okay so I feel like a lot happened in this chapter but the next part is coming shortly. i hope everyone likes this and dont fret, some well earned drama is on its way!
Itachis POV:
We were almost at the boating dock of the hidden mist and I could tell Kisame was nervous.
"I wish we didn't miss the departing time of this boat yesterday. All the sitting around we did got me thinking" he said to me. All three of us were standing in front of the boat. We couldn't see much do to the fog though.
"You'll be okay, you heard Kakashi" Hinata spoke before me, putting her hand on his shoulder for reassurance. I smirked a bit, I had never noticed the extreme height difference in the two until now.
"I'm hoping so because if not I'll be riding the execution train" he said, trying to laugh it off. It was rather strange hearing him like this considering he was never scared of death, he always laughed in its face. Maybe if we left yesterday morning as planned, he would still be riding off of adrenaline to face his consequences.
"Well, looks like we're here" Kisame spoke again, changing the subject.
"I can't even see three feet in front of me, how do you know?" Hinata asked, looking around everywhere.
"My eyes have adjusted to fog over the years. I was born here, you know" he told her and turned to started walking towards the door of the boat we were on.
"It'll be easier to see when were on land and not on the water. Plus, it's dark out which doesn't help" he informed us, opening the door to step off. We walked onto the dock and just followed him.
"I'm surprised you're not being stopped yet" I said out loud to make conversation, even if it wasn't a great topic.
"These guys wouldn't know me. The closer we get to the village though, then that's the problem" he said, glancing at the both of us.
None of said anything after that, we just walked in silence. It wasn't a long walk either and the closer we got I could see buildings above where the fog had stopped. It was a rather large village.
"State your business" a guard said a little loudly as we got near twenty feet to the entrance. I went to open my mouth but Hinata took a step forward.
"We're here on behave of the leaf village. The Hokage has sent us to transport this missing nin back to the Mizukage, as per her request" Hinata said, standing tall and professional.
The guards eyes widened looking at Kisame and me, they must have known who we were, especially Kisame. The guard was an older shinobi so he must remember who he was. Not to mention he had Samehada on his back, a precious piece of the mist's history.
"Why isn't he detained?" the guard asked skeptically looking at Kisame, taking a step forward looking like was ready to fight.
"He's not the enemy anymore. Please let us by" Hinata demanded nicely.
"No. This could be a set up to hurt our Mizukage and I will not allow it" he said and raised his right hand, making a sign with it. He must of been calling for backup.
"We're not here to hurt anyone. Send for her assistant, Chojuro" she stated and I could tell by her tone she was becoming annoyed but started a fight in another village was looked down upon.
Before I knew it, five other mist shinobi appeared, all belonging to anbu of course. They moved quickly. Two of them slamming Kisame on the ground, rather rudely I should say. Then I felt my body going towards the ground, I was also slammed on the ground being tied up. My face twisted because of my rib but I didn't bother fighting. It was pointless.
"This isn't necessary. We're not the bad guys!" Hinata said trying to protest. I looked over at her and she was being tied up as well, at least she wasn't on the ground. I looked at Kisame again, one of the anbu tying him up had grabbed Samehada off his back too.
"Stay quiet" the guard who originally stopped us told her. I rolled my eyes knowing we were going to be questioned over nothing.
As we were being pushed forward through the streets of the mist, some of the villages were awake and they were staring at us.
"Well, aren't you guys just open about everything" Hinata mocked them, knowing full well she was thinking the same thing I was. They ignored her and we kept moving.
"I can't wait until the Mizukage realizes her guards are idiots" Hinata said again and I smirked, her mouth would get her in trouble one day.
"Do you ever stop talking?" the regular shinobi in front of us asked, looking at her.
"No, not really" she poked back and I glanced at Kisame. He wanted to laugh, I could see it.
"Stop!" a voice yelled from in front of us. I looked forward to see a man around my age approaching us. He had short blue-ish white hair and glasses. He had a vest on with the Kirigakure symbol on the front of it.
"Chojuro-sama" the guard spoke and stopped moving in front of him. Ah, the Mizukages assistant.
"Why is a fellow village's shinobi tied up?" he questioned the guard, eyebrows raised and moved closer and I took note of his teeth were also sharp like Kisames.
"They claim to be transporting this missing nin" the guard said pointing towards Kisame.
"Well that would be correct" Chojuro told him and the guard didn't speak.
"I told you!" Hinata belted out, rubbing it in.
"I would suggest summoning me before you decide to arrest three shinobi next time. You're lucky the Hokage is a nice person or this could have started an argument among our leaders" Chojuro said put them all in their place. Mainly the guard though considering the Anbu were just doing their job when they were summoned.
"Before you left, I request you give me Samehada" Chojuro demanded, holding his hand out. He knew the name of Kisames sword?
"Yes, Chojuro-sama" he said and the ties behind my back were freed and I rubbed my wrist. The guard and all the anbu vanished, leaving the four of us.
"Thank you, it was good timing you were walking around over here" I said to Chojuro.
"I was actually on my way to inform the guards of your arrival. The messenger bird just got here about a half-hour ago" he explained to us.
"Come, follow me. We shall talk on our way to the Mizukages quarters" Chojuro spoke, turning his back toward us. We all gave each other a small look and followed him.
"So, Hoshigaki Kisame. Pleased to finally meet you" Chojuro spoke, I became curious, did he actually meet that?
"You might of left here a bad guy, but you left behind a legacy with Samehada here" Chojuro said, extending the sword out to Kisame for him to take it back.
"Did I really?" Kisame asked, I could hear the small excitement in his voice.
"Anyone whos ever been apart of the Seven Swordsman know about you" Chojuro said, smirking. Was he a member?
"Well, that's a good thing to hear. I live up to my reputation then" Kisame said and I looked over to him smirking.
"Well, I'm sure the three of you are aware of the circumstances we are under, I'm sure Kakashi filled you in" Chojuro said and I raised my eyebrow. Did he knew Kakashi personally? He spoke his name so freely.
"That's why we're here. Delivering Kisame" Hinata said, finally speaking which caused Chojuro to look at her.
"I mean no disrespect when I say this but you and Kakashi's bodyguard Neji look so much alike and it's sort of creeping me out" Chojuro spoke and a laugh came out of my me. Hinata glared at me. That was the one thing about her family she would never escape and that was the resemblance to one another.
"Neji is my cousin, my name is Hinata by the way" she informed him and gave him a small smile.
"So you're Hinata.. Interesting" Chojuro spoke and we continued walking. We were close, it was the tallest building in the village with a lot of steps. I remember hearing about it once. I could see it from where we were.
"What does that mean?" she asked suspiciously, I was curious too but I didn't want to be the one to ask.
"Hey, we made it" Kisame said, butting into the conversation.
As we made our way up the stairs, our formation had become a line. Chojuro led the way, followed by Kisame, Hinata and then myself. I wanted to be in the back of Hinata to make sure she didn't need my help on the stairs because of her back.
We had reached the Mizukages office door rather quickly and Chojuro opened it, letting all of us walk in. He moved himself to behind Mei who was sitting in her chair and the three of us lined up shoulder to shoulder.
"Mizukage-sama" Hinata and I said at the same time and bowed out of respect. Kisame didn't, however.
"Please call me Mei, Kakashi is a friend of mine. No need for formalities now" Mei said but she blushed slightly when she said Kakashi. Hmm.. both her and her assistant spoke so casually about him. It was rather weird to me.
"Anyways, I'm glad you guys made it here safely, I hope the trip wasn't to long" she said to us.
"Two and a half days, tomorrow will be our third day on traveling. We would of been here last night but we missed the boat yesterday" I informed her.
"Well, I wish Kakashi told me he was sending you. I would of informed him it only sails once a day" she spoke, rolling her eyes.
"It was last minute for reasons that are irrelevant" I told her so she wouldn't stress out about it.
"If we weren't short on time I would personally go there myself and straighten him out. But, we have bigger matters to attend to which I'm sure you are all aware of" Mei said, getting right to the point.
"I would actually like to speak about something involving that, if that's okay" Kisame said, I turned towards him. Was he talking about Obito's plan?
"Go ahead" she spoke, sitting back in her chair.
"I know all the details of the eye of the moon plan" he told her, and I looked over towards her. She seemed unfazed and didn't react and then it dawned on me. By looking at her age, she must of been trained during one of the bloodiest and worst times of this villages. This woman has definitely seem and done some things.
"How do you know this? I thought Kakashi was going to ask a gentleman by the name of Itachi for details" she said sitting up a little. She rested her chin on her hands like Tsunade did.
"I'm Itachi and he did ask me but I ran into a problem with that," I said, interrupting them. I was actually surprised she nor Chojuro knew who I was. I was also in the bingo book, did they not look at it?
"No matter what the problem was, your friend here seems to know the answer so let's listen" she said sort of rudely. I'm sure she wasn't always like this. It was rather late and she's probably wanted to go home, not be in her office anymore.
"The eye of the moon plan is to cast an infinite tsukuyomi on the moon, trapping everybody in a dream world you could say to they would have eternal peace" Kisame told her, all my attention was on Kisame now.
"So we need to take down Obito quickly then" Mei said in an icy voice.
"Yes, I don't believe anyone but him knows about this plan" Kisame admitted.
"I will send word to the other villages, including the leaf. Everyone needs to be made aware quickly" she spoke, standing from her desk.
"I'll do it for you. It's closer to my home, you would be going out of your way" Chojuro interfered with her plan to do it herself.
"Very well then. Now, the real reason why we're here" Mei said, looking Kisame up and down. I felt the tension falter but only a little bit.
"Since I wasn't your Mizukage at the time of your crimes and you're help with the leaf. I'm pardoning you of your crimes but only on behalf of two conditions. If you refuse, you will be imprisoned to live out your life behind bars until death comes for you" she said again. I was bewildered by her use of mixed emotions.
"I will do anything" Kisame spoke, kneeling to one knee. Was I witnessing this correctly? Kisame was respecting authority? I mean granted, we both had come a long way. He was rather nice to people in the leaf..
"You are to be my personal bodyguard until I see otherwise and when you're not here you will form a team of anyone willing to help find the remaining five swords that rightfully belong to this village. I will not retire as Mizukage looking like I went soft. I still want us to be feared if need be" Mei said with pride. I understood where she was coming from.
"So I see.." Kisame said and looked like he was thinking. If he didn't agree to these terms I would personally slap the back of his head for being an idiot.
"I accept" he spoke, making eye contact with her.
"Wonderful. You will start tomorrow, tonight I believe we should all get some rest. Chojuro, show them to their rooms for the night" Mei signaled to him. He walked around her desk and past us, waiting at the door. Kisame had gotten off of the floor and followed us.
"Goodnight, Mizukage" Hinata said sweetly before we left.
"That was a quick exchange" I said out loud once the door to her office was closed.
"We've had a really long day, she's tired. She normally talks your ear off" Chojuro mumbled as he continued forward. He eventually had stopped in front of two doors that were across the hall from one another.
"Well, here are your rooms. If you guys need anything, I'm down the hallway, it's the only door down there. I have to go send warnings now" he said, giving us a small smirk before he left us in the hallway.
"Thank you, rest well" Hinata spoke and entered the room to the left.
"We'll have to get your ribs checked out in the morning" she spoke when I shut the door.
"I'll be fine, love" I said to her and realized what I said. It came out of my mouth so fast. Not that it was a bad word it was just different. She looked at me and giggled. Okay, at least she accept it.
"Even though what you called me was cute, you're going" she said sweetly and it scared me. How did females do that? It always bothered me. My mother used to do it to my father when he annoyed her. I always knew when she used that certain tone to leave the room.
*next morning*
We decided to take Kisame back to Mei personally, even though the walk wasn't long. We wanted to say goodbye to everyone, especially Kisame. We weren't sure when we were going to see him again. Plus, we already missed the boat to go home so what would one more day hurt in all reality. I knew Kakashi was probably relieved I was gone.
"Thank you again for escorting Kisame back to his home. I wish you both safe travels" Mei said to us. I looked at Kisame and we exchanged a look of goodbye. It was enough for the both of us. Hinata on the other hand..
"Be good, I want to be on your side in a month, not against you" Hinata said, giving Kisame a hug.
"No worries little Hyuga" he chuckled, returning her hug and then letting her go. She wiped a tear from her eye. I got it though, she had been with him everyday for a really long time. I was once in her shoes. Him and I were together everyday for a long time.
"Hyuga you say?" Mei asked, we all looked at her.
"Yes but no" Hinata said awkwardly.
"No need to explain. I've heard of your family before. Your eyes are incredible. Don't let your talents go to waste by having silly injuries" she said, eyeballing Hinata's arm.
"I wouldn't of had this if I didn't go head on with the leader of the Akatsuki. He blasted my body backwards and this is one of the results from it" Hinata spoke honestly.
"You have more injuries?" Mei asked, sounding curious.
"A fractured spine but nothing more" she told her.
"Well, lucky for you. I have something that can help you if you would follow me to my medics. I'm only doing this since you bore the pain of walking on a fracture spine all the way here. So follow me" Mei said smiling as she got up from her desk.
"The rest of you may stay behind" Mei said and I nodded my head.
"Well, this could be a while. We can start with last known locations of the swords" Chojuro spoke, walking over to a door and opening it. He came back with a box full of files.
"Should I leave the room?" I asked him.
"No, it's okay. Not sure why but I trust you" he said casually as he took the lid off of the box. He trusted me? No one ever trusted me at first sight. Not even when I first arrived into Anbu, they were sceptical of me. I'm pretty sure that was because of the histories us Uchihas have had with the village and everyone else. But, that was aside the point.
"So, we have samehada and hiramekarei already" he spoke out loud as he took a few files at a time.
"I was going to ask about that, where is hiramekarei? Who has it?" Kisame asked and I was intrigued. I had heard stories of these swords and their owners. I knew of Kisame even before I met him. I knew that all the swords and their owners became missing nin but I never looked to in dept about it because I was always busy with anbu.
"I do, I own it" he said proudly.
"Good for you, kid" Kisame gave him a slight head nod and they both dove head first into the box.
"If you would like to help, Itachi. I don't think it'll be a problem. He's incredibly smart, he can help" Kisame said as he opened a file, not even looking up while speaking.
"Please do, the faster we can figure this out the faster Kisame can try and assemble a team" Chojuro spoke, also nose deep in a file. I took a deep breath and decided to help them. There wasn't anything better to do.
Hinatas POV:
"How come you're helping me? You don't even know me" I said to the Mizukage honestly. I was rather confused on why she would go so far as to help someone else from a village not her own.
"I'm not heartless, you know. I see a lot of potential in you and you walked all the way here with a fractured spine. In times to come we're going to need all the help we can get and I want to make sure you're in top shape when this war starts" she told me, a small fire in her eyes. She was serious and this was a true act of kindness.
"I don't know what to say but thank you" I told her.
"Don't mention it and I would assume your Hokage would do the same. He's a very nice person" she said with a small smile. She wasn't wrong. Kakashi had a heart of gold, he always went out of the way to help people.
"True, Kakashi is a very nice individual" I said honestly.
"You speak of your Hokage on a first name basis, are you guys friends?" she questioned me as we turned down another hallway. There was a single door at the end of it, that must be our destination.
"Yes, I've known Kakashi for a long time now. We were partners in anbu after my first partner left" I told her as we approached the door.
"Lucky girl" she said and blushed slightly, I didn't bother questioning her. Every female I'd ever met lusted after that damn man. I would know, I was one of them.
"Jin, I need your help" Mei said out loud into the empty room. The small empty room I might add. Except for one wall that looked out of place.
"I'm back here, you can come over here" a man's voice yelled slightly, Mei started walking and I followed her. She made her way toward the wall and walked around it. There was more to this? I kept in line with her and when I turned the corner I was blown away. It was a decent sized medical room. Everything you could possibly need to heal someone was back here.
"I need you to heal ort friend here back to full health and I believe a certain ejection would do well" Mei spoke vaguely. Injection? What kind of injection?
"We only have one left, are you sure?" Jin asked her in shock, looking at my broken arm.
"Yes, one-hundred percent" she said seriously.
"Can I ask what we're doing? It is my body ya know" I intervened into their conversation.
"Nothing to fear of dear, it's going to repair your broken body parts" she said gently.
"Will you have a seat?" the man asked me, gesturing to the medical bed. I nodded my head and put my full trust into the Mizukage. If I died at least everyone knew where I was.
"I will tell you what we're doing it if calms your nerves" Mei said, she must have read my facial expressions because I know I was giving off nothing but concern. I remained quiet and waited for her to speak.
"Have you ever heard of the Otsutsuki clan?" she asked me, waiting for a response.
"I think a long time ago when I was a child I heard that name but I'm not sure, is this relevant to what we're doing right now?" I asked her rather rudely. All she did was smirk and she shifted her weight onto her other leg.
"Yes, my dear. It is" she said casually and walked over to Jins desk and propped herself against it. I sat quietly while Jin moved around the medical room to gather supplies.
"Long before you were born there was a clan by the name of Otsutsuki, they had a special kekkei genkai by the name of Shikotsumyaku. They thought that were rather invincible and decided to raid our village. They lost their battle and the clan was wiped to extinction. Except, one member called Kimimaru, who Jin knows very well" Mei said, glancing over at him. I also looked at Jin and he looked like he shuttered when the name was spoken.
"What is Shikotsumyaku?" I asked, curiously. This enter story was fascinating and I wanted to know more.
"It gives the wielder the ability to manipulate their own bones" she deadpanned. It gives the ability to what? Did I hear that correctly?
"I'm sorry, I'm still not sure how this is going to help?" I questioned her and her poker face was still strong.
"Jin was a test subject once to Orochimaru, he climbed the ranks quickly and became trusted by the snake himself" she spat when speaking of his name. I hadn't heard that name in a long time, Orochimaru.. A small shiver ran down my spine remember what he did to the village and the third Hokage.
"Jin managed to escape and steal his medical files, practices and medical vials" she said looking at Jin again, who was now holding a vile full of green liquid.
"What Jin is holding is extracted from Kimimaru himself. If you were to drink that my dear, your bones would heal and you would be back to normal" she said carelessly.
"Wouldn't that give me his families kekkei genkai though? It's like if someone takes my eyes or Itachi's eyes, they can easily use them" I was rambling now. This was a lot. Did I want that? Couldn't I just wait?
"Yes, it would give you his abilities but the last known user to have it is Orochimaru's assistant, Kabuto. He would have to teach you how to use it. So really, unless you sought out the help of that criminal, you would only be healed" Mei spoke with her hands and I couldn't believe what I just heard. How would I explain this to everyone back home? They would ask questions and I'm not sure if it was a good idea. Wouldn't that throw me into the classification of Orochimaru's test subjects?
"I guess since I won't be able to access this new found ability, then that's the harm right?" I asked her out loud, not really a question but a statement to be exact.
"I'm glad to hear that. Jin, you can take it from here" she gestured toward me and he started moving.
"Wait, I have one last question though. What did you mean this was the last one?" I asked her as Jin set the vile down next to me on the bed.
"When I escaped, I had taken four of these with me. One broke when I was running for my life and the other two were given out to two people who were dying" he said casually like they weren't just saving people with some superhuman genetic a clan once had. I didn't say anything, I remained quiet. I was actually relieved that I could have my body back. I could finally be part of the war and be helpful. I know it hasn't been long at all since I obtained these injuries but when you're used to constantly on the move, sitting around really sucked.
"One last thing. We just need to hook you up to this machine after you drink it. We just want to make sure everything is in place before you two go back to her office" Jin said with a gentle tone as he brought over a few things to attach to my body. All I did was nod my head. Jin handed me the vile and I held it for a second.
I took a deep breath, took the cap off it and I just downed it like a shot. It tasted horrible but really, what was I expecting? This was one part of someone's body, now it was apart of mine. I put the empty vile on the bed next to me and let Jin attach the wires and sticky pads all over my body.
He looked into the small monitor and just studied whatever it was he was looking at.
"Excellent, can you feel anything? It's starting with your spine" he asked me as he glanced between me and the screen for a minute.
I sat in and focused on my body, I could feel a little heat coming from my spine, I assumed that was where the fracture was. It was giving me a tingling feeling and slowly making its way up my neck.
"I feel warmth and tingling" I said honestly.
"Great, but I warn you. It might hurt a bit when it starts on your arm because the injury was bigger. It needs to rebuild itself" he said bluntly and I stared at the cast on my arm. I was waiting for the feeling and nothing. A few more seconds went by and I felt the roaring heat come in followed by cramping.
"My arm is cramping" I said, sucking on my tongue. Jins face dropped a little in concentration. He pulled out a small knife from his pants and started removing the cast on my arm. It didn't take him long and the cramping stopped. I studied my arm and could see the skin moving. Was that my bone? I could feel it and see and the sensation was weird.
Jins eyes went back to the screen and I was watching him, he glanced at me after a few minutes and his eyes widened slightly, looking nervous. I didn't like the look he was making but I kept to myself for now.
"Well, looks like everything is back to normal. Do you feel okay? Your body is still processing the new cells" he said and I moved myself off the bed. I stretched my arms above my head and I finally felt all the tense muscles being stretched out and my back didn't sting, cramp, burn, nothing. I smiled when I looked at him. I felt great, actually. I felt stronger too. I wondered what it would be like to actually have control over this then I would completely understand why they attacked the village here.
"I feel great. I feel normal, strong even" I told them both, looking back and forth between the two. Mei smiled and Jin just nodded his head.
"I do have something to discuss with you though, I don't know if you want an extra set of ears. No disrespect though Mizukage" Jin said, bowing.
"I trust her," I said, glancing over and giving her a small smile on which she returned. Jin took a deep breath and moved me back wards so I was leaning against the bed.
"I went threw some pretty horrible stuff when I was trapped with Orochimaru but I learned so much. Now what I'm about to tell you, I've seen a dozen times over.." he said sounding kind of shaky and I waited. I didn't like the way it sounded.
"By the way your chakra is forming in certain areas and your cells, you're expecting" he blurted out and I looked at him. I'm expecting what? I was confused.
"By the look on your face, you're confused. By expecting, I mean a baby. You're pregnant" he spoke again but more clearly. My throat dried up and I lost all means of speaking. I'm what? How? Well not really how but when? My brain started thinking, I wasn't even sure when.
"Are you sure?" was all I managed to get out.
"Yes, I've seen this a dozen times over. I know every little thing about pregnancy due to experiments.." he mumbled but I heard him.
"Is there a way to tell how far I am? I don't even feel different" I said, trying to somehow believe I wasn't.
"You might not feel different the entire time and by the looks of it, you're eight days along" he said, looking at the monitor again.
"How can you even tell? From what I remember, not even a pregnancy test can detect thing until I'm two weeks along. How can you tell with your eyes?" I asked, growing sceptical now.
"When you're forced to study the human body inside and out, you notice everything. Your chakra rhythm is moving only slightly different and your cells are all forcing their way to the baby, they're forming a little barrier" he said, not even looking at me.
"Are you one-hundred percent sure? You're not wrong, even in the slightest?" I asked, hoping his answer would change just one more time.
"My friend. Trust me, I wouldn't lie to you. If you would like, or if it's its plausible. I will be your personal health aid during this entire thing" Jin said but looked at the Mizukage when he finished his sentence.
"We're going to need you on the field, helping the injured. You're one of the best and I will not have you stand idle" she said and I understood where she was coming from. I would have to seek help elsewhere. Maybe I could get Neji to ask someone from our clan to help me. Some of them still liked me.
"I think it's time we go back, I need to think about things" I said, looking at the both of them. Mei nodded her head and shifted off the desk so we could leave. Jin took all of the wires off of me and moved everything aside.
"Thank you" I told Jin and gave him a small hug. He seemed shocked when I let go. Has he never had a hug? Probably not.. He was held captive for whoever knows how long.
"I will not tell anyone of your secret. I just hope to meet it one day" Mei said, placing her hand on my shoulder as we were walking down the hallway back towards her office. Go figure, I get this miracle potion to heal my injuries only to find I'm carrying a human.
"I wonder what they've been doing the entire time" I said out loud, ignoring everything she had just said, I needed to keep my mind focused and off certain topics.
We approached her office door and she opened it. Her office had papers all over it and I looked around. All three of the boys were pointing at things, speaking of things and not even noticing we entered the room.. That is until Mei cleared her throat. They all stopped and looked at her, they gathered all their papers together and her office went back to being clean.
"What on earth are you doing?" she asked as she went to go sit in her seat.
"We've started our search for the remaining swords" Kisame spoke as he shuffled the papers around again.
"I'm happy to see you've wasted no time with your search but can you please move it somewhere else. This is my office" she said, helping gather the remaining papers. I stayed quiet and Itachi looked at me, smiling.
"Well, I think it's time we leave now. I hope to see you again, Mei" I spoke, looking her in the eyes.
"Yes, please come visit in the future" she winked and I bowed to her before turning to leave for the door.
"No one last hug, little Hyuga?" Kisame asked as my hand touched the door knob. Little Hyuga, it made my heart skip. He didn't even realize why that was funny to me now.
"Of course" I said sweetly, turning so I could hug him one last time. I purposely stretched upwards so my arms were around his neck so I could whisper something to him.
"The next time you see me, there really will be a little Hyuga" I whispered in his ear as he squeezed me into a hug. I let go off him and looked him in the eyes. He looked completely in shock, I needed to tell someone and who better to tell was someone I wouldn't see for a while. At least he could talk about with Mei if he wanted to.
I backed away from Kisame and was finally ready to leave for good this time. Itachi and him gave each other the same head nod and we left. The journey home was going to be the longest and shortest trip ever. I wasn't very good at keeping secrets.
"Hinata, are you okay?" Itachi asked, grabbing my wrist to stop me. I looked up at him and noticed we were outside.
"I'm okay, just thinking of how much I owe to Mei. She healed me" I said, lying. Not a complete lie but it definitely wasn't what I was thinking about. I held up my arm so Itachi could see.
"Shizune said she couldn't even speed up the healing process, how the hell did she do that?" he asked, carefully touching my arm that was once broken.
"It's a long story, can we speak of it over dinner?" I asked, hoping he would say yes. That was another thing I had to explain to him. So much explaining and so little time.