Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, I would be a very rich Japanese man. Every ninja would probably be over 16 years old, and it would be less childish, except for Harem no jitsu. Naruto would fool Jiraiya with it everyday. And Orochimaru would be dead. And the 3rd Hokage would be alive, but he would think he is too old and let Tsunade become Hokage. And Sasuke wouldn't have left.
A/N: Hello everyone. I am writing more on this story now. If you are a battle fan, I am sorry to disappoint you, but I can't write battle or action scenes. So, I am going to skip ahead. Not too much though. You will see that it will work out in the end.
Shikamaru crawled into the main Hokage building barely able to breathe. He barely opened the door. He was covered head to toe with flesh wounds, all looking like slash marks. At that same time, Hinata, Kiba, and Lee were getting a mission assignment from Tsunade when Shikamaru came in. Tsunade immediately got up and ran over to help Shikamaru.
"Tsu...Tsunade-sama. I am reporting back from the mission. It was a success. The evil killer was destroyed, but..." Shikamaru fainted at that moment. Tsunade already knew what had happened. It was obvious. She was about to say it herself, until she remembered Hinata was in the room.
"He needs to go to the hospital right away. Hinata! Kiba! Lee! Your mission has been cancelled. It was only another escaped cat from that crazy woman anyways." Tsunade said. She ran off to the hospital with Shikamaru in her arms.
There was a silence for a few moments. Then Lee said, "Since we don't have a mission, I'm going back to see Gai-sensei." and he ran off.
"Well.. That was weird." Kiba said bluntly. "We can go back and train with Kurenai-sensei Hinata." He motioned for her to come with him, but she just stood there. "Hinata?" he said, very confused at her motionless body. "Hinata, come on!" he yelled, but she still didn't move. He ran outside to find Kurenai. If anyone could snap her out of something it was Kurenai. After countless searching, Kiba found Kurenai. She was in the little café they had just built in Konoha. He ran up to her, almost running out of breath.
"Kiba?" Kurenai said, "What's going on? Is something wrong?"
"Yes... Kurenai-sensei. Hinata in is the Hokage's office and she won't move. She motionless and won't respond to anything." Kiba explained.
"But I thought you and Hinata were getting a mission with Lee today." Kurenai said, clearly confused.
"Well, we did have one until Shikamaru came crawling the Hokage's office and then he fainted while giving his mission report. Tsunade took him to the hospital and said that the mission was cancelled." Kiba said. "We need to help Hinata."
"Ok, let's go." Kurenai said and they ran off in a flash. Several minutes later Kurenai and Kiba found Hinata still standing there, dumbfounded. She was staring at the wall, not doing anything. Kurenai approached her and Hinata immediately fell to the ground. Kurenai knelt down to see what was wrong until she realized it.
"Kiba?" Kurenai asked. "Were Neji and Naruto with Shikamaru when he reported to Tsunade?"
"No, actually. They weren't" he replied, still totally confused. "What's wrong with Hinata?" he asked.
"Well..." Kurenai started, but then Hinata suddenly got up and looked around. She saw Kiba and Kurenai there looking at her waiting for her to say something. But Hinata decided not to say anything for a while she would try to get over the shock herself, and if she couldn't, she would quit being a ninja. Hinata ran outside away from everyone and everything. Kiba started to chase after but Kurenai stopped him.
"Kiba, let her go. She needs some time to clear her head." Kurenai said, only to see that Kiba was confused. "Kiba. Do you not get it?" she asked.
"Get what?" he questioned. Kiba sometimes had a lackluster brain. Even Akamaru knew what had happened, and had kept chasing Hinata while Kurenai handled Kiba.
"Kiba. Naruto and Neji are dead. The two most important people in the world to Hinata have died, and Hinata has to cope with it. I don't know what she is going to do about it though." Kurenai explained.
Kiba just stood there flabbergasted. He couldn't believe that Naruto and Neji both died. Everything that had happened in the last hour had confused him, but now it all made since. "How could this have happened?" he thought. "The two most important people to Hinata have just died. I can't believe it."
"Kiba?" Kurenai said to see if he was okay.
"Yes..." Kiba answered very weakly. He was about to cry. Kurenai had never seen Kiba cry. And actually that was the first time Kiba cried. He cried for about an hour just standing outside the Hokage's office. Kurenai was already gone to tell everyone else, and to arrange a funeral ceremony for the deceased two. Kiba stopped crying and walked home to clear his own mind.
Meanwhile... Hinata had been running for quite some time, but Akamaru had kept on her trail. She was about to stop anyways, because she was tired and needed to rest. She sat down under a tall tree, when Akamaru came up to her and barked. She looked away and then looked at the dog. She realized that he had come to comfort her. So she picked up the dog and hugged him. He licked her face gently and just let her cry her eyes out. Even though he was a dog, he could understand Hinata's pain and suffering. He stayed with her for three days. Then she decided that they should head back, so they wouldn't worry Kiba, Kurenai, Shino, and the rest of Konoha.
Most of the commotion had died down by now, except for the funeral preparations. Shikamaru had been healed but he was still in the hospital to be monitored. Kiba hadn't told anyone that he cried, except Kurenai because she had seen him. Kiba had wondered where Akamaru had been for the past few days, but he remembered that he had followed Hinata. Shino had come back from a mission with his father, and they were training again. Hinata came up while they were sparring and sat down on the grass. Everyone looked at her, and went back to what they were doing. "Huh? Oh, I get it. They don't want me to get more upset. I'm over it. That's why I ran away." she thought. She almost said something, but she decided that she would just sit there. Shino knocked Kiba down.
"I quit." Kiba said. He sat down next to Hinata.
Kurenai looked up from her book to see that Kiba was sitting down. "Hinata, it's your turn to spar with Shino." she said expecting an answer.
"Ok." Hinata answered. Her life seemed more normal than ever, but she couldn't concentrate. She was still too upset from Naruto and Neji's deaths. Shino easily beat her and Kurenai decided that they should go home. While walking home, Hinata noticed that everyone was staring at her, not realizing how hurt she was. They thought she would get over the incident. She ran home and noticed her father was already finding a new member from the branch family to guard her. She didn't want him to do that so early. "FATHER!" she yelled. She rarely ever yelled.
"Hinata? You've come home." Hiashi exclaimed. "I already have a new branch family member for you." he said.
"FATHER! HOW COULD YOU! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I QUIT BEING A NINJA! I WILL NEVER BE A NINJA AGAIN!" she yelled, and ran out of the mansion.
"Hinata!" Hiashi yelled, but he was unable to sway his daughter.
Hinata ran all the way to the Hokage's office to confront Tsunade.
"TSUNADE!" Hinata yelled. "I QUIT! I'M NOT GOING TO BE A NINJA ANYMORE!"
Tsunade just looked at Hinata dumbfounded. " Well... ok. I understand Hinata." she answered.
"I do understand your pain. I had this happen to me a long time ago. I know how hard it is, but if that is your choice then I respect it." Hinata walked out of the room. The next day Tsunade conducted the funeral for Naruto and Neji. Everyone in Konoha showed up. Everyone but Hinata.
