In the last chapter a Cloud nukenin bearing Jusenkyo water tried to steal an important scroll and failed but in the process he cursed several Konoha nin. It has been three days since the 'curse spree' as it is now referred to as, and Tsunade has yet to discover how to revert the curse. And thus Tsunade calls Kakashi to her office.
"Kakashi I have a mission for you" she began.
"I'm sending you to investigate some mystic springs, apparently called Jusenkyo. As you know, three days ago, missing-nin infiltrated the village and took out several of our nin. What truly happened is the nin used water from Jusenkyo to curse our nin. We know nothing else about jusenkyo except its location, and the only reason we know that is because the nin had this map. If you accept this mission you will make your way to the location and find out all you can the reason I'm having you go is because it's on the far side of stone."
"Mission accepted." was his brusque reply.
"Don't get caught." she said as she handed him the map.
Before she could let go, the door to the private rooms where she had ended up housing the cursed nin burst open and Hinata burst in.
"Hokage-sama! We found out how to reverse the curse! ahhhhhhhh..." she trailed off seeing that the Hokage wasn't alone.
"Thats great Hinata, how is it reversed and how did you find out?"
These words prompted Hinata to remember just how it had happened.
-FLASHBACK-
Hinata POV
We had been cooped up in the tower’s private rooms for three days. Three friggin days. If we had to spend another day inside, the collective quota of sanity and patience would be obliterated. The result would not be pretty to say the least. Neji and Lee were already putting holes in the walls with there sparring! At the time, I was covered in root beer and pixie stick powder, thanks to Choji and Ino. Needless to say I was on the edge, just on the brink of normal Hinata and a Hinata that I like to call Shiko Hana(1), this is because when Shiko takes over you'd best head for the hills because death and property damage blossomed in her wake. In the corner of me eye, I noticed my teammates; who were the only ones that knew about Shiko, were hiding in the closet, praying.
I calmly fanned my wings once and said, with icy dignity "I'm going to wash off. Do Not Disturb Me." Shiko was very close to the surface and if I didn't relax Shiko would fully break free.
'Ever since I was cursed Shiko has been so close to the surface, if I'm not careful something unfortunate will happen.' I thought as I slipped into the furo(2). It took me several minutes to notice that I was human again; I was so lost in my thoughts. When I did notice I blinked and after a short pause, got out of the tub. I was wearing the clothes I had been cursed in and now they, along with the rest of my body, were thoroughly soaked. I calmly walked over to the shower head and turned on the cold water, thinking I was dreaming. When I looked again I realized I had reverted to the form of a Negasus (that being what they'd finally decided to call me) with a sigh I slipped in to the tub again, only to find that I was human again. Now despite some opinions, I am quite intelligent, so it was obvious that, after some experimentation I found that I reverted to my true form by means of hot water and became a Negasus again with the application of cold water. 'But does this apply to the others?' was my thought as I scooped out a bucket full of hot water and went to find out. The first people I came across were Neji and Lee, who were sparring. Without thinking I splashed them just as Neji made a dive at Lee. When they became human again they landed in an un-ninjalike fashion, Neji on top of Lee, face to face. Lip to lip. This is what TenTen and Sakura walked in on.
Can you say 'Embarrassing?'
-END FLASHBACK-
However, she hadn't told the Hokage all of that. Just an abbreviated version. Extremely abbreviated.
Tsunade and Kakashi could tell she wasn't telling everything but were satisfied with her answer. "Very well then Hinata, I leave it to you and the others to tell whom you will about the curse. Good luck Kakashi, you are both dismissed."
The thoughts of the two as they left were eerily similar ' SH!T what am I gonna do NOW!'
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