Chapter 25- X.A.N.A. 2.0's Shy Debut

It all went to fast. Hinata just woke up. As she went to get out of bed, a black cloud of smoke approached her. She screamed at the top of her lungs, hoping that someone, anyone, could help. She even tried to strike it with her Gentle Fist a few times, but it wouldn't work. Then, it happened. The black smoke seeped through her earholes and mouth. She was helpless. In a matter of two minutes, Hinata was possessed by X.A.N.A. 2.0, and, even if she didn't know that it was X.A.N.A., she knew she was possessed. But she couldn't. Do. Anything. About. It.

Meanwhile, Naruto was sound asleep, and heard a loud shriek. It sounded like… HINATA! Naruto got out of bed as fast as he could and sped to Hinata's room. He slammed the door open, and saw some sort of black smoke pouring into her through her ears and mouth. Her eyes were blank. Then, as Naruto stared wide-eyed in horror, Hinata went limp, and she fell on the footboard of her bed, face first. Naruto slowly approached her limp body, and then, X.A.N.A. 2.0 took over. Hinata got up, and stared into Naruto's eyes. Naruto stared back. He saw some sort of black target-it looked more like an eye. Little did he know that it was the eye of X.A.N.A. Is this some sort of Kekkei Genkai? If it is, then how did Hinata gain it overnight? He thought. Then, she started to get out of bed, and she got closer and closer to Naruto. And then the action started. Hinata drew back her hand in her Gentle Fist stance. She tried to strike Naruto, but he put his hand on her palm as it was charging toward his chest. He grabbed it, spun Hinata around so he was facing her back, pit his arms around her neck, and pulled her towards him into a suffocating stance. He didn't want to hurt her, put his arms had enough pressure to stop her from escaping and bringing harm to anyone.

Meanwhile, the group met up at the Konoha gates.

"Where's Naruto and Hinata?" Sakura asked.

"What the- Yeah, where are they?" Yumi said.

As usual, Sakura jumped to a conclusion that was most likely the wrong way around. She burst with rage. "We'd better go check on what they're…. doing." She said the word doing like it was a curse. (A/N: Yeah. You probably know what she's thinking by now.)

"Sakura, you're known for jumping to the worst conclusions." Shikamaru said

"WHAT?!" Sakura blared with even more rage.

"Sheesh. Troublesome women." Shikamaru remarked.

"Sakura, calm down!" Yumi said. "Don't jump to weird conclusions like that! We can just go check on them! It'll be fine! Calm down!"

"GRRR- I guess you're right." Sakura said.

"What are we waiting for then? Let's go!" Aelita said, and the group took off for Naruto and Hinata's house.

(At Naruto and Hinata's House)

"Naruto! Hinata! Open up!" Sakura said, rapidly knocking. There was no answer. "If you don't open, I'll break down this door!" Still no answer. "OKAY, IF YOU ASKED!" Sakura was about to kick down the door, when Yumi stopped her. She pulled out the lock pick that her brother had used to help her hook up Jeremie's laptop to the school antenna. She inserted the pick, wiggled it around until there was the sound of a door unlocking, and pulled it out. She opened the newly unlocked the door with ease.

"Good job, Yumi." Ulrich said. "Now, where are they?"

The group scavenged the bottom floor, but they couldn't find either Naruto or Hinata. They ran upstairs and immediately heard Naruto's voice-straining. They heard it from Hinata's room, and ran over. As Aelita and Sakura stepped in, they saw Naruto putting Hinata in a suffocating position.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Sakura yelled.

"Hinata's- not- her- normal- kind- and- shy- self." Naruto struggled. "It's- like- she's- possessed."

Aileta observed Hinata's face. She spotted the eye of X.A.N.A. in the shy girl's pearl white orbs. "She is possessed… well, not exactly possessed. She's... a clone."

"But- there- was- black- smoke- that- was- going- "

"Into her? Well, unless X.A.N.A. 2.0 can possess people directly, then she was a clone then." Aileta said.

In fact, the 'Hinata' at the beginning of this chapter was a clone. The real Hinata was stuck in one of Konoha's confined prison cells. The guards hadn't made their rounds, and never would for the time being, since X.A.N.A. 2.0 had gotten to them as well. Plenty smarter than the original. She was knocked out, and just managed to wake up, lying on solid concrete. Wh-where am I? Where's Naruto? She thought. She sat up, turned around, and saw the jail bars in front of her. How did I get in jail? I don't remember committing any crimes… or the police… or the ANBU… what happened? And… where are the others? Surely it wasn't something with Lyoko… right? Hinata couldn't recall X.A.N.A. 2.0's attack on her, so she didn't know why she was jailed of all things.

(Back at Naruto and Hinata's house)

"Soo… it's not the real Hinata?" Naruto asked, feeling relived. First, he didn't have to strangle her any longer, for the shinobi and Lyoko Warriors tied her up to a chair; and second, it wasn't the real Hinata, so he didn't have to worry about hurting her. What he was worried about was where the real Hinata was.

"Well, we need to get to Lyoko as fast as possible, but a few of you need to go find Hinata. Naruto, Sasuke, you guys must separate. Yumi, Sakura, go with them, Odd, Ulrich, and Shikamaru, you all are coming to Lyoko." Aileta said.

"Naruto, I think you should go find Hinata. I'll go to Lyoko." Sasuke said. "You have more of a bond with her than I do. You might as well go."

"Sounds good then. Sasuke, you go to Lyoko, and I'll stay here to help find Hinata." Naruto said.

"And I'll be here to make sure that you two won't get up to anything when we find her." Sakura said angrily.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto said. He was going to continue his argument, but he couldn't think of anything to back it up. Why would Hinata and Naruto move in together if they were just 'good friends' like Yumi and Ulrich? He also knew that Sakura could break the universe with one punch. (A/N: I swear I'm not doing a One Punch Man reference; I don't even watch it; I just know the general stuff!)

"And… I'm assuming that's why I'm here, Aileta?" Yumi said, realizing that she might have to deal with this for hours, depending on how easy it would be to fight on Lyoko with some inexperienced Lyoko Warriors. Though Shikamaru and Sasuke would probably learn the basics quickly.

"Partially, yes." Aileta said, acting like that concept was an original part of her plan. Thankfully, Aileta's acting skills were on point. (Another A/N: Should I have used fleek?)

"Well, okay then." Yumi said, exhausted already. "Just be quick."

"Let's go then! See ya!" Naruto said, and he took off.

"NARUTO, WAIT!" Sakura yelled. She struggled to catch up, as the rest of the group ran to either the scanners or to the middle of Konoha, as both Hinatas sat merciless, whether it was in a jail cell, or a living dining room chair, bound in rope.

A/N:

So, how was the first episode of Boruto? Also, sorry for missing a day! School ALWAYS gets in the way... ugh!