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Chapter 11

Goodbye

"They're most likely at the Hyuga's domain. Or at least around that area." Tsunade spoke, her voice rumbling through the entire office and beyond the great doors Naruto and Sakura had been staring at from outside.

"I'm truly sorry Naruto," Sakura stated, her eyes adrift as she spoke her few words of honesty.

Naruto glanced over and did nothing to acknowledge her apology. He looked over at the doors again, and before slumping to the ground to take a seat he heaved a sigh.

Inside, the ANBU officer nodded and without a second to spare, he was on his way to retrieve the Hyuga and stabilize the Uchiha, if needed.

-

"You must be insane to--" Hinata couldn't think, her head spinning, she was thrown off by this. Did she love Sasuke? She said so herself, and yet she denies it completely.

She took a deep breath and continued, "--to think that I will leave with you."

He caressed her face, almost like she hadn't said one word. Now, honestly looking at her he began, "I've decided. You have to come with me." His eyes were stern and he sounded set upon it. Hinata shook her head slowly. "This is too much."

"Then you were lying when you said you loved me?" Sasuke had actually said this more than once, not really getting his answer from the girl, he wanted to purge it as much as possible, he wanted to hear the precious words roll of her tongue.

Hinata cringed, 'I love Sasuke…' she thought blandly. She blinked and without thinking another thought she was caught in a swift movement. Now held dearly by him, and suddenly she found herself hugging him back. Was that a reflex? He placed his head at the crook of her neck, breathing steadily against her goosed skin, he relaxed.

He spoke again, "You can't go against it." He explained, "In the end, you're going to have to be with me." Hinata began to shake, breathing irregularly against his shoulder.

This might actually happen.

He pulled back suddenly and looked at her, her face flushed, eyes holding confusion and a good amount of fear. He smiled, at least she knew right? He kissed her cheek and then pressed his lips to her ear, whispering something she could hardly decipher. He kissed a certain part of her neck and felt her pulse go wild against his lips. Loving the feel, he hadn't wanted to let her go, but as soon as Sasuke released her he disappeared, hoping to god that she'd make the right decision in the end.

Hinata opened her eyes, not realizing she had ever closed them, and seen that he fled.

Only seconds later did someone appear before her. "Hyuga, Hinata?"

Her eyes widened and she could barely nod her head.

"Uchiha, Sasuke…?" The man asked, his voice low, somewhat frightening. It had only matched the animal on his mask, menacing, the way it just stared back in an out-of-the-norm way.

"Ah--…" She couldn't even think. She was blank.

Quickly after that, he took her hand and they seemed to just vanish into thin air.

-

"Hinata, what are you doing here?" Shizune asked, just catching wind of the situation up stairs.

"An ANBU brought me here…?" Hinata answered still very much in a daze.

"Are you crying? God, what's going on?" She asked, taking a hold of the young girl's shoulders. "Let's take you to the hokage, ne?" Shizune assured her, worry apparent in her voice.

Hinata nodded, and Shizune latched on to one of the girls' arms, hoping that would be enough to support her out-of-it state.

As they made their way up the spiraling stairs Hinata began to worry.

She hadn't known this would happen if Sasuke's memory returned. If anything she'd think it wasn't a big deal at all. The only hard part about it would be letting her Sasuke go. And seeing how everything turned out, she couldn't help but feel like she were about to vomit. Why was everyone making it so difficult? Sasuke wasn't supposed to love her, she wasn't supposed to consider loving him back, ANBU weren't supposed to come, the hokage wasn't supposed to put out a search, she wasn't supposed to go in and confess all her wrong doing as an accomplice, how she let him get away, and after all of the things that weren't supposed to happen everything was supposed to go back to normal- if there ever was a normal.

"Hinata!" Naruto exclaimed, as he saw her coming down the hall, excited with immense relief to see her unscathed. He ran to her side, giving her a friendly, yet suffocating hug.

"Are you okay?" He asked, still hugging her hard.

"I'm- I'm fine." She stuttered, trying to bring her arms up like she had done so thoughtlessly with Sasuke not so long before.

"I'm glad. Where's Sasuke?" Naruto's tone quickly changed. He pulled back from the hug and looked at her, determination apparent in his big, blue eyes.

She had to look away. From behind Naruto, near the corner of the hallway, stood Sakura. Her face looked red and almost raw from tears. Hinata even got a hint from the print on Sakura's cheek that her face came into contact with a hand. Sakura turned away feeling eyes rest on her form, and Hinata brought her eyes back to her first love.

"He disappeared." Hinata answered simply grimacing to herself as she realized how depressed she sounded about it.

Naruto's face quickly drooped, and you could tell that his will was starting to grow thin.

How many times did he have to set out for Sasuke? Did it really matter now if he left? Does anybody even care anymore? Old news, better stories. Nobody wants to deal with someone that's doesn't cooperate or doesn't improve, it's useless. This time he wasn't going to look for Sasuke, once was enough. It was clear to them that he wasn't going to be back and no one would care to look farther than this village.

"Figured…" And with that Naruto took his place near the wall once more. Slumping to the ground like all was lost.

Quickly Shizune tugged on Hinata's sleeve. She turned to look at her, "The hokage is ready to see you." Shizune spoke softly.

Hinata nodded looking at Shizune's sympathetic smile before walking in, shutting the large doors behind her as gently as possible trying not to make any disturbing noise that could startle them both.

Soon Hinata's eyes came into contact with Tsunade's. The older woman seemed so concentrated that she looked as if her mind was set in a different world.

Hinata glanced to the floor, noting her habit's return.

Tsunade blinked, returning from her thoughts, "Hinata," She called, beckoning her forward to take a seat.

Hinata nodded and closed the great gap between them, taking a seat across from the intimidating woman. Already Hinata could feel the weight of the situation grow deep.

Tsunade cleared her throat.

She hadn't said a word and already, Hinata feared the end was near. The end of something big.

"You are ordered to stay away from…" Tsunade paused for a moment, figuring that the point she be made as quickly as possible, "You must never come into contact with Sasuke again."

By this statement, Hinata blinked, she was confused. She didn't even know where he was and even if he were still here, what was the reason for her staying away from him? None of this made any sense.

"M-may I-I ask w-why?" Hinata stuttered. Her discomfort taking a large toll on her. And at that moment she knew why. Why she was so confused, why she was feeling so-…so upset.

"You are his new attachment to this village. We know full well that he doesn't want any ties to Sakura nor Naruto and since you're his new bond-- Hinata, this situation is very dangerous." Tsunade spoke; it was obvious that she was having a hard time wording what she had to say.

"But he hasn't done anything to me." Hinata countered. What exactly was Hinata trying to prove?

"Yet…" Tsunade explained, "Sasuke is very unstable, we don't know what he's doing, where he's going. Everything is just up in the air right now. And the fact that he had a past with Orochimaru-- it only makes the situation worse. He's not the old Sasuke anymore, and when he had no recollection of his past, it was much safer. It's just now, he is a threat. We can't have him in the village, he must stay out. Either that or he dies."

Hinata blinked, and felt moisture collect at the rims of her eyes. She didn't understand.

"I know this is hard Hinata. I already explained this to both Naruto and Sakura. They have accepted. Dear, this is just how it's supposed to be." Tsunade leaned over the desk to touch Hinata hand, comfort her in some way.

They hadn't said anything for a while, just sitting there taking the information in.

"I should have gone with him…"

Hey you guys, next chapter is the last!!!! Wow! Sorry I didn't update yesterday.

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