Ever since the announcement of Hinata's new personal guards, rumors started spreading of what her choices have been.

"I don't know if I can do it. It's been announced I'm a traitor." Kiba spoke out loud as he was in a garage with his Enix. He was standing outside his Enix and was leaning on the left leg of the Gaiwan as he looked outside the garage. He saw Akito riding horses while Hinata taught him the best way to hold on to them, he saw Sai painting a picture and he didn't see Neji yet.

"Alright Akito, just remember to hold on as tight as you can alright? I'm going to teach you how we can make a horse jump." Hinata explained as she got on her black horse.

"Alright." he smiled as Hinata began to explain to him the basics of a horse.

"Hinata sure seems to take after her mother, doesn't she?" Kiba turned around and saw Neji next to him.

"I never met her mom." Kiba replied as he continued looking outside.

"Still though, it surprises me that even though her mother died, she's still able to smile. I mean, if Hinata died, I wouldn't be able to. Hinata is like the only person I really connect to while I'm here." Neji continued.

"Hinata has always had a soft spot from what I could tell. I mean, she's practically acting like a mother figure right now with Akito, and he lost him mom just a few months ago."

Neji looked at Kiba for a few moments. From what Hinata told him, Kiba was supposed to be a wild child and went out a lot, but lately he seemed different from what his cousin told him. Kiba seemed to care so much about Akito and he also seemed to care about Hinata.

"I'm still surprised though. I mean, I would have never imagined to join the Empire's side, I always thought that I will always fight for my country, but I want to help Hinata to lessen the bloodshed. This country to stained with so much blood and I don't want her to be the only one to carry that burden. The least I could do is share all the blood that's preparing to come." Kiba said as he looked out and saw Hinata riding a horse. She smiled while Akito followed behind her. She seemed so happy, but he knew the times were going to change because Team Seven wouldn't give up so easily, especially since Naruto and Sasuke are determined to destroy the empire. He promised himself he won't let them lay a finger on Hinata. He's going to protect her, they were finally reunited and he doesn't want to lose her, not again.

"You still have the choice to leave you know? I won't stop you and neither will Hinata. She knows that you still have strong ties with them. She doesn't want you to be the only one to suffer." Kiba looked at Hinata's older cousin. He remembers when Hinata told him that she thought Neji didn't like her at all. She would always say that he would leave her behind and rarely be home, but to him it seems he really did care for her, but more like an older brother then cousin.

"Neji, here are the files you asked for." Kiba noticed that tone. It belonged to Itachi, Sasuke's older brother...who apparently was reported dead.

"Thanks." Neji took the folder and headed out.

"Keeping secrets I see." Kiba smirked as he eyed the older Uchiha. The older Uchiha looked towards the younger boy. He could see that he has grown so much since the war. He knows that it will eventually change. He may not see it now, but that was just the beginning. Itachi knows that just because a close friend of theirs is a mere princess, that won't stop them. They won't give up until everything changes. The death of his and Sasuke's parents changed Sasuke. He knows that Sasuke has distanced himself since his parents death. He wouldn't say much except for hello or good bye. Sasuke really did change.

"It's to protect Lady Hyuuga." Itachi stated.

"Anything important?" Kiba tried asking.

"It's about a mission that took place ten years ago."

"From the leader of Team Seven?" Kiba began once again.

"You remember the incident right? It's what made Hinata and Neji come here in the first place." Itachi began to walk towards a seat.

"The death of her mother. Is it the full details about it?"

Itachi nodded. "It contains all the people that were involved, including Orochimaru, Kabuto, Karin and the others. Orochimaru and Kabuto are reported dead but I don't know about the other three. Apparently after the mission those three disappeared and no one has seen them since." without none of them knowing Hinata heard.

"I haven't heard of the name in a long time. Karin Uzumaki, cousin of Naruto, she does bring a lot of unpleasant memories. Apparently she was the one who actually did the killing." Kiba responded.

"I never did like her. She was always the kind of person who would kill in an instant. I always wondered why she joined Team Seven in the first place, but it now makes so much sense." Itachi smirked as he lit a cigarette.

"What do you mean?" Kiba asked the older male.

"She joined Team Seven because she wanted to be the one to destroy her rival."

"Her rival?" he asked sounding a bit puzzled.

"That's what I don't understand, it's probably best we don't keep going any further with the death of the late Hana Hyuuga. We might find things we don't wanna see." sighed Itachi as he blew out some smoke.

"Sometimes, I wish I could be the one to take the burden of others." Kiba said out loud.

"Would you really want that?" he turned around and saw Hinata standing on the door way.

"Lady Hyuuga?" Itachi questioned.

"The only ones who should take the burden are the ones who have shared the same fate. I've never stained my hands with blood, the only people that have is everyone, including Neji. H-He killed someone right before I left here, he was holding me at gun point asking for everything we had, including me. I was crying so much begging to let Neji go, but then I closed my eyes for a moment and saw blood on my school uniform. Neji killed him with a gunshot to the neck. Since that day-" Sai covered her mouth. She looked up and saw her knight stopping her.

"We told you, you are the last person left who hands haven't been stained, and we want to keep it that way...you innocent flower." Sai explained.

"It's true, you haven't been tainted yet and I could never allow myself from you being stained as well, Hinata." she saw her cousin standing outside the door as well. Sai removed his hand and saw the young princess close to tears.

"How could I just allow all of you to carry such a huge burden? Please, let me at least share some of the blood with you." Hinata cried.

"I could never allow that to happen, my princess." Sai told her as he gave her a look of sadness. Hinata stood in her spot, not saying anything.

"Do you think if I became a soldier, I would grow stronger?" Hinata asked everyone.

"Hinata?" Itachi questioned.

"I would be carrying the same burden as all of you. That way you guys wouldn't have to suffer alone." Hinata stated as she walked in front of them. "Would I become stronger?"

She looked at each of them; she's never seen their faces written with such pain. She couldn't believe with what she might have said, would have hurt them so much.

"I'm sorry; I guess I was out of line." Hinata tried laughing but she could see that they could see right through her lie. "Excuse me." Hinata ran away trying to hide her tears as she left all of them. She continued running towards her room and lay on her bed. She turned her head and her eyes landed on a picture she didn't want to see.

"Why? Why did this have to happen!" she cried. She threw her hand towards a the picture frame. She heard the frame hit the floor. A part of her regrets moving to Japan during middle school. She regrets meeting the people she might have to kill someday. She continued crying, not noticing how Sai passed by her door to make sure she was alright.

"I'm sorry but please, we don't want you to suffer as the rest of us, princess." Sai whispered knowing that Hinata might not even hear him.

"I wished for a new world, a world where we could all go back to our happier days if just for one day, even if it's the summer festival." Hinata whispered as she drifted to a deep sleep.

XxXxXx

"Itachi, according to the files you gave me, Team Seven is an elite military team. This doesn't make sense; you're basically stating that everyone on this list was chosen since birth." Neji questioned as he let Kiba go through them as well.

"Yes, they all attended the same classes from their first year to the last year of school. They attended all the same martial arts classes but not at the same time. They were also trained under the military to disarm and arm bombs." Itachi replied as he looked back to Kiba.

"This all makes sense now. I was put in karate classes since I was able to walk. My parents would always put me in advanced placement classes. I was also put in shooting ranges and so many other things, but I never knew why but at least now I do." Kiba stated as he kept going through the files of everyone.

"I'm not surprised that Sasuke and Naruto are on top of the list, Ino and Sakura know some of the basics of medical and medicine. Shikamaru is the smart one of the whole group. I was the top tracker, hmm now that I look at it, there were only six of us. I never did figure out why we were called Team Seven." Kiba added as he continued reading the file. He was quickly scanning through the pages until he reached a paper with some writing on it. "What's this?" Kiba began to read and he was surprised on what he had just seen. It was written in Japanese and it contained hand signs. He didn't understand what he was looking at. The writing in Japanese said boar, dog, and so on. He didn't understand what it was supposed to mean, he then found an explanation for one. "Fang over Fang?" Kiba thought to himself as he continued reading it.

"Kiba, you seem in deep thought. Is something going on?" Itachi asked the younger boy in front of him.

"It's just this, it caught my attention and I wanna try it out." Kiba pulled out the piece of paper and handed it to Itachi. Itachi began reading was his expression changed rather quickly.

"So, this is what happened." Itachi sighed as he gave the paper back to Kiba.

"What is it?" Neji asked.

"No wonder he chose you. You have to be one of the last remaining Exiles." Itachi began.

"What's an exile?" Sai returned.

"Exiles contain a special power most of us wish to have. It was said that the world was full of Exiles but as war took over the nations, they all died out. There were clans who also contained some of these people. There were four noble clans who controlled most of the world but as war went through the ages they became extinct. The four noble clans were the Uchiha, the Akamichi, the Aburame and the Hyuuga. As time and war went on, everyone killed one another destroying most of the Exiles. Even though it's just been rumored that people with the blood of former Exiles became extinct I guess some of the blood flows through you, I'm surprised on how he found out though. It doesn't make any sense unless you've already shown him some of powers." Itachi began to question.

"I don't remember." Kiba replied.

"Ninja art super beast imitating drawing." they turned to see Sai making a hand sign and a drawing he created came to life.

"You're an exile?" Neji asked.

"I was supposed to be the last member of Team Seven." Sai began. "I also know the leader personally." Before he knew it, Sai was pushed towards the wall by Neji.

"You're fucking telling me that you know the leader that's trying to kill my cousin?!" then Neji activated his bloodline.

"So you're also one of us as well?" Sai smirked. He then kicked Neji off himself. "You've been lying to Hinata as well."

"Neji?" Itachi questioned.

Neji looked down and stood up.

"I have a trait, it's called the Byakugan. I could see your nervous system and your internal organs, so if I wanted, I could cause a fatal injury." Neji stated. He stood up and he activated his blood line limit. "My eyes seem to have a time limit. The longest I've had them activated was about six hours before I pass out."

"Since we're all being honest, I'm also an Exile." Itachi stated.

"So, we are all Exiles. I must admit that I am surprised." Neji said as he looked at all of them.

"If Kiba was an Exile, then everyone on Team Seven is an Exile, meaning we might have a hard time if they figured out their powers." Itachi commented.

"Sai, since your already Kiba's Gaiwan mentor, train him with his powers. Figure out his nature and I'll look back to the Inuzuka lifeline. I'm pretty sure I'll find some of their old techniques."Neji began.

"It's known as jutus." Sai stated.

"Alright, Sai, we're going to talk later." Neji told him as he left. They all turned to Sai as he wore a blank mask.

"You really know the leader?" Itachi asked. Sai nodded his head and he began to walk towards the door.

"Trust me; you don't want to dig any further. If you were able to find out the truth, you wouldn't know where to place your loyalty." and Sai left.

XxXxXx

Hinata had just awakened a few moments ago and the sun had already set. She stood up and headed towards her balcony; she opened her door and headed outside. She walked outside and took in the scenery. It was the same one she saw before she left everyone behind. Tears began forming and she let them flow freely. As she looked out to the distance, she could see the ocean. She continued crying until she looked down to the ground. She saw an image of Sasuke and Naruto. She tried to reach for them and but before she knew it, she began falling. She closed her eyes and waited to hit the ground. She didn't hit the ground but someone caught her. She opened her eyes and saw Sai holding on to her.

"You really need to be careful." Sai told her.

"Why do you care so much about me?" Hinata questioned.

"I care for you my princess. I have the same beliefs as you." he smiled. Hinata put her hands around Sai's neck and she pulled him closer.

"Sai, please help me." Hinata pulled him closer until her lips were just mere centimeters away from Sai's.

"Lady Hyuuga?" Sai questioned until he noticed that Hinata put her lips on his. Sai was surprised by what she was doing. Hinata's lips were so soft and her tongue danced in Sai's mouth. Sai didn't know how to react, he just stood there frozen. He would lie saying he didn't enjoy it, but Hinata seemed so experienced. Hinata continued kissing him until she ran out of breathe. She pulled back and hid her face in Sai's neck.

"I'm sorry." he heard her whisper and Hinata fell back to sleep.

"You really are a princess." Sai whispered as he moved some hair away from Hinata. He kissed her on her forehead and he took her back to her room.

XxXxXx

Neji, Itachi and Kiba were out in the front courtyard when they noticed the city was awfully dark. They didn't see any street lights or even cars passing by.

"This seems awfully quiet don't you think?" Neji questioned as he turned and saw Sai returning.

"It is. Should we go with Lady Hyuuga?" Kiba asked.

"She's in her room still sleeping. It seems from what she said earlier the guilt is over bearing her." Sai replied.

"I'll speak with her tomorrow then, but right now we're dealing with a small problem." Neji added.

"What's the problem dear cousin?" Hinata asked as she returned and saw everyone paying attention to the city.

"Hinata, please go back inside, I'll deal with this." Itachi told her.

"I rather see what is happening, after all I am supposed to make sure I'm doing my job as viceroy." Hinata responded. She walked closer to the gates when she saw a light flashing.

"They wouldn't?" Hinata thought to herself as she saw the light flashing faster and faster. She tried to back away but it exploded.

"Hinata?!" she heard Kiba yell.

"I'm fine, it's just a small hole." Hinata yelled back as she stood up and dusted herself off. While she was dusting herself off, she felt people were watching her.

"It's not nice to stare." Hinata said out loud. A light centered at her was turned on. The light was so bright that she couldn't see.

"Hinata Hyuuga, by order of Team Seven, we order the execution of you and the royal family." she heard a girl say.

"Ino, as always you are so quick to make the first move." Hinata smirked.

"You have no right to say anything!" she heard someone else say.

"Sakura, you really haven't changed since the last time." Hinata added.

"Why the hell aren't you running away? Aren't you afraid of us?" she heard a very familiar growl.

"Why would I be scared? I mean if my destiny was to die here then I am prepared, or you don't want me to talk about destiny Naruto?" Hinata responded.

"I'm getting tired of your cocky answers. If you don't want to die now, tell us where you have Kiba and Akito." Sasuke stated as he moved closer to Hinata.

"Sasuke, wouldn't you want to know how Itachi is doing?" Hinata asked him.

"He's dead." Sasuke quickly replied.

"They haven't told you? That's a shame." Hinata pretended to pout.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" he growled as he pushed Hinata towards a wall. Hinata hit the wall and felt Sasuke's grip around her neck.

"Itachi, he's alive. Right now, he is with Neji and everyone, weren't you there when I revealed Itachi is my knight?" Hinata questioned.

"You're lying!" Sasuke yelled. His grip on Hinata's neck became tighter to the point where she was losing the ability to breathe.

"Fire style fire ball jutsu!" the heard someone yelled and saw fire coming towards them. Sasuke let go of Hinata and jumped away from the fire coming for him. Hinata fell to her knees and coughed a bit.

"Hinata are you alright?" she heard Neji ask. She nodded her head and looked up. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Itachi was making fire with hand signs. Sai was making his drawings come to life and Kiba was creating so much damage with a technique she had never seen before. She didn't know how to put it to words but she knew she was scared. She didn't know what was happening.

"Please stop this!" Hinata cried. They didn't hear her and they continued fighting.

"Sai, Kiba, Itachi!" Hinata tried yelling again. They heard her and they returned to her side as she requested.

"So you are alive?" she heard Sasuke ask. She looked at Sasuke and saw his expression.

"Shikamaru, you knew about Itachi being alive didn't you?" Kiba asked his old friend. Shikamaru nodded and looked at Sasuke.

"It was best if you didn't know." Shikamaru told Sasuke.