Authors note: If you a Sakura fan… (If any of you exist that is XD)…you have been warned…
But I realise I may have scared several of my viewers from reading my fiction altogether due to my last chapter, but I will not change it into an M rated…
Due to the fact that: whilst Hinata is in fact completely insane…well you will have to see won't you? It's very important you read this chapter and the 'Authors Note' in the end.
The Bonds We Break
Naruto leaped from roof top to roof top, making all speed to training ground 7, a place where first began his training, the accursed bell test twice, and he even spoken to a timid Hyuuga girl who helped raise his spirit when it was at its utter lowest before fighting her cousin, the Hyuuga prodigy, in the finals of his first Chuunin Exam. He thought she was so odd…she was quiet, well spoken, shy as any girl could ever possibly be, 'a girl of few word' he thought of her, as she used to turn her eyes or look away when he stared at her. But she was not weak…not in the slightest. She was strong and determined, seeking the approval of her father and peers…and him…
But…how did she survive?
Better yet…how the hell wind up in league with the Akutsuki?!
"How indeed?" a dark voice said to him, Naruto remembering the last conversation he had with his dark entity within him as clear as a bell toll.
'You knew…didn't you…Kyuubi?' Naruto asked
The Kyuubi laughed again
You knew it was her..." Naruto thought, his tone bitter and angry
"True" Kyuubi said with a chuckle
'And you kept it from me'
'Yes'
'Knowing I missed her more then even Sasuke-teme?' Naruto wanted to know EXACTLY how much the Kyuubi knew
"True" The Kyuubi answering politely, hoping it would aggravate him
'Why…why did you keep it from me, what do you have to gain from all this?' Naruto asking calmly which the Kyuubi though amused found it confusing.
"To gain? Nothing Brat, I hid it to knowing it would tick you off…however I find myself curious that it hasn't…may I ask why?" Kyuubi asked, the boy was a wonderful source of anger, being able to let the daemon fox unleash himself at the slightest provocation, remembering all the times where he had given Naruto the power to slay thousands in a heartbeat. But he found this new stoic variation quite unsatisfying.
'I'm not getting angry at you Kyuubi…because I may need your help right now" Naruto thought
"Hmm when have you willingly ever asked for my help brat, other then the time with the Uchiha?" Kyuubi having let curiosity remove his sense of amusement.
'Hinata may have become too strong for me to handle alone' Naruto thought, his mental voice quiet
"But at the same time…you don't want my help, I can sense it brat, your feelings towards the Hyuuga girl may get you killed" Kyuubi said with a dark sense of calmness
'I…'Naruto thought before pausing…the truth was, he didn't know what to do, killing Hinata was completely out of the question, stopping her may be an issue as he wasn't sure he could control or prevent the Kyuubi from going too far
"Is that what is bothering you? Then let me just make it clear brat…I will not kill the Hyuuga" Kyuubi said with a grin that Naruto could practically sense
'Liar' Naruto thought with a frown
The Kyuubi laughed loudly, "Far enough I give you my word, if I harm the Hyuuga girl more then needed or you want, I will allow you to ask your perverted Sensei to increase the durability of the seal on you that holds me"
Naruto narrowed his eyes, he was making a deal with a daemon, fantastic…
'Deal' he thought, increasing his speed, hoping he made it in time
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Hinata leapt, Sakura immediately sent a fist aimed for her face.
With lightning quick reflexes, landed and she crouched low, bringing her under her arm, to get a clear angle of Sakura's body, pulling back she focussed a bit of her chakra into palm, manipulated it slightly, and struck the lower area of Sakura's rib cage. She screamed loudly, clutching her side gingerly, allowing her pain to move her legs in a random direction away from Hinata. She had never seen a strike like that before, even for a Hyuuga, this was new.
"One must love the feeling of progress, don't you?" Hinata said smiling and narrowing her eyes "You can train and become your muscles as much as possible Sakura, you should know, there is no real way to protect your nerves, I thought you were aware that?" she said with a sense of foreboding
Her talent as a medic returning, she was able to understand what happened. Hinata was able to bypass skin and muscle tissue using her Juukin, then add another element of her training to attack further levels of a body's structure. Sakura could feel that no bruise had formed and the nerves were undamaged, and her organs untouched, making her visually unharmed.
"However, you don't think I am going to kill you with just that do you Sakura?" Hinata said with her head tilted slightly, her deadly grin spoke of a future of unending pain.
"It's only begun…" she charged again with unnatural quickness.
The two engaged in dual, Sakura punching and kicking with all her ability, using feints, spinning and attacking from unseen angles, flurries, and even using the nerve confusion techniques that her Medical Sensei taught her, but apparently it was no where near enough. Hinata simply weaved in and out of her attacks as though Sakura were moving in slow motion. Her smile unchanged, looking at her with those piercing eyes, silently judging her, and weakening her resolve. And so far, Hinata had not retaliated once, not using that debilitating style of attack against her.
Sakura attempted a side kick, which Hinata simply ducked, seeing this; she brought her other leg in an attempt to hit her face during her crouched position. Hinata moved a few steps back evading it completely. Using the leg she just attacked with, she landed, spun around and used her chakra to rebound herself quickly at Hinata who stood further away, charging a punch she delivered a right uppercut, coming from bottom right, travelling to her own top left in a diagonal swing, again Hinata evading easily. Bringing her left arm back she punched forward. Hinata finally making contact as she moved Sakura's fist to the right using her hand, making the attack miss. Sakura pulled her arm back and fell backwards onto the ground, her arms catching her and spreading her legs, she span quickly to force Hinata to evade by moving backwards. Bringing her legs back to the ground, she leapt and attempted to strike from the air. Hinata catching her descending right arm from the side and grabbing with both hands, slamming her on the ground, before bringing her foot up casually and smashing it down where Sakura's head had been before she rolled and then leapt back to a safe position. Sakura saw the ground beneath Hinata's foot having broken and cracked.
Sakura's training as a chuunin told her to take use of the advantage before you, and take consideration of any traps which you may be leading yourself into. Thinking that close distance could potentially be hazardous; she focussed her titanic strength into her fist and punched the ground she was standing on. The sudden fissures and tons of earth breaking beneath her, Hinata quickly moved into a safer distance a few metres away. Leaving a few metres distance between her and Sakura.
"Sakura…do you honestly believe these antics are an effective means of battle? Didn't you see your superior, Rock Lee using just this and still fail? You have to change your tactics…" Hinata said in a condescending manner, putting her bloodline off as a clear message that Sakura was not worth using it against, she spotting this clearly.
"I'll do just that" Sakura thought, reaching into her pouch and pulling several Kunai out and throwing them at Hinata.
Hinata raised her hand and the semi-invisible shield formed around her, occasionally becoming visible as the kunai struck her. She noticed that each of the kunai had small purple pouches attached to them, and on impact these tore, spreading tiny square sheets of paper surrounding her. Activating her byakugan she realised they were tiny explosive tags her eyes looking at Sakura who had the appropriate hand sign
'Interesting' Hinata thought to herself as Sakura activated her ability
"KAI!!"the simultaneous explosion of the millions of tiny tags engulfing Hinata in a pillar of flame.
Sakura looking at thick black smoke that was rising exactly where Hinata was standing "I am so sorry Hinata…" she said sadly, walking up to it…
Then Sakura heard something…starting quiet before becoming louder…
Laughter
A loud, disturbingly happy, spine-chilling laughter
"Sakura you truly must stop thinking your enemies are dead so quickly"
The smoke clearing, revealing a completely unharmed Hinata with an Akutsuki robe, who didn't move from her spot, which according to the burns on the ground, her attack didn't so much as touch, she watched as she lifted right hand, and faced its back at Sakura
"My turn…" Hinata said quietly clicking her fingers, Sakura saw a slight blue spark appear above her forefinger, opening her hands slightly, the energy grew, which almost looked like lightening, spinning her hand in the air above her slightly as though to provoke it further she brought her right hand horizontally across her body reaching to her left, before quick moving it to her right in a wave, sending the attack at her
The huge almost 13 foot high wave of crackling energy travelled with unnatural speed, Sakura leaping up in attempt to avoid it, but the wave caught her before she could have even possibly tried to evade it. She roared in pain. It was sheer agony. Every nerve in her entire body felt it. It felt like the collection of all the worst pains she had ever suffered in her life times a thousand, and it felt like it would last an eternity. Her mouth opened, she howled and cried, she could practically feel the energy dancing in her widely open mouth, but she could also feel it in on her arms, legs, chest, eyes…no part of her was not touched by the matrix of chakra that was travelling around her.
As she fell down to the earth again, it felt as though she was in an anguish filled cloud as it surrounded her as she landed on the hard earth, and involuntarily rolled onto her back. Her pain made her muscle's spasm uncontrollably, actually lifting her limbs off the ground as the attack's near ending insisted on doing more damage to her. She thanked kami when it finally ended, lying on her back, her limbs and fingers in very random positions, she not having the will power to right them, simply enjoying the fact that it ended. Tears travelled town Sakura's face and somehow her mouth was in the form of an open misshapen smile, her hair a mess and her forehead protector lying somewhere away from her, coming loose as she suffered.
"You enjoyed the pain didn't you?" Hinata said walking to her side, a large grin forming on her face, "Good, I live to please…" She hissed quietly, reaching down to pick her up from the front of her red shirt bringing her face to face, seeing Sakura's tears travelling down her cheeks.
"Oh don't cry Sakura" Hinata said softly in mock sympathy "I will give you so much more…"
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"Stop Brat" the Kyuubi said suddenly, making Naruto halt before entering the forest.
'Why stop?' he thought impatiently
"There seems to be chakra strings cutting off our path, it would debilitate you if you passed them" The Kyuubi said looking at the thick network of Chakra which formed a web throughout the tree lined path leading to Training ground 7
'So, how do we get through?!' Naruto he said mentally, again with impatience, worrying for the current conditions of both Sakura and Hinata.
The Kyuubi thought about it for a few moments before coming to an idea
"Use my Chakra, gather the cloak around yourself" The Kyuubi said simply
'WHAT, NOW!?' Naruto roared in his thoughts
"It's the only way brat, my chakra does not get effected as easily as yours, it will protect you for a time, and can simply regenerated when you need it"
Kyuubi thought
"Will you go back into you cage after I am through it…?"
"…And return when you need me, yes…" The Kyuubi said with a trace of boredom at his speed of thought, and his predictable way of thinking.
"Fine…" first looking around that no-one was near, he looked straight at the forest and closed his eyes.
All the things that happened to him. All the looks, the laughs, the insults, the isolation came flooding back from his memory, each giving him more and more anger with every image. He remembered all the enemies who he had come to loath in his time as a Shinobi. Opening his eyes, which saw everything with a slight red hue before returning to normal, looking at the forest, seeing the thick net of Chakra for himself, looking at his clawed fingers, he formed a fist, ignoring the pain of his pointed nails tearing into his palms.
'I am ready' he thought and leapt into the forest, tearing apart the chakra strings and travelled to his location
"Good, then go" Kyuubi said with a grin, he wasn't going to tell the brat this, but he did find it quite interesting when his voice turned into the fiery variation, wondering where he got it from, not from him anyway…
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Sakura's head jerked painfully to the left, as she felt Hinata's fist collide with it.
Spitting up more blood she had done during the last few punches in the face.
Her situation had not gotten any better. Forgoing using her Juukin, Hinata had simply reduced to attacking her with usual taijitsu, not that it made it any less painful, her punches causing bruises and knocking the wind out of her with every blow. Sakura could barely walk straight, let alone fight back, the effect of Hinata's nerve jitsu still showing signs of effect on her. Hinata punched her in the stomach, making her double, before quickly following with a leg sweep to the back of her feet, and before Sakura landed, driving the point of her elbow into her chest and point of her knee into her back. Sakura screamed in pain again, before Hinata kicked her off her leg. Sakura on all fours, tasting the very familiar taste of iron in her mouth, coughing more blood onto the ground in front of her.
Hinata walked up to her again.
"My My, Sakura, after three years, you still are the useless medic hiding behind your teammates. Regardless how much you study and who you study under, you are still USELESS!!" Hinata shouted, kicking her roughly in the ribs, making Sakura whimper in pain. "GET UP!!!" Hinata roared, staying where she was, out of sheer boredom allowing Sakura to stand, slowly massaging her much bruised and broken chest
"Tell you what Sakura, in the interest of fairness, I am a Hyuuga after all, I will allow you one swing at me" Hinata said with a sadistic smile, pointing with one finger at her left cheek.
Sakura couldn't ask for a better moment to occur.
Instantly she pulled her right hand back, putting her chakra into her fist to make it a hundred times stronger, she aimed for Hinata's face. Sakura was pleased at finally managed a solid blow against her past friend, striking fully against her left cheek, Hinata's head jerking back slightly. But Sakura's look changed from desperate satisfaction, into confusion as the damage and effect which would normally follow such a blow did not occur. Hinata grinned, unbeknown to Sakura; had sent a chakra string to sever her chakra at her elbow, cutting the flow and thus the strength of the ability itself. Hinata moved her left eye to stare at Sakura, just above her fist, which was still connected against her face.
"Did you actually think I would allow you to use your strength against me, after seeing what it did? You really are an appalling Chuunin of Konoha Sakura…" Hinata said in arrogant disdain, moving her head away, and her sadistic smile having not removed or changed. "By the way, that one was free…" Hinata raising her right thumb and wiping away the thin trickle of blood travelling down the side of her lip. Sakura, perhaps taking advantage of her brief pause, pulled her first hand back to her side, now charging her left fist and sending it at Hinata's chest.
Hinata raised an eyebrow and connected chakra strings between the tips of her fingers, making a snare trap for Sakura's fist, cutting it before the impact. The chakra in Sakura's hand having sliced to ribbons and fading away before the she caught it.
Sakura stared at horror at the futility of her attack, wondering if she was completely helpless now, as Hinata's face bore a tired expression "I thought I told you only the previous one was free?" she said, finding Sakura's ability to fight as pointless as the Root ANBU she had fought yesterday. Her disinterest increased when Sakura punched with the first hand Hinata had disabled, catching it easily, before she spread her arms wide horizontally before pulling her leg back at her chest and kicking Sakura in the jaw sending her into the air, quickly moving forward, Hinata grabbed her head by the same jaw line she had kicked and brought Sakura's skull hard into the ground making the earth crack. Hinata slowly rotated her head as to grind it further then it was possible before letting go and grabbing her front, and tossing her like a rag doll a few metres away.
"This has become DULL SAKURA, FIGHT ME PROPERLY!!!" Hinata roared, she wanted a fight to a death…but this seemed so one sided that she had almost lost interest.
Sakura was just able to lift her head, fully aware of the vast amounts of blood travelling down her face, before moving her aching body into a sitting position, looking at her most previously disabled hand. She gathered some chakra, staring in wonder as it had apparently been cut into several pieces…though still attached to her hand…Gathering some of her healing energy, she was able to regenerate and pull together the strands of chakra, making her hand usable again, looking at Hinata, hoping she didn't make any action towards her to interrupt her healing, but she had yelled about wanting a fight, so she assumed she would wait for her to make the move first.
Healing both hands took almost three minutes, ridiculously long for a medic for her ability, but the damage on her first disabled hand had been so extensive, Sakura had to heal it in sections, and do it slowly, before moving onto her damaged parts of her body, she discovered that several of her ribs were broken, understanding the reason she couldn't stand properly, and also discovered that she didn't have the time, stamina or chakra to heal everything…
Standing resolutely with a look of determination, she managed to heal herself just enough to continue the fight,
Hinata smiled darkly "Good Sakura, stand proud in your final hour" she said ominously
She wanted a change of tactics, Sakura recalled, who had something planned…
Smashing the ground, making large pointed rocks appear around her like a flower folding inwards, she put chakra into her foot and kicked the large jagged rock in front of her, making it fly at Hinata
Hinata's eyes widened and quickly moved to evade left, the rock smashing the area she was standing, embedding itself into the earth like a spike
Sakura continued this route and smashed rocks at Hinata at quick successions, Hinata having to evade each. The air was full of projectiles which Hinata knew could with relative ease take her head off, shatter bones into dust and destroy vital organs. She moved quickly, weaving in and out of the rock hail. But then Sakura sent two at a time, one large and the other small, roughly the size of a medicine ball. Hinata only seeing the biggest threat and not the small rock hiding behind it, without her Byakugan active…the smaller struck home right onto the right side of her body, causing a loud series of cracks to ring in the air. Her face contorted slightly, her right arm hanging freely at her side, unable to move it anymore; she unleashed her strings with left hand, effortlessly slicing through the rock storm being thrown at her, before forming a seal one handed to create the near invisible field around her again. She looked at Sakura who was smiling, that rekindled the raw seething hatred within Hinata, and she activated her bloodline and looked at the damage within her.
"Three broken ribs, a broken collar bone, shoulder and forearm, very interesting Sakura, so you do have some fight left in you…" Hinata said looking at the Pink haired Kunoichi before her with malice. Moving her remaining mobile hand to her own damaged body parts, she healed them quickly. The searing pain becoming a nuisance, her training allowing her to seal off her nerves at will if needed, but she found that it was not quite possible to seal them off, but rather slow down the electrical activity of the nerves themselves, meaning she felt less pain over a longer distance of time.
According to her eyes, her bones reformed and the smashed pieces coming together to form her collar bone, shoulder and the bones in her entire arm again. She rotated her shoulder, moved her arm and flexed her fingers, pleased with the extent of medical Jitsu she knew. Apparantly Itachi was a missing-nin of many talents, and he deemed it important enough to teach her all the aspects of medicine he knew, fortunately she grasped the concept in a few months…
"Lets continue" Hinata said with a frown and charged, quickly approaching her target, 'I have played for far to long…it is time to end this' she thought bitterly, Sakura began sending rocks flying at her, now preferring to keep at a distance and fight, realising that close range was not an option, 'Her funeral' Hinata thought. Boulder after boulder was thrown at Hinata as she ran towards Sakura, and time and again each were destroyed by her chakra strings which formed a web like sphere around her, not so much as a pebble reached her.
As she closed in to her, Sakura's eyes widened in fear bringing her hands back in a fighting position. Hinata moved in close, Sakura sending a charged punch, which Hinata using her strings sliced at the elbow, and grabbed the forearm, Sakura then sending her right, her old friend reacted the same with this arm as well. Grabbing both forearms, Hinata savagely broke them at the elbow, bending her arm upwards, whilst moving her forearms down. Sakura closed her eyes and screamed loudly in anguish, before Hinata moving her right hand, grabbed onto Sakura's face and released the strings, cutting every last Chakra path in her body, just leaving her chakra core and connection to her head unharmed so she can finish it herself…
Sakura gasped, her eyes open and wider then ever, as she lost all the strength in her body and dropped to her knees, having complete inability to move any part of her body, the pain in her elbows not diminishing at all. Hinata loomed over her, a metre away, looking down in contempt
"Rejoice, Sakura, no longer will you plague the ranks of the Shinobi who fought and died valiantly within Konoha's long history. No longer will you mock the name Kunoichi, and no longer…will you make Naruto-kun suffer…" Hinata whispered, as though giving a prisoner their last rights before their inevitable execution.
"Why…WHY ARE YOU…DOING THIS!?!" Sakura screamed through her suffering, her tears flowing, barely having the strength to move, but retaining her ability to speak, knowing that death may be closer then ever before…
Hinata flinched…
Her eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly, not believing what she had just heard "Why…you do not know…Why Sakura?" Hinata whispered, her previous mask like emotionless face gone, replaced by utter confusion. Her gaping mouth slowly contorting, her teeth tightly clenched together, fuelled by a ferocious hatred, she gripped Sakura's head from both left and right side with her hands, her nails digging into her skin and unleashed the nerve damaging lightening again lifting her off the ground completely.
Sakura screamed in unholy agony…
The matrix of static like chakra reaching an intensity that slowly began burning her. Sakura's eyes had gone white at the energy passing through her head. Hinata, holding her for two minutes straight, knew it would have killed her if she left it on a minute longer and stopped it dropping her to her knees again, grabbing her shirt she brought her face to face.
The Akutsuki saw that the sides of Sakura's head had burned horribly, nearly covering one eye, and extending from the top of her forehead to the bottom of her chin, leaving a 3 inch space horizontally, half of her left eye, and the whole of her right eye untouched by the attack, as well as leaving her pink hair intact. Hinata's face was of utter rage.
"We were close friends Sakura…we knew each other's dreams and secrets. I had just passed the Chuunin exams, I was so happy for ONCE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! But you remember what happened, correct? We got given 'The Mission' before I could even return home…" she whispered tears travelling down her face at the memory.
"I remember all the missions I had gotten with the 'Konoha 11' up to that day, we protected each other, in the way only truly close friends could. I was so happy Sakura…" pausing in her story to control her voice on account of passing tears "MY FATHER ACCEPTED ME, I FELT GOOD ABOUT MYSELF!!!…everything was perfect…and then…" Hinata paused again her eyes widening in anger "I remember Sakura, I remember…I told you my deepest secret of them all…more then my simple crush…I thought you would be happy for me, but you…" Her anger intensifying perhaps even higher
"YOU RUINED MY LIFE!!! YOU TOOK AWAY MY FUTURE!! MAKING ME SUFFER FOR THREE YEARS IN ISOLATION AS I YEARNED FOR DEATH!!!" Hinata bellowed shaking violently Sakura back and forth, her tears rapidly travelling down her face and slapping Sakura once hard around the face
"HOW COULD YOU LET ME DIE?!!!" Hinata roared punching Sakura hard in the side of her jaw, making her head snap painfully to the right, but not enough to break her neck. Hinata's fingerless gloves having already torn a while ago; the punch making her now exposed knuckles dark. She moved her right arm to the side, after flexing her wrist slightly, instantly a metal sheen sound followed, revealing her hidden weapon.
It was two long blades, both almost two feet in length, and an inch and a half away from each other. The edge on the top, razor thin and sharp, the lower edge parallel her to her palm, was in the shape of to bladed teeth.
Hinata pointed the wrist blades at the centre of Sakura's face, seven inches in front where her eyes were, and pulled back in a straight line, preparing to ram the blades through her skull. Feeding her murderous intent and chakra into the blade, making it glow an eerie dark purple.
"I'm…sor…ry…"Sakura said in a whisper, the burning pain hindering her ability to speak.
"SORRY' WILL NOT GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE!!!" Hinata shouted, pulling back fully, her own teeth bared
Sakura closed her one usable eye, and waited for the inevitable…
Hinata waited, finally her vengeance was here, but she found it was far more painful then she had expected. But wanted it finally complete, this one person before her, was the sole reason for her three year suffering, who alone meant she could never again have a normal life
With a roar of pure hatred;
She attacked…
A moment passed…
Her eyes were frozen, her bared teeth reduced to an expression of utter incomprehension. Her weapon still attached to her, she stared at Sakura as she finished her movement…
She struck air.
She had disappeared.
Her Bloodline inactive, she didn't see what exactly happened as she still stood poised and looked at the empty patch of land where she had Sakura on her knees, and was so close to decapitation.
Looking up slightly, she saw that Sakura was still alive, and she was being held by a normal yet strangely familiar shinobi…with their back turned to her…she saw that his clothes were black and orange, his Kunai pouch on his belt behind him and his Hatai-ate straps flowing gently in the breeze, his hair was spiky and blond...
No…it couldn't be…
"Hinata"
Her eyes widened, her mouth closed slowly and she retracted her blades into its forearm sheath. She moved her hand silently to dry her tears with the cloth she had dried her sisters with, before returning it into her coat's inner pocket. Her arms at her side, unsure of what action to take…but his voice had almost not changed at all, for three years it still was the same uplifting hyperactive sound she had a child's love on for so many years ago. Slowly she turned around 'So he has changed' was her first thought, her mind suddenly unable to register what emotion to use at this moment in time and space, where other moments allowed her to think logically and decisively, she found herself at a loss for the first time in an age.
"Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered, looking into the face of the man standing a few metres away from her, who once was the sole focus for her strength and determination.
She found herself perhaps instinctively or even unknowingly, but regardless gradually walking, coming to a foot away from him and looking clearly at the peaceful blue eyes she saw so many times in her dreams and nightmares, during the first year in captivity.
The two stared at each other, time seemed to slow or even stop in that one instant, each able to see face of the other clearly. Hinata slowly reached a hand out to him resting on his face; he didn't respond, just looked at her quietly. Her fingers traced his whiskered cheeks and ran her fingers gently over his features, before using both hands to get a clearer picture that this, here and now, was reality.
She slowly let her fingers then run through his blond hair, running her thumb across his Hatai-ate, which she had held many times in the past. Finally experimenting and gently grasping his shoulders to determine his physical growth. He had trained arduously, his muscle tone was clear of that fact. Before returning one of her palm less gloved hands, keeping her left on his cheek
"You have become so handsome Naruto-kun" she whispered to him, her face not showing any immediate emotion.
He said nothing, his face an expression of sad realisation, as he softly put his hand on hers and gently pried it off him but retaining a hold on it close to him, "Hinata-Chan…why are you doing this?" he asked calmly, using 'chan' she found it oddly comforting before she broke eye-contact and looking at his chest.
"She left me all alone Naruto-kun…I suffered things even you could not even begin to understand because of her, and I am not as merciful as you are" she said bitterly
Naruto gently lifted her chin to look at her eyes
"I am not asking you to forgive her, but just ignore what she did, Hinata-chan" he said calmly
She slapped his hand away
"She left me Naruto-kun! She left me to die without coming to my aid!" she said forcefully, she couldn't find it inside her to shout at him "You left me too…You promised me and you lied" she whispered hoarsely looking away, tears flowing down her cheek
In her head, she tried repeating over and over in her head that he was an enemy…that she had to hate him…
"I looked for you, for a long time, even after the search was called off and the missions cancelled" Naruto said quietly
She could see lies and deceit as easy as seeing another limb. He was not lying…not that mattered…
"That is not important Naruto-kun, it is too late. I have sworn Allegiance to the Akutsuki and their ideals" She said quietly taking a step back
Naruto's face turned into one of sadness
"Why?" Naruto asked in a faint whisper
"To make myself stronger…to kill the one who made me suffer" after a moments thought she chuckled bitterly "Almost makes me sound like Sasuke doesn't it?" she said with a slight grin before forming the same emotionless mask she had, her tears still visible.
Naruto's face didn't change. She looked on with saddened silence at the Hyuuga before him, at the girl he used to know. Who he would talk laugh, train and go on missions with. The same girl who used to stutter and bring her fingers together, looking back on it, he realised how cute those gestures were. She was quite comfortably the kindest girl he had ever met in his entire life, which in turn could do no wrong, would never turn on her friends and above all, Never give up. But this was heart breaking, it was as though the kind little girl he knew had been forced to change into something she wasn't, and forced to do things she would never dream of doing, but regardless carried them out on threat of some torture or punishment. And now after just three years, this was the Hinata that was left…
'So Shikamaru was right…she has changed' he thought
"What are you going to do now?" Naruto asked slowly
"I am going to finish what I started…" Hinata said in a forced whisper
"Then does that make me your enemy Hinata-chan?" he asked calmly
She looked at him with piercing eyes; "If you stand in my way…" her intent to kill growing"…yes"she hissed, charging forward and struck with her opened palm aimed his chest, her face filled with a manic anger. Naruto still smiled as she closed in, moving carefully, he pushed her arm at the forearm evading her attack completely. Hinata looking on in shock at the same technique she had used against Hanabi. Bringing himself close, she collided against his chest her face almost four inches away from his, he moved his free right hand to gently remove a strand of hair out of her face, smiling at her kindly.
"The life of a murderer isn't for you" Naruto said sincerely
"STAY QUIET!" Hinata finally managed to shout, backing off and placing a hand to her head.
Naruto walked up quickly and held her face in his hands, making her look at him. "Hinata-chan, please stop this, you are back and you are home, all you need to do is just live the way you want, are the bonds you made with each of us meaningless to you now?" he asked calmly.
Hinata wished above all else to simply agree with his wishes, to stay this way with him forever, but her underlying motive returned and she shrugged him away before looking angrily back at him "I cannot forgive and I cannot be stopped... I have no bonds left to this place" Hinata said angrily "You are not my target yet, Naruto-kun, Sakura is, its best if you stood aside for the time being…I'll kill you soon enough" She said slowly turning to where her prey was.
"Well…that's going to be a problem" he said suddenly grinning, which caught Hinata by surprise
"Because…I'm the clone" Naruto said smiling
Spinning her head around to where Sakura lay, she found to her utter discontent that she was gone, and the one holding her, who must have been the original, had disappeared as well. Apparently, Lee and Neji were carried to safety, as she whisked her head around and looked at the Naruto clone before her.
"I'm sorry…" he said with a sad smile and 'poofed' into smoke, leaving Hinata alone in the clearing.
She looked around slowly, before turning and activating her Byakugan, seeing that all three had been carried to an area of safety. She didn't follow after them, but moved to collect her straw hat, before looking at the forest that Naruto had just escaped through.
"So we are enemies then, Naruto-kun?"
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The knowledge appeared to him, making his heart feel so very heavy…
Almost missing a step but gathering himself quickly.
Traveling at top speed, his cloak deactivated at the knowledge. He carried Sakura who was stirring slightly in his arms. Neji and Lee were in the arms of clones as they traveled to the Hospital where Baachan would be at this time. The invisible strings had all faded away apparently.
'What happened to her?' he thought to herself 'It was like the original Hinata is dead and buried inside her…' he thought as Sakura opened her one useable eye slightly and looked at the one carrying her
"Na...ru…to…" Sakura whimpered
"Shut up" Naruto said harshly. Not wanting to hear anything she had to say, but caring slightly that she had such extensive injuries. It looked like the sides of her face had 2nd degree burns on them.
"Na...ru…to…" Sakura whimpered again
"I SAID SHUT UP!!" He shouted, looking at her, refusing to forgive her for what she did to Hinata, regardless of her current condition.
"Why did you even bother going?" a voice said within him
'I don't have the time to talk to you right now either,' Naruto thought dismissively
"Humph, how very anti-climatic…you didn't even use me…you came, talked a little, gathered your teammates and left. Like a true shinobi…" the Kyuubi said sarcastically
'Be quiet… Naruto thought
"But she does want the pink one dead…so why not finish it and give the Hyuuga what she wants? She may stop and you will rid yourself of this irritation" Kyuubi growled, indicating the girl in his arms.
Naruto looked at Sakura who had fallen unconscious again. Realizing how much she didn't matter to him anymore, how he didn't feel the slightest attraction, how even calling her 'friend' sounded almost out of place now…but still not wanting to end her life…he didn't kill his comrades or otherwise.
"Well I guess all is well…things from know on are going to be quite interesting anyway…" the Kyuubi laughed loudly
Naruto narrowed his eyes…
Interesting…no…not by a long shot
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Ino and Choji headed to the room Shikamaru was staying, Ino carrying flowers and Choji a bag of chips.
"Oh Choji I forgot something, remembering she had left her bag filled with some of Shikamaru's things, namely a travelling Shogi set and some pictures of their team, definitely NOT ones of the Suna Amazon, in the waiting room on the first floor. She separated from Choji claiming that she would take the elevator.
Choji continued to walk towards Shikamaru's room, wondering if his best friend had woken up yet. Pulling open a bag of his favorite flavored chips and began eating. Unfortunately, much to Ino's distaste and constant reminders and tips for losing weight, he was a comfort eater, with Shikamaru incapacitated; he had no choice in the matter. Moving to open the door of his room as quietly as possible, just in case if he had recovered, and decided to celebrate by taking a nap…it was so his thing…
Choji's eyes widened at the fact that first: His friend was mobile and very much awake. Second: that he was currently, and rather graphically, making out with Temari. She noticing he had entered with one eye, not stopping her current 'situation' moved her hands off Shikamaru's face and unknown to him, moved her forefingers at first pointing up, in a 90 degree angle past his ears, pointing at the wall, casting a quick mental jitsu so he wouldn't hear what was happening in the room outside the immediate area of the bed he was lying on. Choji looked away uncomfortably, leaning half his body at an angle to peer down the hospital hall, for any sign of Ino, who would certainly scream and rage at this.
"Temari-san" Choji said as though to stop her, knowing she could hear him whilst Shikamaru couldn't.
Temari put a finger up in a wait sign and continued kissing the Nara.
Choji looking down the hall uneasily, faintly hearing the clicking of the knee length boots Ino wore on a casual occasion.
"Temari-san!" he repeated in a panic at the war about to start in Shikamaru's room
Temari waved up and down with one hand irritatingly, and continued her make out session…mentally laughing at the poor Akimichi boy trying to warn her of the hot- headed Yamanaka heading down the hall she could easily hear, grabbing the hair-tie she had removed earlier and fixing Shikamaru's hair into his normal pineapple shape, without stopping her actions. It would be better if she prevented Ino seeing his Immense hotness, as Temari judged, would fall for him in an instant if he did have his hair down…
"Oh no…" Choji whined
"WHAT THE HELL?!?" Ino roared at the scene before her
Temari finally pulling herself off Shikamaru's lips with a very sly grin on her face, Shikamaru blinking a few times to clear his vision from the VERY enjoyable, 2 hour, experience, 'Kami Temari has a lot of Stamina, not that it is a bad thing' he thought to himself before looking to his left at the commotion, only just noticing Choji standing there and Ino inaudibly yelling at him. "Why can't I…" Shikamaru started before turning to look at Temari who looked at him with a wide smile on her face "…hear anything...troublesome" he said with laugh and cancelled the Jitsu on his ears. Hearing the ending of what Ino had to say.
"…SO DISGUSTING, GET OFF HIM!!!" Ino roared, now red in the face.
Temari, obeying slowly moving to the opposite side of the bed to Ino
Ino rushing up to her teammate as though Temari had hurt him.
"How dare you take advantage of him when he's recovering!??" She yelled at the older Kunoichi who was standing with her hands on her hips with a blinding sense of pride.
"Please, I take advantage of him every time we are in the same room" Temari said with a grin thinking back to the time at the Nara dinner table when she subtly stroked Shikamaru's leg with her foot under the table a few times causing him to shuffle uncomfortably in his seat, his parents oblivious as his mother yelled at him for not keeping still. Shikamaru similarly remembering other such instances, rolled his eyes the way she found looked quite cute on him.
"But in a way, it's sad…" Temari said in a sympathetic tone
"What is!?" Ino shouted
"I just feel sorry you just can't seem to get yourself a man, it is truly tragic" she said with a smile and shook her head, finding Ino all too simple and quite frankly…fun…to annoy.
Ino's head jerked slightly and was about to yell before Shikamaru interrupted
"Wait…I just remembered something…" he said looking at Ino
"What?" Ino asked curiously
"Ino…You were there with me in the flower shop!"
All eyes turned to her
"No I wasn't!" she shouted
"Yes you were!" he shouted indignantly
"NO I WASN'T!" she bellowed
"Ino, we both were affected by the jitsu, and we both fell to the ground" Shikamaru said now calmly looking at her.
"YOU WERE THERE!?!" Temari walked up and lifted Ino off the ground, Choji walking forward to prevent anything happening
"Temari drop her!" Shikamaru intervened, Temari agreed, harshly dropping Ino on the ground.
"But…I was at home!" she said looking up in a panic
"But Ino, you are the only one with a shift that day, and your store doesn't close until about 10 pm…and you said you left at 8 pm……" Choji said quietly, not wanting to take sides, but voicing a question he carried since she made her claim of location.
"I…" Ino unable to prove anything as Temari stared death at her. Fortunately for her, the Hokage walked into the room and looked from face to face before looking at the awake Shikamaru
"Good to see you awake Shikamaru" smiling at the return of an elite Konoha Shinobi back into her ranks
"Hokage-sama, this bitch was there the night Shikamaru got hit" Temari spat
Tsunade looked at the kunoichi on the ground and gently helped her up, and looked at her calmly.
"But Hokage-sama…I…I don't remember anything!!" Ino cried; scared at what would happen to her, betrayal was usually given the death sentence in Konoha…
Tsunade looked at her, smiling sympathetically, before curiously narrowing her eyebrows and placing the tip of her forefinger, carefully avoiding scratching the girl's skin with her nail before putting her hand back into her pocket. "She is telling the truth", Tsunade said smiling at her, and leaned out of the door "HEY PERV, GET YOUR FAT ASS IN HERE!!" she roared startling everyone else in the room, the sounds of wooden slippers moving fast, meant the arrival of the frog sage who arrived at the door. Temari saw that his face had a large bandage covering his left cheek, knowing full well who gave him it and watched the Hokage motion her head at Ino.
Jiraiya looked at her and tilted his head slightly, before rolling his eyes. Bringing out a thin piece of paper, he got a brush and quickly made a seal and placed it on Ino's forehead, it burned without hurting her. Ino blinked with glazed eyes before stumbling, Choji catching her as she fell, she moved a hand to her face she opened her eyes again and whispered "I remember now…"
Shikamaru knew his friend would be ok so got onto more important matters "Hokage-sama, the one who did this to us was Hyuuga Hinata, and she has joined the Akutsuki…and it is also possible that other members of their organization are close if not in the village as well" Shikamaru said remembering Itachi not telling him of his location "Naruto has already gone to intercept her in Training ground 7"
Tsunade's eyes widened and Jiraiya's narrowed and looked away. Knowing what the girl meant to his loud mouth student...and more importantly what the Kyuubi meant to the Akutsuki if Naruto got captured.
"All right, I am hereby declaring a grade B security breach, alert all available shinobi that a member of the Akutsuki has infiltrated Konoha," Tsunade said to Choji, the only truly mobile Konoha shinobi in the room besides her and Jiraiya.
"Hai, Hokage-sama" putting Ino in a chair and rushing out of the room.
Ino was still slightly dazed and so couldn't leave, but when Shikamaru attempted to get up…
"You are not going anywhere!" Temari and Tsunade said in Unison, Temari looking with a grin at the Hokage, Tsunade giving one back.
Shikamaru folded his arms irritatingly
"Hokage-sama I wish to aid everyone…"
"HOKAGE-SAMA!!!" a voice shouted down the hall way
Everyone looking at the door, Shizune arriving and looking startled.
"Naruto-kun arrived at the hospital reception with Hyuuga Neji, Rock Lee and Haruno Sakura, and he claimed they had just fought the Akutsuki, Hyuuga Hinata"
"What is their condition?" Tsunade asked relieved that Naruto had not been defeated but wondered about the others.
"The boys are unconscious, though unharmed, but Sakura…
"Yes?" Tsunade said calmly, though mentally worrying for her young assistant.
"She is alive, but has been struck with an unnatural lightening based jitsu of effects I have never witnessed, and has 2nd degree burns on her face and neck, as well as having several severely broken bones and bruises throughout her entire body" Shizune said with a horrified expression.
Tsunade said nothing as she left the room and followed Shizune to where Sakura was. She saw to her slight relief that Naruto leaned on the wall opposite to the door, arms folded, whose expression was one of anger and frustration, before putting his hands in his pockets and walking away, now Sakura had been deposited on a hospital bed and the Hokage had arrived and entered her room.
At first sight of her assistant, even as a seasoned medic nin, Tsunade felt slightly nauseous. The burns were large and travelled down the side of her face, and even reached onto areas of her neck. The burns were so extensive; the damaged areas were broken and cracked. Showing very unusual signs of injury, which were not done by fire or lightening, but an odd variation of Chakra. Not several, but all of her ribs were broken, as were the bones within her arms. Interestingly, her chakra pathways had also been completely severed, by an attack which effects she had seen within the Hyuuga Juukin style of combat, but modified to lengths not even she had before seen.
"Get me some morphine NOW!" Tsunade yelled at Shizune, who brought all the necessary medical equipment for a major surgery.
Tsunade concentrated on healing her dying assistant who was also disturbingly burned, all the while having one question run through her mind.
'Sakura…what did you do?'
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Large numbers of Konoha shinobi could easily be seen leaping from roof top to roof top at blistering speeds, searching every inch of the village for a sign of danger, the civilians completely unaware of what was happening.
After 10 hours within an operating room, Tsunade claimed that Sakura would pull through. In the waiting room, were the remaining team ten, (Shikamaru was suffering a case of 'Suna nin'), the entire team Gai, Neji and Lee having no real injuries were healed and discharged relatively quickly, which of course made Gai himself break down into buckets of tears and hugging Lee, and VERY unenthusiastically on his part, Neji.
Ino, Choji and Kakashi, who recently returned from an S-rank mission, all somehow forced Naruto to wait as well, who showed the obvious signs of a sheer lack of interest in his pink haired teammate.
All parties breathed a sigh of relief at Sakura's safety, although Naruto seemed to ignore it, whilst Jounin, Chuunin, and ANBU operatives went in and out, giving reports that all traces of Akutsuki had apparently disappeared. Naruto had sent a clone, meeting Shino on route, to the Hyuuga compound and discovered Hanabi, who Shino had confirmed was under the effects of a powerful sleep inducing Jitsu, and brought her to the hospital to receive genjitsu removal treatment.
Tsunade looked at all the faces of the Jounin and Chuunin before her, before bringing all members of the remaining Konoha 10 to her office in the Hokage tower, Sakura conscious and mobile though still wearing several bandages on her arms, legs, chest, head and face, and having to join Gai-sensai to comfort Lee who believed he had failed in his duty to protect her, Naruto giving a loud grunt of boredom on the matter…
Kiba had returned from his home, completely oblivious to the panic that was raging across the village, having taken care of certain animal related problems…Shikamaru had indeed snuck out, wore his Jounin jacket and usual attire of a dark shirt and trousers. Temari eventually found him and stood beside him, very reluctant and irritated that he left the hospital.
All 10 Konoha, and one Suna, Shinobi stood in a perfect half circle before Tsunade, each preparing to take in every word she said to them. Jiraiya leaning on the wall to her right seemingly concentrating on something out the window.
"Most of you know the crises that has fallen upon Konoha, at this moment an…'enemy' operative…" she said hesitantly looking at her left at Naruto who visually tensed "…has infiltrated the village and has attacked, before leaving without a trace, giving neither motive nor meaning behind their actions" Tsunade said slowly, looking at all the Shinobi present
"Hokage-sama" Kiba said raising a hand "erm…do we know who it is?"
"The now Akutsuki agent…Hyuuga Hinata" she said looking at the member of team 8 with emphasis.
Kiba gasped, his face one of shock, others with similar expressions, Shino jerked his head up, his face though covered up expressing considerable concern.
Before Kiba smiled well naturedly.
"Very funny Hokage-sama, Hinata wouldn't join them"
"If I were joking Inuzuka Kiba, I would be telling you this while I out drinking with your mother like I do every Tuesday, who I must say, can really put them away" Tsuande said with a small smile, though slightly irritated that his mother had in fact beaten her at drinking games almost every time, with Tsume laughing "Well at least I can beat the Hokage at something!"
The Animal jitsu user looking mystified at the revelation…"But…"Kiba said in a confused and quiet tone
"Hinata would not join them willingly" Shino said with stubbornness that surprised everyone in the room.
"Whether she did or did not Aburame Shino, she has joined them" Tsunade said
"So what now?" Naruto said abruptly
Tsunade looking at him calmly. Knowing that his emotions were severely unbalanced, making the Kyuubi manifest itself at any given moment if pushed in the very slightest.
"I am open to suggestions" she said wisely, looking at the shinobi before her. Not knowing the girl on any level in comparison to those before her, she didn't wish to give any order which would aggravate any of them, especially Naruto.
"She is my cousin…Hokage-sama" Neji said quietly at Naruto's left side, looking down with narrowed eyes, "Regardless what she has done up to this point, , and I cannot fatally injure one of my kin…not anymore…especially when it is a miracle she is alive" he said quietly, faintly remembering her dual against her during his first chuunin exam. His usual stoic image softening to near extinction…
"I can't do anything to her, she's my teammate!" Kiba shouted
Several heads nodding
"Who else knows this, Hokage-Sama?" Neji asked, curious of its potential devastating effects on the image of his clan.
"The only ones who know are all currently standing in this room, and I believe I speak for everyone and the Hyuuga clan that it would be best if was kept that way" Tsunade said looking at everyone, she was pleased at the general agreement "So…back on the course of action we need to take…"
"Actually, Hokage-sama…" Neji interrupted politely, "I would like...to know something…" Neji said looking at Sakura intently, who looked back into the same, if slightly more sane, Hyuuga eyes that Hinata had during their dual. "I wish to know the truth, what occurred during the assignment named 'The Mission' and not a recreated scene which Naruto devised to remove the blame from you Sakura-san, I know for a fact you were more involved then you say" he said calmly, Sakura looking uncomfortable at his piercing vision, she found herself suddenly very vulnerable.
"I can't…" Sakura said quietly
"Figures…coward" Naruto said harshly, which most of those in the room had ever heard on his voice.
"Stay out of this!" Sakura shouted back looking at Naruto with defiance.
"So you can lie and say how you or Naruto were conveniently unconscious at the time?" Neji injected, knowing that Sakura had something to hide…
"Sakura explain yourself" Tsunade said calmly, suddenly aware that Sakura was nervous about the question and accusation, like many others, she herself simply believed her version of the story but now…but now she was more then just a little curious…
All 11 shinobi present looking at her
"I couldn't help her…" Sakura said before was grabbed by the throat and lifted in the air before being pinned to the wall
"YOU LIE!!" Naruto shouted in his voice of fire, his eyes red, teeth pointed and hair resembling a beast. His red aura visible to all, he gripped her throat tighter, making her gasp for air.
"Let her go Naruto-kun" Lee said bravely walking up to him, but froze when Naruto turned to look at him. His facial features changed to accommodate the red chakra leaking off him.
Ino, TenTen and Kiba also looked horrified by the transformation that Naruto was under. His face had half turned into a beast like appearance, his sharp teeth and slit pupils highlighted that much. Temari on her part seemed to be grabbing onto Shikamaru tightly, unknowingly digging her nails into his arm, having seen Gaara transform was one thing, and that was frightening to say the least, but Naruto looked completely demonic and bore a look that screamed 'bloodshed', 'he was right…it is worse…' She thought to herself her face an expression of terror. Shikamaru held her arm in comfort, as he and Neji collectively narrowed their eyes, looking at their friend calmly, yet each faintly remembering scenes of wanton violence that Naruto had committed in such states. Shino looked on silently…knowing Naruto was essentially harmless to his friends…who he could sense Sakura had not been for a fairly long time…
"I won't, until she tells the truth" he growled, exhaling slowly, everyone saw that his breath had turned into a red mist.
Jiraiya walked up slowly. Standing a foot away, Naruto looking at his white haired sensei, who's face wore an accepting and resolute visage "Let her go Naruto, is this truly what you want?" he asked calmly
"IT'S HER FAULT HINATA IS LIKE THIS!!" Naruto roared the sound of an raging inferno trailing like an echo after his voice, his pointed teeth made obvious to all, making all the new viewers jump and take a few steps back, and Temari holding Shikamaru's left arm tighter, almost trying to hide behind him in an area of safety, her face as well as the other's, having gone pale.
"Naruto..." Jiraiya said soothingly, Tsunade simply looking calmly at the scene, hoping she wouldn't have to intervene. Kakashi who stood on near the door also walked up to the other side of Naruto, standing close to his Kyuubi infused past student.
"If she is guilty, she will be dealt with, but for now, let her go Naruto, we will judge her ourselves" Kakashi said patiently, knowing if Naruto went berserk right now, he and Jiraiya wouldn't be able to keep all the young Shinobi in the room alive.
Naruto in exhaled and exhaled slowly, the mist slowly forming from his mouth, his mouth open displaying his lethal looking fangs, some in the room recalled, namely Neji, he had used to bite a sound nin's head off. He was very thankful that he didn't fight this Naruto in the Chuunin finals, he would have no hope what so ever in succeeding…
Suddenly Naruto's anger spiked and a tail formed, Naruto growled loudly, Sakura still gasping for air in his grip, still unable to use her colossal strength against him. Then, to her relief and everyone else's, Naruto's Kyuubi state diminished completely, making him drop her to the ground. His facial features returning to normal, his blue eyes returning. Sakura massaged her neck and coughed a few times, before being helped up by her former sensei, standing to look at everyone, with a look of self disgust, Kakashi smiling at her from beneath his mask, she began speaking
"During my mission report…, I told you that Hinata disappeared and I was knocked unconscious…during the fight, we fought the sound nin who were assailing us…." She paused catching her breath, Lee walking up and rubbing her back to give her support, his smile allowed her to continue "The confrontation was going well…and we drastically reduced their numbers, one of which who appeared to be their leader. Naruto attacked him, and last minute he cast a jitsu." She said looking at her Sensei and at each face in the room, finally resting on Naruto's eyes that were turned into slits. "Naruto protected me…and Hinata used her own defence jitsu. The force of the attack blew me back. When I came too, I looked around and saw Hinata lying a few feet away from me. The attack had a sharp wind like jitsu mixed with it, and I saw several deep cuts in her body…I felt so weak…"
"Coward…" Naruto added, his teeth bared, Sakura not arguing with him
"Sakura, this was during your time as a practicing Medic-nin was it not?" Neji asked, suddenly curious
Everyone looked expectantly at Sakura who had tears flowing down her eyes
"Yes..." she whispered her voice breaking
Everyone's mouth dropped
"But that was not all…correct…?" Neji asked, his curiosity peaked by how she described it
Sakura said nothing
Naruto's teeth bared at what was about to come
"Well?!" Neji asked harshly activating his Byakugan to see her lies or perhaps discern what happened for himself, also noticing that Naruto's immense sadness behind him knowing what was coming truly damaged him inside…
Shikamaru gasped, everyone looked at him as he muttered to Sakura "You didn't…"
"She did" Naruto said bitterly, wiping his tears away harshly
Neji thought for a second…his eyes widening and baring his teeth at the pink haired traitor before him…
"How…DARE YOU!!" Neji bellowed, finally realizing the truth behind the lies and deceit.
The others unaware looked at the four who seemed to know
"What happened?" Temari asked Shikamaru, who looked her gravely, before looking at Sakura in disgust…
'How could she?'
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Authors Note: Good Enough?
Now just to make people start reviewing I am going to say this…
I am only going to post the next chapter until I receive at least 5+ Reviews for this one, which is not completely unreasonable if anyone would think about it.
Question: Why I didn't make it an M rated?
That's right!
Answer:NOTHING HAPPENS!!!
People, I chose T for a reason, and I stick by that reason: That I will not go into the extreme in any circumstance, but this story is, if anything, a High T rated but definitely NOT an M rated…
(And yes I am talking to the more bloodthirsty of my viewers)
I ask everyone to politely not jump to any obscure conclusions with my story please…
-Khain-
