Chapter 12: Why?

A/N: Hehehe! Yes! I know! I'm took sooooooooo long just to update! A year or two...um...;;;; my bad. My excuses are well...Homework and I just got lazy and uninterested in Naruto for awhile. ;;;;;;; but mostly, I was busy with school and work in the house. So I couldn't and the stupid computer broke down. ;;;;; But yes, I do reply to you guys b/c I'm just borrowing my sister's laptop. Hehehe. And her computer didn't have my stories. I had to get everything back in order again. SO yeah! I'll try and make this a REALLY long one for being absent for soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo LONG! ENJOY!

I will NOT do the disclaimer since I already did it in chapter 1! hehehehe. I hate doing it anyway.

Also, My OWN jutsu as well.

Sasuke still waited for Ifalna to come back. Hinata had left awhile ago with Neji and Tenten. He was getting impatient, waiting for Ifalna to come back. He knew something was wrong. So he went and check the girls bathroom, by asking Tenten to check, since she was near the bathroom. She wasn't in there at all.

Sasuke checked the other places where she could be and even asked Neji to use his byakugan to check the places and to no avil, Ifalna wasn't there. He went to the training ground, hoping to find her there. He got angry at the idea of her ditching him out of nowhere. He came to a clearing, somewhere he wasn't sure of and saw something on the ground. It was a ring. A shiny silver ring with a dragon on it. He observed it and look closely and saw Ifalna's name crave on it. He couldn't believe it!

"Damn it! She's been kidnapped!" He hurried of to Hokage-sama to tell her of the news.

"Ku ku ku." Orochimaru looked up at his experiment. "Beautiful."

She was in a tank, full with water around her. She had an oxygen mask on her. There were many lines put on her, to know if anything was wrong with her or not. She slept in there, even still trying to resist the treatment they were giving her, but it wasn't working at all.

"She's putting up such a fight, but can't win no matter what." Kabuto shook his head.

"Inject it on her. It'll be easier to control her and follow my orders." Orochimaru commended.

"Mm."

"This will be fun. Wait and see Sasuke-kun. Your body will be mines." Orochimaru smiled his sinister smiled.

"DAMN IT!" Sasuke cursed.

"Sasuke-san, don't worry. Ifalna can take of herself. She's not a child anymore." Kouji smiled at him.

"Shut up!" Sasuke growled.

"Sasuke calm down!" Tsunade yelled.

Things were getting out of control! Jiraiya is out trying to find out some information on whose Ifalna's kidnappers. It has been THREE weeks total when Ifalna got kidnapped. Sasuke hasn't slept at all! Hinata is worn out from trying to find her as well. Kouji is...well...can't really say. He's still in good shape. He knows how strong Ifalna is but he don't look the least worried at all! Maybe he's just hiding it.

Sakura entered the room and smiled at everyone who was in there which was mostly all the nine rookies including Neji, Lee, Tenten and the sensei's. They were all worried. Some of them didn't even know why!

"How's Hinata?" Tsunade asked.

"She just need to rest."

"Alright!" Everybody in the room turned their attention towards Tsunade. "Here's what we do. The plan is--"

Tsunade couldn't even finish before someone came barging in the room. It was Hinata. She didn't bother to close the door and came up to them.

"Don't leave me out of THIS?!" Hinata said angrily.

Tsunade sighed. "Anyway, the plan is to--"

Before she could say anything else, someone else came in. It was Jiraiya. He sighed and gave a nod, indicating that he has found nothing.

That only made Sasuke mad. He started yelling! Soon everyone except Neji, Shikamaru, Shino, and the sensei talked back to each other. Kakashi was too much into his book while Kurenai and Asuma just didn't care. Gai...well...he just joined in for the fun of it.

"Trouble-some." Shikamaru sighed.

"Hn." Neji just shrugged.

"..." Shino...just didn't care.

"What's everybody fighting about?" A voice spoke out.

Everybody stopped in their tracked. They turn to the door to see none other than...

"IFALNA!" Almost everybody screamed.

"Nice to see you guys too." She smiled innocently at them.

"Where were you?!" Sasuke demanded.

Ifalna turns her back towards them and turned her heard around and smiled.

"Places. I just wanted to get something out of my mind. I'm sorry for worrying you guys." She turned to them fully. "I didn't mean to cause any problems."

"Why didn't you tell you?" Kouji asked worriedly.

"I just wanted some privacy. I didn't realize I left that long. And besides! I left a note on the ring." Ifalna pointed out.

"What note?" They all looked at Sasuke.

"Like hell I fucking know!" Sasuke yelled.

Ifalna giggled. "I put a spell over it so that no one else can read it. But...I thought Sasuke would've given the ring to Hokage-sama. Guess not then." She smiled.

Everyone just sighed. The plans on searching for Ifalna have come to an end. She was back in Konoha safe and sound. Everybody went back to their life as if nothing has ever happened.

"HINATA!" Ifalna ran up to her.

"What is it?"

"Tomorrow...well you spend it with me? I would like to know you more." Ifalna smiled.

"Um...sure...I guess." Hinata smiled back.

"Okay! Meet me at the park where the biggest tree is at!" Ifalna ran off before Hinata could say anything back.

Hinata just slumped and sighed. Kouji couldn't help but laugh at the sight. Hinata looked up at him and smiled as well.

"You know what? I think I might try to get to know Sasuke-san." Kouji announced.

"Really? Why?" Hinata was really curious.

"Well...being friends with the guy you like might help me sometime." Kouji chuckled.

"Huh?" Hinata was confused. It only made Kouji laughed more.

"Let's get going."

"Right."

-Next Day-

Hinata was waiting by the big tree in the park where Ifalna had told her to come meet her there. She sighed. It was...weird. She just didn't know why though.

"HINATA!" Ifalna screamed out happily and hugged her.

"You're really cheerful." Hinata smiled.

"Mm! I want today to be a great day for you and me to start off with a great relationship as great friends! After all...Sasuke considers you as his closest friend!" Ifalna smiled.

"Sasuke considers me as his closest friend? I thought Naruto was." Hinata was confused and sad by her words a bit.

"Well...to me I think you're the first since you two have been together like brother and sister! Isn't that great?" Ifalna asked confused.

"No, not at all!" Hinata forced a fake smiled on.

"GOOD! LET'S GO!"

For the WHOLE entire day, Ifalna mostly dragged Hinata off to places and make her do it as well. There were times when Ifalna let Hinata off the hook at doing some of the weird things that they were doing. Ifalna was cheerful and happy while Hinata had a lot of things on her mind. Hinata couldn't help thinking of the words Ifalna had spoken earlier about friends.

-Kouji-

"Sasuke-san." Kouji greeted with a smile.

"What?" He glared at him.

"Mind spending the day with me?" Kouji never stopped smiling.

"Sorry, but I'm NOT that way." Sasuke walked away.

Kouji's smiled turned into a frown. He sighed and catches up to Sasuke.

"Now, now Sasuke. I DON'T mean it that way! I thought to get to know you better and become friends with you. Besides, Ifalna is doing the same thing to Hinata."

Sasuke stopped and thought for a sec. He turned over to Kouji and...

"No."

"Sasuke, what if I told Ifalna. You know she would keep on pestering you about it."

Sasuke sighed. Somehow, Kouji reminded him of Naruto. The loud ass bastard! He gave in since he knew this will take up the whole entire day.

"Whatever."

Kouji smiled. "Alrighty then! How about...sparing?"

That got Sasuke...

-Training Ground-

"Alright Sasuke! Don't hold back on me!" Kouji smirked.

"Like I will."

Both got into position. The wind blew and that was the start of the fight. Both came towards each other aggressively. They were using all kinds of jutsu. It didn't matter who wins, they wanted to see each others power and how strong the other one was.

"Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled out.

Fire came out of Sasuke's mouth. Kouji was being a bit careless and got burnt a bit by the arms. He quickly did some hand seals and called out his jutsu.

"Ryuhokashi no jutsu!"

Dozens of weapons came out and went straight towards Sasuke. Sasuke evaded it all and called out Chidore.

"Suiton Suijinheki!"

Chidore came crashing against Kouji's water barrier. It caused a bit of explosion. Just not that powerful. Both male flew away and hit a tree. The two were already tired. Using large amounts of chakra was a bad idea.

-Hinata and Ifalna-

"You look so cute in that dress Hina!" Ifalna clapped her hands together.

"Can this be the last? It's almost getting late." Hinata plead.

"Okay, BUT one more place!"

"sigh Fine."

Ifalna smiled at her and took her hand so that Hinata will at least hurry up the pace. The sun was setting as well. It didn't look like they were running at all. More like, using their ninja speed to get to their destination quicker.

It was at the bridge. The bridge where Kakashi and the others fought with Itachi and Kisame. Ifalna sat on the rails and smiled.

"This is a perfect place to watch the sun set!" Ifalna giggled. "Come and sit beside me Hinata!"

"Okay."

Both sat side by side watching the sun set. It was a beautiful sight to see. But...

"This feels a bit weird. Shouldn't you be seeing the sun set with a lover than a friend?" Hinata asked scratching the back of her head.

"Hehehe, true, but since we're friends, it's okay."

There was a moment of silence. Hinata appreciated the silence, but Ifalna started talking again.

"Was there something on your mind that you couldn't have fun with me today?" Ifalna asked sadly.

"Oh." Hinata stared at her with sorrow. "I'm sorry. Just a lot of things that's been happening. I'm sorry I couldn't have that much fun with you."

"It's okay, let's do this another time okay!" Ifalna smiled happily.

"Mm." Hinata nodded in agreement.

"Hey Hina..." Ifalna faced her with a serious sad face on.

"Yes?" Hinata faced her as well.

"How...um...how do you feel towards...Sasuke?" Hinata's eyes widen up a bit.

"Wh-what do you mean?" Hinata was confused.

"You know what I mean. Do you think of him more than a friend? Whenever you looked at him, there's happiness in your eyes and yet sadness when you see him with me." Ifalna said sadly.

"I...don't know what you mean." Hinata smiled weirdly.

"Hinata...don't lie to me. I can tell. You're in love with Sasuke. You don't think of him...no, you NEVER thought of him as a friend did you?" Ifalna said sadly with a hint of anger.

"Ifalna..." Hinata said with pain.

"You EVEN know that Sasuke likes you! Please! Don't take him away from me." Ifalna cried. "He's the first guy I have ever fallen in love with. So please...don't see him again. It really pains me you know!"

"Ifa..."

"NO! STOP! You're NOT sorry! I SAW! That time at the festival! Sasuke and YOU kissed each other like nothing else matter! It HURTED me so badly! That's why I left Konoha! I wanted to get this out of my mind...but it WOULDN'T leave me alone! I thought of just giving him up, but...I LOVE him too much! So please! Let him go...I really love him." Ifalna cried even more.

"Ifalna..." Hinata wanted to cry as well. She hurted Ifalna because of her love towards Sasuke.

"I..." Hinata said sadly.

"I...I promise...I won't see him anymore. I told him so..." Hinata was very hurt by this.

"Th-thank you...Hinata." Ifalna hugged Hinata.

"I'm sorry...Sasuke." Hinata cried.

-Next Day-

Hinata was with Kouji. Hinata had accepted on trying to love him. Kouji felt that something was not right.

"Are you sure?" Kouji asked.

"Mm."

"I don't want you to try and force yourself to love me if you can't Hinata. I don't want to see you hurt at all." Kouji said sadly.

"I'm willing to try Kouji. I want to try and love you. I want to forget about Sasuke." Hinata smiled.

"You...Hinata...how deep are you?"

"Huh? What do you mean Kouji?" Hinata asked confused.

"Don't play dumb. How deep is your feelings towards him?!" Kouji said a bit harsh.

"Not deep at all." Hinata smiled, but Kouji saw the tear that stream down her face.

Kouji couldn't believe what was happening. He couldn't bare it at all. He embraced her, which surprised Hinata greatly.

"Cry...if you need to." Kouji said sadly. "Don't hide it from me Hinata. I'll always be there for you no matter what. So don't worry. Just pour it all out." Kouji comforted.

"Kou...Kouji."

Hinata started crying. Not because of what Ifalna said. Because she was too in love with Sasuke. It hurted so much just seeing him with Ifalna and not her. She knew she was being way too selfish, but she couldn't help it. She just...just wanted Sasuke. She hugged Kouji even tighter.

"You can tell me everything...Its okay."

"Sasuke...Why do I love him so much?! It pains me just not being able to be with him. I hate seeing him with Ifalna so much! I can't help these feelings at all! I'm so sorry Sasuke...I'm sorry." Hinata cried even more.

Even the sky cried.

"Hinata..." Kouji closed his eyes. "Let me be your hero."

-Sasuke-

Sasuke lay in bed since it was raining way too much to go anywhere. He could only think of the words she had told him earlier the following morning.

"Sasuke...let's...stop seeing each other. You have Ifalna and it wouldn't be right. Kouji is always waiting for me. I feel that we're just not right for each other. And...I think...I'm falling for Kouji. I'm sorry Sasuke. Please forget about me and just focus on Ifalna. You have always loved her anyway. Bye."

"Hinata..." He spoke her name with care.

"Why?"

To be continued...

A/N: YAHHHH!!!!!! I made it long! Hehehe. Have any questions, just ask! And sooooooo sorry for the LONG update! Forgive me kk!

INFORMATION:

Kouji: 25 years old

Hinata: 20 years old

Sasuke: 21 years old

Ifalna: 21 years old