Fall Story
Chapter 4
An: thanks for so many responses yay it made me happy and I will try to improve my story.
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A young man with certain hunter nin mask, crawled low as another Hidden Leaf ANBU sweeped down to the area he was staying.He had a close brush with death, so he set out to do what he thought was best to do.He had to find his distant relatives in Hidden Leaf.He would do anything to become part of Hidden Leaf Village and he will be once a proper shinobi again.
Haku Haruno breathed silently as he detected every other shinobi's chakra disapepared from the nearby area.Only clue he had was that they would have to be Haruno, if not a shinobi girl with pink hair of his age.That was only his clue he still remembered clearly.But in his memories...from four years ago, he remembered that there was really a pink haired shinobi girl from Hidden Leaf.He didn't really care about having a family then, or looking for his distant relatives.In a flash he remembered a girl with vibrant jade eyed girl with pink hair.
Haku then silently proceeded to enter the village that night and try to find his relatives.
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Late afternoon,
Sakura sighed as she finished a scary training session with two of least talkative shinobis in Hidden Leaf.Sasuke practically went for Neji's throat when he pinned her down and leaned in close enough to which to passers by might well as been a play between two lovers.Sasuke's Sharigan went on at the moment Sasuke saw it and nearly damaged him quiet badly.It took her all her strength to restrain Sasuke from killing Neji.His words still rang in her ears, it was said with so much emotion in it that she could still feel it vibrating off her skin.
---flashback---
"Get off her!!"
Sakura and Neji looked to see furious Sasuke standing not far from them.Sakura realised they were in comprimising position.Sakura whispered to Neji to get off her fast as possible.That's when Neji went flying backwards, it was Sasuke.Then he disappeared before raining down dozens of Senbon on Neji, who blocked it efficiently.Then Neji's Byakugan went on also.Both young man were mere blurs to her as they fought but when they stopped she saw Neji on the ground.Sakura gasped, Sasuke hadn't killed Neji..has he?
"Sasuke !" Sakura yelled as she sprinted over and restrained Sasuke from hitting already defenceless Neji.
"Sasuke stop!please!" Sakura cried as she hugged Sasuke with her entire body.
Sasuke's body shook as his Sharigans relaxed and for the first time had a good look at Neji.Neji was on the ground, breathing thinly.
"Did I really...?? Sakura please.."
Sakura didn't answer, but looked at his now dark eyes and nodded.Sasuke hung his head, feeling perhaps shamed of nearly killing his comerade?
"Please, Sasuke it was my fault that we ended up like that, plus we have a mission to do together remember?"
Sakura asked pleading with her jade eyes, to which Sasuke said nothing but nodded as to say yes.Neji watched this display of understanding between team mates felt a little envious at their wordless understanding.His body hurt like hell, but he knew could recover over night with a treatment from the medical nins.
---end of flash back--
"Hey mom! I am home!! Mum!?!?" Sakura yelled out but came to a dead stop when her mother was facing a young man with a hunter nin mask.Sakura frowned then her jade eyes went wide at recognition.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked as doubting her own memory,
"Haruno Haku from Hidden Mist Village."
Sakura's eyes bulged or nearly there at the answer.Then Sakura laughed as if someone was playing a serious joke on her.
"What do you mean? you only a person pretending to be him! he died in front of mine and Sasuke-kun's eyes!Not many have survived the Chidori from Kakashi-sensei!"
Sakura said as she stared at the young man with a familiar hunter nin mask.
"Mistake, I wasn't technically dead, but almost dead."
The young man with the mask stepped closer towards Sakura and said his name, to which Sakura could not still believe.
"My full name is Haruno Haku.Distant relative of Haruno Sakura of Hidden Leaf village."
Sakura opened her mouth in silent scream as if to waken her self up.Then someone also called her mother,
"Emiko! Hokage-sama wanted you to..." Hiashi's words faded away at sight of the young man standing in front of his former team mate and her daughter.
"Haku of Hidden Mist." Hiashi said as he silently did a jutsu and his Byakugan was turned on.
"I can handle him Hiashi, do not concern about it."
Hiashi shook his head as he fell into battle stance.He would not let another of his team mate die...Kouro was gone, so it was up to him to help Emiko.
"I have no intention of fighting my relatives, to hurt them if you are concerned about me harming them.I will prove myself to the Hokage to be accepted a member of Hidden Leaf."
This comment left everyone's mouth hanging open for a minute or so.Hiashi couldn't believe his resolve to become one of them, Emiko was thinking hard about how their life will change if they do take Haku in and lastly Sakura wondered what team 7 will say.
"You know it can be a problem, first of all what will Hidden Mist say? I am pretty sure they wouldn't like it and I am pretty sure the elders and Hokage -sama doesn't a war with them."
Haku nodded,
"I understand that part very well but last time I got captured, she gave me something to do and I am willing to do it.If I do something wrong or harmful, she has cast a jutsu on me which will eat up all of my chakra then the body it self untill nothing is left.So there is nothing to fear."
Hiashi's Byakugan became more intense when he slowly asked, as the truth about the situation with supposed 'breaking' out from the prison dawned on him.
"She told you break out, to see how strong you can be? what was that she requested of you to proove your self?"
Both Emiko and Sakura's mouth was hanging open.Hiashi stood at front of them, his arms spread as if to block any sort of attack from Haku.d
"Some how I believe him Mr.Hyuga."
Sakura's voice finally spoke after what seemed like hours.Both Emiko and Hiashi turned towards the pink haired girl.
"The reason he died or was believed dead was he ran in front of his missing nin companion to save him.It was an act of unselfishness.I still can remember as if it was just moments ago."
Emiko looked at her supposed distant 'relative' from another village and at Hiashi then back to her daughter.This is going to be a headache, no more like a gigantic head splitting headache.She cursed that Hokage for once since she had assumed the position of Hokage years ago.She wanted to run over to Tsunade-sama and yell at her for being an idiot and messing up with private lives.But then Hokage must have had best intentions, she hadn't irritated the legendary sennin before.
"I suppose he can stay at our house, considering he has no where else to go.And we are his supposed distant relative." Emiko finally said in conclusion.
Hiashi let his Byakugan disappear and Emiko sighed and turned to Hiashi.
"What was that Hokage -sama wanted?"
Hiashi then remembered the reason he was there for in the first place.
"She wanted to have a long talk with you."
Emiko raised her left eyeybrow in question but nodded in her answer.
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Soon Sakura faced Haku in her home's lounge room by her self. She looked at the face of a shinobi she thought was dead for all eternity.
" Umm do you want to talk or eat something, I don't think staring at each other like this is going to solve the problems."
Haku silently nodded,
"I think a glass of water and something little to eat wouldn't hurt.After all we have lots to go through."
Sakura couldn't agree more, but before she left the lounge room Haku said silently words that made her blood stop it's flow.
"I will also teach you the Bloodline limits of Haruno clan."
Sakura stopped dead in her track to the kitchen.
"What did you say..?"
Her voice was shaky and unbalanced unlike the well controlled tone she used before.Haku sighed before he answered her.
"You know I have bloodline limits from my mother and she was a Haruno who inherited Haruno clan's special abilities unlike her distant cousin who was my father." Haku summerised it short as possible.
"Are you saying I have bloodline limits likes of Hyuga and Uchiha clans?"
Haku simply answered by nodding his head before removing his mask finally and showed his beautiful face and grinning.Sakura smiled back and she knew she was going to be safe long as Haku was around, welll she hoped anyways.
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"Hokage - sama, what will you do about Haku and the Mist Village?"
Tsunade smiled before answering the impatient pink haired jounin in front of her.
"Mist thinks I bluffing and they don't care at all.Which I think is because they are concentrating on the problems arising due to the new crime orgnaisation."
That brought all of them back to the problems of their own.Konoha was going to be shocked if their secret got out.It took all of efforts from the 4th Hokage and back then former 3rd Hokage to keep the secret.It saved the face of Hyuga clan and Harunos.Only reason Tsunade was helping was because of her own events from the past, if she could have the chance to make things alright again...she would give up everything she had.Would the two Jounins sitting in front of her take up that chance and right the hurtful past both had?Who knew?
"As I have said, we should also concentrate on our village's defence.I belive we have talked enough about the problems arising between us and the ones for other villages."
Both Jounins realised that Hokage was dismissing them for now.It's been 3 hours since Emiko have left her daughter her supposed relative.Both of them vowed to the Hokage respectively before leaving the office.As both left the office together, it reminded them of a certain time as they saw several leaves blow across the garden path.
flash back
"Hizashi!" Emiko whispered as she came to meet the love of her life.
"Emiko!I thought you would refuse for I am just a member of branch house."
Emiko sighed,
"Hizashi, it doesn't matter.You should have been the master of Hyuga clan if things went my way." Emiko grinned as she sat down next to him.They watched fromt he small hill they always met.
"It's already Autumn."
"Yeah, time for the Chunnin exam very soon."
Emiko looked at the pearly eyes young man and so did the young man in return.They gazed at each other for awhile then came closer before their lips met in chaste kiss.Emiko's cheeks bloomed with color of red poppy.She looked at Hizashi again hesistantly before his lips found her's again in longer more passionate kiss.They were unaware of Hiashi watching them, who came to fetch his brother.
"Hizashi" a stern voice of his twin made both young shinobis spring apart, both looking rather guilty.
Hiashi viewed them with eery calmness, that made the other two feel uncomfortable.
"Home time."
Hizashi sighed and gave Emiko a light kiss on her forehead before getting up and joining his brother.Emiko smiled and waved as two figure silently retreated in to the town below.Hiashi couldn't forget the two figures entwined in passion, wasn't a true ninja not suppose to show any emotions?
end of flashback
But this was the start that, triggered the events to come and make their life hell.
"Thanks for walking me home, I better go and make sure either one of the kids haven't killed the other." With that Emiko walked inside the small fence to her home.Her married home.To her this home was what gave her a sanctuary from her past.She walked slowly with delibration, inhaling the cold evening wind of Autumn.
In her heart, her heart...was still divided between her husband,Hizashi Hyuga and Hiashi Hyuga.Emiko slowly opened the door to find Sakura calmly talking to Haku about something interesting from her expression.
"Is something amusing enough to entertain my intellectual daughter?" Emiko said as she entered the lounge room.
"Mum! you are back! Haku was explaining to me about Haruno clan's blood limits! it's so interesting!! I am going to try it striaght away tomorrow! Along with Sasuke-kun and Neji -kun!."
Emiko merely raised her eyebrow,
"I am not if bringing Haku would be a wise idea with that Uchiha boy around.He put Hyuga Neji in hospital.I am not sure if I want to put Haku in one too."
Sakurasighed,
"Mum, He is a Jounin level ninja..no wait he was one since he was like 13!"
Emiko was actually suprised at that,
"Is he lying?"
"Mum then how does he obtain the Hunter nin mask?"
"Oh.."
"Look Mum, you have few things on your mind.I think it's best if we go and rest for tomorrow.It will be only 2 days more till the mission starts."
Emiko nodded,maybe it will take off her mind off the past.
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sorry :( it's such a boring chapter if you managaed to finish it actually.
More interesting one coming up, this chapter is more like the set up stage for the next day( just imgine, Neji, Sasuke,Sakura and Haku together ) and more explaination of the seal(jsut a tine bit!).And more of what happened between Kouro, Emiko, Hiashi and Hizashi years ago.
