A/N: Hi everyone! Now I'm super excited about this chapter! I hope that you guys are too! This chapter was super hard to name cuz so much crap happens in it but I finally thought of something, pretty crappy but you know what can you do?

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Chapter 35- The Battle Ends…For Now

'What the….' Fumiko stared along with everyone else in complete shock as Hachiro and his team stood up on top of a tree with a confident smirk on his face. 'Why is he back here?!' Did he not know of the danger that he is now in, does he not know how strong the threat is?!

"Oh it's you…." The man said with disinterest evident in his voice. "So you decided to come back…how unfortunate for you." Hachiro's smirk only widen as he punched his fist into his palm.

"You think that I'm gonna let you go on an attack my village and family?" Hachiro jumped down next to his siblings, the other's quickly following suite. "You must not know how I am when it comes to that kind of stuff."

"Hachiro…." Fumiko muttered. "….Why did you come back?" She didn't know what was going on his head. If they could not fight off this monster then what made Hachiro think that he could do any better. "Why didn't you listen and stay back?! There's nothing you can do here just-."

"You didn't hear me did you….?" Fumiko stared in disbelief. "I said that I'm not going to just go back knowing that my village and family are in danger…" Fumiko shared a glance with her sister before sighing. He was turning more and more into Akihiko as time goes by. Hachiro gave his siblings a quick grin then turn back to face the man with determination surrounding him. "Now back to what we were doing."

"Oh you mean preparing to admit defeat?" he chuckled evilly. "Go my pet and kill them quickly….but leave the Hyuga alive." Neji narrowed his eyes and stood in front of them.

"Over my dead body…." Neji growled before stepping into his gentle fist stance. The monster roared before throwing it's fist down onto them. "EIGHT TRIGRAMS AIR PALM!" They Hyuga male thrust his palm towards the approaching fist and sent great force of air, pushing fist backwards and causing the monster to step back, creating the earth beneath them to shake. Tamotsu smirked before rushing at the monster.

"EARTH STYLE: EARTH DRAGON BOMB!" Tamotsu quickly jumped back as a dragon head formed of mud sprouted from the ground and shot a blast of mud towards the monster. Hachiro flipped over Tamotsu and sucked in air before shooting out balls of fire towards the mud blast, transforming it into a deadly ball of fire.

"LIGHTNING STYLE: SHOCK WAVE!" She said as balls of electricity shot from her body and combined with the fire balls, creating an electric ball of energy hurling towards the beast. The monster however roared once more and quickly slapped the ball of energy away, sending it crashing and exploding at a far distance from the others, unfortunately for the man.

Tamotsu frowned. "Man this guy is tough."

"Yeah, that's kinda what we've been telling you this entire time." Aimi rolled her eyes.

"Every attack that we've thrown at him he just blocks. It's like he's indestructible." Masami said with obvious frustration in her voice. This battle has been going on for far too long and her chakra level was slowly starting to deplete. She was starting to actually believe that they won't be making out of this alive. She hated thinking like that but…what else is there to do? There attacks are useless and they can only dodge for so long. So what in the world made Hachiro and her team think that they could do anything, what gave them that hope? What gave Hachiro that hope? She glanced over at Hinata and sighed. 'It has to be…..'

Meanwhile Hanabi was busy trying to search for a small weakness that could benefit them in this battle. Hanabi stared up at monster 'This guy has to have a weakness but the question is where….' As she continued to stare at him an idea suddenly popped into her head. 'Why didn't anyone think of it before…? Instead of attacking the puppet…' "Hey I-" But unfortunately he was unable to convey her thoughts due to her and the others being caught off guard by the beast as he let out a loud howl like scream towards them, creating a massive wind that threw them and many trees a distance away. Hanabi let out a gasp, feeling her body being wrapped by someone, and screamed as they crashed into a tree before falling down to the forest floor. Thankfully the person twisted in the air so that they would get the full impact, keeping Hanabi safe from any true damage. The young Hyuga slowly opened her eyes, which she had subconsciously closed, and stared down with fear quickly sprouted on her face seeing her sister staring up at her with a kind smile on her soft face. "H-H…HINATA?!"

Hinata's Respite

"Damn….." Akihiko muttered as he stood up from his crouching possession, his younger sister wrapped in his arms. Thankfully he was not as injured as he thought he would be.

Aimi looked up and glanced around to see the forest almost leveled from the attack, fully showing how powerful their enemy was. Moving out of her brother's arms, she stood up and scanned him and saw that he had no fatal injuries. "What the hell was that?" She muttered while healing her slightly broken arm.

"That freaking monster obviously." He chuckled, causing Aimi to frown. "Geez Aimi did you hit your head or something?"

"Like jerk!" Aimi shouted. This was no time to be joking around and even she could see that. She gazed past Akihiko then let out a soft gasp. He young man turned his head and saw Fumiko and Hideo holding Shibuki up, who seemed to have been badly injured.

"Lord Shibuki!" He ran over and crouched down to Shibuki was barely breathing.

"I-I'm gonna be fine just…." Akihiko growled and narrowed his eyes at the direction of the monster before turning back to Shibuki. "Aimi, take Shibuki back to the village and heal him." Aimi knew not to argue and placed Shibuki on her shoulders. Shibuki wanted to protest but he found that he could not speak without pain shooting through his body. Hideo frowned and looked around with a worried expression spread across his face.

"Where's Hachiro?" They all stopped and stared at each other in fear. Thankfully they heard a voice from the distance and looked to see Hachiro running up to them with a few scratches and tore clothes. Behind him were the rest of his team and one Hyuga. 'Where's Lady Hinata and Lady Hanabi?' Hideo questioned with concern and worry.

"Hey are you guess okay?!" Hachiro ran up with concern written in his voice. This was a defiant first for them to actually see their brother show concern, at least to them. It was almost touching. But the look on Hachiro's face showed that something horrible has reached his mind and panic slowly to creep in his eyes.

"W-Where's Hinata?" Hachiro looked around hysterically. "Where's Hinata?!"

Hinata's Respite

"B-Big sister….?!" Hanabi shook as tears started to flow down her eyes. How could this…..why would she do that?! "W-Why would you-."

"Y-You are my little sister…." Hinata spoke slowly. "I-I have to protect you…no matter what." Hanabi gasped. "I-I…haven't been the best when it came to that but…now…I actually…"

"Shut up Hinata!" Hanabi shouted with tears burning down her face. "You sound like you're going to die or something!" Hanabi was not going to let her sister talk as if this was their final moment together. She was not going let her sister talk as if she was about to die….Hanabi was not going to lose her….not like her mother…"I'm not going to lose you….not like….not like I lost mother…." The two sisters sat in silence as the memory of their mother flashed in their minds.

"Hanabi….did I ever tell you about the day that you were born?" Hinata spoke in almost a whisper, breaking the depressing silence that hovered over them. Hanabi immediately looked back at her sister and shook her head.

"No…."

Hinata giggled. "Well…it was a spring day, I was just coming home from picking flowers with Ko when I heard from an Elder that I was about to have a little brother or sister, I was so excited that I demand that they take me to the Hospital to take me to see you." Hanabi couldn't help but giggle at those words. Just imagining her older sister demanding to see her was almost too much for her. But eventually she stopped and continued to listen to her sister's words. "I was so nervous though, I wander if you would like me or….if you would hate me." Hanabi never thought that Hinata had thought that she would hate her. "When I walked in the room and saw you, I literally jumped over in joy. Mother told that you were named Hanabi and that I was now going to have to be a big sister and protect you….I took that to heart so much that I would follow Mother everywhere so that I can be sure that no harm would come to you. But as you grew older and stronger….I felt that you no longer needed my help…I felt like I failed Mother…I'm just glad that I could protect you and be the Older sister that you need." Hanabi sniffed as tears started to fall from her eyes. Why would her sister think like that? Did she not know of how much Hanabi looks up to her? Does she not know about how Hanabi wants to grow up to be someone like her? Why did she think that…that she failed her?

"You…." Hanabi spoke softly. "…You were always the big sister I needed Hinata. In fact…You're my role model." Hanabi looked into her sister's eyes to convey that every word that she spoke of was indeed the truth. "I've always been told by everyone in the Academy and on the compound about how kind you were…how much of an amazing Kunoichi you were. Everyone is always talking about how Beautiful you are…how much of an excellent cook you are…..I was so fascinate by you and how the Hyuga Clan did not affect the way you viewed life….I was so…I was so interested…I wanted to be like you so bad….." Hinata was in complete shock as her sister said these words. She never thought that someone as strong willed and brave as Hanabi would actually look up to someone like her. Hinata felt tears rolling down her face. "But enough talking, you need to save your strength so that when-." Hanabi stopped as a dark shadow hovered over her and her sister.

"Aww how touching, two sisters dying together…" The man chuckled as he stared down at the young Hyuga females. "Well…my master will surely be upset about this but….you can't fight nature." He stopped and stepped back seeing the dark look in Hanabi's eyes.

"Don't you….ever….touch my sister!" She quickly got into her fighting stance.

"Hm, the same look as your father?" the man straightened up. "But mere appearance alone never wins any battles." He cleared his throat and smirked as the monster stomped over to them with his clawed hand out. The man jumped onto that hand and motioned for the monster to face the young Hyuga. "Farwell little girl…I so wish that we could've known each other better but all is well that ends well." He chuckled and commanded the beat to lift his foot into the air. "…Now die!" Hanabi quickly activated her Byakugan and narrowed her eyes at the monster before stepping once again in her stance.

Hanabi needed to protect her sister….she was not going to let her die! "EIGHT TRIGRAMS PALM ROTATION!" Hanabi spun around rapidly, creating a chakra dome around her and Hinata. Memories of Hinata guided her through the technique flowed through her mind, motivating her to move fast and release more chakra. The dome grew larger and wider as she continued to rotate, surprising the man above her. 'Where did such a girl get such power from?' He questioned in his mind. Hinata too was surprised by this sudden burst of power from her younger sibling. 'Hanabi…..'

The monster howled in pain as its foot was continually attacked by the girl's technique. "Don't stop you fool! She can only handle this much pressure for so long." He smirked. Hanabi knew that his word's held truth. Her body could only stand so much chakra and right now she was exerting way past her limit. But she could not stop….not while he continued to threaten the life of her dear sister. She needed to push herself past her limit, past the barriers that confined her. She needed to protect her sister!

"Lady Hanabi!" She gasped and quickly stopped and pushed her and her sister away as the foot of the beast smashed down to the ground, causing debris of earth to spread around and a crater the size of a small room. She looked back up and smiled in relief seeing her cousin and the other's running towards her. He stopped however with horror written on his face. "Lady Hinata?!" He sped over to Hinata's side with concern and fear.

"Hinata….!" Hachiro followed and wrapped her in his arms. "Hinata wake up!" He screamed with tears threatening to fall from his eyes. No….he can't lose her….not now…not ever…His heart however jumped when he saw her lavender eyes staring up at him, though it looked like she was forcing them to open. "Hinata…." He muttered.

"…!" Fumiko and Hideo rushed over to Hinata's side. "Is she going to be okay?" Fumiko asked to no one in particular.

""Where's Aimi?!" Hachiro glanced around in a panic.

"She went to go take Shibuki back to the village." Hideo said softly as he tried not to look his brother in the eyes. Hachiro cursed under his breath.

"It's going to be okay Hinata….I promise…" He tried to assure the young Heiress.

"Turn her around!" they all looked up to see Masami speeding up to them. Hachiro nodded and slowly placed Hinata on her back. Masami crouched down and ripped Hinata's shirt opened, revealing a deep and blood covered gap in her back. Hachiro bit his lip with a tear falling from his eye, glancing at the amount of blood leaking out of the gap. Masami placed her hands above the wound with a calculating look on her face. "Thankfully we came just in time before the wound became more fatal then it is now." Masami assured them. She took a deep breath and allowed a hue of green chakra to release from her hands, slowly repairing the opened wound.

Kiyomi walked up to Hachiro but stopped, feeling the dark pressure exuding from his body. 'Hachiro….' The brown haired boy stared up with pure rage in his eyes. "You…..are going to pay for touching my Hinata!" Hachiro ran up to the monster, ignoring the calls from his friends and family to stop. This man…no…this monster dared to touch his Hinata…he was going to pay for what he did.

The man chuckled evilly. "Well I see that this is going to be a fun match….let's make it so that it isn't interrupted!" He raised his hand into the air and smirked as a black ball shot into the sky and covered around him, the beast and Hachiro.

"Hachiro!" They all shouted and banged their fist at the black barrier that shielded the battle.

"No…." Fumiko muttered and fell on her knees. 'Hachiro….no….'

Hinata's Respite

"Lord Shibuki!" The elder's cried out as Aimi rushed past them within the hospital and placed him on a stretcher. Aimi was thankful to whoever was watching over her that she had made it before his wounds grew more and more fatal. Not even taking the time to rest, she ripped open his wound and started to release enough chakra to heal their fallen leader. She couldn't however ignore all the injured ninja that laid next to her leader. How could a monster be the cause this much damage?

"What happened?!" She heard her father say as he and members of the consul ran in hysterically. She however paid him no mind and continued her work on Shibuki. Aimi did however take a small glance and saw that he too had experienced wounds but defiantly not as fatal as Shibuki.

"This monster thing is way stronger than we thought." She muttered while not removing her eyes from the Lord. "I don't know how Akihiko and the others are going to beat it…."

"What others?" Her father asked.

"Fumiko, Hideo, Masami-sensei's squad and the Hyugas." She said softly. Akihiro's eyes widened in both shock and fear, much to the surprise of Aimi.

"Masami's squad….you mean Hachiro is out there?!" Aimi nodded slowly. "And you just let him out there?!" He shouted. "What kind of judgment-."

"Hachiro is a ninja just like the rest of us!" Aimi stopped her father from going further. "Hachiro…..Hachiro is like not some child anymore. He is a ninja of this village and like everyone he must be in battle…he must fight." She stopped and stared at her father. "Daddy, it's time that you stop treating him as if he's a child because whether you like it or not….He's not."

"Do you think that I don't know that?!" Aimi gasped. She never saw her father with such look in his eyes, such pain and sorrow in his eyes. "You think that I don't know that….he's becoming a man….? I know that but…."

"Daddy…." She said softly. "Why are you so hard on him then, why do you-?"

"Because I can see the potential in him…" He muttered. "He has the potential to become the strongest ninja in this village but he won't if someone isn't hard on him. He needs to be pushed."

"What he needs is a father!" She turned sharply back to Shibuki and returned to healing him. "Something that he hasn't had in a while."

Akihiro stared in disbelief at his usually bubbly daughter speaking to him in such a way about his son and her brother. What did she mean by what she said? "I….."

"Don't tell me that you've been his Father because like you haven't." She said coldly. "Always beating him down, never acknowledging his strengths but criticizing his weaknesses. You never once told him that you were proud of him…." She stared up at him again, her bright blue eyes showing nothing but anger. "….Don't lie and say that what I'm saying is a lie because you know that it's true." She turned back to Shibuki and sighed, finally done healing him. She stood back up and turned towards the door. "Now if you like need me…I have a brother to help." She was about to move when she felt her father's hand on her wrist. She looked back at inwardly gasped at the look in his eyes.

"You….." He spoke but stopped. "You're right…."

"Akihiro do you honestly expect on going back out there and-."

"My children are out there damn it!" He narrowed his eyes at the older man. "Now if you don't mind, I need to protect them." He stared down at his daughter who nodded and smiled at him. "Protect Lord Shibuki while I'm gone." He said before running with his daughter out of the hospital and into the streets. His daughter was right…he has not been a father to his sons and daughters, especially Hachiro. But he was going to change that, he was going to do whatever was in his power to save his children from this threat….even if that meant sacrificing his life.

Hinata's Respite

Hachiro quickly flipped onto a tree branch before hopping off and landing onto another, seeing that the monster's tail was coming towards his direction. 'This monster is tough…..' He thought. 'Completely unbeatable but….there has to be a weakness.' He narrowed his eyes at the beast. 'Wait….' He gasped. 'I know what to do!' He jumped out of his hiding spot and stepped in front of the beast.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Akihiko shouted towards his brother. What the hell was his brother thinking about running out in front of that thing? He cursed under his breath and banged his fist on the barrier. 'Damn it, Damn it, Damn it!'

"He figured it out…." Hinata muttered, causing everyone to give her their attention. They were all surprised on how fast Hinata had healed from such a wound, but Neji knew that it was due to the Miyamoto blood that ran through her that caused her to heal so quickly.

"What are you talking about?" Tamotsu asked. Hinata slowly stood up, with the help of her cousin and sister. Neji quickly removed his vest and wrapped it around her body, covering her body. "He found out how to beat him….." They all gasped and turned back to the fight.

Hachiro smirked. "Come on big guy come and get me!" The monster looked down at him and roared before throwing his fist towards Hachiro. Thinking on his feet, the young ninja jumped backwards, allowing the fist to land in front of him, and flipped forward, landing on the monster's fist. "If I can't beat the puppet, then I'll just beat the once controlling it!" He ran the monster's arm. The beast growled before quickly sprouting spikes from his arm, trying to throw Hachiro off. The boy however would not give up and quickly motioned around the spikes that threatened his life. Everyone watched as Hachiro twisted and turned around each spike that sprouted in front of him with amazement. 'When did Hachiro become this fast?' Hideo thought. But he was broken out of his thoughts by the gasps of everyone around him. He looked back up and bit his lip seeing as one grew a few inches to Hachiro's body, knocking him off the arm. 'Not giving up!' Hachiro pulled out a long wire from his back pouch and tossed it around the monster's arm. Hachiro thrust himself forward and swung around the arm before landing back where he was before.

"My, you are annoying." The man frowned. "You just don't know when to die!" He slammed his hand on top of the monster head and smirked as a wave of hands headed towards Hachiro. Hachiro stepped back and pulled out a scroll and quickly summoned the sword he had used before and rushed at the hands approaching him with killing intent.

Hinata and the others watched as Hachiro continued to battle through the hands with pride and excitement.

"I never thought that Hachiro was so skilled." Hideo said in astonishment.

Kiyomi giggled. "Well with how much he trains, I thought that you would have guessed." Hideo glanced at the blond before nodding.

"I guess I should've."

Akihiko smirked. "Well when he has a brother such as me, my greatness has to have rubbed off on him eventually." He gloated with a sparkling grin on his face. Fumiko rolled her eyes at her brother.

"Honestly I hope he doesn't have your ego." Akihiko stuck his tongue out.

Masami shook her head and glanced at Hinata. "Is your back okay?" Hinata jumped and turned to smile at Masami.

"Yes thank you for healing it." She bowed. Masami patted Hinata on her shoulder and gave her a rare smile.

"I should be thanking you actually." Hinata quickly looked up and blushed.

"F-For what?"

Masami chuckled. "For giving Hachiro this strength….." Masami said with her smile still on her face. "I never saw Hachiro like this about anything before….he never had such a fire in him, such motivation…..It's because of you that he has a reason to fight, to become stronger. He used to only want to improve for the benefit of becoming noticed by his father, his friends, and his siblings….understandable but selfish reasons. But now….he wants to become stronger so that he can protect you….he's doing this all for you….so thank you for giving him a better reason to fight than for his own benefit." Hinata gazed back over back to Hachiro who continued to slice through the many arms and hands that were heading towards him.

'Hachiro…..is fighting for me…..' Hinata looked down. "Hachiro…."

"AHH!" Everyone gasped, causing Hinata to look up and gasped with them as she watched Hachiro being held up in the air by a black claw like hand. Hinata bit her lip. 'No….' Hinata let a small tear fall from her eyes.

Hachiro narrowed his eyes as the man motioned for the arm to come to him. "You really thought that you could defeat me….how pathetic!" He grabbed the arm and sent an electric shock from his arm to the arm holding Hachiro, shocking the young ninja.

"AHH!" Hachiro screamed in pain.

"It was a nice try though….but now I must end-." He stopped and stared down at the group with fear hidden in his eyes. Everyone looked around and wondered what he was looking at until they felt a dark and ominous presence near them.

"What is that?" Kiyomi asked before looking towards Hinata, regretted it as soon her eyes landed on the Hyuga.

Hanabi and Neji stepped back with worried yet scared expressions. "H-Hinata…..?"

"Don't you…" Hinata muttered, her eyes starting to glow a dark and ominous purple. "…Dare touch…MY HACHIRO!" She roared as she smashed through the shield and rush towards him in an animalistic fashion.

The man stepped away from the waterfall ninja. "S-Stay away from me!" the monster roared as it was about to stomp on the young Hyuga but unfortunately Hinata was ten times as fast as before and there for was much harder to catch. The young heiress hopped high into the air and landed straight onto his arm. "I SAID BACK AWAY!" He summoned another wave of hands but as he feared, the attack held no result in his favor. She sliced through the hands as if they were nothing but mere grass that stood in her way. The man called back summoned hand that held Hachiro and ready for Hinata to arrive. Hinata flipped in the air and landed in front of the man with a demon like stare.

"You…you tried to touch my Hachiro….."

"S-Stay back!" The man down and stayed to crawl away.

"You're trying to run….pathetic!" Hachiro watch as Hinata, at least he thinks that woman before him was Hinata, slowly approached the man. 'Hinata….this isn't you….' Hachiro stood up with a slight struggle and slowly started to walk over to Hinata.

"H-Hinata, stop…." He called out and wrapped his arms around her. "Don't let this power take over you…." Hinata's eyes widened before she let tears fall from her eyes. 'What have I become?!' Hinata fell down to her knees, bringing Hachiro with her and turned into his embrace. "Hinata….." He muttered into her hair. Suddenly he felt a presence and looked up to see the man hovering over them with a clawed hand out.

"DIE!" Hachiro quickly rolled Hinata and himself off the monster's head and watched as the man stabbed through the monster's head. "W-What….?!" The man tried to pull his hand out but unfortunately it was stuck within the monster skull. 'Now's my chance!' Hachiro summoned back his sword and tossed it straight at the monster's chest. He quickly did a hand sign, with Hinata still in his arms, and smirked.

"FIRE STYLE: DRAGON FLAME JUSTU!" He breathed in before sending out a large blast of fire towards his sword, causing the blade to become consumed with the fire and bursting it faster toward the monster's chest. The monster's roaring seized at the flaming weapon sliced through the monster's chest, and pulled out its heart. Everyone watched as the giant heart cracked onto the ground and disintegrate into dust then looked up to see Hachiro and Hinata falling down towards the ground.

"Hachi-." Akihiko was about to run forward when he felt two strong chakra's running past him. 'That felt like….'

He had no time to think, he needed to save him and Hinata from the fall but unfortunately he had no chakra left…..'At least I saved you before….' He stopped his train of thought when he felt his body hovering over to the ground. He looked up and gasped seeing someone that he never thought would even think about saving his life his concerned in his life "Dad…." The look his father was giving him was almost too much for him to handle. In his Father's eyes was a look of concern…worry….emotions that he never thought his father could ever express. He was about to say more as soon as they had landed safety on the ground when a loud howl was heard from behind them. Him and his father looked back and saw the beast slowly transforming into complete stone before crumbling down towards them. Hachiro wrapped his arms protectively around Hinata then ran with his father away from the crumbling giant. Hachiro was confused, why was his father here and why did he save him? Wouldn't he be happy if he wasn't around? Hachiro shook his head and faced forward. He had no time to think about why though. He needed to get Hinata somewhere safe. Putting aside his thoughts on his father's strange behavior, Hachiro let out as much chakra as he could and sped up with his father by his side.

"HACHIRO!" Hachiro felt himself being pushed and looked to see his father tossing both of them aside as a piece of the monster fell from above them. They both watched as the piece started to fade and turn into dust before their eyes. Hachiro looked back at his father who once again showed concern. "Are you okay son?"

Hachiro nodded his head before quickly turning to the direction of his name being called. "Hachiro!" He saw Akihiko and the others running up to them. "Are you guys okay?" His brother asked worriedly.

Akihiro nodded. "Yeah, just a few scratches though." Aimi sighed in relief.

Neji on the other hand was running up with complete panic in his eyes. "Lady Hinata?!" He crouched down and gently touched her face and smiled seeing her eyes slowly opened.

"B-Big brother….." Hinata whispered before trying to stand up, but was caught off guard by Hachiro's embrace. She looked down and blushed at the worried look on Hachiro's face.

"Hinata…..I was so worried…" He pulled her back into his embrace and buried his head in hair as before. "You really did scare me there…." He whispered in her ear. Hinata looked down and felt tears being pushed back.

"I'm sorry Hachiro…" She said softly.

The small moment between the two was quickly interrupted by the sound of Neji clearing his throat. "I would be most appreciated if you would let me see my cousin." He said with held back anger in his voice. Hachiro did not want to give Hinata up but knew not to try and argue with the Hyuga genius, so Hachiro slowly loosened his embrace and allowed Hinata to walk over to her cousin. "Now…Lady Hinata are you okay?" Hinata nodded slowly. Neji sighed. "That's good but don't ever do something like that again Lady Hinata, you nearly scared me and your sister to death." Hinata looked down at Hanabi who nodded quickly.

"I'm sorry Big Brother…." Hinata said softly. Neji and Hanabi glanced at each other before sighing and smiling towards the heiress.

"It's o-." The stopped and quickly turned to see the mysterious man struggling while walking over to them.

"Y-You think that….that this is the e-end?!" He roared. "I-I'm not finished with you yet!" Everyone quickly got into their fighting stances and prepared to battle with the man once more. The man was about to attack when he stopped mid step. "What? But Master!" He growled in the air. Everyone watched as he once again argued with himself. 'Who is he talking too?' Hinata thought. "….Yes sir…" he muttered then glared at the group. "This is not the last time that you will see me…I'll be back for my revenge." he growled then to everyone's surprise, starting to fade into the ground, leaving them all in both confusion….and fear. Hachiro narrowed his eyes at the stop that the man disappeared with a determined look. 'I'll never let you touch her…..'

"Hachiro…." Hachiro looked up and turned to see his father staring at him. "….Good job." Akihiko and his other siblings turned to face their father with shock in their eyes. Did their own Father just say good job to Hachiro…did he just praise him? Hachiro stood there frozen in his stop, to shock to move his body or his lips. His father, the one man that has been the hardest to please in his life…..had just the two words that Hachiro wanted to be for him since he could remember. All his life he has been dreaming of this moment. He spent nights thinking about how he was going to react….whether he could hug his father or shake his hand or pound fist but….all that planning, all that dreaming left his mind. There was only one word that Hachiro could say at this moment.

"Thanks Dad…" Hachiro bowed to his father. His Father smiled, shocking everyone even more, and returned the bow with his own. Everyone knew that this was more than a simple thank you….this was a moment of regret, a moment of sadness and a moment of forgiveness. This was a moment between the two men who fought bravely to protect their village. Akihiko grinned at the scene with hidden pride in his brother. He always knew that Hachiro had it in him and what Masami said earlier was in deed correct. Hinata Hyuga drew that strength out of him. He and his whole family were more than eternally grateful to the young girl for what she has done for their brother.

"Now, let's all head back to the village and inform them that the threat has been dealt with." His father returned to his usual stance they all nodded and started to jump into back into the trees. Hachiro however stood there staring at Hinata, who also did not leave with the others.

"Hinata you…." Hinata smiled and gently grabbed his hand.

"I want to walk with you…." She blushed and looked away. Hachiro slowly grinned at Hinata and nodded then walked with her side by side towards his home. "You know I…I was really worried back there."

"I can tell." He chuckled but stopped feeling his body beginning to ache. Hinata noticed this and quickly helped him remain upright.

"Hachiro be careful you-." Hachiro silenced his worried girlfriend by trapping her lips with his own. Hinata moaned softly and wrapped her arms around his neck and deepening his kiss with a large blush on her face. Hachiro backed away slowly before pecking her cheek.

"I love you Hinata….and I don't want you to lose it like that, it scares me." Hachiro lowered his gaze. He didn't want to see Hinata with that much anger in her eyes. He wanted her to stay sweet and kind….not angry and blood thirsty.

Hinata gasped and looked away. "I'm sorry Hachiro I…I just didn't want you to get hurt…" She said with a small tear coming down her cheek. She looked up and saw Hachiro's hand on her wet cheek.

"Hinata…." He said softly. Hinata blushed and slowly moved her head closer to his and placed a small kiss on his lips. "You don't have to worry about me. I'm not going to die…I'm not going to leave you ever." Hinata smiled at his words and nodded.

"Neither am I." She said then pulled him with her. "Come one, we have to get back to the village." Hachiro wanted to stay with her more but knew that she was indeed right about that. The two lovers walked hand in hand down the dark forest, not fearing the shadows that surrounded them. Being around each other gaze them strength and bravery that they never knew they could possess.

Suddenly a thought came to Hachiro and a sly smile grew on his face. "Hey Hinata….?"

"Yes Hachiro?"

"Since when did I become 'your' Hachiro?" Hinata stopped and narrowed her eyes at the Nakamura, with a face as read as any tomato out in the world.

"I-I um…" Hinata had no idea what to say. She didn't want to appear selfish in front of him but…When she saw him about to be attack; she couldn't help but let out the anger within her.

"You know, I kinda like that actually. It's really cute." He teased. "Isn't it Cutie?" He winked.

Hinata crossed her arms and walked forward. "Okay well when did I become 'your' Hinata?" She giggled. Hachiro blushed and looked away.

"You were awake for that?" Hinata nodded with a smile. "Well um…..I can't help it if I'm possessive." He countered.

"And I can't help it if I am too." Hinata covered her mouth with widen eyes. Did she reveal too much? Hinata gasped feelings arms wrapped around her.

"I guess we're just two possessive people." He said softly into her ear. Hinata nodded slowly only to jump, feeling herself being picked up bridal style. She and Hachiro shared a gaze while he walked forward. It amazed Hachiro on how light Hinata was for someone her age but then again he should be grateful, knowing that he could barely hold up Kiyomi for a long amount of time before falling on his back.

"Hachiro you don't have to-."

"I know that…" Hachiro chuckled. "But I want to." Hinata stared at the man holding her and slowly kissed him on his cheek. Hachiro blushed and cleared his throat. "I-I um….." He gazed into Hinata's eyes and smiled softly. "I love you…"

"I love you too." She giggled.

"Awww how cute!" Both looked up and gasped at the scene before them.

A/N: Well that was it for now. Pretty long huh? I'm actually pretty happy about this chapter (Especially being the almost end of this part of the story) I'm so tired though haha but I just want to give everyone a heads up. OKAY so this story has pretty much two or three sagas.

The beginning

-Hachiro and Hinata met, Katsuro mission, they get together.

The middle

-Basically seeing how they are together, building the relationship and blah blah blah, and learning more about Hachiro and the other team's past

Now here's the thing,

-The end is coming soon (not really soon but soon) there might be like a few chapters or before the ending saga but basically it's coming to a close.

I wanted to like give you guys a head's up cuz I hate it when I'm blind sited when a story ends hahahahaha but you guys don't have to worry for a while sooooooooooooo yeah :P

Anyways, that's pretty much it….Don't forget to review or something