A/N: This chapter compared to the last one is not 'that long', but still I think that some of you will like it. for those interest to know how Tatsuha looks like, I made wallpaper as a request of 'rcr' and is available on my deviantart page. Hope that you can see it and enjoy it.

And I see that mostly everyone feel in love with him…he is lovable and sometimes a pain in the ass, you'll see…

I have to say that the character of Tatsuha is directly from Gravitation, he is really a monk and Yuki's brother! For all those who hadn't seen the anime series or the manga, you have to! And he's a little pervert too, so don't compare him to Inuyasha's Miroku, because he is not like that and Tatsuha came first!

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XxAnonymous1xX—Hey, if you get confused by anything, just ask! Don't worry, I don't bite. And I believe that he didn't killed Hinata yet because he doesn't have a chance yet…be patience. And I hate the "blush, studder or index fingers" thing, and I hope that never happens in this story, LOL.

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Disclaimer: Evil grammar, mean spelling and I don't own it.

Chapter 25

Hinata is stepped over water, in other words over a lake. Moving in synchronized movements that make it looks like a dance. But looking closer, she wasn't dancing. She was fighting an invisible enemy.

Sasuke can understand now why Hinata was so much into the dance thing with Kankuro back in Suna. Her movements and rhythm were so perfect and controlled that can be confused with the wind itself. And he was amazed about the fact that dancing and fighting mixed so well.

But when he suddenly looks to a side, something that he didn't like at all was happening. A dark figure was walking towards where she was, maybe paying a visit.

He didn't know what to do in that moment; he can't just go out and demand who was. One thing for sure was that no one must know what he felt for her. But the feeling was completely loved? He hated her, right? Is because she wants to kill him? Is because she didn't saw him worthy enough to be with, but enough to fuck with?

When Sasuke became so confused in about his thoughts and feelings? Since when he became a shit full of feelings!

When the figure went closer to Hinata, she obviously noticed the figure and walked towards him. In fact, she was running towards the figure. Hinata practically run into his arms, hugging him tight. He was doing the same, holding her like it was no tomorrow.

He couldn't take any longer, he didn't care what everyone thoughts about him, he wasn't going to let Hinata with anyone else. Running towards the couple, he slowly started to stop his pace. His eyes can't believe what he was seeing.

He though that the man with Hinata was Tatsuha but he was wrong.

The sharingan was the confirmation of it.

Itachi was with Hinata…black wings holding her from his grasp.

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Suddenly Sasuke woke up due to the feeling of something cold and wet. Waking up, he looked around a little disoriented, due to the nightmare and the cold feeling. Then he finally noticed that he had just wakened up with cold water, again.

Looking up, he noticed that Tatsuha was already up, and he wasn't wet. "How come you didn't have the 'morning water'?" asked with sarcasm the Uchiha, he wasn't on the mood today.

"I met Hinata like six months ago; it took me a whole week to understand that when you're traveling with her, is wake up before sunrise. I think that I managed to take it right, Tee te…" chuckled the monk while rubbing the back of his head. Sasuke just snorted and prepared himself, then noticed that Hinata was nowhere to be seen.

"By the way, where's Hinata?" asked Shino, like predicting everyone's question.

"She must be getting improved her new teachings. Is safer to do this here than in Konoha." Responded the perverted monk,

"New teachings?" asked Naruto, always wanting to learn new jutsu.

"Yep, my mission was go get her in Konoha and give her the scroll of the basics of the Kinomoto clan. It was father's orders and my suggestion."

"Wait, you told us last night that the special technique of the Kinomoto clan can destroy all five countries. Then why pass them to Hinata?" asked Shino, not understanding a thing about the scroll and the Kinomoto thing.

"But my father knows her since she was this little (makes a measurement with his hand), so he believes that since she was not tempted by the clan, she had enough self control to develop the technique." Explained the monk, while walking to an opening in the forest, the sound of water getting their attention.

Is a lake, like the one in my dream. thought Sasuke while seeing the place, looking exactly like he saw it in his dreams. But instead of seeing Hinata over the water, she was over a rock meditating.

"Hinata, we are ready to go." Announced Kiba, but when he didn't got a response, he pouted. "She gives me a clod bath and now she is meditating? I can't understand her sometimes."

"Really, sometimes?" asked Naruto.

"Well, lately, everyday." Responded back the Inuzuka ninja,

Tatsuha walked over the captain to see what she is doing. After seeing her close for mere seconds, he shakes his head. "You're in no condition to continue, you hadn't sleep at all."

By this she opens her eyes and looks at him with an annoyed look. "I'm ready to leave, Saito is waiting."

"We are not going anywhere, look at you!" screamed the monk, making the others go closer. "Your eyes tell me that you hadn't got a good sleep for some time. I was expecting you to tell me about it, but it seems that like always, you never tell a thing." Ended Tatsuha, while waiting for a response form Hinata.

She stood up like she hadn't heard a thing and started to walk away, making Tatsuha to turn to her and growl. "Hinata, don't make me…"

"Let's duel Tatsuha, only using the Kinomoto clan jutsu. If I made it, you stop this shit. If you win, I'll follow your orders." She offers, not looking back at him.

"What? So soon…"

"I spent all night learning the jutsu and training. I want to see if it was enough or not."

With this Tatsuha laughs lightly and then looks up. "I believe that I fell in one of your mental games. Instead of answer my question, you want to improve yourself. Very well, you're too tired to fight in your complete strength."

With this he gestures the rest to stay back and leave the open place to fight.

"Remember that I'm the heir if the clan, and that my style is different for Yuki's." gestures the monk while taking out his backpack and unnecessary accessories.

"Yes, Yuki is everything about strength and stamina. And you are all about skill and tactics. No wonder which was chosen to be the heir." Responds Hinata while getting ready for the fight.

"Now we can see what this Kinomoto clan technique the five countries fear about." Says Naruto no one,

Then Tatsuha makes a simple hand seal and smirks 'blossom time'. And the place that was once only covered by grass, started to grow red roses everywhere, soon covering completely the place.

"What the heck is happening here? Where those flowers came from!" asks Naruto in awe, while Kiba kneels and takes one in his hand. After smelling it and touching it, he frowns, "The roses are real, and really alive. That Tatsuha guy just made grow roses out of nothing for real!"

Hinata looks at the scene and then back at the monk. "Red roses? Are you trying to seduce me with that trick?"

"Is just that I remembered something that my father told me about you a long time ago. That you were a desert rose. Rare to find, rare to bloom; but once is bloomed and grew up there's no storm that can stop you to get away from your beauty."

Sasuke: Is he flirting with her in the middle of a fight!

"Then beware, because this 'rose' can kill you with the spines." And with this Hinata charges at him, with weapons at hand.

"Since only the Kinomoto jutsu is permitted, you are using simple ninja movements, how foolish." By this Tatsuha makes some hand seals and says 'green clone no jutsu' and a series of plants emerge form the ground at top speed. When Hinata is quite close by, she steps back by this, standing a few feet away in defense position.

Looking better, Tatsuha made a clone make of plants.

"So he uses the plants the same way that Shino uses his bugs, interesting." concluded Kiba while getting a nod from Shino and Naruto.

"It can't be only that," responded Sasuke, "Because if is like Shino, then only people of his clan can do it by birth. But he gave a scroll with the technique to Hinata. Something's up." with that they remembered that it was right and continued to see the fight.

Suddenly, Hinata heard some crumble behind her. In a blink strands of plants started to attack her, while she was trying with her speed to avoid them. Even with her increased speed, the plant strands were appearing form everywhere, trying to trap her. In a desperate movement she takes out her katana, cutting the plants to try to get more space to fight.

"Tatsuha was right, she is tired." Commented Shino, getting the look from the rest. "She looks like she hadn't got any rest and all and right now she is not using any jutsu."

"Yeah, but she said that no other jutsu than the Kinomoto jutsu was forbidden." Defended Kiba,

"Maybe she wanted to try this new technique, but with so low stamina and no much strength left, she can loose anytime." Concluded the Aburame ninja and then looked at the scene, where finally Tatsuha caught her, holding her in the air from her arms and legs.

"I think that this match is over, quite sad don't you think?" smirked the Kinomoto monk while leveling the captain to a closer look. "Even right now you look so tempting…" he continued in a husky tone, making Kiba growl form the distance.

"Ah, don't worry Kiba-kun; I won't do anything that she doesn't want to. Right Hinata-chan?" with this he smirked at her, who had her head down.

Suddenly, the strings that were holding her started to tremble, and Hinata looked up. "How many times asked the ex-heir, while she forced herself to get her hands together. Making a couple of hand seals with difficulty, she says 'old timer no jutsu' and the ground starts to shake.

Tatsuha, no knowing what was happening, he looked around and started to prepare himself of what was next.

And he wasn't prepared for what was coming.

Under Hinata a huge tree was coming from the ground. And it started to grow, and grow, and grow…

When it finally stopped growing, Tatsuha and the rest looked at it with their jaws down.

It was a sequoia tree, standing at top of the rest of the whole forest. After noticing the kind of tree that it was, the monk looked at Hinata, who got released from the strand and was looking back at him.

"From all the things that you can do, you have to bring out, you have to choose a sequoia." Commented the monk, a little annoyed. By this Hinata looks at him like it was nothing.

"Don't blame me, is my first attempt for a Kinomoto jutsu."

"But…a sequoia tree."

"Yes…."

"You're fucking insane."

"If I'm that insane, then why you want to fuck me?" asks the captain while standing in defense mode again.

By this Tatsuha brings his hands up in defense and giving up. "I don't know why you ask that, you're too good looking to not fuck."

Seeing that he had given up, she relaxes and walks past the others. "Let's go, I want to get to Konoha today."

With this she charges in direction to the hidden leaf village, while Akamaru rushes to the giant tree, crying in happiness due to see the biggest tree in his life to pee. Kiba just started at it, still amazed by the power of nature.

While heading to the village, Hinata was in front leading the group while Tatsuha stood back with the others, for security reasons you guess.

"Ok, can you tell me why you clan is so feared by the Kages? I can destroy all the plants with fire." Asked with cockiness Sasuke, Naruto snorted and also did the rest. but it was true; fire jutsu was enough to destroy the plants.

"Oh, I see that a genius as an Uchiha couldn't get it." responded the monk, "OK, is not that we can use the plants to attack, because that is basic, and forbidden by the elders. The fact is that the plants hear us the same way that the bugs and dogs listen to you." he responded looking at Shino and Kiba.

"Still don't get it." confessed Naruto.

"Let's make a little of history. In the academy is said that the big war between countries was stopped due to the lost of control of the demons, right?" they all nod. "Then let me tell you that is not true, because it was agreed by all the Kages to never mention us in history, we don't want to be part of it. but we are the reason that the war stopped."

"But you still hadn't responded, why?" asked again Naruto, he can dense sometimes, but this was going nowhere.

"Simple, my clans threatened the five countries with starvation."

"OK, I still don't get it."

"The members of the Kinomoto clan can talk and order any types of plants, like we can order them to grow; we can also order them to stop growing. Or worst to never get out of the ground."

"So, you're saying that since the war in that time was unstoppable, you made the five countries suffer to be without food and no plants growing to force the peace between them?" asked Sasuke, knowing that he was right.

"Yep."

"Killing innocent people of starvation?"

"That is the real reason of so many deaths in that war. It took a whole year to make all the Kages see our intentions. That's why they respect us and evades all kinds of cause a huge war. Even Orochimaru knew about this." Ended Tatsuha, who looked in front of him Hinata's back.

"Let's stop talking about my clan and let me admire what I want to grope again when we get to Konoha." And when they looked at his direction, they saw that he was seeing Hinata's lower back. Kiba hit him hard in his head. Tatsuha didn't care and kept staring.

"I hope that at least you can behave yourself a little in Konoha Tatsuha. I'm the captain of the ANBU; and if you do something out of the moral laws we'll have to arrest you." explains Hinata form the distance, increasing the pace of the journey.

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In less than they ever expected, they got into the territory of Konoha, but instead of entering through the main entrance, Hinata turned completely to left. "Wait, where are we going? The Hokage's office is over there." asks Naruto, while trying to catch up with Hinata.

"I'm going to get out Saito, you do as you please." With this she out two fingers on her mouth and whistles, two bodies soon were running beside her. The others recognized who were they, and kept calm by it.

"Hiro, Yuki, I want the details." Mentions the captain, still in her pace while Hiro decides to be the one to report. "Saito's conditions in unknown since he is put in maximum state in prison. No visitors were allowed; even Mika-san was allowed to see him even in her state. No comments of reports were given about Saito, so we fear the worst."

"I even heard rumors about the council and the Hokage trying to disband Team Zero. According to then we can be a threat to the village in the future…"

"Nonsense…"

"Hinata…"

"I'll go for Saito, take a look at the brats and Tatsuha." Orders the captain, and then they look back. They never noticed that she was with a group.

"Why is my Tatsuha in Konoha? Tell me that he didn't come for a visit please." Pleaded Yuki when he saw his little brother, smirking at him.

"That's no way to treat your little brother. Besides, I want to meet my sister-in-law and all my nephews that I got over the years." Smirked the monk, getting a dead glare form Yuki.

"Hinata…" whinned the blonde ANBU

"We'll see what we can do with him later but first my priority right now is Saito. If Mika stole 'Shadow' form the ANBU headquarters, then something is really wrong." Ends Hinata while heading in a fast pace to Konoha's prison.

When they got the surroundings of the huge building, Hinata and the others hide behind trees and bushes. "He must be placed close where the dangerous criminals were put. Those bastards…"

"It will be better if you use your byakugan…" suggested Naruto, getting his mouth covered by Yuki. Then she turns around to face the two blond nins and then looks back at the prison. "I won't use that thing again in my life. I made it until now without it, the byakugan is not necessary."

By her response Naruto frowns, Why not? is not the byakugan the best thing of the Hyuuga clan after all?

Then Hinata closes her eyes and then looks at Hiro. "No matter what you hear or what happens, five minutes after I'm gone send them to Tsunade and you'll wait here. and you WON'T GET IN THERE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. " orders in her cold tone and looking directly at Hiro. Hiro looks away and frowns by her orders.

"There's nothing to worry about Hiro, I can take care of myself." With this she plays with his long red hair, "I'll be back before they enter the office, I promise." With this she charges at the prison, entering from the main entrance identifying at the door. Due to her high rank she enters the prison with ease.

"She just entered from the front, how original." Comments with sarcasm Sasuke, getting a glare from Yuki. Hiro sees what is happening and with a touch on the blonde's shoulder he calms down.

"Never mind him; he's a brat and a traitor. He is not important." Gestures the red head, making Sasuke sneer by this.

"You should head to the Hokage's tower now. It was Hinata's orders after all." By this no one made a move, then Kiba decides to respond.

"But she said five minutes…and what will happen when Tsunade ask us about her…?"

"I see that you are worried about it, but it seems to me that Hinata doesn't care anymore. Saito is important to her and getting him in prison is quite hard. She won't mind the trouble to get him out. Now go!"

With the last order they moved to the tower, no knowing what else to do. Sasuke form the outside just followed the others. But inner Sasuke wanted to be there, wanted to help in anything that he can. But it seems like this time it was something between team zero only.

They suddenly start to hear form the distance some revolt in prison, but they are already quite away form the area, they must continue to the village.

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After some time they finally managed to the tower. With slow steps they enter the tower, not first be received by a pink-haired ninja.

"Sasuke-kun! Naruto!" runs Sakura towards her teammates, hugging Sasuke and Naruto at the same time. Naruto looks relieved to see that Sakura was worried about him, that she even came to hug him. Sasuke on the other hand didn't care at all, so when she released them and was about to ask how was the mission, he walked past her and entered the tower.

No words said at all.

Naruto grunts by his action, but decides to ignore it for now and ask Sakura how was she. Sakura looked hurt by his actions, but she had to remember that he was changed, that it will be difficult to have the old Sasuke back, and that he even was sleeping with someone else. So she decides to take it back later and talk to Naruto while waling inside.

Shino and Kiba followed quietly, not minding to go in slow pace. After all, their teammate and leader was not getting her in trouble, without them.

When they finally got in front of Tsunade's door, Naruto opened it silently. And little by little they entered, getting the impressed look of the Hokage herself by their presence. "Naruto, what's the meaning of this? Why you are here so early form your mission? where the hell is Hinata?"

Everyone went silent, even Sakura didn't have an idea what's going on. She didn't even know why they came back. She was soo happy to see them that she didn't noticed the detail.

Naruto sights loudly and looks up at Tsunade, and when he was about to start to explain, a poof of smoke invades the area.

"Hinata reporting to you Hokage-sama, here is the report of the mission in Suna."

When the smoke fades away, they see that Hinata was there, along with team zero.

The complete team zero.

Tsunade took seconds to see what was happening. Hinata appeared in time with the rest, but something was wrong in the picture. And she found out what it was.

Saito Seijuro was right beside her, like the weather was normal and the birds were flying to the horizon.

"WHY THE HEL IS HE DOING HERE!" screamed the Hokage, while the rest saw better what she meant.

Hinata made to get Saito out of prison and be in time in the office.

Tsunade was demanding for an answer, while Shizune stepped back on the nearest wall when she saw Saito. He turned to see the Hokage's assistant and muttered a 'good morning'. She almost fainted by his terrifying presence.

"I gathered my team back as soon as I returned, something's wrong?" asked Hinata with her head on a side, part with innocence and sarcasm.

"You know what I mean Hinata don't play dumb with me! what the heel is Saito out of prison!" screamed again Tsunade, making the captain frown.

"And when I was going to be informed about it?"

"You were out in a mission, and I wasn't necessary to tell you."

"He is my second in command, don't tell me that shit Tsunade."

"He hit a member of the council, in the middle of a meeting!"

"And that was enough to send him in maximum security in Konoha's prison!"

"That was the council's orders…"

"So the council is the real boss behind the Hokage."

"Stop the nonsense Hinata and understand what you have done!"

"NO you will listen to ME!" with this Hinata smacks the desk with a pounce, making a hole through it. Silence was too evident in the room; even Sasuke was impressed by her sudden change of temper.

And then Hinata continued in a low and threatening tone. "Nobody messes with my team, if you or the council is not happy with my work, fire me. But, if you or the council threatens my team again, next time they'll have to face me instead. Don't turn me into your enemy, I'm worst like that. Let's go."

With this she turns away and pass the rest of the Konoha team, only to get the following response from Tsunade.

"What else I can expect form Itachi's pet."

By this Hinata stood in place while Saito turns with a mad look. She stops him and reassures him to stay aside of this. Then she turns around and looks at the Hokage in the eye, burning hate in hers.

"If I'm Itachi's pet, it means that I am Sarutobi's pet too. I had two teachers Tsunade, and one of them was yours too, remember that. Treating me like that you treat the third's legacy too." With this she leaves the room, not looking back.

When the door closed, Tsunade fell on her chair; she never expected that response so calmly. And it was true, looking down she realized that she fell on the same level that the council was acting. Hinata is second in power than her in the Fire country, so it was no good acting like this.

Looking up she noticed that Naruto and the others were still standing there. Sighting loudly, she decides that it was not the time to 'talk' to them. "You can go now, Sakura you stay. I'll search for you later." With this she dismisses the team, leaving her, Shizune and Sakura in the room. the last one still trembling by what happened there.

Sasuke and the others went out of the office silently, and when the last one closes the door behind them, they were greeted by Yuki. "Hinata wants to see you in her office, now."

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A/N: Yep, they are in Konoha now, and things will get heavier. And soon you'll have answers for almost everything! But I can't tell when, I hate spoilers.

Last chapter's lyrics were from Evanescence's "Whisper".

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