A/N: Here is the second chapter. It's a bit longer than the first so I hope you enjoy. On a different note, all of my fics minus my two Naruto fics and WWC will be getting shoved to the back burner so I can focus on those three. Nothing is abandoned. I will complete them eventually.
The first thing Naru noticed as she left her mindscape to return to the world of consciousness was a slight weight on her chest. Slowly opening her eyes to allow them to adjust to the light, she could not keep the smile from her face. Yugito was lying next to her in bed with her head resting atop the younger blonde's chest, snoring lightly. 'Kyū-chan told me that Yugi-chan was worried about me… she must've been keeping watch over me.' The next thing she noticed was that her body was protesting most any movement she made, causing pain to shoot through her. Groaning in discomfort, the whisker-marked blonde slowly and carefully began moving various parts of her body to find out exactly how and how much she could move without causing pain to herself.
Feeling her improvised pillow move underneath her caused Yugito to awaken slightly and lift her head, looking around the room tiredly before her eyes finally rested on her friends form. Giving Naru a slight smile, Yugito yawned widely and settled herself back down to continue sleeping, causing Naru to giggle and begin counting down from five in her head. She knew it would not be long before the elder blonde fully realized what she saw. Sure enough, before Naru could reach two, Yugito's head shot up and she wrapped Naru in a friendly hug. "Naru-chan! Thank Kami-sama you're ok!" She squealed happily.
"Thank Kyū-chan is more like it." Naru murmured, hugging Yugito back. "What happened to me? Why are we in the play house? I don't remember."
Releasing Naru, the elder blonde stared directly into her eyes to inform her of what had happened, but when she opened her mouth to speak, only a gasp came out. Her friend's eyes were different than what they had been before she had been when she last saw them. "Naru…" She finally managed. "Your eyes… what happened?"
The Kyūbi Jinchuriki gave a nervous laugh and rubbed the back of her head. "Kyū-chan awakened my mom's bloodline in me," She started to explain. "It's called the Elemental Star and it gives me control over all the primary chakra elements as well as the sub elements."
"Wow!" Yugito exclaimed, her eye wide. "That is so cool! You finally managed to talk to the Kyūbi like I can talk to Nibi!" The excitement in her was short-lived as she recalled her friend's question. "Well Naru-chan, it's like this," She explained to Naru what she had witnessed and what she had managed to deduce from the shape she'd been in upon being found.
The new caused Naru to frown. "It's not fair. It's Yondaime's fault the furball was sealed into me, and she's not even mean!"
Sighing, Yugito took a small bottle of red pills from next to the bed and filled a glass with water from a pitcher both of which were on the dresser next to the bed and handed a couple of the pills to Naru. "Here. Kirabi-Sensei told me these are blood replenishment pills. You lost a lot of blood during that attack and you look really pale right now."
After groaning and grumbling about having to take medicine for a few minutes, Yugito finally convinced Naru to take the pills. The girls had been getting ready to grab a bite from the fridge when the door to the house opened and in walked two older girls in their late teens. One had bright red hair and red eyes similar to Kurenai's. She wore a dark red and black dress-type outfit with black ninja sandals and was holding by the scruff of her collar, a black haired lavender eyed girl wearing an overlarge coat. The second girl was a quite a bit taller than the first who probably only stood about five feet tall. Her hair was a purple-red color and she had dark brown eyes. She wore a simple crimson shirt and black pants combo with crimson sandals. On both their foreheads was a Konoha hitai-ite meaning they were kunoichi of the village.
Both parties stared at each other for a few moments, not exactly sure of what to make of each other. Naru of course, was the first to break the silence. "Put Hina-chan down!" She screeched, sitting up as best she could, hissing in pain as she did.
"Easy, Naru-chan, you aren't back to normal yet." Yugito coaxed her blonde friend, glaring at the two newcomers.
Unexpectedly, the bright red haired girl burst out into fits of laughter. "Oh, oh! They're so cute, Riku-chan! Can we keep them, huh, can we?" She paused in her laughter, her face taking on a serious look, her gaze fixed on Naru and Yugito.
"You know we cannot keep them, Rein." Riku spoke calmly, observing the girls and taking Hinata from the shorter girl and tossing her onto the bed with the other two. "Would you girls care to explain why you are trespassing in my and Rein's home, and why both you blondes and our bed are covered in blood?"
"Your home?" Naru spoke up. "This is our secret hideout! We've been coming here all week and when we found this place it looked like nobody had lived here for years! " He gaze became distant as she spoke again. "The villagers attacked me and left me for dead." She admitted.
"That," Rein said, "Is because Riku and I have been away from home on a long term mission from the Hokage. We are only just getting back today." She explained; her face turned into a frown at hearing Naru's explanation before turning to Riku and whispering something into her ear.
Riku nodded and leveled her gaze at the three girls before her. "What are your names?"
It was surprisingly Hinata who spoke up. "I am Hinata Hyūga. The lighter blonde is Yugito Nii, and the darker blonde is Naru Uzumaki, but it is rude to ask for another's name without introducing oneself." She spoke without a stutter and with the dignity a clan heir should posses.
A small smile graced Riku's face before she spoke. "You are of course correct, young Hyūga. I am Riku Solaris and the short loud-mouthed one next to me is my girlfriend, Rein Zwei."
"Now, serious question for you, Yugito and Naru." Rein said in a totally different voice from her earlier cheery one. "How many tails; both of you?"
Naru and Yugito exchanged a look before holding up nine and two fingers respectively, each wondering how this strange girl knew they possessed biju.
Rein nodded, her face scrunched in thought. After a few minutes of silence, she spoke. "Allow me to reintroduce myself. Jinchuriki no Kyūbi, Jinchuriki no Nibi, I am Rein Zwei, Jinchuriki of the Phoenix Queen. While not a tailed beast, she is still a demon and is sealed inside me, so I know how rough life must be for you two." Her voice became softer and more motherly as she spoke. Once more she turned to Riku and gave her a look. This time, Riku sighed. "FINE! But we cannot adopt the Hyūga, and we aren't adopting either Yugito or Naru without talking to the Hokage first!"
"YES!" Rein shouted happily as she scooped all three girls into a large hug. "We're gonna be one big family!"
"Ano," Hinata said quietly, but loud enough for Rein to hear. "You can adopt me. I was banished from the clan today… they believe I am too weak. The only thing my father could do was prevent the elders from marking me with a caged bird seal." She looked down at her feet sadly.
"Oh no, Hina-chan!" Naru exclaimed, hugging her friend close now that Rein had let them go.
Moving closer to the former Hyūga heiress, Yugito too wrapped her arms around her; a sad look on her face. "That isn't fair." She growled before turning to Rein and Riku. "I can't be adopted without talking to Kirabi-Sensei first."
"Kirabi Yotuski?" Rein inquired, having met the rapping jinchuriki during a previous mission.
Yugito nodded. "He's my guardian."
"Alright girls," Riku started. "Let's head to the Hokage's office and get this all straightened out." Reaching out, she pulled Naru from the bed and onto her shoulders. "Since you are likely here with the Kumogakure envoy team, Yugito-chan, we will stop by their temporary quarters and inform them of our plans."
"Good idea, Riku. That way they don't get worried about her and blame Konoha for her disappearance." Rein voiced her opinion as she picked up Hinata and placed her on her own shoulders. "Take my hand, Yugito-chan, and we'll head out."
Upon taking Rein's hand, Riku took her other and they exited the house via shunshin and appeared just outside the Kumo lodgings. Rein took it upon herself to knock on the door. She waited for a few minutes but got no response. The elder girls, noticing that the sun was going down decided to leave a message with the Hokage that Yugito would be staying with them for the night left small building and began the trek to the tower.
No more than five minutes later, the small group was knocked to the ground as several rather rude shinobi rushed through them, scooping up Yugito as they went. "Yugito!" Naru and Hinata screamed as their friend was rushed away. The two younger girls exchanged a look and leapt from the shoulders of the elder girls in pursuit of their friend.
"Naru, Hinata, get back here!" Riku called after them as she and Rein gave chase, the younger of the two managing to tackle the ninja who had snatched Yugito. "Gotcha!" She crowed loudly as both Yugito and a large lumpy brown sack went tumbling to the ground. Hinata, her Byakugan active, gasped at seeing that it was her younger sister was in the bag and unconscious. "Hanabi-chan!" She cried, leaping atop the downed ninja and began striking him using her Jyūken. "You. Will. Not. Take. My. Sister!" She punctuated with each strike before getting pulled off by Yugito who had now recovered and Naru.
Moving quickly, Riku and Rein lifted the ninja to his feet and noticed his hitai-ite was that of Kumogakure which caused Yugito to gasp as she recognized him. "That's Ryu-san! He was in charge of the group that came to talk about peace between Konoha and Kumo!"
Both elder girls looked at each other before nodding and turning back to the three girls. "Wait here. We are going to take this scum to Ibiki-san then we will go the Hokage and discuss what happened here." Riku said before she and Rein vanished in a shunshin along with Ryu, leaving the girls to their own devices.
Hinata, still being worried for her sister; went over to the bag and ripped it open and held Hanabi for a few minutes until she awoke. The expression on young Hanabi's face mirrored that of Naru and Yugito as she stared into the face of her elder sister. "Onee-chan… what happened to you?"
A/N: Hahahah! Evil cliffy… or not. *shrug* What happened to Hinata you ask? Well… you'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out!