Snake Heiress

by Acumichi

Summary inside check it out. It's all about Hinata and what her life would be like if she has a Curse Seal. Rated 'M' for foul Language and suggested themes.

14. Chapter 14

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto™….I is so tired of saying this….*sigh*

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The two years have passed by much too fast for the young teens of the Leaf, Sand, and even those of the Sound to understand. All of the leaf shinobi had grown up and had changed their style of clothing to better suit their bodies and new look on the world. They no longer saw themselves as children anymore; they had grown into young adults and took on more responsibility than ever before. Even Sasuke Uchiha had grown up and re-thought his goal a bit better, so that it would go with his other goal of bringing back a certain dark haired female.

Sasuke had changed the most, opened up more to his peers and with the thanks of his wonderfully psychotic sensei, had also changed his outer appearance the most. While the others had stuck close to the same basic clothes that they had worn as genin, Sasuke had taken a drastic turn. He actually wore a black overcoat like that of Anko's, he also put on a dark pair of pants, a sleeveless top that was a bit loose on him, black shin and forearm guards, black sandals and his head band had also changed to a black one and was on his forehead, where it belonged. Sasuke had also been learning how to master a katana and had it hanging on his left hip.

Everyone had grown up, and even the Sand siblings had changed; since now, the demon holder Sabaku no Gaara, had become Kazekage. The two had met up a few times as Sasuke would have to go with the Nara as his guard when he traveled as an ambassador and the Kazekage was not too keen on having the Uchiha in his office or his village. They almost had become rivals in a way, but either refused to admit it. They would look at each other once, and then avoid all eye contact after that. The Leaf village had been going well with their own Hokage and number one doctor. Sakura had gotten an apprenticeship with Tsunade and the two had grown very close to one another. But the Hokage could not forget her first student and after re-discovering the house of the Hokage's only brought back more painful memories when she saw the young girl's things still in there, having gone untouched for so long. Tsunade looked at all the photos she left behind and nearly broke down as she found the girls closet and all the clothes that she had worn before leaving them. She easily found the book and scrolls the girl left and then found the journal of Minato and read it front to back; Tsunade assumed that she did too and just lied down on the bed and napped hoping to get away from her work and live in her little moment of peace for a little while longer.

The shinobi of the Leaf still all had one goal, and it was to bring the said girl back. Neji trained harder once he heard that the group was once again unsuccessful and getting her back, and they all had seen her. Hiashi was still in shock that his little Hinata had become this; he blamed himself for it and went to his wife's grave and bowed to it, begging for her forgiveness and guidance on what to do next. Hanabi had been mad and angry; she wanted her sister back and wanted to prove to her once and for all that she was better, and she just wanted her back. Naruto had promised her that he would bring her back, and she was going to make him keep it.

Naruto had left on to train with Jiraiya and they were to be returning very soon; everyone was awaiting his return.

In the Sound, not only did wardrobes change, but so did personalities. Fuyu saw that his little team of four had grown up, physically and mentally. Hikari had filled out nicely and Tora had grown very big, to the point where she could get on his back and ride him; not to mention that her hair was now in a longer braid. She had changed her outfit and stood in a fishnet top with a dark blue jacket that had a slightly high collar and the sleeves didn't connect to the jacket but started at a few inches under her shoulder and then flared a bit at the end. The jacket stopped under her bust and revealed her fishnet covered abdomen. She then had on a black skirt that had a slit on each side and wore black legging and black ninja sandals that came up to her knees. Takeo had not changed much and wore a long beige overcoat that was kept closed and the sleeves covered his hand completely and black pants and sandals to match. His icy blue hair had become longer and reached the base of his neck and his bangs almost covered his dark purple eyes. Yoru had changed into a tight dark blue shirt that had no sleeves and had both arms still wrapped up. A katana was slung on his back and then two daggers hung on his belt, one on each side. His hair was cut short and touched the back of his neck; it was weird to him, but his long hair got in the way a lot. Then it came to Hinata, she had let her hair grow long that it was at her mid-back and she was in a loose fighting white kimono with a dark purple rope holding it together. She wore a pair of black sandals like Hikari, and a pair of fingerless gloves, but since her kimono top was loose and could easily fall down her shoulders, she wore the same black, backless top under it. The group had proved their spot as the elite, since Hinata had almost complete control of her demonic power and the group was not one to be messed with.

Not to mention that they began to get along better. Takeo and Yoru had stopped fighting so much and Takeo began to treat Hinata nicer, but not a lot, he still distrusted her. Fuyu was happy that his team had not turned out like the other, great, but would leave one another for dead in a heartbeat and without a second thought or regret. They had become like a small family, except for when it came to Hinata and Yoru, they seemed to be budding into something more than that. Hikari was the first to notice that Yoru and Hinata spent a lot of time together, especially at night. Takeo had not cared if the two had a romantic relationship, as long as the team came first. Hinata and Yoru spoke nothing of it and whatever anyone said they would not agree with, or disagree either.

Hinata had also taken Takeo's advice about making friends with the Notorious Ame, who was the prisoner kept caged up at the end of a hall. At first, about two years back when Hinata had gotten the punishment of bringing her food; she and Fuyu –her choice of partner- went back there and Hinata was in awe to see that Ame was utterly gorgeous. The woman was the same age as Fuyu and had very long light pink hair, which was innocent enough, but a lie. Ame had peachy skin that had no flaw her body was that of a goddess and her eyes were a bright red that shone with evil and sadistic intent. She was in very revealing clothing that was only a red top, a pair of black shorts, and black heeled sandals. Hinata was all smiles, but Ame quickly wiped it off her face as she reached through the bars and held her face with a strong grip. Hinata kept from whimpering and just waited; Ame was just smirking and laughed at her as she went back in her cage and flicked on a light. Hinata looked around the room and her "room" was that of a bed and books. All the books looked to be on fighting and weapons; Hinata then saw the seals on Ame's hand. It read: 'Buki shōkan' (weapon summon) and assumed that she could summon any weapons, like her. Hinata quickly set down the woman's food and backed away.

Ame lost interest in Hinata, finding her "no fun" and turned her attention to the man behind her. Unfortunately for Hinata, she discovered that Fuyu and Ame were "friends with benefits" and she quickly left as the two began to get flirty and gave each other bedroom eyes. After a week Hinata was left to do it alone and opened up with the woman with the only thing that the two had in common, the seals on their hands. Ame was very interested and the two had a 'summon off', who could summon more. Hinata had lost and used it as her excuse to come see Ame more. Ame agreed to help the girl, but everyday Ame would tease the girl and make insinuations and innuendo of the other things they could do together. Hinata soon learned to ignore her –like she did with Yoru- and looked to Ame like a sister, even though Ame only saw Hinata as a toy to be played with until she found something better.

Hinata was then acclaimed unofficial leader of the group when the team had missions that didn't involve Fuyu, since Fuyu and Ame began to get more and more missions together. Hinata guessed that they were assassins since the two would come back late at night, and her sensitive nose burned with the scent of blood and the fowl scent of death. Hinata had nothing against being leader, but Takeo did and made it harder for Hinata to get it done and it was his reasons why they were late or failed; though Hinata would never admit it since he would only dislike her more. She took the job seriously, but she knew her goal would only get harder from here.

Wolf was getting restless and him being in the same place as Orochimaru has been making him angry; he had caused Hinata multiple injuries at the night practices. Each week Hinata had slowly been letting Wolf go more and more, and the seals on her chest was fading away, but never all the way. Orochimaru had made sure of that; the pill that Hinata had taken so long ago had completely sealed Wolf away and no matter how far Hinata tried to loosen her own seal, he would be trapped. Unless Hinata could get her hands on a certain scroll, then she would be able to set Wolf free, or so she hopes. The demon was beginning to re-trust Hinata, but was very wary of her and kept calling her 'human' and Hinata missed being called 'little one'. Wolf was really the first person to see Hinata for who she was and wanted to be, that's why he had chosen her to hold him, but it seemed that he could also see that Hinata did like it at the hideout, a lot more then she intended on liking. He warned her every night that she had a promise to keep and that she shouldn't be so friendly with the enemy, but he saw that she could never break these new ties with these young shinobi; like how she was not able to forget about the Leaf and Sand shinobi.

Hinata had also gotten word about the Akatsuki that had, now, began to show up more and more as time passed on. They were on a demon hunt, one that Hinata had worries about; not for herself, but for the two famous demon holders she knew. The Kazekage Sabaku no Gaara and apprentice to the toad sage Uzamaki Naruto. Hinata knew that no one outside her team and Orochimaru knew about her inner demon and she was sure that any Leaf village shinobi that knew would not speak a word of it. For the name Hinata was like that of an omen in the Leaf now.

While on missions, Hinata noticed that there were signs around some of the more "rough" villages had wanted signs for her. It was funny to Hinata to see a picture of her that wasn't resent at all; it was one that had been taking by a spy of some sorts while she was in the Sound. There was a bounty on her to be brought back to the Leaf Village; alive was the only way to get the reward though. She would have thought being a traitor, no one would want her alive, not to mention that she was that of Hyuga blood and could only bet someone out there wanted her eyes. Hinata took one of the signs and brought it back to the hideout where Hikari laughed at it, Yoru mentioned that she was very cute, and Takeo only scoffed thinking that anyone got that close the hide out to get the picture. Hinata on the other hand just pinned the sign up in her room and left it at that.

The team had been on one of their mission that had been prolonged due to set backs and they were at the old hide out right now and used it to camp out for the night. They had entered through the large doors above ground and Hinata couldn't help but smile as it brought back her first memories of meeting her team. The hideout was a ghost town and every torch was unlit and the air was cold. Takeo collected torches and made a fire in the old eating area, Yoru looked around the hideout to make sure that it was empty and no one else was using as a shelter, Hikari went on a hunt outside for fish and anything to eat, and Hinata looked around the hideout if anything was left behind that can be used later.

Hinata was in the office that Orochimaru had kept everyone out of and even Kabuto could not enter. She knew that he would be too smart to leave anything important but he also was too smart and assumed that no one would come in here anyway. She searched through desks and books that were nothing but his writings of potions and jutsus that she knew should not be tired. Hinata smiled as she found an old rusted safe and easily opened it up and coughed as the dust spread through the air. 'That's a lot of dust,' she smiled lightly and then looked down in the safe and looked at the scroll that was neatly placed in the center of the safe covered in dust. Hinata picked it up and blew off the dust only to not know what the writing on the scroll said. The writing was written oddly to her, it was the older writing that she remembered the elders being able to read from. Hinata just tucked the scroll into her back pouch and went back to the eating area where Hikari was cooking the fish and using some pots and pans Hinata had brought to make a soup from other things she had brought. Hinata went over to her pack and took a seat.

"You find anything worth wild," Hikari asked as Tora lied behind her as she cooked a soup.

"A scroll," Hinata answered not really wanting to tell her. This was something that was on her mind more and more; sooner or later she was going to betray them all and try to kill Orochimaru, and she was sure they all would be against and most likely the death of her. All she wanted was to make sure that Orochimaru was dead, he was the reason that the Leaf is in shambles and a lot of people were in pain. Hinata looked at her with a small smile, "nothing really and I found a lot of Orochimaru's journals."

"I bet he likes to gossip," Hikari smirked and the two giggled at the thought. Hikari looked down at the soup and moved higher away from the flame and smiled softly as she kneeled back. "Did you see Takeo and Yoru anywhere? Takeo left me when I came back with food and Yoru has yet to be seen."

"I don't think they'd be the ones to get lost in here," Hinata said softly and fixed her cloak, "let's give them a few more minutes than we go and look for them." Hikari nodded and cooked up a few of the spare fish that was left over from the soup, "How much longer till we finish this mission?" Hinata said leaning back on the cold ground and wrapping her cloak tighter around her and using her pack as a pillow, "I want to go home and see Ame-Onee again."

Hikari wrinkled her nose, "How can you like her? She's mean, rude, and the only thing that's on her mind is doing our sensei," Hinata and Hikari both blushed lightly. "W-who thinks about a man like that all day long?" Hinata nearly said 'we do' but that would take away from the moment. Hikari and Hinata also grew up mentally and as much as the hated to admit it, they began to go all fan-girl over their good looking sensei. Hikari even admitted to having a very sensual dream about him and Hinata couldn't face her or their sensei for a few days. They always talked about when they were first a team that they wouldn't be like all those other girls that looked at Fuyu and it got harder as they grew up. Hinata sat back up and rubbed the back of her head as Hikari looked at her knees.

"Not us," Hinata said quickly, "we're above that."

"Yeah," Hikari forced out a smirk, "so above that. Guys drool over us, not the other way around."

"If a guy is drooling over you," they looked over to see Takeo and Yoru walk into the large room, "they're a cannibal." Takeo smirked at her as he took a seat beside the fire and pulled at the collar of his cloak, "is this mission over with yet?"

"We haven't gotten our target yet," Yoru said sitting beside Hinata. "That Lord is still hiding somewhere and his men are too stupid to have any information on where." He groaned lightly and ran a hand through his short hair, "and we can't just stop looking for him." Yoru looked at the soup with a smile, "Please tell me that it's finished." Hikari smiled and nodded as she began to serve everyone and they ate in silence. "I forget," Yoru looked over at Takeo, "what did this guy do again?"

"He sent out men to kill Orochimaru-sama," Takeo answered not looking at him, "I thought it was a sad attempt but Orochimaru-sama wants to make an example of him, so we are to bring him back to the hideout and then we're done."

"I'm guessing this guy isn't going to last very long," Hinata said then took another sip of her soup. She swallowed lightly and smiled, "This is delicious Hikari-chan. I wish I could cook this good."

"Oh shut up Hinata-chan," Hikari glared at her but with a smirk, "you and I both know that you're the better cook."

"I don't know," Hinata said, "I haven't cooked in a month." She finished her soup and then put down her empty bowl on the ground. "We stay her for the night and then we leave in the morning; the sooner this mission is done the sooner we get another." She said wrapping her cloak around her tightly. Hinata sighed softly and looked down at her bowl again, "Can I have some more?"

Hikari smiled brightly, "There is plenty to go around," she refilled Hinata's bowl, who smiled happily at the site. "Alright Hinata, I have a serious question to ask you," Hinata looked up at her green haired friend, "Why won't you and Yoru admit that you are officially a couple?"

"Because I'm eating," Takeo said as he took another gulp of his soup. Hikari glared at him and he glared right back at her, "It's damn true and you know it. I hate having to look at the two when they're in a moment and hearing it isn't any better." He looked at the two, "Just keep it to yourselves and I won't give a crap."

Hikari rolled her eyes and looked back at the two, "So?"

Hinata looked at her with a soft smile, "So what? Yoru and I spend time together and enjoy it."

"We enjoy it a lot," Yoru smirked as he put his arm around Hinata's shoulders, "don't we Hinata-chan?" Hinata nodded but rolled her eyes as well. Yoru just liked making everyone feel uncomfortable and it worked most of the time, but Hinata was becoming immune to it by now. "In reality, Hinata-chan and I are married and we plan of having beautiful children together and being together for a very long time."

Hikari smiled at the two, "Let's hope so cause Takeo-kun will end up alone and I will live out my life as a maiden."

Takeo glared at her, "I will not end up alone. I have very high standards unlike you," he scoffed, "you'd open your legs for anyone-" he jumped away as Tora lunged at him and Hikari had a harsh glare on her face. Takeo stood on the ceiling and looked down at her with no emotion on his face. "Kami you are so predictable." He just stood there as Hikari made death threats and Tora growled loudly at him.

"Don't listen to Takeo-kun," Hinata said standing beside Hikari, "he was just mad at the "end up alone" comment you made," Hinata said trying to stop a mini-war from breaking out. Hikari calmed down, but Takeo stayed on the ceiling not wanting to be near the girl with a large tiger at her side. "You'll lose too much chakra like that," Hinata said up to him as the others settled for the night.

"I'll be down in a moment," he said closing his eyes like he was just going to sleep like that. Hinata just shrugged and lied down beside Yoru, who just wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her in closer. She smiled lightly and just waited until she heard two feet hit the ground and smiled as she saw Takeo lie down to go to sleep.

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Hinata woke with a start with the rest of the team as they heard a loud explosion not too far away. Without even hesitating they got up, gathered their things, and ran off away from the explosions that were getting closer. She took lead and led them to one of the back doors, until another explosion was heard right in front of them and Hinata's cloak was burned in the processed. Hinata quickly took it off as it burned up into ash and looked back at them and went down another hall way. "What is going on? I though you checked for others?"

"This place was empty when we got here," Yoru said loudly as the skidded down another hall. "I can't think of anyone who would know this was here and able to find it so quickly."

"Who cares 'who' it is, let's just get the hell out of here," Takeo yelled at the two as they spotted another door, but as they neared it, another explosion went off before them. "How do they know where we are?" Takeo yelled and removed his own cloak that had caught fire, along with Hikari's and Yoru's. "Any ideas Leader?" He glared at Hinata who was in a shock, "Well-"

"Shhhh," Hinata said loudly, "I…..I hear running…" they all listened and indeed there was the sound of multiple footsteps in their direction. Hinata quickly ran into the large throne room that she had remembered meeting Orochimaru face to face. She attached a paper bomb to a kunai and threw it at the ceiling, "take cover!" she yelled and the group shielded themselves from falling stone as the ceiling collapsed in. She looked back at them, "Let's go!" They nodded and the group jumped out of the room and landed on the ground above.

"I want to know who did this," Takeo said glaring back into the room, about ready to jump back in. "This is unacceptable and I want them to suffer!"

"We have a mission to do first," Hikari said as she sat on Tora's back, "that has to be done first, and then we come back and see if those bastards are still here." Hikari was also in a very bad mood about the whole thing, she hated being on the receiving end of an attack and preferred to go back and fight then run and regroup. Yoru was the most level headed of all of them and made sure that no one would run back in, but even he was getting mad and glaring down.

Hinata just shook her head, "We'll come back tonight," she said, "whoever came here are looking for something and won't leave until they find…it…" Hinata trailed off as she turned back and looked into the room with a look of shock on her face. She knew this presence and a rumble in her chest gave her a good idea at who was in there. She tightened her fist and felt her Byakugan begin to activate as she looked into the building in search of them, but nothing came up; the hide out looked to be empty. "I can't find anyone."

"They could be masking their chakra," Yoru said standing beside her and looking in the direction she was. "Only masking your chakra means you're looking for someone. Could they be here for us?"

"No one would know that we ever left this hideout," Takeo answered, "they could be searching for Orochimaru-sama or anyone they thought to be in here." A smirk came to his features, "Won't they be disappointed to see that no one was here." He looked back at Hinata who kept searching for whoever, "you think it's your old village?" Hinata didn't answer and the three understood that it was a strait up 'yes'.

"Let's go-"

"Hinata!" the four stopped in their tracks as a certain blonde haired shinobi looked up at them. Yoru and Takeo were the first to look back and Yoru sneered and let out a low growl at the site of the man that nearly ripped off his arm. Sasuke Uchiha stood beside his blonde haired friend and glared up at the two. Takeo seemed to be eyeing the copycat ninja that stood a ways away from them and looked more like an observer then an actually shinobi. There was another male there, one that the two Sound elites hadn't seen in their last encounters with the Leaf. He looked a lot like the Uchiha male, with pale skin and dark hair and eyes to match, but his hair was much shorter and his outfit was that of a root member.

Takeo sneered at the team and spoke so only his team could hear, "We found them, what do we do know?"

Hinata had not looked back yet and Hikari was facing the team and itching to fight them. Hinata didn't know what to do, fighting with them would fuel another hunt for her and leaving them would only lead the group to follow. She took in a deep breath and slowly turned around to face the Leaf ninja, and was surprised at how much older they looked. She had to admit, time had been good for the boys, even though one of them was unknown to her; she looked at Naruto and Sasuke as they stared up at her and the world seemed to have come to a sudden halt. Hinata didn't break eye contact, "You found me."

Was there really anymore she could say? She had dreamt of this moment and tried to plan for it, but now that it was happening her mind went blank. Hinata could see that they were mad at her, very mad, but Naruto was the one that looked almost happy that she had been there like she had waited for them to come back and try again.

Yoru let out a growl, "So…." he seemed to be speaking to the Uchiha, "what happens now?" He hated the Uchiha, for the simple reason that he was the man that would try to take away his love and his world. Yoru knew this day would come, the nights that he spent thinking about the Uchiha taking Hinata away made him growl deep in his throat and clutch Hinata tighter as they slept. She was his and he made that clear to any man that dared look at her; Yoru could admit that he was a possessive man and got easily jealous especially when it came to Hinata. He knew that the dark haired male was able to figure out that he didn't like him, and if not he would now. Yoru smirked and put his arm around Hinata's waist, "I think we just leave before this goes too far-" Yoru was cut off as he pushed Hinata to the side and blocked the young Uchiha's attack. Metal hit metal as they just glared at each other and just kept trying to push the other one back. Takeo was about ready to attack the Uchiha but got the look from Yoru that meant 'back-off'; Takeo let it be and backed away as Hinata got back on her feet.

She glared at him and then looked back at Naruto, "You just can't let things go?" She looked over at Kakashi and saw that he was staring at her with his Sharigan eye. Hinata mentally smiled at that; someone was wary of her, in turn that meant she was stronger than before she left and someone from the Leaf recognized it. Hinata looked back down at Naruto and held out a kunai; she let chakra fuse into the kunai, turning it into a katana, just like she did during the chunin exams. Hinata jumped down and landed in front of Naruto –who had not moved a muscle- with no change of expression. Hinata's arm went across his chest until her hand was holding his shoulder; she could feel that he had gotten stronger. She lifted the katana high and was surprised that he had yet moved out of the way. "Don't make me do it," she whispered softly, "I'm trying to live my life, stop holding me back."

She brought the katana down.

"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled and jumped down, strait at Hinata.

Hikari moved quick and pulled the blue haired kunoichi away. Hinata dropped the katana and looked as Sasuke's katana hit the ground, cutting deep into the cement floor. Hikari let her go, "We've wasted enough time here," she said as Hinata just kept her eyes on the Leaf shinobi. Hikari could see it in her eyes, Hinata wanted to hate them, but it was impossible for her to do just that. Hikari didn't hold it against her and just over looked it, like how she overlooked Hinata's distant behavior. She jumped back up by the boys and Hinata followed, "Don't follow," she said to the four, "you won't make it very far and Orochimaru-sama will easily crush you." The team turned around and jumped off, all but Hinata.

She stared at them for a bit longer. That would be her down there if she hadn't put Sasuke back in the hospital; he'd be the one trying to kill Naruto, he'd never kill Orochimaru like she was planning and then all would be lost in the world. Hinata was the one destined to do this, which is why she ran to the aid of Team 7 in the second part of the exams; for her to add another goal to her life, another purpose for living a bit longer. Hinata took in a deep breath, "No more games Naruto, Sasuke," she said with her soft voice that everyone knew so well, "no more meeting like this, next time you come see me….it will be war."

Sai watched as the blue haired girl, Hinata he had learned, jumped off. He looked back over to the others of his team and wondered why they weren't going after her. They made such a big deal of doing this and now, they were letting her go. From all the books that he had read, he knew that the Hyuga was an….interesting person that had once lived in the village. She was once the heiress to her clan, but was deemed too weak to lead; he also learned that she had gone through a team switch and was that of a demon holder. Sai thought the mission was simple, find the girl. It was never specified that they had to kill her, bring her back, or gather data on her.

"Please tell me you didn't mess this up," Sasuke said looking at Naruto, "like you did with that stupid beetle."

Naruto smirked slightly and showed his empty hands, "I tagged her." Sasuke smirked and Sai just stood there. They had not informed him of this little plan, and he felt betrayed. If they liked it or not, he was now a member of this team; he decided to bring it up at another meeting and just put on his smile. Being mad didn't make friends and his book was not wrong, ever. Naruto smiled brightly, "So, do we go after her?"

Kakashi shook his head, "We need a Neji, it's his tag and he is the only one that knows how to trace it." Kakashi knew exactly how to follow the tag, but did not have the power to follow. Neji had been specific that he was going to bring his cousin back and made the tag to be certain he would be sent on this mission. He had been experimenting a lot with the tags and had made one designed specific to the Hyuga clan. The tag was placed on a person and would disappear in a matter of seconds so the person that had been tag would not know of it. From then on the tag slowly used a person's chakra and left a trail of it where ever the person went. So all Neji would have to do is use his Byakugan and follow Hinata's trail. And due to Hinata's high chakra amount she would never notice that she was being drained of it to leave a trail.

"Are we done here?" Sai asked looking at the team with a smile. Naruto and Sasuke looked at him and then back at each other. The two were not keen on the idea of the new member to Team Kakashi and took it as Hinata was never coming back. They also though that the dark haired male was very odd/weird, their first encounter with him was him attacking the team and then running around the village like a big game of tag. Sai had then called Naruto 'dickless' which made Sasuke smirk, but then the Uchiha was nicknamed, 'girly' which led to Sai getting beat up, badly. Sai just waited for the two to answer, but he never got one.

"Let's get going," Kakashi said trying to break the tension. He looked over at the three and then began to walk away and the three followed. He saw that Naruto and Sasuke had yet to move while Sai was at his side. "You two can't just stare at the spot she was in, it won't bring her back."

"She was this close to killing him," Sasuke said with a glare on his face, "why didn't you do anything?"

"Hinata would never hurt me," Naruto said softly and then glared back at Sasuke. "And I don't like that dark haired guy with the katana, or the way that he glared at you."

"I hate him too," Sasuke agreed thinking back to how he had once again held her like she was his wife. Sasuke knew that this little piece of information would get the Kazekage's attention and he was sure to be the one that will accompany them as a third member other than Sai. Sasuke re-sheeted his katana and then followed the silver haired jonin and Naruto followed suit. The team wasn't sure how they would explain what they had did while out but they knew that the male Hyuga would be happy that they had tagged her. Neji was mad that Tsuande would not allow him on the mission and didn't like that Naruto was the one that got to go; but no matter how much he complained he was not allowed to go. Team Kurenai also wanted to come, but not all of them. Sakura was still on the fence about the whole thing and wasn't as mean about it, but it was clear that she did not want her back in the village.

Hinata jumped through the trees with her team and the group and looked over to them, "Did we lose anything of importance?"

"Other than our cloaks," Takeo said softly as he glanced at her, "nothing."

"Let's go finish this mission and get back," Yoru said with slight anger and then glanced over at Hinata, "where do we go next?"

"We're headed to the Cloud village, he should be hiding there," Hinata said as she jumped ahead and they all picked up their pace

(Line Break)

The Sound team walked through the doors of the hideout with their head low and they were practically dragging themselves into the hideout. Tora had the lord on his back and he was bound and gagged tight. Hikari disliked that the Lord was on her tigers back, but it was decided by the team that they were going to bring him back and no one wanted to drag him along. As they entered the building, other shinobi took the lord and the others smirked at his muffled screams, but the team of elites just went to the showers. Hikari and Hinata went in one end while the boys went into the other. The four showered into regular training clothes – black shirts and pants- Hikari hated them but it was functional to wear and got their other clothes got clean. Then they met up at the cafeteria and Hinata just flopped down on the table and lied her head down.

"My little snake," Yoru sat next to her and held her so that she was sitting on his lap, "you are so tired." Hinata nodded as she laid her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Yoru smirked, "snake-chan, why are don't go to our room and sleep it off."

"Right 'sleep'," Takeo rolled his eyes and then took a sip of his tea. He ran his hand through his hair, "don't get her pregnant cause then we're out a leader."

"Thank you Takeo-kun," Hinata said as she got up and began to walk to her room with Yoru right behind her. Hikari smirked at the two and gave a wolf whistle that made Hinata turn bright red and then Yoru smirked and grabbed her hand.

"You must be so lonely," Hikari said at Takeo with a smirk, "with no one."

"I got stuck with you," he said glancing at her, "and I think I rather deal with loneliness then that." She glared at him but made no move to hit him or even yell at him. She was too tired and even Tora beside her was lying down and was worn out like herself. Takeo sighed and rubbed his eyes, "I'm off to bed." He got up but Hikari got up with him, "What?"

"I'm tired," she said walking ahead of him, "I need to sleep too." She patted her thigh and Tora got up and followed her out without and questions. Takeo shrugged and followed the two, just wanting to lie down and rest; he was guessing that the Leaf Shinobi would be making another appearance very soon. They walked to their room with the tiger trailing behind and practically passed out on their beds.

Hinata and Yoru on the other hand didn't fall asleep as fast as she would have hoped. Hinata tried to get comfy but Yoru would tighten his grip around her waist and she felt like she was being suffocated and was again uncomfortable. She turned her neck back and tried to look at him, "Yoru-kun," she said softly, "you're hurting me please let go." She sighed as the boy was fast asleep and she turned around to face him, "Yoru-kun," she tried again.

His nose twitched as he let out a light groan, "What is it snake-chan? *yawn*" He opened his eyes and looked to her with soft eyes.

"You're holding me too tight," she blushed lightly. She tried to wriggle out of his grip once more but it only made him hold her tighter again. Hinata looked at him with a pout, "I'm serious Yoru-kun you're going to crush me." He just smirked and pulled her closer to him and chuckled as she gave out a squeak.

"I just like having you in my arms is all snake-chan," he gave a softer smile and pressed her forehead against his own. Hinata blushed lightly and looked away from him. Yoru pouted a bit, "Don't be like that snake-chan, you love being held by me too." He smirked and did loosen his grip around her, but only enough so that she was confortable again. She took the chance to shift to her other side and smiled lightly while closing her big eyes. Yoru lifted his head up a bit, "why did you turn away from me?" Hinata knew he was being a child again, but she did feel a bit bad that he was easily hurt by her simple movement.

She looked back at him, "I sleep better on this side Yoru-kun, and you know that." Hinata closed her eyes and tried to sleep but she knew that he was still staring at her with those big eyes. Hinata let out a sigh and turned back to face him, "Okay, I'll sleep on this side." Yoru gave a light smile and closed his eyes and soon the two fell asleep.

(Line Break)

Neji stood in the Hokage's office along with Team Kakashi, Team Kurenai, and Team Asuma. He had been the only one of his team to attend since the other two were on missions of their own as the newest Jonin. He had gotten word of the teams return and wanted a report if they had gotten his newest tag on them. Unfortunately when he was giving a brief report of the mission, he was upset that they hadn't of just brought the girl back. He complained that if had been there Hinata would be back and this would be over. Hanabi was still on him about his first failed mission and this time he didn't plan on letting her down again. Neji just wanted to be sure he was on the next mission and the decisions for the next team would be chosen now.

"If anyone should be on this mission, it's us," Kiba motioned to himself and his team, "we are the best trackers and we would find her and her team in a matter of a few days." Akamaru barked in agreements and Shino gave a nod of agreement. Sakura made no comment on the decision to go, but it was clearly written on her face that she didn't care if they went or not. Kiba gave Team Kakashi a glare, "It was unfair that they got to be the first team sent out to get her-"

"She's our teammate," Naruto glared at Kiba, "We have a right to be the first ones to get her back!"

"She was our teammate first," Kiba glared back and growled under his breath.

"Both of you need to calm down and shut-up," Ino said giving them both a scolding kind of look. "You two obviously can't handle yourself when it comes to her and having you guys is a compromise of the mission. This mission should be given to us," she motioned to Team Asuma, "we are un-bias and will follow the mission without conflicting emotions about it." Shikamaru sighed and shoved his hands into his pockets and Choji just ate his chips like it was any other mission. Ino stood straight and gave a light smile, "We've been denied the mission since we have no strong bounds with Hinata, but isn't that what we need on the mission?"

"I made a promise to the little Hyuga girl that I would bring Hinata back," Naruto said with a determined look on his face and slammed both his fist on Tsunade's desk. "So give us the mission and we'll be bringing her back and that snake bastard while we're at it."

"You can't do anything," Neji stated and crossed his arms over his chest, "this should be left to a team of Jonin; Hinata has become wanted in multiple villages and a group of chunin and a genin are not going to be able to stand up to her and her newest team." Naruto glared at him since he was the one genin that he was talking about. Neji looked at Tsunade with a demanding tone in his voice, "I should and will head this mission."

"We still have a problem," Shikamaru finally spoke up and stifled a yawn, "This 'tagging' mission you went on showed her that you know where she is; Hinata and her team are long gone and are on the highest alert that we're on to her. The last thing we need is trying to ambush and ambush waiting for us." He looked out the window for a moment and then back at the others, "Hinata knows us all, she knows we'll come for her; what we need is to know more about her. Before we track her, we need to be able to corner her somewhere away from the others."

"That's too long," Kiba said, "we can't even get close to her without being detected; it'll be a wild goose chase if we try to track her."

"We'll split up," Sakura spoke much to everyone's surprise, "One track her straight on, and the next group will pick up when she runs off."

"I can't send all of you," Tsunade said looking at them and sitting at her desk, "this village has its own issues and I can't just send out all my young shinobi on a mission like this."

"We are running out of time," Sasuke glared at the blonde, "in a matter of months Orochimaru will need a body and Hinata is going to be the first on his list."

"She must know that," Shino said, "Hinata will be trying to fulfill her goal as we speak." He turned his head and looked at them all, "She wants to do something before then, and we just need to figure out what."

"Sakura," Ino looked over to the pink haired girl, "you said that Hinata wanted revenge on her clan right?" Sakura gave a hesitant nod and Ino took it without much thought, "then she'll be coming here. Hinata will be close to the Leaf Village and it'll be easy to catch her."

"If that is the case," Tsunade folded her hands before her mouth, "Team 7, 8, and 10 will be sent out after the rouge Hinata Hyuga. You will not be going with your senseis." She looked at them all with a serious face, "This is an S-class mission, you're first one and I regret not sending out an Anbu with you." She looked over at an angry Neji, "Once your other team members get back you are also to be on this mission to find her and bring her back. I also have another word of warning," she stood, "the Akatsuki has been more and more active, and I can only assume that Hinata is on their list." They all gave a nod and understanding looks, "go rest up and you will get further direction in the morning." They all bowed or nodded and they slowly drifted out of the room.

"Don't screw this up," Neji said looking at the eight chunin and one genin, "keep her trail until I can make it."

"So sorry Neji," Naruto smirked, "but by then we'll have Hinata back here." Neji just smirked and walked on past them back to the Hyuga estate. Naruto smiled big and put his hands behind his head, "this time I won't let her get the drop on me like before."

"Good," Sasuke said with a light smirk, "I'm tired of saving your ass."

"Heh," Kiba smirked at the two, "you won't have to since I'm going to bring her back while you two are fighting."

"So this is Hinata," Sai stopped in front of the group and held up his sketch book and it revealed to be a very life-like picture of Hinata. She stood in her Sound garb and had the most menacing look on her face. "She is the one that you are all after right?" Ino gave him a nod, "Why?" he put his book down and looked at all of them, "she is a traitor to this village and is the reason that it is destroyed and you almost losing your lives. Why try to bring her back?"

"She belongs here," Naruto said with a glare.

"She looked pretty comfortable with the other three, and the one male seemed to be her significant other in a way-" Sai was cut off as a katana was held to his throat.

"You shut you damn mouth, before I do it for you," Sasuke glared at him. "You are not part of this team, only a substitute until the real one comes back. So, in order to keep us from fighting, shut up and don't talk again." Sasuke re-sheeted his katana and brushed past Sai and walked off without another word.

"Just keep back man," Kiba patted Sai's shoulder, "Sasuke's an ass to everyone, you just came in a bad time." They soon all parted ways and Sai was left standing there and replaying what had just happened. Naruto stood before him and watched as the pale boy was just standing there in silence. Sai knew that the feelings of others are fragile things, but he felt that nothing was done wrong. Sai did not lie once, it was all straight fake that he had told them and was yelled at for no reason. Maybe it was because that Uchiha was overly sensitive than the average male, and Sai was then wrong to ask him those kind of questions; he would apologize later. But he looked over and noticed that Naruto was still there.

"Good night Dickless," Sai smiled and then walked back to his own home as Naruto sweat dropped and just walked back to his apartment, not able to work up the energy to yell at the male.

(Line Break)

Hinata panted as she took another run around the base and glanced over at Kabuto once more as he was timing her and her teams run and writing down on a clipboard in his hands. She was unsure of this random test of the group's strength, but Wolf had made it clear to her that Orochimaru was in need of a body and the four were at the top of his list. She had cursed under her breath at the news since it told her that time was running out and she was still missing one key object to obtain her goal. Also, it gave her an empty feeling inside; what was she to do after this, she had no reason for living anymore once this was done. Her village would not take her back and her team would be against her once they found out what she was going to do. Hinata finished her last lap behind Yoru and Hikari and Takeo were close behind; they all panted lightly and looked at one another and then at Kabuto.

The silver haired male just smirked and motioned with his hand for them to follow him; the group did what they were told since this was Orochimaru's right hand man. They re-entered the hide out and were sent into a medical room were a small group of medics were waiting and they were motioned to take a seat on one of the four beds. They were stripped down to their undergarments and sat in an uncomforting silence as they began to get a check-up. It was very odd to the four since they were used to only coming in here for stiches or pain killers. They all knew how to take care of themselves and Hikari was there if they needed more medical attention. Hinata could see that they were all in discomfort, especially Takeo since he hated being touched. But they did not complain and just waited for them to finish and were then confronted by Kabuto once more as they began to re-dress.

"All your test show that you are fit and healthy-"

"Thank you," Takeo rolled his eyes at Kabuto as he cut him off, "for telling us what we could have already told you."

"This was just to be sure that our elite team was still the elites," Kabuto smirked and turned to walk out. He stopped at the door and looked back at the four, his glasses giving off a light glare, "And Hinata," he smirked, "you should wear less more often." Hinata glared at him but her cheeks dusted a light pink and Yoru just glared at the male with full hate. Kabuto was smart enough to walk out before Yoru jumped him and they were left in silence. Hinata quickly got dressed and muttered under her breath.

"He ever looks at me again and I rip his eyes out," she walked past the three and out the door, but they followed close behind. Hinata pulled out a piece of ribbon and tied her hair into a low pony-tail and turned back to face the three. "That wasn't just some random test, was it?" They all looked to one another and then back at her with a nod. Hinata sighed and looked up at the ceiling, "I thought as much."

"You should be worried Hinata," Takeo said crossing his arms over his chest and moving his icey blue hair away from his eyes a bit, "out of all of us…I hate to say it…but you are the strongest." He looked to everyone, "Hinata is going to become Orochimaru-sama's newest body and there is nothing to do to stop it." He looked back at Hinata and she could almost see some kind of concern, "I'm sorry."

"Thank you Takeo-kun," she gave a light smile but it was wiped away from her face as Yoru growled loudly and punched the wall, making a large dent. She looked at him and at his hand and saw that his knuckles were bleeding. She sighed lightly and went over to him and took his hand in her own. He made no move to stop her and just watched as she pulled out some gaze and wrapped up his hand. "You might have broken your hand Yoru-kun," she genteelly let his hand go and looked up at him, "get that checked out okay."

"How can you not be upset," Hikari asked almost non-believing and Tora shared the same confused look. "You are pretty much going to die and all you can do is smile and thank him!" She pointed at Takeo but even he thought she had a point. "You are our leader and without you we have no team anymore."

"You were a team before me and you can be one after," Hinata said turning away from them, "this should not be something you guys should be worried about. It's happened before right? You've seen people come and go in here, what makes me so different?"

"You are different," Takeo answered, "I don't like you Hinata, for many reasons but for some reason I cannot hate you like I wish I did." He began to walk down the hall, "I hate to admit this but it will not be the same without you and that is a fact." He then turned down another hall and his footsteps began faint and then he was gone. Hikari touched her shoulder, looked deep into her eyes and then went on with a sad like walk and she was followed by her faithful tiger. Hinata just stood there and had a good feeling of what was going to happen next. She felt a strong arm wrap around her waist and the heard the soft mutter of jutsu; she was then sitting in a very high tree outside the hide out on Yoru's lap. The dark haired male sat back against the tree's trunk and held her as close as he could.

"Do you care that you live or die?" His question sounded broken and cold. It gave Hinata a guiltily-like feeling in her stomach.

"There is nothing I can do about it Yoru-kun-"

"You can run away with me," he said lightly and Hinata looked back at him with. She was surprised that he looked serious about it. His dark red eyes looked right into hers and she blushed at the sight of them. "We will leave this place and never look back. We can start over together and they'll never find us, we can be together and you'll be safe."

"I-I-I-I-I," she turned away from him and stood on the branch carefully. Hinata crossed her arms over her chest and held her shoulders, "I can't do that Yoru-kun," she looked at anywhere but him, "I need to do something before I just leave this place; I-I have a goal to fulfill."

"Do not reveal our secret human!" Wolf yelled at her with anger in his voice. "He will betray us and we will both be killed on the spot."

"But he loves me Wolf….and I love him….I've been lieing so long and I can't with him anymore." Hinata took in a deep breath and waited for some kind of response from him.

"Then I'll help you," he said standing behind her, "tell me Hinata and I will be sure that it will get done before that day comes."

"Will," she gulped lightly and looked at the ground below, "will you get mad at me?"

"Hinata," Yoru spoke in a more controlled voice, "what is your goal?"

"I…" Hinata couldn't work up the never to tell him, she has hidden it for so long that it seemed wrong to talk about it out loud. She took a deep breath again and closed her eyes tight, "I want to kill Orochimaru." Once the last of the words left her mouth everything became silent and Hinata feared for the worse; that Yoru was going to just push her out of the tree or find another way to kill her. Hinata stiffened as two hands grabbed her arms, she braced herself but she was pulled into his chest once more and Hinata looked up at him.

"Alright Hinata," Yoru looked down at her, "if it is what you want, I'll help in any way I can."

"Why?" Hinata was confused at why he would help; she was going to kill the man that took him in.

"I vowed to always be at your side not matter what and this counts as one of them," he kissed the top of her head and she felt her whole body get warm with happiness. "How do you plan on doing this my snake?" he picked her up bridal style and began to descend the tree one branch at a time. "The man is not easy to kill and I don't think we could get past all his guards."

"We won't be fighting him Yoru-kun," Hinata said softly as he landed on the ground, "someone else has called dibs on that." He looked down at her and understood when she touched her chest lightly. She closed her eyes but they snapped open at what Yoru had to say.

"We must tell the others," Hinata pulled away from him and looked at him like that he was insane. "They could help us, we could be free of him and no longer will he force us to pay off our debt to him." He gave a light smile, "come on Hinata, you know this is a good idea." She shook her head as he took another jump and hit the ground with no sound; Hinata jumped out of his arms and glared at him. Yoru was taken back a bit at the intensity of the glare.

"You won't tell Yoru," she pointed an accusing finger at him, "You have to swear to me that you will not tell Hikari or Takeo, especially Takeo. I regret telling you now," Hinata turned away from him and ran her hands through her dark blue hair. "What have I gotten myself into…." She muttered to herself and tensed when two arms went around her waist and held her tight. She felt her cheeks get hot, "How can you still want to help me? I'm going to do something that will put my head at the top of a 'Wanted' list." Hinata placed her hands over his and felt him place his head on her shoulder, "I won't last very long if this goes according to plan."

"That's why I'll be there," he whispered in her ear and then lightly kissed her neck. "I won't let anyone hurt you snake-chan." Hinata blushed and bit her lip as he lightly kissed her neck more and more. He gave a chuckle when he could feel the heat radiating from her face, "What is it snake-chan? I thought you liked it." Hinata could hear the poutiness in his voice but she could also hear the teasing and huskiness to match it. She squirmed a bit in his hold and that only made him chuckle a bit louder and gingerly bit the top of her ear; she gave out an 'eep' and Yoru just nibbled on her ear. His hands moved his hands down to the sides of her hips and pulled her a bit closer and bite her neck. Hinata gave a gasp but then gave a light moan as he sucked on the bite mark and knew that this was going to leave a red hickey. She felt his lips go over to her shoulder as he began to remove the top part to her kimono and Hinata let them fall down her arms; he kissed her shoulder and Hinata felt his hands run up her body and made her shiver as Yoru happily ran his hands over her breast and then held her shoulders. "Ready to go back snake-chan?~" Hinata nodded and Yoru picked her up and muttered a teleportation jutsu and the next thing Hinata knew was that she was being lied down on the bed, and Yoru was getting on top of her.

(Line Break)

The sun shined through the small barred window that was nearly touching the ceiling. Orange, red, and yellow light filled the room and with the light it revealed one lone figure lying in a small bed. She had dark blue hair that was sprawled around her head like a halo and the blanket only came up to the top of her chest. Her porcelain skin was revealed in the light, along with a blotch of red that stained her neck. Her arms were above her head and she slept peacefully while breathing through full pink lips. She began to stir as the light hit her eyes and she turned to her side, trying to avoid the light from truly waking her up. But as she came to her side he noticed a sudden difference in weight on the bed; she turned to the other side and her lavender opened to see that she was in bed alone.

Hinata held the blanket close to her chest to keep it from falling down as she sat up and let her eyes adjust to the new light. Her pale eyes searched the room and to her dislike she was truly alone. Hinata felt a blush spread across her cheeks as she could feel the blanket against her skin and the memory of last night replayed itself in her head; she let a small smile grace her lips. Hinata looked and grabbed her clothes that had littered the floor and stood up with them and changed back into her clothes. Hinata tried to fix her bed head and then walked out the door of her room while slipping on her shoes; she took a sudden stop and went back to the little nightstand by the bed. Hinata pulled out the scroll she had found in the old hideout and tucked it into her kimono top. Hinata was sure that Ame would be able to decipher the old language that the scroll had been written in. She then went back out the door and went in the direction of her cell; Hinata had been down there so many times that she could walk there with her eyes closed. She was surprised that she did not catch sight of her three other teammates, or even Yoru who had –quit rudely- left her in bed alone.

"Hello there you little skank," Ame laughed as she watched the blue haired girl walk towards her, "what brings you to my neck of the woods?" Before Hinata could even get a word out Ame began to talk again, "I saw your little boy toy, Yoru, walking around with the dumbest smile on his face; I know that face," she smiled evilly, "It's the face virgins make once getting laid." She leaned in close to the bars, "So either you finally put out or he found a better play thing." Hinata's face burned red as she looked away from the pink haired woman but that only made her laugh loudly at her. "What a whore!" She laughed more, "You let that little punk enjoy your body for nothing? He better be paying you soon or I'd kick his ass."

"I'm not some kind of prostitute Ame-onee," Hinata glared at her, "I need your help with something. So help me or you can sit here alone."

Ame groaned, "Fine Hina," she sat back on her bed, "what do you want?"

Hinata held out the scroll, "I want to know what this scroll says," Ame reached through the bars and took the scroll. Hinata watched as Ame opened it and looked through it, her eyes scanning over the words. Hinata began to get interested as a smirk came to Ame's lips as she stood up and grabbed a book off one of the book shelves and flipped through it. "What is it?"

"Well this writing is as old as hell," Ame said still looking through the book, "my grandparents use to write like this and forced me to learn it." Ame read through the page and then looked back at Hinata with a smirk, "You are one lucky little bitch Hina," Ame walked over to her and pointed to some writing on the front of the scroll, "Take a guess at what it says."

Hinata shrugged, "My life as Fabulous Snake sanin?" Ame laughed as Hinata just rolled her eyes and once Ame stopped she had an evil smile.

"This reads 'Demon Releasing Jutsu."

(End)