Note: I don't own Naruto.
Note: Some of the things here may conflict with the facts of the actual anime, but in this universe things like Sasuke and Naruto's fight and Tsunade's return and Sarutobi still being alive were all under different circumstances. I'm basically doing the story my way. Please bare with me.
Note: This is just some Hinata filler, marking a key point on her path to becoming stronger.
Stop! Do not read this story if you have not read Naruto&Hinata: True Strength Revealed. Or you will not understand some of the story.
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(Camera spans across the forest as Hinata confronts Kinjiro)
Kinjiro noticed Hinata's attitude change when she saw the headband fall out from her pocket.
" If you stand and fight me. You're going to die." Kinjiro said.
Hinata did not let his threat distract her.
" I am not letting you get anywhere near that child. Byakugan!" Hinata said.
" Then you'll die." Kinjiro said.
Suddenly, a second katana popped up from one of his seals. As he pulled it out he took a very peculiar stance. For but a few seconds neither one flinched. Until Hinata bolted towards Kinjiro aiming for his chakra pool. But before Hinata reached it. Several Katana emerged from his body, nearly stabbing her, luckily, Hinata stopped herself and jumped back just at the nick of time.
" Reaching in close to him is dangerous. I better be careful." Hinata thought.
" Don't think if you keep a distance you'll be safe." Kinjiro said.
Suddenly several kunai fired out from his body, each one aimed right at Hinata. Hinata dodged every one, except one which cut her arm.
"Silly little girl. How long do you intend to waste my time?" Kinjiro said.
" Do not take me for a joke. I am still in this fight." Hinata retorted.
Deciding to take an easier approach, Hinata inched herself towards her opponent.
" Seeing those seals on his body I can only anticipate where he'll strike next. Once he does,I'll come in around that blade and strike his body. The only question is... Will I be quicker in attacking his chakra network, or will he be quicker in launching another blade?"Hinata thought.
"I'm getting bored." Kinjiro said as he rushed Hinata, slashing away at her.
Using her Byakugan to predict his movements Hinata managed to dodge his attacks. Upon dodging his blades Hinata managed to provide strikes against his tenketsu. Kinjiro felt the effects of those attacks. Upon one more good swipe, Hinata dodged, but when she looked down her leg she noticed she did not dodge it completely. Naruto's headband she was wearing on her leg got cut off. She gazed over by Kinjiro's feet to see it lying there. Kinjiro threw one katana into the ground and picked up the headband. He eyed it carefully then looked over at Hinata, seeing that she had her hand extended out as though she was expecting him to return it to her.
" I noticed when you lookd down at this headband earlier, your demeanor changed. Does this headband mean something to you?" Kinjiro asked.
" Yes it does, now please return it to me." Hinata said.
Kinjiro seemed amused by this so decided to dig deeper.
" I see you already have a headband, so I can only assume that this headband belonged to someone special to you...Well, am I right?" Kinjiro asked.
" Yes it did, now give it to me." Hinata said.
" Is it a fallen comrade? Someone you cared about who died?" Kinjiro said.
" I don't have to tell you my life-story. Now give it to me, I will not ask again." Hinata said.
Kinjiro's face grew a scowl. " Shinobi like you nauseate me. You want your little treasure back so badly, come take it."
" Shinobi like me? What are you talking about?" Hinata said.
" Shinobi whom waste their time forming bonds with people. You are the worst kind, that is a weakness I cannot stand." Kinjiro said.
" It is not weak to connect with comrades. In fact such bonds can give you strength." Hinata debated.
" As a shinobi, being friends with your teammates can cloud you judgement. Friendship, love, kindness, none of these things should be in a true shinobi's heart, not if he wants to survive." Kinjiro said.
Deciding to act Hinata ran at Kinjiro, her hands in Jyuuken position. One way or another, she was getting that headband back. Even with one katana, Kinjiro managed to put Hinata on the defensive, as he tauntingly held back Naruto's headband. A spear popped out from one of his seals which Hinata dodged, however, it opened her up for a sidekick from the master swordsmen. Hinata flew back against the ground kicking up dirt.
" What's the matter? Don't you want this headband back?" Kinjiro taunted as he saw Hinata breathing heavily. " Perhaps this friend did not mean as much to you as you thought."
Angered by his words Hinata sprang to her feet and again charged him.
" Try again." Kinjiro said slashing away at Hinata.
This time he got several cuts off of her. He then pulled back his Katana and pierced into Hinata's chest. Hinata flew back, blood flying out her mouth.
" How disappointing." Kinjiro said.
Suddenly Hinata burst into a cloud of smoke, and before Kinjiro's eyes was a log.
" A replacement?" Kinjiro said.
Suddenly Hinata flew down a tree. Jyuuken striking Kinjiro in the back and grabbing Naruto's headband out of his grasp.
" Gaak! You're becoming troublesome." Kinjiro said.
Hinata jumped back, stuffing the headband in her Chunin vest pocket.
" You're in no position to ridicule me about my choices in life. At least I am not the lap dog of someone as horrible as Orochimaru."
Kinjiro turned around. " You know nothing little girl. I am not Orochimaru-sama's lap dog. I do not follow him out of fear, I fear no one." Kinjiro said.
"Then, why do you follow him?" Hinata asked.
" Because...he acknowledges my way of life." Kinjiro said.
Hinata looked confused. " Way of life?" She asked.
" Yes, since I was a boy, I had believed my purpose in this world is to kill." Kinjiro said.
Hinata was shocked.
((((Flashback)))))
Little Kinjiro sat out in the backyard.
Kinjiro: On my 5th birthday, my parents had gotten me a bunny. Their mistake was leaving me alone with it as they went to get a camera.
Upon their return his mother shrieked to see what he had done. They saw the bunny's neck completely twisted. It was on that day young Kinjiro discovered...he was a born killer.
Kinjiro: It was from that knowledge, that I excelled in my shinobi training. Learning every aspect of how to attack and kill my opponent. It was from this "gift" of mine that earned me the attention of the village. Where as some found me repulsive, others saw strength in me. Over the years my skills grew, eventually my father assigned me the task as one of his most personal guards. For a while things were going well, I killed whoever dared make an attempt on my father's life. Until one night, when he was atacked by someone I had come to know as a mentor and friend . I believe your friend blurted out his name, Zabuza as that beard guy said.
Young Kinjiro looked up behind him to see the man who had taught him the reality of combat, Zabuza Momochi.
Kinjiro: Of course it wasn't my intention to let Zabuza kill my father, he just knew how to infiltrate my home and get past my senses having trained me. However, after Zabuza's failed attempt, my father accused me of conspiring with Zabuza to assassinate him considering our relationship. That was when my father ordered for my execution, luckily I escaped Kirigakure. But since then I have been sought out by bounty hunters sent by my father.
((((End Flashback))))
Hinata's eyes wavered with shock. " That's horrible. Your own father?"
"So as you can see, even when it came to his own son, my father did what he had to do to ensure his own survival. That was the one trait I learned by his example. And it was from Zabuza's betrayal, that I learned that it is flaud to put trust in others." Kinjiro said.
" But none of that explains why you work for Orochimaru or what kidnapping the child has to do with him." Hinata said.
" Quite simple, kidnapping the child will prevoke a war between the villages, they will in turn most likely wipe eachother out. Orochimaru-sama will in turn take over the reminants of the war ravaged villages, and since they will be so weakened, they will not be able to resist him. Thus expanding his land and his army. It's a truly genius plan." Kinjiro said.
Hinata could not believe it. " You're a monster!"
" No, I'm a warrior, though sometimes there's no difference between the two. Now I believe I've entertained you long enough. Time to continue with this little bout ."
Kinjiro then made a series of handsigns. He then slammed his hands to the ground, and just like with Asuma, several ninjas popped from the ground surrounding Hinata.
" In my life I have killed many men, allow me to introduce you to some of them." Kinjiro said.
" Nani? does this mean he can raise the dead?" Hinata thought.
" This is but one of the techniques I have learned from Orochimaru-sama. With this jutsu I can summon the men I have slain and use them along with their skills to my disposal." he said.
Kinjiro then jumped up into the trees, disappearing into the darkness.About half a dozen shinobi surrounded Hinata. They had different headbands from different villages. One bared the symbol of Kusagakure, another Kirigakure, some Sunagakure. Their skin seemed to be a dull grey, which isn't too bad considering they're corpses. However, Hinata noticed their considerably slower movements.
" I see, even though they are resurrected, they are mindless drones." Hinata said.
" You shouldn't underestimate them like that little girl, while it's true they are not as spry as when they were alive, they are still verydangerous. In fact I believe that beard guy is dealing with some others right now, while the woman's life is slowly draining away." Kinjiro said from the dark.
Hinata's eyes widened. " Kurenai-sensei..." she said to herself.
Hinata knew she had to act fast with these shinobi. One attacked with an elongated katana. Hinata quickly parried it out of the way then attacked his internal organs, taking him out of the fight. With her Byakugan pulsing, Hinata got into her stance ready to take on her new opponents, while Kinjiro watched from within the shadows of he trees above. Next, what could be seen was Hinata double striking two shinobi in the stomachs sending them flying. As two shinobi came from behind her Kinjiro waited, expecting to see her get attacked, but instead what he saw was Hinata doing a back jump flip over the two shinobi. Again with two hands she struck them in the backs. As the shinobi got back up they charged her weapons in hand. As one jumped towards her he was greeted with a foot in his face.
" Hmm, oh of course, Orochimaru-sama told me about this, this Byakugan gives the user the ability to see 360 degrees around them, no wonder my nins couldn't get her from behind." Kinjiro said. " But still, this Byakugan must have a limit." he said, multiplying several clones, each pulling out kunai.
The 4 remaining ninja surrounded Hinata. As they lunged in Hinata unleashed a vicious attack, her hands became a blur as dozens of palm strikes struck all over the ninja's bodies. The fight ended with two nins coming from each side of Hinata, Hinata spun in the air with one foot kicking into the chin of one and the other foot coming down on the top of the head of the other and just like that, it ended. Hinata took a few heavy breaths before she suddenly detected seemingly endless kunai coming from above straight for her. She quickly began dodging at a rapid speed. Until...
" Guk!" a small gash of blood escaped Hinata's mouth.
She slowly reached around her back to feel that a kunai sticking into it. This pain however was soon forgotten about as Hinata felt a blade pierce through her. She then looked to her side to see Kinjiro's face beside hers.
" Just as I suspected. As I threw that last kunai at you, I wondered, since she had the Byakugan, how could she not dodge that last one, she had plenty of time to. Then I came to the conclusion. You couldn't dodge it because you couldn't see it." he said.
"no." Hinata said to herself.
" Oh yes, I obsereved closely you see there is an area on your back, it is infact the thoraic vertebrae. That is the one area in which your precious Byakugan is blind, information worth remembering." Kinjiro said.
He then shoved Hinata off his blade.
" Get off my blade bitch." he said coldly.
Hinata fell to the ground cradling her side as blood trickled from her mouth. She then stood back up and faced Kinjiro as a way of showing she was not done yet.
" Is it your wish to die?" Kinjiro said.
Righteous fury burned in Hinata's eyes.
" I cannot lose here. If I do, he might catch up and kill Kiba-kun. He might even kill the child. Plus..." Hinata's eyes narrowed. "...there's no way I'm going to let him get away with calling me bitch."
Hinata charged ahead. " I definitely won't lose!"
Hinata continued attacking Kinjiro, not letting up an inch, and not letting her injuries slow her down. Spikes popped from Kinjiro's seals but Hinata skillfully avoided them as she reached with a chakra charged palm and struck his heart. Shocked and shaken from the attack, Kinjiro stumbled back as he grabbed his chest coughing up blood. Hinata continued her assault now that Kinjiro was caught off guard. She continued to lay down a barrage of palm strikes on Kinjiro's body.
Meanwhile, Asuma was taking care of the last summoned nin. He saw Kurenai still trapped in the water jutsu.
" I'm coming Kurenai-chan." Asuma thought .
Back at the fight, Kinjiro was now on the defensive, Hinata continued attacking as though some unknown force was driving her. She however was driven back as 7ft spikes appeared from every seal on Kinjiro's body. This kept Hinata at bay as she needed a closer range to effectively work her kata. Kinjiro took a knee as he continued to cough up blood.
" You bitch, how dare you make me bleed my own blood." Kinjiro said.
Hinata continued breathing heavily. She decided to take a step back herself and catch her breath.
" What is she? Even those two Jonin didn't give me this much trouble." He thought.
All the while Kinjiro and Hinata never took their eyes off eachother. Kinjiro got back to his feet. He then turned around and ran. Not wnating him to get away, Hinata followed him. When Hinata caught up to him, he was stanfing in the middle of an open field.
" Don't think I was running away because I was afraid of you." Kinjiro said. " I just happened to notice that in the forest, you would have an advantage, because you could hide behind any tree or rock and use your Byakugan to see through any object. So I decided to take that advantage away from you."
Hinata looked up at him. " It won't change a thing..." she said.
Kinjiro was shocked.
"...I'm still going to defeat you here today." she finished.
" Think so bitch!? I wanna see you try! I'v made a career out of killing shinobi like you! I have more experience than you could ever imagine!" Kinjiro said.
Hinata got back into her stance. " No more talk." she said.
In a fit of anger, Kinjiro multiplied into 3 clones.
" If you think you're so strong, then dodge this." he said.
Suddenly dozens upon dozens of kunai fired from the seals of each clone. Hinata then got into familiar stance.
(Scene shows entire area becoming black as green trigrams appear surrounding Hinata.)
" 8 trigrams 64 palms!" Hinata shouted as she began blocking all the kunai with her palms at a rapid pace.
" Not over yet!" Kinjiro shouted as he multiplied into 3 more clones who then also began to fire kunai from their seals.
Becoming a bit overwhelmed, Hinata reverted to a different stance.
(Scene shows same area excpet an extra trigram appears.)
" 8 trigrams 128 PALMS!" She shouted.
Kinjiro was amazed as he saw that Hinata's speed had doubled. She was still managing to block all the kunai. So he decided if he made more clones there was no way she could dodge anymore kunai. As he did he launched even more kunai against her. But suddenly saw some of the kunai fly right back at him. As he raised his head from his blocking arms he saw a blue vortex surrounding Hinata. She had just thwarted his attack with the Heavenly Whirl technique.
" How the hell did she do that?" Kinjiro said.
Hinata ran towards Kinjiro throwing kunai which he blocked, that however was a distraction as Hinata jumped over him as an attempt to strike him in the back. As soon as she did however, katana blades emerged from every seal on Knjiro's back. She found that several pierced into her body. Hinata remained there stuck on his blades while blood gushed from her mouth. As Kinjiro retracted them, Hinata's knees hit the ground.
"As I have said before, there was no way you were going to defeat me." Kinjiro said as he was walking away.
Those words brought back the memory of Hinata's first battle with Neji. How he told her she had no chance of ever defeating him. As the memories rang through her head, Hinata's hand clenched, clasping the dirt under it. Kinjiro was still walking away until he heard something. As he turned hi head to get a slight view he saw Hinata was yet again getting to her feet.
" Don't you...turn your back on me!" Hinata gasped out. " I'm far from finished!"
Kinjiro turned around, he was astonished to see Hinata was back on her feet." What keeps her going?" He thought.
Suddenly Hinata made 2 clones of herself. She and her clones then charged Kinjiro. Kinjiro noticed something about their pattern.
" Two of them are closed in together blocking the third. Of course, she's going to wait for me to attack the two in front and thinks I'll be too preoccupied for the third. Silly girl, such a ridiculous tactic won't work on me." Kinjiro thought.
As the two Hinatas lunged at Kinjiro, he raised up two hands, both baring seals in palm. Katana blades shot from each seal stabbing into each Hinata, as they dissipated, a spike shot from Kinjiro's abdomen seal piercing into the third Hinata.
" It's done." Kinjiro said.
He spoke too soon however, because before his eyes the third Hinata dissipated as well.
" Nani?" Kinjiro said.
He then felt a wind gusting against his side, as he turned he saw Hinata leaning in as he was distracted, the third was a fak all along.
" Sh...Shit!" Kinjiro said.
" 8 trigrams 64 PALMS!" Hinata shouted.
" 2 palms!"
" 4 palms!"
"8 palms!"
" 16 palms!"
" 32 palms!"
" 64 PALMS!!"
Every strike landed. Kinjiro was sent hurtling back, his body in complete agony. Unfortunately, Hinata had reached her limit. The injuries she had sustained were far too great. Hinata collapsed to her knees in pain and exhaustion. Meanwhile Kinjiro struggled to sit up.
" That bitch, I'm gonna..." But Kinjiro stopped as he noticed something. When he tried to summon blood to activate his seals, he found he was unable to.
" M...My chakra...what did she do?" Kinjiro asked himself.
Kinjiro looked over to see that Hinata was weak enough to be attacked, and to his luck he saw a kunai lying on the ground from the battle. Kinjiro struggled to his feet and picked up the kunai. Hinata saw he was walking over to her kunai in hand.
" This ends now." Kinjiro said as he fot within a foot of Hinata.
With all his might he swung down the kunai. However, similar to how Naruto confronted Kabuto. Hinata's hand was held up as a shield, stopping the kunai as it pierced through her palm. But this was intentional on Hinata's part.This was actually a way to trap him as she clasped her hand over his.
" I'm glad we agree." Hinata said.
Kinjiro was growing furious.
" You said it is a weakness for a shinobi to have friends..." Hinata said as she was beginning to get to her feet. "...I disagree with that. It is important to have people close to you."
Suddenly a shadow clone appeared behind Hinata.
"One thing good for example...you can learn from them...let me show you a technique someone very close to me taught me." she said.
Suddenly, Hinata extended her hand to her side, then the clone's hands began to swirl around hers.
" What the hell is this?" Kinjiro said.
The clone's hands started becoming faster and faster, suddenly a blue orb of chakra was forming in Hinata's hand
" The chakra's so strong it's visible!" Kinjiro thought as his eyes widened in fear.
Kinjiro tried to get away, but Hinata's grasp on him was too strong. He frantically tried to free himself, but Hinata's last attack had weakened him severely. He then resorted to punching Hinata in the face hoping she'd let go.
" You stupid bitch! Let go of me!! Kinjiro shouted as he punched her.
Hinata showed no signs of letting up. The force of the jutsu was sending gusts of wind from it. Suddenly Kinjiro brought a handsign to his face.
" Ok, concentrate...concentrate." He said.
Suddenly he managed to summon enough chakra to send a single spear from a seal on his abdomen, piercing into Hinata's torso. Despite the attack, Hinata only tightened her grip on him. The energy of the justsu glowed in Kinjiro's eyes as he took his last breaths of life.
"Rasengan!" Hinata shouted smashing the spiraling sphere into the chest of Kinjiro. Hinata then finally released her grip as the force of the attack sent back Kinjiro what must have looked like a few yards before the sphere exploded sending dust and dirt into the air. A small moment of silence passed, then Hinata just managed to walk over to the body of Kinjiro Nugai. She activated her Byakugan to see that there was no heartbeat. Hinata...had won. Hinata turned around, wanting to go tend to her sensei. But as she walked further, her vision began to get blurry, the damage she received was far too great. She didn't need the Byakugan to know some of her vital organ were damaged. She soon found it hard to breathe, she soon fell over. She just managed to turn on her side so she could look up at the sun.
" I did it Naruto-kun...I stopped him...the villages will not wage war." Hinata said.
Suddenly all the good memories of her and Naruto flashed through her mind. The one that stuck in her mind was their first kiss.
" Arigato...Naruto...
Her eyes gently closed as a few strands of hair fell over them
...kun"
She then blacked out.
Moments later, Hinata's eyes opened only slightly. She saw that she was in somebody's arms. Whoever the person was, they were moving at a speed she had never seen before
" Is this an angel? Hinata thought. " Am I being taken away to Heaven?"
As Hinata tried to look up at who was carryig her, all she could see was a black collar covering the person's face. But Hinata noticed long gorgeous blue hair wavering in the wind. Atop this hair was an adornment which looked like a flower of some sorts.
" Who is this?" Hinata thought before she fell back into unconciousness.
Later at Konohagakure hospital, Hiashi Hyuuga had just gotten his arm taken care of after an injury occured training.
"Have a pleasant evening Hyuuga-san." said a doctor.
" I will, Arigato." Hiashi said.
As Hiashi was about to pass through the wide double doors, they burst open with a medic team frantically aiding a patient on a stretcher catching Hiashi by surprise. As Hiashi looked down at who it was passing him he saw that it was noneother than his former daughter. He saw that Hinata's eyes were closed and though her mouth was open, she did not seem to be breathing but what was most concerning was Hinata's clothing was all completely drenched in blood. Medics were attempting to keep pressure on the wounds. And just as soon as it came, it passed. The medics took Hinata through a set of double doors to the emrgency room. Hiashi's eyes grew wide, he was shocked. It was like a total shock to his system. At first he wondered if he should leave now. After all it wasn't like she was his responsibility anymore. Besides, Motoko was expecting him back by now. He then took a step towrds the door ready to leave. But just as he put his hand on the door he stopped, he didn't know what it was but something compelled him to stay. The thought of seeing Hinata in that state ran through his mind over and over again. Hiashi then recalled a memory he had with Hinata.
((((Flashback))))
3 yr old Hinata came running up to her father with a big smile on her face.
" 'tou-san!" Hinata said.
Hiashi bent down to pick up Hinata as she ran into his arms hugging him. Hiashi looked down at his daughter in his arms, and though he never did it much, he smiled down at her. Hinata hugged her father tightly as she smiled. This was pehaps one of the real memories of love he ever had with Hinata.
((((End Flashback))))
Hiashi turned around looking at the emergency room, for some bizarre reason, he began to clutch his hand to his chest as a means to console a bleeding heart. He didn't understand why he was feeling this way towards Hinata. After all, he didn't pay much mind when he heard Hinata was in the hospital after that strike to the heart from Neji a few years back. But then again, he never bothered to visit her in the hospital after the fact, he felt it was her punishment for being so weak, so he never had a chance to see her in her traumatic state. This time it was different, he actually saw Hinata as the life was slipping away from her. That was when Hiashi realized perhaps he did not hate his eldest daughter as much as he thought. Hiashi then saw a doctor ruch out of the ER to get some supplies. As the doctor came back, he saw Hiashi was near the emergency doors.
" Hyuuga-san ..." the doctor said.
" Doctor, the girl in there...is she going to be ok ?" Hiashi asked.
" We're doing the best we can, but at this point we don't know." The doctor said rushng back in.
Hearing the uncertainty, Hiashi decided to go wait on a bench in the hallway. He activated his Byakugan to see what was happening. The medic nins placed Hinata on the ground as they formed a circle around her.
( A/N: You readers may recognize this healing method is something similar to what happened to Neji after the Rescue Sasuke mission.)
Suddenly, the doors burst open as Tsunade entered the room.
\" I came as soon as I heard." Tsunade said.
The medic nin team, along with Tsunade then proceeded to heal the heavy stab wounds inflicted on Hinata.
" What the hell has she been through?" One of the medic nins said to herself.
Later, a pair of lavender eyes fluttered open. Hinata awoke to find herself in a hospital room. She recognized that she was in the Konohagakure hospital.
" But how?" Hinata said to herself.
Hinata lifted her blanket and rolled up her hospital gown.
" (gasp) Impossible." She said as she saw she did not have so much as a scratch on her fair skinned body, it was almost as if she was never in that battle with Kinjiro.
" Could it all have been a dream?" She thought. " If it was...it sure was a painful one."
Hinata then got up then proceeded to the bathroom by her bed. Upon return from the bathroom, she saw Kurenai and Tsunade by her bed.
" Kurenai-sensei..." Hinata said.
Kurenai came over to hug her pupil. " Hinata, you're ok!" she said.
" Kurenai-sensei, what happened?" Hinata asked.
" Kinjiro Nugai is dead. The boy is safe. He's in the Hokage's office right now." Kurenai said.
" Hinata..." Tsunade said.
Hinata looked over at her.
" We must talk." she finished.
Later, Hinata had shared all she knew with Tsunade.
" So you don't remember who it was that brought you here?" Tsunade said.
" I have no idea." Hinata responded. " You didn't see the person who delivered me?"
" This is all I know..." Tsunade started.
(((Flashback)))
Two guards were watching the gates of Konohagakure entrance, when all of a sudden a shadowy figure appeared, laying a bloody Hinata down in front of the guards.
" Help Her!" The figure said in a firm feminine voice. The figure suddenly disappeared.
The guards were shocked at what they saw, one immediately sprang to action, picking up Hinata and retreating to the hospital.
(((End Flashback)))
" Whoever it was, it must have been you guardian angel Hinata, if you had arrived but a few minutes later, you would not have made it. But what I don't get is how this person managed to get you here so fast, that doesen't seem realistic considering how far out Kurenai told me you guys were." Tsunade said.
Hinata sat on her bed trying to make sense of what happened.
" You get some rest Hinata, oh by the way, good job, the mission was a successs." Tsunade said as she walked out.
Hinata rested her head back on her pillow.
" Hinata, can I get you anything like water or a soda?" Kurenai asked.
" Ok, I'll be right back, I have to let Kiba know you're ok." Kurenai said, but before she left the doorway she turned her head back at Hinata.
" Hinata..." Kurenai said. "...I'm very proud of you. And I'm so relieved to know you're safe."
Hinata blushed at her sensei. " Arigato." she said.
As Kurenai walked away Hinata got out of bed and walked toward the window. The sun shined through the blades onto her face as she looked up at the sun.
" Naruto-kun. I don't know how I survived, but whoever saved me, I owe them a great deal of gratitude. I feel this battle has made me stronger, pushed my limits. Now after this battle for some reason I can't explain, I only want to become stronger, so I will do an even better job next time. And whoever saved my life...arigato." Hinata thought as she smiled in the sunlight.
Meanwhile in a village known as Sunagakure. A young blonde girl looking to be in her mid-teens walked up a flight of stairs looking at some files she had in her hands. As she walked into a meeting room she saw a young man only from his back. The young man had crazy blonde hair, a brown vest (resembling baki's) over a black long-sleeved shirt. He seemed to be looking out the window in the same manner Hinata was just now. The girl who entered looked at him oddly and smiled.
" Day-dreaming again Naruto?" Temari said.
The boys head turned exposing deep blue eyes and on his forehead a Sunagakure headband.
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(Time skip.)
More coming and yay Filler Time is officially over. There will be more coming which gets back to the main story plot. Reviews are not only welcomed, THEY'RE MANDATORY!!!!