Kairo Chapter 2
Sunlight poured through her widow. Hinata squinted her eyes in attempt to shield her burning eye balls. It was the day that the ninjas that are going to participate on the mission are going to be chosen. 'Man, I hope Sakura's not coming…' Hinata thought to herself as she lay on her bed wearing her light blue night dress. She lazily got up and walked over to her vanity. She absently picked up a tube of tinted kiwi lip gloss. She applied a dab to her bottom lip. 'Well, anyway if I don't make the team then maybe I can try out for ANBU. That'd show Sakura.' She made a mental commitment to herself. Putting down the lip gloss she licked it off her lip and strolled down to the bathroom.
As Hinata brushed her teeth, she noticed her reflection in the mirror. The face in the mirror was Hinata, but there was something wrong with her face. Her eyes were dark purple, and they seemed hollow. Her skin had a bluish tinge and her lips were pale pink and were set in a grim line, her hair was dark purple instead of navy blue.
"Who? H-How?!" Hinata stammered out loud. But as she did this the reflection in the mirror mimicked it. Hinata started to shake and brought up one trembling hand and touched the mirror, her double copied this. Hinata gasped and squeezed her eyes shut, when she opened them three minutes later, her altered double was no longer there. Hinata gasped ad saw that it was her old self staring back at her. 'That was weird…' she put her tooth brush in a cup and spit into the sink while eyeing the mirror.
She walked out of the bathroom and stopped short. 'Oh my god…' right in front of her was the phantom in the mirror. It stared at her with empty amethyst orbs. Hinata stepped a few paces back and just stared at the being at the end of the hallway. It wore a long cobalt blue kimono with silver linings; its long purple hair fell down in waves over her shoulders. "W-W-What a-a-are yo-u-u?" Hinata's voice was shaking as bad as her body was. The form just stared blankly at her and disappeared.
"Whoa." Hinata barely whispered. She felt scared but there were more important things that needed to be taken care of. She glanced at the clock on the wall. 'Oh shit!' She was late! Only twenty-five minutes left until the meeting, and Hinata still needed to get ready.
She rushed into her bedroom and crashed into her dresser. "Shoot! Ow!" she cried jumping up and down on one foot while holding the other. 'Grr… no time for that right now, I have to get dressed!' She grabbed her new outfit and put on the low-cut top first, then her leggings, and put her kimono on. She jumped into her boots and tied the pink obi in a large bow around her waist. She grabbed a white ribbon and tied her hair into a single pigtail. She looked at herself in the mirror. Her lavender eyes traveled down to her reflections chest and her cheeks turned pink. The kimono did show some cleavage, but Temari said that Hinata had curves that most girls would kill to have. Her eyes scanned the outfit down to the end of the kimono which came up to her mid-thighs. 'Much better than the old training pants we had to wear back at the Academy.' She noted. She turned herself around to get a look at her obi. She smiled; the bow was like a ribbon because the two ends of the obi were left out and not tied to make the bow bigger. She snapped out of her looks and grabbed a white ribbon from her jewelry box. She tied her hair into a single pigtail, grabbed her matching purple biker gloves and her leaf hitai-ate. She tied the hitai-ate around her left glove before putting it on. She looked around for her kunai holster and strapped that right above her right knee; she also fished out her elemental cards. The cards with magic sealed inside of them were needed to perform her new fighting style, which were the sacred Shogi card arts. The arts were told to be lost, but luckily for Hinata, Tsunade still remembered them and gave Hinata her own deck of cards. The cards were red with different incantations on them. She put them in the carry case and bolted to the front door, grabbing an apple from the kitchen on the way.
The streets of Konoha were busy so it took a few excuse me's to get to the Hokage tower.
After a few minutes of running along the sidewalk, and people kept staring at her but soon Hinata arrived at the Tower. She took one last bite of her red apple and threw it in the trash can beside the door. She stepped into the building and made her way to the elevator. She pressed the top floor button and glanced at the floor indicator.
Tsunade sipped some sake and looked at each of the shinobi in the room. Lee was sitting in a chair watching Sakura. He wore his usual green attire but wore a leather vest over it. His hair had been cut in steps. Sakura was trying to get Sasuke to look at her, she wore a red sleeveless dress that came down to her knees, it had cherry blossoms on it. Sasuke was looking bored while ignoring Sakura's attempts to get him to look at her. He wore a blue and white sleeveless jacket with a red Uchiha fan at the back, camouflage khaki pants ended his outfit. Ino was with Shikamaru and Kiba who were arm wrestling. She wore a blue sleeveless jacket with a white full sleeved shirt under it, she wore a black skirt with silver embroidery. Shikamaru wore his beige jacket and mesh shirt, with black pants. Kiba wore a black hoodie with beige shorts. Tsunade looked over to the right and saw Tenten and Neji sitting on the window sill. Tenten wore a blue and green Chinese styled shirt with short white pants that ended at her ankles, Neji wore a brown jacket with a mesh shirt underneath and a pair of grey pants. Even Chai was there. She was a runaway, so Tsunade took her in. She still didn't know where Chai came from, but treated her as she would treat her own kid, in fact Tsunade thought of her as family. Chai wore a bright green cropped jacket with a low cut shirt underneath that covered her belly, and grey pants. Tsunade sighed. 'They are going to kill me for making them gather here just to hear that they all are going on the mission… Hold the phone… Someone's missing… Ah yes, Hinata still has to show.' She thought as she looked at Naruto who was also staring at Sakura. He wore an orange jacket with a black shirt underneath and matching orange track pants.
Tsunade heard a knock at the door and told everyone to settle down. Sakura looked at the door, flipping her pink hair that was kept open. Everyone stared at the door, even Chai's pale yellow eyes looked at the door other than out the window. The door slid open and the shy lily they knew well stepped into the room. She glanced around the room and gave a friendly smile to Tsunade. Tsunade scanned Hinata up and down. Even she had to admit that Hinata looked ravishing in her battle suit. She watched everyone's expression as they set eyes on the former Hyuuga clan member. Sasuke, Kiba, Naruto, and even Shikamaru went slack mouthed when they saw her. Hinata just smiled and walked over to Tsunade's desk and sat in a chair in front of it. Sasuke, Naruto and Kiba watched her every move. Sakura glared at Hinata obviously jealous, but Ino, Tenten, Chai and Lee grinned at her. Neji just smirked at her. Lee got up and hugged Hinata. "The cute and shy Hinata has bloomed into a beautiful and ravishing lotus!" he broke into a speech about youth, lotus blossoms and life. Hinata giggled and Ino, Tenten and Chai walked over to her. "Nice threads Hinata!" Ino yelled and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "Yeah, you have such a nice figure!" Tenten gushed. Chai smiled at Hinata. Sasuke was still staring at Hinata, a hint of lust in his eyes. Sakura looked at Sasuke and followed his gaze to… Hinata! Sakura narrowed her eyes at Hinata and walked away giving a little "Hmph!"
Naruto and Kiba were still standing at the side staring at Hinata. "Whoa… Hinata grew… in both ways…" Kiba observed. Naruto stared at him. "And they say that I'm perverted." He rolled his eyes at his dog loving friend. Naruto looked over to where Sasuke was standing. Naruto and Kiba looked at each other. 'He is falling SO hard for her!' went through both of their minds as they watched him trace Hinata's lithe form with his eyes. They walked over to him. Kiba poked him in the side. Sasuke jumped a bit. "So, we see you've finally taken some interest in Hinata!" Naruto said waggling his eye brows in a mischievous manner. Kiba shook his head as if in pity and put an arm around Sasuke's shoulders. "Yep, we knew it was only a matter of time before you fell into the abyss of Love." He and Naruto snorted with laughter at Kiba's remark. Sasuke, as if just noticing them standing there shook his head as if coming out of a fog. "Nani?" he asked them. Kiba and Naruto stared at him for a second before answering. "You have fallen for Hyuuga Hinata." They both told him in unison. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Huh? No I haven't." he said in his defense. Kiba grinned. "Aw, come on we saw you checking her out! And not to mention the way you were watching her swinging them hips!" he snorted. Kiba sounded like a dirty old man sometimes. 'You gotta admit that the Hyuuga has a killer body!' Sasuke's inner self yelled. Sasuke tried to block out what he, Kiba and Naruto were saying long enough for him to steal a glimpse of the lavender eyed beauty herself.
Tsunade watched everyone chatter away for a few moments. She cleared her throat loudly and everyone looked at her. She cleared her throat again and picked up the mission papers. "Well as it turns out, all of you are included on the mission." She said. Sakura pouted her lips and stamped her foot angrily. "Tsunade-kage! Are you saying that you told us to come all the way to the Hokage Tower just to inform us that we are ALL going?" she asked aggravated. Tsunade batted her long eye lashes innocently at Sakura. "Yes." She replied with a smirk. "Ugh!" Sakura stamped her foot once more.
"All of you must be informed that this mission is ranked A, which means you all have to work together as a team…" Tsunade got up from behind the maroon desk and walked around the room, making eye contact with everyone she passed. "Each one of you have to play your roll and fight alongside each other." She went on as she walked around the room. She stopped in front of Hinata, leaned in so she was whispering in her ear. "Use the Shogi cards well, Hinata, don't let me down." Hinata nodded and promised she would. Tsunade gave her smile and walked back to the desk. Sakura stared at Tsunade and then at Hinata. Everyone else in the room did too, but Chai, Ino and Tenten just nodded and gave their good friend a thumbs-up. "Tsunade what was that about?" Naruto, being the nosey one asked her. Tsunade looked up at him and sighed. "You really want to know?" she asked tiredly. Naruto and all the people in the room nodded. Tsunade sighed again before talking. "I taught Hinata the Shogi card arts." Shikamaru, Sasuke and Lee who knew what the arts were widened their eyes a fraction and looked over to Hinata. Chai didn't know what the arts were, but smirked because she thought it was one more thing that made Hinata better than Sakura. Ino looked surprised and Tenten had her mouth in the shape of an 'o'. Naruto just stood there scratching his head grinning sheepishly. "You want to tell me what that is, Tsunade obaa-san?"He asked, laughing nervously. Tsunade sighed again. "It's a sacred fighting style that uses special kinds of cards as weapons." She explained. Hinata smiled at Tsunade, and Sakura glared at her. "Why did I not know about that?" she asked tapping her foot on the floor with annoyance. Tsunade blinked at the pinkette lazily. "Because I started teaching you medical jutsus first." She answered, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Sakura flipped her hair as if sparkles would fly off it and walked off. Tsunade winked at Hinata, and she giggled from her spot in the chair. Neji wore a somewhat angry expression as he gazed at his cousin with interest. Who knew that Hinata could perform the Shogi card arts? Certainly not himself. Tsunade got up from her wooden chair and held up her hand in a blessing like way. "You are now dismissed from the meeting, but before you leave for the Ice Country, go to the Sand country to add the sand siblings to the group. Hinata and the rest of the gang dot up from their seats and walked out to the exit. Just before Hinata walked out though, Tsunade pulled her aside and motioned for everyone else to go on ahead. Chai hesitated for a moment but rolled her eyes and walked off with a fast "See ya later mom."
Tsunade looked at Hinata with such intensity, that it was making the young kunoichi squirm. They stayed like that for a few minutes with Hinata standing there and Tsunade's hands resting on her shoulders. "Be careful." Tsunade finally told her. Hinata looked at her surprised. "W-Why? I mean, I know we have to cautious on the journey and everything but why do I have to be careful more than the others?" she asked, desperately trying to find truth behind Tsunade's reasons. Tsunade sighed and took one hand off of her shoulders and held one of Hinata's purple biker gloved hands.
"Hinata…" she tried to say as calmly as possible. Hinata nodded. Tsunade sucked in a deep breath. "People those posses the Shogi card arts often have trouble dealing with demons because they give off a certain kind of energy, much like yours."
She took another deep breath. "The reason why I taught you the arts is because you had the discipline. People who can perform the Shogi style Genjutsu like you only come once in three centuries. The blood of the great Toshiru Shogi flows through your veins, Hinata. Don't die…"
Tsunade said the last part slowly and let it sink in. Hinata looked shocked to hear that she came from a chain of Shogi card masters. 'What? That can't be right!' she thought. "Tsunade-kage, how can that be? All my childhood memories are of the Hyuuga clan!" she exclaimed. Tsunade sighed for like the fifteenth time today. "I know, but that's not where you are really from…" Hinata's lavender eyes widened at this new information. "Your parents are not your biological mom and dad, Hinata." Tsunade continued. Hinata's eyes widened even wider. "B-But I have the family trade-mark! My eyes are white!" Hinata practically yelled, this was getting way too weird. Tsunade let go of her hands and walked to her desk.
She pulled out the drawer and took out a bottle of eye drops. She held it out in front of Hinata's eyes. "Ever used this before?" Tsunade asked her voice serious again. Hinata shook her head. Tsunade gave her a weak smile. "Guess they didn't allow you to, huh? Well that's smart, because then you wouldn't have found out…" she trailed off and gazed at Hinata. Hinata trembled. 'What's happening?!' she watched as Tsunade walked back to her from the desk and told her to relax a bit.
"I am going to put a few drops into you're eyes." Hinata nodded her head and loosened up. Tsunade used her index fingers and held Hinata's right eye open. She held the drop needle right above her eye and squeezed the little rubber end. Two drops came out and fell onto Hinata's eye. There was a small plop as the drop made contact with the smooth surface of her eyes. Tsunade watched as the chemicals in the eye drops gathered around Hinata's light purple iris's and started making the usual lavender shade start dissolving. As the eye drops did their work Tsunade told her assistant Shizune to grab a hand mirror. Tsunade handed the mirror to Hinata and told her not to look yet. Hinata only nodded and continued to stare at Tsunade while trying her best not to blink. Tsunade looked into Hinata's eyes and instead of white pupil-less eyes, she was staring into the most beautiful pair of Chestnut, slightly crimson eyes. And Hinata did have pupils, but she did inherit Shogi blood, so instead of normal brown eyes, there were rings of red here and there.
Tsunade told her to look into the mirror. Hinata looked into the mirror, and instead of her lavender tinted orbs, Chestnut crimson eyes were looking back at her, and in those eyes Hinata saw reflected on her life's work, unlike her previous emotionless ones. 'My eyes were like this the entire time…' she thought as she widened her eyes to see if they were contacts. Nope, they were the real deal. Tsunade looked at her and smiled. "What do you think, Hinata? Tsunade ask her. Hinata looked at Tsunade. "They are great, hard to believe that this is actually what I looked like the past 17 years of my life…" she started quietly. "But, the thing that puzzles me most is that if I can still use my Byakugan… and I wonder about my family." Tsunade smiled again and held her hand, giving it an assuring squeeze. "You can still use it. Try it." Hinata nodded and preformed the hand seals to activate her bloodline ability. It worked, her eyes were red, but the veins popped out in the skin around her eyes. "See?" Hinata looked at Tsunade but she saw her aura, charka patterns and all of her insides. "Err… yes it still works." Hinata replied a bit frightened.
"Good." Tsunade said as she looked at her desk. Hinata deactivated her Byakugan. "Tsunade-kage, you still have to tell me about my family." Hinata reminded her teacher. Tsunade sighed. "Hinata, you are still a Hyuuga but you're special. You may have Hyuuga traits but the blood of Shogi flows through you." Hinata looked at her and smiled. "Thanks for telling me this, Tsunade-kage." Hinata got up and bowed. Tsunade got up as well. "Tell me how you're team reacts when you tell them, I especially would like to see Neji's reaction." They both laughed. Tsunade looked over at the clock on the wall and widened her eyes. "Hinata, everyone is supposed to meant at the gates in three hours! You better go home and pack!" Hinata also looked at the clock and widened her eyes. "Alright! Arigotou Tsunade-kage!" she yelled over her shoulder as she made a dash for the stairs. AS Hinata ran down she was smiling. 'This morning, I woke up a Hyuuga, and now… I'm a Shogi!' she thought as she ran. People on the main floor were giving her an odd look. She heard a woman whisper to a man, "Didn't that girl have white eyes when she came in here?" Hinata smiled even wider. 'Here I come, world!'
Wow, that took a LONG time to do. Hinata's no longer got white eyes. Let's see her team's reactions next time! Man, I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, Hope ya'll had fun reading it. Oh, and remember, the pairings and fluff will arrive gradually, I'm trying not to rush it. Do you think she'll be able to woo over Gaara and Sasuke? Stay in check to find out!
Ja Ne!