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Chapter twelve: Lightning and Lavenders (part two)

The touched of warm lips on her own made Hinata's eyes grew big with surprise and confusion. Her already unstable breathing was reduced to no breathing at all. Good heavens! What was happening?

She heard him smirked. "You will hate me in the morning…" He said those words, but all the while his lips never left hers. She can feel his warm breath on her face, Obsidian eyes looking back at white clouded ones.

Sasuke can feel her lips quivering and her unfocused eyes darting to his face with confused and panic looks. Her heartbeat was also starting to accelerate. He knew that she would start squirming again so the Uchiha decided to end her terrorized state. With a fast movement of his hand, he placed it on her neck area, pressing a vital nerve point.

He heard her gasped, for a second, she closed her eyes as she felt the sudden pain on her neck. Seconds more and she sagged on him like a doll that has lost most of its stuffing.

Hyuuga Hinata was back to her unconscious world again.

Shifting her weight, he stood up and carried the unconscious Hyuuga in his arms. Hinata's head lolled to his chest which was still wet from her own blood, her blue hair in a tangled mess that covers her face from his sight. Taking a few steps to the door, Sasuke stopped and looked at the Hyuuga in her pitiful condition.

Shaking his head, he unlocked the door and opened it.

Without warning, another pair of strong arms took the heiress from the Uchiha's the moment he stepped out of his room. When he looked at the person's face, He almost scowled but prevented himself just in time.

Shino Aburame.

"I'll take it from here…Uchiha." The stoic Shino looked at him behind his dark glasses, he was next to Kakashi, whose hands are inside his pockets, looking worried and impatient. The red mark on the Hokage's forehead did not escape Sasuke's eagle like eyes.

"Good job, Sasuke…" Kakashi said, eyeing his wet, bloody shirt. "Are you hurt?"

"No."

"That blood…"

"It's not mine."

Breathes of relief can be heard from the medics who are waiting outside Sasuke's door. A few seconds later, Ino appeared with Sakura and Tsunade on her heels. "Hokage-sama…The lady sannin and Sakura is with me."

"Young Aburame, bring the Hyuuga princess to the emergency room…now." Tsunade barked the orders to the other medics. "Ino, come with me. I need your mind jutsu to calm her mind as I remove the drug from inside her. I bet that even in consciousness, her mind is still full of hallucinations…"

"Hai." Yamanaka Ino followed the former Hokage to the emergency room while the other medics scurried to do their own assigned work. Shino, without a word, carried Hinata and followed the blonde.

"Sakura…proceed to the emergency room after checking Uchiha for any wounds of his own…and while you're at it, heal Kakashi's forehead…He looked like an idiot with a red circle on his head. " Tsunade called before disappearing from the corridor.

Despite the seriousness the situation, Haruno Sakura cannot help but winced at the former Hokage's words. "It's so wrong to address the Hokage like that…geez…Lady Tsunade…."

"She's just pissed that I have to summon her from her favorite pub." Kakashi said no hint of offense in his voice.

"Sasuke…did any of your wounds bled?" Sakura asked, eyeing his chest that was matted with blood. She was still bewildered at what happened, the scene before her just confirmed Ino's report when she told her that Hinata went wild inside the hospital.

At first, the rosette could not believe her ears. Hinata would never do anything as drastic as attacking medics and her teammate. No…Shino is one of Hinata's best friends. She would rather die than attacked him.

"I'm fine." Was the cold reply.

"Naruto would be here shortly…you better change that shirt Sasuke." Sakura looked at the silver haired ninja. "Kakashi-sensei… what happened to your forehead? Did you hit something?"

Kakashi scratched his head; his mask moved a little as he smiled. "My fault… unlike Sasuke-kun here…I lost my focus and shy little Hinata hit me with her own forehead."

Sakura's mouth formed into a perfectly round O. "She hit you with her forehead?"

"Yes."

"Let me see…" Sakura pulled the Hokage's vest a little lower so she could see the red mark on his forehead properly. Damn Kakashi for being so tall, she wasn't even as tall as his shoulders. "Hmm…sensei… It did not really puncture the skin, but it would surely bruise." The Rosette placed a palm on Kakashi's forehead, emitting a faint glow of green. "Let me fix this."

"Hands off the mask, Sakura." The copy ninja warned when Sakura's eyes darted at his mask, a little mischief visible in her green eyes. "I never thought our little heiress was so hardheaded." The Hokage chuckled a bit and shook his head. "Hinata is a brave kunoichi…she just acted like that because of the chemical in her body… but still, her mind was firm on protecting the village. All the while, the only words that came out of her mind were the safety of her comrade." He gave Sasuke a look. "She was also struggling because she thought we are enemies that wanted to extract important intel from her.

Sakura smiled faintly. "Well, Hinata is being Hinata...she never hesitates to protect anyone in danger." The pink haired medic's mind recalled the day when Hinata protected Naruto from Pein. It was also the day that she discovered the Hyuuga's feelings for Naruto. Out of her will, she cannot stop herself from cringing. If Naruto have not been so clueless for the past years, he could have been very fortunate with Hinata on his side.

And Naruto would not be hers.

Trying to divert her mind from her thoughts, Sakura focused on healing Kakashi's forehead. "I bet she's going to be so upset when she learns of what happened tonight."

To Kakashi and Sakura's surprise, Sasuke agreed. "I bet she will."

-o-o-o-

Hinata can feel herself weaving in and out of consciousness.

"Bear with us, Hinata." She heard a female voice say. Was it Ino? Sakura?

She was in darkness, being pulled by something she doesn't have a name for. She can feel herself gasping for air, wriggling and trying to break free from the darkness that was about to engulf her. Her head was aching like it was being pounded to pieces.

She tried to open her eyes but it was too heavy.

"Lady Tsunade…here is the needle."

"You'll be fine Hinata, after we remove the chemical out from your body, just bear with the pain a little more." Another voice assured her, she can feel it holding her hand as a sharp needle pierced her skin.

"Sakura, try to stop the bleeding from her opened wounds."

"Hai."

She cannot think. She cannot do anything except to listen to the voices and shuffling sounds around her. She tried to open her mouth but even the smallest effort was extremely hard right now. A gentle hand raised her head and she can feel the soft clothe that started to bind her eyes.

"The chemicals are now out of her system…But her chakra was not circulating…She over strained her Byakugan too much with the drugs in her pathways."

"The drugs have messed with her chakra flow. Can you detect where the vital point is?"

"Hai. Right above her neck."

She felt someone pressed a hand on her neck and warmth spread through her body. "I think we can fix this…But it would take weeks to return her Kekkei Genkai. I am going to close her chakra in the eye area temporarily for faster healing."

"You heard that Hina-chan? You're going to be okay."

-o-o-o-

Kiba crossed his arms as Akamaru whimpered beside him. The Inouzuka has been waiting for hours for any news about Hinata and it bothers him that he received nothing for the past two days. When he asked Ino and Sakura, they told him that Hinata was still unconscious, but it was normal for she was resting and her body was still recuperating from the ruined chakra flow and injuries.

"Oi! Kiba! What are you doing outside the hospital?"

The Inouzuka turned and saw Shikamaru and Chouji walking to his direction. The lazy Nara has his hands at the back of his neck while his chubby partner was munching on something that was from a shiny foil. "Where are you going Shikamaru?"

"Kurenai-sensei wanted to check on her student." Shikamaru looked at the worried Inouzuka. "Any news?"

"That's what I came here for." Kiba said rather gruffly. "The only news I receive was that Sasuke was permitted to leave the hospital yesterday."

"Yeah. Ino told us too."

"The medic doesn't want to let me in!" Akamaru whimpered at his owner's outburst. "They said that Hinata needs rest and no visitors allowed until she stabilized." Kiba's hand turned to fist. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Hinata needs some rest?" Chouji suggested, hopefully.

Kiba crossed his arms "Neji was also going nuts. Sakura would not allow him to stay at Hina-chan's side. The only one whose happy at the moment was Shino…his bugs could just fly to her window and checked her out."

-o-o-o-

"I can hear Kiba-kun's voice."

Sakura stopped arranging the flowers that Ino brought earlier. She looked at the blue haired Anbu who was quietly sitting on the farthest side of the bed, her eyes hidden behind the bandage. She was wearing the hospital robe and it hung to her knees.

The pink haired kunoichi opened the curtains of the window by an inch. Peering outside, she bit her lip and watched as Kiba was being dragged by Shikamaru and Chouji away from the hospital. "Hinata…Gomenasai…It's the lady fifth's orders that no visitors except medics are allowed inside your quarters for now."

The girl was silent for a long time. Her hand crept to touch her long tresses with shaking hands. "Neji-nii and Kiba-kun must be worried sick."

"They are all worried." Sakura said, biting her lip again. "Everyone."

The Hyuuga has regained her consciousness last night and the chemical inside her body has left her weak has disabled her Byakugan for the time being. Tsunade already removed the rest of the drug out of her system but the side effects cannot be prevented.

"I thought I am healing…"

"You are…and you can regain your strength and Kekkei Genkai after a few days when your body recovers fully." Sakura explained truthfully. "For now, be patient and rest, Hinata-chan."

"But why can't they visit me? I wanted to apologize for my actions…especially to Shino and Ino-chan…Kakashi-sensei too." Hinata hugged herself unconsciously, her blind state starting to scare the hell out of her. She was used with her beyond normal sight, and cutting it is like maiming her from the inside.

"Hinata…It was the Hyuuga elders. The lady Tsunade just followed the orders."

The blue haired nin's head raised a bit. "The elders?"

"They gave the order Hinata-chan…and not even the Hokage could mess up with the clan's decision, you know that above everyone else don't you?" Sakura eyed the bruised form. "They wanted to protect the future heiress while she was still disabled and blinded. All information about you for the meantime would not be distributed to anyone. The elders considered your state a vulnerability for the clan right now."

"But they are my friends…"

"We are your friends Hinata-chan." The rosette sighed. "But right now…only I and Ino could be your contact to the world outside this room. I am sure Kiba and the rest would understand once they know. It's hard for us to keep our comrades at a blind spot too."

Hinata's lips quivered and she has to hold herself to keep her body from shaking. She understands the elders decision, for a weak heiress can lower the clan's status. It was a bit complicated but the clan's political laws are firm and absolute.

"Once you get well…you can return to the Anbu and be with team eight again." Sakura tried her best to sound cheerful. "You are strong…so don't worry."

Haruno Sakura sighed and shook her head, she decided to let the heiress alone for the time being, seeing that it would be best if Hinata could have more time to think. She knew that she would never understand the clan's ways and tradition.

Her blood wasn't as noble as the one beside her and she knew that it was not her territory to step into.

"I'll see you later,Hinata."

The heiress listened as her former classmate closed the door behind her with a soft thud. When she realized that she was alone in the darkness, with not a single voice to hold her up a bit, she slowly let her body sank on the soft mattress and buried her face on the sheets.

Minutes have passed and she did not move on her spot. The darkness was actually not new to her for when she was a child, she once experienced temporary blindness, but Neji was with her to help her out during that time.

Hinata tried to think and rationalize like a well trained Anbu, but her mind refused to think anything but the harsh order of her elders.

She wanted to assure herself that the Hyuuga council just wanted to protect her, and a part of her believed them. But right now, she just wanted her friends, her teammates, her Nii-san, and Hanabi to be with her…to be the light inside the darkness her was living right now. Weirdly, she even wanted-

"How long do you intend to stay that way?"

The Hyuuga yelped in surprise and jumped from her awkward position.

She looked around blindly where the sound came from, remembering that she can't feel and see chakra signatures for the meantime. Cold shivers ran down her spine as she slowly recognized the familiar voice that was always tinted with arrogance and pride.

"Sasu-"

A hand covered her mouth and she heard a hiss. "Shut it Hyuuga, They doesn't know I'm here."

-o-o-o-

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