Revelations

Hinata and Tāra had slowed to a walk by now. The moon was already high in the sky. It was nearing midnight.

"Is it true…? Hinata?" Tāra asked, weakly.

"What?" Hinata replied, "Oh… he told you."

Tāra nodded. Hinata sighed. "Yes. When you came to our village, I elected to take care of you. I raised you as my own child but I always kept in mind your true identity. I lied to you about your life. I truly have no idea about your parents, but they're probably dead." She noticed Tāra crying.

"W-what's wrong Tāra?" Hinata asked.

Tāra tried to fight away the tears, but she couldn't. But her tears carried blood. "What's this?" Hinata asked, wiping away the blood-filled tears. She looked into her adopted daughter's eyes, seeing the red clearing away to a pale-green color. There were no pupils in the eyes, just that infinite green color.

Hinata gasped, "That's why there were no tomoe in your eyes! The Senkū kekki genkai isn't a version of the Sharingan; it's its own kind!" She pulled a rag from her bag and gave it to Tāra.

(A/N: If you don't know what they are, tomoe are the marks in the Sharingan. The more tomoe, the more mature it is.)

"Change of plans. We're heading over to Sakura's house. She'll know what to do." Hinata said.

"So, what happened?" Sakura asked.

Hinata explained everything she knew. Sasuke had broken into her house, and done something to her "daughter". "It was a Jutsu! For some reason, it involved blood." Tāra explained.

"Of course it did. That's how all of them got their Kīrito." Sakura explained.

"What?" Tāra asked.

"Kīrito. The kekki genkai of the Senkū tribe. Their eyes can perceive things that most others can't. Naruto told me about it; but not much else." Sakura explained.

"Then Naruto knows about her eyes?" Hinata asked.

"Yes, he only told me that much, but he probably knows more." Sakura said.

"That's where we were headed. But can you get the blood out of Tāra's eyes? I know about your medical skill." Hinata asked.

Sakura nodded. "It's not that hard." She walked out of the room. When she returned, she had a rag that was soaked in some kind of liquid.

Sakura walked over to Tāra. One at a time, she held open the eyelids and dabbed the eyes with the rags. Tāra screamed out with pain, but whatever was in the rag worked. All the blood was gone from her eyes; although her tears showed she needed to tear out the liquid.

"It'll sting, but the blood's all gone." Sakura explained

Tāra nodded through the tears. "You should stay here tonight. As long as Sasuke didn't follow you, he won't know you're here. If he did, I'll be able to guard you two." Sakura offered.

"Thanks Sakura. I guess we will." Hinata said.