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Part 1

Hinata Hyuuga sighed tiredly as she closed her aching eyes in an attempt to sleep. '90 years is far too long to live and still be in my right mind.' She thought scorning the money her family used to keep her alive. Neji had passed on. Naruto had passed on. For God's sake even Hanabi had died a year ago. She felt so alone sometimes. Her eyesight was gone, but that didn't stop the ache that plagued her pearly orbs. Her heart was worsening by the day. Not exactly a fun existence. She didn't know why they didn't just pull the plug on her.

She was pulled out her reverie by the familiar creak of the door opening. She could tell by the footfalls and faint scent of lavender that it was her youngest … third cousin. She was Neji and TenTen's granddaughter. And Tomoe was growing more and more like Neji with every passing year. She was currently 18 and already would be taking the exams to become a jounin next month.

"Tomoe-chan how nice to see you." Hinata greeted weakly.

"Likewise Hinata-sama." The girl replied politely, "I'm afraid my topic of conversation isn't light however so I won't draw this out. I want to know what happened to Sakura Haruno in the old Uchiha house."

Hinata flinched. She hadn't thought about that incident in a long time, "Ah, Tomoe-chan why would you come to speak to me on such a grave topic? Surely it's in some sort of record-"

"Yes. It is, however the story becomes all the more accurate when you're hearing it from an eyewitness. And you are the only living eyewitness."

"I was the only eyewitness besides him…" she trailed off lost in thought.

Tomoe rolled her pale eyes but waited patiently for her to continue.

"We were young then." She paused as if relishing in the memory, "Six or Seven I believe. Sakura and I were best friends…

.:Begin flashback:.

"Come on Hinata-chan everybody will be there!" Sakura pleaded tugging at the big-eyed girl's hand.

"b-but who's everyone?"

"Oh you know Shino, Kiba, Neji, Rock Lee, Tenten, Ino, all them!"

"Will Nartuto-kun be there this time?" A pretty pink blush painted her porcelain face.

"Probably not. He's so weird. I don't know why you like him."

"S-sakura-chan can we please g-g-go invite h-him? Re-real quick?"

She giggled, "Oh fine. But we have to be fast otherwise we'll be late."

Hinata's eyes lit up and she burst off at a run.

"Hey Hinata-chan wait up! We don't want you to have an asthma attack! That'd slow us down!"

"Oh! H-hai!"

She took Sakura's hand and they skipped down the street. They were almost there when Sakura stopped.

"Itai!" Hinata gasped as she fell flat on her face scraping her knee.

"Oh Hinata-chan! Are you ok? I saw someone in there!" The girl's green orbs glittered with excitement.

"But Sakura-chan, "She sniffled trying to hold back tears, "That house is abandoned."

Sure enough the house had a wrought iron fence around it covered in ivy. The house itself was an old Victorian and once beautiful and white. But now it was graffitied and gray. Windows were shattered and the shutters were falling off their hinges. It did not look very inviting.

"I know I just saw a boy in there though so it can't be abandoned. And he was super cute! Even cuter than your cousin!"

Hinata's eyes widened. 'But she adores Neji-nii-san…'

"What if it was a a g-g-ghost?"

"Silly! Ghosts are scary! He has to be an angel!"

"An angel?" Her innocent eyes grew wide.

"Yeah! Let's go look!" she suggested bouncing up and down with enthusiasm.

"O-OK But don't leave me."

"Of course I won't!" Sakura giggled, "Now let's go!"

"Wait Sakura-chan what about the party?"

"We can afford to be a little late!"

Sakura climbed over the fence with ease. Hinata on the other hand was having some problems.

"W-wait for m-me!" She squeaked hoisting herself up to the top of the fence, "Oh no!" Her inhaler clattered to the sidewalk nest to the street.

"Hey it's OK Hinata-chan! We'll just have to make sure not to go too fast!"

"H-hai." She leapt with a stifled scream to the unkempt grass.

They pulled open the door with a loud squeak. Hinata whimpered. The other gave her a heartening smile and they stepped in. The entrance hall had a high ceiling with an enormous chandelier (covered in cobwebs of course) that was overlooked by the second story from a balcony. The floors were dark and dirty cracked wood. Boards were even missing all together in some places

"Great! Now let's look for the stairs. He was on the second floor! Watch your step!"

The indigo haired friend nodded, not letting go of her hand. They passed through what appeared to have once been the kitchen, of course not without some trauma derived from the cockroach population.

'I'll have to remember to show Shino-kun this place. I'll bet he's never seen bugs that big. All the same, I hope I never have to again.'

"Ewwwww! Let's find another way to go back next time!" she paused, "assuming we come back."

Hinata gasped, "S-sakura-chan let's go back! I- I c-c-can't!" Tears spilled over as she squeezed her eyes shut.

"But we've made it this far. It will all have been for nothing! Just a bit further Hinata-chan. Come on we'll do it together." Sakura gave her hand a comforting squeeze.

Hinata sniffled and nodded begrudgingly, following her friend deeper into the house.

.:End flashback:.

The old woman sighed and fell back into the embrace of her pillows, "I'm very sorry Tomoe-chan I'm afraid I've become rather tired. Come back tomorrow."

"Hai Hinata-sama." She bowed and left the room.

Did anyone enjoy so far? I know it just flowed out of my fingers as I was writing it. This has been sitting in the back of my mind for some time and I've been absolutely DYING to get it out. So this is part 1. It's not going to be very long. Oh and by the way, if I know people are reading and enjoying, it tends to fuel my fantasies... or at least make me feel guilty for not writing. Hint Hint….

Arigato!

7:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

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