Forever Darkness

by violent werewolf-Dark Prince

He has Sasuke for a friend, and even two lovely kunoichi to help him through problems. So what happened in the land of waves, and why isn't it Zabuza's fault? Leads up to the battle with Pain. SAKURA BASHING, SASUKE BASHING in later chapters, InoNaruHina.

11. Brothers Bond, Cousins Grievance

-1Ogenki Deska! Two updates in one week! I'm on a roll! But don't get used to this! This may be a one time thing. (Just because my writers block recently went away.) We have officially passed the 10 chapter mark! You know what that means? I don't either. So, as always, enjoy le story. Ikito!

Chapter 11: Brothers Bond, Cousins Grievance

"Good morning Kit. Wake the hell up already."

'Wha…it's too damn early for you to be messing with me fox. Did you unlock more of that memory?'

"No, but I'm pretty sure you're going to remember something today."

He frowned at the Kyuubi's words.

'Okay, what the hell are you laughing at?'

He was about to enter his mind but instead began to wonder where he was. He didn't remember going home, that's for sure. But he was in a bed.

'Okay, maybe I should find out what he's laughing at after another three or four hours.' He mumbled and snuggled back into bed.

'Wait…what's that smell…'

Naruto sniffed the air. The smell was relaxing…and familiar. It smelled like…autumn lilacs? He knew that smell perfectly.

"Ino…" He mumbled, wrapping his arms around her even tighter.

"Naru-kun." She mumbled back.

Then his eyes darted open.

"Ino! What the hell?!" They were in Ino's room.

"That's not all kit." The Kyuubi called stifling a laugh.

An arm fell over his shoulder making him jump. It pulled him back, into a soft pillow. At least, he thought it was a pillow.

"Naru-kun." A soft voice came from behind him.

He gulped. What the hell was going on.

'Okay…I'm in Ino's room…in Ino's bed…with Ino…and there's someone else too.' The memories from the day before flooded his head.

Slowly, he turned his head and caught a glimpse of bluish black hair. Before he could wrap his mind around the situation, two pairs of hands wrapped around his chest, squishing him against the pillows even tighter.

'Those…those aren't pillows.' He thought, trying his hardest not to get a nosebleed. However, that was even harder as Ino turned over, wrapped her arms around his neck, and put a leg over his.

He was sandwiched between Ino and Hinata, two of the hottest girls in Konoha, and still breathing. Either he was dreaming, or had died and went to heaven. Or maybe it was hell, seeing that if anyone found him in that position he would have two extremely powerful shinobi on his ass like white on rice. He knew he had to find a way out of it, even if it was something that he would fantasize about for a long time.

'Fox, I'll kill you for this.'

"What did I do? You're the ladies man."

Naruto had been so focused on finding a way out of his predicament, he had forgotten how close a vital spot of his was to a certain blonde kunoichi. As soon as he felt something press against him, his body did a hard spasm. It was stopped as a hand jolted down and grabbed him.

"Dammit, get this flashlight out of heeeere!" She mumbled in her sleep. However the 'here' was long because she had pressed the so called flashlight between her legs. Her body slowly began to move back and forth against him.

"This swing is hard…" She called.

Naruto was crying. For two reasons. One, he was enjoying this too much to even think anymore. Two, he was going to need a change in pants real soon if Ino didn't stop. Matters got worse however. Hinata had rolled over, right over him. He was pinned to the bed, and Ino's leg pressed harder onto his side, as well as smashing him completely between her legs. Add the problem that he was suffocating, due to the fact that Hinata had his face smashed in between her chest, and she never slept in her winter jacket…or a bra. He hoped with all his might that the thing poking his cheek was an oddly placed button. But he knew that Hinata's black t-shirt was button less.

'I hope I can still laugh at the fact that I'm still a virgin after this right?'

"Uh…"

'FOX!'

"I'm joking. Once the girls brought you here, they waited for Inoichi to arrive home but he didn't. They fell asleep waiting for him. You're still a virgin kit, although I wouldn't laugh about that."

Inoichi hadn't come home? He had went to the Hokage's office early the morning before, so why wasn't he home. That reminded him about the problem going on with Sasuke. Now he had no choice but to get up. He went through his mind, thinking of something he had done during all of his training that would help him in the situation. It was as obvious as day, but he had to be careful on what he did. Making one hand sign, he closed his eyes and performed the jutsu.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." He whispered, and felt himself standing almost instantly. When he opened his eyes, he was glad to see a clone sandwiched between the two kunoichi. Now all he had to do was get out of the Yamanaka residence without awakening the two sleeping females, and without being seen.

He tip toed to the door, that was to his relief, wide open. After sneaking down the small hall and towards the stairs, he heard shuffling.

'Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit.' He repeated in his mind.

He heard a yawn from the floor bellow; the Yamanaka shop. His dread told him the tired yawner was Inoichi.

'I am so dead…' Was his thoughts until he saw the window just a few feet back, by Ino's room. He had two options. Run down stairs, try to explain his situation to Inoichi, and hope not to be killed. Or he could try to get the window open, risk being caught trying to flee the scene, and with no doubt, get mutilated, gutted, and marred all at the same time.

He'd take his chances fleeing than trying to explain that kind of situation to one of the formers parents. With as much speed as he could muster without making a racket, he moved to the window and tried to pry it open. With one push…it didn't budge. Looking down at the sill, he noticed it was taped shut.

'Oh come on! Kami must really hate my guts right about now!'

Then he could hear footsteps coming up the stairs. His rant of 'oh shit' restarted in his mind. He fumbled with the kunai on his waist, but was able to get one and slashed the tape in a hurry. Another push and the window flew open. In that second, Inoichi appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Huh? Did Ino open this window? I told her not too." He looked out the window, not noticing Naruto right over the sill, sweating terribly.

'Oh fuck! The clone!'

Inoichi had turned from the window and was only two steps from Ino's door. Naruto trembled as he did the hand sign to dispel the clone.

Inoichi entered his daughter's room and froze in shock. He wasn't expecting her to have company while he was gone. But he smiled. The two girls were slowly awaking in bed, their personal orange teddy bear having vanished completely.

'If it was a guy over I probably would have had a heart attack.'

"Dad? Where's Nar-" Ino was cut off as Hinata smashed her hand against Ino's mouth. Ino's eyes widened as she realized what she was about to do, and both girls blushed beyond natural possibility.

"Hello Ino. And you're Hinata, correct. Sorry I'm late, but my new job is killer. It was an all night thing, and we still got nothing. But really, next time ask before you let friends sleep over okay Ino?"

"Uh…yeah dad, sure thing." She chuckled nervously.

"Um, we're going to go out now dad. We'll be back later."

"This early?" Inoichi said as the two girls pushed their way past him in a hurry.

"We have to meet our teams later so we're going to hang out now!" Ino yelled already out the house.

'Odd.' Inoichi thought. He walked to the window that was not supposed to be open and was about to close it. Something caught his eye though.

'Strange…looks like someone cut the tape with a…kunai…'

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His narrow escape was short lived. He was now running from bush to bush trying to avoid being seen while traversing back to Iruka's home. As some may say, fate can be cruel to those who play around in it too much. Fate would make you feel so good and then smash your face in. That's basically how Naruto felt as he waddled around, his pants tighter than ever as Ino's flashlight just wouldn't go away. The fox had returned to filling his head with an annoying cackle, and had ignored Naruto's pleas for him to give him silence to think. He remembered one talk he had with the Hokage, Iruka, and several Anbu, all who seemed embarrassed of discussing the matter. There was one way for someone his age to relieve the stress of the obscure nature of young teens. There was no chance of him making it to Iruka's without him being caught so he had no other choice but to do the deed in the next bush he could find.

"Oh my, kit, you really are going to go through with this? That Ino girl seemed crazy at first but I think I can come to like her."

'Take all nine of your tails and shove em.'

He was happy to find that the next bush was secured behind a tree and partially on the village wall. He could see Iruka's house from the bush, but there was an open road between him and freedom. Needless to say, there were patrons all over the place so it was now or never. Boys always face a problem. When you need to get the job done, and you have nothing on you. Yeah, well fantasizing does help. Though it can't compare to experience.

'Experience…maybe I should've taken advantage of that situation…'

"Would your death have been worth it?"

'I'll never know now will I?' He spat back.

He was safely perched in the bush. His safe haven for the time being, as he wished. How long it would last, he had no clue, so time did not need to be wasted pondering his seemingly inevitable capture, nor his lack of sense to take two hot gals all on for what they had. He tugged down his orange pants and ripped open his jacket, not caring, considering he had about twelve more at Iruka's place.

'Alright Uzamaki…this is just like a mission. Get it done, and get out. That simple.'

The problem in which he had thought of before. What to fantasize about. Well that was simple, who else could say they woke up between two smoking girls, had one basically rub him out a load, and the other give him a face plant. His first thought had already got him started.

'Just a mission…just a mission…gosh, Ino's legs were so warm…and Hinata was so soft…gah! Just a mission…just a mission…'

Almost there, he thought. Then his mission would be complete.

"Hey, what are you doing over there?"

Preparation, gone to waste. Calm thoughts, gone to waste. All sense of security, gone to waste. His mission was complete. But it ended with a bang, much bigger, and messier than he had planned. There was no where for him to wash his hands.

"Are you okay? Do you need assistance?" A person called to him from behind. Naruto slowly turned around, trying his hardest not reveal any piece of his body. A young boy, probably only a year or so older than Naruto himself, stood on his hands facing the bush.

"Ah…uh, I'm fine. You can go away now."

"You are a strange fellow. What is your name?" The boy asked still on his hands.

"Naruto. Naruto Uzamaki."

"Ah, so you are the one responsible for those youthful acts done to the hokage monument! It is nice to meet you Naruto, I am Rock Lee."

"Rock Lee? What kind of…never mind. What do you mean by youthful?" He regretted asking the question right away, seeing as he was still trying to get the boy to go away.

"That is a good question. I asked my sensei, Gai-sensei, the exact same thing. I used to think your acts of demolishment were barbaric, but he explained to me-"

'Oh great, a lecture!'

"You brought this on yourself kit."

"Naruto-kun are you listening?"

"Yeah…continue."

"Like I said, he explained to me that you had a tough time growing up, even worse than me not having ninjutsu. That was just a way of expressing yourself, and should be admired! He said your flames of youth burn even brighter than his, and that I should take after you!"

'Flames of youth? What the heck is this guy talking about? Better not ask, I got to find a way out of here.'

"I think you've just extinguished your flames of youth."

His laugh echoes around Naruto again, but he ignores it. He had to find some way to get Lee away from him.

"Hey, Bushy brows, I have a dare for you!" He said, hoping the kid would fall for it. To his delight, Lee's eyes lit up with vigor, and he seemed to ignore the bushy brows comment.

"Name it! Anything!"

"I dare you to walk this entire wall over fifty times on your hands."

"You're on Naruto-kun! I've already done three hundred, another fifty will be child's play!" He called and sped away.

Naruto sighed in relief. Practically in the clear. All he had to do was wipe his hands on some leaves, pull up his pants and get out of there. A matter that takes only seconds. But fate happened to be extra cruel that day. He had wiped his hands and was about to start adjusting the rest of his clothing until his worse nightmare, or greatest fantasy arrived.

"Naru-kun, there you are…what are you doing in a bush?" Ino asked, followed closely by Hinata.

"I'm taking a nap." He said sarcastically, losing all morale to continue his journey to Iruka's.

"Come out of there, we want to talk to you."

'Easier said than done.' More dread fell upon Naruto, as he began to assume another stiffy.

"Uh, I just forgot! Ino, Hinata, there's something that I need you to get from Ichiraku. I need to stay here to meet…uh…Kiba! So I can't leave this spot."

"O…kay…What do you need?" Ino asked.

"It's…my free coupon supply I get every Tuesday! Just see if Ayame will give it to you!"

Ino looked at him skeptically, and he thought he was caught for sure. But then she began to walk away.

"I'll be right back you two."

Damn it, almost free. Hinata had stayed behind. Somehow, someway, fate seemed to grow a heart.

"Oh no! I have to get home and tell father where I was!" Hinata squealed and darted away.

It wasn't hard for him to get his bearings together after that. He sighed, being one hundred percent in the clear. Hands wiped, pants up, and shirt…well, still ripped. That was okay. The most disturbing situation he hoped he would ever have to face was now over. Almost. Fate still had some tricks left.

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A typical day consisted of waking up, eating breakfast, and then eating criminals wits for brunch. Yeah, making people crack under pressure and spill their existence was enjoyable. Having grown men scream out in agony, before he even gets in the room, that's good living. So why was Ibiki in a bad mood since he was in such a situation all night? Because his criminal may not have been a criminal at all? Because he didn't cry out in agony, but in sorrow? Yeah, that hit the nail on the head. As he sat thinking in his chair, he couldn't help but recap on all the things that transpired the night before.

From what Kakashi and Iruka had told him, Sasuke was the victims, Uzamaki Naruto's, best friend. They were almost always together, but noticeable changes in their attitudes toward each other were starting to worry both adults. Ibiki didn't care about the relationship of the two, he just wanted to punish someone who deserved it. And who deserved it more than someone who might be conspiring with enemy nin, especially under the most dangerous threat to the leaf village.

"So how much longer are you gonna just let him sit there." Inoichi said pacing.

"Until his resolve is so low, he won't have a choice but to spill everything."

"I don't know whether to be sick about this, or pissed at that Uchiha brat."

"Sick about this? That kid is damned lucky. Usually we use poisons and chemicals to cause serious pain to the victim, and they usually spray on their own."

Inoichi sighed and stopped pacing. "I want to do this now. If he has done anything to Naruto while claiming to be his friends, I'll personally carry out his punishment."

"Inoichi!" Ibiki called angrily. When he turned around, Ibiki had him by the collar and pushed him against the wall.

"Never take these things too personally. If that's how you're going to act, then you need to stay out here until you get calmed down."

Inoichi growled but did nothing to get Ibiki off of him. He was right though. He shouldn't be getting so worked up, or he could seriously hurt Sasuke. But then again, was that a bad thing?

"I'll go in and begin. You come in once you feel that you've got your head cool and collected."

Sasuke sat tied to a chair in a room lit by only one light bulb. His head was down and his hair was messy, having been sweated out. Sweat and tears covered the ground all around the chair, and sweat still dripped from the teens face.

"So, you ready to talk." Ibiki said, leaning against the wall in front of him and folding his arms.

The Uchiha began to chuckle, making Ibiki smile. "Talk…what is there to talk about…" Sasuke mumbled in a tone that didn't sound like him.

"Oh there's something to talk about. For instance, why you lead the Uzamaki kid on like he's your best friend."

Sasuke didn't chuckle anymore. He stayed silent. After a while Ibiki heard sobbing coming from the raven haired boy.

"Naruto…he is my friend. My best friend. I don't want to burn him. I don't want to hurt him! DON'T MAKE ME!" He yelled and leaped forward, but being tied to the chair just made the chair fall forward. He was crying hard now.

"Get out…GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" He screamed from the floor.

Ibiki watched in shock. That wasn't what he expected. Sasuke's resolve wasn't just low, his mental stability was as well. He left the room. Inoichi was watching the scene with great interest through the one way window.

"Something is terribly wrong here." He said as Ibiki stood next to him.

"You can say that again. It's like he's fighting against himself."

"Or something inside of himself. Ibiki, calm him down. I'm going to do a mind walk to find out exactly what's going on. If he's riled up like that, then he may think of something that could kill me."

Ibiki nodded. The medical nin on standby gave him painkillers, and some sedatives. Ibiki, being as rash as he was, walked into the room, sat Sasuke up strait, and shoved the tranquilizers into Sasuke's mouth. Then he chopped the back of his neck.

"There, instant knock out and the sedatives will keep him down for a few hours."

Inoichi frowned at Ibiki's methods but found it necessary. One of the Anbu retrieved a chair for him. He took his position in front of the unconscious Uchiha and prepared his jutsu.

'Enter!'

Once again, the room around him faded. Unlike Naruto's mind, Sasuke's had a layout. However, it wasn't any better. Most people's minds resembled a hallway or a library. Sasuke's was the Uchiha compound. Inoichi didn't know if this was the difference between normal shinobi and Uchiha, but the mind was still direly messed up. Buildings were burning, and bodies with names on them lay strewn throughout the street. Inoichi couldn't help but feel sorry for both Sasuke and Naruto, their minds being the most destroyed of anyone he knew. He looked up to the sky, seeing that it was red with black clouds. Then he felt a chakra signature, which scared him to his core.

'There should only be one fluctuating chakra here and that's mine.' He thought.

He felt the same thing in Naruto, but expected it to be the kyubi. Now that there was a chakra other than Sasuke's and his own present, he had to be prepared for anything.

"You do not belong here." A voice called behind Inoichi.

He didn't want to face the person. There shouldn't have been a person. But he couldn't just ignore it. It could've been the answer to his problems.

"Who are-" He cut off in mid sentence, his eyes widening upon laying his eyes on the shinobi that stood a few feet away from him.

"You do not belong here, Inoichi Yamanaka. Leave this place at once please."

"You…you're Itachi Uchiha!" Inoichi breathed out.

"I am the image of Itachi Uchiha."

Sasuke's brother, or his image rather, wore an Anbu jacket with a short sleeved shirt beneath it. He had a katana in his hand. Blood stained him and the katana. It was the same image Sasuke had seen when Itachi killed their parents.

"Big brother…" Another voice called coming from one of the buildings. However, this voice didn't have a chakra signature, which meant it was one of Sasuke's real memories.

"Sasuke…I thought I told you to find and kill the Uzamaki child."

"What?!" Inoichi called out.

"You do not belong here, Inoichi Yamanaka." Another Itachi appeared beside the first one.

The first Itachi turned to the building where Sasuke's voice had come from. He walked away, as if he hadn't heard a word Inoichi had said.

"Why big brother? Why are you doing this?"

"Because Sasuke. I wanted to see if I was strong enough. Strong enough to have these eyes."

Eyes appeared in the sky. Inoichi could tell they were the sharingon. But the type was something he had only read about. He had learned that Itachi Uchiha had achieved the most powerful stage known in the sharingon, the mangekyou, by killing his entire clan, save his little brother Sasuke.

'Wait! This isn't a memory! This is a genjutsu!' Inoichi thought.

He made his hand sign and called release, but to no avail.

"Foolish Inoichi Yamanaka. This is a permanent genjutsu, unable to be released by chakra less than that of the amount used to create it." Itachi said.

"Damn you…why are you doing this? How?"

"I am a mere chakra image of the true man. As long as he exist, so do we. We are his direct connection to this child."

"You made Sasuke burn Naruto's apartment."

"It was our job to aid Sasuke in retrieving the mangekyou sharingon."

"What?"

"Sasuke Uchiha does not want the mangekyou sharingon, but it is the only way for him to gain power."

"That doesn't make sense? Why do you want him to gain power?"

"So he can kill Itachi Uchiha." The Itachi clone said, stopping all movement. Everything began to fade except the image and Inoichi.

Now a room that seemed to be in a hidden cave appeared.

"This is the memory of Itachi Uchiha that he has left buried in Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke Uchiha can not see this memory unless we let him."

Inoichi tried to see clearly through the dark cave. Three people sat on the ground, and one person was kneeling in front of them. He knew that the three people were the council of Konoha. The person kneeling in front of them was Itachi himself. Their lips moved, but no words came out. Once the council stopped speaking, Itachi had jumped up and seemed to be shouting, but still, silence surrounded them.

"What is this?"

"Since I am a mere image of Itachi Uchiha, his memory can only be completely revealed by him. This is the day the council ordered Itachi to do something callous."

"Ordered him to do what?"

"…"

"To do what!?"

"I am unable to access that part of the memory."

Inoichi grew mad. The fact that he was arguing with Itachi Uchiha's clone, inside of Sasuke Uchiha's head, had already confused him, but now none of his answers were being answered. He decided to find out his first question.

"How will Sasuke gain the mangekyou sharingon?"

"By killing his best friend."

Inoichi's eyes dilated. "No…he wouldn't…Sasuke would never kill Naruto."

"That is correct."

"Then why did he burn Naruto's apartment? Or did you do that too?"

"We hold Sasuke Uchiha in bondage. His will is powerful but ours is stronger. He fights us every night to resist this truth. However, when we subdue him, his entire mind, and physical body succumbs to our will."

The scene changed once again, placing Inoichi in front of Naruto's apartment. Sasuke stumbled through the street like a mad zombie. His eyes were closed and he clutched his head as if something was causing him great pain. Every step seemed to cause him grief. Once in front of the house, he wrenched pieces of a tree off. Inoichi watched as Sasuke did a grand fireball that was much too masterful for a child just about to graduate the academy. He reached down with his left arm, but his right gripped it, trying to stop it completely. But it was too late. He picked up a burning piece of wood and hurled it into Naruto's apartment. After that, he collapsed to the ground.

"He…didn't…it was all you. You Itachi Uchiha!" Inoichi screamed. But the image didn't speak. It just watched as Sasuke stood once more, but his eyes were empty. The clones had complete control over him, and made him flee the scene. Not long after, several more people began to show up at the apartment and began to throw the remaining burning pieces of wood into the apartment. The image faded as Ishi Haruno picked up a piece and hurled it.

"That's it. You know what you've come for now please leave this place Inoichi Yamanaka."

"Please, answer me one more question."

"As you wish."

"Why did you show me all of this? Why didn't you just try to kill me?"

"Because Itachi Uchiha wished no harm to befall anyone in this place."

"No harm…that means…you never hurt Sasuke?"

"Not at all. Not a living organism in this place may be harmed. It was Itachi Uchiha's motives all along."

Inoichi exited Sasuke's mind. Ibiki had been standing in the corner of the room. Inoichi stood but fell right back into the chair. He was tired, having used so much chakra, but why did it feel like he used three times the amount that he thought he used?

"Ibiki…"

"What happened?"

"I can't explain that here."

"Dammit haven't I waited long enough?"

"That only took about half an hour."

"Are you out of your mind? You were in there for over three hours."

"Three hours?!"

He had forgotten that most of the things he had seen inside of the Uchiha was a genjutsu. Time must have been completely altered, to hold Sasuke longer in the real world, than inside of his head.

"I had to give another sedative about twenty minutes ago."

'That must have been when the Sasuke appeared inside that building…'

"Come on Inoichi, we have to file a report of this, and get it to the Hokage, but first it's time for you to explain what happened."

"For starters…Sasuke is innocent…in a way."

After that, they made their report to the Hokage, who found it better not to tell Naruto of this situation. If need be, the reports of the matter would be destroyed and the incident would be dropped. At least any part dealing with Sasuke that is. But Ibiki new the Hokage wasn't thinking the entire situation out. All he could do was hope that Inoichi could keep a close enough eye on the two to make sure that a disaster didn't occur.

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Hinata had made it home faster than she realized. Most of the Hyuga servants were still sleep, and even her father would probably be in bed. Maybe she could sneak back into her room and pretend like she was home. However, she had forgotten one little thing.

"DADDY! NEE-CHAN'S JUST COMING IN THE HOUSE!"

Hanabi screamed from the front door. Hinata's heart sank and her world crumbled around her.

"Ha…Hanabi-kun, what are you doing?"

Hanabi turned around and showed her the dog bite marks still on her hip. Hinata groaned.

"I told you I'm not consciously aware of the things I do when I'm awoken too early. If anyone you should blame father."

"Blame me for what?" Hiashi said coming outside, hands behind his back, and deadly glare on his face.

"Uh…nothing, father dearest." Hinata said, trying to sweet talk her way out of the crap her little sister had just buried her in.

It didn't seem to work as Hiashi still held the same glare he had been relaying when he first exited the Hyuga main building.

"I will only ask you this once. Why didn't you return home yesterday after you went to meet with Kurenai-chan?"

She was neck deep in hot stinky shit. What was she supposed to say. 'Oh hey daddyo, I just went and slept with Naruto and Ino, and don't worry, it was an awesome three way!' She wanted to smack her forehead. They hadn't done anything, but if you're sleeping in the bed with someone, especially of the opposite sex, that makes things a little complicate. Add the fact that another girl was in the bed as well, and both of the females were supposedly dating the middle man, then you got yourself a whole rubric's cube of problems. That hit her as well. Naruto didn't know about the two girls agreement to share him and they didn't know what would be his answer.

"I'm waiting for an answer Hinata, I told you I will only ask you once."

Hanabi was now looking scared for her big sister. Her father was releasing KI strong enough to topple a giant snake. As Hinata's eyes darted around, her mind trying to grasp an answer, someone else called from behind her.

"Sorry, Hiasha-sama, she was spending the night with me." Ino called running up to the two.

"Uh…who are you? And did you just call me Hiasha-"

"I'm Ino Yamanaka. Nice to meet you Hiasha-sama! I'm sorry that we didn't tell you about this last night, but we were so excited about having a sleepover, that we just went ahead and did so."

"Um…that's fine and all but my name is-"

"You don't believe me? There were other people there too."

A girl wearing a pink shirt with her hair in two buns walked towards them, alongside Kurenai.

"Hello Hiasha-sama. My name's Ten-Ten. We're sorry we borrowed Hinata from you for so long." Ten-Ten said, trying to hold back a fit of laughter. Hiashi's face was red with embarrassment and anger, as they continued to call his name wrong and didn't give him a chance to answer back. As soon as he opened his mouth, someone else spoke.

"Yes, I'm sorry for not coming to you about this before I organized it Hiasha-san." Kurenai joked.

"IT'S HIASHI, DAMMIT!" He fumed and turned around, storming back into the Hyuga compound while dropping verbal bombs under his breath.

As soon as he was back in the house, everyone, including Hanabi burst into a rampage of laughter. Hinata wiped her eyes and recomposed herself.

"Tha…Thank you everyone. When did you organize this Ino?"

"After I got Naruto's coupons, I went back to the bush, but neither of you were there. Kurenai-sensei was there, so I asked her what happened. She told me that you probably had to run back home since you didn't tell your father about being out so late. We didn't want you to get in trouble because of me, so we found Gai, and asked if we could borrow Ten-Ten for a little plan we had."

"And I thank you. This is much more fun than what Gai-sensei had us doing."

"That's not true, Ten-Ten!" Rock Lee called jumping from a tree.

"I second that." Mite Gai said dropping down as well.

"Gai, what are you doing here?"

"Neji-kun wanted to see what you all had planned for the Hyuga leader." Lee responded.

"Then where is he." Kurenai asked looking around.

Hinata had frozen at the words of his name. Her cousin, Neji Hyuga, supposedly the strongest genin of the rookie nine. She had far too many encounters with him already, that left her thanking kami for being alive. When he dropped from the tree that Gai and Lee had occupied, that feeling returned.

"You all are pitiful. Making the Hyuga head look like a complete idiot." He said coldly.

"Especially you two. The so called daughters of the filthy scum."

"Neji, calm down. It was just a joke-" Ten-Ten was saying, but when Neji rounded on her, she zipped her lips.

"You don't joke with the Hyuga clan. You would be wise to adhere to that." He spat, and began to walk further into the Hyuga compound.

Hinata was about to cry, her head held down.

"Stop it…" She whispered. No one else heard her, but Neji had stopped walking.

"What did you say?"

"I said stop it!" She yelled and turned to face him.

"Hinata, what are you doing?" Ino asked.

"Why…why do you despise the main branch so much?" Hinata asked.

Neji smirked. Then he began to chuckle. "You honestly don't know? Dear ol' daddy hasn't told you about why there is a main branch and a side branch? Why should I spoil the surprise? You're the princess, so you're going to be the wielder of this damn forsaken curse anyway."

"Neji! As the heir of the Hyuga throne, I order you to explain yourself!" She said with tears in her eyes. It was the first time she had ever used rank on anyone at all.

Neji had once again frozen. This time, he spun around with rage and shouted loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Drop dead! What do you want? You want me to get on my knees and grovel? Kiss your boots, stained with the blood of those you and your precious main branch have stepped on to get where you are now? Well listen to this princess. I will never degrade myself to a pathetic excuse for a leader such as Hiashi Hyuga, nor will I let his pathetic offspring order me to do against my wishes. Destiny will decide everything that transpires from here on out, and I will do as destiny commands me. You, you feeble little bitch, are not destiny, and until you sit on that bloodstained throne, you will never be."

With rage flaring in his eyes, and his byakugon accidentally activated, he turned from the stunned group of people and ran away, leaving there sights. Hinata stood in place, trembling. Then she dropped to her knees.

"Hinata…" Kurenai walked over to her student and held her as she began to cry. Hanabi had already begun crying, half way through Neji's outburst.

"I'll go talk to Neji." Gai said and went after the enraged genin. Now a large group stood outside the Hyuga residence. In the midst of the discussion, Naruto, Shikamaru, Shino, and Chouji had arrived on scene but were shocked when Neji began to scream.

"Kurenai-sensei…what have we done? What have we done to deserve such resentment?"

"Nothing Hinata. You've done nothing at all."

Inside the Hyuga main house, Hiashi watched what transpired. After closing the curtains and sitting on his bed, he summoned a Hyuga servant.

"Please…bring me…the will of Hizashi Hyuga."

Ta-da, another chapter done. Now, the story comes together! (Heh, hope no one noticed the fact that I said all the characters would appear in this chapter. Time for an edit repost.) Anyway, enjoy this while it last. I'm tired as all living hell and I'm not going to be posting two chapters in one week anytime soon anymore. Okay, I'm not going to lie, I had fun typing this chapter due to the fact that it actually has something to do with events later on in the story. What are those events? You'll just have to wait to find out…or just threaten me with chocolate. Mmm, chocolate…Well, until next week, l8ter 4U! (Hah, my new slogan!)