A/N: Okay I can't really think of a song to go with this chapter so I picked this song cause I like it and I thought it fit best.
Disclaimer: I am in no way earning anything from writing this story
Chapter 10: When you were young
And sometimes you close your eyes
And see the place where you used to live
When you were young
Keen white eyes scanned the dark landscape, looking for something, anything, that would help alleviate the boredom. Suddenly a strong hand clamped around her mouth. The young Hyuuga moved fast and quickly closed off all the tenketsu in the attackers arm.
"Ow! Damn Hanabi!" the boy yelped releasing her.
"Konohamaru!" Hanabi snapped glaring at him. "I thought you were a kidnapper or something!"
"A kidnapper?" he asked frowning.
"Well that's what you get for sneaking up on me like that..." Hanabi said as the young boy wrapped her in his arms.
He leaned down to kiss her but she pulled away and wagged her finger at him. Konohamaru pouted and Hanabi kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Not when Moegi and Udon are around." she cautioned.
"Why not?" he whined.
"Because, they don't know about it, and I'm sure it would make them extremely uncomfortable." Hanabi answered.
"That's stupid," he pouted.
"I know but, we just have to deal." she said grinning.
A loud crashing noise echoed through the trees making Konohamaru and Hanabi freeze. Without turning around she used her Byakugan to scan the surrounding forest.
"Hanabi-san what was that noise?" a boy a little older then her asked.
"I don't know," she said softly. "She was finally able to make out a three bodies lying on the forest floor a few hundred yards away. "Someone's out there! They're hurt but they're still alive."
Konohamaru turned and ordered Udon and Moegi to go find their sensei's. Hanabi leapt to the ground followed by her two teammates.
"Hanabi where are you going?" Konohamaru called.
"They're hurt; I can't just leave them there!" Hanabi called, if there was one thing her sister had taught her before she died it was to show compassion to everyone.
The first person they came to was Daisuki; he was sitting against a tree, a few scratches on his face but overall okay. He looked up at the three older ninja and smiled.
"Hi aunt Hanabi." He said.
"Hey Daisuki." Hanabi said kneeling down in front of him. "Are you okay? Why are you here? Is Gaara-sama with you?" she asked her nephew with intense eyes.
"I'm okay, and daddy sent me but he's not with me." Daisuki said standing and pulling Hanabi to her feet. "But I have a surprise for you!" he said excitedly as he began to pull her deeper into the forest.
"One of the other bodies is in that direction!" She called over her shoulder as she followed Daisuki with renewed vigor.
They stumbled into a clearing and Hanabi's eyes focused on the motionless body in front of them. It was a woman, in a torn traditional kimono. Her short blue hair was spread around her head in some sort of halo. Her head was facing away from her. Slowly she stepped forward, Daisuki tried to step with her but she pushed him behind her. Her hand shook as she reached towards the unconscious woman's face. Even though she was a chunin, she hadn't been prepared to do something like this. Slowly she tilted the woman's face towards her and felt her breath hitch. Her face she looked just like…
White eyes fluttered open before fluttering closed again. Hanabi screamed.
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"Good times, good times!" Kakashi mused, waving his glass around.
Gai was passed out next to him and Kurenai sat on his other side also looking quite drunk. She looked forlornly into her glass, and Kakashi felt the need to comfort her.
"How do you think our teams are doing?" he asked awkwardly.
She looked at him surprised, he had never made an effort to talk to her before and now he was trying to make up for it.
"I'm so jealous of you…" she answered with a weak smile.
Kakashi looked taken aback and she quickly finished her drink before placing it gently on the table and turning back towards him.
"You get to train Hanabi." Kurenai said, tears welling in her eyes. "I lost my precious Hyuuga."
"Hanabi will never replace Hinata in your heart." Kakashi said.
"I know." She said sniffling. "Having her around would probably make it worse…"
"Kurenai-sensei!" Moegi shouted as she ran into the bar.
"Kurenai-sensei!" Udon sniffed as he dashed in after his teammate.
"What is it?" Kurenai asked. "Are the other's okay?"
"Hai!" Moegi answered, as Udon tried to catch his breath next to her. "Hanabi-san saw something in the woods, she said it was an injured person, Konohamaru sent us to come get you and Kakashi-sensei"
The silver haired Jounin stood, finishing his drink in one swig.
"Alright let's go." He said leading the two chunin outside while Kurenai informed the Hokage.
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Kasumi slumped at her desk, she was dead tired. All the monotonous paperwork and all the filing, it was enough to make her fall asleep on the desk right there and then. As a matter of fact that's exactly what she did, her head landing softly on the pile of paperwork in front of her.
"Hey Kasumi I…" Naruto started as he walked out of his office but he stopped mid sentence and watched the red head slumber peacefully at her desk.
He smiled at her fondly. It was a political marriage, so at first they both were reluctant, but after awhile the blonde had to admit she grew on him. Even though it wasn't love, he had no doubt in his mind that someday it would be. Turning around he went back into his office packing up so he could take Kasumi home.
A few moments later her eyes opened and slowly she sat up ashamed that she had fallen asleep on the job. She stretched and yawned before looking down at her paper work, she sighed.
"Work is hard?" a quiet voice asked.
Kasumi jumped and slowly looked towards the voice. Dark eyes peered at her from a pale face curiously. The girl looked no older then Kasumi, and had an innocent air about her. However that didn't mean she didn't scare the crap out of Kasumi. So red haired girl did the only thing she could think of in this situation. She screamed.
Thus causing a chain reaction, by making the other girl scream as well. Naruto dashed out of his office and stared confused between the two girls as the continuously stared at each other screaming.
"What's going on here!?" he tried to yell over the rising shrieks, obviously he was unsuccessful.
There was a flash of black and the room was silenced. Naruto looked around and noticed a dark haired male standing behind the pale girl his hand clamped over her mouth. Her pale cheeks tinged pink as he slowly let his hand fall, Kasumi had stood and backed towards Naruto fearfully.
"Who the hell are you guys?" Naruto asked warily.
"I'm Naomi." The girl said. "And this is Don." She said gesturing towards the male.
Just at that moment Kurenai burst into the room breathing heavily. When she looked up she briefly glanced over Don and Naomi before fixing her stare on Naruto.
"Hokage-sama something has happened in the forest surrounding the village." Kurenai said bowing.
The blonde man nodded before turning to Naomi who had turned to Don and began whispering after she heard the news.
"So why are you here?" Naruto asked.
"We were sent to help you." Naomi said. "To warn you, but I think we might be too late."
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"Kakashi appeared at the gate with Moegi and Udon when he heard Hanabi's screams.
"Stay here." He said to the two young ninja's before disappearing into the forest. "Hanabi!" He called. "Hanabi answer me!"
However the young Hyuuga only kept screaming, on his way he ran into his other two students.
"Ki, you and Neko head back to the village." Kakashi commanded, watching the small girl that was clinging to Ki's pant leg.
"Hai, sensei." The two boys answered.
When Ki went top lift the small girl she struggled and ran around them, grabbing onto Kakashi's leg tightly.
"Little girl you must come with us." Neko said smiling.
"No!" The blonde girl shouted.
"Look shrimp…!" Ki began but was cut off by a kick to the shin.
"I'm not a shrimp and I'm not little girl either!" She shouted. "My name is Ai, and I'm not going anywhere without Daisuki-kun and mommy!"
"Well it looks like Ai-chan will be coming with me." Kakashi said placing a hand on the small girls head. "In the mean time you two need to go and bring medic ninja's here."
The two boys nodded before disappearing. Kakashi lifted Ai gently and began to search for Hanabi again, ignoring the little girls chatter. He found her in a clearing, rocking back in forth on her heels. Hands pressed tightly to her ears, as tears stained her face as she continued with her wails. Daisuki sat next to her, crying silently.
"Daisuki!" Ai cried leaping from Kakashi's arms and running to her friend. "Are you and mommy okay?" she asked concerned.
The dark haired boy nodded and gave a watery smile. Kakashi ignored the two children and walked toward Hanabi. He knelt down in front of her, grabbing her face with both hands.
"Hanabi." He said softly, as the Hyuuga lowered her hands from her ears, but the tears kept coming. "I need you to tell me what made you so upset."
She pointed a shaky finger over to the motionless body of a woman a few feet away.
"Can you show me?" he asked.
"No! No!" She whimpered.
"It's okay, I'll be right there. Show me what made you so unhappy." He said, feeling like he was talking to a two year old.
It took another few minutes but he finally got her standing and walked her slowly over to the body. However after a certain distance he couldn't get her to move anymore. The Jounin crouched over the body, he was sure he had seen the woman before but he couldn't remember exactly where.
"Hanabi what am I looking for?" he asked.
"Eyes…" she whimpered covering her face.
He lifted one of the woman's eye lids and staggered back in surprise. Memories of the quietest Hyuuga of all time ran through his head. Lying on the ground in front of him was Hinata Hyuuga.
"Hanabi!" he heard a familiar voice shout.
Quickly he unzipped his vest and draped it over Hinata's head and walked next to Hanabi, trying to stifle her sobs while also trying to get over his initial shock.
"Hanabi!" Natsu cried, appearing with the medical ninja's. "Neji and I have been so worried about you!"
Hanabi flung herself at the older woman and buried her face in her shirt, as the other ninja's lifted Hinata's body onto the stretcher, keeping the vest in place.
"What got you into such a state?" Natsu asked soothingly.
"It's Hinata! It's Hinata!" Hanabi said, muffled by the cloth she was pressing her face into.
"Sweetie you have to say that again for a minute I thought you said it was…" she began.
"Hinata." Kakashi finished for her. "It was Hinata."
Natsu glanced at the other Jounin with a serious expression on her face. Kakashi nodded. She inhaled sharply and pried Hanabi off of her.
"Go with Kakashi." She commanded. "He'll take you, Daisuki, and the other little girl to the hospital. I'll meet you there."
She disappeared into the dark forest; she had to go get Neji.
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Ai and Daisuki sat next to each other in the hospitals waiting room. They were surrounded by the original rookie nine Sai and Gai's team, minus Hinata of course and Sakura who was. Daisuki glanced over at his blonde friend who sat next to him silently.
"Ai-chan are you okay?" he asked softly.
Tears welled in her eyes and she began to cry softly. Daisuki hugged her but felt the tears fall down his face as well.
"It's okay," Ino reassured, sitting next to them.
"Yeah Daisuki," Shikamaru said from his seat. "Nothing's wrong, we just need to find out what's going on."
The door down the hall opened quietly and Sakura stepped out, white as a ghost. She approached Naruto slowly; the tear stains on her cheeks becoming more apparent.
"What is it Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked nervously.
The pinkette grabbed his hand and led him down the hall and into the room. As soon as the door closed a girly shriek was heard and then a thud. Sakura stuck her head out from around the door.
"Naruto fainted, can any of you help me?" she asked.
Neji watched silently as everyone assisted in getting Naruto in a room. Slowly he approached the room Sakura had been in only moments before and slowly opened the door. The young woman looked over at him when the door opened and smiled warmly making his heart stop.
"Hello, how are you this evening? I'm Hinata Hyuuga and I just want to thank you for showing Ai-chan, Daisuki-kun, and I such warm hospitality."
A/N: Okay yeah so HAPPY EASTER! And uh REVIEW! Special thanks to shukakusgurl the other character will be in soon as well. Oh and Don is actually based off of a guy I know. His name is really Don and he has the coolest hair I've ever seen. Think about the lead singer of Tokyo Hotel, I'm not even kidding.