A/N: Okay, here's chapter four! Woo! I will also post Chapter five tomorrow, and maybe chapter six (That's if I can finish it tonight and tomorrow.) Well This chapter was bleh, not my favorite; but it explains stuff, like Lina's weird way of acting. Hiashi is deffinately out of character, (well...for as much as we know about him, he's strict and slightly cold) but you'll see why as you read. This chapter is, in fact, rushed. Like I said, I don't like this chapter but it was necessary.
Thank's to Kuki Salazar for beta-ing this :).
Also, this chapter was EXTREMELY hard to find a song for, I mean it took me an hour to find one song that some what fit, and it doesn't even really fit at all. The only reason why I chose it was because it was about family (well sort of) and Lina's parents are mentioned in this, and a little bit about them. So..yeah, again, not one of my favorite chapters but meh it's needed. Although next chapter is, I have to say, my favorite chapter so far! It's just so...amusingly amusing :), you'll find out soon.
Song: Ode To My Family by The Cranberries.
"What do you mean you haven't started training yet!" Kisho shouted at Lina as they ate ramen at Ichiraku's.
"Exactly what I said. I haven't started training yet. I haven't found someone to help me with this thing I have, and I doubt, after my performance during the preliminaries, that anyone would want to help me train." Lina replied as she finished her miso ramen.
"But you don't know that, Lina-" Shibano started.
"Who'd want to train someone who'd get so pissed off that she'd want to kill you?" Lina asked. Shibano looked at her friend, then went back to her ramen.
"Oh, come on, stop being so negative! I'm sure there's someone crazy enough that will help you out for this exam." Kisho assured Lina as he ordered another bowl. Lina sighed and paid for her ramen. "Eh! You're leaving?" He asked with his mouth full; Lina rolled her eyes at him and gave him a disgusted look before answering.
"Yeah, I've got to go to Neji's house." Kisho almost choked on his ramen.
"W-wh-what! Why!"
"Because, I'm going there so we can screw training and make out all day." Lina said in a bored tone, causing Kisho to choke even more on his noodles.
"W-WHAT! I THOUGHT YOU HATED THE BASTARD!" He shouted and Shibano started laughing really hard.
"I do hate him, Kisho. Gosh, can't you take a joke?" Lina asked, then started laughing . "I can't believe you actually believed me. Gosh Kisho, you're so gullible!" Lina continued to laugh while Kisho glared heatedly at his two female friends. Lina stopped laughing, catching her breath. "Actually, I've got an appointment over there, with Mr. Hyuuga; he found out what happened in the preliminaries and the Forest of Death. He probably has some information that could help me figure out what's wrong with me," Lina said to Kisho. Kisho turned to Shibano with a confused expression.
"Did you know about this?"
"Well, duh! Lina told me what happened between her and Neji when she sleptover at my house last night!"
"SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND THE HYUUGA ASS!" Kisho shouted.
"No! Now shut up. I've got to leave, I was supposed to go over there when I got out of the hospital. I'll see you guys later." Lina waved goodbye as she stepped out from under the cloth signs, only to bump into someone. "Oh, I'm sorry." Lina apologized. She looked up to see Anko Mitarashi. "Oh...Anko-sensei. I'm sorry, I didn't see you." Lina apologized again.
"Ah, it's okay kid." Anko grinned.
"HEY!" Kisho exclaimed as he moved the cloth to see Anko and Lina. "Anko's crazy! Maybe she'll help you out!"
"Kisho! That's not a nice thing to say to someone who is superior to you." Lina glared.
"Kisho's right! Anko, would you please help Lina get ready for the third exam?" Shibano asked Anko.
"Yeah! She's convinced that no one will help her out!" Kisho spoke up towards the older woman. Anko looked at the three genin, stopping and staring at Lina.
"Hey, you're that girl that went crazy in the second match, aren't you?" Anko asked, causing Lina to sweat drop.
"Hehheh…yeah, that's me..."
"Well, Lina, meet me at Training Ground Six at three. We'll start your training." Anko told her and walked off. Lina blinked, confused as to what had just happened.
"See, I told you Lina! There was bound to be someone crazy enough to help you out." Kisho laughed as he continued on his second bowl of ramen. Lina hit him over the head, then left to go to the Hyuuga compound.
When Lina reached the gates of the Hyuuga compound, she stood there looking at them. She was debating on whether to enter or not, she didn't know what was going to happen.
"What are you doing here?" A voice called out. Lina jumped and turned around, to see Neji there with his arms crossed.
"Oh, hi there."
"You're not answering my question. What are you doing here?"
"Uh...I'm here to see your uncle."
"You were supposed to come here a week ago, Lina."
"Yeah... I know. But I wasn't allowed out of my house until yesterday!" Lina replied, lying. She has been out of the house all week, she just wasn't sure about coming to the Hyuuga compound.
"You're lying." He stated firmly as he walked passed her, opened the gate and began to walk in. Neji stopped and looked over his shoulder. "Well, aren't you coming?" He asked. Lina blinked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah." Lina walked behind Neji into the Hyuuga estate. She looked around, it was nothing new to her, she'd been here tons of times before.
"I don't know why you didn't just come in. You've been here before, right?" Neji asked.
"Yeah, to hang with Hinata when we were in the academy; I haven't been here since the graduation exam." Lina replied, Neji nodded in response.
"Ah, Lina." A deep, male voice called. Lina looked up to see a man who looked like Neji, but older. This must be Neji's fa-I mean Uncle. Lina thought.
"Hello, Mr. Hyuuga." Lina bowed in respect. Neji grunted and left, she presumed to start training for the third exam.
"Come in, I need to speak with you." Lina followed him in the house, after taking off her shoes. "I expected you last week when my nephew told me that you were discharged."
"Oh, I'm sorry sir, I-"
"No need to explain. I expect that receiving a note from almost a total stranger is something to think about." He stated calmly, and Lina looked down to her feet as they continued to walk. Hiashi Hyuuga stopped. Lina looked up and stopped abruptly, not wanting to collide with the older man. He slid open the door for the young girl, "Please come in, we have many things to discuss." Lina nodded as she stepped into the room. Hiashi walked in after her. "Please, sit." He motioned for her to take a seat on the floor in front of a small table, the pink haired girl nodded as she sat on her knees. "How are you?" He asked.
"I'm fine sir, how are you?"
"I'm fine, thank you. Would you like some tea?" Hiashi asked.
"Oh, yes, please. Thank you." She thanked him as he handed her a cup of warm tea. Lina picked it up and took a small sip. There was silence for a small period of time. Lina didn't know what to say or do, all she could do was sip her warm tea.
"My nephew has told me what happened during the second and preliminary exam; it seems he believes that you may be in possession of a Kekkai Genkai, or bloodline limit." Hiashi spoke; Lina looked at him. "He didn't tell me who you were, not until I asked him. When he said your name, 'Hawatye,' I knew..." He continued, his voice went soft. Lina looked at him weirdly. Could this still be the same strict father I've seen here before? Lina thought. "You see, I knew your parents quite well growing up. Your father and I were on the same team as genin, my brother and your mother were on the same genin team as well." Lina's green eyes grew wide. He-he knew my parents.
"We-were you friends?" Lina asked quietly, looking down to her tea.
"Yes." He answered her. Lina gripped the cup, it was the first time she actually met someone who knew her parents, other than her uncle. "From what Neji has told me, it seems like you've unlocked your blood line limit. I, however, was very surprised to find out that you had no idea that you had it. Tell me, has Inoichi Yamanaka at least told you about your family?" Hiashi asked, but Lina shook her head.
"No sir, he doesn't like talking about my mother. He did once when I was younger, though." She replied, Hiashi nodded his head.
"Well, I guess I'll start from the beginning. Seems like you already know what a blood line limit is. There are two that has resided in Konoha for years: the Byakugan and the Sharingan. The Sharingan descended from the Byakugan. There was another clan, which resided in Konoha before the Uchiha Clan did, the Hawatye Clan. The Hawatye Clan had a Kekkai Genkai, called the Kazegan." He started explaining. Lina looked at him strangely, listening to every word he said. "Like the Sharingan, the Kazegan is a mutated version of the Byakugan. Unlike the Sharingan, the Kazegan is more closely related to the Byakugan, meaning they have almost the same abilities."
"What do you mean 'almost' the same abilities?" Lina questioned.
"The Byakugan allows the user to see nearly three hundred and sixty degrees, we also see through solid objects. The Kazegan, can only see the wind movements within three hundred and sixty degrees. It, along with the Byakugan, have the same Blind Spot. One of the other abilities that the Kazegan has is that it is able to control the wind that they see, even manipulate it." Hiashi explained to her; Lina's eyes went wide. That explains how I wasn't effected by the sound Ninjas in the Forest of Death. "Ah, by your expression, I take that this has answered your question as to why you weren't effected by the sound nin." Hiashi stated, and Lina nodded. "There is so much more to the Kazegan than what I have told you, but what other things it can do, I have no clue. What I've told you is what your father had told me, and what I've seen your father do in battle. Konoha has no records of the Kazegan, seeing as the Hawatye clan fled Konoha many years ago. The first Hokage believed that having three large, powerful clans would cause problems with territory, so the Hawatye clan left to live in the Wind country, where it seems to be more fit for them."
"But...if the Hawatye clan lives in the Wind Country, how did my father end up being a Konoha ninja, Mr. Hyuuga?" Lina asked.
"His parents left the Wind country to live in Konoha, to ally their clan and the Hyuuga clan by marriage, but your father fell in love with Hinani Yamanaka. His mother, being the wretched women she was, was not pleased and disowned him. Later she and her husband left to go back to the Land of Wind." He told her. Lina sat there, and looked into her tea cup, her tea was nearly finished.
"Thank you, Mr. Hyuuga, for telling me this." Lina thanked him as she finished her tea. "I'm really sorry for leaving, but I've got to start training for the final exam." Lina told him politely as she stood up, as did he. Mr. Hyuuga nodded his head. Lina turned around and bowed to him. "Thank you again. It means a lot to me."
"You're welcome." He nodded to her. "Lina," he called out to her and Lina stopped to look at the older Hyuuga, "you look like your parents." Hiashi gave her a very small smile. Lina smiled at him and blushed. She thanked him once more, and stepped out of the room, sliding the door closed behind her. Lina walked to the front of the compound, slipped on her shoes and made her exit. She stopped when she heard grunting coming from around the corner. Being curious, she walked quietly to the corner of the house. Green eyes peeked from behind the wall, only to see Neji taking a breath. After a few moments of taking a small breather, Neji spun around in a circle and Lina's eyes grew wide as she saw a faint chakra sphere surround Neji, but disappear as quickly as it came. Neji stopped again and glared into the ground. Neji looked up and over at Lina, who gasped. The girl turned around quickly and ran to the Hyuuga gates.
"Sweet, you made it!" Anko exclaimed as she leaned up against a tree. Lina looked at her new teacher with a confused expression.
"You thought I wouldn't come?"
"No, I did, I just didn't think you'd be on time."
"But you said to come at three, and it's three." Anko sighed and shook her head. Lina sweat dropped at her teacher. Her apple-green eyes caught sight of a large, tan boomerang leaning up against the same tree Anko was. "Hey, what's that?" Lina asked, nodding towards the giant boomerang.
"Oh. I got this for you! I thought it would be neat to have, seeing as you don't know who you're going to be fighting against." Anko told her as she picked it up and handed it to Lina. Lina took hold of it and fell to the ground, the boomerang falling on top of her.
"What the hell! How am I supposed to use it if I can't even hold it!" Lina shouted.
"Oh, well, another reason I got it was to improve your strength. You see, after I left I went to do a background check on you, to see what I signed myself up for. Well kid, I kinda was upset when I saw your stats. Average Ninjutsu, below average taijutsu, above average Genjutsu though. I went into the weapon storage to find the heaviest weapon I could find! And, well, this was it." She laughed. This woman's going to kill me before I even get to compete in the chuunin exams, Lina thought. "Plus, when I saw it, I could so see you using this against that girl from the sand."
"Is that who-"
"Nope. The third exam proctor hasn't made up his mind on who is going to battle against who yet. You find out on exam day." Anko told her; and Lina nodded, finally able to stand up. "Now, this is to improve your strength, we're mainly working on your strength, speed, and Taijutsu for the next two weeks. I doubt it'll be up to where I want it to be, but you'll be farther than you are right now." Anko told Lina seriously. "Now I want you to pick that up, and try and throw it." Lina sighed as she tried to pick the giant boomerang up. When she finally did, she tried to throw it, but it just fell on the floor. "Well, we're going to have a lot of work to do." Anko stated and Lina nodded.
Three hours, two sore arms, and lots of pain and sweat later, Lina was finally able to lift the boomerang above her head, swing it around and throw it at the nearest tree. "Alright! I'm proud of you, Hawatye!" Anko cheered as she patted Lina on the back. "I expect to see you here tomorrow at ten in the morning! We've got two weeks worth of training to do in one week. Oh, and by the way, you may want to put your hair up, it'll be easier. See ya!" Anko waved as she walked off. Lina looked at her new teacher with a tired expression, what had she gotten herself into? Lina sighed as she began to walk home.
"Lina!" Lina stopped walking and turned around. Her green eyes met opal ones.
"Oh...hey, Neji." Lina said tiredly as she turned around and continued walking.
"Why were you spying on me?" He asked as he walked beside her.
"Huh? Oh…I wasn't spying; I was curious about the noise, that's all." Lina told him as she yawned. It was only six and she was beat, all she wanted to do was go home, change, and go to bed. "Whatever you were doing, it was really cool. I hope you perfect it." Lina told him with a tired smile.
"Why are you so tired?"
"I just finished training with Anko. I've got to build up my strength before the final exam, and this stupid thing-" she nodded her head back towards the boomerang, "is going to 'help' me do that. It took me three hours just to pick it up, swing it, and throw into a tree. My arms hurt so badly." Lina whined as Neji sighed. The two walked in silence for a few moments until Lina came to a stop. "Well, this is me." She stated as she smiled, pointing to her house. Neji looked at her, then at her house, then he saw the vase of flowers that he had bought in the window. I guess that's her room. She kept the flowers? I thought she'd throw them out. Neji thought as he looked from the window back and Lina. "Thanks for walking with me. I'll see you around." Lina smiled and started walking down the path to her front door.
"Lina!" Anko's voice called out. Lina turned around with a smile on her face, but it soon faltered when she saw the serious look on Anko's face.
"What's wrong, Anko-sensei?"
"There's something I have to tell you, and you're not gonna like it."
"Wh-what is it?"
"Well the third proctor has finally matched everyone for their matches tomorrow..."
"And?"
Anko sighed as she looked at Lina. "It seems you are to fight Dosu, of the sound."
"Why wouldn't I like that! That jerk almost killed Kisho!"
"But you see Lina, he was found dead last night." Anko told her seriously. Lina's eyes grew wide.
"Wh-what?"
"Yeah, someone killed him; we don't know who, but we're on it." Anko told her, then paused. "There is an issue that has been brought to all the proctors and jounin of the exam: because we now have nine competitors, instead of ten, it seems that..."
"I wont be competing?" Lina asked, balling her hands into fists.
"Well, no…yeah. There are two options being proposed to you: You can take Dosu's death as a victory, and you'll be graded on your participation so far, or...you can step out of the exam all together." Anko told Lina the choices. Lina glared down at the ground, her jaw clenched and her finger nails digging into her palms. "So...what are you gonna choose, kid?"
"I'm dropping out."
"What! After all that har-"
"What hard work? It isn't going to be seen by anyone."
"Now kid, that's not true. I've seen it."
"I've made up my mind, Anko." Lina said as she grabbed the boomerang, and was going to hand it to Anko but she stopped her.
"Nah, Lina, you keep it. I brought it for you." Anko chuckled. "Just keep up the hard work, okay, kid?"
"Yeah, thanks."
"Well...see ya!" Anko waved and walked off. Lina then took after her sensei's example and started to walk-well, storm-off.
"Huh, Lina?" Shibano blinked as she, Naruto and Kisho saw Lina storm down the street. Shibano checked her watch. "Wha? It's only ten! How can she be mad already? Doesn't she have last minute training with Anko?" Shibano asked as she looked at Kisho, though all he did was shrug his shoulders. Kisho and Shibano stood up, then Naruto gulped down his last mouth full of ramen before following the two.
"UGH!" Lina shouted as she grabbed her boomerang and threw it, breaking several trees in the process. Tenten jumped as she dropped some kunai, and Neji stopped in mid-spin to see the pink-haired girl catch the boomerang as it flew back at her. Lina turned around and threw it again, past Tenten and Neji, breaking some more trees. Neji and Tenten ducked as the boomerang flew back towards Lina.
"Lina!" Shibano exclaimed as she, Kisho, and Naruto showed up on the scene. "What's wrong?"
"Dosu's Dead." Lina stated simply as she threw down the boomerang.
"What, so? There's nothing to be upset about. I mean we all hated the bastard." Kisho spoke up; now Neji and Tenten had joined the small group.
"It was him, he was the person I was going to be fighting in the chuunin exams." Lina spoke.
"Wh-what? How'd you find out who you were going up against before the rest of us!" Naruto shouted.
"Because Anko gave me two options: Take Dosu's death as a victory or drop out of the exam. I decided to drop out."
"WHY!" Naruto and Kisho shouted.
"What's the point of winning a match she didn't fight?" Neji spoke up, saying what Lina was about to say.
"But still..." Kisho stated, folding his arms over his chest. "There's nothing to throw a fit about Lina." Lina punched him over the head. "Ow! Crazy bitch, what was that for!"
"For being an asshole, that's what!" Lina shouted at Kisho. "Do you realize how much I've worked these past three weeks? All of that training, wasted!" Lina glared.
"Aw, Lima-bean! It wasn't for a waste, you're stronger now. Now you have a super special awesome boomerang that you can hit Kisho with." Shibano smiled, and Kisho stared, wide-eyed, at Shibano.
"Wh-what? No way! Don't give her ideas, Shibano!" Kisho whispered to his brown-haired friend.
A/N: Short-ish :/ Oh well, this chapter was rushed, it didn't take me long at all to write so blehk. If I could, I'd delete this chapter and pretend that it doesn't exsist but I can't. Next chapter though, I'm proud of D. To let you all know, I'm pretty much skipping the last exam it's to much work for me to do, so yeah; I sorta explained what happened in Chapter 5, but not really. Although I'm pretty sure anyone who reads (If in fact it's read at all -_-;;;) has watched the Chuunin Exams Arc, so they already know what's coming in Chapter five soo I'm not really giving away all that much. But like I said before, chapter five is my favorite so far, I just nearly died of laughter when I was writing it. So, let that be that. Read and Review! I love reading feedback, so please send some :) Just don't flame, .;;