Away From Me
He found her in the country of Water. And once again they were alone.
Why did he follow me? She wondered, afraid of him still, and still not understanding why.
"You forgot this." He said, holding out her head protector. The one she had never used to protect her head with anyway.
"I…" she faltered, always so unsure of herself, the little girl. "I don't think I'll be needing it anymore."
"Sure you will," he said, grinning at her with sharp teeth. "Just take it, ok?"
Still she would not move any closer to him. Closer to him, it felt like moving farther away from herself.
"Please Hinata. I didn't track you down all this way just to have you ignore me."
"I'm not ignoring you! I just don't want to take it from you! Why couldn't you leave me alone! And why would you follow me anyway? We don't even like each other!"
His face lost all the sureness and mirth it had held moments ago. "We don't…" he wondered sadly, and she almost felt bad for yelling at him like that. But why should she feel bad for pointing out the truth?
He grinned suddenly, "You know, being out here by yourself has changed you. Or maybe you're just showing me the real you... but whatever it is, I hope we can be a team again when you come back." He threw her head protector to her and ran away, back to his team she supposed.
She watched the spot he had left for a long while, then realized she held the head protector in her hands still. She looked down at the leaf symbol carved into the metal. Why should she have this? Wasn't she a missing nin now? Or wasn't she dangerous enough to even be considered as such?
She looked back at where she guessed he would be now. Maybe she could still catch him if she ran after him. But she wouldn't run after him. After all, they didn't even like each other.