Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…
Everybody was still walking, when Sakura decided to shoot off her big mouth.
"Hinata, do you like Sasuke or something," she asked. "You seemed to pay more attention to him."
"Why is that your business," Hinata snapped. "Girls like you are so annoying."
She frowned and continued walking. Kiba and Naruto thought that she was Sasuke for a minute there.
"Hinata-chan, after the mission, would you like to go on a date with me," Naruto asked. "You're not going to be busy, are you?"
Hinata stared at him and blushed. This was a first time he actually asked her out. But then, there was Sasuke. Still, all these years, she always had a crush on him and every attempt at him always failed, but now, this was her chance. Was she going to turn him down or was she going to accept his offer?
"I…I'll think about it," she blushed some more.
She better not say yes, Sasuke thought.
"Hey, we're here," Kiba hollered.
They came in and saw that the Leaf Village was different. It didn't look very welcoming. There was blood and bodies everywhere. The Hokage Mansion looked torn down and nearly all the houses were broken. The gatemen weren't at the gate as usual.
"I wonder what happened," Sakura wondered.
"Is anybody here," Naruto hollered.
Suddenly, a kunai was thrown beneath Hinata and Sasuke.
"What the…," Sasuke looked up and saw two dark ninjas on top of the gates.
They were both women and their faces were covered up.
"Welcome to your new village," they cackled. "Hope you enjoy your last view."
They came down and threw more kunai at them. They all had exploding tags.
"Watch out," Kiba said, pushing Hinata out of the way.
Kiba took most of the damage as Sakura ran towards the women.
"Sakura, stop," Sasuke held her arm. "They're just puppets. Hinata, use your Byakugan to seek out the true master."
"Hai," she obeyed and activated her Byakugan.
She spotted strings controlling the puppets and behind them was the true puppeteer. She also found out another thing. The village they were in was just a genjutsu.
"It's just a genjutsu," Hinata yelled. "In order to get out, we must defeat the puppeteer, or take out the main string."
"Where is this puppeteer," Shino asked.
Before she could answer, she felt herself wrapped in strings. She lost control of her body as the strings kept pressing against her skin. Sasuke saw the strings and took out his sword. The two puppets were coming towards her as Sasuke broke the strings. That gave Hinata a perfect chance to go her Gentle Touch. She used her two fingers from each hand and landed them on the chests. Suddenly, those two shattered but that didn't mean it was over. In fact, they were surrounded by many of them. Everybody else was trying to fight their way out.
"Damn it, how are we going to fight out of this mess," Sasuke growled, holding out his sword.
"By teamwork," she grinned, setting herself in position.
He stood besides her as the puppets leapt at them.
"Sixty-Four Palms," she hollered, slamming her palm against each of the puppets.
Sasuke sliced through groups of four or five of them. There were some more coming, but that didn't stop them. Shino slammed his hands on the ground and summoned termites. The termites came like a swarm as they ate up the puppets in a swift second. Naruto used his Rasengan and ran through the puppets while Kiba and Akamaru used Gotsuga to tunnel through them. Sakura used her fist to break 10 at a time. It wasn't long when Hinata spotted the main string. She used her hand to slice through it and all the puppets fell down.
"Nobody has ever found the main string," a voice echoed.
Everybody came back to the same spot at where they last were before they stepped into the genjutsu.
"What just happened," Kiba asked, as he groaned in pain.
"We came out of the genjutsu," Sakura explained.
They were at their campsite, at the point where the incident between Sasuke and Sakura happened.
"Sasuke-sensei, are you okay," Hinata asked.
"…"
Sasuke only came closer to her and stared at her.
"Are you wounded," she asked.
"No," he said in a low voice.
"Then, do you…"
He suddenly grabbed her and crushed his lips against hers. He kissed her, but this time, in front of everybody.
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