(Sorry folks, all I did was rewrite some of this chappie. But, there SHALL be a chapter 5 soon!)

"Hinata! What are you doing here? Why did you slam the door?" Naruto seemed a little angry.

As she tried to catch her breath, Hinata remembered what had happened that very afternoon.

Hinata walked in the late afternoon air, feeling free.

If only for the moment.

It was rare her father gave her a break from training, so she supposed she'd better make the best of it. So she had left her house to get some fresh air.

She observed her surroundings as she walked along the road in the center of the village. She looked on as people did last minute shopping before going home to their families, or bought things before the shops closed at around evening.

She didn't really know where she was going, her feet seemed to be moving without thought from her.

Hinata had stopped at the ramen bar earlier, hoping to find Naruto there. To her disappointment, he wasn't there. In fact, it surprised her he wasn't there. He was there almost all the time. In fact, she guessed his daily routine was wake up, train, eat ramen, train, eat ramen, train, eat ramen, sleep.

She even went to his apartment, and the lights weren't on.

Frustatrated, she gave up. So here she was, wandering around doing nothing.

Today just isn't my day. How can it get any worse?

She was nearing the quieter, less busy part of the Konoha now. In truth, she was glad to get away from all the hubbub and get some peace and quiet. She was just that kind of person.

Hinata saw Sakura's house up ahead. She continued forward.

She and Sakura had been friends for a while now. Sakura got a little frustrated with Hinata's shyness now and then, but all in all, it was fine.

As she walked by the house, she paused to admire it.

Such a pretty house

She would have continued on her way then, if she had not heard a stifled scream.

Curious, Hinata went over to the window. She gasped at what she saw.

Hinata covered her mouth to muffle the scream that was threatening to burst forth as she surveyed the scene that greeted her. Both Sakura's parents were lying on the blood-stained floor. Their limbs were horribly twisted, and there were stab wounds all over their bodies.

A girl, a little older than Hinata, was holding a blood-stained knife. It seemed that Hinata had just walked in at the exact moment she had killed them. The white-eyed girl's horrified expression quickly changed into an angry one.

"What... are... you... doing..." Hinata labored to get the words out in her fury.

The girl smirked at her, her Leaf headband glinting in the half-light. "Ah, but it's not what I'm doing- it's what I did."

Hinata's hand gripped the windowsill tightly as the other one strayed to the kunai pack on her leg. "Who are you?"

Her lip curled and she smiled an evil smile that made Hinata's blood run cold. "You don't need to know. This should teach you Konoha ninjas to show some RESPECT to perfection when you SEE IT."

Hinata paused in the act of lifting a kunai out of her bag and stared at her. "Aren't you a Konoha ninja?"

She smiled that smile again as she tapped the metal forehead protector, "Ah, but I stole this from another one of your 'ninja.' I think his name was Seiji or something."

Hinata remembered him. He was one of the jounin.

The girl sneered at the look of recognition on Hinata's face. "Yes, him. He made a satisfyingly high-pitched scream before I killed him."

She continued, "You know, I started at the academy when I was nine years old. I labored for years to become a ninja. I studied the scrolls, I learned the jutsus by heart. And still they refused to graduate me. So, just to prove I was willing to give up ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to fulfill my dream of becoming a ninja, I cut off my own hand."

Just then, Hinata noticed that her left arm ended in a stump. The Hyuuga heiress winced. I'm surprised she's not in a mental asylum by now.

"Yes," the girl screamed viciously as she ran towards Hinata, "I did it. And you still REFUSED me the only thing I wanted in life: to become a ninja."

Hinata recoiled as the crazy girl tried to grab her, and she thrust the hidden kunai into the girl's arm.

The girl yelped and retreated, running out the door. Hinata rushed after her. The girl was evading her surprisingly well, considering the fact that she was mentally unstable. It might actually take a while to catch her. Hinata thought worriedly.

After a lot of chasing, night had fallen and she hadlost sight of the girl.

Hinata returned to the house to get the bodies.

So, she was surprised to see Kakashi there inspecting them.

"Kakashi-sensei?" Hinata said. He looked up, surprised.

"Hinata? How did you--" He paused. He narrowed his eyes. "Why are you here? So late at night, too?"

"Well..." she hesitated. "Well... uhm... you see..."

Kakashi looked at her sternly. "If you know something about what happened to the Harunos, you should tell me."

Hinata stared at the ground. "Uhm... I was taking a walk this afternoon... and I happened to hear..." She told him what happened. By the time she was done, his eyes (the visible one, anyway) were wide.

He said slowly, "I think I remember her... she was being kept locked away because of mental unstability..."

Hinata coughed and said politely, "Yes... I kind of noticed that..."

"Anyway, the hunter-nin were sent to find her because she was suspected of killing the ninja guarding her. She has been... disposed of."

Hinata thought of what she had seen of the girl and said quietly, "It's... better she died then go on living that way."

"Well... know that we know, you should go tell Naruto and Sasuke. They found Sakura in the street, unconscious, and now they're at the hospital. I can't go, I have to clean up this mess." He gave her the room number.

She sped off.

"Well?" Naruto said. He sounded a little impatient, too.

"Sorry -- wheeze -- I was -- wheeze -- in a hur -- gasp -- ry to tell -- gasp -- you..." She bent over, breathing hard. She had run all the way there.

"Tell me what?" He was curious now.

Once she steadied her breathing, she once again recounted the events of that afternoon and night.

"The hunter-nin caught her and... took care of her." Hinata finished.

Naruto was furious. "A crazy girl cut off her hand! A psycho killed them!" Hinata nodded.

"And she they had nothing to do with her?"

Nod.

Naruto fumed. "Stupid--"

The door opened. Sasuke had gotten the food. He was holding two bowls of ramen.

Sasuke paused. It was obvious he was surprised Hinata was there. Talking to Naruto no less.

Then he knew something was wrong. He'd been in the room for about 10 seconds, and Naruto wasn't jumping on him to get the ramen.

"Okay, what happened?"

A/N: I have basically lost interest in this story. But, for the readers' sake, I will press on- maybe I'll get inspiration. I have rewritten this chapter because, yes, I agree, Hinata was totally lame. But hey, that was a year ago! angry silence from readers A year ago that I updated... heh... heh... sorry...? Okay, okay, I know. I'm such a bad person for leaving you guys hanging for... more than a year. another angry silence I said I was sorry! ; Anyways, I'll try to get up chapter 5 in less then 365 days. :)