Chapter 11: first attack, gathering.
The last rays of the sun blaze in the sky while the shade falls gradually
on the forest and clearings. Soon, the darkness will be total, but
now, we can see still enough to train. Two young Ninjas are training. In a clearing, they run and strike. The blade of a Kunai stops 1mm before the throat of one of them. The two boys remain fixed
one moment, then they separate.
One of the two, a strong boy, of average size, with blue eyes and blond
hair , sit down to take his breath. "waaah! you weren't kind, Sasuke.
I lost this time but I would have my revenge."
Sasuke recovers his kunai without answering.
Naruto: "Do you want come to eat a bowl of ramen with me?."
Sasuke: "No."
Naruto: "pfff!!"
Sasuke is about to leave the clearing when he starts suddenly. his always active sharingan revealed him the presence of somebody
observing them. Seeing his teammate tense , Naruto get up and joins him, arms in hand.
Naruto: "What occurs?"
Sasuke: "We are observed... here!"`
Spouting out nothing, a clone of Sasuke jumps in a tree, forcing the
person who hid there to find another refuge. But Sasuke doesn't let him
do. He hunt him with his clone, folding him back towards the
clearing. On the other side, Naruto also created some clone which
blocks the way of the personn who spied them. Encircled, he stops in the
center of the clearing, and the two ninjas of Konoha can identify
him...rather her.
A black dressed woman... and with milky eyes.... Hinata. Her byakugan
is activated, revealing her the least detail from what happens
around her: the emotions crossing the face of Naruto, uncertainty, sadness,
the emotion on the face of Sasuke, hatred, anger, the chakra emitted
by the clone of Naruto, hidden in the bushes. The chakra emitted
by Itachi, also hidden not far.
Naruto first breaks the silence: " Hinata-chan... why..are you
here?... you... "
Hinata: "I wanted see..."
But she doesn't have time to continue. A movement of Sasuke started
one of her reflexes and she jumps , avoiding the Fire ball
launched by him.Hinata is surprised by the speed of action of Sasuke, almost
that of Itachi... et especially... by the fact that he attacked her. She had calculated that the hatred of Sasuke for his brother would lead
him to leave to research Itachi, against any logic. But he had attacked
her. And the eyes of Sasuke fixed on her reflect his hatred, his extreme
hatred for Hinata. Much more than his brother, she is whom he wants
to kill.
Error of appreciation... thinks Hinata, dodging an attack again.
But she supports the combat against the heir of Uchiha. Naruto is too surprised
and don't know how to react.
From his observation post, Itachi resists the impulse to jump help
Hinata, that would do nothing but worsen the situation. No, there
is better to do. He jumps of his station and slips by at full
speed towards a certain large masonry in the village, hardly taking
the precaution to hide.
In the clearing, Hinata and Sasuke fight, the one wanting to kill, the
other being defensive. Hinata saw Itachi leaving, She knows that she must save time... It will be hard, he is stronger than her. Naruto gathers
his toughts and he tries to interpose into the fight. Bothered by
Naruto, Sasuke moves back.
Sasuke: "Naruto, Move."
naruto: "No! Sasuke, Why do you attack Hinata-chan!?"
Sasuke: "she's an enemy. I must kill her."
Naruto hesitates, he knows it ... but he looks at Hinata, Hinata and
her soft white eyes, kind Hinata and with so vulnerable appearance... no,
no, He can't...
Naruto: "please, don't attack her, Sasuke......"
A shock for Sasuke, naruto also...
sasuke: "Then, you also, Naruto... you also, you betrayed me..."
Naruto dodges accuracy the kick of Sasuke, but while being pushed,
he released the way towards Hinata, which doesn't have time to avoid.
The fist of Sasuke reaches her in the belly, then falls down toward her
neck.....But meet a barrier of whirling chakra, sending him away.
Hinata presses her painful belly, trying to find her breath. The following
attack comes by the left, but it's deviated by Naruto. Hinata uses this
diversion to attack him. Sasuke jumps away, the palms of Hinata pass very
close to him without touching him, but the chakra of the girl entered his body, disturbing the flow of energy, preventing him from concluding
the jutsu which he was preparing.
Naruto: "Sasuke, stops!"
Again he comes between the two fighters, obstructing the movements
of his fellow-members. Unfortunately, Sasuke expected it, and Naruto sees
the clone exploding in front of him in a sheaf of fire while the true Sasuke
street on Hinata.
Hinata: "Naruto!!!!"
But She doesn't have time to worry for the young blond, because of
the continual harassing of the young Uchiwa. The breath short, Hinata moves
back more and more. She managed to place some attacks, but she can't kill
Sasuke now without ruining all their plans, and thus her best techniques,
the more mortals, are prohibited to her. Without being able to avoid it,
Hinata sees one of the hands of Sasuke armed with a kunai aiming
her belly.... The whirling flow of the technique of Kaiten surrounds her
and deviates the weapon. But this time the swirl is sufficiently
strong to project Sasuke behind several meters.
In the dissipated smoke , Neji and Tenten appear in front of Hinata.
