Chapter Three: Arigatou, Sakura
Hinata slowly opened her eyes. She sat up, and looked around the room she had been placed in. The raven-haired Hyuuga turned toward a sound at the door, and watched as her cousin, Hyuuga Neji, and a blonde-haired Chuunin named Uzumaki Naruto walked into the room—Hinata smiled.
"Naruto-kun! Neji-niisan!" The blonde Chuunin walked up to her and put an arm around her. Hinata stared at him. "See, Neji, I TOLD ya she was okay!" Neji rolled his eyes. Naruto removed his arm from Hinata, and waved. "See ya later, Hinata-chan! Maybe if you get better soon enough you can meet me, Iruka-sensei, and the others at the Ramen shop later! See ya around!"
Naruto ran out of the room. Neji walked over to Hinata, who smiled up at him. Neji kneeled down by her. "What exactly happened out there in the forest?" he asked suspiciously. Hinata looked down at her hands. "Eto….I was returning a lost boy to his mother. These two Sound Chuunin began chasing us…I ran into Gaara and his siblings in a clearing," Neji suddenly gained interest. "So, Gaara was there after all. Did he—Did he harm you, Hinata-chan!"
Hinata raised a hand. "No, no—Of course not! I began to fight the Sound Chuunin, but I couldn't fight them both. One of them almost killed me with their kunai, but…eto…I was saved by a wall of sand he created before me…" Hinata twisted a strand of hair with her finger. "The Sound Chuunin ran away, Neji-niisan.." Neji stood up, and Hinata watched as he walked toward the door. Neji stopped. "As long as he didn't hurt you, Hinata-chan." Neji left the room, and Hinata turned her attention to the window next to her. She painstakingly got up, leaned against the wall, and stared out into the courtyard. She gazed her hazy eyes toward the red-haired Sand Chuunin walking toward the building entrance.
Gaara stopped in his tracks. He turned his attention to a window above the entrance. He saw the raven-haired Hyuuga staring down at him.
Time suddenly stood still.
Gaara stared up into the peaceful, lavender-white eyes of the Hyuuga, as she stared into his dark, cold, aquamarine eyes. A searing thought ran through Gaara's head, and the voice of the Shukaku called to him.
Don't let her get to you, Gaara! Don't let her wicked eyes hypnotize you—Go up there tonight and KILL HER!
Sakura descended down the stairs of the building, running at a fast pace so she would be able to meet up with Sasuke before Ino got to him first. She blindly turned a corner to another set of stairs, and collided with another person heading up straight on. Unable to keep their balance, they both rolled down the set of stairs, coming to a stop at the wall below. Sakura sat up slowly, rubbing her head. "Owow…Oh, I'm so sorry, I was in a hurry…" She looked up into the face of the person she ran into, and the dark-haired Chuunin returned her glance. "Sasuke-kun!" Sakura scooted over to him as he sat up, dumbfounded at what had just happened. Sakura put a hand up to her chin, worried. "Sasuke, I—I didn't hurt you too bad, did I?" Her Inner Sakura was screaming.
Dude, you REALLY messed up big time now!
Sakura rolled her eyes. Sasuke gave a strange glare at Sakura. "Watch—ow—where you're going." Sasuke out a hand on his forehead, only to discover that there was a cut that was slightly bleeding. Sakura noticed it, and frowned. "Sasuke-kun, let me—Let me help you with that..." Sakura took a strip of cloth that had conveniently been in her pocket at the time, and wrapped it around Sasuke's forehead, bandaging the cut. Sasuke slightly reached out a hand to stop her, but thought for a moment and put his hand down. Sakura stood up, and reached out a hand to Sasuke.
"Here, let me help you up." Sasuke glared at her for a moment, and stood up on his own. He continued to walk up the stairs, but stopped for a second. "Arigatou." Sasuke shoved his hands in his pockets and continued to walk. Sakura stood there and stared after him, while her Inner Sakura went wild.
CHIYAAAAAAA! Score one for the HOME TEAM!
Hinata felt better after resting. She stood up of her bed, and walked out of her room. She strode out of the Hyuuga manor she lived in, and walked down the path to the forest. She entered through the trees, not suspecting that someone followed her with a seemingly murderous intent.
Hinata entered the clearing that she had been to the day before, where she had fought those Sound Chuunin with the help of the red-haired teenage boy. Hinata looked around, gazing up at the night sky once again, and finding peace where she had fought before. No one was here, and she was safe. Hinata smiled, and fell back into the grass. She laid there, looking up at the sky, slowly falling back to sleep.
The red-haired Chuunin watched her from a nearby tree. The Hyuuga was slowly drifting off…..He watched as she fell into a deep sleep, completely peaceful. Gaara jumped silently down from his perch, and walked toward her. She didn't hear him coming, and the only thing the Sand-Chuunin could hear was Shukaku screaming inside his brain.
There she is—This girl who you disgustingly FOUGHT for…Destroy her now, so you can rid yourself of this memory every time you see her….Kill her NOW!
Gaara raised a hand, and the sand from the gourd on his back began to frenzy above him. I'm ready to CRUSH her.., he thought emotionlessly. His mouth began to open, ready to say the two words that would send the sand beating down onto the Hyuuga, crushing the life out of her slowly.
OMG! Is Gaara going to KILL her?..Don't worry, I'm not going to go all narrator-mode here XP! Muahahahaa…Read Chapter Four :D..