Chapter 5

The sun was up and clouds flew by in the sky. Hyuuga Hanabi continued her walk through the forest. She was lost and for the whole time she hadn't stumbled along anything that might have given her a clue. Late last night, she'd woken up, finding herself in a forest. Choosing a direction (east) she just walked, letting her feet wondered to where ever. The rain hadn't bothered her but she had a little headache. Her walk had indeed taken a lot from her; her charka level was becoming quite low. The sun was shinning through the canopy sending rays of light through.

Thinking to herself, Father must know by know that I'm missing. Where is my sister, anyway? Did she get away; probably not after all, she is such a weakling. We were so stupid to even realise those three enemy-nins. This would've never happened if father hadn't ordered me to train with my sister. Why did those people fight with us? I can't believe I lost to them so easily; I was completely worn out from the training. Being only twelve years old and an average genin, she had some doubts about her capabilities.

Finally, her legs gave in and moving to the nearest tree, she collapsed from exhaustion. Hanabi wasn't on her guard, never realised a man had been following her the whole time; a kunai shot out, aimed for her. Using the last of her energy, she dodged it leaving the weapon planted into the bark of a tree.

A harsh voiced sliced through the air, "You think you can get away that easily?"

Activating her bloodline limit, she spotted a man just a few paces away from her. But like her kidnappers, he too, didn't have a forehead protector to indicate what village he was from. She took in deeper breaths, panting from tiredness; feeling like a mouse caught in a trap. The enemy took his time, slowly revealing himself, throwing three kunais at her. Hanabi had barely managed to get out of the way in time; one weapon ran past her, cutting a stand of hair. Landing on the floor but once again collapsing.

"If you were trying to take me, why did you just leave me in a forest?" she called out, with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Why? Because it is so much fun watching you suffer," her enemy replied letting sounds of laughter escape from his mouth, ringing through the forest.

Her anger started to grow, this time yelling out, "You are no ninja, just one that likes to watch people suffer."

Infuriated, by the statement, he too threw back an insult, "And you think you're a ninja? Why you didn't even sense that I had been following you. A ninja needs to been on his/her guard. For a Hyuuga, you surely disappoint me."

Hanabi was now more than angry, but this anger acted upon her. She could feel her charka returning and her hatred for the man in front of her. Getting up, she got into her battle stance indicating she wanted to fight.

"You want to fight now! How childish! You can't win and you know it yourself. Your chakra is low so you wouldn't even put up a worthy fight," the harsh voice replied.

She is such a weakling even for a Hyuuga, even her sister didn't put up much of a fight. Hmph! I'll finish her in a minute or less. But I can't kill her or the boss will freak. All I have to do is take her back to the boss and then my part is done.

"You won't stand a chance against me, Hyuuga. I'll finish you in a minute."

Hanabi just smirked before replying, "Well then let's see you back it up."

"Your choice but I can already see your future," her opponent called back.

Starting the attack first, Hanabi grabbed a kunai and sent it flying directly at her opponent. But he easily dodged it, returning the attacks with five throwing darts. (A/N: is that what they're called. I can't remember.) As expected, with her byakugan, she quickly deflected them and ran towards him.

"Jyuuken"

Her opponent barely escaped knowing that one hit could cause quite a lot of damage to the internal organs. It continued for minutes and Hanabi called out, "I thought you said a minute."

"Shut up, you arrogant brat!" the enemy shouted back, beads of sweat were running down his face. She should be knocked out by now.

She continuously tried attacking him with 'Jyuuken' but he always managed to dodge them. Pulling out four throwing darts from her holster, she once again tried to attack him, but with no affect.

Her opponent drew out six senbon and aimed it at the Hyuuga. Dodging them one by one but with difficulty, Hanabi cringed with pain as one of them hit her upper right arm. The enemy then, wasting no time, quickly performed some hand seals and not sooner was the whole forest covered with mist. She, herself was calm, knowing there was no technique that the byakugan couldn't see through. Or so she thought.

Shock came to her, once she tried to locate her opponent when all she could see, was hardly anything.

What' s...what's happening? This can't be possible. The byakugan can't see through this thick mist. Could it be possible, for the byakugan to be sealed? It can't be possible, she thought. Her whole body was shaking from fear; she was such an easy target now.

She tried deactivating her byakugan but that just made things even worst. Though her sight was penetrated, that wasn't going to pull her down. Sensing incoming weapons, she quickly reactivated her byakugan and managed to escape the two senbon aimed at her, but soon realised her mistake. The senbon was only the bait because a few seconds later, a shower of kunais fell towards her.

Damn! I can't believe I fell for it. How am I to deflect all of them, if I can hardly see a thing? A voice spoke up in her mind, her father's and what he said, about a year ago.

Flashback

"Hanabi, you're capable of learning 'hakkeshou kaiten'. A move reserved for main family members," her father announced to her.

"Main members, but Neji-ne-san has learned it," questioned a confused eleven year old child.

"Yes, your cousin is the genius of the Hyuuga Clan," stated her father. After all, Neji had learned two moves that were reserved. He truly is a genius.

Working harder and harder, day by day, from that day onwards, Hanabi trained in order to perfect her'kaiten'.

End of Flashback

That's it! Kaiten, she thought. Controlling her charka, which was indeed starting to run low but her determination didn't fail so nor did she. Her form became a blur as she spun letting the charka take form, blocking the incoming kunais.

Being some what surprised by this her opponent attacked her with another shower of kunais. Hanabi performed her 'kaiten' leaving the enemy gaping in shock. The mist had started to clear so her sight was returning, but not perfect. While she had been performing her 'kaiten' her opponent had taken that moment to hide, but she couldn't grasp his position.

"You think you're strong, but compared to me, you're nothing," the insult ripped through the air

Keep calm. Don't let his insult bother you, she told herself. More and more insults were thrown at her but she kept her cool. By then, the mist was almost gone, leaving her with perfect sight. She quickly spotted her opponent, running rapidly towards him with her 'Jyuuken' set, attacking him when he was off guard, hitting him numerous times before taking a small second break, to continue with further attacks.

"What! When!" her opponent gasped out, his eyes clearly reading shock and fear. His internal organs were suffering a lot and were hurting like hell.

"Don't underestimate me," she stated before a smirk appeared.

Quickly finishing him off with a couple more hits, she left him as a heap on the forest floor. The match had taken ages and her whole body ached, she stumped onto to floor trying to regain her breath. By that point her charka was all used up, she had not a single strength left to even get back on her feet. Lying on the floor, tiredness soon reached her mind and within a few minutes, she was out.

While this had been happening, Hinata was still trying to find a way out from her cave prison. She'd lost track of time, not knowing whether it was day or night since the cave never lightened up staying the same. Her luck with finding an escape route was also negative, even with her byakugan. It probably wasn't long ago when she had had stumped down, crying.

After a few minutes of crying, sadness washed away. Though she had no idea what she could do she once again tried. She was quick on giving up when fate was against her but now she felt some what different, something that she couldn't explain.

"A ninja must always remain calm in what ever situation they are in," a statement Iruka-sensei had taught them, back at the academy.

Many thought were running around in her mind, Where's Hanabi? What to do? How to get out? My byakugan can' t even see through these walls. But that has to be impossible; there is no way it can happen. The only thing I can see is where all those tunnels lead to but they all are dead ends.

Closing her eyes she tried picturing the situation:

She hadn't found an escape route, she only had some weapons left in her holster, she had no idea where her sister was, her byakugan couldn't see through the walls, tunnels that led to dead ends, rocky surface along the floor and the four I saw before, seemed to have gotten in but how can they get out.

The list went on and on.

But even with luck was against her, this time she took a walk along the tunnels trying to find anything with her byakugan. She continued for what seemed hours. The walls all looked alike except for one wall along one of the tunnels, which seemed different in some way. It wasn't the colour since it was so dark to see inside there, a person without the byakugan would have died. The wall had some strange charka coming from it, and it was the only place where she could sense something was there. Grabbing a kunai from her holster, she decided to give that wall a gently push, but to her amazement, her hand went right through. It almost seemed as if the wall wasn't there just air, but her bloodline limit couldn't see what was on the other side.

Taking the chance, she swiftly went through only to find a single passage way leading into darkness. Thinking of no other alternative, she followed it, keeping her guard up.

Neji and the group had returned to the Hyuuga Manor, meeting the Hyuuga head near the front. He called to Neji and the others to follow him but soon realised there was an extra person. Before his uncle could speak up, Neji informed him that he was taking Kiba, a Chuunin with him.

Hiashi merely nodded before asking them all to follow him. In a room, the six and Hiashi help them plan their next moves, who was starting to worry deeply about his two daughters but didn't let the emotions appear.

"You are to head for the Village of Sand, where I think they kidnappers might be from." Hiashi announced and with that, he left them to continue. But turned back, "Neji, I'll inform the Hokage about you're changes and good luck."

Neji stood up, bowing to his uncle before replying, "Thank you, Hiashi-sama."

They soon finished and within moments left Konoha (early afternoon a few minutes after noon) for the Sand Village in search for the two Hyuugas. The group consisting of four Jounins, one Chuunin and a medic was soon going to find some surprises coming their way.

A/N: Hope you like it! I don't think i can update the next chapter that soon, so hopefully you won't mind waiting a bit longer. Sasuke x Sakura pairing will come in later soon but Neji x Tenten pairing will happen first. The minor pairing is Naruto x Hinata but that comes in much later.

The Gandhara- Thank you for your review. It was really helpful and i realised i did indeed do some wrong things back then. Actually Naruto does like Sakura now but later on his feelings kind of change. Another big thanks to you!

Other reviewers- Please continue reading! I really do hope you like it.