Ruki44: I got a lot of positive feedback on this one, so I'm pleasantly surprised.

Tetra: So am I.

Ruki: You usually suck as a writer!

Ruki44: That's not true! Is it Hinata?

Hinata: Besides the prolouges and summarys you mean?

Ruki44: You guys are so mean!

Ruki: Get a grip...

Ruki44: Never! goes to little corner

Tetra: sighs In case you people didn't know, there is a new co-host thing thats been going on...for awhile. It's gonna end soon so vote now or gripe later. For info, just check Ruki44's profile. Its that name of the author right next to the story...you just click it and...

Hinata: Stop being so mean Tetra-chan!

Tetra: What? Some people might not know!

Ruki: What makes you think that?

Tetra: jerks thumb toward Ruki44 still in corner that one didn't for awhile.

Ruki & Hinata: ...

Ruki: Why does that not surprise me. Anyways Ruki44 doesn't own anything. If she did, she wouldn't be writing lame old fan fiction stories, she would actually be making something of her life...

Hinata: Ruki-chan!

Chapter 2

A little 12 year boy ran through the towns of Soul Society laughing maniacally. Even though he was an esteemed Soul Reaper, the boy was a prank puller first.

"Kazama! Get back here!" yelled a legion of angry Soul Reapers. The boy just laughed. He didn't do anything particularly bad…just mortifying for a couple of guys. You see he hung up the guy's boxers up on flag poles throughout the Soul Society. Just then he ran into somebody.

"Naruto…" growled that somebody. Naruto looked up nervously.

"Hullo Mako…" he said laughing nervously.

"What is the meaning of this Naruto-kun?" Mako said pointing to all the boxers proudly waving in the wind.

"Exercise for you guys and a good laugh for everybody else?" Naruto said hopefully.

"Nice try Naruto! Your coming with me!" Mako said grabbing Naruto by the ear.

"Ow, ow! Can't you people take a joke?" Naruto yelped in pain. Just then Naruto's "uncle" appeared.

"Naruto, there you are, you just got an assignment to go to Real World." Kai said cheerfully. Mako was still holding Naruto's ear and Naruto both looked at Kai, confused.

"Huh?" they both said simultaneously. Kai smirked and shook his head.

"Remember that fiasco we had way back when? When a woman refused to go to the Soul Society because she wanted to watch over her daughters and make sure they were ok?" Kai asked more to Mako then to Naruto because Naruto was a little boy when this happened.

"Yea! That was a real fiasco I'll tell you…" Mako muttered. Naruto looked a tad confused. Sure, he had heard bits and pieces about this, hard not to, considering that the whole damn Soul Society was talking about it, but he never really heard the whole story. Kai smirked.

"And do you remember what we had to do to get her to go to the Soul Society?" Kai asked in a sing-song voice. Mako nodded his head vigorously.

"Of course! We had to promise we would have a Soul Reaper protect her girls, no matter what. But what's that…oh no your not telling me…" Mako gasped in understanding. Kai smirked.

"Oh yes, it turns out the bastard who was supposed to watch over the two of them just watched the younger one. Now we're pulling him back and that's where Naruto comes in. Since the older one is a ninja, she's going a mission tomorrow, so you have to follow her and make sure she doesn't run into any trouble." Kai said smirking evilly. Naruto finally understood what Kai was getting at. But he left out one key factor.

"But how will I protect the younger one if I'm stalking the older one on her mission?" he asked confused.

"Katasuki will cover for you, don't worry." Kai said smiling. Katasuki was a boy that looked about his age (though truth to be told, he was much older…Naruto was the youngest Soul Reaper in history.) who was very quiet and very withdrawn. Though he was loyal and made really funny jokes if you could actually hear them…

"Alright, so who am I supposed be guarding?" Naruto asked.

"The heir to the most prodigious clan in Kohana…Hinata Hyuuga!

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A young girl with dark blue hair and pale lavender eyes sneezed. Somebody must be talking about her…

"You alright Hinata?" her teammate Kiba asked in worry.

"I'm fine…" she muttered. This morning a group of guys in black came and grabbed another guy in black and dragged him through a huge door that had appeared. The guy in black had been watching over her younger sister Hanabi for as long as she can remember now…

"Something wrong Hinata?" Shino asked in a monotone voice. She smiled at him and shook her head. What was she going to say. 'Oh nothing really. A bunch of dudes in black dragged this guy who had been stalking my little sister since kami knows when back through this door that appeared out of nowhere. Oh and by the way, I'm the only one who can see these people!' Somehow she didn't think that would blow over too well.

"Anyways, are you guys pumped for this mission as much as I am?" Kiba cried ecstatically with a bark from Akamaru backing him up. Ah yes the mission, yet another thing she can show her incompetence on…

"…You're not going to be that load on the mission are you? It's our first C-ranked and we won't seem so professional if you yell about alerting the world to our presence." Shino said slowly. Kiba's brow furrowed.

"Are you saying that I'm load?!" Kiba cried indignantly. Shino shrugged.

"That right there proves my point." He said simply, referring to Kiba's little outburst.

"Damn you Shino! I'm gonna squash you like a bug!"

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"I have to be guarding them?" Naruto asked, gesturing to the ninja that were fighting. Kai shook his head.

"Nah, only the chick. The other two are optional. " he said pointing to a small girl about the same height as him-he already knew that they were the same age-watching her two teammates with a slight sweatdrop. The boy with the dog was attempting to get the creepy one with the shades into a fight. Attempting being the keyword.

"Well that's good. Seems she's the only sane one here." he said sighing. Kai shrugged.

"Tell that to her. She thinks she insane from the records I gather." he said looking on at the pale girl.

"Joy…" Naruto muttered, then looked at Kai. "Why the hell do you have a nosebleed…HEY GET YOUR NASTY OLD MAN MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER! YOUR NO BETTER THEN THE PERV WHO WRITES THOSE ICHA ICHA PARADISE BOOKS HERE!" Naruto yelled at Kai. It just so happened the girl turned around and happened to be one of those cute shy girls and kami himself knew how Kai fell for cute shy girls. Its one of his weakness, the pervert.

"Hmph, anyways good luck. Just to let you know that Hollows have been appearing a lot lately, so be on your toes. Don't do anything stupid or rash, got it?" Kai said turning away, attempting to stuff paper towels up his nose to stop the blood. Luckily for him, it was slowing down. "See you later!" he said cheerfully after finally succeeding in getting the nosebleed to stop, and opened the gates to the Soul Society and cheerfully walked through, Naruto waved a bit grumpily, that guy is sealed up inside of him? He just hopes he doesn't become a miniature clone.

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Hinata watched as a man and a boy appeared in black robes with swords. The man had the sword at his waist with orange hair with red flaming tips at the end of each spike. He had red eyes with slits, more or less like a demon. His hands were a bit claw like as well. The boy thankfully was a less demonic. He had blonde hair and blue eyes with 3 whisker marks on each cheek. His sword was much bigger then the man's sword and was on his back. The odd thing about it had no hilt. (Think Ichigo's after the second time.)

They were talking about something…she had no idea what and had no attention of finding out. When the man saw her looking at them, a perverted grin came across his face and he started to have a nosebleed. The younger boy noticed this and seemed to start to flip out on the older man, though she couldn't hear what was being said. Finally the man left through this door that stalker of her younger sister was dragged through after his nosebleed went away, waving merrily to the boy, who waved a bit grumpily back.

"HINATA!" came her sensei's voice in her ear, making her jump at least 10 feet up in there air. She looked at her sheepishly as her sensei sighed. "Man, you had me worried for a minute or two. I was calling your name and everything, you seemed to even tune out Kiba's load voice…" her sensei started off, ignoring a quiet 'Shut up!' from Kiba to Shino "It seemed like you were starring off into space, watching somebody that's not there…" her sensei trailed off thoughtfully. Hinata lowered her head. She remembered that quote. She remembered her father saying something of the same sort to her mother a long time ago when she was still alive.

Flashback

Hinata was about 3 when she was walking past her parents room. She couldn't understand how nobody else besides her could see a little boy standing by a home which had caught on fire not too long ago. She asked Neji about it, but he looked at her funny-which was better then the eyes of hate she so constantly received from her older cousin-and said that there was nobody there.

"I'm telling you, it's just not natural! Nobody's there!" she heard her father's voice. Curiosity getting the best of her, she padded closer to the door to listen into her parents conservation.

"She might have a gift Hiashi! She's special, not a freak!" came her mother's voice, clearly upset.

"I'm not saying that Hinata is a freak! I'm saying something's just not right! She was staring off into space, watching somebody that's not even there! That's not natural, don't deny it!" her father argued back.

"Neither is being able to see through walls!" her mother shot back…

End Flashback

The conservation had gone off tangent there, but those few lines always rang in her head.

"Anyways, you guys should probably know a bit about the mission before we head off." her sensei's voice broke her revere. Her and her teammates gathered around Kunerari quickly.

"This is a C-ranked mission. We're going to take this scroll and deliver it to the kage of the Village Hidden in the Waterfall. We may run into some bandits, so be on guard. Any questions? No? Good, let's go!" and with that their teacher leapt into the trees with all of them trailing behind them. Hinata glanced backwards seeing the boy following them quietly. She turned around. What did the boy want?

Ruki: Kinda short I know, but blame Ruki44, I didn't write this. Vote people! Polls are closing this Sunday! And don't forget to review!

Tetra: Yea, that's what made Ruki44 update as fast as she did...the lazy bum...