BK: Alright, alright! Let's see what happens, ne? I think this chapter is just really awesome.

ADDED: I'm so sorry. For whatever reason, has been weirdly emailing things. I sincerely apologize if you got an email and nothing was posted up.

BK

"I need you to obliterate a group of ninjas. They hail from a village that is long gone. They are extremely dangerous if left alone and they seem immortal. They should be hard to kill... for they moved fast like animals and don't hold back."

Hinata blinked and she stared at Danzo. He hadn't given her a warm welcome, he just gave her a mission. Her body still ached from healing. Kakashi was no different. He listened aptly to Danzo's decree.

"Who are they?" Kakashi asked.

Danzo looked down at the paper, "They call themselves The Eternal Five. They seem to be highly intelligent ninjas that have obtained a vial of blood that gives them a taste of immortality. I'd like you to retrieve that vial whilst destroying them."

Hinata shifted slightly on her feet, the ANBU gear giving her freedom to move and feel the cool air on her bare skin.

"Do you have any other information about their skills as ninjas?" Kakashi inquired.

Hinata turned her head to look at Kakashi. For a teenager... he was highly intelligent. Just like Itachi. Itachi would always ask for a little more information. He was always prepared for the worst. Hinata on the other hand did only one thing: she killed.

"They range in ages. Predominantly, from 18 to 30 years of age. There should be two females and three males. Two of them young and the rest older. I heard that one of them is able to transform into beasts, another able to create fires at will, two who could persuade you into believing them, and the other one is unknown."

Kakashi nodded and he looked at the scroll. There was no time limit.

"How long?" he asked just in case.

Danzo stared at him, "As long as it takes to bring back that vial."

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Since Kakashi was a Jonin to other ninjas and Hinata was still a student about to graduate at the academy, they had a relatively short time to complete the mission. There seemed to be some agreement between each other that the faster they complete this mission, the better off they would be.

"I can't believe you're stuck with her. I hope she doesn't drag you down."

"I know they say she's strong... but don't rely on her too much. She did have Itachi as a partner. And we all know that Itachi could defeat anyone of us."

"Don't laugh at me, I could defeat Itachi any day!"

"Oh shut up! I bet you couldn't even touch his partner! She kills with one touch!"

"Danzo always sends them into crazy missions. I'm not surprised he stuck her with you."

"I still think he should work solo. Look at her, she looks half dead. She doesn't even talk now."

"It's because Danzo gave her a good whipping this time. The man seems to like having her around. Let's see if she dares bring down the ANBU name."

Kakashi stood there waiting for Hinata. They all talked and whispered to him. He could feel their distaste about the way Danzo did things and how Hinata got away by being special. ANBUs were supposed to be treated equally. It seemed Hinata was a special case and that made them a tad mad because it was unfair to them.

Hinata got out of Danzo's room. He had special information for her, something Kakashi couldn't know about. He knew her to be a close range fighter. She was from the Hyuuga clan after all, but he was surprised to see her don a katana and multiple other things like scrolls and strangely enough: senbons.

She looked at the other ANBUs who stood waiting to see her. They had heard that she once again survived and was still in ANBU. She looked at them and seemingly not knowing what to do, smiled at them and walked towards the door outside.

Once she was outside, the ANBUs scoffed and one of them made an angry remark about Hinata.

"She thinks she's so special doesn't she?"

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Hinata waited outside and heard the soft patters of Kakashi behind her. When the doors closed behind him, she turned to look at him.

They don't like me much either. Just like you.

He seemed to read it in her hurt eyes. She was a person too whose feelings could easily get trampled on. He felt like he was part of the ANBUs that had made fun of her.

"They just wanted to see if you were alright. You were comatose for a long time." He said, trying to dampen himself from the ANBUs before.

With a sad smile, she turned around and started walking.

You don't have to pretend you like me... but thank you anyways.

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They met the first of the The Eternal Five relatively quick. He was a scientist who had obtained bestial qualities. Danzo had information where this one would be. They were up on mountainous terrain where he was testing human bodies in his laboratory and Kakashi had to check twice on his footing. He kept checking on Hinata who seemed to be doing just fine unlike him. Her small body darted here and there.

"Oh ho ho! So Danzo sent you two. Too bad he hadn't seen what I have obtained! The greedy fool wants the vial of blood doesn't he?! He'll never get it from me! I don't have it! I'll stay alive forever until I create the ultimate beast! Until I learn everything!"

The bestial man was around 30 and though he looked youthful and fit, his hair was white with age and his eyes screamed crazy. Hinata immediately took out her katana and ran it through the huge man while he was talking. Kakashi didn't even have time to register how fast she moved, all he saw was her eyes.

They had turned from calm waves into feral hunger. She had on a crazed smile and flicking off her feet, she twisted her wrist and the katana swished to the side, slicing right into the beast's stomach. Hinata's hair had just caught up to her when the beast in front of them caught her sword and bent it in half, effectively picking Hinata's small body and throwing her to the ground.

She fell without recovery and Kakashi finally interfered. He exposed his Sharingan, slowing the movements of the cheetah-like beast in front of them that changed from animal to animal, and took out his own katana, charging it with electricity. He struck the arm that was about to pulp Hinata and the beast jerked back with spasm.

"Arghhhh!" The beast yelled, sounding half like a lion and a bull.

Hinata finally took in a breath and she felt the wound on her neck break open. Scared, she opened her eyes and activated her Byakugan. The beast in front of her had mixed chakra points. It was no longer human, but some form of a grotesque animal.

She saw Kakashi had electrocuted him and with pain, Hinata rolled out of the crater she was in and thought of a new way to disarm the beast in front of them. Her body screamed at her.

Kill the Beast! You have no need for him! Let your blood eat him whole!

Hinata shook her head and she tried to calm herself without luck. If Itachi was here, she would be fine. He would have calmed her. She would not succumb to easy defense like destroying a person just keep herself safe. But her body, pumping with poisonous adrenaline told her otherwise.

You're going to die if you don't kill him! Screw Danzo! This man doesn't have information on Hanzo Hattori!

Hinata shook her head. No. This man had something. He was experimenting on humans. He had something valuable. She couldn't just kill him.

Kakashi saw that Hinata was clutching her head. From the corner of his eyes, he knew he had to do something even if he didn't like her. Driving the katana into the beast's arm to knock it away, he flicked a kunai at Hinata's direction, cutting pieces of her hair off. Effectively, Hinata backed away and kunai came flying his way as a reflex. The beast in front of him took full brunt of the dangerous kunais as they embedded themselves into his horse-like shoulder.

Then with amazing speed that even his Sharingan seem to overlook, the Beast's arm wrapped around Kakashi's neck and pushed him to the ground. He felt his air pipe close and with faint recognition, he thought this was how Hinata must feel when Danzo punished her.

Hinata saw how Kakashi was thrown onto the ground. The Beast was cutting off his air supply. In some way, Hinata knew that if they died here, they would be used as experiments. It was sickening.

And something seemed to release in Hinata.

Taking out senbons, Hinata slashed her left palm and she soaked the needles in her blood. She threw them with deadly accuracy to the Beast. They hit dead on.

Eyes. Ear. Mouth. And any vital chakra point she found. They all hit dead on.

Releasing Kakashi with a bestial scream of pain, the Beast roared and he changed into a slug like figure, trying to heal himself from her burning poison. Hinata knew that if she didn't step in, Kakashi would be gone.

She didn't like to show people what kind of person she was.

But if being a monster would save Kakashi...

Then a monster she shall be.

Hinata slashed open her other hand. Bleeding... she leapt into the air and landed hands first into the now slug-like beast.

Her blood painted the Beast a bright red. His skin soaked in her blood.

Eating at a humans' nitrogen, Hinata's poison caused the Beast to burn.

Too much oxygen. Not enough nitrogen.

Combustion.

The scientist combusted, burning in open flames screaming.

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Kakashi saw it all. She flew into the sky, her blood raining down her arms like thick water, and saw her inject it all into the slug in front of him. She looked like a savior. A bloody red angel who sacrificed itself to save people. The slug would have used Kakashi's body as food for healing if she didn't save him.

At first he thought she was crazy. She knew he didn't like her. He knew that she had no reason to save him. But she did. She stuck her own hands to be eaten by this slug.

And somehow, she burned him.

Her eyes were swirls of fire. If she didn't pull out fast enough, she would burn. But she stayed there. She seemed to be screaming.

Not enough blood! He needs to suck in more of my blood!

Kakashi coughed and he tried to get air. Breathing raggedly, he jumped and grabbed Hinata by the waist. He pulled her out before she was enveloped by the human combustion of fire and they landed horridly on the mountainous floor. He landed with a slip of his foot and twisted his ankle.

Angrily, she pushed him away, shielding him from the walking flaming scientist and dipped every senbon she had, including her kunais into her blood. The scientist was within feet of them, with every attempt to burn them with him. She threw the painted weapons with power into the walking man of fire that stood two feet away from her.

With deafening thuds, the scientist fell backwards and writhed in pain.

"Ahhh! It burns! The poison! The poison!"

Hinata stared at what she had created, a fiery mess of a human body, and finally, she sunk to her knees. She was a monster. Look at her hands. They were bright red, glimmering like poisonous rubies.

Turning around, she looked at Kakashi who was staring at her with an open mouth and saw that he was finally regaining his breath. Smiling because he was safe, she finally closed her eyes and from lack of blood, she fainted.

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BK: … Wow! Ahaha! I was just so excited for this chapter so I posted it early.