Disclaimer: I still do not own Naruto. And when I do, you will all know it…because I will make sure Gaara makes another great debut into the anime/manga! For now, I will just have to use my imagination. *waves* HI GAARA!

Destinies Changed, Hearts Changed: Part XI

All seven attacked her at once, one after another. Hanabi defended herself as she tried to figure out which was the real Hinata so she could block up her chakra openings.

But nevertheless, the attack her sister was using should be using up a lot of chakra, and even if these clones don't explode when she hit them, Hinata was going to simply run out of chakra anyway. It seemed like a highly advanced technique, and even if her sister could use it, it didn't exactly mean she could hold it out for an extended amount of time.

More kunais and shurikens flew randomly from the eighth Hinata standing on the far side. They embedded themselves at various places in the stadium.

Hanabi backed up into the moonlight again as she blocked a head kick by a clone. Suddenly all attacks ceased, except for the weapons flying around her randomly, but only coming in contact with the wall or ground.

//What the hell is she trying to do?//

She gazed at the seven Hinatas that stood at the edge of the shadow of the wall. They had stopped their advancement on her and just stood there staring at her.

Then it hit her.

"Your technique only allows the clones to move around endlessly in the darkness."

As long as she stayed in the moonlight, they couldn't get to her. She smirked smugly to herself, for being able to figure out such a trick.

A leg came out of nowhere and struck at the side of her head. Hanabi barely ducked it and went down to swipe the other leg out from under her sister.

Hinata leaped up to avoid the contact and Hanabi recovered, jumping up to follow her. She twisted to the side, as Hanabi's thrust grazed her shoulder, the force of the chakra exertion cutting through her skin.

Hinata flipped back to create space between them.

The darkness clones ceded back into the ground and disappeared.

Hinata stood across from her, within the moonlight too.

Hanabi got back onto her feet and studied her sister. Hinata's breath was short and her Byakugan was still not activated.

She had used too much chakra. It was now Hanabi's advantage…as the girl had thought so along.

"You can never be the successor of the Hyuuga Clan."

Hinata stood there, not wavering a bit from the insults.

"You're too weak, you can't even use the Hyuuga Taijutsu style."

"It…hasn't ended yet, Hanabi."

The younger girl slid into stance again and regarded her sister, whom, still stood there with her hands at her sides.

Hinata raised both hands into a seal and mumbled something softly.

When Hanabi moved her leg forward, it was pushed back and a thin line appeared, followed by her blood trickling down.

Thin silvery threads appeared surrounding Hanabi's whole body. They constricted her, making her unable to budge more than a centimeter, too small for her to try to pull her arms and legs out of the tight square the strings made around her.

"They're sharp. If you try to jerk your wrist through that to try to break it, it'll cut off your wrist."

Hanabi carefully turned her head to look around her. The thin threads were connected to the weapons Hinata had thrown everywhere in the stadium. How could she not notice them before? Her Byakugan should have seen it.

Hinata smiled.

"Why use the Byakugan against another Byakugan user?"

She moved her hands slightly and the threads tightened and inched closer to Hanabi's and created red lines on Hanabi's arms and legs.

"You couldn't sense them because they were just normal weapons I threw at you…until just now. By leaving a bit of my chakra in each weapon I threw, I could tie them together later."

Hanabi glared at her sister. There was no way she could get out of this mess, Hinata was only making the threads dig deeper every single second. It wasn't exactly thread either.

It was chakra linked together tightly into a thin strand, which made it very sharp.

When did Hinata get this advanced, she didn't know. She knew no other Ninjutsu, since she had devoted most of her life to Taijutsu.

The threads constricted tighter, ready to detach her wrists and ankles from her arms and legs. Hanabi tensed up for the last minute, clamping her eyes shut, refusing to watch herself get disassembled.

She felt her blood trickle down her arms, but the threads scathing against her skin was now gone. Hanabi opened her eyes to see her sister across from her panting as she held onto her wounded shoulder.

"Why did you stop?" Hanabi glowered at her, "You had enough to finish me off then, why did you hold out and then stop?"

"…I…I don't kill for…meaningless reasons…"

"It's a winner-takes-all. You pardoned me, but I'm still standing. I could kill you anytime now."

The whole stadium was quite, listening in on their conversation.

She chuckled slightly, "You could, couldn't you?…But…everyone would still know…I beat you…tonight…"

"One of us has to die," Hanabi seethed, her sister was starting to anger her, "That was the point. I would rather be killed then."

Hinata raised her head to glare at her sister, "…Then what?…You can't live with shame of losing at something? Maybe now you would know…know…how I felt. You win some…you lose some…in…in this case…you lost. Deal with it."

Hanabi's knuckles cracked. This wasn't getting her anywhere. And to believe it too, she lost to her sister who cowers at almost anything.

"We're both still standing. It's not over yet."

She lunged at Hinata, who raised her arms to protect herself, just in time as the impact sent her flying backwards.

Hinata rolled onto her side and propped herself back up to a sitting position. She had lost all feeling in her legs now. She wiped the blood from her lips.

"…So…you're going…to kill me anyway…"

Hanabi lunged again, this time, Hinata didn't even tried to protect herself. "No shit."

A dull thud was heard as Hinata slammed onto the wall and bounced back onto the ground. She shakily tried to prop herself back up again, using the wall to lean on as she spoke.

"Y-You…just can't…accept the fact that you…lost, c-could you?"

"It only matters whether you're dead or alive. In this case, you're…dead." Hanabi lunged again, this time for the final hit.

"Hinata, GET OUT OF THERE!"

Two arms quickly grabbed onto the blond boy who nearly toppled over the railing. Near Naruto and Sasuke, Kiba too, had been ready to jump over if not for Shino who held him back.

"N-Naruto…look…" Sakura pulled their attention back.

Hanabi's figure stood above Hinata's kneeling figure in the darkness, her right arm had been thrusted at Hinata's chest, a bit off from her heart. She had missed by a bit.

Leaning back, she lowered her arm, Hinata cast a sorrowful smile at her sister as blood dripped from a cut on her lip.

"H-Hinata…lost…?" Sakura stared dumbstruck from where her view of Hanabi's back was.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "…No…I…don't think so."

"Huh?"

Hanabi froze at her spot, standing over Hinata. Her outstretched right arm, whose palm was facing Hinata, aiming for Hinata's heart was held to the side by Hinata's left hand. Hinata's other arm was extended at Hanabi's abdomen.

A dark liquid spilled out, crawling down Hinata's hand and then dripping to the ground. She shakily retracted her arm backed up against the wall, away from Hanabi.

The younger girl staggered back, both hands covered at her stomach. With some shaky movement, she extracted an object and threw it on the ground.

A kunai skittered across the ground, creating red marks on where it had touched. At the moment it was out, more blood started to drip out from Hanabi's abdomen. She sank to the ground, clutching her stomach. The wound was deep as the kunai had been thrust almost the whole length into her.

Hinata stood up, using the wall to hold herself steady.

"It's…over, Hanabi." All she had done was threw her arm out, it had mostly been Hanabi's momentum coming at her.

The other girl gritted her teeth and tried to stand up, to no avail.

"N-No…it-it isn't…"

"End it now…and…get yourself treated…before you die of blood lost…"

Hanabi tried once again to stand up but the strain only made her wound bleed more. A hand behind her reached out to touch her shoulder.

"Hanabi, go to the hospital."

Hiashi gestured for another member to come down and retrieve his daughter.

As Hanabi was carried away, he turned his attention back to his eldest daughter.

"Hinata."

Even through her weariness, she managed to glower at him. He was speaking to her mildly as nothing ever happened!

A figure appeared beside her. Hiashi shifted his gaze for a moment.

"What is he doing here?"

Hinata reached out for Gaara and he extended his arm for her grasp as she steadied herself, clinging onto him. He wrapped one arm around her waist to hold her up.

"He's…my friend."

Gaara blinked and pulled her closer. He noticed that his presence around Hinata was upsetting her father. It was amusing for him, to be playing with other's minds as they had so often done with his.

Hiashi gave a sigh of defeat.

"Hinata, we need to talk."

~End Part XI~

This has got to be my longest chapter yet…^_^…and now…

Back to my argumentation essay….…I swear my teacher's trying to make us all neurotics…it hasn't even been 2 weeks since I've turned in my descriptive essay!

I'll start writing the next chapter to this as soon as I'm finished with the essay….

Random Note:

Chotto matte kudasai!

That means 'Please wait'. ^_^

Anyway,

Review please! ~ I'm so happy that I even broke 100 reviews! This was my first story ever too!

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