Another update! Yosh yosh!
Hinata sat on the bench in the middle of konoha, it was later on in the day and she was once again; all alone. She sighed and placed her elbow on her knees and her hands on her cheeks. There was nothing to do and she was bored. Obito and Kakashi were following Rin around and she wasn't going to sit by and watch as they ignored her like they did as of late she'd been here a little over a month and this is what was becoming of the squad, girl focused... She was starting to realize that the team was just Kakashi, Rin and Obito. She saw someone walking her direction and she pulled her legs in closer so they wouldn't be in the person's way.
She figured the person was just going to walk right past her, but they stopped and they sat by her. "You know I came a long way, just to talk to you." Her voice said and Hinata looked up at the woman. Her eyes went wide and she jumped up. "Tsunade-shishou!" she squeaked and the woman looked at her oddly. "That is weird, don't call me that." She sighed and looked over the blue haired girl. She was bowing in respect and her fingers were trembling. "Sorry…" she whispered and Tsunade smiled.
"Don't be, I'm just not used to being called such." She said with a smile and Hinata peered up at her. "So you trained under me huh? I'm curious as to what I could have possibly taught you, but I'm not going to pry. I want you to keep those abilities a secret and only… and I mean only if someone around you is in danger, do you use them. Do you promise?" she asked and Hinata smiled. "I won't have to use those abilities to protect him… I have others." She said softly and Tsunade smiled at the younger girl. "Good, a kunoichi should always have a secret weapon up her sleeve." She said and stood.
"Join me for lunch, if you don't mind." Tsunade said and Hinata fiddled with her fingers. "I can't drink though…" she said and a dark blush coated Tsunade's cheeks she was truly surprised. "A-ano… it gets bad… doesn't it?" she asked with a nervous laugh and Hinata nodded lightly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude…" she said and Tsunade laughed. "Its no problem! I just wasn't expecting that…" she sighed and rubbed her cheek. "Well then I guess I will head on to go talk with gramps then." She sighed and Hinata giggled, Tsunade was using her to avoid the third… typical.
"Bye Tsunade-sama." She said and the blonde woman waved at her. Hinata sighed and walked down the walkway, swinging her arms back and forth by her sides. She felt bad, she was living it up in the past while everyone else was fighting for their lives. She hopped onto the fence and landed on the boards. She walked delicately across the thin boards, a small smile crossing her lips as she balanced herself.
She spun on her toes and jumped the junction of the fence where the fence squared off into the corner. In about three to four months, they would be taking the chunnin exams if Minato recommends them to do so. She was excited, but saddened all the same. She had already been a chunnin, and she wished she didn't have to take someone's place here to get chunnin again. She stumbled on the fence as someone appeared before her. "Minato-sensei!" she squealed and he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Sorry, Hinata-chan. But… the third wants to see you. Kakashi is there too." He said and she blinked. What was this about? "Alright." She said and dropped from the fence to take off running towards the Hokage office. She slowed to a jog as she entered his office. "Ah, Hinata-san, good to see you." He said and she smiled at him. Kakashi stood off to the right; his arms crossed over his chest as if he was bored and really didn't want to be there.
"As you both know, the chunnin exams are going to be going on in the next few months." He said and they nodded as Minato walked in as well. "But, by recommendation of your sensei, I am willing to promote you, here and now." He said and Hinata's eyes went wide. "But…" he began again. "I want you to prove to me that your skills are up to par. You are going to fight with Kushina and Mikoto. They will tell me if you deserve the title or not." The third said and Hinata nodded.
The two nodded and made their way out to the specified training field nearest the Uchiha compound. Mikoto and Kushina stood there, ready with their mission uniforms on. "So you are the two prodigies?" Mikoto asked and Hinata said nothing, Kakashi just shrugged. "Not very lively are they?" Mikoto sighed and Kushina laughed. "We will make them lively then." She said and they lunged. Hinata jumped back to avoid the older women that had aimed for her first.
Hinata dropped into the Hyuuga stance and activated Byakugan. "I won't fall for that, I fought with Hiashi for my jonin exam!" Mikoto said and Hinata nodded but sped forwards anyways, the woman delicately dodged every palm that came towards her with ease, but Hinata knew she hadn't gotten to see all the clan jutsu from one fight. "Twin lion fist!" Hinata yelled and the blue chakra engulfed her hands to her elbow. Hinata also kicked off the weights around her ankles and sped forwards. Mikoto blinked in surprise as Hinata gained on her.
Hinata continuously swiped at Mikoto until she had made the older woman lose her footing. Then Hinata slammed her lion fists into the ground. "Twin lion fist roar!" she said and chakra burst from the ground and chased after Mikoto. Mikoto flipped backwards into a tree and then jumped out of the tree when it had begun to crack as well. She glanced at Kakashi who was fending off Kushina's hits fairly well; she turned just in time to drop into a crouch to avoid Mikoto's foot. She jumped backwards and Kakashi followed suit.
They glanced at each other and then at the two women standing across the way. His hand sparked but she shook her head. "We aren't trying to kill them… just incapacitate." She said and his hand stopped sparking. "Then what do you suppose we do?" he grumbled and she looked towards the two women with furrowed brows. She mouthed one word and he nodded. They flew into similar hand signs and clones of them both appeared all over. The real Hinata and Kakashi slunk back into the crowd of clones and found a vantage point for when the two women were busy fighting off the clones, they would attack.
Hinata crouched in a tree and waited for Mikoto to lower her guard. Mikoto then looked around to see if any more clones were going to bum rush her. When they didn't she began looking for the real Hinata. "They have escape methods down pact." Kushina laughed and Mikoto nodded. "Escape is a coward's way out!" Kakashi said and came up from the ground and took Kushina down with the head hunter jutsu. He took a few steps back, expecting Mikoto to attack him, but she didn't.
Kushina was yelling loudly at Kakashi to try and get him to get her out of the ground, but her angered yells silenced when a shinobi from Iwa stepped out of the woods, appearing to be carrying Hinata by the back of her coat. Hinata looked up at them and motioned to where she really was with her eyes. None of them made any move to give her approval they got the message because it would alert the shinobi carrying her clone.
"Three girls and a little boy, not much of a problem..." the man muttered, a twisted smirk crossing his lips. More Iwa shinobi stepped out of the surrounding woods and they heard explosions in the distance, the first raid had begun… Kakashi's hand began to spark and the shinobi grabbed Hinata's clone by her hair and made a noise of disapproval. "If you come after me, I will kill her." He said and Kakashi sprung forwards.
"What do I care? If she isn't strong enough to protect herself, then she won't be a good shinobi!" he growled and the man stabbed the clone with a kunai, but she poofed away and the man looked surprised and shoved the man next to him. "I thought you said she wasn't a clone!" he yelled and the guy looked just as surprised. "I truly thought she was! Her chakra system looked weak!" he said and the man jumped back as two more clones of Hinata appeared and lunged for him.
Hinata showed no mercy towards the men who had attacked her. She sent one flying with an empty palm technique and the other with a swift ankle to the face. The real Hinata dropped down and dispelled all her clones. Her eyes flashed and she pinpointed the location of every other surrounding Iwa nin. There were ten more and they all rushed out from their hiding places. Hinata slid down into the Hyuuga stance and as every one of them rushed at her, she heard the three behind her talking.
"Shouldn't we help her?" Kushina asked and Kakashi shook her head. "She is strong enough, she can handle it." he said simply, there was very little emotion in it so it could have possibly been praise, or it could have been a belittlement, stating that if she couldn't handle them; then she wasn't as strong as she claimed to be. Either way, Hinata took it as a compliment from her stubborn and dismissive teammate. As she came across each of them, her hands struck hard and swiftly, she was at the end of the enemy shinobi group by the time the first one fell, the last one was done in by a chakra enhanced foot to the face, the rest by fatal jyuuken hits.
She stood up straight and dropped her leg as all the men collapsed. Kakashi raised a brow as if expecting she could have done that faster. She gave him a dirty look and he shrugged. "We should go help the others." Hinata said and pulled Kushina from the ground with ease. "Alright, Kakashi, you come with me, Hinata go with Mikoto." Kushina said as they split up. Mikoto looked at Hinata as they jumped through the trees to reach the left end of the village. "You are one strange young woman." Mikoto said with a smile and Hinata blushed lightly. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to be…" she said and Mikoto laughed. "It wasn't meant like that. What I mean is that you're awfully strong for your age. I have never seen someone your age so strong… its incredible." She said and Hinata looked down as they made their way back to the village.
"There are plenty of people stronger than I am… and they will become stronger than me in time… your children will be stronger than I will ever hope to be, that's just how things go, the youngest generations continue to get stronger and stronger." Hinata said softly and Mikoto smiled. "Well when I do have children I will be sure to let you meet them and you can tell them yourself, just how strong they will be." Mikoto said and Hinata smiled as well, Mikoto's smile was sincere and motherly.
"Alright then… I will take you up on that offer." She said and Mikoto hit the ground by the village side walls. "Well! Let's go!" she said and they took off running towards the middle of the village where Hinata had seen buildings burning. Hinata jumped atop the buildings and despite older shinobi telling her to go meet with the rest of her generation, she ignored them and her hands flew through seals. Her mouth filled with water and she began to douse the flames. The more flames she put out, the less of the older shinobi that were telling her to go away.
She pulled a hand full of senbon from her hip pouch and bit down on a few, but held the rest in her hands as she jumped rooftop to rooftop. She was swift in taking out the enemy with her wind chakra coated senbon. When the majority of the enemy shinobi were either dead or on the run, the majority of the leaf shinobi were now chasing down the remainder of the enemy shinobi as to not let any get away. Hinata jumped down from a rooftop with a single senbon left in her mouth.
"I see you disobeyed my orders…" the third's voice sighed from behind her. "Orders?" she asked and he furrowed his brows. "That's right, forgive me, I had forgotten you and Mikoto were training when I gave the orders." He sighed and Mikoto landed beside her with a smile. "Hinata was amazing, lord third. When this started, she took out twelve of them all her own faster than anything I can comprehend. I have never seen a child this strong." Mikoto said and Hinata smiled.
"She is special in ways beyond comprehension." He said and Mikoto smiled. "Then as promised, I guess as of now; you are officially a chunnin, Hinata." He said and pulled a new headband from his hip pouch and handed it to her, it had a black cloth securing it instead of the blue she had been given when they had made her genin. She smiled and secured the new headband around her neck. "I will get you your vest tomorrow morning." If your sensei permits." He said and at that moment, Minato dropped down in front of him with Kushina and Kakashi.
"Ah, Minato!" the third said with a small smile. "You made it just in time, Hinata has been made chunnin." He said and Kakashi looked at her oddly. "Kakashi-san did well as well, lord third. He took me down swiftly, although his methods are not one I would have liked to have experienced." She complained and the third nodded. "I do not wish to receive the vest, lord third…" Kakashi said and Hinata eyed I'm with curious eyes, chewing on the single senbon she had left. "Alright then, but it is mandatory when you reach jonin." He said but then Mikoto gasped and they all turned to look where she was facing.
"Obito!" Mikoto screamed as a lone man walked up, holding a beaten up Obito, blood fell from his lips and he was limp in the man's grasp. Then senbon that was between her lips almost dropped but she chomped back down on it at the last moment. Her eyes watered, she was worried about her friend; this was a life or death situation now. "Hand over that girl there, and the boy goes free." That was all she had heard the man say. "Why do you think we would hand her over?" the third Hokage asked and Hinata looked at the ground. "I took out a large group of them, that's why he wants me…" she said softly and the man smirked.
"See, the kid is smart at least." He scoffed and Hinata took a step forward. Kakashi grabbed her wrist and glared at her. "Are you going to kill yourself for him? He got himself captured, it's his fault not-" he started angrily, but his rant was cut off when her hand left a bright red mark on his face, even though you could only see some of it because of the mask. He held his face as he looked at her in surprise. Minato made a move to walk to her, but the man shoved Obito to his knees and put a kunai to his throat. "One more step and he dies anyways. One more move and I will kill him." The man said.
"Kakashi, do you even care at all?! You're so cold to him! To everyone! We are just trying to be your friends. We care for you, even if you don't truly care for us. Remember that, because if you ever forget it… you will regret it when one of us dies for you." She said and turned on her heel and walked towards the man a bit, but her breath caught in her throat when Obito's eyes cracked open and he winked at her. She continued to walk forward but before the man could fully release Obito, something he hadn't expected happened.
Obito spun in his loosened grasp and shoved the kunai into his leg and he dropped to the ground holding his leg. Before Obito could knock the man unconscious, Hinata spat the senbon at the man. It had been coated in sedative chakra when it hit the man's shoulder. He grinned at her, but she ran over to him and tackled him in a hug. Kakashi crossed his arms and walked away, disregarding everything Hinata had said. Obito blushed when Hinata had collided with him.
"I thought you were h-hurt really bad…" she stammered and he frowned. "I had to give him the impression… he is the one who led the raid after all…" Obito said as Hinata hugged him tighter. It kind of hurt how tightly she was hugging him, but he wasn't going to stop her… she had been worried about him. He looked up and saw a teary eyed Mikoto standing two feet away, her hand over her mouth and worry in her eyes. He glared at the ground as he looked away from her. When Hinata pulled away from him and began wiping her eyes, Mikoto lifted him into a hug. "Oh, Kami… Obito!" she sobbed and he blinked. She didn't really worry for him… did she? She wasn't his mother… she he couldn't really believe… no, he could… his mother looked down on him, same as his father… there had to be someone who cared…
He looked at her and she wiped her eyes. "Are you alright?" she asked and he shrugged lightly. He didn't care that he was hurting, he was just hoping that she really did care, being the clan leader's wife and all… "why don't you come to my house this evening and I make you some dinner, huh? I think you deserve it." she said, her voice shaky but her smile was sincere. He nodded lightly and looked at his hands. He pushed himself off the ground and turned to see Hinata with a different color headband on. His eyes went wide. Was she that much stronger than him?
He fisted his hands at his sides, but winced when he moved his arm and it hurt. Hinata slowly walked over and tapped him on the shoulder. "Um… Obito…" she called and he looked at her. She was looking at the ground, her fingers fiddling and a shy look in her eyes, which were constantly averted from his own. "Would you come have dinner with us too Hinata?" Mikoto asked and Obito blinked, but huffed soon after. Hinata watched him and her eyes became downcast as he did so. "Uh.. no… no thank you. I think I will eat at home tonight…" she whispered and turned away from Obito.
"Hey! Wait, what were you going to ask?" he asked and she stopped for a second, then continued to walk. "I was going to ask if you were alright, but I guess Rin can heal you if that's what you would like…" she whispered and he sighed and rubbed his face, girls were so bipolar and confusing. The third Hokage sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose as he dealt with his confused Anbu members. "You have to remove the senbon before you take him in, with her skill I doubt she would make it to where he would wake up the moment you take the senbon out…" he sighed and the Anbu still wandered around like chickens with their heads cut off. They were confused that two children had taken him out, yet managed to knock him out with sedating chakra and a senbon, they could believe the kunai to the knee thing, but the other there wasn't a chance.
Obito took off towards the direction Hinata had disappeared, but Minato stopped him. "Tell her that we have a mission tomorrow and we leave at noon." He said and Obito gave him an odd look. "What makes you think I'm going after Hinata?" he grumbled and Minato laughed. "She's your friend, she cares about you and I know you aren't as much of a loner as Kakashi is so I know you care that she is your friend." He said and Kushina grinned and urged him forwards. "Now… go kiss and make up with your girlfriend." She said and Obito choked on air.
"WHAT?! She is not my girlfriend!" he yelled and Kushina rolled her eyes and laughed. "You say that, but you know the girl is adorable! Now go say sorry dammit!" she snapped and Obito paled at the brash woman's ferocity over an apology. "I'm going… sheesh…" he grumbled and she shoved him forwards roughly. "Hurry before she gets home and goes to bed, its late!" she growled and he scowled lightly at the pushy woman. He sighed once he was out of range of the older shinobi.
"Great… now they all know where I'm going and they're all going to be immature and say that she's my girlfriend. Like I need any more drama…" he sighed and pulled his goggled down over his eyes once more. He had pushed them up over his forehead for some reason before the man had grabbed him, he couldn't remember why he had, but that didn't matter now, he was just glad to be able to put them back on instead of play the injured captive. Which wasn't fun in the slightest. He got to her home and he knocked on the door.
He stood there for a few minutes before she opened the door. She was wearing a sleeveless sleep shirt, short shorts, and a cute little sleeping cap. He found it odd that he found her current attire kinda cute, but he guessed it was because she looked like a bunny. She rubbed her eyes and he frowned, he had made her cry…
"Ano… Hinata…" he began but she shook her head. "It's ok, Obito really. I understand. I know how it is being the black sheep of your family. Trust me I'm going to be the nicest Hyuuga you'll ever meet." She said softly and sniffled as she rubbed her eyes. "But, I was never meant to be here anyways. I was never meant to be in your genin squad, there are only three genin in the other squads, so why should I be the odd one out in the squad you were placed in before I even had a placement?" she asked and he frowned, he wasn't sure what he could say to make her feel better.
"I understand completely, so go be Happy with Rin-chan and have your silly arguments with Kakashi-san, I won't bother you or them…" she said as she rubbed her eyes once more, a sob shaking her shoulders. He furrowed his brows and slammed his palm against the door as she tried to close it, keeping it open. "That isn't it at all!" he snapped and she looked at him with tear filled eyes. "That isn't it Hinata! You aren't the odd one out! You are one of us! We are team Minato! There is no changing that now… you are our friend and you will always be there for us, even if we can be jerks because we get jealous of you, we will always be your friends." He said and she blinked, her eyes going wide.
"Y-you're jealous of me? Why?" she asked and he blinked in surprise. "You just got named chunnin… what's not to be jealous of?" he asked and she blushed and looked at her hands. "You will be chunnin too, I promise… there are plenty of other people to be jealous of… I'm definitely not one of them." She said softly and he furrowed his brows. "If there are other people to be jealous of… who are you jealous of?" he asked and she blushed and looked down at her fiddling fingertips.
"I'm a bit jealous of Rin…" she said softly and he blinked in utter surprise. "What? Why would you be jealous of Rin? You are more advanced in healing, taijutsu, and chakra control. She told me she knows that you are stronger than her and she strives to be strong like you! She knows that you are stronger, so why are you jealous of her? Do you think she is prettier? Or some other girly cause of jealousy?" he asked and Hinata cracked a tiny smile at how confused he was. She shook her head. "I have my reasons…" she whispered and he sighed. "Minato sensei says we have a mission tomorrow, so I might as well let you get some rest…" he sighed, he knew she could tell he was trying to guilt trip her into telling him, but he could see it wasn't working so he waved one last time and strolled to the Uchiha compound, hands shoved into his pockets and the forward slouch to his walk he always had when he was visibly pouting.
Hinata frowned at the ground slightly as she watched him go. "I'm jealous of Rin because…" she began as he rounded the corner.
"Because you love her with all your heart… and she doesn't even see it…"
A bit later than promised, but… I have started the next chapter of bad influence, so it makes up for it a bit… maybe? I have also started the next chapter of In Another Life and A Light In The Dark, so forgiveness? Please? I have also planned out the next chapter of this one, and will begin writing it too. Haha! Look I went one whole update without a fangirl rant!