Different chapter 6! Its finally here! So so sorry for the wait.
The rain fell heavily on her, pinning her hair to her skin as she stood there in a defeated type of sadness. The Hokage said to keep her for a few months longer, due to dangers within the Hyuuga clan and anyone resembling them. She hadn't heard anything of Obito, Rin or Kakashi in a few months. The last time being when Rin sent out a courier bird to tell her how they have been doing. She sighed and looked back over to Tsunade, who had been watching her with a raised brow for some time now.
Hinata fell into an offensive stance as Tsunade spun a boulder in the palm of her hand. "You ready to continue training?" she asked with a grin, Shizune stood a few feet away underneath an umbrella. Tsunade threw the boulder and Hinata sliced the boulder into small fragments using her chakra to make a thin but sharp chakra blade around each of her hands. The enchanting blue glow vanished from around her hands and she smiled. "Great, you're getting good at improvising with the pinpoint chakra you can use." Tsunade said and Hinata smiled. "I didn't think I would be able to use my pinpoint chakra anymore, but you work miracles lady Tsunade." Hinata said softly and Tsunade grinned.
"Always have." She said with a smirk. Shizune rolled her eyes, but the smile didn't leave her lips. "Hinata, you seem to be working extremely hard for something: and not just to get stronger either." Shizune pointed out and Hinata blushed darkly and lost her stance and tripped as she had swiped at the training dummy Tsunade had set up for her. Tsunade barely hid her snort of amusement at her disciple's awkwardness. "Um about that…" Hinata began with a deepening blush.
"Come on future girl, I'm kinda curious about this mystery kid you want to protect." Tsunade said and Hinata pouted. "S-shishou…" she whined and Tsunade gave her a look. "Listen here brat, you might not be as annoying as the supposed future disciple you've told me about, but listen here… if this kid is gonna be any trouble for me in the future I would prefer to know about it now." She said and Hinata frowned. "If I can stop Madara… he won't be any trouble what so ever." Hinata said softly, her eyes downcast.
"I understand that in your time Madara is a… reanimation as you called it, but do you think he would be alive in this time?" Tsunade asked in a considerate manner, unlike the usual sarcastic tone she would have taken about a matter that bothered her. "Um… I was told by the masked man that he was trained under Madara, after being taken on a mission during the war. There's a lot he never told me, but… I'm not sure how I can help him." Hinata said softly. "I'm still curious as to who that masked man is, but I understand you have found a close friend in the Uchiha boy as well… So maybe the time for protecting whoever that masked man is over and you should worry over the Uchiha kid instead." Tsunade said and Hinata's eyes drooped in sadness.
She gathered her things and made her way over to the blonde and her future assistant. "Is it time to go yet?" she asked softly and Tsunade frowned, understanding that there was no more information that she was going to get out of the young Kunoichi. Tsunade pursed her lips, thinking maybe she had crossed the line speaking to the younger woman in that manner. She probably not ready to speak of what she knew, especially to someone of Tsunade's stature. She could also tell she hadn't spoken more of this with the Hokage.
Shizune followed after the blonde woman with the umbrella over the blonde's head. Hinata had dealt with the pounding rain that plastered her hair and clothes onto her body like a second skin. "Hinata, come here, I have your umbrella still. Please don't make yourself sick!" Shizune called out and Hinata offered a small smile. "I will be perfectly fine, Shizune-chan. Please, do not worry about me." she said and Shizune stopped running after her with a frown. She looked over at Tsunade, who shrugged with a look that said leave her be.
Hinata opened the front door of the inn she and Tsunade were currently staying in. Tsunade and Shizune shared a room, as to be sure Tsunade didn't sneak out to gamble without her chaperone. Hinata removed her training outfit, which consisted of a pair of black pants and a dark grey baggy t-shirt. She tossed the soaked clothing over into the hamper in the corner. She pulled on a pair of shorts as well as a tank top and pulled her hair up into a sloppy wet bun atop her head holding the soaked hair off of her until she reached the bathroom and began to ring her hair out once she reached the sink.
She towel dried her hair for the most part, then she let the slightly damp locks cascade around her. She crawled into her bed and stared at the ceiling. She found it hard to sleep anymore. She felt so guilty. She crammed her face into the pillow as her tears surfaced. There was no more Neji, no more Naruto, and despite popular belief, she was upset that there was no more Sasuke. She bit her lip and stifled her sobs with her hands. She missed them, their voices, their faces, everything about them.
'You have a chance to stop all of this! Stop being a baby and get on with it already. Don't show them that you're useless, you know you aren't! Get over your pathetic crying! Last you saw, that pink haired girl was fighting! That blonde girl lost her father, but she was still fighting! The dark haired strategist kid lost his father, but he was still fighting! Everyone lost someone. Stop being pathetic! Get a grip!' a voice in her mind yelled at her and her eyes welled up with even more tears. She dropped her hands from her mouth and her shoulders shook. 'Don't make me be wrong about you, I know who you truly are. Don't let me down.' His mismatched eyes flashed in her mind and she shoved her face into her pillow. She knew he was right… she wasn't useless or weak… and she really needed to get a grip of herself.
'Save me… I'm begging you… if you save me… I can help save your friends…'
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His glare never left the silver haired preteen next to him. It had been over a year since Hinata left and Obito still blamed Kakashi for her departure. A grin always tugged at his lips when she had thought to tell someone goodbye to him, and not Kakashi. But right now he couldn't stand the sight of Kakashi, for one reason or another the silver haired shinobi disgusted him at the moment. He crossed his arms over his chest and tossed his leg up on the tree stump beside him. For once he had been early for a training session, and his sensei was late; which was extremely unusual. Rin walked over to him and sat down beside him, making his chest swell in pride and excitement.
"Hey Obito." She said and he grinned. "Hey Rin-chan." He greeted and she smiled softly. "How are you doing? I understand you're really torn up about Hinata being gone…" she said and he blinked in surprise. "I'm fine, really." He said, and smiled at her. She was worried about him. He rubbed the back of his head with a goofy grin. "Hey, Rin… would you uh…" he began and his face turned pink as he watched her from the corner of his eyes. "Want to um… hang out some time? Just you and me?" he asked and she blinked but smiled lightly. "Sure, I'd like that. Just as friends though." She said and instantly his mood deflated.
Kakashi rolled his eyes as he watched the two. Their sensei showed up not much later with a grin plastered on his face. "Guess what everyone!" he yelled and before he could even say anything more; Obito's brow furrowed before he took off away from the training grounds, leaving a shell shocked Minato in his wake, the last of what he was going to say falling through the air unheard by two of his students. Rin frowned and took off after Obito. She wanted to see what got him so worked up so swiftly.
Obito thought he had felt a similar chakra spark through konoha. He ran as fast as his feet would carry him. He took to rooftops and even fences, just so he could get to the entrance faster. His heart raced and he almost lost his footing a few times when he saw a girl with long bluish black hair standing near the gates. He rushed over and was about to call out her name but she turned around and irate green eyes met his vision instead of calm, adoring lavender. He ran over to the guards at the gate with a hopeful look. "Um… has a girl with white eyes come through here? A tall blonde woman with her?" he asked and the dark haired man blinked and smiled at him.
"Oh, you mean princess Tsunade, Shizune, and the young Hyuuga girl?" the man asked and Obito looked hopeful, his grin felt contagious to the two on duty guards. "We received word from them, but they haven't returned yet, sorry to say. Last they contacted, they were doing well. Who knows when they will be back though, sorry kid." The blonde man said with a sympathetic smile and Obito's exuberance toned down significantly. "Oh… alright… thanks anyways…" he said with a sigh.
He trudged along the streets with his hands in his pockets. Rin caught up with him and he tried to force a smile at her, but he couldn't even manage that. "It's ok Obito, I miss her too. I was hoping that she was on her way back, or even here for that matter… but… we have received a mission." She said and he nodded. "Lets go see what it is, shall we?" she asked and he nodded once more. He followed her with a small smile, she seemed to make him feel better, without realizing it… but his chest still held a sadness that didn't seem to want to go away.
When they reached their meeting place Minato held a small saddened frown and Kakashi looked as if he couldn't care less. "Now, on to what I was saying before. We have a new mission, we are going to be doing a high class espionage mission." Minato said with a humored smile and Kakashi's eyes widened. Obito's face broke out in a grin and Rin looked surprised as well. "We will have to be very careful, being as we do not have Hinata's eyes for this one." Minato said, his smile not leaving his face once, but Obito's grin became a frown once more.
"Why us?" Kakashi asked and Minato blinked then looked over at the silver haired nin with a frown, he had been trying to keep a positive mood, but obviously Kakashi wouldn't allow it. "This is about Hinata, you know." Is all he had to say before both of the younger males stood up straight and made a break for each of their homes. Rin had a downcast look and Minato frowned. "How did she ever get into the academy, Minato sensei?" she asked and he looked at her sharply. "What are you implying?" he asked a stern tone to his voice, shocking her quite a bit, but she still looked over at him.
"I harbor no ill will towards her, she is my friend after all… It's just that… When she arrived, it was sudden; there had been no talk what so ever of a new student in the days prior. She just appeared and suddenly there was paperwork for her." Rin said and Minato couldn't hold back the prideful smile at how observant the twelve year old was. "You're right, but… Hinata had been here for a total of four days before she had wandered into the village from the surrounding woods. An anbu had spotted her, but also noticed that there were no Hyuuga missing from the clan what so ever. So Hiashi and his father put in paperwork at the academy so they could keep an eye on the strange girl with their eyes. Smart really…" Minato said and Rin furrowed her brows.
"So they didn't even know who she was, but they put her in the academy to keep an eye on her? So you're telling me that they have been watching her for the entirety of the two years she has been in konoha?" Rin asked and Minato nodded. "But not only have they been watching over her, but they figured out that the Hokage and the Uchiha have been watching over her as well, so they see her as an asset and do not question the fact she has their eyes, for the first time in… um… ever, Actually." Minato chuckled and Rin nodded.
"I see… so they have her in their sights as an asset to the village… or is there something else?" she asked and Minato chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck with a smile. "Well uh… you see… it's more of a conjoining Hyuuga and Uchiha thing they are after…" he chuckled and Rin's face became deep red. "You mean they want Obito and Hinata-chan to…?" she questioned and a soft giggle found its way from her and slowly started to get a little louder. Minato blinked at his remaining female student and a slow smile crossed his lips.
"I think Obito would die of embarrassment if he ever found that out. He seems to have a bit of a crush on her I don't really think he knows it though." Rin said and Minato smiled. "And quite the crush on you as well." He chuckled and she nodded. "But I don't really feel the same way. He's like a brother to me, but that's it. I don't love Obito like that. I wish I could tell him, but I can't…" she said softly and Minato nodded, but only then did they notice the dark haired male standing there with a hurt look on his face…
"Obito… how much did you hear?" she asked and he bit his lip and turned away from her. "I heard enough to know you think so little of me that you can't tell me things to my face, but lead me on…" he said softly and grabbed his back pack and made his way to the front gate. Minato rushed to catch up with him and the young Uchiha just looked up at him sadly. "She could have just told me…" he whispered and Minato patted him on the back. "You know… she's actually tried so many times to tell you she didn't feel the same, but she didn't want to hurt you… you were always looking at her with that smile and it hurt her to even think about telling you that she didn't feel the same." Minato said and Obito nodded, understanding what his teacher was telling him.
"You know... now that I think about it… there was someone who seemed to have an interest in you like you had in Rin." Minato said smoothly and Obito raised a brow at him. "You know, I always thought Hinata-chan had a severe liking for you." Minato chuckled and Obito rolled his eyes. "Everyone knows she likes Kakashi, just like Rin…" he sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. Minato smiled at how resilient the Uchiha was, even though he had realized he was being rejected. "What is so special about stupid Kakashi anyways… everyone seems to like him." Obito spat disgusted with the idea of his silver haired teammate.
Minato chuckled and shook his head good humoredly at his odd student. "Not sure, but you have your quirks as well Obito." Minato said with a chuckle then raised a single brow and looked at his dark haired student with an amused look. "Well how about we go on with our mission and go spy on Tsunade and Hinata huh?" he asked with a wink and Obito shrugged. "Sure, I'm up for it." he said with a grin and Minato chuckled as Rin walked up and fiddled with her fingers. Obito grabbed her up in a hug and her eyes went wide. "It's all good, Rin-chan! You're still my best friend." He said and deep down, he was sad; but the feeling that being this close to her gave him, was indescribable.
So he figured, as long as he could have this feeling, he was going to stay right here; right by her side. He slung his bag over his shoulder and he ran over to the gates, waiting on his team expectantly. Minato smiled and strode to catch up with his excited student. Kakashi and Rin caught up not too long after. "Alright guys, so the basics of this mission is to check up on Tsunade, Shizune, and Hinata. We are to report back to the Hokage on any findings out of the ordinary. We are being sent to check up on them, but to also make sure there's no one following them but us, pretty much. This is the mission we were granted upon Kakashi's promotion to jonin." Minato said, then he sent a pointed glance at his two male students.
"You two…. Absolutely no fighting or even the slightest bit of bickering or else I will have Rin bring out the silencing tags once more. Kakashi, you might be up on my ranking now, but there is no excuse for such immaturity, you hear?" He said and they both nodded, although the nod he received from Kakashi was a curt one, and Obito gave him a rapid and exuberant one. He nodded with a smile on his face and turned to Rin. Who watched him with a frown on her lips. "This is a two part mission isn't it?" she asked and Minato nodded at her. "Sadly enough, we are in a time of war… and… no missions are really given without proper explanation as to why. The Hokage wants us to be sure the three Kunoichi are alright, but he wants me to inform them of urgent matters that they are needed for. Then… I have another assignment and so do you." Minato said and a frown crossed his lips.
"You three are to destroy the Kannabi bridge. I would have preferred not to have had to inform you yet… but… as I see it. I now have no choice." Minato said and Rin looked saddened. "We leave for Kannabi Bridge in two weeks, we are to destroy it. So, while we are on route to Tsunade and Hinata, enjoy your time because it might be the last time we have any internal peace until this war is over with." Minato said then turned on his heel and walked out of the gates. Obito, Rin, and Kakashi followed him without another word; understanding that Minato didn't feel like having any further conversation at the moment.
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Hinata deflected a hit from the odd creature before her; he looked oddly familiar but his chakra was stronger than she had thought it would be if it were who she thought It was. He had appeared from nowhere and attacked her. She didn't very much like the idea of being jumped in the middle of the woods. She was only gathering herbs for goodness sake. Her eyes darted around and she couldn't catch sight of Tsunade of Shizune, so she was on her own at the moment. "What are you?" she asked as she smacked another pure white hand away from her. "Guru is Guru." It said and she jumped out of its reach. "Guru, huh?" she asked and made a move to take a few more steps backwards, but she bumped into something.
She turned and looked up at the pale white male behind her. "A Zetsu." She managed then ducked and rolled away from his grasp as well. "What do you want from me?" she asked, a slight tremor to her voice; she knew that the actual Zetsu was far stronger than the clones they had fought in the war. "Ah, so you know about me… hm. Seems as if Madara was right about the new chakra signature invading this area. One he had never felt before, only… had hints of his own chakra attached to it." The white Zetsu said thoughtfully. He sent us to check it out, seeing as it hung around the boy quite a bit. Oddly, you're just a young one. Not much of a detriment to the plan… yet." Zetsu said watching her intently.
He circled her like a predator eyeing its prey. The one called Guru stood in the same place it had been in once she had jumped away from him. "Ne, ne, Zetsu… do we have to kill the bunny?" he asked and Hinata's eyes widened. She bit her lip and stepped backwards away from the Zetsu that was closing in on her. The one called Guru walked up behind her and trapped her in his arms. "Do we have to kill her? She has the ability to poop… I want to ask her about it." Guru said and Hinata's brow twitched. She was amused just the slightest bit about the weird one called Guru, but the Zetsu before her was intent on doing what he had to.
Hinata slipped out from Guru's grasp and took a few steps backwards to get her distance back. "I'm quite interested in how the girl knows what I am." He said and once more reached for her, but she jumped away. "I see you are not going to be easy to take…" Zetsu sighed and vanished underground. Her Byakugan activated as if on instinct and she found where he was and her lip trembled, he had summoned clones to assist in his attempt at her capture. Hinata slid back on one foot, then launched herself into an all out run towards the inn she, Tsunade, and Shizune had been staying in.
"Guru catch her before she can return to the village!" one of the Zetsu clones yelled and Hinata's eyes widened as she dodged Guru and quickened her pace by use of chakra. She jumped and dodged each of the Zetsu's grabbing hands. She felt more presences of chakra ahead and they felt somewhat familiar. A relieved sigh escaped her lips as a Zetsu appeared behind her and an enraged woman sent it flying with a swift chakra enhanced fist. Hinata landed on a branch and Tsunade was cracking her knuckles once more. "Anyone else going to try and lay a hand on my prized pupil?" she snapped and Hinata watched as Guru's chakra signature faded away as well as the Zetsu's chakra.
Hinata sighed in relief once more and leaned over and grabbed her knees, trying to catch her breath and steady her heartbeat. Hinata stood to her full height and looked over at her sensei. "What was that all about?" she asked and Hinata shook her head. "Not sure but I think they thought I knew something about their plans or something." Hinata said softly but a frown tugged at her lips, she knew exactly what they were after. Obito. Shizune place her hand on Hinata's shoulder, eyeing the wound there, it was like a puncture wound. Shizune pulled on a pair of rubber gloves and before Hinata could stop her she dug a single finger down in the wound and began feeling around in it.
"Shizune what are you doing?" Tsunade asked upon hearing Hinata's sharp intake of breath. Shizune removed her finger from Hinata's shoulder and furrowed her brows. "I was checking to make sure nothing was lodged inside or broken off, lady Tsunade. Forgive me for surprising you Hinata-chan." Shizune said and offered Hinata a smile. Hinata nodded in understanding, but held her hand over her shoulder and a green glow cast over her injury healing it.
"So, what made you two come out here anyways?" Hinata asked softly, embarrassed that she still had to be saved by her teacher. Tsunade offered a small smile to the blunette. "Well we thought we sensed a familiar group of shinobi coming our way, so we thought we would check it out but we were going to find you first." Shizune said and Hinata smiled and nodded. Hinata stretched a bit and hopped down from the tree branch they had been standing on.
Tsunade and Shizune followed suit and walked beside her. "So, Hinata… what is the future like?" Shizune asked suddenly, it wasn't the first time she had asked but Hinata couldn't keep giving her the same answer; could she? Shizune was looking at the younger girl expectantly, when Hinata sighed. "It's… different. Everything is different. The ones you wouldn't expect to be the saviors, are… and the ones you would have thought to be the saviors end up falling short of the cause and end up hurting more people. The underdogs are what keep us safe, and the overachievers are the ones we have to watch carefully…" Hinata started off softly, her mind circling around Sasuke and Naruto. The over achiever and the underdog. And… Obito… the one that was supposed to be… not the one that is… he only wanted to help and be noticed… but he became the reason for the pain…
"Its all so different. It is amazing. And saddening all the same…" Hinata said softly and Shizune offered a smile, this was the most she had gotten out of Hinata, although vague it was still something. The sadness didn't leave the bluenettes eyes and Shizune felt a bit bad about bringing it up. The Hokage had told her there had been war and Hinata had lost a lot of people close to her, and that unless Hinata was willing to speak about the future not to speak of it. Tsunade watched the younger girl with a curious glance; she knew not to press the young Hyuuga, having heard what happened when the Hokage had done so.
A light sparked in Hinata's eyes and she shot forwards. She jumped up and lunged into a tree, four shinobi dropping from said tree. Two of the shinobi looked sheepishly at Tsunade, while one looked unfazed and the last one had a smile on her lips. "Hinata-chan." The brown haired girl called out when the bluenette hit the ground in front of Tsunade once more. Hinata smiled at the group as Minato stepped forwards and smiled proudly at Hinata. "I see your training has gone well." He said and she smiled and tried to peer around him but he was in the way no matter which way she leaned.
He saw what she was trying to do and he chuckled and stepped out of her way. Rin ran forwards and captured her in a hug while Obito and Kakashi stayed behind. Rin stepped away from her and smiled. "Kakashi, Obito." She said with a smile and walked towards them. Kakashi stepped out in front of her and she blinked in confusion. He grabbed her arms and looked them over, seeing the wrappings that trailed all the way up her arms. He knew she was no longer injured, but instead hiding them.
Starting at her fingers he began unwrapping the bindings on her arms, revealing scars mimicking the flames all the way down her arm. It wasn't a solid scar from fingertip to elbow, it more so resembled the flame that had licked its way up her arms. On her left hand the skin was smooth, no longer were there rivets in the skin representing a palm print, but instead there were creases and parts where the remnants of a palm print still resided. On her right hand she no longer had fingerprints, the scarring was more noticeable on her right arm being as that arm was the one she had more so shielded herself with. He frowned beneath his mask and released her hands, only to reach up and brush her bangs away from her face, revealing a small scar leading up from the side of her nose up the bridge and a small scar on her forehead as well.
She pulled her hands away and began wrapping her arms back up the moment he released his grasp on them. She tried to contain her blush of embarrassment when his fingers traced over the scars on her face. She stepped away from him and walked around him and over to Obito. She knew Kakashi was still watching her, she felt his eyes burning into her back. She was uncomfortable with the way he was staring at her, saying absolutely nothing. She smiled at Obito and a smile tugged at his lips as he engulfed her in a hug. Her face flushed dark red and she nibbled her lip when he stepped away from her.
"We missed you Hinata-chan!" he said and she tried her hardest not to twiddle her fingers. "I m-missed all of you too, Obito-kun." She said softly and Hinata saw Tsunade laugh lightly from the corner of her eyes. Obito grinned and gave her a thumbs up while he adjusted his goggles. She smiled softly and turned to Minato-sensei. "You were sent here?" she asked and he nodded. "We were sent to tell you three that the Hokage requires your assistance being that the war is getting up to speed and we need our best medic nin at the village to help with the shinobi returning from their missions." Minato said and Hinata nodded. Tsunade and Shizune exchanged looks then nodded, understanding that they needed to return.
Hinata watched them for a moment before she pursed her lips and rubbed her upper arm nervously. "You're not coming back to the village with us… are you?" she asked softly, dreading the answer she knew was coming. Minato smiled, but being as observant as she was; she saw right through it. "No, but we have our own job to do, and so do you." Obito said before Minato could say anything. "They need you there to fix everyone up, just as they need Shizune and Tsunade-sama as well. You can do it. We believe in you." He said and a light blush covered her cheeks. She nodded and smiled. "You be safe too, Obito-kun." She said and smiled over at Rin and Kakashi.
Team Minato's youngest all walked up to form a group, meeting the fist that Obito had held out. Hinata and Rin were first to connect their fists with Obito's, then they looked at Kakashi for him to do so as well but he didn't, that was until Hinata frowned at him. Then he reluctantly placed his fist against Hinata's wrapped one. "Be safe." They all echoed each other and then laughed at the fact they were pretty much unanimous, except for Kakashi that is.
"Hinata, let's get a head start." Tsunade said and Hinata nodded, sending one last glance at her friends then following her shishou. "Alright, team Minato, let's get to it." he said and they nodded, taking to the trees after him. Obito took a single glance back behind him and saw Hinata was still watching them, or more so him; as she vanished from sight as well. He couldn't help the heat that rushed to his face. "She likes you, you know." Rin stated with a small smile and he laughed and brushed it off.
"It's obvious she likes someone else, it is most definitely not me." he said with a laugh but Rin saw through him brushing it off. She saw the jealousy that crept into his eyes upon saying she liked someone else. "You like her too." She said with a sly look in her eyes. He blushed darkly and shook his head. "I do not… she makes me nervous is all…" he retorted and she laughed lightly. "Obito… it's written all over your face, it has been since she took the hit for you in the chunnin exams." Minato butted in and Rin tossed a grateful smile his way.
Obito blushed but glared at the ground as his feet made a thunking noise as they connected with the branches beneath his feet as he jumped from one branch to another. "I don't understand why you are all making such a big deal over it. She doesn't like me. That much is obvious, because why would she be interested in me when the perfectionist over there is always around. She could have given up her career as a shinobi for him, sure she got hurt for me, but she could have sacrificed herself for him if the burns had been bad… he doesn't care that she got hurt… she does almost everything she does for him. He doesn't care." Obito spat and Kakashi snorted in annoyance.
"Are you honestly that stupid?" Kakashi asked and Obito glared at him sharply. "Why you!" he ground out and Kakashi rolled his eyes. "She has had eyes for you since day one, Obito." Rin said softly. And Obito brushed off her words swiftly. "You know, idiot… she's right. Not once before the day she took the flames for me had she actually treated me like she treats you." Kakashi said, still monotonously but Minato could tell it was the truth coming from the silver haired nin.
"From the first mention of you she turned red in the face." Rin said with a giggle, trying to lighten the mood within the group, since attitudes had flared up between Kakashi and Obito. "If you also haven't noticed idiot, almost every word you said to her either made her blush or cry." Kakashi said suddenly and Obito blinked, but said nothing. He was dwelling on what the silver haired shinobi had said. Obito had spent his time fawning over Rin and causing trouble with the silver haired nin that he had pushed a lot of what happened between him and Hinata to the back of his mind.
He felt slightly guilty for delegating her feelings to the recesses of his mind like he had. He had gotten jealous of her the night she was pronounced chunnin, he had upset her with his angered jealousy and hadn't even realized it. That same night, Mikoto had asked them both to dinner and he had thrown a fit like a child; making her upset and declining said invitation. He had later gone to her home and saw that she had been crying… he felt really guilty now, the most he had ever seen her cry was when it concerned him…
He grit his teeth as he remembered how cute he'd thought she had been dressed in her pajamas, he'd also quite often related her to bunnies. He tried to squash the soft smile that attempted to cross his lips but it planted itself there anyways. Now that he thought about it, Hinata was pretty cute. He sighed as his feet touched down on another branch. He repressed a confused look as he noticed that awkward feeling was back in his chest. He was pulled from his thoughts when he almost ran into Kakashi's back.
He looked up and saw that Minato had stopped and had a messenger hawk on his wrist while he read the slip of paper that had been attached to the bird's leg. A grim line replaced the determined look that had been on his lips. "I'm afraid that I must leave you under the leadership of Kakashi from here on out. I am needed, things have gone south on the front lines of the fight… something has gone wrong…" he said and the three watched their teacher carefully, before Kakashi nodded.
"Lets go then. Obito, Rin…" Kakashi said and Minato nodded at his students then vanished in a yellow blur.
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Hinata followed her teacher and fellow apprentice as they made their way back to the village. It was a three day travel and they were nearly two and a half days into the travel back to the village. She watched the sky intently, hoping that the worst didn't come. She didn't want that bird to come to her. That was the absolute last thing she wanted. She pursed her lips and caught up with Tsunade, who had been watching her from the corner of her eyes. "You know him in the future don't you?" she asked and Hinata nodded with a saddened smile. "I know him very well in the future." She said and Tsunade smiled. "You care deeply for him then, don't you?" she asked and Hinata didn't even blush at this.
"I hold him very dear to my heart… and all I want to do is save him from what is to come…" Hinata said and Tsunade furrowed her brows. "What do you mean?" Tsunade asked and Hinata frowned. "He… he does something and a lot of people get hurt… I only want to keep him from doing this." She said and Tsunade nodded. "If you ever need to go somewhere, just tell me it's personal and I will let you go without question." Tsunade said and Hinata nodded with a small smile. "I must warn you though…" Hinata said and Tsunade looked over at her.
"If Jiraiya ever says he has to go get intel on something called the akatsuki, or its leader. Do not let him go, not for any reason." Hinata said and sped ahead of the trio. Tsunade stared wide eyed at Hinata's back and a chill ran down her spine when Hinata's words flowed back to her. 'He will die…' Tsunade fisted her hands tightly. "I promise you Hinata, I will never let him go after anything that resembles that phrase. I promise you…" Tsunade said and Hinata flashed her a smile. "I know you won't. That's why I told you so far in advance." She said and a sadness entered her eyes. "Also…" she began and Tsunade's head snapped up at her once more. "Orochimaru?" Tsunade asked and Hinata nodded.
"Whatever you do… don't let him continue down the path he is going down… pull him in. Show him you care. Start now… because later on… there will be nothing left for you to do if you allow him to continue to disconnect." Hinata said and Tsunade nodded rapidly. "I promise you! I promise!" Tsunade exclaimed, catching Hinata and Shizune off guard. "I will save my friends… I won't let them go… they are all I have." She said and Hinata could hear the sadness and determination in her voice. Hinata's eyes softened and she smiled at Tsunade once more.
"I know you will." She said and Shizune smiled. "Is there anything you can tell me to watch out for?" Shizune asked and Hinata smiled. "Not really, although… I would advise you not to leave Tsunade-sama's side." Hinata said and Shizune snorted. "You think I would leave Tsunade's side? You must be kidding." She laughed and Hinata smiled. "Tsunade-sama will take you great places." Hinata said and Shizune nodded. Hinata turned to look ahead of her once more and the village gates peeked over the tops of the trees, causing a smile to cross Hinata's lips. "Home." She whispered as she dropped down onto the path leading to the gates.
Tsunade and Shizune dropped from the trees as well and continued at the same pace all the way to the village gates. They trotted right past the gate guards and right to the hospital they were stationed at. Tsunade and Shizune immediately set to work on healing everyone in sight, but Hinata had a deep painful feeling in her gut, it was screaming at her that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out what it was. She slowly walked towards the hospital doors but just as she reached to pull open the doors, a bird smacked into the window of the door.
Her fingers began to shake as she turned to glance at the bird, which was now dead from the impact against the glass. The small bird was awfully familiar and she knew why the gut feeling was making her feel ill. She reached and pulled the tiny paper off of the bird's leg, in Kakashi's very familiar scribbles, it read. 'They have Rin… we need your help. Please come to the kannabi bridge.' Hinata fisted her hands and shoved open the hospital doors, causing Tsunade to look at her in surprise.
"Go, they need you more." Was all she said the moment her eyes caught sight of the scrap of paper sticking out of Hinata's clenched fist. Hinata nodded and she spun on her heel and took off running. The Kannabi bridge wasn't that far from konoha, so she could get there within hours… she just hoped Kakashi, Rin, and Obito had the time to wait on her.
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"What are you waiting on Kakashi… we know where she is." Obito snapped and Kakashi watched him with his only good eye. "We just need to wait a little longer, please." Kakashi said and Obito furrowed his brows. "But what if Rin doesn't have 'just a little longer'?" Obito snapped and Kakashi glared at him. "They are waiting on us, and the more you yell, the more likely they are to find us before back up arrives." He snapped in a hushed tone from his place in the tree.
"Back up? Kakashi this is war, we will have no back up here. It's just us…" he said and Kakashi sighed. "You don't understand do you. Did you not listen when Hinata said she would come if we needed help?" Kakashi asked and Obito glared at him with a vicious sneer. "You would risk her life as well! What kind of fool are you!?" he snapped and Kakashi blinked in surprise. "I don't want Hinata here! What if she gets hurt again!?" he snapped and Kakashi frowned. "We will just have to believe in her." Kakashi said and Obito shook his head.
Obito jumped from his place in the tree and ran right into where they were holding Rin, giving Kakashi no choice but to follow. They ran in and fought off all the enemy nin. Rin sat at the back of the cave, tied up and unconscious. Obito ran right to her and cut her free, waking her from the genjutsu as he did so. She peered up at him and her eyes went wide as he grinned at her and offered her a hand. "Come on, let's go home!" he said and she nodded and grabbed his hand.
She made it ahead of the three of them just as the rumbling overhead caught their attention. Kakashi and Obito looked up to see the roof caving in. Obito took off running, but noticed that Kakashi was lagging behind the group. Obito grabbed Kakashi's arm and threw him ahead of him. The sound of the boulders crashing against the ground and the cloud of dust were all they could see and hear. Rin and kakashir ran right back into what was left of the cave, only to see that Obito was sitting on his rump facing the inside of the cave with a frightened look on his face.
The dust began to clear and they saw Hinata standing in the cave the boulder that would have hit Obito falling into pebbles around him, it didn't however mean that he was fine, there was a boulder that had landed on his entire left leg. He couldn't move it, or even feel it. He looked up at Hinata with fear filled eyes. "You seem to be causing trouble, my young one." A deep fear inducing voice echoed around the cave. This voice froze Hinata in her place. "Obito… the only gift you can give Kakashi is one of your eyes… it will make the bond between you stronger and you both can protect Rin together. I promise you this." She said and he watched her in awe, then he looked over at Kakashi and nodded.
"Its only right, seeing as I'm the one who caused you to lose that eye." Obito said and pulled his Sharingan eye right from the socket and placing it into Kakashi's hand. "Its over for me either way… look at my leg… I'm done for… now, you, Hinata, and Rin… you have a life to live, so go." Obito said a saddened tone to his voice. "Very honorable young Uchiha… but I'm afraid the only two leaving this cave today, are those two over there. the Hyuuga is coming with me, back to where she belongs." The deep voice echoed through the cave as yet another avalanche of boulders fell, causing Rin and Kakashi to run out of the cave for risk of their lives.
Obito however, was not caught in the second avalanche… he was removed from the debris with the assistance of the one named Zetsu.
Hinata however…
"You did well, very well in fact…" his amused voice rang around her as she looked at herself in the reflection of a kunai, she was back to normal. Her eyes locked onto the fearsome man standing over her as he stepped through the portal he had sent her through in the first place. She got to her knees and then pushed herself off of the ground and right towards the portal before he could close it. "You won't go back to the same time you know… it's called an alternate universe for a reason." He chuckled, but allowed her to jump through the portal once more.
"So determined…" he murmured with a raised brow. "I wonder if she realized what alternate universe meant, or if she even heard me… hmm…" he muttered as he looked around at all the shinobi wanting to end him. "I suppose I should entertain them, I will go back for her later. She will learn all efforts are useless." He sighed and turned back towards the army of shinobi before him.
"How about I begin the show…"
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Hinata stood from her place crouched at the village gates where she had landed. "H…Hinata?" a familiar voice rang out. "Hinata… is that you?" the voice called again and she stood and faced the person calling her. Silver hair and a familiar dark eye caught her sight. "Kakashi." She greeted as she stood fully and walked over to him. "Where have you been?" he asked and she blinked. "What do you mean?" she asked and he furrowed his brows. "It's been two years since Obito passed… and one since Rin passed…" he said and her eyes widened in shock.
"Rin? What happened?" she asked and he frowned. "Some dark haired guy that sounded just like the one that had taken you, killed her. He snapped her neck and said that her death was a warning for anyone who continued to attempt to try and find you." He said and Hinata's eyes began to water. "I'm so sorry… I'm so sorry Kakashi…" she whimpered and rubbed her eyes with her sleeves. He blinked a few times and grabbed her arms. "The scars… they're gone…" he said and she nodded. "I have no idea what happened to them… they were there when he grabbed me and now they aren't." she said and he furrowed his brows.
"Oh! Kakashi!" someone called out to the silver haired shinobi and he turned to face said person, but they froze when their eyes locked onto her. "Hinata… you're back." His voice crackled and he rushed at her. "What happened to you?" he asked and Hinata's eyes softened as the older male embraced her. "I was taken… I was sent through a series of time gates… I jumped through the second one after the man released me and I ended up here…" she said and he nodded. "Minato sensei." Kakashi called and the blonde jumped up and grinned at Kakashi.
"Kushina wanted you to come over for dinner tonight!" Minato said and then turned to Hinata. "I want you to come over as well, alright?" he asked and she nodded. "I will, because I have something very important to tell you." She said and they looked at her oddly. "What would that be." He asked and she smiled. "I know where you can find Obito Uchiha, alive and well." She said and their eyes shot wide. "What do you mean?!" Minato said and Hinata smiled sadly this time.
"The man who took me… he also took Obito. He's attempting to turn Obito into a weapon, despite the fact Obito saw the man who took us, kill Rin. He's attempting to brainwash Obito." She said and they watched her for a minute. "Are you absolutely sure about this?" Minato asked and Hinata nodded. "The man that I loved in the future… it was Obito… but he went by Tobi, he is the masked man who resurrected an evil greater than any you have ever faced. If we don't get to Obito soon, this will happen and your children will be forced to fight in a war that was never meant to happen." Hinata said and Minato nodded.
"Alright. Kakashi, you tell no one of this. Hinata wasn't supposed to let you know she isn't from our time. But as soon as dinner with my wife is finished, we are going to the Hokage, and we will get Obito back." Minato said sternly and they both nodded.
Thank you for reading! I do hope you enjoyed this chapter! I would also hope that while you wait for the next chapter of this story, you will go and read the rest of my stories! There's plenty to keep you entertained for days haha. Here is a list of stories below if you wish to read any of them. also if you look below the list of stories I have two special surprises for you all!
In another life-Madahina, 4 chapters 13,567 words
Undone- Itachi/oc sasuhina 6 chapters, 34,596 words
The veil of time- madahina 12 chapters 93,202 words
Veil of time prequel- dark madahina, 4 chapters 25,924 words
A crack in time- sequel to veil of time, madahina 4 chapters, 9,690 words
The trouble with time- madahina izuhana, 1 chapter, 10,958 words
There for you- naruhina, sasusaku, TsunadeAy 1 chapter 4,896 words
Bad influence- madahina 7 chapters 44,174 words
A light in the dark- Tobirama/Hinata 12 chapters 54,728 words
His sunny place- hashihina 2 chapters 6,427 words
A second chance- izuhina 2 chapters 6,664 words
AND AS A SPECIAL BONUS FOR YOU ALL! I HAVE A GLIMPSE AT TWO STORIES I HOPE YOU WILL LIKE AS WELL!( the glimpse I'm talking about is actually everything I have of the first chapters to both stories, so please enjoy!)
FIRST OFF! SKYRIM/Naruto CROSSOVER GLORY AND GORE!
Pupil-less white eyes that were nearly lavender flickered from one draugr to the next as they attempted to close in on her. Her current assignment was one close to home that her own father had assigned her because someone in Helgen had asked for assistance with this. She supposed this General Tullius was the one who had sent out the request for assistance. That wasn't any of her business though… she sighed as she looked down at the large dent in her armor. She wore the simplistic armor of the imperials, not that she was one of course… but… their armor was easiest to steal and it seemed that if you wore their armor they were a little more lenient with you. She was still different though, she had painted her family crest onto the back of the armor.
Her eyes drifted over to the blade that resided on the floor some distance away, it was a great nord sword, and it was hers… this creature had disarmed her with some odd shout she had never hear before, but she translated the words swiftly in her mind. "Zun Hal Viik!" the Draugr had yelled at her. 'Weapon, hand, and defeat. It forces the enemy to lose grasp of their weapons… interesting…' she thought as her hands caught fire.
She held her hands out in front of her and shot a steady stream of flames at the Draugr Deathlord, she now realized that this was the creature of myth that ran so many men out of the mines and to their deaths. Her eyes caught sight of the magnificently dark glimmer of his beautiful obsidian colored blade. A smile crossed her lips as she increased the amount of flames rushing at him before he stopped moving and hit his knees, only to release his grasp on the ebony great sword and hit the ground face first. She smiled in victory as she inspected the beautiful and ancient blade.
She slid said blade into her sheath which previously housed her piece of crap ancient nord great sword, it became dull so quickly… she had hated it. Her fingers clutched the scroll that the Draugr seemed so intent on keeping safe. She tucked it into her pouch and she made her way above ground once more. The sun's rays felt so good on her skin after being down there for nearly two hours. She carried herself up the stairway from the ancient Nordic ruins and she made her way towards Helgen, stopping only to release a sharp shrill whistle from between her lips.
The sound of hooves echoed around her loudly. Her large ebony steed trotted up to her and she pulled herself onto his back. She nudged his sides lightly with her heels and he released a whinny before jolting into movement in the direction which she had pulled his reigns in. Helgen was within her sight in moments and she pulled her horse's reigns roughly, signaling for him to stop moving. He slowed his all out run to a slow canter then he stopped and tapped his feet in place with a saddened snort. "Don't worry Ume-kun… I will be back." She said and he snorted once more then took steps backwards away from Helgen with a shake of his head.
Hinata walked into Helgen and her eyes landed on a group of prisoners that the imperials were about to execute. She frowned as she saw a white haired woman bound along with a fairly attractive man with ebony hair and blazing red eyes. There was also a younger man with spiky black hair and the same blazing red eyes as the older man, she supposed they could be related, but the look the younger man was giving the older one was one of anger. She supposed there was going to be no love lost there.
The white haired woman looked over to her and she almost lost her footing as she realized who the white haired woman and the raven haired male were. "Jarl Madara of of Windhelm? Lady Jarl of Falkreath?" she stammered and the dark haired male smirked at her, he wasn't worried in the slightest over his current predicament. The white haired woman didn't seem to be very concerned with her impending death. "It's Ashura, not lady." The white haired woman said and the guards elbowed her, trying to keep her silent.
Her frosty white eyes flashed dangerously and she opened her mouth and the air became cold and as if breathing warm air into a cold night; you could see her breath. Madara ripped his hand free from his binds and slapped a hand over her mouth before she could utter a word. "Are you insane woman?" he grit out and she sneered at him but the chill in the air and the frost from her breath vanished. A guard placed a hand on her shoulder and she jumped. "Miss Hyuuga?" they asked and she nodded.
"Ah Hinata… you got here just in time for the show…" the female general said with a smirk and Hadvar frowned. "I would prefer not to witness death…" Hinata said and Hadvar frowned more but nodded. "I understand. Take the scroll to the general and then you may leave. I cannot keep you here, for your father, the Jarl may throw a bit of a fit." Hadvar said and Hinata nodded. "Farewell." Hinata said and made her way to where Hadvar told her to go. She dropped off the scroll with general Tullius and made her way out of Helgen.
She frowned… "Father… the Jarl of Winterhold… no one would even know who I was if I weren't your daughter…" she sighed softly and mounted her horse. She took off towards home, which was a three days ride from helgen. A noise caught her attention and she turned right back around… this wasn't right…
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Sasuke had felt her gaze land on him, the white eyed woman… Hinata… the female general had called her… he couldn't help but watch her as she left. There was something about her that had caught his attention almost immediately. His attention was ripped from her when the roar of some creature was heard. He looked up and his jaw dropped and his heart began to race. Fear… this was something… different to him…
He rather disliked this fear that was coursing through his veins. The dragon looked down at him then around at the others that were there then it began to speak once it's gaze landed on the woman… Ashura she said her name was. Her skin was pale, as if she rarely left her home and basked in the sun, she had two dark Violet markings slanting down inward on each side of her face. A Dark Violet, almost black line stretched across her jaw and over her lips and across the other side of her jaw, making her seem as if she were always frowning, which she seemed to be doing. She had animalistic silver eyes that he recognized well, his own would become that color at certain times…
Glory and gore is a sasuhina with special secrets ;) I hope you have enjoyed the first glimpse of it! (Asura is actually my skyrim character she is my badassery in a nutshell lol)
NOW! ONWARDS TO THE DESTINY/NARUTO CROSSOVER! Still unsure as of what to call it for now… so any names are welcome :D
The Ghost hovered about scanning one thing after another, it was searching for something in this dark pit, the ghost could feel the energy radiating from the pit. A wave of energy rushed over the land, signaling a familiar fate. "Another has Fallen…" the ghost said as it scanned across the area of ornate rock in front of it. "Interesting… this is something new… is this the insignia that the traveler was telling me to search for?" the ghost asked no one in particular. It scanned over the carved insignia on the stone and sighed.
"Not it… this is a different one… I believe the one the traveler told me to search for was… a swirling leaf…" the ghost said as it hovered around the rock analyzing the area. "This is a flame. Hm…" the ghost muttered as it levitated the rock to reveal yet another passageway down in the pit. The ghost proceeded down the path, feeling the energy of the soul getting stronger and stronger the closer it got to it. The ghost came to a figure of a woman shrouded in a blue fog, the woman herself was see through, signaling to the ghost that she was one of the few, a destined guardian.
The ghost proceeded to perform the resurrection process. Starting from the feet a skeleton began to form from seemingly nothing swiftly nerves, blood vessels, and skin began to wrap around the foot bones and continued up the glowing skeleton to form organs and allow the veins, vessels, muscles, and skin to wrap around the organs and form a feminine form. Soft pink lips frowned in confusion as boots, clothes, and armor covered her body from head to toe afterwards. White eyes locked onto the ghost before a shade of black glass fell over her eyes and a helmet materialized over the rest of her head, encasing her long ebony blue locks in her armor as well.
Her form collapsed against the floor, the inability to hold herself steady apparent. She seemed to be struggling to get back to her feet as she wobbled on her hands and knees as if under the influence of alchohol. "Guardian…" the ghost called and her obviously unfocused gaze was searching for the source of the sound. "Eyes up, guardian." He called once more and her shaky gaze seemed to find itself on him. She seemed to be getting better control of her body now, as she carefully shoved herself to her feet and began moving her limbs as if to get used to the feeling of living once more.
"Welcome back guardian. Now what I'm about to tell you might come as quite a shock, and so will everything you see outside. You've been dead for a very long time, you see… so please do not panic if you don't understand." The ghost began and she turned her head up to look at the hovering creature. "I know… I know I've been dead for a long time… this doesn't smell of home… this smells putrid… like death, decay, and burned things…" she said, her voice soft and gentle. The ghost wouldn't have heard her if he had been a human… that was for sure.
"That may be… but for now we need to get you a weapon… seems like you're a warlock, judging by the armor you were resuscitated in. So follow me, alright?" the ghost asked and she didn't move when the ghost asked her to follow. "A weapon? What sort of weapon would I need?" she asked softly and the ghost turned to face her. "A gun… we need to find you a gun. I didn't bring you back just for you to die on me again…" the ghost said and she began fiddling with her fingers. "Um… if it's not rude to ask… what exactly are you?" she asked and the ghost hovered for a moment before beginning to explain.
"I'm a ghost, more importantly, I'm now your ghost. I will help you get out of tricky situations seeing as you're not as technologically advanced as a lot of the other guardians. There are many of us ghosts out there, so you don't have to worry about me having to assist the other guardians." The ghost said and she nodded. "Alright, so what do I call you? Do you have a name or something?" she asked softly and the ghost was caught off guard. "We uh… we don't have names… we just… were just ghosts. That's all." The ghost said and she frowned beneath her helmet… "Well that's no good… I'm going to name you… Ko… After an old friend of mine." She said and the ghost spun to turn to her.
"You remember your past?" he asked and she nodded. "I remember it well… was I not supposed to?" she asked and the ghost made a movement as to shake its head no if it had one. "No… most guardians remember the landscape… but if you remember your past you're just like them… we have to get you to the tower. But first… no fallen brother left behind." The ghost said and she tilted her head. "When we reach the opening to this pit, we are going to go west, there is a fallen guardian. We need to get you a weapon first because you don't know if the Fallen are still surrounding him." The ghost said and she began moving her limbs trying to see if they still held her muscle memory, which they luckily did.
"I'm not sure how much help I will be overall… but a fallen guardian is one of my own right? A comrade?" she asked nervously and the ghost made a nod type movement. "Alright… then just as I used to… I have to go help my friends." She said softly, her voice still insecure. The ghost watched her for a moment then sighed. "Follow me. There should be a gun this way, I can feel its inanimate energy." The ghost said and she followed the ghost up the path obediently.
The ghost led her safely up the path leaving the pit and out in the open. Her eyes widened in shock as her world spun around her. The images blurred and all she saw was orange, light brown, and red… the colors of the desert wasteland surrounding her, the broken down metal objects with what looked like rubber coated wagon wheels, the old brownish rusted buildings blurring in her vision as well as the wasteland landscape. A choked sob escaped her lips and when her hand shot up to attempt to cover her mouth in shock, her gauntlets collided with her helmet.
"What happened to my home… where are all the trees? The oceans? The villages? What is this place?" she sobbed and her ghost hovered over to her. "This is earth… I suppose what is left of your… village, as you said… is buried deep underground where I found your burial… I'm sorry…" the ghost said and she turned towards the ghost. "What caused this to happen." She asked softly, sniffling as she tried to get her emotions under control. "Creatures called the Fallen. They came here to destroy earth and steal resources… At least that's what we have recorded in the history of our computers…" the ghost said and she looked at him. "Computers are devices with un-measureable intelligence and vast computing properties. Don't worry you'll learn everything you need to know about in due time." The ghost said and she nodded.
"Thank you Ko." She said and the ghost looked at her. "You're welcome guardian." The ghost said and hovered ahead of her towards an abandoned shed with a metal crate within. Propped up on the side of the crate was an auto rifle, and sitting atop the metal crate was what the ghost described as a hand cannon. "You should take both and the ammo for them, seems someone is being careless." The ghost said and she nodded. She grabbed the auto rifle by the strap and tossed it over her shoulders.
She strapped the holster for the hand cannon to her thigh and put the gun within it. "Alright, lets go, the hunter should be over this direction." The ghost said and she looked at him. "Hunter?" she asked and the ghost made a noise then began to explain. "Hunters are a special type of guardians, they usually go out to gather things from the surface of the planets. Hunters are pretty much free to go wherever they please because once they have proved themselves strong enough to activate their inbred ability to materialize out of sight, they can move around virtually undetected." The ghost explained and she was awestruck.
"We should h-hurry then!" she said and took off running quickly towards the direction the ghost said the downed Hunter was. She skidded to a stop when she heard incoherent speaking. A chill went down her spine as she froze in her tracks as those incoherent voices faded out and the sound of a heavy blade sliding across the metal floor and heavy breathing sounded right behind her. Her fingers trembled as she slowly turned to look behind her at the creature towering over her.
"A blade of Crota… run guardian… we can't save the Hunter. We need to find us a ship, that's more important right now." She looked over and saw the downed guardian, his hood and helmet were crumbling away, his skin becoming exposed. She narrowed her eyes as she caught sight of a face that brought back so many memories, she couldn't be certain if it were actually him or not… but she couldn't allow him to die." She spun on her heel and rushed at the blade. Her ghost continued to yell at her, telling her it was suicide and that he couldn't revive her on his own.
She jumped and spun, her booted leg connecting with the blade's arm. She tried to jump back but the blade grabbed her by the leg and slung her against the ground. She released a pained yell upon impact, but she refused to stay down. "I refuse to give in… he wouldn't… so why should I?" she muttered more to herself than to her ghost. Her flat palms began to radiate blue energy and they soon formed twin lion heads that spread over the outside of her gauntlets, surprising the ghost.
"I refuse to fall without a fight." She ground out, a bit more determination this time. She was fast, especially for a human… the ghosts had never seen humans move at such speed before. "You're one of the legendary ones…" her ghost said as he watched her lion fists make crack after crack in the blade's hardened exterior. She finished the blade off by grabbing a hold of the large sword the blade had continuously tried to end her with, and she ran it through with its own blade.
The creature fell to the ground and she crouched next to the fallen guardian. She held her hands out to his deconstructed ghost and green energy flowed from her being and into the guardian's. Dark eyes snapped open and a deep breath was heard right before the helmet snapped back over the man's eyes. She stood and offered her fellow guardian a hand. "Damn it all…" the hunter muttered as he studied his destroyed auto rifle. "Here… this might do the job for a while… at least until we can get out of here…." She said and he looked at her.
He nodded and took the auto rifle she was extending towards him. "You're a new guardian, huh? Well I guess it can't be helped." He sighed and reached up to rub the hood covering his head. "Come on, let's get you in my ship, then we can head back to the tower and get you one of your own, how about that?" the hunter asked and she nodded exuberantly. He chuckled and hit a button on his gauntlet and his ship zoomed overhead and it scanned him, his ghost, her, and her ghost before it teleported them into the ship.
"You seem to have this whole technology thing figured out…" she said softly and he chuckled good naturedly. "It was a bit bothersome, but I figured it out after a while." He chuckled and turned to her, she appeared to be frozen, staring at him. "Uh… was it something I said?" he asked scratching his hood once more. "Uh… no sorry. You just remind me of someone I knew when I was alive so long ago…" she said softly, her shyness seeping into her voice slightly.
"Ah, I see. Well, that's no big deal. I'm sure someday you'll find someone you know. My brother is the assistant to the speaker, it was only by chance that he was brought back though." He chuckled. "But… if there are other rank one guardians as strong as you out there… I'm absolutely sure that the ghosts will find them." The hunter said and she nodded. "So, what is your name? I'm Eren." He said and she extended her hand to shake his outstretched one. "Hinata, Hinata Hyuuga. I'm from edo, I lived in a village called konoha." She said and he stared at her wide eyed.
She blushed lightly, nervous because of the look she was receiving. "Edo? You mean early japan? Wow… how did you end up buried under Russia!?" he asked and she blinked. "Russia?" she asked and he nodded. "Yeah… Japan is so far from here it's not even funny." He said and she frowned. "So I was left there…" she began sadly and he watched her. "What do you mean?" he asked and she sat down in the passenger seat of the ship. "When I died, I had been sent on an assignment… it should have been a simple one, but the cave collapsed. I guess they never found me…" she said softly, her voice deeply saddened by this.
"Well… at least you can remember how you died, I was found as a pile of bones in a toilet… talk about a shitty death." He said and she laughed, a grin crossed his lips as she did so. "See! Not everything has to be all down in the dumps, come on, once we land I will introduce you to the warlock vanguard leader and she will get you some better armor." He said and she nodded. "Oh… um… Eren…" she called and he turned around to face her once more.
"What is this… glimmer my gauntlet keeps flashing at me?" she asked and he walked over to her and flipped open the touch screen cover on her gauntlet. He began tapping on random icons and explaining what they do. "This one, the one that looks like a storage box, it turns your weapons into recognizable engrams so that you can store them and equip them just as easy. See watch." He said and tapped on the storage box on his gauntlet. He had been holding the auto rifle that she had given him, but it turned into a white multi surfaced flat-faced shape and vanished into his gauntlet, a purple object of the same shape flew from the surface of his gauntlet and formed a Hand Cannon in his grasp.
"See, isn't that neat?" he asked and she nodded. "Alright, so this one…" he began and pointed at one that looked like a list. "This is your current bounty list. Obviously yours is empty so far because you haven't even been to the tower yet." He said and she nodded. He pointed to the icon that looked like a coin and smiled. "This one is going to be one of your best friends. This is the one that shows how many Motes of Light you have and also how many Strange coins you have." He said and she nodded, not quite understanding what those items were.
"Those are special currency that the speaker and Xur will trade you items for." He explained and she nodded. "Alright, now that we have the basics covered, glimmer. Glimmer is gained by killing the enemy. Every time you kill something, your ghost takes it's death into account and amounts its worth in glimmer. The more glimmer you have, the more you can buy. It's pretty simple, you kill the bad guy and get paid for doing so." He said and she nodded. A small smile crossed her lips.
"My husband would have loved the idea of this… his ramen binge would never be satiated." She laughed and Eren raised a brow at her. "You were married?" he asked, seemingly astonished. She nodded and he blinked. "Wow… just wow… you don't even look twenty three." He said and she furrowed her brows. "I guess when they bring you back they bring you back at your peak of strength." He offered and she shrugged lightly. "I guess so…" she said and her eyes caught sight of a large structure they were pulling closer to.
"Is this the tower?" she asked softly and he nodded. "Yup… this is home…" he said and her eyes were shining in amazement. His ship landed and they were teleported out of it. She landed ceremoniously on the tips of her toes, while Eren on the other hand landed in a noisy crouch. "How do you land so softly? I drop like an elephant on ice." He laughed and she blushed. "Um… I'm not sure… I think its muscle memory…" she said and he nodded. "Well… follow me. There's a gunsmith over here. Let's get you a better weapon first." He said and he led her over to the gunsmith.
"Ah… A newcomer to the tower. I haven't seen you before." Banshee said and she nodded shyly. "Hello." She said and Banshee chuckled out an electronic laugh. "I'd take it you've never seen an Exo before." He said and she shook her head. "That's fine. Since you're a newcomer to the tower I am obligated to give you your choice of a weapon, on the house." He said and she blinked. "Really?" she asked and Banshee nodded. Her eyes scanned over the weapons he'd laid out for her and the one that caught her eye was a small shining silver gun with a long barrel. "Ah… the hand cannon." He said and she picked it up.
"Very good choice, you take care of that weapon guardian." He said and she nodded. "I will sir…" she said and he nodded at her. She turned to Eren and frowned as she held the slightly heavy weapon within her grasp. "I want to go back to earth… I want to bring a few ghosts with me. if I can find my friends, they will no doubt be willing to assist in helping." Hinata said and he frowned "I'm sorry… I don't think that's how it works Hinata… the ghost has to choose you…" Eren said and Ko hovered around her.
"I'm afraid he's right Hinata. We have a set DNA that we are supposed to find, I was told to find yours. Some ghosts never actually find their guardian, sadly enough…" her ghost said and she smiled at him slightly. "Thank you for finding me, Ko. I'm very grateful to you." She said and her ghost said nothing, he just hovered around her once more. "You're very welcome… guardian…" he said and she smiled at him. "I can do one thing for you Hinata… I can gift you armor from a higher rank…. It should fit you." Eren said and Hinata looked at him in shock. "guardian, if you can wear the armor he gives you already, we must go speak to the speaker... he is the voice of our traveler, the one who chose you to come back…" Ko Said and she nodded.
I hope you enjoyed both previews of the stories! It's a secret as to what characters from Naruto are going to be in this story, but the choices of titan, warlock, and hunter are going to be quite obvious when it comes down to giving those secret characters their classifications haha.