"You don't have to leave now"said Hinata. "Yeah, I better get going. See ya"he said walking away. Hinata sighed. "They won't be coming back anytime today. I better get back as well"said Neiji. "Wait!"said Hinata. "Yes?"asked Neiji.

"Thanks for helping me out"said Hinata. Neiji simply nodded and kept on his way. She waited until Neiji was well out of sight. She turned and went back to the post. "I can't let them do all the work, I need to keep going"said Hinata. She focused the chakra into her palms. "Here we go!"she said hitting the post with fast and furious palms.

Hiashi came out, it was well into the knight. Hinata thrust the kunai into the small little dot Hinata had carved, then focused her chakra back into her palms, what little was leaft. "You're overdoing it"he said. She struck again, her palms much slower. She was at 100 palms when exhaustion was really taking it's toll on her. She shook her head and kept going, until just barely hitting the 128th palm, before falling face first on the ground. Her hands were bleeding profusely.

Hinata awakened, full refreshed. The bandage from her wound was removed. her arm was fully healed now. She sat up quickly. "Good morning"said Hiashi walking in.

Hinata, Hiashi and Hinabi ate breakfast together. "You've been working hard, I watched you yesterday and you've come along well"said Hiashi. "But, I'm still not as strong as Neiji"said Hinata. "Just keep working hard, and, well you'll see"said Hiashi. Hinata nodded.

Three days later

Hinata was in the middle of her training, target practice, when she heared Naruto coming towards her. "Naruto!"she said. "Hey, I finally got the perverted hermit to teach me that technique, you have to see it!"said Naruto. Hinata smiled. "Sure"she said. Hiashi watched from inside with a smile. "She really has a thing for him"thought Hiashi.

"Shadow Clone jutsu!"

Naruto created only one clone. "Allright, now for the real move!"he said. The 2 clones made odd hand signs, their palms spinning above eachother.

"Rasegan!"

The attack shot down to the forest, making a huge impact.

"How was that?"asked Naruto. "Amazing!"said Hinata. "Yeah, I thought you'd like it! I had to show someone. Well anyway, I'll see you later"said Naruto beggining to walk away. "Wait, you don't have to leave"said Hinata.

"I'd like to introduce you to my family"she said, looking on the ground and blushing. However when she looked up, Naruto was gone. "Oh"she said. She sighed.

"Naruto, I can't deny it any more! I love you Naruto, I love you!"she thought.

At dinner, Hiashi noticed Hinata eating slower then usual. "Is something wrong?"asked Hiashi. Hinata shook her head. "Nothing father"she said. "You're in love with that Naruto kid, right?"asked Hinabi nastily. Hinata blushed. "Why would you fall for that idiot. He's a loser"said Hinabi.

"Don't talk about him like that!"yelled Hinata standing up. "Of course you'd fall for him, you screwed everything up here"said Hinabi. Hinata gasped. "Hinabi, that's enough!"said Hiashi but Hinabi ignored him. "Everyone here was so worried, where's Hinata, and what are you doing? Working for a criminal organazation! No one in the house will say it, but they hate you!"said Hinabi. Hinata looked to Hiashi, then ran out. "Hinata!"he called.

Hinata rushed into the forest streaming with tears. She finally stopped and fell to her knees. "Why, why?"she asked. "Hey, look who we found"said a female voice. 5 ninjas came out, all appeared to be genin level. "Who are you?"asked Hinata standing up. "They're called the sound five"said Orochimaru standing up. "You, you're Orochimaru!"gasped Hinata. "I'm flattered, I guess I need no introduction, but allow me to introduce you to these. This here is Jirobo, he has near infinite strength"introduced Orochimaru.

Orochimaru proceeded to the next person. "This is the Kunoichi of the group, Tayuya. She uses a flute to summon powerful creatures to do her bidding"he said.

He went to the next person. "This is Sakon, and on his back is Ukon. Sakon has quite the speed and power, a perfect mix. Next here is Kidomaru, he has spiderlike powers and is a brilliant strategist. Last but not least, is Kimimaro, the most powerful member with the power to use bones from his body"said Orochimaru.

"Why are you here?"asked Hinata. "Revenge"said Sasuke stepping out from the shadows. "Sasuke!"she gasped. "Naruto and Neiji have made me the joke of the Konoha village. I'll make them pay, and I'll start with you"said Sasuke. "Don't make me fight you Sasuke"said Hinata taking a fighting stance. "That won't be necessary for me"said Sasuke. From behind Jirobo clubbed her with his hands, knocking her into Sakon kicked her away. "Forget it, I'm not wasting my chakra"said Tayuya. Kimimaro picked her up by the neck, holding her up, Kidomaru shot a sticky web like substance out, binding Hinata's arms to her sides and her legs as well.

"Finish her off Sasuke. Kill her"said Orochimaru. Hinata was beggining to build up chakra to cut through the threads but Kimimaro knocked her out by hitting her with a bone to the head. "No. If I know Naruto, he'll rush right out to help her, so I'll keep her alive. Hands off Naruto, he's mine"said Sasuke.

"Hey, you're not the boss of me!"said Jirobo. "Yeah, let's just kill the bitch"said Tayuya. "Watch your language!"said Jirobo. "Shut up lardass"she said. "We'll keep her alive, and we'll leave Naruto to you"said Orochimaru. "Perfect"said Sasuke.

"You're carrying her lardass"said Tayuya. "Wathc your mouth!"said Jirobo but Tayuya was allready walking away. Jirobo muttered bitterly, putting Hinata over his shoulder and walking away.

Shikamaru walked towards the jounin yawning. "What do you want?"he asked. "Sasuke and Hinata have both gone missing"said Kurenai. "So what do you want me to do about it?"he asked. "We want you to get them back. Assemble a team as fast as you can, show them this so they know this is for real"said Asuma handing him a piece of paper. "Troublesome"mutterd Shikamaru.

"Don't worry, I'll find her"assured Neiji. "But not alone"said Shikamaru entering the Hyuuga yard. "Hey, you're the boy from the exam, the one who fought the sand village girl"said Hiashi. "Listen, whoever this Hinata girl is, her and Sasuke are missing, and now they want me to assemble a team to go track them down. I want you on that team"said Shikamaru. "Only if Naruto comes with us"said Neiji.

After explaining everything to Naruto, he immidiately became angry. "Sasuke, I know he's behind this"said Naruto angrily. "I doubt it. It would require too much effort on his part, he must've had help"said Neiji. "We don't have time for this, we need more people, you coming or not?"asked Shikamaru.

Shikamaru met up with Ten-ten and Lee. "Ten-ten, I normaly don't ask girls for help, however we could use a good stealth attacker"said Shikamaru. "What about me?"asked Lee. "Well, Naruto has the position of the reckless idiot"said Shikamaru. "HEY!"yelled Naruto.

"However we could use someone with your taijutsu skills"said Shikamaru.

"You want me to be on your team?"asked Ino excitedly. "No, actualy I was looking for Chouji"said Shikamaru. "At the ramen stand"sighed Ino.

Shikamaru met back with the jounin, with his team:Naruto, Neiji, Ten-ten, Lee and Chouji. "Well, not a bad team at all. Allright, good luck"said Kakashi. "Remember, your mission is to get them back, not win a battle, so only fight is necessary"said Asuma.

"Let's go"said Shikamaru. "I'll beat the shit out of whoever helped Sasuke, and Sasuke too"thought Naruto. "I won't let you die Hinata"thought Neiji. "I always wanted to be a strong kunoichi like Tsunade, now's my chance to really test myself"thought Ten-ten. "I won't let you down Shikamaru!"thought Chouji trying to convince himself of his bravery. "Now's the time to spring back into action!"thought Lee. "How troublesome"thought Shikamaru.

TBC