Chapter 22: My Family and Friends Pt. III
Hinata just ignored them and faced her younger sister, then back at her father, "D-Don't worry, I-I'll take care of i-it." She placed her hand on her sister's forehead. And then the mark disappeared.
The family thought she must have snuck into the scroll room and studied the curse seal. But they didn't notice the cap of her water bottle close tight after being opened.
Of course, expect for her father, cousin, and very own sister.
"We will be putting the two options aside," some Hyuuga elder said, "We will take care of it come a few years, but now, just... try an continue getting stronger, Hinata-sama. And maybe another incident like this won't happen again." Then the others dispatched, leaving Hiashi and his two daughters.
Hiashi faced them, "That was not how you remove a curse seal."
"... That was w-what I saw in this s-scroll-"
"So you snuck into the scroll room?"
She gulped, "I-It was just an a-accident when I s-stumbled upon the room."
Good enough answer.
Then Hiashi left the room.
...
Hinata tightly hugged her sister. Hanabi's eyes widened, "H-Hinata-oneechan!"
"Thank you!"
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Tenten dropped to her knees, she had cuts and bruises everywhere, and she already lost a fair amount of blood already.
Jalen smirked, "Looks like this battle is over."
But before she could grab Tenten with her vine whip and kill her they sensed a chakra signature coming.
The raven haired girl cursed, "This isn't fair at all!" Then she disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Right when she did, Neji came running to the brunette.
"What happened?"
Tenten smiled at him, "I used my scroll, and I made some mistake, so all the weapons headed towards me."
Neji just sighed, he hadn't activated his Byakugan, he helped Tenten up and supported her, "Its best we take you to the hospital."
"H-Hai." Then they headed out.
The weapon mistress cursed under her breath, I would've died if Neji hadn't come. How will I fair in our next fight?
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Kakashi faced the guards, "It seems that you let the girl slip under your guard."
Their eyes widened, "We're very sorry, Kakashi-san!" One guard said.
He just nodded, "But no need to worry I'll take care of her."
Sakura just glared at him.
The copy nin dragged her away, and then they begun walking around Konoha, "Where are we going?" Sakura asked bitterly, not able to pry herself from Kakashi's firm grip.
"Just looking for someone-ah! There he is," he dragged Sakura, once again, quickly to someone. "Sasuke, I have an important mission for you!"
Sakura's eyes widened, Surely he wouldn't even dare!
"I need you to watch over Sakura and make sure she doesn't leave the village until she calms down."
"Hey!"
Sasuke glared at him, "And why should I?"
"Yeah!"
"Its a mission, to check how patient you are with one of your teammates. And, surely now, can't you handle a little girl?"
"Little?!"
Sasuke just scoffed, "What got her so riled up in the first place?"
"Riled?!"
"That even I don't know. Why don't you find out? It'll be more of a challenge."
"I'm right here!"
Kakashi just grinned, "Well good luck with this!" Then he let go of Sakura and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Sakura's eyes widened, Now's my chance! But before she could run away Sasuke grabbed her hand just in time. She tried to make him let go but, sadly, no avail. "Let go!" she exclaimed.
Sasuke was even more confused, Before the girl would do anything to make me hold her hand, what happened? "I was given a mission-"
"Yeah I know, I was right there, remember?"
He glared at her.
She glared back, "Look Uchiha, I don't have time for you right now. I need to leave." And right when she said that her arm started burning up.
Sasuke's eyes widened and quickly let go, her skin was as hot as fire. But when he did Sakura made a run for it, I just need to get out of sight from everybody and then use my teleportation jutsu, easy. She mentally slapped herself for not doing it before.
Though before she ran even a fair distance, Sasuke appeared right behind her and knocked her out.
Come a few weeks that scene would be very nostalgic...
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Ino looked around, it was already sunset and she needed to get home.
But she had a feeling in the back of her mind that something was not right. That something horrible was going to... already had happened.
And something did.
She entered the flower shop, but there was no one is sight. She checked everywhere, but no one was present, Where are Okaasan and Otoosan?
Ino exited the shop, but was now faced with her own pineapple haired teammate she was with just hours ago.
Shikamaru sighed, "Your mom is at the hospital-"
"She's visiting someone, right?"
"... Aa. My dad said I should fetch you and bring you there too, lets go."
Ino nodded and followed, but she couldn't help but wonder... he didn't act or talk lazy at all...
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"Just the day after tomorrow, then finally the exams will start. I thought this month would never end!" Kankuro exclaimed.
Baki just rolled his eyes and left the room.
Temari's grip on the handle of the fan tightened.
The puppet master raised an eyebrow at his sister's composure, "What's with you?"
Temari just ignored him and faced the window, and was met with the Shikamaru guy and Ino. One glimpse at the fellow blonde, and she couldn't help but feel a bit guilty...
What if they do die? We have great chakra, but we hardly know how to use it without killing ourselves.
The blonde just sighed, the girls are too stubborn to end up dieing like that, that she knew. But they weren't immortal.
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Sakura's head shot up, she looked around and found out that she was at some bench and that Sasuke was right next her.
It would be nostalgic indeed.
"S-Sasuke-kun?"
He just gave her a glance and looked away.
...
Her eyes widened, What the hell happened?
...
Hinata and Neji... then... Okaasan... and... She stood up remembering just what she looking for. She was about to make a run for it, that was until she was forced back down. Sakura faced her seatmate, Sasuke just raised his wrist up, and sure enough between his and her wrist was a chakra bracelet.
She would have fainted at the closeness.
But it was just a mission... though she still couldn't conceal her blush... But then she forced Sasuke up, "Get rid of this!"
Sasuke just shook his head.
Sakura looked at the blue string...
I don't really have a choice-
What the hell are you talking about?! We can take him!
Think logically for once, will you?
Sakura faced the string again, then back at Sasuke, she just sighed and sat back down, with him right next to her. Their hands touching.
She should have fainted.
But she felt her chest tighten, and tears were so close to coming out.
I couldn't do anything! I could have at least tried and stop their fights instead of hoping they'll stop by themselves!
She tried her best but-
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-tears started falling down her cheeks.
Her crying mother was called to the office by a nurse.
The information was just so quick.
Yamanaka Inoichi. S-rank mission. Akatsuki member. Inner organs fatally injured...
One month left.
But what made her cry the most was that...
Even the legendary sannin, Tsuande-sama, couldn't save him.
No hope.
Ino felt a hand on her shoulder and was met with the lazy genius, she hugged him and cried into his chest. And he just patted her head.
She tried to-
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-wipe the tears away. But they still kept coming.
Sasuke just didn't know what to do. Comforting a crying teammate was not something that was useful in revenge.
... Even though it was useful in everyday life.
The raven haired boy looked at the girl, she started to calm down and was reduced to only a few tears.
... He at least had to try, "What happened?"
Sakura's eyes widened and then she faced him, "Wha?"
"I was given the mission to watch over you, I should at least know the reason why you need to be watched over."
Ouch.
But Sakura was able to understand, as if though the Uchiha avenger would openly admit that he cared.
"... Uh..."
He waited.
Sakura wiped the rest of her tears away, "It would be wrong to tell you."
"How?"
"... It's like complaining that you haven't eaten in a day to someone who didn't eat in a week. It would be... wrong."
"What happened to your family?"
Sakura sighed, what else did she expect? He was a genius after all, and her metaphor was a dead giveaway.
She faced him again, and she couldn't help but smile. He was nice under that mean demeanor of his.
At least she found a positive thing after all that's happened.
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"Don't worry, he'll still be able to do ninja tasks and every other. Its just that his inner organs were damaged in a way that lessened his lifespan," The medic nin told them.
Ino's mother just nodded.
But Ino still needed to know something, "Which Akatsuki member did this to him?"
His eyes widened, "How did you know of the Akatsuki-"
"I don't. I just heard about it in the mission reports," lied Ino.
"... Uchiha Itachi."
Seems like Sasuke gained a new rival.
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One Week After the Departure of Naruto...
Sasuke was gone.
Reij, Sakura's father, was gone.
Inoichi was permanently gone.
Sarutobi was gone.
And Naruto was gone.
But there weren't only losses.
A family relationship was finally formed between Hinata and Hanabi.
Gaara was able to change with the help of a certain blonde loudmouth.
And Tsuande was now the new Hokage.
And right now, things were... they were somehow...
Back to normal.
"Oh shut up!" Temari exclaimed.
Ino glared at her, "Why don't you?! It is true, the only reason your brother isn't a madman anymore was all because of Naruto."
"... I know that," Temari said with a glare.
The earth sister just sighed, "My goddess, Temari. About time you let go of that denial crap. Its too old. Look at Sakura for instance. Both Naruto and Sasuke-..."
Sakura was down hugging her knees and drawing circles in the dirt with her head down.
Her two teammates were like taboo to her.
The four sweat dropped and then Hinata sighed, "You just had to bring that up didn't you, Tenten?"
She just laughed sheepishly, "Sorry."
"We're here," Temari said. They were at the borders between the Land of Wind and Lightning.
They sat in a circle and Sakura started doing the hand signs. There was a gust of wind, blinding light, another gust of wind, and they were in front of the entrance to the ruins that led to the heart pillar... except...
"Is this the place? Why does it look so... new?" Tenten asked.
The ruins were no longer ruined, it was if though it was just recently built.
The five girls entered the place and saw something else.
The mural was all the way in the back, the heart pillar was in the center, but atop that heart pillar was a...
Well, heart. A crystal.
The Heart Crystal.
It was fixed but something was missing...
Hinata walked towards it, "It's not shining, we have to revive it. Its the whole reason of the mission Hokage-sama gave us the week before."
"... So what do we do?" Ino asked.
...
They circled the crystal, as if though unwillingly, and they held hands. Their necklaces started glowing their own color and started floating. Beams came from it each a different elemental color and the light beams hit the heart crystal creating a pink glow.
It was time for the corny chant, as said by Tenten.
"We'll be there for each other."
"No matter how far."
"Now and forever."
"Together or apart."
"Family till the end."
"Sisters forever!" All five said.
There was a blinding light. And then it disappeared as soon as it arrived.
The five girls just stood there hand in hand.
"D-Did it work?" Sakura asked.
"It did."
After all that time, it was easy to tell who that person was.
They faced their sensei, Melane smiled at them, "It seems you did it. And all within quite a short time. I have to say I am quite proud. The land is back on the ground, people can age again, and... everything is back to normal."
"..."
And they all knew that they should just let the Kage finish talking.
"Do not expect that tomorrow you will see Asahi ninja everywhere. I will have to call council with the other ninja leaders and speak of this village's doings. I'm not sure how long it will take, it might even take years before anyone from the Land of Heart can leave this place, and if you five can come back.
"That, and you still must keep all of this a secret. Just like before. And I am not sure when the Higure will attack you again, but always keep training and be prepared."
Their eyes widened. Not coming back to see eveyrone in Asahigakure in years?
No hyperactive Ali. No intelligent Nobu. No quiet Suoki. No violent Feleka. No mature Melane. No everybody they made friends with in that village. But most importantly:
No sister relationship.
None at all.
But the damn Higure were still after them.
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