Hinata woke to the sound of birds chirping. She was up against a tree, the bright sun blasting her eyes. It took a moment for her vision to adjust, then she put her glasses back on. She got up, holding her arm, which still stung from the night before. "Day one and I've allready found what I needed. Luckily Itachi dosen't suspect a thing but eventualy they're going to expect results. I mean, Naruto isn't worth dieing over"she thought. The more she thought about it, however, the less willing she became to turn him in. "There's only one thing I can do"she thought.
"If you betray us, I'll kill you"
"What am I supposed to do? If I tell, Naruto dies, if I don't, I die"she said. She sighed. "I have to tell someone, not Naruto though. Kakashi? No, then it would be around the village. Sakura? No, she'd probaly tell someone. Sasuke? Agh, I have to tell someone. If only I could find him"thought Hinata. She remembered the bridge they were on before. "Maybe they'll meet there again. I have to see"thought Hinata.
When she got there, no one was there. "I'll wait"said Hinata. She waited, and waited, but no one was there. She couldn't keep track of time but she knew by this point they weren't coming. She leaft dissapointed. She was unaware Itachi was watching her.
Ten-ten tossed the kunais and shurikens from mid air towards Neiji. Neiji immidiately hit the whirlwind, knocking the weapons away. Ten-ten landed. "Is something wrong Neiji? Those weapons came closer to you then usual"said Ten-ten. "Rock Lee's attacker, she was the Hyuuga heir"said Neiji. "Wait, I thought Hanabi was the heir"said Ten-ten. "She is now, but if Hinata returns, she'll be the heir. Hinabi's no match for Hinata. Hinata's pretty close to me in skill. Now she has Naruto thinking she's an innocent, defeneseless thing. I don't know what she wants but I'm returning her to the clan"said Neiji.
"So that's why she wore the glasses, her eyes would've been a dead giveaway to anyone that she was a Hyuuga"said Ten-ten. Neiji nodded.
Sauske thrust the shurikens at the targets, hitting all three. "I still don't get it, how did I fall behind? I trained for a whole month and got even faster then before, but he still beat Gaara, while I failed. What will it take?"he thought. He sighed. "How am I supposed to kill him, when a loser like Naruto has bested me. Am I somekind of joke?"he thought.
"Uchiha Sasuke"
Sasuke spun around quickly, Hinata standing there. "You've been bothering me for some time and I want to know why"he said. He noticed her arm. "What happened to you?"asked Sasuke. "I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone"said Hinata. "Fine, just tell me what's going on"said Sasuke. "You see, my real name's Hyuuga Hinata"she said taking off her glasses. "A Hyuuga?"said Sasuke. Hinata nodded.
"I was kidnapped and trained, I'm now a member of the Akatsuki. My assingment is to find the boy with the 9 tails, who I found out is Naruto. If I reveal him, he dies, if I don't, I die"said Hinata. "They want to kill Naruto?"asked Sasuke. "Well, they want to remove Kyuubi from him, which would kill him"said Hinata. "For what?"asked Sasuke. "Who knows"said Hinata. "That still dosen't explain why-
"Because I was interested in what kind of person you were, compared to your brother"
Sasuke's eyes widened. "Yeah, my partner's Uchiha Itachi, he's the one who gave me this wound last night for not seeing him"said Hinata. Sasuke grabbed Hinata by the shirt. "Itachi's here! Where?"he asked. "Somewhere outside the village. Listen, don't engage him, he's way too strong for any genin to handle"said Hinata. Sasuke dropped her. "Thanks for the info. Itachi will die by my hands"said Sasuke. "Don't, you're no match for him!"said Hinata but Sasuke was running off.
"Itachi's here, after Naruto? He dosen't know, so Naruto's safe, which means all I have to worry about is killing him"thought Sasuke.
"Hate me, detest me, and survive in an unsightly way"
"I didn't know he wanted to kill Itachi, stupid, I have to stop him"thought Hinata rushing after him. It wasn't easy, she had to hold onto her wounded arm, in addition Sasuke was quite fast. In desperation, she threw a kunai out that landed in front of Sasuke, stopping him, giving Hinata enough time to catch up. "Listen to me, don't engage Itachi, I don't want to be responsible for your death"she said. "But out"he said. "Have you ever heared of Orochimaru?"asked Hinata. "Yeah, what does he have to do with anything?"asked Sasuke. "He was a member of the Akatsuki but he leaft because he was afraid, afraid of Itachi. Itachi's stronger then one of the sanin, no way could a genin beat him"said Hinata.
"Stronger then Orochimaru? How? How could have have grown so much, and me so little?"he thought. She sighed in relief. "We'll see how strong he is"said Sasuke. Hinata's relief turned back to horror.
"You can't! You won't win, you can't!"pleaded Hinata. "So will you stop me?"asked Sasuke. "What?"asked Hinata. "My life's goal is to kill Itachi, and if I need to I will take you down!"said Sasuke. Hinata sighed. "Go ahead"she said. He ran off. "I can't fight him with only one good arm. I can only hope he dosen't find Itachi"thought Hinata.
She got up and walked away, feeling defeated. "That didn't help at all, I only made things worse"she thought. She squeezed her hurt arm. "I have to get Naruto out of here!"she thought.
Naruto was gobbling down ramen, using the money he earned from his last mission. "He's going to put me out of buisness one of these days"thought the owner, going back into his kitchen. Jirayah stepped in caustiously. "Phew"he sighed. Naruto swallowed. "Hey perverted hermit!"said Naruto. "That name's gotten me into trouble so cut it out!"he said bonking him on the head. "Anyway, I got word Tsunade's nearby, we should find her now while that Rei girl is nowhere in sight"said Jirayah. "Why should I? You haven't taught me that technique you promised, in fact I haven't seen you since the day you ran away"said Naruto.
"You would run away too if you had her on your bad side"said Jirayah. "Naruto!"said Hinata coming in, Jirayah leaping up and hitting his head at the top, coming down hard. "Hey Rei, how did you find me?"asked Naruto. "Naruto, listen, you have to get out of this village right now"said Hinata. "What, why?"asked Naruto. "Just trust me!"said Hinata. Jirayah was rubbing his head when at the same time as Naruto, he noticed the arm. "What happened to you?"asked Naruto grabbing it. "Nothing"she said pulling it back.
"Who did this to you? Is that why you want me to leave, because of the guy who did this? Was it Neiji?"asked Naruto. "No! You're going to die if you stay here!"said Hinata. "Tell me who did it and I'll take care of him"said Naruto. "You can't Naruto, no one in this village can beat him. He's the one who wiped out the Uchiha clan, he even scared Orochmaru, he'd kill you instantly"said Hinata. Hinata fell to her knees, bursting into tears. "I don't want you to die because of me! EVERYONE SUFFERS WHEN I'M AROUND!"she yelled, taking another kunai out stabbing her own wound. She was about to do it again but Naruto slapped the kunai away.
"Don't do this to yourself Rei, you're stronger then that"said Naruto. Jirayah walked over. "Uchiha Itachi, that's the guy you're talking about, right?"asked Jirayah. Hinata looked up, nodding. "She's right Naruto, if you fight him, you'll die easily. You did the right thing by telling"said Jirayah. "What about Sasuke?"asked Hinata.
"He'll be fine. If Itachi didn't kill him the first time, he won't do it this time. Worst case scenario, Sasuke get's some injuries. However, why did Itachi attack you?"asked Jirayah. "I don't know"she lied. Naruto's fists were tightning and trembling. "I know you're mad Naruto but if you fight Itachi, you'll die"said Jirayah.
"Damn it!"said Naruto. Hinata cringed, the bleeding getting worse. "That pathetic excuse for a bandage would've failed eventualy anyway. Naruto, get her to a hospital"said Jirayah. "You got it, c'mon Rei"said Naruto, helping her walk. "She reminds me of Tsunade, physicaly strong, my nose can attest to that. Emotionaly however she put's too much pressure on herself"thought Jirayah.
Kakashi was reading one of his books when Jirayah appeared behind him. "This is certainly a suprise"said Kakashi not even looking away. "Uchiha Itachi's back in the village, and Sasuke's after him"said Jirayah. Kakashi turned to him with a shocked expression. "He attacked a young girl named Rei, she told us about it, but she went to Sasuke first"said Jirayah. "Why?"asked Kakashi. "She didn't want to endanger Naruto, and I didn't want to say this in front of him, but Itachi's presence alone wouldn't be enough for her to want Naruto to leave the village, even with the chance he might engage him unless she knows Naruto has kyuubi inside of him, and knows Itachi's after him, and Itachi attacking her. Itachi won't attack someone without a reason, and he's very difficult to provoke from what I hear, so it might've been a punishment"said Jirayah.
"Punishment? Wait, you mean-
"I'm sure of it"said Jirayah "Rei's a member of the Akatsuki, and if they found out she's betraying them, they'll kill her AND Naruto"
TBC