Hinata the Angel
Summary: Hinata is tired of being the underdog and then she leaves Konoha to a brighter future.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Everyone knows this, so why am I writing this disclaimer again? Everyone also knows that I can't draw and would never be able to write such a good script for this show. End of story, goodbye, no questions asked. Get it?
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Talapadme: Good. Now on with the pretty show! Cheers and I will talk to you all later. Oh and there is a flashback in this one because CobaltHeart wanted to know some stuff and I thought you all might like it as well. So enjoy and I will talk to you all at the end.
Chapter Five: Meeting the Akatsuki
Gripping Itachi's hand tightly, Hinata followed him inside the gaping mouth of the Akatuski's cave lair. Kisame, Deidra, and Sasori followed them inside after Kisame had helped them get out of the wreckage of the crashed bird.
As they entered, a thing with an orange mask with an eyehole slightly off center greeted them.
"Tobi is a good boy," the thing said. Hinata felt her shyness come back for a moment but she pushed it down inside her mind. She released her death grip on Itachi's hand, walked a little bit further toward the thing in front of her.
"Tobi wants to help pretty girl," it said, pointing toward her bags. She figured that the person in front of her was Tobi, but what was strange was that he was talking in third person.
"No thanks, Tobi. I've got them. But thank you for the offer to help. I'm Hinata." Before Tobi could say any more, he scampered off.
"Well, hello, Hinata," she heard a silky voice say behind her ear. "I'm Zetsu, and you're my next meal. Isn't that deliciously wonderful?" Just then Hinata felt plant-like tendrils wrap around her waist.
"Itachi!" she screamed as she saw Zetsu's black and white face surrounded by a Venus flytrap. Her eyes widened with fear as she was dragged closer and closer a giant mouth, head thing. Then determination to get out of the plant tendrils and live took over.
She filled her feet with as much chakra as she could, and then as Zetsu just about put her into his mouth, she kicked his forehead hard, using enough chakra to almost crack his skull, knocking him on his back. She felt the vines retract from around her waist, and she flipped backwards attempting to get away from the cannibalistic plant-man.
"For future reference, Zetsu-san, don't try to have me for dinner. I tend to hurt going down." Then she changed abruptly into a medic, "Sit for a minute and your head will clear right up." Then she turned around, only to run into a man with a giant three bladed scythe. In an instant, Hinata was back in fighting mode.
"Hello, girly. I'm Hidan." He swung his scythe and Hinata felt like she was training against Ten-Ten for a minute. Hinata ducked and the scythe only caught on a little bit of her hair. She moved herself into a crouching position and swiped her leg against the backs of his knees, making him fall to the ground landing in a kneeling position. She then kicked him sharply in the groin, making him groan in pain and curl up in a ball on the floor.
At this point, her Byakugan was activated and she had 360 degree vision, so she saw a giant rag doll come up behind her and pivoted narrowly avoiding getting hit on the back of her neck.
"I am Zakuzu," the rag doll-man panted as he tried to land a hit on an ever dodging Hinata. Finally, he gave up after he managed to hit her shoulder and dislocate it, bowing politely to Hinata who bowed in return only to roll to the side a moment later to avoid a giant wooden puppet that had a blade dripping with poison on its tail.
"You're a good fighter, but quite good enough yet," Sasori panted as he twisted his puppet, pushing her back farther and further, trying to catch her off guard. Hinata's shoulder grated painfully every time she moved since she hadn't had a minute to pop it back into place. Her eyes began to water as she was pushed into something behind her.
Two arms wrapped themselves around her from behind, locking in between her arms, both her injured and uninjured one, trapping her.
"Hello, my dear," the person's voice cooed, almost teasingly. "You remember me, don't you?"
"Of course I do…you're Orochimaru," she said, disdain evident in her pain-laced tone.
"Well, well, well, you do remember me, Hinata-hime. Did the Leaf Village miss me?"
"Not particularly," she hissed. "Now let me go!"
"Why ever would I let you go? You would make such a lovely test subject." At this Hinata had totally shut off all pain sensors in her dislocated arm and was struggling as hard as she could.
"I will NOT be one of your justu test subject, you…you… sick, twisted, evil, conniving, nasty, awful, cruel snake! Now let…me…GO!" She writhed and twisted but she was still stuck.
"You know," Itachi's cool voice floated from behind them making Orochimaru freeze, "She is here at Leader-sama's and my personal invitation, so threatening her means you are threatening me, and when you threaten me, very unpleasant things happen."
Suddenly, everything bled into red and black. Itachi henged himself into a bunch of little kids, and Orochimaru was hanging from a tree with his hands and feet tied. All the little kids were brandishing sharp pointy sticks, and they were yelling, "Piñata! Piñata!" In the background a Paris Hilton CD was playing over and over.
"NOOOO!" Orochimaru screamed, and the little kids started hitting him with sticks.
Then a large Itachi materialized and said, "Only 71 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds left."
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Meanwhile, back in the Akatsuki cave, Kisame had pulled Hinata out of Orochimaru's grasp and she was now moving toward the other Akatsuki members to see if she had done any serious damage to any of them. He had to admit that Itachi had made the right choice when he decided on his fiancée. She was graceful, strong, and talented. He didn't understand why she wanted to leave her village so badly. Why didn't she stay and be with her family? He watched her as she knelt down beside Zetsu, making sure that the plant-man was alright and that he didn't have a concussion. Once she was sure he was fine, she backed away, moving toward Hidan and helping him to his feet. Hidan bowed his thanks, something he rarely did for anyone.
"Hinata, you fight well, un," Deidara said sliding up next to her, grinning. "Using your chakra and fighting so it's like art. You are lovely to watch, yeah." Hinata turned a beautiful shade of pink that would have made a carnation jealous.
"Deidara!" Sasori yelled at the blonde. "Stop mooching in on Itachi's girl!" This caused Hinata to turn a red that was so bright, that it made the red clouds on Deidara's cloak look dull.
"Oh, don't mind Sasori-danna, Hinata-chan, yeah. He's always really serious, un. Oh and by the way, I'm Deidara, pyro and artist extraordinaire! Yeah!" Deidara's big ego reminded Hinata of Naruto, making her laugh a bit.
He looked surprised and asked, "What's so funny, un?" Hinata shook her head and just grinned. That's when they heard Orochimaru scream.
"My, my," Deidara said, "looks like Itachi's doing a number on the snake man, yeah."
Hinata shot a worried glance over at where Itachi and Orochimaru were. Deidara caught the glance. (A/N: This is surprising since he is an idiot.)
"Don't worry about Itachi. He's done his Mangeko Sharingan many times, yeah."
"It's not him I'm worried about," Hinata murmured quietly astonishing the blonde.
"Why are you worried about the snake man, un? Itachi will be done with him in three, two, one…"
"AHHH!" Orochimaru's scream echoed throughout the cave. Without saying another word, Hinata raced over to him, placing a small amount of healing chakra on his temples to lessen the effect on his mind.
Itachi sighed, "Hinata…one day your kindness is going to be your undoing."
She rounded on him while keeping her hands where they were. "DON"T TELL ME THAT!!!! NOT EVER AGAIN!!! IF I WANTED SOMEONE TO TELL ME THAT I WOULD HAVE STAYED IN KONOHA WHERE THEY TELL ME THAT HUNDREDS OF TIMES EVERY SINGLE GOD-FORSAKEN DAY!!" Hinata's screaming startled every single person in the room who didn't think that she could get that mad. A quiet voice startled them even more.
"He really is right you know," Orochimaru whispered. "and today is that DAY!" Then with a hiss, he grabbed her wrists and was about to bite her when…BAM! The Akatsuki leader materialized in all his dark glory.
"Orochimaru…drop her. She is under Akatsuki protection. Speaking of which, Hinata, you may want to relocate that arm of yours. You'll need it later." Hinata nodded and with a grating pop which made the rest of the Akatsuki wince, she popped her shoulder back into place. She then bowed politely, kicking Orochimaru as she did so.
This didn't go unnoticed by Leader-sama and he continued, "Now, none of that. Everyone, especially those of you who are injured frequently, this is Hinata. Most of you, I can see, realize that she is an exceptional fighter. However, she will not be a part of a two man team. Instead, she is going to be the new medic-nin for the Akatsuki and also, she and Itachi are going to be married at the beginning of next year. This statement caused a bit of a collective gasp from the group. "Now that that is out of the way, Orochimaru, may I see you for a moment? And the rest of you go back to what you were doing before. Dismissed!" All of them, except for Hinata and Itachi, jumped at the Leader's abrupt change in tone.
Taking Hinata by the hand, Itachi moved toward the door at the very end of the central room. This door led to a hallway that had twelve different colored doors leading off of it. Itachi explained that all the doors belonged to one of the Akatsuki members and the two extra doors were for workshops and training rooms. As they passed each one Itachi told her what or whose room it was.
Powder blue with a white flower in the center: "That's Kasumi's room. You'll rarely if ever see her. She tends to like her space."
Navy: "Kisame's room, but he is usually out of there by about five in the morning especially after Deidara's wake up call."
"Deidara wakes people up? He seems more of the sleep in person to me," Hinata laughed.
"You'll wish he was, especially after tomorrow morning," Itachi chuckled.
Purple: "Stay away from Hidan's room. He is very aggressive and tends not to take very kindly to visitors, especially when he is in prayer which is most of the time when he's not on a mission."
Crimson: "Sasori doesn't mind visitors so much because he is rather interested in people watching him work. His workshop is down the hall behind the other crimson door with the SW on it. Although if you don't like blood, don't go in there since it usually is fairly messy."
Black and White Pinstriped: "Zetsu may eat you if you go in there."
Yellow: "This is the exploding wonder's room. It's neon so he can find it even in the dark." Hinata noticed that he didn't seem to like Deidara's room a whole lot.
Orange and Black swirls: "Don't look at his door too much, you'll get dizzy. Deidara did that once and it took him a week to recover. But all the same, Tobi loves guests just be careful, we think he's hiding something."
Emerald Green: "Kakuzu doesn't like guests too much. But I think he might make an exception with you. He seemed to get along with you today for the most part." Itachi looked like he was slightly uncomfortable with this so Hinata squeezed his hand gently letting him feel the ring on her hand. This seemed to reassure him, as he calmly continued.
Black with silver stars: "That's Leader-sama's room. He isn't in there a lot but if you have a problem that's where you should go, but only if absolutely necessary, Kasumi tends to go in there a lot when she's not in her room, and we think that the Leader and her are together. Don't ever bring it up though.
Green with gold leaves around the outside: "That's the only room that actually has any light in it, naturally anyway. It's the greenhouse. Zetsu likes to spend time in there a lot to get some sunlight. But he's harmless when he is sunning."
Itachi stopped in front of the twelfth and last door in the hallway. It was plain and solidly silver with a kunai hanging off of a nail on the front of it.
"Let me guess on this one," Hinata said. "This is your room, right?" Itachi nodded and motioned for her to open the door. She turned the knob and opened the door to find a very sparsely furnished room. It had one large bed, a dresser, a closet, a desk, and a mirror. What seemed out of place was the small photo taped on the mirror. She looked closer and saw that it was a picture of her from when she was younger. She had been so small back then that it was weird to look at her reflection beside the photograph and see the same person looking back. Then she remembered how he had gotten the picture.
Flashback
"AHHHHH! P-please d-don't h-hurt m-me, Father. I d-didn't d-do it on pur-purpose! I-it w-was an ac-accident! I-I d-didn't w-want to…" a seven-year-old Hinata begged.
"You should have thought of that before you disgraced me with your foolishness," Hiashi Hyuuga growled at his daughter. "If you wanted to please me so much, then you would be stronger! But you are nothing! You are weak and pathetic, and you will never be any more than that until you stop being a fool."
"I didn't want to fight him! I-isn't th-that e-enough?"
"Neji is to fight you to train you and you just didn't want to fight him?"
"H-hai. I-I w-won't fi-fight Neji-nii-san."
"Shut your mouth!" He hit her. The slap stung as it ripped across her face. She bit her lip to stop from crying out, but that only seemed to make him angrier and he hit her again, punching her in the gut. This time she couldn't hold back a cry. Suddenly, her father looked like he had just remembered something.
"Go get cleaned up and dress in your best dress clothes, and then come down to the entrance to the compound. Oh and Hinata, this time don't be so…so…so cowardly." His words stung her worse than any slap ever could and she turned and exited the room, so he didn't see the crystal clear drops of water sliding down her face.
She dressed in her favorite grey kimono with the purple and white lilacs embroidered clambering up the sides on the branches next to the heart shaped leaves of the lilac tree. She brushed her short hair and then raced down to the entrance to the compound. Bowing to her father, she noticed the guests at the front gate. She bowed to them also before she hid behind her father, who shook her sharply behind his back. Abruptly, she moved out from behind her father. Her father nodded slightly, then said, "Uchiha-san, I would like you to meet my daughter, Hinata."
Hinata bowed again, politely.
"Hinata, this is my friend Fagaku Uchiha and his sons, Itachi and Sasuke." She bowed yet again.
"Why don't we go catch up Hiashi and leave the children to wander?" Fagaku asked, attempting to warm up the suddenly very chilly air. Hiashi nodded and after motioning that Hinata should show them around, they left to the house. Quietly Hinata motioned for them to follow her. After showing them around the house in her quiet little way, she took them outside to the garden which she gently began to pull weeds and pick flowers out of the beds.
"Why do you do that?" Sasuke asked, never have seeing a flower garden before.
"T-to k-keep the gar-garden f-from g-getting too over-overgrown, th-that w-way I d-don't h-have to p-pull out a-anything i-important." Sasuke nodded, happy with the answer.
"W-would y-you l-like a f-flower, S-Sasuke-san?" She asked after she had removed all the problem plants, motioning to the brightly colored plants left over in the garden. Sasuke nodded happily and went off to find one that he liked, so Hinata and Itachi were left alone.
Itachi showed her a small photograph of herself, "May I keep it, Hinata? In case I don't see you again." She nodded and Itachi said, "Thanks, this picture is one of one of the prettiest flower I have ever seen." Hinata blushed. "Always remember me, my sunshine angel, will you?" She nodded. "Good, we'll meet again someday, I hope. Now go see what my brother wants, he looks like he is calling you." With that, Hinata went over to Sasuke who motioned toward a plant he liked. They got into a very spirited conversation with Sasuke doing all the talking. Itachi sat there and let a small uncharacteristic smile grace his features, he would always remember his sunshine angel. Always and forever, no matter what.
Fast forward to the night Itachi killed his clan
He was there like a shadow. She felt him around the compound that night, dark and foreboding as always. He hid in the shadows watching, always watching. Hinata ached to go to bed but her father wouldn't let her.
"Do it again! NOW!" Hiashi yelled, hitting her squarely in the chest yet again. She ran at him trying, trying so hard to touch him to hit him, just so she could prove her strength. Again, she was knocked to the ground. The shadow winced as he saw the little girl being pounded into the ground yet again by the beast who dared to call himself her father. Suddenly, he had an idea. (A/N: No idea if he can actually do what I am about to have him do, but for convenience just roll with it.) Throwing his voice so that it echoed throughout the room, Itachi spoke sounding like Kami.
"Hiashi! Let my angel, Hinata, go get some rest."
Hiashi bowed and did as the voice commanded, but not before breaking a few more of Hinata's bones by hitting her in the chest and snapping her wrist.
"Next time do a better job, Hinata," her father hissed at her as she fled the room. Itachi bit back a snarl, and then he went to follow Hinata silently into her room, creeping like a shadow on the wall as she raced down the hallway wincing as she jarred her broken bones. Trying to escape, he could see it in her eyes. She felt like she was in a trap and like all trapped things she wanted out. Sliding into her room, she muffled her sobs with a pillow, numbing the pain in the ribs and wrist that no one would come and fix for fear of her father.
"Why? Why? She sobbed in anguish as pain overwhelmed her yet again. Suddenly she sat bolt upright as she noticed he was there.
"Itachi!" She whispered.
"Don't move, angel. I'm going to heal you." His hands which killed so many also were gentle as he placed them on her ribs and wrist, mending them to the best of his ability. She sighed when he was finished.
"Thank you so much," she whispered. "I never know what is going to happen when my father gets angry with me. So thank you, I know I can always depend on you." Itachi's expression suddenly hardened a little.
"Hinata, I have to go away, and I'm not sure when I am going to be back. Remember me when I leave, no matter what, okay? I want to know that you are remembering me so that I may leave in peace." Then he enveloped her in a warm hug that seemed to last a lifetime, and too soon it was over.
"Itachi-san, I will never ever forget you," Hinata promised.
"Nor I you. You are my sunshine angel and always will be." Then with a final hug goodbye, Itachi slid like a shadow, out the window and out of sight. With a sigh, Hinata sat and thought, "Itachi, I'm really going to miss you. I love you so much."
End Flashback
"Did you really like me that long?" Hinata asked after an odd silence fell over the pair.
"I loved you the moment I saw you, and I still do," Itachi answered, taking her in his arms and kissing her fiercely as an affirmative. She was startled and tensed as this was the first time he or anyone had really shown her any such affection, but then she relaxed, putting her arms around his neck and melting into his body, noticing how well they fit together. Suddenly a noise from the doorway made them stop.
"Deidara?" They were both very surprised to see the Iwa nin.
"What did I do, yeah?" the blonde asked, "I came to get you, Hina-chan. Leader-sama wants to speak to you."
"Oh, hai. Did he want me to go with you?" Hinata asked.
Deidara looked down at the floor sheepishly, "I can wait if I was interrupting anything. He didn't say it was urgent."
"That's okay I'll go now," She murmured as she slipped out of Itachi's grasp, but as she went to the door, Itachi whispered, "Angel, we'll finish that later." These words caused shivers to run up and down her spine and a slight blush tinged her cheeks.
Hinata followed Deidara down the hallway and into the Leader's room. She noticed that the Leader's room was almost as sparsely furnished as Itachi's room with the exception of the very, very dark atmosphere.
"Deidara, leave and close the door behind you." The Leader's voice came from behind the desk. Deidara did as he was bidden and the door closed with a snap.
"So Hinata, sorry that I didn't give you a better briefing earlier but I had other business to attend to." They both knew that by business he meant Orochimaru. Clearing his throat, he continued, "I trust that Itachi showed you around a little bit." She nodded. "That's good. You can get situated today and then tomorrow you can get right to work. Go put your plants in the greenhouse. You'll need them and they look kind of sick sitting in your bag." Hinata looked startled that he could see through her bag, and he chuckled.
"Yes, my eyes can see through things like your Byakugan. I come from a mixed bloodline. Oh!" He smacked his head. "That's right I need to explain a few things to you. One, your job is to take care of the seriously wounded and injured, then the less wounded. Two: If someone is dying, and there is nothing you can do and there are other gravely injured people, take care of the people who are able to be saved and then see what you can do to help the dying person. You can't show favorites. Finally, you are going to be on call whenever anyone is out on a mission. Did you get all that?"
"I think so, um. Seriously injured first, don't try to help helpless cases, and be on call when people are out on missions. Was that everything?" Hinata looked slightly troubled about her instructions even though she tried to hide it.
"That's all. You're dismissed," the Leader nodded, signaling that she was free to go. She turned and left, heading to the greenhouse room to put down her plants and give them some water.
She had just set down her medicinal supplies when from behind her she heard a silky voice ask, "Can you get the watering can down for me? I can't quite reach it."
"Sure thing, Zetsu-san, just don't eat me." Hinata sounded so pleading when she said it, that Zetsu agreed. Hinata quickly ninja-climbed up to the watering can and filled it using a quick water jutsu. Then she handed the full watering can to the waiting plant man who sighed as he poured the cool water over his head.
"Thank you, Hinata-hime," Zetsu's white half said.
"You idiot, why'd you just call her Hinata-hime?" his black half asked.
"No reason, I just…" The rest of his words were lost as Hinata turned back to her work. She finished watering her plants and then she turned and walked out of the greenhouse, leaving Zetsu to his continued mutterings.
Walking all the way down the hall, Hinata knocked on Itachi's silver door. He answered it and scooped her up in his arms, giving her the warm hug that she remembered from when she was little. She melted into his embrace, he bent down and captured her lips in his.
"I told you we would finish later, angel," he murmured. She nodded as he continued the kiss. When they broke apart he added, "I missed you so much while I was gone."
"And I, you," she murmured back. Suddenly, she felt the grim pull of fatigue enter her body, weighing her down to the ground. Her energy felt spent and worn, and she was totally exhausted. Not being able to keep her weight up any longer, she collapsed into the floor. Itachi, ignoring her feeble protests that she was fine, picked her up bridal style and carried her over to the bed, where he set her down lightly on the covers and climbed in next to her. Wrapping his arms around her waist, he whispered, "Good night, my sunshine angel. I love you."
With that they both drifted off into a dreamless warm sleep, together, at long last.
Okay since I made you all wait so long for a new chapter, I am going to share my wonderful experience with spell check and its funny suggestions.
Hinata- Piñata, Hint, Hinter
Zetsu- Zest, Zesty, Sets, Zests, Zets
Itachi- Itchy, Itch
Sasori- Savory, Assort, Savoir, Assure
Hidan- Hidden, Hiding
Kakuzu- Kakis, Kukus, Kakas, Kakos
Kisame- Misname, Kissimmee, Kismet
Leader-sama: Leader-samba, Leader-seam, Leader-saga
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One: Hinata and Itachi have kids, and both stay alive.
Two: Hinata and Itachi have kids and Itachi dies.
Three: Hinata and Itachi have kids and Hinata dies.
Four: No kids and both are alive.
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