On this journey full of unpleasant things,
I gaze up at the blue sky alone
I don't want to lose because of being weak
Chapter10: An answer exists
The sky is dark which gave them an idea that it the rain will pour anytime.
"I hoped that it won't happen again." Kurenai said to herself while looking at the two.
"Hiashi-sama, let us leave them for the match." Tsunade said. Hiashi before going back to his seat he glanced at Yuki.
Hinata is not paying attention to Neji. She's looking at Sasuke. Sasuke just stare back at her.
Many months passed so easily but until now I still remember that day, still fresh in my mind. Whenever we are having a training I often sees him smirked when I looked at him like this. But now it's wholly different. I've finally reached the finals, the day that I've been waiting for. I see him from here clearly even without those pale eyes. He's making no movements and no emotions in his pale face as always just pure of nothing. No smirk, no smile only a stare. I don't know how long we've been staring each other. The only thing I remember is that, since we start this staring competition, the whole place, the people, the time, everything stopped. I then realized that he muttered something under his long bangs. I had that feeling once more, the feeling that I have when we talked outside. Few yet simple words…I thanked him again for reminding me.
I'm back to reality seeing my cousin staring at me. He was aggravated by how we Sasuke staring each other so long.
"Please let us fight." He said nothing having his usual expression in his face. We both move to our fighting stance. He activated his byakugan.
The lightning was perfectly drawn in the dark grey sky. The thunder roared.
"Give me a good fight and I'll fight you seriously. I won't give you any pity." He said.
"I will."
Neji in Hyuga fighting stance decided to start the fight. He attacked Yuki with the Jyuuken/ gentle fist. She avoided his hands land to her by doing the same. "How did she?" he said seeing the chakras. Hinata pushed him hitting one of his vital points. "gak what the!" she jumped back throwing kunais. "I should not underestimate her. I'll make sure that she will fail to spot my vital points." He avoided the kunais and run towards her. He threw kunais too but his kunais are twice the number of her kunais. He's trying to pin her. she didn't move an inch.
"Yuki! Watch out!" Ino shouted.
But she didn't listen. The kunais are 1 meter away from her. But for unknown reason, the kunais was sent back to Neji. He avoided those and looked at her carefully using his byakugan. The byakugan reveals the barrier she made. "You use your own chakra to form that barrier." He said but he got no reply. She's making signs.
"hmf…so you think using fire will affect me?" Neji said
"Katon Housenka no jutsu!" she blows multiple fire balls from her mouth. After that she throws kunais and shurikens (with shadow shurikens).
"Hakkeshou Kaiten!" the Eight Trigram Palms Heavenly Spin stopped those weapons to reached him. "Heh!" he smirked.
Hinata remembered something, why not paralyzed him for a while. So she did by using a genjutsu she learned from a book that she borrowed from Sasuke. "I'll use it; the byakugan won't help him escape even if he wounded himself..." She murmurs. It works on him. He was paralyzed.
Hinata gestured. "Hakke Rokujuuyon Shou! Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!" "I see them…even without those special eyes…even without using the Sharingan."
"It's impossible!" Neji thought.
"2 strikes…4 strikes…8 strikes…16 strikes…32 strikes…" and finally "64 strikes!" Hinata released him from the spell. Neji try to stand.
"You use the sixty-four strikes but…it's not enough…"
"As expected to Neji-niisan…he became stronger…" she thought.
"You did not see the chakra I formed to protect myself. But…how? Where did you leared that?" he said coldly.
"…from…"
"Will she reveal it now?" Kurenai, Asuma, Gai, Kakashi and Tsunade thought.
There is silence.
"…you…"
"W-what?" everyone said.
The thunder once again roared furiously.
"Clear it. Who are you?" He commanded.
"is she…is she…Hinata?" Hiashi thought.
She smiled. "A disgrace of your clan."
"What…You mean…You're…Hinata?" she nod and everyone could not believe it.
The rain starts to pour.
I still remember those words I asked my teammates back then in a mission…
"How…how could it be possible? I mean…she look different!" Kiba asked Shino.
"I don't have any answer to that." Shino replied.
"Kiba-kun, Shino-kun…what if…one of your teammates left?"
"What the…Hinata…she became stronger. Hinata and Neji looks equal now." Naruto said.
"I can't believe what I've heard. Yuki and Hinata…is one? Maybe that's why Kakashi-sensei told me to keep that in secret…that little conversation of Master Kakashi and Yuki." Sakura looked at her lap clutching the small piece of her cloth.
They only asked me if that is about Naruto and Sasuke.
"She's kidding right? Choji you did not hear that did you? It's just my imagination right?" Ino said.
"No, Ino let's face it…Yuki is Hinata." Choji replied.
I nod but still there is one more reason why I asked them.
"Ne-san…father…ne-san is…" little Hanabi squeak.
"The Uchiha did well but I need to see more." Hiashi thought. He looked at Sasuke in the corner. He looked back looking at the other Hyugas, they nod at him. They leave leaving little Hanabi still looking at Neji and Hinata.
I know it someday…someday…I'll leave everybody behind.
"She did surprise everybody in just saying two words and a nod." Kakashi said flipping the next page of his book the Icha Icha paradise.
"Heh! that is because she learned that from me!" Gai said with thumbs up and shinning teeth.
"Kurenai what do you think?" Kakashi asked Kurenai ignoring Gai.
"Why! Why Kakashi always sound like cool!" he screamed mentally. Gai stopped posing and he looks defeated.
Just like Sasuke did.
Hinata and Neji stare at each other. Neji speak first. "Hinata, why did you pretend and where were you these past few months? With that Uchiha?"
"Neji-niisan doesn't know it? Why? Did father hide it from them?" Hinata thought. "Why…did father did not tell you?" She asked.
"Hiashi told us that you left the village for some reasons but he did not tell us what those reasons are. It seems that he lied and you're here with the Uchiha." He said
"So it all true." Hinata said and completely off guard. Neji saw the opportunity to attack.
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Hiashi and the other Hyugas are talking about Hinata somewhere in the stadium. They can't go outside since it's raining.
"Hiashi, how will you explain all of this?" one man said.
"We thought that you already get rid of her!" the other man said.
"Everybody let Hiashi speak." He turns to Hiashi. "What happened, Hiashi?"
Hiashi nod. "I'd already sealed her byakugan. We don't have to worry about her but from my observation, I see that Hinata and Neji are now almost in the same level." He explained.
"No wonder why her eyes are not white like us but black." one said.
"I already made a decision." Everyone looked at the older man who is advanced in the rank of Hiashi. "We will give her chance to become a Hyuga again IF…she prove to us that she deserve it." Everybody agreed and went back to the stadium.
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I wish if only I had wings
I would overcome my sadness,
My past, and my fears.
The two were soaked with water. Hinata was off guard and looking up in the sky letting the droplets of tears from the sky drop in her face. By this no one will ever noticed that she's crying. Crying! Except…the one who really cares…She knows that Neji will take the opportunity to attack her but she did not mind it.
Neji did what she expects Neji to do, he attempts to attack her but before he could do his move Hinata slowly turn her head to look at Neji. He once again surprised and most of the people gasp together with the Hyugas. Her…Her eyes…they are not just black anymore but with the two red dots. The Sharingan! The seal on her neck, that looks like the sharingan glows, which is visible because of her clothing.
Another bombshell revealed. "How? Why with two eyes?" the brunette could only say to his cousin.
Up there in the audience, the once called Kakashi's team asked continues questions to the avenger. "Sasuke?" Kakashi could only say to his former student.
"All of you annoy me." avenger said coldly.
"Answer me Sasuke." Kakashi said.
"What do you want?" Sasuke said with no interest.
"Did you…give her your sharingan?" Kakashi said.
"Heh! I'm not stupid to do that. I still have mine." With that he looked at his former sensei, sharingan activated. (He's not like Obito, not saying Obito stupid)
"Sasuke, so how did that happen?" Sakura said.
"A seal." As always straight to the point.
"A seal?" they repeat his words.
Yeah! I've got nothing to lose
(Fight at the first chance Brand new day)
Take my way! On these, the palms of my hands
I want to catch the miracle.
Hinata did not answer Neji. She makes a decision to attack Neji while he was dumbfounded. She became faster because of the sharingan and it could help her see all of Neji's moves. Neji saw her coming; she's going to attack him with the Jyuuken. Neji have no time to move because she's too fast, she hit him and he cough blood. The water and the blood mixed. Hinata still have a heart, she doesn't want to hurt him but it was the mask she created took over her.
Somewhere the snake sanin with his assistant or he should be called a slave, laugh at the scene. Why not play with them? The sanin once again laugh and form some hand seals. After doing that the effect of that caused Hinata to fell on her knees, clutching the seal on her neck. She felt like burning. Everyone looked at Hinata except the Hokage.
"He is here." Tsunade stand up and hold onto the metal bars. Her assistant Shizune asked who it is. She squeezed it harder and when her hands leave the bars her assistant stare at it. Tsunade almost turn it into a thin wire. She's angry already.
"ANBUs!" she said angrily.
"What is it Master Tsunade." The five ANBUs wait for Tsunade's command.
"Find Orochimaru!"
"What! He's here?" Shizune said
"Hn." The Kazekage looked at Tsunade and walk away.
"Where are you going Gaara?" Tsunade said.
"I'll find him." His two siblings jump in front of him.
"Gaara?" Temari just looked at him.
"We'll come with you." Kankuro said
The once called Kakashi's team looked at the former student and teammate. Sasuke grit his teeth and clutching the seal that Orochimaru left to him. The seal almost cover the half of his body.
"Ow! Sasuke are you alright?" Sakura want to hug him tight but she couldn't.
"Oro…chimaru…he's here." Sasuke said weakly.
"Orocimaru!" Kakashi and Naruto said. Naruto clench his fist and walk away.
Kakashi asked "Where are you going?" naruto replied. "I'll find him."
"It happened again. Will he ever give up?" Kakashi said to Gai who is with Kurenai and Asuma.
Tsunade decided to stop the match to find Orochimaru. The Anbus, the Kazekage, Temari, Kankuro, the other Jonins, Naruto and Jiraiya are now chasing him. She went down the field to check the two, Neji and Hinata. Hinata is now coughing with blood and by the look of her, her chakra was all drained. Neji, in the other hand, still have the strength to stand up and speak. "What happen?" he said to Tsunade.
"The match is over." She turn to the medic nins waiting there. "Medical ninjas!" she called them.
Kakashi went to the field carrying Sasuke and Sakura followed him. The other young ninjas soon went down. Sakura already know what she need to do, she went beside Neji. She heals him. Neji is fine now but what about Hinata and Sasuke? They were both unconscious. The medical ninjas put them to the stretcher. Sakura looked at Sasuke while the medics take them.
"Sakura, Sasuke is fine. He's just unconscious and he'll wake up later." Tsunade said and she continue but with a sad look in her face.
"But…Hinata, her life may be in danger."
"Why?" Ino said.
"The poison acted up again and the seal…" she did not continue.
"We should ask Sasuke about it later."
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I will transverse the never ending sky and earth
And then the future
These new born wings are. Oh! Probably
Certainly definitely someday going to shine.
Hiashi is in Tsunade's office.
"Tsunade-sama do you know everything that happen to Hinata?"
"Well actually not all including Hinata having the sharingan."
"But then why did you tell me that you let her leave the village if she's not and she's here with the Uchiha!"
"Hiashi calm down and why don't you ask your daughter and ask for forgiveness first?"
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A few hours already pass. Sasuke already woke up and he had a headache because Kakashi and Tsunade keep asking him questions. He was thankful that the questions are over and he now has time to see Hinata. He asked them how's Hinata but they don't answer him so instead of asking them the same question he look for Hinata's room to check her himself. She's sleeping peacefully. He knows that Hinata is already awake, he whispered. "I'm sorry." Then leave. Hinata had a headache too but since Sasuke went to her room, she did not feel it now. she smile, trying to sit up.
After a few minutes, Hiashi came in. Hinata greeted him with a bow. Hiashi stopped her. "Hinata, you don't have to do that because I'm the one who should do that." The second time he bowed swallowing his pride. "Please forgive me. The clan wants you back, Hinata." Hinata looked at her father. She doesn't know how to answer him. She pulled some courage from somewhere and answers him.
"Father, I'm sorry but…I can't" Hiashi looked at her daughter.
"Why? You prove us that you're not weak at all and you belong to the Hyuga clan."
She shook her head. "No, father I know that all of you don't want me. I don't want to give anyone a burden because of my weakness. I wan't to live free. I don't want to be a caged bird someday." Tears forming. 'But the real reason is that I know that you and the whole clan want me dead. You tell Neji-niisan to kill me during the chunin exam; you hired a ninja to kill me using a poison and finally sealing my byakugan.'
"It hurt so much, father. They want my dead body." He flinched
"Very well. If you don't want to come back then it's your decision. But remember you're the heiress of the clan Hyuga." Hinata nod.
"Or maybe it's because I want to be with someone else." The tears now came rolling down her cheeks.
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Maybe probably somewhere out there
An answer exist
Going on my way! The one and only truth
Is in the faraway wind.
I let the wind and time pass by me. The Sakura tree is always perfect to sit when the day is fine. At the hospital I saw Sasuke enter Hinata's room. I hear him say sorry but I don't know what the purpose is. But then I've solved a puzzle about Hinata and Yuki. I remember that she said that she hate Hinata which means she hate her old self. I remember back then I said the same thing. I hate my self and praising Ino for being skillful, intelligent and beautiful. Cursing the stupid forehead I had. And about the story she made, she told us that her family was killed and she was found by Sasuke. I think that in Hinata's heart, her clan and her family already died. Maybe that's why she did not accept the offer of her father to go back to her family. Hinata create a mask to hide herself to people, especially to her clan.
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Tsunade call all of the promoted ninjas. Ino, Choji, Hinata, Yume, Shinsuke and Yuuchi are the promoted ninjas. Tsunade congratulate the six of them.
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Next chapter?…UNKNOWN…
Yay! My favorite part of the story chapter 10! All of my ideas are here. I don't know if this is the last part of the story of not. If you want me to continue writing, please give me ideas and lots of reviews and reasons why I should continue.