Third Person, First Person:
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, do you think I'd live in Washington?
Authors notes: Sorry about the really long vacation. I got a little sidetracked with my other fic.
My plan hasn't been working. All it did was buy me a little time. My chakra was almost worn out from keeping up a bunshin that would fool my father. I was resting in the room of who I assumed to be a teenager, hiding in his closet. The house was just on the border of Konoha. It was pretty large. I didn't think anyone would find me.
My mind began to wander. I wondered how everyone was doing. A small smile tugged at my lips as I thought of Naruto's reaction. I wonder how Neji was taking this. He'd probably be relieved, wouldn't he?
I wish Neji had come with me. I was going to ask him to, but he yelled at me. Itachi had believed my charade, but he would find me soon. If Kabuto were to do this, I doubt any one would ever find out. But I'm not any where near where Kabuto is in the skills of medical nin-ing.
I sighed, and checked my watch. The only logical time to travel seemed to be three am— five am, no one who'd recognize me would be up, and Itachi didn't seem like the type of guy who would give up his beauty sleep to look for a dead girl.
2:30. I wondered if I should risk going out, it didn't seem like it'd hurt too much to do so, so I quietly crept out of the closet. I noticed all the familiar banners, but I couldn't think of where I had seen them before. A slogan large fan seemed to be everywhere in this house, and I racked my brain trying to think of where I'd seen it. I couldn't help but notice that this clan was more self-loving than the Hyuuga's.
I crept quietly down the hall, and then I heard the door open. I shortened and quieted my breaths, leaning against the wall, trying to make myself not noticed.
Sasuke... what the hell was he doing here? I wondered, as I saw him enter the door. And then I remembered the fan crest on the back of his t-shirt. Shit. I crept quietly back into the bedroom I'd been hiding in.
He opened the door, before I had a chance to hide back in the closet. He drew a kunai, instinctively, and then lowered it when he saw me.
"What the hell are you doing here?" he asked me. I couldn't look at his face, because it reminded me too much of his brothers.
"H-hiding," I muttered. I reached inside of my coat pocket, for my spare kunai, just in case.
"From whom?" he demanded. "And why here?"
"From everyone," I said, "And here because it's the closest to the border of Konoha. I can leave tonight,"
"Sakura told me you were dead... And later Naruto and Neji told me that you were missing." He stated. I shrugged, and glared at him,
"And you won't tell them I'm here, will you? Because I've worked too hard on this strategy. I even fooled my father. And even though I'm low on Chakra, I won't hesitate to fight you, Uchiha-san," I told him, veins started crawling up my face. He smirked.
"I have no reason to tell them, but I have no reason not to, either." He said. I glared at him,
"You seem very lonely Sasuke-kun, it's a shame you don't have any siblings to keep you company. I said, hinting. He narrowed his eyebrows.
"You've got my curiosity, Hyuuga-chan," he said.
"Itachi infected my head, if I tell you exactly what's going on, I'll get tortured,"
"Itachi!?" He demanded, "Just bear the pain, and tell me!"
"Itachi was going to use me to draw Naruto to him, and then get the Kyuubi, and then kill him, and then use the Kyuubi for some evil plot," I said quickly, and pressed my hand to the spot on my shoulder that had suddenly started searing with pain. "I faked my death so he would have to re-strategize, and while he is re-strategizing, I am going to kill him."
Sasuke laughed. "I doubt you can. And I won't let you, because that's my job," he told me.
"Then come with me, if you like. As long as he doesn't harm Naruto-kun, or the people of Konoha," I offered. He shrugged.
"If you don't come with me, Uchiha-kun, then I'll go alone. Either way, I' leaving Konoha, and Itachi will be killed," I said.
"You'll really leave everything behind, Naruto, Neji, your father and sister, just to save one person?" He asked. I nodded.
"If you're coming, then come. If you're staying, than at least wait until morning to tell Neji,"
I shrugged past him.
"You seem very different, Hyuuga-chan,"
"I'm not afraid anymore. I'm not afraid of death, because I'm already dead," she winked. Sasuke smirked.
"I think we should go get Neji," I said, as we left the house. "I think he'd be a valuable person to have with us."
"Not Naruto?" he asked.
"If we led Naruto to Itachi, I doubt that'd solve anything," I pointed out. He nodded.
((Change POV))
Neji awoke to the sound of tapping at his window. He and Hanabi had both slept on his bed, sitting upward. It hadn't been their plan to fall asleep, but it happened anyways. Hanabi was still asleep, so Neji moved quietly to open the window.
"Sasuke?" he asked. Sasuke nodded, and then moved to the side, revealing Hinata to Neji's eyes. Neji gasped, and Hinata shushed him.
"Nii-san, we're leaving. You are too," Hinata told Neji. Neji nodded, knowing he shouldn't ask what was going on until they were out of the house.
He couldn't help but wonder, though, why Sasuke was there. He grabbed his kunai holster, and his shoes, and then hopped out of the window.
The three ninja's made their way into the night, one of which presumed dead. The other a heartless bastard, and the other with no clue as to what was actually going on.
YAY! I finally got off my ass and updated! Sorry about the loooong pause. Hopefully, this chapter will make up for it, but it probably won't.