Chapter Eight: Blind Vengeance


Kasumi was moving fast. She had reached the foot of the mountain. She stopped, she was tired. She had focused charka on her feet so that she won't sink in the heavy snow.

Like Neji, Hinata was infected. No matter how hard Hinata tried to hide it, she couldn't hide it from Kasumi. Kasumi had taken notes and have known almost everything about the disease. But she couldn't fathom the fact that Hinata could still be somewhere with her sister and Naruto. By now she should be bedridden but again she wasn't.

These past few days had been insane. First the main village in the Snow Country was bombed and second was this whole epidemic thing in Konoha. She tried to clear her thoughts for a second. At least she was relieved that her father is back. She doesn't have to worry about creating the vaccine; she has her dad to do that. And now all she has to do is get her patient back along with the needed ingredients.


"This is bad." Kiyuri uttered. It was getting dark.

"Stupid. Stupid." Kiyuri said to herself. She was inside the cave. She felt that something bad was going to happen and that she must find her team mates. But an urge inside her wanted to go further inside the cave to get the crystille flower. She stayed at the opening of the cave, trying to think about what to do next.


Naruto looked up at the sky. Night was nearing.

"We better find Kiyuri. We better go back." Naruto suggested.

"Go back?" Hinata repeated. "We cannot go back."

"But what about –"

"There's too much pain… I cannot go back anymore. Now that I'm here I might as well…" Hinata trailed off.

"Hinata!" Naruto shook her and tried to look at her but she was hiding her face.

Then with a single thrust Naruto flew away from her. She used her widely known technique, juken.

Naruto was shocked he touched his abdomen and winced. "Hinata…"

Hinata neared to him, holding a kunai in her hand.

Naruto wanted to believe that the girl who is slowly making herself to him, to try to kill him wasn't Hinata but an imposter.

Hinata lunged at him with her kunai. Naruto rolled and got to his feet. At a brief moment the time slowed down, he saw her full of tears that were trying to escape from her eyes. And at that time he knew exactly who she was. She was Hinata but something was off.

Hinata kept attacking him in a slow pace. Naruto dodged her easily.

"Stop playing…" Hinata said as if she was possessed.

"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked Hinata as she tried attacking him with gentle fist again. He caught her hands and pulled her to himself. She tried to escape.

"Let go of me!" Hinata pushed him. He let go and soon they were face to face with each other. "You know very well what you did!"

Naruto's eyes widened with shock. "Y-you don't understand!"

"I don't understand!" Hinata exclaimed. "Why? Did you do it out of pure intentions! Did you want to help me, to protect me! Was it for my own good!"

Hinata glared at him. She was silent for while and said. "You killed my father! He might not be the best father in the whole world but I love him because of the fact that once upon a time he cared for me, he made me feel loved and cherished. He is my father and no one, not even you, can replace that love he gave me."

"Y-you're right… I killed him." Naruto stared hard at the snow covered ground. "I may not have known what was it like to have a father but I understand how you feel."

"No you don't cause if you did…" Hinata rushed towards him. "You wouldn't kill my father in the first place!"

Naruto side-stepped for Hinata was going in for the kill. He knew one blow could kill him and he didn't want that to happen. He wanted to explain to her everything after they got through this.

Hinata then tripped and collapsed hard on the ground. Her final chance to kill him was gone. She knew she cannot move any longer, the sickness was taking a toll on her. Hinata coughed up blood, a bad sign her charka points were already damaged.

Naruto ran to her but before he could get to where she was, the ground shook. Then an avalanche came. Naruto then quickly took Hinata's unconscious form and quickly ran away from the snowy fury that is the avalanche.

Naruto then quickly ran and he saw a cave and went inside to avoid being crushed into the whiteness.


A/N: Disclaimer: Usual disclaimers apply.

This by far is the shortest chapter…

Anyway thanks for reading!