"I'll tell each of you your fortune." Kiba mocked the old woman that was sitting inside the carriage. He lifted his hands like claws and poked Hinata's cheek.
"Kiba," hushed Sakura. "She could hear you, geesh."
Naruto snickered. "She's like a trillion years old, Sakura-chan!"
Sasuke crossed his arms and asked, "Can you even count to a trillion?"
Naruto smacked his teeth. "I only need to count to five to punch your face in!"
"Do you hear yourself?" Sasuke questioned.
"Guys!" Sakura scolded.
Hinata watched Team Seven fuss with each other endlessly. If she didn't know this was how they communicated then she would have tried to intervene. Shino cleared his throat and the heiress looked up at her silent teammate. "Shino-kun?"
"Do you believe in that? What the Seer says?"
Hinata smiled despite having a pretty heavy heart. Who was she to question it? Fate, destiny and all that? It wasn't her speech to give. She was, however, raised to listen very closely to elders. Hinata rubbed her arm and shrugged lightly. "She has been predicting the future since the beginning of time," said Hinata.
"So you believe?"
Hinata shrugged again. "Ne, do you?"
"I'm skeptical-"
Kiba nudged the bug user. "That's what I'm saying Shino! Ain't the future ever changing? She could be bullshitting us."
Shino adjusted his glasses. "Return to your assigned spot."
Kiba scoffed and walked in front of his teammates. "Dude, I can see the temple from here. Chill. 'Sides Hinata just said she didn't see anything! You trust her, yeah?"
Shino sighed, Hinata giggled and Kiba grinned. They were pretty balanced whereas the other team...
"You both are so fucking annoying," groaned Sasuke.
Sakura paused shoving her knuckles in Naruto's head. Naruto held Sakura wrist and cried, "You gotta listen to Sasuke!"
Sakura shoved her knuckles into blonde tresses. "I don't listen to no one but myself."
"Not even your mom?" Naruto questioned.
Sakura paused. "And my mom, my dad... Lady Tsunade...eh! Whatever," grumbled the pinkette as she let him go. "Shut up. We're here now."
Gestugakure, the crescent shaped island, the village hidden under the moon...and the home of the Seers. Hinata dug in her bag and pulled out the scroll. The abnormally tall guards didn't even bother with it before letting them in. "Lady Hyuuga, welcome."
"I bet being an heiress is cool," whispered Sakura. Emerald eyes watched the guards bow. Hinata gave a half shrug. It was...difficult.
"Hyuuga, check our surroundings," ordered Sasuke.
She inwardly flinched at the tone his voice. She honestly could not see the appeal in him. Cold and sharp like an iceberg. Hinata closed her eyes just as the Seer's voice floated out of the carriage. "That won't be necessary."
Naruto and Kiba rushed to the woman's side. She was wearing a ridiculously long robe, her hair was silver brushed the ground in a braided ponytail and her face sagged in the only way a nearly three hundred woman's can. It was her eyes...or lacking of them...
Sakura handed the woman her cane. "All of you, follow me." Her voice trembled.
Kiba and Shino glanced at each other. Sakura walked close to Hinata and Sasuke and Naruto managed to get into another staring contest. Sakura smiled and leaned over to the shorter girl, "I wonder who I'll marry or if I'll be as great as My Lady."
Hinata haven't given it much thought. She just hoped that she wasn't going to die early or anything. It made her think what the others wanted. Yeah, Sakura's dream and Naruto goal to become Hokage, Shino didn't talk much about his goals, Kiba just grinned whenever the topic came up. And Sasuke? Who knew? World Domination?
"We'll see," she replied.
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They followed her into a damn near pitch black room. There was a window on the ceiling. "When...when the moon peaks...my cycle will be over."
She only had an hour, maybe two depending on. The days seemed faster on this island. Kiba and Shino helped her to sit down. She grabbed their wrists and looked over at Shino. "You worry too much about disappearing," said the woman. "I see a future that puts you in front of many watchful eyes. Don't worry." She smiled and released him.
Shino adjusted his glasses once again. "Thank you."
She looked over at Kiba. "I can hear the smallest voices, I see your...I see a future that you are very loyal, strong and dependable. You will be needed. Just because you're the loudest voice doesn't mean you're being heard. Learn to listen, boy."
Kiba sniffed. "I hear ya, I hear ya."
She smiled wildly and outstretched her hand towards Sakura. "Such a beautiful flower, oh, how it blossoms. I see you very happy...you will accomplish much more than you even believe. You are important."
Sakura gasped softly as the woman squeezed her hand. "T-thank you, Master Seer."
"Yes, yes, where's the loud one?"
Naruto snickered and grabbed her hands. "What do you have for me, granny!?"
She leaned forward and whispered, "Keep believing in yourself and your dream will happen."
"I'm going to be Hokage?!"
Everyone groaned. The woman laughed and patted his cheek. "Make sure to stick close with me."
Naruto nodded. "I will, I promise!"
The silvered hair woman outstretched her hands again. "The last two... A Hyuuga and an Uchiha..." She took a deep breath and looked upward. "You'll be my last telling and...this pleases me."
Hinata swallowed her fear and nodded. "It's an honor."
"Truly," said Sasuke.
The woman smiled. "I wish I could have witnessed this in this lifetime. "As for you two, the love you share will be powerful, if you wish to obtain it. Your family, your legacy, and your bond will be greatly rivaled..."
The room fell quiet. "What the actual fuck?" Kiba whispered, speaking for the entire group. Hinata gaped and Sasuke watched this bag of bone turn dust. Good.
The guards rushed in and promptly escorted them out so the ceremony turn start. Hinata felt sick. No, but seriously...
"Well, after hearing that bit I'm sure she was crazy!" Kiba huffed. "Hinata doesn't even know that bastard. You don't know him, right?"
She just felt sick. Very sick. The Uchiha was staring shamelessly at her...probably trying to figure this out. Hinata had successfully broken most of her old childish habit but... The room got hazy. She heard the faint sound of people calling her before everything went dark.