A/N: Don't even ask.

Disclaimer: I haven't done this in chapters, but I don't own it.

One by one, the spotlights brightened up the empty room.

"Neji…" the voice was childish yet serious, lending a mature tone to the voice. Neji turned to see Yuzuki sitting on a couch comfortably, a small smile on her face. Her eyes were carefully blank. He couldn't tell anything from those emotionless eyes. Neji thought about his love, the girl who looked so much like Yuzuki.

"Your mother… who is she?"

Yuzuki tilted her head as if she did not understand. "Neji doesn't know? Hinata is mother. He might have protected me and raised me, but Hinata is the one who gave birth to me."

Neji stared, eyes wide. "Hinata-sama is your mother?"

"Hai. I was born from Hinata's heart."

Everything made a little more sense now, Neji reflected, but some things made even less sense. How could Yuzuki be born from the heart? What did it mean? Was Yuzuki real? These questions flooded his mind again.

"Where are we?"

"We are in mother… I don't know." The girl shivered. ". The bad man imprisoned me here long ago, when I tried to appear… and I… I lend my power to mother when she needs it."

"The sword belongs to you?"

Yuzuki nodded. "I did not mean for it to hurt Neji. I saw mother's memories. I thought that you were a bad man too."

"Why did you hurt Hinata-sama?"

" Yuzuki needed to wake up. Mother was dying…"

Neji decided not to ask any more. Indeed, at the time he found her, she had been infected with poison, but now it had miraculously disappeared. Perhaps that was why Yuzuki had come about.

"If Neji finds the items Mother needs, Neji will free me and Yuzuki can go home."

"Home?"

"Home. To Mother's heart…"

"I'm trying to get everything, but I don't know who sealed you in here, so I can't lift the seal."

Memories flooded through him and he suddenly knew exactly how to unlock the girl. She was, in a way, also Hinata. She was born when Hinata felt lonely, desperate and powerless. She was born a long time ago; born to take away some of Hinata's pain. Then Hiashi had sealed her away, convinced that Yuzuki would hurt his heir. Yuzuki wanted to return to Hinata's heart; nothing more.

This would explain why Hinata-sama always asked Yuzuki to come home when she dreamt.

Hinata was dreaming of a time when she still had her memories. The lost memories resided in Yuzuki.

Neji knew, without a doubt, that he had to return Yuzuki back to Hinata's heart. Then only would Hinata be happy. Then only would Hinata be able to control her own power. Her weakness was only due to the loss of her memories and her power.

He would give Hinata-sama a surprise.

Perhaps then she would keep on smiling.

Neji shifted a little as he woke up. The heat by his side was very pleasant, so he took extra care not to wake her up as he settled by her side again. Beautiful Hinata was most beautiful when she was asleep, so he turned to watch her face.

The sunlight filtered through the window and shone on her face. She looked like a goddess of some sort, the sun her halo. The peacefulness on her face made him smile.

He committed that face to memory as he lay down slowly.

Yes, the power was Hinata's own.

He smiled.

Hinata would be so happy.

Naruto thought about Sakura constantly. He couldn't understand why he hurt Hinata, even though he knew she loved him. He cherished Hinata dearly, but he didn't think he loved her in that way.

"Naruto? What are you thinking about?"

"Sakura, will you go on a date with me?"

Sakura looked incensed. "Aren't you dating Hinata? Of all questions!"

"We broke up…" he offered, as his teammate stormed away. He ran after her, repeating what he just said.

"Oh… isn't it too early?"

" She broke up with me because she knew I loved you and not her. So, I thought… Besides, she doesn't care!"

Sakura sighed. "Are you sure? She liked you since your genin days. She couldn't be totally unaffected by this."

Naruto pointed to Hinata, who was behind Sakura. On her face was the brightest smile the two had ever seen as she signaled for him to go for it. Till, Sakura looked apprehensive.

"Just once. You won't regret it!

"I… alright…" she told him, looking away.

"Great! I'll meet you at eight!" With that, he dashed to the ramen bar to grab some food.

Sakura sighed. Naruto would never change.

Perhaps that was a good thing. After all, they all needed some stability in their lives.

Neji stared at his cousin again. He didn't mean to- his eyes just wandered over to her by some strange force.

Hinata's smile sent him to the heavens and back down again, for her knew how much he had hurt her. Forgiveness was what it was, but Neji would never let himself forget the consequences of his actions.

Hinata's strength was visible to her teammates and herself. He knew she was happy, even if the strength did not truly belong to her. No, he had to help her, No matter how much he despised Yuzuki for hurting Hinata, he had done the very same thing. Besides, Yuzuki did that for a good cause while he was only doing it for his own selfish reasons. He would do it.

He would do anything for Hinata.

He didn't know when he had stopped thinking of her as 'Hinata-sama', but it was harder and harder to remind himself to add the suffix behind her name. Hinata was the person he had to protect.

As the sun set, he prepared to pick her up.

He would soon have to perform those rites, and he had to do it before Hiashi realised that he, Neji, had cut of a lock of hair from the leader of the Main House. It was one of the necessary ingredients.

He was the only one who could do it.

A/N: This chapter is… informative.