A/N: This is version 2 of the story. i changed it a bit becasue someone told me that Suna doesn't have ANBU so I replaced it (and thank you for that.) CIAO!!!

Chapter 6: The stranger and trouble!

"Hinata!" a man shouted. Hinata diverted her attention and saw Kiba running with a much larger Akamaru running with him. Kiba then stopped in front of her. "Hinata… did you hear?"

"Kiba-san, what is it?" Hinata asked.

"Your father cancelled the Hanabi's betrothal with Neji!" Kiba exclaimed. "… and he is betrothing Neji with you!" he added.

"What?!" Hinata exclaimed. "… but that can't be…" Hinata looked down on the ground; tears were flowing from her eyes.

Sakura rubbed her back. "Hinata-chan…" Kiba stared at her with worried eyes. Hinata then stopped crying.

"I'm gonna talk with my father…" Hinata said

Naruto sat inside his carriage thinking about Hinata, he didn't even notice who his escorts were. Several hours have passed since he left Konoha and Hinata's side.

"Oi Naruto…" his escort said. Naruto stopped daydreaming and looked at his raven-haired escort.

"Sasuke…" he muttered "… what are you doing here?" he asked.

Sasuke sighed because of Naruto's "duh" moment, "I'm your escort…" he replied.

"Oh…" Naruto replied. The carriage then suddenly stopped.

Sasuke got out of the carriage. "What happened?" he asked the other escort, Lee.

"One of the carriage's wheels got destroyed…" Lee replied.

"Nani?" Naruto exclaimed.

"Naruto, what is it?" Lee asked. Naruto was looking down at the grasslands. Sasuke and Lee approached him.

"A woman?" Lee said

A woman was lying in the ground; all they could see is her back. Lee leaned down and moved the woman to see what she looked like. They gasped as they saw the woman's features. She was beautiful; she had auburn hair and beautiful nose and full lips. The woman opened her eyes. Her beautiful brown eyes stared at the three. She then hurried to get up and she backed away from the three.

"Are you alright?" Naruto asked the woman. The woman just stared at him with fear.

"Hey… are you alright?" Sasuke repeated the very same question a minute after. The woman didn't respond again. She was wearing a Suna vest. Her vest was thorn and a forehead protector fell from it. She then collapsed. Lee picked up the forehead protector and saw the hourglass carving in it.

"Maybe she's from Suna" Lee said.

Sasuke picked her up and carried her. He then put her inside of the carriage.

"Were so far from Konoha right now… the best choice will be to just continue with our journey to Suna. If we come back and waste more time… what Tsunade-sama said might come true…" Sasuke said. "How's the wheel Lee?" he then looked down at the broken wheel.

"I guess it can be fixed…" Lee answered.

Hinata quickly made her way through the streets, sobbing and being followed by Kiba and Sakura who were the only friends of her that knew of the disturbing news. When she caught a glimpse of the gate of her old home, she stopped and stared at the gate. A woman younger than her then exited the gate and stood there waiting for something. She started walking again trembling a little.

"Sister!" the woman by the gate exclaimed

"…Hanabi…" Hinata said as her sister embraced her.

"Sister…" That was all Hanabi could say, she felt her sister's sadness.

"Is father home?" Hinata asked with sad eyes and with trembling voice. Hanabi nodded and pulled her into the house. Before Hinata entered the gates she asked Sakura and Kiba to stay outside.

Hinata then entered the gate and then the house. Her sister led her into a room where a man was shouting.

"Why?" the man shouted. Hanabi opened the old-styled door and a couple of Hyuugas were holding Neji. Her father was sitting in the tatami with eyes closed.

"Calm down, Neji…" Hinata's father said. He then where Hinata was standing, he stood up and approached Hinata. He then placed his hands over Hinata's shoulder. "I'm glad you have come…" Hinata frowned and furrowed his eyebrows. Hiashi then removed his hands from Hinata's shoulder sensing his daughter's anger. He backed away from Hinata and walked back and sat where he sat a while ago. Hanabi pushed her older sister into the room and gestured for her to sit. Hinata sat down far away from her father and Hanabi sat down beside her. The other Hyuugas let go of Neji sensing that he had already calmed down. Neji then sat down across Hinata and Hanabi far away from Hiashi too. He then combed back his blacked hair with his hands and adjusted his forehead protector a bit. He then looked at Hinata with worried eyes. Hinata and Neji then exchange confused and worried looks. The two then turned their attention at Hiashi.

"F-father… why have you done this?" Hinata asked with trembling voice.

Her father looked at her with worried eyes but his eyes quickly turned into his resolute eyes. "I know that I have betrothed Neji and Hanabi two years ago…" he then inhaled a large amount air and exhaled it quietly. "… But I have cancelled it now. And I remember that the marriage was supposed to be done this year. That was not cancelled the only thing that has changed is the ones getting married…" Hinata gasped after hearing her father's words.

"…but Father… why have you cancelled their betrothal?" Hinata interrupted.

"Your sister is still too young…"Hiashi replied.

"…Then why don't you just move the date of the marriage!" Hinata interrupted again.

"That is not the only reason…" he said "…I cannot allow the Hyuuga blood to spread out of the clan, understanding that you have made quite a relationship with the Rokudaime… I still cannot allow it…" Hiashi sighed.

"But father… how did you find out?" Hanabi asked "… about Naruto-sama and my sister? They just started going out yesterday…" Hanabi asked

"I have been watching Naruto-sama and your sister for a while now, Hanabi. And I have seen the possibility of the relationship they would acquire years ago…" Hiashi answered.

Everybody then turned their attention to Hinata. Hinata was looking down on the tatami. Droplets of tears fell down and wet the tatami. Hinata lifted her hand and covered her eyes. She began to weep; Neji looked at Hiashi with anger. "So cruel… he would sacrifice his own daughter's happiness for the clan's safety…" Neji thought. Hanabi comforted her sister by rubbing her back. Hinata then stopped crying and she wiped away her tears with her hands. She then looked at her father with determined eyes.

"Father…" she then smiled at Hiashi. "…I know that N-Naruto-kun will not allow this to happen… he loves me…" she said with trembling voice because of her sobs.

Hiashi looked at her with worried eyes. He lowered his pride "Fine then… if Naruto-sama truly loves you… I will not proceed with my plan. I will ask him when he gets back…" Hiashi then stood up and left the room. Hinata began to cry again.

After a many days of traveling, Naruto and his escorts finally arrived at their destination. Upon arriving at Suna, Medic-Nins took the girl away. Naruto and his escorts proceeded to the Hokage's office. When they opened the door they saw a man sitting on the ground with two other men sitting beside him. The man gestured for the three leaf-nins to sit don in front of him.

"Uzumaki Naruto… the Rokudaime…" the man in the middle wearing the Kazekage outfit and with a very familiar voice said.

"A pleasure to see you… Gaara of the sand… the Kazekage…" Naruto grinned.

"I'm glad you have recognized me…" Gaara then removed his hat and face mask. His face was revealed; his hair was still red and still short but he looked more matured. "… I know what your business is Naruto…" Gaara then looked more seriously at Naruto "…and I assure you that we do not desire to destroy Konoha anymore so we do not have any connection with this assassin, I am telling this as the Kazekage of this village…" Gaara then bowed down and the two men who were the council members bowed down too.

"Please raise your head…Kazekage…" Naruto said. "…I trust your words…" he then smiled at the three Sand-nins.

"Please share the information you have gathered, Kazekage-sama…" Sasuke said.

"Very well then, Uchiha Sasuke…" Gaara sighed. "A few days ago, I sent a group of Chuunins to patrol the area. They did not come back when the time that we gave them expired. And then something happened…" Gaara sighed again. "…the assassin you that have abducted your Chuunins returned… the dead bodies of our Jounins…" the three Leaf-nins then gasped. "… And the most disturbing thing is when we removed the masks of the members of the Jounins; their faces were twisted exhibiting excruciating pain. And this note came with the body "Gaara then gave Naruto a bloody piece of scroll. Naruto opened it and gasped after he read it.

"He said that he will stay in the very same spot where he was attacked by our Jounins, waiting for you. He stays at a certain cave in the outskirts of this village. If ever we would send Sand-Nins again… he would kill them again and the worst part is… he would kill your Chuunins…" Gaara said

Naruto then laughed a bit. Sasuke and Lee looked at him with confusion. "Why is he laughing at a time like this?" they both thought. "…and he really demands that I'm the ONLY ONE who will claim the Chuunins. He is very persuasive indeed…" Naruto then grinned as he passed the bloody scroll at his escorts. The other two leaf-nins read it.

"But, Naruto…" Lee muttered.

"I have already decided to abide his demands…" Naruto said still with a grin in his face.

"Ahh… I forgot one thing to say to you…" Gaara said.

"What is it?" Naruto asked

"About that girl you brought…"