Kyle growled, too angry to speak. A man was standing, wearing an admittedly cool-looking jacket, with Hinata trying to crawl away from her. Hinata's had been using the gentle fist, but Kyle didn't notice the veins around Hinata's eyes. He was too fixated on the Akatsuki member holding a dagger.
"I'm Keiji." The man said. His eyes were an icy blue, and his hair was snow white.
"I'm Kyle Uchiha. 'Course, I'll have to change my name now." Kyle said.
"Why?" Keiji asked.
"Both of our names start with a 'K' and have an 'E,' and I don't think I could stand being similar to you in any way, shape, or form." Kyle said.
"I've judged this girl to be unworthy, so she must die." Keiji said.
"Right. Freak." Kyle said. "I'm going to get Hinata, and you'll die if you try to stop me."
"I won't die." Keiji said. "You will."
"Oh? And why is that?" Kyle asked, slowly moving to Hinata.
"Keira will kill you." Keiji said, and a dark-haired woman came out of the shadows. Her hair was dark-brown, and her eyes were blue, while her skin was a pale white.
"Who are you?" Kyle asked. Something about this woman, though, made him want to cry.
"Keira Meiki." Keira said. "Who are you?"
"Kyle Uchiha." Kyle said.
The woman's eyes went wide. Something in both Keira's and Kyle's head clicked.
"Mom?" Kyle shouted.
"Son?" Keira shouted.
A/N: Right. I used a Japanese translator on the internet, and got 'Meiki' as a translation for 'remember' (because Kyle's mother's family can remember whatever jutsu they learn.) Don't hate me if it isn't correct. -MN1
Sakura, Aneko, and Naruto ran for Kakashi, quickly telling him what happened.
"Who was attacking Hinata?" Kakashi asked, worried.
"He was in the Akatsuki. I don't know who he was, though." Naruto said.
"Does Kyle know that he was Akatsuki, or even who the Akatsuki are?" Kakashi asked.
"We don't know." Sakura said, holding back panic.
"Stay here. I'll alert Tsunade, then get Hinata's team, and we'll all attack at once." Kakashi said.
"Yes, sensei." Sakura said.
In the forest.
While a large portion of Kyle wanted to run over and hug his mother, Kyle still crouched by the hurt Hinata. When Kyle tried to pick up Hinata, however, Keiji tossed a shuriken at him, cutting Kyle's cheek.
"Don't move her. She hasn't passed my judgment." Keiji said.
Kyle ripped his sleeves off, making his jacket a vest. "I never liked the sleeves anyways." Kyle said, wiping the blood of off Hinata's face, then pressing the cloth against her wounds. "I said I'd kill you if you try to stop me. I'm leaving here with Hinata."
"Why are you so attached to her?" Keiji asked.
"She helped me out. I want to consider her a friend, even though we haven't talked much." Kyle said. "So I'm gonna help her out."
"But that doesn't make sense." Keiji said.
"Screw sense and screw you." Kyle said. "I'll die to help Hinata, and I'll make sure to kill you and get her to help before I die."
Hinata, despite her wounds, blushed.
Keira finally spoke. "Would you leave your mother behind? You could join the Akatsuki, and be with your mother."
"I don't even know you." Kyle said. Kyle ripped two pieces of cloth that was pressed against Hinata's wounds and, after making sure they had no blood on them, put them in her ears. Hinata would've asked him what he was doing, but she trusted him. Then, Kyle picked her up, bridal style. What you couldn't have seen, however, was Kyle moving his hands under Hinata.
Keiji charged at the ninja, and Kyle screeched, the cloth in Hinata's ears keeping her from permanent hearing damage (though it would have given her an immediate headache, if she wasn't too worried about her other wounds to notice.)
Keiji flew back, smashing against a tree, as the rest of Team Kakashi and Team Kurenai ran out of the woods.
