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The rain poured from the dark sky above, and lightning shot through the sky like a thief in the night. Two lone Ninja were lost, one kneeling, the other almost dead. The young heiress to the Hyuga clan knelt by her love, feeling helpless. She had never learned any medical Justus simply because she never had a knack for it. This feeling, the emptiness, it was a feeling she had escaped from, one she trained and trained to get rid of. She endured training from Hell, in order to become strong, training that no other ninja could have possibly endured….

-Flashback-

"Nar..Naruto-kun, when will y..yo..you be re..returning?"

"In about three years. I have to get stronger. Not just for Sasuke, but also for myself."

"B..But, you are strong, or at least… I.. think y..you are."

"Hinata, I may be strong, but I have to get stronger, people depend on me. I made that promise to Sakura, and I will not go back on my word. Believe it!"

"Okay, time to go Naruto."

"Okay, Ero-Sennin, Good bye Hinata. Don't forget me, I will be back one day!"

Hinata had watched him leave, leave without saying how she felt. For months she cried herself to sleep, knowing that he would return slightly different. One day, she had enough.

"Anko-Sensei, I need to talk to you."

"Alright squirt, what's up?"

"I need you to train me."

" Whoa there. Why me? Shouldn't Kureni be the one to do that, or maybe Neji?"

"No. I'm not talking about a day lesson, I want you to take me away from the village, and train me everyday, until I break for one year."

"You still haven't answered me yet, why me?"

"I need someone, who knows how to fight, someone who knows the weaknesses of a certain person, who will not only make me a strong Ninja, but a woman too."

"Who is the 'certain person' you're referring to?"

"Orochimaru."

-End Flashback—

Hinata smiled, as she bandaged Naruto inside the cave, who was still unconscious. She had spent that year, away from Konoha. Anko and her did grow very close over the year. Hinata had learned many new techniques that would aid her in battle, and she had finally mastered some water techniques. Most importantly, she had learned a special sealing technique, that would stop Orochimaru from being able to brand her with a curse mark, and it could also be used on someone with one, and erase it from their bodies. Intentionally Hinata learned this, because she was going to help Naruto fulfill his promise in bringing Sasuke back, even if she didn't care for him. She could understand what he went through and would help Naruto.

She watched Naruto lay by the fire, his wounds now on the mend, but there was no way in telling when he would awaken, and Hinata was not looking forward to dealing with Kisame again. Ideally, she should have fought Itachi; at least her Jutsu would have nullified his. She shivered at the thoughts of her training. The first month she slept maybe once a week, and the other times she was fighting Genjutsu, which were always her deepest fears. Now, she could take almost any Genjutsu.

The sound of a twig snapping brought Hinata out of her trance immediately. She activated her Byukagan, and immediately got in her battle stance, in front of Naruto. Hinata winced as she felt the dull pain of her punctured side. She could feel her skin tearing around the stitches, and the warmth of her blood trickle down. She shook her head and thought

'No, this is not how I will die. I will protect myself and Naruto and not think about pain.'

She saw the shadow like outline of a person walking towards to cave entrance, she could feel her heart pound in her ears and adrenaline filled her veins. The person emerged into the cave of the mouth, Kunai in hand, and Hinata shot forward, and slammed her fist into the face of her opponent. Her opponent was sent flying into the cave, and was now visible due to the light of the fire. It was then; she realized that, the person who had entered the cave was none other then her Father, Haishi Hyuga.