I will try and get some longer ones out soon!
