4!
Did you know?
Four is my faviorite number. And it's the only number with the same number of letters as the actual number in the world!
Ok… coz that's random and all…
LET GO ON WITH THE STORY
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"Where are we going?" Hinata asked as they walked through a part of the compound she'd never been before.
Neji suddenly had a large intake of breath in realisation, "Caged-bird seal," He murmured under his breath.
Hinata cringed at those words, she was too late. She quickly turned to Neji and murmured one word, "Naruto," just loud enough so he could hear.
Neji nodded at Hinata in understanding and disappeared out the hall in search of the blonde ninja.
"Naruto! NARUTO!" Neji yelled when he entered the streets of Konoha.
He continued his search until he came across a familiar face.
"LEE!" He called out and ran towards the guy.
"What is it Neji-san?" Lee asked as he walked over to Neji.
"I need to find Naruto; do you know where he is?" Neji asked urgently.
"I think he was heading back to his apartment, he should be there." Lee announced. Neji said a quick thank you and disappeared towards Naruto's apartment.
"NARUTOO!" Neji yelled at the yellow-haired figure heading towards his house.
"Neji?" Naruto looked up, surprised but saw the look on Neji's face, "What's going on? Is Hinata okay!" He started to panic.
"Caged-bird seal. Hinata's getting the seal, right now in the Hyuuga compound. You have to stop it."" Neji said urgently.
Naruto's eyes widened, but he quickly snapped out of it and ran as fast as he could towards the Hyuuga compound with Neji trailing behind him.
They were just about to enter the compound when they heard a scream coming from inside. Both glanced at each other with a look of worry and determination and they charged into the compound.
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Hinata was in pain. It was the worst pain she'd ever been in. Her head was aching and the elders did nothing, just sat on each corners of the room holding up a hand-sign.
She couldn't hold it in anymore, she let out another scream filled with anguish. There was blood dribbling down her lip from biting it so hard. Tears were trailing down her cheeks but she didn't even notice through the pain.
She was just about to drift to unconsciousness when the door burst open, leaving two figures standing in the doorway.
"You're too late," mumbled Hiashi as he concentrated on the seal.
"Hinata-chan…" Naruto murmured, a tear falling down his cheek.
Hinata looked up at him, it was the only thing left she could do. But unconsciously, her byakugan activated, to the second level. She couldn't stop it, and it made the pain a lot worse.
The elders looked at each other in shock, "That wasn't supposed to happen. What is happening!" One of the elders said.
"What did you do! STOP HURTING HER!" Naruto growled at all of the elders, he couldn't watch Hinata in pan like that, and he intended to stop it.
Hinata then decided to take out one more scream of agony that echoed through the compound, before collapsing onto the floor.
"Hinata!" Naruto was immediately at her side, "Are you okay!"
"I don't know… what happened… my byakugan activated on its own… and I think I… absorbed… the jutsu." Hinata mumbled before drifting into unconsciousness.
"She better survive this. For all your sakes." Naruto snarled viscously and disappeared towards the hospital carrying Hinata bridal-style.
Naruto kicked down the hospital door, earning stares from everyone in the room. And a massive death-glare from Tsunade, who had been talking to the lady at the front desk.
"Naruto! What the hell are you doing!" She roared.
"Hinata needs help!" Was his reply, directing everyone's attention to the girl in his arms.
"Let me have a look at her," Tsunade said, examining the girl in Naruto's arms, "What happened?"
"She was getting the caged-bird seal on her, and something went wrong, she told me that her byakugan activated on its own and she... absorbed the jutsu. What does that mean? Is she going to survive!" Naruto panicked.
Tsunade looked up at Naruto with wide eyes for a moment, "Has there been anything different about Hinata's eyes lately?"
"Umm… you should ask her." Naruto said, he promised Hinata he wouldn't tell anyone so he wasn't going to say it.
"Well, she'll live, she just suffered from severe chakra depletion and exhaustion, she should wake up sometime tomorrow." Tsunade explained.
"Good," Naruto said with a sigh of relief, "Where do you want me to put her?"
"First room on the left." Tsunade instructed as Naruto disappeared down the hall.
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"What happened!" One of the Hyuuga elders asked the rest of the Hyuuga council, "That should've worked!"
"She's up to something." Another stated.
"It's probably got something to do with the Demon-brat."
"She's been hanging around with the demon child a lot lately; he's probably done something to her."
"We need to stop this! We need to give her the seal and throw her into the branch family. But we need to get the seal to work."
"Before that, we need to get rid of the boy."
"Yes, we must destroy the demon-child…"
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"Hinata-chan! You're awake!" Naruto tackled Hinata in a hug.
She blushed, giggling slightly at Naruto's antics, "Yeah, I'm fine. But I want you to bring Neji here for me, I want to try something." Hinata smiled.
"Now?" Naruto asked.
"Yes please."
Naruto thought for a moment, "Okay," He said with sudden enthusiasm, quickly making a hand sign and bringing up ten clones, "Find Neji and bring him here." Naruto instructed as the clones disappeared out the door.
"How long have I been out?" Hinata wondered.
"About a day. I'm sorry I hadn't come quick enough, I should've known. I could've stopped it." Naruto looked down.
"Naruto, it's okay. I've figured something out anyway, so there's some good out of this."
"So why do you want Neji?" Naruto asked.
"You'll see. But I don't know if it'll work, so I need you to be here."
It was then when someone knocked onto the door, "Come in Neji-nii!" Hinata called out.
"You wanted me for something.. ?" Neji asked as he appeared in the room.
"Yes, come here. And take your headband off." Hinata instructed.
Neji looked at her with a confused expression, but nodded and took his headband off, showing the caged-bird seal on his forehead and stood right in front of Hinata.
Hinata quickly turned to Naruto, "Hold on to me tight, please, Naruto-kun. And this might hurt a little, Neji-nii-san." Hinata warned and activated the second level of her byakugan.
Naruto blushed at the odd request, but held her protectively anyway. Slowly Hinata lifted her hand up, it was visibly shaking, but she pushed her first two fingers onto the center of Neji's seal and grunted at the sudden pain.
Neji looked down at his cousin, "Hinata-imouto? What are you doing?" he was worried and could feel something moving on his forehead.
Naruto realised why Hinata wanted him to hold onto her now, she was squirming in his strong grip, trying to move away from Neji, but Naruto knew Hinata wanted him to make sure she stayed where she was, so he obliged.
Hinata's eyes were clenched closed, but a few stray tears of pan drifted down her cheek. She could feel Naruto's comforting hand wrapped around her while the other was stroking her shoulder.
Suddenly Neji gasped in pain, he had a massive headache, but before he could pull away, Hinata said to him, "A little longer, Neji-nii!" She ordered between pants.
Suddenly the pain stopped, making Hinata fall back to the arms of Naruto, and Neji fall onto the ground.
"What did you do?" Neji asked, slowly standing up.
"Look in a mirror." Hinata instructed.
Naruto was looking at Neji wide-eyed. He turned to Hinata, "I can't believe you could do that, you are so awesome."
Neji looked into the mirror, and after seeing himself he almost fainted, "You did this? You fixed me? How? I can't believe it! The caged-bird seal is GONE!" He yelled in pure joy.
"Don't say it too loud. This never happened. Make sure father doesn't see you without the seal or I'm so dead." Hinata explained.
"How?" Neji was still confused.
Hinata looked over to Naruto, "I think you can trust him," Naruto informed.
She nodded, "I don't know how it happened, but I have achieved the second level of the byakugan." She whispered just loud enough for Neji to hear, "I have a feeling that it has everything to do with seals. I don't have to use hand seals when doing jutsu in this stage, and I seem to be able to take seals off of people." Hinata explained quietly.
"You…. achieved… that?" Neji asked surprised.
"Well, you wouldn't have guessed. The weakest Hyuuga managed the second level of the byakugan." Hinata sighed, "But don't tell anyone, I don't want Hiashi doing any tests on me or something."
Neji nodded in agreement, "I won't." Suddenly Hinata was engulfed in a hug, and lifted off of Naruto, "Thank you so much, Hinata-imouto, I promise no-one will know the seal has been lifted." He said, letting go of Hinata and putting his shinobi headband back on.
"You're welcome, Neji-nii, you didn't deserve the seal. In fact, no-one does."
"WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE!" Hiashi roared as he busted the door open.
"N-nothing f-father." Hinata stuttered.
"Neji, what are you hiding?" He ordered.
"He didn't do anything, father! It was all me! I tried to get him to help me stop with the caged-bird seal but he declined, saying you were right and I deserve what I'm getting." Hinata lied.
"Come here." Hiashi ordered.
Hinata sighed, she knew what was coming. Slowly, she stood up, and walked over until she was standing directly in front of Hiashi, ignoring the confused looks of Neji and Naruto.
Hiashi turned to Neji quickly, "You did well, you're proving to be a great and worthy Hyuuga. You may leave now, Hinata no longer needs your assistance." He said before turning back to Hinata.
Then a loud slapping sound could be heard echoing through the hospital, followed by a crash.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Naruto yelled, holding Hinata in his arms and glaring down Hiashi who had just flown through a wall.
"Stay out of this brat. This is clan matters, she needs to be punished for her actions." Hiashi growled, getting back up.
Naruto looked down at the kunoichi in his arms. Her cheek was already swollen and starting to bruise up, which just made him mad.
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"Naruto! Hinata!" The voice of Shizune came up to the teenagers, followed by Shizune running into the room.
"What is it Shizune-nee-Chan?" Naruto asked sitting up.
"Tsunade-sama needs you two for a mission," Shizune explained.
Hinata then sat up, "Alright, let's go, Naruto-kun."
Shizune lead the way as the three made their way to the hokage tower, leaving Hiashi standing by himself.
"What's the mission, Baa-Chan?" Naruto asked as they stepped into the hokage's office.
"Well, you and Hinata will be heading to Iwa for a spy mission. You will be trying to figure all you can about a guy by the name of Kinoshi Yutako. This mission will take a week. Am I clear?"
"Hai!" All three ninja said.
"Good, you'll leave this afternoon, get packed."
"Ano, Hokage-sama, I really don't think I'm welcome home yet, do you think you can call my father out of the house so I can pack with being attacked?" Hinata asked politely.
"Don't need to worry, there is a meeting being held in ten minutes anyway and your father will be there so the house will be safe."
"Thank you, Tsunade-sama." Hinata said as they all disappeared out the door.
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